lied to Kangxi

Chapter 527
From the beginning of the construction of the Rehe Palace in the 42nd year of Kangxi to this year, in just 12 years, Rehe Shangying has developed into a downtown with a population of more than [-] households.

A place with ten thousand households is enough to set up a state, but Kangxi didn't say anything.

The public security work in Shangying Town is currently under the jurisdiction of Yuzhu, the foreman, the imperial minister.However, its common affairs are under the responsibility of the general manager of Rehe.

Wearing a green shirt, Kangxi pointed at the theater on the side of the street with a folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, when I first came here, the gate of this courtyard was not half as big as it is today? "

Yu Zhu nodded and said, "Old man, your memory is really good. When the construction of the palace started, I was still at home studying behind closed doors."

Kangxi thought about it for a while, and smiled. It was his genius to appoint Yuzhu as the number one scholar.

Looking at it now, I really didn't see the wrong person!
"You kid, you're just too lazy. If you don't pay attention, you slip back to the mansion." Kangxi has long been used to Yuzhu's lazy nature.

Yuzhu thought to himself, if he actively seized power, the old emperor might have another way of saying it, right?
In fact, the old emperor is also a guy who loves to play and enjoy himself.

Six visits to the south of the Yangtze River, Changchun Garden and other gardens have been continuously expanded and various palaces have been overhauled.

For the convenience of coming to Rehe to escape the summer heat, more than [-] palaces were built along the way from the capital to the Rehe Palace.

Kangxi visited Shangying Town outside the palace every year, so he was very familiar with it.

Seeing that the chariots and horses in the market are orderly, there are no looting or random parking, and they are all following.

Kangxi could not help but praise Yuzhu with a smile: "On both sides of the street, the horses and chariots go their own way, very kind!"

Yuzhu smiled shallowly, the streets in the capital are often congested, that's because there is no rule of driving on the left.

Anyway, there are no rules, Yuzhu himself set fine rules.Among them, it is stipulated that anyone who parks carriages and sedan chairs at will and causes street congestion will be fined ten taels of silver.

Twelve, that's a huge sum of money!

In the law of the Qing Dynasty, there is almost no rule about fines, except for ransacking the house, spanking and other corporal punishment.

But Yuzhu knew very well in his heart that the real grassroots could not afford to support a carriage, let alone bearers.

On the streets, apart from small merchants and hawkers setting up stalls and unruly carriages going against the road, the main causes of congestion on the streets are the random rushing and parking of carriages and sedan chairs from various households.

After all, Yuzhu is the soul of modern people. He doesn't like physical punishment like spanking, and prefers to be fined.

Only when the wallets of rich households are moved, they will really feel the pain.

When Kangxi went out to shop, the main reason was that he had been in the palace for a long time and felt bored, so he wanted to go out to relax.

After wandering around the street for a while, Kangxi led Yuzhu into the teahouse, went up to the second floor, and sat down by the window.

When he first entered the door, Kangxi saw four eye-catching characters on the wall: Don't talk about state affairs.

After Kangxi sat down firmly, Mo Tan Guoshi was still posted on the wall directly opposite him.

Is there any reason why the people are not allowed to speak in the prosperous age?

Kangxi, whose heart of the sage was severely stimulated, frowned and said: "It's too much, just don't talk nonsense."

What is nonsense, there is no standard for judging, whether to make use of it or not depends entirely on the mood of the officials.

Yu Zhu pretended not to hear, put down the teacup in his hand, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and started knocking.

What the old emperor said, the sea has gone, which sentence is true and which sentence is false, can Yu Zhu still not be clear?
If the regulation of discussion is relaxed, and some people criticize Guangxiu Garden, attack Jiangnan scholars and Daxiu Palace, and make the old emperor unhappy, then it will be difficult to end.

The old emperor's current state of mind is just saying this, pretending to express the so-called tolerance of the benevolent emperor.

Yuzhu can just listen to it, and will never take it to heart.

If so, Yuzhu took it seriously and did not restrain the public's discussion.When the time comes, when a big mess breaks out, it's up to him to take the blame.

How could the emperor be wrong?The crime lies with the ministers.

Seeing that Yuzhu was surprised that he didn't support him in time, Kangxi also understood that Yuzhu was in charge of the security of Shangying Town, and if he let go of the public's discussion, he would be in great difficulty and under great pressure.

Who dares to talk nonsense when it is about their own vital interests?
"Your subordinates have patrolled the street several times." Kangxi raised his folding fan and pointed at a group of soldiers from the new army passing by the door of the teahouse.

Yu Zhu said with a smile: "Their task is to control the tranquility of the market and ensure that no robbery occurs in the street. It is a great achievement. There is also a plainclothes team. They are in the dark and specialize in catching petty thieves."

The management system of Rehe Shangying is very problematic.

Daily security patrols are under the jurisdiction of Yuzhu.However, the thief caught by Yuzhu must be handed over to Rehe Chief Yamen for trial.

This created a serious disconnect.

However, these are just small details, and Yu Zhu didn't have the intention of competing for power with Chief Rehe, so he let it go.

However, after careful consideration, Kangxi felt that Rehe Shangying should be managed by a government office.

"Well, how about setting up a Rehe Hall?" Kangxi asked Yuzhu after he had made up his mind.

