Ma Qi bowed his hands in greeting: "Ninth Master, Tenth Master..."
When he sat down again and faced Ma Qi, Brother Jiu's eyes became a little wandering.
It's so awkward, I don't know what to say.
Ma Qi thought of Kangxi's complaints and glanced at Brother Jiu.
The handwriting is sloppy?
The first few times I handed in my homework, it seemed to be okay, not outstanding, just average, and I didn’t feel like I was stretching my crotch.
Brother Jiu had a stern look on his face. He somehow remembered the day he went to the study and sat up straighter.
When Ma Qi saw this, he said nothing, but planned to go home and find two copybooks to send to Ninth Brother.
Otherwise, what does the emperor mean by what he said?
It seems as if he, as a teacher, is not fulfilling his responsibilities.
The conscience of heaven and earth.
Aren't you studying "Etiquette"?
Who would have thought that we should start from practicing calligraphy?
But there is no way. The emperor mentioned it, and it is not reasonable. The ministers must know what is right.
The atmosphere was somewhat silent.
Brother Jiu thought of the Holy Emperor's patrol of the Yongding River tomorrow and asked, "Teacher, will you also follow me?"
The Holy Master will accompany the Empress Dowager back to the palace tomorrow morning, and then without stopping, directly leave the city and walk to Wanping toward the Yongding River.
Ma Qi nodded.
This time, not only did the ministers have more retinues, but also the soldiers of the Eight Banners followed them.
Brother Jiu said: "It's a good idea to use soldiers from the Eight Banners as river workers. It won't delay the farming season. Whose idea was it? It's very useful..."
Ma Qi glanced at him and said, "This is Prince Zhi's proposal."
Brother Jiu praised: "Brother, this is a good idea. If we gather the civilian workers and drag their feet, and they still can't do it well, it's better to send people from the Eight Banners to go there. If you are idle, you will be idle..."
Money was spent on the river construction, and it was quite a lot.
Not everyone in the Eight Banners is rich. With ordinary vests or foot armor, the whole family can only earn three taels of silver on January 2, which is very tight for both young and old.
In the past, people worked ten or twenty days in Yongding River to earn a sum of money to supplement their family income, which made everyone happy.
Ma Qi didn't say anything.
Since it was the Prince of Zhijun who proposed the matter, Prince Zhi must not be responsible for this matter.
Now that there is no war, river work is also a priority. If you do it well, you must accumulate merit.
As time goes by, Prince Zhi will become farther and farther away from the other princes.
Brother Jiu didn't expect this at all.
After a while, Liang Jiugong came out and called the tenth brother in.
Only Brother Jiu and Ma Qi were left in the check-in room.
Brother Jiu remembered something and said: "By the way, teacher, I haven't met you in the past few days, but I forgot to mention it. I plan to ask Khan Ama for an order to verify the population of prisoners in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In recent years, the Eight Banners have sprung up.
The population was divided into many new subordinates. However, the seals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have not been moved. The subordinates of each subordinate are also in chaos. There are many idle people. If they are not checked, there will be chaos in the future. The ban on entering and leaving the palace is a hidden danger.
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Having said this, he paused and said: "There are also various assistant leaders and internal stewardship leaders. Although they are secular positions, they are also officials under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They should also be under the supervision of the Yushi Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to avoid doing anything illegal...
…”
Ma Qi pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Master Jiu has thought everything through."
Brother Jiu thought of Ma Qi's Yue family. It seemed that there were members of the family in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Would you like to take the opportunity to take care of him?
However, he immediately put down this idea. If the teacher wanted to mention a relative, there was no need for anyone else to help him.
Besides, if you're not a relative, you're a close relative, so there's no need for you to get involved.
After a while, the tenth elder brother came out and came over and said: "Ninth brother, the biography of Khan Ama is here!"
Brother Jiu stood up, told Ma Qi, left the check-in room, and entered the Qingxi Bookstore.
"What did the Queen Mother say?"
Kangxi asked.
Brother Jiu briefly explained the conversation between his grandfather and grandson.
Kangxi nodded and said: "Now that we have the regulations, we can handle them according to the Queen Mother's wishes."
Brother Jiu agreed, and then mentioned the matter of the cloaked population.
Nowadays, the people living in the imperial city are chaotic, and the population should be checked. Otherwise, it is close to the palace, and chaos will easily occur.
Kangxi frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, I made a plan and handed it over."
Brother Jiu was relieved and said with a smile: "Can my son ask for a favor from Khan Amma?"
Kangxi raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you thinking about again?"
Last year, in order to have a bite to eat, I shaved off all the lotus leaves in Changchun Garden. Later, I also ordered the eunuchs in the garden kitchen to collect lotus leaves regularly and keep them in the warehouse for food.
If you want to miss Lotus Ye this year, you can't let him do whatever he wants.
The ninth elder brother said "haha" twice and said: "I just thought that Gao Yanzhong and Gao Bin, father and son, had been working for their son for three years and had no future. Not to mention that Gao Yanzhong was demoted from the fifth rank to the fifth rank. This
It’s so unbearable…”
"Now that Gao Bin and his fourth brother have gone to farm, Gao Yanzhong has left the matter of Xiaotangshan behind and has to return to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His son is thinking about how to repay his merits..."
