allendalepharm Chapter 530: The adopted daughter of the adopted daughter is the adopted granddaughter
Chapter 530: The adopted daughter of the adopted daughter is the adopted granddaughter
Chapter 530: The adopted daughter of the adopted daughter is the adopted granddaughter
The good and evil of human nature has been a difficult topic to debate since ancient times. Unlike Jia Cong's belief that human nature is inherently good, Master She's experience makes his view on human nature more inclined to Xunzi's view that human nature is inherently evil.
He has always held a philosophy that there are many people who add insult to injury, but few who help others in times of need. There are many people who add icing on the cake, but few who help those in need.
Therefore, when Master She heard about the people and things his son-in-law Liu Xianglian had encountered, his first reaction was that someone wanted to harm his son-in-law.
If it were in the past, Master She would have probably gathered his men to beat up the people and destroy their houses.
However, he has basically gotten out of the affairs of the court now. When he is at home, he is either taking care of his children or showing off his children. He has plenty of free time.
Finally someone came to entertain him, and Master She held down Liu Xianglian, who was anxious to go home to investigate.
"Son-in-law, leave this to me, just pretend you know nothing..."
Looking at his father-in-law rubbing his hands and grinning, Liu Xianglian didn't know whether he should give him some advice.
After all, it is the Liu family's business, and it would not be a good idea for my father-in-law to get involved.
Isn't this just causing trouble for the Yue family?
He had no choice but to turn his gaze to his wife beside him, but saw Yingchun gave him a gentle smile and nodded slightly.
"Okay, let the boss go and check it out. You two youngsters, you don't know how much you will suffer when facing those old foxes. Boss, come over here..."
The old lady made the final decision, completely stopping Liu Xianglian's plan to do it himself.
She called her eldest son to her side and whispered a few words to him, which instantly made Master She's eyes light up.
Master She was both expectant and a little embarrassed. He chuckled and said, "Mother, isn't it a bad idea to do this? Do you want to save your son's reputation?"
The old lady rolled her eyes at her eldest son: "What kind of reputation do you have? Do you need any reputation?"
"Hey, you hit the nail on the head with that."
The conversation between the mother and son was probably heard by the old lady's maid Yuanyang. However, Yuanyang had practiced it over the years, and no matter how surprised she was, she would not show it.
Everyone in the room was completely confused, especially Jia Cong, who felt like a cat scratching his head and kept sneaking closer to the old lady.
"Okay, just do it. Since they don't want Erya and her husband to live in peace, why should you let them wait and watch our family's jokes in comfort?"
The old lady naturally noticed Jia Cong's actions, and finally gave her eldest son some instructions and then directly changed the subject.
Ah ~
The Riddler again!
Jia Cong suddenly felt very sick, and he wanted to find out what the old lady had said to his father. When he saw that the old lady was unwilling to talk about it, he went to Master She to ask for help.
Although he didn't find out the details in the end, Master She still doted on his youngest son and whispered something in his ear.
"They want to establish a relationship with the son-in-law through marriage, so it doesn't matter who they are establishing a relationship with. Don't you think this makes sense..."
……
Xiangyun's coming of age means that her marriage to Baoyu has entered the final critical stage.
As Master Bao was the old lady's favorite, the entire Ning, Rong and Jia family focused their main attention on the marriage of Baoyu and Xiangyun.
However, before Baoyu's wedding on May 8th, the Rongguo Mansion had to do an important event, that is, Master Cong wanted to adopt Shunyi Prince's youngest daughter, Borjigin Baolu, as his adopted daughter.
In order to show how seriously Jia Cong took the matter, he took out the seal of Lord She and sent countless invitations to the capital, causing the entire capital to be talking about the imperial cat's adoption of a daughter.
Some people were curious about why Jia Cong wanted to get involved with the surrendered minister of Shunyi County Prince's Mansion, while others had already begun to submit secret reports to the palace, repeatedly telling the emperor that Jia Cong had rebellious intentions.
As an important official of the imperial court, Jia Cong, what are you planning to do by marrying a surrendered Tartar official?
"Heh~ You're taking me for a fool!"
The emperor threw the secret memorial in his hand onto the table and nodded at Xia Shouzhong: "Go check how many more there are like this, write down the names, and burn the memorial."
Jia Cong might have adopted a daughter out of impulse, but this would bring huge benefits to the country.
It is true that the Borjigin family has declined, but the influence of the Golden Family on the grassland is immeasurable.
Those who flattered Jia Cong only saw that Jia Cong wanted to adopt a daughter, but they did not think of one other thing.
Who is Jia Cong's fiancée? She is my adopted daughter. Jia Cong's adopted daughter is Daiyu's adopted daughter, which means that Borjigin Baolu is the goddaughter of this emperor.
It doesn’t matter if the relationship is a bit complicated. The daughter of the Golden Family will call him grandpa in the future.
