Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 668 Beginning (please ask for double monthly pass)
"What can I help Master Sixteen?" Cao Yong asked why Brother Sixteen was looking for him today.

Elder Sixteen was concerned, he was in a state of confusion, he had no usual intelligence, and he said with a bit of confusion: "I don't know what Furuo can do for me, but I just met Brother Fifteen, and seeing him like that makes people feel uncomfortable. Anxious, and depressed. Besides you, who else can I look for?"

Brother Sixteen is open-minded, and he rarely looks so depressed.When Cao Yong saw it, he really couldn't bear it, and he was concentrating on thinking hard, trying to solve the way for the sixteenth elder brother.

After all, it was born from the same mother, and they are connected by blood. The sixteenth elder brother usually does not show up in front of others, but he still cares about the fifteenth elder brother, so naturally he does not want him to be punished.

However, in this way, the sixteenth elder brother is very likely to be dragged into the water by the fifteenth elder brother, and suffer from the burden of the fish.

Cao Yong thought for a while and asked: "Master Sixteen, if Master Sixteen came forward to cover up this matter, even if he didn't stand in line, in the eyes of others, he still stood. Maybe in the future, there will be countless right and wrong troubles wait."

Elder Sixteen couldn't help rubbing his forehead, frowned and said, "Yeah, thinking about it is a headache. But what can we do now, it's not good, just watch Brother Fifteen make a gun and watch him take the blame. What if ...If she is like the elder brother and the second elder brother, Er Niang will go crazy..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help getting annoyed, and said: "Those few, who can be trusted? The third brother is a hypocrite, with a bright face, and how has there been less sneaking in private? What the fourteenth brother said is righteous, He was unkind to others, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so impatient when the mynah was in trouble; Hongxi was changed so much that he no longer dared to carry the emperor’s eldest grandson’s genealogy, but kept making small moves behind his back. The envoy’s visit to worship, among them It's not that it's not tricky, but it's just to 'remind' the old masters in the court that he is the orthodox. Fu Ruo, tell me, what is this thing? Even if the fifteenth brother really misses the prince and wants to earn a hug If you have made great achievements, you should also keep your eyes open, so that you can be good at Sa Mo Sa Mo."

Listening to Brother Sixteen's comments on Brother Three and others, Cao Yong felt relieved and said with a smile, "Master Sixteen's eyes are bright?"

The sixteenth elder brother heard the words, cast a glance at Cao Yong, and said angrily: "Look at me depressed, don't you take pleasure in other's misfortunes? Are you abducted by you? It's cheap to win, and no one will know if you lose. It's worrying to catch up with the fifteenth brother. On the one hand, he is a real brother who has to help; There's nothing good left."

Because this kind of topic is too sensitive, Cao Yong never mentioned it.

But a long time ago, he suspected that the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were both like him, and bet on the fourth elder brother.The sixteenth elder brother said that Cao Yong abducted him, which is true.

After Cao Yong went to Beijing, he used it as a bond. The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother walked around quite frequently with the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.

Brother Sixteen even said the words that should have been rotten in his stomach, and Cao Yong said straightforwardly what he wanted in his heart: "Master Sixteen, I want to keep Master Fifteen, but I don't want Fourth Master My master is too thoughtful, I am afraid there is only one way, this way..." At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and did not continue immediately.

The sixteenth elder brother heard Cao Yong say that there is a way, and he couldn't wait, and said in a hurry: "What way? Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"

After hearing this, Cao Yong didn't answer immediately, pointed to the carp playing in the river, and asked: "Master Sixteen, when is a black fish the most unobtrusive?"

"Why are you talking about fish again?" Sixteenth elder brother was a little impatient, but his eyes still followed Cao Yong's pointing, looked into the water, and complained in his mouth: "It's all black, what's so eye-catching?" Provoking... provoking..." By the end, her eyes lit up.

He was originally a smart person, but he was a little flustered because he was worried about his siblings. Now Cao Yong reminded him to save himself.

"That's right, the black fish will not be conspicuous as long as it is mixed in the school of fish." Elder Sixteen smiled and patted Cao Yong's shoulder, and said, "It's hard work at this moment, Fu Ruo came up with such a good idea. As long as the water is muddied, no one will be able to clean it up. Those who are naturally noisy should shut up. Huang Ama is seeking stability and cherishing the court's face. Most of the big things will be turned into small things, and nothing will happen in the end. Plus The law does not blame the public, even if you know that Brother Fifteen is involved, the punishment will not be too severe."

"Master Sixteen thinks well, but the world is unpredictable. If there is a big disturbance, it will not end well. Lord Fifteen is fine, and it is Lord Sixteen who has something to do." Cao Yong said: "Master Sixteen also said in the morning , This bad account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't be checked, pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, know this, Brother Sixteen will also check it?"

