After autumn, the court entered an eventful season.
First, the Tatars raided the Acropolis on the border, and then Guangxi broke out a major case of official ink corruption. Not to mention Tatar raids on border towns, it would be abnormal if they didn’t make such a scene every year. The Guangxi ink corruption case attracted the attention of everyone.
Without him, it was because the incident was a bit big, and dozens of officials were involved. From top to bottom, from head to root, it's completely rotten.
Hongjing Emperor Longyan was furious, and ordered people to take Li Heming, the chief minister, back to Beijing, and sent two imperial envoys to investigate the case.
Because these two things are connected, the initial discussion on the reserve naturally ended without a problem. Time passed quickly, and it was the end of the new year in a blink of an eye.
At the end of the new year, managing the annual affairs has always been busy. Right at this moment, something happened, which was related to Prince Qing's Mansion.
The incident was caused by Xiaobao.
The source is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs embezzled things from Prince Qing's Mansion.
According to the regulations of the Dagan Dynasty, the prince's salary is ten thousand taels of silver, ten thousand stones of rice, forty bolts of brocade, three hundred bolts of silk, one hundred each of gauze, five hundred silk, one thousand each of winter and summer cloth, and so on. , Even horse fodder is subsidized. When the fief was still in the past, these things were shipped all at once. Since entering Beijing, because it was moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it has been divided into four parts, one for each quarter.
These things seem to be quite a lot, but because the palace has a large population, in fact, it is often difficult to make ends meet, so most of these princes and princes have private income subsidies, and from time to time, they also have the filial piety of their subordinates.
This time King Qing was assigned to guard the imperial mausoleum because of being rejected by His Majesty. Because of her status, Princess Qing often refused to enter the palace unless she could, and the number of times she showed her face in public was greatly reduced. The persimmons were so soft that they were pinched, but no, they were pinched on Prince Qing's mansion.
The division of summer and autumn seasons in Prince Qing's Mansion has not been sent yet.
In fact, such things as deduction are not uncommon, as early as when King Jin and the others were princes, it often happened.
All the eunuchs are in charge of the House of Internal Affairs. The eunuchs have no descendants, and they are only greedy for two things, money and power. There are regulations on the distribution of the prince every year, but how to give it, when to give it, and what to give it, there is a lot of knowledge in it.
If you are not angry and look for it, if you gain power, you will be sent out with a nice voice and a nice face, and within three days, the thing will come. If you don't have the power, if you say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs really has more things to do, go back and wait, and send you away.
As for how long to wait, it depends on their mood.
Concubine Qing was urged by others, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs told them to wait. Seeing that the monthly payment of so many guards in the mansion has been delayed for several months, when it's time to change the seasons, so far they haven't made any clothes for the change of seasons. Summer and autumn are just around the corner, but winter in the capital has always been cold, so it is unreasonable not to make winter clothes, especially since the Chinese New Year is coming soon.
Princess Qing also used money from her private treasury to make up for it several times, but because King Qing had no mother clan, his family was originally poor, and because he was not favored, the original fiefdom was not a rich place. Princess Qing was born in a family of petty officials. , the dowry is not very rich, and the money given out is just a drop in the bucket for all of this.
These days, Princess Qing is so worried that her hair is turning gray.
I also wanted to go and beg King Jin, but Princess Qing was really ashamed.
King Qing has always relied on King Jin. Princess Qing felt guilty when King Qing said that, but she had no face to explain for King Qing. After Prince Qing's accident this time, Prince Jin helped him a lot with matters inside and outside Prince Qing's mansion. Even the matter of brother Yan's entry into the study was also handled by King Jin.
It doesn't seem like a big deal, but you have to know that Prince Qing's Mansion has been used all the time, but there is no way to pay it back. King Qing didn't know if he could come back, so he pointed at brother Yan to pay back, that would be many years later, and besides, King Jin might not be able to use his nephew by then. It is obvious that it is something that people have to pay for all the time. Princess Qing never asks for help if she can.
These things will inevitably affect the children, Zhuzhu is still not aware of it, but Brother Yan sees it in his eyes and keeps it in his heart. Seeing that Brother Yan was in a bad mood for a few days, Xiaobao inevitably asked about it.
Although Brother Yan is more mature and restrained than children of the same age, he is still a child after all, so he told Xiaobao about it.
After listening to Xiaobao, he patted his small chest and said that the matter was on him.
In fact, this matter is really not difficult to do, to put it bluntly, it is momentum.
If you have power, no one dares to bully you, no matter if you have power yourself or let others take advantage of it. If it can be used, it is regarded as a potential.
Just like King Lu, doesn't he know that his character is very offensive, doesn't he know that a violent temper is not a good reputation. But like King Qing, King Lu's mother and concubine, Concubine Chen, were not of high birth, and she was only concubine when she gave birth to a prince, which can be seen.
