Chapter 1456: Brother Ninth’s contribution (rolling to ask for monthly votes)
The folk proverb says it well, "At the summer solstice, the number of heads lying down is three times."
This means that starting from summer, counting to the third "Gength Day" will be the day of ambush.
This year's summer solstice falls on May 17th, and the third Geng Day from the future will be June 14th.
Before the fall, the weather is dry and hot; after the fall, it is muggy.
Sir, please take a bath in the morning and evening.
Here in Niguzhu, even if I take a bath in the morning and evening, I still have prickly heat. I am so pitiful that I don't care about running out. I drag my wife to stay in the cold room.
However, as Mrs. Bo was getting older, she used ice to cool down in the cold room, so she was still a little cold and clammy. It was not good to stay there for a long time, otherwise her shoulders would hurt.
Shu Shu took Ni Guzhu to the main house in the morning and returned before lunch.
Madam Uncle is in her fifties, and Aunt Qi in the backyard is no longer young either.
Shu Shu also picked up Fengsheng and Akdan.
In this way, Shu Shu's time is dedicated to several children every morning.
Akdan is a child who neither cries nor makes fuss in front of outsiders, but when there are no outsiders, he is clingy and loves to compete for favors.
Together with Ni Guzhu, there is not a day when the two little guys don't quarrel.
In the end, she cried this way and howled that way, and Shu Shu became increasingly irritable.
People's hearts are indeed biased!
After taking care of the child herself, Shu Shu fell in love with Fengsheng more and more.
Well-behaved baby, who can’t help feeling pain?
Those two are debt collectors, and this one is the child who repays the debt.
Humph, the older they are, Shu Shu thinks that those two little bastards should have more experiences...
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Housekeeping office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Jiu unbuttoned his collar and waved a fan in his hand. At his feet was a large vat filled with ice cubes.
Next to Brother Twelve's table, there is another ice jar.
Their yamen now has double the supply of ice cubes.
For the extra portion, I will make up the money myself.
Brother Jiu is not short of money, but he is afraid of both heat and cold.
When I came here today, he made arrangements for the twelfth elder brother to leave the capital.
The departure of the Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the capital was a matter of Brother Jiu's decision, but it was not up to him to make the final decision for the prince to leave the capital.
Long before the emperor came to the throne, he asked for his will in front of the emperor.
The reason why I delayed until now to ask the twelfth prince to set off was because I was waiting for an ambush.
After the fall, the prince's palace became a furnace, not to mention the Forbidden City.
"With one bodyguard and one hundred guards, in addition to the construction department and a doctor and a foreigner, the accounting department and the general affairs department will also arrange for manpower to follow... The accounting department is to check the plan of the palace and the general affairs department.
It is to count all the utensils laid out in the palace..."
"There's no need to rush back. Just wait until you get up before and after the retreat..."
"The prince's annex outside the palace needs to be watched carefully. Don't make it too big. Prepare according to two entrances and three entrances..."
"There can be more shops near the palace, and they can be more stylish. When the Mongolian prince comes to court, it will be convenient for him to choose whatever he wants..."
"In addition, the supporting vegetable gardens, livestock gardens and orchards next to the palace must also be set aside to save the emperor from having to go there to escape the summer heat and transport supplies from the capital..."
Brother Ninth explained everything one by one.
The twelfth elder brother listened carefully.
When Brother Ninth said it at the end, he was also moved.
Even if it is hotter at noon outside the customs, it is cooler in the morning and evening, so there is no need to worry about the heat.
Did he trick himself?
If the land outside the Rehe Palace is not taken back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but is traded like Xiaotangshan, then I can build a summer garden myself.
Unfortunately, it is too late to say this now.
The ninth elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and said: "The auxiliary rooms near the palace should be built in places with good views. The others don't matter."
The place next to the palace could not be said to be the residence of these adult princes.
Brother Twelve nodded.
Brother Jiu said: "This is your first time traveling far away and it will take a long time. You can go to the teacher to ask for advice and see if he has any other instructions."
