My father-in-law is Kangxi

Cao Shun retreated gratefully.

Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "It's over, those who are close to ink are black, and now I am worried about being a father."

Shu Shu said: "It's just a matter of raising your hand, if you are willing to help, just remember to find an opportunity to report to the emperor, so as not to spread misunderstandings, the emperor should think that the master took the opportunity to blackmail the Cao family."

Emperors are hypochondriacs.

Even if the coating didn't live up to expectations, but in terms of trust, the designation was ranked ahead of the nobles of the Three Banners.

For the same reason, the nobles of the Shangsan Banner rank before the clan princes.

The princes and princes of the clan rank ahead of other nobles who fly under the Five Banners.

It's obviously a good deed, so don't let it go.

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, after a few days, Master is going to visit Yuqian, and I happened to mention it at the same time..."

Speaking of this, he calculated the time when Sun Wencheng left Beijing, it was mid-February, and he should be in Hangzhou by now.

"The Jin family designated to hide silver, but the amount may not match what Han Ama expected. The big head should still be a filial piety to Jingli..."

Brother Jiu said.

Shu Shu sighed, and said: "This is the human heart, too far away from the imperial power, and I have lost my awe."

If it were the boundary of the capital, even the most powerful princes and academicians would know what to touch and what not to touch.

Not to mention selling ginseng privately, but also intervening in tributes, this is simply courting death.

Brother Nine shook his head and said: "The ignorant are fearless, you should study more, Cao Yin and Li Xu don't act like this..."

The emergence of the servants of the Jin family really shocked many people.

What is a householder?
They are slaves who have signed a body contract and have been attached to the master's family for generations.

Such a person is more ruthless than the enemy.

Because they are our own people, they have experienced many things, and they know the shortcomings of their master's family.

There is this charge of "disrespect", which is light at all.

The entire population of the Jin family was also arrested.

The Jin family's house in the imperial city was also confiscated by the Department of Punishment and sealed.

I can still vividly remember the Jin family's housewarming banquet in February. They used high-quality swallow-wing mats, showing the bearing of a rich man from the south of the Yangtze River.

Not one or two raised their heads and laughed.

There are a lot of vacancies in the sixth rank and above in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If one family occupies more, others will occupy less.

The Jin family got married and entertained guests everywhere, which brought many old relatives closer, but it was not the family that offended.

Now, it is actually making people happy.

You know, everyone dares to chew their tongues about the royal news, let alone the upstart Jin family.

The old background of the Jin family was revealed.

He was a Korean Bao Yi who defected to him during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

At that time, two brothers came, and the grandson of the elder brother was the late founding hero and great scholar Ba Tai. The descendants of that branch also received grace, and carried out their coats, and carried them to the Han army in Xianglan Banner.

The younger brother's grandson is Jin Yiren's father, Jin Yuzhi, and he is the same great-grandfather's cousin as the great scholar Ba Tai.

Ba Tai is a representative of the loyal monarchy among the ministers of Baoyi. He has experienced three dynasties. He was awarded the title of knighthood for his meritorious service in the founding of the country. When the emperor Shizu refused to attach himself to Dorgon, he was dismissed from office. After Dorgon passed away, he resumed his title of knighthood ; In the early years of Kangxi, he rejected the solicitation of his assistant minister Obai.

After he came to power today, he resumed Batai's bachelor degree, and later he was promoted to the head of the cabinet, and then until Batai passed away. For more than 20 years, he retired several times and used it several times. He has always been valued by the emperor and rewarded him service system.

In the eighth year of Kangxi, Jin Yuzhi was appointed as a weaver in Hangzhou, and he also got the honor of Batai.

In addition to the clan members, even the in-laws of the Jin family were picked out one by one. Most of them were big families in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there were many families of the Eight Banners Han soldiers.

However, except for Cao Quan who went around for a while at the beginning, the others were as quiet as chickens, waiting for orders from the palace.

Within two days, several more crimes came out, all of which were the fault of the Jin family and his son when they were working in Hangzhou Zhizao.

One is to manipulate the price of raw silk and hold the quota of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but purchase at a lower price at the local level, not only earning a balance in the middle, but the purchase amount far exceeds the annual needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Sell ​​it to local merchants at the market price, and make money twice a mile and a mile away.

The second is pre-production. Because the labor cost of Hangzhou weaving in spring and summer is more expensive than that in autumn and winter, the task of the next year is produced one year in advance. The labor paid is the price of autumn and winter. 2 taels of silver for labor costs.

The third is the loan from Guangshan Treasury. When he was in the weaving office, he borrowed two sums of money, which added up to 3000 taels, and the principal and interest were not settled.

Fourth, when running official business trips, the accounts are inflated, and the prices of perfumes, jewelry, and clothing materials do not match the purchase prices, and the difference is more than three times at most.

