Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 240 Stand up straight

"I don't know the reason, all the ministers, didn't you impeach the Jia family and Jia Ying? Today I summoned Jia Zheng and Jia Ying to the court. If you have anything to say, just be in front of the civil and military officials Let me be clear, I also want to know, is it true that the concubine Yuan's mother clan is like what you Aiqing said, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil."

"Today, I won't open my mouth to save you from discussing my partiality in private, you can ask yourself."

"Partner!"

Hearing Jia De's words, Dai Quan squeezed his voice and sang loudly outside the hall: "Xuan, Jia Zheng, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, and Jia Ying, the governor of the Jiangnan Navy, enter the hall."

Today is not a grand court meeting, most of the officials in the hall are from the third rank or above except the imperial censor. Jia Zheng and Jia Ying also waited outside Fengtian Hall early in the morning, waiting for the court announcement.

Jia Zheng's heart has been in a state of anxiety since early in the morning. Although he reads well and speaks stupidly, he is not good at arguing with others. In addition, the news of Jinling's hometown that Jia Ying brought back shows that Yushi's impeachment is not a big deal. It was groundless, but factual, which made him even more unable to open his mouth to exonerate the Jia family.

Although Jia Ying said he was responsible for everything, Jia Zheng was still a little worried and uneasy.

Hearing the call of honor from the eunuch on duty outside the hall, Jia Ying straightened up and stood still for a long time, with a tired back, arranged some court clothes and walked out with a wat board in hand.

Walking out of the two parts, he found that Jia Zheng hadn't followed. Jia Ying looked back and found that Jia Zheng was still standing there, frowning, as if he was still thinking about how to deal with the criticism from the crowd.

"Second Master, Your Majesty has declared us."

Jia Ying reminded me aloud.

"Oh, oh, Ying'er, hurry up and enter the palace."

Jia Zheng recovered from his daydreams, and started to catch up with him. The two uncles and nephews walked side by side, and the shadows on the ground stretched long under the slanting sun.
"Second Uncle, you are the head of the country. If His Majesty doesn't ask you personally later, you don't have to ask. Everything will be handled by your nephew."

On the way to Fengtian Temple, Jia Ying reminded in a low voice without looking sideways.

"Then what do I need to do?" Jia Zheng knew that he was a little disappointed at the critical moment, and he did not refuse Jia Ying's suggestion.

"Stand up straight and hold your head high!"

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"Okay!" Jia Zheng nodded heavily.

For this court question, Jia Ying didn't look nervous at all, not because of the confidence in his heart, but because there were elders with the same surname standing beside him, which made him feel that he was not alone on the way to his goal.

This feeling is very good!
Just like in Jiangnan back then, leading the four children into battle to kill the enemy, going forward indomitably!

"Minister, Jia Zheng."

"Minister, Jia Ying."

"See Your Majesty."

"No gift to be flattened!"

"The two lovers, today, it is clear from the comparison, right and wrong, black and white, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, right and wrong, the two love ministers, today we will argue clearly at the court meeting, and give an explanation to the ministers and workers in the court."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the hall, there was a moment of silence, and everyone seemed to be thinking about who would speak first.

Jia Ying didn't want to waste time with them here, it was so tiring standing there.

"My lords, if you have any questions, Jia Ying is right here, feel free to ask."

Many officials who are not used to Jia Ying's prominence at such a young age hear this plain and simple sentence: Arrogant!

"Jia Ying, I'm asking you, Feng Jicai's impeachment of the Jinling Jia family's land invasion case is a fact."

Jia Ying looked at this person.

"My lord, please explain more clearly. Do you want to ask if there is such a thing as a 'land invasion case', or do you want to ask whether the 'land invasion' is true?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course." Jia Ying nodded seriously.

"Then be an official and ask both."

Jia Ying nodded, and said slowly: "The case of land invasion is true, but the matter of land invasion is not true."

"If Jia's family didn't invade the land, why did the case of land invasion come about? It can be seen that it is true." The official also reflected what Jia Ying said just now, but he didn't want to give Jia Ying a chance to refute, and wanted to crucify the matter.

"If you sue your lord for framing Zhongliang today, then according to your lord's opinion, this is true?" Jia Ying asked back.

The official frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Jia Ying, stop messing around. I'm honoring His Majesty's name. I want to ask you clearly. Why do you want to frame me? Whether you are a loyal minister or not, we have to ask before we discuss it." !Humph!"

Jia Ying smiled and spread her hands and said, "As your lord said, as long as someone goes to the yamen to file a complaint, must it be true?"

"Your Excellency said that I was a fool, so those who sued the Jia family, wouldn't they be fools?"

"Do you dare to say that your Jia family didn't wantonly buy land at a low price?"

