novelonline Chapter 1549 Jia Heng: The foundation of a prosperous era has been laid, and the emperor has no regr
Chapter 1549 Jia Heng: The foundation of a prosperous era has been laid, and the emperor has no regr
Chapter 1549 Jia Heng: The foundation of a prosperous era has been laid, and the emperor has no regrets in his lifetime!
Shenjing City
By evening, the sky was dark and a heavy rain began to fall, washing the bluestone-paved streets. Under the eaves of the houses on both sides, a few lanterns were hung, swaying in the wind.
After Jia Heng and Xingzi quarreled for a while, they left the mansion quickly without saying anything else and headed towards Ningguo Mansion.
Grand View Garden, Qichi Garden
Zhen Lan was chatting with her sister Zhen Xi, while Zhen Xi was holding an embroidery tool in her hand and was working on it.
Usually when Jia Heng was not at home, a group of young girls in the backyard would gather together, doing needlework, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and they seemed quite comfortable and relaxed.
Zhen Lan raised her eyebrows, her eyes sparkling, and said softly, "Sister Xier, are you knitting clothes for the children now?"
Zhen Xi lowered her eyebrows and her delicate head, her petite face blushed, her crystal clear eyes were slightly moist, and she said softly, "It's better to be prepared now."
After a while, a tall maid walked into the room quickly, her voice could not hide her smile, and said: "Princess, the prince is back."
Zhen Lan couldn't help but feel delighted when she heard this. She looked up at the young man in python clothing who was walking around a screen decorated with mountains and rivers, and said, "The prince is here?"
Jia Heng looked at Zhen Lan with warm eyes and whispered, "Lan'er, Xi'er, come and see you."
Zhen Lan's beautiful eyebrows were curved like willow leaves, and her eyes were filled with laughter. She said, "After Brother Heng was crowned as a prince, there must have been a lot of opposition from the civil officials in the court, right?"
While Jia Heng was talking, he sat down and said in a gentle voice: "Many civil officials in the palace have been expressing their opposition."
At this moment, Zhen Xi came forward and kneaded Jia Heng's shoulders.
Zhen Lan said, "Your Highness, I think the civil officials will most likely start with military power."
Jia Heng said: "I wanted to intervene in the Beijing camp before, but because the new emperor passed away, the matter was put to rest."
What the civil officials can do is to see if they can take back some military power from the Beijing camp. This struggle must start with Zhen Qing, making the orphan and his widow suspicious of him.
But the civil officials did not know that Zhen Qing was also his man, so it was impossible to suppress him by using imperial power.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "The civil officials will certainly not accept this. After Emperor Xianzong passes away, they will take action."
As for the civil servants, the only ones who could speak for him were Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng and Qin Ye. However, since these people were all his relatives, if he wanted to get into the civil servant group, he would not be able to give up easily.
There was a lack of young imperial censors to build momentum and for both sides to respond.
Zhen Lan's eyes flickered, and she said softly, "Your Highness also needs to train some of his own civil officials. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate for no one to support him in the court."
Not to mention anything else, even if there is a real falling out with the civil officials in the future, there will be people to help with the work and stand on his side.
Jia Heng raised his sword-like eyebrows, with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes, and said loudly: "This matter will take more than ten years of effort."
Officials in the central government are easy to deal with, but many governors and governors-general in various provinces across the country are loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Once a certain place raises the slogan of supporting the king, the whole world may be in turmoil, just like when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, all loyal ministers and righteous people in the world would surely unite to fight against it.
In other words, his opponents have never been the civil officials in the court, but the entire civil service group in the world.
After Jia Heng finished speaking, he gently placed his hand on the girl's slender hand on her shoulder, feeling the tenderness and softness of the girl's fingertips, and said softly: "Xi'er, don't get tired."
As she spoke, she looked at Zhen Xi with a hint of joy in her eyes, and said softly, "Xi'er, I've been embroidering these days."
Zhen Xi's delicate and tender face was flushed, her bright eyes sparkled, her eyebrows were full of shyness, and she said softly, "I'm making some children's clothes."
Jia Heng took Zhen Xi's delicate hand, his face full of smiles, and said softly: "You're worried about me even though we don't have a child yet."
