The biggest problem during Kangxi's southern tour was actually money.
After Yuzhu returned to Chongwenmen to supervise the Yamen again, after ten days of sorting out, the specialized rice business was back on track.
However, food stores are more troublesome.
Because, while Yuzhu was open to purchasing food, his successor changed it to collecting city gate tax.
The repetition of policies has greatly damaged the enthusiasm of vegetable farmers in the suburbs.
Brown rice is mainly transported by water. As long as water transportation continues, the rice will not be cut off.
Vegetables are plants with a growth cycle. It does not mean that you can plant them today and harvest them tomorrow.
However, fortunately, the residents of the capital in this era are easy to make ends meet.
Even if you can survive with only food and no food, the people will not rise up.
Dishes are time-sensitive and cannot be transported over long distances.
In this era without highways, Yuzhu is a man but not a god, and he cannot solve the problem of expensive vegetables.
Without the income from vegetables, Yuzhu's yamen can only earn more than 6,000 taels of silver every day.
The income of the inner treasury was reduced by almost 30% out of thin air. Kangxi was very unhappy, so he sent the unlucky supervisor to the slaves of armored men.
A month later, Kangxi began his sixth and final southern tour under the banner of serving the Empress Dowager.
When the emperor went on patrol, he had to take a royal boat on a road paved with loess, pass through the Yongding River to Tongzhou, and then go south to Hangzhou.
Yuzhu is the second-class shrimp with a sword in front of the emperor, so he naturally wants to stay with the emperor.
However, Xiuyun, who accompanied Yuzhu to the south, was not so convenient.
The reason is actually very simple. There are so many princes and ministers accompanying him on the trip.
Yuzhu, a third-grade and fourth-grade official, was like a little ant, and Xiuyun's carriage had already reached the end of the queue.
During this southern tour, there were many princes and elders accompanying them. The fourth, twelfth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth were all in the accompanying team.
After Yuzhu got the list of accompanying elder brothers, he couldn't help but secretly admire Kangxi's imperial mentality.
The prince oversees the country, and the eldest son, the third son, and the eighth son are watching over to prevent the prince from becoming Suzong of the Tang Dynasty.
Lao Wu and Lao Qi are both disabled and neutral elder brothers. They can help stabilize the situation in the capital.
Among the accompanying brothers, the eighteenth is still a young boy of several years old, the fourth is a princeling, the fourteenth is a princeling, and the twelfth is a neutral party. They just keep each other in check and prevent big troubles.
As for Lao Fifteen, Lao Sixteen and Lao Seventeen, they were all born to Han women.
None of their three princes and elder brothers have strong maternal clan power, so there is nothing to worry about.
Kangxi took the three of them with him simply because he had many sons so that they could flatter and brag for fun.
In the team, there was another one of Yuzhu's ama, Qingtai, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Qingtai brought the Gualjia family with him. To be honest, this kind of opportunity to travel at public expense is extremely rare for the Gualjia family.
The last time he left Beijing, when Qingtai was appointed as the deputy governor of Jiangning, Guarjia just took a casual look at the scenery along the canal.
This time it was different. The emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River with the empress dowager, and the Guarjia family could also enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains.
Guarjia was a second-grade imperial concubine, and her carriage was lined up in the middle of the entire team, far away from Xiuyun's carriage.
However, on the way to Tongzhou, the Guarjia family sent someone to call Xiuyun over, saying that they simply wanted to be companions.
Guarjia is Yuzhu's legitimate mother-in-law, but Xiuyun is just Guarjia's nephew-in-law.
However, due to Yuzhu's concurrent status, Xiuyun regarded Guarjia as her mother-in-law, which was correct.
On the royal boat, the old emperor stood on the bow of the third floor, clasping his hands and looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait.
Yuzhu led his people to guard the stairs on the first floor.
The second-class shrimp and the third-class shrimp guard the first and second floors. The first-class shrimp and the second-class shrimp guard the stairs on the third floor above the second floor.
This is indeed a need to protect the safety of the emperor, and it is beyond reproach!
Standing on wooden posts is actually quite boring. However, Yuzhu is used to it.
When it was almost time to change the guard, Yuzhou happened to dock.
After Yuzhu handed over his shift, he walked off the gangplank and as soon as he got on his horse, he heard someone calling him from behind.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that he might not be able to leave. He turned around and saw, hey, it was indeed Liang Jiugong.
When following Liang Jiugong back, Yuzhu subconsciously looked up and saw Kangxi stroking the railing with his hand and looking at him with a smile.
After seeing the gift, Kangxi asked Yuzhu with a smile: "Want to go back to accompany your wife?"
Yuzhu was not afraid of being ugly. He nodded and said honestly: "To tell you the truth, I do miss her a little bit."
The old emperor liked Yuzhu the most, who dared to be sincere regardless of the smell or fragrance.
"Norob, prepare a small tent for Yuzhu in the middle of the imperial camp, so that this guy won't run around and delay things."
After Kangxi gave this order, Yuzhu understood that the chess game would continue on the royal boat.
When the emperor travels and does not stay in the palace, he must set up an imperial camp.
The imperial camp was divided into three levels. The core circle was the emperor's palace, followed by the Manchu ministers and Han ministers, and the outermost circle was the guards.
The Zhongwei mentioned by Kangxi meant that Xiuyun and the women of Manchu important ministers were put together.
The Manchurian ministers who accompanied them south were almost all officials of the second rank or above, except for Yuzhu, a second-class shrimp of the fourth rank.
