Chapter 877: The kind-hearted Ninth Brother’s monthly ticket)
It seems that the back building is full of people.
Brother Jiu was sitting by the kang, touching the bicycle.
The south kang is full, and the north kang is turned back by the nanny who is on duty at night.
In the east room, Mr. Jueluo was on night duty with his girl.
There is no place for him.
Does it take a full month for husband and wife to be placed separately?
Or two months?
Brother Jiu felt that his wife was being snatched away.
Over there in the main room, it was deserted.
After two months, the relationship between husband and wife will not be estranged, and the wife will put her children first, right?
When the time comes, you will be biased and not favor him.
He was feeling sad when He Yuzhu came over, raised the curtain and whispered: "Master, the uncle and the third master are here..."
Brother Jiu got up, walked out of the back building, and went to the front living room.
In addition to the Zhijun Prince's Palace, birthday gifts from several other princely palaces were delivered yesterday.
The eldest brother has not been in the capital for the past two days and has gone to Nanyuan.
There is no hostess in Zhijun Prince's Mansion, so naturally there is no one else to prepare birthday gifts.
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In the front living room, the third elder brother and the eldest elder brother were complaining.
"It's all my fault. No matter how close I am to you, how can I be as close as a brother? It's really too bad. This Baylor is not unjust..."
It would be great if, at some point, Lao Si, Lao Wu and Lao Seven also follow suit.
The third elder brother was also very helpless.
Since the 37th year of Kangxi's reign, he had wanted to promote the county king back, but he was powerless and had no chance.
If his younger brothers all increase their title levels, then his majesty as an older brother can be restored.
The eldest brother looked at the third brother, noncommittal.
It's rare that all the "auspicious things" in Lao Jiu's house have fallen into place, and Lao San has not been upset.
The third elder brother looked at the eldest elder brother and said: "If it were my slave, I would have kicked him out a long time ago. If I replaced the slave of the eldest brother, would it be the same..."
The eldest brother still didn't answer.
If he were his slave, it would be impossible to offend the prince.
Brother Jiu came in and said: "Eldest brother, third brother..."
When he saw his two elder brothers, he sat down at the bottom and looked at the third elder brother, which was a bit annoying.
He was also curious about what was going on in Nanyuan and wanted to ask a few questions.
Dong E's family's meteor was in Jingshan before and was later sent to Nanyuan.
But I can't mention this in front of the third brother who is talking nonsense.
The third elder brother saw the ninth elder brother looking at him and said with a smile: "I should have come yesterday, but after all, I went out on an errand and went to Qianqing Palace to return to my hometown, so I was delayed until today."
Brother Jiu thought of the eldest princess Shuhui and said, "Has Bahrain recovered? Wasn't it said that there was a white disaster last year and many animals died?"
The third elder brother nodded and shook his head and said: "That was the white disaster the winter before last. Most of the livestock died. Most of the food last year was allocated by the imperial court. The snow was not bad last winter. If this winter is also mild, then there will be another one."
, it was relieved in two years.”
Brother Jiu felt relieved after hearing this.
Not only was he worried about these eldest daughters, he was also worried about the wallets of the Mongolian princes.
He hoped that all parts of the grassland would be prosperous, with less friction and disputes, and more economic exchanges.
If there is a heavy snowfall and all the cattle and sheep are frozen to death, the ordinary herdsmen will be hungry, and the Mongolian princes will be empty wallets.
The eldest brother pointed to several boxes placed on the table opposite and said: "Here are several medicinal materials. Some of them can be eaten by you, and some can be eaten by your younger siblings. You asked the imperial doctor how to use them, so you can take good supplements."
Sorry, adults are more valuable than small ones."
Brother Jiu said: "Forget it if it's ginseng. We have a lot of ginseng at home. The imperial doctor said that my younger brother and Fujin are young, and ginseng is dry, so we don't need too much. It's better for my eldest brother to take it out and replenish it. It's a bit bigger than us...
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The eldest brother wanted to kick him and hummed: "It's not ginseng, it's dendrobium, poria, goblin and sea beads..."
Brother Jiu immediately became interested and went over to look through it and said, "Are there any Haizhu? This is not common. My brother asked someone to inquire about it a while ago."
The eldest brother nodded and said: "There is a family member who is sent to Shandong. I came up last year as a filial piety. It happened that there was no one at home. I gave half of the filial piety to my mother-in-law, and the rest can be given to my younger brothers and sisters..."
According to Materia Medica, in addition to whitening and beautifying the skin, Haizhu also calms the nerves, improves eyesight and removes nebula, and is suitable for use as medicine.
