The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 256 Holy King
A few days later, Lin Daiyu became pregnant. At this point, all of Jia Rong's wives and concubines were pregnant except Qingwen.

Nuanxiang Palace, Xiaoxiang Pavilion

Jia Rong entered the room first, followed by Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun.

Jia Rong looked at the furnishings in the room. After entering the room, he could see a screen with green bamboo and white gauze style.

There is not a single bamboo in the room, but it gives people a quiet feeling of being in a bamboo forest.

When you enter the bedroom, you will see a big bed, a bookshelf with various books, a desk with musical instruments, and a bamboo forest that can be seen outside the balcony in the early morning.

Lin Daiyu looked at her bedroom and smiled relaxedly.

"I can finally come back and live here. Now Qingwen has to work hard."

Lin Daiyu quickly walked to the bed and sat down, looking at Jia Rong with a smile, "Brother Emperor, would you like to come up and play?"

Jia Rong walked over and sat down, "Go up and lie down and play."

Lin Daiyu didn't expect Jia Rong to really go to bed, and quickly said, "I'm just pregnant, I can't do that kind of thing."

"I don't think as you do." Jia Rong sat down and took off his shoes casually.

Tanchun came over and said, "Brother-in-law, let me help you take off your shoes."

Jia Rong had already taken off his shoes and said to Lin Daiyu, who was sitting motionless on the bed, "Hurry and lie down."

Lin Daiyu said unhappily, "Okay, I'll listen to the emperor."

Zijuan came over quickly and knelt on the ground to help Lin Daiyu take off her shoes.

It was already autumn, but the weather was not cold in the morning, so Lin Daiyu still wore her close-fitting bluish-white dress.

After lying down, Lin Daiyu quickly rolled inside, leaving a large space for Jia Rong.

Jia Rong got on the bed and lay in the middle position, leaning against the quilt and saying, "Tanchun is coming up too. It's just right that Concubine Xiaoxiang in Xiaoxiang Pavilion and Ehuang and Nvying share the same husband."

As Jia Rong spoke, he had already put his arms around Lin Daiyu, who was lying on her side, and was stroking his wife's buttocks and waist with his hands.

"Look at the name you gave it~" Tanchun complained to Lin Daiyu with a smile, but she did not refuse. After taking off her shoes, she lay down next to Jia Rong.

In order to get pregnant, Jia Tanchun, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, and their respective maids have been accompanying Jia Rong in doing things for more than a year and have long let go.

Jia Rong did not continue to be busy with the matter of having a baby in broad daylight, but took advantage of his free time to chat about things happening nearby.

"My zoo, botanical garden, and amusement park are almost finished. I will take you out to see giraffes, elephants, tigers, lions, rhinos, and pandas during the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days."

"I had someone build a greenhouse with glass in the botanical garden to grow strawberries and watermelons, so we can eat fruits this winter."

"In the winter, you can go ice skating at the amusement park, or ride horses and play games."

Jia Rong hugged the two beauties and said gently, "When the baby is born, we will have a place to eat, drink and have fun."

Because he had just done something that made people curse his ancestors a few days ago, Jia Rong has been particularly gentle these days.

After hearing what Jia Rong said, Lin Daiyu and Tanchun also smiled happily.

Lin Daiyu touched her belly with one hand and touched Jia Rong's hand with the other to tell him to stop touching her.

"It's enough to eat, drink and have fun. I must go to the palace more often in the future, go to school there, and ask the teacher for advice."

Lin Daiyu's knowledge was certainly not as good as those of the civil officials in the palace, but she was self-aware and had never thought of teaching her children herself.

Tanchun leaned against Jia Rong and took the initiative to persuade him, "Your Majesty, the three large gardens outside look quite large, and we don't go there very often. Isn't it a waste?"

Jia Rong said with satisfaction: "We don't go there every day. I've said it before. When we're not there, we'll let the people in Beijing go and have a look. It will be considered as sharing the fun with the people."

Tanchun thought about it and felt a little bad.

