The Red Mansions

Chapter 184 The expansion of the patrol camp
The next day.

There was a big oolong incident in Jia's mansion, and it spread all over the capital in less than half a day.

Although the Jia family can only be regarded as a second-rate family in the capital, it is also a member of the honorable group, and the common people love to see these honorable jokes.

Jia Yun didn't care about these nosy matters anymore, but put all her energy on the rectification and expansion of the patrol camp.

After the expansion, the patrolling battalion will cover the five major city guards in the east, west, south, north, and middle.

A city guard has 5600 people, including five thousand households.

Among the five thousand households, there is a Shenji battalion equipped with firearms.

A cavalry battalion, good at assault, equipped with three-eyed guns and small artillery.

There is also a Jianrui Battalion, which is equivalent to a special force for mountain operations.

The remaining two thousand households are all infantry, equipped with god-armed crossbows, which are conducive to tactics such as attacking fortifications, setting up ambushes, defending against danger, breaking through encirclement, and stalemate.

The five Davids are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but the food and salaries are paid by the internal treasury, and the establishment is also determined by the new emperor's decree.

It can be seen how much Emperor Longtai attached importance to the safety of the capital.

Of course, since the beginning of the expansion, this army has not only been established for the security of the capital, but also for the future, to be able to pull out to fight tough battles.

Expansion of the patrol battalion is an extremely cumbersome matter.

Ordinary soldiers can be selected among ordinary people and refugees.

Officers must be selected in the Beijing camp. The most important thing is not only ability, but also clean family background and social relations.

Fortunately, Jin Yiwei was there to assist. Otherwise, with Jia Yun alone, the five Davids would not know when they would be able to form an army. Of course, Jin Yiwei had the responsibility of supervising the army, and he was doing things for himself.

As for the issue of supervising the army, each thousand households has a eunuch and a Jinyiwei as the director, and each hundred households also has a Jinyiwei supervising army.

These supervising troops, in line with the principle of preferring shortages to excesses, are also selected from the best, and they will also train with the soldiers at ordinary times.

The selection of the supervisory army, especially the establishment of the supervisory army in Baihu, was specifically proposed by Jia Yun to the new emperor.

He didn't want to arouse the suspicion of the new emperor after he worked hard to build up the army, so he simply kept it open and frank from the beginning.

After all, even if he didn't mention it, the imperial court would still arrange for the supervisor to come over.

Although there is a supervising army, this does not prevent Jia Yun from deploying his own people and controlling the troops.

On the bright side, hundreds of Jia's children with superb martial arts skills were appointed as officers such as the general banner and the small banner.

Like Liu Xianglian and some personal guards who had made meritorious service in Zhejiang, most of them were appointed as hundreds of households.

Secretly, Jia Yun selected some innocent people from among those refugees, looked for opportunities to interview, tried to win them over, and used both hard and soft tactics to let them act as her eyes and ears at the grassroots level.

In addition, the location of the patrol battalion was moved from inside the city to outside the city.

It's on Xiaoshitan, not far from Shibafang.

Tens of thousands of military camps are stationed in a very spacious place.

It just so happens that there are many refugees in the capital and enough labor, so building a new military camp can save a lot of cost.

Because of this, the refugees in the capital were basically wiped out.

No matter in the city or outside the city, it is almost difficult to find refugees anymore.

This is also a good thing.

The expansion of the patrolling battalion is in full swing, and Qimin, the registered household of the exile, is also in progress at the same time.

In the future, in the boundary of the capital, if there is no household registration, all will be sent to three years of corvee.

Not only do they do dirty work, but they also have no income.

You must not be able to eat enough to eat, and you are lucky to survive.

At the same time, Jia She of Rongguo Mansion was suffering from angina.

Jia's mansion invited many famous doctors to come for diagnosis and treatment, but they couldn't find out the cause of the disease, so they didn't dare to take medicine casually.

Jia She is no different than ordinary people. There is a first-class general. Although he has no real power, he is still a noble. If something goes wrong, no one dares to take responsibility.

What's more terrible is that Jia She's angina pectoris always comes and goes, irregularly, which makes it even more difficult for the imperial physicians to diagnose and treat.

In just a few days, Jia Amnesty gradually became emaciated.

Even when he was not sick, his face was pale and sallow, and his eyes were sunken so badly that he didn't even have the energy to mess with the concubines in the room.

As a result, Jia Amnesty's temper became worse and worse, beating and scolding Jia Cong at home, or beating and scolding maids and concubines.

The maids and concubines can bear it, after all, they are servants and have no right to resist.

But Jia Cong secretly hated Jia She, and wished Jia She could die immediately.

The family-saving villa built by Jia's family stopped for a few days and started construction again.

However, the funds for the later period have not yet been implemented, so Jia Mu and others also became anxious.

On this day, Mother Jia called Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen to discuss how to raise money.

Jia's mother said: "Xue's family and Jia Yun wear a pair of trousers. They can't get any money there. After all, our Jia's family wants to save face. We can't be begging for nothing."

"As for the pursuit of Jia Yun and Xue's family, we have to wait for the girl to visit her relatives, and then we will look for opportunities to settle accounts with them."

"However, the construction of the family-visiting villa cannot be stopped. It must be completed within the year. The girl will have a family-visiting villa early next year, so there must be no delay."

