bookcurios Chapter 146 Reward
Chapter 146 Reward
After the arrangements for the central government to send officials and troops to station in the Tsarist Russian region to establish colonies and develop special zones were finalized, Kangxi, who had been working overtime for a whole month, took a rare three-day break from court and began to promote and reward his meritorious officials.
The first to bear the brunt was the Crown Prince.
Make known to the world the prince's wisdom and bravery in this war.
The sand table simulation, an important military training tool, was hidden, as were hundreds of military exercises.
The prince is already the most noble being, and the emperor's praise of him is actually the best reward.
However, the prince still had not forgotten the ten taels of silver for an egg, so when Kangxi asked about the "reward" in private, he spoke very honestly,
"I don't want any fancy rewards, I just want to ask you, Father Emperor, how many times the merit of conquering Russia can be converted into 'millions of gold' for the national treasury?"
Listening to Yinreng's truth and looking at his intriguing and embarrassing expression, Kangxi was delighted and said with a smile,
"Hahahahahaha, why do you need these?"
"It's just... my son wants to save some money for the family. After all, the Crown Prince's wife has already been decided."
"well.
I'll reward you!"
Therefore, the prince was rewarded with "one million taels of silver" and "one hundred thousand taels of gold".
The annual income of the national treasury was only three million taels, so Kangxi's move was undoubtedly extremely generous and caring.
Yinreng knew it clearly, and the Minister of Revenue knew it even more clearly.
However, the Crown Prince really made an unprecedented contribution, and was only rewarded with gold and silver instead of other rare and luxurious items. The Minister of Revenue didn't know whether he should put on a happier expression.
Now we are just looking forward to the report of 'profit' from the post-war inventory to come out as soon as possible. Your Majesty, the silver reserves in the treasury have hit a historical low!
The gold, silver, treasures looted from the Russian treasury, the imperial capital and various governments were first counted and recorded by the military accounting department and then handed over to the Ministry of Revenue for re-checking.
The Imperial Household Department was eager to try this out, and the Ministry of Revenue also encountered problems when counting post-war items, but Kangxi did not make job adjustments or punishments because while he was monitoring his sons, he heard a report about Yinzhi's complaints.
"Among these Russian treasures, there are many antique artworks from the West. Even I have to carefully distinguish them from books and ancient volumes. Those servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs only know some mercenary principles. What will happen if they are ruined... Alas!"
The more Kangxi thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. He not only angrily rebuked the Imperial Household Department for not making progress but also for being greedy for merit and advancing recklessly, he also immediately arranged for the Hanlin Academy to be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue to assist in the inventory.
In addition to generous rewards to the crown prince, several princes who had assisted the crown prince and appeared at the signing of the treaty also received corresponding rewards.
Yinzhen followed Nalan Mingzhu around and ran around. Although his efforts in government affairs were completely suppressed by the prince intentionally or unintentionally, he still worked hard even if he had no credit.
Moreover, he proposed a relief policy for comforting the soldiers that impressed Kangxi, so he credited him with a merit and allowed him to work in the Ministry of Rites.
Yinzhi made great achievements in translating Russian books, especially historical books.
In the plan to capture Moscow, thanks to him leading a group of scholars from the Hanlin Academy, they translated a secret report from nearly a hundred years ago overnight, from which they deduced that there might be several secret passages leading to the imperial palace in Moscow.
Therefore, the army pretending to be a fortress in the city, when raiding Moscow, cooperated with the spies and Russian traitors who had sneaked into the city, and took the head of Peter the Great directly. This was how the operation went so smoothly, as if it was helped by God.
Kangxi was very fond of his love of learning, and immediately sent him to the Hanlin Academy to allow him to explore the ocean of books and learn endlessly.
Yinzhen was one year younger than Yinzhi. He was too young when the war started and could not get involved later. In addition, the health of Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia had been getting worse recently. He had no intention of interfering in government affairs or getting a piece of the pie. He just wanted to do his best to help his mother Tong Jia get better as soon as possible...
Kangxi also noticed this, and although he did not give him any subsidy-style rewards, he remembered Yinzhen's filial piety.
In Kangxi's eyes, filial piety is more important than talent.
His Yinreng is already very capable, and his brothers should just perform their respective duties and assist him.
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After all the rewards were given to his own family members, it was the turn of General Peng Chun, the undisputed first-class meritorious official in this war.
When the war against Tsarist Russia was still named the "Aihui Support War" to "repel the Tsarist Russian bandits", Peng Chun was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Zhenghongqi Manchu Army.
Moreover, he inherited the title of the first-class duke. Apart from the title of "General Fuyuan", he could not be given any other title unless he was promoted to a king of a different surname.
But the king of a different surname was only good-looking on the surface. In order to show his sincerity, Kangxi simply distributed the credit that belonged to Peng Chun to his several capable sons in descending order.
The first is that the eldest son will live longer.
Kangxi had his own considerations when rewarding important officials.
He asked Peng Chun, "How about I arrange a marriage for him?"
Peng Chun had done this question four years ago.
During the few days of resting at home, he and Jun Yierha had predicted the questions, and now this arranged marriage was naturally in the question bank.
So he didn't hesitate at all and replied immediately, "It would be my honor!"
Kangxi was naturally very satisfied with Peng Chun's appearance.
I think he used to judge people by their appearance. A rough man like Peng Chun could raise a daughter like Dong E who is sensible, polite, kind and capable. He must be a fool at heart.
So he did not keep anyone in suspense and announced immediately, "Then I will betroth the eldest princess to your eldest son to increase his lifespan."
"Slave, thank you Lord for your kindness!"
Although the eldest princess was ranked first in terms of seniority, she was the adopted daughter of Emperor Kangxi and actually the eldest daughter of Prince Gong Changning.
At that time, Kangxi's children died one after another and none of them survived, so he brought his brothers' daughters into the palace to raise them.
And this Aisin-Gioro Zhaodi was indeed auspicious. After that, Baoqing and Baocheng came to power one after another, and the heirs of the harem began to emerge like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
Therefore, Kangxi loved this adopted daughter very much. When the order of seniority was rearranged in the Imperial Book of Changes, she was listed as the eldest princess.
Qie Changning's second son, Mandu Hu, had already arranged a marriage with the daughter of Dong'e Luo Manse, deputy commander-in-chief of the Han army, who was also from the Zhenghong Banner.
The title of Beile of Changning's third son Hai Shanxi would eventually fall to the second son Mandu Hu.
Once this marriage is completed, Prince Gong's circle will be completely swallowed up by Dong E's in the future.
Peng Chun didn't know all this, but after Jun Yilha's analysis and education, he felt that this was a very good marriage.
Immediately, he repeated his thanks with an expression of great fear, yet complicated joy.
Later, Zengshou was promoted to a first-class guard and served before the emperor.
At the age of twenty-something, he was already a third-rank official in front of the emperor, and he was also married to a princess. His future was bright, both for himself and his children and grandchildren.