My father-in-law is Kangxi

Early the next morning, Brother Jiu went to Changchun Garden.

On the way, he reflected on himself, didn't he cause any trouble this year?

It seems not.

Many things happened after the year, but they had nothing to do with me.

But thanks to cowpox, the reward has not yet come down.

Brother Nine thought about it several times earlier, but now he thinks he can let it go and behave better.

When the carriage arrived at the small east gate of Changchun Garden, Brother Jiu got out of the carriage and asked Fuqing and Chunlin to carry things to follow, and then told He Yuzhu, "Go and tell your Master Shi to go there for lunch. You don’t need to prepare anything specially, just serve a bowl of noodles, and pick the tender ones.”

He Yuzhu went to the North Sixth Institute in response.

Brother Jiu brought Fuqing and Chunlin into the garden, and went directly to Qingxi Bookstore.

Seeing that there are more than ten people waiting to see the room, Brother Jiu is not in a hurry, and asks Fu Qing and Chun Lin to look at things, and then goes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to look at the room by himself.

Jin Yiren is here, looking at the supply of seasonal vegetables in the first three months.

Because of Brother Jiu's words, two spring vegetables, Qu Ma Cai and Shepherd's Purse, were added last year.

Jin Yiren looked at it strangely, he never thought that the food and drink for the nobles in the palace would be so shabby.

This is not comparable to the food supply when their family was in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is even more incomparable with those salt merchants who are not tired of fine food and delicious food.

Brother Nine strode in and saw Jin Yiren's expression.

"What are you looking at? Is there something wrong?"

Brother Jiu had long forgotten about reprimanding Jin Yiren, so he leaned over to have a look.

Jin Yiren hurriedly got up and said, "Jiuye An..."

Yesterday I was in the palace, and Brother Jiu was in the palace; today I came to the garden, and Brother Jiu also came to the garden, is this staring at me?

He grew more respectful.

Brother Jiu said: "Ann, Ann!"

But his hand was not idle, he took the list from Jin Yiren's hand, and found that it was a list of seasonal vegetables in March.

He said: "I will give you an order later, the Quma vegetables in our house will be halved and replaced with shepherd's purse..."

Neither he nor Shu Shu likes to eat wild vegetables. Qu Ma vegetables are the most tender, and they will not be served after eating twice in season.

Shepherd's purse, they don't eat a bite.

But Mrs. Uncle loves to eat shepherd's purse dumplings, and Madam Qi is a vegetarian, and also likes to eat shepherd's purse and egg buns.

Jin Yiren agreed.

Brother Jiu remembered his expression just now, and said: "Is this shocking? Didn't expect the supply in the palace to be so simple?"

Jin Yiren said with a sneer: "I just feel that the capital city is different from Jiangnan, and there are fewer types of seasonal vegetables."

Speaking of this, he was a little puzzled and said: "Since there are Dongzi vegetables outside, why is there no supply in the palace?"

Brother Jiu said: "There is a cave in Jingshan, and the spinach and coriander are from the cave. As for the others, there is no guarantee of supply, and there is no way to make a rule..."

The palace is not happy to change the menu.

I can't tell what the master wants to eat. If I ask in the dining room, if there are no ingredients, what a disappointment.

So the ingredients are all fixed, and the master wants to order from here.

Speaking of Dongzi dishes, Brother Jiu thought of Xiaotangshan, and said to Jin Yiren: "Later, you arrange two proper people to go to the Xiaotangshan Palace to prepare for the construction of the Dongzi house, and go directly to the other courtyard of the master to learn scriptures. According to the scale of four times and six times the scale, calculate the consumption of silver, calculate the output, and look back to see how much the palace is supplying and how rich it is..."

Since it is for the court, this one does not need to be too rich, because it is not easy to sell it outside, otherwise it will be disrespectful.

But you can't be tight, this kind of vegetable is like farming, the harvest is not guaranteed, but it can be high or low, and it will be bad if there is a deficit.

"Prepare according to one and a half times the supply in the palace, and those who have a surplus can be prepared as imperial rewards..."

Brother Jiu said.

Yuqian loves to reward things downward, clan elders, grand scholars, ministers and other veterans.

Charcoal is given in winter, ice is given in summer, blessings are given during the New Year, and royal meals are given on weekdays.

Jin Yiren agreed, but murmured in his heart.

One and a half times, this should be the line drawn by Brother Jiu.

I heard that in the early years, the purchase of the imperial dining room was based on three times the supply in the palace to prevent loss.

After all, it is for noble people, so there must be no flaws.

But when Brother Jiu was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this standard dropped to three times.

The loss is not allowed to exceed [-]%.

Things that have been reported for loss should also be dealt with in a unified manner and recorded separately.

For this one, many people are dissatisfied, but how did Brother Jiu do it?

The "loss" recorded separately is treated according to the market price, and the money obtained is the tea fee of the department for the current month.

From a few people in the lead eating alone, it has become rain and dew.

That's why Brother Nine's word-of-mouth reputation has reversed between the two poles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The high-level officials who are qualified to deal with Brother Nine only have complaints about Brother Nine, but they dare not show it and can only hold back.

The ordinary staff below can only read Brother Jiu's good.

Brother Jiu gave Jin Yiren a word, then put the matter aside, and talked about the dredging of the garden.

"Sheng Jia will return to the palace at the end of the month. At that time, the front and rear pools of Qingxi Bookstore will be dredged. Don't delay the construction period for a few days. Try to complete the work in one day, and the smell will be gone."

On the first day of April, the holy driver will visit the Taimiao.

The Taimiao is in the imperial city, outside the palace city.

Fasting is also required before visiting the Ancestral Temple.

So Sheng Jia had to return to Beijing early at the end of the month.

Jin Yiren agreed.

