Kangxi took a long breath, looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Are you worried that someone in Yuqing Palace would pretend to claim the title when you gave the order like that before?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "With the example of the imperial kitchen, my son is a little worried. When the time comes, these people will be outside under the banner of the prince, and they will also damage the prince's face."
It is only natural for a son to take advantage of me, but for the slave below to take advantage of me in the name of a son, he is so bold and seeking death.
Kangxi put down his account books and really didn't worry about the other four treasuries.
He glanced at Brother Jiu and lowered his eyes.
It's just that it's not easy to check at this time, and we can't let Brother Jiu and Yu Qinggong confront each other.
The five fingers may be long or short, but they are all biological sons. The fingers are connected to the heart, and I still hope that they will be preserved.
He closed the account book and said, "I heard that you are going to open a restaurant in Xiaotangshan?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not a restaurant, it's a place similar to an inner restaurant and an outer restaurant. It sells all kinds of delicacies, including old Manchurian, Mongolian, Korean and Ryukyu food. If Khan Amma wants to show favor to the vassals and ministers,
, just enjoy staying for a few days, where food, drinks, accommodation and hot springs are all-inclusive, and then settle the settlement with the emperor and put it into the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Because it is adjacent to the palace, there is no way to rent it to outsiders. It is best for it to be run by the public.
As for the cooks inside, they can be dispatched directly from the imperial kitchen.
You know, after thinking about it, whether the palace will be lively or not after it is built depends on the time when the Holy Emperor moves in every year.
Just like here in Changchun Garden, the presence and absence of the Holy Master are two different situations.
Kangxi changed his attention after hearing this and said, "What's going on with the imperial settlement?"
Brother Jiu said carefully: "The accounts must be cleared. If we don't settle with the emperor, then others will rely on their status to arrange for people to go there to eat and drink, and then we will be in the red..."
"Only when the rules are set, and you reward people with real money to live there, those noble clan members who have not built a hot spring villa and still want to go there to bathe in hot springs will not dare to think about taking advantage..."
"However, there must be a certain grade. For example, there must be nobility and royal family members and above, and nobles and ministers must be above the third grade. Otherwise, all the decent people in Baoyi will go there to eat and drink, and this place will become worthless.
…”
Kangxi understood what the ninth elder brother meant. He was afraid that the nobles of the clan would eat and drink, so he added restrictions and put himself in the front.
Give me the grace you deserve...
Kangxi was very moved.
In the past two years, he has been stationed in Changchun Garden more and more often. It is hard for the courtiers who are on duty in front of the emperor to go in and out of the city.
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Those who were too late to return to the city sooner or later would stay in the official rooms in Haidian Town.
Over there is an old row house in ordinary condition.
Kangxi thought for a while and said to his ninth elder brother: "There are rice fields to the west of the West Garden. Three or five miles to the west, more than ten acres of land are set aside and asked to build a place for the ministers to live. Prepare
If there are more, in the coming summers, there will be no great scholars or ministers from Zhuangzi in Haidian who can live here."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu fell into deep thought.
My elder brother has three entrances, so the minister's residence can only have two entrances.
A row courtyard like Age's is the most suitable.
He said: "Khan Amma, how about building rows of courtyards with two entrances? Each courtyard covers an area of eight and a half minutes, with 21 rooms in size, and six courtyards in a row, totaling twelve courtyards."
After hearing this, Kangxi nodded and said: "Twelve small courtyards are enough. Let's build a large courtyard with about ten rooms. We can arrange kitchens and waiters to accommodate the local officials who present the documents to your Majesty."
Brother Jiu wrote it down carefully, nodded, and said: "My son will give instructions tomorrow and draw the map according to the regulations of Guanyi."
Right next to Changchun Garden, there is an additional official building similar to a post station.
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "This part of the population can be drawn from the idle vacancies in the garden, so as to avoid adding more vacancies and leaving them idle when the Holy Master is not in the garden."
