Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 670 Personnel

In the capital, the Yamen of the Punishment Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After the report from the court mansion, Dong Dianbang was surrounded by various "congratulatory" voices.Although he was happy in his heart, he didn't dare to be too proud on his face.

The House of Internal Affairs is in deep water, and they are the emperor's retainers. There are many icing on the cake, and there are many people waiting to make trouble.

Dong Dianbang is a doctor of the Department of Punishment, and he has a lot of complicated errands on hand.

There are many books and accounts involved in this, Dong Dianbang sorted it out for a long time, and only a little while after finishing it, he saw a note coming in to reply, saying that it was Master He Yihe who came.

After hearing this, Dong Dianbang straightened his collar and sleeves and went out to meet him in person.

He Yi is not a man of the city, his face is gloomy, without the slightest smile.Followed by two pen posts, holding a lacquered wooden box in each hand.

Dong Dianbang sighed inwardly, with a respectful expression on his face, he held on to the gift as a subordinate.

He Yi's expression was a little complicated, he nodded, as a return gift, and said: "Master Dong must have known the will, I am sending Master Dong the seal key." After speaking, he turned around and pointed, the two A wooden box in the form of a pen in his hand, said: "This is the key to the seal of the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and that is the key to the seal of the Prime Minister of Fengchenyuan. Please keep it, Mr. Dong."

Dong Dianbang bowed in response, stretched out his hand to invite He Yi into the hall to have tea, and asked someone to put away the seal key.

He Yi saw that Dong Dianbang gave himself to the upper seat, and he was accompanied by the lower prime minister, his expression softened a lot.

After taking two sips of tea, he raised his head and said, "Master Dong, you and I have been colleagues for many years, and we get along well. I don't know if I should say something or not?"

He Yi heard this, and hurriedly said: "My lord, if you have any instruction, please tell me directly, and I will definitely listen to it."

He Yi nodded, and said: "Brother Sixteen is looking into the old accounts, and I don't know what to do. Although I have been dismissed, after all, I have been in office for many years, and if something happens, I will not be able to get rid of it. Mr. Dong is also an old man in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , Thinking about it, I don’t want to see the House of Internal Affairs continue to be troubled. Brother Sixteen, please find a way to persuade Mr. Dong.” At the end, he was already a bit dull.

But after a while, he seemed to have exhausted his strength, with a bit of shame on his face, and walked away lightly with his head down.

Dong Dianbang sent He Yi outside the door, watching his back go away, he felt very sad.

Who can be clean in the big dye vat of the House of Internal Affairs?
He Yi is a talented man among the people, and he doesn't just want to make money like other officials.If so, I have been in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years, and I can't tell clearly.

Now, his Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Chief of the House of Internal Affairs have all been dismissed, and even his son Yinsheng has been dismissed.If there are any other charges, he should go to jail.

Apart from being disheartened, there was also a little fear in the rest.In the officialdom, there is no shortage of people who climb high and step down, and who fall into trouble.

If he sees that he has no hope of reinstatement, I don't know how many people will jump out and add a hat to him.If that's the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come out whole.

He Yi was still born in Manchuria with a common surname, but Dong Dianbang was born in Baoyi. If someone catches him with any clues, he doesn't know what will happen.

Thinking of this, Dong Dianbang felt quite heavy.

He has worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for half his life, and most of his brothers, nephews and nephews have worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If the sixteenth elder brother really investigates to the end, I am afraid that there are not many people in this yamen who can work as officials.

There is going to be trouble, he, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who has just been acquired, is about to become Nankeyimeng.

Dong Dianbang couldn't help stroking his forehead, and returned to the yamen, not in the mood to take care of other matters.

Now, I have to think about writing a book for Kangxi.Kangxi's will in the mansion newspaper only mentioned Dong Dianbang acting as the head of the House of Internal Affairs, but did not mention the matter of Feng Chenyuan.

There are many affairs under the jurisdiction of Fengchen Garden, such as the repair of Jingshan, Sanhai, Nanyuan and other places, as well as the management and repair of Changchun Garden, Rehe Palace, Tangquan Palace, etc.

Therefore, Dong Dianbang calmed down, took the paper on the folder, and wrote "Dong Dianbang, Acting Director of the House of Internal Affairs, please deliver the seal key to whom to fold", the content is as follows:

The servant Dong Dianbang would like to play:
For the purpose.

