Zhuer, this was the first time Kangxi called Yuzhu this way.
The connotation is so rich that it simply cannot be described in words.
Kangxi was getting older and couldn't sleep anyway, so he had nothing to do, so he took Yuzhu and talked about home affairs together.
"Old Eighteen, he is already fourteen years old." Kangxi said this suddenly.
When Yuzhu heard this, he understood that the old emperor wanted his most beloved son to have a grand wedding.
According to the rules of the royal family, the age at which a prince gets married, except for the special case of the fourth child, is generally over fourteen years old.
The fourth child, when he was thirteen years old, married the eleven-year-old Ulanara, who was actually only ten years old, and became his direct descendant when he was fourteen years old.
According to the marriage system of the imperial court, if the marriage is reversed, it means that the ten-year-old Sifujin is very precocious and has already given birth to Chukui.
After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was rapidly Chineseized.
Han Chinese women usually get married after their hairpin (ji).
The Hairpin Ceremony happens shortly after a woman’s menarche.
Yuzhu knew better than anyone that Sifujin got married too early and harmed his health. Therefore, the sons she gave birth to were born with deficiencies and were not raised to adulthood.
"Old man, I have a little selfishness. I have always been thinking about my sister being able to marry into the Baylor Mansion in a glorious way." Yuzhu did not dare to say it clearly. He wanted to postpone the wedding, but he cleverly said it through vanity.
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Lao Ba was the son of a Han female concubine. He was canonized as Beizi and was already extremely favored.
You know, Old Thirteen, Old Fifteen, Old Sixteen, and Old Seventeen are all still empty-headed brothers without a title.
No matter how much Kangxi liked him, Lao Shiba would have to make a justifiable contribution before he could be promoted to Baylor.
Yuzhu used this to talk about things because he actually wanted to protect his own sister.
If Yu Yan gets married too early, not only will her body not be mature yet, but she will also be very likely to have one child and die in infancy.
Lao Shiba and Yu Yan have already been married, and there can be no further changes.
On the premise that the issue of principle was not questioned, Kangxi was led astray by Yuzhu. He really thought that Yuzhu's vanity was overwhelming.
Well, if his favorite son was promoted to Baylor through meritorious service, Kangxi's face would naturally be very bright!
However, if Lao Shiba wants to make meritorious deeds, he must either resort to martial arts or martial arts.
At present, there is no major war, so where can we gain military merit?
Kangxi thought for a while and said: "It's okay for Lao Shiba to study. It's not a problem to be bored in the study all day long. Why don't you let Lao Shiba go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to help you with your errands?"
Yuzhu wanted to laugh, but the old emperor was too protective of his shortcomings.
Kangxi openly said that he would let Lao Shiba help Yuzhu do errands. In fact, the old emperor wanted Yu Zhu to make a great contribution, and then give the credit to Lao Shiba in vain.
At that time, the boss was the deputy commander and followed Kangxi's brother Fuquan to attack Galdan.
In fact, the considerations were roughly the same. Kangxi clearly wanted his elder brother Fuquan and gave up military honors to his eldest brother.
As a result, the boss, that careless guy, was eager for quick success and quick gain, so he actually bit Fuquan back. From then on, he gained a sworn enemy.
Lao Shiba is Yuzhu's brother-in-law. If his elbows are not turned inward, are they turned outwards?
However, Yuzhu did not agree immediately, but took the initiative to remind the old emperor.
"Old man, you also know Prince Yong's temper." Yuzhu deliberately made trouble with the fourth child.
As we all know, the fourth child likes to eat alone. As long as it is a matter in his charge, he will fight whoever dares to interfere.
"Oh, oh, I almost forgot about this." Kangxi suddenly woke up.
A mere household department actually let two of his own sons in. Isn't this a natural quarrel?
Kangxi thought about it carefully, and among Yuzhu's various duties, it seemed that Cao Yin was responsible for the large shipbuilding business, which had the best hope of making a lot of money.
"How about asking Lao Shiba to go to Dagokou?" Kangxi thought about it and finally came up with the idea, which coincided with Yuzhu's idea.
Most of the so-called merits of civil administration are unrealistic for the prince Lao Shiba.
You can't give Lao Shiba a county and let him govern it, right?
However, if Lao Shiba is allowed to take charge of shipbuilding in Dagukou and overseas trade, it will be easy to make a lot of money.
In his later years, Kangxi was particularly vain, otherwise he would not have wanted to free the world of money and food.
When the imperial court was short of money, if the overseas trade that Lao Shiba was in charge of brought in millions of silver, it would partially fill the hole of lack of money.
This contribution is great enough to be canonized as Baylor.
Kangxi was good at keeping in good health and hardly ate at night.
Yuzhu is different. He is young and gets hungry quickly.
