Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

Chapter 268

When Li Dequan walked out of the imperial study, his back was soaked.He is the chief executive of the palace, although he doesn't care about the detailed affairs, but he knows the things below.The Ministry of Internal Affairs likes to report more quantities, and he knows it, but he just thinks that the quantity will not cost a lot of money, so he doesn't take it to heart.But now that the emperor and fourth master want to check, and it's the accounts of the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs and the harem, I'm afraid it's not a matter of quantity.

Li Dequan asked the little eunuch to ask for the account book from the two concubines and the princess. He stood outside the door of the imperial study, thinking that when the emperor found out, he might not be able to ask for it.

The fourth master is indeed hateful, Li Dequan thought silently, isn't he afraid of causing collective resistance from the Baoyi family?The interests of too many people have been touched, isn't fourth master afraid of being retaliated against?

In the imperial study room, with Li Xie's explanation, Kangxi's understanding of the accounts became more and more thorough. His old man's forehead was throbbing. He was so angry, but he had to bear it.

The account books of the harem for the whole year of 36 and the four months of 37 were brought over. Li Xie counted from 37. His mental arithmetic ability is super strong. Kangxi only saw that he was flipping through the account books with his left hand and writing a letter on the paper with his right hand A figure, such as the monthly expenses of cloth, porcelain, etc., and then added up throughout the year, the accounts for the four months of 37, he calculated in less than half an hour.

Compared with the numbers on the harem ledger, the numbers on the ledger of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all more, but none of them are less, and some are even as large as a huge number.Take cloth for example. The harem only used 110 bolts of cloth that month, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a balance of 150. The sum of the two figures is only [-]. What about forty bolts of cloth?The Ministry of Internal Affairs is relying on no one to keep track of the accounts of the harem and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, blatantly tampering!

Just comparing the four months of Kangxi's 37th year with the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the harem of Kangxi's 36th year, the result can be imagined that Kangxi's face was ashen, and there was a huge storm.

"Huang Ama, it is said that most of the merchants will not charge high prices for things used by the royal family, and some of them are much lower than the market price, with small profits but quick turnover. There is also a problem of celebrity effect, so I said you are being taken advantage of. , It’s really taken advantage of. You find someone to investigate those imperial merchants and see how much they have charged for doing business with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?”

Li Xie gloated and turned a blind eye to Kangxi's ashen face.

Kangxi gouged out Li Xie's eyes, but his mood calmed down, his mind was spinning quickly, how should we deal with this matter next?Who should I turn to?He definitely wouldn't let his son participate in it. What if they aroused the resentment of the Baoyi family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and they took risks?

Seeing that he was silent, Li Xie reached out and took out a stack of papers from his sleeve. He had done a lot of homework in this month.

"Huang Ama, look at this!" Li Xie said joyfully, he just took pleasure in other people's misfortunes, and the families he found most severely affected were all families with good relations with the boss and the others.

Kangxi took the paper and looked at it. On the very first page, he looked at the royal family of a certain county that said the clan, the names and numbers of wives and concubines in the backyard, the number of children, who was the biological mother, who died at a young age, who was in poor health, Predict when will die young, who will survive... He is at a loss, what does this mean?

Immediately after the second and third pictures... the string in his brain suddenly broke, his eyes suddenly enlarged, and his hands trembled.

"This is to manipulate the heirs of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners!" If the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not the worst, then the problem of the heirs is the most serious.

Li Xie grinned, showed his white teeth, and shrugged: "This minister doesn't know, these are all statistics, there is no evidence."

Beauty's grace is not so easy to enjoy, Li Xie secretly said, telling you guys with high-level eyes to be arrogant, isn't this all a flop?

Li Xie skipped the Wuya clan with these statistical data. Of course, he handed over this data to Kangxi, and Kangxi himself will conduct investigations later. For the sake of [-]th and [-]th, Concubine De's natal family will give a lighter punishment, but other members of the Wuya clan may not necessarily.

The concubines born in the Baoyi family in the Kangxi harem accounted for almost half of the number, and the Wuya family and the Wei family were the two most typical successful ones. Zhang Jiashi is also a successful inspirational person, and there are also some transparent nobles, and there are not a few of them.

Therefore, Li Xie knew that Kangxi would only slowly plan this matter, and did not dare to announce it widely, otherwise it would cause instability in the Eight Banners.

Kangxi gritted his teeth and said: "No evidence is needed!" A discerning person can understand at a glance, what more evidence is needed?

