Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 197 Nanchi asked policy and Xue Pan was beaten (big chapter)
"Why is Nanchi so..."

Looking at Nanchifang City at this moment, Jia Cong always felt that something was weird. After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of a suitable adjective.

"Why is it so harmonious? Yes, it is harmony! When did Nanchifang City even have no quarrelsome people? Where have all those young masters gone?"

Are you kidding me? It's suspicious that there would be such a harmonious scene in a place like Beijing, where you can drop a brick casually and hit a fifth-rank official.

Jia Shishi replied faintly: "Young Master forgot? Prince Zhongshun has returned to Beijing!"

"Hey, I've been too busy these two days, so I forgot about this."

Jia Cong smiled while holding his forehead, and said: "I have to say that the Thirteenth Lord has taken the blame for the capital's number one dude for the people of our capital. He has really suffered a great grievance. Look, this is the harmonious and beautiful big Xia Jingcheng!"

The harmonious city of Nanchifang made Jia Cong feel a little regretful, Mr. Yumao wanted to act chivalrously today...

After shopping around, Jia Cong bought a small orange cat at a cattery, and carried the kitten to the edge of Nanchi.

"Guanhai Building...it's elegant, and Brother Zhang really knows how to choose a place."

Before going upstairs, he saw a noble young man waving at him by the window of Linchi on the second floor, his sword eyebrows were slightly opened but not sharp, but he had a sense of stability and elegance.

Jia Cong waved to him in response, and then quickly went up to the second floor.After entering the private room, the two didn't even exchange greetings, they sat and drank tea facing each other, looking at the scenery by the window.

It turned out that the person who invited Jia Cong to come here today was none other than the son-in-law of Wu Wang Liu Chen, princess Yibin, and outlaw Zhang Sanzhang Zhengju.

"Brother Zhang, you have finally come to the capital. I thought you were going to take part in the general examination this spring. Is it to assist His Highness King Wu in dealing with Jinling?"

Hearing Jia Cong's question, Zhang Zhengju shook his head and responded with a smile: "The people in Jinling are nothing more than local chickens and dogs. Once the soldiers from the palace arrived, they were all as well-behaved as kittens. The main reason is that my wife is pregnant. How could I Can you go?"

"what?"

Hearing this, Jia Cong cupped his hands in congratulations: "Congratulations, Brother Zhang. When the child is born, I have to ask for a glass of wedding wine."

"Even if you don't want to go, I will tie you up too."

Zhang Zhengju laughed loudly, and after chatting a few words about family matters, before noon, the door of the private room was knocked again.

With a creak, the door opened, and a young man with a golden crown and jade belt walked in. Jia Cong and Zhang Zhengju stood up to greet him.

Jia Cong cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Congratulations, fourth brother, you are going to be an uncle..."

The king of Wu is of the same generation as the current emperor, so Liu Hong and the princess of Wu Wang's mansion are cousins, and they are still the ones who haven't made five clothes.

Will Zhang Zhengju's future children call Liu Hong his uncle?
Under Jia Cong's recommendation, Liu Hong met the highly respected Jiangnan talent for the first time.

"If Your Highness wants to evaluate the officials of Shuntian Mansion according to the "Great Xia Law", then the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials must prepare more candidates to replace them."

Zhang Zhengju just flipped through the dossier brought by Liu Hong, then closed it and said, "The money and food for disaster relief have been allocated layer by layer, and almost everyone who has passed it has touched their hands. If Your Highness wants to implement it in real terms, the first thing is to do it with the officials." , the second is the law, and the third is supervision. As long as one of these three points is not implemented, there will be a resurgence of natural disasters."

A few short words shocked Liu Hongda.As expected of the person recommended to him by the emperor's father, he has such insight at a young age.

He got up and cupped his hands and said: "Please teach me, sir!"

Zhang Zhengju hastily moved aside, bowed in return and said, "Your Highness, you have broken the evil minister, and it is the duty of the minister to share the worries of the king."

