Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

"These two are nieces." Tian Mi took Yang Dan's hand and looked at the two little girls in the swaddling clothes.

As soon as the child was full moon, Ulanara brought their biological mother into the palace with the two little girls in their arms.

Yang Dan slurred his speech, "Children."

"Pick up your tongue, niece, and say it again, niece."

"Straight girl."

Tian Mi gave up, "Just follow you, your little tongue will be able to turn around in two years."

Yang Dan didn't care either, took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, looking at the two bright red swaddling babies side by side on the kang.

Tian Mi just let him stare and talk to Ulanara who was sitting on the side.

"That's good too. It blooms first and then bears fruit. After having a sister, there will be countless younger brothers."

Ulanara was actually relieved. She herself was young and had never been pregnant. After the two princesses in the mansion were both pregnant, she was worried for a while.Now that she has given birth to a daughter, it is also a good thing for her.

"Yes, my daughter-in-law thinks the same way. I brought them into the palace today to ask for a reward from Er Niang, and ask Er Niang to give them a nice name for the sisters."

After Tian Mi heard this, she couldn't help laughing, "You guys are really embarrassing me. I know my own family affairs, and I'm too stupid to come up with a decent name. You should come, you are their aunt, and give them two alone. It's a good name."

Seeing that Tian Mi didn't look like she was cheating, Wulanara subconsciously glanced at Li Gege and Yuan Gege who had been brought over from the corner of her eye.

Forget about Yuan Shi, Li Shi thought she was a talented girl when she was a child, and she didn't think about naming her child when she was born. The color is deeper.

There are also some particularities in this. Most of the girls in the clan have married to Mongolia. If they marry a better family, it’s fine.No matter where my grandfather goes in the future, these two children will inevitably follow the previous generations of aunts to settle down on the grassland. Now that Er Niang is in charge, let these two girls be close to Er Niang. Mother arranges marriage, isn't it towards her granddaughter?

Tian Mi is really not good at naming things, and thinks it's better not to mess up, but Yang Dan doesn't care so much.

He lay beside the baby and raised his head and asked, "Name?"

"That's right, our brother Yangdan's name is Yangdan, and Yangdan is your name. Your fourth brother's name is Yinzhen, and Yinzhen is his name. Your two little nieces are just born and don't have names yet. "

Yang Dan's small mouth opened into a circle, and then got up very unceremoniously, sat down on the kang, with a majestic attitude, pointed to the swaddling baby on the left with his chubby finger, "Yuanyuan", and then pointed to the swaddle on the left with his chubby finger Pointing to the one on the right, "Fatty".

Ulanara couldn't hold it anymore and laughed, "Who did our elder brother learn from? Why doesn't my sister-in-law know that you have learned the saying of being round and fat?"

"Tuantuan, delicious. Yuanyuan, fat..."

Tian Mi already knew it without asking anyone else, yesterday I ate a few noodles at Tong Bin's place, Shi Gege told him that it was round and fat, delicious.As a result, people memorized the word round and fat.

"You are a foodie, and all your ingenuity is used on this mouth." Tian Mi couldn't help but tell Ulanara what Yang Dan had done in recent days, "The former emperor hugged him on a whim." He read a poem and asked him if he remembered it, he nodded and asked him what he remembered? He said 'delicious'."

The maids of Chengqian Palace, including Si Age's two princesses, couldn't help covering their mouths with their handkerchiefs. Ulanara didn't understand, "What does poetry have to do with delicious food?"

"Because before the emperor came, a court lady fed him some candied apples and told him that they were called candied apples. He forgot both 'pull' and 'apple', and only remembered 'si', without distinguishing between the front of the tongue. And the back of the tongue, the emperor said good poems, people heard it as good shreds, shredded apples are so sweet, he couldn't help but smash his mouth when he said it was delicious."

There are still many ridiculous things about Yang Dan, but there are a few that are really heartwarming.Last night when Tian Mi was holding him in the apse to digest food, she said to him: "Emiang is tired, let the nanny hold you."

