A Chronicle of the Growth of the General Manager in the Qing Dynasty

"Today, Minister Zhao Shenqiao said that the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and should be registered. Huang Ama's establishment of a crown prince should not be taken lightly. He announced to the court officials to veto it based on the original sparse return. Look, sir, what is Huang Ama doing?" What do you mean?" Fourth Master sat on the chair, and Su Wen rubbed his shoulders from behind, looking very comfortable.

Wu Sidao put down the fan in his hand, and said, "According to my servant, the emperor doesn't want to appoint a crown prince anymore."

The fourth master turned his head and glanced at Wu Sidao, and said, "Huh? The appointment of the crown prince has a lot to do with it. Huang Ama won't be like this?"

"The emperor's action actually implied this meaning, and the master should also know that now the brothers are fighting each other very fiercely in private, and the emperor's heart should not be settled yet." Wu Sidao saw that the fourth master was listening very seriously. , and said with a smile: "It's not time for fourth master to enter the drama, hold back first, and wait until the emperor has a definite conclusion before making arrangements." Fourth master nodded to express his understanding.

"Fourth brother, younger brother is here." Just when everyone was quiet, I saw the thirteenth brother pushing the door and coming in, followed by a frightened guard.

Fourth Master waved his hand to make the guards back down, and said, "How can you come out now?"

The thirteenth elder brother smiled and said: "Fourth brother, I have not been imprisoned seriously. After two months, won't it be Huang Ama's [-]th birthday? I am not here to discuss the birthday with fourth brother thing?"

"I'll leave the issue of the birthday gift to you, Fujin. I can't help you to find it yourself!" Fourth Master looked at Elder Thirteen carefully, feeling that he had indeed lost weight and changed, Thirteen Ever since the crown prince was abolished, he lost Huang Ama's favor. Although he traveled with him, he still didn't get Huang Ama's love. Later, he was locked up at home for no reason. After finding out the reason, Thirteen is now able to come out and walk, which shows that it is not a formal confinement.

The thirteenth elder brother also understands that the fourth master is not worried about him, but thinking that he has lost his holy family now, he feels a little sad, so he can only say: "Didn't my brother want to see if there is something special that I can give to the emperor?" Ma's birthday gift."

The fourth master saw that the thirteenth elder brother didn't seem to want to mention the matter of being circled before, so he stopped talking, so in response to the thirteenth elder brother's request, the fourth master also specially brought Hong Hui and the thirteenth elder brother out of the palace , Prepare to look around and prepare for the birthday ceremony.

The thirteenth brother looked at the 16-year-old Honghui and said, "Fourth brother, Honghui has grown so old in a blink of an eye. This year's draft, it's Honghui's turn, right?"

The fourth master glanced at his son while walking, and suddenly realized that Honghui was indeed quite old in the blink of an eye. Thinking about the draft, he also nodded and said, "It's time for Fujin to take care of it."

At Honghui's age, he already had a housemate, but because Sifujin had very high expectations for him, he didn't arrange too many women to serve him. Talking about his Fujin, a blush appeared on his cheeks, Su Wen shook his head in his heart, Hong Hui is still a little tender, he is still far from the realm of fourth master.

A group of people wandered around the street like this, and occasionally went to some shops to search for one or two, "Fourth brother, what do you think of this multicolored Guanyin bottle?"

Fourth Master heard Brother Thirteen's question, so he walked over with Hong Hui, looked at it together, and said, "It's okay."

The thirteenth elder brother smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want this Guanyin colorful bottle."

"Isn't this Fourth Brother and Thirteen?"

Several people turned their heads to look, Shisan first smiled and said: "My brother is here to greet Brother Jiu, why is Brother Jiu so free to come here today?"

It turned out that the person who came in was Brother Ninth, and Brother Nine said: "I don't know Thirteenth Brother, this shop was opened by your Ninth Brother and me. Did you like it? Today, Ninth Brother invites you."

Elder Brother Thirteen rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Ninth's words are too timely. I am poor brother now. Since Brother Nine has spoken now, I will choose my younger brother."

The fourth master originally wanted to stop the ground, but seeing the look in the eyes from the thirteenth elder brother, he didn't make a sound. The ninth elder brother's words were originally polite words, but he didn't expect the thirteenth elder brother to take it seriously. Su Wen was on the side Looking at it with a smile in his heart, this thirteenth elder brother is really good enough. He actually picked out the expensive ones in this shop. Looking at the distorted faces of the shopkeeper and ninth elder brother, Su Wen I also have to admire it.

Honghui was obviously a thin-skinned good boy, he blushed secretly when he saw his thirteenth uncle's behavior, and looked up at his own Ama, the fourth master was still in a daze, what he couldn't see was pure, after a while After a long time, when Brother Ninth's face became darker and darker, Brother Thirteen's purchases were finally over, and he said, "Brother Ninth, although you are very generous to my younger brother, my younger brother can't take advantage of you too much." , that's all."

