In addition to rewarding Cao Hao, Yongzheng also discussed several official duties of the household department, one of which was to exempt Sichuan and Shaanxi Kangxi from unfinished money and grain 60 years ago.

Nominally, since the army was raised, there were many places in the two provinces; In fact, anyone can see that this grace is only for one person.

Now all provinces are checking the deficit, and only officials from Shaanxi and Sichuan have been spared.

Except for the thirteenth elder brother who had already known about this, it was the first time that the others had heard of it.

Yongzheng's favor for the Nian family is well known.

There are two feudal officials of Nian Xiyao and Nian Qianyao outside, and there are Nian concubines who have ascended to the throne of concubines.

The queen's concubine died early, and among the sons of Yongzheng, although the prince born to the young concubine was only three years old and had no teeth, he was the most noble.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a Hongli who had been raised by Kangxi in front of him, this little brother would be a well-deserved candidate for the crown prince.

Even if Hongli was raised by the emperor, what can he do, it is still two words.

Although no one is standing in line now, when it comes to the Nian family, everyone has to think about it again.

Compared with the grace of the Duke and the Lord, the grace of reducing the money and food of the two provinces is a bit excessive.

The others didn't notice anything, and Long Keduo's heart began to sour water.

is also a relative, he is the emperor's uncle, born in the Tong family, and did his best when the emperor ascended the throne, but he added Taibao with Nian Qianyao. He just inherited the title of ancestor and attacked the first-class duke, Nian Qianyao was the second-class hereditary light car captain, and he was awarded the third-class duke in the tenth day.

Now, because of Nian Qianyao, the officials of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces are protected.

How can Nian Qianyao be respected by the emperor so much?

It's just that Long Keduo has always had a city government, and no matter how dissatisfied he is in his heart, he will not show it in front of people.

For a while, the household officials knelt down, and there were only a few scholars and two prime ministers' princes left in front of the emperor.

"The funeral of the first emperor is imminent, and the superintendent of the imperial history of the year Xi wrote to please remove the lowly registration of Shanxi and Shaanxi Lehu, which is a move to benefit the people, what do you think?" Yongzheng asked with some anticipation.

Shanxi and Shaanxi Lehu are lowly registrations, which are the disposal of Jianwen's former ministers during the Yongle period.

It was originally a noble family, a descendant of loyal ministers, but it was to be punished into the "untouchable", women have been prostitutes for generations, and men can only engage in "cheap work". Children and grandchildren, life is better than death.

Nian Xishang's excerpt of "removing the cheap is good", which can be regarded as "setting things right".

Yongzheng is an emperor who attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, and he agrees with this kind act of benevolence to the people and leaving a name in history.

The thirteenth elder brother has been with his brother for many years, knows his temper and surname, and when he finishes asking, he will take the lead in agreeing.

Seeing this, everyone also followed the thirteenth elder brother and agreed with this matter.

Roncodo lowered his head, and his mouth was also saying echoing words, but his brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

It's another family-related matter in the same year.

Nian Xi has been on vacation for ten months and is not in the yamen, why did he suddenly remember the excerpt?

He is a Zhejiang Provincial Inspector of the Imperial History, how can he talk about Shanxi and Shaanxi?

Long Keduocai didn't believe that Nian Xi could be so diligent as a sick seedling. In his eyes, this kind act is the emperor's desire to favor the people, and the reason why he entrusts Nianxi's name is just to give Nianxi a credit for nothing.

Yongzheng saw that everyone agreed, and he was in a good mood, so he finalized the matter.

After discussing for half an hour, he talked about several important matters in the court. Most of them are the Sacred Heart, and everyone is the only one.

When everyone retreated from the palace, the thirteenth elder brother went out of the palace to the household department.

Today, he is not only in charge of the three libraries of the household department, but also the prime minister of the household department. When he arrived at the household department, he came directly to find Cao Hao.

The Shaanxi Division and the Sichuan Division were all under the Cao Hao system, and the emperor ordered before to recover the deficit, and the officials of these two divisions were busy with the work of ten months and months to sort out the old accounts of the two provinces.

Cao Hao, the chief official, in addition to conveying the emperor's will, must also pay attention to the emotions of everyone.

In officialdom, although there is a difference between the superior and the inferior, and the system is strict, if the relationship between the upper and lower levels is not coordinated, it will also affect the efficiency of work.

Cao Hao has been in office for many years, and he has his own set of imperial experience, and the relationship between colleagues is quite harmonious.

In addition to interpersonal relationships, he has to worry about the expenditure budgets of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces. Kangxi in these two provinces was exempted from money and grain 60 years ago, but it is inevitable that the expenditure for this year and next year will be short. Some places, such as Hegong and Tuntian, have to increase expenditures.

Cao Hao sat behind a few cases, and was looking at the account books of the two provinces with a headache, when he heard the external official say: "The lower official has seen the prince, please say goodbye to the prince." ”

Then came the voice of the thirteenth elder brother: "The office of the yamen does not need a big gift. ”

As he spoke, he saw the thirteenth elder brother coming from outside.