At this moment, Fu Qing came and said, "Jiu Ye, the officials on duty have almost met you."

Brother Jiu didn't delay, got up and left with Fu Qing.

Jin Yiren knew that he had misunderstood, it was not for him, he sent it out in person, and watched Brother Jiu and Fu Qing leave.

Fuqing, the son of a bachelor.

There is also Erhe in the prince's mansion, the son of the minister who leads the guards.

There is also Zhang Tingzan, the son of a bachelor.

Cao Shun, Cao Yueying, Cao Yin's nephew and family nephew.

Jin Yiren feels that "hearing is believing, seeing is believing".

Brother Nine's identity as the "loved son" is full of beauty.

Then think about Brother Jiu's behavior in the past two months, he seems to ignore everything, but in fact he is staring at him like Zhenshan Taisui.

Others have done the chores, but Brother Nine is here by himself, and he is devoted to filial piety to the emperor.

Whether it is the dredging of the garden or the Xiaotangshan cave house, they are all credits that the emperor can see.

Stupid on the outside and cunning on the inside?

This kind of scheming is worthy of being the son of a beloved concubine.

The concubine Yi who wants to come to the palace is also a smart person, otherwise she won't be honored forever...

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In front of Qingxi Bookstore, Brother Nine was talking to Brother Big.

The elder brother met with the Minister of the Ministry of War before, and he talked about the lack of post horses at the northern post station.

After he came out, he saw Brother Jiu was there, so Big Brother stopped talking to him.

After hearing the reason, Brother Nine was puzzled and said: "It's worth mentioning once again. Doesn't the Ministry of War have its own horse farm? Wouldn't it be good to fill it up?"

The elder brother shook his head and said: "This is about the lack of horses, but it's not just about the lack of horses. The horses at the Northwest Post Station are originally sufficient, and the local officials invaded the post horses."

Brother Jiu frowned and said: "You are too courageous. If there is a military disturbance in the northwest, wouldn't that be a delay?"

You must know that the post stations, especially the northwest post stations, are originally military post stations, which mainly transmit official documents of the Ministry of War.

The elder brother said: "Ama Khan ordered that in the future, only the governor's yamen will be allowed to replace the tired horses in the post station, and other yamen officials are strictly prohibited from occupying them."

Brother Nine listened and put it down.

Eldest Brother saw the two-and-a-half-foot brocade box next to him, and said, "What is this?"

Brother Jiu didn't hide it either, raised his eyebrows and said: "It's me, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, who honors the gift of three festivals and two longevity!"

After hearing this, the eldest elder brother understood what the ninth elder brother meant by emphasizing the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and couldn't help but "haha" laughed: "Not bad, not bad!"

Outsiders are jealous of Lao Jiu, the chief executive, who has a lot of money, and Lao Jiu is not short of money, so he can be a filial piety to the emperor, which can just stop the mouths of others.

Brother Jiu also laughed, and said: "It's impossible not to accept it, it's uncomfortable to accept it, my brother thought of this clever recipe!"

The Minister of the Ministry of War was still waiting ahead, and after the two brothers said these few words, the elder brother lifted his legs and left.

Chunlin whispered beside him: "Master Jiu, didn't you send it off 'quietly'?"

Then why don't you hide it?

If other princes and elder brothers are vying to follow suit, then Master Jiu is not the only one here.

Brother Nine proudly said: "I didn't hide it from them at all, brothers are willing to learn, hahahaha, if you really dare to learn, you will only suffer in the end..."

Among the princes, only Brother Nine was the chief official, and he was merciless in accepting gifts.

Others are just walking around and learning errands, so there is no filial piety below.

The "three festivals and two longevity" they received belonged to the population.

The one who sent it to Yuqian, that is, three melons and two dates, is shabby.

If they dare to take money on errands, they will learn their own lessons.

At this moment, the eunuch at the door has passed the message inside.

Liang Jiugong came out and said, "Master Jiu, the emperor has summoned you!"

Brother Nine pointed to the brocade box and said, "Advent, this one has to be presented to the imperial court."

Liang Jiugong glanced at it and signaled the two eunuchs at the door to lift it up.

Brother Jiu stuffed an object into Liang Jiugong's hand.

This heavy feeling...

Liang Jiugong put it away in his sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Thank you Jiuye for the reward."

Brother Jiu waved his hands with a smile and said, "Whoever sees has a share."

Liang Jiugong didn't say anything else, this size, this amount.

There must be a small catty...

It's just that the shape of this utensil is so weird...

At this moment, elder brother Jiu has already entered the study room. Seeing Kangxi sitting cross-legged on the kang, he immediately stepped forward two steps, knelt down on one knee, and said: "My son pays homage to Ama Khan, and I wish Ama Khan a good spirit, Youth is not old, 48 this year, 45 next year!"

Kangxi put down the booklet in his hand, looked at Brother Jiu and didn't cry out, and said with disgust: "How long has it been since I read a book again? I can't even say a word."

Brother Jiu got up on his own and said with a smile: "This is my son's experience this year. I always feel that I am still like Shiliu. I want to ask Khan Ama for advice on everything, and I don't want to be the master of the house."

"Humph!"

Kangxi said: "The more you live, the younger you are, so you are not ashamed, but proud?"

Brother Nine said: "It's because of Khan Ama's kindness and brotherhood's friendliness. It's not bad for my son."

Kangxi said: "Speaking of such bastard words, I can see that you are a madam and feel that you are at a disadvantage, and you are thinking about competing with Fengsheng and the others!"

Brother Nine was surprised and said, "How did you see it, Ama Khan?"

He didn't think about competing with his sons for favor, but just got close to Zhu Zechi, thinking of Shu Shu's sloppy behavior in front of Mrs. Uncle these days, he accidentally brought out some...