"So what if we want to go?"

Jia Rong replied: "Of course it will be arranged in advance. No outsiders will be received at that time. Only our family will go to play."

Tanchun asked again, "What if someone else goes over to play and gets something dirty or damaged there?"

Jia Rong is not a whimperer. There is a complete system that can be plagiarized for all kinds of things.

"It's not free for others to enter. You can't just go in if you want. You have to buy a ticket. If one person is 200 wen, five people are 1 tael, and 50,000 people are 10,000 taels. There are millions of people in the capital and other places. By then, the cost of construction can be recovered from the ticket fees alone."

"The more lively it is, the more money we can make. Maybe we can even earn some pocket money."

Jia Tanchun found Jia Rong’s idea to be great.

"Your Majesty is indeed amazing. No wonder our family is getting richer and richer, and the money in the court and the treasury is more than enough to spend."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Silver is perishable. If it is not used for a long time, it will easily go bad. I have asked people to mint new coins. In the future, copper coins will continue to be used to prevent the people from suffering losses. Silver will be replaced with new coins, one tael will become one yuan, and then some silver notes will be issued. This way, it will be easier to pay wages."

Lin Daiyu didn't quite understand this, so she smiled and said, "Brother Emperor only knows how to make money."

Jia Rong felt their heartbeats on both sides and said, "Of course. These days, we need money to do things and hire people. In order to prevent corruption and waste, we naturally have to put money first."

Lin Daiyu felt a little uncomfortable and tried to push Jia Rong's hand away.

Jia Rong said at this time: "Don't move. I will feel your heartbeats with my hands. Or you can touch your chest and count your heartbeats. I can't remember clearly when I'm talking."

Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun naturally asked Jia Rong to count.

Both of them have small breasts, so it's not fun to touch them.

Jia Rong quickly let go.

But we both have talents, and can become confidantes in many matters. It can be very pleasant just to lie together and chat.

After Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun took a nap, Jia Rong went out to have fun.

Compared to Nuanxiang Palace, where a family lives in warmth and coziness, Tianxiang Palace means the most beautiful palace in the world.

As soon as Jia Rong entered the yard, he saw Concubine Xian, who was holding her child and chatting in the sun.

Jia Rong walked over quickly, as if he had spotted an expert hurdler.

When Consort Xian, Youshi, and Miaoyu were about to stand up and salute, Jia Rong came over quickly and said directly, "No need to salute, sit down."

Several people did not dare to sit down, but Jia Rong, who was walking quickly, had already walked to the seat of Concubine Xian and sat down, and then pulled Concubine Xian to sit in his arms.

Jia Rong hugged Concubine Xian in front of several women and said with a smile: "The child is already two or three years old, why is it still so big here~"

Youshi was already used to it, and it was not the first time that Concubine Xian was harassed by Jia Rong, so she looked happy.

Miaoyu, who was aloof and aloof but yearning for love, looked on with a red face, sitting there awkwardly.

Xianfei leaned comfortably in Jia Rong's arms, "Your Majesty~"

Jia Rong smiled. The emperor had been dead for a year or so, and the women in the harem had long become like Jia Rong.

Jia Rong's harem is not large, only a little over a hundred. If you count the palace maids and female officials and dancers, there are almost a thousand people.

However, the only ones who actually have status are Lin Daiyu, Jia Yuanchun, Qin Keqing, and Wang Xifeng, while the rest have little presence.

At least in the eyes of court officials outside, there are only these four.

Others like You Erjie, You Sanjie, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Shi Xiangyun will also be recorded, but not too many.

As long as he is not officially canonized, it is not too many for Jia Rong to play with ten thousand women.

Jia Rong is truly fearless. He has made all the emperor's women pregnant. From now on, the royal bloodline will be indistinguishable!
Waterlogging will kill you, and drought will kill you.

Just as Jia Rong continued to ask the women in his harem to give birth to children for him, some places in Jiangnan were forced by Jia Rong's plan to wipe out the entire family and soon rebelled.

