Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Turning around, she said Princess Ying, at this moment, she didn't realize the catastrophe off the court, and she thought she was doing it perfectly.When she returned to the mansion here, the more she thought about it, the more complacent she became, and after a light walk, she got tens of thousands of silver.

Going back to the room and closing the door, he was sorting out a box of red and sapphires given by the Chen family with a smile on his face, thinking about making jewelry for his two daughters and leaving some for his youngest son, when suddenly he heard a commotion in the mansion and was busy inquiring.In the end, it was an angel who descended and issued a decree to rebuke.

Princess Ying received the order, her face was pale, and she asked tremblingly: "Please tell the emperor, my concubine has something to say."

Qin Youde said: "Your Majesty said, 'Princess Ying, I have already heard your defense in Ningshou Palace four years ago. This time I don't want to hear it again. It's only three things. I hope you can do it yourself'!"

Qin Youde, the head of the Qianqing Palace, finished repeating the oral order of Emperor Qianyuan, and then bowed to salute: "Princess, don't embarrass your slaves."

At this time, Prince Ying hurriedly rushed from the residence of his concubine Liu Ruyu to Yin'an Hall upon hearing the news.

Qin Youde greeted Prince Ying first, and then issued the second imperial decree, but it was Emperor Qianyuan who rewarded ten Ru wives.

Princess Ying looked at the ten delicate beauties, her eyes were pierced, and she collapsed to the ground.

Qin Youde flat-mouthed, with such a little morality, he dared to intervene in the scheme of destroying the emperor, Peng Zu really hated it, and he thought his life was too long!

These days, the Prince of England excused his leg disease and recuperated at home, reciting poems and odes with his beloved concubine all day long.Unexpectedly, the emperor rewarded ten beauties, he was a little at a loss, he didn't know what the emperor's elder brother was up to, could it be that the reward refused to cause an accident in Ping Anzhou?

He quietly handed Youde a heart-stone: "Dare to ask Eunuch, how are the emperor's days these days? Is there any major event in the court?"

Youde admired Prince Ying's wisdom from the bottom of his heart, and said: "There is a lot of turmoil in the northern border. General Wei and Wang Jian ordered a secret package to enter Beijing. The Tartars in the northern border demanded to re-divide the territory, but the Japanese pirates in the southern border wanted to be suppressed." Forcing us to cancel the sea ban and trade. The emperor's policy is to retreat, and his majesty dare not violate it. In order to deal with the Japanese invaders and tartars, the emperor's new Imperial Forest Army is studying formations. Unfortunately, the current treasury is empty and military expenditures are tight. The emperor has no choice but to bring up the old story again. , Pressing the national debt, I'm really busy like a spinning top, I only sleep two or three hours a day, hey, this servant is really worried about His Majesty's health."

The Prince of England suddenly remembered that the Chen family had come to deliver things before noon, and the Chen family was a big reproach.Coupled with the previous reprimand of 'women meddling in politics', he was silent in his heart, probably knowing why the emperor's brother did this.

After the Prince of England entered the room, he stared at the Princess of England and sneered: "You are so smart that you thought that you and Fuqing secretly communicated with Fu Qing about the matter on the song, and the emperor didn't know about it? It was just for the sake of my mother and me. Just keep it in mind, I said a long time ago that Fuqing is not a good thing, but you don’t believe it. You don’t want to be a good princess, but hook up with a false princess. You heard the virtuous words just now, did you contract the Chen family? What did you do to anger the emperor?"

Princess Ying was reprimanded by Emperor Qianyuan, and she was full of grievances. Seeing that Prince Ying also came to investigate, she suddenly broke down and shouted: "Yes, I just did it. What's wrong with relatives visiting elder relatives? Duke Xi is only one Little princess, why do you want to show off your power in front of your clan? I brought my cousin sister-in-law of the Chen family into the palace to meet the queen mother, what's wrong?

"Who told us to be poor? Two daughters are getting married, and a son is getting married. What about the dowry? What about the dowry? You don't care about anything. You spend all day recuperating with beautiful women, reciting poems and painting paintings. You don't receive any errands. Ten thousand a year What is the salary enough for?"

The Prince of England suddenly became angry: "When my son gets married, the emperor will reward the house, crown clothes, and wedding expenses. When the princess gets married, the court will have a dowry. When will it be your turn to worry?"

