Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 305 The Letter of Resignation
"Jia Ying, I always thought that you are a courtier who understands the general situation, so I trust you in every possible way, and I don't hesitate to reward you."

Linjing Hall, since the fifth year of Jiade, the emperor rarely summoned ministers here, but this time Jia Ying was announced here.

At this moment, Jia Ying was standing on the top of the hall, listening to the emperor's teachings quietly, Jiade let go of the emperor's posture for a rare moment, and spoke slowly, as if he was talking with a junior.

"You are the fifth year of Jiade Jihai Enke Tanhua and ranked first. I remember that the other two people who are ranked top three with you, one is Feng Changxi, and the other is the same clan of old Fu Ge, named Fu Sinian, right?"

"Yes." Jia Ying replied softly.

"What are the two of them doing now?" Jia De asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Feng Changxi, the number one scholar in Jihai Enke, has successively served as the Hanlin and the Inspectorate. He is now the censor of the capital of Nanjing, and also the censor of the two Zhejiang provinces."

The so-called land of Liangzhe refers to the east and west of Zhejiang, with Qiantang as the boundary to divide the east and west, which is the old name of Yanzhi.The inspecting territory of the Liangzhe patrol salt censor is not only Zhejiang province, but also includes the southern part of Nanzhili, the southern part of Huguang and the whole province of Jiangxi.

From the perspective of geographical boundaries, in fact, the Yangtze River is the line. The Jiangnan Salt Road is under the jurisdiction of Liangzhe Xunyan Yushi, and the salt road will be under the jurisdiction of Lianghuai Xunyan Yushi.The Yanhuai Yushi Yushi Office was located in Yangzhou, so it was also called Yangzhou Yanyan Yushi, and Lin Ruhai's former position was this.

In addition to the salt censors in Huaihe, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, the imperial court also appointed one censor each in Hedong, Changlu, and Guangxi. In the seventh year of Jiade, one was added in Fujian.Although it is only the title of supervisory censor, this kind of official position is usually held concurrently, and generally each carries the original title.

For example, Feng Jicai, the salt censor of the two Zhejiang provinces, was originally the censor of the capital of the Nanjing Procuratorate. half grade.

At the age of Feng Jicai in his twenties, Zheng Sipin is really not low.However, all below the third rank belong to the subordinate officials, and the difference between the fourth rank and the fifth rank is not big, and the procuratorate is no more than other officials. It is easier to be promoted in the early stage, because the censors of the Inspectorate, except for the supervisory censor, are all It is the beginning of the fourth rank, but then again, it is naturally a bit difficult to make a promotion through political achievements.

Therefore, many officials of the Inspectorate are seeking to hold foreign posts concurrently. When they arrive at the locality, the censor can go directly to the heaven, and they can investigate and handle a few cases that are not painful but can hit the emperor's sore spot. The way of promotion in the future Just opened it.

Just listen to Jia Ying continuing: "Jihai Enke ranks second, has served as the Hanlin, the Secretary of General Administration, and is now a counselor for the Yintai."

Fu Sinian's promotion history is much more normal. The so-called Yintai is the Secretary of the General Administration, and the Secretary of the General Administration is the fifth rank.

The Secretary of the General Administration is not prominent in the world, but no one in the officialdom will ignore him. There has been a saying of "six departments and nine ministers" since ancient times, but with the passage of time and dynasties, the "six departments and nine ministers" often change. In the dynasty, "six ministries and nine ministers" were combined into one term, and the General Secretary and General Political Envoy were among them.In addition to the six ministers, the rest include the Inspectorate and Dali Temple.

The chief of the general administration envoy received the internal and external chapters, published and refuted the matter, and expressed his feelings to the four parties, and the general administration counseled and assisted him.The importance of this position is no less than that of the Six Ministries and the Procuratorate, and it is a bit more noble than the authority of Dali Temple. It can not only reach the heavens, but also block the inside and outside if you want to.

Generally, all the officials who come out of the General Administration Department are the third rank at the end. In the Dagan Dynasty, there are many who have been promoted to cabinet ministers with the General Administration Envoy. One of the "Seven Ministers" seems a bit misnomer.

After hearing this, Jia De nodded slightly and said: "In this way, you are the most honorable among the three, but in the weakest year, you are already my uncle Jingning."

"Your Majesty's grace, I don't cry very much, I just died out of shame." Jia Ying knelt down and bowed.

Jiade waved his sleeves and said, "Get up."