A son is more valuable than a mother, and a mother is more valuable than a son. They have always been complementary. Without a noble mother clan, to be a prince is superior in the eyes of outsiders. If you want to survive in the palace, you have to work hard and use hundreds of minds.
King Lu has always been a troublemaker since he was a child, the kind who didn't hit Fang Jiewa for three days. But it was like this, being punished and scolded by Emperor Hongjing since he was a child, no one in the former court and harem dared to ignore King Lu.
We all know that the King of Lu is so concerned with the Holy Spirit that he really doesn't care about punishing you, and he doesn't even bother to see you. King Qing is the best example.
Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to take advantage of King Lu, and even dared not provoke this master, knowing that this master has a temper that would blow up at any point. Really made him anxious, he made a big fuss and killed a few people, His Majesty would not do anything to him.
Naturally, it is impossible for Xiaobao to let Brother Yan take the road of King Lu. Besides, Brother Yan is still young, and he himself is also young. Let brother Yan show something short.
Brother Yan was taken down by the eunuch, and Emperor Hongjing looked at Xiaobao: "You brought him to me recently, is there anything you want to tell me?"
Emperor Hongjing is naturally not a fool. To be honest, he understands subtext better than everyone else, so seeing that Xiaobao just accidentally tore the sleeves of Brother Yan's clothes, and remembering that Xiaobao always intentionally I didn't intend to find an excuse to let Brother Yan come here, so I understood the meaning.
Xiaobao didn't hide it either, and grabbed the one who had just left it, "Grandpa Huang, did you see it? Xiaobao didn't do it on purpose. Dad said that Grandpa Huang has a lot of things to do every day, so he can't always bother you with trivial things. But brother Yan encountered some things. , we can't solve it when we are small, so we wonder if we can come and ask Grandpa Huang."
"What's the matter?" Emperor Hongjing pretended not to know.
Upon hearing this, Xiaobao leaned over cheekily, and climbed onto Emperor Hongjing's knee without any shame. He has been familiar with these things recently, and it is easy to know them well.
After sitting in Emperor Hongjing's arms, he recounted what Brother Yan had told him, trying to choose a tone and tone that echoed his age, and then said: "Uncle Seven is not at home, so Aunt Seven brought Brother Yan And Sister Zhuzhu, those servants from the House of Internal Affairs bullied Seventh Aunt and the others. Seventh Aunt is a woman with a thin skin, and Brother Yan is too young to do anything, so my grandson wanted to beg Grandpa Huang, but he didn't know what to say."
"So you pulled Yan Ge'er's sleeve off?"
"This incident was an accident, and my grandson didn't expect brother Yan's sleeves to be so weak. But in this way, it just proves that the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs bullied Seventh Aunt and the others." Xiaobao didn't mind showing his caution at all. machine.
Emperor Hongjing nodded his nose: "You little man, you know a lot of truths."
Xiao Bao immediately puffed up his small chest, and nodded triumphantly: "Of course, my grandson will no longer be a child after studying. Only by studying can he understand the truth. Now I understand a lot of truths."
Emperor Hongjing laughed: "Then tell me, what do you understand?"
"Grandson knows how to be sympathetic to the weak, and don't bully orphans and widows."
Emperor Hongjing was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Li Dequan: "Look, Lu Hai doesn't understand what the little boy understands, so go and tell him, if the Ministry of Internal Affairs does this kind of thing again in the future, I will withdraw." he."
"The old slave is going here."
Lu Hai is the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the chief is Li Dequan, but Li Dequan is on the sidelines of Emperor Hongjing, so he only has a name. Like Li Dequan, Lu Hai was on the sidelines of Emperor Hongjing earlier, but because he failed to win Li Dequan, he was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, this place is a lucrative place, and it must be the emperor's confidant.
"Don't worry about such things in the future, don't learn from your father." After Li Dequan went down, Emperor Hongjing said to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao's eyes rolled for a moment, why did his father get involved again, and then he remembered the relationship between King Qing and King Jin, and immediately understood what Emperor Hongjing meant.
It seems that the imperial grandfather didn't just hate Uncle Seven, and he didn't know what he did to make the imperial grandfather hate him so much. No wonder the Ministry of Internal Affairs dared to be so blatant, and it seems that there is a reason for it.
But this matter has nothing to do with Xiaobao, he is now fully focused on dealing with Emperor Hongjing.
"Why don't you care? Brothers should help each other, that's what it says in the book, and that's what my father said too."
Emperor Hongjing laughed: "I didn't realize that your father can still teach you this kind of truth."
But after thinking about it, Lao Wu has always been like this. He looks cold, but in fact he is warm-hearted.