Speaking of which, Kangxi's treatment of Yuzhu was really good.
Other first-class shrimps are not allowed to bring women with them, and they can only live in small tents with several people per room.
In this era, it is typical that it is good to stay at home but everything is difficult to do when going out.
After Xiuyun was called away, she felt relieved. It was actually quite embarrassing for her to stay with Gualjia.
In terms of title, she is not a daughter-in-law. In fact, she is similar to a daughter-in-law. Xiuyun is really awkward.
However, after Xiuyun's tent was erected, it was closely adjacent to Laosi's tent.
After camping in the afternoon, Sifu Jin Ulanala sent someone to invite Xiuyun over, and the two of them gathered together to have tea and chat.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At home, I don’t feel anything. After leaving for the south, Xiuyun lacked everything here.
Fortunately, Laosi is lacking in everything.
Perhaps it was the fourth person who said hello, but Si Fujin specifically told Xiuyun: "If you are missing something, just send someone to tell me."
After Yuzhu came back, Xiuyun explained the matter. He couldn't help but smile and said: "The emperor has already given orders, and ordered Wei Zhu to take care of us."
Before he finished speaking, Wei Zhu led a team of eunuchs to come, and they brought everything including meat, vegetables, egg wine, etc.
As a result, Lao Si was short of something and had to go to Yuzhu to get it.
At night, Yuzhu hugged Xiuyun and lay in the tent, listening to the croaking of frogs all around, which seemed particularly interesting.
"No, what kind of place is this? How dare you mess around?" Xiuyun noticed that Yuzhu's hand was groping everywhere and quickly pressed it down.
Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "If you put a handkerchief in your mouth, you won't be afraid anymore."
Xiuyun's pink cheeks were so embarrassed that she pressed Yuzhu's hand firmly, not allowing him to move.
The couple struggled for a long time, but in the end, Xiuyun couldn't stand Yuzhu's obsession, so she had to comply with his wishes and pretend to be Guanyin for a while.
Not to mention, the tent was surrounded by outsiders. What made the scene so special was that the jade pillars were quite durable.
When the emperor is away from home, the guards in front of him will be on duty every two hours.
After getting off duty, you have to leave the boat and go to the camping boat at the back to rest.
In the morning, when Norob was patrolling, he saw Yuzhu standing upright at the entrance of the stairs. He deliberately walked over and said jokingly: "Last night, when I led people to patrol, I passed by your tent. There seemed to be a lot of movement?"
Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "Did you hear that wrong? I went to bed early last night and slept soundly."
"Hehe..." Norob actually didn't hear anything, but he was jealous of Xiuyun's fairy posture and deliberately wanted to deceive Yuzhu.
Yuzhu is a very thick-skinned old man, and he only has one principle: as long as he doesn't catch J in bed, he will be beaten to death if he doesn't admit it.
After Yuzhou arrived in Tongzhou, the old emperor took Nuoluobu, Yuzhu and others along the way to Jingcang.
The grain from Jiangnan was sent to Tongzhou, and after it was received by Jingcang, it was considered to be delivered to the local area.
The grain supply in the capital was sent in by boats from Jingcang through the Yongding River.
Kangxi walked around the Jingcang, suddenly turned around and asked: "If there is a shortage, how can we quickly find out?"
As soon as these words came out, the Cangchang Minister of the Ministry of Finance's face changed drastically, and he felt extremely frightened.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Yuzhu, waiting for him, a favored minister who loved to be in the limelight, to act like a villain.
However, Yuzhu had no interest in interrupting at all. He deliberately lowered his head and stared at the little ants on the ground, watching them fight with great interest.
Hehe, this kind of occasion should be a good time for the fourth child to show his face.
As expected, Yuzhu had no intention of showing off, but the fourth child took the initiative to stand up and said loudly: "Khan Ama, if you want to weigh the elephant quickly, you can learn Cao Chong's method of weighing elephants."
Yuzhu nodded secretly, Laosi was indeed a man of action and an anti-corruption expert.
There are millions of kilograms of grain in such a large warehouse. If you want to weigh bags one by one, it is better to put the grain directly on the boat. When it reaches the same scale on the water surface, it will be the same weight.
This method is both fast and effective. The fourth child is indeed very pragmatic.
"Yuzhu, what do you think?" Kangxi also noticed Yuzhu's intention to dodge back, but he didn't want to do what he wanted.
"Back to the emperor, Cangchang knew the news of your coming in advance. I dare to say that the quantity of grain sent is not a big problem." Yuzhu has long been familiar with this kind of formalistic so-called inspection, and he is fully aware of the disadvantages.
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"Oh, how do you know if there is any shortage?" Kangxi became interested and asked Yuzhu.
Yuzhu smiled slightly and said: "Back to the emperor, we only need to send troops to surround this place, and then let out the wind, and all the food here will be transferred to the capital. At that time, there will be no need to weigh it at all, and you will know the disadvantages.
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This is a bit convoluted, but it doesn't bother the fourth child at all.
"Wonderful, if this happens, the grain merchants who are helping to temporarily store grain will definitely be furious." Lao Si blurted out.
After all, Kangxi was not a cruel and cruel man. He knew that if he followed Yuzhu's method, he would surely catch a large number of rats, but in the end he still raised his hand and did not go into details.
This is the root cause of the officialdom becoming increasingly degenerate in the later years of Kangxi!
(PS: I am on duty for important official duties, so I am even later, sorry. There is no way, the update time cannot be fixed before the 12th. However, two updates will not be missing.)