Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Not to mention, Prince Xi really remade [-] sets of cotton clothes in six days according to Jia Lian's method.Emperor Qianyuan was very satisfied and praised him greatly.

Since then, Prince Xi's feelings for Jia Lian have been different.

Looking back, he said that Wu Yong, Tang Hui, Shi Lei and other [-] old Yunti team members had all participated in the Southern Expedition. Jia Lian sneaked in and ordered them to be summoned for a lecture, and then gave each of them five bottles of secret medicinal wine.

In the end, Jia Lian secretly exhorted: "You are not the direct descendants of the Purple Banner Army. You should be able to tell the difference from the distribution of weapons. Your treatment is different from theirs. When you go to the battlefield, you will grow your own snacks. When there is a war, the plague is the most likely to occur. You Just like our usual training, you would rather be thirsty than drink dirty water. If you are injured or sick, then use these medicinal wines. This is a life-saving thing. Remember not to show it! , you have wolf nature, don't take it lightly!"

Wu Yong's temper was a little soft, and he cried immediately: "I don't worry about anything else, I just worry that my child is only three months old. If I die, I will ask the Captain to make the decision. My wife can remarry, but the child cannot change his surname!"

Jia Lian was a little sad when he heard the words, and stretched out his hand to pat him on the head: "Nonsense, I don't do these nosy things, you'd better come back alive and take care of them."

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the army set off.The eldest prince Shui Cheng was not among them, Jia Lian felt a little relieved.Shui Cheng is actually a good successor, and Jia Lian couldn't bear him to follow the old path of his previous life.

Furthermore, in this life, the relationship between Jia Lian and the eldest prince is different, and the two can work together to strive for their respective great futures.

Jia Lian originally thought that he could go back to Xishan for a while to relax, but he failed.King Xijun suggested that Emperor Qianyuan transfer Jia Lian to the Ministry of War as Zuo Shilang.Together with Zhang Shilang, he assisted Prince Xi and the eldest son of the emperor to allocate food, grass and military supplies.

The first batch of grain and grass is [-] shi each, which is only enough for the Purple Banner Army soldiers and horses to eat and drink for three months, and the follow-up grain and grass must be sent to the sea within three months.

At the end of the first month, when Jia Lian took office, he was ordered by Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War to go to Huguang to collect five thousand stones of grain and grass.

Before leaving, Jia Lian left Sister Feng a secret letter, asking her to try to pass it to Yu Liuyue after she left.

In the previous life, the eldest prince Haijiang was arrested and lost his position.Although Emperor Qianyuan rejected his request for orders in this life, what if the eldest prince was eager to fight and went out of Beijing privately?Will history repeat itself?

Jia Lian felt that he should remind Yu Liuyue.I believe that even if the eldest prince wants to go, Yu Liuyue will have a way to dissuade him.

Yu Yanming, governor of Huguang, gave Jia Lian a lot of face, and he handed over five thousand shi, grain and grass to Jia Lian.Instead, she quietly asked Jia Lian to say a word: "My big girl still hopes that the servant will take care of her for a while."

Jia Lian was very cautious: "Is your lord talking about the eldest concubine? Isn't she the second daughter? How did you become the eldest daughter?"

Yu Yanming showed embarrassment, and cupped his hands again and again: "If you don't tell lies in front of the real person, please don't laugh at me. If others don't know about my family, can you hide it from me?"

Only then did Jia Lian agree: "She is my adopted sister, if I don't take care of her, others will regard me as the big prince's party!"

Yu Yanming hurriedly cupped his hands: "I'm relieved!"

After collecting grain and grass, Jia Lian felt relieved and went to Wudang Mountain in the middle of the night to Hantan.

This time, Jia Lian's skills increased greatly. It took two hours to dig out [-] fist-sized spirit stones, and the quality of the spirit stones here was more than twice as pure as last time, because Jia Lian could clearly feel that the same The fist-sized spirit stone is about twice as heavy this time as the last one.

The spiritual power contained in the spirit stone this time is much stronger than last time.

Every time Jia Lian dived, he could feel the strong aura in the water, but unfortunately, he couldn't stay in the water for a long time.I can only look forward to the water and sigh.

In mid-March, when Jia Lian returned to Beijing, he learned the shocking news that the 15-year-old Prince Ying's son left a book and went to Haijiang secretly.

