The eldest son of the red mansion

Among them, Jia Daixing, the patriarch of the Jinling Jia family, stood at the forefront.

When Jia Ke got off the dragon boat, these people quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Jia Ke. Jia Ke took two steps forward to help Jia Daixing.

"Old patriarch, you are my elder, so don't be so polite."

The patriarch stood up tremblingly.

Then Jia Ke said to the kneeling people, "Stand up too, don't be too polite."

After everyone stood up, Jinling Weaving Wei Kun took two steps forward and came to Jia Ke, "Master, I really want to kill my slave."

Jia Ke looked at the loyal servant who had been following her all the time, patted him on the shoulder and said, "How is it? How are you doing this time?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the Long Live Lord, slave, I am eating well and sleeping soundly now."

Then Wei Kun said: "Long Live Lord, the palace arranged for you this time is the residence of the Zhen family back then."

Jia Ke listened and nodded. He didn't have any dissatisfaction with this arrangement. After all, he heard that the Zhen family was rich in the world, and the house he wanted to come to was not much worse than the imperial palace.

Then Jia Ke got on the imperial chariot, surrounded by a group of people, and went straight to the old house of the Zhen family in Jinling City.

It wasn't until Jia Ke entered the Zhen's house that he was shocked.

This house is simply too magnificent. Even though the imperial palace is tall and majestic, it is much inferior to it in terms of luxury and compactness.

In addition to this yard, it has the style of Jiangnan gardens. From the moment you enter the door, you can see the scenery, including rockery and lakes, one after another.People in it are like being in the countryside.

Only now did Jia Ke realize how glorious the Zhen family was back then. The grand view garden built by Jia's mansion back then was nothing compared to this house.

After Jia Ke visited the house, the Empress Dowager Zhou had arranged to live in the main building in the back house, and Jia Ke also chose a beautiful courtyard as a temporary residence.

In the next few days, Jia Ke took a good rest and tasted the delicacies of Jiangnan, besides, there were some beauties in Jiangnan.

After Jia Ke rested, it was time to get down to business. The first thing was to visit Jia's main grave.

The ancestors of the Jia family are buried here, and there are the first generation of Rong Guogong, the first generation of Ning Guogong, and the next generation is Jia Ke's grandfather Jia Daishan and others.

On a sunny morning, Jia Ke took the Empress Dowager Zhou all the way to Jia's ancestral grave from the palace. At this time, the place was surrounded by soldiers and horses, and no Baixing was allowed to approach within three miles.

Jia Ke personally visited the graves of the two generations of Rong Guogong and Ning Guogong on the ancestral grave, and offered sacrifices.

After paying homage to Jia's ancestors, he ordered the Jinling Mansion to rebuild Jia's ancestral tomb.

Chapter 780 Returning to Beijing

In the next few days, Jia Ke accompanied the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager to Zhou's ancestral house.

This place was originally just a thatched hut. Later, because of the ancestors of the Zhou family, they left Jinling with Jia Yan, the first generation of Rongguo Gong.

Therefore, the thatched cottage has long been abandoned, but since this is their family's land after all, the land is still reserved for them.

When Jia Ke made his fortune, the members of the Jia clan in the south, in order to curry favor with Jia Ke, demolished the original thatched cottage and replaced it with several tile-roofed houses.

Since the people of the Zhou family in Jinling are not rich, the tile-roofed house has been snatched by the Zhou family to live in it since it was built.

Some time ago, when Zhou Wang, the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Zhou, returned to Jinling, he was also very angry when he found that his ancestral house had been occupied by the tribe.

At that time, Zhou Wang posted a post to the prefect of Jinling, asking the prefect of Jinling to come forward to deal with this matter.

As soon as the prefect of Jinling heard that the person who sent him the post was the uncle of the current dynasty, who dared to be negligent, he immediately took the servants to Zhou Wang's ancestral house.

The owners who have already occupied the house are all clansmen. Where have you seen such a formation?He was immediately kicked out by these yamen servants, and even his things were thrown into pieces.

At this point, Zhou Wang let out a sigh of relief, and then ordered people to build a luxurious house around these tile-roofed houses, enclosing these tile-roofed houses in the middle.

