Chapter 218 Ling's Father's Rehabilitation
Because when Gu Changxiao ascended the throne, it was also the time when foreign countries were most likely to send troops. Even the currently peaceful Northern Frontier could not be trusted.
What's more, there are the remnants of Prince Yu and the great aristocratic families in various places. They may riot and rebel at any time. Jinsui has to guard the border town, our arsenal and base camp.
And just as Gu Changxiao said, she really didn't want to go to Chang'an. She didn't like that city, nor did she want to travel across mountains and rivers to attend his coronation ceremony and then rush back to the border town.
Wei Yingniang and Li Linfeng also went together, because after the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, it was time to reward people according to their merits, and it was also the time to redress the injustice of Wei Zhubo and clear the name of Ling's father.
Grandpa Ling and Jin'an will bring the remains of Father Ling and Jiang back to the border town for joint burial.
Jin Sui curiously asked Grandpa Ling: "Why not send him back to his hometown for joint burial?"
Grandpa Ling sighed and said, "Our family is small, and if we send you back home, we can only ask the villagers to offer sacrifices and guard your grave. You two siblings may not go back for many years.
Your parents are so lonely! It's better to bury them in a border town so you can visit them often.
Besides, where is our hometown? I am an orphan, and I also drifted to Guangzhou and made my home there. Home is not a place, but a person.
You two are in the border town, and grandpa is in the border town. That border town is our home!"
Grandpa Ling has already chosen a burial site for them, right next to the woods at the Taoist temple. Jinsui has to repair his parents' grave before they come back.
Of course, Grandpa Ling's Taoist temple also needs to be built. Jin Sui is just hesitant about whether she should go with him. Because clearing Grandpa Ling's name is a big deal, it would be better for her, his daughter, to be there.
Grandpa Ling was the first to say that she should stay. Otherwise, he would not trust anyone to guard the border town. As for Ling's father's case, it would be enough to have Jin'an and him. She had already worked too hard on this case.
For some reason, Grandpa Ling didn't look at Jinsui when he said this. Jinsui always felt that Grandpa was not being sincere, or was hiding something from her.
She thought about it and only thought of one possibility, which made her heart skip a beat: that is, her grandfather had become suspicious of her identity.
After all, she was the granddaughter who was raised since she was a child. Suddenly, her temperament changed drastically. Except for her appearance, she was like a completely different person.
Grandpa is an old Taoist priest who has been traveling around the world for many years, how could he not feel it?
But he didn't say it, and never even asked a question. Perhaps he had already accepted that his granddaughter had passed away, and that he, who was either a wandering ghost or a mountain spirit or a fox demon, had taken over the body.
Maybe after spending so much time together he has developed a true grandfather-grandson relationship with me, or maybe he is afraid that I will be left if I am exposed, so he has been pretending not to know.
He probably felt that making her kneel and kowtow in front of the coffins of Ling's father and Jiang would make her feel uncomfortable. Anyway, once Gu Changxiao ascended the throne, it would be easy to clear Ling's father's name.
So she didn't need to go to Chang'an. Since Grandpa didn't say it clearly, she couldn't mention it.
However, if one day the old man is willing to open up to her and ask her that question, she will definitely answer truthfully.
After seeing off Grandpa and the others, the border town became much quieter. Twelve Niang also went with Yan Jiu. She said she was going to attend the coronation of the new emperor, but everyone knew it was because she wanted to see Han Xing.
Han Xing has made great contributions in this battle and will definitely be granted a title. The powerful people in Chang'an will definitely want to curry favor with this upstart Han Xing because he is the most trusted general of the new emperor.
The easiest way to curry favor with him is to marry your daughter to him! As long as Han Xing is willing, he can marry three wives and four concubines.
Twelve Lady is not stupid, how could she not know this! This is how the powerful and noble families in Chang'an curry favor with others. She has to take good care of Han Xing and not let him be set up.
Jin Sui was very surprised when he heard her say that: "Set a trap? What does that mean?"
"Don't you understand this? If they invite Han Xing to dinner, get him drunk, and get a beautiful woman to lie next to him, he will have to marry her even if he doesn't want to!"
Jin Sui laughed: "How is it possible? Can Han Xing be drunk so easily?"
Chen Yunniang was there at the time. She was teasing Shi Er Niang on purpose and asked with a smile, "Aren't you worried that General Han will fall in love with that beauty?"
Twelve Lady was very confident about this, and could be said to be as confident as Jin Sui: "He wouldn't! People in Border Town are not so easily seduced by beauty."
"I'm worried that Han Xing is too naive. If he encounters a beauty scaring her horse or a beauty falling into the water, will he not save her? What if he gets entangled by someone after rescuing her? I have to go!"
Jin Sui smiled and said, "You should indeed go and ask the new emperor to grant you two a marriage and declare his sovereignty."