Surprised, Jia Lian hurriedly asked Jia Rong, "Who else has gone to Haijiang?"

Jia Rong clapped her hands: "Second uncle is really clever, and there are a group of clan children in Kyoto. They watch the big victory in the sea every day, and their hearts are already itchy. They think that if they don't go again, I'm afraid that the Japanese pirates will be killed. They won't be able to get credit for it." .”

Jia Rong whispered again: "My aunt's family, you know, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhen's mansion, because his wife is the daughter of the Chen family, and the Duke of Zhen Guo asked him to divorce his wife. It was not the old order to stop him. I'm afraid that the wife of the son of the son would have to go to the nunnery. gone."

Jia Lian was stunned: "Isn't he working in the Ministry of Officials? Why is he meddling in the affairs of the Ministry of War?"

Jia Rong said: "He was ostracized because his father-in-law Chen Yuanhang was beheaded, and he was wiped clean. He felt bored when he went home, so he asked someone to drink together. For some reason, the seven or eight people who had been drinking at the beginning ran away together. The third child also ran away."

Jia Lian was even more surprised: "Didn't he just get married last October?"

Jia Rong nodded: "Yeah, I heard that the relationship between husband and wife is not harmonious, so Aunt Xue fights with her mother-in-law every day..."

Jia Lian is silent, hoping that these people will go and come back.

Immediately, the Prince of England wrote to the court, requesting to go to the sea to supervise the war.

The Prince of England has been recuperating behind closed doors, but this time he suddenly asked to go to the sea, and all the officials knew what he was doing.

Of course, Emperor Qianyuan did not allow it. How could the prince go out of Beijing casually, but he promised to order Wang Ziteng to search for the son of Prince Ying with all his strength, and if he found it, he would send it back to the capital as soon as possible.

Because of this, the Prince of England knelt down and could not afford to go to the palace.

The emperor reconciled in the middle, but the brothers refused to give in. The emperor became angry and his condition worsened again. The imperial physician consulted and said that the emperor was already terminally ill, and the medicine was useless.

The Prince of England had to compromise because of the emperor's serious illness, and because he felt ashamed, he asked the order to enter the palace to take care of the emperor's daily life and food in person.

As a result, the empress dowager's relationship with the Prince of England eased a lot.

In mid-March, Jia Rong escorted grain and grass to the sea.

At the end of March, Prince Teng Miza went to Beijing, claiming that Prince Ying's son had been found, but he was determined not to return to Beijing, saying that if he was forced to return to Beijing, he would run away halfway.Wang Ziteng asked His Majesty to send an imperial envoy to go. To Prince Ying's son, he was too small and too serious, and there was nothing he could do about it.

When the news came back to Beijing, Emperor Qianyuan personally went to discuss with the Empress Dowager, who would welcome Prince Ying's son.After all, the sea and the territory are not peaceful, and Japanese pirates will go ashore anytime and anywhere to do evil.

In the end, the empress dowager decided to send ten bodyguards to take the empress dowager Yizhi to Haijiang to escort the son back to Beijing.

One month passed, not only did the prince not return to the capital, but the guards who were sent were also instigated by the prince, and they stayed in the sea to protect the prince together.

The empress dowager was very anxious, but she was beyond her reach.

In mid-May, another good news came from Haijiang. The Purple Banner Army swept up a Japanese pirate stronghold and wiped out more than [-] Japanese pirates. There was no casualty in our army.

Emperor Qianyuan was overjoyed, and issued an edict to praise the king of Nan'an County, and sent an imperial envoy to the south to reward the king of Nan'an County with a sword, and canonize the king of Nan'an County as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and safely handed over the military and political power in the Fujian and Zhejiang region to the king of Nan'an County.

In this way, the king of Nan'an County has nearly 3 horses.

At the same time, Emperor Qianyuan also gave him the right to recruit troops and horses from neighboring provinces to collect food and grass.

Nan'an King Jun Wang has truly become the King of Jiangnan.

At the beginning of June, Prince Tengmi went to Beijing to report that the prince of Nan'an lived in luxury and spent [-] silver a day on military expenditures. This was a huge waste, but was rejected by Emperor Qianyuan.He also demoted Wang Ziteng from a nine-province checkpoint to a governor of Zhejiang, specializing in collecting food and grass for the Purple Banner Army.