This kid is clamoring to go down by himself, "Yangdan, go by yourself."

Standing on the ground, I still didn't forget to hug Tian Mi's calf, puffed up her cheeks to her knees, and blew twice. After blowing, she patted her with her little hands, yelling, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."

"But then again, it's not bad to be called Yuanyuan even though it's a bit vulgar. How can a girl be named Pangpang? This name is not good, so it's better to change it to Ankang and Anning. My sister is called Ankang, and my younger sister is called Anning. It's just my opinion, what do you think?"

Of course, Ulanara applauded, and the names of the two little girls were decided.Li's daughter was born first, named Ankang.Mrs. Li savored it and felt that her daughter's health is also a good thing.He quickly came out to kowtow to Tian Mi and stood behind Ulanara.Yuan Shi also thought this was a good meaning, said a few auspicious words, kowtowed and stood behind Ulanara Shi.

Tian Mi asked them to have dinner together in Chengqian Palace, and left after eating.

I made a raised stool for Yang Dan, let him sit on it, and put a small plate in front of him. What would the maid serve him and what would he eat?

He didn't want to be vegetarian when eating, but the maid didn't add meat to him, so he was a little anxious and couldn't help shouting, "Meat, meat, meat is delicious."

The maid had no choice but to use a spoon to fill him with a spoonful of minced meat, Tian Mi couldn't help but say to him, "All these thoughts are spent on eating, and I usually teach him to speak with one or two words." Jump outside, and when it's time to eat, he'll be able to say a sentence."

Ulanara was about to say a few words of flattery when he saw the herring coming in from the outside, so he didn't say anything.

Qingyu first knelt down to pay their respects to them, and then reported to Tian Mi: "Your Majesty, the things for concubine He Liang's concubine have been prepared, do you want to take another look?"

"Don't look at it, send it to her."

Ulanara quickly asked: "Is it true that the good concubine is going to be promoted now? What kind of congratulatory gift does Er Niang think is suitable for us as juniors?"

Tian Mi has already fed Yang Dan with egg custard in a small spoon, "Isn't that right, the emperor has already nodded, and everyone in the palace has already shouted. Don't think about giving anything. Among the things that Herring sent over just now are There are those in your house."

"It cost you again."

"It's okay, I will take care of you more when Yinzhen is not at home, I will do what I can for you."

In a short time, the meal was finished, and the leftovers on the table were cleaned up coldly.The concubine Liang outside came to thank Tian Mi with her fourteenth elder brother in her arms.Because there is a wall between Yonghe Palace and Chengqian Palace, Concubine Liang came very quickly, and now she is waiting outside the door.

Tian Mi asked Concubine Liang to come over, and Wulanara paid respects to the elders. Seeing that it was getting late outside, and it gets dark earlier in winter, she thought it was time to go back now.

In Chengqian Palace, only Tian Mi and Yang Dan and Concubine Liang and Fourteenth Elder Brother were left in Chengqian Palace.

Ulanara asked the nuns to hold the child, and said a few more words with the two concubines before leaving.Concubine Liang is so envious of Ulanara. Ulanara is the most obedient and obedient among these Fujin, and the fourth elder brother and his family have not seen any moths.It's not like in San Age's house, San Fujin has had trouble with him several times, the reason is that San Age joked with Ge Ge in their house.Everyone in the palace laughed at the third child's family behind their backs, regardless of what others thought, Concubine Rong couldn't hold her head up.

At present, what Concubine Liang knows is that her daughter-in-law Ba Fujin is not a fuel-efficient lamp. I heard that she is no worse than Sanfujin in being domineering. If Lao Ba and his daughter-in-law dare to be second First.

Thinking of this, Concubine Liang was melancholy again, Concubine Rong dared not speak of her daughter-in-law, and she couldn't open her mouth when it was her turn.Tian Mi looked at her and frowned again, wondering what this person thought of again, but Tian Mi didn't say anything, watching Yang Dan and Brother Fourteen having fun.

