Chapter 2111 Favor (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
"Guarjia is a Clan Fujin. If she gives birth to an elder brother, in the future of Baylor Mansion...she is a smart person. If she leaves the second elder brother under her care, she will teach him well..."
The fifth elder brother continued.
Brother Jiu was stunned and said, "What about Hongsheng?"
He was the eldest son of the fifth elder brother, and the first grandson of the emperor to be sent to the palace to study.
The second elder brother who is the direct descendant cannot inherit the title, so shouldn’t the title fall to Hong Sheng?
The fifth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "In the royal family, the son is more valuable than the mother. If the Liu family has not made any mistakes, I will ask her to be granted the title of Fujin. Hongsheng will be ranked ahead of others, but the Liu family is in Nanyuan. Even if I ask for grace to bring her back in the future, I can't ask for the blessing of Fujin."
In this way, Hongsheng is an ordinary eldest son.
Unless there is no other younger brother with a decent family background, there is no chance of him being the heir.
Brother Jiu was a little confused and said, "Are you thinking too far-term?"
Who can guarantee that Guarjia will definitely give birth to a child or an elder brother, and that he will be able to stand upright?
The fifth elder brother lowered his eyes and said: "Guarjia asked for Ping'an pulse the day before yesterday and diagnosed Hua pulse."
Brother Ninth: "..."
Compared with the unidentified fetus in Guarjia's belly, Brother Ninth felt a little sorry for the two nephews above him.
Even for the moment, he didn't have any better suggestions.
He thought of the elementary school in the backyard and said, "Why don't you send your nephew there? If you have more children, your temperament will be more lively and cheerful."
The fifth elder brother shook his head and said: "No, I have nothing to do. I will enlighten the second elder brother with Guarjia. I will look back at the people around him and keep the ones that are appropriate. Change the ones that are not appropriate as soon as possible. Save the rest and send them away next year." There is no rest in the palace."
If someone with bad intentions really controls the master, the child will suffer.
Seeing that he had an arrangement, Brother Jiu didn't say anything else. He only said: "You just have to know what you are doing. There are many sons, and they are not from the same mother. They need to be taught well and they must be able to stand up on their own."
The fifth elder brother said: "When the second elder brother becomes a man, I will ask Khan Amma for a favor and knight him in advance."
Children of the clan could apply for or take the exam for a title at the age of twenty, but in the past, they could apply for a title at the age of fifteen.
Since the second elder brother is ill, we don't expect him to be awarded a title or be granted a title. The only thing left is to hope for a favor.
The ninth elder brother looked at the fifth elder brother and said: "Then you have to cheer up. You can't just hang around. If you don't save your merits, you can't ask for favor in front of Khan Ama."
Having too many princes is not valuable, let alone grandsons.
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "Yes, I know, it was Lao Bali here in the Criminal Department who went through it once, and now he is honest. We will talk about it later when we go to other yamen."
After hearing this, Ninth Brother said regretfully: "It would be great if Fifth Brother was still at the Ministry of Industry. During this southern tour, we found out several dam defects. If we want to make contributions, the Ministry of Industry has a lot to do."
The fifth elder brother said: "There is no hope for the Ministry of Industry. A few years ago, I took my turn..."
Brother Ninth was thinking about the clockwork ornaments workshop he wanted to build. This time he did not recruit Brother Five as a partner, but there is no need for brothers to have you take care of me and I take yours.
When Hongsheng gets married and his second elder brother is knighted, he, as his biological uncle, will provide some extra support to his two nephews.
When they saw the meal, He Yuzhu came in and asked: "Sir, the table is ready, can you serve it?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Here, pour a pot of the mulberry wine I brewed a few days ago."
He Yuzhu responded and went down.
The fifth elder brother touched his stomach and found that he was really hungry.
In the past two days, he had not eaten well while thinking about settling his second son.
After a while, the table was put on the table.
In addition to the lotus leaf pork ribs and bacon platter, there are also braised pig tails, hot kidneys, chestnut pork belly soup and other meat dishes.
The wine is mulberry wine brewed at the beginning of the month, purple-red in color.
The fifth elder brother clearly saw the dishes on the table and couldn't help but glance at the ninth elder brother's crotch.
Brother Jiu felt uncomfortable and said, "What are you looking at?"
The fifth elder brother pointed at the table and said, "It's a hot day, aren't you afraid of getting angry?"
Brother Jiu sneered and said, "I ate light food a while ago, and I'm a little greedy..."
It's early summer now. It's hot during the day, but still cool in the morning and evening, so I'm a bit sleepy.
This back and forth made me feel a little powerless.
But Brother Jiu was still a strong person, so he took the initiative to order.
Unexpectedly, I was caught up by my brother.
The fifth elder brother didn’t even try to chop it off, he just ran away with his chopsticks.
This dish is not expensive, but it is not a regular dish in the dining room.
Six meat and four vegetarian dishes, ten dishes.
The fifth elder brother ate to a great extent, drank nearly a pot of mulberry wine, and left with satisfaction.
Brother Ninth lowered his head and smelled his body. Although the smell of alcohol was not strong, he felt uncomfortable after sweating at noon. He asked for water and washed himself in the front yard before returning to the main courtyard.
Shu Shu here also just took a shower, with her hair disheveled, and was looking at this month's account books.
Not to mention anything else, it cost eight to ninety taels of silver just to reward him.
The princes all live in Haidian, so there are many favors. Everyone below is rewarded for greetings and messages, which is twice as much as when he was at Baylor Mansion.
I feel like a burden to myself, let alone others.
Brother Jiu came in, sat on the other side of the Kang table, leaned over and looked at it, and said, "But is there something wrong? Or is the account at Baylor Mansion unclear?"
