"It would be great if Brother Jiu were in charge of the river work. I would definitely not let them take advantage!"
Thirteenth Brother said.
After hearing this, the fourth elder brother remembered the behavior of the ninth elder brother.
There are not enough people in the prince's palace to work, just because there are too many people and everyone will have less work to do.
Before leaving the palace, the elder brother's office arranged for "more work, more reward" rewards, instead of giving rewards directly like other elder brothers' offices.
There is also the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the past, there were many employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were employed on a temporary basis and had no pay.
After Brother Ninth passed away, everyone was asked to find out.
He didn't make a one-size-fits-all decision, but instead ordered all departments and departments to record attendance records.
If you are absent from work for three days without any reason, your salary and food for that month will be deducted directly.
After three months of detention, he was dismissed.
As for false attendance, any whistleblower who makes a true report will directly receive half a year's salary from the person being reported, and will also be kept confidential.
Anyway, I have to order it.
Brother Ninth himself was accused twice of being lazy, but the atmosphere in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has improved more than a little bit.
The fourth elder brother knew that the ninth elder brother was not doing this to rectify the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or to make drastic reforms or anything like that. He was simply doing his own work and did not want to see others idle.
It's just a child's calculation.
After the thirteenth elder brother finished speaking, he rejected it and said: "Hedao Yamen has to go to Hedao. It's too hard. Ninth Brother can't bear it."
The fourth elder brother thought of the ninth elder brother's body. It was indeed not suitable for being sent out on a foreign mission and exposed to all kinds of wind and rain. It was also not suitable for being placed in a yamen like Hedao Yamen, which was constantly litigating and criticizing each other. It would not be clear who was right and who was wrong.
I can't bear to be angry with Brother Jiu.
Brother Jiu is capable, but he must be used with care, and the yamen he will go to in the future must also be chosen carefully.
He looked at Thirteenth Brother and said, "If we don't solve the problem fundamentally, it doesn't make much sense to just send someone to the Hedao Yamen to hold the money."
The thirteenth elder brother said: "Then how to solve the problem fundamentally? For court officials, Han vacancies are obtained through examinations, and flag vacancies are filled according to status. The former is based on knowledge, and the latter is based on birth and ancestral merit. As for the
It’s hard to say what my character is.”
Everyone pretends to be a good person in front of others, but no one can guarantee what they do in private.
This greed for money is a secret matter, and no one dares to do it openly.
Fourth Brother is not a rigid person, and he also knows that bad habits in today's officialdom are difficult to support honest officials.
He mused: "The best way is to open up more money and provide monetary subsidies in addition to the official salary, so that officials can live without worries and can do their jobs better. In this way, if there are those who are corrupt, they should be severely punished instead of being as lenient as now.
Corrupt officials should be dismissed from office and punished with redemption..."
In this way, corrupt officials lose their respect.
The Thirteenth Brother's eyes lit up and he said: "Open source, isn't this the Ninth Brother's strength? He can make millions of taels of profit by relying on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and doing small things. What if
If you go to the Ministry of Accounts, your capital will increase?"
When the fourth brother heard this, his heart moved.
Indeed.
Brother Jiu can double his profit with a capital of more than one million taels of silver. What about the capital of several million taels of silver?
It’s just that the current Ninth Prince can’t do it.
Too young and inexperienced.
After five or eight years, I graduated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and happened to be in the Ministry of Household Affairs...
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In the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Brother Nine sneezed several times one after another.
He wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.
Tears came out.
He looked at Brother Twelve in the corner with suspicion and said, "Are you thinking about Master Digu?"
The twelfth elder brother looked up, showing a bit of confusion.
Brother Jiu sniffed, knowing that he had guessed wrong.
He couldn't help but become worried.
Could it be that I caught a cold?
He hurriedly asked He Yuzhu to make ginger and jujube tea, held it with both hands, and drank a cup of hot tea before his nose felt better.
The elders in the family, the younger ones, he and Shushu, are all more careful, for fear of catching a cold and passing it on to the children.
But thinking about entering the ninth lunar month today, my breath turned to frost this morning, it was indeed cold.
He told the twelfth elder brother: "It's cold and uncomfortable. Starting tomorrow, I won't be coming in the morning. I'll come here in the morning. If there is any urgent errand, you can send someone directly to the prince's mansion."
When Khan Amma comes back, he will hand over the coupons, so there is no need to be very diligent now.
The twelfth elder brother said: "Then...when will the ninth brother leave this afternoon?"
At the beginning, Ji Chu arrived almost before Shen Chu left.
In the future, if it is changed before arriving at the first time, or leaving after the first time, wouldn't it mean that you just stay in the Yamen for an hour?
After hearing this, Ninth Brother thought for a while and said: "Now it will be dark in the second quarter of Shen Zheng, and I can't go home in the dark. Your Ninth Sister should be worried, so let Shen Zheng go!"
Brother Twelve really wanted to remind him that in that case, the time he spent in the Yamen would only be one and a half hours.
He shuddered and said, "Brother Ninth, what if the censor impeaches you again?"
Excuse me, I've only been here a few days.
Brother Jiu heard this, took it to heart, and said, "Don't worry, I have a way."
Brother Jiu's method was very simple. He asked Imperial Doctor Jiang to take a pulse. He made a note on the pulse, and even if he felt wind and cold, he prescribed a prescription.
