The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"I probably came here for dinner, and I ordered the kitchen to make some fish and shrimp dishes, as well as white meat. That day, I heard that the Fourteenth Master also liked this dish, and asked someone to make a big pot of sour plum soup. " Sifujin told the mothers beside her.

Mammy hesitated for a moment: "Fu Jin, Fourth Master doesn't drink sour plum soup."

Dislike that thing is too childish.

"Who said it's for the fourth master? It's for the fourteenth master." Si Fujin pursed his lips and laughed, "Remember there are distiller's grains in the back? Remember to make two bowls of rice balls."

Mammy knew that fourth master didn't seem to like Jiuniang Yuanzi very much.

Well, this is also something for Master Fourteen, so hurry up and do it.

The fourth elder brother was pulled in by Shisi, and greeted his wife: "Sisi said that I want to ask you, my sister-in-law, for something."

"Yo? What's the big deal, let my younger brother ask for it?" Sifu Jin was amused: "Which family's noble daughter are you looking for?"

"My brother and your daughter didn't like it, so I asked my sister-in-law for something." The fourteenth elder brother said with a playful smile: "My brother has moved out, and it is inconvenient for my mother to be in the palace. There is no female family member in the family. I want to ask my sister-in-law to help take care of it." The matter of the housewarming banquet."

He didn't have a female family member, so he couldn't receive other people's female family members. Besides, this housewarming banquet was the first time he had to deal with people after leaving the palace.

It doesn't matter if you don't have experience, the chief manager at home can do it well, but you can't have no one to sit in charge.

He can't do it, he is the master's son, so he asked Si Fujin here.

How important was the ten elder brother's lesson back then!

So many people drank too much, and there was nothing they could do. It was a few of their sober brothers who helped them solve it, and it was also the reason why they stepped up their marriage later.

In a mansion without a hostess, once a large banquet is held, there will always be mistakes.

Therefore, he chose to ask for help, and wanted to invite Si Fujin to sit in charge.

"I thought it was something. Don't worry about such a small matter, brother. As long as you don't worry about sister-in-law, sister-in-law will take care of it for you." Si Fujin was relieved, it didn't matter if he just fell in love with the maid in Yongjun's mansion.

You know, Fourteen is the candidate for a son-in-law in many people's minds, even her natal family is moved.

The branch office is about to catch up with the wealth of a county king's branch office, and there must be room for improvement in the future.

Si Fujin agreed, Brother Fourteen was so happy, he bowed and bowed, his gratitude was beyond words.

It's even more fun when it's time to eat!

Looking at a lot of what I like to eat, I said to the fourth elder brother: "It's still my sister-in-law who loves me!"

"Let's eat your meal!" The fourth elder brother smiled, and because his younger brother was there, he ate half a bowl more.

The hurt Si Fujin thought, let's ask Brother Fourteen to eat in the future. In this case, Si Ye might be able to eat more.

The two families are close to each other, and Sifujin took people to Fourteenth Brother's mansion for two days. There was no problem at all, and everyone in Fourteenth Brother knew that Sifujin was different from other Fujins. dear sister-in-law.

On the third day, fourteenth elder brother was sent by Sifu Jin to send greeting cards and invitation letters to several important families, inviting people to his housewarming banquet.

In addition, I have to take a look in the palace, especially Concubine De.

Brother Fourteen went.

The first one to go was of course Kangxi. Kangxi looked at the invitation and said with a smile: "This is the first time I have received this thing."

Brother Fourteen was taken aback: "Can't you give it to Huang Ama?"

He really doesn't know, and my sister-in-law didn't say anything?

"I can give it, I can give it." Kangxi smiled even more happily: "Huang Ama must go!"

The fourteenth elder brother rubbed his nose: "Don't tease Erchen, you didn't go to so many elder brothers who opened the mansion, Erchen's place...is that okay?"

"You have prepared a residence for Huang Ama, can Huang Ama not go and see it?" Kangxi patted him on the shoulder in fear: "Growing up and getting married, Huang Ama will go and have a look, so I can rest assured."

Brother Fourteen is happy.

But the post for the Empress Dowager and Concubine De, the two of them accepted, but they didn't say whether to go or not.

But Kangxi didn't say a word, and Fourteen didn't dare to mention rashly that he wanted to take Erniang into the mansion to have a look, or the empress dowager to stay overnight.

Because according to the rules of the palace, only after the death of the emperor, the concubine will be brought up, and the son who left the palace to build a mansion will be brought into the mansion to take care of him.

Of course, there are some concubines who will not do this, it all depends on what the new successor thinks.

The Fourteenth Baylor Mansion was extremely busy, many people came in and out, even the Mongolian guards given by the empress dowager ran out to buy sheep.