Li Xie looked outside the study room, only to see that the sun had already started to set to the west, it turned out that it was already late, it was already past noon.

"No wonder you're so hungry, it's so late. Manager Li, you can bring the lunch." Li Xie got up and stretched, and Kangxi was still immersed in thinking.

Li Dequan suddenly realized when he heard that he was asked to pass the meal, it is so late?

The chef of the imperial dining room and others had been waiting for a long time, but they waited for the notice of passing on the meal, and waited for the notice of passing the meal to the right.

After lunch, Li Xie wanted to stay and continue to help, but Kangxi sent him out of the palace.

Cross the river and tear down the bridge!Li Xie muttered, since he doesn't need his help, he just enjoys leisurely time, and when the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is over, he can just jump to other departments, but this time, I'm afraid that all departments don't want to accept him, who knows? How can he do things like this?

Of course, he didn't want to go to departments like the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War might not be in his turn, so it seemed that every department didn't want to see him, so he could go where he wanted to go.

Back in the mansion, Yunyao was still busy refining medicine in the pharmacy. The staff recruited by Lu Fei and Fu Ming needed the assistance of various medicines, not to mention that she and Li Xie didn't want them to become top masters in the world, but Just want their martial arts to be like the second-rate level in the Jianghu in The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

"Hey, why did you come back so early?" Seeing Li Xie, Yun Yao was quite surprised, she thought he would not come back until late at night at least.

Li Xie knelt down, arranged the herbs together with her, and said, "Kangxi crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and the next thing is not my turn."

Such a good thing is not his turn, he is a little depressed, he is not afraid of retaliation, he just wants to leave a bad impression on the courtiers.

Here in the palace, King Zhijun and the others knew that Li Xie had left the palace, and Huang Ama had taken part of the accounts from the harem. They were guessing, could it be that the fourth child sued Huang Ama again?

The Ministry of Internal Affairs bullied him?So he was looking for trouble from the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

With a clear expression, Yinhu turned to Concubine Ning and asked, "Emiang, are grandfather and uncle involved with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Concubine Ning pondered for a moment, then shook her head: "The Baoyi family that can work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is all big families, and they all developed after decades of development. The Wei family is just a small family, and the Wei family can't get involved in the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yes, even if I am now a second-rank imperial concubine, at most the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be harsh on us, but it will not accept the Wei family's involvement in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Yinhu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, Uncle and the others didn't get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Er Niang, I'm afraid Huang Ama will rectify the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future."

"Rectify the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Is there a serious problem with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Concubine Ning was at a loss. She felt that there was indeed a problem with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the problem should not be too serious.

Yinhu nodded solemnly: "Yes, I'm afraid that Baoyi's family will suffer major changes this time." Glancing at Concubine Ning, he said again: "Since grandfather and uncle are not involved in the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then Er Niang Just relax, at most uncles and the others will be implicated in some minor issues. For the sake of the sons and ministers, Huang Ama will not punish them too severely. So, Er Niang, you can't tip off your grandfather and the others, otherwise you will give Huang Ama Ma left a very bad impression."

For a man, if his woman is biased towards her natal family in matters of principle, the impression will definitely not be good.

Concubine Ning nodded, but after Yinhu left, she was still thinking about this issue. She was able to become a concubine because she relied on her natal family's influence. Now that her son would not let her report the news, she felt uneasy.But thinking about what her son said, she will rely on her son in the future, and she has two daughters. The future of her son and daughter depends on the emperor, so she really can't leave a bad impression on the emperor.

After Li Xie left, Kangxi quietly thought about it for half an hour, and when he thought it through, he announced Li Dequan in a deep voice, asking him to summon more than a dozen people from the clan Zongzheng, important ministers of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, some princes of the clan, county kings, etc. .

Some of the more than ten ministers came quickly, some came slowly, like Kangxi's elder brother, Prince Yu, who came quickly, but his younger brother, Prince Gong, was the son.

Kangxi saw that everyone was here, so he passed the stack of papers in his hand, and the person who took it was Prince Yu, and Prince Gong also leaned his head to read it together.

"It's good to have a look." If he didn't understand, he was afraid that he would doubt this person's ability, after all, he was a powerful official in the imperial court.

Four or five people surrounded Prince Yu and Prince Gong, and then everyone glanced at Prince Jian Yabu. This first page records the situation in the backyard of his father and Prince Shuo Jianchun, Aixinjueluo Jidu, not just Ji Du's wives and concubines, children, and his son's backyard.

