novelonline Chapter 647 2 Jiang's officialdom is so connected, how can he see death without saving him?
Chapter 647 2 Jiang's officialdom is so connected, how can he see death without saving him?
Chapter 647 The official circles of the two rivers share the same spirit, how can they see death without saving them?
next day
Jia Heng woke up early, and went to the Xuzhou government office with Princess Xianning, because the batch of rice from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was temporarily stored in the Xuzhou government treasury.
Seeing the visitor, Ju Changnian, governor of Xuzhou, hurried up to greet him, bowed his hands respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen Uncle Yongning."
Jia Heng nodded, and said: "Later, the boat from the Water Transport Yamen will come and transfer to Huai'an Mansion."
Because he came to Yangzhou with a fast horse and light vehicle, Du Jitong's fleet is still behind, and according to the time, he should also arrive today.
Ju Changnian asked, "I don't know how many thousands of stones to transport?"
Jia Heng said: "First send 15 shi, and then look at the situation in Huai'an Mansion. If there is still not enough, then send another [-] shi."
However, in his opinion, the punishment of the grandson of Pan Ruxi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, and the flogging of the Jia family for speculating in the Twelve Houses of Jinling should have caused a "chilling effect" to some extent.
Ju Changnian breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The flood in Xusi has caused many disaster-stricken people to flee to Xuzhou City. Recently, the city is also very short of food. The rice grain that Uncle Yongning brought from Taicang really relieved the urgent need. More than [-] fathers and folks in Xuzhou on behalf of the government, thank you Yongningbo for your kindness."
Jia Heng said: "Xu Zhizhou, how many disaster victims have flooded into Xuzhou recently?"
Ju Changnian looked gloomy, and said, "Uncle Yongning, nearly 6 or [-] people have flooded into Xuzhou City in recent counties, and the official warehouses have already bottomed out."
"Now that we have rice grains, don't slack off, try our best to resettle the victims, and don't cause trouble." Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and urged.
Ju Changnian said: "The lower officials are very awake."
Jia Heng gave Ju Changnian a few more words of advice, while Princess Xianning watched quietly with bright eyes and did not interrupt.
Then, accompanied by Ju Changnian, the magistrate of Xuzhou, Jia Heng inspected the grain depot where the grain was stored.
The grain depot was personally guarded by the general of the Jingying Army, a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wailang, and the governor of the sixth house of the Xuzhou Zhizhou Yamen.
The joint supervision of the three parties has effectively avoided enriching private pockets and using their hands up and down.
Jia Heng checked the quantity and storage conditions of the official grain carefully and carefully.
In the evening, Jinyi's personal guards and Xuzhou officials came to report together, and Du Jitong, the Governor of Water Transport, had arrived by boat leading the grain guards.
Only then did Jia Heng and Princess Xianning lead a large number of retinues, leave the Xuzhou Yamen, and go to the ferry to meet the boat fleet of Du Jitong, the Governor of Water Transport.
At this moment, Du Jitong, the Governor of Water Transport, boarded the pier surrounded by all the Cao Ding, and saw Jia Heng from a distance, with a much more eager smile on his face than in the Nanhe Yamen, he cupped his hands and said that he would salute and said: " I have seen Uncle Yongning."
Whether it was Jia Heng's punishment of the Jia family members or the arrest of the officials' children in Jinling, they all fell into the eyes of this old bureaucrat.
Act vigorously and fiercely.
Jia Heng said: "Lord Du came just in time. The rice grains from Taicang have been loaded into the treasury. When the morning dawns, you and I will set off for Huai'an Mansion."
Du Jitong smiled, and readily agreed: "It's easy to say, easy to say."
At present, assisting this Yongning Bo rice grain escort, and later mentioning this matter to the court later, can also be of merit. Afterwards, he will also be in charge of the Nanhe Yamen, so he can make use of the topic.
Jia Heng and Du Jitong briefly said a few words, "These grains will be transported to Huai'an Mansion tomorrow, and people from the Hedao Yamen will take over. They will open rice shops in Huai'an Mansion and sell them to the people of Huai'an Mansion at a low price. "
Du Jitong said: "Don't worry, Uncle Yongning, to stabilize prices, this is a move to win the hearts of the people. Uncle Yongning may not know it. In the past two days, the subordinate officials heard that those officials and eunuchs in Jinling heard that Uncle Yongning was stern and not favoritism. Most of them were shocked, and one family has already sold grain at a low price."
