Brother Jiu had a better impression of Cao Yin.
Even though he promised to give double salary to the technicians who came to Beijing, he was not willing to support idle people, so this connection was just right.
As for the Jin family and the outlaws of the Guo Luoluo family, let him go.
That is what the royal father should worry about.
He motioned for Cao Shun to sit down, and when he was in the mood to chat, he said, "Didn't you go to pick up your daughter? Have you brought her back?"
Cao Shun nodded and said, "I've already asked someone to take it home."
Brother Jiu asked: "Then your marriage has been booked?"
If you're alone, it's okay if you don't have a female family; but if you have a child, you have to have someone to take care of the housework.
She was the eldest daughter left by her original wife, and there was no reason to let concubines have intercourse for upbringing.
Cao Shun nodded and said, "Grandma made the decision and told me about the cousin of the Sun family."
Brother Jiu has been to Jiangning for weaving and knows about Mrs. Sun from the Cao family.
He frowned slightly, feeling that his status was a bit low.
Sun's natal family is also a member of the Han army. Currently, the head of the family is working as a supervisor at the Guangzhou Customs and is a full-grade official.
I also sent birthday gifts to the prince's mansion this year, which was nothing special.
It's just that Cao Shun is a widower and the one he married is his stepmother, that's all.
Brother Jiu thought of going out and said: "The day after tomorrow, I will take Fujin to Rehe. We are missing someone to coordinate the trip. See if you want to rest for a while or start together later..."
As he spoke, he felt that he was a little unkind.
Since Cao Shun came to his sect last year, he has never been idle. First he went from Jiangning to Beijing, then from Beijing to Yunnan, and then from Beijing to Jiangning.
There were only a few days in the capital.
Either on the road or on the road.
Cao Shun immediately said: "I'm not tired this time because I've been on the boat all the way. I can start working tomorrow."
This afternoon, he took his daughter to the old house to pay respects to her parents. He had nothing else to do.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "That's good. This time I went out for everyone to have a good time. You don't have to go too fast and it's important that you don't have to work hard. You can shoot and hunt on the road. After arriving in Rehe, we will probably stay there for ten years." It's only half a month, what kind of entertainment is there? You can discuss it with Erhe and Fu Qing to see if there are any good ideas. There is also Fujin's birthday in the meantime. When the official day comes, prepare to have a feast."
Cao Shun stood up, remembered, and bowed in response.
Brother Jiu thought of Gao Yanzhong and asked, "Has Lao Gao gone to the palace?"
Cao Shun nodded and said, "Well, I'll see you later after passing the sign."
It was a bit of a pity for Brother Ninth.
Gao Yanzhong is easier to use, but it is a waste to stay in the Prince's Mansion. If you are promoted, you will be promoted, and you will not go anywhere else. The doctor in the headquarters will still help him...
*
Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.
Gao Yanzhong stood bowed and looked at the floor tiles.
The Qianqing Palace is paved with gold bricks. They are not bricks made of real gold, but a brick-burning process with golden threads.
He thought of the luxury of Hangzhou's weaving yamen. Most of the foreign artifacts that caught his eye were not available to ordinary people, so the weaving yamen only regarded them as ordinary.
It's not magnificent, it's better than the magnificent golden wall.
Although it is more convenient to guard Hangzhou Customs, it would be nonsense to say that the Jin family has no involvement at all.
It’s hard to say whether Jin Yiren’s experience in Hangzhou’s weaving business is huge. After all, the amount of money allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year is considerable. The role of Hangzhou’s customs and customs supervision department is huge.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
The emperor doesn't care whether Jin Yiren is caught in the tax trap, but he has connections with the capital and has private dealings with other families, and the emperor won't tolerate it.
Kangxi looked at the investigation report jointly signed by Gao Yanzhong and Cao Yin, and was speechless for a long time.
Like the Dong family, the Jin family is also under the name of the Empress Dowager.
However, the Jin family's Hangzhou weaving business was not arranged by the Empress Dowager. It was the candidate he selected after taking office, namely Jin Yiren's Ama Jin Yuzhi.
When Jin Yuzhi passed away, his father died and his son replaced him. The eldest son Jin Yiren succeeded him.
What did you get in exchange for such trust and great kindness?
The Jin family and the Guo Luoluo family have long had an old friendship, and the two families have been in collusion for at least twenty years!
Kangxi put down the note, looked at Gao Yanzhong and said, "How does it look in the account book?"
Gao Yanzhong went to the south of the Yangtze River, and his official job was to check the account books of San Zhizao.
Gao Yanzhong knew that he was asking about the Hangzhou Weaving Yamen's accounts, and said: "There are three errors in the amount of money that came out of the warehouse, and there was also the loss of new silk by technicians, which was a little inflated. It was written on it that it was because of the increase in the price of dyes and weavers." , which is probably 2.5% higher than thirty-one years ago..."
In the 31st year of Kangxi's reign, it was a division of the Hangzhou Weaving Yamen.
Before that, it was Jin Yuzhi who was in charge of weaving in Hangzhou; after that, it was Jin Yiren who was in charge of weaving in Hangzhou.
Kangxi said: "How about Li Xiaocheng?"
This is Sanguan Bao's foreign wife, who pretends to be a Liaodong citizen.
It's not entirely wrong to say it's risky, because his biological mother's surname is indeed Li, and she is a branch of the Li family of the Han army.
It was just to allow Li Xiaocheng to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, or for other reasons, that he did not join the banner.
Gao Yanzhong bowed and said: "In the early years, I sold silk outside the customs every year. I rented a shop in Shengjing. This year, I didn't move. In addition to the silk shop and the foreign goods shop, I also invested money in the maritime merchant's spice ship. The property under my name is more than the government." There are several times more red deeds found.”
