My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1397 Reluctant to give up money (rolling around asking for a monthly ticket)
Both siblings are book lovers, and they are very interested in expanding their book collection.

Shu Shu said: "When I was in the palace the year before last, I also transcribed nearly a hundred books. In addition to the earlier ones, Master Jiu has touched them in the past few years, and now there are more than 20 boxes of books, which can be taken out for drying."

After hearing this, Fu Song felt worried, and said, "Then I'll go to Qintian Prison to ask about the barometer in the afternoon."

Shu Shu said: "It looks like the weather is just right."

Fu Song said: "Although it snowed a lot last year, it didn't rain during Qingming this year. Look at this, if the rain doesn't come down before the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be a drought in autumn. I don't know how Gao Bin is in Xianghe."

Gao Bin went to focus on the promotion of new grain varieties, and the rain affected the harvest.

Fusong and Gao Bin are similar in age, and they are familiar with each other, so they can't help but worry.

Shu Shu said: "Zhili has had nine droughts in ten years, and it's normal to have less rain. Gao Bin's place is fine. Even if it affects the harvest of corn and potatoes, compared with the previous wheat and millet, the harvest must be gratifying."

After hearing this, Fu Song put aside the matter and went down with the gift list.

Although the Zhang family only set off on the day after tomorrow, their luggage was packed in advance, and Cheng Yi had to send it in advance.

After Fu Song left, Shu Shu was watching Si Yue's ceremony again, so she also wanted to get ready.

There is also the matter of sending people to sweep the Beifu Institute in Haidian.

Sheng Jia returned to Changchun Garden, seeing what the Empress Dowager meant, he spent the summer there directly.

Governments have also moved there one after another.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it must pass.

The weather is indeed hot, and Haidian is more comfortable than the city.

Shu Shu also calculated the date and planned to go there in late ten days.

In the first and middle of the tenth day, there was the first engagement ceremony of the twelfth and thirteenth princes, and then there was the engagement banquet at Prince Kang's Palace and Prince Shuncheng's Palace.

Both Shu Shu and Brother Nine are going to show up, it's more convenient to live in the city...

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Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

Gao Yanzhong was meeting with His Majesty, and was ordered to hand over the Duanyang tribute list received this year.

Although there is still one month before the Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang tributes from all over the world have already arrived in Beijing.

In the early days, when the tributes entered the palace, Yuqing Palace picked them first, and in the past two years, they were distributed by the imperial court.

In addition to the distribution between the queen mother and the prince, Kangxi thought of the four concubines...the three concubines and one concubine...

On the day Princess Rongxian entered the palace, the record of the conversation between the mother and daughter was handed over to the imperial court. Kangxi read it and was silent for a long time, feeling uncomfortable for a while.

Having been together for 40 years, there is no love between men and women, but there is also family love.

Concubine Rong didn't provoke her in front of her daughter, and her mind was calm, so Kangxi felt a little pity for her.

He instructed Gao Yanzhong to say: "Lanzhou dried noodles, Gansu wolfberry, these two things will be appreciated by Zhongcui Palace..."

Gao Yanzhong wrote it down carefully.

Kangxi thought about Concubine Rong's preferences, and selected a few more Duanyang tributes, which were also for Zhongcui Palace.

The other three concubines also have their own tribute distribution.

Gao Yanzhong memorized everything carefully.

Zhongcui Palace won the award, which is of great significance.

This is Princess Rongxian's dignity, but it's not just the princess's dignity.

You know, among the concubines in the palace, only Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, Concubine De, and Concubine Rong are rewarded with six rewards, the remaining concubines He and Concubine Min are rewarded with four rewards, noble Wang is rewarded with two rewards, and the others are gone...

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The Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the gate.

Tuo Heqi frowned, a little anxious.

Brother Twelve got the news and was shocked when he saw Tuo Heqi's appearance.

Tuo Heqi's eye circles were black and bloodshot.

Brother Twelve murmured: "Uncle..."

