lied to Kangxi

Chapter 398
According to the etiquette system, the mourning of parents is called Ding You, and they need to return to their original place to guard the system for three years.

The so-called three-year system, in fact, is 27 months.

However, Manchen's Dingyou guard system was far less strict than Hanchen's.

Under normal circumstances, as long as Ding You, an important Manchurian official, resigned from office, he would be tempted to allow him to handle official business in the mansion in plain clothes.

However, Cao Yin was not an indispensable important minister, and Kangxi simply allowed Ding You to guard the system at home.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the old emperor was angry.

The Cao family owed a whole lot of debt, and it was already unclear.

However, after Mrs. Sun passed away, the Cao family held a big funeral and spent about 10,000+ taels of silver.

What kind of thing is it that you have money for funerals but have no money to repay the debts of the court?

Even if the old emperor loved Cao Yin again, he still couldn't figure it out!

"Is the boat ready soon?" Kangxi asked Yuzhu privately after sending away the old twelve.

Yu Zhu said with a smile: "It's a seven or seven eight eight, and it's almost the same."

"Well, it's just right, let the old eighteen go to Dagukou to watch for a while." After all, Kangxi loved his son, so he took advantage of the situation to erase Cao Yin's merits of supervising the building, and gave it to the old eighteen.

The old emperor understood in his heart that Cao Yin's shipbuilding at Dagukou was just a name.

The old Shiba went to supervise the shipbuilding, and it was also just a name.The real master has always been Yuzhu.

The thousand-ton ships that can go to sea, as early as the pre-Ming Dynasty, not only did not have the blueprints for shipbuilding, but also the craftsmen who built the ships had been completely dismissed.

In today's Qing Dynasty, let alone building such a thousand-ton ship, the shipwrights have never seen a real giant ship.

Objectively speaking, we can only rely on the Dutch shipwright invited by Yuzhu.

After coming out of the palace, Yuzhu went to the household department.

The left servant of the household department is in charge of the financial expenditure and reimbursement of various yamen in Beijing, while the right servant is in charge of the income and expenditure of each province.

Usually, it is okay for Yuzhu not to come to sit in the office.However, some official documents require his signature.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Qing Dynasty's finances, civil affairs, household registration, underground mineral deposits, customs duties, land taxes, salt taxes, tea taxes, and audit reimbursement are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, involving a wide range of areas, which is simply outrageous.

In the imperial court, there were more than 200 officials in the official department, but more than 600 officials in the household department.

The Ministry of Officials has only four divisions, while the Ministry of Households has fourteen divisions.

Each department of the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for managing the affairs of one or two provinces, and also manages a special national affairs.

For example, in addition to being in charge of Zhejiang's civil affairs, money and grain, the Zhejiang Department is also responsible for counting the country's population and grain; the Yunnan Department is also in charge of grain transportation;

Only Shanxi Division is an exception.The Shanxi Division is only responsible for the money and grain of Shanxi Province, not other things.

After Yu Zhu went to visit the fourth child, he sat in his official office.

While Yuzhu was drinking tea, a doctor from the Donation Department of the Ministry of Households came to Zhou Quan and said that someone wanted to donate a member of the Ministry of War, Wailang.

Donate, literally means to donate money and things.In fact, it is an open sale of officials and nobles.

The Qing Dynasty was very straightforward, and simply set up a donation office in the Ministry of Households, which is a place specifically responsible for selling officials and collecting money.

The donation system of the Qing Dynasty had no restrictions on those who bought officials.Scholars and civilians can not only donate officials, but also can donate seals, false titles and wear official uniforms.

According to the usual practice, all official positions above the level of Donator Wailang need to be introduced to Yuzhu for him to have a look at it in person.

How should I put it, the court wants to collect money and save face, that's all.

At first, Yuzhu didn't take it seriously.After the visitor knelt down and declared his family name, he suddenly felt that the world is so small!
"Villain Li Wei, please greet Lord Juebu."

Yuzhu took a look, but saw that Li Wei was a big fat man with fair skin and acne scars on his face.

"Honbutang asks you, why do you want to donate to the Ministry of War?" Yuzhu found it very interesting and wanted to tease Li Wei.

But Li Wei said: "Master Huibutang, the villain wants to make military achievements, so that he can seal his wife and son in the future."

Yuzhu smiled slightly, this kid was honest, obviously he was speaking the truth.

"Why don't you donate to the household department?" Yuzhu deliberately made things difficult for Li Wei.

Li Wei thought for a while and said, "Master Huibutang, to be honest, the villain is really good at managing money. It's just that the household department is too important, and the villain can't find the real shortage."

Yuzhu nodded. For the general bureaucrats, if there is no hope of promotion, the Ministry of Households is indeed much more affordable than the Ministry of Officials.

In the next half hour, Yuzhu asked some knowledge points related to financial management.

Li Weizhen didn't brag, he answered everything fluently.

