Chapter 1405: Supervising the Country (Walling about asking for monthly votes)
Shu Shu looked at Brother Ninth and said: "You should take your time, do the same thing, now bring up ginseng. In order to clear the accounts, you must check the imperial pharmacy. Even if the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are fools, they can think of me, Your Majesty."
I don’t like the turmoil in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Jin family’s affairs have been explained in different words, and Guang Shanku’s place seems to be peaceful and gentle.”
All departments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs are prohibited from investigating.
Check to be sure.
Then there will be waves again.
Brother Jiu listened to the advice and nodded: "The matter of selling ginseng will be slowed down. Let Le Fengming look for prescriptions to see if there are any successful prescriptions that use ginseng. When the time comes, we will use the old ginseng.
It’s a waste.”
Although Shu Shu told Shi Fujin and Jiu Gege to organize the game, it was not arranged for the next day.
Now that we have arrived here, we naturally have to go to the North Garden to pay our respects to the Queen Mother.
She asked Bai Guo to go over and ask her a day in advance. Knowing that the Queen Mother would be free the next day, Shu Shu planned to go over and say hello.
The next day, Shu Shu got up early and brought a set of bamboo green silk coat for Brother Jiu to put on.
The clothes I wore for the first time looked very refreshing. Apart from the red purse, there were only fan covers and mutton-fat jade safety signs hanging on my waist.
Brother Jiu got up early and didn't sleep until three o'clock in the morning. He was preparing to go to Changchun Garden.
He looked in the mirror, straightened his hat, and said to Shu Shu: "Prepare a few more dishes at noon. Today, Khan Ama has summoned Cheng Ding's sons, and the twelfth and thirteenth elder brothers are also there.
, if they come out of the garden late, I will take them directly to my house to eat."
Shu Shu was slightly surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that there would be a twelfth brother.
Is this because the twelfth prince was engaged, and Kangxi remembered that this son was already a man, and that he could arrange his duties with other princes when something happened?
Brother Jiu also felt the same way and said, "It's time to think of it. Otherwise, if we all get together and count from the eldest brother to thirteen, there will be only one missing, and it won't look right."
Shu Shu thought of Ma Qi.
Is this to give dignity to his confidants and promote his son?!
All I can say is that this is the royal family.
The relationship between father and son is different from ordinary families.
She said: "When the prince leaves the capital, even if he does not arrange for someone to supervise the country and govern the country, he should be arranged to enter the palace and stay in the south study room, right?"
The Holy Emperor visited the Yongding River at this time, firstly to see the flood discharge situation in the spring flood, and secondly to see the flood control preparations before the summer flood.
The prince has been taken away, and the capital will assign the prince to take charge.
If the eldest brother does not move, Kangxi will lift up the prince behind him to check and balance.
Nowadays, the meeting of kings and ministers to discuss government affairs exists in name only, and the power is in the hands of Kangxi alone, who issues orders to the world through the South Study Room.
But Nan Shufang is full of assistant ministers. In addition to the bachelors who have stayed in Beijing, they also need people with high status to take charge.
After hearing this, Brother Jiu was a little confused and said: "Will there be Lao Shi? He has been in the court for three years. I am looking forward to having him, but also worried about having him..."
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "Most likely, I will choose from the princes in front of me. They have all been on duty for more than ten years. They have been here for more than ten years and have passed through the six departments. The emperor will feel more at ease."
Brother Jiu nodded, but he understood, and said: "That's right, the brothers at the top can't be idle, grabbing the old ten and twelve to make up the numbers. They have to be in front of the emperor for a few years, run errands alone, and have experience.
Khan Amma is at ease to take care of you."
However, thinking of the age of the eldest brother, he raised his eyebrows with Shu Shu and said, "Have you talked about calling me master? Now the eldest brother and the others are in their prime, but after ten or eight years, they are all old. I don't know if they will still be the mainstay in the future."
What about this wave in the middle..."
Shu Shu said: "My eldest brother is only eleven years older than me, and I am more than ten years older than my fifteenth brother. My sixteenth brother is also more than ten years older. I will be disliked when I look back, so I feel comfortable."
Brother Jiu said: "Okay, I won't mention this anymore. I just feel that my eldest brother has aged very well in recent years. Although he has shaved his beard, he and Khan Ama are together. They are not like the two of us, but more like brothers...
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Shu Shu didn't answer, thinking of Kangxi's youngest son, the twenty-fourth elder brother, who seemed to be about the same age as the emperor's great-grandson.
Don't talk about anything else, just say that Kangxi was the emperor, don't talk about other merits, just multiply heirs here, and achieve excellence.
After him, half of the clan was descended from the Holy Ancestor.
In addition to the direct lineage of Si Age, there are also eighteen clan inheritances.
You must know that the seven generations of emperors after him only added sixteen clans.