At the end of June, Wang Ziteng did not dare to give Emperor Qianyuan a secret seal, but sent Jia Lian a letterhead, informing Jia Lian of what the Nan'an County King had done in Haijiang.

It turned out that the king of Nan'an County was no longer satisfied with the tactic of sacking Japanese pirates on land because he had won several battles in a row. He wanted to expand the results of the battle and chased down the Japanese pirates across the sea. Right now, he is gathering troops to seize local merchant ships. civilian boats and even fishing boats.Anyone who does not comply will be punished as a crime of collaborating with Japanese pirates.

The folks have privately called him a big pirate who is more powerful than the pirates.

Jia Lian felt that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly wrote to Wang Ziteng, asking him to continue to write to Emperor Qianyuan, stating the situation in the sea and areas and his own views.Wang Ziteng reported it, but Emperor Qianyuan refused to listen. If something went wrong in the future, Wang Ziteng could not be held accountable.

Wang Ziteng followed Jia Lian's advice, and from the beginning of July, he sent a secret letter almost seven days, detailing the situation in the sea and the various actions of the king of Nan'an County.

Wang Ziteng sued the king of Nan'an County for three crimes.The first king of Nan'an County was a little self-inflated after winning the battle, and he was ready to go to sea to chase down the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are good at sea warfare, and our army is good at land warfare.

In the second article, Wang Ziteng sued the king of Nanjun that his finances were chaotic, money in and out was confused, and his private life was corrupt and extravagant.

In the third article, Wang Ziteng emphasized that the king of Nan'an County exploited the people of Fujian and Zhejiang too much. After the people were looted by Japanese pirates, they were also taxed by the garrison. Some families had to sell their sons and daughters.

When Emperor Qianyuan saw Wang Ziteng scolding him more and more, he became more and more mad. After scolding Wang Ziteng three times, he decisively transferred Wang Ziteng's book to Nan'an County King.

The king of Nan'an County did not expect that Wang Ziteng would play him behind his back, and dismissed Wang Ziteng on the spot in the name of shaking the morale of the army.

Wang Ziteng wrote to Jia Lian again to express his aggrievedness, but Jia Lian wrote to comfort him: "You are safe this time."

At the beginning of receiving the letter, Wang Ziteng didn't take it seriously, but immediately, Wang Ziteng's heart beat wildly, and according to Jia Lian's order, all the letters written by Jia Lian were destroyed together.

At the beginning of August, Haijiang rushed to report to Beijing from [-] miles away. The king of Nan'an led [-] elite purple flag troops to fight Japanese pirates on Langyu Island. Suddenly there was a huge storm, because not all the warships of the purple flag army were imperial treasures. Shipyard manufacturing, many warships confiscated from the civilian masts were broken.In order to be safe, the king of Nan'an ordered the warships to take refuge in the bay, and tied all the warships with iron chains to prevent them from being blown away by the storm and deviated from the course.

The next day, the weather was calm, and the king of Nan'an County ordered the troops to repair in situ in order to repair the damaged sails and masts. When the Purple Banner Army was relaxing, the pirate ships of the Japanese pirates suddenly blocked the sky and surrounded the Purple Banner Army. The sky covered the sun and shot at the Purple Banner Army fleet.The warship was instantly engulfed in flames.

Because the ships were tied together by iron chains, only a handful of warships on the edge cut off the chains and escaped, and the rest of the warships of the Purple Banner Army were all burned.Almost half of the soldiers were either burned to death by the fire, or fell into the sea in panic and died, and the remaining more than 2000 people had to stick to the isolated island.

Five days later, the Purple Banner Army ran out of ammunition and food, and was captured by the Japanese pirates. Among them, all the generals of the Purple Banner Army from the Nan'an County King down were captured alive.

Only less than 500 of the eight thousand elite escaped back.

Afterwards, tens of thousands of Japanese pirates took advantage of the victory, and hundreds of ships, covering the sky and the sun, gathered and landed in various coastal counties, burning, killing and looting wantonly, and the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang were fully alerted.

When Emperor Qianyuan received the news, he couldn't believe it: "Half a month ago, the king of Nan'an County just sent a battle report to Beijing, claiming to behead hundreds of Japanese pirates. Where did tens of thousands of Japanese pirates come from now? In the past, we only said hundreds of pirates, thousands of Japanese pirates, but now How come more and more people are killed, tens of thousands?"