While the monarch and his ministers were chatting here and there, "Gurgugugu..." Yuzhu's stomach began to growl uncontrollably.
Kangxi couldn't help laughing, so he called Wei Zhu and asked him to go to the dining room to see if there was anything he could eat to satisfy his stomach.
However, no matter how stupid Yuzhu was, he would not dare to let the old emperor watch him eat midnight snacks.
Kangxi also understood Yuzhu's difficulties, so he pretended to bring a bowl of red dates and white fungus soup, took a spoon, and played with it in the bowl, but refused to take his mouth.
The small table in front of Yuzhu was filled with various steaming foods.
Hehe, the emperor is afraid of plots and needs eunuchs to test poisons. What is Yuzhu afraid of?
After Yuzhu was finished with the supper, Kangxi held a tea cup in his hand and asked him with a smile: "The third brother recommended to me that he is the governor of Zhili. What do you think of this?"
Shuida means master in Manchu.
Yuzhu's days with Kangxi were not short.
This was the first time that Kangxi asked Yuzhu for his opinion on personnel arrangements.
Let He Shou serve as the governor of Zhili?
Hehe, the third child wants to seize the power of the Green Camp soldiers in Zhili!
He Shou, the current governor of Liangjiang, surnamed Shumulu, was under the banner of Zhenghuang in Manchuria. He was once Lao San's Wai Zhida, that is, a riding and archery master.
The Governor of Liangjiang was in charge of the three richest provinces in Jiangnan and was known as the First Governor of Jiangnan.
In the past, Yuzhu had always been a little strange. Why was the third child, who was capable of both literary and martial arts, given up by Kangxi?
Now, Yuzhu is in the middle of the situation and suddenly realizes it.
Alas, the third child is not as good at pretending as the fourth child after all, and he is impatient to seize the military power of Zhili.
Yuzhu really didn't believe it. Kangxi couldn't understand the trick?
However, since Kangxi asked this question, Yuzhu, who was also the minister of the South Study Room, had to answer.
"Old man, I have no contact with He Shou, so I dare not make any unreasonable remarks." Yuzhu told Kangxi in disguise that those who control the military power in the suburbs of Beijing must be pure ministers loyal to the emperor.
"There are no outsiders here, so you can just say it." Kangxi seemed to want to hear Yuzhu's opinion, and he pressed hard.
Yuzhu also knew that what Kangxi was telling the truth now.
However, in everything, I am afraid of thinking about it afterwards.
Therefore, Yuzhu was bitten to death. He had been away from home for a long time and was not familiar with the situation in Beijing, so he could not speak nonsense.
In Kangxi's eyes, his mother's Tong family had their own characteristics.
Among the two uncles from the previous generation, Tong Guowei was an old cunning man and Tong Guogang was a reckless fool.
Among his peers, Orundai was an arrogant and lawless man.
Fahai is more cautious than courageous.
As for Longkodo, he was greedy and extremely arrogant.
Among the grandchildren of the Tong family, Yuzhu is the most promising.
Yuzhu, this boy, never disobeyed in major matters and always followed Kangxi's wishes.
However, sometimes, Yuzhu is very stubborn, and the kind of stubbornness that is not afraid of death.
Kangxi was already old and no longer had the aggressive and decisive temperament he had when he was young.
To put it bluntly, how many years does he have left to live? How much time will he have to cultivate another trustworthy pure minister like Yuzhu?
Above the temple, it is always about strength!
Yuzhu needed Kangxi's trust in order to gain greater military power.
As for Kangxi, the most distressing thing now is that, except for Yuzhu and Longkodo, he would not trust anyone else with the military power in the capital.
Yuzhu's qualifications are very low, his prestige is seriously lacking, and he poses no threat to the imperial power.
Kangxi also deliberately suppressed Yuzhu's official position and real power. When he rewarded his merits, he was mostly promoted to a higher rank or given honors such as Zhulun.
Yuzhu resisted and refused to express his position. Kangxi was so choked that he rolled his eyes and was helpless.
"You are the little bastard sent by God to make me angry." Kangxi scolded Yuzhu angrily.
However, Yuzhu didn't take it seriously and said with a playful smile: "Old man, I'm very greedy for your new Emei bird tongue. How many kilograms can I give you?"
To this day, Kangxi looks up and sees that all the officials in the dynasty have been promoted by me.
As Kangxi grew older and became more authoritative, no one dared to act wild in front of him.
However, Yuzhu was an exception. He dared to behave in front of the old emperor and openly asked for tributes.
"Little monkey, you are very courageous, so I will reward you with two catties. However, I will tell the third child later that if you don't agree with He Shou to be the governor of Zhili, there is nothing I can do." Kangxi took advantage of the situation and backhanded him.
The blame fell on Yuzhu's head.
What doesn’t Yuzhu understand?
