Kangxi looked at Yabu for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes!"
Prince Jane bowed and retreated.
Kangxi looked at his back with a heavy expression, remembering his youth.
Obai was in power, so he accused Suksaha, who was also an auxiliary minister.
Yue Le was in power, but because Noni said to his face, "You also have nirvana," he became angry and insisted on convicting Noni of death.
This touched his nerves.
Ao Bai died in the circle of questioning.
Yue Le was mourned and honored after his death. Why?
If the clan members hugged each other, Kangxi would not rest at night; but if the clan members criticized each other, he would also understand the severity.
The clan is the foundation of the Eight Banners, and the clan cannot fight within it.
Wood.
At the gate of Qianqing Palace, Prince Jian and Brother Jiu from Xinan Pavilion met him face to face.
Brother Ninth bowed: "Uncle King..."
Prince Jian stopped, nodded and said, "Brother Ninth."
Seeing Brother Ninth's tense expression, Prince Jian became extremely curious.
He had heard about the emperor's supplement of five hundred thousand taels of silver to his beloved son several times in the past month.
And the information is better than others.
He also knew that Yuqing Palace was dissatisfied with this matter, and that the prince and the ninth elder brother seemed to have some quarrel.
However, Brother Ninth had no intention of greeting him. He ordered the eunuch on duty at the door to call in and ask for your Majesty's permission.
When Prince Jian saw this, he left knowingly.
Just as Brother Ninth had suspected before, Prince Jian also suspected that Noni had another "mastermind" to pursue a lawsuit with a man who had been dead for more than ten years.
This person is the co-leader of the Eight Banners inside.
Emperor Taizong swore not to seize Niulu from the kings. If the emperor wanted to give Niulu to his son, he had to think of other ways.
But thinking about the emperor's expression just now, Prince Jian was not sure.
Liang Jiugong, who was at the door of Xinuang Pavilion, hesitated after hearing the low-pitched warning from the eunuch on duty outside.
Kangxi noticed the movement at the door and looked over.
Liang Jiugong hurriedly bowed and stepped forward, saying: "Your Majesty, Master Jiu is here. Please see him outside."
Kangxi looked at the clock.
It's already the second quarter of the first lunar month.
It's been a long day now, so I haven't held the lamp yet.
But the time when the palace gate closes is fixed, which is You Zheng.
There are still two quarters of an hour left.
"pass!"
Kangxi nodded.
Liang Jiugong bowed and went out, and then Brother Jiu followed in with big strides.
Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu.
Brother Ninth went to the clan mansion at noon.
Could it be that he was entrusted by Eighth Brother to intercede for Yue Le?
Kangxi felt unhappy.
Brother Jiu got straight to the point and said: "Khan Ama, Sun Guidan, the eldest son of the Sanguanbao, the assistant leader of the Shengjing Internal Affairs Bureau, is looking for his son to be the leader, and accuses the Sanguanbao of arranging people to sell ginseng secretly!"
"Sanguanbao? Guidan?" Kangxi frowned and said, "What nonsense? How can a grandson be the first grandfather?"
If it is not a serious crime of treason, it is appropriate to hide from each other.
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth, shook his head and said: "The Shengjing ginseng case is about to be settled, there is no need to create additional complications!"
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "My son has sent Guidan to the Shenxing Department, and now he has recorded a confession!"
Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Do you know what you are doing?"
Brother Jiu told the truth and said: "Khan Ama, my son also knows that the boss is his grandfather, which is related to the dignity of the empress and the fifth brother. But the more this is the case, the harder it is to indulge. Who knows what the ginseng business is over there?" Two years, or twenty years? If this money honors the mother-in-law and the fifth brother, it is plucking the hair of the Khan Ama and subsidizing the Khan Ama’s concubine brother. Even if he has selfish motives, he is partial to his flesh and blood and has feelings But what does it mean now? He took Khan Amma’s money, subsidized his own children and grandchildren, and let Khan Amma’s concubine bear the scapegoat. It’s obvious here, who should we think is the big fool?”
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and said, "That's your maternal family. If you are really held accountable, have you thought about the consequences?"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "The consequences? Uncle Daobao's master of ceremonies wiped it?"
"Others will say that your mother has fallen out of favor, and they will think that I don't like you and my fifth brother."
Kangxi frowned.
Brother Jiu disagreed and said, "Let them talk. Are you, Khan Ama, confused? You want to punish your own people for the faults of others?"
Kangxi looked at him and said: "In your heart, what is Ama? That is your mother-in-law's dear Ama. Don't you think that you are in love with her?"
This dry son is sometimes very humane, and sometimes seems a bit cold.
He is considerate to his in-laws, but has always had no contact with his mother-in-law.
He is also on good terms with his brothers, but not close to his uncles or clan members.
Kangxi sometimes couldn't understand this way of doing things.
Brother Jiu glanced at Kangxi and said: "My son is a petty person. He will treat whoever treats his son well. The relationship is too complicated for the son to care about. The Guo Luoluo family treats the mother in an ordinary way, so the son does not like it." I could tolerate them before, but when I think they will ruin the reputation of my wife and my fifth brother, my son doesn’t want to tolerate them anymore.”
