My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1786 Heartache
In Nanyuan Paddock, He Yuzhu was walking in front, carrying a cow horn lantern.

Erhe took a step back and guarded behind the Ninth Prince with Chunlin.

The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince traveled together, but the Tenth Prince only brought Wang Ping'an with him and no guards.

The group went to the side hall next to the palace. The area there was spacious and just right for a Buku location. There was also an open space in front of the side hall, which was convenient for setting up targets.

The Ninth Prince brought Erhe and Chunlin with him to prepare for the fate of the guards.

After several years of experience, Erhe is now a completely different person.

The bow force was also increased to ten points, and he hit the target three times out of three.

After all, he is now in charge of the guards of the Beile Mansion. If he is too incompetent, he will not be able to control the people under him.

Needless to say, Chunlin was trained in Heishan since he was young. Whether it was riding and shooting, standing and shooting, or Buku, he was the best among the guards and imperial guards in the Ninth Prince's Mansion.

The Ninth Prince thought about the familiar guards around his brothers, and turned to ask the Tenth Prince, "A lot of the Haha beads from Big Brother's side have been upgraded, right?"

The Tenth Prince nodded and said, "Well, they have enough experience, and many of them have been sent out."

The eldest prince's daughter, Hahazhuzi, is slightly older than the eldest prince. She is in her early thirties and is in the prime of her life.

The Ninth Prince enviously said, "No matter how many sons Khan Ama has, the eldest son, my brother, is different. If it were someone else, Khan Ama would not even care about the future of the people around him."

"Yeah, big brother is different."

The Tenth Prince responded with his mouth, but he knew in his heart that this concern was not the care that his Ninth Brother thought, but more of a warning.

Otherwise, it would be more logical for the chief secretary of the royal palace or the first-class guard of the royal palace to be appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners.

The eldest prince, like his brothers, has eight haha ​​beads.

Even if half of them come out, they will be four deputy governors of the Eight Banners.

Now the scope of filling flag vacancies has been expanded from the flag to the wing.

With four people staying in the palace, there will be many relationships that can be connected.

If that happens, it will not only be dangerous to the prince, but also a hidden danger to the emperor's father.

If the most useful person around the eldest prince is sent to another place, this possibility will be completely eliminated.

Even if those people have high ranks, they don't have as good a future as in the capital, and they are of no help to the eldest prince.

The future of the eldest prince's subordinates is the same as the future of the subordinates of all the princes.

The emperor began to be wary of his eldest son, who was young and strong, and would also begin to be wary of his other sons.

In the dead of winter, the night wind is howling.

Chunlin looked up at the sky. It was clearly a moon, but the sky was gloomy and there were no stars or moon.

Chunlin whispered to Erhe: "The moon is covered tightly. It will either snow or be windy tomorrow."

Erhe also took a look, and thinking of the health of the Ninth Prince, he felt a little worried, and said, "I hope that the Ninth Prince can draw the northern gate as his camp."

In this way, when the people were hunting, they would gallop southward, following the direction of the wind, instead of going against the north wind.

The Tenth Prince narrowed his eyes and said to the Ninth Prince, "Since you are tired, go in and ask for a chair to rest. After the competition, call the imperial physician..."

In this way, if the weather is bad tomorrow, I can just call in sick and avoid going out in the wind and snow.

The Ninth Prince understood what the Tenth Prince meant and said, "Yes, yes, I won't be stubborn. I'll take a rest for a while. What about you? Guarding the camp today is even colder than being on a horse. Do you want to take a rest for a day as well?"

The Tenth Prince thought about it and said, "No need."

Since both of them took leave, it feels a bit fake.

Besides, the Tenth Prince is also looking forward to hunting some good things tomorrow.

Today, the main activity in the enclosure is hunting.

If we come across a deer or a fox tomorrow, we can catch one or two alive and take them back to play with the children.

From now until the end of the ninth lunar month, the weather is freezing cold, and children cannot go out to play, so it is just right to raise some small animals to relieve their boredom.

When he and his ninth brother were in the palace, they also raised puppies.

