Kangxi couldn't help but frown.
Although Tong Guowei was expelled from the capital and expelled from the capital, his home was not confiscated and his private property was naturally still there.
Even if the government took back the Ministry of Internal Affairs and rebuilt the Princess's Mansion, it still had other properties. How could there not be a house at all?
It's just a way to maintain a relationship with Si Age.
Especially the house in Beixinqiao, which is right next to Baylor House, on the front and rear streets.
Kangxi said with a dark face: "You agreed?"
The fourth elder brother said sarcastically: "That house was a dowry given to Enie by the Tong family in the early years. Enie left it to his son. There had been objections from the Tong family. Ninth sister pointed out that after the marriage, the son asked someone to renovate the house. I plan to add makeup to my ninth sister and take her back to the Tong family, so I can only politely refuse my uncle..."
If it were another person, Kangxi would have doubted whether it was an excuse, it was too much of a coincidence.
But the Fourth Brother has an upright temperament and is not someone who likes to play tricks. He would never tell such a lie that could be easily exposed.
The house is left here, and it will be known if it is repaired or not by sending someone to look at it.
His expression softened and he said: "Don't think so much. Many of the properties under the Tong family's name were also given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since I left it to you, you just keep it and don't pay attention to others."
"Um……"
Fourth Brother nodded in agreement.
Kangxi thought of the Tong family. His uncle Tong Guowei was unruly and unwilling to give up. He was still thinking about having another generation of princes or grandsons. He was really too old to die and was a thief. He couldn't give him any dignity even if he wanted to.
Shun Anyan has a superior eye but a weak hand. After arriving in Shengjing, he will only be resentful, contradict his elders, be discordant with his brothers, and make people hate him.
There was only one Longkodo, who was four years younger than him. He had watched him grow up. He was good at both civil and military affairs and should have had a future.
But what happened to doting on concubines and destroying wives?
When I was in the capital before, I was still worried about shame, so I took the maids and concubines of the Yue family into an outer room. After they were expelled, they were brought to Shengjing and entered into the palace, and they were also raised into side rooms.
Longkodo's wife was too timid to stop her, but the other concubine, who had a daughter with a red belt, quit and reprimanded the concubine, only to be "caught in rape" and humiliated later, and she hanged herself out of anger.
They were red-banded children, but because their family was poor and they didn't have a dowry, they couldn't get married in a well-matched manner, so they were put off until they were old enough to become the concubines of the prince's family.
Kangxi originally wanted to transfer Longkoduo back to the capital and give him a first-class bodyguard, but after hearing the news, he gave up the idea.
He looked at Si Age and said: "Nowadays, there are many idle clans and even more idle Jueluo. I heard that some people live in embarrassment, which is very shameful..."
For example, selling a girl as a concubine.
It would be more respectable to marry into a noble family, but it would really harm the court's dignity if you marry into a commoner family.
The fourth elder brother heard this and said: "The clan is fine, but Xianglan Banner and Zhenglan Banner have more idle people, and their lives are not rich. Jueluo's life is indeed worse..."
Some clans in Xianglan Banner and Zhenglan Banner are distant branches and are not descendants of Taizu.
As for those Jueluo people, there are actually people who work as servants for bannermen or Baoyi families to earn a living. It is simply a reversal of dignity and inferiority.
Mentioning this matter, Si elder brother thought of Fu Song.
It's just a matter of repaying the clan, even if they can't succeed in the title, as long as they become adults, they will receive a share of money and grain; red belt Jueluo does not have this treatment.
It would be better to let Jueluo take the imperial examination of the Eight Banners, or to choose from outside.
He just thought in his heart and didn't speak.
If he is not in his position, he will not seek his government.
I'll look for an opportunity to talk to Brother Ten about this matter later. This matter will be discussed first in the sect's mansion.
After a while, it was time to eat.
Kangxi waved his hand and sent Brother Si down.