The empress dowager was devastated when she heard the news, and she was busy sending people to inquire about the whereabouts of Prince Ying's son.How did Emperor Qianyuan know that the court battle report was only to report the situation of the battle, so how could it specify which person's whereabouts?

Emperor Qianyuan had to report it according to the facts.

The empress dowager fainted immediately.

At this point, the emperor couldn't hold on any longer, he met Emperor Qianyuan with a sigh of relief, and passed away.

State affairs and family affairs are not going well.Now that his father died in fright, Emperor Qianyuan was in great pain, and almost fainted from crying in front of the Supreme Emperor's bed.

Prince Ying cried for a while, stared at Emperor Qianyuan and snorted coldly.

Emperor Qianyuan immediately became angry: "What do you mean?"

The Prince of England sneered: "You don't know what it means? Instead of crying now, why be so cruel at the beginning!"

There is something in these words, and there is a lot of suspicion that Emperor Qianyuan killed the Supreme Emperor.

How could Emperor Qianyuan be the one to blame, and scolded: "You have the courage to speak clearly about what happened back then."

The Prince of England stamped his feet and shouted: "Let's just say it. If you hadn't been a little bitch back then, and you had promised your father to let me go to the sea to retrieve Shuihui, why would your father be frightened and even pass away because of his concern? You own the country. Sheji, the favor of my father, queen and queen, I just want to get my own son back, but you don't allow it, just such a small request, but you don't allow it, hahaha..."

Emperor Qianyuan's face was livid: "You are so old, you can't manage a son well, causing him to behave recklessly and dragging your loved ones down. I didn't punish you father and son. I have been lenient. How dare you beat him up. It's very good. It's worth this family and country In troubled times, you actually came to the trouble and tried to falsely accuse me of being unfilial. What do you want to do? My succession to the throne was passed down by my father and emperor himself. Do you think that if you frame a few words, I will be overthrown by you and give way to you? ?wishful thinking!"

The Prince of England sneered: "Ha, do you think that being the emperor is really omnipotent? Haijiang has been peaceful in the hands of the emperor for these years, why did you become infected with Japanese invaders as soon as you ascended the throne? It is because of your perverse behavior that this is what happened. Punishment. Do you think I don’t know anything when I’m locked up by you? Why did the Purple Banner Army lose? Because King Zhongshun joined the Japanese pirates. King Zhongshun was brought out by his father himself. Him? In front of him, the four kings of the four counties are not farts!"

At such a moment, the imperial ministers and the royal clan were all summoned to the Supreme Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation.Because there was no edict, no one dared to enter the Taishanghuang's bedroom, and everyone just listened to the Prince Ying madly cursing the emperor and his clan, and no one dared to speak out to stop him.

In the end, Prince Xi couldn't help but reprimand loudly outside: "Prince Ying, you have lost your mind, when is this, father is face to face, you dare to question the disrespect of the emperor, the emperor is the emperor appointed by the father , you are so questioning, where do you put the father? Hurry up and kneel down to plead guilty to the emperor!"

Only then did Prince Ying become alert, his words were overheard by the clan members outside, and he suddenly felt that he had been fooled by Emperor Qianyuan. He gritted his teeth in hatred: "You deliberately lured and lied to me, despicable!"

Emperor Qianyuan sneered: "Are you a three-year-old or two-year-old child?"

At this moment, the empress dowager arrived.

The Empress Dowager was so crying that she fainted, and was supported to rest in the side hall. When she heard that Emperor Qianyuan's brothers were arguing, she pulled herself together and hurried over.

Along the way, she got the news early and knew that it was the Prince Ying who started the trouble.Without hesitation, she slapped Prince Ying across the face and scolded: "Your father died on the couch, you don't help the imperial brother to dress up your father's funeral, but you are arguing with the imperial brother in front of the couch Chang, what about the sage books you read? What about your loyalty, filial piety and righteousness?"

Only then did Prince Ying shut up, and knelt down with Emperor Qianyuan.

The empress dowager restrained Prince Ying, and then she turned around and cried for the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's good for you to go, and you will feel at ease. Ai's family will take care of your funeral. I don't know if Ai's family will go in the future. Their brothers will how is everything……"

Hearing this, Emperor Qianyuan hurriedly knelt down in front of the queen mother, begging and begging: "It's all because the son is unfilial. He was hit by the sudden sorrow, and his mind was confused for a while, which made the queen mother sad."

