Chapter 1801 Eight Banners Division (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)

As the twelfth lunar month enters, new year's gifts are sent to each family one after another.

Here at Baylor Mansion, New Year gifts from each mansion are also sent there.

These are all Cao Shun is watching.

He used to be the assistant for Fu Song, but now he takes over in an orderly manner.

Only Shu Shu, after comparing the list of annual gifts from previous years, did some calculations in her mind, and found that she couldn't maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

In the past few years, there were annual gifts for doctors from various ministries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this year only the wealthy were given the gifts.

This year everything has stopped, so the expenditure is more than two thousand taels more than the income.

This is Brother Jiu's salary for one year.

This is just a new year's gift.

Shu Shu couldn't understand why the princes got these properties and still had 230,000 taels of silver, but after ten years, they had to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to survive.

Looking at this year's gift account book, Shu Shu understood a little bit.

There are several levels of filial piety that need to be paid to higher officials, including the emperor, the queen mother, the prince, and the empress. There is only filial piety in these four places, but no return.

The shortfall in annual gifts lies here.

As for the exchange of courtesy with other princes and clan members, the balance of payments is balanced.

However, there is no way around this matter. You must be respectful to your superiors and filial to your relatives. There is no way to erase this.

Brother Jiu has "recovered" and has gone to work as an errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

I haven't been here for half a month, and the atmosphere in the entire household department is different.

The people in the pen post posture and worshiping Tang Dynasty kept walking, and they looked very busy.

When Brother Ninth came to check the room, he was a little uncomfortable.

In the main room on duty, the fourth elder brother sat behind the desk, with a one-foot-tall Shengjing Barometer in front of him.

It turned out that there were several official fields in Shengjing that reported disasters, but the Shengjing Household Office rejected the request because Shengjing reported rainwater harmonization this year.

Now that the dispute had reached the imperial court, Kangxi asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to discuss it.

The fourth elder brother took up the task and was checking the barometers in various places in Shengjing.

Brother Si saw from beginning to end that there was indeed moderate rain in July and August, but after August it rained continuously for half a month, just before the autumn harvest.

Especially where Guantian is located, it didn't clear up for most of the month.

The fourth elder brother put it down and remembered that the ninth elder brother was here today. Hearing that there was no movement on the other side, he asked Su Peisheng, "What is the ninth elder brother doing? Have you sent someone over?"

Su Peisheng shook his head and said, "I didn't see anyone coming. I don't know what Master Jiu is doing. I didn't hear any movement."

It's cold in winter, so cotton curtains are hung in the house to block out the sound.

Brother Si was worried, so he picked up the curtain and went out to the west room.

As soon as you walk in, the aroma hits your nose.

Brother Jiu was sitting cross-legged on the kang. In front of him was a small stove with two oranges, a handful of chestnuts, and a handful of peanuts on it.

Seeing the fourth elder brother coming over, the ninth elder brother hurriedly got off the kang and said, "Are you done with your work?"

The fourth elder brother looked at the charcoal basin and said to the ninth elder brother: "In such a small house, you dare to use the charcoal basin directly, and you are not afraid of being poisoned by charcoal?"

Since the death of King Pingjun, everyone has known the terrible poison of charcoal. Unless there is no earth dragon, it is easy not to use a charcoal basin in the house.

Brother Jiu pointed to a box on the ground and said: "I didn't use the charcoal from the Yamen, but the Hongluo charcoal I brought from the mansion."

Brother Si nodded and looked at the big case on the ground. It was bare and there was nothing on it.

He looked at Brother Jiu and said, "You haven't done anything this morning?"

Brother Jiu sneered and said: "The errands in the official warehouse are almost done, aren't they? What else is there? I see that everyone is very busy, so don't make trouble for everyone."

He thought he could meet the legendary "Tan Jing", but someone from the Guangxi Governor's Yamen happened to be visiting the Ministry of Finance today.

It's a pity that there is no share for him!

Fourth elder brother sat by the kang, picked up a peanut and ate it.

Everyone in the household department performs their own duties, and Brother Jiu is right.