Princess Ying sneered: "Yes, there should be no shortage of clothes in the house. What about their married life? The clan is not allowed to open a shop and compete with the people for profit. It all depends on the salary. 1000 taels for the son is fine, and 100 taels a year for the princess is enough. What are they doing? Their dowry is not generous, so they have a face in their husband’s family? Do you know how much money is needed to give mother, stepfather and emperor a sweet treat? The birthdays of the emperor and queen, princes, ministers, relatives and neighbors, weddings and funerals, weddings and funerals, which family can miss it? ? Is the concubine doing it for herself?"

Prince Ying sneered: "I didn't expect you to have so much grievance and resentment. Wouldn't it be a good time to be grounded now? You don't have to worry about working hard to maintain the integrity of the palace."

Princess Ying became more and more mad when she heard the words: "I was wronged, why can't it work? Why? A son born to a mother, his son is rich all over the world, and our children even have to piece together the dowry? You are not wronged ?"

Hearing this, the Prince of England was furious, strode forward, swung his arms round and slapped Princess Ying's ears: "If you want to die, just go, no one is stopping you, don't take the lives of more than 100 people in my house. Are you Are you desperate for your Chen family members? It’s just right, you can go back now, I will give you a letter of divorce immediately, and it will definitely not hinder your good future!"

Princess Ying was stunned for a moment, and when she was young, she rushed towards Prince Ying with a yelp, grabbed him and desperately said, "I'm dead, have you been fascinated by that goblin for a long time, hate me for being old, and want to change to another princess?" Huh? It's a pity, even if I die, he can't be the princess, she will always be a concubine, and she can only stand and serve others forever!"

Princess Ying was furious when she heard the words, she shook her hand and slapped her across the face again, knocking Princess Ying out for more than ten feet, her face was like gold paper.

The Prince of England stared blankly at his hands, he didn't expect that he and his wife would actually fight.

At this time, the two princesses and the eldest son of the palace got the news and hurried over.

Seeing the appearance of Prince Ying and Princess Ying, the faces of the two princesses changed greatly in fright, but it was Princess Ying and Princess whose pants were soaked in blood.

The nanny in charge turned pale with fright, but fortunately there is an imperial physician stationed in the residence of Yingqin Prince all year round, she hurriedly invited the imperial physician, but she said that Princess Ying was two months pregnant and had a miscarriage.

The Prince of England immediately regretted it, and wanted to ask a few questions, but he couldn't open it.

Princess Ying's face was ashen, but upon hearing the news, she fainted immediately.

When the son heard what had happened, he immediately hated the Chen family, and also hated the emperor's uncle for making a fuss.After returning to the study and sitting quietly for a while, the prince entered the palace crying and went to Ningshou Palace.

These days, the Empress Dowager is saddened by several emperors and grandsons fighting openly and secretly, and it is precisely because of this that she will mention the blood and family relationship of Duke Xi Gu Nian.Unexpectedly, one wave of ups and downs will rise again, the Prince and his wife, who have always been deeply in love, have moved their hands and feet, and even beat the princess to a miscarriage.

The queen mother was frightened and angry, and hugged her 13-year-old son to coax her: "Blame grandchildren, tell grandma, why did your father and queen fight with your mother?"

The son Shui Qian was very smart, and said: "The grandson doesn't know, I just heard that the father-in-law went to the palace and sent ten maids, and then the mother, concubine, father and king started a fight, and the rest of the grandchildren don't know."

When the empress dowager heard that the palace sent beautiful women, this was the way Emperor Qianyuan beat the princes and ministers. The purpose was to put nails in their homes.

What happened to Princess Ying, the Empress Dowager immediately understood in her heart.The emperor is venting his anger.

The empress dowager only knew that the eldest son and grandson of the Chen family had been taken by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but she didn't know that the matter of debt collection was involved. Otherwise, she would definitely not intervene if it involved the court.

It's just that the good grandson cried pitifully, and the empress dowager couldn't bear to ignore it. First of all, she had to figure out what Emperor Qianyuan meant.Therefore, the empress dowager sent someone to invite Emperor Qianyuan.

It means that Emperor Qianyuan came and saw his younger brother's son crying, and his heart suddenly became cold.But she smiled; "Why is Qian'er here? Didn't you go to the study?"

