Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 264
Jiade is as diligent as ever, and there are no shortages in court meetings, big or small.

Jia Ying also participated a few times. Seeing that the emperor was safe, his heart was relieved. The palace gathered the top medical masters in the entire Daqian, and Jiade had only superficial injuries that day. It seemed that there should be no serious injuries. in the way.

The agenda of opening the sea was brought up again by Jia Ying at the court meeting. Qi Yaozong sent a letter from the south. The second batch of warships has been launched. The firearms and ammunition at the Nanjing Military Bureau have also been allocated in place, just waiting for his order. .

It's just that before the imperial court decides to reopen the sea, Jia Ying would rather let the newly formed navy die on land.

The Yamen, the governor of the Navy, only has the right to suppress the Japanese pirates, but the political interests behind the Japanese pirates are in the hands of the southern clans. They spend all their time, money and effort, not to make wedding dresses for others.

Even with the private promises of the two cabinet ministers, one of them was the second assistant of the court, but when Jia Ying proposed this proposal at the court meeting, he was still opposed and even attacked by all the officials.

Fu Donglai and Ye Baichuan didn't express their opinions lightly, and they didn't object, which was already their greatest support for Jia Ying.The life of these two is not easy, especially Fu Donglai, who is on the cusp of the crisis. Because of the matter of the gentry's payment of food, he was scolded by the gentry all over the world as "the shame of an official", and the bullets against him were piled up on Jiade's desk. It is almost half the height of a person, and the former "Donglai Gong", the example of civil servants in the world, is not popular anymore.

Fortunately, Jia Ying was not alone. Feng Hengshi and Yan Huasong stood behind him with a clear stand. At this time, Jia Ying deeply realized the benefits of taking an official career together. Without this teacher-student relationship, the current him would probably be It's not much different from Lian Er, at most he can be cast as a military officer under Wang Ziteng's account.

Ordinarily, with the support of the two ministries, the impetus behind the opening of the sea was already strong enough. Unfortunately, Qingliu, who was fighting for the defeat of the cabinet, was the first to jump out, and worked together to refute and fight back against Jia Ying's proposal.

In the next two court meetings, some officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment also joined in.

Probably the news of the incident got out ahead of time, and the opponent's counterattack gave Jia Ying the impression that he was fully prepared. Otherwise, the memorial of the officials from Zhejiang and Fujian would not have arrived in Beijing so quickly.

What's more inappropriate is that because of the delicate relationship between the court and the court, the matter of opening the sea seems to have become the center of wrestling among several forces, especially the chief assistant Yang Jing. Coming here, I have to accept Li Endi's original status among the Jiangnan gentry.

And those Jiangnan gentry who have lost their biggest backer are also actively looking for new spokespersons. Fu Donglai's series of measures have disappointed these gentry. On the contrary, between Yang Jing and Yang Jing, both parties have the meaning of looking for mung beans. In the next few times, Yang Jing intentionally or unintentionally turned to the opposing side, becoming the first cabinet minister to personally end this time.

Out of the principle of weight equality, Fu Donglai can no longer remain silent, and another court dispute has begun.

"Brother Jia, it seems that you are advocating the opening of the sea, which is a bit inappropriate."

Nancheng, as a gathering place of various industries in Beijing, is full of the lively flavor of the northern market, and there are also many time-honored brands that have been passed down for generations for hundreds of years.

In an alley only two streets away from Fu’s house, there is Yanji Tea Soup. It is said to be tea soup, but it has nothing to do with tea. The shop is not big, and most of the people who come and go are ordinary people. That sip of hot and rich assorted soup, and then order a plate of Baihua cake, and the lunch is settled.

Jia Ying, Fu Sinian, and Gong Shangren who had just returned to Beijing sat together.

Jia Ying sighed helplessly, most things in the world are not as expected.

"I didn't expect that either."

A good political discussion is about to turn into a party dispute.

"You might as well take a step back and divide it up." Gong Shangren said.

"How to say?"

"It's hard to restart the Shibo Department. You still have to reform and establish the Customs Governor's Yamen. Even those local rich families who want to support Kaihai have to hesitate. A Shibo Department has already won most of their interest, and now the top of the head , and one more, the result can be imagined."