It was stolen from the mansion newspaper on the [-]th of this month. It was ordered that Dong Dianbang, a slave, should act as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Qin this Qin compliance.He Yi sent a key to the seal of the head of the House of Internal Affairs and a key to the seal of Fengchenyuan.In addition to accepting the seal key of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the slaves also ask for an order to whom to deliver the seal key of Chenyuan.I would like to play for this.

Putting down his pen, Dong Dianbang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he thought of the marriage with the Cao family that he had ordered a few days ago.

The marriage between the Dong and Cao families is really appropriate...

The most indispensable thing in the world is people who follow others.

Dong Dianbang had just taken over the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and those who went to Dong's house to talk about marriage were about to break the threshold.

Dong Dianbang has seven sons and grandchildren, and several of them have reached the age of marriage.Even the granddaughter of the Dong family immediately became a favorite.The eldest granddaughter Su Xin is rarely cared about.

Su Xin's father was a little anxious, and made a special trip to tell his father about it.Even if you really want to tell the Cao family, it's not good to delay so unclearly, whether you should take your daughter back to marry.

Dong Dianbang was as still as a mountain, he didn't nod his head to ask his son to pick him up.

Although he promised his granddaughter to the second wife of Cao's family, what the old man valued was the relationship with Cao's first wife, and he naturally hoped that the closer the relationship between his granddaughter and the second wife, the better.

*
"What, Miss Dong said to Xiaowu?" Zhao Jia was surprised when she heard what her son Cao Song said, stood up, frowned, and said, "What is this called? Isn't it already separated? Why is your uncle Want to meddle in the matter of the second room? Xiaowu's daughter-in-law naturally wants me to choose it myself, why pass me by?"

"Mother, before my uncle left, I mentioned it once. Because the matter of the fourth child has not been settled yet, the son thought it was not urgent, so he didn't report it to his mother. Only when I received a letter from my uncle yesterday, did I know that it was almost done." Cao Song He replied: "Didn't my mother also praise Miss Dong before, it can be seen that she is satisfied."

"That girl of the Dong family is a cow, she is as old as your daughter-in-law, and she is five or six years younger than her junior. How can she be a match?" Zhao Jia raised her eyebrows and said, "Besides, her grandfather is a fifth-rank, and her father is still alive." The sixth rank is on the job. Even if you find a relative among the guards, it is more decent than getting married with their family."

"Mother, Dong Dianbang has been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, equal to his elder brother, and he is a third-rank Jingtang." Cao Song said.

"Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Mrs. Zhao Jia was slightly surprised when she heard this, and sat sideways on the kang, with a bit of suspicion, she said, "When did this happen? Didn't you say that the old man of the Dong family had a beard? See you?" No, does it look solid?"

"I've seen it twice. It's very solid. I often hold two big walnuts in my hand. I like to raise mynah the most. The old man is a kind-hearted person." Cao Song replied with a smile.

Zhao Jia's heart felt like grass had grown, he couldn't sit still, and called out loudly: "Hongmei, call for hot water, I have to go out."

"Mother, this is to..." Cao Song was puzzled.

"I have to go to the West Mansion to see each other in person, otherwise I have no idea. If there is something inappropriate, even if I tear my old face, I can't accept this marriage." Zhao Jia said eloquently.

When Cao Song heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Mother, since uncle has already made an appointment, let's prepare a small ceremony, so what's the fuss?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia gave Cao Song a cross-eyed look, and said, "You are the head of the second room. Do you still have to listen to the arrangement of the long room in the future? If it is appropriate, this marriage will make it; if it is not appropriate, why should you be wronged?" Xiao Wu?"

"Didn't mother praise Miss Dong? My uncle and aunt also fell in love with her, so I think it's a good idea." Cao Song advised.

"It's not the daughter-in-law of the long house. Naturally, your uncle and aunt won't be careful. It's good to look at them, because they are outsiders, and we can't find any faults with them; if you want to be a daughter-in-law, you must look carefully before you can nod." .” Mrs. Zhao Jia was not persuaded, so naturally she insisted on going her own way.

Cao Song wanted to persuade again, a maid brought hot water, and Zhao Jia wanted to change clothes, so he kicked his son out.

Cao Song returned to the East Court feeling disappointed, feeling a little depressed.

