Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Shutai angrily put the stopper on the edge and shouted loudly to his mother, who was in charge of the warehouse.

"Stop being busy! Come here first and talk about this wine vat in detail before it's too late!"

The steward didn't panic. He took the wine account book first and showed it to Shutai.

"I thought I'd be late for two days at most, don't worry, I'm afraid something will happen, but the girl saw it. It's not that I didn't do the job, there is a reason."

Qing'er looked at the bottomed wine vat and listened to the conversation between Shutai and the manager. She still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"aunt."

Shutai read through the account book at a glance.Although she could match every one of them, she did not relax immediately and ignored Qing'er's questions for the time being.

"Since Dongyang wine has been borrowed by Tongrentang, why don't you report it to the accounting clerk outside and ask them to either go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect it or buy it in a shop. What are you going to do if the princess wants to use the wine to prescribe medicine?"

"Girl, then I can only answer truthfully. You think about it. If it is easy to get it, why would Tongrentang borrow money from our government? Dongyang wine has been sold out. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Mr. Zhang Shun that if you are really anxious, you can Give me two small jars. If you’re not in a hurry, then you’d better not open your mouth. What if the Emperor and Queen Mother want to use it?”

Shutai became more and more confused, frowning his beautiful eyebrows and pursed his bright lips into a thin line.

"Is there still a time when Dongyang wine is sold out?"

"Oh, girl, everything is the market, and everything can be sold out. Not to mention drinks, I heard from outside that the price of food in Shandong has tripled, and thousands of people are starving to death!"

"Who did you hear?"

"I just came back from Shandong, the man from Wufanglou! He came to the house yesterday when the sun was just setting, because the old lady from Zhangjiakou came and asked him to wait and see the princess tomorrow."

The more Shutai thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong and asked Qing'er to go back by himself.She took the packaged medicinal materials and went directly to see Haifeng.

The old mother in charge saw Qing'er's puzzled face and taught her the truth while packing her things.

"When it comes to medicine, there are so many medicines in the world. Wine is a good medicinal material. Especially Dongyang wine, which is the number one medicine. I only know a little bit about it. This wine is different from others. It is made from glutinous rice wine and red yeast rice wine. , add other medicinal materials to brew medicinal wine, and the medicinal effect will be different after preparation. The princess keeps a large vat every year and develops new medicinal wine according to the season. There is a good news this year, so there is no preparation. "

"So that's it. Thank you mom for telling me."

Qing'er kept thinking about the experience just now, and walked back to the room very slowly.As soon as she lifted her legs and entered the yard, she saw Dongsheng anxiously walking around under the plum blossom tree. When he saw her, he ran over like the wind.

"Why did my cousin come back just now? Everyone went to watch the fun. I was afraid that you didn't know, so why did you wait so long?"

"What's the fun?"

"The Lifanyuan came to beg for mercy!"

Princess Kejing's mansion was not a big one among the palaces in the capital. The two girls took a shortcut and finally entered the small flower hall where they received guests before Wen Da, the minister of the Lifan Courtyard, out of breath.

Ji Lan smiled brightly and asked them to hide behind the embroidered bird screen in the small room next door that served as a tea room.

"No matter the rules today, as long as you don't make any noise, just watch with me."

In the not-so-much space, more than a dozen maids and nuns squeezed in.All the maids in the princess's mansion who can escape are here.

Haifeng was sitting in the center of the hall, wearing only old and stale clothes. He didn't dress up specially to meet Wen Da.

In the fourth month of pregnancy, she finally stopped vomiting, but she still kept a box of candied plums on hand, just in case.

Wen Da, who had once spoken out loudly and proclaimed his disobedience to his father-in-law, was now apologizing profusely and sitting in the guest seat to talk.

"His Highness has a broad mind and will definitely not care about us. This time, please show your respect."

Even though it's spring, the weather isn't warm enough yet to take off your winter clothes.Haifeng asked someone to put a charcoal basin in front of him and stretched his hand towards the fire to keep warm.

"I've let you go more than once. You bullied the old lady because she couldn't speak Chinese and left her to fend for herself without finding a doctor in Zhangjiakou. She is still the elder of my husband's family. You are not using your feet to do this. Step on my face?"

"That's absolutely not the case. Princess, please listen to my subordinate's explanation."

"Oh, I dare not take it seriously. You are not my subordinate. Why did you talk about me at the banquet for your birthday last year? 'A girl who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth. She has been unable to wear a dragon robe since she was born.'" "My subordinates drank too much and talked nonsense."

"Oh. Then I understand. The note you wrote for Khan Amma was probably written while drunk. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so wrong."

Hai Feng took out from his sleeve the memorial that was sent back by Kangxi Zhu Pi three days ago.

