Brother Jiu arrived at the Yamen early today and finished his official duties early, so it was almost the beginning of the day.
He threw an account book to Gao Bin and said: "Don't be idle, you can collect this carefully..."
Gao Bin asked curiously: "Master, what is this?"
Brother Ninth Brother said: "For this year's 'New Year's Respect' for the doctors and subordinate officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can estimate the number according to the gift list, break off the money, and then divide it into first, second, and third grades..."
Gao Bin's face was full of confusion, and he was speechless looking at Brother Jiu.
We didn’t have this last year. Why add it this year?
If Master Jiu has any dissatisfaction and wants to collect more money, it is just a matter of saying a word, but in that case, the people below them may be uneasy.
This is the Emperor's Internal Affairs Office, not Master Jiu's. If we really want to reach out, it is not a long-term solution.
He asked tentatively: "Master Jiu, what are you..."
Brother Jiu said: "Reciprocity of gifts should not be limited to receiving, but gifts should be returned according to rank..."
At this point, the corners of his mouth curled up and he said, "Let's see who doesn't 'follow the herd'..."
This was money that should be paid filial piety according to the rules. He accepted it calmly and had no intention of extorting more money. But if someone was tricking him, he must know it well and not be regarded as a fool.
This is respectful or disrespectful, and money is also the most intuitive reflection.
Gao Bin said happily: "I will investigate carefully!"
The Lord is worried about the labor of his ministers, and the Lord humiliates his ministers to death.
If someone really doesn't know how to count and slights Brother Jiu, then he should punish two of them and kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Otherwise, the old fools like the Ministry of Internal Affairs will imitate others if they have no choice but to follow suit.
Brother Jiu thought of He Yi.
The New Year's gift given to him by the Heyi family was normal, but who knew what he was thinking.
If you think you have enough confidence with Yuqing Palace as your backer, then Brother Jiu will not endure it in vain.
After a while, he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, still dressed as before, but instead of the blue face he wore when visiting the mausoleum, he had a red silk face.
In the dense black end mask, his makeup is too eye-catching.
As soon as Brother Jiu arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace, someone passed the news inside.
Liang Jiugong came out, bowed and said, "Master Jiu, the emperor is still summoning the ministers."
Brother Jiu asked curiously: "You haven't seen everyone yet at this point?"
In the past year, he had come to Qianqing Palace frequently and knew the approximate time when the emperor's father turned over the cards.
Usually by this time, everyone has met everyone.
Liang Jiugong whispered: "It's the Tong family. Mr. Tong Yuxiu, the Inspector of Guizhou, was transferred to the Inspector of Jiangsu..."
Brother Jiu curled his lips and whispered: "Isn't this considered nepotism?"
He had an impression of this Tong Yuxiu. In the first half of this year, the Holy Emperor came to the dragon boat to pay his respects during his tour to the south. It was at that time that he was promoted from the fourth rank of Jiangnan Fenglu Road to the third rank of Guizhou Inspector.
That was in April. It's only been eight months now. You've come back from your post in Guizhou to see your majesty?
The transfer from Guizhou Inspector to Jiangsu Inspector seems to be the same level, but it is different.
A Zhengsanpin from a remote place, a Zhengsanpin from the south of the Yangtze River.
Not only this Tong Yuxiu, but also the first-class bodyguard who was the deputy capital of Mongolia with the yellow flag that Brother Jiu mentioned to Erhe yesterday, was actually talking about the Tong family.
However, these two people were not from the Xianghuang Banner, but stayed in the side branch of the Zhenglan Banner.
Liang Jiugong couldn't help but keep talking about this, so he just didn't hear it.
These two people were lucky. The emperor wanted to promote the Tong family, and Elundai's room had already been appointed consort. Not mentioning Tong Guowei's room, the remaining people were the side clan members.
After about half a quarter of an hour, a middle-aged official came out of Xinuang Pavilion.
Seeing Liang Jiugong's respectful posture, he knew that this was someone with status in front of him, but he didn't know who it was.
Liang Jiugong has already spoken: "Master Jiu, this is Lord Tong."
Tong Yuxiu bowed and said: "Slave Tong Yuxiu has met Master Jiu, please say hello to Master Jiu..."
Brother Ninth nodded reservedly: "Master Tong, I'm fine too."
When Tong Yuxiu left, Liang Jiugong went in to report.
Kangxi was depressed.
He promoted the Tong family, but he didn't want to stay around to take care of them, so he had no choice but to let them go.
He was a little irritable.
There are only a few surnames in Shangsanqi.
The previous situation was just right. The three descendants of the family who had close relations with the royal family were standing in front of each other, which could intimidate other nobles.
But as time went by, drawbacks also emerged, and now it’s hard to do anything lightly.
When he heard Brother Jiu's invitation, he thought of the Laba porridge in the morning.
Whose Laba porridge puts sorghum and corn?
Both taste rough when eaten.
And what's with that smell?
A little bit indifferent, no rock sugar?
Kangxi was critical in his heart and nodded to call the successor of Liang Jiugong to come in.
Brother Jiu brought a note over and said: "Khan Ama, these are the guards who have been hired by my son's house. Take a look at them first. If they are suitable, my son will send someone to the Ministry of War..."
Guards are military attaches and must be registered with the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.
Kangxi nodded and signaled Liang Jiugong to take it.
He did not rush to read the statement, but looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Come on, what's wrong with it?"