Regarding this marriage, he is not very optimistic about it, not to mention the big age difference, and Dong Suxin and Xiaowu also have a big difference in temperament, one is silent and stable, the other is lively and frivolous.

Besides, it's still at this time, those who don't know, think that the Cao family is clinging to the upstart Dong's family.

Jinghui was sitting by the kang doing needlework, when she saw her husband come back, she stood up to greet her, and said, "I have already told my wife? Did my wife answer?"

Cao Song sat down on the kang, and said sullenly: "I didn't want to at first. I heard that Dong Dianbang was promoted to the head of the House of Internal Affairs, and his complexion improved. Now he is changing clothes. He said he has to go to the West Mansion to see each other before he can make a decision." .”

Seeing that her husband was unhappy, Jing Hui comforted her and said: "Don't worry, Master, Miss Dong is a person from the palace, with her steady energy, even if ten wives go, she can't find fault. This marriage should be a success. gone."

Cao Song fell on the kang, stretched out his hand to count the days, and said: "I set off on the sixth day of the fourth day, and it will take more than half a month from the capital to Henan Mansion for more than 1000 miles. Count the days, and now I have walked more than half the distance. Look. According to the report from the imperial court, the envoys from the Ministry of Rites will lead people to meet His Majesty Rehe for the filling of vacancies after May. The fourth child did not make it in time, or else he would be able to reunite with his uncle and elder brother."

"Fourth uncle is young, but he is a prudent person, so I don't need to worry too much. Right now, if the marriage with Dong's family really comes to fruition, there is one thing that my wife and I need to worry about." Jinghui said.

"Oh? What's the matter?" Cao Song sat up and asked.

"Didn't the wife and the master think about it, wait for the fourth uncle to return to Beijing after his tenure is over, and then arrange the marriage for the fourth uncle? Naturally, the fifth uncle is under the fourth uncle, so there is no reason to surpass his elder brother. In this way, is it necessary to let Miss Dong wait?" Three years?" Jinghui said.

Cao Song hadn't thought about this question yet, so he was a little ignorant, and said, "Then how good is this? Miss Dong is considered an old lady now, and if she waits another three years, it will be even later."

"I've heard of someone marrying her off, but it's just from thousands of miles away, and I don't know that the family who promises to marry is reluctant to let the girl suffer." Jing Hui said.

"You have to have someone to marry you to? It seems that I have to talk to my wife, and I have to take care of the fourth brother's marriage. It should be settled earlier, so I can make good plans." Cao Song thought about these things. I couldn't help feeling a headache about the housework, and said to Jinghui: "By the way, didn't you say that Tianhu's aunt is not feeling well these days, did you invite a doctor?"

Jinghui hesitated for a moment, and said: "I reported to my wife earlier, but my wife stopped me, saying that Tianxiang is pretending to be sick to catch demons. I have already asked Chun'er to send some tonics, and I have sent Chun'er there every day for the past two days. I visited him once. I am really sick, but fortunately, I have recovered in the past two days, and it will be almost the same after a few more days."

When Cao Song heard this, he frowned, shook his head, and said, "Ma'am, it's true. If you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, Tianhu is still so young. Without his father and aunt, and no mother to take care of him, how many Poor. If something like this happens again in the future, if you don’t want to persuade your wife, just tell me, and I’ll tell your wife.”

Jinghui nodded in agreement, the husband and wife were talking, when the little maid from the main room came over to pass on a message, saying: "Second Master, Second Mistress, the wife has returned from the West Mansion, please come and talk to Second Master and Second Mistress."

"So fast?" Cao Song glanced at his wife, the couple got up and followed the little maid out to Mrs. Zhao Jia's house.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was wearing a blue flag dress that was probably new, sitting on the edge of the kang, her expression was a little gloomy, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Seeing his son and daughter-in-law coming, Zhao Jia nodded and told them to sit down, the anxiety was no longer on his face.

"There's really nothing to choose from looks, looks, and conversation." Zhao Jia sighed and said, "Don't talk about being the youngest daughter-in-law of our family, even being the eldest daughter-in-law of a high-ranking family is also a good choice." Got it."

"That's the case, my wife should be happy, why are you still sighing?" Cao Song looked at Zhao Jia's not looking happy, and asked inexplicably.