The old emperor was not willing to give the third son military power near the capital. However, he did not want to offend the third son publicly, so he deliberately pushed the jade pillar out and acted as a scapegoat.
Kangxi played this trick, and Yongzheng actually learned 100% of it.
Once, when Yongzheng was approving the book, he deliberately said: If King Yi doesn't allow it, there's nothing I can do about it.
Isn't this nonsense?
Prince Yi and Lao Shisan wanted to keep the Cao family safe, but in the end, the Cao family was ransacked.
Kangxi talked about decision-making, not deliberation.
Yuzhu had no room for objection, so he had no choice but to deliberately remain silent, acquiescing to the status quo of taking the blame.
However, acting as a shield is actually not a bad thing for Yuzhu.
Think about it, the old emperor publicly said that he couldn't defeat Yuzhu. Didn't this increase Yuzhu's reputation?
Yuzhu obediently took the blame, and Kangxi felt relieved, so he joked: "Your son is sleeping next door, do you want to go and see him?"
Hey, this is another question.
Cao Yisheng's son is a descendant of the jade pillar. This is an absolute royal taboo and cannot be touched!
"Old man, I have to go out for inspection." Yuzhu found an excuse and said goodbye to the old emperor.
In the early morning, after Yuzhu left the Qianqing Palace, he turned around and went to the South Study Room.
The South Study is not a big place, occupying only three small rooms. Therefore, a rotation system has been adopted.
The south study room is an important place for handling major national affairs. As Yuzhu is the imperial minister, he needs to show his waistband to the guards if he wants to enter the south study room.
After entering the house, Yuzhu went to see Li Guangdi, the great scholar today.
Li Guangdi looked at Yuzhu and said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work. I just returned to Beijing and I was so busy running around."
If a person in the officialdom is obedient but not obedient, he is like a blind man riding a blind horse, which will lead to his downfall sooner or later.
As soon as Yuzhu heard this, he knew that the news that he gave the Xingbu a month's salary at the door of the Hubu Yamen had reached Li Guangdi's ears.
"Master Zhongtang, on your first day in office, you can't be upset by others, right?" Yuzhu did not answer directly, but made the reasons clear.
As soon as he took office, he encountered a matter of over-level appeal. Yuzhu couldn't fall into it by himself and couldn't extricate himself, right?
Li Guangdi pursed his lips and smiled in understanding.
To be honest, Yuzhu handled it just right and had a strong sense of proportion.
In official circles, the most taboo thing is to put your hands into the boss's sphere of influence.
Li Guangdi was Yuzhu's tutor for the provincial examination, so it was hard for him to say anything in public.
Following Li Guangdi's instructions, Zhang Tingyu and Fang Bao were assigned to Yu Zhu's subordinates.
Zhang Hengchen, he is an old acquaintance, no need to introduce him.
Fang Bao and Yu Zhu had only heard of his name before, but had never met him in person.
In the history books, Fang Bao was evaluated as: prime minister in civilian clothes.
It's interesting to think about it. A veteran of three dynasties and a commoner prime minister have now become Yuzhu's direct subordinates.
There is no way, although Yuzhu is very young, he is still a minister in the south study room.
But Fang Bao and Zhang Tingyu were just in the Zhinan Study Room.
The difference is very similar to the relationship between the military aircraft minister and the military aircraft Zhang Jing.
The South Study Room is a study room in name, but in fact, it is the office structure of the prime minister.
Today's Yuzhu, although his status is much lower than that of Li Guangdi, he already has the strength to compete with others.
Of the three rooms in the south study, Li Guangdi occupies half and Yuzhu occupies the other half.
Yuzhu had already moved up to the kang table to work, and Fang Bao and Zhang Tingyu's desks were back to back next to the door.
However, not long after Yuzhu sat down, a guard came to report that the emperor had already boarded the carriage and was walking out of Qianqing Gate.
So, Li Guangdi quickly led Yuzhu and hurried to the imperial gate.
When he came to Yumen again, although Yuzhu didn't speak, he was full of emotions in his heart.
Looking back, Yuzhu is already qualified to participate in politics!
There is no better way to change the world than to stand in front of the Emperor and discuss the world's major events together!
However, Yuzhu was a little unfamiliar after all, so he originally wanted to stand in the back row.
Unexpectedly, Li Guangdi grabbed his sleeves with quick eyes and hands, and reminded him in a low voice: "The shift of the minister in the South Study Room is ranked first among all ministers."
Yuzhu understood instantly, good guy, it turns out that Kangxi greatly improved the status of Minister Nan Shufang.
From then on, some clever flatterers dared to shamelessly call Yuzhu: "Jade Prime Minister" in private.
(PS: There will be another update in the evening. If you have a lot of monthly tickets, there will be an additional update in the early morning!)