Kangxi shook his head and said: "You are already eighteen, you are no longer a child. You should know that no one can do whatever you want. Think about your mother-in-law's dignity!"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "If you let your wife choose to marry her husband, she will still prefer Khan Ama to follow us..."
"Things will go well if things are slow..." Kangxi mused: "Sanguanbao has been working in Shengjing for more than 20 years, and he has some merits..."
Perhaps because the old ministers have died one after another in the past two years, he has become much more tolerant.
Brother Ninth remembered the incident in the first month of last year when the emperor's father asked them to see Suo'etu and ransack their homes.
At that time, I was thinking of "killing chickens to scare monkeys". Why don't I think about it now?
He said: "Khan Amma, as early as the year before last when my son went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work as an errand, my mother-in-law told my son that the honor of our mother and son came from Khan Amma, so she asked my son to work well and repay Khan Amma for his upbringing. Well, my son, in the past two years in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have also seen that many harem concubines belong to other families, and there are many who are arrogant and domineering, so we should restrain them. Otherwise, if the family members of Yuqing Palace follow suit in the future, it will be you and me who are in trouble. Prince·”
When various forces divide the Ministry of Internal Affairs, won't the Ministry of Internal Affairs return to its previous appearance?
After Kangxi heard this, he thought of the Li Gege family in Yuqing Palace. Suo'etu had previously arranged several positions for the Li family.
When he ordered the eviction of the Li family last summer, he discovered that there were several people in the Li family who were serving as doctors, foreign ministers, and officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
What Brother Jiu said was not without purpose.
Brother Ninth said again: "Everyone is a little courageous. Khan Ama reprimanded his family when he visited the east two years ago. If they are a sensible family, even if they had some unclean things in private before, they should have done so in the past two years. He restrained himself, but became even more rampant, becoming the first person to purchase ginseng. If he continued to delay, his son would worry about causing other troubles, so he might as well just take action on this case. Those ginseng mountains were the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the crime of oversight was unavoidable. If Khan If Ama can't bear the severe punishment, then let the old man retire and educate his children well, and save the old man from worrying about taking advantage of the fifth brother and his son."
Kangxi looked hesitant.
Brother Jiu said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has rules and regulations, but no one is watching. As time goes by, everyone will be happy to pretend to be stupid and forget the rules. Adding a censor's office to shock them will save them a lot of worry in the future. .”
Kangxi looked at him and said: "You have to know that since the 26th year of the reopening of rumors, the imperial censor no longer needs to 'point out the truth and interfere'. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has really added the censor's office, and I will not be able to intervene with you by then." of!"
The ninth prince did not enter the court, but only served as an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, even if his actions were inappropriate, no one would impeach him.
However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has set up the Yushi Yamen, which is different.
Brother Jiu nodded and said calmly: "Just take part, it can also prove your son's innocence. What is the public saying about your son? It seems that your son is a rat. What he means is that your son will The inner treasury has been emptied!"
At this point, he glanced at Kangxi sadly and said, "Khan Ama, why don't you defend your son?"
Kangxi snorted coldly: "How can I defend you? That the money is not from the inner treasury, but that you came here just to make trouble for your brothers?"
Brother Jiu was not happy and said with a bit of a rogue tone: "Then if my son doesn't mess up, it will be your order to refund last year's money?"
Kangxi said angrily: "How much has the land in Xiaotangshan increased? Will this free up money?"
Now that I have enough confidence to speak, it is no longer time to deceive people when I was short of money.
Brother Jiu said with a "hehe" smile: "It's not much now, only 40 to 50 percent."
As the news of the five hundred thousand taels spread, naturally some people followed the clues to find out where the money was spent.
After all, it had only been a few months since the Ninth Prince's Mansion was opened. The population of the Prince's Mansion had been reduced by half, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was responsible for daily needs, so there was no room for expenses.
Xiaotangshan was exposed at this time.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land.
In addition, Ninth Prince has begun to allocate manpower from the construction department to prepare for the start of construction of Tangquan Palace in February. Everyone knows that Tangquan Palace is going to undergo major renovations.
Someone was already thinking and asked people to inquire about the land of Xiaotangshan. It turned out that Tangquan was located several miles around. Except for the land under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the rest was in the hands of Brother Jiu.
No one knows how much money was spent. Just an estimate shows that it is not worth a million taels.
Someone secretly mentioned that Brother Jiu was greedy for ink.
Kangxi's expression remained unchanged, but he was still calculating in his mind.
Now it’s 40 to 50 percent.
This is just the beginning, the renovation has not yet begun.
No wonder Brother Ninth dared to guarantee it and was willing to give everyone a one-to-one profit share.
It seems that Brother Jiu is sure that you have more than doubled this place.
If you go by the rate of increase in Haidian over the past ten years, it is really possible.
Kangxi regretted it and said to his ninth elder brother: "It's not enough to live in two new palaces, so we need to add two more!"
Brother Ninth was speechless.
He felt that he couldn't go on like this. This back and forth was obviously filial piety, but it had become a business relationship.
He said: "My son has asked people to re-plan the trip. When the time comes, we brothers will honor Khan Ama together. Except for the twelfth prince and the three younger ones, each of the others will honor one place, whether it is the palace, or It is a pavilion. It can be expanded into a palace in this way without consuming the money of the inner treasury and the household department. It is the filial piety that we, as sons, have shown to Khan Amma..."
