The next day, Brother Jiu did not rush out. Instead, he met with Fu Song and told Cao Shun about providing guards for Cao Shun, and then left the house.
When he arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the doctor of the Shenxing Division was already waiting for him.
"Master Jiu, yesterday the Crown Princess sent someone to the Shenxing Department to convey a message about the theft of Yuqing Palace..."
The doctor was in his forties, bowed, and looked extremely respectful and submissive.
Brother Ninth thought so too before.
But after experiencing the incident at the Accounting Department yesterday, he no longer thought so.
They are all old foxes, very cunning.
Do you want to use him to top the tank, or do you want to use him to top the tank?
He looked at the doctor and said, "Then why are we delaying? Why not take someone to check?"
The Shenxing Division has its own staff, so there is no need to recruit people from elsewhere.
The doctor hesitated and said: "The nun beside the Crown Princess mentioned the Crown Princess Li's wife and the Li family outside the palace..."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu immediately lowered his face and said, "What are you still talking about? The Crown Princess can't use you anymore, can she?"
The doctor didn't expect Brother Jiu's reaction, so he said: "But this involves the people of the East Palace... the Crown Prince..."
"Hutu things! Without the Crown Prince's nod, how could the Crown Princess take care of the Li family? Who doesn't know that the Crown Princess is virtuous and virtuous? Who are you to be the Crown Princess?"
Brother Jiu scolded him mercilessly: "Just follow the rules. If you don't care about your head and tail, if you are afraid of offending others, just abdicate in favor of someone worthy of your honour. Remember, in addition to the two lieutenants in your Shenxing Department, there are four other ministers, right?"
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The doctor's face was sweating and he said: "This slave is stupid. If he doesn't dare to do it anymore, I'll ask him to take people to Yuqing Palace to arrest Mr. Li!"
Brother Jiu frowned and waved his hand: "Go quickly, go quickly, the Crown Princess is in charge of the palace, and she is slacking off in communicating to you. It's so shameful. If you continue to be disobedient like this, if others don't care, I will take care of it too!"
The doctor did not dare to delay and left in a hurry.
Only then did the ninth elder brother look normal. He glanced at the twelfth elder brother next to him, with a face full of gossip, and said: "What news is there in the palace? Why did the prince think of cleaning up the Li family? Isn't that because he is taking advantage of his father-in-law's family?"
To say that the Crown Princess cannot tolerate the Li family is nonsense.
The emperor and his grandson are already in their teens. If they can't accommodate him, they won't be able to accommodate him long ago.
Except for the prince, there is no one else who cannot accommodate the Li family.
The twelfth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and said: "It seems to be related to the draft rumors a while ago..."
Brother Jiu's expression was frozen and he said: "The Li family created it? What is it for?"
The twelfth elder brother thought for a while and said: "According to the conjecture of the concubines, it was the Crown Princess who educated the third elder brother, which made the Li family anxious, so they revealed the matter of the Crown Princess's heirs, thinking that the Crown Prince could legitimately have children.
If you have meritorious service, please grant Li the title of Fujin..."
"Why does it sound so untrue..."
It’s rare for Brother Ninth to become wise.
As for this person, most of his bad deeds are done to benefit himself at the expense of others. There are not many people who are idle and sick but insist on harming others and benefiting themselves.
This sounds reasonable to the Li family, but we have to decide when.
If there hadn't been a fight between Aktun and a horse-drawing by Aktun, the cause and effect could be sorted out clearly.
But last year, Aktun got into trouble one after another, the Li family's children were beaten, and the whole family was evicted. How could they still dare to daydream?
"Then which family is concerned about the position of the crown prince's concubine and puts the blame on Mrs. Li? This method is quite clever..."
Brother Jiu touched his chin and couldn't think of which family it was.
Seeing the strange look on the face of the twelfth elder brother, the ninth elder brother walked over and asked curiously: "What have you heard? Is there any speculation outside? Those wrapping masters have sharp eyes..."