Shui Qian was still a little afraid of Emperor Qianyuan, and immediately shrank back: "Go, school is over."

Emperor Qianyuan snorted: "Where did you learn, have you read the book?"

Shui Qian was so frightened that she hid in the empress dowager's arms.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Emperor Qianyuan immediately: "Don't scare the child!" Pushing Shui Qian: "Let's go out and play."

Shui Qian Sa Yazi ran away.

Emperor Qianyuan smiled: "I'm 13 years old, not too young. At that time, I was going to fight with the prince, and I had to recite the book even if I didn't sleep, otherwise I would be punished by my master and laughed at."

The empress dowager nodded: "At that time, your favorite thing was to go home after school and hug Ying'er."

Emperor Qianyuan nodded: "Yes!"

The queen mother asked: "What's the matter with Shuhui, you send ten and no one will disgust her?"

Emperor Qianyuan didn't reply, but said to himself: "The war in the northern seas is about to break out, the court is short of money, the Chen family lives in the princess mansion, occupying 20 fertile land, and there are as many shops in the capital as cattle hair, buying and selling salt and tea, they dare to touch everything. Such a person owes the imperial court a debt of 50 yuan and refuses to pay it back. She would rather enter the palace with [-] silver coins than pay back the national debt. This is not taking me seriously!

"My Imperial Forest Army has no funds, so Jia Lian has to pay for it himself. Queen Mother, I am such a useless emperor. I canonize a concubine. The palace is leaking and I can't live in it. I have no money to repair it. Let's train an army. There is no military expenses. I have to ask my courtiers Debt, tell me, what should I do?"

The queen mother finally heard the way: "You mean that Huilian is in the same circle as the Chen family? No, Huilian is not that kind of person."

Emperor Qianyuan smiled and said: "To tell the truth about the mother, in order to collect debts, the ministers let the Xiaoqi camp surround the palace gate, and the debtors are not allowed to enter the palace to disturb the mother and the emperor. The Chen family is on the list that is forbidden to enter the palace, but She just slipped into the palace. You said, my imperial decree can't get out of the palace? A small fourth-rank edict dares to challenge me. Is the emperor such a wimp? Empress, this If it wasn't for my mother to ask, I wouldn't be able to tell anyone, I'm embarrassed, I'm ashamed!"

The Empress Dowager remained silent all this time, and went to Beijing to listen to Emperor Qianyuan's complaints. In the end, Emperor Qianyuan felt ashamed and held his forehead and smiled dryly: "I'm scaring the empress mother, my child is anxious, and I have a lot of things. I finally found a way to solve it. But when the times are bad, the money doesn’t come together.”

The empress dowager patted her son's arm and said, "Just say what you want to say. It's not good to keep it in your heart. After you finish talking, go and do things. As long as it conforms to national laws and family regulations, you can do whatever you want. You can't let a courtier hold a golden rice bowl and the emperor be hungry." Bar."

Emperor Qianyuan looked ashamed and bowed: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your understanding!"

Here, King Xijun quickly received an order from Emperor Qianyuan, informing the Chen family that they must either redeem the people, or set off immediately to enlist in Lingnan.

Mrs. Chen is tangled at home, so she occasionally goes to the Prince's Mansion to ask for news.Suddenly, a group of people came from Ningshou Palace, two nuns stepped forward without saying a word, one held Mrs. Chen down, the other held a ruler, and beat Mrs. Chen with forty wooden boards from left to right, hitting her teeth all over the floor Both are.

In the end, Mr. Defu said: "Empress Dowager Yizhi, Chen Jiang's wife does not cultivate morality, misbehavior, indulges her husband into evil, and has no way to teach her children. In the face of the eldest princess, she slaps her mouth forty to make an example. Picking three nests and four four, alienating the royal family and relatives, will definitely be severely punished."

Now that Jiang knew that he was instigating the matter of instigating Prince Ying and Princess Ying, he didn't dare to take chances anymore. Chen Rongquan was not at home, and there was no one to discuss it. Psychological knowledge is afraid that his son will be exiled to Lingnan, that is a dead end.Busy ordering people to wait to open the warehouse and count the money.But there is not enough cash, and there is a gap of 20.I had no choice but to buy several thousands of villages in Changping, ten thousand hectares of black land in Eastern Province, and a few tea gardens in Jiangnan, and finally made up the figure of 60.

