Because news came out from the Zongren Mansion, the concubines of Prince Jian Xiu and Prince Gong were also ennobled with the two princes this time.
As the prince's concubines, those two were twenty this year and should have been awarded the title of third-class auxiliary general.
However, there are rules for being awarded the title. Only those who have excellent grades in all three categories can be awarded the title of third-level auxiliary general. Otherwise, they will be reduced by one to two according to their grades and the title will be suspended.
This year's clan examination has not yet begun. Where can these two people get all three excellent results?
As a result, according to the news from the Zongren Mansion, these two people will be directly awarded the title of third-class auxiliary general.
Prince Jian's Mansion gave grace to Prince Jian Xiu, and Prince Gong's Mansion also gave Prince Gong grace.
Who dares to question it?
The former is the queen of a meritorious king who died in the prime of life, and the latter is not only the concubine of the royal family, but also the concubine nephew of the emperor.
Brother Ninth thought about Lord Belle, so he calmed down.
The one who is not calm is Brother Fourteen!
Early that morning, when he arrived at the upper study room, he heard his companion mention this matter.
After receiving the news, he was tormented in his heart. When it was noon, he could no longer bear it and went to Nersu to confess, saying: "For the afternoon's riding and shooting, please tell the master on your behalf that I am not feeling well.
Go back and rest..."
After hearing this, Nersu looked at Brother Fourteen carefully, and his face turned pale as expected. He couldn't help but said with concern: "Then please remember to teach the imperial doctor..."
Brother Fourteen had a gloomy face, nodded, and left with the others.
When he returned to Nanwu Institute, he gritted his teeth and ordered Haha Zhuzi beside him: "Go to the Criminal Department and ask the Thirteenth Master to come over!"
According to his previous temper, he would immediately return to the capital to find Brother Thirteen. When he passed by the guard who was on duty, he also slowed down and thought about going over to ask for people or horses, but he just endured it.
Although he currently lives in Nanwusuo and is not in the West Garden, his actions are still not in his own way.
His punishment in the past two years was all for breaking the rules.
He didn't dare to be wanton anymore.
After about an hour and a half, Brother Thirteen came over on horseback.
Brother Thirteen dismounted in front of Nanwusuo.
He sighed inwardly, knowing why Brother Fourteen called him here.
Sure enough, when he entered, the Fourteenth Brother said angrily: "Did the Ninth Brother, Tenth Brother and Khan Amma say something? Otherwise, why would the prince be canonized at this time? Aren't we waiting for us to be canonized together? Brother
That’s what they were back then!”
The Thirteenth Brother said sternly: "This does not make sense. Nothing is certain. Naturally, Khan Ama can do whatever he wants. Back then, he wanted to make two princes together. Now, if he wants to make two princes alone, he can do it.
It’s been sealed, what’s going on with Brother Nine and Brother Ten? Can they still go to the imperial court to ask for titles?”
The eyes of the fourteenth elder brother were red, and he said: "Obviously we can be knighted together. Next year, Khan's 50th birthday, wouldn't it be better to be knighted together? If we have to divide it into two groups, wouldn't it be the same for the twelfth brother and the thirteenth brother?
Is Cheng Ding on duty?"
This time, the knighthood has the greatest impact not only on the ninth and tenth elder brothers, but also on the three elder brothers below.
When Thirteenth Brother got the news, he was also disappointed, but he didn't reveal it in front of others, and he was almost able to figure it out.
Seeing how the fourteenth brother was doing, he did not criticize him harshly, but just advised: "If you feel uncomfortable in your heart, don't bring it out outside. The matter is what it is now, and we can't change it."
The fourteenth elder brother couldn't help but shed tears. He was so aggrieved and said: "But after this wave, when will the next wave be? Put us in the little elder brother's group, follow the fifteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother.
Brother, what’s the deal? In that case, how many years will we have to wait?”
Brother Sixteen was born in thirty-four years, and it will be forty-nine when he becomes a man.
The Thirteenth Brother shook his head and said: "It won't be that long. The Prince's Mansion has only designated three places, and there is no share of the Fifteenth Brother and the Sixteenth Brother. Even if we delay the sealing for a few years, it won't be that late..."