As she said that, she glanced at Jia Zhen and asked, "Brother Zhen, last time you said to go to Xia's house to borrow some money, how much can you borrow?"

"It's hard to say. I already borrowed 50 taels last time. The Xia family will not be richer than the Xue family. We can't let them sell everything to support us. Those who want to come to the Xia family will not be so stupid." Jia Zhen pondered. road.

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Borrow as much as you can. Tell me, is there any other way you can think of?"

"Wang's family, I don't know if they can borrow money..." Jia Zheng hesitated.

Jia She then said: "The Wang family's expenses are also high. My brother-in-law (Wang Ziteng) must have spent a lot of money in order to win over the border soldiers before patrolling the border. Now he has gone to the south to serve as the governor of the three provinces. I'm afraid it will cost a lot. Only silver can open the situation."

It is difficult for Wang Ziteng to get the support of local officials when he goes to Jiangnan to serve as the governor of the three provinces.

The reason is simple, he is honorable and a military officer, so he is naturally disliked by civilian officials.

Although the Wang family is one of the four major families in Jinling, it is not enough to put it in the entire Jiangnan area. After all, the style of writing in Jiangnan has always been prosperous, and a large number of civil servants in the imperial court are from Jiangnan.

There are many families and officials in the south of the Yangtze River, all of which are inextricably linked to the central government. It is not so easy for Wang Ziteng to start his work.

Jia Mu said: "Whether the Wang family can borrow money or not, we have to try it. In addition, let Zhu Ge's daughter-in-law go back to her mother's house. The Li family is a famous scholarly family. There must be no shortage of money in the family. Can't borrow some."

"Let's put it this way, the top priority is, in order to build the family-speaking villa, as long as there is a slight possibility of borrowing money, we must try it."

Jia Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, I will tell Mrs. Wang to go back to her mother's house later, and no matter how much it is, I will borrow some money back."

"As for the Li family, it's better for Wang's mother-in-law to talk to Li Wan. I believe she will be reasonable and go back to her mother's house to find a way."

Jia's mother reminded: "Wang's house, Feng Lazi also went back. She is in Wang's house, but she can eat well. With her beating and drumming, it should be much easier to borrow money."

Speaking of this, she asked Jia Zheng: "Last night, the daughter-in-law of the government took back the account books and storehouse keys in the house?"

"Sister Feng returned it on her own initiative. She said that she was not in good health and couldn't be too tired. There was nothing important in the house, so she tried not to get involved." Jia Zheng replied.

After pondering for a while, Mother Jia said, "Feng Lazi's body really needs to be taken care of, but her housekeeping skills are really worth mentioning, so it's not a problem to just rest like this."

"In the future, we still need to find a way to have the best of both worlds, which can not only manage affairs, but also support our health."

"Don't think I'm partial. When Feng Lazi was the housekeeper, I was rarely disturbed by these general affairs, but now I have a lot of big and small things. It won't work like this. I still want to live for a few more years!"

She clearly praised Wang Xifeng, but she was actually very dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang.

Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are well aware that they don't like each other, and they both want to control the voice of the Jia family. They have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and the two sides have long been at odds.

Jia Zheng didn't understand the meaning, but just replied along the lines: "Then after the yard is repaired, let Sister Feng take care of the yard affairs!"

"Yes, but it's still early, and the most urgent thing is to raise money first." Jiamu nodded.

Jia She interjected and asked, "Mother, Daiyu came over a few days ago, did you mention to her the lack of money in our family? Is there any chance for the Lin family to borrow money?"

Speaking of Lin Daiyu, Jia's mother was a little dissatisfied.

She sighed and said: "The girl is grown up now, she has a little mind, and she doesn't know who she learned from, she has become like a loach."

"I intentionally told her that I wanted to borrow some money from the Lin family, but she looked around and said that he was not slippery, pretending to be stupid, and just not answering."

"I'm so old, I'm too embarrassed to explain the matter clearly, or else, Xi'er, you can write a letter to Daiyu's father and talk about it!"

Jia Amnesty nodded and said, "Okay, son, I'll write a letter later, and I'll talk about it if I have dates or not!"

Mother Jia sighed and said, "It's when the money is used up that you hate it. You say what kind of bad luck our Jia's family has suffered these years. The source of income is getting less and less. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't last long." .”

Jia Zhen echoed the words: "These years Zhuangzi has been in a downturn. Every year there are disasters, and the harvest is not as good as the next year. I am afraid that the world will be chaotic."

"Ah!" Suddenly Jia Amnesty clutched his chest and felt the pain again, and yelled loudly, startling Jia Mu and the others.

These days, Jia She's heart hurts from time to time, Jia's mother and the others are no longer surprised, they all looked at each other, and then sighed at the same time.

"Let's go, Xi'er, go back to the courtyard and howl, I, an old woman, can't stand your noise." Mother Jia waved her hand.

With Jia Amnesty like that, she couldn't die for a while, crying every day, and the imperial physician couldn't find out the cause of the disease, which made Jia's mother a little impatient.

Jia She was heartbroken when he heard the words, but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only howl, clutching his chest, stumbled out of the Rongqing Hall, and went straight to his small courtyard, his appearance was indescribably miserable...

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