Chapter 167: State and Family Affairs (5)
Yinxiang and Yinzhen went around the glaze factory for an hour, and bought the "University Yanyi" engraved by Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and Yinzhen also took a copy of the "New Words of the World" engraved by Wu Zhonghongheng of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, but Yinxiang smiled and said: "Fourteenth brother, this book is nothing more than to say some anecdotes, usually you can only look at it in front of idle books, and when you are seen by the master, you will inevitably be reprimanded for not doing your job." Reading a book//" Yinzhen pursed his lips and said: "The thirteenth brother is too roundabout, which brother doesn't read these idle books now? Don't you see that every time Huang Ama has a banquet, the prince, the third brother, and the starling all make some allusions to make Huang Ama happy, where did those allusions come from? Yinxiang shook his head helplessly, knowing that although this younger brother was young, he was very thoughtful, and he was extremely stubborn, so he had to take out ten taels of silver and pay for the book.
Thinking about his own business, he was a little absent-minded, and he didn't pay attention to what Lao Fourteen said. Looking at the gloom on Yin's face, Yinxiang dragged Yinxiang and asked, "What's wrong with the fourth brother? If something doesn't go well, although the younger brothers are not good, they can share some worries for the fourth brother." Yinzhen also came up and said, "What Brother Thirteen said is true." Fourth brother still can't meet us?"
Looking at the two half-grown younger brothers, his heart felt a little warm, and he groaned for a while, before he said a rough idea of the lack of silver in the river work, and also mentioned that the clan relatives were willing to donate and the prince had no silver to disburse, and only concealed those who were born later. When Yinxiang heard this, he smiled and said: "Fourth brother, your usual messengers are all big, and it is rare to be useful to your brothers, this time the younger brother can finally make some strength." Although the younger brother doesn't have much money, he is provided by the Internal Affairs Office every day, and he has saved a few. Ming'er brought someone a thousand taels of silver tickets to the fourth brother. ”
I know that it is not easy to save this thousand taels of Yinxiang. Reading books // Yinxiang has not yet divided the government, has not yet married, and has not been an errand envoy, so he has little filial piety from officials, and only relies on the pocket money he gets from the Ministry of Internal Affairs every month, saving about 1,000 taels is his balance for a few years. Yin's eyes were a little hot, and he was about to excuse himself, but Yinzhen also said: "Now to celebrate Eniang's birthday, I originally wanted to buy a few more delicate ones, since the river work needs, I will buy two less, and it is also good to hand-copy a copy of the King Kong Sutra to send Eniang." Fourth brother, don't laugh at me, I'm not richer than the thirteenth brother, but I've only saved a few hundred taels in the past few years. Ming'er opened the study, and I will go and talk to my brothers again, our imperial brother will not let the fourth brother lose face. After listening to these heart-warming words, looking at this and that, he finally patted the two of them on the shoulder.
In the evening, the two younger brothers were sent away, and the Wulana clan sent a cup of Mingqian Longjing, Yincheng took it, took a sip, and asked, "Have you seen Li Wei today?" The thirteenth and fourteenth uncles are here, so it's not convenient to say. Li Wei was determined to follow his father, so he also separated the family with his brother, because Mrs. Li followed Li Wei, so when the family was divided, Li Wei got the majority of the family property and got 20,000 taels of silver. This time, he entered Beijing and exchanged all the silver into silver tickets, saying that he wanted to donate it to the military affairs of the imperial court. ”
"Oh, what did Li Wei say?