"Sir, do you have a plan?"

"Didn't Your Highness say that you should be punished according to the law? Then start with the "Great Xia Law"..."

The second floor of Guanhai Tower has been occupied by Liu Hong, and a team of dragon guards in plain clothes is guarding the stairs.Some people wanted to take advantage of their family power to go up to the second floor, but were scared off by a flying fish token.

In the private room, Zhang Zhengju talked eloquently, expounding his views for Liu Hong and Jia Cong.

"The country has gone through a hundred years, and the government has been abolished a lot. When the Taizu was greedy for ink and silver, he was dismissed for 20 taels of silver, and he was killed for 200 taels of silver. Do you dare to do this now?"

Liu Hong subconsciously wanted to say something, but then he remembered his imperial grandfather, the Supreme Emperor treated his courtiers leniently, and if he was greedy for 10 taels of silver, he would only be dismissed from office, and he would not even have to go to prison...

"Since 20 taels of greedy ink is dismissed from office and seized the title, and 10 taels of corrupted ink is just dismissed from office and seized the title, and you can't die anyway, why not earn more?"

Zhang Zhengju's complexion became more and more dignified, and he sighed: "The files that His Highness just showed to the ministers, according to the rules of the Taizu Dynasty, ninety-nine out of ten would have to be taken to the vegetable market and beheaded. But does Your Highness dare to do this?"

Liu Hong followed with a sigh: "I have this thought in my heart, but I dare not do it."

He didn't lie, he really didn't dare.Even the emperor didn't dare to kill this group of people according to the rules of the Taizu dynasty, because according to the rule of 20 taels of dismissal to seize the title and 200 taels of beheading, all the civil and military ministers in the court can be replaced with new ones.

Zhang Zhengju nodded his head: "I can understand that a single move can move the whole body, so my first suggestion is that since you can't move the official for the time being, then skip this step and directly grasp the chief of the village and the village."

Very familiar pattern...

Jia Cong said subconsciously: "Power down to the grassroots? The countryside surrounds the city?"

"Power down to the grassroots? It's appropriate."

Zhang Zhengju explained in detail: "Since ancient times, in the village where officials have been running iron, those who manage the place for the country are the county magistrates. It is better to say that they are the officials, the head of the town, and the head of the village. Therefore, Your Highness may wish to formulate a new policy. According to the regulations, the chiefs of townships and villages, and officials in counties are included in the national court system, and they are assigned titles."

"Secondly, I have discussed this matter with Mr. Qingteng, and it will be submitted to the palace in a few days. The new law has its own new regulations, which can be tried before Shuntian Mansion."

"Let's talk about supervision. I am willing to expand the Metropolitan Procuratorate and increase the number of censors. However, Mr. Qingteng said that Mr. Jia made a fresh suggestion..."

Ok?
Jia Cong was still thinking about the grassroots under power when he heard Zhang Zhengju mention himself.

"Brother Zhang San is talking about setting up an information department?"

Zhang Zhengju nodded, this was the first time Liu Hong heard this.

He turned his head and asked, "What is the Information Department?"

"It's a variant of the Dibao. The Dibao is top-down, and the news is bottom-up..."

Jia Cong gave an example: "The imperial court can set up a news department to recruit righteous people from the people as reporters. If a wealthy family oppresses the people in a certain place, officials cover up, and the people have nowhere to ask, the reporters of the news department can spread a piece of paper all over the world. Advertise it widely. Shangguan heard about it, how can he ignore it?"

Zhang Zhengju nodded, and added: "This method is feasible or not. I am working with Mr. Qingteng to find a way to amend it, so that it can be implemented in the world and fill the gap in supervision."

"Not feasible?"

Liu Hong thinks this method is very good. In this way, the Great Xia has thousands of censors out of thin air. How can those rich and powerful families dare to bully the common people?
Jia Cong explained with a wry smile: "The teacher said that this method is also used by others to control public opinion, which is not conducive to the rule of the country."