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Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Looking at these charges, Brother Nine felt a little worried, and told He Yuzhu, "Call Cao Shun in."

He Yuzhu went down and called Cao Shun in.

Brother Nine directly handed this to Cao Shundao: "You and I were weaving yamen in Jiangning before, and you should be familiar with weaving affairs. Look at these few rules, has your uncle committed any crimes? If it's a small trouble, then you Go ahead and believe it, just change it; if the amount is huge, then don’t believe it.”

Cao Shun took it over and looked at it, but didn't speak for a while.

Except for the fact that he has not yet borrowed from Guangshanku, his uncle has done the other three.

Brother Jiu said in admiration: "All of them are very powerful, and their accounts are bright. Last year, Gao Yanzhong went to investigate Sanzhizhi, but found nothing. If it weren't for the action of the Criminal Justice Department, who would have known that there are such tricks to make money!"

Cao Shun murmured: "The servant is not justifying uncle. The purchase price does not match the account price when running business. This is a common practice, because it is necessary to prevent loss. It is like entering a hundred bottles of perfume in the palace, but it is thousands of miles away from Jiangning to the capital. , glass is also easy to break, so we need to prepare 150 bottles to prevent damage, and the things in the palace are more essential than flaws..."

"As for manipulating the price of raw silk, sometimes it is not intentional. The money allocated by the household department is fixed every year, but the price of raw silk fluctuates every year. In a good year, the price of raw silk is low; in a bad year, the price is low. Gao, but the money purchased by the yamen has not changed in ten or twenty years..."

It's really shameless for someone like the Jin family to try another hand.

Cao Yin and Li Xu are both scholars, so they don't act like this.

Brother Jiu heard this, and said: "Since there is an inside story, then you don't need to worry about it. When your uncle finds out about Jin Yirentian's crimes, he will explain it to the imperial court by himself."

Doing business for the royal family can only be good, not bad.

If there is a mistake, it can be blamed, so it is natural to act in a thorough manner.

Brother Jiu is not a harsh person either. After hearing Cao Shun's words, he knew that these two charges were not counted as crimes at all, and the Jin family's standards were too big.

Cao Shun complied and said, "Master Jiu, the Jin family has been accused of more and more crimes."

Brother Jiu glanced at him, and said: "Why worry about this? Your uncle has made Khan Ama's haha ​​beads, and he grew up in the palace. He knows the rules best, so don't worry."

Cao Shun nodded and backed out.

Brother Nine said to Brother Twelve: "You can't be too kind to be a human being. If you are too kind, you will feel uncomfortable. You should be more selfish so that you can have a happy life."

Elder Brother Twelve thought for a while and said, "Brother Ninth doesn't like the actions of Guard Cao?"

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "I'm too indifferent to my family. It's obvious that Cao Yin didn't keep his word. He didn't have a son and adopted his nephew, so he took Cao Shun away from his parents. As a result, he had a son and it happened again. If he repeated it, he would have sent him back." That's fine. You can still stay with me as a backup. What's the point? Even if you have to raise your favor, the trouble should be cut in half. Just complain without knowing it and stay away from him. You still have to worry about the future there. Too kind; the same goes for his parents. Since his parents treasure other children, they should just stay away from each other and treat themselves as the eldest son and elder brother. They can come and go as they please, running errands and doing odd jobs. This is not the case. Can’t you find happiness for yourself?”

The results of it?
Everyone was happy, and only Cao Shun was aggrieved.

Brother Jiu felt that if Cao Shun's disposition didn't change, he would be able to suffocate himself to death in the future.

He just didn't want to see that honest people suffer, so he intervened in Cao's family affairs once.

Brother Twelve said: "Cao Shiwei has been the eldest son and grandson for many years, so he has a more sense of responsibility. As long as he doesn't delay his errands, he has to think about other things."

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, he has to figure it out himself."

Kind-hearted, not a fault, should not be dismissed.

Anyway, brother Jiu only helped this time.

He can't see this kind of embarrassment.

If Cao Shun still wants to suffer in the future, let him go.

*
When people in and out of the palace were concerned about Jin Yiren's case, Princess Rongxian entered the palace and entered Zhongcui Palace.

In Zhongcui Palace, there was a dead silence.

Due to the closure of the palace, the nobles who lived with him earlier, Chang Zai, etc. all moved out, and now there is only Concubine Rong as the master in the entire palace.

There were originally eight women in the palace under her name, but after she was demoted, the number was reduced to six.

Zhong Cui Gongben had twelve eunuchs, two chief eunuchs, and ten ordinary eunuchs.

However, because of the case of Ma's family, the two eunuchs in charge of Zhongcui Palace both entered the Punishment Department and never came back.

Later, when the palace was closed, a chief eunuch was directly transferred from Qianqing Palace.

Originally, Concubine Rong had a maid who was on a business trip by her side, and they were also released before the palace was sealed off.

