novelonline Chapter 1969: An old friend in front of me (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Chapter 1969: An old friend in front of me (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Chapter 1969: An old friend in front of me (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
After everyone had dispersed, the Fifth Prince took the Ninth Prince to the duty room.
The Lifanyuan yamen was not as large as the six ministries and had half the number of buildings.
The Ninth Prince's duty room is in the same room as the Fifth Prince's, which is one of the two western wing rooms near the southwest corner of the yamen.
There is no partition inside, it is just a large open space.
The Fifth Prince used a screen to separate the room into two rooms, the inner and outer rooms.
The outer room is a small hall, and the inner room is furnished with several tables and chairs.
There was no kang, but there was a couch under the window in the inner room.
The disadvantage is that it is a north-south room and the ventilation is poor; the advantage is that it is close to the government office gate, so it is convenient to go in and out and does not attract attention.
"The room that was cleaned for me before was the wing on the north side. It was too far from the main door, so I asked someone to move it to this side..."
The Fifth Prince said, "Only look at the good side. This room is warm in winter, but not in summer. Use more ice..."
Seeing this, the Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Why is there only one desk? That's Fifth Brother's territory. You should set up a desk for me in the outer room. I can't take your place. There's no such rule."
The Fifth Prince waved his hand and said, "No, just deal with it for two days. After the Wanshou Festival, I will go to the Ministry of Justice."
The Ninth Prince slapped his forehead and said, "Khan Ama gave you the order in the first month of the year, and you haven't come yet?"
No wonder I always feel awkward.
It turned out that his fifth brother was still in the Lifanyuan.
Long before the emperor set out on his tour, the emperor's father had ordered my fifth brother to serve in the Ministry of Justice.
The Fifth Prince laughed and said, "Khan Ama didn't tell us when to go, why are we going so early?"
It's no good delaying it until now.
The day before yesterday morning, the emperor returned from Nanyuan.
The Ninth Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince and several other princes who were accompanying them were immediately dismissed.
As for the remaining princes, Kangxi passed the throne to the fifth prince and the eighth prince.
"This time Khan Ama urged me to do it. Otherwise, I would like to stay with you for a while longer in the Lifanyuan. By the way, after the Eighth Old Man's birthday celebration, we will go to the Hanlin Academy..."
The Fifth Prince said.
The Ninth Prince was stunned. What the Tenth Prince said really happened.
The Eighth Brother should check and balance the Third Brother, then... I should check and balance the Fourth Brother...
The Ninth Prince felt something strange.
He has always regarded himself as a younger prince, not of the same generation as his older brothers. He never expected that in the eyes of his father, he could now be on par with the older princes.
It really makes people feel guilty and unsure.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the Fifth Prince thought he was worried about him, so he said, "It's okay. I picked two candidates from the Eight Banners among the bannermen, and they will do the clerkship for me later..."
The Ninth Prince had been to the Ministry of Justice and knew that it was busy but not busy at the same time. He said, "It's just to look at the files. The Manchu and Han ministers are all there, and the four assistant ministers also have their own tasks. There are many times when the ministry discusses things, but the Fifth Prince will not say anything when the time comes, and just listen to them discuss it themselves."
The Fifth Prince was a little worried and said, "Everything else is fine, but dealing with files all day long is tiring even if I just listen to someone reading."
The Ninth Prince thought about the files he had read in the Ministry of Justice for a month and said, "Don't worry, he might get more excited the more he listens."
The Fifth Prince asked curiously, "Why? Is the file interesting?"
The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Yes, the content is exciting. Adultery leads to murder, gambling leads to theft. The files sent to the Ministry of Justice are all major cases. It's almost like listening to a book. Some of the cases are even more bizarre than those in the storybooks, and there are some unclear causes and effects in them."
The Fifth Prince became interested and said, "That's good, as long as it's not too flowery and vague."
After chatting for a while, the Fifth Prince remembered the serious business.
He lingered in the Lifanyuan for two months because he was afraid that the Ninth Prince would come in and be left in the dark.
"The Lifanyuan is different from the six ministries. It only has banner vacancies, not civilian vacancies. Among the banner vacancies, there are also a number of Mongolian and Han army vacancies, less than 20%, and the remaining 80% are Manchu vacancies..."
"The Shangshu who holds the seal is none other than Lao Ha, who is also the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I don't need to say more about this..."
"The left vice minister below is Man Du. In 1949, he was transferred from the position of cabinet scholar to the right vice minister of the Lifan Yuan. Last year, he was transferred to the left vice minister of the Lifan Yuan..."
"The right assistant minister is Yi Dao. Last year, he was promoted from a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy to the right assistant minister of the Lifanyuan..."
The Ninth Prince frowned as he listened and said, "Is this the Lifanyuan? How did it mess with the Hanlin Academy? I remember that before Old Ha was promoted to the Minister of War, he was also a Cabinet Scholar..."
Later, Hayaltu was first the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, then promoted to the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, and after being demoted and reinstated, he became the Minister of the Court of Internal Affairs.
Perhaps it was because of his experience in the Lifanyuan and the Inspectorate that Hayaltu had gained so much experience, but there was no trace of sourness in him.
As for the other Hanlin officials, the Ninth Prince was a little scared.
It's not about who they are, it's about what they do.
Not to mention, when he was in the study a few years ago, he was a Hanlin official who entered the palace to serve as lecturers.
Even though these two people were unfamiliar names and had never been on duty in the upper study, the Ninth Prince still felt uncomfortable.
I thought it was an easy-to-use government office, but I didn't expect that the two vice ministers working in the Lifanyuan were actually promoted from Hanlin officials.
If you read too much of this book, you will seem empty-headed.