Brother Jiu came to the Household Department for a walk and took over the task of supervising the construction of new warehouses and repairing the old warehouses. Otherwise, he should go to the various departments below to familiarize himself with the government affairs of the Household Department.

It's just that it's not easy for Fourth Brother to arrange these things, so he can only make suggestions.

The fourth elder brother said: "Weren't you interested in Qian Fatang and Baoquan Bureau before? If you don't have any errands at hand, you can go there and have a look."

Brother Jiu listened with some confusion on his face.

Brother Si asked: "What's wrong? You're not interested again?"

Brother Jiu said: "I'm interested, but I'm afraid that my interest will be too great and I won't be able to hold it back when the time comes. I'll also be thinking about making money!"

Fourth Brother frowned and said, "You dare to say anything?"

Brother Jiu sneered and said: "When I first arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, I took a look at the account books there. Now that copper is precious and iron is cheap, there is a lot to do."

"It's a simple idea, but it's just talk on paper! Where can I buy and exchange for the iron? Those who have the courage to print money are all local snakes with private mines in poor mountains and rivers." Si Age shook his head.

Brother Jiu felt a little regretful and said: "That's right. There is no place in the capital to go shopping for iron."

Brother Si couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Do you still want to try it?"

Brother Jiu quickly shook his head and said, "I won't try, just think about it."

Fourth Brother rolled his eyes at him and said: "It's good to know the importance. With our status, we must be careful in our words and deeds."

Brother Jiu sat down on the kang again and said with a bit of regret: "I thought I could still see 'Tan Jing', so I came to the Yamen early, but it turns out it has nothing to do with us."

Brother Si glanced at him and said, "No one dares to give it away. Even if someone dares to give it away, do you dare to accept it?"

Brother Ninth: "..."

The fourth elder brother continued: "When people from the governor's office come to Beijing, apart from annual tribute, they will only deliver gift orders to Yuqing Palace."

Brother Ninth: "..."

The gap is huge.

Brother Jiu curled his lips and said, "Then what if we accept it?"

Fourth Brother's face became more serious and he said: "Then we should be careful about being impeached by the censor, and the charge is blackmailing local officials."

Brother Ninth: "..."

He probably understood the meaning.

In official circles, gifts are given within a fixed range.

Within that range, it is an official practice, and everyone agrees that it can exist; if it exceeds that range, it will be a job for the censor.

Brother Jiu looked at the charcoal basin and also picked up a peanut.

Earlier when I was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I didn't realize it. Now in the previous dynasty, I realized that the prince didn't seem to be treated well.

When we meet him in person, he is respectful and flattering, but in fact everyone keeps away from him.

Local officials were not allowed to make friends with the prince, and few officials in the capital dared to get close to the prince.

For example, he had only been in the Ministry of Household Affairs for half a year, and the number of times he had met with the two ministers and four ministers was only a handful.

This makes people a little worried.

The ninth elder brother glanced at the fourth elder brother. It was not easy for these brothers. They had been working as sergeants for more than ten years and were still not treated well by others.

I have to stay up all day today and miss the Ministry of Internal Affairs again...

Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The twelfth elder brother lowered his head and looked at the documents spread out on the case, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Another day of missing Brother Nine.

His life is now free.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has the general manager Musca at the top and a few more ministers in charge of the court below. There is no need for the twelfth prince to handle government affairs every day.

As for the construction department he is in charge of, as well as the doctor, the boss is here and there is no need for him to do everything personally.

It's just that the twelfth prince lives in the palace, so he has no reason not to come and sit in the office, so he can only suffer.

The position of the ninth elder brother was now replaced by the eighth elder brother.

Earlier when the ninth elder brother was here, the twelfth elder brother didn't feel any inconvenience; but this time it was the eighth elder brother who was really not used to it.

Brother Twelve glanced toward the window, thinking of a way to change rooms?

What is spread out in front of the eighth prince is the file of the Xiaotangshan Palace.

Xiaotangshan Palace was built in the 39th year and completed in the 40th year. It was officially accepted before the Dragon Boat Festival this year.
To be continued...