Kangxi glanced at Brother Jiu, wondering why he was so stubborn and stingy about Xinque, turning his annual salary into a monthly salary.
"With the added vacancy, when the Holy Master is away, wouldn't it be enough to be transferred back to the garden to sweep the garden?"
Kangxi asked.
Brother Jiu said: "Khan Ama, there are already more than 5,000 vacancies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition to the more than 1,700 selected by the Outer Eight Banners, there are still more than 3,400 vacancies in clothing and clothing. All of them are paid, even if they are not in the mainstream.
The errands are also paid according to Bu Ding's salary, which is twenty-four taels of silver a year. More than one-third are of high grade, and those who are not in the mainstream are thirty-one taels of silver a year. After one year, only personnel expenses are spent.
That’s about one hundred thousand taels of silver…”
There are only a few dozen masters and masters in the palace, but there are more than 5,000 servants.
The average number per capita is about a hundred.
These are all official vacancies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, those in charge of people, such as those who work in the palace and women's servants, they are not included.
After all, there were another three or four thousand people.
In total, this amount is tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Many of these errands can be streamlined and there is no need to run them into two or three shifts. However, this is a livelihood for the population and cannot be a loss of jobs.
Brother Ninth didn't mention streamlining, but he didn't agree with adding more.
Brother Jiu said: "Khan Ama, my son thinks that the 'Shangyu Reserve Office' set up in the Guards Department is very good. It can be done by selecting people from the guards to serve concurrently, without increasing the vacancies and wasting money and rice; in the future, here at the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
My son also plans to study there. If he can take on both roles, he can take them concurrently. He doesn’t need to give two cents of money or rice. He will only be given an extra one or two months according to his work. He can take turns and everyone can get multiple benefits..."
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth.
Just adding ten vacancies to an official office will only cost two to three hundred taels of silver a year, which is not much.
However, Brother Jiu calculated and reduced the expenditure of two to three hundred silver to a few percent.
This matter only cost more than one hundred taels of silver, but it made him worry a lot.
Kangxi thought about the prince's dining table and the leather materials he spent this year, and his mood was extremely complicated.
What's rare is that, knowing that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a complex personnel structure, Brother Ninth did not think about reducing the current vacancies, but only shrinking them and not adding new vacancies.
This is a very appropriate approach and makes people feel at ease.
Kangxi praised him in his heart, but did not praise him. Instead, he frowned and said, "Don't be too stingy or lose the dignity of the royal family."
Brother Jiu didn't think anything else and just promised: "Don't worry, I guarantee you will be decent and everyone will be happy."
Kangxi nodded and said, "Okay, let's follow this arrangement."
Brother Jiu had a smile on his lips.
I am quite happy when my suggestions are adopted.
When the emperor came down, he did not go to the guard to check the room. Instead, he sent He Yuzhu to pass the message and dropped the matter.
He went to the Imperial Hospital to check in on his own, looking for Le Fengming.
It just so happened that Le Fengming was there.
He asked: "What's going on with the first-class Panax notoginseng outside now? And the first-class Dendrobium?"
He was afraid that if he didn't know the market price, he would be shortchanged and be treated as someone taking advantage of him.
Le Fengming thought about it carefully and said: "At the end of last year, the price of panax notoginseng offered by the pharmacist here in the Imperial Pharmacy was 70% of the price of second-class ginseng, which is about twenty-eight taels of silver per catty; dendrobium is rare and expensive.
It is also the first-class fairy grass, and it is 50% higher than the first-class ginseng, and costs almost one hundred and five taels of silver per pound..."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu took a breath of air and said, "The first-class ginseng costs seventy taels of silver? Why do you remember that it is about fifty taels of silver?"
Le Fengming said: "That was the price the year before last. From the 28th year to now, the price of ginseng has been rising every year. In the 28th year, the first-class ginseng was only fifteen taels of silver per pound. In five years, it has increased to nearly
Five times.”
