16. Associate Six Palaces (3)
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"The heart of the son must think farther for the son." The imperial concubine laughed a few times, and remembered one thing again, "It seems that Chuxiu Palace summoned the concubines to discuss the matter today?" ”
"Yes, Concubine Lan recruited the concubines in the palace to discuss the matter at noon this morning, do you want the old slave to take a look?" Deling replied.
"It's okay, you find someone to take a look, I see that this Lan Concubine is a person with a lot of new things, last time she kicked the shuttlecock in the imperial garden, and made a lot of trouble, the emperor was not angry, laughed and clapped his hands and applauded, you go and see, what can they discuss."
"Yes, in the end, I don't want to tell the imperial concubine to let you make up your mind."
"Hehe, I'm not the master of the six palaces in the world, I don't want to intervene in these things, if I talk more and point fingers more, I guess the emperor will be unhappy, if I think I interfere in the affairs of the inner palace, it's up to them to decide for themselves, I'm happy to be Maitreya Buddha, don't speak, nod and smile and pass."
Xingzhen took a sip of tea, looked at the concubines sitting at the bottom, thought for a while, and slowly opened her mouth: "Since the emperor promised me the right to assist in the six palaces, I also have to take on this burden, and live up to the emperor's longen. Now I am asking my sisters to help me! ”
The main personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are composed of the upper three flags of the Eight Banners of Manchuria (i.e., the yellow, yellow, and white flags). The highest prefect is the Minister of Internal Affairs, who was initially a third-grade yamen, and was promoted to a second-rank in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, and was promoted by the emperor from the Manchurian princes, ministers, Shangshu, and Shilang, or from the Manchurian guards, the Langzhong of the main house, and the secretary of the three courts. All the affairs of the emperor's family, such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation, were undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There are 7 divisions and 3 courts directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The main internal institutions include Guangchu, Duyu, Zhangyi, Accounting, Construction, Shenxing, and Qingfeng, which are respectively in charge of the royal finance, treasury, guards, mountain and fishing, etiquette, Huangzhuang tax, engineering, criminal punishment, animal husbandry and other matters. In addition, the Shangqi Yuan manages the royal horses, the Armed Forces Institute is responsible for the manufacture and storage of umbrella covers, saddle armor, swords, guns, bows and arrows, etc., and Fengchen Yuan is in charge of the management and repair of various gardens, collectively referred to as the Seven Divisions and Three Hospitals. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also has more than 30 affiliated institutions, including the Three Weaving Division. In addition, the Honorable Chamber, which was responsible for managing the eunuchs, the palace maids, and all the affairs of the palace, was also under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Internal Affairs. In general, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the logistics office of a unit, responsible for the administrative chores in the Forbidden City, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the head of logistics in the palace, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is under the dual leadership of the emperor and the queen and the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or it can be said that the Minister of Internal Affairs in charge of the palace has to listen to the queen, and now that Concubine Lan has the power to associate the six palaces, the Minister of Internal Affairs naturally has to take out the account book and listen to the command of Concubine Lan.
Concubine Zhen couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she heard this, raised her head and looked at Xingzhen who was talking, Concubine Ying didn't say anything when she heard it, but her eyes suddenly brightened, and Li Guiren was about to speak, she turned her head to look at everyone, and closed her mouth again.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Concubine Lan smiled secretly in her heart, didn't talk nonsense, waved her hand, and a group of palace maids took out the thick account book and stood behind the concubines, "I have already told the Minister of Internal Affairs Cunyou before, the three chapters of the law, I don't look at the previous accounts, I don't check anything, from today on, I will naturally check the accounts in the future, I must have heard the joke that the first emperor asked the minister to eat eggs, in this dynasty, I am not allowed to have such a thing!" ”
Emperor Daoguang announced a bachelor's appointment to the court one day, after the official business was over, the two talked about eggs, Emperor Daoguang asked for warmth, and inadvertently asked what the scholar ate for breakfast, and the scholar replied: "Eat three fruits." Emperor Daoguang was taken aback: "You are so generous! "The fruit is an ordinary thing, and the so-called poached eggs of the Beijingers are also. A university scholar, not too big or small, can be regarded as a provincial and ministerial-level official, how can eating three poached eggs for breakfast scare Emperor Daoguang so much? It turned out that in the internal affairs office of Emperor Daoguang, the chief's office, the price of each egg in the account was thirty taels of silver. The fruit is an egg that has been processed, and the processing fee and service fee must be expensive. A breakfast will eat more than 100 taels of silver, so how much to eat for lunch and dinner, of course, this makes the emperor who "pearls are like earth, gold and iron" can't help but marvel, and blame the extravagant life of the scholar.
The jokes that are widely circulated in the capital, naturally everyone has heard it, and it has passed since listening to it yourself, and today I see Lan Concubine such a posture, can it be done, and now Lan Concubine Niangniang, who is the assistant of the Sixth Palace, relies on the emperor's favor, but she is going to sharpen her knife towards the behemoth of the Internal Affairs Office?
"Now that the treasury is empty and the country is in difficulty, there are only a few of us, even if they are eunuchs in the palace, they can't spend so much money and food!" Xingzhen motioned to Fan'er to show the account book to Concubine Zhen and Concubine Ying, "The emperor is worried about the chaos outside every day, and he can't wait to go there to earn some silver to come in and fill the treasury. Li, who loves new styles of clothes and jewelry, nodded her head vigorously to show her heartfelt approval of this sentence.
"But outside, the Internal Affairs Office is really also suffering, thousands of people up and down the Internal Affairs Office, all pointing, alas, I'll just say it, all pointing to the oil and water in the middle of the procurement and replacement compradors! Cunyou also told me about this, saying that if it is cut down a lot at once, I am afraid that the slaves of the Internal Affairs Office will rise up to rebel, I said, I know these things, but it is nothing to be so extravagant and wasteful, after all, it is not so rich in the years of Qianlong, ten martial arts, a few times in the south of the Yangtze River, the silver is like flowing water, today is different from the past, let's also think about our emperor. ”
The concubines on the ground stood up together, "Obey the mother's decree." ”
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