If the three official guards were still there, Kangxi would have people torture him.
What is a slave doing?
Even if I manage Jiangnan carefully, this is how they plan it.
How much money will this cost in the long run?
Did all this money go to Yuqing Palace?
Kangxi glanced in the direction of Yuqing Palace and couldn't tell what it felt like.
"Can you find out the interpersonal interactions between the Jin family and the capital?"
Kangxi said.
Gao Yanzhong lowered his head and said: "Jin Yiren has a sister, Xu Baoyi, from the Tang family, and his eldest niece, Tang, entered the Yuqing Palace as Princess in the thirty-fourth year."
Tang Gege from Yuqing Palace...
Kangxi heard this, probably because he had not given birth, and this person did not report to the emperor.
But he ordered all the princesses in Yuqing Palace!
Why didn't he notice the connection?
It's unusual when you think about it. This brand of the Beautiful Girl of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will record the three generations of father, ancestor, and great-grandfather, as well as the surname of the biological mother, but it will not remember the family name of the maternal family.
The surname of the Jin family is not uncommon among Baoyi. Several people under Gao Lizuo's command have the surname Jin.
Kangxi thought of Suo'etu, and his eyes became gloomy.
Suo'etu originally served as the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau and was responsible for the small election of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It would be strange if this candidate didn't have Suo'etu's handwriting.
Under his nose, he was so clever, but he was really fooled.
Kangxi's face was tense and he couldn't tell what he felt.
He felt lucky that Suo'etu had been dealt with early. Otherwise, would this Forbidden City still be his Forbidden City in the long run?
Gao Yanzhong's head bowed even further.
Kangxi pondered and said: "Brother Ninth will leave Beijing on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year and will not be in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the time being. You can find someone to arrange for the censor to impeach Brother Ninth for his carelessness..."
Gao Yanzhong was startled and quickly raised his head and looked at Kangxi.
Kangxi looked at him and asked, "Why, you don't dare? Are you afraid of offending the ninth elder brother?"
Gao Yanzhong knelt down with a "pop" and said sincerely: "Master, I really don't dare to do such a rebellious thing. If Master Jiu has any faults, he will be taught by the emperor and master, so why should we, the slaves, question him?"
Kangxi's expression softened slightly and he said: "I will transfer the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau of Jin Yiren's Department..."
Gao Yanzhong immediately understood that this was to let him "invite others."
It was not to really impeach Brother Ninth, but to bring the Jin family back to Beijing and find a justifiable reason.
Gao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Jiu Ye is in charge of the internal affairs, but he is tired of his errands, arriving late and leaving early. He also allows him to run errands in various departments without arranging people to supervise and supervise him. This is really slack. It should be impeached as a warning. Follow suit."
Kangxi snorted, quite satisfied with Gao Yanzhong's flexibility.
Just remember who the real master is.
Jin Yiren, the appointed director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was fictitious, but Gao Yanzhong was the future director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that Kangxi had planned in his heart...
*
Ningshou Palace, main hall.
The Queen Mother ascended to the palace because the royal birthday gift had arrived.
This year, it was Brother Si who came to present birthday gifts, followed by officials from the Ministry of Rites and eunuchs carrying birthday gifts.
There is also this event every year, but it is not so grand.
This year marks the Queen Mother's 60th birthday, so it's different after all.
As officials from the Ministry of Etiquette sang, each birthday gift was carried in front of the Queen Mother.
There are Buddha statues, imperial screens, imperial Ruyi, imperial turtles and cranes, as well as corals, chiming bells, dioramas and other tributes. They are all in pairs or single items. The rest are court beads, materials, spices and antiques. , calligraphy and painting, etc., all use nine as the number, either one-nine or nine-nine.
Then there are the large handkerchief ninety-nine, the small handkerchief ninety-nine, the gold ninety-nine, the silver ninety-nine, and the six pommel horses.
There is also an imperial dining room with tens of thousands of grains of rice to make rice with jade grains from all over the world. There are also nine dishes and nine plates of fruits.
The Queen Mother listened with a smile, bowed and nodded towards Qianqing Palace, which was regarded as accepting the emperor's favor.
After all the things were carried down, the Queen Mother asked the fourth elder brother to sit in front of her, looked at him and said, "Why are you taking on this job? Didn't the third elder brother come here in the past years?"
The fourth elder brother stood up and replied: "The third elder brother stopped walking in the Ministry of Rites and went to Taichang Temple. At present, the Ministry of Rites is not supervised by the prince, so Khan Amma ordered his grandson to come and present birthday gifts."
The Queen Mother thought of Sifu Jin, who was also a sensible and caring person. She was raised in the palace when she was ten years old and was born in a respectable family. However, it would not be easy without Amma and brothers. I took out the longevity lock and tortoise shell bracelet that I found out, they are for Si Fujin and little brother."
Aunt Bai responded and then came over with two brocade boxes.
The Queen Mother said to the fourth elder brother: "I asked someone to look through things yesterday, and I remembered the little elder brother from your family and the fifth family. That bracelet was for Si Fujin. She is a good person. You can't do it just because your father-in-law is gone. Just be patient with her."
The old lady spoke bluntly, but she meant well.
The fourth elder brother hurriedly said: "My grandson doesn't dare. Fujin is my grandson's original wife. He has to produce heirs for me and take care of the inner courtyard. It's a lot of hard work. My grandson is not grateful enough. I won't treat you lightly."
The Queen Mother's expression softened slightly and said: "That's good, but you can't imitate those bastards outside who spoil their concubines and kill their wives. If your character is not good, the end will be bad..."
(End of chapter)