After three days, the housewarming banquet started.

It was opened in the afternoon, but there was no way in the morning, the emperor called Da Qier.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, guests came one after another. The fourth elder brother helped the fourteenth elder brother to receive some distinguished guests, such as their cousins, the two heirs of the prince's mansion, who were the closest blood relatives to them.

The twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother helped to receive the brothers.

Uncle came over to help receive some officials, but there were very few officials. Why did the fourteenth elder brother not receive an errand, so there were few people coming, but for Wu Yaboqi, he still had to help receive.

The last exciting part is that Kangxi is here.

He came for a private visit from Weifu, as an Ama.

But it was enough to make the brothers jealous, including the prince.

Sifujin was in charge of the overall situation, and he brought ten Fujin to meet many wives.

The strange thing is that Yongjun Wang's mansion is next to Babeile's mansion, but the relationship between Sifujin and Bafujin is mediocre, or indifferent.

For such a lively event, Fujin didn't come!

Jiufujin all came to help, but Bafujin was nowhere to be seen. The eighth elder brother came by himself and did not bring a concubine.

On this occasion, all the concubines are here, and they are not even qualified to have a concubine, let alone a concubine.

Kangxi ate alone in the backyard, the fourteenth brother took the fourth brother to accompany him personally, and the other brothers helped him entertain the guests, showing respect as brothers and friends as much as possible.

The crown prince also came in person. He knew in advance that Kangxi was going to leave the palace, so he gave Brother Fourteen this face. Unexpectedly, Kangxi not only came, but also had a dinner here.

Kangxi looked at the dinner and was happy: "This is out of the palace?"

I saw that Kangxi's dinner was very interesting.

At this time, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the Dragon Boat Festival was over, vegetables were on the market, fish and shrimp were available, so the housewarming banquet at Fourteen Baylor's mansion was very down-to-earth.

In addition to delicacies from mountains and seas, there are river seafood such as fish and shrimp.

The one for Kangxi is of course the best. Boiled fish has become popular in Beijing, so of course this dish is indispensable here.

It's just that his own cooking is of course better, and the bottom ones are bean sprouts, small rapeseed and black fungus.

Then there are dry-fried small fish, which are excellent wines; braised carp in soy sauce, garlic-roasted catfish, stewed crucian carp...

All the fish, shrimp and crabs that were not in the palace were served on the table.

"Change the taste for Huang Ama." Elder Fourteen personally served the meal.

Kangxi was satisfied with what he ate, and the crown prince was so jealous that he was going to be sour.

Since the fall of Suo'etu, the prince's life has begun to be cautious, and the prince, who has always been the favored son of heaven, has suffered to death.

Seeing Brother Fourteen talking and laughing with Kangxi, he drank a lot of wine jealously, but he didn't dare to get drunk for fear of losing his composure.

On the other hand, Sifujin felt a little nauseous. The wife who had childbearing experience hurriedly invited the imperial doctor to come over. On the first pulse, Sifujin was pregnant, but it was only a few months old. If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of fish and shrimps on the dining table today, the fishy smell made Sifujin uneasy. It's comfortable, I'm afraid I can't make it out yet!

When the good news broke out, even a person as informal as the fourth elder brother smiled.

After the meal, Kangxi also got up and left Fourteen Baylor Mansion, the officials who didn't go afterwards beat their chests and feet, regretting endlessly.

On the other hand, Sifu Jin, Concubine De knew she was pregnant when she heard that the eldest daughter-in-law went to help the younger son Zhang Luo with a housewarming banquet, and vomited sour water at the banquet.

Holding Si Fujin's hand, he had a good meal of emotion, and finally rewarded Si Fujin with a lot of supplements, saying that it was for his daughter-in-law to nourish her body.

Even after Kangxi found out about the happy event, he rewarded some and went to Yongjun Palace.

However, thinking about the matter of the fourteenth son, I felt a little bit embarrassed, and secretly went to see Doctor Xu, but the old man still said that he was not sure.

Kangxi had no choice but to see if God would give Shisi this chance.

The fourteenth elder brother held a housewarming banquet, and this person relaxed a lot. There was news from Yuqing Palace that Xiao Li Jia's belly was upbeat and gave birth to a boy!

As long as it can be raised, this is the eldest grandson of Emperor Kangxi.

Da Fujin also gave birth three days later, and it was also a boy!

The eldest elder brother was very excited, and went to the palace to announce the good news in person, and won many rewards.

It's a pity that he didn't win the first place, but Dafujin finally got rid of the curse of having a daughter after giving birth to a son.

Elder Fourteen's family was busy giving gifts to different places again. The gifts from the two places were the same, a whole set of children's silver jewelry, plus some good fabrics, that's all.

