starling is not a bird

Hard times and bad times

Before the lanterns were finished in the first month, the bad news came one after another. The king of North Korea, Li Yu, traveled thousands of miles to play Emperor Kangxi: Hungry at the age of year, Yu Yu was in short supply, public and private were poor, and the eight ways of life continued in Taoism. Call on Zhongjiang to open the market, and the trade valley is barren in Sugou, so that there will be no sacrifices for the country.At the age of eight, there was a great famine, especially in Jihu Lake, and there were corpses in the capital like mountains.

Emperor Kangxi had always been kind to his subjects. Now he thought about the hungry people all over the place, and felt very sad. He immediately ordered Tao Dai, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to go to Tianjin to intercept Henan Caomi. The lead ship led the way, and the relief food must be sent to North Korea as soon as possible.

In addition, expenditures from the Ministry of Households were used to allow local cities along the way to reduce or exempt customs duties in various places, and the salt tax was postponed until July, so that grain merchants in various places actively traded the sea-borne rice stored in Shengjing at a low price.A total of [-] shi of rice was transported by water and land, and [-] shi of the rewards were sent to North Korea.

The North Korean envoys almost broke the floor tiles in the Golden Palace, but the crown prince discussed with Zhan Shifu. North Korea has always regarded itself as an orthodox state under the Ming Dynasty, and now it has surrendered. This is really a blessing for the Qing Dynasty!It is even more fortunate for the crown prince. The North Korean memorial table did not forget to greet the crown prince. Although the gifts sent over were not many, they put the crown prince's thoughts into it, especially the repeated affirmation of the crown prince's status in the memorial table. The crown prince was very satisfied.

So the crown prince decided to allocate some silver taels from his private treasury for disaster relief, thinking that the king of North Korea was only in his thirties, and he would serve him for a long time in the future, so he became more and more eager to win over.After thinking about it, it's not good to do it in front of the emperor, so I had to ask Tao Dai to take it over.

The county kings and Baylors happily went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the Anjia silver, and the officials of the palace to collect Zhuangzi’s fields. After that, they settled down with their mighty motorcades. Luckily, the eighth brother no longer had to go early in the morning Get up and read those books you have read before!There is no errands to do in the first month, eighth brother, no, Lord Babeile is at home holding a hand stove and playing with parrots. Naturally, Fujin leads people to clean up the house. This day is so beautiful.

The envoy of North Korea had already left yesterday, Lao Jiu nagged at himself for a long time, Huang Ama always likes to give favors, obviously he is not relaxed here, but he wants to be a good person outside, so what is North Korea? thing?Back then, he vowed to die for his country with the former Ming Dynasty, but now he is shy and comes to ask for a reward. How shameless!

The eighth elder brother didn't reply after he finished muttering. He knew who Huang Ama was better than his younger brother.Hunan also suffered a poor harvest last year, but Huang Ama said that the two lakes are tax-heavy places, and they insist on not reducing or exempting a penny of tax. I'm afraid there will be chaos there in the beginning of spring.

Thinking about North Korea, it is just a reputation for righteousness. Huang Ama spared no effort to prove his orthodoxy, what good is it?Could it be that the Eight Banners ruled the world with the Four Books and Five Classics?Or will we have to rely on flattery to keep the country in the future?

Thinking of the mess that the fourth brother later took over, the eighth elder brother smiled unkindly, looked at the newly planted green pines and cypresses in the yard, the eighth elder brother hung the rack of snow clothes on the branches, took a water bottle and slowly Slowly watering one by one, and some fresh snow in the morning, the tree is getting taller and taller against the background.

Ma Qiyun was picked up by the eighth elder brother to be the internal steward of the palace, wearing a nine-rank internal servant look, he looked very energetic, and now he is also in charge of hundreds of people, and he is so excited that he even walks every day All have wind on the soles of their feet.The eighth elder brother has long been used to Ma Qiyun's service, and now he is a little uncomfortable after leaving for a while. The little eunuch who got up to serve in the morning is not careless, but just different. He intends to let Ma Qiyun come back, but watching him every day With a high-spirited look, Eighth Brother endured it again.

Speaking of coming out this time, although there is no difference on the surface, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have taken care of them, and the nurses who have been assigned are more capable. The managers of the caravan shop all sent dry stocks over. This New Year's Eve, the eighth elder brother is already rich as hell, even if he hasn't reached the level of being invincible.