Zhen Xi's flawless white cheeks suddenly turned red with shame, and under her slender eyebrows, her eyes were as bright as water. She said, "Brother Heng, I am not young anymore."
In the future, when she is old and ugly, without a child, it will not be feasible.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Well, yes."
He watched the girls in the backyard grow older and it was time for them to have children, or to start thinking about their future.
Jia Heng took Zhen Xi's slender hand, and under his sword-like eyebrows, there was an inexplicable joy in his clear eyes. He said softly: "Then wait a while, we will have a child."
While Jia Heng was speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table beside him and took a sip of the tea.
Zhen Lan's eyes were as bright as water under her curved eyebrows. She said softly, "Brother Heng, how is my sister doing in the palace?"
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Except that she is a little bored, there is nothing else wrong. It won't be too late for you to go to the palace to accompany her in a few days."
Zhen Lan's eyebrows curved like crescent moons, and she whispered, "Then I'll wait two days and go see her."
Zhen Lan paused for a moment, her eyes sparkling like water beneath her brows, and she whispered, "Your Highness, Daddy has arrived in the capital these days, and my sister and I want to go over and take a look."
Jia Heng nodded and said, "If you want to go and take a look, just go and take a look."
Zhen Lan took Jia Heng's arm and said in a coquettish tone, "Your Majesty, please come with me."
Jia Heng whispered, "We'll see if we have time then. The funeral of the new emperor may take some time."
As he spoke, Jia Heng took Zhen Lan's slender hand and whispered, "It's getting late, let's go inside and rest."
Zhen Lan's beautiful face blushed as she responded, and said softly, "Brother Heng."
Jia Heng raised his eyebrows, his eyes flickered, and he looked at Zhen Xi who was pursing her pink lips beside him, and whispered, "Xi'er should go with us too."
Well, it’s a movie about two people, and the third person doesn’t even deserve a name.
Jia Heng's expression paused slightly, then he suddenly hugged Zhen Lan and went inside.
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Rongguofu, Lixiangyuan
In the evening, dusk fell.
Aunt Xue was wearing a plain silk dress and sitting on a soft couch covered with a mattress. There was an abacus on a small lacquered wooden table. She was clacking away at the abacus, obviously counting the account books. Her fair face was filled with a smile.
Aunt Xue has been immersed in ecstasy these days.
At this moment, the maid Tongxi quickly walked into the wing room and said with a smile: "Grandma, Master Xue and Grandma are here."
"mom."
While speaking, Xue Pan, who was shaking his big head, walked quickly into the hall from the outer room, with a prosperous smile on his big face.
Xue Pan shook his big head and said with a smile: "Mom, my brother-in-law has been made a prince."
Aunt Xue was surprised when she heard this. She said softly, "My son, you know this too?"
Xue Pan smiled and said, "Mom, the news has spread all over the capital these days, how come I didn't know? My sister is now the prince's concubine. I heard that if she has a son in the future, he can inherit the title of county prince."
Aunt Xue couldn't hide her smile and said, "It's hard to say whether he will be a prince or not, but it's possible that he will be granted a title in the future."
Xue Pan nodded his big head, his eyes as big as copper bells were full of longing, and said: "My sister must give birth to a son in the future, then I will be your uncle, the prince."
Aunt Xue: "..."
"Why are you worrying about these things?" Aunt Xue paused, her tone full of reproach.
Xue Pan raised his thick eyebrows, his eyes as big as copper bells, with inexplicable meanings surging inside, and whispered: "Isn't it?"
At this moment, Xia Jingui's face, which used to look a bit harsh, looked dazed, and under her thin and beautiful emerald eyebrows, her eyes showed a thoughtful look.
Aunt Xue looked surprised, and looked at Xue Pan with concern, and asked, "The business in the palace should not be affected now, right?"
Xue Pan's big face showed a simple and honest smile, and he said, "Thanks to Heng Ge'er, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent an eunuch, who apologized for a long time."
Aunt Xue said, "That's good too. It seems that Heng Ge'er's words are still effective."
Xia Jingui listened quietly to the conversation between the two, her narrow, clear eyes flashing with a shrewd light.
Xue Pan shook his big head, his eyes flickered, and he said loudly: "Mom, I want to meet with my brother-in-law in the next few days to discuss business matters."
