Chapter 1,262 A word of advice (rolling to ask for monthly votes)
Since the Holy Emperor is not in the capital, everyone is at ease.
Although the ninth elder brother has not changed it to half a day every day, he has made an agreement with the tenth elder brother to have one day off every fifth day.
Towards the tenth elder brother, the ninth elder brother was still very convincing.
"Officials in all dynasties have never been as tired as those in the Qing Dynasty. Is this what it means to be an official? They are like donkeys in a mill and are not allowed to rest easily. But look at the Han Dynasty, they only went to bed for five rests and took a bath.
Holidays; in the Tang Dynasty, the main focus was on leisure, going out to the Yamen in the sun and half a day in the Yamen at noon; in the Song Dynasty, there were even more various holidays, and the total number of holiday days was four and a half months; in the Ming Dynasty, there were fewer holidays, but
Some officials can also have synodic leave, two days a month..."
"When I arrived in the Qing Dynasty, except for annual leave, there were only a few days of leave in total at other times..."
Whatever the ninth elder brother said, the tenth elder brother would only support him.
"It won't work if this goes on, let's not get exhausted..." At the end, Brother Jiu concluded.
The tenth brother asked: "How about the ninth brother give me a discount?"
It doesn't matter whether he succeeds or not, so you don't have to search for information in vain.
If we really give him more vacation time, it won't be so obvious that Ninth Brother is lazy.
Brother Jiu immediately shook his head and said, "That won't work. Those who should work still have to work. We can rest on our own."
The tenth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and followed his thoughts and said: "Ninth elder brother is afraid that Khan Ama will suffer a loss?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, and the salary will not be reduced, so it is better to nod it!"
Salaries are paid on an annual basis. Which one is more cost-effective: working for eleven months a year or working for nine months? Do you still have to choose?
Brother Ten was silent.
He had a strange thought, and perhaps the emperor's father thought the same way.
The emperor's father was not very generous with money either.
Brother Ninth seems to have found the root cause of his energy to calculate carefully...
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"Ha ha ha ha……"
In Ningshou Palace, the whole room was filled with the cheerful laughter of Shifujin.
Today is the day of greetings, and the Queen Mother is curious about their sister-in-law's small gathering.
After everyone paid their respects and dispersed, the Queen Mother left the princes Fujin and Jiu Gege, as well as the princes and concubines in the palace, and the junior female Juan here.
There is no way around this.
If we talk about getting close, the Queen Mother will definitely keep Jiugege and Wufujin, Shushu.
Then there was no concubine in the Shifu Jin Dynasty. Every time he paid greetings, he followed the example of the crown prince and came directly to Ningshou Palace, so it was hard to leave her alone.
But now there are only seven granddaughter-in-laws who have come to pay their respects. Four of them have been kept, and it is hard not to keep the other three.
The fourth lucky Jin is sensible, the seventh lucky Jin is smart, and the Queen Mother likes them better.
Even though Sanfujin was very competitive, she was not as annoying as Bafujin, and the Queen Mother also gave her dignity.
Jiu Gege talked about how powerful Shi Fu Jin was a few days ago. One person fired three cannons, and each one would lose.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but pull Shi Fujin's little fleshy hand and said: "Why is this old saying inaccurate? Doesn't it say that small hands grasp wealth? How come the wealth is scattered?"
Shi Fujin said proudly: "Royal Grandma, my grandson's daughter-in-law has made a fortune by distributing her small fortune. After most of this year, not counting the peak season of the two months at the end of the year, my granddaughter-in-law's foreign goods shop has earned five thousand taels of silver.
The salary of the county prince, our tenth master said, is waiting for my grandson’s daughter-in-law to support her!”
After hearing this, the Queen Mother praised: "That's quite a lot, enough for the whole family to chew."
With their current status, they will not be short of money for envoys, but there is a difference between having more envoys and less envoys.
Why are the nuns and eunuchs from various palaces willing to go to the Ninth Prince's Mansion to run errands?
It's because Brother Jiu and Shu Shu are both rich and generous.
Jiu Gege married a lot of land and rented shops, but the income in a year was only four to five thousand taels of silver.
Shifujin is just a shop.
The Queen Mother felt very good, this was established, no matter what the relationship between husband and wife was, or the fate between children, life would be easier and faster.
Otherwise, no matter how rich the dowry is, it will end up in vain.
Shu Shu and others were present and listened with smiles.
They all have marriage properties in their names, but their income is not as good as that of Shifujin's foreign goods shop.
San Fujin couldn't help but touch the amethyst earrings.
Today she is wearing an eggplant purple Sichuan brocade cloak, an amethyst diamond flower on her head, and new earrings.
Last year, several princes Fujin followed her on a tour to the south. She still lingered in the Ji family's Baibao Pavilion. Why didn't she think of the foreign goods shop?
Now the shop down there is not a loss, but I am worried about it and the income is limited.
Sifujin also thought of her dowry.
Her dowry was not very generous, but what was rare was that Fourth Master gave her two shops at the beginning of the month and told her not to be too frugal but to be more filial to her.
Although this was out of gratitude for her coming to accompany the childbirth, and to avoid trouble, he was named Sifujin, but with this heart, Sifujin was already satisfied.
She was a stepmother and a daughter of an untitled clan, and her early dowry was all subsidized to Sifujin.
Si Fujin is also filial. Even if there is no shop provided by Si Age, he will still give some filial piety to the old lady on a monthly basis.
It's just that the old lady has a strong temper and refuses to accept anything except clothes, food, and money.