Jia Ying snorted coldly and said, "Let's take a look at the mulberry reform. There are several big families in the south of the Yangtze River who didn't buy the fields. How could it be a crime to buy the fields? The imperial court encourages and supports the transformation of rice fields into mulberry fields. Your Excellency knows that those acres planted with mulberry trees are all Where did it come from?"

"The homes of ordinary people are only a few acres of Susukida, and they are used to produce food for life. Where did Yu Tian come from to support the implementation of the imperial government's decrees?"

"Except for these big clans, who can get those mulberry reform fields? If it's wrong for the big clans to use their own land to support the imperial court's implementation of the decree, then according to your lord's intention, isn't it questioning the national policy formulated by His Majesty and the elders? "Jia Ying asked aggressively.

"Your official did not question the state policy and government, nor did you say that it was wrong for the local rich to support the implementation of the decree with acres of land. You should not secretly change your concept." The official glanced at the emperor on the golden seat, and then at the man in front of the train Fu Donglai and the others hurriedly defended themselves.

"What I'm talking about is taking advantage of the situation to lower the price, or even taking advantage of it, wantonly annexing it, and taking advantage of the state's government for personal gain! Do you dare to say that the Jia family didn't do these things?"

"What is low price? What is merger?"

"Where did the trickery come from?"

"Since it's a business, let's ask for what you like. How come the price agreed by the two parties has become a low price when it comes to the adults? Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"There is also the theory of stealing and extortion. There are a lot of land transactions and contracts, and there are guarantors in the middle. My lord, the framer must produce evidence."

"Let's talk about mergers, the so-called land mergers, you have to keep it for yourself, but the Jia family bought all the land and donated it to support the implementation of the mulberry reform in Jiangnan. It is even more nonsense to talk about annexation, as for taking advantage of government affairs for personal gain."

Dedication?

The official was shocked when he heard this, why didn't he know about it?
Jia Ying didn't say who this land was dedicated to, but no one dared to ask.

How many land deeds would there be in the south of the Yangtze River for the Jia family who dared to pay a penny?
"Since my Jia family didn't get any more profit from it, how can I invade the land? My lord said that it was wrong for the Jia family to pay for the land to support Sanggai, so I will report to His Majesty and order Jiangnan The local government just needs to return those acres, but the money that the Jia family paid for the land must be returned!"

In fact, from the moment this matter was brought up to the court, this matter was already doomed.

Did the Jia family make a profit?

Of course it was done, it was the emperor's trust in the Jia family.

But who dares to say this?

There are too many imperial eunuchs sent by the royal family to the localities. Huangzhuang, the imperial property is spread all over the provinces, and the emperor is the biggest landlord in the world. If you have the money, go to the emperor.

If Jiade really intends to attack the Jia family, then Li Jinzhong will not be allowed to accept the land deed offered by the Jia family in order to offend people.

But since Li Jinzhong accepted it, it means that the emperor agreed to this matter, so why is Jia Ying worried?

As for the land invasion lawsuit, until now, the Jinling government has not come up with any testimonials, nor the confessions of the Jia family members, so this lawsuit itself is a farce.

Without evidence, just relying on a few bullets, it's like moving to Jia's house, isn't it too underestimating the identity of Xungui and the emperor's relatives?

The censor who had just spoken just now backed away in disgrace. He was not Feng Hengshi, and he didn't have the guts to impeach the Yuma Supervisor, let alone question the current emperor.

Cowardly softie!

Jia Ying cursed in her heart.

If among these censors, there were really people like Hai Gangfeng, then the Jia family might not be able to get along today, unfortunately, no.

The only one who dared to question Emperor Xuanlong, Feng Hengshi, was his teacher.

Feng Hengshi was naturally displeased with the affairs of the Jia family, but Jia Ying had already written a letter to explain it. The clan has grown, so who hasn't had some messy things.

Feng Hengshi didn't quite agree with Jia Ying dedicating all the land he bought to the royal family, but he chose to remain silent in the end.

He once chose his students.

More importantly, as Jia Ying said, the land annexation was not initiated by the Jia family in Jinling.

At the very least, the Jia family still has Jia Ying in charge, so they won't go too far.

The matter came to an end, and then someone stood up again.

"Suzhou officials impeached Jia Fan who robbed the women of the people and killed three people with his slaves. But is it a member of the Jia family?"

"Not bad." Jia Ying nodded.

"How should Master Jia explain it?" the official asked.

"There are a lot of people in the Han clan, and there are always a few unfilial children. I have already made an apology to His Majesty on this matter. Jia Fan was already confiscated by me three months ago and sent to the Suzhou government office. Two months ago, the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing approved it." , Judging Jia Fan's crime of beheading the prison guard, after the autumn, the punishment will be questioned."