I heard that the fourteenth elder brother is also a child who can eat very much. He must eat when he is awake.Tian Mi looked carefully, and felt that the little guy's face could pout, and when he pinched it with his hands, it felt super good.

Yang Dan couldn't help stretching out his chubby fingers to poke Fourteenth Brother's cheek, but seeing Tian Mi glaring at him, he poked Fourteenth Brother's little hand instead.

Brother Fourteen just lay there quietly, grinning when he was poked once, and kicked his calf when he was poked again.

Yang Dan didn't know what to think of, so he laughed hahaha.This kid Yang Dan is really inexplicable, sometimes he can laugh for a long time when he farts himself.

Yang Dan's laughter was too loud, Concubine Liang quickly broke away from her own thoughts, and expressed her gratitude to Tian Mi very apologetically, "This matter is due to the promotion of the concubine, the concubine dare not forget the great kindness of the concubine." Germany".

"You deserve it. Brother Fourteen is half a year old. If your status is lowered, then both of them will look ugly."

The truth is this, Concubine Liang still has a bit of self-knowledge, isn't the birth mother of Twelve Elder Brothers a noble person even now?I have never been the best in the palace, not the most favored one, nor the least favored one, good things don't come to me, and bad things don't come to me.should

It was the eighth elder brother who made meritorious service on the battlefield that gave birth to Fuze today. The older she gets, the more transparent she looks at problems. Concubine Liang thinks that she is lucky at this point, and she dare not ask for more other ideas.

"In any case, my concubine would still like to thank my lady."

Concubine Liang is grateful and wants to do something for Tian Mi, thinking that the Crown Princess will enter the palace at the end of this year, and the fifth elder brother will also marry a wife.These two things are big things, Tian Mi must be very busy.

"I'll get busy in a few days. I would like to ask you to put Elder Brother Yangdan in our Yonghe Palace. When the time comes, I will take care of Elder Brother myself."

Tian Mi shook her head, "You're late, this kid will play with his tenth sister in a few days, they have already discussed it. Wait for the next time, and the next time Fourteen will run away, and when the time comes Just put them in your yard and keep an eye on them so they don't fall down."

The matter of the prince marrying the princess is a major event in the palace.

Because of this matter, Kangxi has not slept well for several nights.He couldn't sleep at night and walked back and forth in front of the bed, "Yinreng married the princess and concubine, and he is considered married. Let him marry his wife into the house, and I have done what I should do for him in my life. Even now When I see my ancestors after my death, I can also say that I love Xinjue Luo Xuanye, and I am worthy of my ancestors and my children."

Tian Mi couldn't help complaining to him, "Why are you talking about this on a big day, it's unlucky, go to bed early."

"Go to sleep first, let me think about it."

Kangxi couldn't sleep, and he kept thinking about the prince's past these few nights.Seeing Tian Mi wearing clothes and sitting on the bed waiting for him, she couldn't help talking to Tian Mi about the prince's childhood.

In Kangxi's memory, the prince was smart and cute when he was a child, he looked like a snow ball, and he was very smart.No matter what you learn, you are very fast, and everything you do is in line with your own wishes.

"...The cleverness is no less than that of Yang Dan now, and he was even more obedient and smarter than Yang Dan at that time..."

Tian Mi smiled on her face, but she didn't care about it in her heart. A cute child like Yang Dan is really rare.Among other things, comparing Brother Eleven with Yang Dan, they cry at every turn.Although Brother Eleven is also cute, but he is a crybaby, this incident made Tian Mi very mindful of being cuter than Yang Dan.

In the heart of Tian Mi's silly mother, there is no comparison between the two.

And after the crown princess entered the palace, there was one thing Tian Mi could not avoid, that is, the crown princess was the prince's first wife who was justly carried in through the gate.Although she is the deputy empress, this adverb seems to be inappropriate.So who is in charge of the affairs of the palace?

