Weiyang of the Red Mansion

"I would like to thank the emperor for his kindness. In fact, the emperor can send other people to Jiangnan to perform this task. Presumably, I am not the only one who is qualified for this position." He is a good thing, in the face of Jiangnan's open and secret struggles, he is not in vain at all.

The emperor shook his head and sighed, "Anyone can do this task of inspecting the salt censor, but this task can only be done by you."

"This..." Jia Fu was a little surprised by the emperor's attitude, he actually recognized him?

The emperor patted Jia Fu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't panic, I trust you, shouldn't you be happy?"

He treated Emperor Jia Fu as if he were his own nephew, and his attitude was very close.

"I'm not unhappy, but I'm a little surprised that the emperor valued my ministers so much. I thought that the emperor thought that I was young and would assign more experienced ministers to do this task." Because the emperor's attitude towards Jia Fu is very natural, Jia Fu Facing the emperor was a little less cautious and a little more casual.

And the emperor also likes Jia Fu's attitude, he treats Jia Fu more special than others.

"They have experience, but the possibility of tampering is also high. This task involves the war outside the Great Wall, so there is no room for loss. I will choose the most suitable person to do this, and you are the most suitable person. "The emperor stood by the window with his hands behind his back, and sighed, "Although you are young, your mind is more flexible. Sending you to the south of the Yangtze River may have unexpected miraculous effects. Don't underestimate yourself. I am willing to ignore your age. You, why are you still so tied up?"

The emperor really spoke heartfelt words to Jia Fu, he wanted to send Jia Fu there, and he didn't want others to take the credit for Jia Fu.

He has many confidants, but now he is getting older, four, five or six princes have grown up, and the trend of seizing the throne has gradually taken shape. In a few years, Concubine Sun Guifei will be born. The Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince are also getting older, and the situation in the court may become more and more chaotic. He intends to establish a prince, but he is not very satisfied with the three grown sons.

As for Sun Guifei's seven or eight children.Although he loves the ninety-three princes a little more, he just loves them as his own sons, but these three princes are still young, and it is not yet clear whether they are dragons or worms. Doting on Concubine Sun Gui, he became dizzy and made Concubine Sun's child the crown prince.

To be an emperor, scheming and wrist skills are indispensable.

The fourth prince is now in his prime and full of ambitions. Sometimes the emperor really has a headache when facing this eldest son in a practical sense.

"Your Majesty?" Jia Fu heard the Emperor sighing, and clearly felt that the Emperor was in a bad mood.

When the emperor came back to his senses, he realized that he had lost his mind, and said with a wry smile, "I'm old, I'm old."

"Your Majesty is only in his 40s, and he is in his prime. How old is he?" Jia Fu said with a smile.

The emperor was in a good mood when he heard that, and cursed with a smile, "You kid can also flatter you."

"I'm telling the truth. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you might as well ask Eunuch Cao." Jia Fu said while looking at Cao Mingjiang, "Are you right? Eunuch Cao?"

Cao Mingjiang smiled wryly in his heart, little ancestor, can you stop dragging me into the water?

Despite complaining in his heart, Cao Mingjiang echoed Jia Fu's words without any hesitation.

The emperor was amused, "Okay, you two don't sing together, don't you think I can't see it?"

"The emperor's eyes are as bright as a torch, we these little tricks are carefully thought out, how can we hide it from the emperor?"

The emperor laughed loudly, "You boy, you are really cunning!" As he said that, the emperor suddenly remembered what he had been thinking about just now, he couldn't help looking at Jia Fu and asked, "Heng Rong, among the princes under my knees, who do you prefer? "

Jia Fu was taken aback by the question, but he had to answer the question again. The emperor's expression was obviously serious.

The emperor was really asking him for an answer.

After pondering for a while, Jia Fu said, "Although the Fourth Highness is young and powerful, he can only use brute force to solve problems. I think he is not suitable. The Fifth Highness is too indecisive. It is suitable to be a virtuous king, but to be an emperor is not capable enough. The Sixth Highness He doesn't care about the throne at all, even if he wants to come to the emperor, he can see it, there is no need for ministers to say anything, as for the seventh prince, the eighth prince, the ninth prince and the tenth prince, they are still young now, so they can't see anything at all."

"You boy, you are really cunning when you say you are cunning. What is the difference between saying this and not saying it?" The emperor laughed and scolded, but he was not angry, because he thought so himself, and instead listened to Jia Fu's words Later, he felt that Jia Fu was his confidant.

Jia Fu saw that the emperor was not angry, so he boldly smiled and said, "Why didn't you say anything? Didn't this directly exclude four, five, six or three princes from the emperor? Instead of paying attention to the grown-up princes, the emperor should pay attention to his age." The four young princes are all in the learning stage now, if you train them intentionally, maybe the emperor can get unexpected gains."

Hearing this, the emperor fell into deep thought and remained silent for a while.

On the other hand, Cao Mingjiang, who was installing the murals, was terrified.

