According to the etiquette system, the death of a parent is called Dingyou, and one has to return to his or her place of origin and stay there for three years.
The so-called three years of observing the system is actually twenty-seven months.
However, the Dingyou system of the Manchus was far less strict than that of the Hanchens.
Under normal circumstances, as long as Ding You, an important minister of Manchuria, resigned from his post, his superiors would seize his favor and allow him to stay in the palace and wear plain clothes to conduct official business.
However, Cao Yin was not an indispensable minister, so Kangxi simply allowed Ding You to stay at home and keep the rule.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that the old emperor was angry.
The Cao family owes a huge amount of debt, which is no longer clear.
However, after Mrs. Sun passed away, the Cao family held a large funeral, which probably cost more than 700,000 taels of silver.
What's the point of having money to pay for funerals but not having money to repay the court's debts?
Even if the old emperor doted on Cao Yin, he still couldn't figure it out!
"Is the ship almost ready?" Kangxi sent Lao Twelve away and asked Yuzhu privately.
Yuzhu smiled and said: "I made seven or eight, and they are almost inseparable."
"Well, just in time, let Lao Ba go to Dagukou and keep an eye on him for a while." After all, Kangxi loved his son, so he took advantage of the situation and wiped out Cao Yin's supervision and rewarded Lao Ba.
The old emperor knew in his heart that Cao Yin was just doing shipbuilding in Dagukou in name only.
When Lao Ba went to supervise shipbuilding, it was also just in name. The real person in charge was Yuzhu.
As early as the pre-Ming Dynasty, not only were there no blueprints for building large ships capable of going to sea, but the shipbuilding craftsmen had already been completely dismissed.
In today's Qing Dynasty, shipbuilders have never seen a truly giant ship, let alone building such a thousand-ton ship.
Objectively speaking, we can only rely on the Dutch shipwrights invited by Yuzhu.
After coming out of the palace, Yuzhu went to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the financial expenditure and reimbursement of various government offices in Beijing, while the Right Shilang is responsible for the revenue and expenditure of each province.
Normally, it was okay for Yuzhu not to come to the office. However, some official documents required his signature.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Qing Dynasty's finance, civil affairs, household registration, underground mineral deposits, customs duties, land tax, salt tax, tea tax and audit reimbursement were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the scope involved was simply outrageous.
In the imperial court, there were more than 200 officials in the Ministry of Personnel, but there were more than 600 officials in the Ministry of Hubu.
There are only four divisions in the Ministry of Personnel, and fourteen divisions in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Each department of the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for managing the affairs of one or two provinces, and is also responsible for a national specialized affairs.
For example, in addition to being in charge of Zhejiang's civil affairs, money and grain, the Zhejiang Division is also responsible for statistics on the national population and grain; the Yunnan Division is also in charge of water transportation of grain; and the Guizhou Division is also in charge of national customs and tariffs.
The only exception is the Shanxi Division. The Shanxi Division is only responsible for the money and food of Shanxi Province and does not take care of other matters.
After Yuzhu went to see Lao Si, he sat in his official hall.
While Yuzhu was drinking tea, the Donation Manager of the Ministry of Revenue came to Zhou Quan and said that someone wanted to donate money to Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War.
Zhanna literally means donating money in exchange for goods. In fact, it means openly selling one's official position.
The Qing Dynasty was very direct and simply established a donation office in the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was a place specifically responsible for collecting money from selling officials.
The donation system of the Qing Dynasty did not impose any restrictions on those who bought official positions. Scholars and citizens could not only donate official positions, but also donate titles, titles, and the benefits of wearing official uniforms.
According to the usual practice, those with official positions above the rank of Donor Wailang need to be introduced to Yuzhu and have him personally inspect them.
How should I put it? The court wanted to collect money and save face, that's all.
At first, Yuzhu didn't take it seriously. After the visitor knelt down and announced his home, he suddenly felt that the world is really small!
"Young man Li Wei, let me see you, Lord Juebu."
Yuzhu took a closer look and saw that Li Wei was a fat man with fair skin and his face was covered with acne scars.
"The headquarters asked you, why do you want to donate to the military department?" Yuzhu found it interesting and wanted to tease Li Wei.
But Li Wei said: "Sir, I want to make military achievements, so that I can be my wife and son in the future."
Yuzhu smiled slightly, this boy was honest, and he obviously spoke the truth.
"Why don't you donate to the household department?" Yuzhu deliberately made things difficult for Li Wei.
Li Wei thought for a while and said: "Master Huibu Tang, I will tell you the truth, I am really good at managing money. However, the household department is too important, and I can't find real vacancies for you."
Yuzhu nodded. For ordinary subordinates at the division level, if there is no hope of promotion, the Hubu Department is indeed much more affordable than the Staff Department.
In the next half hour, Yuzhu asked some knowledge points related to financial management.
Li Weizhen didn't brag, he answered all questions fluently.
