Chapter 1712 Jia Heng: Great country, let him paint!
Palace Garden, Funing Palace
Concubine Duanrong was wearing a plain white dress and a beautiful bun. She was sitting on a soft wooden couch by the window. The beauty had a cold and bright temperament, but her face looked haggard and sad.
Her only son was in jail, and his life or death was uncertain. Concubine Duanrong could not help but be extremely worried about it.
At this moment, a female official came from outside, with a look of fear on her face, and said: "My Lady, something bad has happened. There are rumors outside that His Highness King Yan...he committed suicide out of fear of crime."
Concubine Duanrong suddenly stood up, turned to look at the female official, dumbfounded, surprised, and asked scolding: "What are you talking nonsense about?"
How could her Ze'er commit suicide out of fear of crime? It must be the King of Wei who secretly committed the murder.
How could this Jia Ziyu be so cruel?
"Jia thief, Jia thief!" Concubine Duanrong was filled with resentment and almost gritted her teeth.
Concubine Duanrong's fragrant and jade-skinned face was as pale as paper, and the cold light in her clear eyes shone like stars. She turned to look at the female official aside and said urgently: "Go and summon King Wei!"
Later, she will definitely question Jia Ziyu, why did he treat her like that?
After a while, I saw a young eunuch quickly walking a few steps, entering the hall from the outside, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, King Wei is here."
When Concubine Duanrong heard this, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and a surge of hatred surged in her heart.
Jia Ziyu, he actually has the nerve to come here at this time!
She was going to fight for this traitor!
After a while, the young man in python suit came in from the outside, with a calm and resolute face reflected under the wingless crown.
Concubine Duanrong glared at Jia Heng almost angrily, gritted her teeth, and shouted: "Jia thief! Give me my son's life!"
As she spoke, Concubine Duanrong scratched Jia Heng's face with two hands with sharp nails.
Jia Heng said coldly: "Your Majesty, you have wronged me with what you said. King Yan knew that his crime was exposed, and committed suicide out of fear of his crime. What does he have to do with me?"
Concubine Duanrong was silent for a moment and asked: "How could Ze'er commit suicide if you hadn't secretly instigated it?"
Jia Heng's face turned stern and he said in a deep voice: "Chen Ze is the direct bloodline of Emperor Sejongxian. If he has no blood at all, he really insults Emperor Sejongxian!"
Concubine Duanrong was speechless for a moment after hearing this.
Doubts inevitably arose in his mind. Could it be that Ze'er just couldn't think about it for a moment?
However, the beauty's sparkling beautiful eyes looked at the young man in the python suit like dew, and said: "If it weren't for you, how could Ze'er die? It was all you!"
Jia Heng looked indifferently at Concubine Duanrong, whose face was full of eagerness, and said: "Concubine Rong, Chen Ze wanted to murder me, and now he commits suicide out of fear of crime. It is his own fault. How can he blame others?"
After hearing this, Concubine Duanrong's face, which was as white as snow, turned even more pale, and said, "How can you... be so cruel?"
Under Jia Heng's sharp eyebrows, coldness surged in his clear eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "My Lady, when King Yan harmed me, wasn't he cruel?"
Well, it's actually not bad to just come here every day to tease Concubine Duanrong.
Concubine Duanrong's beautiful face was full of anger, and she said fiercely: "Jia Thief, I will fight with you!"
But then, like a flash of cold light, a silver hairpin in the palm of Concubine Duanrong stabbed Jia Heng's neck fiercely.
Jia Heng was so agile. He just reached out gently and grabbed Concubine Duanrong's white and shining wrist. There was a hint of coldness in his slightly narrowed eyes and he said: "Your Majesty, you are trying to assassinate me."
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Under the willow eyebrows of Duanrong Imperial Concubine, her crystal clear beautiful eyes stared at the young man in the python suit and said: "Let me go!"
Jia Heng stared closely at Concubine Duanrong's somewhat cold and beautiful face, staring at Concubine Duanrong until she looked a little uncomfortable.
"Danglang~"
A hairpin in Concubine Duanrong's hand fell to the ground, and immediately there was a clear "ding" sound, which almost shocked Concubine Duanrong.
Jia Heng flew sideways under the sword-shaped eyebrows on his temples, staring closely at Concubine Duanrong's bright eyes, and immediately let go of Concubine Duanrong's delicate hands.
