Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 669 Personnel

Ma Qi, the former minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has been restored to his original post and concurrently served as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he naturally relieved himself of his duties in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.However, in the speculation of everyone, Kangxi did not point out the new candidate for the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On the Sixteenth elder brother's side, he picked out loopholes in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

From the 50th year of Kangxi to the present, due to the 60th anniversary of his enthronement, the [-]th birthday of Kangxi, and the floods and droughts in the north, the northern provinces have envoys to reduce or exempt money and taxes.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs governs Huangzhuang in the five northern provinces. Without taxes, the common people will naturally not be able to bathe in the mighty grace of the emperor, and there is no decree for it to continue.

Then, in the year when the rent was not reduced, there was a large discrepancy in storage and miscellaneous items.

In some places, there is a quota for how much you need to pay into the internal affairs treasury every year.

In most cases, this amount is not only moisture, but also easy to repeat spending.This means that the Ministry of Internal Affairs not only did not receive the corresponding miscellaneous items, but instead needed to spend an additional amount of money to purchase these.

This is just the beginning. If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked.

Other expenditures are numerous and repetitive.Take the Shengjing Mine as an example, from the 45th year of Kangxi to the present, there have been three large expenditures for mining.

So far ten years have passed, and no money has come into the account, but every year it is used to pay the miners for silver and rice, but it is a huge sum of money.

With so many people guarding a big mine, are they looking at the mine for fun?
Because it is iron ore, not gold or copper, so few people pay attention.You will not find this in many industries if you do not take care to check the accounts of the past years.

"I can't complain. On the side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are people who work for a lifetime, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing for a few lifetimes. This is too oily." Yi Duli saw the trickiness in this and sighed endlessly.

He is the doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Cao Yong's right-hand man, and he did not hide from him about the sixteenth elder brother's audit.

"Master Sixteen, Mr. Cao, why don't you make it easier for me to release my lowly position and become the manager of Zhuangzi?" Yi Duli remembered that his wife had mentioned that this year's rain is insufficient, and Zhuangzi's harvest may not be good. By the end of the year I'm afraid that it will be difficult to make ends meet, so let's see if we can sell some of the antique calligraphy and paintings collected in Rehe Zhaizi.

Elder Sixteen gave him an angry look, and said: "My parents are here, so if I don't travel far, I will be an unfilial son in Iraq?"

Only then did Yi Duli sigh, stopped his envy, turned his head, looked at Cao Yong, and said, "Your Excellency, after a tossing and bidding, he sold the commercial road of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for three years, but only entered the internal treasury for several million taels of silver. Look. Looking at the imperial property brochures of the five northern provinces, I am afraid that such ambiguous people will get this number every year."

Although Cao Yong knows that corruption in officialdom is commonplace nowadays, the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs is also innocent.But all of them are also shocking.

Among other things, let's just talk about the previous purchase list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There are several common items, such as eggs, chickens, ducks, etc.This purchase price is ten times smaller than the market price.

Eighty to ninety percent of the time is greedy for ink, what kind of courage is this?
Jiang Jian is Cao Yong's aide, watching Cao Yong follow the sixteen elder brothers to check the accounts, but he can't let go.

Knowing that the sixteenth elder brother is in charge, it is useless for Cao Yong to change his mind, so he did not persuade Cao Yong.It's just that in private, I have already begun to think of ways to see if I can let Cao Yong take less responsibility.

Just as the sixteenth brother and Cao Yong were having a great time, the House of Internal Affairs underwent another major change.

Kangxi was furious because He Yi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, made a mistake in requesting rain.

I don't know if it was Kangxi's attack on purpose, or He Yizhen's negligence.The reason is this, among the thirteen batches of Kangxi May [-]th batch, there is one written by He Yi who resides in Beijing.

It was He Yi's memorial to praying for rain and getting rain, which means that from the four places of Heilongtan, Manjing, Caoqiao and Shuitouzhuang, praying for rain began on the eighth day of May, and it lasted seven days on the [-]th.Now that the Ministry of Rites has played to pray for the rain to stop, the four places in the Ministry of Internal Affairs pray for rain, whether to continue praying for rain or stop praying for rain, please give an order.

The content of the booklet is fine, but the bad thing is the date below.When Kangxi read the booklet, it was May [-]th, and the date signed under the booklet was also May [-]th.

Notebooks from Beijing to Rehe, except for those marked as urgent at [-] miles and [-] miles, all other notebooks are collected and sorted by the undergraduates in Beijing in the afternoon of the same day, and sent to Rehe by special personnel on a fast horse, and arrive the next day.

It's not a big surprise that He Yi's brochure arrived on the same day, what is it?
Kangxi was furious, and ordered the university scholars in Beijing to investigate the matter, but the outsiders did not know what was found.It was only on May [-]th that Kangxi withdrew from Heyi's position as the head of the House of Internal Affairs.

