Drunk Qingqiu

Su Yang brought over the ledgers of a dozen shops in Jingli, and Yinzhen pointed to the chair opposite and asked him to sit.Another servant brought tea. In the past two years, Yinzhen's business has grown bigger and bigger, and Su Yang is taking care of it.This can be said to be trust. On the other hand, he became closer to Su Yang.

Yinzhen entrusted someone to turn over Su Yang's family's lawsuit a few years ago, lighten the charges as appropriate, eliminate Su Yang's slave status, and even ask Su Yang to invest all the money he got into the business, and then he will get a certain amount of money. into.Su Yang smiled faintly, but he didn't respond. He just found a place and opened two shops by himself.

Yinzhen knew his decision and didn't say anything.Although he has been working hard to change his destiny, he still can't see his final outcome. If it is really inevitable that he will be banned, all his business will be confiscated.He didn't object to Su Yang's approach, at least it was a kind of preservation at that time.

Due to the sufficient supply of goods and funds, besides the two in the capital, the silk and satin shop has even opened branches in Tianjin.The operations of pawnshops, odd goods stores, and rice shops have also expanded.Among them, pawnshops and silk and satin shops have the most income, and each shop has at least 2 taels of silver a year.Odd goods stores and rice shops are less, and there are also 6000 taels.If time passes, Mihang will be more profitable.

Looking at the account book, Yinzhen smiled with satisfaction. Three silk and satin shops and two pawnshops made a profit of about 7 taels of silver every year.Four exotic goods stores and two rice shops can also receive 3 taels.Adding up the two, 10 taels of silver came into the account every year.

If we add the benefits of the Zhuangzi and the store allocated to Yinzhen by the House of Internal Affairs, the house gets [-] to [-] silver every year, which is indispensable.

Moreover, when the prince divides the mansion, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will allocate 15 taels of silver to each elder brother at one time.Yinzhen cleared you up and removed the turnover money.There are as many as 35 taels of silver in his hand.

Putting down those troublesome things, Yinzhen was quite satisfied, and was surprised that he seemed to be exactly the same as He Yuzhu, so he quickly glanced at Su Yang and sat upright.

Su Yang was drinking tea and looking at him with a smile. Seeing Yinzhen's appearance, he suppressed a smile and talked about other things, "Master Jiu has made a lot of good sons for the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past two years, but he gave away his family. business was abandoned."

Yinzhen also smiled when he heard the words, "The errands entrusted to me by Huang Ama must be done with all my heart." As he spoke, he looked at Su Yang, who was even more outstanding in character, Yinzhen said: "If there are not enough people, just Tell me. All these shops have been entrusted to this, and I am afraid that I will be exhausted." Seeing that Su Yang didn't look tired, Yinzhen was a little relieved.

Su Yang shook his head, "When the shop first opened, it was the most difficult to manage. At that time, Lord Jiu watched it personally. Now that everything has rules, it's much easier." Looking at the people outside the door, Su Yang said again : "Miss Ding Lan and Guan You don't talk about things, Xiaoqiu who is following me can also help a lot now."

Yinzhen shook his head, pondered for a while, and asked again: "Su Yang, I didn't open a mansion before, it was inconvenient, but now my place is big, should we all move here?"

Su Yang didn't expect Yinzhen to have such an idea, he hesitated for a while, and said: "It would be a good thing to see you often. If we live together, it will be much easier to ask about many things. However, your elder brother In the mansion, will there be too many rules..."

Yinzhen knew that he didn't like the trivial matters in these big houses, or maybe he lived in this kind of place at first and saw the ugly side of the big house, so this proposal made him avoid it.Then he said: "Go back and discuss with them. They also know who I am. If I come here, I will naturally not make them any inconvenience."

Seeing that rather handsome and elegant face, Yinzhen suddenly asked: "Su Yang, if this, if this is not willing to do business and wants to obtain fame, I can also help this."

Su Yang withdrew the faint smile, stood up, walked in front of Yinzhen, and actually knelt down.Yinzhen has always treated him like a friend, seeing him like this, she hurriedly pulls him up.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, do what you want."

Su Yang looked at the hand being held by Yinzhen, lowered his head, and couldn't see the expression on his gentle face, and said in a low voice: "Jiuye, what happened at home, I have no intention of getting a job. Since you put I bought it, asked me to help run the shop, gave me money, and canceled my slave status...but I didn't say a word of thanks."

