My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1533: Inquire (rolling to ask for monthly votes)

The next day the Great Dynasty.

The princes discovered that the ninth elder brother "reported illness" and the twelfth elder brother also "reported illness".

No one suspected that Brother Nine was lazy.

It's not today to be lazy. The emperor will leave the palace after the court meeting today. If you want to be lazy, you should start tomorrow.

The eldest brother frowned and looked at the tenth brother.

The fifth elder brother came directly over and said impatiently: "What's wrong with the ninth elder brother?"

Those who are well-informed, such as the fourth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, and the eighth elder brother, should have already received the news. They are less curious and look a little solemn.

Those whose news is late can only worry, such as the eldest brother, the fifth brother, and the thirteenth brother.

The tenth elder brother saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and said: "Yesterday morning, the ninth elder brother took the twelfth elder brother to the teahouse. After staying for a while, he caught some cold. The imperial doctor has already seen it. Fifth brother, don't worry..."

After hearing this, the fifth elder brother looked more relaxed.

In the past few winters, it’s not unusual for Brother Jiu to catch a cold every ten and a half days.

only……

Whether this is true or false can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

In the early years when I was studying in the study room, I didn’t take leave like this in winter.

The fifth elder brother thought that he should invite him less often, otherwise it would be a bit irritating for the two brothers.

In addition to worrying about the ninth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother can't help but also worry about the twelfth elder brother.

That brother rarely asks for leave.

But there is no time to ask now.

After the court meeting was over, he followed the Holy Driver out of the palace.

This time, the princes in the south study room were still the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother and the eighth elder brother.

I woke up very early this morning, busy with the court meeting and seeing the Holy Emperor out of the palace.

My body is warm, but my face is tight.

Arriving at the warm room, the fifth elder brother rubbed his face and yawned.

The third elder brother was not well-informed. He glanced at the seventh elder brother and the eighth elder brother, hesitated, and said: "Eighth brother, have you heard the details? What happened? Yesterday was the day to open the tea warehouse, wasn't it? Fake, but why do we need the ninth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother to go see it in person?"

And how long did it take to actually catch a cold?
You know, now everyone wears the same end caps, which are the warmest, and you don’t have to worry about walking outside for half an hour, let alone inside the house.

Hearing his question, the fifth elder brother who was originally leaning also sat up and looked at the eighth elder brother.

The Eighth Prince did know the general idea, but it was hard to tell the details, otherwise it would be like peeking into a forbidden place, so he considered it and said: "I just heard that the Punishment Department was dispatched at noon yesterday, and a lot of people working in the tea warehouse were inspected. There are also in-laws in the Wei family, and they even came to our house this afternoon, but it’s just so clueless that I can’t get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have to wait until the trial is over to see what the matter is.”

Third Brother took a breath of air and said, "What else can there be? It's just greed for money! But how do they get greedy? The teahouse has nothing to do with money, it's just a place for storage and cashiers?"

He did remember that there was a problem with Piku, and it seemed to be related to Yuqing Palace, with more collars and more uses, but he didn't pursue it much.

If we really want to put it bluntly, Yuqing Palace's side was more at fault.

This time the teahouse...

Is it also involving Yuqing Palace?

Thinking about the prince's unkindness to him, the third elder brother actually started to look forward to it.

It would be fun if people from Yuqing Palace used the prince's name to seize things.

Again and again, can Khan Ama still tolerate it?
Seeing that the eighth elder brother was speaking vaguely, the third elder brother looked at the seventh elder brother and said, "Since the Sentence Division has been called upon, the news will probably spread after the interrogation is over. Is this... stealing tribute tea?"

The Seventh Brother knew that the news from outside was not hidden from anyone. The forty or so families who inspected it yesterday also went there for ginseng.

He said: "I heard that the ginseng was lost, but I don't know about the others."

The room was quiet.

Third Brother's face was a little tangled. He looked down at himself, his armpits, and his crotch, feeling a little confused.