There's nothing wrong with that, right?
This way, the Borjigin family could be transformed from surrendered subjects into relatives of the Liu family, without the royal family having to worry about it. This deal seemed worth it no matter how you looked at it.
The most important thing is that Yilan has a large number of followers on the grassland, and each of them is a good warrior who can run a horse on his arms.
Seeing that Daxia was about to go to war with the Rakshasa Kingdom in the northwest, what was wrong with letting Jia Cong adopt an adopted daughter if it could reduce the casualties of the Han people?
"Draft an imperial decree to confer the title of Princess Jiading on the eldest daughter of Shunyi County Prince Borjigin Baoxing, and the title of Princess Wujiang on the youngest daughter Borjigin Baolu. Each of them will be granted a fief of 300 households. The Ministry of Rites shall grant them ceremonial guards in accordance with the regulations..."
Once the title was bestowed upon him, the Shunyi County Prince's Mansion went from being deserted to being bustling with people.
Even a fool can see that the emperor is supporting Jia Cong and Yi Lan.
Those who were previously wary of whether to surrender or not, now came running to show their courtesy, thinking about the wealth on the grassland.
But Yilan had already learned the true teachings from Jia Cong, and firmly placed himself in the team of the prince's party, or the loyal ministers of the emperor's party.
Except for a limited number of the emperor's close confidants, all gifts from others were accepted, even if it offended many people.
Soon, those who were turned away heard the news.
It turned out that as early as two years ago, Prince Zhongshun Liu Ke and Duke Rong Jia She had already had transactions with Yi Lan, and they had almost jointly monopolized the business of rare treasures such as furs, ginseng, and deer antlers on the grassland.
In addition to wool and other items needed by the Ministry of Industry, almost 70% to 80% of these high-value products in the entire Anbei Protectorate were operated by the joint caravan of these three people.
Excluding the one-third of the annual profits that were sent to the palace, Jia She and the other three people each earned more than 500,000 taels of silver each year.
……
Jia Cong returned his goddaughter Baolu, who was dressed in jewels, to Lan Qiduo, and complained to his father speechlessly: "Dad, you kept this secret from me..."
"It's not that your father wants to hide it from you. This was decided when I discussed it with your father and King Shunyi. This matter cannot be told to anyone before the time comes."
Liu Ke took over the conversation and sneered, "You are not unaware of the situation in the court. If this matter spreads, wouldn't the three of us be accused of stealing profits from the people? Although your father and I don't care, what do you want the Prince of Shunyi to do?"
Yi Lan also smiled helplessly and nodded in response, "At that time, I was still a Tartar surrendered minister who everyone wanted to step on. If I was accused of colluding with the royal family and military meritorious officials to plot against the emperor, even if Your Majesty believed me, public opinion in the court and the public would force Your Majesty to deal with me ruthlessly."
Things are different now. His Yilan's daughter has become the emperor's goddaughter, and the Borjigin family has become a relative of the royal family. Although the relationship is a bit complicated, no one can find fault with it.
What's wrong with the in-laws joining forces to do business? Among the civil and military officials in the court, except for ruthless people like Hai Gangfeng, which family has not joined forces with in-laws to do business?
"Haven't you always been curious about where my money comes from? Let me tell you today..."
Master She had just got a god-granddaughter, and he had a few more drinks, so he was in a good mood for conversation.
The front hall of Rongguo Mansion was full of his own people at this time, and Master She had no hidden thoughts. He looked at Old Thirteen and nodded to each other, then said, "In addition to the business in the north, Old Thirteen and I also run the jade business in the Western Regions, and we also have a share of the jadeite business in the southwest. After the summer harvest last year, in accordance with the wishes of His Majesty, Old Thirteen and I also organized a fleet that specifically sailed the route to Japan and Africa to engage in the slave trade!"
Boom~
Jia Cong just felt his head buzzing. The business of jade and jadeite was easy to deal with. This thing turned out to be a high-profit luxury goods business.
But Jia Cong really didn't know how to comment on things like the slave trade.
"Ah~ Dad, this matter..."
Master She knew his son's character very well, so he raised his hand to interrupt him: "If we don't do it, the Western Barbarians will do it, and they are more ruthless than us..."
"Besides, instead of letting the Western Barbarians harm those Kunlun slaves, it is better to let them work for our Celestial Empire. At least our Celestial Empire will not take human lives lightly!"
When talking about the practices of the Western barbarians, Old Thirteen's face was full of contempt.
The Western barbarians were indeed uncivilized barbarians, and the Kunlun slaves were just a little darker. What great laborers they were, whether they were clearing mountains and paving roads or farming and picking, as long as they were trained, they would become top-notch experts.
When the fleet they formed arrived at the destination, they basically did not use force. Instead, they used large porcelain bowls and batches of silk cloth to exchange for labor.
The benevolent Celestial Empire would not use the handle of a knife to make enemies with others.