When they arrived at the side hall, the Third Prince, the Eighth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince and Baotai were already there.

Several people were talking about what happened today.

The Third Prince was annoyed and said, "I shouldn't have been lazy. I should have divided the troops, led 20 men to seize the camp, and left 30 men to defend it!"

Baotai said: "In that case, Third Brother may not have the upper hand either. We have the advantage in numbers in the Zhenghuang Banner camp. We must defend the camp once more. There is only a quarter of an hour left. Maybe we will succeed in defending the camp!"

The Third Prince said shamelessly: "Not necessarily! If we really want to hold out to the end and fight hand-to-hand, you are not my size!"

Baotai said: "But I am accompanied by the elite soldiers of the palace, who can always protect me."

The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, "The outcome is uncertain, but the thirty people in our camp should be able to hold out for a quarter of an hour."

This is just one win and one loss, and it cannot change the overall result.

The Ninth Prince and his entourage just happened to come in and overheard everything.

The Ninth Prince said, "Third Brother, you are just bragging. They are all the elites of the three upper flags, and their strength is about the same. I have arranged a 60-man camp-taking team, led by Chunlin. Do you have any deputies besides yourself?"

After hearing this, the Third Prince looked at the Eighth Prince and said, "Old Nine has selected sixty people, not just ten or eight. How could you and Big Brother not notice it at all? Are you blind?"

Eighth Prince: "..."

No one expected that the Zhengbai Banner still had the spare strength to divide its troops!
I thought they were determined to keep both advantages.

It turns out these people are really ambitious and courageous.

If they had had another quarter of an hour, the Zhengbai Banner would have lost its camp due to being outnumbered.

The Eighth Prince glanced at the Tenth Prince.

Yaerjiang'a is a reckless man, and the Ninth Prince is also a hopeless person.

The only one who could use such a strategy is the Tenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince also followed the White Banner Camp and recalled the scene. He said, "There are roadblocks ahead, so it's hard to see clearly. There are quite a few archers. The Tenth Prince even deliberately said that they have 190 people. I didn't expect that there might be a possibility of splitting up the troops..."

At this point, he also looked at the Tenth Prince and said, "Did you say that on purpose just to bluff?"

The Tenth Prince nodded and said, "If your two teams had listened to me and disbanded immediately and attacked each other, our sneak attack plan would have failed. Each of you would have had the opportunity to gain two advantages, or one advantage and one disadvantage."

The Thirteenth Prince said: "We were not well-informed and made the wrong choice. Otherwise, we would not have asked for the first place, but would have just gone back to guard the camp and we would have gotten the second place!"

Even though I didn't win the championship, I didn't have to be fined my monthly salary.

For ordinary bannermen, the fine was three taels of silver.

For the Crown Prince Baotai, it was five hundred taels; for the Beile, the Seventh Prince, it was more than two hundred taels; and for the bald prince, the Thirteenth Prince, it was fifty taels.

The key is, it’s not shameful to be in the middle, but it is shameful to be last.

"Huh? In the past two years, Khan Ama seems to like to fine people. Why did he think of using this as a means of punishment?"

The Thirteenth Prince was somewhat puzzled.

For the princes and royal family members, it would be embarrassing if they didn't have this money; but for the bannermen, it was painful.

The Third Prince chuckled twice and couldn't help turning his head to look in the direction of the main hall.

Starting from the 37th year, he seemed to have been fined for various reasons and was fined for several years.

He only started receiving salary this year.

The salary of Prince Duoluo is five thousand taels of silver.

The Third Prince thought of the difference between the annual salary of the Duolo County Prince and the Duolo Beizi, and the frustration of the defeat during the day disappeared. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Fine silver in real terms to teach him a lesson. Just scolding him won't do any good."

The Ninth Prince had already pulled a stool and sat down. When he heard about the salary cut, he remembered something.

How many years of salary was I fined? !
Needless to say, the thirty-seven and thirty-eight years will be a fine.

At that time, the prince's annual salary of 600 taels and the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department's annual salary of 130 taels were both confiscated.