The twelfth elder brother knew that this was for his own good, so he packed up the things on hand and went to the cabinet to check the room.
Brother Ninth simply changed his position and lay down.
What should he do if his twelfth brother is not here?
Gao Yanzhong is not here either.
The daily general affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be handled by Zhang Baowei.
You can't let the dog days fall. He will come over and light the sky when he sees it.
Even if you use double ice cubes, it's still not enough.
His eyelids became a little heavy again.
"Dengdengdengdeng"...
The footsteps at the door were heavy and familiar.
"Crash", the hanging screen door was opened, and the fifth elder brother walked in.
Brother Ninth stood up in a hurry, looked at Brother Five who was sweating profusely, and said, "Why did you come here in such a doggy day under the sun?"
The fifth elder brother directly pulled up the chair and sat next to the ice basin. He stuck out his tongue, panted heavily, and said with a grimace: "I'm suffocated, come up and get some air..."
The third elder brother and the eighth elder brother were with them, and he and the seventh elder brother were the only two who stayed in the south study room. They were busy for two and a half hours every morning, and they were not finished until noon.
The fifth elder brother wanted to cry, but he also knew the importance and it was not the time to be lazy.
There were only two of them in total, and time was tight at this time. If he was lazy, he wouldn't be able to complete his errand.
When he came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his back ached from sitting and his brain went numb, so he took a walk to stretch his muscles.
The fifth elder brother rubbed his eyes. His eyes were watery and the whites of his eyes were red and bloodshot.
Seeing this, Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "Let's get started. Is it dirty? You should change the veil quickly..."
The fifth elder brother took out the handkerchief from his sleeve and kneaded it until it looked like dried cabbage. It was stained with sweat.
He loves to sweat.
Brother Jiu twitched his lips, took out a new handkerchief from his purse and gave it to him.
The fifth elder brother rubbed his eyes with a clean handkerchief and said pitifully: "Not only is my brain numb, my eyes are going to be blind..."
Brother Jiu couldn't understand, and said: "Aren't you just reading abbreviations and dividing posts, so you are so tired?"
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "I'm tired, and my brain needs to be used. Who knows what it means if I abbreviate a sentence or two..."
Brother Jiu heard this and thought so.
Just like the general affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is also indifferent.
He said: "I will bring you two kilograms of walnuts tomorrow. You can take a good supplement."
The fifth elder brother waved his hand and said, "No, Lao Qi Fujin has prepared some dates and walnuts for him. I can just eat along with him."
Brother Jiu said: "Then bring half a catty of dendrobium. You can use it to make chrysanthemum tea. It will also clear away heat and improve eyesight."
The fifth elder brother then nodded and said, "I need to take good care of it."
The fifth elder brother came over for a stroll and then returned to the south study room.
Brother Jiu called Zhang Baozhu over and told him that he would come over every other day for half a day starting tomorrow.
As for Zhang Bao's stay here, there is no Xiu Mu for the time being.
Zhang Baozhu responded, thinking that Gao Yanzhong had been on a business trip with the Holy Master in the past six months, so he asked: "Master Jiu, there is still a vacancy for the head of the commission here in our yamen, and there is also a shortage of written posts. Do you want to make up for it?"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "You don't need to choose from outside. Choose senior and capable people from the seventh-grade pen post style to appoint the director. The eighth grade pen post style will be supplemented by the seventh grade, and the ninth grade pen post style will be filled with seniority.
Make up the eighth grade, and write down the vacant ninth grade writing style. When the official school exam is over, those who pass can make up for the ninth grade writing style."
This is because they are afraid that people from outside will ruin the atmosphere in our yamen.
It also gives the post at the bottom an upward channel to avoid wasting time on errands.
Zhang Baozhu agreed and went down to prepare.
When the twelfth elder brother came back from his duty in the cabinet, the ninth elder brother stood up and said: "Then I have left. The guard office and the military camp have all said hello. I will wait directly outside the Shenwu Gate tomorrow morning. In addition to the carriage, you
In addition, I also brought two horses to prepare, and more bow and arrow riding equipment, when the time comes..."
