My father-in-law is Kangxi

Now that Prince An has received the decree, he wants to allocate banners from Zhenglan Banner and Zhenghong Banner to the two princes. It is rare to see the princes and governors of the two banners.

The news that the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother were going to be knighted immediately spread to the clan mansion.

At this time, Brother Jiu was in the household department, looking at documents from Cangchang Yamen.

Although the northern provinces were preparing for drought and inspecting official warehouses, which had nothing to do with Jingcang, after reading the documents of the Eight Banners Division, the ninth elder brother chose Cangchang Yamen next.

Because this is more familiar.

There are two inner warehouses under the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. One is the "Enfeng warehouse", which is the rice and stone prepared for the eunuchs; the other is the "Guansan warehouse", which is the rice and stone for the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

During his years in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Brother Ninth naturally also read the files in the inner warehouse.

The thirteen warehouses hanging on the yamen of Hubu Cangchang are called "Jingcang".

When grain is brought to Beijing, what is supplied is the "Jingcang" and the "Inner Cang".

According to the rules, the rice grains in these fifteen official warehouses are used to supply the princes, hundreds of officials and the Eight Banners with money and horse feed, and are not allowed to be sold.

But since it is a granary, moldy rice, rice that is harvested and scattered, and rice that is leftover are indispensable.

What Brother Jiu looks at is the ratio of these three types of rice.

There must be no problems on the books, and all types of losses are within a reasonable range.

Brother Ninth Brother knew very well that this was the most profitable place in the Department of Revenue.

However, he had no intention of catching Shuoshu. The Cangchang ministers were all appointed by the emperor, and they rotated quickly. Even if the subordinates were greedy, they would still be numbered. They would not be like the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where all officials would become a backwater. Goulian, everyone is brave.

"Fourth brother, why are the amounts of the rice consumption of this grain harvest different? The rice grain consumption of Shandong and Henan is two buckets, but in other places it is four buckets?"

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was free, the ninth elder brother asked his doubts.

Although there are distances between roads, there are too many differences.

Si Age said: "This is just the rice consumption of regular grain, and the loss and transportation expenses. In addition to this, there are also items such as 'additional tipping' and 'rat consumption'. In total, the rice consumption will be converted into a bucket to a bucket." Half……"

Brother Jiu frowned and said, "This is obviously blackmail, but it actually complies with the rules?"

Si Age said: "It is cumbersome to bring grain to Beijing. This is the old practice inherited from the previous dynasty. As for the difference between Shandong and Henan and Jiangnan, it is because the crops in these two places mature in one year, and too much rice is consumed. The local area is unable to pay, and Jiangnan has two crops a year..."

Brother Jiu was speechless after hearing this, and said: "Hey! I love the farmers in the south of the Yangtze River who have worked hard all year round. Is it just for these people to exploit?"

The grain is rice, wheat and beans, 85% of which comes from the Jiangnan provinces, and 15% is collected from Shandong and Henan.

Fourth Brother said: "If you calculate the transportation costs, Jiangnan will collect twice as much as Shandong and Henan, which is also in line with the rules..."

The two were talking when there was movement at the door.

The tenth prince is here.

"Fourth brother, ninth brother..."

He directly told the news he learned from Prince An: "Brother Ninth and I are going to lower the flag..."

Brother Jiu blinked, a little incredulous, and hurriedly said: "Are we just the two of us? Where are twelve and thirteen?"

He was impatient to be a bald prince, but he was also prepared to wait for a few years to be knighted with his younger brother.

After all, the eldest brother was only in his twenties when he was knighted.

Now among the middle group of elder brothers, only the fourteenth elder brother is still in the study, and the others are all getting married and working as errands.

Fourth elder brother also looked over and was quite concerned.

Although the thirteenth brother now goes to the Ministry of Justice to learn errands and does not work here, he still comes to talk every now and then, and the brotherhood is not alienated.

The tenth brother said: "Listen to Prince An, this time only the ninth brother is with me. The twelfth brother and the thirteenth brother should be the next wave."

Brother Jiu couldn't sit still, his eyes were shining, and he said: "Then...how to lower the flag? What is the population of the flag?"

After hearing this, the tenth elder brother looked melancholy on his face and said: "Ninth brother is the Zhenglan flag, and I am the Zhenghongqi. In terms of population, the ninth brother follows the example of the eighth brother, and I follow the example of the eldest brother."

Brother Ninth said happily: "It's pretty much what I expected. I have less military merit than my brothers, but in the past few years, I have worked hard at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and accumulated some merit..."

Not to mention catching up with my brothers, that's pretty much it.

After ten or eight years, he and the tenth prince should not be left behind when they are promoted next time.

The fourth elder brother was nearby and was not surprised.

You must know that the prince's mansion of the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother are the regulations of the Baylor mansion and the regulations of the county prince's palace.

He smiled and said: "Congratulations to the ninth brother, congratulations to the tenth brother..."

The tenth prince frowned slightly and said, "It's good to be knighted, but it would be better if they were all under the same banner."

The ninth elder brother patted the tenth elder brother on the shoulder and said: "So what if we are not in Yiqi? We live next to each other and are in the same place every day..."

The tenth prince shook his head and said: "There is still a line of siege. When the time comes, we will come according to the color of the flags."

Brother Jiu said: "It happens once a year. It doesn't matter. It's good to have a red flag. Young prince..."

Zhenghong Banner currently has a total of five clans, all of which are descendants of Prince Lilie. This is the only one among the eight banners, so it appears to be more harmonious than the other banners.

The Zhenglan Banner is different. It comes from the four gates. There are descendants of Yongzhuang Baylor, the younger brother of Emperor Taizu, descendants of Prince Raoyu, descendants of Prince Yu, and the emperor's younger brother, Prince Gong.