Jia Ying's plain words were heard by all the officials in the court, but they felt cold in their hearts.

Since ancient times, only close relatives have hidden themselves from each other, and there is no one who sends his own people to the guillotine with his own hands.

At a young age, it is really cruel.

Jia Fan was sentenced to be executed before Feng Jicai's impeachment, so there was nothing to be prosecuted for, and everyone had already been sent to death row. They still wanted to give the concubine Yuan, or the emperor, a face.

After all, they are the royal family.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment stood up and spoke out the speech of his impeachment in Lianzhong Prison.

Jia Ying unhurriedly took out a memorial from his sleeve pocket.

"My lords, this is written by the lower officials after traveling through all the large and small coastal guards in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces for more than a month. It records the soldiers, large and small warships, For the situation of weapons and equipment, please adults preview."

Jia De had already said beforehand that today he just watched but did not ask, so Jia Ying did not directly present it to Jia De, but directly showed it to all the officials.

Yang Yi hadn't returned to Beijing, and the officials in Zhejiang hadn't finished dealing with it, so the emperor still didn't dismiss Li Endi as the chief assistant. It is the chief assistant of Dagan.

Jia Ying handed over the playbook, and Li Endi slowly took it with his dry hand, and found Yan Huasong in the train.

"Feng Bai, you are the minister of the Ministry of War, come and read it to everyone."

"Yes, Mr. Ge." Yan Huasong came out of the class, took Jia Ying's playbook from Li Endi, cleared his throat, and read it to everyone in class.

"The governor of the Jiangnan Navy, Jia Ying, bowed and played: I am humble, and I am the governor of the navy. Since I was ordered, I dare not slack off for a moment. After more than a month, I have visited eleven prefectures in the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian. , a total of [-] guards and [-] offices, the details of the surveyed coastal military equipment are as follows: "

"The 7000th Guards and 750th Offices in the coastal areas of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian have an estimated number of more than 32 soldiers. The Ministry of War in Nanjing has registered 86 warships, including 630 large ships, [-] medium ships, and various sentry ships. There are [-] eight ships, among which the large ships should be equipped with artillery and guns."

"However, according to what I have seen, the coastal guards have insufficient soldiers and ships, and none of the firearms are kept, and most of them are old. Half of the navy's soldiers don't know the nature of water, and the generals don't know the sea weather. Maps of the sea Incomplete."

"The Japanese pirates occupy the coastal islands, communicate with the barbarians in the South China Sea, and introduce new firearms. The muskets they use can shoot out sub-drugs several times in an instant."

"The sea area's military equipment is corrupt and not enough for war. Therefore, the minister believes that if we want to calm the sea area, we must first reorganize the military equipment, select well-known naval warfare generals, complete the map of the offshore area, and build warships and firearms."

As Yan Huasong's voice finally fell, the hall became silent again, and even Jia De's body sitting on the dragon chair leaned forward slightly.

There may be some ministers present who don't know about military affairs, but those who can enter this hall, there are a few who are stupid.

At this point in this court debate, there is no need to continue.

Lianzhong impeaches Jia Ying as the governor of the navy but does not act. He is suspected of raising the bandits' self-respect.

You can listen to the series of numbers in the playbook, not only from the Dagan Navy Guard, but also from the Japanese pirates in the offshore, including where the Japanese pirates are distributed, how many branches, how many troops, how many ships, etc. could not be more detailed.

Even those officials who don't know anything about military matters feel that there is no way to fight rashly, and there will be defeat but no victory.

Based on this point, Jia Ying is worthy of the name of a soldier, far more than Lian Zhong, who has a lot of wine and food.

What's more, the banditry in Zhejiang was able to be quelled, and Jia Ying contributed a lot, but he himself was not an official from Zhejiang, and he was only there to put out the fire temporarily. What more could you ask for?
The decree of sea ban started from the Xuanlong Dynasty, and now it is suddenly necessary to restart the navy and go out to sea to suppress bandits.

They didn't refuse, but you must have a boat to go to sea, and you must have soldiers to suppress bandits. You can't just be beaten and not fight back when facing Japanese pirates with firearms.

"Master Jia, are the Japanese pirates' firearms really that powerful?" an official asked in a questioning voice.

Jia Ying replied: "It's not that the Japanese pirates have powerful firearms, but Europa, those Thai and Westerners who were defeated by Mr. Ye in Tuen Mun, Guangzhou, have powerful firearms. The Japanese pirates are just picking on people's teeth."

"But since the Taixi people are so powerful, why are they still defeated by Mr. Ye?" Someone asked again.

"I would like to ask my lords, how many years have passed since the Tuen Mun naval battle?"

"11 years, a whole year, do you adults think that after the failure of Taixi people, they will stop moving forward? Don't you think that one day they will be able to avenge their shame?"