Jidu has five sons, the third son and the fourth son are Zaoyao. The eldest son and the second son were separated and left the house early because Jidu angered Jidu, so Yabu was the only son who was left behind. , the title is not inherited by the eldest son and second son, but by Yabu.Yabu's mother, the present Concubine Jian's Hang family, was only born in Shufu Jin, and the Hang family was the Baoyi family.

Of course, these things may also be coincidences, but people can't help but think about them.Even if Hang won the title for his son, it doesn't mean that Yabu will allow his son to be manipulated by Bao Yi. In the end, the title can only be passed on to the bastard, and he is also the son of Bao Yi.

Yabu was still at a loss, but as he flipped through the next few pages, his face suddenly turned pale, and the faces of Prince Yu, Prince Gong and others also turned blue.

The important ministers who didn't come around to watch, such as Suo'etu and others, were still at a loss. What did the emperor show them?Why did Prince Yu and the others look so ugly?

Afterwards, Suo'etu and others also watched it one after another, especially one of the papers used Suo'etu's sixth younger brother Fabao as an example.Fabao had five sons, four of whom had only one concubine, who was born to a concubine; five sons had two sons, whose biological mother was the same person, and their biological mother was also a concubine who was born in Baoyi.

Why is the noble girl from everyone's background not in good health and unable to give birth?However, the concubine can give birth to children again and again?There must be something tricky in the backyard of the two sons of Fabao!

It was only the early Qing Dynasty, so the bannermen selected by these Baoyi families were not eye-catching, and they would not attract too much attention because of the issue of offspring. They would only show their fangs when the Baoyi family became more and more powerful.

Only the sound of pages turning and heavy breathing remained in the imperial study room. Kangxi was still calculating the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his mind. Over the past 30 years, he had paid at least nearly 1000 million taels more. This figure made his breathing difficult. 1000 What is the concept of Wanliang?In the year of natural disasters, when the household department was poor, the treasury did not even have 1000 million taels.

About half an hour later, Kangxi said blankly: "I've finished reading it? This is just an investigation and there is no evidence."

Prince Gong was impatient, he gritted his teeth and said, "No evidence is needed!" Just make up your mind.

Kangxi glanced at his straight-tempered younger brother, but said nothing. To investigate the evidence, it involved too much, and no one in Baoyi's family would admit it.

It is rare for Suo'etu to not contradict Nalan Mingzhu. He is in a state of distraction, thinking about the situation of his son and grandson. He has six sons, and the mothers of the six sons are all different. Some died early Boy, his backyard situation can be ignored.What about his son and grandson?It's a pity that he is very busy all day, and he doesn't know the situation in the backyard of his son and grandson.

Nalan Mingzhu was also thinking, he only had three sons, and all three sons were born by his first wife, not to mention that he was not a womanizer, and there were only two concubines in the backyard, and now that he was old, he didn't have that kind of thought up.But what about his son's backyard?Especially the eldest son, Rong Ruo, the eldest son passed away a few years ago, because his daughter-in-law had a dystocia, and the child in his womb went with him. The son was too sad, and his health has been bad since then. Is there any coating involved?After thinking for a while, he remembered that after the accident with his daughter-in-law, the eldest son indeed killed the two servant girls.Nalan Mingzhu's complexion suddenly became heavy.

"I'm telling you about this matter, just to arouse your vigilance, but don't let it out. It's understandable that people don't want to kill the world for themselves, let alone killing them with a single shot."

Kangxi said in a deep voice: "I told you that you are here for the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." He glanced at everyone present, Prince Yu and Prince Gong were at a loss, even Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu were also very confused, What's the matter with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

"The fourth child made a calculation for me, only then did I realize that I am the biggest bully in the world!" Kangxi's expressionless face became even more serious.

Mentioning Sibeile, everyone present cheered up, especially Prince Yu and Prince Gong, who said that the handwriting on the paper was a bit strange and familiar, isn't that the handwriting of the fourth child?

However, the fourth child's handwriting seems to have improved a lot, and it is more majestic and heroic than they remembered.

It takes a lot of courage to admit that he was taken advantage of, but compared to being fooled by others, Kangxi felt that admitting he was taken advantage of was more cost-effective than paying more money in the future.

Bah, Kangxi spurned himself in his heart, how could he admit the nonsense of the fourth child?

After reading the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the many figures given by Kangxi, Prince Yu, Prince Gong, Prince Jian and other clan princes looked at each other, and important officials such as Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu were shocked. They all knew that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was a very lucrative However, I never expected it to be so rich. The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are too greedy, don't you know when enough is enough?