While Jia Heng was speaking, he stretched out a hand, gently put his arm around Concubine Duanrong's shoulder, stared at the face as white as snow, and asked: "Concubine Rong, please do what you want!"
After all, she was Xianning's mother-in-law, so it was impossible for him to really do anything, but such a fierce temper did arouse some thoughts in him.
In a few moments, Jia Heng had already left Funing Palace.
The imperial concubine Duanrong's jade face was frozen, and she watched the young man in the python suit go away. She couldn't help but feel a sense of dejection in her heart, and unknowingly she had tears streaming down her face.
Ze'er, her Ze'er...
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Divine Capital City, Ningguo Mansion——
At this moment, Jia Heng turned around and left the palace and returned to the mansion. When he raised his eyes, he looked into Chen Xiao's bright and shining eyes and said, "Xiao Xiao, how are you doing lately?"
"You're back?" Chen Xiaocui's clear, watery eyes flickered under her eyebrows, and she said with concern in her tone: "The things outside are almost settled?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Yes, now all the political enemies in the court are clear, and we can finally govern this Han territory properly."
Great country, let him paint!
After the death of King Yan, the "anti-defense" forces in the court were wiped out. In the past two years, after the personnel arrangements in the court were arranged, they were to repair the state affairs internally, expand the territory externally, attack the Junggar tribe, recover the Western Region, and dominate the sea.
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Under Chen Xiao's beautiful eyebrows, there seemed to be concern in her cold eyes as clear as rainbows, and she asked: "What are your plans next?"
Jia Heng said warmly: "During this period, the situation in Beijing and central China should be stable for a while. We will gradually replace the local governors first, and we will talk about the rest later."
Chen Xiao nodded and asked, "Didn't you want to write a letter to Han Huang before? He is now in Shaoxing, Zhejiang."
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Please wait for the pen and ink. I will write a letter right away."
He wanted to write a letter to reconcile with Han Huang the power distribution of the Zhejiang Party in the court, so as to win the support of the scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
This was part of what divided the Jiangnan scholars.
While Jia Heng was speaking, he wrote a letter, and then ordered the nanny outside to hand it over to the Jinyi Primary School waiting outside the house to deliver the letter to Zhejiang.
After finishing this, Jia Heng hugged his son, looked at Chen Xiao, and said warmly: "Right now, the Western Regions can't move troops yet."
Chen Xiao said in a low voice: "The main internal affairs matters are the railway track laying."
Jia Heng nodded and said warmly: "The cement official road from Shenjing to Nanjing has been repaired and opened to traffic, but the carriages used to carry goods on the official road are limited and are not as fast as the steam train connecting the north and south."
At this time, carriages still had wooden wheels. Although they traveled quickly on the official roads, they were still far inferior to trains.
Chen Xiao said: "As you said before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent out to various provinces to survey for gold and silver mines. However, are you really convinced of your mine map?"
As a person of later generations, Jia Heng naturally knew some of the main storage areas of gold and silver mines. During the Chongping period, he surveyed a lot of gold for Emperor Chongping in Henan.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "The main directions are pretty much the same. However, craftsmen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs still need to carefully survey to determine the storage location in detail."
Chen Xiao said: "That's fine."
After that, Jia Heng talked with Chen Xiao and the children for a while, but did not spend much time in the house. He left the inner study and planned to go to Congcui Temple to see Miaoyu.
Now that he has more time, he can spend more time with Miaoyu and Xiuyan in the back house.
Grand View Garden, Cicui Temple
Miaoyu was playing chess with Xing Xiuyan at the moment, and Yingchun was watching from the side, holding the face with rosy cheeks in her delicate hands, her eyes a little lively.
Xichun, on the other side of the car, was also sitting not far away and looking at a few people, but he only caressed his slightly bulging belly from time to time.
And that face that originally had a bit of baby fat now has a bit of the softness and gentleness of a young woman.
Miaoyu nodded and said softly: "When you two are pregnant with a baby, you should move around more often so as not to become depressed and affect the fetus."
Xichun's face turned red with embarrassment, and she said softly: "Sister Miaoyu, you can't just stay in the house and rest."
Xing Xiuyan Wanli's eyebrows were filled with worry, and she warned, "You should be extra careful in the first three months."
Xichun said softly, "Hmm", and gently stroked her belly that had not yet swollen, feeling both ashamed and happy in her heart.
