Brother Ninth has arrived at the House of Internal Affairs for check-in.
Gao Yanzhong is holding a booklet to check the number of feasts, sheep and wine required for today.
Seeing Brother Jiu coming over, Gao Yanzhong hurriedly said hello.
Brother Jiu reached out his hand, glanced at the book, and muttered: "No wonder Emperor Taizu has set such a rule. He won't suffer any loss even if he treats guests!"
It turns out that what is written above is the share of the prince's contribution to today's banquet. A total of one hundred and twenty tables and five full banquets, sixty sheep, and sixty jars of wine will be needed.
Most of them were donated by the princes, each of the princes had five seats, each of the princes had three seats, each with two sheep and two jars of wine; each of Beile had two seats, each of Beizi had one seat, and each of the eighth princes had one seat.
One sheep and one jar of wine.
The remaining balance will be made up by Honglu Temple.
This was the old practice of the Eight Banners before Sui entered the customs.
For all state banquets, the princes contributed according to their share.
The silver cost for a full fifth-class banquet is three cents, two cents, three cents per table, and the sheep and wine also have their own prices.
The princes actually settled the money directly.
Brother Jiu looked at the menu again, and the main course was mutton pot.
In the early years of the vassal banquet, roast mutton was used, but after the 23rd year of Kangxi's reign, it was replaced by boiled mutton and steamed mutton.
Ninth Brother saw it and let it go and left the check-in room.
It's already broad daylight.
Brother Jiu yawned and tightened his upper hood.
Not only is he dressed like this, but if you look around, the princes, ministers, bachelors, and imperial guards are all dressed in the same way.
Every year on the first day of the winter solstice, everyone from the emperor to the guards and servants change their gowns together, also called turning over their gowns.
I woke up too early this morning. Brother Jiu wanted to go back to sleep, but that was not the right time, so he had to persist.
In the distance, I heard the "woo-woo" sound of the horn.
Brother Jiu glanced around, not wanting to step forward.
"Brother Ninth, Brother Ninth..."
Following the sound of voices, the fourteenth elder brother hurriedly came from far away and said: "Why are you always here? You don't go to the imperial palace..."
Brother Jiu saw that he was in high spirits and no longer had the sour face of yesterday, and said: "There is nothing to do, what are you going to do in front of the emperor?"
Can't you wait to be punished?
Brother Fourteen said: "Brother Twelve and Brother Thirteen are all gone."
Brother Jiu yawned and said: "It should be just for today's performance. Khan Ama may have other instructions. Go ahead if you like. It's still early for the Daye. I won't join in the fun!"
Hearing what he said, Brother Fourteen stopped moving and said: "I have been practicing a new bow these days, and I can't miss the target with my eight powers."
Speaking of this, he felt very upset.
It would be better to get a new bow as soon as possible, and I won't show any timidity in the first few days.
Brother Jiu rolled his eyes at him and said: "You still want to go to heaven? You can barely use a fourteen-eight-power bow. You are already better than many people. Do you have to compete for first and second place?"
The fourteenth elder brother puffed up his chest and said: "Everyone will only remember the first place. Except for the first place, other rankings are meaningless..."
He thought about the test firing a few days ago and said: "In the past few years, my eldest brother was fine with a fourteen-force bow, but this year he is struggling. This is because he is old. The third brother is not much younger than the eldest brother. In ten years, we will
Who would give me up first?”
Brother Jiu said: "Then Thirteen is only two years older than you, and Twelve is three years older than you. How can you outlast the brothers in front of you, and how can you outlast these two as well? Really?
At that time, can Little Eighteen and Little Nineteen also look forward to seeing you grow old?"
The Fourteenth Brother listened and said: "You are right. There are also the Twelfth Brother and the Thirteenth Brother in my class. Then I have to prepare with both hands. In addition to waiting for the older brother to get old, I will
I also need to be more diligent. My two brothers are both on the job and can’t spare much time for riding and shooting. But I’m different. I have to go to the study for another two years, so I can practice riding and shooting more attentively.”
Brother Ninth asked: "Will you settle the accounts? Why has it only been two years? It's already the winter months, next year will be the whole year, and the year after that you will start to learn errands."
After hearing this, the fourteenth elder brother felt a sense of urgency, thinking that there was still more than an hour before the big reading, so he told the ninth elder brother and went to the school ground.
It comes in a hurry and goes in a hurry.
The ninth elder brother looked at the back of the fourteenth elder brother and nodded.
It's pretty good, I know my shortcomings, and I don't think about evil ways, I just think about working hard.
At this time, the fifth elder brother came again and said: "Do you want deer milk? I just went to the manager to ask, and now there are eight doe giving birth in the deer garden..."
Brother Jiu immediately said: "Yes!"
Fujin loved to drink this, and wealthy people even used it to make milk soap.
The fifth elder brother said: "Then I will tell the manager and ask him to keep the doe alone."
Brother Ninth asked: "Brother Five, do you want to stay?"
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "Leave one end for the children."
The ninth elder brother looked at the fifth elder brother's posture and thought about the food list that Fujin had prepared for the tenth elder brother. He planned to go back and ask Shu Shu and also copy a copy for the fifth elder brother.
There is no need to eat taboos, it can also help you lose weight, and it is also suitable for Fifth Brother.
The fifth elder brother said: "Khan Ama ordered the vassal council to purchase tapestries from Tongzhou. It's a pity that this is a gift from the court. It's not easy to sell it this year..."
Brother Jiu thought for a moment and said, "How about Brother Five arrange for someone to take them to the shops in the capital, especially Lao Shi's foreign goods shop, which should be rare, right?"
