Kangxi 45 years

At the beginning of June,

Emperor Kangxi formally decreed that Geng E, the former Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was moved to be the Minister of Man of the Ministry of War, Xiao Yongzao was promoted to the Minister of Han of the Ministry of War, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, Marhan, moved to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Qi Shiwu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Governor of Shaanxi, Ehai Jin, Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Sichuan Governor Ye Jiusi transferred the governor of Anhui, and Nian Gengyao, the former Sichuan procurator, was promoted to the governor of Sichuan.

Daliangzhuang in the suburbs of Beijing

The fourth elder brother leaned on the couch, watching Eunuch Su squatting on the ground, holding up a brick and smashing walnuts, "As Malhan said, Huang Ama has made up his mind to transfer Qi Shiwu back to Beijing, and he will not hesitate to go to war."

"Qi Shiwu has always supported the prince. The emperor relieved his military power because he was afraid that the prince would become bigger." Su Wei smashed a walnut into pieces, "But, will Qi Shiwu go back to Beijing obediently? The prince certainly doesn't want to lose it." military power."

"This point was mentioned in Nian Gengyao's letter to the Lord." The fourth elder brother stroked his forehead with one hand, "E Hai, the governor of Shaanxi, is Qi Shiwu's confidant, and it is not considered that he has lost power when he succeeds the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. What's more, Qi Shiwu He is a person who does not know the hidden world, and has always wanted to meddle in the political affairs of Beijing and China on the border, and it is also a headache for the second brother to take him."

"Then it's not a bad thing to let him go back to Beijing to make trouble. Nian Gengyao just took this opportunity to cultivate influence in the army," Su Wei searched for broken walnuts all over the place, and seeing the fourth elder brother gave him a headache.

"Master," Zhang Bao stepped into the door at the right time, "Ding Zhuang came to report, Brother Thirteen asked to see him."

"Yinxiang is back?" The fourth elder brother hurriedly got up and put on his shoes, and Su Wei called his servants to clean up the mess on the ground.

A group of people followed the fourth elder brother out of the courtyard gate, and saw the thirteenth elder brother in a brown robe standing in front of the red horse.

"Yinxiang!"

"Fourth brother," the thirteenth elder brother hurriedly stepped forward, and bowed to the fourth elder brother, "My brother greets the fourth elder brother."

"Get up quickly," the fourth elder brother raised the corners of his lips and helped the thirteenth elder brother up. Seeing that he was thin but energetic, he reassured, "When did you come back? Have you seen Huang Ama before?" ?”

"My younger brother came to Beijing yesterday," Elder Brother Thirteen smiled slightly, "After seeing Huang Ama, I rushed to Zhuangzi's place."

"Follow me in and rest for a while," Si Age dragged Yin Xiang into the yard, "You know the situation in Beijing more or less, although it's a little bit hard now, but it finally got you out of the dilemma. "

Su Wei sent away the servants in the front yard, and made hot tea for the two masters himself.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, my brother doesn't care about the matter of title," Yinxiang said with a calm face, "Before my brother was impulsive and committed a big mistake, he was already prepared in the palace. Now he can do well Back in the capital, I am already satisfied."

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips, nodded, and his eyes fell on the thirteenth elder brother's leg, "How is your injury recovering? I heard Su Peisheng mentioned it before, and it seems to be seriously injured?"

"Fourth brother, don't worry." Brother Thirteen tapped his knee with one hand, "After recuperating in the palace for so long, it's basically fine. It's just that when the weather is bad, it will be a little sore, and it won't delay anything."

The fourth elder brother breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the thirteenth elder brother with a little sternness in his eyes, "This time, you have gone too far. You have a healthy body and skin, and you are treated by your parents, not to mention that you are a prince. The emperor Ama didn't pursue it further, it's really a preference for you."

"Yinxiang knew it was wrong." The thirteenth brother lowered his head, "Yesterday when I met Huang Ama, Yinxiang also bowed and apologized. It's just that Huang Ama doesn't seem to want to see me."

"Recently, the court has been busy with affairs." The fourth elder brother picked up the tea bowl and scraped off the tea powder, "Your father-in-law has just been transferred to the official department, and Huang Ama is also afraid that there will be people who will be moved by the court. You have just returned to Beijing, not good Get involved in these things again."

