The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 64: Reception is no small matter (begging for monthly tickets)

Mipin was naturally overjoyed at Wang Guozheng's coming to Beijing to take up the post.

Concubine Mi called Yinyou into the palace and specifically told him to be filial to his grandparents, uncles and aunts.

In the past, perhaps because of the taboos about her background, Concubine Mi always kept her mouth shut and never mentioned her relatives on her mother's side.

This time, Mipin finally solved the mystery.

In addition to his maternal grandfather Wang Guozheng and grandmother Huang, Yinyou also had three uncles and two aunts, as well as a large number of cousins.

After hearing this, Yinyou felt a headache and felt under great pressure.

Relatives these days will all disappear when you are in trouble, fearing that you will ask for money or cause trouble. But when you are successful, your relatives will come over shamelessly, taking it for granted that they will also benefit from your success.

However, it was difficult to disobey his mother's orders, so Yinyou had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to take care of his mother's relatives.

After breakfast, Yinyou led Wulin, Yuzhu and others in five carriages and drove towards Tongzhou in the east of the city.

The distance from the capital to Tongzhou is about forty miles.

Official ships coming from the south could only go via the Grand Canal, and the official ship itineraries on the Grand Canal were fixed one trip after another.

The guards had been sent out by Yinyu long ago, and as soon as there was any news, they would ride back on fast horses to report. Therefore, Yinyu was not in a hurry at all, and maintained a leisurely pace, rushing to Tongzhou.

At three quarters past the hour of Wei, Yinwei and his men rushed to the official ship dock in Tongzhou.

Well, the Wang family’s boat hadn’t arrived yet, so Yinyou simply sat in the private room of the teahouse on the pier.

However, just as Yinyou sat down, Wulin came in and reported, "Sir, Tulihai, the Minister of Warehouses stationed in Tongzhou, is outside handing in this report."

Yinyou was somewhat puzzled. After thinking carefully, he thought that it must be the fourth brother who had given a heads-up in advance, right?

The imperial court had two large granaries near the capital, one was Jingcang and the other was Tongcang, collectively known as the Jingtong Fourteen Granaries.

Among them, the eleven warehouses of the capital warehouse were mainly responsible for the supply of food and salary rice for the eight banners, while the three warehouses of the general warehouse were responsible for the payment of salaries to the officials.

Coincidentally, the Minister of Granaries stationed in Tongzhou was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue.

The fourth brother is the emperor of the Ministry of Revenue. Who would dare not listen if he just gave a greeting?

"Please ask him to come in." Yinyou had nothing to do anyway, so he might as well meet the God of Wealth from Tongzhou.

"Under the Second Assistant Commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, I am Tulihai, the servant of the Ministry of Revenue, and wish you the best of health, Master Fifteen."

As soon as Tulihai entered the room, he took the initiative to bow deeply and greeted respectfully.

Even though Tulihai was a high-ranking official of the second rank who was in charge of the eight seats, because he was born into a bondservant family of the upper three banners, all the princes were his masters.

There was no way around it. The Qing Dynasty was a special system that was half slavery and half brick system. Even if the banner owners lost their military power, they still had considerable practical power over the banners.

According to historical records, Emperor Daoguang summoned his ministers one day to discuss military affairs in the northwest.

However, Song Jun, the Grand Councilor and Minister of Personnel, was absent unprecedentedly.

After Emperor Daoguang learned the truth, he was very angry but could do nothing about it.

Because Song Jun, who was under the jurisdiction of the Zhenglan Banner Mongolians, was indeed obliged to mourn for the banner owner's family who was handling the funeral.

"Tubudang, please stand up quickly." Yinyu waved his hand with a smile and asked Tulihai to stand up.

Tulihai bent his waist and said very humbly: "My Lord, the Fifteenth Master, as early as ten days ago, the Fourth Master instructed me in a letter to obey your orders." Yinyu couldn't help but smile slightly. As long as the Fourth Master has you in his heart, he will treat you well with all his heart.

"Then it's you, Laotubudang."

Since Tulihai was the fourth brother's man, Yinyou naturally could not deliberately put on airs. He simply stood up and bowed to express his sincere gratitude.

Seeing that Yinyou was so approachable, Tulihai's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.

To be honest, the benefits of being the Assistant Minister of Tongzhou Granary were so huge that Tulihai was unwilling to give it up even at the cost of his life.

Although Yinyou, as the assistant director of the Ministry of Revenue, could not promote Tulihai, he could use his great influence on the fourth prince to secretly trip him up and make Tulihai lose his precious and good job.

After all, there are at least a dozen political enemies who are jealous of the huge profits and extremely hostile to Tulihai.

"Tubudang, I'm just picking up a few elders from the north. There's no need to go through so much trouble, right?" Yinyu deliberately wanted to test Tulihai's knowledge.

Tulihai bent his waist and explained, "Fifteenth Master, there are many idle people on the dock. Last month, there was a scandal where a young lady from an official family was kidnapped. We must be careful!"

This was the first time Yinyu had heard of such a thing, and he couldn't help but become interested, so he asked Tulihai: "Isn't it true that the official's daughter never leaves the house? How could she have been kidnapped?"

"Hey, who said it wasn't true? It's just that the kidnapper was too cunning. He actually disguised himself as a sedan bearer and carried the official's daughter away so blatantly." Tulihai found that Yinyu also had a gossipy heart, so he got excited on the spot and told the story with exaggeration, "The family was also careless. The people who came to pick her up and the people who sent her off the boat mistakenly thought they were sedan bearers sent by the other party..."

Seeing that Tulihai deliberately kept the conversation a secret and did not continue, Yinyu smiled sympathetically and asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, although the family found out something was wrong, it was too late. Alas, it was really a sin. Not only did the young lady from the official family lose her chastity, but she was also forced to hang herself by her own parents." Tulihai sighed heavily and whispered, "These Han officials are so naive, each one is more cruel than the other!"

Yinyou also sighed, alas, the evil ethics are really cannibalistic!

The joke teller Tu Lihai, seeing Yinyou's sympathetic expression, could not help but nod secretly. As long as the atmosphere was harmonious, the reception work would be much easier.

As the highest-ranking civil servant near Tongzhou, Tulihai, in addition to his main duties of grain storage, also often greeted and saw off passengers at the official ship dock.

To put it bluntly, when it comes to reception work, Tulihai has already made a name for himself, figured out the tricks, and has extremely rich experience.

Yinyu naturally understood that Tulihai deliberately told such jokes just to get closer to him and avoid being criticized.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person.

Just for the sake of the fourth brother's face, Yinyou would not deliberately make things difficult for Tulihai.

After all, as far as the overall situation is concerned, the fourth brother, who pretends to be a lone minister, does not have many high-ranking officials in his pocket.

In the Qing Dynasty, only officials of the second rank and above could wear ruby hats.

"Song Qing, we are not outsiders. Don't be restrained. Sit down. Someone, serve tea!"

Since the relationship was harmonious, Yinyou was also very considerate and called Tulihai by his courtesy name affectionately.

Tulihai was relieved. The Fifteenth Master was actually very easy to get along with. As for the Fourth Master, well, let's not talk about him!

After the host and the guest sat down, Tulihai bowed and said, "To be honest with you, Master Fifteen, in order to avoid any accidents, I have taken the initiative to fill the entire official ship dock with civilian officials from the government. If the entire dock is closed, it will be a bit troublesome if those idle and upright officials know about it."

Yinyou couldn't help but nod his head. Tulihai was indeed very thoughtful and he had to give him a thumbs up.

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(End of this chapter)