"Second brother, fifth brother, Yabu, the affairs of the House of Internal Affairs will be handled by your clan. I will give you a handbook and allow you to act cheaply!"

Prince Yu and others quickly received the order. As for Suo'etu, Nalan Mingzhu and others, they were courtiers, and on the surface they had nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the government, the relationship between the Eight Banners people and Bao Yi is constantly being discussed.

Li Xie and Yun Yao stayed in the mansion and refined the medicine for several hours. When Lu Fei and Fu Ming's letter arrived, they were busy replying the letter again. After finishing these, it was almost time to go to bed.

The next day, at Maoshi, Li Xie and Yun Yao were still sleeping when they heard very regular footsteps coming from all directions. They rubbed their ears and continued to sleep, regardless of the flood.

Li Chongzhou can't do it, he is a steward, he must know the important affairs of the capital, otherwise, if the master asks, he doesn't know what to do, how negligent is he as a steward?

At Chenshi, the two of them got up as usual, and after washing up, they ate breakfast in the living room. Li Chongzhou bumped over to report the matter, with a smug smile on his face.

Li Chongzhou was not born under Manhan Baoyi's banner, he was a pure Han Chinese. Except for the eunuchs and maids in the Sibeile mansion, guards and housekeepers were all from good people.

"My lord, Fujin, before dawn this morning, Prince Yu, Prince Gong, Prince Jian and others mobilized the city defense battalion to impose martial law on all parts of the capital, and mobilized the forbidden army to surround the mansions of Hai Laxun and other officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Xun and others were imprisoned, and their family members were also taken into custody."

Li Chongzhou's help was naturally indispensable for the homework done before Li Xie, and Li Chongzhou was naturally clear about this matter.

"It's very fast." Li Xie said thoughtfully: "Isn't there no one in the House of Internal Affairs? If that's the case, then I will go to work in the House of Internal Affairs today."

Yun Yao couldn't help laughing and said: "Then you will be happy, no one will dare to contradict you."

Li Xie shrugged: "There was no one who contradicted the master before."

But at this time, the whole capital was full of turmoil. Whether it was the Eight Banners or Bao Yi, everyone was silent. They hadn't received any news before. How could the emperor lock up Hai Laxun and others?

When Li Xie arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was around the same time. The first and second leaders of all departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were locked up, and the rest were some soldiers with small positions. Although they were still a little scared when they saw Li Xie, they They are all surrounded, and now they lack a backbone.

There are as many as 3000 officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and more than 50 departments. The first- and second-class bosses of these more than 50 departments have been locked up, and the rest are third-class and below bosses who really do things.

Now there are about a hundred people in the hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Li Xie glanced at them and told them to line up according to each department, and then asked them about their positions one by one, and then promoted one person to temporarily manage his department.After half an hour like this, the chaos in the Ministry of Internal Affairs finally stopped, and they each returned to their posts to work.

Then, the king of Zhijun, the crown prince, Sanbeile, Wubeile, Qibeile, and Babeile came to look for Lixie. Such a big incident happened in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and everyone is paying attention. How could they not come to Lixie to ask? a clear?

Facing the six question mark faces, Li Xie shook his head: "It's not my fault, I just settled an account for Huang Ama, this is Huang Ama's order, Uncle Wang and the others carried it out, so it has something to do with me Is it? I haven't looked for Huang Ama yet, my House of Internal Affairs suddenly lost so many people, it almost caused chaos today."

Zhijun Wang and others are black-faced, but you have left everything behind, so the pig will believe that it has nothing to do with you!

Zhijun Wang and the others wanted to know more information from Li Xie, but Li Xie shook his head, he only settled one account, and he didn't know anything else at all, it really had nothing to do with him!

Zhijun Wang and others left depressingly, Yinhu didn't dare to stay, he didn't dare to face the reborn fourth brother now, he was afraid of being exposed by the fourth brother.

No matter how the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Han Dynasty and the imperial court are in full swing, Prince Yu, Prince Gong and others moved very quickly. The families of Hai Laxun and others were all ransacked, and several parties were pulled down, and several coated families were sent down to the Great Wall. Among them is the Wu Ya family, and it is also the branch of Concubine De's natal family. Her father is still working in the imperial kitchen of the palace, and is temporarily detained in prison.There is also the Wanliu Ha clan, but the one who was temporarily imprisoned was not Ding Guiren's natal family, but the main branch of Wanliu Ha clan.