Eighth Fujin just married, and Eighth Elder Brother didn't want to tell her all about his family background. Firstly, Fujin is too young, and secondly, he has to think carefully. Good steel should be used wisely. Similarly, my brother's hard-earned money He also didn't want to buy all the pearl hairpin plugs for Fujin.

He kept part of the money in his younger brother’s bank account, and he asked the Shang family to put away the other part, leaving tens of thousands of taels of silver in the account for expenses, and occasionally accompanied Fujin to read the journal. It’s so dangerous, Fujin is still studying at home. As a butler, after only ten days or so, the palace can be regarded as well-organized, and the eighth elder brother has nothing to worry about every day.

When entering the palace to eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival, the eighth elder brother only brought Fujin with him. Before getting on the sedan chair, he handed Fujin two 5000 taels of silver tickets: "If you see a chance, pass it to the concubine Jia, you know?" Fujin's small face was flushed red, and he nodded solemnly, took it and folded it carefully and put it in his purse.

When he came back, Brother Eight carefully asked Concubine Jia about her complexion and health. In fact, Fujin entered the palace this time with a group of concubines, and the empresses in each palace basically met each other within an hour. Even the bank note was handed over with great difficulty, looking at the opportunity, where is there a time to look at my mother-in-law carefully?

Besides, which one of the concubines' faces is not red and willow green?Even if the concubine Jia likes to be natural, how can she paint brightly in such a way that she doesn't fit in?It's just that it's hard to say this, she was afraid that the eighth elder brother would feel that she was incompetent and would make excuses, but she was not good at telling lies, so she hesitated for a long time and didn't say it out, the concubine Jia looked good Ah still not good!

Fortunately, there is still the caring ninth elder brother. He is in the palace, and from time to time he can help the eighth elder brother pass a message to the concubine Jia. Speaking of which, the eighth elder brother is still a little worried about his mother. Of course, I would like it more in the future. If Erniang, who has no support from her mother in the palace, loses her holy favor, I'm afraid life will be difficult. It seems that I have to go to the elder brother's house for a walk.

The elder brother's county mansion occupies a larger area, and because of Prince Yu's selfishness, the elder brother was placed in a corner in the west of the city, next to the third elder brother whom he never liked.Mingzhu brought her son to say hello early in the morning, and even recommended a good florist to the elder brother.

What they sent were nothing more than some common flowers, but fortunately the elder brother was not a person who liked them, Kui Xu Kuifang was sent to the garden to watch the florist plant flowers, and Mingzhu followed the elder brother into the study outside.

: "Mr. Gao sent Huang Ama a copy of "Zuo Zhuan"" the eldest brother said casually. Although he doesn't like reading, it doesn't mean that the elder brother is a brute with only force. Good book!

Mingzhu smiled and said: "The prince of the county is wise, otherwise why would Mr. Gao try his best to plan for the prince?"

Eldest brother curled his lips disapprovingly, ignoring Mingzhu's flattery: "This time Huang Ama took the second child's person to North Korea, so is it necessary to stand up for him in the subordinate country now?"

Mingzhu smiled: "My lord is too worried. The emperor has the thoughts of the emperor, and the prince naturally has the thoughts of the prince. They may not be able to think of one place. If they think of two places, it will be the prince's blessing!"

The elder brother said: "What is this king not clear about the second child's temper? It's nothing more than showing off his position everywhere!"

: "Yes, even those who follow the prince believe that the prince will be the master in the future!" Mingzhu answered indifferently.

: "Oh?" Eldest brother's interest was aroused: "Could it be that his subordinates are doing something?"

: "Tao Shilang was born in poverty, but his net worth has become richer and richer in the past few years. He is not a big official, but he has a lot of ostentation. It is inevitable that he has some ideas." Mingzhu smiled seriously.

By the time the eighth elder brother arrived, Mingzhu had already been left by the elder brother for dinner, and the eighth elder brother was naturally sitting next to the eldest elder brother. Poor Kui Xu and Kui Fang had to be at the last table, standing up from time to time to answer It is very unsettling to have a meal with father or elder brother's questioning.

Between the words and the words, the eighth elder brother is sensitive to realize that his elder brother is growing up at an astonishingly fast rate. Sure enough, suffering is the best life teacher. The elder brother who has been beaten by Huang Ama and the crown prince began to face up to his own shortcomings. And trying to learn how to use the environment to create conditions to dig a hole for others to jump. As a younger brother, how can you not support it?