Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 81 One person governs Jiangnan, and great scholars and literary treasures resonate!
Shenjing City

cabinet
Although the Daqian ancestral system did not have any clear regulations.

But it is not enough for civil servants to just be good at writing, so there is an unspoken rule that only great scholars can enter the cabinet.

Normally, the number of people in the cabinet should not be too many or too few.

Maintaining the number of people at four to six represents the interests of all parties and just balances each other.

There are now exactly five ministers in the cabinet, no more, no less.

Not only has he been a great scholar for many years, he is also proficient in the classics of saints and the magical powers of Confucianism and Taoism.

He also has the ability to handle government affairs and assist the government.

"Another collection of memorials from Jiangnan people. I have read more than sixty of them today alone."

Lord Hua, the third-ranked minister in the cabinet, threw away the memorial he had just read the beginning of.

He said this to Prime Minister Li Ge Lao who was from Jiangnan and was sitting opposite him.

"Master Li, haven't you written back yet?"

"Even if we keep these memorials, we can't just not send any of them to the emperor, right?"

"If I could have dissuaded them, I would have done it long ago."

Upon hearing this, Lord Li snorted.

The five elders of the cabinet were also dissatisfied with Jia Cong.

But in the final analysis, the cabinet must first be the royal cabinet, and only then can it fight for the interests of the party it represents.

Balance each other.

"They are a bunch of hopeless people who have been blinded by money, fame and gain."

"These past few days, my family has received more letters than the cabinet's memorials."

The situation in Jiangnan has changed drastically now.

Menghu Academy in Zhenjiang Prefecture is just the beginning!
Chongwen Academy of Changzhou Prefecture!
Suzhou Moxiang Academy!
Songjiang Prefecture Wenxian Academy!
Jiaxing Prefecture Mingzhe Academy!
Huzhou Prefecture Bowan Academy!
Starting from Yingtian Prefecture in Jinling City, Jia Cong led his troops all the way south!
I went around Jiangnan for a short while.

With the help of divine power and Dabai's evil wind, the seven hundred elite cavalrymen appeared and disappeared like ghosts.

In ten days, six academies were destroyed.

Including the Jingsi Academy in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Including Qushui Academy in Yingtian Prefecture, Jinling!

All eight academies established by Bailu Academy in Jiangnan were destroyed.

More than half of the forces were destroyed in an instant.

Among them, three great scholars died!

If the following academies had not received the news early, the great scholars who were teaching there would have escaped in advance.

This number can be doubled.

There were murders and house confiscations.

For a time, Jiangnan was shaken.

Not just the scholars in the officialdom.

Even the gentry and aristocrats in the south of the Yangtze River, who had little or no relationship with Bailu Academy, were in a state of panic.

They were afraid that Jia Cong's butcher knife would eventually fall on their family.

Everyone is frantically working to improve their own relationships within the government.

As long as Jia Cong, the killer, does not leave, the gentry and nobles in the south of the Yangtze River will not sleep peacefully.

Every day, the cabinet received enough memorials requesting to summon Jia Cong back to the court to fill three rooms.

"Present these nine memorials to the Emperor."

As he spoke, he picked out nine memorials from the pile.

The officials in Jiangnan were all in a state of panic, but there was no movement in the palace.

On the contrary, a few days ago, an order came for Jia Cong to lead troops to quell the rebellion in Shandong.

The royal family's attitude is self-evident.

These nine ministers who submitted memorials were the scapegoats pushed out by Lord Li.

"Such a large-scale confiscation of gentry and nobles did not lead to any civil unrest."

"Marquis Zi Yi can now be said to be the sole ruler of Jiangnan!"

After dealing with the matter at hand, Lord Li couldn't help but sigh.

Born in Jiangnan, no one knows the faces of people in Jiangnan better than him.

In the past, there was an old story that "the king and Ma shared the world".

The Jiangnan gentry can be said to be arrogant and profit-driven!

Even the imperial court was not taken seriously in private.

He has been trying to improve the status of civil servants in order to control the government.

Even undermined the royal family.

Very ambitious.

In the past, imperial envoys who left the capital were always given lucrative and good posts, except for those sent to Jiangnan.

It's a serious job.

Imperial envoys had to keep a low profile, otherwise, if something went wrong, civil unrest and grievances would break out "artificially" in various places.

One can imagine how arrogant they are.

Now his spine is broken.

However, he did not even dare to use his usual tactics and could only mobilize his connections and repeatedly submit memorials to the court, begging them to recall Jia Cong.

In private, the price of the letters that Lord Li received was raised again and again.

To sum it up in one sentence.

Please help talk to Marquis Zi Yi. As long as he can leave Jiangnan, I will give him whatever he wants!
One man rules the south of the Yangtze River!

These are not just empty words.

"Most of the assets of the eight major salt merchants will soon arrive in Beijing..."

"Later, the treasures seized from the six prefectures in Jiangnan were several times more than those from the eight major salt merchants."

"On the one hand, they collect money for the royal family, and on the other hand, they give alms to the people."

"This is what the people want. This is shaking the biggest foundation of the Jiangnan gentry. If there is no chaos this time, it will be difficult for Jiangnan to cause chaos in the next 30 years at least."

"I heard that your Majesty's Imperial City Department has been massively expanding its staff in the past few days."

"Everything has touched your majesty's heart. Jane is in your majesty's heart!"

Another Lord Wei took over and spoke.

With the vision of the five ministers, anyone can see it.

After quelling the rebellion in Shandong, he returned to Beijing.

Even without considering his talent for cultivation, Jia Cong's future achievements will be better than those of the two Dukes Ning and Rong in the past.

……

Jiangnan
Outside Wuxi
Five hundred elite cavalrymen stopped and obeyed orders.