As a result, there is now a total of one master and seventeen slaves in the huge Zhongcui Palace.

Princess Rongxian knew the layout of Zhongcui Palace, so she went directly to the west corner of the main hall.

This is the small Buddha Hall.

Concubine Rong was wearing an indigo gown, with her back to the door, sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue.

"My lady..."

Princess Rong Xian was afraid of startling her, so she said softly.

Concubine Rong turned around with a very peaceful expression, seeing clearly that it was Princess Rongxian, she said softly: "Are you back?"

Princess Rong Xian took a few steps forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "My daughter is not filial, she is late."

Compared with when she left Beijing in the first month of last year, her biological mother was ten years older, and she looked like an ordinary old woman in her [-]s.

She was originally the most beautiful person, but now she was wearing plain makeup, her head was bald, and she didn't even wear tinsel. Her gray and thin hair was braided and coiled on the top of her head, and the sides of her forehead were a little bald.

However, his expression was calm, and his complexion was much better than expected.

Rong Xian's heart was very complicated.

What she said in front of the imperial court was seven points true and three points false.

As a daughter, she naturally felt sorry for her biological mother.

Although she felt that this revenge was a disadvantage, and instead of hurting the prince, it trapped herself in it, but she could understand.

She also became Ernie.

If others dare to plot against her child, she will also incarnate as Shura and take revenge to the end.

Concubine Rong stroked her back and said: "You are already married, so you should not come back. From now on, your husband and your children are your family members. Whether it's my place or the third elder brother's, it's all yours." relative……"

Princess Rong Xian raised her head, disapproved of this statement, looked at Concubine Rong, and said: "My mother's family is also my home, my mother has the heart to let me be alone outside without being cared by my family? I hope that my mother will care about me, and also about my mother."

Concubine Rong shook her head and said lovingly, "You have to live by yourself."

Princess Rongxian was silent for a while and said, "Is your Majesty happy?"

Concubine Rong stroked her chest lightly when she heard the words, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's a pleasure."

Always uncover Hesheli's face, otherwise she will be the crown prince's greatest help if she stands there innocently.

Princess Rongxian let out a long breath, and said: "That's good. Your Majesty has been in the palace for 30 years. You should know that a royal son is more precious than your mother. Please take care of your daughter and the third elder brother. The third elder brother acted recklessly and ignorantly. Bao Buqi will get into trouble at some point, and when the time comes, his daughter will not be able to take care of him, so who else can protect him except Niangniang?"

Concubine Rong frowned and said, "Your third brother made a mistake again?"

Princess Rong Xian said: "It's fine if you don't touch the money, if you mention the money, you will fall into the pit. It's okay now, the brothers seem to be in harmony, and no one counts on him, but if anyone counts, then the one who counts will be accurate..."

When Concubine Rong heard this, she felt conflicted.

Princess Rong Xian looked at her, knowing that she was worried about the third elder brother, it was good to be worried, it was good to be concerned.

She went on to say: "Their family is not peaceful either. A concubine was added in the first month. When the first month came, Hongqing's carriage had an accident and her face was hurt. Her younger siblings were pregnant again. I heard that some princesses in the backyard It's not safe..."

The old son and the eldest grandson are the lifeblood of the old couple.

Hong Qing is the eldest grandson of Concubine Rong, and she has such an appearance and honest personality, which makes her very lovable.

Concubine Rong was worried, and said: "Then you help to keep an eye on it, Dong E's family is just a paper tiger, bluffing, and can't control those few gege..."

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This day is also the "initial ceremony" between King Zhijun and Zhang Jiashi.

After being disturbed by the affairs of the Jin family, everyone's attention turned to this happy event when they arrived.

Compared with the original wife Fujin, Zhang Jia's successor Fujin has an ordinary background. He was born in the Han army, and he is not one of the "33 noble families of the Han army", but a middle-level family.

The commander-in-chief is a second-rank official, but there are admirals above him, with limited powers, which cannot be compared with the second-rank official in Beijing.

But everyone can also understand why Zhijun Wang Jifujin chose an ordinary family background. It was because the eldest son was left behind.

The prince's initial appointment ceremony is fixed.

Even if he succeeds Fujin, he will not be reduced.

As usual, two chief ministers of the House of Internal Affairs and two ministers leading the bodyguards were sent to Jifu Jin's house to deliver the initial appointment ceremony.

Here in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is Brother Jiu and Ma Qi who come forward.

The two ministers who lead the guards are first-class public Fei Yanggu and first-class public Fushan.

These two are the highest-ranking ministers among the six leading guards, and they are the candidates personally designated by the emperor.

It can be seen that Kangxi, the emperor's father, has always paid attention to the elder brother's remarriage.

Zhang's house is near the princess courtyard.

Brother Nine was dressed in auspicious clothes, and followed the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites to present the prince's initial appointment ceremony.