The [-]th elder brother who acts as the agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Qi, the former director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Cao Yong and Guan Bao, the directors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, are all summoned to the imperial front, and asked them to recommend candidates from the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to fill Heyi's vacancy.

Cao Yong's position is behind everyone.

Everyone knows that He Yi's official career is almost over.

When the emperor was getting old, the most unbearable thing was being fooled by his courtiers, which would make him even more suspicious.

"Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger", no matter what the reason is, "the crime of deceiving the emperor" is not uncommon, not to mention ruining his official career, even losing his head.

"Huh?" After Kangxi finished speaking, seeing that everyone was silent, he couldn't help frowning, looked at Ma Qi and said, "Could it be that there is no one who can be employed in such a big House of Internal Affairs?"

"If you go back to the emperor, Dong Dianbang, who is in charge of the Department of Punishment and Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years. He is mature and prudent, and my slave recommends this person." Ma Qi bowed and replied.

Kangxi nodded, glanced over Sixteen Elder Brother, Cao Yong and others, and asked, "What do you think?"

Dong Dianbang is an old man in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Speaking of which, there are not many officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are more suitable than him, and Ma Qi's recommendation is considered fair.

The sixteenth elder brother, Guan Bao, and Cao Yong had no other recommendations, and they all seconded Ma Qi.

Except that Guan Bao is standing after the new year, Cao Yong and Sixteen elder brothers are indeed younger.Kangxi thought of Huanshi, who was checking the accounts of the sixteenth elder brother recently, and sighed in his heart. It seems that it is just right for a stable person to fill the gap.

The decree ordering Dong Dianbang's office to be in charge of the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was published in the mansion newspaper on the same day and made known to the world.

Cao Yong thinks of Dong Suxin, who is still in the capital, feeling quite tricky.

When he returned to the other courtyard, Cao Yong mentioned to his father that Dong Dianbang was acting as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Cao Yin nodded and said: "With his qualifications, he should have been the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs long ago. If you hadn't been promoted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year, he should have been promoted."

"It's okay to say other things. This Mr. Dong's son has been in contact with him a few times. He is a well-informed person. But, when will the lady in our mansion return to Dong's house?" Cao Yong asked.

Cao Yin had a closer relationship with Dong Suxin's uncle's family, the Shang family, and said to Cao Yin, "I have entrusted the Shang family to be matchmakers, and I have already written to your second brother to tell Miss Dong to your Xiao Wu as his wife."

"Ah?" Cao Yong was surprised when he heard that.

Xiao Wu of the Cao family is only fifteen this year, and Dong Suxin is already twenty, the two are far apart in age.

Besides, Cao Fu has a baby face, and because he is the youngest son, he still speaks childishly; Dong Suxin has been working in Qianqing Palace since he was a teenager, and he is as stable as a wooden man.It's really not a match for two people to get together.

"Where is the emperor?" Cao Yong asked, remembering that Su Xin was still on the booklet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"The emperor has told me in private that Suxin is an honest and steady girl, she can be a daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law, but she can be self-sufficient." Cao Yin glanced at Cao Yong, and said: "It's okay if it's normal. Even if your daughter-in-law doesn't want it in her heart, since she came out of the palace after all, she can't say anything. The fact that you gave birth to a daughter-in-law was a burden to you, and she almost lost her life. If there is any trouble, I'm afraid it will be the seventh elder brother. There must be grievances on the side. You can't be a daughter-in-law, but you can be a nephew. Although you have two sons under your knees, you only have the blood of longevity. After a few years, you will reach the age of thirties. If the daughter-in-law has nothing to do, you Also think about the continuation of the bloodline. The prosperous families in Beijing are mostly those with many children; those with few bloodlines cannot withstand the changes, and many families will fall."

Hearing Cao Yin teach this, Cao Yong hurriedly diverted the conversation and said: "By the way, Father, how did you hear that He Yi is still a minister?"

Cao Yin had already heard about He Yi in the daytime, and now he mentions it, and it is quite embarrassing.He Yi not only dismissed the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and even retired from the previous Enzhao.

Losing his Dingdai Hualing doesn't count, and even his son's future is also ruined.Being rejected by the emperor so far, how easy is it to get reinstated?
"Although He Yi is seeking fame, compared to others, his conduct is pretty good." Cao Yin said with a sigh.

Regarding He Yi's dismissal, Cao Yong didn't think about anything else.

Since you have the courage to confuse Kangxi, you must be conscious, and it is not wronged.Not to mention, the two are officials in the same yamen, Cao Yong has nothing to do with He Yi, but He Yi is always on guard, as if Cao Yong is always thinking of setting him up to avenge his father.

He didn't even think about it, if that's the case, Cao Yong wouldn't have to do anything else, just staring at those censors in the censor's yamen all day long.After all, over the years, not one or two censors impeached their father and son because of major events and trivial matters.

What is a censor?What is the Metropolitan Procuratorate?Is it really to monitor all officials and eliminate officials?This is a big empty lie.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the gun storehouse, and those censors who claim to be "hard-bodied" are the guns in the hands of the powerful.As the target points out, there are people behind the scenes who will raise the line, and it is not easy to be self-professional.