Except for Prince Gong's sect, which has just begun to be ennobled, the other sects each have a number of princely titles and are divided into many branches. Anyway, everyone knows that the blue flag is in chaos.

The ninth elder brother thinks that it is good that the tenth elder brother can seal the red flag and save worry.

As for Zhenglan Qi, he loves to be chaotic. He has the eighth prince above him, so it is not his turn to interfere.

He could think of this, and so could the tenth elder brother. Thinking that Prince Xin and the ninth elder brother still had a quarrel, he said: "If Prince Xin gives the ninth elder brother a favor in the future, the ninth elder brother should not spoil him!"

Now that he is still a prince, Brother Ninth will not suffer any loss if the conflict arises.

You don't have to swallow your anger and try to push the envelope further.

Prince Xin will be honest even if he suffers a lot.

It will be hard to say until later.

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Don't worry, I am also the son of Khan Amma. Does he still dare to bully me?"

Overall, being knighted is a good thing.

Brother Ninth couldn't help but count Baylor's banner population.

If the population is distributed to him, the "three festivals and two lifespans" will be profitable in the future.

Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Is it King An who allocates the population? It would be great if he has a famous surname. It would be best if his children are sent to governors, haha..."

The 10th Prince shook his head and said: "There is not much hope. Each banner has no leader or leader, and most of them are people who were added later to breed and spread their surnames..."

Most people with the surname Xungui remain in the main branch.

Brother Jiu said: "Not necessarily, my father-in-law's subordinate collar is the new subordinate collar established thirty years later, which was separated from Prince Kang's palace..."

The tenth elder brother said: "At that time, we will report it here to the clan's mansion, and the population of Khan Ama Circle will be reported."

Therefore, the prince would not be given the rank where the high-ranking officials and dignitaries lived.

Like the Fucha family's assistant leaders, the new assistant leaders are allocated together with the subordinate assistant leaders. Only the population of Shangsanqi can be allocated in this way.

When it comes to the Lower Five Flags, most of the noble families are assistant leaders of old brands, and they all have flag owners.

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "That's all, we don't have any choice."

After the tenth elder brother left, the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother arrived after getting the news.

The fifth elder brother grinned and said to the ninth elder brother: "The guards and guards can make up for it. It will make people feel more at ease when entering and leaving in the future."

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Well, we happen to be short of manpower."

He doesn't like the coats of the House of Lords, because the coats of the House of Lords have been maintained for decades, and there are many luxuries and few that are useful.

The Banner population here lives an ordinary life, so they should be able to pick out something useful.

The third elder brother said sourly, "It's so good that you don't have to worry about being late. Lao Ninth and Lao Ten left the palace early and were knighted early. We have been waiting for so many years..."

Brother Ninth was in a good mood and did not argue with him. He said coaxingly: "I remember that Third Brother is a demerit bearer. It's time for him to be promoted next time..."

The third elder brother also thought of this, his eyes were full of joy, and he said: "Yes, among the brothers, I am the only one. The eldest brother has been credited with merit once, but the disaster relief disaster in Xiong County last year was wiped out; the eighth brother has also been credited with merit once, but he I also wiped it out after being promoted back to Baylor!"

When he got home, Brother Jiu announced the good news to Shu Shu.

"Fifth Brother mentioned it. The filial piety of his banner people's people, after one year, there are three or four thousand taels of silver, as well as blue armor, Lord Baylor gave forty pairs, plus the discount of Jiami is also one thousand taels of silver. A few hundred taels, this adds up to 5,000 taels, which can’t be beaten..."

Shu Shu also felt happy after hearing this.

It's better to be granted early, in this case, if the prince is granted the second great title, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother will be able to catch up.

As for Baylor's salary of two thousand five hundred taels of silver, she was not picky about it.

Although the people in the Prince's Mansion spend money on food, which should have been an expense of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in recent years, Shu Shu and Jiu Age are not wasteful people, otherwise they would not have enough guards and bodyguards.

The reason is that they are afraid of ruining the atmosphere, developing extravagant habits, and reducing the population after receiving the title, which will cause resentment among the people below them.

Brother Jiu has been happy for a long time, and now he has a sense of reality.

When everyone else left and only the couple were left, he said with regret to Shu Shu: "If there was no fifth brother in front, I should be the king of the county..."

In front of his brothers, he didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that his title was being suppressed.

Four years ago, when he first came out of the palace, the Prince's Palace was governed by Baylor Rules.

In the past four years, he has reorganized the Ministry of Internal Affairs, increased revenue and reduced expenditure, discovered grain seeds, and built two palaces. He has made some achievements.

But because his brother, Fifth Prince, was here, it was difficult for him to pass the title, so he could only be reduced to Baylor.

He wasn't complaining, just a little regretful.

Shu Shu held his hand and said: "This is the first time that I am granted the title of Baylor. Just like my brothers, it is not eye-catching. If I were to be granted the title of County Prince, it would be too eye-catching. There are examples of Prince Yu and Prince Gong. , I can’t say that when the princes become more senior, they will all be promoted to princes..."

At that time, others will focus their attention.

You must know that since ancient times, in addition to "establishing a direct line", "establishing an elder" and "establishing a virtuous person", the establishment of a prince has also "established love".

Brother Jiu thought of the titles of Prince Yu and Prince Gong, nodded, and said: "Yes, Khan Ama protects his shortcomings the most, and he loves his son. His brothers have all been crowned kings, so he will not be stingy about his son's title. It’s just morning and evening…”

As for the rules for princes to be ennobled, as well as the royal family examinations, those are for binding the ministers, not for the emperor...