Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 152

Since the winter of the fourth year of Yuanyou, there has been heavy snowfall almost everywhere in the north.

The emergency reports received by the Secretary of General Administration were sent to the Hall of Qinzheng non-stop. The diligent emperor Liu Heng spent the whole night reviewing the memorials. Follow the emperor to deal with disaster relief.

Xia Shouzhong took the food box from Baoqin's hand, and the two exchanged a few words in a low voice.

"Please also ask the girl holding the piano to report to the empress. I am afraid that the emperor has no intention of going back to the harem to rest these few days. Let the empress rest earlier. By the way, the emperor said that the tremella and lotus seed soup cooked by the empress is very good!"

Baoqin bowed his knees and bowed, and then braved the wind and snow to walk to the harem.Xia Shouzhong watched Baoqin leave with a smile in his eyes: The women of the Jia family are not stupid, and it is comfortable to deal with smart people.

crunch...

The little servant pushed open the door of Qinzheng Palace with winking eyes, and welcomed Xia Shouzhong in.

Emperor Liu Heng almost buried his whole body in the memorial. Under the slightly dim candlelight, Xia Shouzhong persuaded with some distress: "My lord, take a rest, let the cabinet deal with the less important matters." It's..."

As he spoke, he opened the food box in his hand, and there were four dishes of side dishes plus a bowl of delicate rice porridge, which was steaming and caused the emperor to make a grunting sound from his stomach.

"Sent by Fengzao Palace?"

"Ms. Xianfei asked the girl holding the piano by her side to deliver it just now. The empress also said that the old slave should persuade the emperor to rest early, so that he can handle political affairs better with more energy!"

Xia Shouzhong put the meals on the table next to the stove one by one, and chattered about the trivial matters in the palace: "The empress dowager also asked the old slave to persuade the emperor, saying why the court has so many officials? Everything is tiring for the emperor, why not go home and farm..."

"The queen mother is really... 嗐!"

Not only did Liu Heng not get tired of Xia Shouzhong's nagging, but he laughed instead.

He commented on the memorial in his hand: "The thousand-year-old king and the 8-year-old turtle, don't do anything to pretend to be auspicious by engraving on the shell of the turtle, just take care of the two lakes for me."This year's rice has matured. Remember to send some rice to Beijing. Last year's rice tastes good.

After thinking about it, I added another sentence: Remember to buy rice money for the farmers!

"This Cao Jiuren, I don't know where to get an old turtle, engraved with the three characters of a saint, it is auspicious? What a nonsense!"

Although it was a complaint, Liu Heng still shook his head with a smile, put the booklet away, and sat down by the stove.

While serving the emperor's meal, Xia Shouzhong said with a smile, "Since Mr. Cao has been close to the emperor since he was a child, it's not just once or twice to mess around. Didn't he go to Sichuan and Shu himself the year before last, and caught two iron-eating beasts and said they were Chi You?" The divine beast Xiong Wei under your seat. I guess he wants to ask for a reward from the emperor again, so that he can show off to his colleagues."

"Never grow up!"

Compared with his elder brother Cao Jiugong, Cao Jiuren could not be successful in martial arts. The only good thing is that this man can always faithfully carry out his orders.In Huguang, a strategic location, Liu Heng can feel more at ease.

Thinking of Huguang, Liu Heng suddenly stopped his chopsticks, and asked with a frown, "By the way, are Shi Nai and Shi Ding still planning their appointment?"

Xia Shouzhong nodded and said: "According to the secret report of the Long Guard, the Shi family brothers first went to the Zhenguo Mansion a few years ago, but Uncle Niu didn't agree, so they went to the Beijing Palace... Finally, people from the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials received the report. Courtesy of the historian. Among the vacancies reported by the Ministry of Officials, the commander of the Sichuan capital, the commander of the capital, the commander of Tongzhi, and the commander of the Huguang capital, lacked a commander of the capital!"

Ah!
Liu Heng smiled mockingly, and continued to pick up the chopsticks.

He took a mouthful of rice, chewed it for a while, and said coldly: "Since they want to go, let them go. But let the Dudu Mansion, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War delay a little longer. If I want to see, they will all go." Who will do this. Ask again, how much the historian spent on these two tasks!"

"One more thing, my lord, Mr. Qingteng took little Jia Lang to Wanping County today..."

The matter of Xu Jin taking Jia Cong to Wanping County, it can be said that everything he said and did was under the attention of the Long Guard.

Before Jia Cong returned home, the Long Guard sent the report to the palace.Xia Shouzhong thought of Jia Cong's rebellious words, and really didn't know whether to call Jia Cong reckless or innocent.

"Go to his mother's Zhaoyuan prosperity, to his mother's country to be strong and the people rich, to his mother's kingdom of heaven..."

Liu Heng repeated Jia Cong's curse words when he was angry, and asked Xia Shouzhong: "Brother, do you think Jia Cong's curse is right or wrong?"

Xia Shouzhong shook his head, nodded again, and finally sighed: "My lord, this is how this old slave was sold into the palace!"

He didn't say right or wrong, but Liu Heng felt the sadness in this answer.

A bowl of millet can be exchanged for a baby, can this also be called prosperity?
"Go to his mother's Zhaoyuan prosperity!"

Liu Heng also cursed a vulgar word, and then told Xia Shouzhong: "Tomorrow morning, my companion will go to Rongguo Mansion to pass on my oral order. The mice are already showing their heads. Why don't you catch the royal cat?"

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It snowed heavily again after the Gyeonggi Years, and the cabinet immediately ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate a large amount of money and grain to the state capitals.