In the court, the Minister of Personnel spoke up for justice.

"Your Majesty! A township under Qiantang County in Hangzhou, Jiangnan, refused to hand over this year's Xia Liang because the county favored a widow and donated her family assets to a woman. There are tens of thousands of followers. Please make a decision, Your Majesty." Jia Rong got excited and scolded with a smile, "A bunch of rubbish! For such a matter, just ask the local officials and scholars to solve it. If they can't even handle such a small matter, how can they handle the big issues involving tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the future?!"

"Tell those people, if they resist the tax this year, all the men in this place will not be able to take the imperial examination next year. I want to see who is more anxious!"

"I order the King of Donghai to bring a thousand elite soldiers. If he fails to pay the three taxes I have stipulated before the twelfth month of the New Year, he will be killed!"

"From now on, the promotion requirements for county magistrates and prefects will no longer include public security and public opinion, but will only be limited to tax revenue, population, and education."

"As long as the tax revenue is sufficient, the population increases, and there are civil and military officials, skilled craftsmen with superb skills in the jurisdiction, it will be a political achievement for promotion. No matter whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, as long as there is no big chaos, it doesn't matter! Those who forge and deceive the emperor must die!"

"The Ministry of Revenue immediately dispatched people to several wealthy places to count the population. For those poor and remote places that are far away from the emperor, forget about it. We can count them after a few years when there are more people. First, investigate the population of the north, the Central Plains, the south of the Yangtze River, etc.!"

Jia Rong just refused to cancel the privileges given to those widows and insisted on establishing some kind of holy religion.

However, Jia Rong provided several senior officials with an idea.

In the future, if something happens, local officials can ask local officials to mediate, solve the problem from within, and maintain stability.

In the past, the imperial court would intervene and directly confront the mobs, which could easily lead to problems.

If some local talents are recruited to work as officials in the county government, or some people are recruited to work in the city, they can be allowed to go home and appease their family members who are involved in the trouble when needed.

Once a few key leaders are missing among tens of thousands of people, the remaining headless flies will have no choice but to kneel down and beg the Lord of Heaven to make the decision.

In less than a month, the people who wanted to rebel were willing to pay taxes.

Several clan leaders who instigated the villagers to cause trouble in order to eat up all their families were also shot, and their wives and daughters became the targets of eating up all their families.

Jia Rong felt that he did not have enough staff under him, so he quickly announced an expansion of recruitment on the grounds that there were not enough positions in the court.

The Enlightenment Examination will be held next year! The number of candidates admitted to the provincial examination will be doubled!
There are not enough officials. Everyone should go and take the exam to become an official. In the future, local people can become local officials!
If you don’t pay taxes on time, you won’t be able to take the exam.

A year in the Holy Dynasty passed quickly in a daze.

Jia Rong also forgot what he had done that year, anyway, the world was at peace.

**
After the New Year's Eve ceremony, Jia Rong went home to eat, while the ministers continued to eat in the state banquet building on the left side of the imperial palace.

When everyone had finished eating, they left one after another.

Wang Ziteng, the left prime minister, the minister of war, the chief of imperial clans and others were walking and patrolling in the Forbidden City.

The Minister of War asked, "Do you think the assassin is really dead?"

Zong Zheng sneered and said, "If he wasn't dead, he would have died during our Mid-Autumn Festival, and he should have died today, on New Year's Eve."

Everyone felt a little cold.

When we were having dinner with Jia Rong just now, many people were afraid that the assassin would come out.

Now Jia Rong left safely, and the others also left safely. However, in order to confirm the doubts in their hearts, several cabinet ministers still wandered around here at the risk of their lives.

The Minister of War still had some doubts.

"Are they really those three old men?"

The left prime minister said, "If the emperor says yes, then it must be true. If it is not true, the world will not be peaceful. Who would dare to come here?"

The Minister of War sighed and said, "That's right."

As they were walking, they heard fireworks ahead.

