Jinghong Building

In addition to wishing He Ran a happy new year, Zhou Cangyue's letter also had two other things.

First, after the New Year, he was going to head southwest. In the past two years in Shu, the Huwei Army has gradually adapted to the climate here. I heard that there is a brave and invincible Baoxiang King in Yunnan. The Huwei Army is united and sincere, and they all want to Go and meet this treasure elephant king;

Second, he only knows how to fight. He only has people who fight and no management. Moreover, he doesn't know those scholars, so he can't tell who is suitable to be an official. Just like Tongcheng in the past, he wanted to ask Sister Ran to send officials to help. He manages those territories.

A warm current surged in He Ran's heart. Are you really too lazy to cultivate it? He can recognize the top talents of the top scholars with wise eyes. Can’t he choose a few capable people among the many scholars?

He Ran remembered the little boy who was following the old man who collected waste products, the figure that had long disappeared from the depths of his memory. At this time, it became clearer. She could even recall the small face with beautiful facial features.

It was a face that was sixty or seventy percent similar to Zhou Cangyue.

Perhaps, she no longer remembered the child, she just subconsciously printed Zhou Cangyue's facial features on the child's face.

But it's not abrupt.

He Ran walked to the easel and picked up his pen to draw the cute little face.

She couldn't bear to put down her pen in this painting, so she simply drew another one.

The painting shows the grandparents and grandchildren. The old man's back is hunched, but his eyebrows are curved with smiles. The young grandson is as thin as a bean sprout, but he has a pair of spiritual eyes.

He Ran was very satisfied with the painting. When it was dry, Xiaoli took it out and framed it. She put it in a precious scroll and put it in an exquisite box. Together with her reply, she handed it over to the person in charge of the Beggars' Gang to deliver the letter. .

The first lunar month came out in a blink of an eye. After the first lunar month, after discussing with Nie Chen, she selected 70 people from the intern officials from all over the country, and Lu Zhen and Jiang Tao led their troops to **** them to Lianghu and Shu.

A few days later, Zhong Yi brought the exact news that Meiren Qiao and her son were already in Fuzhou, and were hidden in their names and were taken into the back house by Jing Chongguang. Now Meiren Qiao is Jing Chongguang's concubine, and her son is Jing Chongguang's old man. Come on.

Emperor Yonghe also made the crown prince to the child.

He Ran smiled: "I suspected that Meiren Qiao's child was not from King Qi, but now it seems that it is not."

If it were the blood of King Qi, Jing Chongguang would only cut off the weeds and would not recognize him.

The last child he recognized was the twin brother of Emperor Yonghe, and his biological mother was Jing Chongguang's white moonlight. For these brothers, Jing Chongguang abandoned his wife and children, and even wanted the foundation of his ancestors.

It can be seen from this that the biological father of Qiao Meiren's son is either the person Jing Chongguang cares very much, or Jing Chongguang himself.

He Ran and Zhong Yi both agreed with the latter, and that child was born from Jing Chongguang and Qiao Meiren.

Unexpectedly, Jing Chongguang not only snatched the throne of King Qi, but also cuckolded the King of Qi.

The next day, He Ran let Jinghonglou spread the romantic affairs of Jing Chongguang and Qiao Meiren.

Jing Chongguang was born in the Dingguo Duke's Mansion. Whether in the capital or in Jinling, the Dingguo Duke's Mansion was a first-class mansion. After his death, Mrs. Meng was not buried in the Jing family's ancestral tomb, and if he was not buried with Jing Dashan, he would have already been The uproar caused in the capital, which was almost equivalent to the separation between Mrs. Meng and Jing Dashan.

Now, the whole capital was in agitation with the woman in the harem of King Qi. Once it was reported, the whole capital was in full swing.

Not long after, the news spread from the capital to all directions. Those old nobles with good relationships with Jing Chongguang and those who were obsessed with the Zhou Dynasty were all angry.

Not only is he angry, but he is also disgusting!

Fortunately, that evil seed has already gone to Fuzhou, otherwise it would fall into the hands of some people and might be able to support the little emperor. If he is really the son of King Qi, it would be more pure than Emperor Yonghe's bloodline.

Although King Qi was a descendant of Zhou Wen, he also had a surname of Zhou, Emperor Yonghe was just the grandson of the crown prince, and he was still an unknown father.

Compared with the two, the blood source of King Qi and Taizu is closer, and they are at least surnamed Zhou.

So many interesting stories came out, such as an old man who died of crying in front of Taizu Zhou Chi's tablet, and an old general who scolded Jing Chongguang for being shameless, and then he suffered a stroke while scolding.