Seeing this, Cao Hao hurriedly got up to greet him.

The thirteenth elder brother glanced at his case, and said with a smile: "Cao Shilang, are you worried about the class silver in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces?" ”

In this room, in addition to the long case under the window, there are also seats on the low kang on the north wall.

Cao Hao invited the thirteenth elder brother to sit down, accompanied him in the lower position, personally served tea, and said later: "I am thinking of looking for the prince to help." This year and next year, Shaanxi and Sichuan have a lot of money, and if they rely on Kangxi's 61-year class money alone, they will not be able to make ends meet. Moreover, the prince also knew that the two provinces did not pay all the money into the treasury last year, and most of it went directly into the local treasury. ”

The thirteenth elder brother ate two sips of tea, put down the teacup, and said, "It's hard for you, you are busy promoting good varieties, and you don't forget to pay attention to this stall." Rest assured, the emperor has arranged that this year's tea class and salt class will be directly transferred to the state treasury to make up for the lack of taxes in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces. ”

Cao Hao listened and was surprised.

This tea and salt have about 4 million taels of silver every year, which used to be put into the inner treasury for the expenses of the palace.

Like the emperor traveling, repairing the palace, rewarding the Mongol kings, etc., they all take silver from the inner treasury.

As far as Cao Hao knows, there is no silver in the inner treasury now.

Now, with this large amount of income transferred to the treasury, what will happen to the inner treasury?

The thirteenth elder brother saw Cao Hao's doubts, and said with a smile: "The responsibility of this abundant inner library must not fall on the head of the sixteenth brother. The emperor said that the sixteenth brother is talented, but he was favored by the emperor in his early years, and he has always been lazy. In the future, he wants to enjoy leisure, but I'm afraid he can't. ”

This is related to the distance between the emperor and the clan, and Cao Hao is not good at saying much. just thought that the seventeenth elder brother was crowned the king of the county, and then ordered the Ministry of Rites, which was quite suspected of sharing power with the third elder brother.

Yongzheng reused these brothers, not without reason. The person he can trust is really a limited ...... * Taiji Factory, Lianjun Wangfu.

When Chu Yu arrived, he realized that it was not only the Li family and her who were invited by the Eight Blessings, but also the Seven Blessings.

After seeing the master Bafujin, Chu Yu had to meet his mother-in-law with a big gift.

Qifujin pulled her and asked her to sit down beside him, and looked at Bafujin with a little suspicion, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, we met our younger brother and sister." Speaking of this, he turned his head again and said to Chu Yu: "You kid, these two times the wind is blowing, and you don't want to add a piece of clothing." ”

"Before coming out, I saw that the sun was enough, so I was negligent." Chu Yu replied softly.

Seeing that she had the intention of defending, Bafujin raised his chin and said, "Okay, seventh sister-in-law, am I not able to get to the door here, and will I eat your family?" ”

"Look at your sharp mouth, most of them are people, and they still refuse to let people say a word." Qifujin heard her say bluntly, it was not easy to answer, and said with a smile.

"The seventh sister-in-law is really eccentric, I haven't said anything yet, so I'm going to call someone else?" Bafujin also smiled, but there was a bit of strength and decisiveness between his eyebrows.

Qifujin saw that the more she talked, the more unscored, but he didn't smile, but he just pondered in his heart Bafujin's intention to invite himself and Chu Yu over.

Seeing that she should shut up, Bafujin turned to Chu Yu and said, "Da Gege is busy with your business now, and I can't invite you if I want to." They all say that your wife is a kind person, why do you want to give me no face? Am I not in your eyes? "In the end, there was already a bit of anger.

Seeing this, Chu Yu hurriedly stood up and said, "Aunt Eight, don't worry, it's all my niece's." Since the beginning of the first month, my old lady has not been in good health, and she has been raising at home for the past two months. It's not just the aunt here, but also the others. We have another errand on our forehead, and I said that I was not in Beijing a while ago. Although the niece had the heart to come over to ask her aunt for peace, she couldn't pull away, so she delayed until now to ask her aunt for her guilt. ”

When Bafujin heard this, his expression eased slightly, and he said, "Your old lady is sick, why haven't you heard about it outside?" ”

"It's also a chronic illness, so I only asked the imperial doctor to prescribe two prescriptions to raise it." Chu Yu replied: "Our old lady has ordered, don't make a noise, and don't want to make trouble at this time. ”

Although her words were subtle, they also pointed out that Li was in an embarrassing and difficult situation.

When Bafujin heard this, he suppressed the resentment in his heart.

She waved her hand, sent the maids and daughters-in-law down, and then said to Chu Yu: "Your wife has a different identity, even if she is in front of the new emperor, she should be a little decent." If she can come forward to intercede for the Li family, can the emperor still hold on to a minion? It's been more than two months, but you husband and wife can stay there, aren't you afraid of bearing the notoriety of treating your uncle's family? ”

Qifujin was beside him, and he couldn't help frowning.