The fourth elder brother stood up and responded, remembering something, and said: "Khan Ama, the ninth elder brother has prepared the dishes and asked people to deliver them to his son's house. The son has brought them. Can I see him off in the dining room?"
Kangxi nodded and said, "Send it over. Really, he has no worries..."
It's hard to say that Fourth Brother was prepared for the brothers, so Yu Qian just followed along and quietly withdrew.
When it was time for dinner, the serving eunuch came over to ask for his order and said: "Your Majesty, Master Jiu is going to serve eight kinds of side dishes and twelve kinds of pastries. Here are the following..."
Kangxi only thought it was one or two things, but he didn't expect there to be so many. He said: "Put the side dishes on a plate, and the pastries will be served tomorrow morning!"
"嗻!"
The serving eunuch retreated.
Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong and said, "It's inexplicable. Why is Lao Jiu so diligent? Isn't he going to cause another demon?"
Liang Jiugong bowed and said: "Maybe I can't follow the retinue out because I don't worry about the emperor's food and daily life."
As a rule, when the holy chariot goes on a tour, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should also follow him.
This time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs only arranged for two doctors to follow him to arrange matters on the road.
Kangxi snorted softly and said: "At least he still has some conscience and knows that I sympathize with him!"
He complained, but he was still happy in his heart.
It is said that if you don’t raise a child, you don’t know how kind your parents are. Now that you are raising a child, you should know how to be filial to your parents.
But when the plate came up, he saw the dishes clearly, his face darkened, and he ordered Wei Zhu: "Go out and find Brother Four's people to find out why Brother Nine has prepared all this food!"
Where is it prepared for him?
In addition to patrolling the Yongding River this time, he also wanted to pay a visit to Xiaoling Mausoleum, and he had to eat vegetarian food these days.
Of the eight side dishes in front of me, six are meaty!
How unreasonable!
This unfilial son!
This was not prepared for him at all. It was said to be "yours sincerely", so it should have been just a passing thought!
As soon as Wei Zhu moved, Si Age got the news.
It was only belatedly that the fourth elder brother realized that the side dishes were inappropriate.
What he has been thinking about these past two days is the Yongding River project. The Ministry of Household Affairs has allocated 600,000 taels of silver, which is still a small part of the river expenditure. Every year, 5 million taels of silver are allocated to the river project.
This is only for daily maintenance. If there is a big project, more money will be allocated. On average, it will be 7 to 8 million taels of silver.
In flood years, it will be around 10 million taels.
In the thirty-eighth year of the Ministry of Household taxation, the land tax and population tax amounted to 27,399,558 taels, and the salt and tea tax amounted to 2,690,593 taels.
Every year, 25% to 35% of the household budget is spent on river construction.
Brother Si feels distressed just thinking about it. In the past few days, he has only been thinking about the Yongding River fortifications and has no time to think about anything else.
He couldn't sit still.
It seems that he has tricked his younger brother.
It would be fine if he didn't eat those side dishes before, but this is what Fujin and I ate at home yesterday.
At that time, he was full and salty, so he drank half a bottle of cold water in the middle of the night.
He then ordered Su Peisheng: "Tell people to tell the truth. Brother Jiu prepared it for Prince Zhi. The others should just be there..."
Su Peisheng responded and went out to deliver the message.
Wei Zhu saw Su Peisheng confessing to someone in private and just pretended not to see it.
He only asked what the emperor asked him to ask.
But Master Jiu was too negligent this time, no wonder the emperor was unhappy.
After asking about it for a while, he found out that the food was given to Prince Zhi by Brother Jiu, and it was also an impromptu idea yesterday, so Wei Zhu returned to the imperial court.
Kangxi did not touch the meat dishes, but only used dried eggs and dried tofu for the white porridge.
Kangxi looked better after hearing Wei Zhu tell him the reason.
It's not easy to understand the elder brother's situation, he acts like a younger brother.
Because of the eldest elder brother, it is rare to think of the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, even if they do something to my sweaty Ama Taihu.