"Thank you fourth brother for reminding me." Thirteenth elder brother pursed his lips, "Thanks to fourth elder brother taking care of elder brother during Yinxiang's stay in the palace, Zhao Jia also mentioned it to younger brother. I learned that fourth sister-in-law has My younger brother had been thinking about it for a long time, but there was nothing to give away. So I begged for a statue of Guanyin in Shengjing Ci’en Temple. On the way back, I set up porridge sheds and medicine shops in various places in the name of my fourth brother. My nephews have done good deeds," he said, and asked Deng Yu to bring a statue of Guanyin and a single book into the house.

"Your intentions, the fourth brother has written down," the fourth elder brother asked Su Wei to accept the gift, and Su Wei understood in his heart that compared with the Guanyin statue, the porridge shed medicine shop that was widely known by Prince Yong among the people was really expensive time.No wonder, in modern history, Yongzheng would value Prince Yi so much.

The thirteenth elder brother lived in the village, and the fourth elder brother specially sent craftsmen from Prince Yong's mansion to tidy up the mansion for the thirteenth master, and picked out powerful servants to guard the thirteenth master's mansion. After working hard for more than a month, finally Helping Elder Brother Thirteen erect the gate of the mansion, Thirteen Fujin also moved out of Elder Brother's house.

Fortunately, Lord Kangxi was not stingy with his son, and the 20 taels of settling allowance was not unfair to one another. Besides, the fourth elder brother added 5 taels to the thirteenth master in private.Earlier, the thirteenth elder brother made up for the cost of building a porridge shed and drug store for the fourth elder brother by more than ten times.

Eunuch Su now understands that the fourth master of his family is hiding money from his private house, and the 5 taels have not been posted, so they are directly handed over to the thirteenth elder brother.

In the bedroom in the evening, the fourth elder brother looked at the back of Grandpa Su's head angrily, "Okay, don't be angry, can I hand over all the books to you? Besides, I didn't hide money behind your back. They are all respected by officials in private, so it is not easy to record them in the account."

"You still accept bribes!" Su Wei stared and turned around, "You are not afraid that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will sue you! The crown prince and the eighth elder brother are all watching!"

The fourth elder brother grinned, and stretched out his arms to hug Eunuch Su, "Master, that's not counted as accepting bribes. Officials always ask for bribes, and I never do things for others for money. Besides, you are the second brother, Yinhu They are all two-sleeves? Officials curry favor with the clan, and giving money is just a courtesy. You reject people thousands of miles away in everything, and you don’t even accept a stepping stone. How can you cultivate your own power in the court?"

Su Wei blinked his eyes. The officialdom has not been a clean place since ancient times. In the 21st century, giving gifts and selling favors is still the norm. What is there to worry about in the Qing Dynasty?

"Then," Eunuch Su bit his finger, "How much did you collect? How much is left now?"

"Tomorrow, I'll let you show me the account book." The fourth elder brother pulled out his finger, lowered his head and leaned forward, "I'll let you take care of it from now on, listen to what I say tonight..."

The next day, a scream erupted in the bedroom.

Xiaoyingzi walked out of the wing sleepily, only to see his second master running out like a gust of wind with a big cap hanging around his neck, grabbing him by the neck and rushing towards the gate of the courtyard.

"Master, ahem, what are you doing—" Xiaoyingzi struggled to back up, "I'm about to be strangled to death!"

Su Wei looked excited at this time, and he carried a thick account book in his arms. He called Kukui to set up a carriage and drove directly to the city gate, "Let's go to the south of the city, I want to open another hot pot Shop. By the way, let’s find Shen Wenyan first, I want to order ten carts of spices. The Huizhou merchants have to get in touch as soon as possible, and the Shu embroidery and Su brocade gods will get them into the capital as soon as possible!"

In the inner hall of the main courtyard, the fourth elder brother who had changed his clothes sat down to eat.

Zhang Bao stretched his neck, looked at Su Wei's disappearing back in an instant, and said hesitantly, "Master, is this okay? Eunuch Su, I'm afraid he will go crazy."

"Let him go," the fourth elder brother drank the millet porridge slowly, "Anyway, I only gave him one of them, so let him spend it. Su Peisheng has a business mind, and in the future, I might really rely on him raise it."

Looking at the face of the fourth elder brother who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Zhang Bao sighed silently. No one probably knows how many private houses their master has.However, with the timidity of myself and Su Peisheng, it's better not to delve into it.

mid-July

The capital is getting hotter and hotter, and all the previously transferred officials from the DPRK and China have arrived.Nian Gengyao, who was promoted to the governor of Sichuan from the second rank, also began to have a close relationship with the fourth elder brother.

