Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Emperor Qianyuan snorted: "Where did you rescue the king of Nan'an County?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I followed the merchant ships of the imperial court and finally found out the news of Nan'an County King and Prince Ying. Because Japanese pirates would often transfer hostages, I had no time to report, so I had to go to the rescue in a hurry. As a result, I went late. According to Nan'an County King said that Wei Chen was about half an hour late."

Emperor Qianyuan suddenly stared at Jia Lian and said coldly: "Do you dare to swear? That you didn't let their father and son go on purpose?"

Jia Lian knelt down and swore: "I swear, I never let their father and son go on purpose!"

What he has been thinking about is to kill their father and son and throw their corpses away!

Emperor Qianyuan stared at Jia Lian for a while with cold eyes, and realized that he didn't seem to be lying, so he raised his hand: "Get up, don't kneel down at every turn."

Jia Lian thanked En and got up.

Emperor Qianyuan said again: "I want you to go to Haijiang to negotiate with the Japanese pirates again, and ask them to hand over Prince Ying, his son and King Zhongshun at the same time, otherwise, we will fight to the end."

Jia Lian said: "Weichen is obliged. However, Weichen actually understands some Japanese pirates' thoughts in Haijiang. These people's dream is that the imperial court can reopen the Shibo Department. It is estimated that they will not let people go even if they spend 100 million taels now. So, now I have two roads, one road, no peace talks, bloody battle to the end. In this way, the hostages will die. The second road is to keep the hostages and let them hand over the traitor King Zhongshun, you have to reopen the market Secretary, let the Ryukyu people, Frangji people, and Fusang Japanese pirates pay tribute every year. Otherwise, the humble minister can only return without success, so it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t go!”

Emperor Qianyuan's face was gloomy, and he stared at Jia Lian: "Re-opening the Shifang Department? Do you know what you are talking about? The Emperor himself abolished the Shifang Department, but you persuaded me to reopen the Shifang Department. You made me disobey the late emperor. ?”

Jia Lian said: "Your Majesty misunderstood. What I said was the conditions of the Japanese pirates. If you can't agree to this condition, the peace talks are empty talks. It's better to go to war."

Emperor Qianyuan snorted coldly: "Didn't the Japanese pirates mention the terms of the peace talks? How did you know?"

Jia Lian said: "From the winter of last year to August this year, I have been pretending to be businessmen, even pirates, patrolling and spying around the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang. I have learned all this from Japanese pirates. If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask The king of Nan'an County, the Japanese pirates and pirates entrenched along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, are all looking for money. They are not interested in our territory. They are only interested in gold and silver. This is why they don't want to occupy the city. They usually just plunder. one of the reasons."

Emperor Qianyuan frowned: "Since they are asking for money, why arrest people?"

Jia Lian said: "There are two purposes. Those who have money in the family will extort money, just like the Prince Ying and his son. Those who have no money will be sold to Fanbang as slaves. I heard that there is a slave market in the country of the Frangji people, and they will be dragged into slavery." In the market, people are free to choose like livestock."

Emperor Qianyuan was silent for a long time after hearing this.

When the eldest prince heard Jia Lian talking about the re-opening of the Fangsi, he broke out in a cold sweat. He also mentioned this when he returned to the capital, but was slapped by Emperor Qianyuan.

The eldest prince was very afraid that Jia Lian would offend Emperor Qianyuan. In the eyes of the eldest prince, Jia Lian was capable and upright.He was about to make amends, but Emperor Qianyuan suddenly slowed down and waved his hand wearily: "Go, order the Ministry of Punishments to escort the King of Nan'an County into the palace, and I will talk to you tomorrow."

The eldest prince was about to run away with Jia Lian, but was left behind by Emperor Qianyuan.

Jia Lian said goodbye and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After leaving the palace gate, he saw Uncle Zhang and Prince Xi staring at him from a distance in front of Xihua Gate.

Jia Lian hurried forward to salute and say hello.

Prince Xi looked over Jia Lian's body and scoffed, "Fortunately, I wasn't beaten!"

Jia Lian looked confused.

The uncle of the Zhang family laughed and said: "After the eldest prince returned to Beijing, he mentioned the fake Japanese and the re-opening of the city hall, and was slapped in the face by his majesty in public. It was the emperor who deposed the city hall at the beginning. The emperor just passed away, and his majesty is grieving. It's not the right time."