"Rural prophecy will make the people panic. Your Highness has underestimated the power of this news department. If someone with a heart takes control of the news department, no one is sure whether the things about Da Chuxing and Chen Shengwang will happen in this dynasty. .”

Zhang Zhengju's words startled Liu Hong a lot, and the conversation just now became more lively and the atmosphere became colder. The three of them all skipped the matter of the Information Department, and turned the topic back to the grassroots under power.

This conversation lasted almost two hours, and even during lunch, Liu Hong was not idle, and asked Zhang Zhengju a lot about "Great Summer Law".

After three glasses of wine, Zhang Zhengju uttered bold words.

"The omissions in the "Great Xia Law" are almost like a sieve. If the minister commits a crime, it must not be said that the government cannot find evidence to convict the minister. The minister is still [-]% sure that the person who knocked the gavel will be sent to prison Prison!"

After hearing these words, Liu Hong finally understood why Jia Cong called his cousin-in-law an outlaw.

……

After sending Liu Hong and Zhang Zhengju away, Jia Cong yawned and went to the Imperial Hospital with the little orange cat in his arms.

Mr. Yu Chenglang checked the kitten, fed him a pill with who knows what ingredients, and then drove Jia Cong, who bothered him to play with bugs, out of the house.

Originally seeing the setting sun, Jia Cong planned to return to the mansion.Unexpectedly, just as he was being shaken drowsily, the carriage braked suddenly and nearly rolled out of the carriage.

There was a lot of noise outside the carriage, with faint quarrels and fights.

"Little Sanye, I seem to hear someone calling Uncle Xue..."

Wow, Jia Cong immediately lifted the curtain, and went to the entrance of the restaurant not far away, surrounded by a circle of people, who could faintly see a few people wrestling together inside.

He jumped out of the carriage and came to the front of the circle after the guards made a way.

It was indeed Xue Pan who scuffled with someone, and it was a one-on-five.

The guards around him were all suppressed by other guards, and he could only rely on his strong body to fight against others.

At this time, Xue Pan's face was blue and purple. If he was not familiar with him, he would not have recognized that this was the uncle of the royal merchant Xue's family.

Seeing Xue Pan being punched in the face again, Jia Cong immediately yelled, "Stop!"

Unexpectedly, these people didn't pay attention to Jia Cong at all. Instead, a woman dressed as a maid stood on the stone steps at the entrance of the restaurant and frowned and said: "This is my family's private matter. You should not interfere. Keep fighting, the girl said, If something goes wrong, she will take care of it!"

The crowd of onlookers immediately murmured, and one of them recognized Jia Cong's identity, and sneered at his friends in a low voice, "This Xia's family will be kicked to the iron plate, Xue's family is a serious relative of Rongguo Mansion, Cong The third master got angry and even cut off the prince of the county!"

You didn't wear a cat costume when you came out today, is this being looked down upon?

He touched the somewhat frightened cat, and snorted coldly: "Pull them away, if you dare to resist, all limbs will be broken!"

Following Jia Cong's order, several guards didn't even pull out their knives, and the scabbards slammed on the hands and feet of the group of slave guards, and the chaotic scene was instantly brought under control.

"Brother, they are too senile (Brother Cong, they are too deceptive)..."

Uh……

It was so miserable that Xue Pan's mouth was so swollen that he couldn't speak clearly.

Jia Cong recruited the servant next to Xue Pan, and after a while he figured out the cause and effect of the conflict.

It turned out that because of the ownership of the restaurant in front of him, Xue Pan had a conflict with the Xia family, who was also an imperial merchant.

Of course, it was not Xue Pan who took advantage of Rongguo Mansion's power to overwhelm others, but Osmanthus Xia's family, who threatened the shopkeeper who had already received a deposit from Xue's family to go to the Daxing County Government to sign the contract.

"It turned out to be Lord Yumao. The servants have eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai. Please forgive me."