"I don't understand. The prince of Mongolia came to Beijing to pay New Year's greetings to Khan Amma, and asked you to take care of a few meals. How come you messed up the errands that he did every year. Several princes jointly reported that you were depriving them of money. The more interesting thing is yet to come. Since the three tribes of Mobei Khalkha have accepted the reward from the imperial court, they must be called according to the title given by Khan Amma. Among you, Lian'zhai Sang 'Such old titles are written down. You can read for yourself the rebuke of Khan Amma."

At this critical moment, Wen Da couldn't care less about his face and crawled on the ground to pick up the zhezi that Hai Feng had thrown on the ground.

Seeing the crescent shape at the end of the Zhu Pi, Wen Da's back was covered with cold sweat.This is the secret code of Kangxi and the Lifanyuan, which means that it is up to the four princesses to decide what will happen next.

"Your Highness, the title is wrong. It's due to carelessness of my subordinates. But it's a mistake because of the names of the princes. It's really not all from the Lifanyuan. Others, I admit it. Your Highness, please listen to our difficulties."

Seeing that Haifeng didn't seem to object, Wen Da quickly continued.

"At the end of this year, the prices of all food on the market have increased, ridiculously, even one price per day. The money approved by the Ministry of Household Affairs is based on previous years, and can only buy half of what is urgently needed. You can't just ask the purchasing service below. Yes, you should pay for it out of your own pocket. Mongolian princes like to drink wine and eat meat, let alone buy it."

At the end of his explanation, Wen Da could tell that he couldn't justify himself, so he simply stopped talking.

Haifeng was disgusted by his selfishness. He picked up a plum and put it in his mouth. After the disgust was suppressed, he replied with a cold face:
"If you don't have enough money, why don't you report it to the Ministry of Household Affairs and ask for more? In previous years, you would have complained about poverty and enriched your own pockets. Why have you become an honest person this year? You don't dare. You don't dare to write in black and white that food prices are soaring and people are struggling to make ends meet. Let Khan Amma know in the memorial!”

"Your Highness Princess, why do you insist on getting involved in this matter? The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty dare not speak out, not just the governor of the feudal lord is pretending to be stupid. Manipulating food prices, charging low and selling high, is there no business that ordinary businessmen can do?"

Wen Da already knew that someone was eavesdropping in the next room.So he didn't say anything, he just used his fingers to make a "one" sign, and then a "two" sign.

"It's these two."

Hai Feng was filled with disappointment and felt nauseous, which he couldn't suppress no matter how many sweet and sour plums he ate.

big brother.

Prince.

The two princes, who dreamed all day long that they would definitely be able to sit on the dragon throne, were beating the bones of the lowest commoners, sucking out their marrow, and eating steamed buns with human blood.

There are so many profitable goods in the world, but they just want to focus on food.

"Write down everything you just said, and then print it."

Wen Da originally thought that by moving the two brothers of the fourth princess out, he would be able to reduce the big problems to minor ones and make the minor problems disappear.Faced with the fourth princess's instructions, he instinctively resisted.

"Your Highness, I have indeed offended my consort and you in the past. If you want to be punished, I can take it. But I will never come forward in this matter. At the worst, I can just resign from this position."

"Who asked you to write a report on the prince? I just asked you to write that because the Ministry of Revenue did not have enough money, you neglected the Mongolian prince's defense."

"Then, isn't that the same thing?"

Haifeng urgently needed to go back and rest for a while, and didn't want to get entangled with this scheming villain anymore.

"Come in!"

Balezhong, who was standing outside, heard the call of the fourth princess and immediately opened the door and entered the house.

Wen Da recognized him as the most trusted follower of the Fourth Prince Consort, and immediately guessed the Fourth Princess's intention.

If he doesn't leave something in black and white today, he will never be able to walk out of the gate of the princess mansion.

1. Briefly describe Li Shizhen’s description of Dongyang wine in Compendium of Materia Medica: Quoting ancient people’s evaluation, Dongyang wine is the best for medicinal purposes (other wines are described as having “ash”, but my understanding is that there are a few impurities that easily react with medicinal materials) ; Dongyang wine is Jinhua wine.I personally feel that Chinese rice wine is really no worse than any other type of wine.I hope to see the day when Dongyang wine and other rice wines will be introduced to the world.

2. Zaisang is a level of the original Mobei nobles.The low-level misnomer of the Lifan Yuan (which is a big problem in documents) and the fact that no banquets are provided to Mongolian princes actually happened in history.Kangxi scolded them for a long time.But this actually happened at the end of the 37th year of Kangxi's reign. I moved it forward because of the needs of the plot.