Yinzhen thought about it carefully, indeed, every time Su Yang would smile lightly and accept his kindness.Because he encountered ups and downs when he was young, Yinzhen didn't want to humiliate his talent and pollute his character, and he would try his best to help if he could. Seeing him smile, he felt a lot of comfort in his heart.

"It's not that I don't know how to be grateful, it's because I don't say thanks for my great kindness." Su Yang took Yinzhen's hand with his backhand, held it firmly, and continued: "Master Jiu may not be able to imagine that I have never met you before." What day is it?"

"When the family was in trouble, I could see the faces of my clan and relatives clearly. I hid far away and never saw them, let alone helping. The days in prison..." Su Yang frowned, as if he felt abnormal even in retrospect. Painful, "There is still the time of being a slave, I really have tasted all kinds of tastes, no one treats the servants as human beings."

"Jiu Ye is my master and my reinvented benefactor. In my heart, I am different from others. Without you, I will never find anyone else who treats me like this. But, what I dare not say is that I am like this You are too dirty... I really can't afford you to treat me like this." When he spoke the last few words, Su Yang's voice was low and he held Yinzhen's hand firmly with his fingers, with a desolate expression on his face.

Yinzhen has never asked Su Yang these things, but he can guess his past days, and he has always admired his literary talent and personality. , Qingyu has always envied me for having such capable people here, and besides, why do I treat this as an outsider. Needless to say, there are some of these, even if we, the princes and elder brothers who look at the scenery, are ashamed There are many."

Speaking of this, Yinzhen looked down at her hand, the slender and beautiful fingers, looking so beautiful.After watching it for a while, Yinzhen smiled, with sarcasm and sentimentality in his smile, "Speaking of being dirty, I even have human life and blood on my hands. How many people are truly clean in this world."

Su Yang looked at Yinzhen whose face was getting cold, afraid that his emotions would affect him, so he said, "It's all my fault, I remind you of this. In my opinion, there is no one better than you."

Yinzhen smiled and didn't speak any more.However, the master and servant had never spoken their minds like this, and they seemed to feel quite good.

Today Jiufu Jin is not in the mansion, and he took Chuyun to Baita Temple to offer incense.

Because Yinzhen had something to do today and was not at ease, he asked Gao Wu to take people with him.

Jiahui has a car, Chuyun and Xia Xiang have a car, Yuzhu Yuying and Su Momo have a car.Gao Wu led a man on horseback to guard around the vehicle.

Today is the fifteenth day, so many people come to offer incense, and there are many hawkers selling small objects on both sides, and the noise of selling is endless.The young children chased and played, and it was very lively.

Xia Xiang was originally in the palace, and later in the nine elder brother's mansion, so she couldn't go out, so she picked up the curtain to watch the excitement outside.

After watching for a while, she suddenly pulled Chuyun's sleeve and said, "Sister Chuyun, look, that person is so pitiful."

Chu Yun was thinking about Yinzhen making a few cool and well-fitting clothes every summer, should he talk to Fujin about it.Hearing what Xia Xiang said, he looked outside, but it was true that besides small vendors, there were also beggars on the side of the road.

Dressed in rags, there was a child lying on the ground, followed by a woman.The child fell asleep, wondering if he was sick.

Chu Yun looked at it for a while, then picked up the curtain.Gao Wu's horse was right next to him, rushing over to ask what's the matter.

Chu Yun pointed to the child and the woman, and reached out his hand to take out a tael of silver from his purse.

Gao Wu said, "The girl has a kind heart." He took the silver and went there.

When he came back after a while, the two people in the car looked at him eagerly. Gao Wu hesitated and said, "The child and the woman are fine. I'm from Kaifeng. I heard that there was a flood at home, so I came here."

Chuyun, you have your head, you can rest assured that no one has anything to do.

When they arrived at Baita Temple, Jiahui handed the 20 taels of incense money to Gao Wu, "There are many beggars along the road, so let's take these and give them to them." Jiahui also saw it, and she saw it If you look carefully, you will find that there are more people today than in the past.

Those people looked really pitiful, and Jiahui couldn't help but look worried.

Seeing that Jiufu Jin was kind-hearted, Chuyun felt more and more suitable for his master, and was secretly relieved in his heart.

Compared to Yinzhen's leisurely life, some people are so busy that the sky is dark.

Yinzhen looked at Zhezi in front of him, and frowned.