The fifth elder brother asked in confusion: "Third brother, are you itchy?"

The third elder brother didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "I was thinking about how to carry it out. If one and a half kilograms were lost, there wouldn't be such a movement. This is a lot, so how can one take it out?"

The fifth elder brother understood what he meant and couldn't help feeling sick, saying: "This... this... I really don't dare to think about it..."

The eighth prince was nearby and blinked.

Stealing ginseng is not difficult, but how to carry it out of the palace is really a problem.

The guards who come in and out of the palace gate are not decorations. According to the rules, whenever you enter or leave the palace, you must check what you carry with you to see if there are any prohibited items.

Is there an unknown entrainment channel in this palace? !

That can bring out ginseng, and it can also bring out other things...

The fifth elder brother didn't care about this. He was a little worried that the ninth elder brother was really sick.

It is written in the book of the Han people that even if a thousand people point their fingers, they will die without any disease.

Brother Ninth checked the tea warehouse this time and found that at least dozens of companies were involved.

Although you don't need to pay too much attention to their identities, it's hard to guard against villains.

The fifth elder brother was a little worried that his younger brother would suffer.

He wanted to visit the ninth elder brother, but he couldn't get away in the morning. He happened to come over with a question book in his arms. The fifth elder brother divided it into three parts, placed them in front of several princes, and urged: "Get down to business. Do the right thing..."

The third elder brother, the seventh elder brother and the eighth elder brother were speechless when they saw him happily splitting into three parts.

The third elder brother snorted softly: "Are you still planning to pack rice? It's cold, and the table outside is already warm when you bring it in!"

The fifth elder brother said boldly: "Bao! Instead of ordering the banquet from outside, I sent 20 taels of silver to the dining room of Qianqing Palace. For the lunch meal, in addition to the regular dishes, four new dishes are added every day. According to the [-] taels of silver Prepare a meal..."

The third elder brother was now satisfied. It looked like the question book...

*
From the capital to Xiaoling, there are newly renovated royal roads.

The carriage didn't feel bumpy when moving.On the way, the princes accompanying him all rode in horse-drawn carriages.

The carriages were all built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a charcoal stove and hot water pipes were added. The water pipes circled the top of the carriage.

It was very warm inside the carriage, and a foot stove like a floor mat was installed underneath.

The fourteenth elder brother refused to stay alone. When he came out of Shenwumen, he got on the thirteenth elder brother's carriage.

"Brother Thirteen, please tell me, what happened yesterday? Ama Khan left the Qingqing Gate yesterday..."

Brother Fourteen asked in a low voice.

In the past two years, the people around him have come and gone, and they have all changed, and the information is not very well-informed.

The thirteenth elder brother spent a day at the Ministry of Revenue yesterday. When he returned to his place, he only knew that there seemed to be a problem at the tea warehouse. The tea that was supposed to be collected yesterday would not be collected for a few days, but he did not know anything else.

He said: "Let's go see Ninth Brother. Didn't you say that Ninth Brother caught a cold?"

The fourteenth elder brother was very disbelieving and said: "What kind of illness is catching a cold? It would make Khan Ama go to war, and it's not the prince who is sick..."

The Thirteenth Brother also felt that it was a bit far-fetched, and reminded the Fourteenth Brother: "Stop asking, it's a taboo..."

Brother Fourteen curled his lips, his eyes a little complicated.

At first, he didn't think the old people around him were important. After a year, he was like a deaf and blind man. Only then did he realize how inconvenient it was to have no eyes and ears in the palace...

In the middle of the team was the pony chariot where Kangxi was sitting.

It is said to be a small horse carriage, but it is not small at all. It is a large cart pulled by four horses.

The carriage is one foot six feet long, eight feet three and a half inches wide, and nearly one foot high.

In addition to Liang Jiugong accompanying the emperor, there was also Wei Zhu.

Kangxi had in his hand exactly the title book that was to be reviewed today.