"You have already donated nine thousand six hundred taels, why don't you round it up? Then, the headquarters can help you talk to you and let you work as an errand in the household department. How about that?"
What Yuzhu meant was that he cherished his talent, and as long as Li Wei was willing to add some money, he would let him stay in the household department to manage finances.
"The villain is willing to offer another five thousand taels." Li Wei is not stupid. It is obvious that Yu Zhu wants to reuse him, how can he not be overjoyed?
What is silver?
Li Wei's family has thousands of hectares of fertile land, and he spends all his money.
According to the donation system of this era, even a donation to a county magistrate would cost more than 4,600 taels of silver.
You know, in this era, ten thousand taels of silver is definitely an astronomical figure.
A small family in Beijing only needs two taels of silver per month, and a family of five can live a well-off life.
Yuzhu personally said that he would donate money to the Ministry of Finance, so naturally he did not dare to disobey his wishes and directly helped Li Wei change his donation to become a Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
There are many names for donating officials. Li Wei spent so much money to donate actual official vacancies, not the false title of birth.
Officials like Li Wei who were donated to the ministry actually have to wait for a period of time after reporting to the ministry. Only after you have stuffed enough money up and down and opened up your joints can you actually take up the post.
However, with Yuzhu, a super powerful person, he helped Li Wei say hello. As a result, Li Wei's official appointment procedures were given the green light all the way from the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Within ten days, Li Wei got the letter of appointment as Wai Lang, the bank clerk of the Ministry of Accounts.
The imperial court also wants to save face. Officials who have passed the imperial examination are usually appointed by decree. Donating an official position is inferior to others, so they will issue letters of appointment as usual.
The Hubu Bank is the treasury of the imperial court, and its importance is self-evident.
Yuzhu knew well that in history, Li Wei accidentally gained the favor of the nobles when he was serving as a member of the Ministry of War, and he rose to prominence from then on.
Li Wei's nobleman is none other than Lao Si.
Even if Yuzhu didn't intervene, according to the inherent trajectory of history, Li Wei would be favored by the fourth child.
Now, Yuzhu just pushed the boat along and helped Li Wei appear in front of the fourth child in advance.
More importantly, before the mountain collapsed, Li Wei secretly helped Lao Si to accomplish an earth-shattering event.
Yuzhu appreciated Li Wei in advance, and there is no need to say much about the benefits in the future.
Summer is here again, and the old emperor will move to Changchun Garden to cool off as usual.
Originally, Yuzhu must have followed him to Changchun Garden. Unfortunately, the deposed prince fell ill, and the emperor's eldest son, Sun Hongxi, insisted on staying behind to take care of his illness.
The former prince Yinreng was deposed twice and was completely finished.
However, Kangxi was still very vigilant and ordered Yuzhu to stay in the capital temporarily so that he could monitor every move of Xian'an Palace nearby.
Coincidentally, among the trusted ministers of Kangxi in his later years, Yuzhu was the most suitable to monitor Yinreng.
Yuzhu, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the imperial minister, can naturally move around in the palace without attracting attention.
Kangxi left with his concubines, and the capital immediately became quiet.
Since Lao Ba stayed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs every day and Yuzhu was very knowledgeable, he simply did not go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Nowadays, Lao Jiu is in charge of Guanglu Temple and Lao Ten is in charge of Honglu Temple, but neither of them are by Lao Ba's side.
Yuzhu understood at a glance that this was because the old emperor was taboo with his three biological sons gathering together all day long, so he simply found an honest reason to temporarily separate them.
In front of the gate of Xian'an Palace, there is a sentry for every step and a post for every two steps. The guard is extremely tight.
When Yuzhu arrived at the door, he had to hand over his waist badge and undergo strict interrogation.
Above the main gate of Xian'an Palace, a small door was opened, just enough for a person to duck in.
Yuzhu got in, and the moment he stood up straight, he saw Yinreng staring at him.
"Greetings to the Second Master." Yuzhu bowed his head deeply to the ground, still respecting Yinreng very much.
The more noble people fall from a high place, the more they like to pick on the subtleties of etiquette. This is determined by human nature.
Yinreng took a deep look at Yuzhu, suddenly smiled, and said, "I'm so depressed, it's rare that you still respect me so much."
Yuzhu stood with his hands in solemnity and said respectfully: "The second master is the second master, and no one can be disrespected!"
This seemingly correct nonsense reveals a real truth: Even if Yinreng is no longer the crown prince, he is still the second son of Kangxi.
The truth is, Kangxi could humiliate Yinreng however he wanted, but foreign ministers would not allow it!
Yinreng was also a wise man. He knew that Yuzhu was responsible for surveillance, so he took the initiative to call out everyone in Xian'an Palace.
After counting one by one, the number of people was verified to be correct.
Yuzhu said to Yinreng: "If you are missing something, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will have no problem."
Before Yin Reng could speak, Hong Xi, who had been standing aside, interrupted: "People outside say that you, Yu Jingqing, are ruthless, but I think you are a kind person."