"It doesn't matter what you think, what matters is what those big families in the south of the Yangtze River think. Even if the customs has the right to collect ships from the market, how can you win the trust of those people?"

"In addition, I have also noticed that after the Sanggai incident, the officials of Zhejiang and Fujian are no longer on the same mind. Can we start from this point? In addition, if you want the support of all officials, you can always rely on your mouth. is not enough."

Gong Shangren's words hit the nail on the head, Jia Ying also understood her own shortcomings, the past two years have gone so smoothly, everything always wants to be done in one step, who do you think you are?
It seems that Qi Yaozong can't wait any longer, and he still has contacts with those big families in the south of the Yangtze River. Well, it can be handed over to Jia Yucun, and he is far behind Yucun in the matter of "negotiating peace" with these local big families for profit.

"By the way, I heard something today that His Majesty seems to be preparing to make peace with the Huns. Brother Jia, have you heard about it?" Fu Sinian asked.

Jia Ying nodded. After returning to Beijing from Nanyuan, the envoys of the Xiongnu began to dance happily. Two of Yuzi's envoys who entered the court this time were abolished by them during the hunt. They probably heard something about it. What, I always think that Daqian's internal affairs are unstable, and use this as a threat to ask the emperor to marry the two families.

Although it has not been decided yet, according to Jia Ying's estimation, this matter should be close to ten.The emperor has ambitions all over the world, and he can use a marriage to paralyze the enemy. It is such a cost-effective thing that he will not refuse it.

It's just that Jiade's daughter is either still young or already married, but I don't know which woman to choose.

"Well, I only heard that peace and marriage can be peaceful for a few more years." Fu Sinian seemed to disagree with this matter, but he spoke lightly and could only complain.

How could Taiping be so easy to fight?

Jia Ying shook her head, she didn't want to bring up this topic again, as long as it wasn't a girl from her own house, it would be fine with him.

"I heard that the title of the Marquis of Dingcheng has been taken away, and the imperial plaques have been taken down." Gong Shangren said again.

"This incident in Nanyuan has involved many families. Only in Beijing, there are no less than ten families that were imprisoned today. They are all old houses that have accumulated for many years. It is said that the Embroidery Guards found out a member of the Fenwu Camp. Command, is involved with Sanyang Sect."

"It's been two years, and the remnants of Sanyang are still at large. The Embroidered Clothes Guard should be held accountable."

The matter of Nanyuan came to an end so unclearly, the imperial court continued to arrest Bai Yang's remnants, and all of them were imprisoned above the command of Fenwuying. It seemed to be over, but Jia Ying knew that it might not be that simple.

Without the collusion between the DPRK and China forces, a mere Sanyang Sect would not be able to enter the heavily guarded land of Nanyuan, and those assassins are clearly veterans of many battles. He can see it, and Yang Youzi can also see it. Just look at it. Can the Embroidery Guard find out?

The relationship between Xie's family and Jia's family is very close. It's a pity that Xungui's control over the Beijing camp has lost another point.

On the contrary, it was Sun Shaozu's ending that saved Jia Ying a lot of trouble. Wu Liang, the commandant of the Fenwu Camp, failed to escape, and was caught by the Embroidery Guards. Now he is enjoying his life in the Embroidery Guards Prison. Affected by this, Xie Kun The noble title was taken away, and he was sent to serve as a frontier army. The commanders of each battalion, anyone who was closer to Wu Liang, had their homes confiscated and exiled to Liaodong.

Sun Shaozu was among them.

I have something on my mind, no matter how strong the taste of the tea in front of me is, I feel that it is not fragrant, so I chatted a few more words before saying goodbye to the two of them.

Before leaving, I only heard Fu Sinian say: "I got someone to look at the almanac. The eighth day of the second lunar month is a suitable day for marriage. If Brother Jia is still in Beijing, remember to come to the humble house for a small gathering. Rong Niang and I don't plan to invite relatives and friends." , just invite two or three acquaintances to come and set up a few tables for the wedding banquet, Brother Shang remember to come together."

"Brother Fu is getting married?" Jia Ying said with joy in her heart.

"Sigh, Rong Niang washes and cooks for me all day long. I should give her an explanation. The neighbors will gossip, which is not good for her or the child." Fu Sinian nodded.

"Congratulations." Jia Ying clasped her fists again and again, feeling happy for Fu Sinian.

