Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 7 I'm So Difficult!

The original atmosphere in the imperial tent was not very good, because not long after Shengjia left Beijing, Jiangnan sent a six hundred miles urgently.

The salt tax collected by the Yan Yushi Mansion in Yangzhou this autumn was robbed by water bandits on the canal, and Cao Ding, who was escorting the tax money, was beheaded and thrown to the bank of the canal to demonstrate to the court.

After receiving the news, Pei Weisheng, the Governor of Water Transportation stationed in Huai'an Mansion, joined forces with Jinling, Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Xuzhou to search everywhere. For more than ten days, he didn't even find the shadow of the water bandits.

Seeing that the time to escort the tax bank to Beijing was approaching, Lin Ruhai, the censor of Yangzhou Salt Inspection, sent people to urge him many times. Pei Weisheng knew that he couldn't go on, so he could only play together with Lin Ruhai, and sent them to the capital in an expedited six hundred miles.

Two million taels of silver disappeared, hundreds of Cao Ding were killed, and there is no trace of the thief so far. Can Liu Heng not be angry?

When Liu Heng was annoyed at the Dragon Guard who was in charge of monitoring the world, and couldn't even find any clues after so many days, he smashed the teacup at his hand at Cao Jiugong, the commander of the Dragon Guard.

Cao Jiugong was one of his own, and Liu Heng couldn't really smash it. The teacup flew straight to the table beside him, and it was the sound of the teacup breaking that attracted Jia Cong to rush in...

The civil and military officials in the imperial tent are still very grateful to Jia Cong. Even though the emperor in front of him does not have much power now, it is not easy for a courtier to face the angry king.

Seeing Jia Cong, who was lying on the ground and kicking his short legs, amused the emperor, while all the ministers laughed along with him, they also gave Jia Cong a credit in their hearts.

The fall was quite hard, especially the forehead and the right arm under the body were hurt by the helmet armor, and with the heavy Mingguang armor on his body, Jia Cong kicked his short legs for a long time without standing up.

It was Cao Jiugong who couldn't see it anymore, he reached out and lifted Jia Cong up, and put him on the ground.

"Cao Dudu, someone wants to assassinate His Majesty..."

Ever since Cao Jiugong met Jia Cong in the morning, he always felt that there was something wrong with Jia Cong's address to him.However, the soldiers under his command did call him Governor Cao, which may be because Jia Cong was young and couldn't pronounce the words clearly.

Cao Jiugong lifted Jia Cong's helmet, freeing Jia Cong's eyes suppressed by the helmet.

Uh……

Only then did Jia Cong realize that he had made a big joke, and it was in front of more than a dozen important court officials.

"Okay, you go out and play, I'm still busy."

Liu Heng didn't know whether he should be angry or laugh. If it was someone else, he would probably have been dragged down because of Junqian's disrespect.

But Jia Cong is only eight years old, he is still a child!What's more, he is a loyal child, how can I be willing to fight him!

Jia Cong blushed, bowed and cupped his fists, covered his face and walked away.Liu Heng smiled and shook his head, and told Xia Shouzhong: "Go to the imperial doctor and ask for some ointment, and send it to Jia Xiaosan to wipe it on."

All the ministers in the tent flattered one after another, saying that His Majesty is so kind.

At this time, Jia Cong, who was standing outside the imperial tent, touched his small round face and began to reflect.He was suddenly surprised to find that with the fusion of the two memories, his character not only had the maturity of the previous life, but also the immaturity of the present life.

And more often than not, my heart is full of cat-like curiosity, I am often silly, and I will unintentionally reveal the innocence and fun that shouldn't exist.

It stands to reason that his mental age should be eighteen... no, his mental age should already be twenty-six in his previous life and this life.

Can't figure it out!

Jia Cong, who was thinking about it but couldn't figure it out, looked down at his chubby hands, pinched his round face again, and couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"General Xiao Jia is still thinking about what happened just now?"