Thirty-nine years later, have I made any mistakes?
Well, I committed the crime in the first half of the thirty-ninth year and was removed from my position as the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department.

That's included in it.

But he has not made any mistakes in the past forty years!

I forgot to arrange someone to go to the Ministry of Revenue to collect salaries!
Last year's 730 taels of silver and this year's 2,500 taels of silver have not been withdrawn!
This adds up to more than three thousand taels of silver.

The Ninth Prince almost jumped up and wanted to hit himself twice.

How could I forget my salary?
If Thirteenth Prince hadn’t mentioned this today, I really don’t know when I would have remembered it.

The eldest prince, the fourth prince, the seventh prince and Yarjiang'a came together, and they saw that everyone was standing and talking, except for the ninth prince who was sitting and looked a little listless.

The eldest prince couldn't help but frown, a little worried, and asked: "Did you get the wind during the day? But you don't feel comfortable?"

The Fourth Prince also knew that the Ninth Prince was prone to catching colds. He could catch a cold in the summer if he wasn't careful, let alone in this weather.

The Ninth Prince stood up, greeted his brothers, and then followed the words of the First Prince and said, "It's nothing serious, just a little headache and a little cold."

The eldest prince said: "This is a sign of impending illness, it is the wind blowing after sweating..."

As he spoke, he looked at He Yuzhu who was standing beside the Ninth Prince and said, "Go to the kitchen and ask for a bowl of ginger soup. I want it to be thick."

He had asked He Yuzhu to bring back rice wine because he was worried about this.

When He Yuzhu saw that the Ninth Prince did not stop him, he bowed and responded, then went to the kitchen of the palace.

The eldest prince looked at everyone again, fixed his eyes on Baotai and the Thirteenth Prince, and said, "What about you two? Don't be so stubborn, or you'll get sick..."

Bao Tai immediately said, "I was outside for less than two hours in total. I'm fine, don't worry."

The Thirteenth Prince also said, "I'm fine too. I usually stretch my muscles outside for an hour every morning and evening."

The eldest prince nodded and said nothing more.

The Eighth Prince was moved when he saw how the eldest prince took stock of the situation so naturally and how close the princes below him were to their eldest brother.

As the legitimate son of the crown prince, he had the best timing.

The eldest prince is friendly to his brothers and sisters and is harmonious with them.

No wonder Mingzhu has been dismissed from his post for more than ten years, but the "Great Thousand Years Party" outside is still united and not dispersed.

You must know that Emperor Taizong was able to ascend the throne without the will of Emperor Taizu by suppressing the two red flags with the largest population and the two yellow flags of the three brothers Dorgon, and he relied on the harmony of the people.

From now on, I can be closer to the eldest prince.

Anyway, in the eyes of outsiders, he, the adopted son of Concubine Hui, is also one of the eldest prince's followers.

Yaer Jiang'a looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "People outside call you the 'Beauty Lamp'. I thought it was an exaggeration, but it's true? You have been running your mansion for several years. How have you been living? You are famous for being wealthy and have everything you need. Why don't you think about taking good care of yourself?"

The corner of Ninth Prince's mouth twitched, and he said, "Do I still have this nickname? It's all a rumor. How can you still believe it, brother? I've recovered a long time ago. It was windy today and too hot halfway through the journey. I took off my hat and caught a cold."

He said so, but no one in the side hall believed that he had recovered long ago except the Tenth Prince.

Throughout the year, he took leave when it was hot and when it was cold, and he called in sick every now and then, and everyone saw it.

The eldest prince said, "Go home and sleep early tonight, and ask for leave from Khan Ama tomorrow. Don't go out to hunt. If you want to lead the hunt, wait until the autumn season."

The Third Prince was also happy to show his friendship and nodded, "Yes, yes, we don't need you either. Don't be so stubborn. You will be uncomfortable and make Khan Ama and Consort Mother worry."

Since both of his elder brothers had spoken, the Fourth Prince did not say anything else.

He was just thinking that the annual tribute from the governors' offices in various places would soon arrive, and he could pick out some vital energy-boosting herbs from the surplus tribute...

(End of this chapter)