After the prince has done something good.The Crown Princess has been paying respects to the Queen Mother for several days.There is no way to avoid the fact that the palace power should be in his hands.

After Tian Mi waited until the Crown Princess entered the palace, Tian Mi tentatively asked about Kangxi.

Tian Mi peeled the oranges for Yang Dan and asked: "I see that the Crown Princess has nothing to do in the past few days, so she just talked with the Empress Dowager, and told me that she is still a little free, how should the things in the palace be arranged?"

Yang Dan ate happily, shook his head and learned a sentence, "Arrangement!"

Kangxi squinted at Yang Dan, and told Tian Mi, "Let the princess take care of their affairs, and you take care of the harem's affairs."

"What about the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

What Tian Mi cares about most is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is his own territory and does not allow anyone to interfere.

Kangxi also knew this truth, but his heart was biased towards the prince after all, "The old man Suo'etu was dismissed a few days ago. He used to worry about the prince, but now he is gone, and the prince doesn't know about these vulgar things. The cost of the Eastern Palace is even greater, why don't you give him the silk in your hand, and you also bring the Crown Princess to teach her. Among these daughter-in-laws, the Crown Princess is the one I like the most, she looks quite like you when you were young ..."

Tian Mi is not willing to listen to the rest, which means that a large piece of meat will be taken away from Tian Mi. Tian Mi is thinking how fast he can use the thunderbolt method to completely separate himself from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , his own set of people turned to secretly operate slowly, and it was enough to leave some in the House of Internal Affairs for the prince.

Even if one of the businesses was given to the prince, Tian Mi still did not allow the prince to insert his hand into the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He also agreed kindly on his face, "Don't worry, I will take Yangdan to the Queen Mother in a few days, and then I will talk to the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess is also a smart person, and a smart person knows everything. , when the time comes, I only need to call a few words and she will be able to get started."

This incident aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the elder brother, why!Everyone is Huang Ama's son, so why should the Ministry of Internal Affairs give him half when he gets married.

Not to mention the eldest brother, the youngest who was beaten by lack of money is not angry in his heart, but he is timid and dare not say it in the open.

The elder brother thought in his heart that the Ministry of Internal Affairs holds two ways to make money quickly, silk and tea.If you give silk to the boss, you have to give tea to yourself!

Kangxi knew about it secretly, and wished he could beat this son up. I gave you the tea, what did you let your Empress Ama and your little brothers and sisters eat and drink?Drink northwest wind?

They are all unfilial things.

After the big brother yelled out, he was secretly lectured by Mingzhu, "Da Qiantui, if you take away the tea, the emperor will definitely be annoyed, the silver on the southern tour, the palace in the north, and Changchun Garden Keep trimming, where did all this money come from? It wasn’t blown by a strong wind, let alone moved from the treasury. It’s all the treasury money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It’s better to find a way with the prince than to grab food from the emperor’s tiger’s mouth After all, those who care about silk are the emperor's servants. The emperor's servants are also the servants of the princes, do you only listen to the prince alone?"

Eldest brother suddenly remembered that Jiangnan Sanzhi is the coat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The crown prince also received the news that this year the money for silk has been handed over, and the money has also been used for his own marriage, that is to say, before the Chinese New Year, the silk line of the Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot withdraw money.

The prince needs silver especially before the Chinese New Year. The main reason is that the Chinese New Year is coming soon. His group of people, the people he wants to win over, and Suoetu and his family all need money for the Chinese New Year.

So the prince sent someone to rush to Jiangning, found Cao Yin, and asked him to borrow 50 taels of silver.

It is said that it is a loan, and everyone knows that this kind of thing is a loan without repayment.How can Cao Yin have so much money in his hand?There are only two sums of money he can hand over, one is the profit obtained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs from operating silk in the south of the Yangtze River, and this sum of money has already been sent to the capital.Another sum is the tax that should be paid for the operation of silk, which has to be handed over to the national treasury.