At this moment, a maid with a bright face and black-green hair quickly entered the Nuan Pavilion and said: "Girl, the prince is here."
When Miaoyu heard this, her fragrant and jade-skinned face looked away with a bit of joy.
After a while, the young man in python suit was seen walking quickly from outside, facing everyone's eyes, and said: "Miaoyu, Xiuyan, you are playing chess."
Miaoyu's beautiful face smiled slightly, and her voice was a little soft and charming, and she said: "I have nothing to do, I am playing chess."
Xing Xiuyan got up now, and immediately came to a lacquered wooden table, picked up a blue and white porcelain teapot, handed it over, and said: "Your Majesty, drink tea."
Jia Heng took a blue and white porcelain tea cup, took a sip, then looked at Xichun aside with warm eyes, and asked with concern: "Has sister Xichun seen the imperial doctor?"
Xichun's snow-grey face, which had lost its baby fat, had two crimson blushes on both sides, and said, "The imperial doctor has already taken a look at it."
Because Jia Heng has changed his surname to Su, even if Xichun is pregnant, she doesn't have to hide away from outsiders.
Miaoyu looked at Jia Heng with bright eyes and said, "Have everything been settled outside?"
Jia Heng said: "It's completely decided."
Miaoyu said: "You can spend more time with Yingchun and Xichun in the future."
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Jia Heng, Miaoyu, Yingchun, and Xichun finished their dinner and looked up, only to see that the sky was as dark as ink, and red lanterns were hanging on the corners of the corridor, blowing in the evening breeze.
Coming up, the lantern cast down circles of orange light of different sizes.
Jia Heng's side of the room was heading outside along a winding corridor.
Within the next three months, news spread in Shenjing City that King Chen Ze of Yan and the chief minister of the cabinet Qi Kun had rebelled, and then the entire court began to purge Qi Kun and Shi Jie of their "political poison" activities.
One of them is the Qi Party and the other is the Chu Party, and they originally had many political allies.
First, the Ministry of Household Affairs where Qi Kun was working replaced officials one by one who were promoted when Qi Kun was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After that, a large number of rising stars filled the Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Lin Ruhai also officially became the chief minister of the Han Dynasty's cabinet, and the chief military minister was served by Wang Shuirong of Beijing.
The situation of the Han Dynasty seems to have opened a new page.
Jia Heng, on the other hand, traveled between the palace and Jia's residence, playing with his children, and rarely had any leisure time.
The yamen of the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Supervision received good news frequently. First of all, the official roads made of Han Dynasty cement had been built in Nanjing. The official roads between the north and the south were smooth and business exchanges continued.
As for the railway track laying is still on the section from Shenjing to Luoyang, it will take some time to lay it to Nanjing.
The officials above the court seemed to have also changed, with some new faces.
In fact, as long as there is no large-scale shutdown of the bureaucracy itself, there is indeed no shortage of officials.
A certain degree of purges in the Qi Party and Chu Party did not cause major problems.
In addition, another piece of news that shocked Shenjing was that Yao Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, resigned from office and went into seclusion on the grounds of old age, which was approved by Jia Heng.
As a result, there was also a vacancy in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Palace Garden, Wuying Palace——
As autumn approaches, the branches and leaves of several sycamore trees in front of the temple are turning yellow. The breeze blows, and the leaves flutter down one by one, spreading a layer on the ground.
Today is a small-scale court meeting. Cabinet military aircraft, six ministries and nine ministers are all present. In addition, there are also some officials from the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen.
Jia Heng was sitting behind a lacquered wooden table in the hall, holding in his hand the military report delivered by the Military Aircraft Department for review.
With the recovery of Tibet, border affairs and related ethnic affairs gradually increased, especially in Liaodong, where Jurchens, Mongols and Han people lived together, although the imperial court established prefectures and counties in Liaodong.
It can be said that the Han Dynasty at this time has gradually begun to have the tendency of later Manchu and Qing Dynasty begonia leaf maps. Coupled with the implementation of a series of innovative policies such as allotment of people into acres in recent years, the population of the entire Han Dynasty has skyrocketed.