Jia Lian still didn't catch his head: "Does the eldest prince's beating have something to do with me? Why must I be beaten?"

Prince Xi smiled and said: "Do you dare to say that you were not the one who taught the Eldest Prince's proposal to reopen the city's restaurant?"

Jia Lian spread his hands: "This is really a great injustice. The trial of the fake Japanese, the eldest prince presided over the trial, and the minister is just a record."

Prince Xi raised his eyebrows, apparently in disbelief.

Jia Lian said again: "Of course, every time I go out to investigate and come back, I will definitely report to the eldest prince, but I can swear that I have never instigated the eldest prince. If I really instigated him, I will not mention it again, otherwise wouldn't it be Let His Majesty misunderstand that I and the First Prince are in the same party?"

Prince Xi and Uncle Zhang laughed together.

Jia Lian still wanted to swear, but he suddenly realized that in the eyes of outsiders, he was now a golden prince.Because, Jia Lian's Marquis is the eldest prince who will report to the palace and ask for the seal.

Jia Lian spread his hands again: "I was sent by His Majesty to go to the sea to protect the eldest prince. The king's order is hard to disobey. Can I shirk it?"

Only then did Prince Xi laugh: "It's still like a sentence, you go back, you don't need to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of War for the time being, go home and take a rest for a while, and wait for His Majesty to summon you."

In other words, apart from waiting for His Majesty's inquiries, Jia Lian didn't care about other business matters during this period of time.

But when Jia Lian went home, Sister Feng and Yingchun led a group of little radish heads to wait at the second gate. As soon as Jia Lian appeared, the children rushed up.

"Daddy!"

"Daddy!"

"Daddy!"

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Sister Qiao is taller and holds Jia Lian's arm, while Brother Hao and Brother Cheng hold Jia Lian's leg.Sister Qian moved slowly, unable to pull her arms or hug her legs, so she pouted and stretched out her hands: "Daddy, give me a hug!"

Jia Lian looked at Sister Qian's Fen Ruirui's face, her black eyes sparkling, her tears were on the verge of dripping, her heart softened into a puddle of water, she bent down to hug her and kissed her cheek: "Oh, my little one has grown into Where is the big girl!"

Sister Qian blushed but did not avoid it, smiled happily and wiped her cheeks.

Jia Lian saw Yingchun and Sister Feng standing side by side, and hurriedly smiled apologetically at them.If the situation in Haijiang hadn't suddenly deteriorated and Jia Lian had gone to Haijiang, Yingchun would have gotten married at the end of last year.

At this time, Yingchun clapped her hands: "Children, go with aunt to prepare lunch for daddy, okay? Dad has to visit the ancestors, go to East Garden, take a bath and change clothes, he is very busy."

Sister Qiao hurriedly let go of Jia Lian after hearing the words, and took Sister Qian to salute and leave Jia Lian.

When Jia Lian arrived at Rongqing Hall, Mother Jia was so happy that she came to the door herself, with tears in her eyes, she pulled Jia Lian and rubbed her body: "Are you injured?"

Jia Lian hurriedly waved his hands: "There is no injury at all. My grandson is very skilled in martial arts. Besides, I don't need to go to the front line at all. My grandson only needs to wave from behind."

Jia Lian stared: "Nonsense again, don't the commanders go to the battlefield? I heard that they are still at sea. It's no better than riding a horse. At most, they fall and break their legs. In the vast sea, they shoot guns and cannons. I also heard that those The Japanese pirates specialize in attacking the commander!"

But after the eldest prince returned to Beijing, he led Yu Liuyue to visit Jia Mu and Jia She personally, and narrated how Jia Lian rescued him when the Japanese pirates attacked the command ship.

Jia's mother was worried because of this, the eldest prince is gone, isn't it because Jia Lian wants to command the battle, and are the Japanese pirates chasing Jia Lian to fight?So I didn't sleep for several nights.

This time, Jia She suddenly had a common language with Jia's mother. Jia She went to the Ministry of War every day to inquire about the situation. In order to wait for Jia She's information, Jia's mother ordered several times to prepare meals for Jia She.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty came to the conclusion that it was not that Jia's mother didn't love the first wife, but that she loved the second wife more.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty's resentment towards Jia's mother was much less.