Li Xie has been sitting in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many days, and people come to him every day to talk to him. Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu are the most valuable. He greets people with an expressionless face. Everyone stays for a while, and then Gone in disgrace.

And the Yonghe Palace finally came, and this nun trembled in the face of Li Xie, not daring to instigate her arrogantly, and begged Li Xie to see Concubine De with a pleading face.

Li Xie pondered for a moment, and didn't intend to see Concubine De, in fact, it didn't help, he just asked this nun to send a message to Concubine De, telling her not to jump around, Wu Ya's group of people stood up. If you lose more money, your life will not be in danger.

In the blink of an eye and half a month later, the affairs of the gang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and some big families of Baoyi are almost settled, although the results have not yet come out.Kangxi asked all the ministers to give advice on how to completely eradicate the problem of corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?The system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be reformed, and Kangxi has been thinking about it for a while. He has some ideas, but he needs to brainstorm.

Li Xie was thinking about how to bring up the matter of 'job hopping', but he didn't want someone to help him.As a hedgehog, it seems that no one in the Eight Banners wants him to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs anymore, so a group of ministers secretly told Kangxi that in fact, a genius like Sibeile is too talented to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is time to find another place. .Moreover, the six books are not suitable for Si Baylor, your majesty, you should entrust Si Baylor with a very important matter, in order to show Si Baylor's talent.

Kangxi's head was full of black lines, the fourth child is so unwelcome by the courtiers?Is he in trouble?

So Kangxi summoned Lixie and asked him if he had any plans?Ordinarily, there is no one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it is suitable for him to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he can't stand the pleas of many people.

Li Xie pursed her lips: "What good suggestion does Huang Ama have?"

Kangxi also felt worried for a while. Among the six departments, only the Ministry of Rites is the most leisurely, that is, it is not easy to cause trouble, but the fourth child will definitely not go to the Ministry of Rites.And the Ministry of Criminal Justice is even worse, even if he claims to be a wise king, he dare not say that there are no unjust, false or wrongly decided cases in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. According to the temperament of the fourth child, he is afraid that there will be troubles again. The matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not over yet. And after waiting for two or three years, he might be able to send the fourth child to the Ministry of Punishment, and just use the fourth brother's hand to rectify the Xing Prison of the Qing Dynasty.

"I don't know that my son is so unpopular." Kangxi said depressedly, and took a careful look at the fourth child. His temper was indeed a bit annoying.

He stroked his forehead: "Since there is no suitable department for you, what do you want to do? As long as you don't exceed the standard, I will agree."

Li Xie raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and pretended to think, and muttered: "The Ministry of War is the territory of the eldest brother, the Ministry of Officials is the territory of the prince's second brother, the Imperial Academy and the Ministry of Rites are the territory of the third brother, and the Ministry of Industry is the territory of the fifth and seventh brothers." Brother's site, it seems that I really have no other place to go."

After a while, he raised his head and said: "The aspects of the text are all the same, otherwise I will go to the army? I have never fought a war. I heard that the seaside is not calm. I want to compete with the Japanese pirates. "

Kangxi was a little surprised. He stared at Li Xie for a while, and was about to nod when he heard Li Xie say: "But I don't want the existing army in the army. I want to form an army by myself. Invincible special team."

Kangxi twitched his mouth. Do you think that the invincible army is Chinese cabbage, and you can grow juicy Chinese cabbage with any variety?

"Since you have this ambition, I agree." Kangxi agreed after weighing it up.An army is not so easy to lead. It takes at least four or five years to achieve success, and it takes more time to achieve great success.

Later, Kangxi transferred Lixie out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then transferred to the army, and the person who took over the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was indeed Yinhu.

All the ministers felt at ease, Si Baylor would not come to his department to dictate, they were not afraid of their department being liquidated, and they could work with peace of mind.

As for the army, the generals in the army did not have any dissatisfaction. Military generals are different from civil servants. Seeing Sibei Le's slender appearance, who knows how long he can stay in the army?What's more, he didn't take over any army, but was freed by the emperor. It is indeed tempting to form an army of his own, but it is a test of ability. Does Sibaile have that ability?They will wait and see!

Although Yinhu is a bit depressed, he is looking for a job in his position. Since he has taken over the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he must take care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he is spending sleepless nights writing plans. He has incorporated the rules and regulations of later generations to manage large companies. Presumably, it should be able to solve the problem of the Ministry of Internal Affairs very well.

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