Chapter 1424: Minister of Management (asking for guaranteed monthly votes)
Seeing that the twelfth elder brother could not say anything, the third elder brother left in a sour mood.
After returning to the south study room, he couldn't help complaining to the seventh and eighth elder brothers: "It's not enough to just immerse yourself in work. You have to learn to coax people. Look at the ninth elder brother coaxing Khan Ama, and the elder brother didn't even yell."
I went to pick him up, so I called Brother Jiu."
The seventh elder brother looked at the folding paper in his hand and turned a deaf ear to it.
What's the point of traveling sixty miles back and forth? It's May now and the sun is shining brightly. I'm afraid the ninth prince himself wouldn't be willing to have this dignity.
The eighth elder brother answered, but he did not follow the third elder brother's words, but said: "Maybe it's because Khan Ama knows that the ninth brother has a leisurely life there."
If I really want them to pick me up, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish today's errand.
It's just that... the Holy Master will return to Changchun Garden this afternoon, and their rotation in the palace will also come to an end.
Ninth Prince went to the imperial court every now and then to pay tribute, and everyone knew about it.
The third elder brother sat there, wondering whether he should follow suit.
But how to learn?
Most of the food recipes at home are inherited from the palace, and as for Dong E's family, most of them are Manchu food recipes that everyone knows.
What about other filial piety?
If he is stingy he can't take it out, and he can't take it out if it's valuable.
If your salary is deducted for three years in a row, you will not get your salary for several years.
The third elder brother looked at the book and didn't think it would be better to enter the south study room. He said to the eighth elder brother: "The able ones work harder. This is not quite right. According to this, the incompetent people will enjoy more blessings."
The eighth elder brother smiled and did not answer. He was not happy to let him "enjoy happiness" like the fifth elder brother.
They are only in their twenties, and they don’t want to make a contribution. Do they really want to hang around and wait to die? That would be too hopeless...
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Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The third elder brother just walked with the front foot, and Erhe came with the back foot.
"Master Twelve, Master Ninth ordered my servant to take you to Tongzhou..."
It turned out that Brother Jiu had been out of Beijing for a while, and he realized that going to Tongzhou was not just for pick-up.
If you really wanted to ask him to pick you up, the holy driver would have already arrived in Tongzhou before sending the message.
According to what Khan Amma had done earlier, he still had several days to leave Beijing, so he named the person who would pick him up.
Since it is possible that it is related to the woolen mill, we should bring the twelfth prince with us.
In the stall over there, except for the weavers, dyers, machinists and other staff who were "seconded" by Brother Ninth to Cao Yin in a letter, the rest were watched by Brother Twelve and Gao Yanzhong.
There is no need for Gao Yanzhong to call him, he is in the hands of the logistics personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are accompanying him.
The twelfth prince can now show his face in front of the emperor.
Now that we are getting married, we can't always hide behind.
Therefore, the ninth elder brother ordered Erhe to turn back and come to pick up the twelfth elder brother.
The twelfth elder brother didn't ask any other questions, put down the official documents in his hand, and came out with Erhe.
Erhe had already reported to the guard office, and another guard came out from the guard office, and the twelfth prince left the capital.
The twelfth elder brother was worried that the ninth elder brother was in an emergency, so he took the people away quickly.
The ninth elder brother asked the coachman to slow down and wait for the twelfth elder brother and the others.
Therefore, he was overtaken five or six miles away from Tongzhou Pier.
When they arrived at the Canal Palace, Brother Jiu got off the carriage.
The twelfth prince also got off his horse.
Brother Jiu then told him, "If Khan Amma asks about the woolen weaving factory, just answer a few more questions."
The twelfth elder brother looked at him and said a little confused: "Why?"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "It's just how many pieces of wool are produced every day, how many kilograms of wool materials are consumed, and so on."
The twelfth elder brother said: "That was all calculated by the ninth brother. You can answer it yourself."
Brother Jiu rolled his eyes and said: "Then let's talk about how to choose the site. Use the geometry of the official land under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how many miles away from the canal and so on."
The twelfth elder brother said: "Don't we have to rely on Gao Langzhong for the early preparations?"
Brother Ninth glanced sideways and snorted coldly: "Then you haven't put in the hard work? You choose people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and deploy them in various ways. Aren't you the one to follow?"
The twelfth elder brother lowered his eyes and said honestly: "I'm just following the instructions of the ninth elder brother. It's nothing inappropriate."
Brother Ninth has a headache.
This younger brother doesn't know how to take credit, and he doesn't know how to show off his own achievements. He's a big fool.
It seems that I have to learn a lesson and don't ask the old lady to take care of the children. She is too temperamental and has no ambition and courage.
While they were talking, the two of them entered the palace gate and called for someone to pass the news.
After a while, the thirteenth elder brother came out and said: "Ninth brother, twelfth brother, where is the biography of Khan Amma."
Brother Jiu whispered: "Did you go to the wool factory?"
Brother Thirteen nodded and praised: "I went there. I went there yesterday afternoon. It looks more impressive than the cashmere woolen shop in Jiangning."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "The style doesn't work, the quality over there is better."
In the room, Kangxi, the prince and the fourth elder brother were all there.
The father and son were sitting, and there were two people standing next to them. One was Gao Yanzhong, and the other was Jin Yiyao, the treasury official of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau who had been suspended from office.
The ninth elder brother brought the twelfth elder brother in, and they first paid their respects.
Kangxi was sitting behind the big case, with several things placed on the case.
He called Brother Jiu to come forward and said, "Look at these..."