Brother Fourteen was still feeling blocked and said: "What on earth is Ama Khan thinking? Even if she doesn't love me anymore, doesn't she still love Brother Thirteen? I don't even think about Brother Thirteen's title..."
Brother Thirteen drank tea and did not answer the call.
The royal father loves his youngest son.
What does it have to do with title?
If he gets married as a young man, he will probably not be considered a young son within two years.
The fourteenth elder brother felt powerless and looked at the thirteenth elder brother and said, "Then can we leave the palace next year?"
The thirteenth elder brother glanced at the fourteenth elder brother. Although the fourteenth elder brother will become a male next year, according to the example of his previous brothers, he will not leave the palace until the prince gets married at the earliest.
After Brother Fourteen finished speaking, he also thought of this and frowned: "Then it will have to wait until forty-three years?"
The thirteenth elder brother said: "Don't worry, Khan Ama will not treat his sons badly. He will reward all his merits. He will not delay learning errands in the palace. He will not treat any of them badly..."
The Fourteenth Brother shook his head and said: "That's for others. Ninth Brother and I are different from everyone else. If nothing else, let's just say that Ninth Brother's Prince's Mansion was built in accordance with the regulations of Baylor Mansion. However, after these three or four years,
Ninth Brother has made many contributions, not to mention the merits recorded again and again, probably twice, but this time he still has to press Feng, and it is still Baylor. If it had been anyone else, he would have given it directly to the county king..."
Brother Jiu's today is his tomorrow, so he will naturally pay attention to it.
Brother Thirteen shook his head and said: "It may have a little impact now, but it won't have much impact in the future."
The fourteenth elder brother wiped his eyes, looked at the thirteenth elder brother and said: "I have made many mistakes in the past two years, and I have also lost the favor of Khan Ama. Even if I get a title in a few years, I will still be a loser."
Well, Thirteenth Brother, you have been on duty for a year, and you have been doing things for others, and you have no chance to record your merits. You should be more cautious in the future."
The thirteenth elder brother shook his head and said: "I am just learning to do errands, how can there be so many opportunities to make meritorious deeds? My brothers have been walking in the ministry for more than ten years, and they have not recorded a few meritorious deeds..."
By the time Brother Thirteen returned to the city, it was already evening.
The thirteenth elder brother went back to the palace directly.
When passing by the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he happened to see the twelfth elder brother coming out, so he quickly took a few steps to catch up.
"Brother Twelve..."
Brother Thirteen said hello.
The twelfth elder brother stopped and waited for him to catch up. Seeing his dusty appearance, he was a little puzzled.
At the end of spring, it is the time when the wind and sand are the strongest, especially outside Beijing, where the sky is full of yellow sand.
Thirteenth Brother took a round trip to Haidian and his face was covered with sand.
As soon as the Thirteenth Brother opened his mouth, he felt that his teeth were dirty, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped it on his face twice. The snow-white handkerchief wiped off a lot of sand.
The twelfth brother's heart moved and he said, "Did the fourteenth brother call you?"
"yes……"
Brother Thirteen did not deny it, but he did not elaborate either. He interrupted and said: "I will start changing my hat tomorrow, but the wind and sand don't seem to stop yet..."
The twelfth elder brother didn't ask any further questions and followed his words and said: "It hasn't rained much since the beginning of spring. It's too dry and the sand has risen..."
The brothers talked and arrived at the elder brother's place.
The first person passing by was Tousuo. Brother Thirteen stopped and wanted to ask a question, but felt it was boring. So the brothers said goodbye and went back to their respective homes...
*
The next day, March 22nd, I changed into a hat.
Starting from today, the female family members will also replace gold jewelry and wear jade hairpins.
Shu Shu also replaced the gold hollow sachet carried by Brother Jiu with a Jasper Peace and Sound brand.
As for Shu Shu herself, she also packed up her jewelry box and put away all the gold jewelry, leaving pearls, gems, jade, agate and other jewelry outside.
It's just that the jade jewelry at the moment is either white jade, jasper or black jade.
The main color is white jade, which is too plain. You can still wear bracelets, but it's not easy to wear.
Biyu and Moyu are old-fashioned.
Therefore, the most popular ones are brightly colored gemstones, such as tourmaline, agate, coral and beeswax.
Shu Shu here likes tourmaline and coral jewelry.
