MTL - Mystery Makes Me Strong-Chapter 2023 Prince Teng

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Jia House.

The prince came.

After the greeting, and after meeting the ancestors, Jia Baoyu personally received him in the study.

Wang Ziteng, who was promoted all the way to the cabinet scholar, is the real umbrella of the four major families, but Jia Yuanchun, the noble concubine, is not.

Zhao Han is very clear about this.

"Good nephew, the north is unstable, and we have to deploy troops again, but the court is short of silver." The prince said immediately.

"Uncle, but the court needs retribution?" Zhao Han asked directly.

"That's right. Every time I went on expeditions before, the salt merchants always needed to pay me one or two points. This time, it's in the north, and it has little to do with the salt merchants. They pay very little." Wang Ziteng shook his head.

"Then how many thousand taels do we need to pay for a noble family like us?" Zhao Han asked again.

"Wanliang? It seems that the rumors are good," Wang Ziteng laughed. "Since your nephew took charge of the family, your Jia family's inner pockets have become more abundant."

"It's okay, it's just barely maintaining it." Zhao Han said modestly.

With Jia Rong and Jia Lian doing overseas trade, silver is no longer a problem for her.

I can't get a million at a time, but if I get a hundred thousand turnover, there is no problem.

"10,000 taels is enough. Even the queen's father, when he was the head of the court, only donated 30,000 taels." The prince gave him an amount.

Zhao Han shook his head in his heart.

The former **** Xia, every time he came to Jia's house to ask for it, would cost 1,000, 1,500, and basically once a month.

Of course not now.

And this court needs military expenses, and each household only pays a few thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels. It can be seen that the court is not running smoothly.

"Is it already difficult in the court?" Zhao Han asked.

Although Wang Ziteng was low-key and scheming, he could not have imagined that his nephew was determined to rebel, and everyone knew about it.

"There are too many deficits. Taicang and the inner government are everywhere. Many ministers have borrowed money from the Ministry of Household, but they have not paid it back. This is even more the case in various places. Every year, there is a deficit." Prince Teng shook his head.

"It's no wonder that if something happens, everyone needs to pay for it." Zhao Han felt that it was time to cut down the tree.

But it can't be too harsh, it has to be done slowly.

Mainly occupy the silk, tea, and porcelain production areas, and can realize the freedom of distribution with Western countries.

Specialties like tea were learned by Westerners in modern times and were successfully grown outside.

The same goes for porcelain.

All came later.

Only silk, because there are many technical chains required, until modern times, Westerners still have not formed a famous industry.

Because all kinds of embroidery are more troublesome, it needs enough population to operate.

And now these three major items are the important bulk materials for them to achieve trade balance. They are almost hard currency. Basically, they sell as much as they ship out.

Because the main consumers are the Western aristocracy.

And these three things are basically in the southeast.

It is not easy to seize the land in the southeast, that is the foundation of the court's taxation.

"Yeah, the emperor is difficult, and the servants must be considerate. Our royal family is also prepared to pay 20,000 taels." Wang Ziteng followed.

"If we go out too much, will the emperor think that we are usually too extravagant?" Zhao Han asked directly.

Some things are still understood by an old official like Wang Ziteng.

"Ten thousand or twenty thousand is still within the emperor's tolerance. Buildings like the Grand View Garden can't be repeated." Wang Ziteng said.

Zhao Han nodded.

Jiafu is too high profile.

And Wang Ziteng was promoted all the way without celebrating.

However, even so, he couldn't escape a cold, so he took the wrong medicine and died...

It must be the hands and feet of the emperor, or it may be the impermanence of fate.

In short, it means that no matter how big your official is, it is useless, it is still empty.

However, after Prince Teng's death, a huge deficit was exposed in the land under his jurisdiction, and he was impeached by the censor.

This may have been left by his predecessor, or it is more likely that the prince took the money from his jurisdiction to make up for the emperor.

In short, with Wang Ziteng's low-key style, he can't be too extravagant.

"So that's the case, uncle, I don't know what benefits will we have after we repay?"

"The advantage is that Jane is in the heart of the emperor. For example, your sister's position can be upgraded by another level."

"So that's the case, then repay it." Zhao Han said, took out a bank note and gave it to Wang Ziteng.

Above is 20,000 taels.

10,000 is for the emperor, 10,000 is naturally for uncle.

Now she has to rely on this uncle for cover.

As long as the prince does not die, the decline will not begin.

And she was able to keep getting promoted, and under the guidance of Wang Ziteng, she knew a lot.

It's just the same sentence, no matter how high it is, it must be reversed in the end.

After all, Prince Tengdu, a cabinet scholar, is still over.

Then the prince left.

And Zhao Han began to rectify the housework and recover the arrears of the slaves.