Now that I have these two shops, I will take Xiaoshun to the next level before the old lady takes them.
Just for this, Si Fujin is only grateful to Si Age.
Wufujin lowered his eyes.
The income from her dowry was limited, but it was enough because she rarely had any other expenses.
However, the fifth elder brother directly left his personal money with her and let her use it.
She counted and found that there were two or thirty thousand taels.
She won't spend it carelessly, but she feels much more at ease in the end.
Qi Fujin looked at Shu Shu.
Her ready-made clothing shop and rental clothing shop are doing very well. They don't make as much money as the foreign goods shops in Shifujin. However, after excluding the disposal fee, they can still have seven to eighty taels of silver left every month, which is about one thousand taels a year.
She is a grateful and well-intentioned person, and she naturally knows whose light she can rely on.
The Crown Princess was listening to everyone talking and laughing, and she felt more relaxed.
Those who can be designated as Prince Fujin by the emperor each have their own strengths.
Opening a house outside the palace, with no elders above, and being the master of the house, life has become better.
The Crown Princess actually felt faintly envious.
If she was marrying an ordinary prince, would she be as calm as everyone else?
Since the Empress Dowager left her grandchildren to talk in Ningshou Palace, she designated those who would leave food.
It can't be done at noon, when everyone is hungry and disperses.
She then told Aunt Bai: "For lunch, we want a grilled lamb chop, which our little Buyin likes to eat, plus a black-bone chicken pot for soup for Si Fujin and Wu Fujin; and stewed snow clams with bird's nests, the beauty one, and the three
Fujin definitely likes it; Seventh Fujin likes sweet food, so she adds shredded milk tofu; Shushu likes beef, so she asks someone to make steamed beef dumplings with a bag of meat; the Crown Princess is a vegetarian on the 15th day of the lunar month and makes vegetarian cabbage assorted rolls;
Xiaojiu loves to eat lao rice, so she eats lao old yellow rice for lunch.”
Aunt Bai memorized it carefully and went down to deliver the message.
Everyone was stunned when they heard these words from the Queen Mother for the first time.
The Queen Mother smiled lovingly and said: "I can't remember the other things, but I remember the food."
Shi Fujin took the Queen Mother's arm and said with a smile: "I followed the Queen Mother, and it's the same."
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "This is all arranged by Changshengtian. If she knows, you should be my granddaughter-in-law."
San Fujin couldn't help but touch his face, then looked at the Queen Mother's face and said, "The Queen Mother's face is really fine. It would be great if my granddaughter-in-law could be like the Queen Mother in the future."
The Queen Mother did not dress in a younger-looking way, she wore all brown and dark blue clothes. After all, she was a widow in her twenties, and there was only a dozen years difference in age between her and the Emperor.
Let’s talk about the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor are cousins of the same generation.
If she really wants to be younger, others will be able to arrange the flowers.
The amazing thing is that when she was in her thirties, she looked like she was forty or fifty; but in her sixties, she still looked like she was forty or fifty.
My skin is really good and a little plump, so even at the age of sixty, I still have no wrinkles at the corners of my eyes and my skin is smooth.
The Queen Mother looked at San Fujin and said: "Sleep at the second watch. Sleep for four hours. Eat and drink when you should. Don't always think about losing weight. When you lose weight, the skin will loosen and there will be wrinkles..."
Among all the Fu Jins, the Three Fu Jins are the thinnest.
After giving birth in the spring, she became slightly plumper, but after half a year, she controlled it carefully and returned to her previous appearance.
San Fujin listened with a smile, but did not nod. Instead, he said: "My grandson's daughter-in-law is not as good as the emperor's grandmother. If she goes to bed early, she will wake up at the fourth watch and become restless."
A woman's figure should be graceful.
What did the five big and three thick ones become?
She glanced at her sisters, only Shu Shu and Wu Fujin were better off, while the others were a bit too plump.
Seeing her expression, the Queen Mother knew that she didn't listen, so she looked away.
She was not meddling in other people's business, but out of affection, she wanted to say something for Concubine Rong's sake.
San Fujin's beauty-loving style is not like the prince's legitimate wife, and the emperor will not be satisfied.
Now that Concubine Rong has been "sealed", the third elder brother is also affected, not to mention the rootless duckweed.
It's time for husband and wife to behave themselves.
But San Fujin didn't listen to the advice, so the Queen Mother wouldn't be nagging anymore.
Nothing can be seen at the moment, but in the long run, the third elder brother and his wife will lose the support of the palace, and their lives will probably lag behind others.
While chatting, at noon it was time for dinner.
Knowing that the Queen Mother left the younger generation to eat, Yanxi Palace and Yikun Palace both sent people to bring food.
Yanxi Palace presented Feilong braised pine mushrooms and barley nut porridge; Yikun Palace presented braised deer tail and leek and shrimp boxes.
Everyone had lunch before coming out of Ningshou Palace.
Shu Shu was held by Qi Fujin's arm, still recalling the Feilong soup.
Feilong soup is delicious, and with the addition of matsutake mushrooms, the flavor is doubled.
Due to current traffic problems, there are no fresh matsutake mushrooms in the palace, but the dried matsutake mushrooms also taste good.
Whether it's flying dragons or matsutake mushrooms, they are all tributes, not regular dishes in the palace.
After Concubine Hui handed over the power of the palace, she remained quiet, but her life was good.
The card of the first of the four concubines is still stable.
The prince is probably going to be upset.
After returning home, Shu Shu simply freshened up, changed her clothes, and went to Ning'an Hall...