The twelfth elder brother hesitated for a moment and said: "Someone mentioned the princess of Ma Xiang's family..."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu couldn't help but said: "Fart!"
If someone else is trying to cling to the East Palace, Brother Jiu will believe it; if Ma Qi is trying to cling to the East Palace, he won't believe it.
If that really happened, Ma Qi wouldn't have to do anything, just not separate the family.
Finding reasons to divide the family and separate the eldest sons, everyone could see that Ma Qi wanted to be a pure minister.
The twelfth elder brother shut his mouth and stopped talking. He only looked at the ninth elder brother quietly.
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "I didn't talk about you, but those gossiping bastards outside..."
Only then did the twelfth elder brother's expression soften.
Brother Jiu asked: "Who else was mentioned? Is there any Princess from the Hesheli family or a Princess from the Niu Hulu family?"
The twelfth elder brother shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of it, but someone mentioned that next year's group of beautiful girls will include Princesses from the Tong family, Princesses from the Guerjia family, and Princesses from the Yin Ergen Jueluo family..."
Brother Ninth has no interest in any of these families, but the Tong family...
The emperor's father might really let Princess Tong leave a sign to indicate a good marriage.
But don't think about it in the East Palace. The fifth elder brother in Prince Yu's palace or the several elder brothers in Prince Gong's palace are pretty much the same.
They are all at the bottom of the ranking, and their titles will not be high in the future. They are ordinary members of the clan, but they are still close to the royal family, so they are somewhat decent.
While the ninth elder brother was taking care of his official duties, the twelfth elder brother continued to check the school population with a few written notes.
This happened for several days in a row, which naturally attracted the attention of many wrappers.
On this day, Gao Yanzhong came back from Xiaotangshan and was blocked by his in-law Zhu Guoshan.
"In-laws, everything is uneasy outside right now. Master Jiu is going to have another attack..."
Gao Yanzhong was confused and asked: "What did Master Jiu do?"
Brother Jiu had previously blocked the appointment and dismissal of Guo Luoluo family's children, which attracted many people's criticism.
Later it was discovered that not only the Guo Luoluo family, but other relatives were also closely investigated, and there were two kinds of rhetoric from outside, some were good and some were bad.
As promised, those households who benefit do not have to worry about being covered by related households.
The ones who can't say the least are naturally the other relatives, who feel that Brother Jiu is unkind. Not only has the family's future been ruined, but their family has also suffered.
Now that the Twelfth Prince has been checking the population for several days, some people are speculating on the Ninth Prince's next move.
Some say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will increase the number of official schools, some say that new yamen will be added, and some will prepare for recruitment examinations. There are all kinds of speculations.
That was the prince's elder brother. Although everyone disliked him for being noisy and noisy, no one dared to confront him.
He is the emperor's beloved son, and he loves to complain. Who wouldn't be afraid?
But in private, there are a lot of people who have no idea, asking everywhere, including the in-laws of the Gao family.
Zhu Guoshan talked about checking household registers.
Gao Yanzhong was also confused and couldn't figure out the reason, but he knew that Jiu Age was actually a bit lazy and would not do useless things.
Since he ordered the twelfth elder brother to do it, there must be a purpose, but he doesn't know it now.
He glanced at Zhu Guoshan suspiciously and said: "There is nothing illegal in your family, right? For example, taking a commoner's concubine, adopting a commoner's daughter and naturalizing a commoner's man?"
This is his family friend and the father-in-law of his eldest son. He is currently a member of Ningshou Palace.
Zhu Guoshan shook his head hurriedly and said: "No, I'm just afraid that there will be something I don't know and I'll violate a taboo..."
Gao Yanzhong said: "Master Jiu is the most fair and impartial in his actions. No matter what he wants to do, he will do it openly. He will also go through the imperial court and will not act on his own. So as long as there is no violation of the law, don't worry...