Both husband and wife are unwilling to suffer losses.
Although my hands are loose, I am not willing to feed moths.
The errands of the Baylor House have been dealt with twice in the past few years.
One of Shu Shu's companions was found to be corrupt and sent directly to Zhuangzi.
Brother Ninth couldn't bear this even more.
The reward can be any amount, but being greedy for just one tael of silver is also annoying.
The old saying "If the water is clear, there will be no fish" does not apply in Belle Mansion.
Shu Shu shook her head and showed Brother Jiu the record of the reward for the silver: "I'm looking at this. This item is great, but there is no way to simplify it."
Brother Jiu took it and looked at it.
Anyone who comes from the Imperial Palace or the North Garden will be rewarded with a reward starting from four taels of silver; anyone who comes from other places will be rewarded with a reward of two taels of silver.
You know, the ordinary monthly salary for the little girls and women who work as servants in Baylor Mansion is only five silver coins.
The reward money given out for more than half a month is equivalent to the monthly salary of more than a hundred people.
Brother Jiu also frowned and said: "If you calculate it this way, living in Haidian for a few months every year will cost hundreds of dollars more."
Shu Shu said: "Every family is like this. Fortunately, I still have income from my share of the industry. If I just rely on my salary, I will be in a big deficit."
With their status, rewards are still small, while favors are the big one.
For example, there are two empresses in the palace this month, Qianqiu, who are the juniors. They have to make cakes to celebrate their birthdays, and each portion costs eight or two six cents of silver.
There are also three elders in the clan who have passed away. They also need to prepare cakes and banquets, each of which costs seven taels of silver.
The other four elders of the clan celebrated their birthdays and made eight boxes of filial piety cakes, each with six taels of silver.
There is no money back for these things, which is different from what happens between brothers and sisters-in-law.
Brother Jiu was speechless and said: "There must be about a hundred elders in and outside the palace. Throughout the year, just paying filial piety to the cakes will cost one thousand eight hundred taels."
If the elders of the immediate family, such as Prince Yu's Mansion, Prince Gong's Mansion and Prince Zhuang's Mansion, are not only given a box of pastries, but also longevity noodles, longevity peaches, clothes, shoes and socks, etc.
Shu Shu said: "In the past few years, the annual expenses have been roughly estimated. It is between 8,000 taels and 9,000 taels of silver, no more than 10,000 taels. But if we add the filial piety money from the emperor and the empress,
, it will reach thirteen thousand taels."
A few years ago, when the ninth elder brother was working as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he had a lot of money left over from various filial piety. In addition to family expenses, he was also wealthy.
Since last year, without the income from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the family has to bear all the expenses.
Brother Ninth's salary is 2,500 taels of silver, and his name is Lan Jia Fifty, who earns 1,800 taels of silver per year.
Fortunately, there is still Zhuangzi under the name of Brother Jiu, and the income from the shop is more than 15,000 taels.
"It's okay now. I'm still rich every year because of my income. It'll be fine when the pearls are cultivated in two years..."
Shu Shu did some calculations and found that Brother Jiu's income from his property was still worth six thousand taels of silver each year.
The total annual income from the dowry property on my side is 18,000 taels of silver, so I don’t have to worry about eating too much.
Brother Ninth thought of other brothers' families and said: "Our Baylor Mansion does not have enough manpower. The other families have hundreds of families. Even if they don't pay filial piety to the emperor, they can't save much money compared to us. Fourth brother, fifth brother
After all, I’m afraid everyone else will have to use their money.”
Shu Shu said: "There are more than two hundred thousand taels of silver. If you put it in the bank and earn interest, it will almost be enough to make up for it."
Brother Ninth thought about it and said, "That's right. It's just that Brother Twelve and Brother Thirteen are going to be in trouble. They will leave the palace in the second half of the year, but I don't know when they will be crowned. I guess they will have to be tight for a while..."
Shu Shu said: "The Thirteenth Brother should be fine. Concubine Min is giving me some supplements. I just don't know if Aunt Su Ma can help the Twelfth Brother."
Brother Jiu said: "Who knows, if it doesn't work out, we can only eat their soft rice from Fujin first..."
These two people, as a family, should have a lot of interaction so that they can have a deep and distinct relationship, so all they have to do is respect each other as guests.
After closing the account book, the ninth elder brother talked about the fifth elder brother's purpose.
"I thought Fifth Brother was asking me for my opinion, but in the end I just chatted with me..."
As he spoke, he told the story of Guarjia's pregnancy and the fifth elder brother's refusal to choose a grandson from his family.
Shu Shu's scalp felt numb as she listened.
If Wufujin knew about this, he would probably vomit blood.
If the Guarjia clan had no children, then the Five Beile Mansion could still be said to be a three-legged family.
The eldest son of a concubine, he is the direct descendant of the Fujin Dynasty, and the second son is the eldest son of the Shufu Jin Dynasty.
If the Guarjia family is pregnant and gives birth to a healthy grandson, then it won't matter whether it is the eldest son or the eldest son of a concubine.
Brother Ninth sighed and said: "Brother Five is very decisive at this time. He had come up with an idea earlier, and his life would not have been like this."
Shu Shu nodded.
The fifth elder brother was soft-hearted and only indulged Liu Gege who gave birth to his eldest son and daughter in his early years.
Later, she was also soft-hearted. Knowing that Wu Fujin was not in good standing with Prince Fujin, she promoted Wu Fujin in the palace and easily refused to refute her decision to save her dignity...
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My physical discomfort has affected my mood. I don't want to communicate with the outside world, but I also don't want to be a eunuch. I want to be lazy every day. Starting from the next day, I will resume double and triple updates, and then procrastinate and work hard to adjust.