King Xijun registered and made a book on the spot, and ordered people to publicize that there are a large number of farms for sale in the household department, so come early and get them early.

Chen Rongquan was locked up in a dark room for three days. He ate and drank in the same room every day, talked to everyone, and had no books for entertainment. He was about to give in, but he was released. The wife sold most of it, and immediately became angry from embarrassment, but asked his wife to teach him a lesson, only to find out that his wife had become Zhu Bajie.

Only then did Chen Rongquan know that the emperor would no longer support the Chen family at this meeting.Hearing that his son was beaten to death, he immediately wanted to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to fight for his life, but he knew that the Chen family had lost the protection of the emperor, so he didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Once the debts of the Chen family were repaid, except for a few families that were really poor, the rest of the families were forced to repay the debts in batches. Less than 200% of the debts were recovered, equivalent to [-] million silver.

Emperor Qianyuan was very pleased that when he got the money, he first allocated 50 taels to the Ministry of War to make weapons for the Yulin Army, and then allocated [-] taels to the Yulin Army as funds.

At the beginning of June, the Yulin Army finally put on the brand-new flying fish uniforms and boasted the Xiuchun knife.

However, Jia Lian frowned deeply. All his training was aimed at war. Therefore, in view of the destructive power of the Japanese sword, Jia Lian designed a simplified version of the chain mail of the Tang Dynasty with reference to the chain mail of the Tang Dynasty. Less material, suitable for close combat, weighing fifteen kilograms, the main protective parts are the throat, chest, abdomen and arms, mainly to defend against the lethality of the Japanese sword. Front and rear breast guards with crotch.

There is no promise, once they really go to the battlefield, everyone will definitely have a set of chain mail.However, if you don't train to adapt to the weight of the chain mail on weekdays, the sudden increase of the burden on your body in war will cause movement disorders.

The crotch is just a thick cotton cloth, even if it is sewn with iron plates, how can its resistance be compared to that of chain armor?

This time the amount was too large, and Jia Lian could not pay for it himself, so he had to ask the generals to carry [-] kilograms of weight and march in a hurry.Prepare for future wars.

This is something.

Looking back, he said that not long after Xiong Changhao left Jia Lian that day, Jia Amnesty sent someone to look for Jia Lian, but it was to discuss about Sun Shaozu.

Jia Lian's spiritual consciousness covered Jia She's study, good guy, the stolen money is still on the table and it's too late to put it away, silently counting, the 50 taels of silver ingots are neatly one hundred ingots.

Jia Lian asked, "Master is short of the five thousand silver from the Sun family?"

Jia Amnesty was startled, stared at Jia Lian, and scolded, "You bastard, how dare you bury a nail here?"

Jia Lian's face became quiet: "Why do I need to bury nails, and don't take money and put it on the table?"

Jia Amnesty glanced at the door curtain, strictly speaking, how did this bastard see it?

But she squinted at Jia Lian: "Well, it's not settled, so..."

Jia Lian said: "The third prince is still under confinement. Sun Shaozu is the servant of the third prince, so the master dares to intercede for him? He is more noble than your majesty's prince? Are you afraid that your majesty will be angry and murderous?"

Jia She was terrified: "So powerful? He's just a doorman..."

Jia Lian said: "Hou Liwen is also a diner. Let me advise the master that the money should either be handed over to the imperial court as a bribe or returned. Don't dirty your hands."

Although Jia Amnesty was in pain, he invited the mother and daughter of the Sun family out of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Lian went to the Ministry of Punishment, and told Sun Shaozu's family that he was wronged and pleaded for love.Huang Lian, Minister of the Ministry of War, was immediately annoyed. He originally thought that Sun Shaozu was a general, and wanted him to go to northern Xinjiang to serve as an army, so that he might be able to make contributions and succeed.Even if he doesn't do any meritorious service, the chances of survival in Beijiang are better.

Who knew that he was actually moving around, which made Emperor Qianyuan know that he had indulged him lightly, so it's okay to pursue it?

The emperor lamented that good people can't do it.Sending Sun Shaozu to the Northern Xinjiang should be sent to the South of the Five Ridges, and he was immediately escorted to the road.

This is mid-May.