The Fifth Prince said, "When you work in the Lifanyuan, you are mainly responsible for Mongolian affairs. You must be able to speak Mongolian, Mandarin, and Chinese. You must be selected from officials who are from the Eight Banners Juren or Jinshi."
If the six ministries and nine government offices were divided into banner and civilian vacancies, there would be no shortage of people to work.
It doesn't matter whether the Shangshu and Shilang of the flag are capable or not, because we still have the Shangshu and Shilang of Han.
The Lifanyuan is not good enough. There are no vacancies and no unqualified people are allowed to fill the vacancies.
The Ninth Prince had a headache.
Can everyone do it?
Then his laziness would be somewhat obvious.
The Fifth Prince glanced at the door, waved his hand to He Yuzhu and said, "Go wait outside."
He Yuzhu went out in response.
The Fifth Prince lowered his voice and said, "In addition to being responsible for Mongolian and Qinghai-Tibet affairs, we also have to compile some news from the capital and report it to the emperor. However, that has nothing to do with us. The Shangshu is responsible for it..."
"what?"
The Ninth Prince was surprised and asked, "Isn't it the Imperial Guard Office that is responsible for news in and outside the capital?"
There is also the Ministry of Punishment of the Imperial Household Department.
The two sources of information inside and outside the palace are different and complement each other.
The Fifth Prince said, "Who knows? Maybe they are worried that the Imperial Guards may not have the full information?"
The Ninth Prince had some vague guesses.
It's not like a supplement, but more like a check and balance.
If there is only one source of information, it would be terrible if the information was tampered with or the emperor was deceived.
Now that we have information sources from three places, everyone just needs to be alert while doing their job, and no one dares to do anything.
Otherwise, if you compare the three places, you can immediately notice the difference.
Take precautions before they happen.
"This is more important than the old harpy imagined..."
Brother Ninth said.
The Fifth Prince said, "He was promoted by Khan Ama, so he should be used as a man. He knows how to behave. You should be more polite in the future. After all, you are the chief officer."
The Ninth Prince nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I will listen to the Fifth Brother."
The Fifth Prince stood up and said, "Let's go. You are not a prince in charge of the department. You are here to walk. You can't wait for the officials to come to you."
The Ninth Prince also stood up and said, "Then go over there, say hello, and ask who is in charge of the treasury."
The Lifanyuan had a separate silver vault.
The silver that the imperial court gave to the princes and nobles of various tribes was allocated from here.
The Fifth Prince turned around and said, "Are you short of money? If you want to borrow money, the Lifanyuan Treasury is not convenient, so the Ministry of Revenue Treasury is more convenient."
The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "It's not this. I was thinking of adding an open-source industry to the Lifanyuan..."
As he spoke, he told the story of the official kiln.
The Fifth Prince not only loves to eat, but also loves to drink, just not as much as the First Prince.
He immediately praised: "This is good, it is self-contained and it is based on your strengths, so it is easy to accumulate credit."
As for the various departments, offices, and divisions under the Lifanyuan, they only need to have a general understanding of them and they do not need to do everything themselves.
However, he also knew that his brother could give orders but not do it himself, so he was too lazy to do it. He said, "You were in need of staff in the Ministry of Revenue last year, and two of them were transferred to the Lifanyuan. Old Ha knows this, so I will return them to work under you, so that you don't have anyone to use."
"Iduli and Agula?"
The Ninth Prince’s eyes lit up.
Both of them are young, but they are obedient and hardworking.
He divided the households into four scribes, and these two were the most convenient to use later on.
As for the two scribes who came from the Han army, they were old and had been in office for too long, and had become somewhat cunning.
Unlike the two younger ones, they are new to their jobs and are very obedient and capable.
The Fifth Prince nodded and said, "Yes, that's them. They are now under the care of this doctor. They will follow my orders here later."
The Ninth Prince smiled and said, "That's great. We don't have to pick and choose new people."
When the two brothers went out, they saw two other people standing outside besides He Yuzhu.
It was Iduli and Agula.
The two men, one short and one tall, one black and one white, looked very distinct.
"Your servant Yiduli greets Master Jiu. Please give your greetings..."
"Your servant Agula greets Master Jiu. Please give your greetings..."
Both of them had joy on their faces.
Although they were still clerks, they were promoted a little bit to the next rank because of their contributions in supervising the construction of the capital warehouse. They were promoted from clerks of no rank to clerks of the ninth rank.
Agula is okay, he is just an ordinary bannerman.
There is something abnormal here in Yiduli.
He was a Juren from the Eight Banners and could be appointed as a seventh-rank clerk in the ministry, but before that he was only a clerk without a rank.
After all, it was because of Soetu's involvement that his future was delayed.
This time I only got a small promotion to the ninth rank, but it can be considered the beginning of a promising future...
Last year was a year of great planning. Many officials from the capital were transferred to other places, and there were also vacancies in the ministries and government offices.
The Ninth Prince knows his own limitations.
If no one had arranged it, it wouldn't have been such a coincidence that the two of them ended up at the Lifanyuan.
No matter how much my fifth brother loves me, he cannot interfere in the personnel promotions in the Ministry of Revenue.
This is the fourth brother taking action.
In addition to being considerate of his younger brother, there is also the favor of the Thirteenth Prince involved.
I didn't expect that Fourth Brother was so tight-lipped and didn't mention this matter along the way.
The Ninth Prince waved his hand and said, "Get up. I will go meet some officials with the Fifth Prince first, and then I will talk to you later..."
Yiduli and Agula responded, stepped aside, and saw him off with their hands lowered.
The Ninth Prince followed the Fifth Prince and went to the north room.
The north room is a row of rooms. The central hall is the room of the Shangshu, and the east and west are the rooms of the two assistant ministers...