The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 265 Wang Ziteng: Died before Success

It was only a few days into August and Jia Rong's spirit was almost running out.

so boring……

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Jia Rong didn't say anything, but sat on the dragon throne with a listless and bored look on his face.

Today he used the dragon throne, which was supposed to be a dragon couch, as a sofa.

Not only did Jia Rong sit in an untidy manner, he also put his feet on the dragon table where memorials and seals should be placed.

Jia Rong said nothing, and all the ministers knelt on the ground, unable to get up.

After a group of ministers were silent for more than ten seconds, the most powerful left prime minister shouted, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Ah."

Jia Rong was still in a bad mood today. He came to the court not because he was forced, but because he was more bored at home.

To be honest, there is no particular pleasure in torturing women. I just do it for fun, otherwise the women at home would definitely cry every night.

The left prime minister said with a stiff upper lip: "The emperor has not attended court for half a month. A lot of things have happened in the past half month. There was a great victory in Western Xinjiang, and there was a war in Western Mongolia. The Tianshan King and his family were taken hostage by the rebels and are nowhere to be found."

Jia Rong knew these things, but he didn't care.

Faced with the two pieces of news, one good and one bad, from the Left Prime Minister, Jia Rong grasped the first sentence!

"I didn't go to court, could it be that I was idle?!"

Jia Rong finally sat properly, with his legs straight, and cursed: "I didn't go to court, but I saved more than tens of millions of people, and I also saved thousands of officials in the court from falling ill and being wiped out in the future!"

"I did not attend the court! But from now on, when generals lead the army to war, they will not have to worry about smallpox. The enemy will be weakened and we will be stronger, which is better than a mighty army."

"I know that you mediocre people are just like women and can't stand me being idle. Have I been idle during my retreat?"

"No matter how many miraculous elixirs have been created, ordinary people can't use them anyway."

"But soap, disinfectant, washing powder, glass, caustic soda, steam car, loom, rubber, rubber vulcanization, element table, shuttle, telescope, thermometer, pencil, calculus, electromagnetic induction, battery, MSG..."

"Forget it. You don't understand my greatness at all. The articles written by saints are meant to be read. They are useless for doing anything. Why don't you go out and take a look during your break to see how many people have benefited from the science and technology I brought! And how many times it has made the country stronger!"

The Left Prime Minister was kneeling on the ground. He had no intention of persuading Jia Rong to come out and do something. He just said that a lot of things had piled up during the time Jia Rong had been away from court affairs.

Facing Jia Rong's rebuke, the left prime minister could only knock his head to the ground, "I am guilty! Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty's literary and martial virtues will be remembered for thousands of years!"

Jia Rong suddenly thought to himself, why are many people unwilling to retire? It is not as interesting to scold old ladies at home as to stand high above and scold a group of national elites.

"Get up, if you have something to say, please get up."

Jia Rong raised his hand lazily.

Seeing this, the eunuchs nearby shouted in unison: "The emperor has ordered, stand up!"

With the message conveyed through several human loudspeakers, all the ministers quickly expressed their gratitude in unison.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

In fact, many inventions are not necessary for Jia Rong, and human power can replace many things.

Even with the advancement of technology in modern society, most entertainment other than medical care cannot be improved much.

When Jia Rong listened to songs, he always listened to real people; when he watched plays, he always watched real people; he had no shortage of women, and he had no interest in going out.

Among the necessities of life, clothes are the least improved. In this era, handmade products can fully meet Jia Rong's needs.

Especially as an emperor, Jia Rong doesn't need to compete with anyone.

Anyone who dresses better than Jia Rong will be in trouble.

This is true for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Anyone who dares to do better than Jia Rong is not making progress, but rebelling!

Good things must be given to the emperor, which leads to the fact that most emperors do not have such a strong desire for progress.

Most emperors cared about expanding territory and what happened before and after their death, but Jia Rong didn't care.

The Left Prime Minister and others breathed a sigh of relief. Even when Jia Rong was in a bad mood, he would at most curse at people, unlike the emperor in the past who killed people at will.

During these few seconds of silence, Jia Rong suddenly thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival was just a few days away.

Last year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I think...what did I do?

Jia Rong frowned, feeling as if he had done something, but it wasn't anything special.

Maybe it’s because the matter was small and I can’t remember it at the moment.

You can't ask others about this kind of thing. It's useless to ask. How could others know?

Damn it, I haven’t been partying every night for the past year, why is my memory declining so badly…

Jia Rong suddenly remembered what happened.

It's not a matter of being addicted to women. I have always been very restrained in that regard, to the extent that I developed contraceptive pills. "Your Majesty," the left prime minister continued to report, "The fate of King Tianshan is unknown. Rumor has it that he has been captured and surrendered by the foreign army that has spread from Central and West Asia. Please make the decision, Your Majesty!"

Jia Rong said indifferently: "Since you have surrendered to the foreign race, you are no longer a prince of our dynasty. Send people to suppress the rebellion and rescue people."

"But this time when the border was in trouble, he was completely useless. He usually only knows how to extort money from the people. The King of Zhenxi and his men knew that there were bandits on their territory and assisted the local garrison, distributing their wealth to help them. But the King of Tianshan is so stupid that he has no self-awareness at all!"