One day, Jia Lian was training troops in Xishan, when he suddenly saw an internal report, which was sent by Wang Ziteng to expedite the report of military information at eight hundred miles away. .One of them was encountered in the local guard, and was killed by the enemy as soon as they met. Among them, Wang Ziteng emphasized the enemy's weapon, the Japanese sword.Wang Ziteng said that the Japanese knife: the cold light is threatening, it can chop copper and iron, and it can break hair by blowing.Moreover, the Japanese pirates are highly skilled in martial arts, with the wind blowing from the soles of their feet, and fighting erratically, they can single-handedly defeat the enemy. Our soldiers are invincible.

At this point, Jia Lian couldn't sit still: no, we must make chain mail.

After Jia Lian went down the mountain, he went directly to King Xijun, who was in charge of the officers and soldiers, and asked to equip the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army with [-] kilograms of chain mail immediately.

King Xi stared at Jia Lian: "Do you want your shotgun?"

Jia Lian was dumbfounded: "The shotgun is the main combat team for long-distance attack. How can there be no shotgun?"

King Xijun spread his hands: "This is not over, 50 silver is being used for all kinds of compulsory weapons you need for the early formation. Your Majesty has repeatedly ordered that it must be made of fine iron. The remaining 50 has been invested in the manufacturing office to make shotguns and other weapons." Ammunition, this should be safe and sound. There was an explosion last month. Not only were all the guns and ammunition destroyed, but more than a dozen craftsmen were killed. There is also 10 taels of military pay for your department. When you get back 200 million silver, you can use it alone For 110 million taels, tell me, there is Fengsheng Army in Xishan, Wu’an Army in Fengtai, Krupp Army in Northern Xinjiang, and Yongding Army in Haijiang, do they need equipment and military pay?”

Jia Lian sighed: "Once on the battlefield, the soldiers have no armor. No matter how good the weapons are, it will cause a large number of downsizing. Wouldn't my years of training be in vain? That's all. Once the downsizing is severe, the power of the battle formation will be greatly reduced. Where can I find someone to fill it? And the formation has not been trained, and ordinary people can’t fill it up. Now we can reduce the casualties of this soldier by giving an extra 20, why not? As long as there are people, what can’t be earned?”

King Xijun helped the amount: "20 silver is not enough? Let me tell you, I don't have [-] silver in my hand now." Then, King Xijun handed Jia Lian the list of love debts: "If you have the ability, you can go there yourself. .”

Jia Lian took a look at the list. First of all, the four princes' mansions in the southeast, northwest, and north have personal debts of more than one million yuan.

Then, Marquis Yan, Duke Zhen, Duke Li, Duke Qi, and Duke Zhi.Coupled with the copying of the house and the relegation of the Duke of the State, the relegation of the Dukes of Ningguo and Rongguo, it happened to be the Mansion of the Eight Dukes.

Looking at the following, the Empress Dowager's Zhen's family, the Empress's Empress Xu's family, the Princess's Mansion, the Princess's Mansion, and the Wu's family have confiscated their homes, and the family's villa has been paid off, but no one can afford it.

Afterwards, there was a bunch of clan relatives, who surnamed Shui, who could afford it.

Later, the governors and governors of various places.

The reason why Jia Lian wanted to fight a turnaround in the coastal area was that he hated Japanese pirates for a while, but also wanted to make contributions so that he would be qualified to be the top of all officials in the future.If he goes to ask for the bill, he has already offended the world before the war, how will he mess around in the officialdom in the future?

Jia Lian raised his forehead, and handed his hands back to King Xijun: "Thank you! It's really not easy for you to be in debt!"

Prince Xi nodded: "Yes, everyone is like your Jia family, destroying the house and paying off the debts."

Jia Lian babbled: "How much is the debt of the Ning Mansion?" Thinking in his heart, he simply thought of a way to pay off for Jia Rong, and his own funds were also available.

Prince Xi waved his hand: "They have been repaying their debts one after another in the past few years. They owe 20 yuan, which is nothing. Don't mess with him. The empress dowager is going crazy, and no one can afford it."

Jia Lian had no choice but to hold back.Apart from Jia Rong, he really couldn't afford to offend anyone.

Jia Lian went out of the military department with a sullen head. The Yulin Army was his own painstaking effort and could not be ruined in vain.He didn't go home either, and went straight to Liuli Street to look for Pan You'an: "I need a master of ironware."