My father-in-law is Kangxi

"It's not easy for local officials either..."

Thinking of Gao Bin's hard work over the past six months, Brother Ninth sighed: "People's livelihood economics and education, everything is linked to parents' official performance..."

"If it's a big plan, the rain and snow conditions will also be taken into consideration..." Shu Shu said.

Brother Jiu said: "It's not just a 'xiaxia' if you are exhausted. No matter what the reason is, no results means no results. A 'middle' is just taking advantage!"

That's it, they've just heard it.

Gao Bin will find ways to remedy the problems that can be remedied in the future, and there is no need for Brother Jiu to point his fingers.

Gao Bin sent someone back to report to Brother Jiu that this autumn's pot-burning plan might not come to pass.

It is now the end of the third lunar month, and the twelfth prince in Rehe has written back a letter, and he is about to return.

Brother Jiu hurriedly wrote him a letter, asking him to be careful about mountain road landslides.

Not long ago, officials who came back from abroad encountered a landslide and lost their lives.

There was nothing else going on in July, except for Brother Seventh's birthday. There was no banquet, and all the governments sent birthday gifts to settle the matter.

The news about Yongding River is also confirmed.

More than 20 miles of dams in Xiong County collapsed. Not only did the farmland in Xiong County get soaked, but the floods also spread to four neighboring counties, with hundreds of thousands of people affected.

Now ten days after the flood, the water has not yet been drained away, and all the crops affected by the disaster have failed.

I heard that the article about impeaching Li Guangdi, the governor of Zhili, was three feet high.

In the market, the popular figure today is Li Guangdi, who has settled all the old scores of his life.

It is said that he betrayed his friends when he was young, stole his love in middle age, and came back with the son of a foreign wife in his old age.

Inside and out, Li Guangdi's character was reduced to the mud.

The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince were bored, so they sat in the teahouse on Gulou Street for a long time and listened to the whole thing.

The ninth elder brother was deeply touched and said to the tenth elder brother: "It's time to take out your underwear. Earlier, I was annoyed by these gossips, but now it seems that they are not useless. The censor should come out and listen more. In the future, these It’s very difficult for people to deceive others.”

"How does Ninth Brother know that all this is true?" Tenth Brother asked.

Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "How can you make up lies? In the 19th year of Kangxi's reign, the Chen Menglei case happened more than 20 years ago, but the people at that time were still alive; and the love-stealing incident was also true. Li Guangdi happened to be in charge of that case. In the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination last year, the fact that he is the son of a foreign wife is probably not a fraud. Someone has long mentioned that in addition to his three biological sons, Li Guangdi also has an adopted son, and he should be the son of a foreign wife!"

The tenth elder brother said: "Ninth brother has also heard the rumors in the palace, how can he still believe these outside? Only true and false can fool people."

Brother Jiu thought about it and found that this was indeed the case. He said, "Yes, I really have to grind my teeth in idleness. I have been tired of talking for three to five days. How can I keep talking? There are still people behind the scenes. The governor of Zhili is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance." Title, I guess there are a lot of people eyeing this position. Now that Zhang Ying is old and the bachelor's degree is vacant..."

At this point, he shook his head and said: "It's just that the Yongding River dam burst can't be blamed entirely on Li Guangdi. It was Yu Chenglong who was responsible for this, and there was also a retired governor of the river, Zhili The governor is only responsible for allocating civilian labor. Once the work is done, the responsibility falls. If the project is good, it is all checked by the river and the Ministry of Works..."

The tenth prince said: "Li Guangdi is an old minister and has always been valued by Khan Amma. He will not fall like this."

When the impeachment papers against Li Guangdi were sent to the imperial court, they were all rejected.

A new topic has just been changed in the capital, and Li Guang is no longer being talked about.

As August enters, the heat of summer gradually subsides.

The twelfth prince also came back from Rehe.

The boy who was originally fair and tender now looks dark and red, and the tenderness on his face has faded a lot. His body looks a bit taller and no longer so thin.

He brought eight cartloads of skins back to the palace.

Brother Jiu looked dumbfounded and said, "Is this hunting in the sky? Have all the rabbits been killed?"

Four carts were made of rabbit skins, three carts were made of fox, wolf, raccoon, etc. skins, and one cart was made of tiger, leopard, and bear skins.

The twelfth elder brother smiled and said: "There are many rabbits and wild animals this year. I have nothing to do there, so I cleared the hills and meadows near the palace..."

Having said this, he said: "Tiger bones, tiger whips, bear bile, and bear whips have been specially kept and sent to Brother Jiu's house."

In addition to that, there are four cartloads of leather.

Brother Jiu looked at him and said: "Why can't you tell the good things? Those things are more valuable than these leathers..."

The twelfth elder brother said: "I don't know how to cook it. When the ninth brother brews the tiger bone wine this year, just give me a few jars and I will prepare it for grandma."

Brother Jiu looked at him and said: "This is not how you give things, are you looking down on your brother? What is the use of whipping? I will ask someone to cook it later and send it back to you. Listen to me, Hu I will whip you to show filial piety to Khan Amma, and bear whip to show filial piety to your teacher..."

The twelfth elder brother's expression froze when he heard that, he shook his head and said: "No, no need..."

