My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1677: Not Helping Relatives (Rolling around asking for monthly tickets)
After the young prince left, the Queen Mother said to Concubine Min, "He is an honest child. You don't have to worry about him."

If one's character is not so stubborn, he will know what is important and what is not, and will not disrupt the moral principles between the ruler and his subjects.

Even if there is a concubine above her, she is still a servant in front of the royal princess. As long as the Thirteenth Princess can establish herself, there is nothing to worry about.

Concubine Min nodded and said, "She seems to have a gentle personality. I am sorry to trouble His Majesty and His Majesty."

The Queen Mother looked at Shushu and said, "Tell the Ninth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince later that they don't have to worry."

Shu Shu said, "Yes, judging by the way he speaks and acts, he has the same character as my eldest brother-in-law."

Among the five prince consorts in the royal family today, except for the fourth prince consort Yige Tushetu Khan whom he has never met, the eldest prince consort looks the most honest among the other four. He is very obedient to Princess Chunxi and they get along well with each other.

After chatting with the Queen Mother for a few words, Shushu stood up and said goodbye. She came with a lunch box, and it was full when she left.

The milk skin, fried rice and beef jerky were all brought by the Khorchin princes to honor the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother knew that Shushu loved this, so she gave her a lot of it.

When they returned to the Prince's Courtyard, Shushu asked Xiaotang to make Mongolian pot tea.

The milk tea in Beijing is made of brick tea, milk and salt.

Mongolian milk tea is served with milk skin, beef jerky and fried rice.

By the time the fragrant milk tea was ready, the Ninth Prince came back from outside.

He just went to find Maska and circled ten "government-run" shops.

As for the business content of the shop, he had thought about it in detail, but he was not in a hurry to submit it to the emperor.

He became more careful and realized that he should not appear so diligent, otherwise he would be given less time to write a report next time.

Therefore, he planned to put off submitting the memorial, which he had written in two days, to the emperor for a few more days.

"Why do you want to drink this on such a hot day?"

The Ninth Prince looked at the pot of tea on the kang table and asked curiously.

Shu Shu said: "The Empress Dowager gave me some milk skin and fried rice, so I thought of making a pot for you to try..."

As she spoke, she served a bowl to the Ninth Prince and one to herself.

There is softened milk skin floating on the top of the milk tea, and fried rice and chopped beef at the bottom.

In addition to the aroma of milk and tea, there is also a rich rice aroma.

Shushu drank three bowls in a row, and the Ninth Prince drank nearly two bowls before they asked someone to take the teapot away.

The Ninth Prince said, "Did you see that prince? When he came to the court, I happened to take leave, so we didn't meet."

Shu Shu said: "I saw him. He was said to be fourteen years old, but he looked like eleven or twelve. His voice hasn't changed yet. He seems to be an honest child..."

The Ninth Prince was a little surprised and asked, "How did that concubine raise a son? In Mongolia, they eat meat every day, and it is common for them to grow up to be twelve or thirteen."

The adult mentioned here refers to the male ejaculation.

Due to their diet, Manchu and Mongolian boys ejaculate earlier than Han Chinese, and it is common for them to get married at the early age of twelve or thirteen.

Now that they have entered the Pass, the Eight Banners have changed their customs and the age for marriage has been pushed back.

Shu Shu said, "In the mansion of the prince, the food is exquisite and the meat is delicate. Maybe it's because they are well-fed."

This young prince was the second son. His older brother died young, so the title was given to him when he was only three or four years old.

If he fails to keep his position, the title will fall to his uncle.

It was understandable that the Toffee looked after him like the apple of her eye.

The Ninth Prince was not very satisfied and said, "If he is just honest and has no other strengths, then he is just okay!"

Shushu felt that this young prince would be able to catch Kangxi's eye.

In his early years, Kangxi might have liked smart children because he himself was a smart person. People with the same kind of personality attract each other, so he easily appreciates smart and capable people.

But now that he is old and has been smart for most of his life, he feels relieved when he sees such an honest and simple child.

Among the previous prince consorts, there was an ungrateful fourth prince consort, and then there appeared a stupid and arrogant third prince consort. Kangxi would not like people who were too opinionated.

Shushu then told the Queen Mother and Concubine Min about their evaluation of the young prince. The Ninth Prince took note of it, and after lunch, he went to the next courtyard to tell the Thirteenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince listened carefully and said, "Thank you, Ninth Brother. Please also thank Ninth Sister-in-law for me. I feel relieved now."

I know my sister is a stubborn person. If the other party also has a strong personality, it will be difficult for the couple to get along well in the future.

The Ninth Prince looked at the Thirteenth Prince and said, "You are worrying too much. We have Khan Ama. He personally picked the person. How could he be bad?"

The key is that Concubine Min is here, and we can see her in person today.

If I really have shortcomings and I don't like them, I won't pretend to be silent.