Brother Jiu's eyes widened. Even if Guo Luoluo's family didn't mine secretly, they would still have more money left in ginseng than they thought!
He nodded and asked: "Are Panax notoginseng and Dendrobium from Yunnan Kaihua Prefecture considered first-class? Can they be calculated based on price?"
Le Fengming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Panax notoginseng is originally produced in Yunnan, which is of the highest quality. Yunnan Dendrobium is not as famous as Huoshan Dendrobium, but now there are more Dendrobium trees planted in Huoshan Garden, but Yunnan Dendrobium is all Dendrobium mountain."
Brother Jiu heard that it was a good thing, so he didn't feel bad about the double price he gave.
However, he knew that sometimes the price of the imperial merchants at the Ministry of Internal Affairs was different from the market price, so he said: "What's the market outside, is it also the same price?"
Le Fengming said: "The palace's requirements are constantly improving, and the price has not been lowered. The first-class prices outside are just what I said."
Brother Ninth was relieved now and went back to Brother's place without any further delay. He said to Shu Shu: "Prepare some banknotes. I bought some good things."
He talked about buying Panax notoginseng and Dendrobium.
Shu Shu immediately ordered Walnut to install the banknotes.
She has personally witnessed the efficacy of dendrobium and plans to honor her elders.
Then, Sun Jin took the banker's ticket and went outside the Xiaodong Gate.
As for He Yuzhu, he asked Brother Jiu to stay outside the Xiaodong Gate to block people.
Since it's a good thing, it's better to get it early.
Outside the Xiaodong Gate, Gao Bisheng was stopped by He Yuzhu and couldn't laugh or cry.
Since he agreed to Brother Ninth's request, does he still have the guts to say it back?
That's the prince's elder brother, Jin Gui.
When Sun Jin came over and took one thousand three hundred taels of banknotes, he was shocked.
I have only heard that slaves are filial to their masters, but I have never heard that slaves should earn a fortune from their masters for their belongings.
He hurriedly said: "No, no, no, just think of it as my filial piety to Master Jiu."
He Yuzhu said: "Sir, are you going to harm our master? Then the censor is gibbering again, and our master will have to be reprimanded."
At this point, Gao Bisheng didn't dare to refuse anymore, but he also refused to accept it all, saying: "It's really not that expensive. In Kaihua Prefecture, the two items combined are one to two hundred taels of silver."
This was a gift from a local official.
He Yuzhu said: "Master Jiu asked the people at Tai Hospital and prepared a bank note for you at twice the price of the first-class medicine at the Royal Pharmacy last year. You can just accept it. What our master said is like spitting and nailing. I will go back and ask about it."
You know that our master is not short of money..."
A ninth-rank official in front of the prime minister, this prince's personal servant has no rank and is not easily offended.
Seeing He Yuzhu's arrogance and firm attitude, he was still outside the small east gate, with the guards and army guards looking at him, and it was not a suitable place to stay. Gao Bisheng took the purse and said: "Excuse me, father-in-law, please tell me.
Master, I will ask the boy to bring the medicinal materials tomorrow."
He Yuzhu waved his hand and said: "Well, well, sir, just don't delay."
This drama about "not lacking money" was spread to Qingxi Bookstore during dinner time.
After hearing that Brother Jiu spent 1,300 taels of silver to buy panax notoginseng and dendrobium, Kangxi asked Liang Jiugong: "How many medicinal materials did Gao Bisheng bring to Beijing?"
How many kilograms of medicinal materials do I need to buy?!
Liang Jiugong smiled and said: "My servant actually asked and said it was five pounds of Panax notoginseng and five pounds of dendrobium, which is ten pounds in total. Master Jiu was generous and didn't want others to talk about it, so he gave it twice the market price."
Kangxi's hands were itchy, this prodigal child...
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