Liu Zhengdao: "Your Majesty, the influx of immigrants from Liaodong has exceeded one million. The governor of Liaodong, Prince Teng, has established three more offices and two guards in Liaodong to accommodate the soldiers and civilians who have moved to the border."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "In principle, the edict is approved. The recent immigrants will be compiled into a book, and they will be used as military settlements and civilian settlements to open up wasteland. In addition, Liaodong Prefecture and County officials should select officials who are familiar with Jurchen affairs to carefully mediate conflicts among various ethnic groups.
The Lifanyuan sent personnel to supervise."
The current governor of Liaodong is Wang Ziteng, who has been in Liaodong for almost four years.
Jia Heng asked: "Mr. Zhao Ge, how is the progress of the embankment renovation of the Yellow River and Huaihe River this year?"
Zhao Yi, a bachelor of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "The governor of the river channel, the gatekeeper, has reported that the Huaihe River embankment has been renovated and the dredging of the waterway will be unimpeded."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "The cabinet has proposed a decree to reward the gatekeepers and order them to draw up a detailed river management plan for the Yellow River, and draw a picture of the construction status of the river embankment and weir, and report it to the cabinet."
The Yellow River embankments also need to be replanned, designed and renovated.
Zhao Yi nodded and agreed.
Jia Heng asked: "Previously, Gu asked the Ministry of Industry to send personnel to Jiangnan to survey the terrain and build official roads. How did this go?"
After that, Dahan will have an infrastructure construction boom for a period of time.
Zhao Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, nodded and said: "Reporting to King Wei, the Ministry of Industry has sent three groups of people to gather craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry of Southern Province to assist in handling this matter."
The British Minister Xie Zaiyi, who was formerly the Minister of War and was now actually in charge of the ministry, took over the conversation and said, "King Wei, we are reporting from Qinghai that there are still unusual movements in the Junggar tribe in the Western Regions, and they seem to be reorganizing their troops to prepare for war.
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Today's Ministry of War, after Shi Jie and other Chu party members were purged, is now jointly controlled by two military ministers, King Beijing and Duke Ying.
Jia Heng is also looking for a new civil servant of the Ministry of War to serve as a minister and assist in the administrative affairs of the Ministry of War.
Jia Heng said: "The detectives of the Jinyi Mansion have reported this before. The Junggar tribe and the Yarkand tribe have been in frequent contact, trying to make an appointment to send troops to fight against our big Han, but it is just a wishful thinking!"
With the destruction of the Heshuote Mongols in Tibet, the Yarkand Khanate also felt the awe-inspiring chill from the Han Dynasty, and wanted to gather allies to stay together for warmth.
The Junggar tribe wanted to compete with the Han Dynasty, and persuaded Ye Erqiang with the theory of lips dying and teeth cold. Therefore, the two sides almost hit it off and became allies.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "As for the Ministry of War, we will organize Qinghai and the Seven Guards of Guanxi to stock up on food and grass, sharpen armor and soldiers, and respond to the enemy situation in the Western Regions at any time."
Xie Zaiyi, the Minister of Military and Aircraft and the Minister of War, said yes.
Jia Heng immediately turned to look at Liu Zheng, the Minister of Rites, and asked: "Have any new courses been opened in provincial schools, government schools, and county schools in various places?"
Nowadays, Jia Heng is involved in almost all the affairs of the Han Dynasty. Compared with the government affairs during the Chongping Emperor's period, the affairs were more complicated than the achievements. The Han Dynasty under Jia Heng's governance was full of vitality and prosperity.
Liu Zheng looked at the young man in the python suit opposite with a complicated look. He heard from his wife that his daughter seemed to have a romantic relationship with King Wei.
Liu Zheng, the Minister of Rites, handed over his hand and said: "Reporting to the King of Assistant Government, we have printed teaching materials and distributed them to provincial schools, government schools and county schools as King Wei said before. However, there are insufficient teachers and it is difficult to carry out teaching in the local area."
When Jia Heng heard this, he smiled to himself: "Liu Ge didn't tell me, but I have forgotten this. Today's new school does not have enough teachers."
The New Learning, which is famous for its method of studying things to gain knowledge, has only been flourishing for less than five years. Although it has established a firm foothold in Confucianism and attracted some knowledgeable people to study and study, it has not formed a huge teaching force.
Rejuvenating the country through science and education will take ten years.
At this moment, General Yu Xianmin of the Metropolitan Procuratorate spoke up: "The King of Assistant Government, there are many affairs in the cabinet now, and there are still two cabinet ministers to fill the cabinet. At the same time, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel has been vacant for nearly a month. Do you want to call all the officials to recommend him?"