Twelve Lady was curious: "Sui Sui, aren't you worried that some woman might use these tactics against the new emperor?"
Jinsui shook his head: "Your Majesty will kill people."
Twelve Lady was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Then I feel relieved, because Han Xing can also kill people."
Jin Sui was certain that if a beauty really broke through the heavy guards and lay on Gu Chang Xiaolong's bed, it would not be the beauty who was given a title, but the person behind her would be promoted or have his position consolidated.
But, many people will die! Gu Changxiao will not let anyone who participated in this matter go, including the palace maids and guards who let the beauty into the palace, the nobles or the nobles who sent the beauty. He will kill them all.
Jin Sui felt that this was the reason why Gu Changxiao insisted on moving the capital as soon as possible. Because the Chang'an Palace had gone through so many dynasties, its loopholes were like a sieve, making it impossible to guard against them.
She already knew that the handwritten letter from Lin's daughter had appeared on Gu Changxiao's desk. This wasn't just a beauty, but a letter that killed many people.
After seeing them off, Yan Shiyi became Jinsui's follower. He was no longer in Yanzhou City, but stayed in the border town every day. He would follow Jinsui whenever he went out.
But this guy has made some progress and started to develop a business mind: "You said that the border town has become the capital, so the houses around here will definitely become more expensive. Should we stock up on some land?"
Jin Sui rolled his eyes: "Where do you want to hoard? The entire border town is His Majesty's fiefdom. Do you dare to buy it? Does anyone dare to sell it?" He actually wants to do real estate right away. This kid has made great progress!
Yan Shiyi rubbed his hands and said, "Then buy from farther away! I just want to ask you, is this business feasible? I won't buy from the border town, it's always right to buy from Yanzhou City."
"I'll move the workshop farther away, free up some land, and build a smaller house. It will definitely be in great demand whether I sell or rent it out."
Jin Sui touched his chin. Since even Yan Shiyi had thought of this, the Yan nobles must have thought of it as well. They would strike first and gain the upper hand! "It's feasible! Master Wugui is amazing! This business is definitely one step ahead of others. You know, it's not easy to live in the capital. Let's build houses first. Then we can make a lot of money just by collecting rent in the future."
"we?"
"Haha, you're telling me this, don't you want to cooperate with me?"
Yan Shiyi was initially pleased with the compliment, but upon hearing Jin Sui's smile, he became wary again: "But you don't have money or land, what can you use to cooperate with me?"
He knew that Jinsui's money had been invested in building the college. In the business they had been working on together, Jinsui had never contributed any money and had only provided advice.
This time, the idea came from him! Humph, I can also proudly say that I don't want to cooperate with you!
Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, he was shocked by something Jin Sui gave him: "What is this...what is this?"
It was a sand table, a community covering an area of about 1,000 acres, different from the three- and five-story mansions popular in this era. The houses in the community were all three-story buildings, with one floor per courtyard.
There are hundreds of such small and medium-sized villas in the entire community, as well as natural greenery, surrounded by mountains and water.
"I can provide the house design, as well as the building materials and military craftsmen. I guarantee that the house I build will be unique in the world. How about it? Do you want to cooperate?"
Yan Shiyi was a little discouraged: "So, you've already thought of this business?"
Jin Sui shook his head: "No! I didn't know the emperor was going to move the capital before! This is what I planned for the future, but the fact that you thought of it means we can do real estate business in advance."
"real estate?"
"It's a business of building houses for sale or rent. Tell me straight out loud, do you want to cooperate? If you don't want to cooperate with me, I can only go to Jin Zilin! We can also compete to see whose house can be sold first."
When Jin Zilin was mentioned, Yan Shiyi became anxious: "Cooperation, cooperation! Mr. Ji, you are too disloyal. I hesitated for a moment, and you want to partner with Jin Zilin?"
Jin Sui snatched his fan and knocked him on the head: "What's the surname Ji? You will die if you call me Miss Ji!"
Yan Shiyi curled his lips and muttered, "Where in the world can you find a girl like you!"
Seeing Jin Sui glaring at him, he hurriedly said, "Since we are cooperating, let's do it the same as before. I will provide the money and the people, and you will provide the brains. Tell me! What do you want to do first?"
Jinsui talked to him for more than half an hour about the real estate model, and also explained that real estate can also create a chain effect like hot pot restaurants, and similar communities can be built everywhere.
"At present, there is definitely no chance for us to get involved in the border town. The city construction is under the charge of the Ministry of Industry. Although I will also participate in the design, this cannot be turned into a private industry.
You can build them in the model of residential quarters in several states near Yanzhou and border towns. When the population of Chang'an migrates in large numbers, you can sell as many houses as you want. "
The entire border town's land is nationalized, which was also Jinsui's suggestion to Gu Changxiao. Houses can be awarded to powerful officials, but they must never be privately owned.
