My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 77: After being raised by the Queen, her treatment was improved
Hongli quickly supported Hongzhou's arms and said with a smile, "We are brothers, why bother thanking me?"

Of course, what Hongli actually wanted to say was that his royal brother supports you in not fighting for power, going further and further in "not doing your job properly", and will protect you in your study of various trades.

Your status as a noble will only help you in your pursuit of science and technology, not be a burden!
Hong Zhou didn't really care about the increase or decrease in his allowance.

As a prince, even if his allowance was short, it would not affect his affluent life too much.

What touched him even more was Hongli's concern.

Hongli's concern for his soul made him feel that Hongli was the one who was truly good to him.

Hongshi's concern for his studies made him feel resistant and disgusted.

It is worth mentioning that after Yongzheng dealt with some typical cases in the inner court, he also made many officials in the outer court who were forced to make up for the deficits shut up. They were not allowed to say anything and only wanted to find ways to make up for the deficits.

The corruption situation in the Imperial Household Department also improved a lot.

After all, the officials of the Imperial Household Department had just been disciplined, and they had become more or less courageous.

Therefore, the situation of other people in the harem being deducted was slightly better.

In particular, the treatment of many low-level palace maids and eunuchs also improved.

Hongli's own salary even increased a lot.

"After consultation with the Imperial Household Department, we believe that since you are the prince raised by the Consort, you should be treated differently from other princes. Therefore, we request that you have additional furnishings for the palace."

"There are six pieces of silverware, one goat-horn lamp, five pieces of bronzeware, six pieces of tinware, fifteen pieces of ironware, one hundred and one pieces of porcelain, seven pieces of lacquerware, thirty-six pieces of calligraphy and paintings by famous people, and one hundred and six ancient books."

On this day, Chen Shishun came to Hongli in the back hall and reported to him the result that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had improved his treatment in the palace.

The so-called "Pugong" is a general term for the corresponding utensils used and displayed in the bedrooms of the nobles in the Qing Dynasty.

Generally speaking, only the emperor and the empress could use gold utensils, while those below the rank of imperial concubine could only use silver utensils, and those below the rank of noble ladies could only use bronze utensils.

The princes were usually treated the same as the imperial concubines or consorts, and the "palace room" treatment that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had given to Hongli was almost the same as that of the imperial concubine.

Although the reason given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that Hongli was raised by the Empress, which was naturally different, it was essentially an attempt to actively show goodwill to Hongli and was a manifestation of the enhancement of Hongli's power and status.

Since these "palaces" had been ordered, Hongli naturally would not refuse, but only gave higher rewards to the subordinates who carried the utensils.

Hongli then smiled and unfolded several famous calligraphy and paintings and took a look at them.

Although he didn't know much about art, these famous calligraphy and paintings were the crystallization of Chinese culture after all. Even if he didn't understand them, he could still see some pleasing aesthetic feelings, and his mood was therefore very good.

Especially some treasures that are hard to see in later generations.

More importantly, some treasures have not yet been stamped with many seals.

Therefore, Hongli found it more pleasing to the eye.

He couldn't help but think of the fact that Emperor Qianlong loved to stamp his seals on national treasures, and that many famous calligraphy and paintings were later lost overseas.

He couldn't help but secretly decide that in this life, he could carve Chinese boundary markers all over the world, but he could no longer randomly stamp on calligraphy and paintings. He also had to find a way to prevent many calligraphy and paintings from being lost overseas.

This will also allow more calligraphy and paintings to be seen by ordinary people through museums in the future, enhancing their self-confidence as a member of the Chinese nation.

This multi-ethnic civilization should also be more culturally cohesive.

Chen Shishun now had to act according to Hongli's instructions, so he kept stealing glances at Hongli.

He didn't know that Hongli had been looking at these famous calligraphy and paintings, but was just thinking about what happened later in history and deciding how to make up for these regrets. He just thought that he, the Fourth Master, loved calligraphy and paintings very much.

So, Chen Shishun also spoke at this time: "This time, the master has shown me mercy, all thanks to the Fourth Master's intercession. These days, I have often thought of expressing my gratitude and filial respect to you, Fourth Master."

"Coincidentally, I recently acquired an authentic painting of 'Spring Mountain and Auspicious Pines' by Mi Nan Gong. I would like to present it to you, Fourth Master. I wonder if you would approve?"

Chen Shishun asked about Hongli.

After asking, Chen Shishun laughed and observed Hongli's expression more carefully.