The soft voice awakened Jia Cong. Jia Cong came back to his senses and looked up. It turned out to be Xia Shouzhong, the emperor's confidant, the eunuch of the Six Palaces.

I saw Xia Shouzhong reaching out and handing over a medicine bottle: "Your Majesty asked me to go to the imperial doctor to get this. It specializes in treating bruises. When General Jia returns, ask General Jia to apply it on you, and the pain will be gone tomorrow."

Jia Cong's eyes were really red this time, not because of pain, but because of emotion.

For Emperor Liu Heng, Jia Cong originally thought of him as a tool to change his fate against the sky, but after two days of contact, Jia Cong felt that his original thoughts were a bit too immoral.

Dad, the emperor is so kind to me, I am too embarrassed to use him!
Jia Cong stuffed the medicine bottle under the breastplate and put it away, and thanked Xia Shouzhong: "Your Majesty is so kind and heartwarming. I don't know how to thank him. Of course, I also want to thank my father-in-law for taking the trouble to fetch it for me." Ointment, treat father-in-law to eat the best red bean cake in the capital..."

Xia Shouzhong narrowed his eyes and smiled. There were countless people in the palace who flattered him, complimented him, and gave him gold and silver treasures, but he felt that there was nothing better than the red bean cake that Jia Cong said.

Eunuchs are also human beings, and human beings have seven emotions and six desires.Xia Shouzhong felt very comforted by the sincere words spoken by a child like Jia Cong.

"Follow Your Majesty faithfully and do things for His Majesty."

Xia Shouzhong reached out and patted Jia Cong's helmet, and returned to the imperial tent with a smile.

It just so happened that the emperor had discussed with the ministers about the loss of tax money, and most of the accounts, Chinese and military personnel withdrew, leaving Cao Jiugong alone.

Cao Jiugong hesitated again and again, and finally bowed to report: "Your Majesty, I think that the identities of these water bandits are not simple. They may be members of a certain family in the south of the Yangtze River, and they may even be related to those in the capital. Your Majesty let those in the south of the Yangtze River Help my son to investigate, I'm afraid..."

"I know!"

Liu Heng waved his hand to let Cao Jiugong sit down and talk. He said: "The salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River is the first in Yangzhou. The salt tax in the two Huaihe Rivers and two Zhejiang provinces has been corrupted. Now only Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt in Yangzhou, sends the salt tax to the capital every year. Most of the rest It is to send most of them directly to the Longshou Palace, and then look for opportunities to corrupt ink. This time the Yangzhou salt tax was robbed, needless to say, I can also think that this is someone who wants to do something to the Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi Mansion. It is a pity that Lin Ruhai That’s right, his life might be in danger.”

There are more than 200 million taels of silver for the salt tax that is sent to the capital every year. Who is not tempted by the richness of Yangzhou's salt tax?

Cao Jiugong was silent for a moment, then sighed: "It's a pity that Lin Ruhai belongs to the emperor. I sent people to send messages many times before, but I didn't get any response from him. Your Majesty, or let them bite dogs themselves. Let's wait and see what happens."

It stands to reason that Lin Ruhai and the Jiangnan group are all members of the Supreme Emperor, so there is nothing wrong with Cao Jiugong's saying that.

But Liu Heng shook his head: "It's true that Lin Ruhai was hand-picked by my father and personally promoted and trained, but Lin Ruhai's personality is not only for my father. In addition to sending 50 yuan of extra-curricular money to Longshou Palace every year, the rest The salt tax is sent to the Ministry of Households according to the system. If Lin Ruhai is really killed by those people, who will be the next Yangzhou patrol salt censor? Whose house will the annual 200 million taels of silver be sent to? ?”

Ugh!
The emperor was sighing, so were Cao Jiugong and Xia Shouzhong.The Supreme Emperor is in control of the military and political power in the court, and there are clan sons who covet the dragon chair to stir up the wind and rain, how difficult it is!

　Go to sleep and continue to update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)