The same goes for farmland. It must not be like Chang'an, where more than half of the land was bought by the powerful and the gentry.
Gu Changxiao made a good use of the idea of moving the capital. He didn't bother to argue or waste time with them. In Chang'an, it was troublesome to change the old system and establish new rules.
He moved the capital in one stroke, cutting the Gordian knot. He did not even force the rich and powerful and the nobles to move to the border town. If they did not want to come, it was fine. These families were destined to be left behind.
The nobles in Yan were happy that Yan had become the capital! But they were more afraid that the powerful people in Chang'an would come to snatch their business. The trade in the northern border had just started, and more people were coming to share the cake.
Jinsui felt that it was time to lift the maritime ban after moving the capital. He believed that once Gu Changxiao proposed it, there would be very few voices of opposition in the court, with only some old stubborn people disagreeing.
These are not things she should worry about now. The most important thing for her right now is to save military funds, build a college and a Taoist temple, and then lead the officials of the Ministry of Works to make urban plans in advance.
Gu Changxiao wrote to say that officials from the Ministry of Works would come early and would not attend his coronation ceremony.
Jinsui is expected to arrive in the next few days. I wonder what the working attitude of the officials in Chang'an is like? Don't make the officials in our border town lazy.
If there is one person in the team who slacks off, the others will want to slack off. Well, when you get there, no matter what rank you are, you will be sent to military training for a few days!
Get rid of the evil spirits in Chang'an and see how the officials in our border town do things! Thinking of this, she laughed. It was great that she stayed. She had to play the bad guy for the people from Chang'an! Even if someone scolded her for rebelling against Tiangang, it didn't matter. She could let them chat with Li Heng for a day.
You can tell how kind Boss Ji is now.
The people of the border towns are the happiest, because the people of the border towns are the real lowest class of people. They are made up of vagrants, refugees, frontier soldiers, craftsmen, slaves and so on.
After arriving at the border town, I thought I could live a good life after working hard for a few years. Unexpectedly, I suddenly became a citizen of the imperial city.
This feeling was even more pleasant than the demolition. Suddenly, they went from being people in the mountainous area to people in the imperial city. Their children and grandchildren would all be people in the imperial city! This was a good result that many families had struggled for many generations but could not achieve. However, they were so lucky.
Wherever Jinsui goes these days, people come to pay homage to her. It seems that if she puts on Taoist clothes, it will be no problem for her to become a fairy in our border town.
After returning to Ji's Mansion, Jin Sui looked at the tunnel that had been built. He went from Ji's Mansion to Wang's Mansion, and then from Wang's Mansion to Ji's Mansion by himself.
Should we seal it or not? The Wang Mansion will be expanded into the Imperial Palace, so how can we build a tunnel in the Imperial Palace? Forget it, let’s not seal it for now! The Ji Mansion will definitely be incorporated into the Imperial Palace, and whether to seal it or keep it depends on Gu Changxiao’s plan.
She had already relocated the residents and workshops near the palace, reserving some area for the imperial palace. Fortunately, the central park was built large enough.
There is no need to make any changes, just build an institutional area along the park. The residences of the dignitaries and officials will no longer be large mansions covering acres of land like those in Chang'an.
Unified planning is required. Even in mountain manors, the building area must not exceed the specifications. The behavior of the aristocracy building a country within a country must be eradicated from the root.
In the midst of his busy schedule, Jinsui received a letter from Chang'an. Ling's father and Wei Zhubo were both successfully cleared of their crimes, and Ling's father was even granted a title, which was inherited by Jin'an.
Jinsui suddenly felt relieved. She had never noticed before that she was nervous, but the relaxation at this moment made her understand.
The original owner still had a part of her obsession, which was to clear Ling's father's name. Now, that little bit of obsession has completely disappeared, and the burden on her shoulders has also disappeared.
That poor little girl can finally rest in peace. And I have also paid off my debt and completely become the master of this body.
Jin Sui knew that Gu Changxiao conferred the title on the Ji family in order to elevate her status. With the title, no matter whether she was a new noble or an old noble, she would be qualified to enter the Eastern Palace.
She knew very well that Gu Changxiao didn't need her to elevate his status, but to save her from the disturbance of gossip. He didn't want to be talked about.
Jin Sui felt a little regretful: "I wanted to tell the people from Chang'an about the glorious days when I was the fake Li King! Now it seems that the identity of Ji Sui should be left to secret history!"
Well, I guess it won’t be recorded in secret history, so let’s leave it to unofficial history!
Haha, if someone saw thousands of years later that Jun Yanqing's Queen Ling once disguised herself as a man and served as a fake Li Wang at the border, they would probably laugh and say, "This is wild history! How is it possible?"
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