"Since you know the kindness you have received, you should understand my difficulties, but you have repeatedly asked me to investigate thoroughly. I know that Lin Ruhai is your future husband-in-law, and I also know the grievances you two have suffered, but I can't Because of the two of you, you disregarded the overall situation of the court, and disregarded the serious troubles of the confidants in the north.

You are wronged, and I am also wronged.In the eight years since I ascended the throne, I have been assassinated five times, two of which are the most dangerous, one broke into the palace, and the other was Nanyuan."

When Nanyuan was mentioned, Jiade's voice couldn't help but aggravated a bit, and he didn't even notice it. Jia Ying who was on the side noticed it, but didn't think much about it.

"I can't wait to investigate them all, but I can't do that. The Northern Expedition needs people to choose generals, and the frontier army can't be chaotic."

Jia Ying looked ashamed and frightened, and said in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, I know I'm wrong. It's because I'm ignorant that I'm embarrassing for Your Majesty."

Seeing Jia Ying like this, Jia De smiled and said, "Fortunately, it's not too late for you to understand now."

"But don't worry, I can promise you here, and I will definitely give you and Lin Ruhai an explanation."

Jia Ying bowed again: "Thank you, Lord Long En."

Jia De nodded in satisfaction and said, "I have read the note that you played to invite the troops to go out. If I approve your letter, where do you want to go among the nine sides?"

Jia Ying pondered for a while, but she was thinking about how to answer. The emperor's question seemed casual and simple, but it was not without the intention of trying to teach.All generals with some experience know that even if the country is destroyed, it is impossible to mobilize the entire nine sides.The east and west stretch for thousands of miles, and the unified mobilization of the army is the first major problem.In addition, the dispatch of food and grass for more than 50 soldiers and horses on the nine sides is also immeasurable. Even if the imperial court had made preparations, it was impossible to meet the consumption of more than [-] troops going out of the fortress at the same time.

More importantly, the Nine Sides is a defensive fortress, and defense is its top priority. If the Nine Sides have all their soldiers and horses, it would be a real joke.

Jia Ying didn't know how the imperial court organized this Northern Expedition. Ye Baichuan was a well-informed soldier by the emperor's side, and Wang Ziteng was the first to initiate this incident. There will be a follow-up in the memorial.

However, although Jia Ying didn't know how the court arranged it, she could probably guess some of it.

The royal court of the Xiongnu is nothing more than a loose tribal alliance, and there are many discords between the Mobei tribes who claim to be descendants of the Huns and the Monan tribes who are descendants of the Mongolian Yuan. The Donghu tribes are even more delicately connected, which means that they listen to the tune and not listen to the propaganda.

Now the left and right kings are fighting for the Khan position in the royal court, and the right king was killed. If he came to lead the army, he would concentrate his forces to attack the left and right tribes of the Huns first, deter the Mongolian and Yuan tribes so that they would not dare to act rashly, and then send one or two partial divisions to go deep. Grassland, a surprise attack on the court of the Huns.

For the tribes of the Eastern Hu, they mainly focused on soliciting bribes, while for the remaining tribes of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, they continued to beat and pull, and aimed the main force of the contradiction at the Huns north of Mobei.As long as the main force of the Xiongnu is severely frustrated and the balance formed with the Mongolian and Yuan tribes is broken, there may be no need to do anything for the rest. The Mongolian Yuan people who have been bullied and oppressed may gather Batu Wendusu's direct tribes. And divided.

In this way, it is best for the soldiers and horses in Liaodong to stay still. The four towns in Shaanxi have Wang Ziteng's unified restraint, which can be counted as a road. Those who have never been easily dispatched, only Shanxi and Jizhou towns are left.

After thinking about it in his heart, Jia Ying opened his mouth and replied: "Your Majesty, I think"

Jia Ying spoke out one by one the drafts he had prepared in his heart. Since he became an official, he has never held a proper post in the yamen of the Ministry of War, except for the term of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War. Most of them are temporarily selected, just like a firefighting captain. , Punching here and there, his advantage is that he is young, but his disadvantage is also that he is too young.

Although he has had the experience of leading the army several times, in the face of such a major event of the war of annihilation, he still lacks the qualifications to sit on one side if he wants to compete with those veterans who have accumulated many years. The governor of the Jiangnan Navy, the entire naval camp There are only more than 6 soldiers and sailors in total. In front of a major town like Jiubian with [-] to [-] people, it always seems a little bit of a small fight.

