In the west wing room, Brother Jiu went and came back, standing at the door of the north room.
Shu Shu was walking on the ground. When he saw this, he walked to the door and said, "How many of you are gone?"
Brother Jiu nodded and shook his head, saying: "The others have left, and I have left Old Thirteen behind. I will go to the palace with him later..."
As he spoke, he told about the errands he had been assigned this morning.
After hearing this, Shu Shu said seriously: "It's going to be hard for you. The corresponding arrangements must be prepared before the Holy Driver sets off."
"Yes, my annual leave has been taken away. Fortunately, there are twelve people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as Gao Yanzhong and Zhang Baozou, so it will be easy for me to arrange it..."
Brother Ninth said.
This is business, so Shu Shu said: "Well, go quickly, don't worry about the family, let the government send you a lunch box at noon."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "No need for today. I just happened to go to Brother's place to find Twelve. I can deal with him. Let's start tomorrow..."
After saying this to Shu Shu, Brother Jiu went forward.
In the front yard, Cui Baisui was talking to someone.
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "You are coming here at this time. Did Gao Bin reply?"
Gao Yanzhong responded, took out a letter and an account book from his sleeves, and presented them with both hands.
There is also a lacquer seal on the opening of the envelope.
Brother Jiu ordered He Yuzhu: "Send him to the study."
I can't worry about the official cooking pot for the moment. I'll take care of it when I get back from the palace.
He Yuzhu picked it up and sent it to the study.
Brother Thirteen was waiting in the front hall, and when he heard the noise outside, he came out.
Brother Jiu was talking to Gao Yanzhong: "You came just in time, otherwise I would have sent someone to find you..."
Gao Yanzhong had toured Hunan and Hubei, and he was also experienced in arranging logistical matters.
Brother Ninth was assigned to be responsible for the logistics, but he had no intention of doing everything himself.
Only then did Gao Yanzhong know that the logistics of this holy drive's tour was handled by Commander-in-Chief Jiu Age, and he said: "Among other things, you have to bring your seal with you, and you have to send notes to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs later..."
Previously, Brother Ninth had the seal of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and did not use a private seal.
Now if you want to arrange relevant matters, you need to use Brother Jiu's private seal.
Just as He Yuzhu returned from delivering the account books and letters, Brother Jiu asked him to go to the study again and bring out a private seal.
The thirteenth elder brother was standing by, watching Gao Yanzhong act thoughtfully, and was filled with envy.
After all, it was the old man that Jiu Ge brought up, so it was convenient to call him up.
He is here just to show his name, and he cannot bypass the several ministers in charge of the bodyguards and directly intervene in the affairs of the bodyguards office, the guard camp, and the vanguard camp.
After leaving Baylor Mansion, the Thirteenth Prince got into the Ninth Prince's carriage and Gao Yanzhong rode the horse.
A group of people arrived at Shenwumen.
The ninth elder brother told Gao Yanzhong: "Go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to calculate the reserves of the stations and palaces along the way, and see how to allocate increases and decreases... I will go to the twelfth elder brother and wait until lunch..."
Gao Yanzhong agreed and watched the ninth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother enter the palace, then took a detour and went to Donghua Gate.
Brother Thirteen and Brother Nine entered the Shenwu Sect and asked, "Has Gao Yanzhong not been promoted yet? Why do I remember that he seemed to have been promoted once in the past two years?"
Brother Ninth said: "The rank has been promoted to four levels, and I am appointed as the general manager of Xiaotangshan Palace. However, there is a shortage there, and I am also appointed as the doctor of the hall."
Brother Thirteen said: "He is indeed a capable person."
I have been solely responsible for the Holy Driver’s tours several times.
We met him alone several times, and the Thirteenth Brother had a good impression of him.
Brother Jiu curled his lips and said: "It's not that I protect others, but I prefer people I know. Lao Gao's ability is here. Even if he was delayed in the early years, if he had been promoted step by step in the past few years, he would have been appointed as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
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From thirty-seven years to now, I have been promoted from no rank to the fourth rank, which is fast enough.