If he has money that can be used in his hand, then it is tax money, and the tax money will be shipped to the capital in a few days.

Cao Yin didn't want to give it to him, but he couldn't help it. To put it bluntly, he was a slave of the emperor's family, and the little master asked him for it and he had to give it.

Li Xu from Suzhou Weaving, Sun Wencheng from Hangzhou Weaving, received Cao Yinxin and came to Jiangning overnight. The three of them are close relatives, and they are all grasshoppers on the same rope.The three of them discussed for half the night, and the money would still be paid, but they had to write a secret letter to the emperor and hand it to the emperor together with the prince's letter.

In Li Xu's words: "We have tried our best, and told the emperor that it is not us slaves who are trying to curry favor with the master, but us slaves who have been forced to do nothing."

Cao Yin didn't want to give this sum of money in his heart. Although he was a slave in clothes, Cao Yin was a man of knowledge and a scholarly spirit. We will give the previous sum of money if the crown prince asks for it. But this sum of money is to be handed over to the Ministry of Accounts, which is used for disaster relief. Those people in the Ministry of Accounts will not spit it out easily, they can’t see Silver never stops."

Sun Wencheng sighed, and in his heart he began to dislike the crown prince as a prodigal son, "Before this, the empress was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we just had to do things faithfully. The crown prince will extort tax money as soon as he is in charge. ? He is not afraid to use the bite hand."

"You don't say a few words, it's disrespectful to spread the word." Li Xu reminded him, and he also felt that the prince was selling his father and didn't feel sorry for him.

Cao Yin wanted to procrastinate for a few days, but he couldn't get any money out of thin air, so he gave the tax money to the prince. How should he pay taxes this year?He sent the secret letter and the prince's letter to the capital, waiting for Kangxi's orders.

The letter is still on the way, and the prince's second wave of envoys has arrived in Jiangning.The prince felt that the reason why Cao Yin was not agile enough was to bully him because he was young.

The prince's envoy asked Cao Yin aggressively: "When the empress ordered you, you were quick and easy. Now the prince asks you to do things and pushes back and forth. Do you look down on the prince?"

No matter how Cao Yin explained, the other party just didn't listen, either he would see Yinzi today, or the Cao family's head would fall.

Li Xu was helpless in Jiangning, so he persuaded Cao Yin to give the money quickly, "This winter, let's go to Beijing to pay our respects, and tell the emperor about it. We are already old slaves, young master. If it’s not for us, it’s probably a lie to force us to take this money, and it’s a lie to want us to give up this vacancy.”

Cao Yin thought in his heart that this might be the case. The prince wanted to change a trustworthy slave to take the position of Sanzhi. I was afraid that an old slave like himself would feel uneasy, so he could only go back and guard the emperor.

The prince's two waves of envoys were eager for sparks, and immediately rushed to the door, clamoring that they must either see Yinzi today, or someone in the Cao family will be killed, and let Cao Yin choose one of the two.

Cao Yin sighed, handed over several 10 taels of tax silver, arranged for them to go north along the river, and then quickly wrote a letter of apology, which was sent to the capital quickly.

The third weaving is weaving in name, but in fact it is the spy of Jiangnan and the distribution center of intelligence.

They went back at the same time, and wrote a secret report to Kangxi about the envoys sent by the prince to blackmail Sanzhi.

This is also a throwing stone to ask for directions. If the emperor has other thoughts, then they will be withdrawn to the capital and let the prince's people take over their positions. If the emperor has no other arrangements, they will still sit firmly in the south of the Yangtze River by then, and they will take over soon. A letter of consolation from the emperor.

Kangxi was furious after reading the letter!