"You have already donated 600 taels, why don't you make up a whole number? When the time comes, the headquarter can help you talk, and keep you as an errand in the household department, how about it?"

What Yuzhu meant was that he cherished his talents, and as long as Li Wei was willing to add some money, he would be allowed to stay in the household department to manage money.

"The villain is willing to pay another 5000 taels." Li Wei is not stupid, Yuzhu clearly intends to reuse him, how can he not be overjoyed?

What is silver?

Li Wei's family has thousands of hectares of fertile land, and the money is too much to spend.

According to the donation system of this era, even if it is to donate to a county magistrate, it will cost more than 600 taels of silver.

You know, in this era, ten thousand taels of silver is definitely an astronomical figure.

The Xiaomin's House in Beijing only needs two taels of silver per month, and a family of five can live a well-off life.

Yuzhu personally sent a message to donate to the doctor at the office, so naturally he didn't dare to disobey his wishes, and went straight to help Li Wei change to Yuanwailang from the household department.

There are many names for donating officials. Li Wei spent so much money to donate the actual official vacancies, not the false titles of his birth.

Officials like Li Wei who were donated officials actually had to wait for a period of time after reporting to the ministry.Only when you have stuffed enough money up and down and opened up the joints can you actually take up the post.

However, with Yuzhu, the super real power faction, he helped Li Wei say hello.Therefore, Li Wei's official procedures, from the official department to the household department, gave the green light all the way.

Within ten days, Li Wei received a letter from Wailang, the banker of the household department.

The imperial court also wanted to save face. Officials who came from the imperial examinations generally served as officials by decree.To donate to an official is inferior to others, and as usual, a letter of approval will be issued.

The Treasury of the Household Department is the treasury of the imperial court, and its importance is self-evident.

Yu Zhu knew that Li Wei in history, when he served as a member of the Ministry of War, Wai Lang, accidentally won the favor of nobles, and he has been on the rise ever since.

Li Wei's nobleman is none other than the fourth child.

Even if Yuzhu doesn't intervene, according to the inherent trajectory of history, Li Wei will be favored by the fourth child.

Now, Yuzhu just pushed the boat along the way, helping Li Wei to appear in front of the fourth child ahead of time.

What's more, before the collapse of the mountain, Li Wei secretly helped the fourth child to accomplish an earth-shattering event.

Yuzhu appreciated Li Wei in advance, so there is no need to say much about the benefits in the future.

It's summer again, and the old emperor will move to Changchun Garden to cool off as usual.

Originally, Yuzhu must have followed to Changchun Garden.Unfortunately, the deposed prince fell ill, and the emperor Sun Hongxi insisted on staying to serve him.

The former prince Yinfeng was abolished twice, and it is completely over.

However, Kangxi was still very vigilant, so he ordered Yuzhu to stay in the capital temporarily so that he could monitor every move of Xian'an Palace nearby.

Coincidentally, among Kangxi's trustworthy courtiers in his later years, Yu Zhu was the most suitable to monitor Yinfeng.

Yuzhu, the head of the House of Internal Affairs and former imperial minister, can naturally move about in the palace without attracting attention.

Kangxi left with his concubines, and Beijing immediately became quiet.

Because Lao Ba stayed in the House of Internal Affairs every day, and Yu Zhu was very knowledgeable, so he simply didn't go to the House of Internal Affairs.

Now, Lao Jiu is in charge of Guanglu Temple, and Lao Shi is in charge of Honglu Temple, and they are not by Lao Ba's side.

Yu Zhu could understand at a glance that this was because the old emperor was jealous of his three sons, who would get together all day long, and he simply found an honest reason to temporarily separate them.

In front of the gate of Xian'an Palace, there was a whistle at each step, and a post at two steps, and the guards were extremely strict.

When Yu Zhu arrived in front of the door, he also had to hand over his waist card and was subject to strict interrogation.

Above the gate of Xian'an Palace, a small door was opened, just enough to allow a person to walk in.

Yu Zhu got in, and the moment he stood up straight, he saw Yin Reng staring at him.

"Meet the second master." Yuzhu bowed deeply to the ground, still respecting Yinfeng very much.

The nobler who fell from a height, the more he likes to pick on the subtleties of etiquette. This is determined by human nature.

Yinreng took a deep look at Yuzhu, smiled suddenly, and said, "I've fallen so far, it's rare that you still respect me so much."

Yu Zhu stood with his hands in awe, and said respectfully: "Second Master is Second Master, no disrespect is allowed!"

This kind of nonsense that seems to be correct, but it breaks a real truth: Even if Yinfeng is no longer the crown prince, he is still the second son of Kangxi.

The truth is, Kangxi can humiliate Yinfeng as much as he wants, but foreign ministers don't allow it!
Yinfeng is also a very sensible person. He knew that Yuzhu was responsible for monitoring, so he took the initiative to call out all the people in Xian'an Palace.

After counting one by one, the number of people was checked correctly.

Yuzhu said to Yinfeng: "If you need something, just tell me. As long as I can do it, there is no difference."