The liveliness of tourmaline and the rich color of coral.
It's just that these are a bit tacky when inlaid with gold, and they tend to turn black when inlaid with silver, making them look worthless.
Shu Shu went to the study, took a pen and paper, and wrote down the ratios of various colors of K gold based on what she remembered.
Seventy and a half percent gold, plus two and a half percent silver, lead, and copper.
Seventy-and-a-half percent gold, plus two-and-a-half percent silver, copper, lead, and white copper, is yellow gold.
Seventy-five percent gold, plus 20 percent copper and half percent silver and lead, is rose gold.
Seven and a half percent gold, plus a small amount of lead, is purple gold.
Seven and a half percent gold, plus a small amount of iron, is black gold.
Except for the golden ratio, which is fixed, the other ingredients are not so fixed and you need to try them out.
After Shu Shu finished writing, she handed it to Ging Guo and said, "Take it to Gege across the courtyard and let Gege try it."
Ging Guo responded and went down.
But nowadays, people regard gold as pure gold, which is ninety-nine gold.
This kind of color is obviously not pure, so it’s okay for you to use it yourself, but if you put it in a silver building, fewer people will recognize it...
*
In the Hubu Yamen, Brother Jiu continued to look at the documents from the Cangchang Yamen.
It also increases knowledge.
Although the "Thirteen Warehouses" under Cangchang Yamen are all official warehouses, there are still distinctions. Several of them are white granary warehouses.
White grain is only for the palace and the princes and officials.
This grain consumption is more than double that of other grains.
Brother Jiu has been to Suzhou for forty years with the Southern Tour, and he has also heard about Bailiang.
This came with the previous dynasty, and the japonica rice and glutinous rice collected from Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou were specially used for the palace and officials. Every year, almost 100,000 shi were collected, accounting for one-fortieth of the entire rice.
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It was only when I opened the account books today that I realized that for these 100,000 white grains, if the rice consumption and losses were added up, the silver equivalent of one stone of rice would be equivalent to the market price of more than three or four stone, which is ten times that of ordinary grain.
Brother Jiu was stunned when he saw it. This was blatantly robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
But whose poverty is being helped?
After reading the cases for a month and a half, he finally understood that there was nothing new under the sun, and the Hubu Yamen was also pitch black.
At this moment, there was movement at the door, and Cao Shun came.
"Master Jiu, here comes the imperial decree. The decree of knighthood has been issued. Fujin invites you to come back to receive the decree..."
Brother Jiu was a little surprised when he heard this and said: "So fast!"
Fourth Brother urged: "Don't delay, come back quickly!"
Brother Jiu stood up and said, "Well, well, I'll call Old Ten and I'll be back..."
As soon as he left the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he saw Brother San coming out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, mounting his horse and leaving.
At this moment, people from the Tenth Prince's Mansion also arrived at the Zongren Mansion.
The tenth prince got the news and came out.
The two brothers got in the car.
When the two of them returned home, they received the decree of knighthood from the imperial guards.
Shu Shu was also in the front and asked someone to prepare a purse, which contained banknotes directly.
Brother Jiu accepted the order and smiled from ear to ear.
However, he thought of the third elder brother he had just met, who came out of the Yamen either early or late, so he asked the guard one more question, "How many titles have been awarded in total today?"
The guard said: "There are five families in total. In addition to yours and the Tenth Master's, there are also the Third Master's, Prince Jian's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion..."
The ninth elder brother remembered the words of the third elder brother. When the guards left, he said to Shu Shu: "The third elder brother will not be promoted to the county king. That would be too cheap for him!"
Shu Shu thought about the identity of the tenth elder brother. If the tenth elder brother and the eldest elder brother became the only two county kings, it would be easy for people to overthink it.
A third elder brother was brought up, but it was actually the tenth elder brother who was suppressed.
Shu Shu said: "Didn't the third master record the merits in his name? Perhaps the emperor remembered it and was promoted together..."
Brother Jiu said sourly: "It's only one meritorious service. According to the rules, if you are a duke or above, you have to record your merits twice before you can be promoted once!"
Counting all the scattered credits here, I can remember three or four times, just from Beizi to Beile.
As for the third elder brother, with one achievement, he went directly from Baile to the county king?