The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

Of course, it's a positive change; otherwise, Jia Huan wouldn't have continued to support him in his work.

Later, when Prince Zhongshun recruited Xue Pan, Jia Huan was not angry.

However, cooperating with someone like Prince Chungshun is far too risky.

Without Jia Huan's strong support, the Xue family's assets might have been swallowed up by Prince Zhongshun. Xue Pan had always been very cautious, and one could say he lived in constant fear.

He was also envious of the gains made by Prince Chungshun and the royal family, who occupied large territories in the outer seas.

Unfortunately, he wouldn't dare to act without the permission of Prince Zhongshun.

Of course, it's not impossible if Jia Huan fully supports it.

But why would Jia Huan go to such great lengths to help him and the Xue family?

Unexpectedly, after marrying Yingchun, the opportunity suddenly came.

Clearly, Yingchun's position in Jia Huan's heart was not as insignificant as one might imagine!

"Sister Yingchun is quite capable. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can discuss it with her first. At least she is excellent in planning!"

Jia Huan chuckled and said, "As for how far the Xue family can develop in the future, that depends on your own efforts. There's not much I can do to help!"

"No, that's already a lot!"

Xue Pan said gratefully, "If it weren't for your help, the Xue family wouldn't have been able to get involved in overseas affairs at all!"

"Don't exaggerate!"

Jia Huan chuckled and said, "This time, nearly a million people have poured into the outer sea territory. The demand for food and supplies is considerable. The Xue family's fleet can continue to expand!"

"Will this cause any negative consequences?"

Xue Pan said worriedly, "Those members of the imperial family are not easy to mess with!"

The other party is, after all, a member of the royal family. Even if they seized the Xue family's property, do you think the current emperor would punish them severely? How could that be possible?

"There's no need to worry about that!"

Jia Huan said calmly, "If it really comes down to a fight of fists, we're not afraid of them!"

He said this with great confidence; that's just how confident he was.

Ignoring Xue Pan's wry smile, Jia Huan focused his attention on Jia Cong's wedding, which was not far off.

Jia Cong's wedding was far grander and more elaborate than Xue Pan's!

After all, Jia Cong was a rising star in the army, the kind of person that no force dared to underestimate.

Even the current emperor, though he did not personally attend the wedding, sent his trusted eunuch Dai Quan to offer his congratulations.

The heads of the four kings and eight dukes all came that day.

Judging by this scale, the wedding of a prince is probably only of this caliber.

In any case, Madam Xing and Aunt Xue, as the bride's family members, were on tenterhooks at the wedding, fearing that something unexpected might happen, making them a laughing stock or offending the bigwigs.

In fact, in the past, there would never have been such a grand spectacle, but the current situation is rather delicate and strange, and no bigwig dares to be negligent.

They were afraid that if they weren't careful and couldn't keep up, they would be left far behind and unable to catch up.

Chapter 381 The World Has Changed (Please Subscribe)

As times change, some rules and ways of doing things must also change.

The imperial family and powerful nobles did not devote their energy and attention to the court.

This caused the power struggles in the imperial court to subside considerably.

As long as their own interests are not greatly affected, they really don't have much energy to care about anything else.

That's the current situation in the imperial court!

With fewer conflicts of interest, there are naturally fewer disputes as well.

At this point, it feels like the civil service is putting on a one-man show.

To be honest, this situation is not a good thing for the civil service group, or even the cabinet leaders, as they are now directly confronting the current government.

Without the royal family and powerful nobles as a comparison, the inherent flaws of the civil service group would easily become apparent and be targeted by the current emperor.

Do you really think the Embroidered Uniform Guard and other intelligence agencies are just sitting around doing nothing?

If these intelligence agencies were to focus most of their energy on the civil service, the consequences would be unimaginable, and would definitely cause a great deal of unpleasantness between the current government and the civil service.

Your own family knows your own business!

Don't be fooled by the seemingly respectable appearance of the civil officials in the imperial court; everyone knows what they're really like behind the scenes, and it's all too shameful to be discussed openly.

Previously, with members of the royal family and powerful nobles leading the way, the bizarre things they did were more obvious, so the problems of the civil service group were not apparent.