Brother Jiu stepped forward to see a pair of socks knitted with fine wool, a woolen melon cap, and a pair of woolen-faced white-soled official boots.
He read it once, looked at Kangxi, and said, "Khan Ama, is there anything wrong with these things?"
This is what he had previously ordered the people here to try to do.
Kangxi said: "Why do you want to ask people to do this?"
According to the plan that Brother Jiu handed over before, the main purpose here is to produce materials, not such fine pieces.
After hearing this, Brother Jiu said: "It's true that the process of cleaning wool from oil is too expensive, and the wool material made is not as good as cashmere, so it cannot be sold at a high price, and the profit in the process is not very high.
The son was thinking about what else he could do besides making clothes materials, and he just thought about these small items. In addition to these small items, there were also carpets and kang rugs. In this way, even if the clothes materials could not be promoted in three or five years, there would be no
Because of the relationship, we will mainly deal in these items first, so this weaving factory will not need to provide money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will be self-sufficient earlier."
Woolen clothes are not as warm as fur clothes, so they can only be worn in spring and autumn in the north.
But in the spring and autumn, ordinary cotton-padded clothes will suffice.
Those who specialize in wearing this kind of material must find someone with money.
But in the eyes of wealthy people, this wool, which feels slightly rough and hard, has no obvious advantages and is inferior to cashmere and Western materials.
Kangxi listened and said to the prince: "People outside say that Brother Ninth is lazy and there are many doubts about it. I don't urge him to be diligent. I only value his economic talent. He has taken over the Ministry of Internal Affairs for three years, and the internal treasury has increased."
We paid more than one million taels of silver."
The prince was surprised when he heard this. He had seen the wool factory with the Holy Driver in the morning, and he had never felt so deeply.
When I heard the amount of money, I could only admire it.
Earlier, I looked at Brother Jiu as if he was joking, moving a pole in the east and a hammer in the west. I didn't expect that the sand would accumulate into hills and open source so much.
The prince said sincerely: "Brother Ninth has partial talents, and Ama Khan knows people and is good at responsibilities, but many of his sons and ministers have shortcomings."
Kangxi was in a good mood and said: "Others raise their children hoping to be stupid, but I raise my sons only to become talented."
Excellent achievements are expected and reasonable, and there is nothing to be happy about. He is very pleased that someone like Jiu Age, who is worse than his brothers, has become talented.
The prince followed and smiled.
He knew what the emperor's father meant. A single tree cannot form a forest.
The princes have all become talented, and he will not be short of manpower at his disposal in the future.
But after becoming a talented prince, is your elder brother still willing to help?
They are all the sons of the imperial father, and they are the ones closest to the throne.
As long as they have some faults and lose their reserve position, they will all have a chance to win the great treasure.
Brother Jiu was listening, and when he saw that Kangxi didn't say anything else, he was a little anxious and said: "Khan Ama, in fact, my son is just guessing, and then he starts to talk.
My brother and Gao Yanzhong kept an eye on the preparation and use, and made seven or eight trips to and from Tongzhou, not ten times. In the months after the official start of construction after the new year, it was Jin Yiyao, an expert, who kept an eye on it. I heard that all the food and accommodation were here, and he was very attentive as a errand.
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Kangxi listened and looked at his twelfth elder brother.
The twelfth elder brother stood with his eyebrows down, very quiet.
Kangxi asked his twelfth elder brother: "According to your ninth brother's opinion, this weaving factory has been successfully established, and your hard work is also involved?"
The twelfth elder brother replied truthfully: "It's just running errands. Most of the general affairs are watched by Gao Langzhong."
Kangxi looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "You mentioned before that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a minister of management, so what did you ask the twelfth elder brother to do? How did you do the job?"
Brother Ninth thought for a while and said: "The Construction Department, Qingfeng Department and the yamen of this hall are all under the control of the twelfth brother. Khan Ama, you also know that your son is lazy and impatient. The daily general affairs of our yamen have been started since last year."
, most of them are the twelfth elder brother."
The ninth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother were still standing talking to each other, but the thirteenth elder brother couldn't help but return to his seat and stood beside him.
He did not leave to study last year, but always went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to have a meal, so he knew about this.
The prince and fourth elder brother heard the news for the first time.
Both of them looked at the twelfth elder brother.
The ninth elder brother was able to trust the twelfth elder brother to take care of the general affairs, and he also took care of it for more than a year without making any mistakes, which is very rare.
This usually quiet little brother is more capable than expected.
The twelfth elder brother was watched by several people and his whole body became tense.
He looked down at the ground, wishing he could open a hole in the ground and crawl in to hide.
The prince and fourth elder brother looked at ninth elder brother again.
The prince thought that it was indeed the style of a wealthy and idle person, not a lover of power, so that was fine, even if it looked annoying, there was no need to be too defensive.
The fourth elder brother frowned.
"Minister of Management"?
The twelfth prince is not the only one who can think of this.
There are dozens of yamen, large and small, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The twelfth elder brother is in charge of three bureaus. If the other ministers are also arranged to manage the yamen, ten or eight will not be able to control them.
All these errands have been assigned, so what does Brother Ninth do?
He is quite used to being lazy.
The fourth elder brother was dissatisfied with the ninth elder brother's lack of progress, but he also felt that this step was the right one.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is no longer the former Ministry of Internal Affairs.
One after another, relatives and wealthy families were expelled, and the emperor's father became wary of the inner three banners.
Brother Ninth's division of power at this time can be regarded as a mistake...
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I burst into tears. Seeing that I was about to fall out of the top fifteen, I knelt down and asked for a guaranteed monthly ticket.