As September approaches, the weather outside drops sharply, and the earthworm inside the house becomes even hotter.
If there is no heat, the room will be warm and not so warm.
With this alternation of hot and cold, everyone has some minor problems, such as stuffy nose, coughing and so on.
It is unusual for Brother Jiu to have a pulse like this. Everyone knows that he is weak.
It would be rare if I didn't get sick once or twice throughout the year.
When the censor found out that Brother Jiu had stopped going to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was also troubled.
We only had one impeachment in October, and we have to do it again. Is it necessary to do so intensively?
Further impeachment will lead to enmity, as if they said that Brother Nine "knows his mistakes and refuses to correct them."
Later, when they saw Brother Jiu appearing in the afternoon, some people couldn't understand it.
However, there are many people working in the main yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition to doctors, chiefs and commissioned chiefs, there are also sixty-four writing posts.
Everyone could see clearly that Brother Ninth had plasters on his temples and was dragging his body with illness. He came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs every day to handle government affairs.
If anyone again says that Master Jiu is tired of his official duties, they will spit on them.
Several censors from the Censor Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs breathed a sigh of relief.
No need to worry anymore.
Again and again, they dare not do it again.
Brother Ninth didn't get angry, but he was protected by two brothers, Master Ten and Master Five.
Others said that the fifth elder brother had to come to the Yamen again. This was because he was worried that the ninth elder brother was really uncomfortable and would not take good care of his illness, which would make the minor illness serious.
I came here specifically to urge Brother Jiu to have a good rest for a few days.
The ninth elder brother wanted to curse and swear, so that the fifth elder brother could believe that there was nothing wrong with him.
Then, the fifth elder brother left with a box of plasters.
It turns out that the plaster on Brother Jiu's temple is called "Zhuifeng Patch".
No particularly complicated medicinal herbs are used, mainly mint and borneol, which are used to refresh the mind.
The fifth elder brother thought it sounded good and asked for a box to go.
Within two days, Brother Fourteen also asked for a box.
Spring is sleepy, autumn is tired, summer takes a nap, and winter is March when I can't wake up.
For students, winter is also difficult and lacks energy.
As a result, the effect of this "wind chasing patch" is very obvious. The hotter the room, the better the effect of the medicine is, and my mind is clear.
When the emperor's grandsons and Prince Ping saw this, they were also ready to take action.
How can Brother Fourteen let them post this? They are all brats.
He just said that he had a headache due to the wind and cold, so he used this to get across the lake.
From time to time, both inside and outside the palace knew that the ninth elder brother went to the Yamen with illness, and that the fourteenth elder brother was also diligent and studious. The reputation of the two brothers actually improved a lot.
In Yuqing Palace, the prince frowned after hearing the rumors outside.
Brother Fourteen is a half-year-old child, so don’t worry about it.
Brother Ninth, why are you so motivated?
Is it because of the impeachment of the censor, or is it due to other reasons?
Is this because there is a new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and he is beginning to seize power?
Jin Yiren was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The prince was very happy. In the future, he could avoid the ninth elder brother when making orders.
As for Ninth Elder Brother's current diligence, the prince really couldn't guess what Ninth Elder Brother was thinking at the moment. He only felt that this younger brother was disobedient, willful and rude...
Brother Ninth always liked to hear good things. When He Yuzhu mentioned his reputation reversal, he got curious and went to Huangdaizi. He changed into ordinary clothes and sat in two teahouses.
Beautiful.
Because of his "going to the Yamen when he was sick", some people began to praise him.
After all, there are connections, and there are still only a few people with privileges. Most of the more than 4,000 officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been working in ordinary jobs.
In the past, people in the market said that Brother Jiu was not good, he was greedy for money, stingy, and would retaliate for his anger, so everyone just said a few words.
However, as the concubine's family fell down one by one, the main force who dared to fan the flames and say bad things about Ninth Prince were dispersed.
The ordinary wrapping was left, and I was worried about it.
The Ninth Prince came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to block the way for the descendants of relatives to advance, and gave more people a fair and just environment to fill vacancies.
Some people are starting to remember Brother Jiu.
After accumulating, it all comes out at once.
Jiu Age's reputation has been reversed.
Brother Jiu had heard too much, but he was not proud. When he got home, he babbled to Shu Shu: "I finally understand what it means to win money by speaking out loud!"
Shu Shu, however, was thinking too much and said: "Is someone fanning the wind behind my back to light a fire? Is he trying to kill me?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "No, what I said is all the truth, and there is no exaggeration."
Since he became an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the privileges of relatives and descendants have been blocked, benefiting more people.
But just because his relatives slandered him and those who benefited from him didn't say a word of justice.
Only now, when those relatives have fallen, can positive comments be made.
Brother Jiu said: "It's true that the county officials are not as good as the current ones. They are not afraid of offending me, but they are afraid of offending those dandies."
Shu Shu said: "Villains are difficult to deal with, but I won't really care about those people despite my status."
Brother Jiu thought thoughtfully and said: "Everyone in the Eight Banners loves to gossip. This is not a good habit. If someone does something bad, it will be just like the inexplicable cheating in the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination the year before last..."
Shu Shu did not speak casually.
It is better to defend the people's mouth than to defend the river.
Public opinion can only be guided, not suppressed, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
Despite the voice of justice, it would be really scary if there are villains who rely on slander to seek personal gain and criticize their opponents.
Words are like knives, they can hurt others as well as yourself...
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