Yuzhu thought to himself, what a coincidence, after the fourth son ascended the throne, the official name of Shangying Town was Rehe Hall.

In the Qing Dynasty, the halls in the government office were divided into Zhili Hall and San Hall.

The Zhili Office is equivalent to a sub-prefecture-level city regardless of the district or county. It is directly affiliated to the province, and most of its chiefs are five-rank acquaintances.The san hall is equivalent to the development zone management committee of a prefecture-level city, which is roughly at the same level as the county, and the chief executives are mostly six-rank judges.

"Look at the name." Yuzhu didn't bother to worry about these things.

However, Kangxi also said: "Niu Tailai will serve as the co-prefect of Rehe Hall."

Yuzhu understood in seconds, the old emperor made Niu Tai the co-prefect of Rehe, which was equivalent to handing over the military and political power of the entire Rehe Hall to him.

"Old man, isn't this appropriate?" Yuzhu expanded his power, which was a happy event, but he didn't agree immediately.

Kangxi glared at him, and scolded, "Don't try to hide away, it's settled like this."

Yuzhu's lazy tendons must be pumped.

The old emperor planned to find more things for Yuzhu to do, lest things go wrong and cubs would be born in litters.

"Old man, Rehe should send another confidant. Niu Tai is my haha ​​bead, it's really not suitable." Yuzhu still didn't want to submit, struggling desperately, trying to push the responsibility away.

The old emperor turned his head out of the window as if he didn't hear it.

Come on, as long as the old emperor puts on this posture, the matter is a foregone conclusion.

The newly established Jehol Hall, in essence, already has the functions of most of Shuntian Prefecture.

Because, in a year, the old emperor would stay in the Rehe Palace for at least half a year to escape the summer heat.

In the remaining six months, except for major celebrations, Kangxi rarely returned to the palace, basically staying in Changchun Garden.

Niu Tai, that idiot, was sitting in the barracks and was hit on the head by a big pie falling from the sky. In the blink of an eye, he became the hottest Tongzhi of Rehe Hall.

Officials are not big, the key is real power.

The predecessor of Rehe Hall, there were only a few dozen families in Shangying Village.

Now, there are more than [-] residents in Rehe Hall, all of whom are dignitaries from Beijing, as well as wealthy businessmen from all over the place.

It is no exaggeration to say that the residents in Rehe Hall are either rich or noble, and all of them are people of status.

Niu Tai is in charge of such an important place, which means that the status of Yuzhu in the old emperor's mind is even more important than before.

In history, even the much-loved Longkodo, in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, at the top was just the secretary of the Lifan Academy and the commander of the infantry.

As for the Yuzhu in history, during the Kangxi period, it was at best a third-class guard.

After Longkodo supported the fourth brother to ascend the throne, Yuzhu was promoted by the fourth brother to be the envoy of Luan Yi.

However, the situation is very different.

Although Tong Guowei withdrew, Long Keduo was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Erlundai was the Minister of Internal Guards who led the guards of the Xianghuang Banner.

Not to mention Yuzhu, the halo on his head and the part-time jobs on his body can be described as numerous.

Niu Tai's appointment as the co-prefect of the Rehe Hall marked that Yuzhu became the first important official in the Qing Dynasty to hold the overall military and political power of the Rehe Palace.

To put it bluntly, the old emperor's safety in Rehe has been tied to Yuzhu.

Yuzhu is not the cold animal of Qianlong.

Objectively speaking, the old emperor treated Yuzhu really well.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
Yuzhu is only 25 years old this year. It can be said that he is very young, and he can afford to wait.

When the old emperor closed his eyes, Yuzhu could start his own big business without any psychological burden.

When listening to the opera, the old emperor was engrossed in watching, but Yu Zhu couldn't concentrate on the stage.

No way, who said that Yuzhu has no artistic cells?
At this time, Sai Le leaned into Yuzhu's ear and whispered, "Master Zhizhu, the third master is also here in casual clothes."

Yuzhu nodded. The location of the Rehe Hall is so big, when he hangs out with the old emperor, he will inevitably run into the princes and elder brothers.

Under normal circumstances, in order to deceive others, Kangxi pretended not to see it, so as not to bring a bottle of oil, which would be a disappointment.

However, today was also a coincidence. After the third child came quietly, the fourth child also came.

As soon as the fourth child sat down firmly, the fifth child and the seventh child also arrived one after another.

These grown princes, even if they don't sit in the private room, they must sit in the front row of the theater.

The old emperor had seen his sons a long time ago, he leaned closer to the jade pillar, and whispered, "You still have good eyesight, and specially picked the unremarkable back row."

Yuzhu pursed his lips and smiled, the old emperor sat in the front row, his sons or important ministers met him, wouldn't they kneel down and salute?

Once the commotion became louder, the old emperor's leisurely attitude no longer existed.

The truth is so, but Yuzhu can't say it clearly.

Don't tell me if you see through, we will still be good friends next time.

With Yuzhu's character, even if he saw the princess stealing someone, he would not be able to take the initiative to tell Sun Chengyun.

Because, whoever tells her husband about the wife stealing someone is the number one "big clever" in Tianzi.

In the future, not only will there be no friends, but there is a high probability that they will turn against each other.

(PS: Make up for yesterday's first update. Yesterday was really busy, and I didn't have any free codewords at all, sorry.)
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