My father-in-law is Kangxi

While the brothers were talking, Cui Baisui brought the people from the dining room to bring up the cold noodles.

It was dark buckwheat thin noodles topped with shredded cucumber.

Served with two meat and two vegetarian side dishes, spicy cabbage, bean sprouts, sliced ​​white water eggs, and fried pork belly with salt.

Although there were no oily stars on the noodles, and the palm-sized side dish was slightly smaller, but seeing the pork belly was golden, oily and meaty, the fifth elder brother was satisfied.

The fourth elder brother touched the cold noodle bowl, looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "It's cold and hard, since you have a weak stomach, you can't eat this."

Brother Jiu nodded and said: "No, Fujin won't let me eat buckwheat noodles, it's not easy to digest. I eat cold noodles, and I've only eaten water noodles, but this buckwheat noodles are also mixed with half of white flour. It's okay if you eat it Son."

The fifth elder brother was already in a hurry, looked at the fourth elder brother, and said: "Look at Tang Kuan, there are only half a bowl of noodles, and there are not many chopsticks, fourth brother, please try it."

The fourth elder brother took the chopsticks and took a bite of the noodles.

The taste is very refreshing, sweet and sour, and the aroma of buckwheat is also very rustic.

The fifth elder brother urged him to move his chopsticks, and he couldn't wait to pick up the pork belly.

Just as it looks, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the gravy is rich.

The fifth elder brother swallowed it all, and asked the ninth elder brother curiously: "This fried meat is delicious, why is the meat so tender? It's not greasy, it's not too hot, it's soft and rotten..."

Brother Jiu said proudly: "My younger brother doesn't like meat. The fat ones are too greasy, and the thin ones are not tasty. I, Fujin, asked someone to steam the pork belly before frying. The oil was all steamed out before, and it tastes even better after eating. It’s delicious, not only salt-fried meat is delicious, but also fried or grilled, it’s also more delicious than raw pork belly.”

The fifth elder brother was moved, and said: "Then I will ask someone to try it when I go back tonight."

Seeing that the fourth elder brother shut up and did not speak, the fifth elder brother asked these two sentences and buried his head in eating.

The two brothers went back to the city after eating.

Brother Jiu went back to the main room, saw Shu Shuwai reading in the study, and said about the two posts.

Shu Shu frowned after hearing this.

It's not that I'm stingy, but that this kind of cheap favor can't be done.

If you come and go again, there will be more courtiers, which is a disadvantage.

Another thing is that it is a precedent, and it is easy to give. In the future, when others lack things, they will think about them, and no one will dare to enter this threshold.

"Then future posts cannot be accepted, and those who have no relationship with them should reject them all!"

Shushu said.

This is the capital city, not any other land. How can Dendrobium and Panax notoginseng be so expensive?

If there is no Dendrobium yunnanensis, is there no dendrobium huoshanense?
There is no Panax notoginseng with ten heads, is there not one with twenty or thirty heads?
The two people who will come over tomorrow may have real difficulties, but they are also a little reckless.

The Gao family will not talk about it here.

People who are not familiar with each other may really have nothing to do.

But the Shi family, if they really need someone to help, they should go to the Dutong Mansion first, and trouble them to pass the message over there, instead of going directly to the door like this.

With such lack of etiquette, they still treat the ninth elder brother as the younger elder brother, but instead of the eldest elder brother, the third elder brother, and the fourth elder brother, how dare they be so reckless?
Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Well, I won't accept it in the future."

Relatives don't like socializing, let alone strangers.

Shu Shu also lost a good impression of these two people, and said: "Even if you are asking for medicine, please don't rush to answer, just ask why you didn't go to Beizi Mansion, but came here? If there is no reasonable Explain, tell them to get out..."

Brother Nine replied: "I think so too..."

*
In the West Garden, in the Douyuan Bookstore, the Prince's expression was a bit ugly.

After entering the ambush, it is hot and dry, and adding an ice basin is not helpful.

He asked someone to set up a rhinoceros horn mat in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was colder than the ivory mat, and what did he hear?
The payment of the Piku is optional here in Yuqing Palace, but right now it is necessary to add a withdrawal form to the file, who uses it and where it is used, and the eunuchs sent in the past can't get it. Only the eunuch in charge can use it.