Elder Sixteen hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, raised his eyebrows and said: "Cha, such a bastard who spends all day thinking about greedy money, even if he can't hurt his muscles and bones, he still wants to scare them! Besides, this If you show your posture, you can explain it over there." While speaking, he pointed in the direction of the capital.

"Brother Sixteen made a move like this, so I have to get some money out of it." Cao Yong said.

The industry of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is mostly real estate.Huangzhuang, where Gyeonggi was racing to enclose land, and most of the Northeast.In addition to farms and mountains, it also includes aquatic products, mineral products, and salt flats in the three northeastern provinces.

When Cao Yong arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the beginning of last year, he secretly thought it was a pity when he saw the property list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Not to mention the three eastern provinces rich in resources, not to mention the emperor's private backyard, most of the gains in it have entered the hands of managers at various levels.

If Elder Sixteen can really get something this time, the treasury will be richer, and Kangxi won't be staring at him.

"Fu Ruo, don't wait for a ready-made one. Although I will come forward to reveal this matter, but you are the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you will have to handle it when the time comes." Brother Sixteen saw what Cao Yong was thinking, and said with a smile: "I know you are afraid of trouble, but this time I dragged you down. When the matter is over, can I thank you so much?"

"Hehe, if that's the case, then I'll wait for the generous gift from Lord Sixteen." Cao Yong said bluntly, feeling much happier in his heart.

Speaking of which, this time, with the help of elder brother sixteen, he can breathe out the bird's breath he suffered in the past few months and avenge his old revenge.

It's not that I don't report, the time has not yet come, one must be kind...

The sixteenth elder brother saw Cao Yong laughing strangely, took a look at him, and said: "Why do you smile so wickedly? It looks like you are trying to make trouble. Is it because you are holding back on vacation these days, and you are starting to think about spoiling people gone?"

Cao Yong smiled and said: "Master Sixteen seems to be a little forgetful?"

The sixteenth elder brother was baffled by the words, and said: "Forgetful? Where did this come from?"

"Father-in-law Yuanzi, how will the sixteenth master arrange it? It's not good for Fujin to ask the sixteenth master directly. A few days ago, I raised the embarrassment with Chu Yu, and I was afraid that the sixteenth Fujin would know what to do. I'm afraid I'll treat Master Sixteen's love slowly." Cao Yong looked at Elder Sixteen and said with a smile.

Elder Sixteen heard this, "hehe" laughed twice, and said: "Master is busy with errands here, so why don't you care about those, I'm afraid I will have to trouble Seventh Brother and Seventh Sister-in-law for a while."

It's all an excuse, Fujin Shiliu is pregnant, brother Shiliu is just distressed...

Brother Sixteen was teased by Cao Yong, looked at him, and said: "Don't worry, your Aunt Sixteen is virtuous, Uncle Sixteen, I can't bear the name of fear of guilt. Is it a certain person, is he fear of guilt, or is he a widow with a disease?" , you have to think carefully about it.”

Cao Yong was so choked that he couldn't speak, and thinking about the diagnosis made by the imperial physician before, he felt so awkward and awkward.

It's just a personal matter, just a joke.He waved his hand to Elder Sixteen and said, "Master Sixteen, let's learn to be a good official and care about people's livelihood, regardless of you and me?"

"That's right, that's why you came out just now? Caring about people's livelihood?" Elder Sixteen asked back.

"Let's go with the sixteenth master. It's just for digestion. This sticky thing doesn't like to be restrained after eating." Cao Yong said.

It was rare for Cao Yong to take the initiative to do something. Brother Sixteen was naturally curious and followed him to the market.

Randomly walked to several rice shops, just as Cao Yong expected, ordinary white rice has risen to a stone of one tael and seven silver coins, and better ones have exceeded two taels of a stone.The prices of other millets and sorghum have also risen by [-]% compared with those in Chunri.

Surprisingly, it is miscellaneous grains that have risen the most.

I heard from the clerk in the shop that many officials and eunuchs bought a large amount of miscellaneous grains.It is said that because of praying for rain, the emperor eats one meal a day. Although the courtiers outside dare not follow suit, they also dare not eat properly.

On many tables in the mansion, rice and white noodles were removed and coarse grains were replaced as the staple food.

Hearing this, Elder Sixteen couldn't help laughing, and when he left the shop, he said to Cao Yong: "Furuo, look, where are you really going, where are you making a lot of money."

Cao Yong looked at Elder Sixteen's slightly fat body, and said: "Master Sixteen, whole grains are treasures. Eat early and eat well."

The sixteenth elder brother opened the folding fan, slapped it, and said: "Don't tell me this, when you get rid of your picky eater problem, I will talk about this again." Speaking of this, he glanced at Cao Yong and said: " In fact, it is a pity to put you in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With your dedication, the household department's wine pockets and rice bags can't catch up with you. If you are placed in the position of the household department minister, you will be another miss in the Qing Dynasty John."