Prince Yong's mansion has been renovated at this time, Su Wei followed the fourth elder brother back to the mansion first to have a look.

The entire gate of the original Baylor Mansion was doubled in size, and the base of the platform was also much higher. From a distance, the green glazed tiles were particularly conspicuous in the sunlight.Entering the gate of the mansion, the newly built wing buildings on both sides made Su Wei realize for a moment that the Prince Yong's mansion at this time has some similarities with the modern Lama Temple.

The living room in the front yard was changed to the main hall of the palace. After the porch was expanded, stone railings were built around the front wall.The gates and pillars of the main road are decorated with red and green oil, each door has 63 gold nails, the beams are pasted with gold, and five-clawed cloud dragons and flowers and plants of various colors are painted.

"The main hall of the king's mansion has another name in the folks," said the fourth elder brother leading Su Wei to the threshold. The Eight Immortals chair in the middle has been changed to a five-color cloud dragon throne painted in red paint. The seat is eight feet high, eleven feet wide, nine feet long, and the base is high. One foot and five inches, the screen behind the seat is opened three times, and the five-clawed golden cloud dragon is painted on it. "The people call the main hall of the Wangfu the Yin'an Hall, which is extended from the Jinluan Hall of the Imperial Palace, indicating that the prince's position is only below the ninth five, which is very honorable." .”

The fourth elder brother lifted his legs up the stone steps and sat on the throne. Su Wei stood in the middle of the main hall in a daze, a little dazed.

"Come here," the fourth elder brother patted the other side of the throne, and Su Wei immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Come here," the fourth elder brother lowered his voice and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Don't force me to do you here!"

Facing the threat of the fourth elder brother in astonishment, Grandpa Su hesitated for three seconds in his heart between preferring death to surrender and being able to bend and stretch, and trotted up the steps.

"Come here and do it well," the fourth elder brother stretched out his hand to hug Eunuch Su to his side.

Su Wei touched the armrest of the throne with some curiosity, and then padded his butt up and down, "It's a bit hard, let someone sew a cushion for you later."

Baye Mansion

The study room is full of tenderness with red sleeves, Jiayi waits at the desk, her peach-like eyes can't hold anyone else except Babeile.

"Master," the servant entered the room and reported, "Master Nalan Kuixu is asking to see you."

"Welcome in quickly," Brother Eight stopped writing and stood up.

Jiayi quickly blessed Fudao, "Master has something to do, so I will resign first."

"Okay," Eighth Brother bent the corners of his lips, "Please stay here with me all morning, go back and have a rest. In the evening, we will have dinner together."

"Yes," Jiayi saluted again with the corners of her lips pursed, and followed the maid with a smile in her eyes.

"Master Belle really loves the young master so much." The maid Xiuxiang helped Jiayi through the arch, "No one in the whole house dares to look down on the young master."

"Don't talk nonsense," Jiayi gave Xiuxiang an angry look, "By the way, I see that Lord Belle has always been preoccupied recently, and it's probably because things in the court are not going well. Let's invite Fujin to the suburbs of Beijing Please ask the Lord for a peace talisman from Cheng'en Temple."

"Gege is really careful," Jiayi's words were interrupted with a soft voice, and Mao stood up from the pavilion by the roadside and saluted Jiayi, "However, Gege should not go out easily these days."

"Why is that?" Jiayi slightly raised her eyebrows, and walked to the stone table with Mao and sat down.

"Gege doesn't know something," Mao said with a veil covering his lips, "I heard from my servants that there was an epidemic in the west city, and the infection was very fast, and all the sick people had herpes all over their bodies. It was smallpox."

"How come?" Jiayi frowned, "It's not been a year or two since vaccination was popular in Beijing, so it shouldn't be a big deal."

"Then who knows," Mao sighed and shook his head, "But I heard that this epidemic is very evil, and not everyone who comes into contact with it will be infected. Those who are in contact with patients all day long are no big deal. Son, on the contrary, someone far away developed the disease, which is different from what we have heard before."

Jiayi blinked her eyes, and had some guesses in her heart, but Mao over there suppressed her voice again and said, "By the way, recently, Fujin and Lord Baylor have had a few temper tantrums, and I always tell you about your origins." Things, Gege has to be more careful."

"I see, thank you, sister," Jiayi pursed her lips, lowered her head and sighed softly, the handkerchief in her hand was clenched tighter and tighter.

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