In Yuanwu, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Henan, Dongming, Caoxian County, Shandong and other places, it rained continuously for days, the Yellow River overflowed, flooded the embankments, and drifted away in countless houses.

The affected prefectures and counties and the number of people are attached below. The last and most important thing is the urgent need for disaster relief money and food.

Yinzhen is in charge of the household department, and he is also the elder brother in charge, so the urgent papers are naturally sent to him first.

On the one hand, Yinzhen sent someone to invite the seventh elder brother Yinyou, and on the other hand, he ordered relevant personnel in the ministry to investigate the losses in Henan and Shandong, and the internal treasury accounts of Shanxi, Zhili, Jiangsu and other places adjacent to the two provinces. Where to adjust food for disaster relief.

The seventh elder brother Yinyou also has errands from the Ministry of Rites. Although he is not too busy, those things are mostly cumbersome.Although he managed all the affairs in Beijing together with the fourth elder brother, and managed them a few times, Yinyou found that dealing with some powerful people was the most offending, so he simply let go, and did not stop until an emergency come out.

Yinzhen looked at the Zhezi in front of him, and sighed in his heart, it happened that Huang Ama was not here at this time.Others may wait, but the life and death of the people over there cannot wait.

Yinzhen knew it, and of course the seventh elder brother Yinyou knew it too. After reading the brochure in his hand, Yinyou pondered for a while, looked at Yinzhen's expression, and said, "Fourth brother, such a big matter is about money and food. Wrote the notes and sent an urgent request to Huang Ama."

The notebook has been written, and it is waiting for the two to sign it.But it takes seven or eight days to go back and forth.When the decree comes back, we don't know how many people will die if we adjust the food again.Even if Yinzhen has asked the Ministry of Accounts to check the accounts now, the result may not be immediately available.Although he was also worried about this matter, Brother Qi couldn't help him much.

It is absolutely impossible to pass Kangxi's decree. There are many rich people in the capital, but no one is willing to pay money and food.Even if someone can take it out, in whose name is it still a problem.When the emperor did not make a decree, it is a good thing for the suffering people to have someone come forward during the famine; but it is inevitable that the hat of being a benefactor will be withdrawn, and the superior will absolutely not tolerate it.

Yinzhen sent people to go to the outside of the Great Wall, while inviting the ministers who stayed in Beijing to discuss.Although some people agreed to send part of the money and food first to solve the urgent need for a few days; some people disagreed, or no one wanted to be the first bird.

Yinzhen deliberated for a long time and said, "If someone is willing to provide money and food for disaster relief, I will bear all the consequences." Yinyou was taken aback, "Fourth brother..." But he didn't say any more.

Although Yinzhen took all the responsibilities, there was no one who dared to respond.Suo'etu finally felt relieved, and the officials around him naturally acted on his face.He thought proudly, no matter how Si Baylor dealt with this, it would be thankless.Regardless of this matter, the more people died, the greater Kangxi's anger; if this matter was taken care of, he could bear the label of exceeding authority or being disrespectful.

The upright officials wanted to take on this matter but they were powerless. How can there be so much salary for Beijing officials.The officials in charge of money might not dare to use the power in their hands. Facing Yinzhen's eyes, they lowered their heads guiltily.

Although Yinzhen was an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was also invited here because he was an elder brother who stayed in Beijing.No matter how embarrassed he was to face Yinzhen, he had to think about it seriously.

Although he has never seen the tragedy after the flood, he has heard of it. The people were displaced and sold their children and daughters in order to survive.If it is not handled properly, there may even be epidemics and civil unrest.He is selfish and cold, but not selfish enough.So he couldn't just watch so many people struggling on the verge of life and death with peace of mind and ignore them.He comforted himself again, helping fourth brother at this time would only benefit him and not harm him...

"Fourth brother, 5 taels from the House of Internal Affairs." In the main hall where everyone was scrambling to avoid, the voice was low, but could be heard clearly.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief, but when they turned around to look, it was Brother Jiu who was the youngest in the court.

Suo'etu gritted his teeth secretly, but there was nothing he could do.The Ministry of Internal Affairs is different from other yamen. It does not care about any major state affairs, but only the emperor's private affairs.Food, housing, transportation, life, old age, sickness and death in the Forbidden City are all managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Because it is the emperor's private affairs, other yamen are not allowed to intervene.

Hai Laxun, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, got the news not long ago, and he was secretly happy, "Hmph, I'm worried that I won't be able to catch that Ninth Master's pigtail, so I just sent it here."