Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Looking at the person kneeling below, Kangxi's face became more joyful and he helped the person up personally.
It was Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin who arrived.
He was wearing a peacock patch, and he looked like he was only in his thirties. He had a gentle and elegant appearance.
In addition to the fifth-grade Jiangning weaving, Cao Yin also wears the third-grade general affairs envoy. He has the responsibility of supervising the Jiangnan officialdom and has the power of secret folding, so he wears the third-grade civil official's patchwork uniform.
"Auntie, are you feeling well?"
Kangxi asked.
This question is about Cao Yin's legitimate mother, Sun Shi, who was Kangxi's nanny when he was young.
After Kangxi was born, smallpox raged in the palace.
In order to avoid acne, he was raised outside the palace and was cared for by four wet nurses and four nannies.
It was not until he was eight years old that he returned to the palace after suffering from acne.
Cao Yin, the nanny's younger brother, was someone Kangxi watched growing up, and they had known each other since childhood.
For this reason, Cao Yin often visited the inner court in his early years. He was a reading companion when he was a child, and he served as a bodyguard at 160%.
It was not until the 29th year of Kangxi that Cao Yin was sent to Suzhou to weave, and the master and servant were separated. Later, Cao Yin was appointed as the weaver in Jiangning to this day.
Cao Yin said: "Mother Kangtai is neither deaf nor blind. She loves pecans the most. She often talks about the master. If the slave hadn't come back this time in winter, he would have come back with him to pay his respects to the master!"
Kangxi nodded and said, "That's good. It's been ten years since I left the capital with you."
After chatting for a while, Kangxi asked about Jiangnan.
In early October, Governor Fan Chengxun and Ding Mu, the governor of Liangjiang, returned to the flag to maintain the system. Zhang Penghhe, the Minister of Punishment, was appointed governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi.
The Governor's Palace of Liangjiang is in Jiangning, but what Kangxi asked about was not about the new governor.
Because of the time, Cao Yin set off northward before Zhang Penghie arrived in Jiangning.
Kangxi was most concerned about the price of rice. In the past two years, floods in the south of the Yangtze River had caused many places to lose their crops. In the first half of this year, rice prices were twice as high as in previous years.
The imperial court released a lot of official rations, but it didn't help.
Kangxi was most worried about this matter.
Cao Yin bowed and replied: "Before the summer grain harvest, the price of rice was the most expensive. Rice was 730 cents per stone, which is equivalent to nine cents of silver. When the summer grain came down, it dropped to 640 cents per stone. After the autumn grain came down, it was still not abundant. It only dropped to 560 yuan..."
The relevant grain prices had been seen once before in Mi Zhe, but when he heard it again, Kangxi was still worried.
You know, in the 30th year of Kangxi's reign, the price of rice in Jiangning was 440 wen per stone.
The current price of food is still 30% higher than that of the past.
For food problems, the imperial court has once again issued a "prohibition order", prohibiting wineries from brewing shochu.
However, it is only a drop in the bucket when it comes to food shortages.
"How many percent of the rice is left in Liangjiang's official warehouses?"
Kangxi asked.
Cao Yin thought about it carefully and said: "Based on the food allocated for relief before, there is still 60% on the account..."
Kangxi's face was as cold as ice.
"What's the percentage in the warehouse?"
Cao Yin said: "Less than 20%..."
The great disaster in the south of the Yangtze River in the 1930s was reported to the capital as a flood. The water was four feet high. In fact, it was a tidal disaster that lasted for several years. At its worst, the water was one foot or two feet high.
From the 32nd to the 35th year of Kangxi's reign, there were several great tides.
It usually occurs in late July, with violent storms and rains, and the water in the plains is three feet deep. The cotton and bean harvests are all gone, and the rice production is reduced, making it a year of great famine.
More than 100,000 people died directly from the flood disaster.
This was never reported in the imperial palace newspapers, for fear of causing turmoil.
Now two years after the flood disaster, the impact is still there.
The land that had been soaked along the coast had been cultivated for two years and could not be harvested normally.
In the 34th year of Kangxi's reign, there were floods first and then drought.
Four years of famine followed, a situation unprecedented in a century.
In the thirty-sixth year, there were many civil disturbances.
Kangxi decided to tour the south more for the sake of reassuring the people.
There was only 20% solid grain in the granary, which made people feel uneasy.
Kangxi was no longer in the mood for gossip and said to Cao Yin: "Brother Jiu is acting in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You can go see him later..."
Cao Yin was not surprised by this news.
After all, Brother Ninth was acting in September, and he had not yet set off when the news reached Jiangning.
This time when he came to Beijing, he specially prepared a "New Year's gift" for his new boss.
"When the slave left the capital, Master Jiu drew his bow. It has been all these years..."
Cao Yin sighed.
Kangxi recalled the past and said: "Back then, he and Lao Shi were taught archery by you for two days..."
Cao Yin also remembered this. It was the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign. He left his father's filial piety and returned to the palace as an official.
The next year, when the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother went to the study, Master Wu asked for leave because of something at home, so Cao Yin took his place for two days.
The two young brothers are fair and tender, and behave delicately.
Because his posture was incorrect, Brother Ninth's finger was hit by the bow string, and he cried loudly at that time.
The tenth elder brother is obviously the younger brother, but he acts like a little grown-up, coaxing his elder brother not to cry.
Compared with the princes and elder brothers above who are both civil and military, these two little elder brothers seem to be far behind.
But the cute appearance of Yuxue is particularly memorable.
Cao Yin's wife was pregnant at the time, and he was very jealous when he saw her.
In the blink of an eye, the ninth elder brother was already married, and the tenth elder brother also had the first wedding ceremony.
