My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1349 Inspiration from Brother Nine
Shu Shu backed the post and left the matter behind.

She doesn't intend to get involved in the draft.

In the end, he couldn't hide, and Mrs. Ma Qi came to post the next day.

This is Brother Jiu's teacher's wife.

Shu Shu looked at the post, a little hesitant.

She knew Fucha Gege, if nothing happened, he would be the Twelve Fujin in the future.

Mrs. Ma Qi probably asked for her daughter to stay in the palace.

She was a young girl, and she was raised pampered, so it's normal for her to be worried.

But Shu Shu had just rejected his clan relatives, and he didn't even intend to take care of his niece. If he accepted the request of Fucha's family to take care of Fucha Gege, it would be a bit wrong to look at it together.

Appears snobbish, easy to be talked about.

Shu Shu directly handed the post to Brother Jiu, and said, "Master, let's go, I shouldn't have waited for the wife to come to the door, that is my junior sister, and I will go back and say hello to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can I take care of you or not?" some."

Brother Nine was idle, and said: "I actually forgot about this. There is indeed a teacher's name in the booklet staying in the palace, so I can't ignore it, I should go directly..."

Speaking of this, he was surprised: "Huh? The teacher didn't ask En Li to put down the sign?"

He had read the list a long time ago, but at that time he was only paying attention to the two Ge Ge of Dong E's family, and didn't pay attention to the others.

Shu Shu said: "The Fucha family's manners and upbringing are all very good, the emperor should be in love."

Brother Jiu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "This is for Shisan? To make up for the lack of Shisan's family, isn't this too biased?"

Shu Shu glanced at Brother Jiu, without any spoilers.

This marriage was indeed a surprise.

No matter who heard it, they would think that he was chosen for the thirteenth elder brother. Who told the thirteenth elder brother to be the beloved youngest son who just won the Sacred Heart?
As for Brother Twelve, I can't think of it easily.

You must know that Kangxi loves to take his son out on trips, and the elder brothers above him basically follow him when they are ten years old.

As for the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, it was later, but it was also before Cheng Ding.

Needless to say, the [-]th and [-]th elder brothers below, when they reached the age of studying in the study, they began to follow them on tour.

There is only the twelfth elder brother, who is seventeen this year, and he has been a young man for two years, and he hasn't gone out with him yet.

Brother Nine sighed and said, "Among the beautiful girls this time, the teacher's family is the highest, and the rest are Shangshu, servant, general soldier, champion and so on."

The good ones are for the thirteenth elder brother, and the eldest elder brother's successor Fujin, and then Prince Kang and Shuncheng Junwang, so where are the good ones left?

Although they are both younger brothers and have a good relationship with the thirteenth elder brother, but thinking of the twelfth elder brother, the ninth elder brother still feels a little distressed.

He understands why people are easy to pity the weak, and he really can't bear it.

No favoritism, just basic fairness.

He seemed to think of himself and Elder Brother Ten in his early years.

Shu Shu didn't mean to spoil it.

Brother Jiu didn't say anything else, took the post and went directly to Fucha's house...

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Bazhou, Yuanjiakou.

Shengjia and his party boarded the imperial boat from here this morning, walked by water, and inspected the Yongding River.

Kangxi brought the prince and the thirteenth elder brother in the first royal boat, and the elder brother and the fourth elder brother were in the second spare boat.

There was heavy snow last winter, and this year we must guard against spring floods.

On both sides of the river, in addition to building dams, there are still some gates for flood discharge.

Kangxi took the prince and the thirteenth elder brother to watch from the bow of the boat, and told them about the changes in the Yongding River in recent years.

In the early years, the river course project was mainly to control the Yellow River, but in recent years, it has been spared to control the Yongding River.

The thirteenth elder brother is worth mentioning. He has patrolled the Yongding River several times in the past two years. He has already seen these changes. The last time the prince patrolled the Yongding River was 32 years ago.

At that time, everyone from the elder brother to the eighth elder brother followed, and the Yongding River had not yet begun to be governed.

At that time, looking at the embankment along the way was very ugly.

Looking at it now, there are too many good things, and a lot of willows have been planted.

The prince said: "Congratulations to Han Ama, the Yongding River fortification is almost completed, and it can keep Gyeonggi free from floods for 20 years."

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if the capital would be flooded with water, and the court would lose face.

Kangxi shook his head and said: "Every year, how much money is thrown into it, so it is natural to be bright on the face. I don't ask for 20 years, but only ten years of stability, and they will be considered successful."

Elder Brother Thirteen was by the side, not talking too much, but he was thinking about the account of the Ministry of Households appropriating funds for the river channel.

A stroke of a pen sounds scary.

After one year, it can be worth the wealth of several princes who opened their houses.

It would be too hateful if the money was spent for what it really was.

The prince also thought about the atmosphere in the officialdom, and greed for ink became common practice.

It's just that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

As long as there are not too many people who are greedy for ink, no one will pay attention to this except Yushi.

He just remembered how Brother Jiu used cinders to build roads in the imperial city, and said, "Khan Ama, the southern city is flooded every year, mainly because of the low-lying terrain. Last winter, Brother Jiu asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to use cinders in the imperial city. The road construction not only dealt with the cinders in the palace, but also leveled the road. suffered from waterlogging.”