"My lords, don't forget that 11 years ago, people called at our door, and I was doing a lot of work, and I didn't even know where Tessie was."

Speaking of which, Jia Ying said to Jia De who was sitting on the dragon chair: "Your Majesty, I have brought a new type of firearm from Europa and want to show it to your lords. I ask Your Majesty to allow the firearm to enter the palace."

"allow!"

Not long after, the little eunuch came in with three muskets, two long and one short.

"My lords, please take a look, this is the firearm that I am currently equipped with in the main army, the Huomen gun."

Jia Ying took out one of them and showed it to everyone, and also briefly rehearsed how to operate it on the battlefield.

"Everyone, please take a look, this is the arquebus introduced by the Japanese pirates."

"If the matchlock gun wants to excite the sub-powder, you only need to pull the trigger, and the matchlock on the machine will ignite the gunpowder in the fire door, thereby exciting the projectile. Its longest range is more than a hundred steps, and the effective range is eighty steps. At present, there are also equipment in the army, but only a very small number of them are equipped in the frontier army."

"Of course, this kind of firearm also has a lot of disadvantages, that is, when the matchlock is ignited, it is very dangerous. When sparks explode, one is easy to hurt the user's soldiers, but it is easy to accidentally injure fellow soldiers."

"But the musket below has solved this shortcoming. Please take a look."

Jia Ying took out a short-barreled flintlock gun that Horn had obtained. In fact, the Nanjing Armament Bureau had already made a long-barreled one, but Jia Ying was not going to act rashly until it was unanimously approved by the court. Take it out.

"This is just a short-barreled flintlock gun that I bought from several Thai and Western businessmen with a lot of money, and I carried it with me when I went out, so I saw the barrel short. Its design uses flint instead of a matchlock, although it still passes through the fire door. The gunpowder is used to stimulate the primer, but the safety is greatly improved, and the flint is more durable than the matchlock, and the shooting speed is much faster. About every three rounds of sub-powder designed can shoot one more round than the matchlock gun.”

"And its rate of fire is three to four times that of the fire door gun equipped in my Dagan navy guard."

"My lords, do you still feel that what the subordinate officials said is not true?"

The court meeting was over, and Jia Ying and Jia Zheng walked out of Fengtian Hall side by side.

Jia Zheng felt that he entered the court debate this time, like a school boy accompanying the exam. At the beginning, he was extremely nervous, but he still remembered Jia Ying's previous advice, and kept his head held high. It was tense, not daring to relax at all.

It's just that at the end, he suddenly realized that this court debate seemed to have nothing to do with him?
Jia Zheng also saw what his family nephew could do, and blamed him for being impeached several times, but he was still running around, and the officials were getting bigger and bigger.

In the final analysis, ability is everything.

Jia Ying was also very satisfied with this court debate. The Ministry of Household Affairs still had no money to give him to build a navy, or even develop firearms, but it didn't stop him.

You can do whatever you want, as long as you can get the money yourself.

With the acquiescence of all the officials in the court, the matter of him and Jia Yucun joining forces to blackmail the aristocratic family in Fujian will naturally come to an end.

Let the aristocratic family spend some money, but the court can have an extra powerful navy, isn't it good?

At least Fu Donglai is extremely supportive, and Li Endi, no matter whether he agrees with it or not, can't take care of himself now, so naturally he won't object.

Yang Jing has worked hard in the cabinet for many years, and seeing that he is about to make it to the top, he naturally wants to add a little more merit to himself.

Li Endi is about to retire, and only he and Fu Donglai are left in the cabinet. If Jia Ying can really make some achievements, can he lose his share in the discussion of merit in the future?
In short, the current big work is not conservative at all. The monarchs and ministers are rushing forward with one heart, and there is only one goal, which is to fill the national treasury.

For this reason, Fu Donglai even intentionally or unintentionally revealed his intention to restart maritime trade.

Jia Ying is naturally very supportive, but all this depends on whether his navy can solve the biggest obstacle to maritime trade, the pirates.

If you can't, then there's no need to talk about it, and you don't have so much money to use it to suppress bandits.

Before the two walked out of Fengtian Gate, a young eunuch came over.

"My lords, Concubine Yuan please invite your lords to come over."

Today is not the time for Jiaofang to meet with them. Concubine Yuan sent someone to pass them on, presumably the emperor nodded.

The two uncles and nephews looked at each other, then turned to Fengzao Palace.

Everyone in Jia's residence on Ningrong Street also knew what day it was today. Mother Jia and the two wives gathered in Rongqing Hall, waiting for the scouts to come back.

Mother Jia said that she didn't care about external affairs, but this kind of matter involved the lives of the whole family, how could she just let it go.

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