But when Jia She heard that Jia Lian was coming home, he couldn't wait for Jia Lian to visit the East Garden, so he hurriedly came to Rongqingtang, and when he saw Jia Lian's pale face tanned to wheat, Jia She immediately smiled and beat Jia Lian's shoulder with his fist. : "Yeah, darker, taller, stronger, and heroic, just like your grandfather back then."

Jia Lian suddenly laughed: "Master, could it be that he is blind, his son is already 30 years old, and he is still growing taller!"

Jia Mu smiled and said: "The male leader is thirty and slowly, the water and soil in the sea support people."

Jia Lian laughed and went back to Xuancao Hall. Sister Feng was busy bathing and changing Jia Lian, because she asked, "What did the old lady say, you are so happy?"

Jia Lian reached out and dragged Sister Feng into the bathtub, peeled the onion, and said with a smile: "The master said that I am as strong as a cow, what do you think?"

Sister Feng was rubbed eagerly by him, panting: "Hmph, who knows, you have to try it to know..."

Jia Lian immediately pounced on the hungry tiger: "Try it now."

Sister Feng immediately choked on water and struggled violently: "Jia Ershe, don't make trouble, let go, return, return..."

Ping'er heard the shameless turbulent waves crashing on the shore, and hurriedly drove away the little girls at the door: "There is no need to wait here, let's go rest."

Sister Jia Lian and Feng got angry, and a full hour passed, and the room was still "the big strings are as noisy as rain, and the small strings are like whispers, whispering and whispering, lingering and endless."

Ping'er leaned against the door and heard her heart beating as usual, her face was about to bleed, she couldn't resist anymore, so she had to retreat to lean against the jujube tree in the yard with trembling legs.

Xiuju, who was in front of Yingchun, came several times to check on the situation. Several children were waiting for their parents to eat.

Ping'er had no choice but to push back: "Grandma is talking to Grandpa. The words are very interesting. I can't finish talking until dinner. Let the children eat first when they are hungry."

Two hours passed, three hours passed, Ping'er was also puzzled, no matter how hard his body was, he might not be able to bear it?

Ping'er listened attentively, but the room was silent, so she had the courage to call softly at the door: "Grandma, is this slave Ping'er?"

Ping'er asked three times but no one answered, so she had to go into the bathroom boldly, but there was a puddle of water on the floor, and Sister Jia Lianfeng fell asleep in the tub with her arms around each other.

Ping'er had no choice but to hold back her shyness, and pushed Sister Feng with her hands: "Grandma, grandma, I can't sleep here..."

Sister Feng was so tired that Ping'er pushed her three times but she didn't wake up, but Jia Lian woke up. She reached out and grabbed Ping'er's wrist: "Who is it, oh, it's you, your grandma is exhausted, help me change clothes."

As Jia Lian spoke, she got up, and Ping'er ran away in a hurry. She hid behind the clothes hanger and passed Jia Lian's clothes with a bamboo pole. She didn't dare to provoke Jia Lian. With his fierce appearance, Ping'er was afraid that she would die in his hands. .

Jia Lian laughed, put on her clothes by herself, then fished up Sister Feng, wrapped her in clothes, carried her to the kang, and told Ping'er, "Take the door." She fell back to sleep by herself.

Turning around, he said that the king of Nan'an County was brought into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. When the King of Nan'an County saw Emperor Qianyuan, he was busy grabbing the ground with his head and weeping in mourning: "Your Majesty, the sinner has come back to apologize to you. The sinner is sorry for your majesty's trust and has failed you." Your majesty's great entrustment has given you shame, the army has been destroyed, the fleet has also been destroyed, the guilty minister really has no face to come back to see your majesty. However, the criminal minister has to come back to ask for guilt, otherwise, the criminal minister will not be able to close his eyes even if he dies. Your Majesty, the guilty minister almost lost sight of His Majesty..."

Emperor Qianyuan snorted: "A dignified man, a crying girl chirps, what do you say?"

The king of Nan'an County stopped his voice when he heard the words, and kowtowed three times again: "The guilty minister is guilty, please punish him by Your Majesty."

Emperor Qianyuan sneered: "Punishment? Do you know how much you lost? The fleet spent 100 million yuan to supply you every month, leaving the treasury empty and the granary empty. You also lost the prince and son of England. The Japanese pirates wanted 50 yuan? These Do you know all about it? There are also those soldiers who died, all relatives of the emperor in Kyoto, and they want to explain to me every day, all kinds of things, how can you just punish me?"

