Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 181

Jia Rui watched Wang Ziteng being knocked off his horse from a distance, with a smile on his face.

The secret trick he arranged a few years ago finally worked.

Originally, Jia Rui thought that it would take at least a period of fighting to wipe out Wang Ziteng's central army, but he did not expect that he would capture Wang Ziteng effortlessly.

How did Jia Rui come to the front of the army?

It turned out that Jia Rui also knew that the capital camp outside the capital was the key to the whole matter. In addition, he suspected that the prince was on both ends, so after setting up the defense of the capital, Jia Rui led his soldiers out of the city.

As a result, Jia Rui just rode out of the city and didn't go far when he ran into Zhou Kang, the front vanguard sent by Wang Ziteng.

Jia Rui quickly showed the "I am here in person" token given to him by the Supreme Emperor.

You must know that Zhou Kang and other generals in the capital camp are all close confidants of the Supreme Emperor, so they naturally recognize this token.

This time Zhou Kang's army immediately turned against Jia Rui.

Later, with the help of Zhou Kang, other generals in the Beijing camp also knew that Jia Rui had the emperor's token in his hand, so they took advantage of the situation and joined him.

Therefore, when Wang Ziteng realized something was wrong and ordered other generals to gather with the Chinese army, these generals had already returned to Jia Rui. They took advantage of the situation and moved forward to surround Wang Ziteng's Chinese army.

Zhang Tao knocked Wang Ziteng off his horse, and then immediately ordered his confidants to step forward and tie Wang Ziteng tightly.

The other members behind Wang Ziteng would be in an uproar, each raising their weapons as if they were fighting with Zhang Tao.

Fortunately, Zhou Tao stepped forward with a token to stop them, and the chaos was calmed down.

After calming down completely, Jia Rui led the generals to Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng saw that Jia Rui was so angry that his eyes were on fire.

"Jia Rui, you are a villain. The Emperor treats you well, so why are you rebelling?"

Jia Rui looked at the embarrassed Wang Ziteng below and said coldly: "I only follow the emperor's orders and do not obey the orders of other people. And Wang Jiedushi, why do you obey the emperor's orders?"

After hearing this, Wang Ziteng felt a sense of injustice.

"When did I surrender to the emperor? Don't slander anyone."

Jia Rui didn't have time to argue with Wang Ziteng here. As for whether he has surrendered to the emperor, he can wait until the emperor comes back to make a decision.

"Come here, keep Wang Ziteng under tight custody until the Supreme Emperor comes back before dealing with him."

Following Jia Rui's order, several armored warriors rushed up from behind and lifted Prince Teng down.

At this point, Jia Rui completely controlled the entire Beijing camp, which also symbolized that Jia Rui controlled all the soldiers and horses near the capital.

However, Jia Rui knew in his heart that the reason why he was able to control the capital now was because of the power of a fox and a tiger, relying on the emperor's gold medal.

"Instruct all troops to return to camp immediately and take strict precautions. No one is allowed to mobilize troops privately without my general order."

"The general will wait for orders."

Following Jia Rui's general order, the 10,000+ soldiers from the Beijing camp who were mobilized slowly returned to the military camp one by one.

Looking at the 10,000+ soldiers retreating, Jia Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Jia Rui immediately returned to the city. After arriving at the infantry commander's office, he wrote a secret letter and sent it to the south through Long Jinwei's spy.

Jia Rui's memorial can be said to be extremely capable of frame-up.

He put all the blame for this incident on the emperor, saying that the emperor took advantage of the emperor's absence to seize military power and evade the emperor.

When he saw something was wrong, he immediately made a decisive decision, took out the gold medal given by the Supreme Emperor, controlled the situation, and temporarily imprisoned the emperor in the palace.

Jia Rui believed that with the Emperor's trust in him, the Emperor would not doubt the authenticity of this memorial at all.

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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is world-famous.It passes through the fertile fields of North China and goes south to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It connects the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River, and connects the important lifeline of transportation between the north and the south.

Standing by the canal, the first thing that catches your eye is the wide river surface and the clear bottom of the river.The breeze blows, causing ripples on the river, reflecting the depth of the sky and the elegance of the clouds.Boats traveling from north to south shuttle busily and orderly on the river, like a flowing rainbow.

Both sides of the canal are picturesque water towns.Classical houses are scattered along the river bank, with white walls and black tiles, small bridges, flowing water, and shady trees.Residents strolled leisurely by the river, children played by the river, and old people chatted leisurely by the river.At the river port, women washing clothes and old people washing rice have become a scene of this ancient canal.

There are dots of boats dotted on the river, including ancient wooden boats. They gently row on the river, leaving a series of beautiful ripples.The stone arch bridges that appear from time to time along the river bank add to the simple charm of the canal.

There is a poem that says: Tens of thousands of dragon boats carrying green silk boats will never return them to Yangzhou.It should be that Tianjiao opened the Bianshui River, and there were no mountains in the land for more than a thousand miles.This was the river until the end of the Sui Dynasty, and it still relies on Tongbo for thousands of miles.If there was no water palace dragon boat incident, Gong Yu would not have much merit.