Even the Evening News published several articles condemning Jing Chongguang's unfaithfulness and unfiliality and unkindness.

Then, from Jing Chongguang to Emperor Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe’s bloodline is unknown. His twin brother is Jing Chongguang’s third son. In nine out of ten, Emperor Yonghe was actually Jing Chongguang and that princess, he was Jing Chongguang. son.

Although Jing Chongguang's eldest son and daughter-in-law have returned to Jinling, the last time they helped the spirit into Beijing, Li Jinxiu took the lead and invited the old man of the Jing clan. Jing Chongguang was removed from the clan, and the eldest son was adopted to a not yet married. In the name of the elder who died young, Prince Jing was still a member of the Jing family, but he was no longer Jing Chongguang's son.

Jing Chongguang and other children in his life in his original wife changed their names and surnames and escaped from the vast crowd as early as after he rebelled.

The news also reached Fuzhou. In the morning court, Jing Chongguang found that the eyes of the officials looked at him were a little wrong. He knew what these guys were thinking. They didn't care whether he was sleeping with the King of Qi. What they cared about was Those rumored parts about the life experience of Emperor Yonghe.

Emperor Yonghe is unknown to his father, and the two are different from Emperor Yonghe is the son of Jing Chongguang.

If the father is unknown, it can be equivalent to the fact that his father is a married woman. It is reasonable for the royal princess to leave her father to keep her son.

But if he is sure that he is the son of Jing Chongguang, he is a descendant of the Jing family and is not qualified to enjoy the treatment of the Zhou royal family.

Jing Chongguang's face was as deep as water, so he wanted to see who would make this pioneer today.

The officials just looked different, but in the end no one made a big fuck.

But from this day on, both Jing Chongguang and Emperor Yonghe could clearly feel that the atmosphere was different.

This difference is not only reflected in the attitudes of these officials, but also in the aristocratic families that support them.

Especially those aristocratic families, the few who were originally with Emperor Yonghe, took leave one after another for one reason or another, but the leave was not back for a long time.

Emperor Yonghe's empress and concubine were noble daughters from Fujian. Originally, she wanted to choose a few more women from the family in Fujian to fill the harem, but now she can only put it on hold for the time being. It's not that Emperor Yonghe didn't want it, but that almost overnight, All the noble girls of a little beauty were engaged.

Emperor Yonghe did not believe that there was such a coincidence. It was nothing more than that the aristocratic families that originally supported him began to doubt his life experience. They no longer regarded him as a descendant of the Zhou family, but considered him the son of Jing Chongguang.

Emperor Yonghe was depressed and thought of sitting there, but the queen did not leave him overnight on the grounds that the prince was unwell and she wanted to take care of her.

Emperor Yonghe had to go to the imperial concubine's palace, but the imperial concubine told him that his little life had come and asked a palace maid to accompany him.

The palace maid had no joy of being favored, but instead she had a decisive determination to die, which made Emperor Yonghe feel like an executioner, and she was completely out of interest and left.

When Emperor Yonghe returned to his bedroom, the more he thought about it, the more he became, the more angry he was. What was taking care of the prince and the little days came, these two women were clearly the same as those girls from aristocratic families, and they despise him!

Yes, the queen and the imperial concubine also came from a large family in Fujian. They were the daughters of the aristocratic family and were pretentious since childhood. Even if they became the queen and imperial concubine, they were still ungrateful. Now they just heard some rumors that were heard, so they were cold to him. There is no respect and love at all.

From this day on, Emperor Yonghe planted a thorn in his heart, and he no longer had the same kindness as before to the prince who was still in his cradle. But at this time, Jing Chongguang actually collected a lot of money and stuffed several merchant women into Emperor Yonghe's harem.

When Emperor Yonghe felt that these women were all merchant women, he felt that he had been insulted, but Jing Chongguang gave them these women, he gritted his teeth and forced a smile to enfeoff these women.

When he favored one of them, Emperor Yonghe used both soft and hard work, and the woman finally told the truth.

In order to get her into the palace, her father gave Jing Chongguang 100,000 taels of silver.

As for whether the 100,000 taels were handed over to the state treasury or was taken solely by Jing Chongguang, it is unknown.

Emperor Yonghe remained silent. In the next few days, he favored all the other women, and at the same time knew that these women all spent money to enter the palace.

The minimum is 50,000, and the maximum is 200,000. Jing Chongguang received 500,000 for these women alone!

Emperor Yonghe was not a prince who grew up in the deep palace since childhood. Although he was protected by Jing Chongguang, he was a man of great strength in the world. He was not an ignorant young man who was ignorant of the world. His brother Jing Laosan was, he was not.

In his opinion, he was sold by Jing Chongguang, and it was sold for nothing, without any dividends.