The king of Nan'an County grabbed the land with his head again: "The guilty minister knows that a hundred deaths cannot forgive his crime, but besides coming back to plead guilty, the guilty minister also has news about the Prince of England to send back to the capital..." Emperor Qianyuan immediately shouted: "Who are you talking about? Have you seen the Prince of England? Where is he now?"

The king of Nan'an County said: "It should be in Ryukyu, with King Zhongshun."

Emperor Qianyuan's voice turned cold: "King Zhongshun? This bastard is indeed a fellow with King Zhongshun. He is really my good brother."

The king of Nan'an County said: "I don't know if it's a group of criminals, but King Zhongshun treats Prince Ying and his son like honored guests. I listened to their discussion and wanted to borrow troops from Frangji to establish a country in Ryukyu."

In fact, it was King Zhongshun who wanted to establish a country, and Prince Ying was just a bargaining chip in King Zhongshun's hands. Once the imperial soldiers came to the city, they would push their father and son out to save their lives.

This time the peace talks were promoted by King Zhongshun. As long as the imperial court no longer uses troops and agrees to reopen the Shifang Division, he can fish in troubled waters, hide in Ryukyu to recharge his energy, and recruit troops. Once the time is right, he can rise up and raise his flag to rebel .

What Emperor Qianyuan was most afraid of was King Zhongshun pulling up the flag to rebel, and now he is still colluding with foreign vassals. Emperor Qianyuan coughed violently in anger: "It's very good... cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Hearing that Emperor Qianyuan had a problem again, Mr. Du hurried in to give Emperor Qianyuan a massage, and fed him licorice dew to relieve cough. After a long while, Emperor Qianyuan finally held back his shocking cough.

During the period, the first prince quietly hid a silk handkerchief, and when he unfolded it outside the door, he was terrified, but saw two bright red marks.

Emperor Qianyuan coughed up blood.

Emperor Qianyuan could no longer insist on interrogation, and the king of Nan'an County was taken back to the Ministry of Punishment.The eldest prince ordered: "Give me a private room, and then ask the imperial doctor to make a diagnosis and treat me, so I can take care of you."

At such a time, Concubine Nan'an begged to see the Empress Dowager in Ningshou Palace.

Now the empress dowager is sick in bed, and she has no strength to speak.Zhen Zhen is the nanny in charge of the Empress Dowager's Ningshou Palace. These days, the Empress Dowager is sick, and she took her apprentice Suju to watch for several nights.Now, the Empress Dowager has just recovered, and Zhen Zhen simply rejected Nan'an Concubine.

Concubine Nan'an pleaded: "I beg the mother to inform you."

Zhen Zhen said: "The empress dowager already knew that the king of the county had returned to the capital. She heard that the prince and the prince had not come back together, so she cried again and finally fell asleep. You should go back, concubine. The king of the county has already returned to Beijing. The prince and his son are still in the hands of the Japanese pirates!"

The concubine stared at Zhen Zhen's old face with hatred in her heart, she was just an old girl, she dared to flirt with herself, but she didn't dare to behave wildly, so she had to leave the palace bitterly.

The Empress Dowager was not asleep, she had had restless nights for several days.

The Queen Mother looked at Zhen Zhen and sighed, "Are you over 60 this year?"

Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "The maidservant is already 63 years old."

The queen mother smiled and said: "Well, that year the emperor was born in the palace, and he was a nobleman in the Jin Dynasty, so he could have a dowry girl. The Zhen family sent you here for 50 years. At that time, you were wearing two small buns. You are very happy. It's like, I just saw your clean smile and made people feel comfortable, so I picked you. I was planning to wait for you to be 20 years old and tell you a good marriage, but who knew you said that the marriage was arranged at home, but later Being hurt by a little scholar, you will lose all friendship from now on, otherwise, you will be full of children and grandchildren."

Zhen Zhen smiled and said: "The slaves live comfortably with the Queen Mother, and they worry less and are less angry than those who are full of children and grandchildren. Being loved by the Empress Dowager for a lifetime, the slaves will not lose."

The queen mother nodded, and looked at Suju again: "You girl has helped my wife for more than ten years, and you will be 25 this year, right? It's time to leave the palace."