From childhood to adulthood, I have turned back many times for the sixth and the seventh, and because I can't speak, the sixth and the seventh still have a gap with him.
At this time, Brother Yan, who was led down to change clothes, came, and Emperor Hongjing patted Xiaobao's little shoulder: "Okay, don't bother your grandpa, go home quickly, so that your mother won't worry. Grandpa still has some I haven't finished reading the memorial yet, so I have to read it quickly."
"The little treasure is gone. Grandpa Huang, don't look at it for too long. My mother said that you have to do things one by one, and you have to eat every bite. Don't be in a hurry. It's useless to be in a hurry."
"Your mother has a lot of truths." Anyway, Emperor Hongjing has heard it from Xiaobao many times. It wasn't through Xiaobao's mouth that she knew that Yaoniang was a gentle, kind, and noble woman. Emperor Hongjing wouldn't have agreed so readily to King Jin that he wanted to restore the righteousness.
"My mother is a good mother."
After saluting, Xiaobao took Brother Yan down.
Li Dequan walked in from the outside and stood beside Emperor Hongjing.
Emperor Hongjing looked at the zhezi in front of him, this zhezi was not an ordinary zhezi, it was a secret zhezi sent to the capital from Guangxi by 800 Li urgently, it was presented by Guo Ruhai, the imperial envoy who was going to Guangxi this time, what was written in it was exactly Guo Ruhai to find some things.
"These good sons of mine stretch their arms really long."
Li Dequan didn't dare to speak.
At this time, a young eunuch came in from the door and said in a low voice: "The Empress ordered someone to bring ginseng soup to Your Majesty."
Emperor Hongjing glanced at Li Dequan.
Li Dequan hurriedly said: "Go and order someone to bring it up."
Soon the ginseng soup was served, and Li Dequan took it carefully and put it on the dragon table.
But at this moment, Emperor Hongjing didn't have any intention of drinking ginseng soup, he didn't even look at it, the reason why people brought it up was to save face for Empress Wei.
Empress Wei has always been virtuous and sensible. Knowing that Emperor Hongjing's dragon body is not feeling well recently, she boiled various tonic soups for her every day. Emperor Hongjing sometimes drank it and sometimes he didn't.
As time passed, the ginseng soup naturally cooled down, and it was hard to eat when it was cold, so the eunuch took it down.
Yaoniang or Xiao Jirou came to thank her, only then did she know what Xiaobao had done.
Now the outside world can spread the word about Xiaobao, saying that he is the first one in the emperor's grandson, even the emperor's grandson back then can't compare. It is said that those dog servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have no eyesight, and they can't mess with anyone, they must go to Qing Wang's family.
King Qing and King Jin are on good terms, and the eldest son of King Qing's mansion is also on good terms with the eldest son of King Jin's mansion. Now the eldest son of Prince Jin's mansion serves in front of the sage every day, it is not clear that the monk is looking for lice on his head, looking for trouble.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs didn't even use it for three days, so it made up the amount owed to Prince Qing's Mansion, and it was Lu Hai, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who personally delivered it to the door. Turning around, these rumors spread outside. On the surface, everyone was amazed and envious. In secret, no one said that the eunuchs in the palace have cheated the eldest son of the Jin Palace.
It is possible to have praise, but if you praise it too much, you will be killed by praise.
Especially this time, no one knows what's going on, it's not obvious that Xiaobao is being pushed to the top of the limelight.
So as soon as Xiao Jirou heard about it, he hurried to the Prince Jin's Mansion, thanking him was one of the things, but more of it was guilt. She is aware of the behavioral attitude of Prince Jin's Mansion, and the rumors like this are undoubtedly harming Prince Jin's Mansion and Xiaobao.
"Originally, I wanted to bring brother Yan to the fifth brother and fifth sister-in-law to apologize, but he is sensible even though he is young. His father is not here now, so I don't want to be harsh on the child. Fifth sister-in-law, you shouldn't be both It was our fault, if it really missed Brother Fifth's major event and harmed Xiaobao, where do you tell me to put my heart.
"It's also me who is incapable of being a mother. I can't even do this kind of thing, and the children are worried and anxious. The two little ones actually did it behind their backs, without discussing it with the adults..."
Yaoniang finally digested the content of Xiao Jirou's words, and looked up to see her crying like this. This kind of thing is not common, but Xiao Jirou is used to a very strong temper, and he rarely shows weakness in front of others, which shows that he is very uneasy.
"Stop crying, I really can't blame Brother Yan, nor can I blame you. Although I don't go out very often, I also know that this matter must have been caused by people with ulterior motives. Don't think too much, since the matter has already If it happens, we can only face it head-on, and your fifth brother will come back later. With him around, nothing will happen."