Doesn't the prince of a country know the usefulness of tax money?Actually misappropriating tax money, when the Yellow River floods, the production in the north will decrease, the refugees will be famine everywhere, there will be no money and no food, what will the household department provide for disaster relief?What can I do to save lives?If the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot provide money to relieve the victims, then the starving victims will gather together, which will shake the foundation of the country.

In the end, he suppressed his anger again, and waited to see what the crown prince could do to fill this loophole.

Then he wrote a letter with his own hand, and asked someone to send it to Cao Yin in the south of the Yangtze River. But he was thinking in his heart, if the crown prince had no ability to make up for this loophole, then at the end of the year, the Ministry of Households would urge Jiangnan to ask for money, and Cao Yin What to bring to the Ministry of Accounts?The 10 taels of Cao's family may not be able to pay back for more than ten years of saving food and clothing.

Speaking of this, Kangxi took a deep breath, and called Li Dequan over: "Go to the harem now and ask your mistress, how much money is left in the account of the House of Internal Affairs? Is it useful for me to set aside 50 taels?"

Li Dequan nodded, and took a careful look at Kangxi, "If the empress asks what the money is for, how will the servant answer?"

"Are you dead? Just tell the truth."

"Damn the slave, the slave is stupid, the slave will go now."

At the end of this year, the fifth elder brother will also get married.

So Concubine Yi inevitably took Liugege and elder brother Eleven to Chengqian Palace.

After discussing the major issues, when the two of them were drinking tea, Tian Mi saw that Liu Gege was leading Yang Dan and Brother Eleven to sit on the couch and study.Liu Gege hugged a fat younger brother, read a sentence, these two little guys learned a sentence, quietly and well-behaved, not like a monkey at all.

Tian Mi couldn't help boasting Liu Gege, "Our Liu Gege has a way to control these two monkeys. The little guy Yang Dan almost tore down the house over there in Yanxi Palace. Concubine Tong I said, Yang Dan will not be allowed to go to her place in the future."

Concubine Yi knew that this was a joke among the sisters, so she laughed along with her, implying something, "Liu Gege is a good boy, we elders all know that, but a good boy who keeps quiet is no better than the mischievous one." Pay attention, so a good child is particularly distressing. Seeing that she is getting older, she will need a few words of kind words from the emperor in front of the emperor for the important events in her life in the future."

"I watched her grow up, so naturally I wish her well. Don't worry, her dowry has been prepared. If you're free, why don't you bring me the dowry list for you to see."

Although Concubine Yi asked Tian Mi for a few words of kindness, she also knew that it didn't matter what women said, and the emperor decided who to marry.But it was a surprise to see the dowry list. I had to take a closer look. If there was nothing on the dowry list, my sisters would make it up for Liugege later.

"Thank you, ma'am, we sisters are just such a baby, so we inevitably paid more attention to it, making you laugh."

Li Dequan came at this time, he greeted the two empresses with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye, without saying a word, Concubine Yi knew that he had something important to discuss with the imperial concubine.

In my heart, I not only complained that this old thing came at the wrong time, but he came when I saw that I could see the dowry list, and I had to take a step back.

"Your Majesty, the concubine suddenly remembered that there was something else to do in Yikun Palace, so she went back first."

Yang Dan was not willing to leave Liu Gege, and couldn't help lying down and hugging Liu Gege's arm, yelling about his sister.

Tian Mi thought it was funny, and found out that Yangdan likes to play with her sisters, and Liugege is a good person, so she hugged him and did not let go, "Mother, why don't you let brother Yangdan go back with us, my daughter Bring him back."

"Then it's hard work for you."

Yang Dan happily followed Liugege and Eleventh Brother away, and it was only here that Li Dequan made it clear.

"50?"

Li Dequan nodded, telling him that the money was a bit too much.

"Our fifth elder brother is going to marry a wife at the end of the year? Seventh elder brother is going to give a dowry. After the new year, the princess's wedding party will also be rewarded? Ask the emperor if he wants me to give fifth elder brother Should brother’s wedding banquet be replaced by a tofu banquet? Or should we put some broken sesame seeds and rotten millet into Seventh Brother’s betrothal gift?”