As for the Japanese...oh, they are not human. There is nothing wrong with trading with the Japanese using the handle of a knife!
The personalities of Old Thirteen and Master She are highly similar. The two nodded in understanding and smiled at each other.
"Dad, Master Thirteen, you misunderstood me..."
Jia Cong smiled bitterly helplessly. It seemed that his image of being "soft-hearted" was so deeply rooted in people's hearts that even his own father misunderstood his thoughts.
He explained to the two: "I am not against the slave trade, I just want to remind you not to let the Kunlun slaves pollute the blood of our Celestial Empire!"
Ok?
puff……
Hahahahaha...
After being stunned for a moment, the people in the room all burst into laughter.
Old Thirteen was so amused that he held his stomach and said while laughing, "Jia Cong, are you kidding me? Who the hell would want to be with Kunlun slaves...hahahaha..."
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, nothing is impossible in this world!
"Master Thirteen, please don't disbelieve me. Some people have such strange tastes. Not to mention Kunlun slaves, even wild monkeys are possible!"
slap~
Master She slapped Jia Cong on the head, feeling both angry and amused.
"Where did you hear those nonsense? Is he your second brother? I'll beat him to death! Stop thinking about those nonsense. Such dirty things are not something you, a child who hasn't even grown up yet, should think about."
Mr. Lian, who was entertaining guests outside, was innocently implicated, and Jia Cong did not explain.
He had no way of explaining this to Master She and Old Thirteen. If these two knew that there really was someone in his previous life who did not discriminate between meat and vegetables to such an outrageous degree, it was estimated that these two biggest playboys in Daxia would exclaim that it was outrageous.
Jia Cong muttered, "Anyway, I have reminded you all of the things that need to be reminded, so you two should pay more attention..."
“Okay, okay…hahahahaha…ok, I’ll agree to your request. Anyway, we have no intention of letting the Kunlun slaves enter the country, so we can just let them work in the overseas fiefdoms.”
Old Thirteen just thought this was a fun thing and it did not violate the rules they had agreed upon, so he agreed without thinking.
After agreeing to Jia Cong's request, Old Thirteen turned the topic to the preparations for war in the northwest.
"By the way, how are your arrangements for the Western Expedition going?"
When Old Thirteen asked this question, Yi Lan, who was watching the fun from the sidelines, instantly became alert.
Jia Cong glanced at Yi Lan, who looked expectant, and said in detail: "It has been arranged. The chief general is Zhang Kelu, the eldest grandson of the Duke of Ying. There are three deputy generals, Rong Ge'er from my family, Niu Mang from Uncle Niu's family, and the vanguard general is the prince."
"Add one more person, let Chongge go, he will be the military supervisor and also be in charge of the army's food and fodder."
Jia Cong was immediately surprised by what the Thirteenth Master said: "Master Thirteen, the Saint has already told me that the Crown Prince will follow me to handle the affairs of the Development and Reform Commission. Besides, this battle is to the bitter cold land to the west of the Western Regions, and it will be fought in autumn and winter. How can the Crown Prince endure such hardship?"
Jia Cong's choice of candidate for the expedition was not a random one. Zhang Kelu was a more powerful general than his second brother Jia Lian. He had been leading troops on the front line of Xuanda and had almost inherited the military talent of old man Zhang, Duke of Yingguo.
Jia Rong had fought against Japanese pirates, killed South Vietnamese monkeys, and endured hardships in Jiaozhi. Just from the name, we can tell that Niu Mang is a reckless general, and he is the tip of the sword when the army charges.
Not to mention Yi Lan. The influence of the Golden Family's bloodline alone will be of great use in the Western Regions.
Liu Chong, the prince of Zhongshun? A scholar from the royal family, wouldn't it be good for him to help with writing and calculations in the capital?
"You kid actually look down on my son?"
Hearing Jia Cong's words, Old Thirteen immediately glared at him.
Jia Cong hurriedly wanted to explain, but he saw Master She holding down Old Thirteen who was about to lose his temper.
He said to Jia Cong, "San'er, it is the will of the saint to let Liu Chong go. This trip to the Western Regions will most likely require the mobilization of various forces in the Western Regions. The kid from the Zhang family is a talented general, but he is not suitable to deal with those people in the Western Regions. Liu Chong is the grandson of the saint, and this identity can sometimes be much more useful than general orders or military orders!"
Even Yi Lan, who was standing by, echoed, "Mr. Rong is right. Whether it's the grassland or the Western Regions, the leaders of those tribes often don't recognize the orders of the imperial court, and many of them shirk military orders. But they dare not disobey the will of the Khan of Heaven. The grandson of the Khan of Heaven represents the majesty of the Khan of Heaven. If the prince follows him, whether it's collecting food and grass or mobilizing the tribes of the Western Regions, the efficiency will be much higher than a piece of military order!"
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I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of this chapter)