Before the fourth southern tour, Kangxi, out of frugal considerations, either lived in the Yamen of the Salt Censor of the Huaihe River Patrol or on a royal boat.
During his last tour to the south, Cao Yin figured out what he wanted and mobilized salt merchants to donate money to build a magnificent palace in Tawan, Yangzhou.
Tawan Palace is located on the Sancha River 20 miles south of Yangzhou City. In the past, there was a temple here called Gaomin Temple. There was a pagoda in the temple, which was the famous Tianzhong Pagoda.
The Grand Canal divides into two branches here. At the southwest corner of the bifurcation, there are rugged forests and towering pagodas. This is where the name Tawan comes from.
The palace is built on the west side of the temple. The splendid palace buildings are neatly arranged, tall and magnificent, showing the royal atmosphere.
Towards the west end, there is the "Shooting Garden" specially designed for Kangxi who liked to practice archery. To the west is a majestic and gorgeous stage for the emperor to watch plays.
The "No. 1 project" of building the emperor's palace can be said to be a waste of money.
In desperation, Cao Yin had to misappropriate salt taxes, amounting to millions of taels of silver.
There is a poem that goes: The three branches of the river are the emperor's house, and the abuse of money is like sand and sand. This is what happens when you are whipped.
This time, Kangxi lived in the palace in Tawan again.
When Yuzhu went in and took a look, he saw that everything was beautifully carved and decorated, resplendent and exquisite, and beautiful everywhere.
Obviously, the money spent was gone.
Not to mention anything else, the soft couch under Kangxi's buttocks was made of special red rosewood. The soft couch was inlaid with eye-catching small East beads.
In his later years, Kangxi no longer had the vitality he had when he was young, and it was well known that he was content with pleasure.
When Kangxi felt happy, he took Cao Yin to chat alone, and Yuzhu and Lao Shiba withdrew.
During the emperor's sixth southern tour, the feudal officials on the border between the two rivers also had a clear division of labor after many discussions.
General Orson of Jiangning was responsible for the security work outside the palace.
Ashan, the governor of Liangjiang, was responsible for the more peripheral green camp security work.
The governor of Jiangsu, Yu Zhun, is the real big boss of Jiangsu Province, so the burden on his shoulders is much heavier.
All supplies, the residences of princes and ministers, the squires, elders, and scholars who came to flatter me were all arranged by my own hands.
As a result, when arranging it, everything is as careful as possible.
When the Yangzhou prefect arranged accommodation, he placed Yuzhu, a second-class shrimp, in a tent outside the palace.
Alas, Governor Yu Zhun really has no choice. How big is Yangzhou Prefecture?
The mansions and villas of the big salt merchants have all been expropriated, and if there is not enough to share, where can we get the fourth-grade second-class shrimp like Yuzhu?
Yuzhu is fine, he's not a subordinate who can't endure hardships.
However, the big salt merchants in Jiangsu presented eight more beauties to Kangxi.
Lao Shiba was unhappy and insisted on leaving the palace and living with Yuzhu.
This will cause trouble.
There is no problem if Yuzhu sleeps in a tent. However, Lao Shiba is the golden prince and the most favored one at present, so there is a problem.
No matter how little information Yu Zhun had, he still knew that Lao Shiba was an extremely favored prince.
I must have paid thousands of taels of silver to find out the details of Yuzhu from Wei Zhu, and I couldn't help but secretly complain.
Wei Zhu was a good character, and he always had to deal with others' misfortunes after receiving money.
Seeing Yu Zhun's anxious and angry look, Wei Zhu touched his bare chin and said, "Yu Zhongcheng, don't be anxious. Cao Yin and Cao Zhizao are Yu Zhu's father-in-law. You can just go and ask him to help clear it up."
So Yu Zhun found Cao Yin.
However, the relationship between Cao Yin and Yuzhu has always been relatively distant, which gave him a headache.
However, Cao Yin still had to give the governor of Jiangsu some face.