Before Yinreng could speak, Hong Xi, who had been standing by the side, interjected, "It is said that you, Yu Yuqing, are cruel, but I think you are a kind person."

Among the royal family, kind people, this is already an extremely high evaluation!
Yu Zhu was not easy to answer, so he could only laugh without saying a word.

Unlike Yinfeng, Hongxi was the grandson of the famous Qianqing Palace Emperor, and his holy family was very prosperous.

After the second prince was abolished, Lao Qi began to build a brand new mansion in Zhenggejiazhuang outside Deshengmen.

This big house has more than 400 rooms, and its shape is the prince's specification.

According to the provisions of the "Great Qing Huidian", the prince's mansion is made up of 5 main entrances, with 9 vertical and 7 horizontal door nails, a total of 63 pieces.

In the mansion, there are 7 main halls, which are protected by stone railings on the eve of the eve. There are screens and thrones in the halls.

There are 9 wing buildings on both sides, 7 shrines, and 7 back buildings. All the main entrance halls are covered with green glazed tiles, and the side verandahs of the other buildings are all made of tube tiles.

Others may not be clear about it, but Yuzhu is from a clear family. This place is Prince Heshuoli's mansion reserved for Hongxi in advance.

Kangxi is a sensible person.

As Kangxi got older, the closer he was to death.

After the old emperor passed away, the new emperor moved into the Forbidden City, and it would be extremely inappropriate for Yinfeng to live in Xian'an Palace.

Kangxi was actually very conflicted, he didn't want to wrong Hongxi, but he was also afraid that the new emperor would not tolerate Hongxi.

Therefore, the old emperor simply built Hongxi's new mansion outside the capital.

One day, Hong Xi took Yinfeng to live in Zheng Ge's village.In order not to be suspected by the new king, Hong Xi's father and son's lives were missed instead.

Yuzhu's time with the old emperor was not too short, so he could understand Kangxi's complicated mood.

In a word, he wants the imperial power to be passed on smoothly, but also fears that his favorite grandson and the prince he once loved will lose their lives.

In fact, it is impossible to do whatever you want when you are an emperor.

Who is not difficult?It's difficult for everyone.

When Yuzhu said goodbye and left, Hong Xi specially sent him out, obviously he had something to say.

Sure enough, when there was no one around, Hong Xi gave a deep bow, and said very sincerely: "Mr. Zhu treats my father so kindly, I am very grateful."

How dare Yu Zhu accept such sensitive words?
Fortunately, Hongxi is also a very sensible person, and he also knows that there are many things that Yuzhu can only do, but cannot say.

In short, everything goes without saying.

After leaving the palace, on the official sedan chair returning to the mansion, Yuzhu smiled slightly.

In his later years, Kangxi paid great attention to family affection.

The fourth child in history took great risks to deliver soup to Yinreng, which was greatly praised by Kangxi.

Yuzhu treats the second child kindly, but also wants to create a false appearance for Kangxi, he is a kind person.

Yinfeng was finished, but Hongxi lived in Qianqing Palace.

Yuzhu's kindness was told to Kangxi through Hongxi's mouth, and it was more effective than anyone else.

To put it bluntly, if you always accompany the king and praise yourself, that is called brainlessness.It is truly good when others praise you in private.

A few days later, Yu Zhu was on duty in the south study when he heard a strange thing.

Li Wei, this boy, put up a sign at the door of the bank of the Ministry of Households, and wrote a big word: Baye only accepts silver.

It turned out that when Lao Ba was in charge of the household department, he specially sent someone to charge an additional [-]% of the special silver.

This money is an additional expense.However, everyone was afraid of the mighty power of the Baye Party, and they dared not speak out, so they had to hold their noses and admit it.

However, Li Wei did not believe in evil. After persuading Lao Ba several times, Lao Ba still refused to listen.He simply put up a sign in front of the door of the bank of the Ministry of Households, saying by name that the old man had received black-hearted money.

When reading history books before, when Yuzhu saw this passage, he always read it as a joke.

Now that Yuzhu is in the middle of the game, he can see it very clearly.

Li Wei took advantage of this on purpose and handed over the vote certificate to the fourth child!
The Baye Party and Yuzhu have been at loggerheads, so Yuzhu naturally pretended to be stupid and sat and watched Lao Ba's jokes.

Later, less than three days had passed since the signboard of the Bank of the Ministry of Households was erected. Due to the situation, Lao Ba had no choice but to bow his head and cancel the extra black money collected.

For a time, the names of Li Wei and Li Youjie resounded throughout the capital.It even alarmed Kangxi who was far away in Changchun Garden.

Yu Zhu, who had been watching with cold eyes, immediately understood the real reason why Li Wei became so popular in the Yongzheng Dynasty.

The fourth child and the eighth child were the mortal enemies of Kangxi in his later years.

Seeing that the eighth child was devastated, and with the fourth child's sullen personality, he felt so much better, didn't he?

(End of this chapter)