Aunt Xue chuckled and said, "Your brother-in-law is busy with military and national affairs in the court, so he may not have time. It won't be too late for you to meet again after he is done with this period of time."
Xue Pan nodded and said, "As for Baoqin, she hasn't married yet."
Aunt Xue said, "They have to wait until after the national mourning. Originally they wanted to hold the wedding this year, but now it has been delayed for so long."
Xue Pan suddenly said, "I didn't expect that Sister Baoqin would also follow her brother-in-law. My second uncle was a little puzzled before."
Heng Ge'er likes her sister like this.
Aunt Xue chuckled and said with emotion: "If the two of them were to marry together, they would be able to take care of each other."
Even if she has to compete for favor with other women in the harem in the future, it would be a great thing to have a helper. After Hengge becomes a prince, even if she is a noble lady, she will have a title.
Xue Pan shook his big head and smiled, "When we have a son or a daughter in the future, they will all be princes and princesses."
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "That's true."
Xia Jingui listened from the side and felt a little jealous.
In the future, her son and daughter will both be ordinary people.
In fact, because Baochai married a good man, the Xue family became more powerful, and Xia Jingui did not dare to underestimate Xue Pan too much. Her nature as a fierce woman had not yet been completely exposed.
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The Jade Rabbit sets in the west and the Golden Crow rises in the east. Time flies and before you know it, another day has passed.
This day was the day of the funeral of Emperor Xianzong. The weather was fine. The sky, which had been cloudy for many days, finally cleared up at this moment. The sky was clear and blue, as if there were nine layers of clouds in the sky.
Even the heavens seemed to be seeing off Emperor Chongping, the emperor who revived the Han Dynasty.
Along Zhuque Street heading out from Anshun Gate, civil and military officials lined up, with Jinyifu guards on both sides holding ceremonial objects and banners, making for a grand and spectacular event.
In addition, the cabinet ministers' court procession was headed by two cabinet ministers, Li Gao, followed by a large team of civil servants, holding ivory tablets and all dressed in heavy mourning. When viewed from a distance, they looked as white as snow.
Looking down from high above, white mourning banners were hung from the sky, like snowflakes in the heavy snow, dazzling white. An atmosphere of sorrow and grief silently swept across the world.
The civil officials saw off Emperor Chongping. Jia Heng did not join the other military officials, including Prince of Beijing Shui Rong and Shi Jie, but carried the coffin for Emperor Chongping.
When all the civil officials saw this scene, they were all deeply moved.
Prince Wei was truly loyal, as can be seen by the sun and the moon. I'm afraid he regarded Emperor Xianzong as his own father. After all, Emperor Xianzong did not personally promote him and show him great kindness.
Empress Dowager Feng, Empress Song, Concubine Duanrong, Princess Jinyang, and the royal daughters headed by Princess Xianning all looked at the young man in the python robe.
In this way, the funeral procession went all the way from Shenjing City to the mausoleum outside Shenjing City. The officers and soldiers of the Beijing Camp stood on the city wall, holding weapons wrapped in white cloth.
Some of the people on both sides of the street were organized by the Jingzhao Prefecture government, while others came spontaneously to see Emperor Chongping off.
The surrounding people were a sea of people, kneeling on the ground, crying and shouting, weeping and bidding farewell to Emperor Chongping.
In an instant, cries were heard everywhere, shaking the whole area.
As we walked along, firecrackers popped non-stop on both sides, and in the air filled with smoke, sounds of wailing and pain could be heard all around.
It can be said that Emperor Chongping reigned for many years, recovered Liaodong, and implemented new policies. He made great achievements in governing the country, worked diligently and loved the people, severely punished corrupt officials, and enforced strict discipline. He has always been loved by the people of Shenjing City.
Therefore, many of these cries are genuine.
It was not until the afternoon that Emperor Chongping's coffin finally arrived at the mausoleum. Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, the coffin slowly descended and the crying began again.
Li Zan had a calm expression, and with sword-like brows, he looked up at the coffin, thinking to himself, Emperor Xianzong was a wise ruler who rebuilt the Han Dynasty, but his teachings to his scholars were far from satisfactory.