Although the emperor only valued the Thirteenth Prince the most among Minpin's three children, and treated the two princesses indifferently, he was very considerate when arranging marriages for the princesses born to concubines. He loved the princess and loved her too, so he could not be wrong about the two princesses born to Minpin.

The Thirteenth Prince said, "I'm just worried that there will be some omissions, and that my father-in-law and mother will worry about it in the future."

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince said, "He's still staying here for more than half a month. Isn't he going to go hunting? Then take him with you. We can see how strong his body is by then."

When you draw the bow, you cannot fake it and you will know whether your body has not fully grown or there are still imperfections.

The Thirteenth Prince nodded, but was not in a hurry.

The prince wants to go hunting, so accompany him first.

After accompanying the Crown Prince, I will make an appointment with the young Prince alone.

Otherwise, if they are mixed together, it will be bad.

Two days later, the prince took the Thirteenth Prince and Bu Xi to hunt in Beishan.

The Ninth Prince was not among them. He went to the palace with a re-copied proposal.

There were several dignitaries present in the imperial court, so the Ninth Prince did not send anyone to inform them and went to the duty room to wait.

The Fourth Prince happened to be there too, also waiting to meet someone.

"Aren't you responsible for taking care of the Mongolian princes and nobles who come to the court with the officials from the Lifanyuan? How did you find time to come here?" asked the Ninth Prince.

"The envoys from the Tushetu Khanate have arrived, bringing with them the Nine White Tributes..."

The Fourth Prince replied.

The "Nine White Tributes" refers to eight white horses and a white camel, and is a tribute exclusive to the three Khalkha tribes.

The Ninth Prince grinned and said, "Looking at the time, it was the Fourth Prince who arranged for someone to send it. I wonder if the new Tushetu Khan will send it again at the end of the year. The Fourth Prince is stupid. He can even lose the Khanship that he has obtained in less than three years!"

At the end of June, the fourth son-in-law Run was deposed as Tushetu Khan for being "incompetent" and was demoted to the rank of Prince of a County. Tushetu Khan was succeeded by his uncle.

The fourth prince consort lived in Tushetu Khan's residence, which was more than 2,300 miles away from the capital, but there were stations along the way. Now that the decree had been issued for half a month, the court's order should have reached there.

However, the envoys, with their livestock, were expected to head south after May, so the people who came were sent by the fourth prince consort.

The Fourth Prince always felt that it was a little strange that the Fourth Prince Consort lost his position as Khan.

The Khalkha Mongols were different from the Mongolians south of the Gobi Desert. Although they also submitted to the imperial court, they were not considered internal vassal states but external vassal states.

It is somewhat strange that the imperial court interfered with the inheritance of Tushetu Khan's title.

And there is no "help for relatives"!
Thinking about Princess Kejing's visit to the court the year before last, the Fourth Prince felt that there was a cause and effect behind this.

He glanced at the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince did not think too much and was still confused. He said, "It is good to depose the Khan. The Princess's Mansion of the Fourth Sister is being built in Guihua City. It is not appropriate for the young couple to be separated for a long time."

The Fourth Prince naturally favors his own people in his heart, but he is also a man and knows that for a man, power is more important than love.

However, after losing the throne of Khan, the fourth prince-in-law should have learned a lesson and realized that as a prince-in-law of the royal family, serving the princess well is the guarantee of power; otherwise, let alone the throne of Khan, even the throne of a county prince may not be kept for a long time.

After a while, there was movement at the entrance of the main hall.

Ma Qi came out one after another with a minister, who was the Minister of Rites.

The reason he came to see His Majesty at this time should be to discuss the matter of the provincial examination.

This year is the year of the provincial examination. A few years ago, when the emperor toured the south, he announced that the number of candidates for this provincial examination should be increased in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

When the governors of other provinces heard the news, they also submitted memorials asking for mercy.

Therefore, in addition to Jiangnan and Zhejiang, grace was also given to Shandong and Shuntian Prefecture.

The Ninth Prince said to the Fourth Prince, "My fourth brother-in-law is also taking part in the Shuntian Prefecture provincial examination, but his studies are not as solid as Fu Song's. I wonder if he can pass this exam..."

The so-called provincial examination was divided into "official papers" and "civilian papers", and did not include the Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners still have a unified test paper and allocate quotas to the Eight Banners.

One of the Fourth Prince's bannermen also took part in this exam, and he said, "The number of candidates for the Eight Banners has increased by four, three from Manchuria and Mongolia, and one from the Han army. If the results are acceptable, there is still hope..."

A total of 24 candidates were added to the quota for the Shuntian Prefecture provincial examination, including four from the Eight Banners, ten from the Eight Prefectures, eight from the Imperial College, one from Fengtian, and one from Xuanhua.

Compared with several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Shuntian Prefecture had the largest increase in tax quota.

This was also the first time that the "official papers" were set up. Many children of officials who were registered in Shuntian Prefecture were almost like a giant army crossing a single-plank bridge.

The quota for this subject is also to appease this group of people...

(End of this chapter)