Wei Zhu was sitting on his knees beside him, holding imperial ink in his hand and polishing the ink.

Kangxi read the six title books and picked up the secret book from Jiangnan.

It was sent by Cao Yin.

Over the past year, Cao Yin asked the elderly at home to use ginseng, contacted several merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and bought eight taels of third-grade ginseng and three taels of second-grade ginseng, all of which were new ginseng this year.

So far, we have only found ginseng that came from Beijing and was sold privately in Jiangnan. I don’t know which company it is.

Kangxi sneered, no matter which family they belonged to, they were all collecting ginseng secretly.

The year before last, he ordered the princes of the Eight Banners to stop collecting ginseng.

In the past two years, only the Ginseng Yamen can harvest ginseng. Private harvesting is against the law.

The results of it?
Despite the dissatisfaction of the clan princes, he took advantage of the worms in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ginseng Yamen.

The capital is well-informed and no one is selling third-grade or above ginseng outside.

Shipping to Jiangnan is indeed very expensive.

Kangxi wrote an approval letter to Cao Yin, asking him to check all the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Jiangnan officialdom, and then see if any of the flag officials had relatives in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After Kangxi finished writing, he thought of Prince Anjun's Mansion.

Two years ago, when the Guo Luoluo family's ginseng case came out, the family members of Prince An's family were involved.

It's just that Kangxi didn't deal with it because the man was under Tai Fujin's name.

Prince Anjun's Taifujin was at odds with Prince Anjun's mother and son.

Princess Taifu Jin of An County is partial to the prince. Every year on the prince's birthday and Chinese New Year, she prepares generous gifts for the prince.

Prince An seems to stand for no one, but he usually looks up to the eighth elder brother and has a close relationship with the eldest elder brother.

Is it Tai Fujin of Prince An who is involved in the ginseng trade?

Is that money used to honor Yuqing Palace in private?

All the prince's supplies come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so what do you need the money for?
Kangxi closed his eyes and used history as a mirror to understand the rise and fall, as well as the tragic changes in imperial power...

*
Ninth Prince's Mansion.

I drank a bitter medicine soup last night. In addition to clearing away heat and reducing internal heat, it also has a soothing effect. Brother Jiu slept until he woke up naturally.

I felt heavy yesterday, but now I feel lighter all of a sudden.

My nose, which had been somewhat blocked, returned to normal.

Brother Jiu blinked, so he didn’t catch a cold?
Otherwise, why would it be better to just sleep?

Shu Shu was talking to Xiao Chun in the east.

Xiaochun gave birth after the Dragon Boat Festival and gave birth to a daughter. Now the child is half a year old and she has returned to work as an errand.

It's just that she is a daughter-in-law and can't handle daily life in the main house, so she changed her job.

It happened that Grandma Xing was getting older and her waist and legs were a little bad, so she quit her errand and went back to take care of her granddaughter.

Xiaochun returned to the Prince's Mansion and directly took over her mother-in-law's errand, responsible for giving gifts when going out.

New Year's gifts will begin at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and we are now preparing the gift list.

Use the results from last year and the year before as a reference before making adjustments.

Not to mention other things, except that there are more hostesses in Prince Kang's Palace and Prince Shuncheng's Palace, so the etiquette list has been slightly adjusted.

The staff of the Prince's Mansion also need to be slightly adjusted.

After the master and servant finished their discussion, Xiao Chun said: "Fu Jin, yesterday Grandma Cao came to my slave's house and asked her about the errands in the house..."

Grandma Cao, Cao Shun's stepwife, and the eldest daughter of Hangzhou weaver Sun Wen.

Shu Shu asked curiously: "Why does she want to ask this?"

The Sun family came from the Han army under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but because of the birth of Mrs. Sun, the Sun family also followed the chickens and dogs to heaven. It is not as prominent as the Cao family, but it is still a middle-class family. The Sun family's daughter was also raised like a rich lady. Those who did not participate in the small election...

(End of this chapter)