The snow-white face of Queen Song was as pale as paper and she looked extremely haggard. Under her slender eyebrows as green as ink, she looked quietly at the coffin that was slowly descending.
Beneath the dark green and beautiful eyebrows, the sparkling eyes were in a trance, lost in thought.
After all, they have been husband and wife for many years. At this moment, Queen Song's eyes were dazed and her heart was filled with sadness and distraction.
But when she thought of her two children and the fact that both the kings of Wei and Liang had gained nothing, a surge of anger surged up in the beauty's heart again, and her eyes turned sinister again.
She gave birth to three, um, two sons for him, but in the end Raner didn't get the throne.
As time passed silently, a group of laborers carried the coffin into the imperial mausoleum, and the matter gradually came to an end.
The sound of firecrackers echoed throughout the world. Civil and military officials knelt down in the cemetery and cried loudly. Looking down from the sky, the mourning cloth and white banners were far away. The sky and the earth were all white, shrouded in a desolate scene.
Jia Heng looked at the slowly closing stone tomb door, with a hint of trance in his eyes.
From the 14th year of Chongping to the first year of Jianxing, he has been in this world for five years. If he had not been trusted by Emperor Chongping, there would be no King Wei today.
The turbulent meeting between the emperor and his ministers seemed to have finally come to an end at this moment.
No matter what, Liaodong was recovered, the new policy was implemented... the foundation of a prosperous era was laid, and the emperor had no regrets in his lifetime!
He returned all his talents and bravery to the emperor, and did not let the emperor down.
By evening, when the sun was setting, the funeral procession returned to the city of Shenjing in a mighty manner.
And the funeral of Emperor Chongping came to an end.
Jia Heng rode a maroon horse, holding the reins in his hand, and escorted a large funeral procession back to the capital city of Shenjing, accompanied by the Jinyi Guards.
Emperor Chongping seemed to gradually sink into the west as the sun set behind him, marking the complete end of an era.
All the princes and ministers returned to their residences in a sad mood.
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Ningguo Mansion, in the study room——
Jia Heng walked into the square warm room, looked at Gu Ruoqing who was sitting on the soft couch, and said loudly: "Ruoqing."
Gu Ruoqing's bright and beautiful face was as white as snow. She stared at the young man in the python robe, her eyes flickered, and she said softly, "He's buried over there."
Jia Heng nodded, his eyes filled with inexplicable meaning under his sword-like brows, and he said softly, "He has been buried."
As he spoke, he sat closer, gently embraced Gu Ruoqing's slender hands, looked into Gu Ruoqing's bright eyes, and said with emotion: "There is another one parked over at Hanyuan Hall."
However, an emperor was buried after all, so the King of Chu did not need to be too anxious, as the mausoleum would take some time to build.
Gu Ruoqing nodded, his eyes flickered, and he said softly: "I don't know much about what happens in the court, you should be more careful."
Jia Heng embraced the beautiful woman's slender shoulders, stared at Gu Ruoqing, moved close to her slightly moist lips, and kissed them, as if he was holding onto a petal of a flower.
While the two were being intimate, a teasing voice suddenly came from outside the door, saying, "You just came over and you're biting me again?"
Gu Ruoqing's face was flushed, and her white face was blushing. She reached out and gently pushed Jia Heng's shoulder away, and said in a trembling voice: "It's noon, it's time to have lunch."
Jia Heng said, "I'm not going to eat anymore. I'm going to eat you today."
Gu Ruoqing: “…”
This man made the beautiful lady's heart flutter.
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside. Immediately, Chen Xiao entered the study, looked at the two people who were in love, and said, "They are making a fuss."
Jia Heng let go of Gu Ruoqing's slender hand, looked at Chen Xiao calmly, and said, "Xiaoxiao, you're back?"
Chen Xiao walked closer and said softly, "The Jinyi Mansion is investigating Chen Yuan's whereabouts."
Jia Heng asked, "Doesn't your master know where he is now?"
There is no rush to arrest Chen Yuan now.
Chen Xiao shook her beautiful head, her expression paused, and said softly: "Master doesn't know either. Chen Yuan seems to have realized that he has been betrayed recently."
As he said this, he turned to look at Gu Ruoqing who was standing beside him.