If he wants to be promoted again, Gao Yanzhong doesn't have enough qualifications, and some of them are hard to come by.
The Thirteenth Elder Brother said: "In the early years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was indeed in a bad state. Fortunately, Ninth Brother has been in charge for a few years, and now it has a new look."
Brother Ninth said: "It's hard to say what will happen in the future. Musca followed Cao Cao's rules and did not change his previous actions. Who knows what the next manager will do..."
In the heart of the ninth elder brother, he was really looking forward to the twelfth elder brother becoming the general manager.
But he knows his propriety, and this is not something he can say.
Otherwise, if you stretch your hand too far, it will be neither good for you nor the twelfth brother, and it may be counterproductive.
When he entered the Qianxi elder brother's office and passed by the door of the first institute, the thirteenth elder brother hesitated whether he should go to the fifth institute with the ninth elder brother.
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "Go home, do you still want to send me home?"
Only then did the thirteenth elder brother stop and watched the ninth elder brother arrive at the door of the fifth institute, then turned around and entered the first institute.
Five gates are closed.
He Yuzhu stepped forward and knocked on the door.
When the concierge came to open the door, he recognized Brother Jiu and hurriedly said hello.
Brother Jiu went directly into the yard and went to the living room in the front yard. As he walked, he asked the concierge: "Where is your father?"
The concierge said: "Our master is in the study..."
At this moment, the twelfth elder brother had heard the news and came out.
"Brother Ninth..."
Seeing that it was Brother Jiu, he hurriedly walked a few steps to meet him.
Brother Jiu got straight to the point: "I have been assigned by Khan Amma as a temporary errand to be responsible for the logistics of the holy driver's tour. He will be stationed at the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the next few days!"
The twelfth elder brother listened with a smile on his face.
When Brother Jiu saw it, he hummed and said, "You don't know that I am free, right? You know that I am busy, so you are so happy?"
The twelfth elder brother hurriedly stopped his smile and said, "I'm just happy that I can see the ninth brother more often these days."
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The brother talked and entered the living room.
Brother Jiu didn't come out either and sat down.
"How many meals have you had for me? Today, your sister-in-law knew that I was out and was preparing to ask someone to deliver the meal. She asked me to push him away. He was about to come over and treat you to a meal. She asked the kitchen to prepare it quickly and eat more.
Let’s go to the Yamen, I’ll ask Gao Yanzhong to go there first!”
The twelfth elder brother hurriedly ordered someone to send a message to the dining room: "Don't be greasy. Please serve two more side dishes and heat up the dough."
This is due to the fear that the dough will be hard and difficult to overcome.
Brother Jiu said: "Just one bite will be enough. During the Chinese New Year, there is nothing else to do but eat. I have accumulated enough food!"
In the morning, I had mutton soup with sesame seed cakes. Seeing how everyone was eating, Brother Jiu also ate an extra sesame seed pancake, so he wasn’t really hungry.
The twelfth elder brother called for someone again and said, "Steam a bowl of eggs. I want them to be tender, and heat up some rice."
The man agreed and went to the dining room to deliver the message.
The twelfth elder brother thought for a while and called the third person, saying: "Tell Fujin that the ninth brother is here..."
The man went to the backyard to spread the message.
Brother Jiu looked on and looked down at his purse.
Hey, coming to visit during the Chinese New Year is really a turn of events...
After Twelve Fujin got the news, he changed into a big coat and went to the front yard.
"Happy New Year, Uncle Jiu. I wish you a happy New Year..."
Twelve Fujin came in and bowed to Brother Nine.
Brother Ninth stood up and bowed in return: "Happy New Year, brothers and sisters..."
As he said that, he picked up his purse and said, "I came in a hurry, my brothers and sisters, please take it and give it to others!"
The Twelve Fujin was stunned and looked at the Twelfth Prince.
Brother Twelve nodded.
Twelve Fujin took it with both hands, confessed his crime, and withdrew.