"The doctor here in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has almost come to an end. Gao Yanzhong came back to make up for the doctor. No matter what happens next, it is Khan Amma's grace that has nothing to do with his son. The son is thinking about whether the Gao family can be divided into subordinates when the population is divided.
Separate it..."
"Their ancestors have also been officials for several generations, and they are worthy of being an assistant leader..."
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and sneered: "This is the first time I have heard someone show favoritism, so confidently!"
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "My son is not pretending to be in front of you. Who in this world has no selfish motives? Over the past thousands of years, there have been few saints. They are all hypocrites and pretentious. My son is so magnanimous, and besides, he is
In front of Khan Amma, even if my son doesn’t say anything, I can’t hide this little idea from you!”
Kangxi also thought that Gao Yanzhong was good before. He glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "Do you really want to send him back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Then you will have no useful people..."
The rest were all domestic slaves, and the people who were separated into families were not raised for use.
Brother Jiu said: "My son has nothing serious to do now. Gao Yanzhong would have wasted it by leaving it alone. Later, my son will have other errands. When he is short of manpower, he will just ask Khan Ama for people."
Kangxi: "..."
He looked at Brother Ninth, dumbfounded, and said, "How can this be like this? You still choose people on the spot..."
At this point, he noticed something was wrong and said, "Didn't you ask Cao Yin's nephew to serve you? Where is the person?"
Brother Jiu made a mental calculation and said: "It should still be on the way. Who would have thought it would be so far away? My son thought he would arrive after the new year..."
As a result, Cao Shun's letter arrived first, detailing the situation on the road. It would take three months without any rest for the one-way journey, and half a year for the round trip.
"When Cao Shun arrived, my son hired him as a third-class bodyguard. He suffered a lot and traveled more than 10,000 miles in half a year..."
Brother Jiu thought about it and felt sympathy.
In addition, Cao Shun's journey from Jiangning to the capital is also two thousand miles.
All connected.
I spent almost half a year traveling on the road.
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and was speechless: "You are from all over the world, just a piece of news, how dare you send someone there?"
Brother Jiu said: "It's not like I wasted it away. Isn't that Nian Xiyao?"
Kangxi frowned and said angrily: "That's an official from the imperial court. Is he your slave? You can order him around if you catch him?"
Brother Jiu sneered and said: "Isn't this mutual benefit? He went to a poor and remote place and became a fellow scholar, who happened to be responsible for money and food. The people who followed him brought real money and silver, and the local products were sold, and the local people had money.
Having a place for working and collecting money is also conducive to stability..."
"Hmph!"
Kangxi was still unhappy and said: "Nian Xiyao was born as a scholar. He is not a man who likes to work hard. He can't hide his face. I can just deal with you. If it were someone else who helped you, I don't know what I would ask of you later. Do you think you
I made money, but actually? It gave others a chance to cling to me..."
Brother Jiu glanced at Kangxi with a confused expression.
Kangxi frowned and said, "He wrote to you and mentioned relevant matters in a subtle way?"
Brother Jiu hurriedly shook his head and said: "That's not it. My son had a small idea in his mind before, thinking that Nian Xiyao had taken care of his son and handled the affairs of Chashan properly. His son would remember him as a favor and in a few years he would
When his qualifications are up, the son will ask people to go around in the official department to fill a good position for him!"
Kangxi stared at Brother Ninth, his face turned dark.
Brother Jiu immediately said: "My son is thinking to the left. In that case, he is showing favoritism and interfering in the employment of the court, which is unfair to other candidates... My son is now on guard against unfair selection of officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
You shouldn't know your mistakes and make mistakes to interfere with the affairs of the imperial court officials..."
Kangxi's face became better and he said: "Go back and read "On Clique" carefully. You think you are returning favors, but in fact this is the beginning of "cronyism". Over time, it becomes an exchange of interests..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "My son must be good-looking. From now on... try to trouble no one as much as possible. If you really want to cause trouble, just give him money as reward. It will be convenient to clear both sides..."
Kangxi rubbed his forehead and felt that this response was not quite right.
But it’s better than thinking about “rewarding an official”…
Just say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ issue of breeding people is something that only happens now?
Brother Ninth had been in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for three years before he remembered this. He just wanted to pick up Gao Yanzhong.
Since the rank of Division Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was at the end of the fifth grade, I thought of giving him a subordinate position.
It is true that all the little schemes are laid out under the nose, and they are not hidden from anyone, but they are still a bit unclear and do not think thoroughly.
Kangxi felt lucky that he had not brought Brother Nine to the Ministry of Household Affairs, otherwise he would have learned some unorthodox ways of doing things and messed up the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Okay, kneel down. When Cao Shun arrives in Beijing, remind him and ask him to write a letter to his family so that the elders will not be uneasy..." Kangxi said.
Cao Yin was his confidant, and his nephew Cao Shun was specifically mentioned in the previous letter, so he gave this order.
Brother Jiu agreed and withdrew.
Liang Jiugong followed him out and called Ma Qi in.
The tenth brother was still outside and said: "When will the ninth brother return to the city? My brother will go back with you..."
Brother Jiu took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and said, "Let's go back now, just in time for lunch..."