The Empress Dowager cried more and more sadly when she heard the words. Firstly, she was sad that the Supreme Emperor passed away, and secondly, it was also because Emperor Qianyuan and Prince Ying became more and more discordant. She was still alive, and one day she went too. Their brothers turned against each other, and she died. I can't even close my eyes!

Under the pressure of the empress dowager, Prince Ying finally bowed his head and pleaded guilty, and Emperor Qianyuan also generously stated that Prince Ying was hit by the sudden death of his father and his mind was confused, so he let the past go.

The brothers comforted the queen mother to rest together.

All good filial piety is the first, and the emperor has passed away, so the mourning hall must be built first.

Emperor Qianyuan personally supervised and built the Lingtai on the same day.Because of the urgency of the war in the coastal areas, Emperor Qianyuan had to go to the court to discuss matters and discuss ways to solve the coastal areas.For the convenience of offering sacrifices, Emperor Qianyuan rested in the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation at night. Except for going to court in the morning and reviewing the memorials, he spent the rest of the time worshiping in front of the spirit.

Emperor Qianyuan's filial piety was appreciated by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

It's just that no one has come up with any feasible suggestions for the issue of Haijiang.

Emperor Qianyuan used to look at the Ministry of War, but now it is King Xi and the First Prince who are jointly managing the affairs of the Ministry of War.Although Jia Lian was standing in the ranks of military generals, apart from Prince Xi and the eldest prince, there was also his agent Zhang Shangshu pressing on his head, so naturally he had no part to speak.

All the officials remained silent, so Emperor Qianyuan had no choice but to order the general: "Military Department?"

Zhang Shilang was stunned and did not make a sound. Emperor Qianyuan asked again. Jia Lian quietly poked him in the back with Yufluorene. Then Zhang Shilang realized that he was now acting as the minister, so he went out to report: "Report to Your Majesty, these humble ministers What I think about every day is food, grass, and silver, money, food, and grass, and other things have not been considered. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

There were several laughs from the hall, and Emperor Qianyuan's face turned dark immediately, staring at Prince Xi and the eldest son of the emperor: "Prince Xi, Shui Cheng, you are in charge of the military department, don't you just think about money and food all day long?"

The eldest prince spoke first: "My minister thinks that we should send more troops. Wherever the Japanese pirates come from, let's beat them back."

Emperor Qianyuan raised his eyebrows: "Send troops? Who should you send?"

The eldest prince raised his chest and said, "If the father can trust his son, the son is willing to lead the troops there."

Emperor Qianyuan immediately wanted to slap himself, he shouldn't have asked the Eldest Prince, knowing that the Eldest Prince was about to make a move, why did he bother him.Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand: "Back off!"

The eldest prince didn't think he was disobedient, he bowed to thank him, and calmly retreated.

At this time, Prince Xi came out to report: "I think that since the war has already started, I can't easily admit defeat like this. It must be a result..." At this time, the Minister of Rites, the former Grand Scholar Du jumped out to speak: " The result? Isn’t the result coming out now? The Purple Banner Army was defeated, and the king of Nan’an County and his subordinates were captured alive. What is the result? Is it possible that the imperial court will spend several million more for them to squander?"

Prince Xi knew that Master Du was a friend of Wang Ziteng, and this was a grievance for Wang Ziteng.Now it seems that Wang Ziteng had a good sense at the time. He said that the king of Nan'an was inflated and went to sea to fight with his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths. It really hit the nail on the head.

It's a pity that Emperor Qianyuan was eager for success and trusted Nan'an County King too much, so he suppressed Wang Ziteng and forbade him to speak, and handed Wang Ziteng to Nanjun King to deal with.Fortunately, the king of Nan'an just insulted Wang Ziteng and asked him to be a grain official.

Not to mention, Prince Xi had something to say about Du Shangshu's disturbance: "I think that the current situation in the sea area is complicated, and it may not be effective for others to go there for a while. My brother suggested that Wang Ziteng's post of inspector in nine provinces should be resumed first. His seal letter has not been taken back by the imperial court, so let him recover on the spot and stabilize the situation first."

Emperor Qianyuan sighed: "Zunzao! Speaking of this matter, I'm also to blame. At that time, I believed in the king of Nan'an County, and I didn't listen to Wang Ziteng's all kinds of advice and loyalty!"