If the guards are just promoted from among the civilian population, they can be handed over directly to the Ministry of War, without going through the imperial court at all.
There is no better son than a father.
This son seems to be making a fuss, but in fact he is not very courageous and behaves according to the rules.
Brother Jiu said with a sneer: "I really can't hide anything from Khan Ama. There is one thing that my son can't make up his mind about. I would like to ask you to help me and see if it can be done..."
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As he spoke, he mentioned the disciple of Heishan and said: "He was a disciple of Heishan, and he was also a member of his son's father-in-law's family. His Ama went on an expedition with Peng Chun when he was in Ulan Butong. He disappeared immediately. He was not dead. On the battlefield, he fell off his horse during the rout, and no merit was recorded... Previously, the son's father-in-law gave their master and apprentice to his son. There were merits on the Black Mountain side. After the family branch came out, the son directly replaced the second-class bodyguard. This kid didn't make up for it last time, but after looking at it for a month and a half, he was much better than Biding who came out of the bag. My son wanted to make him a third-class bodyguard. I don't know if there is any precedent. After all, he is not a legitimate bannerman... …”
The people of the Eight Banners are also divided into different classes, divided into Zhenghu Banner people and Huxia people.
The Zhenghu bannermen are the Zhenghu and Baoyi population of the Eight Banners. They are treated the same when they compete with the Eight Banners in the imperial examination and fill up the vacancies in the Eight Banners.
The people under the household are the household slaves registered under the name of the Zhenghu Banner people.
People under the household were not allowed to participate in the Eight Banners imperial examination. Even if they became account holders, they could not be compared with Ding Bijia normally, but could only be supplemented by infantry, logistics, craftsmen, etc.
Brother Jiu really didn't understand, so he came over to ask.
Those who have military merit in Montenegro are qualified to open an account and become an account holder.
Heishan accepted his apprentice as a son-in-law, so it was difficult to naturalize him because his apprentice's household registration was still that of Dong E's family.
Kangxi listened and pondered for a while.
These so-called "people under the household", also known as "private servants", account for a large proportion of the banner people.
According to the 5th year of Shunzhi, 60% of the men in the Eight Banners were from the household.
Later, wars continued, and these people under the household followed their masters in battles as "subordinates". After they achieved military merit, they were qualified to open an account.
Over the past few decades, the proportion of people under the household has declined, but it still accounts for 40% of the men in the Eight Banners.
As an emperor, between "other people's private slaves" and "one's own people", he is naturally more willing to increase the number of people.
Kangxi said: "It's okay, but if there is no merit, it should stop here."
Brother Jiu heard this and said: "It's okay. In a few years, my son will make up for him in the northwest. He can pull the ten-power bow and train troops. He trained his son's army guards. How old is he? It’s not big, but it can be used, it would be a pity to just be a bodyguard.”
Kangxi glanced at him and said, "You are willing to give it up. Aren't you in need of someone to help you?"
Brother Jiu said: "These people around my son are just followers who make up the numbers, so they are of no use. The capital is peaceful, just ordinary ones will do, and the good ones will be wasted."
Kangxi lowered his head and opened the fold. He saw something was wrong in the first line: "Erhe, the yellow flag? What's going on?"
There is no shortage of guards from Shangsanqi in each prince's mansion, most of whom are provided by the prince's haha beads.
But Kangxi remembered clearly that there was no such person in Brother Nine's haha beads.
Brother Jiu said: "This is the second thing my son wants to tell Khan Ama..."
As he spoke, he talked about Erhe’s identity and his relationship with him.
"I have dealt with my son several times, and he is a very honest person. After I found out that my son was living in his house, and my son's side happened to be short of people, I thought of getting the best of both worlds. Neither Heishan nor Fuqing were guards. As for the guards, Ye Sheng, he went over and set up the stall so that his son could save some energy..."
Kangxi was not very happy when he heard this.
Fushan was his trusted minister and had been the minister of bodyguards for twenty years. He also knew the situation of Fushan's family.
The family has a fierce wife, no maids or concubines, and two sons, both legitimate sons.
This is a household matter for ministers, and it is also common for the eldest daughter to be domineering.
However, the eldest daughter-in-law controlled her husband's family and regarded the lack of guards as something in her pocket, and did not tolerate her brother-in-law. This made Kangxi uncomfortable.
"Where's Fushan? What does he mean?" Kangxi asked.
Brother Jiu glanced at him and said, "If Master Fu hadn't connived, how could Jueluo dare to cause trouble?"
Kangxi frowned and said, "Hutu!"
Brother Jiu said: "Erhe is a bit foolish and filial, and he doesn't know how to adapt. He just wanted to take a step back and make everything better for his family. If he had a son instead, I guess it would be like this. If you don't look at the monk's face, you can't really look at the Buddha's face." Let the old couple turn against each other..."
At the end of the sentence, he felt aggrieved and said: "Who said you were born later? There is nothing you can do about it..."
If you really want to tell him, the "young son guarding the stove" outside the customs is also a fairer way.
The eldest sons came first in line and received the upbringing of their young and strong fathers, learned the skills of making achievements and gained the support of the family; by the time the younger sons were born, the fathers were already old and could no longer lead the younger sons to make achievements. It makes sense to leave a legacy.
In this way, in the future, there won't be much difference between the brothers.
In the Confucian eldest son inheritance system, just because the first child has exclusive access to most of the family resources, it is too unfair to other children...