Reduce extravagance.

Except for the old lady, everyone else should be frugal.

Mrs. Wang said it herself.

Mother Jia is also reasonable.

Knowing that the emperor will use soldiers recently, it is not extravagant.

As a result, the standard of eating has been lowered a lot, and the number of servant girls outside has also decreased a lot.

For example, Grandma Liu once said at the crab feast: "This kind of crab is worth five cents a catty this year. Ten catties and five cents, five to five, two to five, three to five to fifteen, and then to drink and vegetables, pour a total of There are more than 20 taels of silver. Amitabha! This meal is enough for our Zhuang family to spend a year."

In the scene of mother Jia's love, Mrs. Wang has to rely on airs.

Only Jia Baoyu could persuade the two to lower the shelf.

It is difficult for the emperor, you are so extravagant here, and you still have a good life?

At this time, it is to reflect the matter of Yongzheng's investigation of the deficit and arrears.

...

six months later.

Something is up in the north.

Wang Ziteng is leading the army, and the enemy this time is the place where Jia Baoyu's rare bird-golden coat was made.

They used muskets, made a strange kind of fortress, and had cannons.

Very few people, but very strong.

However, there were about 1,500 people, but Wang Ziteng brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they were unable to attack.

Of course, this is a long way, and supplies are inconvenient.

Among the more than 10,000 soldiers, the main soldiers were only in the early 8,000s, but they were more than 5 times more than the defenders. Sun Tzu's art of war, ten attacked, and surrounded it.

This strange fortress is located at the confluence of two rivers, and they came here to follow the river all the way to the southeast.

But the southeast is an important town, so the court could not tolerate it.

Wang Ziteng finally accepted the advice of his staff, built two large camps on the north and south banks, led the troops to surround the fortress, and built pontoon bridges upstream and downstream to block traffic.

It has to be said that the combat effectiveness of these people is far superior to those of the cavalry on the grasslands.

Even if the opponent is at an absolute disadvantage in manpower, Wang Ziteng is still very embarrassed.

The siege lasted three months.

But the other party, relying on those muskets and cannons, made Wang Ziteng's soldiers unable to attack.

It doesn't mean that you can't attack, but a lot of people will die at one time.

"The previous firearms weren't so sharp, why can't theirs be shot down?"

Everyone was reluctant to move forward, and the court became more and more irritable.

Absolutely superior troops cannot defeat the enemy.

They thought about digging a tunnel, but it was useless. This is the land of the river bank. After digging three meters, the water will be seen.

Just when Prince Teng was in a dilemma, Jia Baoyu sent him a letter after receiving the letter from him.

Told Wang Ziteng, a kind of "Zhi"-shaped trench digging method.

That is to say, first dig a trench in the distance, and then keep approaching the city wall in the form of the word "Zhi".

After discussing with his staff, Wang Ziteng decided to use this tactic.

Cover the soldiers with trenches and shoot the enemy at close range.

Of course, the other party is condescending, and it is still advantageous to shoot close to it.

As a result, movable planks and thick reclaimed soil were laid on top of the trench.

This was used to defend against guns in later generations.

Howitzers can be protected, not to mention cannons and muskets at this time.

Sure enough, the enemy's big guns and muskets couldn't beat the soldiers digging trenches.

In this way they gradually approached, all the way to the bottom of the city wall.

The enemy tried to throw stones at it, but it didn't work.

Lots of wood nearby.

Wang Ziteng has enough offensive materials.

After reaching the city wall, he was finally able to avoid the enemy's artillery and shoot against the enemy.

And once you shoot at the enemy, the opponent is finished.

The opponent's firearms are powerful, as well as flintlock guns.

But they also have muskets, and bows aren't bad either.

The key is that he has sufficient manpower, but the other party has only one less death, and he can bring people to him constantly.

The reason why he couldn't rush up before was because the opponent had cannons, which could destroy his buildings and vehicles and other siege tools.

Without siege tools, soldiers are exposed to enemy fire, and morale drops rapidly.

Few soldiers are willing to do this to siege a city.

Now rely on the trench and add planks, you can rush up.

If he wanted to force the attack, maybe everyone below would mutiny.

With the help of Jia Baoyu's tactics, the opponent's troops were reduced from more than 1,500 to more than 200.

At this time, the other party finally sent someone out to ask for surrender.

They persisted for five months, and they really couldn't.

However, seemingly failed, it also proved their success.

It's just that there are fewer of them, and they have temporarily given up their ambition to continue to colonize here.

Because these 1,500 people are all people gathered in a large area nearby.

And Wang Ziteng's more than 10,000 people, as long as there is money and food, can summon several 10,000 people.

After Wang Ziteng's victory, he was preparing to return to the DPRK, and dispatched people 800 miles in advance to expeditiously return the good news.