Brother Jiu frowned and said: "Why don't you use it? It's not strange for Li Duoduo, even if they are biological father and son, they have to know that there are comings and goings..." At this point, he thought of Wan Liuha's family and said : "The things they honor you with are all in the eyes of outsiders. You can't be too cold, as if you are indifferent. Go back and divide the leather into two cars and ask someone to send it to your maternal family. It’s also a return gift; and Fu Cha Zhai, in addition to the teacher’s bear whip, it’s also your thoughtfulness to choose some good leathers for your wife and younger siblings..."

The twelfth elder brother hesitated for a moment and said: "Then...where are the other brothers?"

Brother Jiu thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "No need, they came back with their entourage and didn't give anything to us. On the contrary, we live next to each other in Nersu. The orphans are pitiful. You are the elder, so give us a copy." That’s it.”

The twelfth elder brother nodded and listened.

When the ninth elder brother came home, he realized that in addition to the tiger bones, the twelfth elder brother also sent four carts of leather.

He couldn't help but show off to Shu Shu: "Look, this younger brother has been taught well and is no worse than his son..."

Shu Shu nodded and said, "Brother Twelve is honest."

Although the ninth elder brother took care of the twelfth elder brother, he did so casually. His friendship with the tenth elder brother was incomparable, but the twelve elder brothers obviously regarded the ninth elder brother as the closest brother.

Brother Jiu smiled from ear to ear and said: "He means well, but he is young, so we can't take advantage of him. We don't want the tiger whip or anything like that. Now that you've given me the skin, just accept it. We'll see you later." See what he lacks."

Shu Shu said: "Seeing that it's time to send Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, there are a lot of good materials at home. It would be a pity to keep them in vain. I picked out some fresh and tender ones for the twelfth brother. It would be decent to send them to Fucha's house."

Since Brother Ninth is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, many of the three major weaving companies and major customs in Jiangnan came to pay tribute during the "Three Festivals and Two Birthdays". Everyone knew the rules and would not violate them, but the gifts they sent were only inferior to the tributes. They are all good things that cannot be seen outside.

Brother Ninth thought about the old and stale clothes on Brother Twelve, and said, "Pick a few more ones that Twelve can use. He is getting married next month, so he has to tidy them up."

Shu Shu kept it in mind and asked someone to add two pieces of sapphire blue Jiangsi material, one piece of golden Kesi silk material, and one piece of azurite Kesi silk material.

The things here in the Fifth Qianxi Palace were brought into the palace along with the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts sent by the Ninth Prince's Palace to Ningshou Palace and Yikun Palace.

In addition to clothing materials, there are also various mooncakes, dried fruits, and preserved meats to suit the occasion.

The twelfth elder brother came back from the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and saw the gift list.

Too much.

There are a total of twelve pieces of materials, many of which are priceless in the market.

Brother Twelve watched for a long time.

The next day, he said to Brother Ninth: "Brother Ninth, this is not good. There is no such thing as courtesy..."

He can't always take advantage.

The property that Brother Ninth had replaced from him before was obviously a loss for Brother Ninth, and he was not ignorant, he knew it well.

It was easy to send some things over, but I had to make up for so much right away.

The twelfth prince was not very happy.

Brother Jiu glanced at him and said: "What are you thinking about? I'm just thinking about your wedding next month. In addition to auspicious clothes and court clothes, you will also start preparing regular clothes. You will have to go back to the banquet then, so don't be too busy. It’s so shabby, so your sister-in-law picked out some materials for you. The darker ones are just for you, so you can ask the needleworkers to make the clothes. The brighter ones are for you to give to your younger siblings, as gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Wait until your younger siblings come in and then ask the sewing room to tailor the clothes. You can take care of it yourself..."

The twelfth elder brother looked at him and said: "Every year, the palace allots about fifty pieces of material, which is enough."

Brother Jiu waved his hands and said, "What is enough? In addition to all kinds of cloth and yarn, there are only a dozen pieces of material left to make clothes for the three seasons of spring, autumn and winter. No need for ink. Our family has a small population, and we can't use up all these materials." …”

While the two brothers were talking, someone came to the door and raised his voice: "Master Jiu, my servant Jin Yiyao wants to see you..."

Brother Jiu stopped talking and said, "Come in!"

With sweat on his forehead and a scorched look on his face, Jin Yiyao gave the ninth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother a thousand blows and said: "Nine masters, the weaving field is flooded."

Brother Jiu frowned after hearing this and said unhappily: "Didn't I write to you earlier to raise the threshold to prevent water from getting in? Why did water get in? Is someone disobeying my order?"

Jin Yiyao said hurriedly: "It's not for this reason. After receiving Jiuye's letter, a foot-high protection was added outside the weaving yard to prevent the water from the canal from overflowing. There are also people patrolling every day. It is the flood discharge from Miyun and the Chaobai River." The water came up and reached the weaving field from the other side."

Tongzhou Weaving Factory was built along the canal wharf, not far from Chaobai River.

Brother Ninth feels pain in his back molar.

Who would have thought that this summer's floods could affect the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
"Have you counted the losses?"

Brother Jiu asked.

Jin Yiyao said: "We have taken inventory. Because Master Jiu had previously ordered flood control, the dyes and woolen materials were placed at a high place when they were put into the warehouse. The loss was not big. However, the wool warehouse has been flooded. There are few sunny days at the moment and there is not enough time to dry them. I'm afraid it will happen." The coverings are damaged... and the tapestry that was processed a while ago can only be suspended, and the coal and charcoal warehouse are also soaked..."

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."

This batch of tapestries was originally planned to be delivered before the year.

Now that it’s been delayed, it’s hard to say whether it can be used within the construction period...