"Your Majesty, there's nothing you can do about it. You have great powers, and you have a lot of adults. You should think of a way."

Tian Mi thought in her heart that Kangxi himself had already figured it out, the crown prince would not take out the money, so he asked himself to ask for the money to be prepared.But the father is still willing to give his son another chance, but the prince may not be willing to see through his painstaking efforts.

Tian Mi lowered her head and thought for a while, "50 can be saved, and one province in every place is enough. You can go back and tell the emperor that this batch of money can be squeezed out when you were stuck with the household department to settle accounts a year ago. "

"The servant will go back and report to the emperor." After Li Dequan finished speaking, he took a few steps back, turned around and left the main hall.As soon as I went out, I ran into Mr. Chen.

"Ouch, Grandpa Chen, why are you always walking around?"

"It turned out to be Manager Li, how could I have time to take a walk! The fifth elder brother is short of a batch of silver plates and bowls, and the group of boys are in a hurry to rush to work. If you don't send me a note, I will ask you to take it after using the seal." I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect money, our family is just a runner."

It's money again!This is really a waste of money.

Li Dequan bent over and nodded, and hurried back to Qianqing Palace.

Kangxi knew that Tian Mi didn't sincerely hand over the golden hen that made money, and the secret thread was in her own hands. At first, he didn't understand and doubted his cousin, thinking that she was too stingy.Now I finally understand, if you want the prince to know that the silk is shipped from Guangdong in exchange for batches of gold and grain, then it's worth it.

Moreover, the crown princess is indeed virtuous enough in Fujin, but compared with her cousin, she lacks courage and vision.The husband and wife are not good at business, but the prince is very proficient in blackmail.

This kind of thing can't be hidden even if you want to, and the elder brother soon found out.Poor Cao Yin had just sent off the prince's envoy who was like a wolf and tiger, when the special envoy of the elder brother ushered in behind him.

I don't know how much silver the crown prince extorted, but others have eyes and can see how many boats the silver was loaded on and how deep the hull was, so they can probably figure it out.

Although the big elder brother's special matter opened his mouth politely, he was not low in his requirements, "Da Chitose knows that you are in trouble, but it's the Chinese New Year, and the New Year at home is the same as going through a difficult time. So I also need your filial piety, no Many, we Daqiantui are not as hard to talk to as the prince, that is to say, half of asking you to honor the prince."

Cao Yin felt that there were gold stars in front of his eyes, and took a deep breath, "Master Yi, there is no silver here, if you don't believe me, you can check the inside and outside of this weaving mansion, if you can find out a tael of silver, Mr. Cao People will offer this human head."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Cao, why are you talking about this? It's meaningless to say that. I'm here on behalf of King Zhijun. If you say this, I'll pretend you didn't hear me, but you have to listen to the old man's request. Say something Mr. Cao, who is ugly, we are all slaves. This money is the master’s money, life, but our slave’s own life. Don’t take our own lives for the master’s money. It’s not worth it. Don’t you think so? "

"Master Yi, it's really gone. All the harvest this year was sent to the capital in autumn, and the last batch was sent away a few days ago. Now I can't even get a tael of silver."

Big brother's special envoy put on a straight face, "Master Cao is what you said, we are all slaves, slaves, don't make things difficult for slaves, if Master Cao makes you unhappy, then you are making yourself unhappy. As far as I know, the money from Jiangning was sent away a few days ago, but the money from Hangzhou and Suzhou still stays in the Weaving Mansion?"

Cao Yin gasped.

These are really two brothers, the crown prince is eyeing Jiang Ning, but the elder brother is eyeing the other two places.