If you want to lead an army alone in the Northern Expedition, you must show enough value in front of the emperor.

That's right, Jia Ying put so much thought into it, what she wanted was not to be a second-in-command, but to be a general on her own.The imperial examination career was a stepping stone for him. In the era when civil affairs were more important than military affairs, there were some things that the ministers in the cabinet would not let pure generals get their hands on.

Take the matter of leading the army as an example, the treatment received by Lantianyu and Wang Ziteng is completely different. Since Lantianyu took charge of the Western Army Camp, all the chief envoys of Shaanxi have the right to supervise him, which is the so-called Wen Chen supervised the army, so Ye Baichuan, a newcomer, was able to control Lantian Yu to death.

While Wang Ziteng also restrained the Western Army, Shaanxi's chief envoy had no right to interfere with it. He could even cultivate confidantes in the court to echo himself internally and externally. Under the premise of the absolute command of the army.

Of course, there was also a reason why the court had to compromise because of the influence, but the key was that the court was willing to make a compromise because of Prince Teng, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn't realize that there was anything wrong.

If it is Lantian jade, if you dare not ask for your order, you will go out of Yumen Pass directly. It is estimated that his army will move, and the imperial court's intention to transfer him back to Beijing will come.

".The imperial court can take advantage of the situation to win over the tribes of the Mongolian Yuan and Donghu tribes, and isolate the Mobei Khalkha tribes who claim to be descendants of the Huns. Our army can be divided into two groups. One route departs from Jiayuguan to recover the old land of Yumen, and take advantage of the trend to capture Hami and the southern Tianshan Mountains. The grasslands around the foot of the Huns cut off the retreat route of the right side of the Huns. The other way can go northward from the Jizhou area of ​​Datong on the east side and capture Chahartai and other places occupied by the left side of the Huns.”

"I would like to invite you to lead the East and West as one of the soldiers and horses to expand the land and open the frontier for me."

The general strategy for marching was decided by Jiade just now after discussing with several cabinet ministers, the strategy that Jia Ying said at this moment coincided with the one set by the imperial court.

After hearing this, Jia De nodded secretly, feeling wise in his heart that he had nominated Jia Ying to be Tan Hua.

"What if I want to send you to the Western Army?"

Jia Ying's eyes lit up first, and then he showed doubts: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, if there is Governor Wang in the Western Army, I would rather go to Datong or Jizhou."

When Jiade heard this, he smiled and said: "You cunning, just now you said 'whatever you want', but now you are picking and choosing, how can you pick and choose my nine sides? Even if you want to go to the Western Army, I can't agree to it. Forget it, you go home and wait patiently, let me think about it."

Seeing that Jiade was hesitant, Jia Ying said urgently: "Your Majesty, I have been busy with birds at home recently. If this continues, my bones will be rusted. Even if you let me go to the Western Army, you will still have to give it to me." A troop of soldiers and horses."

Jia De looked at Jia Ying and said with a smile: "You, what Fu Qing said is really true. You are a civil servant who thinks about leading troops to fight all day long. You don't do your job properly. How can you be decent?"

"Civil and military matters, everything is for my long-term prosperity, Your Majesty." Jia Ying said unwillingly.

"Kneel down, I will think about it carefully." In the end, Jiade waved his hand impatiently, and drove Jia Ying out as if chasing someone away.

When she walked out of the palace gate, Jia Ying's face changed, and there was a hint of worry in his expression.

If there is no accident, he is afraid that he will go to the Western Army.The emperor's words were not casual words, but he had already planned in his heart.

Even if Wang Ziteng sent troops privately, even at the critical moment when the emperor was preparing to attack Liaodong, there would be sequelae.

If the Wang family falls, the Jia family will lose a support.Even if there is any discord between the two families, they are still in-laws for a hundred years, and the situation of mutual support will not be shaken because of a royal daughter.

But there is still time, the emperor's hesitation is not because he has no idea where to send him to lead the army, but because he is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a time to take Wang Ziteng from the position of Governor of Nine Sides.

Either because of crime, or because of merit, it depends on the development of the battle in the west.

But in any case, he might still be able to catch the last train of the Northern Expedition, which is why he would rather stay idle in Beijing, and not be fettered by foreign affairs, so that he can pick himself out for the emperor to choose.

After returning to the mansion, they found Daiyu and Qi Sixian were there.