According to the words of the housekeeper of the Li family, Mrs. Li is a very sensible person, and the separation of the family is also her best to promote. She also said that the revenge of the Li family was avenged by her father, and it was difficult for the Li family to repay everything they had. Ulana Lashi paused for a moment, and then said: "The concubine asked Li Wei to take the silver ticket back, and the people also went back to the inn to live first." The concubine didn't dare to be self-absorbed in this matter, and she had to come to get a charter. ”
At this moment, Yin? had already made up his mind, and immediately raised his eyebrows, hugged the Ulana Lashi and pecked her lightly on the face, which startled the Ulana Lashi and said angrily: "Master, this is not in the inner room, you also stuck the pea yellow on the concubine's face." Yin? Haha chuckled a few times and said, "What's the matter, even if I'm a little frivolous, I'm just facing you." Tonight, I'll help you apply 'yellow' to the mirror like a suitable talent. As he spoke, he pointed to the piece of pea yellow on the table, and said that the Ulanara clan was ashamed and happy.
Early the next morning, Yincheng went back to Yuqing Palace, and the prince obviously didn't know about Yatou, so Yincheng naturally pretended that there was nothing to do, and only said that there was a prisoner, and he was willing to donate 15,000 taels for the river fortifications, and asked the prince to reward him. Yin also suggested that in addition to the outside of the sect, if there are officials, businessmen, people, etc., they should cast a stele in the capital, and the inscription should be listed to remember it, if they donated more than 200 taels, then ask the imperial court to imitate the donation regulations, and if they exceed 1,000 taels, they can be named when they die. The prince was very happy when he heard this, it was nothing more than some empty rewards, and he could also call the shots as a prisoner, as long as he didn't have to take out his real money, this favor would be extremely convenient. Yin deliberately concealed Li Wei's name, just because he always suspected that the prince had harmed Li Wei's father, and he didn't want the prince to give birth to some branches in Li Wei. Fortunately, the prince did not care which prisoner it was, but wrote an edict by hand, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to reward it as appropriate.
After receiving the prince's edict, Yin? immediately went to the Ministry of Rites again, summoned a few officials to accompany him, changed into the golden yellow full-hanging dress of the emperor's elder brother, and waited for a group of people, with gongs and drums in front of the road, and guards in the back, dozens of people, all the way to the inn where Li Wei's family lived. Such a lively scene, Kangxi after the personal expedition in the capital is rare, naturally attracted a lot of visitors, waiting for Yin? And this is exactly what Yin Cheng is most looking forward to seeing after making this kind of arrangement.
Li Wei's family had already received the letter from Gao Wuyong, who had arrived in advance, and was already guarding the door of the inn at this moment, the shopkeeper of the inn had never experienced such a thing, and he was standing at the door like a goose at this moment. When Li Wei and his mother saw Yin, they hurriedly leaned over and knocked, Yinwei fell off the horse, unfolded the prince's edict in his hand, and after the announcement, he personally helped Li Wei's mother up, and said: "Mrs. Li, you have an order, if it weren't for the prince's edict, Yin's would not be able to afford your gift." Then, he turned his head to Li Wei and said: "The crown prince and the Ministry of Rites have played the emperor, and with your good deeds, you can be rewarded with the title of foreign officer after you complete the schoolwork of the prince of the country." As soon as these words came out, the people watching the excitement next to them began to talk like boiling water. One of them said strangely: "What kind of official is this foreign lang?" Another said disdainfully: "I don't even know this, the foreign lang is the same as Lang Zhong and the chief minister, and he has the position of the five grades!" This said: "Donating silver to the river workers can still get a five-grade official to do!" The one said: "Third brother, have you heard it, the prince said that the name of the person who donates silver can be engraved on the stele!" "Fifth Master Wei, as long as you donate two hundred taels, you will get a prisoner, this is a matter of honoring the ancestors!" "That is, even if you don't become an official in the world, as long as you can write a grade on the rank after you die, it is worth it." At this time, the innkeeper who had been flustered for a while also seemed to have woken up, rushed back to the cabinet and turned over for a while, rolled back like a gust of wind, knelt in front of Yin, held a silver ticket of three hundred taels above his head, and said stupidly: "Fourth master, this silver ticket was donated by us to Hegong, can you also reward us with a prisoner?"