My father-in-law is Kangxi

Kangxi let out a long breath, looked at Brother Jiu and said, "You gave the order before, because you were worried that someone in Yuqing Palace would impersonate you?"

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "There is an example of the imperial dining room, and my son is a little worried. When the time comes, this group of people will play the banner of the prince outside, and it will also damage the face of the prince."

It is just and right for the son to take Lao Tzu's name, but the subordinate slaves take Lao Tzu's in the name of the son, which is audacious and courting death.

Kangxi put down the account books, and was really worried about the other four treasuries.

He glanced at Brother Jiu and lowered his eyes.

It's just that it's not good to check at this time, and we can't let Brother Jiu and Yuqing Palace confront each other.

It is true that the five fingers are long or short, but they are all his own sons. The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and I still hope to keep them all safe.

He closed the account book and said, "I heard that you are going to open a restaurant in Xiaotangshan?"

Brother Nine shook his head and said: "It's not a restaurant, it's a place similar to the inner hall and outer hall, where there are all kinds of food, old Manchurian, Mongolian, Korean, and Ryukyu. If Khan Ama wants to give the vassals and ministers grace , just stay for a few days, and eat, drink and live in hot springs are all included, and then settle the settlement with Yuqian, and enter the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Because it is adjacent to the palace, there is no way to rent it out there, so it is best to have it run by the public.

As for the cooks inside, they can be dispatched directly from the Imperial Dining Room.

I also know that after the palace is built, whether it will be lively or not depends on the time when Shengjia moves in every year.

Just like Changchun Garden, the presence and absence of Shengjia are two different situations.

Kangxi diverted his attention after hearing this, and said, "What's the matter with the imperial settlement?"

Brother Jiu said carefully: "This account needs to be cleared. If you don't settle with Yuqian, then others can arrange for people to eat and drink with their status, and you will be in a deficit..."

"Only when the rules are established, if you reward someone to live in the past, you must pay real money. Those clansmen who have not built hot springs and want to go to the hot springs will not dare to think about taking advantage..."

"However, there must be a limit to the level. For example, there are nobles and clans above, nobles and ministers above the third rank. Otherwise, the decent people in the coat will all go to eat and drink, and this place will not be expensive. ..."

Kangxi understood what Brother Nine meant, and it was because he was afraid that the honorable clan would eat and drink, so he added restrictions and put himself first.

Give as grace...

Kangxi was quite moved.

In the past two years, he spent more and more time stationed in Changchun Garden, but it was hard work for the courtiers on shift in the Imperial Palace to go in and out of the city.

Those who have no time to return to the city sooner or later live in the official house in Haidian Town.

Over there is the old row house, in normal condition.

Kangxi thought for a while, and then said to Brother Jiu: "The west side of the West Garden is full of imperial rice fields, and three to five miles to the west, set aside more than ten mu of land, and ask people to build a place that can be given to ministers to live in. More, in the next summer, there will be no Zhuangzi's senior scholars and internal ministers in Haidian who can live here."

Brother Nine heard this and fell into deep thought.

My elder brother has three entrances, but the courtier's residence can only enter two.

A row courtyard like Argo's is the most suitable.

He said: "Khan Ama, how about building a row of courtyards with two entrances? Each courtyard occupies eight and a half quarters of the area, with 21 rooms of different sizes, six courtyards in a row, and a total of twelve courtyards."

Kangxi listened, nodded and said: "Twelve small courtyards are enough, and then build a large courtyard with a dozen or so rooms. Arrange kitchens and waiters, so that the magistrates who pass the zipzi to see can settle down."

Brother Jiu took it down carefully, nodded, and said: "My son will order you to go down tomorrow and draw a picture according to the regulations of the official station."

Next to Changchun Garden, there is an additional official building similar to a post station.

Brother Jiu thought for a while, and said: "This part of the population can be transferred from the idle vacancies in the garden, so as not to add vacancies, and they will be idle when Shengjia is not in the garden later."

Kangxi glanced at Brother Jiu, somewhat puzzled as to why he was so persistent and stingy, turning his annual salary into a monthly salary.

"The vacancy has been increased. When Shengjia is not around, can we just call back to the garden to sweep and sprinkle?"

Kangxi asked.

Brother Nine said: "Ama, there are more than 5000 vacancies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Excluding the more than 700 selected by the Outer Eight Banners, there are still more than 24 vacancies for coats. , It is also paid according to the step-by-step rate, which is 31 taels of silver a year, more than one-third of which is high-grade, and if it is not above the income, it is [-] taels of silver a year. ..."

There are only dozens of masters and masters in the palace, but there are more than 5000 people on errands.

The per capita number is around one hundred.

These are all the official vacancies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which are in charge of people, such as the coats and women's servants who enter the palace and serve as servants, they are not counted in it.

Counting it down, it is three to 4000 people,

Calculated this amount, it was tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Many of these errands can be reduced in manpower, and there is no need to have two or three shifts, but this is the livelihood of the coated population, and they cannot be ruined.

Brother Jiu didn't mention streamlining, but he didn't agree to continue to add vacancies.

Brother Nine said: "Ama, my son thinks that the 'Shangyu Standby Office' set up by the bodyguard is very good. It is selected from the bodyguard and does not need to increase the vacancies. It is a waste of money and rice; in the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will My son also plans to study there. If there is a lack of part-time job, let’s do part-time job. You don’t need to give two shares of money and rice, just distribute one or two months more according to your work. You can take turns, and everyone can get more income..."

Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu.

That is, ten vacancies are added to one official house, which is two or three hundred taels of silver in a year, which is not much.