"When did you add the rules?"

The prince asked with a frown.

Although he ignored these common affairs, he knew that it was not so cumbersome for those who had used the mat and pillow in early April.

The eunuch said: "In the first ten days, Lord Jiu asked someone to count the Piku and added rules."

The prince's face became more and more gloomy.

Except for Yuqian, the only one who can go directly to the Piku to withdraw things is Yuqing Palace.

Is this rule specifically restricting Yuqing Palace?

The crown prince was annoyed: "Take the chicken feathers as arrows! Just withdraw according to the original rules. If you can't get it out, go directly to the yamen of the hall to find brother Jiu!"

The eunuch agreed.

The prince's gaze was a little gloomy.

Two, three million taels of silver!
Rao is the prince of a country, so it cannot be said that this money is missing.

Last year in the Qing Dynasty, the land tax was more than 430 million, and the salt tax was 2609 million taels.

Brother Jiu hoarded the land, and in less than a year, he earned a year's salt tax and [-]% of the land tax.

He also understood what the 50 taels of silver used by Nei Kuzhi were.

It is the capital that the emperor posted to Brother Jiu.

There is also the 10 taels of silver that the elder brother and the fifth elder brother took out, and the ninth elder brother found an excuse to collect the principal.

No wonder borrowing money doesn't look like borrowing money.

What about now?
The banquet at the Fifth North School is a dividend.

No wonder the emperor's father has gone.

The prince felt uneasy.

It's not that I feel sorry for not getting a share.

Money is nothing to him.

He was worried that the prince's elder brother's money was mixed together, and they would favor the elder brother in the future.

I am also worried that the eldest brother will use the ninth elder brother to make money, so that he will bribe more civil and military officials if he has more capital.

He thought for a while, stood up, and went to Changchun Garden.

The reason why Brother Jiu was able to raise the land price in Xiaotangshan was because he was the emperor's father, and the money he earned was not someone else's money, but his clan's money.

For a long time, it is not a good thing to distinguish between public and private.

*
In Qingxi Bookstore, Kangxi was very worried.

He took two sips of Dendrobium chrysanthemum tea to calm himself down.

What he had in his hand was Princess Kejing's pulse case, and a bottle of rose perfume.

The few princesses at the top of the ranking were brought up by him himself, and he was more worried about them.

What's more, Princess Kejing is different from others, she has a rough heart.

Therefore, after dealing with the government affairs today, he thought of the princess complaining about illness, so he sent someone to the imperial hospital to get Princess Kejing's pulse case.

Results The pulse case was diagnosed as tinea rosea.

The word "rose" is too coincidental.

Kangxi directly ordered Liang Jiugong to go to the South Fifth Institute.

Princess Kejing had scruples here, she didn't intend to pursue it, and she didn't plan to sue the imperial court, but since the imperial court came to ask questions, she didn't hide it, and directly said the reason for the rash, and also handed over the bottle of perfume.

Liang Jiugong's expression remained unchanged, and he felt as if he had seen a ghost, and brought the things over.

When Kangxi heard that it was the prince who sent the eight princes, and the eight princes and his wife sent the princess, his heart became gloomy.

He asked someone to try this effect, but he couldn't find anything for a while.

But if it can induce rubella, you know it is not a good thing, and it is indeed harmful to the body.

He looked at Liang Jiugong and said, "How is the princess doing now?"

Liang Jiugong thought carefully about the situation just now, and said: "The princess still has ringworm on her cheeks, and a rash on her neck. It looks like she hasn't rested well, and it's cleared up."

Kangxi's eyes fell on the rose vase.

What does prince mean?
I don't allow him to use this, he should know his taboo, why would he reward Eighth Brother with this?

Is it to cherish things?
Or is there another purpose?
He pondered, and wanted to speak to Zhao Chang, but then realized that Zhao Chang was not in Beijing.

At this moment, the eunuch said at the door: "Your Majesty, please see the prince, and wait outside."

Kangxi nodded and said, "Let's pass it on..."