That girl Luo Rong is not bad, she is soft-tempered on the outside and strong on the inside, and Xu Fengyan is too lucky to enjoy it. Since Fu Sinian doesn't dislike her being a remarried woman, the two are really compatible.

Having known each other for so long, Jia Ying somewhat understood Fu Sinian's temperament, and the two really had a husband and wife relationship.

It's just a pity, Fu Sinian is a good-natured person, originally he had the intention to mention his second sister to consider, although the age difference is a bit big, but he and Fu Sinian's friendship, married, is not afraid of being bullied, age is not a problem .

It's just that after meeting Luo Rong last time in Fu Zhai, Jia Ying's thoughts faded away.

"Congratulations to brother Fu for finding a beautiful woman, Gong will definitely be there." Gong Shangren also responded with a smile.

After parting with the two, Jia Ying went back to the mansion alone.

Time passed by, and Jia Ying was still unable to attend Fu Sinian's wedding ceremony. After February, there were letters from the south one after another, including Qi Yaozong's letter about suppressing the Japanese.

Probably because of his eagerness to make contributions, Qi Yaozong led the navy to attack several times without himself in charge, and the effect was remarkable, but he also encountered troubles.

The other letter is from Horn's distress letter.

For Horn, Jia Ying still attaches great importance to it. The longer we get along, the more I feel that this declining nobleman from the West is not simple. Not to mention learning a lot of new tactics of the Netherlands and the French Navy from him, but only in the Regarding the innovation of firearms, Horn brought him many surprises.

Not only muskets, but also artillery technology that was ahead of Daqian. At the same time, in the navy, the artillery of the opponent's warships has a long range, so the only side that has to be beaten will be beaten. Dagan's imitation of the Portuguese's Fran cannon has become a bit outdated , the Hongyi cannon can barely reach it.

These are not listed for the time being, only that Horn’s call for help this time is said to be because of an accident in the East India Company. The Dutch East India Company was defeated by the Françians and lost a large area of ​​land. The public and the private united with the English to defeat the França, and now they are chasing the remnants of the França East India Company.

Guinevere's family was the top executives of França's East India Company. They escaped during the war, but were blocked by the Dutch and English on their return westward sea route, and now fled to the sea near Dagan.

And Qi Yaozong's letter also confirmed this point, Franz and the merchant ships of the Dutch teamed up with the Japanese pirates in the nearby waters to chase the merchant ships escaped by the Franzians at sea. In the fierce battle, the navy managed to form two fleets, and a warship of 150 materials was sunk, and all the officers and soldiers on board were killed.

The warships of the three parties sailed into the area of ​​Shengsi Island, and they are forcing Dagan to hand over people.

Jia Yingmi expected that, by accident, the sailors who worked hard were actually older than the Francha people. According to Qi Yaozong's account, there were a large number of craftsmen accompanying the Franza merchant ships. Now that precious wealth is delivered to their door, how can Jia Ying let them go.

At the same time, due to the sudden intervention of the Europa people, the decisive battle between the Jiangnan Navy and the pirates was also advanced. Both sides wanted to destroy their opponents. Now that they had strong support, those pirates would naturally not continue to wait for the navy to grow.

The matter of opening the sea has not yet reached a conclusion in the court, but Jia Ying had to leave Beijing early and return to Zhenhaiwei to stabilize the overall situation.

The days passed by in a blink of an eye, and both the north and the south of Daqian were experiencing a fierce, but controlled war to a certain extent.

With the continuous launch of warships at the Longjiang Shipyard, the Jiangnan Navy has begun to take shape, and with the help of the Francha people, the war on the East China Sea, although the balance of victory and defeat has not been too obviously tilted, has also changed. little progress.Jia Ying used the stolen silver seized from the pirates to customize twelve warships again. The shipbuilding technology of Longjiang Shipyard has become more and more mature. The intuitive performance is the time to build a 150-material warship. The time of two and a half months has been shortened to two months.

After all, the vicinity of the East China Sea is Dagan's home field. After several battles, there are more victories than defeats, but there is still a long way to go to destroy the Japanese pirates.

Of course, based on the current results of the battle, Jia Ying is enough to hand over to the imperial court, because within [-] miles of the Zhejiang sea area, no pirates dare to stop on the nearby islands, and they all retreat to the Zhonghai Sea. The entire Zhejiang sea area, For the sake of peace.