Jia Heng said: "Oh?"
He asked again, "Which ones are unknown?"
"The Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River." Du Jitong looked aggressively at the young man opposite him.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and said: "Rein in the precipice, and call for righteous deeds."
He was just saying that he would write a memorial to the impeachment of Pan Ruxi and other important officials in Jinling when he returned home today.I don't think the Zhen family is knowledgeable and interesting, seeing that the situation is not good, they change their course.
Jia Heng had a conversation with Du Ji, and ordered a general of the Beijing camp and officials from Xuzhou to go to the treasury to carry food. Seeing that the night was falling, he didn't stay any longer, and followed Princess Xianning back to the mansion.
As soon as she entered the mansion, Princess Xianning asked with concern in her eyes, "Sir, is the Governor of Water Transport a member of the Qi Party?"
She remembered that her husband had always been at odds with Qi Dang.
Jia Heng said in a low voice: "He is from the Qi Party.
Princess Xianning asked in amazement: "How come sir and the people of the Qi Party..."
"It's all for mutual use. Now if we want to transport food to Huai'an and other places, we can't do without Caoliang Wei." Jia Heng said softly.
In fact, it may not be impossible to leave, such as the Jingying escort along the road, but he originally had the idea of using the Razi Party to control the two rivers.
When Princess Xianning heard the words, a thoughtful look floated on her snow-clear jade face.
"Okay, it's getting late, let's not talk about it, by the way, yesterday I saw how you led the little princess to my room to find me, and I didn't ask you what's going on." Jia Heng asked.
Princess Xianning came back to her senses when she heard the words, she felt a little bit ashamed, and said: "I just rehearsed a dance with my cousin Chanyue and want to show it to my husband, so why don't you go back and enjoy it?"
Jia Heng responded, looked at Xian Ning in surprise and said, "You are so close to the little princess?"
When the two are alone, appreciating the dance has a different meaning, and with the addition of Li Chanyue, it is impossible for Xianning not to know what this means.
It seems that, as Jin Yang said, Xianning is not very against the matter of Jianxie.
Princess Xianning said in a clear voice: "Sir, I grew up with Chanyue, and her cousin, Chanyue, is introverted. If it wasn't for... I wouldn't have become attached to Mr. Zhang."
Jia Heng nodded, took Xianning's plain hand, and said, "It's hard for you."
Do not forget the well digger when you drink water, remember the source when you drink water...
Jia Heng said softly: "However, I have to leave early tomorrow morning, let's find another opportunity next time."
He doesn't like being arranged by others, and most of the time he takes it by himself.
While the two were talking, they came to the corner and were about to go to the backyard when they raised their eyes and saw Princess Jinyang.
"Are you back? Where did you go?" Princess Jinyang looked at the two of them with a chuckle, as if it was natural.
Jia Heng didn't think it was different, and said: "I went to see the official grain storage, and I will return to Huai'an early tomorrow morning."
The eldest princess of Jinyang smiled and said: "Alright, Ben Gong told Yuan Chun just now that you are in a hurry to leave tomorrow morning, so I will let you have a good rest for a night, so it is not easy to tell stories to Xiangyun and the others tonight." .”
Saying that, Qing Lie's phoenix eyes glanced at Princess Xianning.
Princess Xianning frowned and frowned, her eyes dodged, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
Judging by what she does like this, she can at most...dance a dance to let the husband relax. On the other hand, some people spent the whole afternoon after lunch yesterday.
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The next day, at dawn, Jia Heng led a large number of Jinyi mansion guards, and then followed Du Jitong to escort the boat to Caoliang to Huai'an mansion.
As soon as he arrived in Huai'an Mansion, Jia Heng asked Jin Yiwei to spread the word in the city that Henan had allocated 50 shi of grain to Huai'an Mansion. For a while, all the merchants retreated.
With 50 shi of grain, the court's determination to stabilize prices cannot be questioned.
Combined with the fact that Jia Heng punished the family members of the Jia family in the [-]th room of Jinling, and arrested the grandson of Pan Ruxi, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing.