Few of those rotten Confucians know the sufferings of the common people, so they open their mouths self-righteously, and they are used to writing skills and bickering.

He Yi came out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He was sour and noble, so he just loved his name. How could Cao Yong care about him.

Cao Yong was quite surprised that his father was so sure of He Yi.

Back then when He Yi impeached Cao Yin for repairing the Jiangning Garden, he was greedy for ink, and there was a lot of trouble, because this Cao Yin even made a special trip to write an apology.It is also for this reason that the officialdom in the capital speaks clearly about Cao Yin's greed for ink.

After Cao Yin entered Beijing, he was also very estranged from He Yi, and he didn't get close to He Yi just because his son was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Cao Yong couldn't help sighing, he didn't know whether to be speechless or admired his father's selfless "sharing of worries for the country".

He had some conflicts in his heart, perhaps due to the different education he received, he really couldn't understand the loyalty and patriotism of the scholar-bureaucrats 300 years ago.

He also wants to contribute to this country, but not for Kangxi, not for the Qing Dynasty, and for the Chinese to avoid the evil of opium and not have to bear the shame of "sick man of East Asia".

However, this smoke sheet has not been circulated yet, and it is too early to mention this now.

"What does the father want his son to do?" Cao Yong couldn't help asking.

Seeing his son asking such a question, Cao Yin couldn't help being startled, looked at him for a long while, and said: "Young is better than blue because of blue, inheriting the shadow of the family for the father, the first half of life was too easy, and developed the problem of self-righteousness. Yonger, you are strong I have done a lot to be a father, but my future achievements must be beyond my expectations.”

"Father, my son doesn't dare to praise..." Cao Yong didn't expect his father to praise himself, so he was a little embarrassed.He didn't want to hear these, but hoped that his father could guide him in a direction so that he wouldn't feel confused all the time.

Cao Yin looked at his eldest son lovingly, but he didn't say a word.

Dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, my son is also somewhat self-righteous and stubborn...

*
The capital, inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

A few days ago, a decree came, summoning the fourth elder brother to go to Rehe to follow him.Since we are going to leave tomorrow, and there are still errands to be taken care of in the Yamen, so the fourth elder brother will not return until dark.

Sifu Jin's side has already prepared all the luggage for the entourage.

Seeing her husband's tired face, Si Fujin helped him change his clothes, and then held the cup with his own hands, saying: "Master, my concubine asked someone to boil the bird's nest, please drink a bowl. In the past half month, my master has been a little relieved, but it's hot and dry today. I dare not use ginseng."

The fourth elder brother took it, bowed his head and took a few mouthfuls, then remembered something, raised his head and said: "How is Nianshi's preparations going?"

"My concubine asked someone to ask before dinner, and it's already taken care of. It's just..." At this point, Si Fujin paused, and said: "It's just that in the past few years, when Fan Ye went to Rehe, Nian Shi mostly followed him. Li's side, I'm afraid I feel uncomfortable..."

The fourth elder brother couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"Master, how about letting Mrs. Li Tongnian go with you, and my concubine stay at home?" Si Fujin hesitated and asked.

The fourth elder brother shook his head, and said: "No, this time I was ordered to go to Rehe to escape the summer heat, and maybe I will invite the holy driver to visit the garden, and Fujin is a must. Li's side, you can find a way to appease..."

*
Cao's house, sunflower courtyard, Shangfang.

Looking at Chang Sheng sitting on the kang, Dong Suxin's face softened a little.

Changsheng has been eight months old and can sit and crawl.Although Mrs. Li was not in the capital, no one dared to neglect this little ancestor. Everyone from top to bottom took care of him closely and kept him fat and fat.

Mrs. Li was also eager to think about her son in Rehe. She once thought about getting someone to send her youngest son there, but she was worried that she was still too young and might make a mistake on the way.

On Zijing's side, she wrote letters to Mrs. Li and Chuyu the next day, reporting all the affairs in the mansion, which could be considered to relieve Mrs. Li's concerns.

Changsheng also looked at Dong Suxin, his big eyes were black and white, and his small mouth was grinning, revealing his two front teeth.

Dong Suxin stretched out his hand, touched Changsheng's little face, and said: "Sister, it's so strange. I used to hate children the most, and I always felt that crying and making people uneasy; now looking at it, it is Rare in my heart."

That's what women do when they get old.It's because the body is already mature and I want to be a mother.

Zijing was thinking in her heart, but it was hard to say this on her mouth, and said with a smile: "Who is not like this, when I was young, my patience was limited, so I couldn't stand children crying; , I don't feel bothered..."

*
I originally wanted to ask for a monthly pass today, but the family has a lot of things and I can't calm down.Looking at the rankings, I have lost two places in a row, so I had to hurry up and ask for it.Guaranteed monthly pass, please help and support, Xiaojiu will work hard this month, I promise. .

(End of this chapter)