Prince Heng [Qing wear]

The 23rd year of Kangxi was a magical year, and it was also a year full of disasters and illnesses.

In February, Heilongjiang General Sabusu was ordered to guard the Heilongjiang River Basin, and his troops approached Yaksa.

Therefore, Kangxi found that the treasury was almost out of money.

The previous eradication of Oboi, leveling of the San Francisco, and unification of the South had cost the court too much money. Although some stolen money was paid later, it was not enough to make ends meet, and the national treasury was almost drained.

So the whole Forbidden City came to a campaign of reducing clothing and food.The Empress Dowager took the lead in living a restrained and frugal life, avoiding extravagance, taking out the savings in the palace for relief, and fully cooperating and supporting her grandson's career.The queen mother followed closely, and all the concubines changed into old clothes from previous years, and donated the silver saved by the court to reward the soldiers who went out.In order to fully cooperate with the emperor, the imperial concubine in charge of the harem announced that all the concubines in the palace, except those who were pregnant, would have their expenses halved.

In the court, the ministers of the Manchu and Han Dynasties also struggled to cooperate with the emperor. The ministers of the Jiuqing formulated the money and food inventory method in each province according to the decree of the Long Live God, and tried their best to avoid the occurrence of corruption in money and food in various places.On top of this, Kangxi added several regulations, asking the generals, governors, admirals and other officials of each province to print their bow ties and send them to the Ministry on a quarterly basis for verification.

After several rounds of thunderous tactics, the surplus money in the household department gradually increased, Kangxi was in a good mood, and another bad thing happened.

"Strange, fourth brother, didn't Khan Ama say that he would come to the school to test our riding and archery skills yesterday. Our schoolwork is almost over, why hasn't Khan Ama come yet?" Fifth elder brother asked the fourth elder brother who was standing next to him .

"Maybe Khan Ama is busy with official duties, and sometimes he forgot. Recently, the court is still discussing the Yichang Ah, Jin Jun corruption case and the war in the north." The fourth elder brother replied, but he was a little worried.Because according to past experience, Khan Ama would never go back on his word if he promised them these elder brothers.Even if you can't come for a while, you will send someone to say it.

"Oh my god! Fifth brother, look at what's over there!" Sixth brother exclaimed.

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the sixth elder brother, and saw a thick smoke rising above the south of the Forbidden City.

"This must be a big fire." The third elder brother murmured, "How many houses have to be burned to make such a big smoke. Judging from the direction and distance of the smoke, it seems to be outside the Zhengyang Gate."

Suddenly, Wei Zhu, a young apprentice next to Liang Jiugong, appeared in the school grounds.

"The slave sends greetings to all elder brothers."

"Get up. Khan Ama asked you to come, but what do you want to report?" Because the third elder brother was the oldest among the elder brothers present, he was the first to ask.

Wei Zhu respectfully replied: "Respond to my elder brother's words. Long live let the servants pass the message to the elder brothers, because a fire broke out outside the Zhengyang Gate of the capital, and the houses were severely damaged. Long live personally boarded the Zhengyang Gate tower to direct the fire. So today The school exam has been cancelled, brothers, go back to brother's place to rest earlier."

The third elder brother replied with half a salute; "Then thank you, Eunuch Wei, for passing the message."

Wei Zhu hurriedly backed away: "Don't dare, I will resign."

"Then let's go back too." The third elder brother said first, "Brother, I will leave first, eh, I am exhausted today."

"Third brother, go slowly." The remaining little elder brothers said.

"Xiao Wu, let's go back too." The fourth elder brother looked at the fifth elder brother.

"Ah, no, today I'm going to the Palace of Mercy to accompany Ermo Geerji for dinner. Fourth brother, you and Xiaoliu Xiaoqi, let's go first." Fifth elder brother rubbed the back of his head a little embarrassedly, "Fourth brother Brother, don't worry, I will help you look at Jiumei."

The fourth elder brother was stunned for a moment, thinking that his desire for Concubine Yi's maternal love had disappeared, and then replied: "Okay, Xiao Wu, thank you very much."

Charity Palace.

"Emmage Eji, I'm here. Yinqi greets Emege Eji, and wishes Emege Eji good luck and health." The fifth elder brother greeted the queen mother who was sitting on the bed.

"Okay, good boy, come here quickly, and let Ermegeerji take a look." The queen mother lovingly stroked the fifth brother's head, "Our little five has really grown a lot taller. Little five, You have to eat well, strive to grow stronger, and never get sick like Haidongqing on the grassland."

"Okay, Yinqi is obedient, and Yinqi listens to Emege Eji the most. Yinqi must eat well and grow as strong as a calf, so that Emege Eji will never worry." The fifth elder brother laughed.

"Then Xiaowu, you have to remember what you said, don't coax me, an old woman." The queen mother smiled kindly.

"Emmage Eji is not old at all, Emmage Eji is so young, without any white hair, just as beautiful as flowers on the grassland." Fifth elder brother said, "Emmage Eji still has to look at I married Fujin and gave birth to my little elder brother, Little Gege."

"Okay, okay, my old woman will always be with my Amugulang and watch my Amugulang grow up." The queen mother straightened the corner of the fifth elder brother's clothes, "Go and wash your hands. Today I specially let the meal The room has prepared your favorite dishes, and our Amugulang will eat more later."

The fifth elder brother smiled: "Okay, I just knew that Ermege Erji is the best for me."

"You little clever ghost, you say this to everyone, I don't believe it."

"Xiao Wu is sincere in what he says to Emege Eji." The fifth elder brother acted like a baby.