"Daddy said, you have asked the imperial court to go to war again." Daiyu asked.

Daiyu looked normal this time, but it didn't mean she didn't have any worries in her heart, it's just that since the two got engaged, they had experienced this kind of thing more than once, and they were used to it. Worrying about each other.

She was only troubled, why time passed so slowly, and the wedding of the two still felt so far away.

Jia Ying nodded and said, "This time I entered the palace for this purpose."

"How about it?"

All the girls looked at her.

Seeing this, Jia Ying smiled, and pulled Daiyu over with one hand. Daiyu was caught off guard and buried her head deeply, but the redness on her neck revealed the panic in her heart at this moment. On the other hand, Qi Sixian and Xu Wenyu, even in front of Primordial Lvrong, had been intimate with her.

The three people on the side, except for Lurong, Qi and Xu were somewhat unnatural. Jia Ying's move undoubtedly revealed their relationship to everyone, although this relationship has long been no secret.The two actually cared more about Daiyu's performance, after all, she was the justifiable future mistress, but at the moment Daiyu wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in, so she didn't care about that.

In fact, Jia Ying did it unintentionally. He didn't realize it until he took him into his arms. He couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but he just spread the matter out because of his thick skin. He always kept it hidden like this. It's not a problem.

Jia Ying, who pretended to be indifferent, said, "Don't worry, things haven't been settled yet, so I won't leave Beijing in such a hurry."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Qi Sixian and asked, "How is Yunji going?"

At the beginning, Yunji was run by Jia Ying and several nobles. Now that Jia Ying has turned against these people, Yunji will naturally be affected.

On the contrary, the Xishan Coal Mine, which is registered in the Ministry of Household Affairs and backed by the royal family, will be less affected.

"There are a few companies who want to take advantage of this to quit, and took away a few shops and warehouses. I have agreed to them according to your wishes, but Yunji's supply has already accounted for more than half of the spice business in Beijing. Even if they want to unite and suppress it, it is difficult. Firstly, the purchase in the palace is the big head of Yunji, and it has never been cut off. Secondly, unless the people in Beijing don’t use spices, they will inevitably be inseparable from Yunji. , I am the county lord after all, and they can't push too much."

What Yun Kee cares about is not the shops that opened all over the capital and even Zhili, but the supply channels of spices. It is nothing to lose some shops, but the impact of the reduction of warehouses is not as great.

Jia Ying nodded and said: "That's good. It's business. I'm willing to ask for what you like. Let's get together and break up. If they push you hard, then it's okay to retreat a little bit, even if Yun Ji is gone. Don't feel bad, we don't rely on those people to make money."

In private, Jia Ying has been filling money into the Hunan Army Camp and the Jiangnan Navy Division. If only relying on Yunji, it would be a drop in the bucket, otherwise he would have transferred Tong Sihai to the capital long ago.Jia Ying's main source of income is the trade with the Thai and Westerners of the Guangzhou Shipping Department. The profit from one transaction can match that of Yun Ji for more than half a year, and there is no other person in the world who has been taken advantage of like this.

As soon as the subject changed, Jia Ying said again: "Don't mention this, Brother Liu will return to Beijing tomorrow, and Jia Yucun will go to Shaanxi to take up an appointment on another day. I'm afraid there won't be much time in Beijing. I plan to go out of the city tomorrow to meet him. , just in time, take the second sister and the others, and we will go out of the city for a trip together, it is summer now, the vegetation is lush, the greenery is lush, it is suitable for tourists to go sightseeing."

Liu Yunlong was implicated by him this time, and he will welcome him out of reason and reason. Besides, there are all kinds of bad things in Beijing recently, so it's good to take a few girls out of Beijing to relax, maybe he will come again at any time I'm leaving Beijing, the date of return is uncertain, and I don't know if this Northern Expedition will end in the next year, or I'm afraid I won't even be able to catch up with the wedding date.

Rongguofu.

Sister Feng's house.

Jia Lian was sitting on the recliner with her legs crossed, while Sister Feng beside her was sitting on the couch with a pale face, looking at a letter on the low table in front of her.

I only heard Lian Er say: "I don't care about anything with you. Originally, this letter of divorce was intended to be given to you after you recover from your illness, but now it seems that it is unnecessary."

At this moment, Sister Feng was in a daze, with only the word "divorce letter" in her mind, but she didn't hear a word of the other words, she just felt dizzy and lost her thoughts. Somewhat overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)