The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 74 Man’s calculation is not as good as God’s calculation
Even though Jia Yuanchun might be extremely virtuous, she never intended to cause trouble for Qin Keqing.

But the maids, old women and housekeepers who married into the Jia family would definitely have this idea.

Li Jingxiao also knew in his heart that it was impossible for Jia Yuanchun to be completely free of comparison.

She will definitely compete with Qin Keqing.

Therefore, using public opinion to suppress the Jia family can be regarded as a precaution against Li Jingxiao.

This matter inevitably reached the ears of the emperor and the retired emperor.

The retired emperor laughed after hearing this. He was actually disappointed with the third and fourth generations of the Jia family.

But he had to protect the Jia family to show other nobles.

Otherwise, the morale of the team will be low, and it will be difficult to lead the team, and no one will listen to him.

That would be just like Li Yuan, just eating and waiting to die.

As for the emperor, he didn't necessarily want to abolish the Jia family at this time.

After all, none of the men in the Jia family are promising.

It is no exaggeration to say that this family is full of waste and parasites.

If we are to suppress them, we should first suppress the nobles and civil officials who hold real power and military power and who only obey the emperor.

But if there are nobles, even among the four kings, eight dukes and twelve marquises, there are some who stubbornly want to oppose the emperor.

For the emperor, the Jia family became a soft persimmon to be killed to scare the monkeys.

At least suppressing the Jia family would be much easier than suppressing the four princes, namely the Prince of Dongping, the Prince of Xining, the Prince of Nangan, and the Prince of Beijing.

The Xue family doesn't have to worry about the issue of the four families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue being one.

He was so poor that he only had a little money left. Not only in the eyes of the emperor, but even Mrs. Wang treated Xue as a money bag.

The two marquises of the Shi family actually had no real power.

The Jia family is just famous for their ancestors, but if you really want to deal with them, there are many reasons.

Only Wang Ziteng is somewhat promising now, but compared with the senior officials in the court, Wang Ziteng is not good enough at all.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the Four Kings would take the initiative to send gifts to the Jia family whenever there was something going on.

They regarded the Jia family as a tool to shelter them from the wind and rain and to test the emperor's attitude.

The emperor used the Jia family to warn other powerful nobles and avoid direct confrontation with the noble class.

Of course, this was Li Jingxiao's own guess. The Jia family itself had done many things that led to their own downfall.

But before the Jia family was confiscated, the Prince of Beijing and the Prince of Dongping took the initiative to go to Shanhaiguan to patrol the border, which also indirectly proved the compromise between the two kings of different surnames.

The Jia family had been abandoned by then.

After his house was confiscated, Jia Lan was still able to study for the imperial examinations and become an official.

This was also a compromise by the emperor.

The complexity of the court and power struggles can be seen from this. The real reason why the Jia family was fired is definitely more complicated than this.

Therefore, the retired emperor was happy to see the Jia family want to marry their daughter to Li Jingxiao.

After thinking about it, he called Dai Quan.

"Go to the Qianqing Palace and ask the emperor to grant the Qin girl a third-rank official title when Li Jingyou and her are married.

Then let the Queen give the girl something.”

Dai Quan was stunned, but this old eunuch was, after all, the confidant of the retired emperor who had served him for decades.

After bowing and agreeing, he thought for a while as he walked out, and then he understood what the emperor meant.

First of all, this is a compromise made by the emperor.

Having the emperor and empress reward Qin Keqing is equivalent to showing favor to Li Jingxiao. Even if Li Jingxiao is not grateful, he will not openly oppose the emperor in the future.

Secondly, the emperor would surely hear the implication and would not prevent Jia Yuanchun from marrying in. As for Li Jingxiao's action of letting Erfu spread the news, in the eyes of the emperor and the retired emperor, it was to hand the final decision-making power of the matter to them and their son.

Although he did not obviously favor anyone and showed signs of wavering, Li Jingxiao had only been in office for a short time.

There was not much contact between them, so there was not much friendship or gratitude to speak of.

At this time, the emperor and the retired emperor would not force Li Jingxiao to take sides right away.

To some extent, the fact that Li Jingxiao could think of this had already surprised and surprised both the father and son.

Moreover, handing over the decision-making power will not intensify the conflict between father and son.

Judging from the current political situation, this is not a bad thing for the emperor and his son, but a good thing.

If Li Jingxiao turns to someone at this time, the other person will definitely not be able to sleep.

There is no need to elaborate on how serious the consequences would be if a supreme being couldn't sleep.
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When Dai Quan arrived at the Qianqing Palace and told the emperor what the retired emperor had said, the emperor indeed understood the hint.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Xia Shouzhong, "After you go to the Queen's place.

Then go to Zhenwu Temple to burn incense and pray for the saint."

Xia Shouzhong nodded quickly. Praying for blessings was just an excuse. This was the decision for him to inform the two emperors, Li Jingxiao.

After leaving the palace, Xia Shouzhong ordered a trusted eunuch to take people to inform Li Jingxiao to return to Zhenwu Temple.

He sat in a sedan chair and slowly went to Zhenwu Temple with a dozen guards.

When they arrived, Li Jingxiao and his men were already waiting outside the temple gate.

After some polite exchanges, the procedure of burning incense and praying for blessings still had to be followed carefully, and then the intentions of the emperor and the emperor emeritus were naturally mentioned.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed after hearing this, and without hesitation, he quietly slipped a silver note worth one hundred taels into Xia Shouzhong's sleeve.

Xia Shouzhong chuckled and said he liked people like Li Jingxiao who knew the rules.

Pulling him aside, he whispered, "Your Majesty still values ​​the Jia family very much. Jingyou should persuade your father-in-law, Master Zheng, in the future.

Just because the Saint showed him favor by giving him the position of Director of the Ministry of Works, we cannot just listen to the Saint’s words.”

After saying this, Xia Shouzhong put away his smile, and said in a serious tone, "Your Majesty is the emperor personally chosen by the saint.

Not only is it justified, but in recent years, Your Majesty has been "respecting the saints and working hard to govern the country", and often reviews memorials until late at night.

When I think about how busy Your Majesty is, how little time he has to rest, I feel deeply for Your Majesty's wisdom and the difficulty of his work."

Li Jingxiao nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, Master. I will try my best to persuade Master Zheng."

After saying this, he pretended to hesitate, and after a long pause, he whispered, "Father-in-law, I should say something I shouldn't say.

Instead of keeping an eye on Master Zheng, Your Majesty would be better off testing Jia Lian and Jia Zhu.

They are the most promising successors to the first and second houses of Rongguo Mansion.

From now on, I will have your humble servant to advise and guide my two future uncles, and they will naturally become closer to Your Majesty.

Let Master Zheng be pedantic, after all, he is a scholar and a decent person, so he won't cause any trouble."

This statement is almost blunt: Jia Zheng is a waste.

It is said that a scholar is good for nothing, and it is also said that "a scholar may not succeed in a rebellion even after ten years".

Not to mention how a person like Jia Zheng could possibly rebel. He would rather stay away from the fight between the retired emperor and the emperor.

Unfortunately, just as Xia Shouzhong said, Jia Zheng was still a commoner at the time, but he was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Works by the retired emperor.

He is naturally from the lineage of the retired emperor, and must be a member of the lineage of the retired emperor.

It can be said that Jia Zheng's wholehearted following of the retired emperor was actually the wisest thing to do.

But the bad thing is that in the original novel, Jia Zhu died early.

(End of this chapter)