As the Han Dynasty started its internal affairs construction in full swing, the number of cabinet affairs did increase. However, Lin Ruhai was getting older and had limited energy, so he also needed someone to share the cabinet affairs.
When it came to personnel issues, all the ministers in the palace tacitly remained silent and waited for the results. They were also somewhat curious about how King Wei would adjust personnel matters.
At this moment, in the Han Dynasty, after the deposed emperor's rebellion against King Yan came to an end, it can be said that Jia Heng's family dominates!
In other words, Jia Heng is the de facto emperor, with a transcendent status.
As for the Qi Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party, they have all been severely curbed and attacked, their disciples have been scattered, and new political factions have been redefined.
First, the core of the Jia Party in the Prime Minister's Affairs Office were mostly young and strong factions, and they only connected with the six ministries of the imperial court until one day King Wei succeeded in replacing the Han Dynasty and directly replaced the six ministries.
The second one is the prominent ministers of the Han Dynasty, represented by Lin Ruhai, Zhao Yi, Liu Zheng and others in the cabinet.
Needless to say, Lin Ruhai was trusted with his talents and his relationship with Jia Heng's son-in-law. He also had a group of ministers under his command. He also had General Xian Yu Xianmin of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in charge of the science and education, and his power was greater than that of Qi Kun, the former chief minister of the cabinet.
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Help Jia Heng handle the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, Zhao Yi, the Minister of Industry, and Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Industry, were hard-working people and were mainly responsible for the industrial plans assigned by Jia Heng.
Liu Zheng was of the Qing dynasty and accepted Liu Ke and other Qing scribes.
As Xianmin Yu mentioned the addition of ministers to the cabinet, at this moment, all the ministers in the palace also spoke out, asking King Wei to "show you".
Because this matter has been suppressed by Jia Heng for several months.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Ruhai and said: "Zhejiang Governor Liu Zhen has been diligent and thrifty. He has supervised Zhejiang for six years and has made outstanding achievements. He can be transferred to the cabinet. How do you think Mr. Lin will arrange it?"
Lin Ruhai said: "You can first move to the position of Minister of Hubu, temporarily take the title of Second Grade Minister, be granted the title of Dongge University Bachelor, and join the Zhige Department to predict the maintenance of the machine."
Three years after the Qiande reign, all the ministers of the six departments were promoted to the second rank of Cong, while the rank of minister was still the second rank of Zheng.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "This is the deal."
This was the agreement he reached with Han Huang. Liu Zhen, the governor of Zhejiang, was Han Huang's son and daughter, and was considered a late star of the Zhejiang Party.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said: "Tan Jie, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, worked very hard in his tenure as the Minister of Household Affairs. He never slacked off in transporting grain. He was transferred to Shenjing and entered the cabinet to predict the machine affairs. Zhang Yongchuan, the governor of Jiangsu Province, was moved to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. "
As he took complete control of the government, these local officials in the south of the Yangtze River also surrendered.
Tan Jie, on the other hand, was a scholar from Jiangnan and had some connections with the Zhejiang Party, but he kept a certain distance and could still be used.
When all the officials in the palace heard that Tan Jie had entered the palace, they all thought about when Tan Jie became King Wei.
"Fujian Chief Minister Feng Lianke was transferred to Jiangsu Governor." Jia Heng thought for a while and suddenly said.
Feng Lian is the nephew of Queen Mother Feng and the cousin of Jinyang.
When the officials in the palace heard this, they felt suspicious.
Li Shouzhong, the governor of Liangjiang, was not transferred to Shenjing to join the cabinet. He had already served in Liangjiang for five or six years, and his qualifications were supposed to be sufficient.
Doesn’t King Wei want to continue to install his own people in the cabinet?
Just when the officials were confused, they heard King Wei say: "Liangjiang Governor Li Shouzhong was transferred to Shenjing and served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. After five years of Qiande, he will be in charge of the affairs of the capital."
When the officials in the palace heard this, their doubts were solved.
"After the governor of Liangjiang is transferred, who should succeed him?" Liu Zheng asked.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "Taiwan Governor Xu Kai has made great contributions to the country's defense of the land and herdsmen, and moved to the governorship of Liangjiang."
As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the palace were shocked. He was appointed as the governor of Liangjiang before he was forty years old. This promotion was too much.