Several people stopped to watch the gorgeous fireworks.

"These are fireworks from the Emperor. Many places in the city are setting off firecrackers tonight."

Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "It's good to have some fun, and get rid of the bad luck over the years."

Zong Zheng heard Wang Ziteng talking and said with a smile: "It is said that before the death of the retired emperor, he not only said that the people of the Eastern Palace could not be used, but I heard that the retired emperor also said that the right prime minister should not be used after three years, and whether he would be used in the future would depend on the arrangement of the Zhongxiao King."

Wang Ziteng frowned but said nothing.

The left prime minister asked curiously, "Does the right prime minister have anything to say?"

Wang Ziteng smiled faintly, "Nothing, I've had a feeling about it for a long time."

The left prime minister nodded and said, "Now the emperor is a benevolent monarch, which is a blessing for the people and the world."

Several ministers who had just received their year-end bonuses were full of praise for Jia Rong and were very loyal.

When these middle-aged people in their forties and fifties were getting ready to go home at around four or five o'clock, a guard came running over.

"Report!"

The people who were on duty during the New Year were suddenly startled and lost their sleepiness instantly.

The left prime minister quickly shouted, "What's the matter?! Tell me now!"

The guard took a breath and said quickly, "There was a fire at a house in the east of the city. The treasury and the stables were on fire. They said it was caused by fireworks!"

The left prime minister heaved a sigh of relief, hoping that no assassin had appeared.

Wang Ziteng asked, "Are there any casualties?"

The guard replied, "It should be no. I don't know the details. I only know that there was a fire at the home of Jia's son-in-law Wei, so I came to report it!"

Wang Ziteng frowned, and the others looked at each other.

Wang Ziteng looked at Zong Zheng, "The Wei family...should be considered royal relatives, right?"

Zong Zheng knew about this matter and shook his head and said, "It doesn't count. The emperor has already said that Jia Xichun is a member of the Wei family. Since she got married, she has no relevance to him and will not be treated any better."

A few people still went to the State Building to wait for news.

The news became clear only after breakfast in the palace at dawn.

"It was a false alarm. The fireworks only set a few houses on fire and the livestock got frightened and became a little more agitated. No one died or was burned, but some items and livestock were lost."

Several people smiled, and the left prime minister took the initiative to say: "I will stay and wait for the emperor's instructions. Everyone, please go back to celebrate the New Year. If there is nothing urgent, I will see you on the eighth day of the first lunar month."

Everyone also had a smooth holiday for the New Year, and said politely, "Thank you for your help, Prime Minister."

Zuo Xiang was working alone in the office.

It is very warm in the office. Even on a cold winter morning, it is so warm that you only need to wear an autumn coat. There is no need for a cotton jacket or linen pants. It is like summer in the room.

An hour later, a eunuch entered the office.

"The emperor has sent a message: Let the left prime minister also go home for the New Year, and close the doors and windows when he leaves."

The left prime minister bowed his head respectfully and said, "Yes, thank you for the message, eunuch."

The left prime minister quickly took out a red envelope and quietly handed it to the eunuch.

The eunuch also accepted the red envelope and said with a smile: "The emperor dislikes Jia Xichun and the Wei family very much. He has never allowed people from the Holy Palace to help them, and has not allowed women from the Wei family to enter the palace for banquets. He has never met that person in the past three or four years."

The Left Prime Minister then understood the Emperor's attitude, and realized that if he took care of the Wei family and Jia Xichun without authorization, the Emperor would be unhappy.

After knowing this, the Left Prime Minister naturally would no longer care about the affairs of Jia Xichun and the Wei family.

Even if his subordinates wanted to interfere, he would suppress them.

The first year of the Holy Dynasty
Holy Year

On New Year's Eve, January 1, the second year of the Holy Dynasty, the world was at peace.

The lustful, bloodthirsty, stupid, stingy and immoral Emperor Shengrong finally allowed most of the people in the capital to have a peaceful and good year.

(End of this chapter)