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Zhu Guoshan hesitated and said: "Is it to check the population of school-age women? Every year in the Ministry of Internal Affairs election, there are some who hide and do not sign up..."
The annual "minor election" held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is different from the Eight Banners draft.
In the Eight Banners draft, unless you are ill or have asked for grace, you must choose. People in the Eight Banners are used to it, and they have to go through the formalities.
Even if there is a chance to climb the ranks of the Imperial Household Office, most of the selected beauties in the Imperial Household Office are ordinary palace women. Once they enter the palace, they will serve for ten years. Some leave the palace at the age of thirty, and some are in their twenties.
If you leave the palace at the age of fifteen, even if you become a palace maid and ask for the master's grace to leave the palace early, it will still take ten years, not a few years earlier.
When he came out again, his marriage was delayed and he could only marry another person.
A family that truly loves their daughter would be reluctant to send her daughter to participate in the primary election.
There are a lot of people to be employed in the palace, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not force every family to send their daughters to be chosen. Therefore, in years when there are many people employed, there will be those who hide and pretend to be ill. After the age, there is no need to choose.
Gao Yan felt that this would not be the case, but his expression remained unchanged and he did not deny it.
Zhu Guoshan saw this and left worriedly.
His second daughter, who is thirteen this year, has also reached the age of primary election...
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Gao Yanzhong had a meal at home, changed into clean clothes, checked the time, and went to the Prince's Mansion.
It's afternoon now, and Brother Jiu has come back from the Yamen.
There were two roses that bloomed early in the garden. After taking a nap, the couple went to the garden to see the roses.
One is rose pink, the other is light pink, and the flowers are as big as a child's fist.
Brother Jiu said: "Didn't I say that the county lord likes roses? Should I cut them off and put them in bottles for the county lord?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "No, this place is right next to Ah Mou's yard. It's just right for Ah Mou to take a walk after dinner to enjoy the flowers."
After viewing the roses, the couple came to the front of the greenhouse.
Looking at the clear tiles in front of her, Shu Shu was very moved and said: "In a few years, when I clean up the yards of several small children, all the study rooms will use clear tiles, which looks bright..."
Brother Ninth was thinking about the boundaries of the Prince's Mansion and felt that Zhaojia was an eyesore, so he said: "She occupies two courtyards..."
One is the small courtyard of Zhaojia Gege, and the other is the courtyard of the master craftsman.
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "The old worshiper is not young anymore. After two years of teaching, he can leave the government..."
Brother Jiu was still unhappy and said: "We can't let Da Gege's courtyard be the same size as Zhaojia's. It would be better to build a small courtyard with two entrances like Ning'antang..."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu, shook his head and said, "No need to mention this..."
The Zhaojia family is honest, and if they still can't tolerate it, then the couple are too cruel.
When the time comes, I will be clean, but I will feel guilty, and others will look shameless.
While the couple was talking, the boy at the garden gate sent a message that Gao Yanzhong had arrived and wanted to see him. He was waiting for Brother Ninth at the garden gate.
Shu Shu said: "Master, go and do your work. I'll go and sit at Ah Mou's place and then go back..."
Brother Jiu nodded, but did not leave immediately. He watched Shu Shu enter Ning'an Hall before leaving the garden.
Gao Yanzhong was standing in the corridor. When he saw Brother Jiu coming out, he was busy beating Qian'er.
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "Okay, what are you saying here? Why are you here at this time? Is there something wrong with Xiaotangshan?"
It's almost dinner time now.
Gao Yanzhong shook his head and said: "It's not over there, there are some speculations from outside, related to Master Jiu. I'm afraid you don't know, so come here and report..."
Then, he talked about the discussions and speculations outside the household registration books.
Only then did Brother Ninth remember that he had not told Gao Yanzhong about the new left leader, and said: "I am bothering you this time, not for anything else, but to prevent you two from working in vain for a few years..."