The servant girl had already found out Jia Cong's identity from the servants, but she was still neither humble nor overbearing. After the Wanfu ceremony, she said: "My lord, the original shopkeeper of this restaurant has signed a contract with my family in the Daxing County Government to accept my family's money." Yinzi, but the Xue family came to the restaurant to entangle, and even provoked my girl. Even the Rongguo Mansion is a high-ranking nobleman, so he can't be unreasonable."

Jia Cong chuckled: "Your teeth are sharp and your mouth is sharp. I won't be unreasonable. What can you do with me?"

"Folk girls can't do anything to Mrs. Jia, but "Great Summer Law" can."

The voice is cold, but its owner is in good shape.

Xue Pan glanced at the woman who came out of the restaurant, and whispered in Jia Cong's ear, "She is the only daughter of the Xia family..."

Jia Cong nodded slightly. It turned out to be Xue Pan's evil fate in the original book, Xia Jingui, a girl from Osmanthus Xia's family.

I saw this woman wearing a light veil on her face, gold and jade on her head, all the dresses on her body are exquisite, and her figure is enchanting...

Although I can't see how it looks, it makes the melon eaters around me dream about it.

Even Xue Pan, who was beaten into a pig's head, murmured: "I just saw it by accident, it looks so unbelievable..."

"Brother Xue has taken a fancy to this girl? How about I go back and tell my aunt to ask her to hire someone to go to Xia's house as a matchmaker?"

Hearing Jia Cong's joke, Zhu Toupan immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, tigress!"

Xia Jingui didn't even look at Jia Cong when she saw Jia Cong, and she suddenly felt depressed because she was very angry.

She frowned and said: "Uncle Xue's family is making a fuss in my restaurant today, and he spoke rudely to me. My Xia family punishes me once or twice, isn't it too much?"

Jia Cong gave up and continued to chat with Xue Pan, raised his eyes and sneered, "Osmanthus Xia's family is also qualified to say the word punishment in front of this official? Who gave you the courage to beat my elder brother Xue?"

Although Osmanthus Xia's family held a post in the household department, the false title was taken back by the household department after her father died of illness, just like Xue's family.

The Xue family also has a male heir, Xue Pan. If they can get through one or two, the Xue family can get another six-rank false title of the household department.But the Xia family has no male heirs, and Xia Jingui's generation might not even be able to keep his status as an imperial merchant.

Jia Cong ordered: "Go to the people from the Daxing County Yamen and call the original shopkeeper of the restaurant. I want to see it today. I have already paid the deposit. How dare the Daxing County Yamen transfer the ownership to it."

Xia Jingui panicked immediately when he heard that, this restaurant is not far from the imperial city, and the location is excellent.The original person behind the restaurant was cut from his official position, so she had the opportunity to use various means to force the shopkeeper to hang up the transfer sign.

She never thought that she just went out of Beijing and went back to her hometown in Baoding Mansion. After returning to Beijing, she found that the shopkeeper of the restaurant had reached a verbal agreement with Xue Pan, and even received a deposit of 500 taels from Xue Pan.

Is this okay?This restaurant was what the master wanted, and she, Xia Jingui, was just putting it on the bright side.

This Xue Pan is the nephew of Prince Teng, the county uncle under the command of the Taiwei, and the in-law of the Rongguo Mansion. How can the Xia family compete with it?
So Xia Jingui went to that man's house overnight, and early the next morning, he led someone to seize the shopkeeper of the restaurant and forced the Daxing County Government to sign a deed for him.

Originally thought that with the endorsement of the county government, the Xue family could only admit that it was unlucky.I never imagined that Xue's family would have a new owner who would not only make the restaurant a mess, but also provoke the little devil in the Rongguo Mansion...

Xia Jingui gritted her teeth, walked a few steps forward to Jia Cong, leaned over to Jia Cong's ear and said, "Master Jia, I can't help my family, please ask Master Jia to raise your hand, I will definitely reward you dearly!"

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　There is not enough time for codewords, two chapters combined into one chapter.

　　Sorry, I will continue to update tomorrow...

　　
　
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