lied to Kangxi

Chapter 231 Accompanying the Southern Tour
The biggest problem of Kangxi's southern tour was actually money.

After Yuzhu returned to Chongwenmen to supervise the yamen, after ten days of sorting out, the franchised rice shop was back on track.

It's just that the food line is more troublesome.

Because, when Yu Zhu was there, he opened up the purchase of vegetables, and his successor changed to collecting city gate tax.

The repetition of policies has greatly damaged the enthusiasm of vegetable farmers in the suburbs.

Brown rice is mainly transported by water.As long as the water transportation continues, the rice will not be broken.

Vegetables are plants with a growth cycle. It does not mean that if you plant it today, you can harvest it tomorrow.

However, fortunately, the residents of the capital in this era are well fed.

Even if there is only food and no food, and they can survive, the common people will not rise up.

Dishes are time-sensitive and cannot be transported over long distances.

In this era without highways, Yuzhu is a man rather than a god, and he can't solve the problem of expensive vegetables.

Without food income, Yuzhu's yamen can only earn more than 6000 taels of silver a day.

The income of the internal treasury has dropped by almost [-]% out of thin air.Kangxi felt very unhappy, so he handed over the unlucky supervisor to the armored man as a slave.

A month later, Kangxi started his sixth and last southern tour under the banner of the Empress Dowager.

When the emperor went on a tour, he had to pad the road with loess, take a royal boat, pass the Yongding River to Tongzhou, and then go south to Hangzhou.

Yuzhu is a second-class shrimp with a sword in front of the imperial court, so he naturally wants to stay with the emperor.

However, Xiuyun, who accompanied Yuzhu to the south, was not so convenient.

The reason is actually very simple. There are countless princes and ministers accompanying them.

Yuzhu, the third-rank and fourth-rank official, was like a little ant, and Xiuyun's carriage had already reached the end of the line.

During this southern tour, there were many princes and brothers accompanying them. The fourth, twelfth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth were all in the accompanying team.

After Yuzhu got the list of accompanying elder brothers, she couldn't help secretly admiring Kangxi's imperial mind.

The prince supervised the country, and the eldest, third and eighth children watched over him so that the prince would not become Tang Suzong.

The fifth child and the seventh child are both disabled and neutral elder brothers. They can help stabilize the situation in the capital.

Among the accompanying elder brothers, the eighteenth was still a child of a few years old, the fourth was a princeling, the fourteenth was an eighth prince, and the twelfth was a neutral party.

As for the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth sons, they were all born to Han girls.

None of the three princes had a strong mother clan influence, so they were nothing to worry about.

Kangxi brought the three of them with him simply because he had many sons, so that he could flatter his horse and brag for fun.

In the team, there is another Ama of Yuzhu, Qingtai, the left servant of the official department.

Qingtai brought the Guarjia family along.To be honest, this kind of opportunity to travel at public expense is extremely rare for the Guarja family.

The last time he left Beijing was when Qingtai went to serve as the vice capital of Jiangning, the Guarjia family just took a quick look at the scenery along the canal.

This time is different, the emperor entrusts the empress dowager to go to the south of the Yangtze River together, and the Guarjia family can also enjoy the great rivers and mountains.

Guerjia is the wife of the second rank, and her carriage is in the middle of the whole team, far away from Xiuyun's carriage.

However, on the way to Tongzhou, the Guerjia family sent someone to call Xiuyun over, saying that the two of them should just be a companion.

The Guerjia family is Yuzhu's serious aunt, but Xiuyun is just the Guerjia family's nephew and daughter-in-law.

However, due to Yuzhu's concurrent status, Xiuyun treated Guarjia as her mother-in-law, so she must be right.

On the imperial boat, the old emperor stood on the bow of the third floor, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river with his hands behind his back.

Yu Zhu led his men, and they stood guard at the stairs on the first floor.

The second-class shrimp, with the third-class shrimp, guards the first and second floors.The first-class shrimp and the second-class shrimp are guarding the stairs on the second floor and the third floor.

This is indeed a need to protect the safety of the emperor, beyond reproach!

Standing on wooden stakes is actually quite boring.However, Yuzhu is used to it.

When it was almost time for the changing of the guard, Yu Zhou just docked.

After Yuzhu finished his shift, he stepped off the springboard, and just as he got on his horse, he heard someone calling him behind him.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that he might not be able to leave.He turned his head and looked, hehe, it really was Liang Jiugong.

When walking back with Liang Jiugong, Yuzhu looked up subconsciously, but saw Kangxi stroking the railing with his hands, looking at him with a smile on his face.

After seeing the ceremony, Kangxi asked Yuzhu with a smile: "Do you want to go back to accompany your wife?"

Yu Zhu was not afraid of being ugly, so she nodded and said honestly: "To tell you the truth, I do miss her a little bit."

The old emperor likes Yuzhu the most, regardless of the smell, it's really honest.

"Norob, prepare a small tent for Yuzhu in the middle of the imperial camp, so that this kid won't run around and delay things."

After Kangxi gave such an order, Yuzhu understood that the game of chess would continue on Yuzhou.

If the emperor travels and does not stay in the palace, he must set up an imperial camp.

The imperial camp is divided into three layers. The core circle is the emperor's Xingyuan, followed by Manchu and Han officials, and the outermost circle is the guards.

The Zhongwei mentioned by Kangxi put Xiuyun and the women of the important officials of Manchuria together.