After hearing this, Kangxi paid more attention, and said: "This method is appropriate, I will take a look at it when you carefully write a note later."

Nancheng is flooded every year during the rainy season. From June to the end of July, it is inconvenient for the people to travel, and the stench is also easy to induce epidemics.

What's more, due to poor drainage, houses collapsed and civilian casualties also happened from time to time.

The prince heard this, and said: "The son will check the existing ditches in the southern city after he returns to Beijing, and then write."

Kangxi praised: "This is better, the data is detailed and targeted, so you don't have to work behind closed doors."

The father and son talked about it speculatively.

Elder Brother Thirteen was by the side, but he was surprised in his heart.

He is 11 years younger than the prince. When he entered the study, the prince had already left the study.

Having been a brother for more than ten years, apart from meeting each other during festivals, this is the first time he has dealt with the prince.

Originally, I only thought that the elder brother of the prince was noble and arrogant, but now he looks quite down-to-earth, and he can draw inferences from one instance.

The key is that he doesn't bullshit, unlike the third elder brother, as long as he speaks, he will belittle others.

The prince seems to be standing on a high ground, acknowledging the strengths of others, and willing to accept and absorb the strengths of others.

But he does stand tall, too.

The prince's self-cultivation is better than expected.

Thirteen elder brothers think so, let alone Kangxi.

Kangxi was also very satisfied with the prince's reaction.

The prince is honorable, as it should be, tolerance is great.

A prime minister can pull a boat in his stomach, and a prince of a country must be tolerant...

To govern a country is to govern people.

Fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses is the best policy for employing people.

On the spare royal boat at the back, the eldest brother and the fourth elder brother are also looking at the river bank.

The two brothers are old partners. In the past few years, the holy driver has patrolled the Yongding River, and they have followed him.

The fourth elder brother looked at the gate on the embankment, and the tidal flat outside the gate was the flood discharge area.

Those lands, some of which are private lands, are not taxed right now.

In fact, everyone knows that this kind of flood discharge area will not be used once every three to five years.

When there is no flood discharge, at least most of the land can be cultivated. This part of the land is not in the hands of the people, and the government has no land tax to collect. So who owns the land?
local gentry.

The red deed land in the name of these people is not taxed, and these hidden lands are added to enrich themselves.

The imperial court lost its tax money, and the local people lost their land and became tenants.

Si elder brother felt uncomfortable when he thought of this.

The eldest elder brother is also feeling uncomfortable here, pointing to the dam next to the fourth elder brother and saying: "I remember this project, it took two years of work, is it work? It's like a nest! If it's like last year, It takes three or four months to build embankments from the Eight Banners, but the Hegong money is settled on a monthly basis, so it’s no wonder that these bastards didn’t delay on purpose!”

The fourth elder brother also knows this shortcoming.

If it's just to take more money from the river workers, it's fine, the most hateful thing is to cut corners and embezzle materials and money.

He looked at the elder brother, and both brothers found the disadvantages.

But the cover couldn't be lifted, and the emperor wasn't confused. What they could see, the emperor naturally saw too.

It's just that there are many people involved in the river, so it's not easy to move lightly.

The fourth elder brother said: "The censor impeaches and impeaches, they are all right and wrong, but the lower ones also need to be supervised."

The elder brother snorted coldly: "It's still too much money to give too much, it's a habit to reach out."

The fourth elder brother didn't speak any more.

The Ministry of Accounts is like a big accountant, who only obeys orders and is not qualified to intercept funds.

The Hedao Yamen is indeed used to the supply of millions of silver every year.

The censor stared at the top leader, and every impeachment was thunderous and rainy.

The moths below, nestled in nests, have really become officials.

I found a way to get in, and when I was almost greedy, I ran away, leaving a pile of bad debts.

These people act like those servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Holding 100 taels of silver, I wish I could covet 90 taels of silver in the past, and the remaining [-] taels of silver are used for errands and used to deceive superiors and inferiors.

Now there seems to be an additional audit job in the Yushi Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If the audit finds something wrong, it will be rejected and the accounts recalculated, and the accounts cannot be settled.

The Hedao Yamen can't get involved, so if you look for opportunities in the future, you can try it in the household department, and it's best to make changes like wind and rain.

It does not affect stability, but it can really work.

It was such a coincidence that the fourth elder brother and the prince thought of going together.

Both of them got different inspirations from Brother Nine's actions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and planned to absorb improvements.

Eldest elder brother looked at Yu Zhou from both sides of the river, and said: "The third brother should cry this time, Khan Ama is going to give Thirteen to the crown prince."

The fourth elder brother remembered the accusation the prince made against the third elder brother in front of the imperial court that day. At that point, there was no way to get along in harmony.

The thirteenth elder brother is the same as the third elder brother, both civil and military, and has no shortcomings.

In terms of practicality, brother thirteen is even better.

It is also a good opportunity for the thirteenth elder brother to give the prince an arm.

The fourth elder brother was happy for the thirteenth elder brother, but also felt a little pity...

(End of this chapter)