During the winter, the concubines only provided a few vegetables, including spinach, coriander, radish, water radish, carrots, mustard knots, and cabbage.
The other ones are pork, mutton, chicken, duck, tofu, and eggs.
Except for vegetables, which vary from month to month, everything else is the same year after year, and there is enough for everyone.
Therefore, the masters in the palace don't like to eat very much, and they eat more cakes.
Kangxi came up with this idea after thinking about the two large greenhouses in Changping, the ninth elder brother.
Counting the ladies in charge, there are only ten people in the palace. Together with the Queen Mother and the two concubines, each of them has a pound of dongzi vegetables every day, which is more than ten pounds in a day and more than three hundred pounds in a month. The greenhouse of the ninth elder brother can Free up.
Brother Jiu did not respond, he also calculated the amount in his mind, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Khan Ama, after entering the ninth age, my son will send someone to Changping to pick up food every five days, or else he will directly pay homage to Qianqing Palace every five days. One hundred catties for the kitchen, Khan Ama can just reward him with a lower reward. It is not easy to follow the example of purchasing. His son is appointed as the general manager, and his private property is mixed with the procurement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is a bad start. In the future, he will be lowered to the rank of Langguan, etc. If the department officials follow suit, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs procurement will become a mess..."
Those who take people have short hands and eat people with soft mouths.
Kangxi was happy to have his son's filial piety, but he was not very good at exploiting his son to support other concubines.
He frowned and said, "Why are the accounts unclear? Just settle according to the external market price."
Brother Ninth still insisted on his opinion.
In his early years, when he learned that his wife was raising pigs in Baiwang Mountain, Brother Jiu had a similar idea, which was to sell the pigs to the palace.
However, he had been warned by his wife and had seen the abuses of purchasing in the royal kitchen. There was nothing clean up and down, so how could he get involved?
Brother Jiu said: "Khan Ama, please feel sorry for your son. According to the market price, there is an upper limit and a lower limit. With my son's status, the royal kitchen will purchase his son's things according to the upper limit. But in that case, This amount of expenditure is inflated. In the future, the people below will use this method to get rid of others, and may even regard the son as the instigator. The son does not want to bear this injustice..."
At this point, he paused and said: "My son knows that the Ministry of Internal Affairs handles a lot of money. Some people outside also whisper that my son is greedy. My son dares to say that if he gets even one tael of money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then he will get it." Let your son die because of a short break! My son is too lazy to argue with those fools, but his son is innocent, and he doesn't want to have one more sin that they can talk about as "proven evidence"..."
Kangxi's face turned dark as he listened.
The ninth elder brother could realize that the current atmosphere in the capital was not good, and Kangxi naturally knew it too.
He glared at Brother Jiu and said, "You are an unfilial son who dares to say anything and is not afraid of taboos? If you behave like this in the future, I will punish you not to speak for half a year!"
Brother Jiu immediately shut his mouth and was very obedient.
Kangxi also knew that Brother Jiu had a bad reputation, so he did not insist on "purchasing". He only said: "Can you afford this? It's really not possible. I can just make up four hundred kilograms a month."
Dongzi vegetables are not like radish or cabbage. You don’t have to have a pound of each kind, you can eat half a pound.
Brother Jiu said: "I don't care about the type. There is a designated 400 jin, and it's almost the same as a 600 jin. I'll see when the time comes. My son won't force it."
Kangxi nodded and said: "Then let's do it. Ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a greenhouse in Tangshan next spring. It will be built with an area twice that of your other courtyard."
It's enough to keep this advantage for a year, but you can't keep it forever.
Brother Ninth agreed.
After listening to Kangxi's "business", he thought of his own.
He said: "Khan Amma, my son has brought the 'New Year's Gift' prepared for you, and it is just outside."
One thing and another, this is already the third year of "Nian Jing".
Kangxi was used to it, and he also had some expectations in his heart. Who doesn't love receiving gifts?
The emperor is no exception.
He stopped being polite to Brother Jiu and said, "What is this year? Ask someone to carry it in..."
Brother Jiu didn't rush to reply, but asked the little eunuch at the door to pass the message.
After a while, He Yuzhu and Sun Jin came in carrying a box.
Brother Jiu opened it himself and took out a golden tiger.
Two fists are big and lifelike.
They don't look big, but they are solid. One weighs thirty kilograms.
When the golden tigers were arranged, there were three more golden leopards, which were smaller and much slender than the golden tigers.
"My son read the official document sent back by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On this patrol, Khan Amma first shot a tiger and then three leopards. My son asked someone to prepare this, which cost one thousand taels of gold..." Brother Jiu explained.
You can't just give away gold cakes, it's too tacky.
After Jin Ruyi gave it away, he suddenly remembered this.
Kangxi was in a good mood, but when he heard this weight, he was a little worried. He looked at Brother Jiu and said, "I am happy that you are filial, but don't be too strong or you will suffer a loss."
Brother Jiu said: "Khan Ama, don't worry. My son is also borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. The New Year's gift from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrived. This is an official rule. My son has to accept it. But after accepting it, I don't feel at ease. I just go through it." Hand, give filial piety to Khan Amma, but speaking of it, my son takes advantage..."
As he said that, he remembered something and took out a document from the secret pocket of his clothes. It was the document that the Ministry of Internal Affairs needed to add a minister of management and a minister of the year. He continued: "But maybe it is so rich in the last year. Next year There should not be so much..."
He presented the document and said: "Before Khan Amma paid a visit to the mausoleum, his son once mentioned to his teacher the matter of adding a minister in charge of the courtyard. The teacher sent a message to his son, saying that Khan Amma had said that we would discuss it later. My son has been doing this for the past few days. The yamen that are short of manpower are marked."