What is the difference between this and the sisters in the flower building who were exploited by the madam?

It's just that his price is even more expensive!

Emperor Yonghe asked Jing Chongguang tentatively, and Jing Chongguang told him that there was indeed such a sum of silver, and all of this money was used to build warships.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Emperor Yonghe found it incredible, but he did not dare to continue asking.

That's not a small amount, that's 500,000 taels. Does it cost so much to build a warship?

Jing Chongguang actually didn't lie to him, and all the 500,000 taels were used by him to build ships.

He received news that He Ran and Cao Gang opened a shipyard together. Although the spies he sent did not get the exact news, Jing Chongguang could be sure that the ships built by this shipyard were definitely not ordinary cargo ships or fishing boats, but warships!

To fight Fujian, it is inseparable from naval battles. He Ran is preparing for naval battles.

So he had to be on guard.

In addition to recruiting soldiers, he also had to build warships.

Jing Chongguang led his troops for many years, but when he arrived in Fuzhou, he realized what it was to be stretched.

In the past, armor, weapons, war horses, food and grass, and military expenses were needed. Just submit a memorial to ask the court for money. If you don’t give money, then submit a memorial or find the Ministry of War to make a big fuss. Even if you can’t give as much as you want, you can at least It's halfway.

They all have experience. If the gap of 50,000 taels is written in the comments, the gap of 100,000 taels is required, and the gap of 100,000 taels is required. In short, even if it can only be halfway, it can be used.

But now he needs to be the leader, and Jing Chongguang knows how difficult it is to raise military expenses.

He even admired He Ran a little.

So a little woman can not only afford to support the army, but also raise more and more.

Where does He Ran’s money come from?

He can guess one or two more.

First, He Ran destroyed King Jin and Kaizhou, and made two fortunes; second, after He Ran entered the capital, he sold the private property of King Qi and Qian's family, and made another big sum of money; third, He Ran What he wanted to come from the hands of those merchants.

Jing Chongguang wanted to learn from He Ran, but unfortunately he did not have any big players like King Jin and Kaizhou to rob, nor did he have the King of Qi and Qian family. What he could learn now was to make money from merchants.

The two top merchants in Fuzhou have been exploited once when the small court was first established. They cannot pick up the wool on a sheep, so Jing Chongguang looked at it for a longer time.

There were not many big merchants in Fujian, but unfortunately they all had no profit to get up early. However, now that the late Zhou court was first established, there were too few that could be given. Jing Chongguang had no choice but to extend his hand to Emperor Yonghe's harem.

It is normal for thousands of women in the harem to be granted a title, and they can be bought with money.

There are 10,000 beauties, 20,000 talents, 50,000 nobles, 100,000 concubines, and 200,000 concubines.

So the first batch of 500,000 taels of silver was found.

In order for Emperor Yonghe, Jing Chongguang could abandon the entire Jing family and become enemies with the people of the world. How could he not be able to bear the 500,000 taels of silver? He didn't keep one tael of money and took them all to build a ship.

But warships cannot be built in one or two days. He told Emperor Yonghe that the silver was used to build ships, but Emperor Yonghe only knew that the silver was gone, but he did not see the warships built with these silver.

He made an excuse and asked Jing Chongguang to take him to the shipyard. When he arrived at the shipyard, he only saw a group of craftsmen knocking and beating, with wood and pig iron everywhere. No matter how you look at it, these rags don't seem to be worth 500,000 taels. .

Emperor Yonghe said nothing, but in fact he secretly remembered it in his heart.

Soon, a typhoon hit and many people were hit by disasters. Even the temporarily rebuilt palace had several houses collapsed.

Emperor Yonghe wanted to repair the palace, but he didn't have enough money, so he wanted to take the opportunity to ask Jing Chongguang for silver, but Jing Chongguang told him that he could not use the silver in the treasury, because he would soon recruit new recruits, and it would not work without silver.

Emperor Yonghe shook his face in front of Jing Chongguang for the first time.

Back at the bedroom, Emperor Yonghe left the **** maid beside him and gritted his teeth at the "Three Examinations" written by Jing Chongguang on the wall.

"Jing Chongguang, an old man, dares to bully me!"

"One day, I will tear him to pieces!"

But now, he can't touch Jing Chongguang. Jing Chongguang has great power, and all the military and financial power are in his hands.

Even at the daily court meeting, Jing Chongguang would sit in his lower head. Whenever the court officials made a report, he would not have time to speak, so Jing Chongguang would rush to speak in front of him.

"I am already a father, and I am no longer an ignorant child. But he refuses to hand over the government to me. He deserves to die!" (End of this chapter)