Among the princes of the generation like Ninth Prince, even the eldest brother, who had the most children, only gave birth to fifteen sons.
After breakfast, the ninth elder brother came out and went to Changchun Garden with the tenth elder brother.
There was already a line of people standing outside Qingxi Bookstore.
Except for the prince, everyone else arrived.
The ninth elder brother stood behind the eighth elder brother and asked curiously: "Why hasn't it been passed on yet? Are you waiting for me and the tenth brother?"
The eldest brother said nothing.
Compared with being bored in the capital, traveling naturally is more enjoyable.
He was temporarily replaced by the prince, so he felt a little unhappy, and he didn't want to talk at the moment.
The third elder brother glanced at the eldest elder brother and said, "The prince is here."
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and swallowed his words.
Arriving late is against the rules.
But this is just a follow-up to a donkey. Even if you need to be disciplined in the future, others will take the lead.
As I get older, I lose face.
Last month, I was yelled at by the ninth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother felt something in his heart.
The fifth elder brother had no scruples and glared at the ninth elder brother and said, "We already live here, how can we step here?"
Yesterday they received a summons to see His Majesty Chen Zheng this morning.
The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother came a quarter of an hour apart.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "It's just that we live close by, so it's convenient to visit. If you live in the city, you're afraid of delays, so you'll arrive in advance. If you live next to each other, you'll come here early to wait. Isn't that a fool?"
Fifth elder brother: "..."
This seems to be the truth, so why did you come here early?
Like a fool.
He was a little confused, but then he remembered that he was afraid that he would be disrespectful if he fell behind his brothers, so he entered the garden early.
At that time, I forgot that Brother Jiu had moved here, and I didn’t think of calling anyone.
Seeing that the other brothers were about to lecture, the ninth elder brother asked the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother: "Do you want to transplant flowers and trees in the main courtyard? Before the eighth brother's wedding, the flowers and trees were moved there..."
After hearing what the ninth elder brother said, everyone looked at the twelfth elder brother.
The twelfth elder brother paused, and after a while he said: "Ninth brother hasn't moved."
Brother Jiu said: "You don't need to learn from me. I didn't expect it at the time. I didn't know until I saw the yard of Bage's house that I would plant some beautiful bananas and begonias, otherwise the yard would be bare."
Everyone is watching Eighth Prince again.
Brother Ba remembered the days in Tousuo, when the couple were in love. Later, because Dafujin was seriously ill, they opened the house in advance. They moved in the winter months and it was difficult to move the plants and trees. The following year, they went on a tour to the south.
, and waited until the Southern Tour came to move to his own residence.
However, the relationship between the couple was weak at that time, so the flowers and trees in the first place were not moved to the main courtyard and were planted directly in the garden.
A crabapple, a pomegranate, and several pots of peonies.
He said to the twelfth elder brother: "There is a flower and thatched house in Jingshan. If the twelfth elder brother wants to transplant anything, just ask someone to pick it up there."
"Thank you, Brother Eight..." Brother Twelve only thanked him and did not say whether he would come over.
Brother Thirteen was standing by and said, "Brother Twelve, let's go to Jingshan in the afternoon and see what's there. I'd rather have two pine trees. It's comfortable just looking at the green."
Brother Twelve: "..."
I don’t want to go to any trouble, but the female relatives will live in the main courtyard from now on, and there are some flowers and plants that are eye-catching.
In Grandma's Buddhist hall, there are two pots of spider plants and a tank of goldfish.
Grandma said, if your eyes are tired, look at the spider plants and goldfish to nourish your eyes.
The goldfish in my study came from my grandma.
He nodded slightly and said, "Yeah."
The third elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother with a smile and said: "The wedding is about to happen. I have been looking forward to it for a long time. My elder brother's dining room is finally complete..."
Speaking of this, he thought of the days before the wedding and said to Brother Jiu: "Looking back, the Ministry of Internal Affairs should take a closer look. The prince's rules are too simple. Before the wedding, they were just the same. Every day
The seasonings are not complete, and it is only after the wedding that we are reunited with Fujin. What kind of thing is this? You have to take advantage of it before you can eat a few mouthfuls of rice?"
Brother Ninth thought of the days when he was starving and said, "Why did Third Brother think of mentioning this? If my brothers had brought this up when they were hungry, wouldn't those of us behind have suffered?"
The third elder brother said: "I didn't have any appetite in the past, but in the past few years, I have been abducted by you, and I don't like to use my chopsticks when eating special dishes."
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "My younger brother is not that powerful. He can kidnap Third Brother. It can only be said that the people in the city are well fed and clothed, and they are beginning to want good food. In the past few years, I have looked at the restaurants in the inner and outer cities.
But there are a lot of new ones opening, and as long as they have signature dishes, their business will be good."