Zhao Jia's eyes were already red, and he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and said: "I think of the third child, if the third child could talk about such a daughter-in-law back then, it wouldn't be hard for me to think about it when I was young. The white-haired man will send the black-haired man." At the end, he lost his voice with sobs.

Cao Song and Jinghui couldn't bear to hear this, so they tried to persuade them.

After persuasion for a while, Zhao Jia's mood improved, and she ordered Jinghui to prepare a small ceremony...

*
West Mansion, Sunflower Courtyard.

Dong Suxin looked at Amethyst, her face turned pale with astonishment, she held back her shyness, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, what did the second wife mean by that 'family' just now?"

On Zijing's side, it was because Zhao Jia came over just now that she knew some hidden things.

Seeing Su Xin like this, she couldn't bear it, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing anyway, my wife likes girls the most, and I was thinking that I couldn't bear to marry her off, now my wish has been fulfilled."

Dong Suxin's face was flushed, although she was astonished in her heart, but it was related to her life, and it was not easy to say it casually, so she had to lower her head, her heart was already in a mess...

*
Rehe, the palace yamen,
Elder brother Sixteen was very excited, so he found the booklet from April and showed Cao Yong the tricks on it.The imperial decree has already added grace. Those who pay the grain, brown rice, money grain, fishing and hunting belonging to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must receive the grace of the Holy Grace. In the middle of the tax, half of the money will be reduced by half, and those who have reduced by [-]% will be reduced by [-]%.

Don't look at the others, just look at the money, grain and Zhengfu listed in detail above.

Comparing this detailed list down to the number of meters (ten is one liter) and several bundles of grass, and comparing the number of cultivated fields in the Huangzhuang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you will find that the gap between them is not a star and a half.

In the past few decades, with the division of the prince's mansion, many Huangzhuangs have been granted, but the total number of Huangzhuangs in the book is still increasing, which is due to the cultivation of land.

Although the amount of land is large, the silver fees and livestock tributes that each Zhuangzi needs to pay are still custom made decades ago.

However, what the Ministry of Internal Affairs puts into the treasury is often not enough for the palace expenses, and the difference must be handed over to the various yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for purchase.In this way, it is another large sum of money expenditure.

Most of the things they buy are obtained from this capitalless Huangzhuang.

In order to earn more, the part of this difference is increased year by year.On the Huangzhuang side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, due to various excuses, less and less money, food and tributes were handed over to the treasury.

This is a costless business, and I can't blame the Ministry of Internal Affairs for spending millions of taels a year, most of which fall into the pockets of these people.

"Don't talk about the past, whether to pursue it or not depends on Huang Ama's intentions. What about after this? If we can figure out a way to make good rules and plug this loophole, the savings will be hundreds of dollars throughout the year. Ten thousand taels." Elder Sixteen smiled happily, raised his eyebrows, and said, "This is the real thing, it hurts those people."

After hearing this, Cao Yong couldn't help nodding, saying: "This is a good idea. It's just that there are countless Huangzhuang in Shanhaiguan, Gubeikou, Kounei, Zhili and other places. It is also a lot of work to check and verify."

"The project is the project, and the two of us are idle." The sixteenth elder brother said here, his face was a little more solemn, and he looked at Cao Yong and said: "Cao Yong, where is the root of the imperial court? Don't say it, you know it. The corruption of officials is really worrying. If you and I can restore the cleanliness in the House of Internal Affairs, maybe it will bring a clean stream in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty."

Cao Yong was quite surprised, looked at Elder Sixteen and said: "Didn't Master Sixteen once said that this is untouchable? How can you be diligent?"

"My lord's hat didn't fall from the sky..." Elder Sixteen smiled wryly, "I can't just pretend to be a child and spend all day trying to make fun of Huang Ama. If I'm like Third Brother, The fourth brother and the others are so powerful, and those villains dare not take the idea of ​​the fifteenth brother at will. Besides, I have been in front of Huang Ama, and I am afraid that the brothers are afraid of me. And save them from fearing me."

Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Yong and said: "I know you are not troublesome. If you are not willing, I will find a way to let Huang Ama transfer you to the Ministry of Households. Left and right Huang Ama is thinking about you What does it matter what yamen you are in to earn money for him?"

Not only Brother Sixteen needs to avoid suspicion, but even the Cao family should avoid suspicion.