Before Shu Shu gave birth, she had a period of internal dryness, dry eyes and discomfort. Brother Jiu asked people to look for Haizhu, but he couldn't find a good one for a while.
While he was talking, Brother Jiu turned over to the sea pearl and opened the box. Although it was not a round pearl, it was not the rice beads in the drug store either. It looked like it had a big thumb cap and a good luster.
The third elder brother leaned over, looked at it, and said: "Is this a medicine maker? It's all in vain. If you polish it well, you can make a good bead maker, or you can cut out the flaws and leave half of it for a headband."
Brother Jiu said: "No matter how rich you are, can you be more valuable than your younger brother Fujin?"
The third elder brother did not refute, but nodded and said: "Yes, that's right. The younger brother and sister have made meritorious service this time. People also say that Khan Amarende and 'auspiciousness' fell to the royal family..."
This is nice to hear.
The bad thing is that some people say that "auspicious" is not necessarily auspicious, but they don't know whether it means "the dragon is born and the phoenix is born" or "the dragon is born and the phoenix is born".
After all, it’s not easy for these twins to be born, let alone three.
As for the authenticity of this quantity, no one doubts it.
Royal blood cannot be confused.
Brother Jiu felt awkward after hearing this and said, "Shouldn't I praise my younger brother? It's because I have accumulated good deeds that I am the only one who has received 'auspiciousness' from the heavens, right?"
Third Brother: "..."
That's it, but when a blind cat meets a dead mouse, Lao Jiu is so thick-skinned?
He was vomiting in his heart, but he agreed with a smile on his face and said: "Yes, it is because the ninth brother is filial to his elders and respectful and friendly to his brothers that he has such blessings."
Brother Jiu nodded with pride and said: "That's right, that's right, my younger brother didn't believe in gods and Buddhas earlier, but now I can't tell."
The eldest elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother, remembered the business, and said: "How about I tell Khan Ama that you will fly the blue flag later?"
The clans with blue flags are relatively simple, mainly the clan of Prince Zheng. Since they are not descendants of Taizu, they are considered a distant branch of the clan and have always been closer to the royal family.
Also, if he and the third child are here, no one will bully him if the ninth brother comes over and becomes a leisurely little flag leader.
The present situation is different from the past. The flag power now lies in the hands of the governor, not the flag owner.
Therefore, in a flag of the same color, the flag owner is the nominal leader. In fact, what he really manages is the population of the left leader under his own name. The flags of other small flag owners belong to the population, and the flag owner has no right to manage them.
Since he had not been here for the past two days, he did not know that Brother Jiu had a lawsuit with Prince Zhuang's Mansion and Prince Xinjun's Mansion.
When he came back today and heard about it, he was also very upset.
Brothers and sisters, they are both honored and disgraced.
He thought about the ninth elder brother joining the banner.
According to the rules for their brothers to enter the banner, the ninth elder brother will follow the eighth elder brother into the Zhenglan Banner.
But the Zhenglan flag is too chaotic.
Xinjun Prince's Mansion, Anjun Prince's Mansion, the eldest brother thinks it would be better for the ninth prince to change the flag color.
The third elder brother was nearby and his expression changed.
He is also flying a blue flag!
too close!
I don’t want to be so close to Lao Jiu!
The ninth elder brother did not see the third elder brother's reaction, and hurriedly said to the eldest elder brother: "No, no, elder brother, don't worry about me. My younger brother plans to intercede with Khan Amma and share the same banner with Lao Shi. In this way, we can take care of you."
If you don’t trust me if you don’t trust me, I won’t trust you if you don’t trust me..."
The eldest brother thought for a while and said: "That's fine. The year after tomorrow, when Khan's 50th birthday is over, I will dedicate it to him in his palace. Can I exchange it for a favor?"
Although the Ninth Prince of the Palace had to bear the joint names of all the princes, Khan Ama knew that 70% of the credit for this was attributed to the Ninth Prince.
The ninth elder brother shook his head and said: "I guess it won't be possible in the year after next. It will take another two years. The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother will have to get married. It's not like you don't know that Khan Ama loves it.
Wave after wave, my brother estimates that this wave of knighthoods among us should reach Brother Fourteen..."
The third elder brother said from the side: "It's good to have late seals. How good is this? You don't have to pay for it yourself, everything is provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs! You too, don't take advantage of it. What are you doing to save manpower at this time?"
It’s not like you’re begging for money yourself, you’d better make up for it later. According to me, the reason why you hired a thief this time is probably because the outside world knows that your house is short of manpower..."