Seeing that Cao Yin hadn't spoken, the special envoy smiled triumphantly, breathed out at the wrench on his thumb, and wiped it slowly with a silk handkerchief, "Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the journey will take some time. My lord, move quickly. Especially the weather gets colder as you go north. Whether you go by land or water, it is easy to freeze as soon as you go up, and the road is not easy to walk. So I can see silver being loaded on the ship the next night. Farewell, stay, There is no need to send it."

Soon the Jiangning Weaving Mansion's letter was sent to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Sun Wencheng angrily smashed a tea set in the study, "Too much bullying, too much bullying!"

He hurriedly called his subordinate officials over, "Has the silver been counted? Hurry up and load it on the ship and send it away immediately."

"My lord, it's getting dark today, why don't we send it off tomorrow morning?"

"If you send it off early tomorrow morning, there will be no accident. Send it away immediately today. You send it away on the front foot. Master, I will be sick on the back foot. I can't stop all the way. I rush to the capital day and night. No matter who tells me to stop on the road, even if someone holds my autographed letter." , you are not allowed to stop the ship, and send it to the capital and hand it over to the household department."

Just by hearing the severity, the subordinate officer knew that there must be some twists and turns, so he nodded quickly and ran out immediately.

Sun Wencheng called him from behind: "Come back, I tell you, don't relax when you arrive in the capital, if any officials from the Ministry of Households meet you on the road, ask you to hand over these things to them, you must not hand them over, no matter how old the official is." , even if it is said by the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting. It must be delivered to the lobby of the Ministry of Accounting, and the Ministry of Accounting must issue a receipt for you."

"Yes, sir, don't worry, the subordinate officials will remember."

When the news came that the tax bank had left Hangzhou, Sun Wencheng heaved a sigh of relief. It was already night. He stared at the lights for a while, looked at the large black lacquered table in front of him, and immediately raised his head and shook his head fiercely. Hit the table.

There was a buzzing in the head, and the person passed out.

Sun Wencheng fainted, the female relatives in the family cried and shouted, and the slaves asked for medical treatment in Hangzhou City.Big Brother's special envoy could only say one bad word.Just staring at Suzhou, Li Xu in Suzhou was not as decisive as Sun Wencheng, and he also thought about it all night.

He already knew that because the prince extorted a sum of money, the emperor gave Cao Yin a letter to appease him.In other words, the emperor did not blame these servants.

But the prince has clearly shown his lack of virtue, and the elder brother also has the idea of ​​fighting for the reserve.Since this money can be given out, whoever it is given to represents that he has shown his loyalty to that person.

Li Xu is an ambitious person, he is different from Cao Yin and Sun Wencheng.

Because Cao Yin has read a lot, he has a spirit of book business. Needless to say, he is loyal. He doesn't want to do this weaving. He wants to return to the capital to be an official. If the people ask for orders, he is willing to do it.But his background and his loyalty kept him in the position of weaving all his life.

The emperor also felt that he owed him, so he loved him everywhere.

Sun Wencheng was timid and never thought of going further.This person is not greedy for money, is not good at beauty and wine, and does not like to form cliques. The reason why such a person who is out of tune with the officialdom can get a good job is because the wife of the Cao family is also the emperor's wet nurse. He is called Sun Taijun, and everyone in the north is called Cao Mama.This Nanny Cao is Sun Wencheng's biological aunt, so she has Sun Wencheng's current status.

Whether it is Cao Yin or Sun Wencheng, these two people don't have too much ambition, and they don't want to get involved with the princes.But Li Xu wanted to replace Cao Yin.

After all, Jiangnan Sanzhi was also headed by Cao Yin. Once the emperor gave any instructions, the three characters Cao, Li and Sun would always replace them, and Li would always be the queen of Cao.Li Xu wanted to surpass in his heart, but the emperor didn't give him this chance.Then he can only find opportunities from the next emperor.

Who is more suitable, big brother or prince?

Da Chitose came to the door, should he give the money or not?Is it half for one family or all for one person?

Will the emperor know about the fact that he took the tax money as a vote certificate?