A murderous and bloody atmosphere is blowing in your face!

Every cavalryman in the Beijing camp had bloodshot eyes filled with murderous intent.

Behind the saddle, there were bags hanging with blood dripping from them.

"Reporting to the Lord General, there have been no incidents in Zhenjiang, Changzhou and other eight prefectures."

"Only a few petty officials in Changzhou and Jiaxing prefectures could not resist their greed and have been chopped off by our brothers."

"The prefects of Changzhou and Jiaxing have sent people to deliver letters of apology."

"Didn't cause any trouble?"

Jia Cong glanced at the letter of apology and saw that there was no implicit information in it. Flames appeared in his hand and he burned it.

"To the general, there is no civil unrest. We brothers have personally supervised the local officials to exchange 30% of the property for food to distribute to the people."

"Now the people are too late to express their gratitude to you."

"How could we be instigated by those gentry? Several families that were secretly dishonest have been exterminated by our brothers."

Hou Jingyun had a grim smile on his face.

"Send a message to the six prefectures. This grain distribution is carried out by the order of Your Majesty. Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people. You are a wise ruler."

Jia Cong said calmly.

Others all thought that Jia Cong was seeking revenge and was working for Emperor Shunde.

To amass wealth and shake the foundations of the Jiangnan gentry.

It comes down to it.

All for the development of Shinto.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Jia Cong's killing.

No one noticed that dozens of temples had been quietly built in the remote countryside of the six prefectures, taking advantage of this opportunity.

The number of incense sticks has increased sharply in the past few days. At this rate, it will not be long before the Shinto level is upgraded.

Within the Shinto seal, more than twenty priests are already in the making.

……

"Sister Bao, it seems that these people have been killed so many times that they are afraid."

Jia Cong chuckled and said to Baochai who had been accompanying him all the way.

"Cong'er..."

Baochai, however, looked worried.

"Let me take care of the killings in the future..."

"Sister Bao, do you think what I did was wrong?"

Jia Cong looked puzzled.

The relationship between the two people is getting closer and closer, and they can often understand each other's meaning with just a glance.

Remove the distinction between primary and secondary.

It is no exaggeration to say that they are in sync with each other or even have a spiritual connection.

The relationship is so close that it is second only to the ghosts and gods under Jia Cong's command.

At this moment, Jia Cong only felt Baochai's deep concern, and had no doubts or disgust!

"I'm just worried that if there's too much killing, it'll affect your practice."

Baochai flew up lightly and landed behind Jia Cong.

They rode together on the big white horse, and she rested her head on Jia Cong's shoulder.

"Sister Bao, you worry too much."

Jia Cong continued, laughing all his life.

"My path of cultivation is different from that of ordinary people. I only seek to achieve enlightenment in my thoughts."

"The White Deer Academy has stood for hundreds of years, and every scholar in Jiangnan is proud to be admitted to the White Deer Academy."

"Why?"

"If you enter the White Deer Academy, or even the eight academies that I conquered before, you will be superior to others when you leave."

"Status and position bring happiness to the family."

“Even if one comes from a poor family, once one is admitted, the family will be favored by the local gentry and officials.”

"In a month or so, you can cross the social class and become a gentry, owning fertile land and riches."

"Those who profit from it must share the same guilt!"

……

"Buzz!"

Jia Cong had just finished speaking without waiting for Baochai to respond.

Suddenly, invisible waves emerged within a radius of ten miles.

It was as if a majestic literary aura was sweeping across the sky.

With a thought in mind, Jia Cong summoned the Shinto seal.

But then I saw an inkstone rising slowly from the seal.

The cultural energy of heaven and earth seemed to have found its target and began to blend in.

It was the great scholar's treasure that was previously seized from Zuo Hongyi.

A shadow slowly rose from the precious inkstone.

A scholar with a blanket and white hair and beard.

He looked at Jia Cong with satisfaction.

This is the mark of literary spirit left by the owner of this great scholarly treasure.

There is no intelligence, and everything is done on instinct.

"Those who profit from it must share the same guilt, good!"

He nodded approvingly, and then slowly dissipated.

Jia Cong felt that he had a close connection with this great scholar and literary talent, and he could control him as easily as with his own arm.

"Literary resonance!"

"Cong'er..."

Baochai was closest to Jia Cong and saw this scene.

Suddenly I thought of a record in the many miscellaneous books I had read before in order to break the blood curse.

All literary treasures above the level of great Confucian scholars contain the unique Confucian and Taoist ideas of their respective owners.

A great scholar can use his great literary energy to stimulate the great scholar's literary treasure to exert some of the power of the fourth realm.

But he was unable to perfectly drive the great scholar's treasure.

This is probably because of different concepts and conflicts.

But it would be different if it triggered a resonance of literary spirit, because it represented that the ideas of future generations were in line with those of the owner of this great scholar's cultural treasure.

Just like recognizing the Lord.

It can perfectly unleash the full power of this great scholar's treasure.

It is far from comparable to what can be achieved in Zuo Hongyi's hands.

Under normal circumstances, Jia Cong's own strength is comparable to that of a half-step scholar.

If the remaining power of this great scholar's treasure is activated at once...

"Cong'er actually aroused the resonance of Hongru Wenbao."

Baochai's eyes are bright and full of love.

This place is not far from Bailu Academy.

At this time, Jia Cong's strength increased again, and it was as if he was helped by God.

After a moment, the vision dissipated.

Wenbao fell into Jia Cong's hands again, and divine power evolved into a majestic literary aura and infused it into it.

Jia Cong wanted to take this opportunity to get a glimpse into the essence of Confucianism and Taoism.

But there was an unexpected discovery.

"No, this cultural treasure..."

(End of this chapter)