The in-laws are old and complicated, and they are also not a small force.In addition, the fourth elder brother hated corrupt officials, so he had to show his loyalty to the future emperor in advance.

Cao Yong thought to himself, shook his head, and said: "Master Sixteen, don't toss about the lowly job, let's let the lowly job be full. These years, counting, I haven't survived for three years in terms of any shortcomings. I know If you know, the emperor favors promotion; if you don’t know, you still think I’m restless, so ambitious.”

Brother Sixteen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he thumped Cao Yong's shoulder, and said: "When did you care about what other people said? Why didn't you know that you love this false name?"

"Tongue can kill, Lord Sixteen." Cao Yong didn't have the slightest smile on his face, and said solemnly: "Even if there is something groundless, it can turn into a knife to hurt people at a critical moment."

Hearing his emotion, Elder Sixteen said, "Is this a grievance for He Yi? It's not like you don't know the faces of the censors, it's always been like this, why bother to get angry with them?"

"I'm not angry, but I think it's ridiculous and sad. It's obviously an institution of inspectors and officials, but it has become a mad dog biting people who obey their masters. If it's really good to eat and wait for death, just listen to them yelling a few times; it's obviously dry. Seriously, you have to be on guard against being bitten by them at any time, which is really annoying."

"Who doesn't bother?" Elder Sixteen sighed, and said, "There's nothing you can do about being annoyed. What does the Yushi do? Even if you're a show off, you can only bear the annoyance."

Even if he doesn't like He Yi, Cao Yong can't say that he hates him.Then in the past few days, hearing the various crimes that the censor had imposed on He Yi, even he, who never cared about other people's affairs, felt angry.

That is no longer a simple "adding insult to injury", it is already necessary to put them to death and then hurry up.

In the past few years when Cao Yong went to Beijing, there are many people who have been dismissed from office, not just one or two.

It was Mu Helun, the Minister of the Household Department who had just been reinstated, who had favored Gali in the case of mutual criticism between Zhang Boxing and Gali a few years ago, and was reprimanded by Kangxi.

At that time, there were rumors that Mu Helun had received a lot of bribes from Ga Li, so he turned the truth upside down in front of the emperor and blamed Zhang Boxing.

These words are not groundless. Mu Helun was promoted from the minister of the Ministry of Rites to the Minister of the Ministry of Households in the 49th year of Kangxi. It happened that Cao Yong was working in the Ministry of Households.

Corrupt officials have connections, but those who fall into trouble are rare; those who are usually withdrawn like He Yi are more conspicuous.

This is the way of the world, everyone is in the quagmire, so you can't see others being noble.If you seize the opportunity, you have to drag it into the mire and roll it twice, and everyone will look dirty, so that you will feel at ease.

"Come on, after a few years, if Fu Ruo has enough qualifications, he will go to the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and train those censors well, so that they can see what is the responsibility of a censor." Elder Sixteen took a picture Pat Cao Yong on the shoulder, said.

Cao Yong listened, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I feel dizzy when I think of those adults who are 'hard-bodied' and 'just and unjust'. Let them be arrogant, and I only hope that they are really clean, otherwise You never know when the retribution will come.”

That's right, when the fourth elder brother ascends the throne, no matter if you are a censor or an official of the six ministries, as long as you are greedy for ink, if you don't pull one of them, no one will run away.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong couldn't help being a little excited, and he was looking forward to the faster life and the earlier Yongzheng Dynasty.

It is a daydream to want Kangxi to let go of the dignity of "Renjun" and take action to rectify the administration of officials.

*
Rehe, San Age King's Garden, study room.

The third elder brother put down his pen, he had no intention of painting.He frowned, raised his head and asked: "Okay, why did Huang Ama think of calling him over? There is no one else, just him?"

Opposite him, wearing ordinary clothes and holding a folding fan in his hand, was Brother Shiwu.

"I don't know, not only the third brother was surprised, the younger brother is also very puzzled..." The fifteenth elder brother shook his head and replied.

The third elder brother stomped his feet vigorously, and said: "Leave him alone, anyway, I have almost cleaned up here, and I will wait for the emperor's holy car after praying for rain..."

*
There are still two days left for the double monthly pass, so Xiao Jiu rolls around begging for the monthly pass. . . .

(End of this chapter)