As he said that, his eyes fell on the rose perfume, he hesitated for a moment, and told Liang Jiugong, "Put it away."

Liang Jiugong responded, took the perfume, stepped aside, and put it in a brocade box.

At this moment, the prince has already entered.

"My son greets Khan Ama..."

The prince's voice was loud.

Kangxi nodded and said: "The prince is also safe..."

As he spoke, he signaled Liang Jiugong to move the chair over, told the crown prince to sit down, and said, "Why are you out at this time? It's so hot..."

It's the hottest time of the day right now.

The prince sat down and said: "I thought that Khan Ama would be free at this time, so I came here..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the mat Kangxi was sitting on. It was not an ivory mat, nor a rhinoceros horn mat, but a bamboo mat. With disapproval, he said, "How does Khan Ama use a bamboo mat? Bamboo is shady, and this mat is cool. If used for a long time, it is easy to catch cold and cause arthralgia.”

Kangxi's hands on the sleeves trembled slightly, and said with a warm expression: "I put it on when I am in the ambush, and I remove it when I am out of the summer ambush."

The prince said: "If the ivory mat is hot right now, you can try the rhino horn mat..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "My son also found out through comparison that the ivory pillow is not as cool as the rhinoceros horn pillow, and this summer mat should also be better with the rhinoceros horn one, but the nine princes on Piku have added rules, which is too much." It is cumbersome, and my son found it troublesome, so he ordered people to use it according to the old rules."

Kangxi looked at the prince.

It sounds like ivory is more precious, but it is not the case here.

Ivory is big, but rhino horns are small.

It takes hundreds of rhino horns to make one rhino horn mat.

In Pikuli, the total number of mats made of rhino horns shall not exceed five.

He looked at the crown prince and said: "The rules for withdrawing Piku are what I ordered Brother Nine to change."

The prince was stunned, his face flushed red, but his heart was full of disbelief.

This is obviously an added rule for Yuqing Palace. Brother Jiu is spending in Ka Yuqing Palace. The imperial father does not make decisions for him, but instead supports Brother Jiu in front of him?
Kangxi looked at him and said, "Do you know that Yuqing Palace has used a total of 22 ivory mats in these years? Ivory mats, Qianqing Palace and Qingxi Bookstore add up to only four seats, and Ningshou Palace has three seats..."

After hearing this, the crown prince got up immediately and said, "I apologize."

He is a prince, and the things he spends are more than that of the Imperial Palace and the Ningshou Palace, which is exceeding the rules.

The number of these 22 seats is also shocking.

He no longer doubted Kangxi's words.

That's a mat, or a precious item that consumes manpower and material resources, not a bed sheet, so you don't want it after two washes.

There is indeed a problem with the withdrawal in Yuqing Palace.

Kangxi said compassionately: "You study government affairs every day, why would you bother with this? It's just that the case of the imperial dining room is a lesson learned from the past. In the future, you will ask the princess to check the warehouse of Yuqing Palace. I also want to know. The next one In the name of the prince, how many ivory mats have been greedy by this slave?"

The prince was also ashamed.

In the case of the Ma family before, Yuqing Palace arrested a few nuns and stewards.

At that time, the prince felt that it was a slap in the face, and it was not good to ask at that time, but he forgot about it later, and did not check the remaining staff.

He smiled wryly and said: "My son was blinded, but he didn't think of this. I'm afraid that not only the Piku's expenses are too high, but also other warehouses' expenses. This amount will not be less."

Kangxi nodded, and said: "That's true. I have asked someone to register the items used by Yuqing Palace. Later, you will also check the account books of Yuqing Palace's warehouse and send them over. I want to see who is in Yuqing Palace. The palace hurts the public and the private..."

The prince agreed, but felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Even if he wanted to check Yuqing Palace, wouldn't he be the master of Yuqing Palace?
The emperor's father should have handed him the disbursement booklet of the Guang Chuku, and ordered someone to compare it.

In this way, big things are turned into small things, small things are turned into small things, things are controllable, and it won't hurt Yuqing Palace's dignity.

After passing through the imperial court, I can't hide it from the outside world. Looking back, in the eyes of others, I am a muddled prince who is not strict with the imperial court...