But in Liaodong, which is located in the northeast of Daqian, the situation there has undergone earth-shaking changes.

I don't know how Ye Baichuan did it. He recruited the Hu people from Jianzhou, united with Ye Hebu from Haixi, annexed the territories of Suwan, Hada, and Neyin tribes, and released the news to the Xiongnu who were still in Beijing. The envoy knows.

Batu Wendusu, the old Han of the Huns, was furious at the betrayal of the Donghu people and ordered his son Agujin to send troops to attack Haixi. He is willing to send troops to consume himself, and besides the bitter cold in Liaodong, he can't get any supplements from anywhere. Naturally, he does not work hard when fighting.

The most important thing is that Batu Wendusu is already 70 years old. There is news from the Golden Tent that his newborn brother is not the blood of the Borzigit family, but Batu Wendusu made his own blood. I couldn't sleep and gave birth to my own Ai Ji, in order to tell these sons of Agujin that the Khan of the Huns is still strong and can even give birth to offspring.

Unfortunately, the news got out.

At this time, Jiade agreed to the marriage request of the envoys from the left of the Xiongnu, and promised to open the border markets in Datong and other places in Xuanfu, allowing people from the left of the Xiongnu to exchange cattle, wool and fur from Dagan for salt, iron, grain, grass, and silk.

There was another incident that surprised Jia Ying. Tasul had been among the missions to Beijing all along, but he had hidden his identity as the Xiongnu Taiji and kept pretending to be a bodyguard. Otherwise, the two of them might still be able to work together. Beijing staged a reunion drama.

Tasur could hide in the mission, he could hide it from others, even Jia Ying, but he definitely couldn't hide it from Xiuyiwei.

It seems that the emperor knew about this.

And Tasur is the candidate for the Huns' marriage. What surprised Jia Ying even more was that what he asked for was actually the daughter of Marquis Xiping, the one who had met him once, and had a foreign land. A beautiful woman, Lan Qier.

The ancestors of the Lan family were Hui Hui who had been naturalized from the Hu people. Although they had been integrated into the Central Plains for a long time and were named kings with different surnames, they still retained the blood of the Hu people.

Jia Deqin named Lan Qi'er the eldest princess of Longxi, and married according to the order.

After Jia Ying heard the news, she couldn't help but sigh, and she didn't know how Lan Tianyu was feeling at this time.

It was also taking advantage of the gap between Dagan and the left part of the Xiongnu, Dagan's generals in Liaodong expanded for a hundred miles, and completely included the Jianzhou part in their own pockets. The Yehe tribe in Haixi, because they were dissatisfied with the exploitation of the Huns , and now they have sent troops to suppress and slaughter wantonly, and flirted with Liaodong Town.

The predicament in northern North Korea has been resolved, and the rest is the business of North Korea and the Japanese pirates themselves.

Liaodong can make such a big progress, and it is also inseparable from the Japanese suppression in the south of the Yangtze River. The navy held back most of the Japanese pirates, allowing Lee's Korea to send troops northward to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Suwan, Hada, and Neyin tribes.

Moreover, in order to obtain the support of Jiade, Jia Ying transported a large amount of food, grass and military pay to Liaodong. He seized a large amount of silver from pirates and pirates, and purchased grain from wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and transported it to the north.

It's just that Jianzhou is newly established, and there will only be more food and grass needed in the future. Benefiting from this, after Ye Baichuan withdrew from Liaodong, he devoted himself to supporting Jia Ying's opening of the sea.

And Jia Ying was not idle in the south either. For those big families in the south of the Yangtze River who were involved in smuggling, they won over a group and suppressed a group. The gentry in Zhejiang and Fujian are no longer one. After Jia Ying received Ye Baichuan's letter, she packed her bags and headed north again.

But now, the time has entered the end of July, and it will be August when I rush back to the capital.

While still on the road, Jia Ying received news that the prince had vacated troops to the Western Regions. The reason was that the Hunxie Xiutu Division [-], which was entrenched near the Tianshan Mountains, had slaughtered the caravans of Dagan and those from the Yuzi Kingdom in Hexi. None of the missions and the [-] soldiers escorted by the Western Army survived.

This world is really uneasy.

(End of this chapter)