Bafujin tried to be as peaceful as possible, but there were many accusations against the Cao family in his words. In front of her mother-in-law, she talked about her daughter, son-in-law and in-laws, which was very rude.

If you just talk about her and Cao Hao, Chu Yu won't say much, after all, Bafujin is an elder. But when it comes to her mother-in-law, as a daughter-in-law, she is not easy to listen to, so she defended the Li family: "My old lady is a foreign woman, and she can't even enter the palace without the decree of the palace, let alone the palace." ”

Bafujin snorted and disagreed: "Who doesn't know, the sixteenth elder brother is a frequent visitor to your house." If the Li family really had the heart to intercede for the Li family, how could there be no way? ”

She has always been arrogant, and after her husband's death, she spoke even more carelessly.

Listening to Chu Yu's defense of her mother-in-law, her previously suppressed resentment poured out again, and her tone was a little unpolite.

Chu Yu is a junior, although she is annoyed by her faux pas, it is not easy to quarrel with her.

Seeing that Chu Yu was embarrassed, Qifu Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother and sister, please be cautious!" Even if you are not happy in your heart, there is no reason to talk about the old lady of your in-laws in front of your niece. If a word spreads, the outside will think that we are disrespectful to our aunt. ”

Bafujin knew that he had lost his words, and said: "I am not a heart, and I am not worried about the affairs of the Li family. No matter how noble Mrs. Cao's status is, she is still the aunt and grandmother from the Li family on the surface. At this time, if she doesn't help the Li family, who will help the Li family? ”

Regarding the matter of the Li family, Qifujin only heard two sentences, so he persuaded vaguely: "Since my younger brother and sister know this truth, they should know that at this time, the saddest thing in my heart is the old lady of the in-laws." If she hadn't been worried about the Li family, she wouldn't have been sick for a long time. Since it is a matter related to the imperial court, it is not for us women to ask. Brother and sister also relax, you are just distressed about your daughter and son-in-law. The niece and son-in-law are still studying, and the grandfather is not doing well, so it will not involve the grandson. ”

When Bafujin heard this, he was relieved, and muttered: "The emperor wants to kill chickens and monkeys, can this Li Xu's crime be lighter?" If there is no one to deal with it, it is not uncommon for children and grandchildren to be implicated. ”

Qifu Jin said: "Since I know what the emperor means, my younger brother and sister still have to come forward to Zhang Luo, isn't it adding fuel to the fire?" ”

When Bafujin heard this, he was speechless.

How could she not know about these powerful relationships. It's just that because of the concern for his adopted daughter, he still "can't bear it", so he can't stand by.

Chu Yu saw that the two of them said this, and also said: "Yes, Aunt Ba, our old lady doesn't dare to move lightly, and she also takes care of this." The emperor is holding back the fire on the Li family, and it is really not appropriate to cause troubles at this time. The Li family has a daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and a nephew and grandson of our old lady, who wouldn't pull it? ”

Ba Fu Jin was deflated by what their mother and daughter said, and he was no longer upright and arrogant, and said: "In this way, you really have to take a step and look at a step!" ”

She was a little depressed and in no mood to gossip.

Seeing this, Qifujin sued for a crime and took Chu Yu out of the county king's mansion together.

"It's rare for you to come out and sit at my house." Qifujin took Chu Yu's hand and said: "Yesterday, the palace summoned me to take your seventh sister into the palace, and I think that I will marry soon." ”

As she spoke, she pulled Chu Yu and got into her frame.

"The seventh sister will only be married next year, so it's too early to discuss marriage, right?" Chu Yu remembered that her half-sister, she was born before she left the pavilion, and she was only one year older than Niuniu, and said.

"It's not too early, you were also married at the age of fourteen. Choosing someone this year and getting married next year is a good age. Now the emperor values you Amma, and only hopes that Qigege will be blessed, pointing to the son of a lord in the capital, and saving Mongolia from suffering. "Seven Blessings Jin Dao.

Since he got married in Wugege, Qifujin was lonely around him, so he brought Qigege to raise by his side, so he was also a little sincere to this concubine.

Chu Yu thought about the three sisters he married, and the two stayed in Beijing, compared with other palaces, they were already too lucky. If Qigege also stays in the capital, it will be a supreme grace...... As soon as the carriage entered Dongjiang Rice Lane, he saw a steward greet him, and said through the curtain: "Master Fujin, someone has come to the palace, and the prince asked the servants to welcome Fujin back home." ”

When Qifujin heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and turned to Chu Yu and said, "Could it be that Qigege's will to marry has come down, why did he ...... so quickly?"

In the front hall of the palace, Chen Fu didn't see Qifujin, smiled and said to the seventh elder brother: "Or, the prince will take the order first?" ”

The seventh elder brother said: "That's fine. Then he knelt down with his sons to receive the will.

Chen Fu Zhengse announced: "Prince Feng and Shuochun Yunyou daughter is the county lord, and the son-in-law of the third class is the son of Heshuo, and the son of Yaozi is the forehead of Heshuo, Qin this!" ”

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(To be continued)