The important Manchurian ministers who accompanied them to the south were almost all officials of the second rank or above, and only Yuzhu was a second-class shrimp of the fourth rank.

Speaking of it, Kangxi treated Yuzhu really well.

Other first-class shrimps are not allowed to bring women with them, and they can only live in small tents with a few people.

In this era, it is typical to be happy at home every day, but it is difficult to go out.

After Xiuyun was called away, she felt relieved. It was actually quite embarrassing for her to stay with the Guarjia family.

In terms of status, she is not a daughter-in-law.In fact, Xiuyun is really awkward because she is like a daughter-in-law.

However, after Xiuyun's tent was set up, it was tightly next to the fourth's tent.

After camping in the afternoon, the Sifujin Ulanala family specially sent someone to invite Xiuyun over, and the two of them got together to have tea and chat,
At home, I don't feel anything.After leaving for the south, Xiuyun lacked everything here.

Fortunately, the fourth child has everything here.

Perhaps it was because the fourth child had greeted her, and Si Fujin specifically told Xiuyun: "If there is anything missing, just send someone to tell me."

After Yuzhu came back, Xiuyun told the matter, he couldn't help but smiled slightly, and said: "The emperor has already ordered Wei Zhu to take care of us."

Before the words were finished, Wei Zhu led a team of eunuchs to come, with meat, vegetables, egg wine, etc., all delivered.

As a result, the fourth child was missing something, so he wanted to get it from Yu Zhu instead.

In the evening, Yuzhu hugged Xiuyun, lying in the tent, listening to the sound of frogs all around her, and found it very interesting.

"No, what kind of place is this? How dare you mess around?" Xiuyun noticed Yu Zhu's hand fumbling around, and quickly held it down.

Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "Put a veil in your mouth, so you won't be afraid."

Xiuyun was so ashamed that her pink cheeks burned hot, and she pressed Yuzhu's hand firmly, not allowing him to move around.

The husband and wife struggled for a long time, and in the end, Xiuyun couldn't stand Yu Zhu's obsession, so she had to follow his wishes.

The emperor was away from home, and the guards in front of the imperial court were changed to shifts every two hours.

After getting off duty, you have to leave the royal boat and go to rest on the camping boat at the back.

In the morning, when Norrob was inspecting, he saw Yuzhu standing upright at the top of the stairs. He purposely leaned over and joked, "Last night, when I led people on inspection, I passed your tent. There seemed to be some movement?"

Yu Zhu smiled slightly and said, "Did you hear me wrong? I went to bed early last night and slept soundly."

"Hey..." Norob actually didn't hear anything, but he was a bit of a hot-eyed fairy, deliberately trying to deceive Yuzhu's words.

Yuzhu is a very thick-skinned old fritter, he has a principle, as long as he is not caught in bed, he will not admit to death.

After Yuzhou arrived in Tongzhou, the old emperor took Norob, Yuzhu and others to Jingcang on the way.

The grain from the south of the Yangtze River was sent to Tongzhou, and after being received by Jingcang, it was considered to be sent to the local area.

The grain supply in the capital is all sent by small boats from Jingcang to pass through the Yongding River.

Kangxi walked around the Jingcang, and suddenly turned his head and asked: "If there is a shortage, how can we quickly find out?"

As soon as these words came out, the servant of the storehouse of the household department changed greatly, and his heart was extremely terrified.

All eyes were on Yuzhu, waiting for him, a favored minister who likes to show off, to come out and be this villain.

However, Yu Zhu was not interested in interrupting at all, he deliberately lowered his head, stared at the little ants on the ground, and watched them fight with great interest.

Hehe, this kind of occasion should be a good time for the fourth brother to show his face.

As expected, Yu Zhu had no intention of showing off at all, but the fourth child stood up on his own initiative and said loudly: "Khan Ama, if you want to weigh quickly, you can learn from Cao Chong's method of weighing elephants."

Yuzhu nodded secretly, the fourth child is indeed a man of action and an expert in anti-corruption.

In the huge warehouse, there are millions of stones of grain. If you want to weigh bags by bag, it is really better to put the grain on the boat. When it reaches the same water surface scale, it will be the same catty.

Such a method is fast and effective, and the fourth child is indeed very pragmatic.

"Yu Zhu, what do you think?" Kangxi also sensed Yu Zhu's intention to dodge back, but he didn't want to do what he wanted.

"Returning to the emperor, Cangchang knew the news of your coming in advance, and I dare to assert that the amount of grain is not a big problem." Yuzhu has long been familiar with this so-called inspection of formalism, and fully understands where the disadvantages lie. .

"Oh, how do you know if there is any shortage?" Kangxi asked Yuzhu in interest.

Yuzhu smiled slightly and said: "Going back to the emperor, you only need to send troops to surround this place, and then release the wind, and all the grain here will be transferred to the capital. At that time, there is no need to weigh it at all, and you can know the disadvantages of it." .”

This is a bit confusing, but it doesn't bother the fourth child at all.

"Wonderful, in this way, the grain merchants who helped to make up for the temporary supply of grain will definitely get red-eyed." The fourth child blurted out.

After all, Kangxi was not the fourth child who was cruel and ruthless. He knew that if he followed Yuzhu's method, he would definitely catch a large number of rats, but in the end he overplayed his hand and didn't investigate further.

This is the root cause of Kangxi's officialdom becoming more and more depraved in his later years!
(End of this chapter)