This shows the importance of this Grand Canal to the feudal dynasty.

At this time, the Grand Canal was not as busy as usual. All merchant ships were forced to move to both sides, making way for the dozens of giant ships in the middle.

The dozens of giant ships were headed by a giant ship with a dragon head carved on it. Around the ship were the imperial dragon flags flying.

This is exactly the water palace complex of the Supreme Emperor.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor was sitting on the edge of the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the Grand Canal and stroking his beard.

However, the Emperor's tranquility did not last long. A young eunuch hurriedly came to Dai Quan, who was serving the Emperor, and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, Dai Quan's expression changed drastically, and then he stretched out his hand, and the little eunuch quickly handed three or four envelopes into his hand.

Dai Quan took the envelope, waved his hand, and asked the young eunuch to retreat.Finally, he hesitated for a long time before approaching the Supreme Emperor.

"Your Majesty, a letter has arrived from the capital."

The Supreme Emperor didn't even raise his eyelids, as if he didn't hear Dai Quan's words at all.

However, Dai Quan seemed to be used to this situation and continued:

"The emperor has made some moves in the capital. He has removed Master Jia from his post as nine admirals and ordered Wang Dazhi, the Minister of War, to take over."

The Supreme Emperor was shocked when he heard this, "What does Jia Rui do for food? Did he just hand over his military power?"

This was the first time Dai Quan heard that the Supreme Emperor was angry with Jia Rui.

"Back to Lord Jia, Mr. Jia refused to carry out the plan. The news from the younger ones is that Mr. Jia is at odds with the emperor's people at the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on at the Beijing camp?"

After hearing this, Dai Quan was a little dazed, and quickly handed some memorials to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor took several memorials, opened them one by one and looked at them, and then his eyes became a little deep.

"Is there no memorial sent to Jia Rui?"

"Go back to the Supreme Emperor. Mr. Jia has not sent the memorial yet."

The Supreme Emperor closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and then said: "Order the fleet to move quickly day and night without stopping, and return to the capital as quickly as possible."

"Yes, this servant is going to deliver the decree."

After saying that, Dai Quan retreated.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor's face also turned livid.

He didn't expect that the emperor would be so bold, and really dare to take advantage of his absence to take action in the capital.

Now I just don't know if Jia Rui's side can withstand the emperor's pressure. If Jia Rui can withstand it, then the capital will still be under his control.

If Jia Rui could not withstand the pressure, then the Jingying Jiedu and Wang Ziteng might not be able to withstand the pressure of the emperor. By that time, the military power in the capital would be controlled by the emperor.

As a result, his supreme emperor has truly become a loner.

At that time, he either wanted to return to the capital, or else he would completely surrender to the emperor and stay in Longshou Palace as a powerless old man.

Otherwise, they can only send orders to the elites from the Nine Sides and nearby soldiers to gather the army and besiege the capital.

But if this happens, the world will be in turmoil again, and the country's already soaring strength may be compromised, and those alien races in the north who are ready to make a move may take advantage of it.

After thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor hated the Emperor to death. How dare this villain dare to be so unscrupulous.

Following the Emperor's order, the entire fleet began to speed up and entered Hebei in just one night.

At this time, Jia Rui's memorial was finally delivered.

After receiving the memorial from Jia Rui, Dai Quan did not dare to open it and look at it, but hurriedly sent it to the Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor received the memorial, couldn't wait to open it, looked at it carefully, and was pleasantly surprised.

"Haha, it turns out that Jia Aiqing can take care of my worries."

After saying this, the Supreme Emperor stood up and paced back and forth excitedly in the cabin?

Originally, the Supreme Emperor was planning to come to Hebei, but he stopped temporarily and then ordered the troops from all provinces to come immediately.

Unexpectedly, Jia Rui would be able to solve the matters in the capital by himself, and there would be no need to mobilize an army.

The Supreme Emperor threw the memorial to Dai Quan, "You should also take a look."

Dai Quan took the memorial and read it over, his face also lit up with joy, and then he knelt on the ground and congratulated him endlessly.

"The Supreme Emperor's blessing reaches heaven."

The Supreme Emperor laughed a few times, then calmed down and said: "It is my decree that the emperor is exhausted from taking care of state affairs. He is temporarily recuperating in the Yangxin Hall. No one is allowed to visit or disturb the emperor's rest. All matters in the capital Jia Rui will be in charge for the time being."

This was the decree of the Supreme Emperor himself. Unlike the capital Jia Rui who used his gold medal to forcefully control the emperor, this time it was completely justified.

The Emperor's decree was delivered to the capital faster than eight hundred miles away.

After receiving the order, Jia Rui immediately took action.

He broke into the palace with his troops and went straight to the Yangxin Hall.

At this time, it was quiet in the Yangxin Palace, and all the maids and eunuchs were cautious.

Because everyone knows that the emperor's temper is exploding right now. Yesterday, a young eunuch offended the emperor for some reason and was beaten to death in the courtyard.

At this time, the emperor in the main hall of Yangxin Hall had a frown on his face, his face was pale, and his lips were still trembling slightly, which showed that he had not been happy these two days.

(End of this chapter)