Xu Jin could no longer take care of his apprentices, so he stayed directly at the Metropolitan Procuratorate on duty, arranged for local inspections under the censor, and cooperated with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to investigate the cases received during the disaster relief period.

There are still three days before the Rongguo Mansion's poetry meeting. Jia Cong, who was lying on the table thinking hard about the law of equalizing land, the law of equal taxation of Fangtian, the law of one whip, etc., was driven out of the capital by the emperor's oral order.

Wrapped in a thick fur coat, Jia Cong sat in the carriage and began to catch mice from Wanping County.

Of course, he went to the palace before leaving Beijing. After all, if the name is not right, the words are not right. Taking this opportunity, Jia Cong asked the emperor for an official: an imperial envoy to inspect the military and political affairs of Beizhili.

Commonly known as the inspector of the nine prefectures of Beizhili, the imperial envoy!
However, this official was temporarily appointed by the emperor, with no rank, no rank, and no salary. Jia Cong paid for the boss's affairs by himself, and it was obvious that he wanted to offend others.

For example, at this time, Jia Yumao Imperial Envoy Cong was sitting in the lobby of the Wanping County Government Office, and officials of all sizes in Wanping County were kneeling neatly in the hall.

"In a snowstorm, nearly half of the civilian land changed owners. What a powerful move. Hu Youwei, have you ever thought about where the grain will come from when taxes are collected this summer? Will those landlords pay taxes for you?"

Sometimes Jia Cong really wanted to lift the skulls of these trash and take a look inside to see if they were all filled with water.

Those honorable relatives and famous men bought land, so it is impossible to pay taxes to the government.At that time, the food and taxes will not be uniform, and the assessment of the official department will directly come to a middle-lower, lower-lower, isn't the future promising?
Judging from the information collected by the Long Guard, Hu Youwei didn't do any bad things other than brokering the purchase of land for the lords in the capital.

On the contrary, he was not greedy for a tael of silver, and devoted himself to helping the victims of the disaster.Originally, if he had dealt with the disaster relief in an orderly manner and didn't get involved in the annexation of land by various families in the capital, he would have to be raised one level...

"The lower official is guilty!"

Hu Youwei was also a bachelor, so he kowtowed and pleaded guilty after taking off his black hat, and the rest of the county magistrates, master Bo and others followed suit.

Wanping is the closest prefecture and county to the capital, and almost none of the officials in the county escaped, and they were all involved in these dirty things.

Of course, in their view, this kind of thing is nothing at all, after all, every time there is a famine, everyone does it.

It is a reasonable thing to agree to become a custom!

Jia Cong slapped the gavel, and said coldly, "You are guilty, but you still have to keep your head, and someone has to clean up the mess in Wanping County."

Later, according to the severity of the crimes, he chopped down the most serious crimes on the spot, Wanping County Chancellor and Dian Shi, leaving behind the county magistrate Hu Youwei and the leader Bo Sunsheng.

"Hu Youwei, Sun Sheng..."

Following Jia Cong's icy voice, the two men who were frightened by the young master's ruthlessness immediately fell to the ground: "The sinner is here!"

I just heard Jia Cong say: "You have copied all the lands that have been plundered and plundered since Dongxue last year into a book. Anyone who oppresses the people, involves human life, or robs the people will be arrested and brought to justice. Can you survive? , It depends on whether you can take the crime and make meritorious service!"

"grown ups……"

Hu Youwei and Sun Sheng yelled almost at the same time, their faces full of embarrassment.

"Huh? Just say something!"

Hu Youwei gritted his teeth, bowed down and said: "My lord, the lower official is just a small county magistrate. After leaving the county seat, the orders of the lower official are not as effective as a slave in the countryside!"

"Then kill!"

Jia Cong beckoned to the captain of the Dragon Guard who was accompanying him: "Wang Hu, from today onwards you will follow Hu Youwei to arrest people with your official seal, but those who resist the law will be killed without mercy!"

Wang Hu took the seal, clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders!"

The wind and snow are still there, and the porridge shed at the gate of Wanping County is still steaming to keep the victims alive.

Hu Youwei led a team of dragon guards out of the city in a fair and honest manner. After inspecting the Zhuangzi bought by Lai Shangrong, he immediately pointed the butcher knife at the newly "purchased" Zhuangzi of a clan, and the news immediately spread to all directions with extremely fast news. .

Hu Youwei led a team to search Zhuangzi, a relative of Xun's relatives all over Wanping County.Hao Nu's thugs resisted, and the Long Guard rushed forward to deliver a knife.

In less than a day, the prison in Wanping County was full of people, including Lai Shangrong, who had been domineering in the newly built Zhuangzi.

Before evening, three carriages stopped in front of the gate of Rongguo Mansion. Jia She looked at the three gold-plated invitations and said with a sneer, "Go and tell these three, Master Yumao is so crazy that he even copied them from his own house." , I can’t control this son anymore. If you have any questions, go to the palace to find His Majesty, Lord Yumao is now surnamed Yu!”

Jia Jiu burst out laughing: "General, if they dare to go to the palace to look for His Majesty, they won't come to our house to make trouble. But the third master's move is cruel enough. First stab yourself, and then stab others, they will not What a mess! However, the Lai family has also received news that they are urging Nanny Lai to go to Rongxi Hall to cry!"

Jia Amnesty waved his hand indifferently and said, "Let her go, don't make a fuss, the old lady doesn't know that her dog has started to bark her teeth with the master. When San'er digs out the person behind Lai Shangrong, we will do it immediately After the heavy snowfall, the Lai family will be completely wiped out from the capital!"

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