Now, he has disappointed the Fourth Lady, and Hongli is more trusted by the Fourth Lady, and even left a bad impression on Yongzheng.

Therefore, if he wanted to continue to stay with the Fourth Lady and be the eunuch in charge of Yongshou Palace, he had to spend a lot of money on Hongli and make him satisfied.

After all, the Fourth Lady is about to become the Queen. It would be really not worth it if he left the Queen at this time because of Hongli's instigation by Yongzheng and the Fourth Lady!
Hongli was very satisfied with Chen Shishun's flexible adjustment of his attitude, and he also hoped that the chief eunuch who stayed with the Fourth Lady would be a chief eunuch that Yongzheng and the Fourth Lady did not trust very much.

So, Hongli smiled and said, "Since it is so kind of Eunuch Chen, I will accept it!" "Thank you, Fourth Master, for your kindness. But please just call me by my name. If you continue to call me Eunuch, I will shorten my life."

Chen Shishun kowtowed with great joy.

Hongli chuckled. He knew that Chen Shishun was a man of superficial deference. Even if he had lost power, his dignity could not be trampled upon so easily. So he said, "How can this be? After all, you have served my mother for many years!"

"Fourth Master, I am of low status and unworthy of your address."

Chen Shishun only hoped that Hongli could be a little more arrogant, so that he could gradually disappoint his master and gradually trust him more.

He had followed the Fourth Lady for so many years, so he naturally knew that the Fourth Lady disliked people who became arrogant after achieving success the most.

Hongli was not fooled. After Chen Shishun said this, he said, "Well, since I don't call you by your name, I'll just call you Old Chen."

"Whoo!"

Seeing that Hongli was not fooled, Chen Shishun did not insist any further, which really made Hongli angry.

As for Hongli, he only had to call Chen Shishun "Old Chen" from now on, and he didn't even have to call him "father-in-law" anymore. He also got a famous painting. Naturally, he made a lot of money. It was also an unexpected surprise when he assisted the Fourth Lady in investigating the embezzlement of the harem's allowances.

"Old Chen, you must remember this lesson deeply!"

"Even though Enie is a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to hear anyone in the harem suffer great injustice, I, your young master, can listen. You must remember to tell me in time if there is any disturbance in the harem."

Hongli also gave instructions to Chen Shishun.

Chen Shishun kowtowed and said, "I remember! I would never dare to hide it from you, Fourth Master."

"Very well, go down."

For Hongli, the most important thing for him now is to help Yongzheng avoid a fire in the backyard.

If the harem can remain stable and people like Hongzhou do not cause chaos due to the interference of the forces of the previous dynasty, Yongzheng will be more assured and can carry out reforms more thoroughly.

This time, he assisted the Fourth Lady in investigating the situation of embezzlement in the harem. The biggest gain was actually that it allowed Hong Zhou, the prince in the harem, to "do nothing" without worrying about being manipulated by outsiders.

Hongli was very satisfied with the results of the rectification of the Imperial Household Department and the investigation of the embezzlement of the imperial harem, and Hongzhou was also very happy.

Because he could still concentrate on "not doing his job", but Hongshi was depressed because of this.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve of the 61st year of the Kangxi reign.

All the royal family and nobles came to the palace to celebrate.

At this time, Hongshi suddenly said to Hongli in front of many royal nobles:
"Fourth brother, you should also persuade Fifth Brother to pay more attention to classics, horse riding and archery, and not just be obsessed with manufacturing!"

Many royal nobles looked over.

Lao Jiu couldn't help but laugh secretly, but he stopped laughing after Lao Ba glared at him.

Hongli: “…”

Hongshi, you should show in front of everyone that you care about your brother's studies, don't drag me into this!
Just to appear to the royal family and nobles that you care more about your brothers, while I usually only care about myself?

Hong Zhou's face also darkened at this time.

"Third brother, are you saying that Fifth brother hasn't been putting enough effort into his studies lately?!"

Hongli looked at Hongshi solemnly.

He knew that at this moment, the most effective thing to do was to deny that Hong Zhou was not attentive, rather than being led by Hong Shi's words.

Hongshi's face suddenly turned gloomy and he was speechless.

"Hongli asked a good question!"

"Go call Hong Zhou's teacher. I want to ask him if my son is really not serious about his studies!"

At this time, Yongzheng's voice suddenly appeared behind the two of them, and it was very stern.

It was obvious that the conversation between Hongli and Hongshi was heard by Yongzheng, who appeared behind them at some point and did not let the eunuchs call out in advance.

(End of this chapter)