Then he also found a reason for Brother Jiu. He was not a careful and considerate person. He looked good before and it was also because he, Fujin, helped him take care of it.
Now Dong E's family has not yet given birth and cannot take care of the housework. Brother Jiu is doing things on his own, so he is careless about the beginning and the end, and does not think thoroughly.
He is not a mean Ama, and he will not be harsh. Looking at the few side dishes, he ordered Liang Jiugong: "Reward Qi Xi with dried bamboo shoots and diced chicken, reward Ma Qi with spicy beef sauce, reward Fushan with diced turtle doves and stir-fried pickled melon, and reward Fushan with eggplant." The fish is rewarded with Orundai, the fish is rewarded with Yarjiang, the dried pork is rewarded with longevity..."
It's hot now, so these foods won't last long. It would be a pity to leave them in vain. You can reward the accompanying ministers.
Liang Jiugong agreed and took the eunuchs to deliver rewards to various tents...
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The capital, the prince's palace, the back room.
It was not until after the meal was over that the husband and wife chatted, and the ninth elder brother talked about the saint's visit to the mausoleum, and Shu Shu realized her negligence.
It seems that the food prepared is not appropriate.
But she didn't take it seriously.
It's not a matter of duty.
It's okay to make a mistake once in a while, and it's not a task assigned to you. You have to be meticulous.
As long as it comes to your mind.
She ate the steamed cherries, which were sour and sweet, and she was satisfied.
Today's cherries are not the optimized and improved ones of later generations. The fruit is very small, about the size of a thumb, but has good sweetness and acidity.
Shu Shu said to Brother Jiu: "A few days ago, I asked my cousin for a mulberry tree, but this time I'm thinking about planting cherries again..."
Brother Jiu complimented him and said, "Then I want it all. Our family has a hilltop of the land at Xiaotang Mountain. We can grow anything..."
Shu Shu listened, thinking of all kinds of fruits, and became greedy.
There are quite a few types of local fruit trees in Beijing.
Cherries, mulberries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, pears, pomegranates, hawthorns, persimmons, and crabapples can all be grown.
No one eats crab apples in later generations, but now there are. They are about the same size as cherries. They ripen after the Mid-Autumn Festival and are quite delicious.
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Then plant them all and build a vineyard. Then we can use this to make candies and make wine..."
Brother Jiu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The fruit wine has a weak taste, and few people recognize it, especially in Mongolia..."
Shu Shu was stunned after hearing this.
How could she forget about corn wine from later generations?
Corn can replace sorghum and millet to make soju.
Nowadays, the imperial court has a prohibition on alcohol, which prohibits the use of pots to make wine outside the customs and in the four prefectures of Shun, Yong, Bao, and He in Zhili. In the 37th year, a prohibition on alcohol was promulgated in nine provinces, including Huguang, Jiangxi, and Shaanxi.
However, it is very cold in the north, and officials and people are accustomed to having a drink.
Shaoguo brewing is banned, and no one controls the small-scale brewing of small people and small households.
The result is two situations.
The price of wine on the market is getting higher and higher, and there are many people who make wine privately.
Some people also took advantage of the loopholes to avoid the ban and open hotpots in other prefectures.
No one had promoted corn before, because it tasted bad, and because it was not included in the grain taxed by the court, so the tax could not be determined.
What if you can make wine and sell it at a high price?
Naturally, if someone buys it, someone will promote it.
Shu Shu said: "Master, corn is also a grain. If corn can make wine, it can be used to make official roast pot..."
In fact, not only corn, but also potatoes can be used to make wine.
Anyway, there are many imperial villages outside the capital and in the Zhili territory. As long as the economic role of corn and potatoes is discovered, more and more people will be willing to grow corn and potatoes.
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Brother Jiu's eyes lit up and he said: "Guan Shao Guo, Guan Shao Guo... This is good. The big liquor maker is not in the capital, but in Mongolia..."