Finally, under the persuasion of his wife, he calmed down, thinking that although these people of his clan were far away, their lives were not good, and his house could be regarded as a pillar.

So Zhou Wang spent money to build dozens of houses near his ancestral home, took all his clansmen over, and bought them hundreds of acres of land near the village, which was regarded as clan land for the clansmen to live on. .

At this time, the grievances of the Zhou clan members towards Zhou Wang dissipated immediately, and at the same time, they were even more angry with those clan members who forcibly occupied Zhou Wang's tile-roofed house. In front of all the clansmen, he was expelled from the house.

Naturally, everyone was happy after that, Zhou Wang gained fame, and now the people of the Chong tribe praised him endlessly.And the people of the Zhou family also have jobs, so they don't have to do odd jobs for others, or do small things in front of the old people of the Jia family.

When Jia Ke and the others came, the first thing they saw was this luxurious courtyard. After entering the courtyard and walking around for a long time, they came to Zhou's ancestral house.

Mrs. Zhou frowned when she came to these tile-roofed houses. She had heard from her father that their house was just a thatched house.

Finally, the Queen Mother Zhou sighed. Originally, she wanted to come back and take a look at the place where her ancestors lived, but now she seems to have taken it for granted.

Jia Ke was supporting the Empress Dowager Zhou, seeing his expression, she knew she was disappointed, so she dared to persuade her: "The empress mother doesn't need to be so sad, although the house is gone, why don't we pay respects at the ancestral grave of the Zhou family. It can be regarded as seeing the ancestors."

The Empress Dowager Zhou heard that it was true, so she rested in this ancestral house that day, and the next day, led by other clansmen, went to Zhou's ancestral grave to worship.

Finally, he reluctantly left this small village and returned to Jinling.

After the Empress Dowager Jia Kezhou was sent back to the palace, she then started setting up the Luanjia and patrolling around the south of the Yangtze River.

This time it's not like when I came here, I went to the mountains and rivers.

Everywhere Jia Ke went this time, he went deep into the folks to check on the sufferings of the people, and sometimes even called the chiefs of the village together to ask them if there was anything the court could do.

Although Jia Ke was a bit of a showman, the effect was good, because the ancient people were still very simple. Seeing that the emperor actually sat down with them and mingled with them, and asked about their sufferings, he burst into tears of gratitude.

And Jia Ke's inspection in the past month has also learned some folk affairs. These years, the weather has been smooth and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. In addition, Jia Ke changed the tax, and the common people can be regarded as a sigh of relief.

Although it is said that there are still some rich households who deceive others by their husbands, but there is no such thing as selling their sons and daughters because of the famine.

Seeing the current situation, Jia Ke is satisfied. After all, there is no absolute fairness in any dynasty or generation, as long as they can get by in general.

After a month of patrolling, Jia Ke's Luanjia returned to Jinling City, and now Jia Ke's mission is complete.

In the next few days, Jia Ke, accompanied by the prefect of Jinling and the wealthy households in Jinling, Jia's clan, visited all the places of interest near Jinling.

Moreover, during this period of time, Jia Ke had another happy event. The concubine Chuncao, who had not been pregnant for many years, became pregnant.

Originally, Chuncao hadn't been pregnant for so many years. He thought it was because her body was broken when she was in Xuanfu Town, and she would never have a child again in this life. Unexpectedly, after so many years of recuperation, and the lingering relationship with Jia Ke along the way, she She was pregnant.

After Jia Ke got the news, she was also very happy, because among these wives and concubines of Jia Ke, Chun Cao had been with her since she was a child.

As far as feelings are concerned, Qin Keqing may be considered Jia Ke's lover, and Chuncao is like Jia Ke's relatives.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was also very happy that Chuncao was pregnant. When Chuncao was a six or seven-year-old child, she came to the Empress Dowager Zhou to serve her.

At that time, it was said to be serving, rather than throwing a burden to the Queen Mother of Zhou, so last week, the Queen Mother raised Chuncao as her daughter.

Jia Ke passed the decree immediately after Chuncao became pregnant, and made Chuncao a noble concubine.

And Jia Ke's action made Qiaolian very dissatisfied with herself. She had already given birth to a son for Jia Ke, and she was so old, and she had never seen Jia Ke seal herself. , Isn't this watching people order dishes?