It is such a big matter to determine the heir to the throne, Jia Fu actually dared to talk nonsense in front of the emperor, if what Jia Fu said in the warm pavilion was spread today, it would offend the fourth and fifth princes at once, but the sixth prince is fine, Because the sixth prince has no intention of taking the throne, and maybe because Jia Fu told the truth, he will have a good impression of Jia Fu.

But offending the fourth and fifth princes is enough for Jia Fu to drink a pot. These two princes are now the biggest contenders for the throne.

Many people in the court have secretly taken refuge in the fourth prince and the fifth prince, Jia Fu really wants to die...

The emperor came back to his senses, and looked at Jia Fu with soft eyes, and this child was the only one who said everything stupidly.

Jia Fu was thinking of him like this, and he couldn't let Jia Fu have an accident. Thinking like this, the emperor gave Cao Mingjiang a glance. Cao Mingjiang instantly understood, and bowed and retreated.

Although Cao Mingjiang didn't show it on the surface, his heart was full of turmoil.

The emperor's favor and trust in Ning Guohou was far beyond his imagination, even the few princes may not have Jia Fu's favor.

"Silly boy, don't say these words in front of outsiders in the future, or you will be killed." The emperor patted Jia Fu's head and warned with a smile.

Jia Fu chuckled lightly, "Isn't your Majesty helping his ministers to mop up the end?"

Even though he said so, Jia Fu thanked Zhe Meishou in his heart. Thanks to Zhe Meishou, otherwise, even if he wanted to win the favor of the emperor, the emperor would think that he was young and deep-minded.

But now it is different, the emperor first had a great affection for him, and then he took advantage of the situation and directly drew in the relationship. Now that he is in conflict with the prince, the emperor might favor him instead of the prince .

"You're such a cunning fellow." The emperor laughed and cursed, "Shuhui won't be married until June next year, so your wedding date is set for July next year, right?"

"Exactly, how does the emperor know?"

"At any rate, I'm the Princess of the princess, of course I know." The emperor laughed.

Jia Fu also laughed, "The princess is two years younger than the minister, and the minister can't help it."

"After you get married next year, you can go to the south of the Yangtze River to serve as the salt censor," the emperor sighed again, "I want the common people to be able to eat salt, but the imperial court needs a huge salt tax to support it. Really powerless."

Jia Fu was speechless, the imperial court's expenditure was actually very large, so much tax was spent on various disaster relief every year, and fortunately there was no war now, otherwise the imperial court's burden would be even greater.

In fact, Jia Fu has a way to make sea salt here, but he is also worried about the huge salt tax required by the imperial court. He dare not act rashly. He said before the emperor that the salt merchants in Jiangnan are arrogant and domineering. He just wanted to attract the emperor's attention. .

In fact, his strategy also succeeded.

But although the strategy was successful, he was not very happy, because many measures that benefited the people could not be implemented at all.

It can be said to move the whole body with one hair.

It is useless to say these things now, he has to go to Jiangnan, and only after field research can he determine how corrupt the salt administration in Jiangnan is.

He is determined to get rid of these bad trends, the salt merchants are really moths!

But the imperial court needs these moths, it is really sad!

Jia Fu talked with the emperor about court taxation for a while, and then got the emperor's permission to leave the palace.

It's not too early at this moment, and I should be able to catch up with dinner when I go back.

As a result, as soon as he left the palace, he was blocked by people before he left the palace.

Looking at the handsome sixth prince in front of him, the corner of Jia Fu's mouth twitched, he really didn't want to see this sixth prince, he was a little too out of tune.

"Your Highness Six." Jia Fu bowed and prepared to leave.

The sixth prince pulled Jia Fu, not allowing him to leave, "Heng Rong, don't leave in a hurry, I have something to ask you."

The corner of Jia Fu's mouth twitched, "Sixth Highness, I haven't finished my meal yet, so I have to rush back to eat, can you stop pestering me?"

Although he didn't want to meet the Sixth Highness, in fact, Jia Fu felt very comfortable facing the Sixth Highness. At least he liked the inconspicuous Sixth Highness more than the legendary Fifth Highness.

However, liking the temperament of the Sixth Highness does not mean that he is willing to see him.

The character of the Sixth Highness is really hard to describe. Jia Fu likes the temperament of the Sixth Highness, just because the Sixth Highness has no arrogance and eyes above the top when facing him. When applying, there is also a bit of inconspicuous contempt.

As for His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, he does not take Jia Fu seriously at all. If Jia Fu was not born in Ningguo Mansion and Jia Yan's grandson, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince does not know what he would do to embarrass Jia Fu. thing.

"Heng Rong, you haven't finished your meal yet?" The sixth prince obviously knew this, but he asked the question knowingly, with a bit of teasing in his eyes, he dragged Jia Fu out of the palace, and forcibly dragged Jia Fu onto him The car driver said, "Let's go, go to Pinxian Building. This king treats you to dinner, and the emperor is really serious. It's too much for me to keep you in Nuan Pavilion and talk for so long, but I still don't invite you to dinner."

The corner of Jia Fu's mouth twitched, he didn't want to face the sixth prince because of this, he was too outspoken.