Brother Jiu almost vomited blood when he heard this. The items selected by Thirteen are the treasures of the town store, and none of them can be without money. He really wants to slap himself now, but why is he so mean? Regretted but looked at Shisan Wangwang's eyes, and the wet eyes of Honghui's nephew next to him, still couldn't refuse, so he could only smile bitterly: "Okay, since it was chosen by Thirteenth brother, I will invite brother today.", Brother Jiu made a gesture to the shopkeeper, then looked back at Honghui, always felt that as an uncle, it was not good not to ask his nephew, so he said: "Did Honghui like it? If so Just choose one, treat it as a gift from Uncle Jiu."

After all, Honghui is a kind-hearted child, and he didn't feel embarrassed to open his mouth. Just when Brother Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, the fourth master on the side said: "Honghui, since your uncle Jiu is treating you today, you can choose one, or else you can choose one." I won't give you Uncle Jiu any face."

Brother Jiu was so bored by the fourth master's words that he almost vomited blood. After hearing what his own Ama said, Honghui chose the same one. In the end, the fourth master and his party returned with a full load. The ninth elder brother in the shop almost fainted looking at the account book In the past, these things were worth a lot of money, and it took me a long time to earn them back...

As soon as he left the shop, Elder Thirteen laughed out loud, exaggeratedly. Su Wen was even worried that Elder Thirteen would lose his temper from laughing. Finally, Elder Thirteen stopped and said, "Fourth Brother, you Did you see Brother Jiu's face? There are all kinds of colors, and finally it's all white."

The corner of the fourth master's mouth lightly raised and said: "You are courageous enough. The things you chose are worth a lot of silver taels. Aren't you taking Lao Jiu's heart and soul? Can he not change his face?"

The thirteenth elder brother walked slowly and said: "Fourth brother, you don't understand. This thing is given to me by the ninth brother himself. Isn't it hard to refuse me as a younger brother? Brother Jiu's net worth, these things are nothing."

"It's nothing, but Yi Lao Jiu's stingy and money-loving temperament, I'm afraid he has you in mind."

"I'm not afraid. I have nothing to do now. I stay in my mansion every day to write poems and paint pictures. I have nothing to do to amuse my children. I live a very comfortable life."

The fourth master heard the relaxation in Thirteenth Brother's mouth, but he could still know from the dejection in Thirteenth Brother's eyes that he was still uncomfortable, but he didn't know where to start, so he didn't speak, and the whole group just talked about it. He went back to the mansion in silence.

In March, Kangxi’s 20th Longevity Festival, the colorful shed set up for the celebration extends from Xizhimen to Changchun Garden, which is 65 miles long.The Ministry of Rites specially stipulated: "It is very unusual to meet Wanshou at the [-]th birthday this year." From the first day of March to the end of the month, Beijing officials have to wear boa robes and men's gowns, breaking the routine of only wearing court clothes for seven days.The most striking thing is: Kangxi proclaimed that the elderly all over the world, who are over [-] years old, regardless of officials or civilians, can rush to the capital on time to participate in the banquet in Changchun Garden.

On March 25th, Emperor Kangxi had his first banquet in front of the main gate of Changchun Garden for ministers, officials and commoners of Han nationality. On March 27, in front of the Empress Dowager's Palace in Changchun Garden, a banquet was held for old women from the Eight Banners who were over 28 years old. Those over 70 years old were seated inside the palace gate, those over 90 years old were seated under Dan Chi, and the rest were outside the palace gate.

There were as many as 6600 Manchu and Han elders attending the banquet, plus an unknown number of old women from the Eight Banners, there must have been no less than 7000 people.

This Longevity Festival lasted for more than a month. Kangxi Longyan was very happy, and everyone who came to the banquet was full of smiles. Everyone shouted the emperor's sage, and behind this, only Su Wen and others were serving the fourth master. People know the effect of this banquet.

The fourth master is in charge of the household department. Before the fourth master took charge, the household department had already started to make ends meet. Coupled with the impact of some wars and disasters, the household department's money was also gradually decreasing. The fourth master had won Kangxi's consent before. Some of the money owed by officials and princes has been recovered, but these are just a drop in the bucket.

Kangxi has always liked to travel, and he often goes out of Beijing three or four times a year, and he will start to spend money when he goes out of Beijing. He started to be merciful, and the punishment for those corrupt officials was also relaxed. This time, the Banquet of Thousands of Seniors required the Ministry of Households to bear the expenses of food and lodging for these old people. Every time the fourth master happily accompanied Kangxi and the elder brothers in the palace After the dinner, they would spend the whole day in the study when they returned to the mansion, and they would spend the whole day checking the account books of the household department, in order to minimize losses after meeting Kangxi's requirements.

Su Wen and Su Peisheng also stayed by Si Ye's side during this month. Every night when they were so sleepy that they could hardly keep their eyes open, they would wake up from sleepiness by taking a look at Si Ye who was sitting in front of the desk and carefully reading the account books. Come over, this is equivalent to a commoner who usually always shouts that the government is not good, that is not good, and suddenly he is lucky enough to come to the side of senior officials of the central government and see these people's hard work day and night with his own eyes. Some policies are dissatisfied, but they have to admit their efforts. Su Wen also began to feel that in the end, the fourth master is the most suitable emperor in this country, and only the iron and blood methods of the fourth master can save the increasingly corrupt finances of the Qing Dynasty. question……