Brother Jiu frowned and said: "Just to look after the house and the courtyard, the current guard army is enough. What do you do with so many idle people? It will be filled up later, and it is difficult to delete it. When the younger brother pays for it himself, a year's worth of
My annual salary was all given to them..."
After hearing this, the third elder brother shook his head and said: "What's going on here? This money and food are given by the imperial court. Whether you use it or not, it's all supported by the imperial court..."
This is true for subordinate officials, bodyguards, and military guards.
The ninth elder brother glanced at the third elder brother and said: "Brother knows this, but all the vacancies in my house are full. The population of the Huitou Banner is divided, and everyone can drink the northwest wind..."
"When the time comes, I'll still have to choose Ding. There will be too many people. It's easy to give me a job, but it's not easy to get it back. If I don't change it to a similar job, they won't be able to kill me as the master behind my back. Why don't I have to do it myself?"
Do you use your own money to send them other errands?"
"Besides, the money, grain and silver are fixed. If the guard army is short, the rest will be put in the account. It is also a sum of money. When there is a need for rewards and pensions later, there is no need to prepare additional money..."
"When there are a lot of princes, princes, and grandsons like Prince Gong's Mansion, and there are more people to call upon, then we can replenish the manpower. Now there are only a few masters, and two or three hundred people are not too many. If we double the number,
Isn't it a loss that everyone is free like an uncle?"
The third elder brother listened.
It turns out that the money and food allocated by the imperial court can also be your own!
Why didn't he think about this!
This principle is similar to living on empty wages.
The old nine chicken thief is really good at collecting money.
There are not many masters in his house, there are about ten people in total...
The eldest elder brother felt baffled when he saw the ninth elder brother cheating on the third elder brother.
Why did the third child offend the ninth child?
The third child is already stingy enough, why should he lead the third child into a ditch?
In fact, he really misunderstood Brother Jiu.
Brother Ninth thought that these brothers were not well versed in economics, and he did not expect that he would be worried about them in the future, so he said a few more words.
Otherwise, if everyone gets used to spending too much, the family will be overpopulated and there will be more people at their disposal, and there will be a loss.
Or maybe he will no longer be a prince, but will become an emperor's brother or uncle. If he does something wrong, he will be demoted or something, and life will be difficult.
He is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and now lives in the Prince's Mansion. Of course he knows how to maintain the government's needs, and a few thousand taels of silver can't do that.
This is still a reduction of half the manpower. If the manpower in other brother's houses is doubled, the various chewing tasks will be doubled accordingly.
If the salary is not enough, it depends on the income from industry.
Among their properties, the imperial village is the big one, and the other bits and pieces are the small ones.
Most of the imperial palace is in Zhili, and the other half is in Shengjing.
Those in Shengjing are better, but the benefits in Zhili are not so good.
There were nine droughts in ten years.
In a few years, I might have to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
People without thought, he must worry about.
What's the use of ostentation?
With their status, there is no need to talk about ostentation, but they should think about the future...
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Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
After the court meeting ended, Kangxi sent someone to convey the prince to Qianqing Palace.
"What do you think of Prince An's brothers?" Kangxi asked.
The prince pondered: "My son is a little confused, why did Khan Ama keep the Duke of Zhenguo, the two younger brothers of Prince An?"
Kangxi glanced at him and said: "Taizong has sworn not to seize the prince's Niulu. Malhun's younger brother will be dismissed from the clan and his left collar will be returned to his original owner in accordance with the law."
Their brothers' Zuoling was separated from the Zuoling named after their father Yue Le.
To return it to the owner means to return it to Marhun, the leader of that branch.
The prince struggled and said: "Then why does Khan Amma only give grace to Prince An?"
Previously, he had talked with his confidants about "Noni Eucalyptus", and suspected that the emperor was behind it, in order to prepare the left leader in the hands of Prince An's brother for the ninth prince.
In this way, there is no need to go down from the left side of the upper three flags.
It was not until today, when Prince Jian showed his fangs and received such a serious sentence, that everyone remembered the old grudge between Prince Jian and Yue Le.
Too cruel.
Too forbearing.
The prince was wary of Prince Jian.
He doesn't like Prince Jane's behavior.
Kangxi looked at the prince and was a little disappointed, but he still said patiently: "Although Prince Xin is the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, he is the lord of the Zhenglan Banner, but he is the lord of the Zhenglan Banner. , has been in control for more than forty years, and most of the left leaders under Yue Le's name are those who were later acquired and embezzled from the government..."
These left collars cannot be taken back now, they need to be taken back slowly...
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