After all, many matters, whether it is the Jiangning Zhizao Mansion or the Lianghuai Salt Administration, require the strong cooperation of the Jiangsu governor.
Even if it is an ordinary son-in-law relationship, if the father-in-law wants to discuss something with his son-in-law, he can just send a housekeeper to call him.
However, Cao Yin had something in his mind, so he came directly to Yuzhu.
After meeting Cao Yin, Yuzhu didn't embarrass him and agreed wholeheartedly.
However, Lao Ba did not agree.
"Cao Yin, are you going to let us live in the so-called villa that others picked out?" Despite his young age, the bossy and bluffing attitude he has developed since he was a child is enough.
Cao Yin immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He looked at Yuzhu pleadingly, hoping that his good son-in-law would help him say a few good words.
"Master Shiba, it's better to live in a villa than in a tent." Yuzhu did help Cao Yin, but Lao Shiba was even more annoyed.
"Then I want to see, young master, who lives more comfortably than me?" Lao Shiba made such a fuss, it was so suspenseful that Cao Yin didn't faint from fright.
Yes, the villas of the salt merchants are indeed exquisitely decorated.
However, if we ask people to move out of a place that has been arranged, wouldn't it be in vain to offend people to death?
Except for the fourth brother who is a Baile, none of the accompanying brothers are more noble than the eighteenth brother.
If the seventeenth old man lives better than the eighteenth old man, hey, how can that be justified?
It is not easy for Yuzhu to torment Cao Yin, but it is convenient for Lao Shiba. If he acts like a general, Cao Yin will fall into a trap.
After Cao Yin begged in every possible way, Yuzhu persuaded Lao Shiba and moved together to Cheng's Xiaoyuan, owned by Cheng Mengxing, a large salt merchant.
The Cheng family is a family of salt merchants. Cheng Mengxing’s great-grandfather Cheng Liangru and grandfather Cheng Zhiyun were both general merchants of the Lianghuai Salt Industry.
Cheng Mengxing's maternal grandfather, Wang Maolin, one of the "Two Wangs" at that time, served as Secretary of the Cabinet and was a leader in Yangzhou literary circles.
The Cheng family built two gardens in Yangzhou, one was Ce Garden and the other was Xiao Garden.
Among them, Ce Garden has been allocated to Lao Si by Yu Zhun. Xiao Garden was originally a private garden where the Cheng family lived, but it was also loaned to Lao Ba by Cao Yin.
Along the way south, ever since Kangxi acquired the Yangzhou Shouma, Lao Shiba mostly mingled with Yuzhu.
In fact, Kangxi had a lot of beauties to accompany him, and he was a little tired of the talkative old eighteenth.
Just in time, Lao Shiba moved out and lived with Yuzhu. Kangxi was satisfied and relieved.
Due to Yuzhu's good performance, in Kangxi's mind, he was the most suitable candidate to take care of Lao Shiba.
After Yuzhu and Lao Shiba moved into Xiaoyuan, Lao Shiliu and Lao Shiba Yinli also came.
Looking at the extremely handsome Lao Shiqi, Yuzhu thought to himself, Zhen Zhen also found his lover based on his looks, right?
A woman wants a man, and there is a veil between them.
According to Yuzhu's familiarity with today's etiquette and rules, if Zhenzhen wants to have a successful affair with Prince Guo, everyone around her must know about it.
To put it bluntly, after the affair happened, everyone around Zhen Ning could be killed and sent to Wudaokou.
What are you going to do at the little party of three elder brothers?
Hehe, it’s time to fight the landlord!
Prince brothers, no matter how poor they are, they are much richer than haha beads.
Old Sixteen, Old Seventeen and Old Eighteen just gathered together to play Landlord.
The three of them were fighting passionately, while Yuzhu was on the side, lighting a cigar and smoking it comfortably.
Originally, Longkodo planned to let Yuzhu serve as a haha bead for Lao Shiqi.