After Kangxi saw it, he understood why Brother Jiu said that the "Nian Jing" would not be so abundant next year.
The yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were divided into divisions. The ministers and ministers at the bottom of the hierarchy had to pay filial piety to the ministers in charge of the court and the ministers on duty above them.
If the space is full, thirteen or four people can be accommodated.
Excluding those selected from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are still eight or nine vacancies.
Kangxi put this aside and planned to think about it carefully, and things would go well if things were slow.
Brother Jiu thought of the second thing, took out Ji Hong's gift list from his wallet, opened the fold, presented it again, and said: "Khan Ama, take a look at this again..."
Kangxi took the answer, looked at only a few lines of words, confused, and said with some doubts: "Is this a new property purchased by your government?"
Have you all gone to Jiangnan to make trouble?
When did you send people to Jiangnan?
Or did you write a letter to Cao Yin and ask Cao Yin to help buy it?
There is a tea garden, an orchard, and a seafood shop. This is what Jiu Age and his wife usually do.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not my son's property, it's a gift from the Ji family. It's different from the annual earthly ceremony. My son doesn't dare to accept it, so I'll show it to you. The Ji family must have noticed that the Jin family was about to collapse and was frightened." When I arrived, I felt unsure, so I set up camp with my son..."
Last year, the Ji family became a member of the imperial merchants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, supplying Taihu stone and Jiangnan flowers and trees.
Therefore, he and Brother Jiu, the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, can be regarded as loose superiors and subordinates.
After hearing this, Kangxi's face became colder, and he warned Brother Jiu: "This is a merchant, and he is running around."
Not many people knew about how to deal with the Jin family, but the Ji family noticed through clues and began to look for a way out.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, that is to say, my son has a good heart and is really greedy. At this time, he will definitely take advantage of the situation and the lion will open his mouth. In that case, it will also be in line with the wishes of the Ji family and tied up with interests. I don't know. I've boarded a pirate ship as soon as I woke up!"
Kangxi looked at Brother Ninth and said, "If there were no profits from Xiaotangshan and you were not rich, then wouldn't you be able to get on the Ji family's pirate ship?"
Brother Jiu thought about it seriously, shook his head and said: "No, my son is the prince's brother. If his son has rich pockets and capital, and expects the Ji family to run errands and do odd jobs, then the son will be happy to take care of them; but if the son is short of money, then If you are too lazy to pay attention to them, how can you run errands for them for a few taels of silver? What's the point of that? "
Kangxi was satisfied after hearing this.
This is what the prince's elder brother does.
Never lose the honor of the prince and elder brother.
Ji family......
The Ji family's business is spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. The Ji family has many children and has a good reputation in the local area.
He glanced at the gift list in his hand, and then glanced at the majestic golden tiger and golden leopard.
You can't always take advantage of your son.
Not to mention anything else, Dongzi vegetables in one winter are worth a lot if money is counted.
He handed the gift list to Brother Jiu and said, "Since it's from them, just accept it and save them from feeling uneasy."
Brother Jiu took the gift list with both hands and said with a smile: "Then Ama Khan's Longjing tea will be packaged with Orange Son, and there will also be a seafood shop. At that time, we will also ask them to send seafood and dry goods to the capital on a monthly basis. Forget it, sea cucumbers are sweet in taste and mild in nature, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence. When Khan Amma stews it and eats it every day, the palace will have good news every month!"
Kangxi was quite pleased to hear the first words, but when he heard the second words, he couldn't laugh or cry, and scolded: "What are you reading again?"
Brother Jiu said: "It's not an idle book, it's a book on Materia Medica. My son thinks that everyone should read "Materia Medica" and "Daqing Law". "Daqing Law" regulates oneself, and "Materia Medica" maintains health. Both books have been read. , the son will work hard to live a long life."
Kangxi shook his head and said: "It's all wrong. Don't just take supplements at will without a little understanding. What you put into your mouth must be approved by an imperial physician."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yeah, don't worry, Khan Amma, your son is still waiting to be a great-grandfather, and he will see the fifth generation of Khan Amma live under the same roof!"
Kangxi laughed and said: "Feng Sheng is not yet one year old, but you think long term..."
Brother Jiu sighed and said, "This time flies so fast. My son Fujin is thinking about Fengsheng and the others learning to talk. My son thinks it is just a blink of an eye. Not to mention others, the eldest brother's niece is already thirteen, and Aktun Ten years old, and in more than twenty years, when you, Khan Amma, live to be 70,000 years old, you may even have great-great-grandchildren..."
Kangxi listened to Brother Jiu's words and thought about the future.
It's hard to say for the emperor's great-great-grandson, but the emperor's great-great-grandson must have seen it.
Throughout the ages, there has never been an emperor who has lived under the same roof for five generations.
The four generations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived under the same roof, and the four generations of Emperor Taizu of this dynasty lived under the same roof.
Kangxi's mood was a little subtle. He was looking forward to that day, but also hoped that it would be slower...
After leaving Qianqing Palace, Brother Jiu remained happy.
You don't have to worry about it at all, and you have a few more industries, which is naturally a good thing.
But when he reached the corridor, he stopped and looked in the direction of Yikun Palace.
People's hearts are greedy.
He didn't like Shu Shu paying attention to others, and Shu Shu couldn't tolerate him pampering Princess.
But this kind of exclusivity and jealousy can only be revealed between husband and wife.
My mother-in-law is a concubine, so she has no right to be unhappy, but she can't be so open-minded in her heart.
He could only think more openly, Brother Jiu sighed inwardly...
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