Among the royal family, this is considered a very high praise for being a kind person!
Yuzhu couldn't answer the question, so he could only laugh and say nothing.
Unlike Yin Reng, Hong Xi was the grandson of the famous Emperor Qianqing Palace, with a very long holy scroll.
After the second prince was deposed, Lao Qi was ordered to start building a brand new mansion at Zhenggejiazhuang outside Deshengmen.
This large mansion has more than 400 rooms and is built to the specifications of a prince.
According to the provisions of the "Qing Dynasty Huidian", the prince's palace system has 5 main entrances, with 9 vertical and 7 horizontal door nails, a total of 63.
In the mansion, there are 7 main halls, which are protected by stone railings. There are screens and thrones inside the hall. There are kissing beasts and 7 kinds of pressure crests on the crest of the main hall.
There are 9 wings on both sides, 7 temples, and 7 back buildings. All the main entrance halls are covered with green glazed tiles, and the side verandas of the other buildings are all covered with tube tiles.
Others may not know it clearly, but Yuzhu is well-known. This place is the Prince Heshuoli's Mansion that was reserved for Hongxi in advance.
Kangxi was a sensible man.
As Kangxi got older, death became closer.
After the old emperor died and the new emperor moved into the Forbidden City, it would be extremely inappropriate for Yinreng to live in Xian'an Palace again.
Kangxi was actually very torn. He did not want to wrong Hongxi, but he was also afraid that the new emperor would not be able to tolerate Hongxi.
Therefore, the old emperor simply built Hongxi's new mansion outside the capital.
One day, Hongxi took Yinreng to live in Zhengge's village, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the new king, which would in turn cost the lives of Hongxi and his son.
Yuzhu's time with the old emperor was not short, and he could naturally understand Kangxi's complicated mood.
In a word, he wanted the imperial power to be passed on smoothly, but he was also afraid that his favorite grandson and the prince he once loved would lose their lives.
In fact, as an emperor, you cannot do whatever you want.
Who doesn’t have difficulty? Everyone has difficulty.
When Yuzhu said goodbye and left, Hongxi sent him out specially, obviously because he had something to say.
Sure enough, when there was no one around, Hongxi bowed deeply and said very sincerely: "Master Zhu treats my father so kindly, I can't thank you enough."
How dare Yuzhu accept such sensitive words?
Fortunately, Hongxi is also a very sensible person. He also knows that there are many things that Yuzhu can only do but cannot say.
In short, it’s all in vain.
After leaving the palace, Yuzhu smiled slightly on the official sedan returning home.
In his later years, Kangxi paid great attention to family ties.
The fourth child in history took great risks and delivered soup to Yin Reng, and was greatly praised by Kangxi.
Yuzhu treated his second son kindly, but also wanted to create a false impression for Kangxi that he was a kind person.
Yinreng is finished, but Hongxi lives in Qianqing Palace.
Yuzhu's kindness was conveyed to Kangxi through Hongrui's mouth, and it was much more effective than anyone else.
To put it bluntly, if you are always by your side and praise yourself for being good, that is called being brainless. If others praise you privately, that is what is truly good.
A few days later, Yuzhu was on duty in the south study room when he suddenly heard something strange.
This kid Li Wei put up a sign at the door of the Bank of the Ministry of Finance with a line of big characters: The Eighth Master specializes in collecting silver.
It turns out that when Lao Ba was in charge of the Accounts Department, he specially sent someone to collect an extra 1% of the special bank account.
This amount of money is an additional expenditure. However, everyone is afraid of the powerful power of the Ba Ye Party, and everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak out, so they have to hold their noses and admit it.
However, Li Wei did not believe in evil. After trying to persuade Lao Ba several times, Lao Ba still refused to listen. So he simply put up a sign in front of the door of the Bank of the Household Department, naming him by name and saying that Lao Ba had accepted the evil intentions.
money.
When I read history books before, when Yuzhu saw this paragraph, he always took it as a joke.
Now that Yuzhu is in the middle of the game, he can see clearly.
Li Wei deliberately took advantage of this matter and handed over the petition to Lao Si!
Ba Ye's party and Yu Zhu never dealt with each other, so Yu Zhu naturally pretended to be stupid and just sat back and watched Lao Ba's jokes.
Later, the sign on the Bank of the Household Bank had been up for less than three days. Forced by the situation, Lao Ba had no choice but to bow his head and cancel the extra black money collected.
For a time, the names of Li Wei and Li Youjie resounded throughout the capital and even shocked Kangxi who was far away in Changchun Garden.
Yuzhu, who had been watching with cold eyes, immediately understood the real reason why Li Wei became so popular in the Yongzheng Dynasty.
Lao Si and Lao Ba were Kangxi's mortal enemies in his later years.
Seeing the eighth child deflated, and with the fourth child's melancholy personality, don't you feel so happy?