The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 213 Prince Joy

The agate Buddhist beads given by Kangxi had extraordinary significance, and Yinyu certainly would not dare to accept it.

"Pu-bang." Yinyu knelt down and whispered, "Khan Ama, I didn't control my temper and made a big mistake that all men would make..."

Yinyou told Kangxi everything about his affair with Qinshu.

Kangxi looked at Yinyou with a wry smile. This bastard was really lustful and couldn't control his lower body at all. He even dared to sleep with the widowed daughter-in-law of a provincial governor?

"You, you, what can I say to you?" Kangxi was somewhat angry and took back the agate Buddhist beads.

Yinyou originally thought that his merits and demerits offset each other and the reward would be gone.

Who would have thought that Kangxi would throw a waist badge to Yinyou and say calmly: "Minor mistakes but great achievements, the flaws do not outweigh the merits. It has never been my temper to withhold rewards for meritorious service. Take it, with this waist badge, you can come directly to the outer study to see me in the future!"

"However, I have said before that I originally intended to confer the title of Prince Yu on you. Now, that is definitely not possible." Kangxi suddenly raised his voice and said, "Call me Zhang Tingyu."

"Your Majesty, the fifteenth son of the Emperor, Prince Yinyu, has made great contributions in protecting the Emperor. He is appointed as the Minister of the Imperial Court and is in charge of Chongwen Gate. He is also allowed to ride a horse in Changchun Garden. I decree this."

"Your son Yinyu accepts your order and thanks you for your grace."

The special privilege of riding a horse in Changchun Garden was taken away by Kangxi because Yinyu made a mistake last time. This time, Yinyu made another great contribution to protecting the emperor and was rewarded again.

The Chongwenmen Supervisory Office was the most important customs office in the Qing Dynasty, without a doubt.

In the Qing Dynasty, no matter who you were, as long as you carried goods or luggage, you had to pay enough taxes and silver in front of Chongwenmen before you were allowed to enter the capital.

The Guangzhou Customs Supervision Office was responsible for trade with foreigners, and its total tax revenue per year was only about 20 taels of silver.

The Chongwenmen Supervisory Office could collect 400,000 taels of tax silver a year.

Although the Imperial Household Department was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you, in fact, the Chongwenmen Supervisory Office was no less dark.

Because the Imperial Household Department employed more than 3,000 officials, it made a lot of money but spent even more, and it was always in deficit every year.

The Chongwenmen Supervisory Office had less than 500 people in total, from supervisors to low-level runners.

There has long been a rumor in the streets: I don't want to be a marquis, I just want to be in charge of Chongwenmen.

From this we can see that the Chongwenmen Supervisory Office was extremely wealthy!

Yinyou had no shortage of money and didn't care about these part-time jobs that increased his income.

However, the situation is different for the Grand Councilor. His status is more than three times more important than that of the Grand Councilor of the Imperial Guard.
Because all the sword-carrying guards in front of the emperor and the guards of Qianqing Gate are under the jurisdiction of the minister in front of the emperor.

As we all know, in the Qing Dynasty, among all the important ministers, the imperial minister who is responsible for the emperor's personal safety is the real trusted minister!

When Yinyou was about to leave, Kangxi suddenly stopped him and said in a very serious tone: "If you dare to flirt with your sisters-in-law, watch out for your skin. You should understand what I mean, right?"

"Hey!" Kangxi's warning was not a joke, Yinyou had to take it seriously.

To be honest, except for the Eighth Lady who was quite pretty, the rest of the sisters-in-law were uglier than the other.

To put it bluntly, even if they were stripped naked and sent to Yinyu's bed, he probably wouldn't be able to get aroused.

As soon as Yinyou entered the duty room, Zhang Tingyu followed in.

Zhang Tingyu and Yinyou are old acquaintances, so how could they not know each other?

Yinyou understood Kangxi's thoughts very well. If he had accepted the agate Buddhist beads without hesitation, Kangxi would never have allowed Zhang Tingyu to come in.

In the Qing Dynasty where the emperor had no way out, it would never be out of date for ministers to adhere to the basic principle of being cautious!
When leaving Qingxi Study, Yinyou was surprised to find that the sword-carrying guards along the way were bowing their heads and were many times more respectful than usual.

Nalasan, the first-class sword-bearing guard on duty, leaned forward and approached Yinyu, whispering, "Prince Yu, we servants have chipped in and prepared a few tables of wine. We would like to ask you to do us a favor and have some fun together."

Yinyu waved his hand and said, "It's not easy for everyone. You also have to support your family. Why waste money? If you think highly of me, when you get off duty and have some free time, let's go to the Chunyin class together. I'll treat you and let's have fun together!"

When others are entertaining guests with a feast, they are still afraid that people from the Infantry Yamen will come in and disrupt the situation.

Yinyou was in charge of the Infantry Yamen. Who, including the money-hungry Longkodo, dared to challenge him?

Nalasan was definitely happy in his heart, but he said, "Prince Yu, you are of such a noble status, how can I let you spend money?"

Yinyu waved his hand and said, "Let's set it for tomorrow after the shift. You guys go ahead and take a seat. I'll be there soon. See you there."

Since his boss had said so much, Narashan naturally did not dare to say anything else and could only obey Zhaqian's orders, "Thank you, Prince Yu, for the generous reward."

In the Qing Dynasty at that time, any man with a little power under his command was particularly fond of drinking wine.

The main reason is, alas, the wife is too ugly!

Although it is true that a man can take a concubine if his wife is ugly, in fact, most guards dare not take a concubine.