But now that these guys are not causing any trouble, isn't that just making things worse for people?

That's why they say scholars are unreliable!

Those who truly felt the huge difference were the many ordinary people in Beijing.

The shift of the royal family's attention to other areas led to a significant reduction in the activity of brothels, gambling dens, and pawnshops in the capital, with sordid and unsavory activities gradually decreasing.

It wasn't that they had a change of heart, but rather that they didn't want to give anyone a handle to use against them, especially the current emperor!

Just look at Prince Zhongshun. Once the current emperor becomes shameless, few members of the royal family can withstand it and will easily be skinned alive by him!

As the major shareholders behind many shady businesses in Beijing, they are people we have to be wary of!

On the other hand, those shady, unsavory businesses are also their main source of income, and they don't want them to be shut down by the government because of certain things.

Since these shady industries didn't cause any trouble, there was much less conflict in Beijing's underworld.

In fact, many江湖人士 (jianghu figures) from the capital were recruited to become the vanguard of overseas expansion.

After all, they are daring, aggressive, and enterprising, making them an important choice for pioneers of overseas territories.

This matter wasn't something Jia Huan secretly orchestrated.

However, his overseas territories are quite remarkable in terms of both order management and business development.

All the arrangements and methods used during this period were laid bare, with no attempt to conceal anything.

Naturally, members of the royal family, including Prince Chungshun, saw this and began to learn and imitate it.

In fact, Jia Huan's territory in the outer sea is like a benchmark.

Seeing the benefits, they recruited almost a third of the martial arts figures in the capital and turned them into active pioneers in the overseas territories of the royal family.

The environment of the outer sea territories is not very safe, and it is indeed necessary to have people with certain martial arts skills, as well as a lot of drive and daring to help them. This is of great benefit to stabilizing people's hearts and developing the territory.

We can't rely on the military for everything; they simply can't handle it all.

Just think about it, how much impact would the departure of a large number of martial arts figures have on the lives of ordinary people?

It can be said that the entire capital city and even the Zhili region have recently shown a rare scene of peace and tranquility, with local areas enjoying a peaceful atmosphere.

Under such circumstances, local officials cannot act recklessly, as their actions would easily be exposed.

Not to mention, the royal relatives, led by Prince Chungshun, have already started a large-scale material transportation program in order to develop and build the overseas territories.

Large quantities of grain were transported out of the imperial estate's warehouses, and other daily necessities and production materials were also transported on a large scale.

Many royal family members had their savings dug out of their cellars and quickly converted into various supplies, which were then transported to their respective territories in the open sea.

In this process, countless people have benefited.

It can be said that with the mobilization of all the royal relatives, the economy of the entire capital and the region north of the Yellow River has seen a significant boost and momentum.

The bigwigs in the imperial court may not understand what's going on, but anyone who has experienced the modern information explosion understands the reason behind it.

With the large-scale circulation of money and the massive movement of goods, the benefits that originally only went to local tyrants and gentry have now spread to the hands of ordinary people at the bottom of society.

As a result, ordinary people at the bottom of society have more money in their hands, and their living standards have improved accordingly.

Looking at the economic situation just by looking at it, it seems to be a peaceful and prosperous era!

Unfortunately, the civil service group is unable to reap sufficient profits at such a time!

The main reason is that they don't dare to act recklessly!

The royal family, who sparked this economic boom, will not allow civil officials to hinder them!

If anyone dares to act recklessly and disrupt their supply lines, the consequences will be dire.

This made the officials, who had gradually begun a process of plundering at every level, very uncomfortable and quite dissatisfied.

Even if you're not used to it, you can only keep your dissatisfaction to yourself!

That's the current situation; we really can't allow the civil service to mess things up recklessly!

The civil service group felt that the world had changed and they were finding it difficult to adapt.

What's the point of simply assisting the current emperor in managing the Qianlong empire?

Seeing the massive amounts of money and supplies flowing wildly and rushing towards their overseas territories, their eyes turned red with greed, and they longed to take a big bite out of it.

Unfortunately, it's just wishful thinking; they weren't colleagues from the early to late Ming Dynasty.

If the emperor becomes disobedient, find a way to replace him!