On the other hand, as Jia Heng's reputation gradually spread among Jiangnan scholars, Jiangnan scholars' perceptions of Jia Heng were also quite complicated.
As grain ships sailing from the direction of Yangzhou Mansion entered Huai'an Mansion, the soaring food prices in Huai'an Mansion fell immediately, and the common people bought cheap official food from the imperial court one after another. I asked for more interest, because most of them were shipped from Susong at a higher price, and every time I went back and forth, I suffered heavy losses, and there were many sorrows.
However, because the Zhen family bid ahead of time and also sold it at the government's par price, they ended up making no profit and no compensation.
Posthouse, second floor
The governor of Liangjiang, Shen Fang, stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the people of Huai'an Mansion on the outer street who were elated because of the lack of rice supply, his gaze was filled with coldness.
"Lord Zhitai, now the grain price in Huai'an Mansion has stabilized." Not far away, Jiangzuo Chief Minister Xu Shikui, who was sitting beside the small table and drinking tea absently, said in a low voice.
Shen Fang said coldly: "Sitting on the millions of shimi grain in Luoyang Taicang, in charge of Jinyi Mansion Guard, grain in one hand and knife in the other hand, if you can't stabilize the price of grain, you are really incompetent."
Xu Shikui couldn't answer these words for a while, so he could only change the subject and said: "Zhatai, Mr. Pan from the Jinling Household Department, arrived in Huai'an yesterday, and didn't see Uncle Yongning, and wanted to meet Zhitai and Mr. Zhao Ge. "
"You told him that the old man will go to the seaside to guard the embankment today, and coordinate supplies, so he has no time to spare." Shen Bing said in a low voice with gloomy eyes.
Xu Shikui said in a low voice: "I feel that Mr. Pan doesn't know about it after all. Should I wait for Mr. Zhao Ge to come back from Yingzhou so we can have a discussion?"
Shen Fang said: "Although he is not directly involved in the case, he is also responsible for lax family management and negligence. That Uncle Yongning has already set his sights on him, and now someone has caught him. This is a difficult test."
"My lord, this..." Xu Shikui was startled, with a somewhat hesitant expression on his face.
The official circles of the two rivers are connected with each other, how can they see death without saving them?
"Don't worry, the old man won't see him, so I'll tell you about it in the next day. If you meet him rashly, the man in Hedao Yamen has many eyes and ears. I'm afraid you have to catch him. I'll give you a copy of the old man's secret reference." Shen Bing frowned. , with a cold murderous intent hidden in his eyes.
Yongningbo is the minister of military aircraft, and he often gives secret performances to the imperial court, directly to the front of the imperial court. If there are gossip from behind and hurt him... all the words will destroy the gold, and the accumulation will be destroyed, so we have to guard against it.
Seeing that Shen Fang had no intention of going to see Pan Ruxi, Xu Shikui couldn't persuade him anymore, so he told Pan Ruxi when he went back.
And Jia Heng did not see Pan Ruxi and Qian Shuwen, but went to Hongze Lake and other Huaihe embankments to oversee the flood fighting, so he hid again.
Just like that, time flies by like water, and before you know it, it is late June, the land of the Jianghuai River has turned cloudy and sunny, and the heavy rain that has swept across the north in Chongping for 15 years has completely stopped. The floods in the northern provinces are finally coming to an end.
Huai'an Mansion, Qingjiangpu
Jia Heng looked at the collapse of the river and the waste of money and food for rushing to repair the embankment. Although he had prepared for it, he still couldn't help but sigh.
This time, the imperial court built large-scale construction projects on the Huaihe River and the Yellow River. It is impossible to build dikes and weirs without money, but it was only a short month, and the official money was huge, reaching nearly a million dollars.
Fortunately, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been saved, the river transport has not been annihilated, and the north and south have been separated. Everything is worth it right now.
Jia Heng regained his composure, and gently closed the account book in his hand, his eyes were far away.
As soon as the river affairs were over, as soon as the letter was passed on to Feige in the capital, Emperor Chongping received an oral order in the capital, summoning his teacher to return to Beijing, and the official imperial decree was just a few days away.
In other words, I won't be staying in Huai'an Mansion for long.
"My lord, the members of the Zhen family are asking to see you outside." Just when Jia Heng's mood was fluctuating, Liu Jixian came from the outside and said with cupped hands.