Mi Sihan was a famous official in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, and made great achievements in the Ministry of Households.In the early years, the wealth of each province was in the local vassal treasury, which was at the discretion of the chief secretary, and the rest went to the national treasury.

Mi Sihan found out the disadvantages, wrote a note, and requested that all the money and funds of the provinces be escorted to Beijing, put into the national treasury, and the cashier's right of Gouji was transferred to the household department.

It is precisely because of this that it is worth filling the treasury, so that the imperial court has the financial resources to quell the ensuing "San Francisco Rebellion".

You know, during the "San Francisco Rebellion", the entire southern half of Latin America was in chaos.If the silver is not in the center but in the local area, even if it cannot change the outcome of the war, it will have an impact and make the war continue.

In addition to making the imperial court not short of money and food, Mi Sihan also made great contributions to quelling the San Francisco rebellion.

Before the San Francisco Rebellion, he was a firm evacuator. During the San Francisco Rebellion, many courtiers, considering military expenditures, suggested not moving the Eight Banners cavalry, but deploying the green battalion nearby to defend against the guards. Mi Sihan proposed: "Thieves are rampant, and they cannot be controlled by the Green Banner soldiers. It is better to use the Eight Banners to suppress them. The military needs to be supported internally and externally for ten years, so there is nothing else to worry about."

With his guarantee from the Minister of the Ministry of Households, the main force of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry went south.Later, when the Ministry of Households sent military supplies to the provinces, he made another note, asking for an order to prohibit local officials from sending exorbitant taxes to the people due to the war.

When the San Francisco army marched all the way north and southern China was in chaos, the imperial court finally survived, and Mi Sihan contributed the most to this.

For this reason, Mi Sihan always had a place among the many famous officials in the Kangxi Dynasty.

It's just that he died of illness after living for 43 years, otherwise, he would have to be appointed as a prime minister, and Suo'etu and Mingzhu would not be able to be more beautiful than before.

However, although Mi Sihan did not become a prime minister, his son was in his early forties, and he was awarded a Bachelor of Martial Arts Hall. That is Ma Qi, who is now acting as the Prime Minister's Minister of Internal Affairs.

It is precisely because after being a famous minister, he has made great achievements that Kangxi favors Ma Qi quite a lot.Even if he was involved in the matter of seizing his wife at that time, Kangxi treated him very favorably.

On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, Ma Qi, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, went to Rehe to thank him for his reassignment as a bachelor.

On the same day, Kangxi issued an edict that Ma Qi should stay in Rehe to handle affairs; a few days ago, Song Zhu, a scholar who had returned to Beijing under the order, ordered to handle affairs in Beijing.

To the surprise of Brother Sixteen, Kangxi did not intend to fill in the vacancy for the head of the House of Internal Affairs that Ma Qi vacated.

Today, there are still three directors of the House of Internal Affairs, namely He Shuo's son-in-law Cao Yong, Zong Sanyi's minister Guan Bao, and Minister of Industry He Yi.

Among them, there was another series of personnel changes. Fu Erhuna, the right servant of the Ministry of household affairs, was transferred to be the left servant of the Ministry of household affairs; Shi Liuxiang is the right servant of the Ministry of punishment.

I don't know if these changes have brought about a new atmosphere, or if the sixteenth elder brother has caught some wind. Finally, some officials remembered the rice price in Jehol, and wrote a booklet, please adjust the Changping warehouse to put rice in Pingtiao.

On May [-]th, when Cao Yong returned to the yamen after his vacation was over, rice had already been released in the Changping warehouse, and the price of ordinary white rice was sold by the government at five qian per shi, and received by household.

In the past few years, the price of grain in the north has remained high, and even the price of a stone of rice is usually around one tael of silver.

This time, the flat sale is due to the fact that Shengjia is in Rehe, so the price is so high.

Under the impact of official food, the price of food in the market has dropped sharply every few days, and gradually returned to the old price.

Because of the mention of the rice in Rehe, and the previous rise in grain prices in Gyeonggi, Kangxi decreed that all the Lumi that the Eight Banners officials and people should receive in August of the second half of the year will be distributed now.

The reason for doing this is that I am afraid that after praying for rain, I am worried about the rain.If there is too much rain, the roads are muddy, and transportation is inconvenient, then the rice grains will become moldy and cannot be used.

Although the princes and dignitaries on the Rehe side are leisurely escaping the summer heat, the northwest border has already begun to prepare for autumn and winter military supplies.

The temperature in the northwest is lower than that of the capital. It is late autumn in August and early cold in September.

Kangxi is still thinking about the money in the Northwest, while Elder Sixteen over there has already pulled out a banner and is about to check the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

(End of this chapter)