Who would have thought that Yuzhu was so impressive that he not only became the unprecedented number one Manchurian scholar in the list, but he was only seventeen years old and had already been promoted to the second-class shrimp of the fourth grade.
Lao Shiqi's biological mother was the concubine Chen Jia, the daughter of Chen Xi'an, a second-class soldier under the Han Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Similar to the situation of the concubine De and the good concubine entering the palace, the concubine Chen Jia also participated in the small election and entered the palace, became an ordinary palace maid, and was then adopted by Kangxi.
With the close relationship between Longkodo and Chen Xinan, the relationship between Yuzhu and Lao Shiqi is actually much closer than that of Lao Shiliu.
Among the three princes, the oldest is 13 years old, the oldest is 11 years old, and the oldest is 7 years old. In fact, the age difference is not that big.
When the three of them were fighting against the landlord, Yuzhu watched with cold eyes and discovered a problem: Lao Shiba was indeed much smarter than his two brothers.
It was clear that Lao Shiba had two bombs in his hand, but he deliberately pretended to be sad and deceived his two brothers into getting more bombs.
After Yuzhu understood it, he couldn't help but smile.
Since Kangxi entrusted Lao Shiba to Yuzhu to take care of him, Yuzhu naturally became Wei Zhongxian, Lao Shiba's companion.
If Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty had not died early and had no children, Wei Zhongxian would definitely have continued to be famous.
History is full of contingency.
If Ming Xizong had a son, good guy, Wei Zhongxian, who helped the young emperor ascend the throne, could only be more powerful than Zhang Juzheng.
However, when the three brothers were having a good time, the fourteenth brother barged in.
"Brothers, I have also taken a fancy to this place." As soon as the fourteenth came in, he declared the right to possess it domineeringly.
Yuzhu knew at a glance that the fourteenth man wanted to provoke him and take revenge on him.
Last time, at the palace of Pingjun Prince Nersu, Yuzhu brought down Lao Shishi's confidant, Zhen Guo Gong Enshan.
With the grudge-holding personality of Old Fourteen, he can be considered very patient if he has endured until now.
Yuzhu's eyes rolled, and he immediately turned around and told Lao Shiba: "Master Shiba, I'll move out first."
Lao Shiba relied on Kangxi's favor, so he was not afraid of Lao Shili's provocation.
"Brother Fourteen, there has to be someone who comes first, right?" Old Eighteenth threw away the cards in his hand, stepped forward, and had a head-on fight with Old Fourteenth.
Lao Shiliu and Lao Seventeen, the power of their mother's clan is very weak, and they have no favor from their father.
Although they were so angry that their faces turned red, they did not dare to have a direct conflict with Old Fourteen, so they had to stand aside and watch.
Among the Kangxi disciples, Old Fourteen was more arrogant than Old Ten. How could he care about a seven-year-old kid?
"As a kid, you are not afraid of losing your life if you live in a place like this?" Old Fourteen scolded Old Eighteen arrogantly.
Who would have thought that Old Eighteenth took the initiative to walk up to Old Fourteenth, put his hands on his hips, and said loudly: "Why should I let you live in the place where I lived first?"
Old Fourteen became angry, stretched out his hand on Old Eighteen's chest, pushed it, and shouted: "Get out of here, I'm going to take care of the one behind you."
Unexpectedly, Lao Shiba lay down directly on the ground, rolling and crying.
"Brother Fourteen hit someone, Brother Fourteen hit someone, it hurts so much, oooooooo..." I started crying.
"You little bastard, have you learned how to blackmail people?" Old Fourteen knew how to do this, so he immediately started scolding him.
"He is a little brat, so who am I?"
At this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from behind Old Fourteen.
(PS: It was past two o'clock in the morning to code, and two high-quality updates were sent. I had to get up early in the morning. In addition, some brothers may have skipped the chapter to read. Let me explain again. Before the 12th of this month, I can only ensure that