After Kangxi finished talking about his son, he thought of Cao Yin's eldest son: "How old is Cao Yong?"
Cao Yin said: "The eldest son of my servant was born in the 28th year of his life and is ten years old..."
Cao Yin did not have many children. He had several wives and concubines, but only one son and two daughters.
The son is Cao Yong, the eldest son. There is also an eldest daughter born in the 27th year and a concubine born in the 32nd year.
When he first got this son, he was already over 10 years old.
It is difficult to grow a single seedling.
This son was also in trouble, and his name was given to him by Kangxi.
Thinking about the fact that he has about ten grandsons, and Cao Yin still has one son at his knees, Kangxi couldn't talk about children anymore, so he only said: "You go to see Brother Ninth, and come over to have dinner with me later..."
Cao Yin bowed in response and retreated.
Just as Liang Jiugong was about to come in, the two of them bumped into each other.
They are all acquaintances.
Liang Jiugong smiled and said: "Master Cao's style remains the same!"
Cao Yin pointed to the beard on his chin and said: "I was still young before I left Beijing, but now I am still old enough to call myself 'old man'..."
He entered the palace as a bodyguard in the eleventh year of Kangxi's reign, served as a guard in the twenty-third year of his reign, was reinstated in the twenty-sixth year of his filial piety, was sent abroad in the twenty-ninth year, and served as an errand in front of the emperor for more than ten years.
Liang Jiugong sighed: "How many years have passed? It seems like it just happened in the blink of an eye."
Liang Jiugong wanted to go in to report, so the two of them said goodbye first.
On the steps at the entrance of Qianqing Palace, stood a teenage brother with a look of arrogance on his face.
It's the fourteenth elder brother.
Seeing Cao Yin coming out, Brother Fourteen glanced twice, and when he saw the peacock patch on his body clearly, he looked away.
It's just a third-grade official, so don't pay attention.
Cao Yin didn't have anything to do. He bowed slightly and left here, heading to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Fourteen is here to complain.
Kangxi didn't know the purpose of Brother Fourteen's visit.
When he heard that Liang Jiugong reported to the Fourteenth Elder Brother for an audience, he thought that the Fourteenth Elder Brother wanted someone to come.
The people around Brother Fourteen have already gone through two rounds of interrogations.
shocking.
Although they are all small minions in the layout, there are no important figures.
If the Fourteenth Brother is still living in the Fourth House, and these little minions start to stir up trouble, it might be a repeat of the Eleventh Brother's death.
He was a little irritable and hesitant to see her.
Then he thought that he had to say something to Brother Fourteen, so he nodded and asked Liang Jiugong to take the lead.
"Khan Ama, Ninth Brother is too stingy, please take care of Ninth Brother!"
After entering the Nuan Pavilion, Brother Fourteen couldn't wait to talk.
He didn't think about Shu Shu, because when he saw Shu Shu act before, he always looked at Brother Jiu's face, so he thought it was Brother Jiu who had ignored them in the past few days.
Kangxi was a little surprised: "What's wrong with Brother Nine?"
"She must be holding a grudge and won't let Sister-in-law Ninth bring us food!"
Brother Fourteen said angrily.
Kangxi frowned, he knew that both the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince were moved from the dining room of Qianqing Palace.
A few days ago, it was indeed the second place that delivered meals to the two elder brothers.
"Then what did you eat for lunch?"
The fourteenth elder brother muttered: "It's just a random deal with a few mouths. The dining room of the head office has just been set up, and the manpower is not complete yet!"
However, Kangxi remembered what the two palace officials said, and Jiu Fujin gave gifts to several of his brothers-in-law, including dozens of kinds of food.
Seeing Brother Fourteen's attitude, he frowned and said, "That's the second house, your brother and sister-in-law's place, not your dining room!"
The fourteenth elder brother is still not angry: "Then the ninth elder brother fell out too quickly! He must be dissatisfied that his son occupied four houses before, and he also said that he wanted to beat his son!"
Kangxi snorted coldly: "Have you beaten me yet?"
Brother Fourteen heard that this tone was wrong and shook his head hurriedly: "Brother Ninth just said that to scare people..."
Kangxi said calmly: "You also know what he said, so why are you telling me this?"
Fourteen Akka Shell.
His little thoughts were all in Kangxi's eyes.
It's just that I offended my brother and sister-in-law, but I couldn't bear to apologize, so I wanted to drag the emperor's father to come forward, so the big thing was reduced to a trivial matter.
Kangxi was a little unhappy.
During their previous tour to the north, the ninth elder brother and his wife took care of the tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother for three and a half months, and everything was done well.
The relationship with Brother Thirteen is also much closer than before the Northern Tour.
This time he clearly showed that he ignored Brother Fourteen...
Brother Fourteen should reflect instead of complaining.
Kangxi was a little embarrassed.
Dong E's family seems to be nice on weekdays. She is filial to her elders and friendly to her peers. She also behaves like a sister-in-law in front of the younger ones, but she is too protective of her shortcomings.
She avoided the Fourteenth Prince and was not willing to solicit him anymore, which was because she was angry in her heart.
It's hard to say that even his father-in-law is to blame.
Kangxi saw the inkstone from the corner of his eye, and when he thought of that day, he already regretted it.
But isn’t it common for fathers to beat their sons in this world?
Why can't he? !
Besides, he was really angry at the time.
Not only was he worried about the fourteenth elder brother, but he was also annoyed that the ninth elder brother was self-absorbed and didn't know what was important.
When it came to the safety of the prince's elder brother, it was not the fault of the same mother. The best solution at that time was to report it to the emperor and wait for his decision.
That is the way to protect yourself.
He is such a big fool, he doesn't care, he doesn't want to think about what happens to Brother Fourteen, and both of them will end up in trouble...
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