Today the Zhang family has a banquet, and the elder brother, the son-in-law, will also come in person. The brothers who will be the best bridesmaids are the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother.

When the ceremony was over, several princes were seated.

Although Brother Nine came here on business, when arranging seats, he still came according to his status. The brothers sat next to each other, but they used single seats.

The eighth elder brother turned his head and asked in a low voice: "When will the Jin family's case be settled? During the southern tour the year before last, I followed Han Ama's order to go to Hangzhou first to inspect the pick-up arrangements. The Jin family did not help at that time." Don't be too busy, this time back to Beijing, I even invited him to dinner..."

This is the point of what is said.

Brother Nine said: "I don't know, Khan Ama hasn't ordered yet, if the starling wants to intercede, he should go, it won't work if it's too late."

Brother Ba shook his head and said: "The Jin family has behaved indiscriminately and failed the emperor's grace. There is nothing to intercede. Since this is what is being said outside these days, people who are in panic are worried about being implicated."

Brother Jiu sneered and said: "That's just worrying about it. Eight Banners are just these few people, who will be implicated? They don't even ask the relatives, let alone others."

Eighth Brother: "..."

So should he let it go?
His aunt and cousin shouldn't be involved, right?

Otherwise, it is always about him.

The conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn't ask for this cousin, it was Jin Yiren who took the initiative to bring this person to the yamen of the hall.

The fourth elder brother sat on top of the eighth elder brother, watching the two whispering to each other with disapproval on their faces.

Where is the boundary of speaking?
Ninth elder brother said a few words to eighth elder brother, and then kept silent, paying attention to elder brother's reaction.

The eldest elder brother has a noble status, and Zhang Zongbing dare not put on airs for his father-in-law, and the other members of the Zhang clan are even more speechless.

This is the fourth prince's initial appointment ceremony that Brother Jiu participated in. The first one is that of Brother Eight. In the Prince's Mansion of Anjun, the whole hall is full of clans and princes, and it is noisy and noisy.

The second one is his own, the Dutong Mansion, which is more lively than the Prince's Mansion of Bu'an County, but the children of Dong E's relatives have also come, and they have the confidence of a noble family.

The third one, the tenth prince, is very impressive in the inner hall, and his standards are higher than those of ordinary princes.

Right now, it feels weird.

The things are those things, and the identity of the people who come is enough, but because the Zhang family's family background is ordinary, there are only a few officials and clansmen who can come forward to entertain guests, so it seems a bit deserted and lonely.

The joy of the Zhang family is different from the other joys.

They were a little forced to be happy, and they used their joy to cover up their anxiety.

Brother Jiu thought of a word, the family is not right.

He didn't enter the inner house, and naturally he didn't see the new sister-in-law either.

However, Brother Jiu thought of Wu Fujin in the early years, and felt a little sympathy for this new sister-in-law.

After finishing the meal, everyone left Zhang's house.

Everyone knows that brother Jiu is not in good health and has a low drinking capacity, so no one drinks him.

The fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother are not immune here. They are still the best men, and they have to be toasted. After each round, both of them are a little taller.

Although the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother both controlled the amount and did not lose their composure, but looking at their appearance, their bodies were stiff, and when they came out to see the wind, they were a little unsteady.

Seeing this, eldest elder brother was worried about the two of them riding horses, so he said to ninth elder brother: "Ninth brother, you bother to send it back, don't ride a horse when you get in the car, so as not to fall."

By the way, Brother Nine readily agreed. Seeing Big Brother's face flushed, he asked with concern, "What about you, Big Brother? Why don't you call a taxi too?"

To the south of Zhenghuang Banner is Zhenghong Banner. Zhang's house is not far from Zhijun Wangfu, three or four miles away.

The elder brother waved his hand and said, "No, it's not enough yet, it's just for face."

Ninth elder brother also knew that he was a drinker, so he didn't talk too much, and asked someone to help fourth elder brother and eighth elder brother to get into his carriage.

As for him...

He hesitated for a moment, with some disgust on his face.

The two smelled of alcohol, and the carriage was cramped.

Brother Jiu didn't go up, went directly to the other side of the coachman, sat on the shaft, and said: "Let's go!"

He Yuzhu, Su Peisheng and others followed on foot, and their guards accompanied them on horseback.

In the carriage, the fourth elder brother and the eighth elder brother looked at each other in blank dismay.

The fourth elder brother opened the carriage curtain, looked at the ninth elder brother's back and said, "Why don't you get in the carriage?"

Brother Jiu turned his head, facing the oncoming smell of alcohol, immediately straightened his neck back, and said without any concealment: "Smelly!"

Fourth elder brother: "..."

The eighth prince lowered his head and smelled himself, and became suspicious. His nose was malfunctioning?
Does it taste that big?

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Two in one.

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