Suju knelt down and kowtowed when she heard the words: "This servant was half-dead from illness that year, but was sold by the family to be buried alive in a yin marriage. It was the empress dowager who passed by and rescued this servant. This servant is willing to serve the empress dowager for the rest of her life."

The queen mother shook her head: "You silly girl, you are still young, you don't know how long your life is, you don't have a companion, you are very lonely."

Su Ju said: "This servant is not willing to marry, and the blood of the direct relatives is so calculating, this servant dare not think what other people will be like."

The queen mother reached out and touched Suju's head: "Don't worry, I will arrange everything for you."

Su Ju burst into tears: "Empress Dowager, don't think too much, the best imperial doctor in the world, and the most valuable medicinal materials are all in the palace, you will be fine."

The queen mother shook her head: "7384, the King of Hades won't tell me to go, I'm 73 this year, and I've lived enough."

Dinner was very busy that day, and the empress dowager suddenly heard that Prince Ying was getting involved with Japanese pirates. Emperor Qianyuan had already ordered the peace talks to be abolished, and the bloody battle will be fought to the end.This is not going to redeem the Prince of England and his son.

The Empress Dowager's condition suddenly deteriorated, and she coughed up blood profusely.

Emperor Qianyuan dragged his sick body to visit the Queen Mother.The Empress Dowager asked with her last strength, "You hate him that much? One million silver, in a word, but you would rather your brother die?"

Emperor Qianyuan knelt straight in front of the Queen Mother and said: "Does the Queen Mother know that he went out of Beijing to have a relationship with the Xu family secretly, and the Xu family was the spy of King Zhongshun who stayed in the capital? My queen, father-in-law, younger brother, Let's unite to deceive me. Queen Mother, these things are fixed on my heart like a nail, bleeding from time to time. No matter King Zhongshun, I have been targeting him. He made me understand. But Prince Ying, Zhang Guozhang, Queen, I How did they treat them badly? They even united with the rebels to kill me and seize my country? Queen Mother, do you know that King Zhongshun and Prince Ying are colluding together and borrowing troops from the Frang machine to establish a country in Ryukyu and compete with me for the world. Queen Mother , do you teach your son, should we kill them while they are still standing, or let them grow up and harm my children and grandchildren in the future?"

The empress dowager stared at her eyes and shook her head: "I don't believe it, my own child, I know..."

Emperor Qianyuan said calmly: "Prince Ying is your own, but in his heart, the imperial concubine and the loyal prince are orthodox. Mother, have you not seen clearly after so many years? In his eyes, my mother and mother are They are all dishonest stealers..."

When Emperor Qianyuan's words fell to the ground, the empress dowager suddenly felt distressed, and she fell back with her head up. Blood arrows shot out from her mouth, dyeing Sujin's tent bright red.

Emperor Qianyuan's heart ached suddenly: "Mother's queen, call the imperial physician, mother's queen..."

Before the imperial physician arrived, Emperor Qianyuan also had blood oozing from the corner of his mouth and fainted!

The news that both the empress dowager and the emperor were seriously ill spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties.

As Minister of the Ministry of War, Jia Lian was also recruited into the court.

The eldest prince's eyes were red from crying, and Prince Xi and Uncle Zhang were in charge of everything.

As the imperial ministers, Prince Xi and King Zhongjing took charge of the bodyguards and Jin Yiwei as a matter of course.The two major guard troops in the capital, the Purple Banner Army, were completely wiped out, and the Fengsheng Army was still in the sea. After discussing with Prince Zhongjing’s Zhang family’s uncle, Prince Xi decided to hand over the Tiger Talisman to Jia Lian, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and let him temporarily In charge of the nine soldiers and horses, together with the inner guards and horses to defend the capital.

Jia Lian took over the Tiger Talisman and suggested: "I think it's better to convey His Majesty's will to the sea as soon as possible, so that General Feng Tang can return to Beijing earlier. Xishan now has only [-] soldiers and horses, and the main shotgun battalion and Xiaoqi battalion are both No, there are no guards outside the country, and I feel uneasy. There is also Beijiang, and now the Japanese pirates in the coastal areas are at the end of their battles. I suggest that General Wei Kun return to Beijiang to guard, lest the Tartars take the opportunity to make trouble."

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The big strings are noisy like torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers

From Pipa Xing, author Bai Juyi