The ninth elder brother pointed at the twelfth elder brother and said: "Confused!"
The twelfth elder brother chatted, knowing that he was talking about getting his concubine pregnant.
Ma Qi was very popular, and his brothers were all close ministers of the emperor.
For the twelfth elder brother, there is no harm in being more respectful to the Yue family.
The eldest son and eldest daughter were born as concubines. It was not something that happened before the wedding, so it was a bit too much.
The ninth elder brother was no one else, and the twelfth elder brother also told the reason.
"Fu Jin arranged a roommate when he was inconvenienced..."
As a result, just once, there was movement.
Brother Jiu was naturally biased towards his younger brother. He was half relieved after hearing this and said: "She is the dowry girl of my younger brother and sister? Then the Fucha family can't say anything..."
The twelfth prince shook his head, lowered his eyes and said, "It's the palace lady..."
Brother Ninth: "..."
That is the same identity as walnuts and ginkgo.
These twelve younger siblings don't seem very smart.
Wu already has a ready-made princess, so how can she be so virtuous as to add a second wife?
The baby is about to be born and cannot be stuffed back.
Brother Jiu then said: "Looking at the bright side, I can't say that my siblings will feel at ease like this. If your two Geges were pregnant, they would probably be uneasy."
The twelfth elder brother is not the one who spoils his concubines and kills his wives, but there is a character in these five houses who can't stand it - Li Gege.
This Li Gege is none other than the cousin of Li, the concubine of Yuqing Palace, and the cousin of Emperor Sun Hongxi.
Although Hongxi's maternal family had been deposed and exiled, the Li family was a large family with many members, and only a few of them had titles.
Li Gege's father is also a third-grade Spyker.
The twelfth elder brother was noncommittal.
Brother Jiu saw that he was unhappy, so he changed his words and said: "In the past years when Khan Ama went on patrol, Gao Yanzhong was responsible for the supply several times. This time you are idle and you are idle. Follow me for a few days. If you take the relevant work in the future,
There is no need to study now for errands."
The twelfth elder brother said: "There are not many people on duty arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you want to call some more people back?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Then let's call Master Zhang. He is not an outsider. If you can mention it once, just mention it once!"
The twelfth prince naturally had no objection.
After a while, the dining room brought lunch.
In addition to the items ordered by Brother Twelve, Twelve Fujin also ordered a few more dishes.
A platter of crispy fish and crispy meat, a smoked chicken, a eight-treasure duck, and a braised sea cucumber.
Chicken, duck, fish and meat are all available, which can be considered as a banquet.
When the two brothers took their seats, Brother Jiu was not polite. He pointed at the braised sea cucumber and said to He Yuzhu: "Take it down and put it on the mat..."
The twelfth elder brother said: "Ninth brother, there is still food in the dining room."
Brother Jiu asked: "You are so old, are you just showing off as a waiter?"
With that said, he ordered the twelfth brother's eunuch to bring the eight-treasure duck down.
Brother Jiu made rice with egg custard, only dried radish pickles and kohlrabi pickles, and did not eat other meaty foods. It was very delicious.
The twelfth prince also eats a light diet. Except for a chopstick of crispy fish, he also eats vegetarian dishes.
After lunch, the two brothers left the Fifth Office and went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Here at the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gao Yanzhong has already dug up the supplies that the Holy Spirit drove on his tour of Nanhe last year.
Last year, in addition to the crown prince and the two princes, there were six princes, three ministers leading bodyguards, two bachelors, more than a hundred bodyguards, and more than 600 soldiers from the forward camp and the guard camp who accompanied them out of the capital last year.
Looking at this number of people, Brother Jiu was stunned.
"So many people? I remember that during the thirty-eighth southern tour, the number of retinues was not that large..."
At that time, there was also the Queen Mother, as well as many princes and their family members.
Isn't this tour of Nanhe a simple and easy way?
Gao Yanzhong said: "There are two hundred of them, who are responsible for guarding the prince..."