"If my kingdom is in trouble, this piece of trash will be of no use at all!"

"If we rescue the King of Tianshan, we will demote him to Duke. If the King of Tianshan dies, we will bring his son back to be Duke. If it's his grandson, he will inherit the title of Marquis."

Jia Rong was already very polite. Generally, a prince who surrendered to a foreign race would not be recognized and would be treated as dead.

The left prime minister said: "As ordered!"

At this time, Zongzheng stood up and shouted, "Your Majesty! I think this method is absolutely unacceptable. If you surrender and are only demoted one level after returning, where is the dignity of the royal family? Where is the dignity of the court?"

Jia Rong just wanted to get to the next thing quickly, so he said directly: "Then you go over and handle it."

Zong Zheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! Although I am willing to help Your Majesty to fight the bandits, I know nothing about leading troops to fight. I recommend the son of the former commander-in-chief of the Five Armies to go and fight the bandits!"

Jia Rong said casually, "Yes, going to war requires money, food and military power. Appoint him as the General of Tianshan, and find a steady civil servant to take charge of government affairs."

The current commander of the five armies quickly shouted: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. This person has no experience in commanding troops outside. Fighting is not a joke. It is inappropriate to let someone who has never fought a war directly serve as the commander-in-chief!"

Jia Rong was too lazy to talk nonsense. "Wang Ziteng, you are familiar with the frontier command. I will temporarily relieve you of your position as Prime Minister and make you the Grand Marshal and the Right Minister of the Court, and the General of the Western Expedition."

The ministers quickly became excited.

From general to prime minister! ?
Jia Rong looked at Wang Ziteng who was stunned.

"I'll give you money and food if you want it. I'll also give you the best horses from Enma Temple and the elite soldiers from Xiyuan. If you can't win, you'll die outside."

Wang Ziteng immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty! If I fail to defeat the bandits, I will die to apologize!"

Jia Rong quickly said, "Then after you leave the court, hand over the matter to the scholar of Wenhua Palace, then go to the Firearms Camp to learn about the current artillery and musket technology, as well as precautions, and then go to the Meteorological Department to see the weather changes in Tianshan in recent years."

"You can handle the details yourself, and leave as soon as possible!"

Wang Ziteng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will obey your command!"

Jia Rong said quickly, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Let's have a good gathering this year and make it more lively. The Ministry of Internal Affairs should report to me the number of princes and their families from all over the country, as well as the families of court officials, and the number of children born in the past year, so that I can arrange for people to determine the rewards."

This is what Jia Rong likes. Jia Rong wants to know how effective the contraceptive pills are.

Different people have different recovery periods and different tolerance levels to drug effects.

Regardless of whether it’s good or not, I’m going to try the new drug again this year.

The ministers had no idea what immoral things Jia Rong really wanted to do.

After Jia Rong became the emperor, not only did everyone's salary increase a lot, the working environment also became much more comfortable, and they were no longer as worried as they had been in the previous ten years.

The incident of the Third Master implicated many people, but Jia Rong actually played a deterrent role in this matter. He had been working hard to save people, helping many implicated people to avoid the death penalty and allowing many women and children to continue living.

The main driving force behind the Three Divisions Case was the surging public opinion and the unanimous hatred of the military officers and nobles at all levels as well as the officials in Beijing and other places.

Now he has given his subordinates a chance to leave their names in history and become generals or prime ministers.

Even if Jia Rong became emperor through rebellion, his position is extremely stable at this moment, not to mention that most of the princes now support Jia Rong.

Even if a few princes do not support it, the border troops in various places will not rebel with these princes.

The border troops of the nine frontiers all listen to Jia Rong. Those princes were originally a group of dogs kept in captivity by the royal family, but it was Jia Rong who gave them the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

It’s not that the royal family does not have civil officials and famous generals, but that several generations of emperors were unwilling to use them. At most, they were responsible for security work.

It was not until Jia Rong came out that the suppression of the royal family was gradually eased.

If any of the princes wanted to rebel, the first to be destroyed would be the former royal family members.

Wang Ziteng happily handed over his work quickly, but just a few days after leaving the capital and entering Mongolia, he fell ill and died on the grassland.

Even if Jia Rong didn't say anything, the cabinet members, the current left and right prime ministers, and many high-ranking military officials were so happy that they slapped their thighs!
Being a general or a prime minister is a top honor second only to being a king or a prince, which makes people jealous to the point of madness.

Wang Ziteng ultimately failed to achieve the top achievement of becoming a general or a prime minister, and died of vomiting blood.

Jia Rong is really willing to be crowned king, and everyone also thinks that Jia Rong is willing to promote people to positions, so it is not nonsense for him to achieve this achievement.

If a new emperor were to succeed, it would be hard to say. With the experience of Jia Rong's succession to the throne, the new emperor would definitely not enfeoff a king of a different surname.

The Mid-Autumn Festival soon arrived, and Jia Rong sat in his study thinking seriously.

"Not a single newborn..."

Jia Rong frowned, his face showing confusion and disbelief.

"This is completely beyond future technology. Am I really a miracle doctor?"

(End of this chapter)