After dinner, Fifth Prince stayed in the Palace of Mercy to rest.

The fifth elder brother felt a little bored: "Mommy, where is the ninth sister? Take her out to play."

"Xiao Wu, you're naughty again." The Queen Mother scolded with a smile, and signaled the nanny to let the nanny take Xiao Gege out.

"Ah—" It had been quite a while since Jiu Gege finished breastfeeding, and now he was full of energy, drooling and looking at the strange little brother in front of him. "Ah-hug-hug-"

"Does Xiaojiu want my brother to hug you? Come, come here, brother hugs you." The fifth elder brother hugged Jiu Gege, and the nanny on the side looked terrified.

Jiugege's saliva smeared onto the fifth elder brother's face, it was soft and soft, with a nice milky fragrance.

"Eh, geerji, look, the ninth younger sister is smiling at me, she likes me." The fifth prince smirked at the queen mother.

"Jiuyatou can smile so happily at anyone, don't forget that you made her cry last time. Be careful, this little girl will hold her grudge." The Queen Mother laughed.

"A child's memory is so good." The fifth elder brother didn't take it seriously, but suddenly found that his hands were hot. It turned out that Jiu Gege accidentally urinated on the fifth elder brother.The fifth elder brother seemed calm, but in fact he was completely numb.He carefully returned Jiugege to the nanny, and looked at the queen mother with a mournful face.

The Empress Dowager couldn't laugh or cry, she didn't expect that the retribution would come so quickly after she said what she said. "Go to your original house and change your clothes. It's too late now, your house is still reserved for you, and the decorations inside have not been touched by you. Let's stay in the Palace of Mercy tonight."

"Yes, Ermegeerji." The fifth elder brother was extremely helpless.

Returning to his original house in the Palace of Mercy, the fifth elder brother looked at everything familiar before him, as if he had never moved to elder brother's house.The grandma in charge beside the queen mother brought a change of clothes.

"Huh, these clothes are all new?" Fifth elder brother asked doubtfully.

"Brother, you don't know something. Although you have moved out of the Palace of Mercy and Ren and moved to Brother's house, the Empress Dowager still misses you every day, and the clothes of each season are still made for you as usual, just waiting for you You can wear it someday when you return to the Palace of Mercy. Your Majesty misses you." The nanny explained.

"Excuse me, Ge Erji, for worrying about me." The fifth elder brother didn't know what to say. At the beginning, he was so eager to move to the elder brother's house to feel the freedom without being disciplined.At that time, Ermegeerji must be very sad.He should have spent a few more years with Erme Geerji.

The mammy saluted: "Then brother, rest well, and the servants will leave first."

"Mommy walk slowly."

The fifth elder brother was lying on the bed, the quilt was warm, full of the smell of the sun.There is no dusty smell in this house, waiting for its owner to come back at any time.Lying in the warm blanket, Fifth Prince gradually fell asleep.

The next day was a new beginning. The fifth elder brother got up early and had breakfast, said goodbye to Emoge Eji, and headed for Shang's study.

"Mother, why did you get up so early today, go back to sleep for a while." The nurse in charge advised.

"No, since I've woken up, it's not easy to go back to sleep." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "For those clothes made for Xiao Wu, save a few sets for washing, and send the rest to Elder Brother's place."

"Yes, ma'am. The servant will do it now."

Shang study.

Under the leadership of the masters, all elder brothers were discussing the fire that happened outside Zhengyang Gate yesterday.

"Yesterday, the emperor first ordered the ministers and guards to put it out, and then sent people to inspect it several times. The emperor found that there was no one in the Sifang patrol camp, let alone firefighters. Therefore, at today's court meeting, the emperor did not take precautions against the relevant officials. , The dereliction of duty of failing to give first aid in case of a disaster has been severely reprimanded."

According to Kangxi's instructions, the master used yesterday's fire incident to test the elder brothers, "Today we are going to discuss how to prevent a fire from happening, and how to give first aid if it happens. Which elder brother will answer first? "

The third elder brother took the lead in answering: "The fire outside Zhengyangmen was all caused by the negligence of the patrolling battalion. If they could have discovered the fire and rescued it as soon as possible, the fire would not have spread so fast. Therefore, Yinzhi It is believed that the management of low-level officials should be strengthened and strict requirements should be imposed to reduce the occurrence of similar fires."

The master nodded: "Well, the third elder brother is right. Do the other elder brothers have anything to add?"

"Master, Yinzhen agrees with the third brother's point of view. The management of low-level officials can allow them to supervise each other and establish an assessment system for low-level management. If the performance is good, the monthly salary can be increased; if the performance is not good, the monthly salary can be reduced. "The fourth elder brother added.

"Although it is a new idea to use money to benefit people's hearts, there are inevitably some hidden dangers. Fifth elder brother, I see that you have thought about it for a long time, do you have any ideas?" The master asked fifth elder brother.

"I'm just wondering why the fire burns so fast. It should be a problem with the materials of the house. I heard that people often use wood, thatch and mud to build their houses. Wood is flammable, so the fire will grow bigger and bigger. It’s out of control. If stones or other fire-resistant materials were used, there might not be such a big fire. Also, I heard that horse-head walls are built between houses in the south to block the fire. The capital city can also refer to this method to reduce the fire."

The master nodded, thinking that the fifth elder brother was a little naive and cute: "The second point of the fifth elder brother is somewhat reasonable. But the first point is a bit whimsical. Stone is expensive and not easy to obtain, and ordinary people cannot afford it. Alright , This class will end here first, brothers, let’s go have lunch.”