After hearing this, Brother Twelve said: "Brother Ninth, I asked Fucheng... Lord Ma agreed..."
"Huh?"
Brother Jiu was surprised: "Why do you think of him?"
Fucheng is also Ma Qi's son. He is about the same age as the twelfth elder brother and has just become a teenager.
The twelfth elder brother pursed his lips and said, "Mommy asked me to ask."
Brother Jiu felt happy and said: "No wonder they say, 'If you have an old man in your family, it's like having a treasure.' That's a good question. It's really your turn to ask. I've thought wrong. I think you haven't left the palace yet, so there's no need to ask this for the time being."
, but if you don’t ask, it’s not easy for the teacher to mention it, what will outsiders think?”
A cheap son-in-law like the eighth elder brother would have a son-in-law from the Fucha family working with him. However, a serious son-in-law like the twelfth elder brother, the Fucha family would not arrange for any of his sons to follow him.
When outsiders saw this, they thought the Fucha family was dissatisfied with the marriage.
"What did the teacher say?"
Brother Jiu asked.
The twelfth elder brother said: "Master Ma told Fu Cheng to follow me and see the world."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "Although relatives are relatives, if they are here on business, don't really treat them as guests, that would be too foreign; don't treat them as haha beads envoys, that is not pleasing, so just follow the example of me and
The relationship between Fusong and Fusong should be clearer between public and private affairs..."
The twelfth elder brother wrote down that he felt that the personal relationship between him and Fu Cheng was limited, and the public relationship was also limited.
Hey, anyway, there are about a hundred people following, one more is not too much, one less is not too much, we will talk about it when the time comes...
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We set up camp at Wulan Tuoluo Sea.
After the Holy Emperor arrived in Mongolia, various Mongolian tribes came to pay homage one after another and followed the Holy Emperor as he headed north.
The prince Taiji who came to court also received rewards, including robes, brocades and other items.
This year's robes are different from every year. In addition to large woolen robes in winter and silk satin robes in spring and autumn, the elders who came to the court also got cashmere woolen robes.
It feels as smooth as satin, and there are complicated and gorgeous embroidery patterns on it, which are Mongolian people's favorite swastika, lotus, and longevity patterns.
The Mongolians were honest and received more rewards than usual. When they expressed gratitude to Bogda Khan for his kindness, they were not stingy with their gifts.
The gifts to the emperor have been sent long ago, so it is difficult to make up for them, but there are still the prince and other princes.
So, starting from the prince to the youngest sixteenth brother, they all received more gifts.
As the youngest prince, the sixteenth prince has received more than ten horses this year.
Among so many princes, the fourteenth prince was considered lucky and received six horses as gifts, two of which were Tianshan horses.
He was quick-witted and knew the reason for such heavy gifts, and said to the Thirteenth Brother: "This is all the credit of Ninth Brother. Cao Yin's cashmere business was run by Ninth Brother, and Ninth Brother suffered a loss..."
The Thirteenth Brother nodded and said: "Ninth Brother is very capable. Even if he were not in the Ministry of Internal Affairs but in the Lifan Academy, Ninth Brother would definitely be able to do a good job."
The fourteenth elder brother glanced at the thirteenth elder brother and said: "You will no longer be a young boy. Khan Ama really loves Shiliu and teaches Shiliu Mongolian himself..."
The thirteenth elder brother disagreed and said: "Sixteenth is smart and lively. He is always in front of the emperor, so Khan Ama can be more cheerful."
Brother Fourteen looked him up and down and said, "Brother Thirteen is telling the truth. Are you not jealous at all?"
The thirteenth elder brother looked at the fourteenth elder brother and said, "What is there to be jealous of? If we are really jealous, the brothers above us will not like us..."
So many people have been young sons, how can there be so much injustice?
It's too big, it's too big, even if they are allowed to see the sky in front of them, they won't be happy...