Seeing a bit of surprise on Jia Heng's face, he said, "A member of the Zhen family?"
Since he returned to Huai'an Mansion, many people came to intercede for the Pan family in Jinling, but he ignored them all, and Pan Xiangdong and the others have now confessed to reselling official food and so on.
Although the Jinyi Mansion used a certain degree of torture to extract a confession, it still did not implicate Pan Ruxi in the case, but the Ji family bit the Nanjing household servant Qian Shuwen.
However, even if this is the case, Jia Heng's memorial to impeach Pan Ruxi and Qian Shuwen has been dispatched from Liubaili to Shenjing, and it has not yet been approved.
Jia Heng put down the book in his hand and said, "Please come in."
The members of the Zhen family had earlier encouraged the children of the [-]th house of Jinling of the Jia family to speculate in Huai'an Mansion, and the Zhen family still owed him an explanation.
Not long after, I saw Zhen Lin, the Nanjing guard, striding into the official hall accompanied by two young servants. He was not wearing official robes, but dressed in casual clothes.
"Uncle Yongning." Zhen Lin clasped his fists and saluted no matter how far away he was, and said with a smile.
Jia Heng said: "Zhen Shoubei, if you are not stationed in Nanjing, what are you doing in Huai'an Mansion?"
It is a matter of losing one's head for the general of the guard to leave the garrison without a military order.
Zhen Lin smiled and explained: "I told the Ministry of War in Nanjing for leave. I heard that Yongningbo was stationed in Huai'an, so I went on a boat to meet Yongningbo. Zhen respects the vitality of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in other places."
Jia Heng said: "Zhen Shoubei is overrated."
As he spoke, he greeted Zhen Lin to take his seat, and the clerk offered tea.
"Uncle Yongning, you and my Zhenjia family have been friends for several generations, so you don't have to be so far away." Zhen Lin smiled and continued the friendship, and said: "If you don't give up, brother Yu, how about calling you Brother Heng? "
Jia Heng frowned slightly, and said sternly: "Zhen Shoubei, among the officials, it's better to refer to each other by their positions."
The smile on Zhen Lin's face froze for a while, and he said, "Bo Yongning is still considerate."
After a haha, he immediately brought up the previous incident and said: "At the beginning, seeing the shortage of rice and grain in Huai'an Prefecture, I transported some grain from Jinling's own fields. It caused a lot of trouble for Yongning Bo, and later I heard that Yongning Bo wanted to stabilize food prices."
Rather than concealing such things, it is better to tell them in front of Jia Heng, so as to resolve the grievance earlier.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "I can forget about the past, and Zhen Shoubei can turn his back on it, and take the overall situation into consideration, so don't talk about those previous things."
Zhen Lin said: "Yes, what Yongningbo said is true."
The two chatted casually.
Zhen Lin smiled and said, "Uncle Yongning's supervision of the river's flood control this time, when will he be successful, and when will he be the teacher?"
Jia Heng said with a sloppy eye: "I can't say it now, it all depends on the intention of the court."
"The leader is away and won't return for nearly ten days. The army is kind and caring, and there are gossips in the capital, so it's better to go back sooner." Zhen Lin said with a smile.
Jia Heng responded one after another, wishing to see what kind of medicine was sold in Zhen Lin's gourd.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Zhen Lin said: "Bo Yongning has been a figure in the Jia family for many years, and my wife also wants to meet him. If Bo Yongning is free, why not go down to Jinling with me? The two sides are very close, but it is not easy It won't take a few days."
Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "In the past few days, the generals returning from various river embankments have to discuss the military situation, as well as the hands and tails of the river yamen, and they cannot get away from the outside."
When Zhen Lin heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded.
His wife wanted to see this Uncle Yongning, so he was too lazy to come all the way here, and be very careful in company in front of the young man.
I don't want to, this person actually shirks his busy schedule to take care of his ancestors, how unreasonable it is!
Zhen Lin smiled, got up, cupped his hands and said: "That's my presumptuousness, I have something to do with me, so I'll take my leave first."
Jia Heng's eyes were deep, he picked up the teacup, called Liu Jixian who was beside him, and said, "Liu Jixian, give it to me."
After this incident, not to mention being strangers to the Zhen family, their relationship has also dropped to freezing point.
(End of this chapter)