Third Brother thought for a while and said: "That's true. Not only are there more restaurants, but there are also more types of food. Chilled food from the Northeast, dried seafood from Shandong, and Dongzi dishes from the suburbs of Beijing were all rarities in the early years.
Son, it’s been common these past few years.”
The others said nothing and had their own thoughts.
It's true. The capital city has changed a lot in the past ten years. Not only are restaurants and food stalls doing well, but cloth shops and silk and satin shops are also doing well.
Even for ordinary bannermen, it has become normal for them to wear new clothes during the changing seasons.
If the family is not rich, it is common for them to pawn winter clothes and cut summer clothes.
When winter comes, you pawn your summer clothes and redeem your winter clothes.
The Eight Banners' luxury culture has spread from top to bottom.
An ordinary flag man has no money left in his family.
At this time, Liang Jiugong came out, glanced at the princes, and said to the eldest brother: "Your Majesty, the emperor has sent you to go in with all the princes..."
The eldest brother nodded and led everyone into Qingxi Bookstore.
In the Qingxi study room, Kangxi was sitting on the kang. There was a chair beside the kang, and the prince sat on it.
The father and son were only two or three steps apart, as if they were talking about a loving father and a filial son.
Seeing everyone coming in, the prince had no intention of getting up.
After everyone had greeted the emperor and him, he stood up and nodded to his eldest brother, then nodded to everyone and sat down again.
The prince has always had a high position in the imperial court, and everyone is accustomed to it.
It was just that Shu Shu thought about joining the South Study Room. In addition to the fifth elder brother, the other elder brothers also thought about it.
The third brother's heart was pounding.
The prince is not the prince.
When the prince stays in Beijing, he can supervise the country and take charge of government affairs.
When it comes to the prince, it is not appropriate for one person to take charge of everything.
Besides the eldest brother, he should be the one who stays in the capital to assist with government affairs, right?
He is the third elder brother, just behind the eldest elder brother and the prince in age.
If there were two people, it would be him.
If we choose four people, he should be included.
Kangxi had already looked at his eldest brother and said: "Thousands of generals from various provinces come to Beijing to wait for their positions. Some of them can't fill the vacancies for many years. I heard that the maximum length of stay in the capital is ten years. When you are in Beijing these days, there will be thousands of people waiting to be filled."
All are counted and vacancies are filled according to seniority; the number of military attachés posted outside the capital must not exceed 40% of the local vacancies, otherwise it will be too uneven."
Civilian candidates also have to run for official positions. They are selected from candidates recommended by several ministries.
The military attaché candidate is a bit trickier here.
The capital's supply was limited, so after the nobles' sons had made up for their future, they would move around in the Ministry of War and be sent to other places when they were old enough.
What comes and goes is that if there is a vacancy at the bottom, people from the capital will fill it.
However, it is difficult for those local military attachés who have reached their seniority to retain their posts at the same level. Once they are full-time and come to Beijing to see the Majesty, there will be no shortage to fill.
Although the eldest brother is impatient with these trivial matters, this is the emperor's order, so he bows to it.
Kangxi looked at his expression carefully and saw that there was nothing unusual, then he looked at the others.
The princes are divided according to their age.
Next to the prince are the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the eighth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother.
Below the eldest brother are the fourth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the twelfth elder brother.
The youngest thirteenth brother looks like an adult and is about to get married.
Kangxi remembered that earlier, in the 22nd year, Empress Dowager Feng Tai went to Gubeikou to escape the summer heat. She brought with her the prince, the eldest brother and the third brother. They were all children at the time, and the third brother could not speak well.
That was the first time he took his son out.
In the twenty-sixth year, the eighth prince, who had entered the study room, also followed him on a tour outside the fortress, becoming the little prince in the eyes of the Mongols.
In this blink of an eye, twenty years have passed.
He mused: "The prince is following me on a tour of the Yongding River. Someone should be left on duty in the south study room..."
Having said this, he started to name people and said: "Third elder brother, fifth elder brother, seventh elder brother, eighth elder brother..."
The four of them came out in response.
Kangxi said: "You will be divided into two groups, and you will take turns entering the palace."
The four of them responded in unison.
The ninth elder brother looked at the tenth elder brother across from him and felt relieved when he saw that his expression was as usual.
Let Shu Shu speak.
There is no tenth brother, but there are older brothers in front of me.
A lazy person like Fifth Brother was pulled out to make up the numbers.
This result was also expected, but Brother Jiu still felt a little uncomfortable.
The elder brother in front, except for the fifth brother and the seventh brother, and the prince, are praised by everyone for their abilities.
Since him, no one has praised him.
He just paid it forward, not entering the court, not handling government affairs, and there were no drastic changes in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The tenth brother was not given a chance to show it at all.
It was said that the third brother and the old thirteenth brother were both civil and military, but he knew that the tenth brother was also both civil and military.
Khan Amma also took away three sons and sent five sons on errands. Why didn't he think of Lao Shilai?