Chapter 195: Naturally, the Ministry of Household Affairs has no money to cause trouble
There was no precedent for a Qing prince to supervise six ministries.
Prince Yinreng came out of the cabinet to give lectures and entered the court.
The eldest brother went to the army to fight hard, and after achieving military merits, he stood in the court.
Then there was the fourth elder brother, who was able to enter the household department because he and his wife developed cowpox and captured the traitor.
At first Fucha Maqi didn't take it seriously.
Until the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother also entered the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War at the same time.
The two ministers found Ma Qi and invited him to have a drink and chat to discuss how to deal with the arrival of his elder brothers.
They are the chief officers of a department. Is this brother coming here to lead the relevant departments, or is it just a formality?
Brother is so young, if he really wants to take charge, how can he make it happen if he gives blind orders?
But wouldn't it be worse to treat them as newcomers to the department and complain to the emperor later?
There was no precedent, and they did not dare to ask the emperor directly.
Fortunately, the Minister of Rites has cumbersome regulations. When something goes wrong, he has to listen to the old guys in the department argue, and then list the regulations for his masters to choose.
It's nothing more than showing it to one more young master and one more tedious task.
This is not the case for the Minister of War. Whether it is military attache appointments, military orders, or military administration, it is very complicated. This makes it difficult to let the younger brother participate, whether he knows it or not, and the secrets are very subtle.
Ma Qi drank a few glasses of wine and just said: "Be respectful when you meet others, and be gentle when encountering trouble. That's all."
After saying that, he pretended to be drunk and fell down.
The Minister of Rites and the Minister of War looked at each other and nodded.
Afterwards, regardless of what happened to the other two colleagues, Ma Qi ordered people to take Si Age into the south and north stalls of the household department.
It is only natural to start with the archives to understand the household department.
Brother Si bowed to his colleagues and chose a room at random to enter.
The colleague who was ordered to receive him hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and then waited for a long time before replying to Ma Qi.
Ma Qi waved his hand, not paying much attention.
The fourth elder brother began his career in the court.
Every day he would go to the household department to order the meal, and then he would immerse himself in the files in the household department. Except for adding tea, he would not be seen getting up.
The arrival of Fourth Elder Brother seems to be no different except that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have to kneel down and worship.
At the beginning of spring, everyone gradually got used to this elder brother.
However, there is one person who misses this little brother more than anyone else.
He is Jueluo Leblanc, the right minister of the Ministry of Finance.
That day, Brother Si, who was immersed in files, heard the noise outside.
"Eunuch Hai, can you be accommodating? Today, the government has a reserve of silver in the treasury. It is true that there is really no money in the account."
A sharp voice sounded: "Mr. Leblanc, do you think it's appropriate for me to ask you to go back and reply directly to Mr. Hirazon?"
"The note approved by the Long Live Lord to the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, but it turned out that it could not get a mere ten thousand taels of silver. Who would believe it if I told it?"
"Eunuch Hai, I made it clear to you, but why don't you believe it?"
"Mr. LeBron, please don't embarrass me. If you can't get the money back, Master Hirazon will punish me for minor things."
"He will go back to the Lord Chancellor and ask for an accurate answer. I wonder if Lord Leblanc will be able to sit firmly in the position of right minister?"
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Several principals behind Fourth Brother could not help but mutter: "Didn't Eunuch Hai just come last month, why is he here again?"
"Who would dare to believe that the dignified Minister of Household Affairs was actually threatened by the personal eunuch of the Chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau? If the news spread, who would dare to believe it?"
"Is this the chief eunuch threatening the household department? You don't even look at who approved the note in his hand. Even if Master Ma Qi comes, you can't respond."
"Usually, Mr. Leblanc invites Eunuch Hai to the inner room for tea, so why did he come to the stall door today?"
"What kind of trouble could there be? Of course it's because we don't have money."
"Our Ministry of Accounts says it is a treasury, but in fact it is just an account book that has leaked through a sieve."
"When I look at my family's account books, I don't even have a headache with the notes from the Accounts Department."
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However, someone winked in the direction of Brother Si and shouted: "What are you talking about? Are you too busy?"
Seeing that Brother Si's face was calm, everyone continued to work.
Eunuch Hai was eventually invited away by Ma Qi.
After seeing off Eunuch Hai, Fucha Maqi said to Jueluo Leblanc: "Right Minister, your inner room is not burning today. Why didn't you invite Eunuch Hai to drink tea inside?"
LeBron saluted: "Master Shangshu has a clear warning."
Ma Qi snorted coldly: "Long live Lord Zhu Pi, do you want his biological son to take over? Are you too smart, or am I too stupid?"
"Fuca Maqi, are we at the Ministry of Household Affairs going to be oppressed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs all the time?"
Jueluo Leblanc is an upright person and comes from his hometown. He has never suffered too many grievances since he was a child.
The idea of participating worries for households is good, but it is simply impossible to take the path of rejecting the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Do you think the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can really be clearly separated according to their functions?"
"Eunuch Hai came to us to get money with the Zhubu in his hand. Who is trying to save face for us?"
LeBron was dissatisfied: "How could I not know that this is the emperor's will."
"But what I'm angry about is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs really doesn't have any money. It's just that they are used to lining their own pockets and refuse to spit it out. They only want to take money from the customs and salt classes of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"This money is for national fiscal and military purposes, shouldn't it also be used exclusively for the expenses of the inner court?"
"Over and over again, are we serious officials from the Ministry of Revenue inferior to a clad servant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Then what are you doing wearing these official robes?"
Ma Qi said coldly: "You have enriched yourself, do you have any evidence?"
LeBron choked.
"If not, what are you doing on weekdays by walking around with the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple or the Metropolitan Procuratorate and staring at the tens of thousands of taels of Zhubu in Eunuch Hai's hand?"
"Or do you hope that Fourth Brother can borrow it from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up for this gap for us?"
"Go in from Long Live Master's left pocket and go out from right pocket, you dare to think!"
"If you want to take off your official robe and throw away your black gauze hat, that's up to you. But don't involve me."
"You should be lucky that Fourth Brother is not stupid, otherwise we would be standing outside to make noise for everyone."
"If I don't see a few personal eunuchs around Hirazon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs getting slapped on the back, I will have someone beat you myself!"
"Don't go down yet."
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The officials of the Ministry of Revenue heard the Minister scolding You Shilang.
Then the right servant came in smelling of alcohol for several days.
He obviously took a long breath.
Su Peisheng has been cleaning up his master's study these days.
Everyone saw two big characters lying on Brother Si's desk.
On one side it says public.
Private is written on one side.
A few days later, Brother Si's table was moved from the north stall to the right side of the right servant's back room.
Only after that did Yinzhen see the latest entry.
In February, shortly after the Queen Mother's birthday, she heard that several old eunuchs around Hirazon had been laid off.
After being punished with a rod, they were all thrown into the punishment department and sentenced after trial.
That day, there was a pack of Yunnan Pu'er on Brother Si's table.
Yinzhen decided to take it back and share it with Xiao Fujin.
Lu Pheasant didn't know what happened to the fourth elder brother in the household department today.
However, although this Pu'er cake is a bit bitter, when it is drunk in Lu Pheasant's mouth, it tastes bitter at first and then sweet.
She grabbed a handful of rice from a blue and white porcelain plate and put it in Brother Si's hand: "Sir, the millet in the greenhouse is ripe."
The calm joy on the fourth elder brother's face froze.
Their rice is ripe.
The rice seed yields of the prince and elder brother have probably been calculated.
It's time for the results of this competition to come out.