The fifth elder brother shook his head and said: "Foreign goods are rare in Monan Mongolia, but nothing in Khalkha. Khalkha is next to Russia. I heard that every year two to three hundred Russian businessmen go to Tuxie Tubu to trade with each other. The three Khalkhas
King Khan, every time he comes to court as a tribute, there are many foreign goods bought from Russian merchants."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "How can this be true? Russia has it, we have it in the Qing Dynasty, too, and all this real money has been made by foreigners!"
The fifth elder brother said: "There is no way. Khalkha and the Qing Dynasty are still separated by Monan Mongolia. Before the Duolun Alliance, salt tea was sold by Russian merchants. After the Duolun Alliance, salt tea was sold by Russian merchants.
The merchants of the Qing Dynasty..."
Ninth Prince said: "For such a wealthy Khalkha, seeing the constant flow of Russian businessmen, the Lifanyuan has no other ideas, they are all mediocre!"
The fifth elder brother said: "It's of no use. He just obeys orders and kills."
The two brothers talked and wasted time.
After a while, someone came from the imperial court. It was an inner guard.
It turned out that seeing that there was still half an hour before the Grand Parade, Kangxi ordered everyone to be sent over.
The fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother stopped chatting and followed the guards to the palace.
There were already many people at the entrance of the palace.
Several bachelors and ministers in charge of the bodyguard, as well as Prince Zhuang, Prince Yu, Prince Gong, Prince Kang, Prince Xian, Prince Xin, Prince An, Prince Shuncheng, Beizi Sunu, Beizi Lubin, etc., princes
Except for the four people who were named during the performance, everyone else is also here.
Brother Jiu glanced at Sonu.
Su Nu was talking to the newly appointed Prince Zong Ling'an. He looked very sad a few days ago, but now he is no longer visible.
All twelve of his sons have stood down, and eight of them are legitimate sons. Now that there is no legitimate son in the ranking, they will not be in danger of death.
Have you all stopped?
Brother Jiu looked at Sonu and took a closer look.
Sunu is in his early fifties, more than ten years older than King An, but he looks about the same, tall and strong.
This old brother should also know how to maintain good health. You must know that he not only has more sons, but also more daughters, and few die in infancy.
Compared with the sick Prince Yu and Prince Gong, this Beizi seemed younger than them.
The ninth elder brother decided to go to the clan mansion to find the tenth elder brother later, so that he could get closer to Sunubeizi.
The eldest brother is talking to the auxiliary prince Sulkin, who is the third son of Sunu and the brother of Fulkin.
Fuljin died of illness in his prime, and he had parents above him, so the funeral should not last long. The funeral would be held on March 7th.
Brother Jiu looked around and realized something was wrong.
The prince is not here.
You know, today is the official day of the Eight Banners Parade. All the adult princes are present, but the prince is not here?
Brother Ninth went to work at the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday and had never heard of the prince being ill.
Since he was not ill, why didn't the emperor call the prince to come over on such an important occasion?
Brother Jiu felt that he seemed to have guessed the answer.
He raised his head and glanced at the sun on the horizon.
I was distracted for a moment and my eyes hurt after looking at it for a long time.
The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother were talking. Seeing that the ninth elder brother was peaceful, he turned back to look at him, looked at him, and hurriedly pulled him to turn around, saying: "Staring at the sun? Don't you want to use your eyes?"
Brother Jiu sneered and said, "I just think the weather is nice, the roofs are blue, and the sun looks bright."
Brother Fourteen was standing by and said, "I only heard that you can't look directly at the sun at noon, but I didn't hear that you can't look at the sun in the morning either!"
The fourth elder brother looked at the fourteenth elder brother and didn't want to speak.
The fifth elder brother said something: "You can't look at it for a long time, it will hurt your eyes..."
Seeing that the fourth elder brother was paying no attention to him, the fourteenth elder brother's mouth was bulging, and he wanted to ridicule him a few words. The promising brothers were all in front of the emperor to follow the instructions, and the ones who were not promising were outside;
But thinking that he was one of the losers today, he swallowed his words again and felt boring.
The test firing at the school field a few days ago was watched by many princes.
Now seeing that several outstanding people have gone to the imperial court, but the eldest brother is left behind, many people are looking at the eldest brother, and some are gloating about his misfortune.
Prince Gong glanced at Prince Yu.
The second brother didn't like the eldest brother before, and he didn't hide it in front of the emperor. In the final analysis, it was because of the Ulan-Butong War.
That battle damaged the Eight Banners' combat power and was beaten to a pulp.
When the battle is reviewed later, everyone will have their own opinions on who should be blamed.
It's just that... the second brother also had an estranged relationship with the prince, and he also had a problem with Suo'etu in the early years...
Prince Gong couldn't help but look at the other princes.
The fourth elder brother is more serious in his behavior and is not even close to his uncle.
The fifth elder brother looks happy here, but in fact he doesn't have much close contact with his uncle, he just closes his door and lives his own life.
Needless to say, Ninth Prince is the prince who is most disliked by his clan members.
Unkind!
Not to mention being close to the clan members, he wanted to kill them as fat sheep.
Xiaotangshan made millions of taels of silver. Whose money was it?
It belongs to the royal family!
Everyone has learned from the past. When they heard that Rehe was going to build a monastery palace, they immediately prepared money. What was the result?
Okay, let’s just follow the regulations of the Imperial City Official House, will it be damaged or not?
From now on, everyone who is a retinue will have to pay a sum of money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in order to have a place to stay.
If this son is from one's own family, he is a good boy; if he is from someone else's family, then he is a bad boy...