The sage was overjoyed, and when the court named Prince Teng as the Marquis of Dingbei, he became a cabinet scholar.

It's just that Jia Fu is not very happy.

Because they don't benefit from it.

Mother Jia didn't say much, but she didn't send anyone to congratulate her. She just mentioned that when the prince came back, he would let Jia Baoyu go to see his uncle alone.

It is inconvenient for other women and Taoists to go out.

Afterwards, the imperial court issued a decree to announce to the world, and to pay tribute to the Taimiao.

Everyone in the capital rejoiced.

Only Zhao Han shook his head.

This means that Western military technology has outperformed the East.

That's why they were shocked.

…

It is said that on the way back to Beijing, the teacher Wang Teng received an imperial decree and was named a cabinet scholar.

"The emperor attaches great importance to the prince, and I hope that the prince can meet the prince soon." The **** said.

"It's easy to say, I can hurry up and go to the Holy Face in advance." Although Wang Ziteng was tired from the long battle, but for the emperor's favor, he forced his body.

Then he left the army behind, and traveled in a hurry with the big eunuch.

There is also an imperial doctor beside the eunuch. It is said that the emperor attached great importance to the general's body, so he sent an imperial physician to diagnose and treat along the way.

It was only 200 miles away from the capital, and it was raining heavily.

Overjoyed, Wang Ziteng was on the road again overnight, fatigued and caught in the rain in the carriage.

As a last resort, today, in a place called Shilitun, I contracted a cold.

So I could only stay nearby for the time being, and then I went to face the Holy Spirit when I was cured.

There is no famous doctor nearby, but luckily there is an imperial doctor in the car.

After the imperial doctor made a diagnosis and treatment, he wrote a house and asked people to get the medicine.

That night, in a house somewhere.

Under the dim light of candles.

A trusted guard whispered: "Commander, the Jia family is here."

Wang Ziteng said quickly: "Quick, let people in."

The two entered the house one after another.

The front is the old man, the back is the young man.

Young man carrying medicine chest.

"This is a special wind-cold medicine from our Rongyao Company, called aspirin, which can treat the wind-cold of princes." The old man came in for a diagnosis and took out a bottle of medicine.

Wang Ziteng happily said on the sickbed, "You were sent by Baoyu?"

"Exactly."

"Alright then, give me this medicine quickly."

However, the imperial doctor next to him said, "This is a strange medicine for Westerners and cannot be relied on. It is still effective with the old recipe that we have used for more than 2,000 years."

"This medicine can treat wind and cold, and there are countless living people." The old man wondered, "Why do you need to divide things?"

"Our 2,000-year-old recipe has helped us to pass on it to this day, and we can see its effect." The imperial physician insisted.

Prince Teng said angrily, "I don't care about the East or the West, I only believe in Baoyu."

The imperial doctor suddenly looked grim and walked straight out of the house.

The old man wondered: "This person is only an imperial doctor, how dare he be rude in front of the prince?"

Prince Teng didn't say a word, just asked him to quickly bring the medicine.

Then he took aspirin.

The headache disappeared and I fell asleep.

The next morning, Wang Ziteng felt light and clear, his headache was relieved, and the heat was no longer there. With the strength to get out of bed, he could take a few more mouthfuls of meals in the morning.

When the imperial doctor saw this, he had nothing to say.

With a look of shame on his face, he left.

Prince Teng was a shrewd person, and his heart sank.

Then, seeing that no one was there, the young man took out a letter and handed it to him.

Prince Teng opened it and took a look.

There are no words in the letter.

Only some animal hair, feathers, and a bow and arrow for a child to catch Zhou.

White and yellow.

White rabbit and yellow dog.

Seeing this, Prince Teng felt a great pain in his heart.

An official like him, immediately understood Jia Baoyu's suggestion.

Rabbit dead and dog cooked, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Birds do their best to hide the meaning.

Wang Ziteng immediately wrote a letter, saying that he was seriously ill and that it was difficult for him to go to Beijing immediately, and hoped that the emperor would choose someone else.

The emperor's gift, of course, cannot be directly rejected.

Although he was just a polite refusal, the emperor ordered to comfort him.

He was ordered to take office after he recovered.

Wang Ziteng finally returned to Beijing.

See you again Jia Baoyu.

At this time, the mood of the two is very different from half a year ago.

"Hey, I didn't expect that I worked so hard for the emperor, and I ended up being killed by a quack doctor."

"Uncle, when you lost Jingying Jiedu and got promoted all the way, you lost your foundation." Jia Baoyu sighed.

"Hey, I'm sorry Ergong Rongning for this matter. Without the security and military power of the capital, I am also a duckweed without roots. If I have this report."