Brother Jiu was calculating, reducing the expenditure of two or three hundred silver to a few percent.

It was a matter of more than 100 taels of silver before and after, but it made him bother.

Kangxi thought about the prince's dining table, and the leather materials spent this year, and his mood was extremely complicated.

What's rare is that, knowing that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a complicated personnel situation, Brother Jiu didn't think about reducing the current vacancies, but only shrank them without adding new vacancies.

This is very appropriate, and the heart is at peace.

Kangxi praised him in his heart, but instead of complimenting, he frowned and said, "Don't be too stingy, don't lose the dignity of the royal family."

Brother Jiu didn't think about anything else, he just promised: "Don't worry, I promise to be decent, everyone is happy."

Kangxi nodded and said, "Okay, let's follow this arrangement."

Brother Nine smiled.

I am more than happy that my suggestion was adopted.

When Yuqian came down, he didn't go to the guards to watch the room, but sent He Yuzhu to pass the message, and left the matter behind.

He went to the Imperial Hospital by himself to look for Le Fengming.

It happened that Le Fengming was there.

He said: "What's the market for the first-class Sanqi now? And the first-class Dendrobium?"

He was afraid that he would not know the market price, and he would be poor if he was short of money, and people would think he was taking advantage of it.

Le Fengming thought about it carefully, and said: "At the end of last year, the price of panax notoginseng offered by the drug dealer here in the Royal Pharmacy was 28% of the price of second-class ginseng, about [-] taels of silver per catty; The top of the fairy grass is [-]% higher than the first-class ginseng, and it costs about one hundred and five taels of silver a catty..."

Brother Jiu heard this, took a deep breath, and said, "The first-class ginseng is 70 taels of silver? How did you remember that it was about 50 taels of silver?"

Le Fengming said: "That was the price of the year before last. From 28 to now, the price of ginseng has been increasing every year. In 28, the first-class ginseng was only 15 taels of silver per catty, and it has increased to nearly five times in five years."

Brother Nine's eyes widened. Even if Guo Luoluo's family didn't steal the mines, the leftover money in ginseng was more than he imagined!
He nodded and asked again: "Is Sanqi and Dendrobium from Kaihua Prefecture in Yunnan considered first-class? Can it be calculated according to the price?"

Le Fengming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said: "Panax notoginseng is the top grade produced in Yunnan. Yunnan Dendrobium is not as famous as Huoshan Dendrobium, but there are more Huoshan Dendrobium gardens now, but Yunnan Dendrobium, all of which are Dendrobium mountain."

Brother Jiu heard that it was a good thing, so he didn't feel sorry for the double price he gave.

However, he knew that sometimes the price of the imperial merchants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was different from the market price, so he said, "What about the market outside, is this the same price?"

Le Fengming said: "The palace's request is to keep improving, and the price has never been lowered. The first-class market outside is just like what I said."

Brother Jiu felt relieved, and went back to elder brother's place without any delay, and said to Shushu, "Prepare a few banknotes, I bought something good."

He talked about buying Sanqi and Dendrobium.

Shu Shu immediately ordered Walnut to pack the banknotes.

She has personally witnessed the efficacy of Dendrobium, and she also intends to honor her elders.

Then, Sun Jin took the banker's ticket and went outside Xiaodongmen.

As for He Yuzhu, he asked Brother Jiu to stay outside Xiaodongmen to block people.

Since it's a good thing, it's better to get it early.

When he arrived at the Xiaodong Gate, Gao Bisheng who was stopped by He Yuzhu couldn't laugh or cry.

Since he agreed to Brother Nine, does he still have the guts to turn back?
That's the prince elder brother, it's Jin Gui.

When Sun Jin came over and took 300 taels of dealer tickets, he was taken aback.

I only heard that slaves are filial to their masters, but I haven't heard that slaves have to earn money from their masters.

He hurriedly said: "No need, it's all my respect to Master Jiu."

He Yuzhu said: "My lord, is it going to kill our master? Turning around, the censor is talking again, and our master will be punished."

At this point, Gao Bisheng didn't dare to refuse any more, but he refused to accept it all, saying: "It's really not that expensive. In Kaihua Mansion, these two things add up to one or two hundred taels of silver."

This is a gift from the local native officials.

He Yuzhu said: "Master Jiu asked the people in the imperial hospital to prepare the banknotes for the adults twice as much as the first-class medicine in the imperial pharmacy last year. The adults will accept it. What our master said, one spit and one nail, the adults will turn around and inquire about it." You know, our master is not short of money..."

The ninth-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, the servants around the prince have no rank, and they are not easy to offend.

Seeing He Yuzhu's arrogance and firm attitude, he is still outside the Xiaodong Gate, guards and guards are watching, and it is not a suitable place to stay, so Gao Bisheng took the purse and said: "Then please tell my father-in-law Lord, tomorrow the servant will ask the boy to bring the medicinal materials over."

He Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "Well, well, just don't delay, my lord."

This "not short of money" drama was spread to Qingxi Bookstore during dinner.

Hearing that Brother Jiu spent 300 taels of silver to buy panax notoginseng and dendrobium, Kangxi asked Liang Jiugong, "How many medicinal materials did Gao Bisheng bring to Beijing?"

How many catties of medicinal materials do I have to buy? !
Liang Jiugong said with a smile: "The servant really asked, and said that it was five catties of sanqi and five catties of dendrobium, and the total was ten catties. Master Jiu was generous and didn't want others to talk about it. He gave it at twice the market price."

Kangxi's hands are itchy, this prodigal child...

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