The wives of Manchu officials are very different from the submissive Han girls. They are all tigresses who have been pampered since childhood.

In particular, a tigress with many brothers at home is not to be trifled with!

Let’s not talk about others, let’s just talk about Nalashan. He secretly kept a wife named Ru outside.

When his wife found out about it, she called a dozen of her brothers from her mother's family to rush to the house to catch the adulterer. If Nalashan hadn't run fast, he would have been bruised and battered.

There was no way, because Nalashan's wife's surname was Tonggiya. After the shift was over, as soon as Yinyu's carriage entered Xizhimen, someone stood by the road and greeted him loudly.

"I am the left wing supervisor of Chongwenmen. I am Songqing, your servant. I wish you the best of luck, Your Majesty!"

The Chongwenmen Supervisory Office was divided into two wings, left and right, with a supervisor and deputy supervisor in each wing.

In other words, there were four supervisors in the yamen, two chief and two deputy.

Officials must check and balance each other to prevent any one person from having the final say. This is a characteristic of the Qing Dynasty system.

Under normal circumstances, the chief and deputy supervisors do not need to go to the yamen to manage affairs. The specific tasks are handled by the general manager, one on the left and one on the right wing, and two assistant managers appointed by the supervisor.

Song Qing is also an old acquaintance of Yinyou. He is one of the five current ministers-in-chief of the Imperial Household Department.

It is worth mentioning that the taxes collected at Chongwenmen were considered the emperor’s private money and were not turned over to the Ministry of Revenue’s treasury.

To use a Qing Dynasty saying, this is the emperor's private pocket!
Song Qing's status is naturally incomparable to Yinyou's.

However, as the saying goes, acquaintance is a treasure, and you will see him every day, so Yinyou stopped the carriage.

Yinyou lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. Song Qing had her hair tied up in a knot and looked very honest.

Haha, others don’t know Song Qing’s background, but Yinyou knows it. This guy is the third brother’s maternal cousin.

Songqing's father, Baron Roto, is Rongfei's cousin.

Starting from Rong Fei's side, Song Qing and the third brother have a very close relationship!

Yinyou was naturally well aware of Song Qing's little thoughts. This kid came in a hurry to pay his respects. Wasn't it because he was worried about losing the good job that was like a treasure pot?
The left and right wing supervisors of Chongwenmen could earn a net income of 5 to 10 taels of silver every year even if they did nothing!

Even though Song Qingming knew that Yinyou and the third brother were not on good terms, he still had to bite the bullet and come to curry favor with them.

After all, who can resist a lot of money?

No matter what era it is, only the ignorant people at the bottom of society talk about feelings.

The upper class dignitaries, without exception, only care about interests!

Faced with huge interests, Song Qing did not hesitate at all and decisively moved closer to Yinyu.

Yinyu waved Songqing to the car window and asked him with a smile, "You are too close to me. Aren't you afraid that my third brother will settle the score with you later?"

This was said in an extremely obscure way, but Song Qing's long-term tenure as the Director of the Imperial Household Department was based on his shrewdness, and he understood it as soon as he heard it.

"Replying to Prince Yu, I am a loyal minister and I am only loyal to the Emperor!" Song Qing did not disappoint Yinyou. He almost said it clearly that since the third son could not become the emperor, how could there be any talk of settling scores later?

"Well, I will follow your arrangements the day after tomorrow evening!" Yinyu's habit was not to hit someone who smiled at him.

Since Song Qing took the initiative to approach him, why didn't Yinyou go with the flow?

Song Qing immediately perked up, bowed, and said very respectfully: "Thank you, Prince Yu, for your grace!"

Yinyou took the initiative to ask Songqing to arrange the evening entertainment activities, which was already a sign of high regard for Songqing.

After returning home, Yinyou was playing in the water with Qinshu when he heard Wulin come to report, "Master, Chunji hasn't had her period for three months. According to the imperial physician, she is probably pregnant!"

In the present Prince Yu's Mansion, the only serious young masters are two little princesses, but no male princes.

To be honest, Wulin was also worried about Yinyou. With such a huge family business, if he had no son to inherit it, wouldn't it just fall into the hands of others?
So, when Chun Ji became pregnant, Wu Lin was happier than anyone else.

Chunji was a skinny horse from Yangzhou given by the fourth brother. If she gave birth to a boy or a girl, the potential impact should not be underestimated.

The only drawback was that after Huixiang gave birth to her daughter, her belly remained motionless.

However, if Nian Guanyin could give birth to a son this time, it would have extraordinary significance for Yinyu's layout in the early years of the Yongzheng Dynasty.

The young concubine beside the fourth prince was so powerful that she almost had the power to cover the whole sky with one hand in Prince Yong's mansion.

Even the Fourth Lady had to retreat away from him.

Since Nian Guanyin was the second sister of Concubine Nian, based on Yinyu's fundamental interests, he naturally hoped that the three sons born to Concubine Nian would all be healthy.

Hongli's biological mother was only touched once by the fourth brother.

It is different for the concubine of the year. Except during menstruation or pregnancy, she is almost a bride every night.

He is the most favored one in the entire Prince Yong’s Mansion, there is no doubt about it!

According to Nian Guanyin's private disclosure, Nian Concubine's nickname was: Haitang.

Nowadays, a woman's private parts must be kept extremely confidential.

If it weren't for the fact that Nian Guanyin felt so comfortable being beaten by Yinyou that she couldn't help shaking all over, she wouldn't have accidentally disclosed the privacy of her third sister.

PS: Although I am very busy, I have never thought about adding extra content. After I am done with my work, I will resume posting three times a day.

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