"Is the gift a little thin?" Elder Fourteen himself thought it was inappropriate, but the eldest mother shook her head and said: "Master, it's not that the family doesn't give too much. This child is nothing if it is born. You have to grow up, and you have to be able to start a family and start a business before you can be considered a person.”

In ancient times, the loss of children was too high, and being born did not mean that they were raised up, and that being raised did not mean that they would live a long life.

As the old saying goes, if you have a child who is a hundred years old, you will worry about 99 years.

"When the child grows up and gets married, you just need to give more." The eldest mother said: "Besides, you are not married yet, so it doesn't matter how important the gift is."

A mansion without a mistress, that's all.

The fourteenth elder brother was relieved, but he was relieved of this kind of thing, but found another thing. His uncle told him that Cao Yin from Jiangnan noticed that copper selling was a good business, so he drew up a memorial. He said that he also wanted to participate in this trip, so that he could generate income for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but selling copper requires a lot of money, so he wanted to borrow 10 taels of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Kangxi read this scripture, and immediately played it!

It's a pity that the Cao family's affairs were not confidential, and then several aristocratic families from the Household Department also smelled the meat inside, and they all came to grab food and compete to lower the price.

Just before and after the fourteenth elder brother's housewarming banquet, many people borrowed money, borrowed money from the treasury, and went to do business.

Cao Yin was not a professional businessman, and he couldn't deal with so many people who specialized in business in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he gradually lost money selling copper. He planned to write a memorial, and found an excuse that could not stand the slightest scrutiny, saying that he didn't want to do it anymore. Kangxi still played immediately, and didn't even pursue the lost capital.

In fact, he still made a profit from this money, but it was only used to fill the hole in Kangxi's southern tour!

This turned out to be a bad one.

In the case of Cao Yin, he borrowed money from the emperor as soon as he opened his mouth, which is a key sign to measure the official and business class of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Whether it is coating or investing in Shanxi merchants, being able to lend the royal money means that he has gained the trust of the royal family. The more royal money he has lent, the closer the relationship with the royal family.

After all, the latter thinks that the former has the ability to make money, so he will spend a lot of money to invest, even if the former has no money, he can lend him money.

Bureaucratic businessmen dared to say that they had truly become "imperial businessmen" when they were mixed enough to do business with the emperor's money.

Even if there is no shortage of money, he will borrow a few sums. This is not a question of money, but a question of face.

And this trend quickly spread to the officialdom, and officials followed suit one after another. Even if the family is rich, they will go to the Ministry of Accounts to borrow a sum of money to show that their relationship with the emperor is very strong. Silver out!

Now the household department is tense, and there is a lot of money owed over the years. If you continue to borrow like this, the treasury will be empty.

Not only the ministers, but also the princes and brothers have started to borrow money!

But for all the princes and elder brothers who have left the palace to build a mansion, if you borrow 1 taels and I borrow 3 taels, their Huang Ama even agreed.

Especially when Brother Fourteen heard that Brother Nine had borrowed 20 taels.

He had to run to ask his ninth brother: "Ninth brother, what are you borrowing so much money for?"

Brother Jiu's chubby face shone with a golden light: "Of course it's for business."

The fourteenth elder brother choked, that's right, he, the ninth elder brother, was always thinking about business outside the palace in the palace, and now he is out of the palace to build a mansion, and he is even more free. Apart from beauties, he loves making money.

"I didn't know there was this channel to get money before, but now that I have money, the restaurant that your ninth brother and I want to open has started." Ninth brother said happily: "I like fourth brother's VIP restaurant the most. But there is no way, the fourth brother will not give it to me, I plan to open a few restaurants in the inner city and the outer city, how can I buy restaurants without money? So I went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to borrow money like the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, don’t worry , Brother Jiu earned the money back in a few years."

Elder Fourteen had a frowning face: "I'm afraid you won't want to pay back the money you've made."

"Return it back? Do you think who borrowed the money and repaid it?" Brother Jiu's character is of Pixiu: "So many ministers have borrowed it, and some have borrowed it for more than ten years, and they haven't returned it. Why should I pay it back?" ah?"

Just after borrowing the money, I asked my younger brother to talk about repaying the money. Brother Jiu was in a bad mood immediately, and his face was so long: "What do you mean by Fourteen?"

"Ninth brother, everyone can borrow it, but if you don't pay back the loan, the treasury will still be empty?" Fourteenth brother said worriedly: "When the time comes, Huang Ama will be furious, and I'm afraid you will be punished."

"Isn't it? I think they all borrowed it, but the prince borrowed 50 taels!" Brother Jiu sniffled: "Besides, the money was all spent. Now let me pay it back, and I have no money." ah!"