Tuo Heqi took Elder Brother Twelve's arm, pulled him away from the door, and when he reached a place where there was no one around, he whispered, "Elder Brother, this time you have to help the servant!"

Elder Brother Twelve said: "You... What kind of difficulties are you encountering?"

Because this uncle was working in the palace, Twelfth Elder Brother saw him the most, but he couldn't say how deep his feelings were.

Before leaving the study, the uncle and nephew saw each other three or four times a year; after leaving the study for a year and a half, I saw more.

It's just that the two of them have different identities, and Tuo Heqi didn't dare to really put on airs as an uncle, and Elder Twelve was cold-tempered, so the uncle and nephew were much more polite.

But Elder Brother Twelve also remembers the kindness of his natal family. Every birthday and Chinese New Year, his natal family sends in things. In the past two years, he has given a house and two shops.

He has a steelyard in his heart, whether he can help or wants to help.

Tuo Heqi said: "Because of Jin Yiren, the Punishment Department checked Guangshan Treasury, I don't know how the old boy Dutu returned with Yuqian, now the emperor wants to check the accounts of these years, where I have lost money..."

Brother Twelve remembered the bank mentioned by Tuo Heqi, and said, "Where is the bank that uncle bought shares in? Can't the money be withdrawn?"

Tuo Heqi shook his head and said: "It's not enough, there's still a lot missing."

Brother Twelve was silent.

Tuo Heqi looked at the twelfth elder brother and said: "I know that my elder brother has not opened a mansion and does not have much money on hand. I just want to ask my elder brother to help me be a guarantee to see if I can borrow it from Jiuye's bank." Some silver."

The twelfth elder brother muttered: "Brother Ninth's bank borrows silver to pledge the property. Uncle, please collect the properties and prepare the deed. I will talk to Brother Ninth."

Tuo Heqi still had a bitter face and said: "The family lives in the official house, and has bought several properties over the years, but the family has been separated, and there are only a few properties left in the slave's hands. The combined estimated value is more than 2 taels of silver. , Pledge loans are calculated according to 1% or [-]%, and you can only borrow more than [-] taels of silver, which is not enough to plug the hole."

Brother Twelve looked at Tuo Heqi and said, "How much silver did uncle borrow from Guangshan Treasury?" Tuo Heqi said, "11 taels."

Elder Brother Twelve: "..."

How come there are so many?

Jin Yiren is only more than 5 yuan, which is twice that of the Jin family!
"Why are there so many? Isn't there an upper limit?"

Brother Twelve asked.

The money from the Guangshan Treasury was transferred from the internal treasury, not only to facilitate the urgent needs of the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also to make money.

The twelfth elder brother has seen the accounts over there, and the total amount of silver is 120 million taels.

There are also related regulations, and the upper limit for single-person borrowing of silver is 2 taels of silver, which requires officials above the fifth-rank doctor.

As for officials below the seventh rank, the upper limit is 1000 taels of silver.

When it comes to the pen post style, the upper limit is 500 taels.

The Jin family's loan became a crime because it exceeded the amount.

Tuo Heqi coughed lightly and said, "The slave was the treasurer at the time, and borrowed someone else's name to pay out the money."

Brother Twelve felt something was wrong.

That's silver, and it's either turned into an inheritance, or it's still sitting there.

"Except for those who buy properties, what about the rest of the money?" Brother Twelve asked.

Tuo Heqi said: "The bank has put some money out, but it is difficult to get it back before the time comes. Some expenses have been spent. The children are married, and they have spent a lot. Now they are about to make up for it, and they can't open it." There is still a shortfall of 6 taels of silver, and my uncle really has no choice, so he put up his old face and begged Elder Brother once."

Brother Twelve thought of his own money.

Subtract that, and you’re left with just over 2, which doesn’t sound like much.

This is also a huge number for him.

Although Elder Brother Twelve knew that the older brothers had money from the branch family and dividends from Xiaotangshan, they had no plans to speak to others.

He said to Tuo Heqi: "As much as you can prepare for uncle's deed, Brother Jiu's shop has never been humane, so don't delay uncle's affairs."

Tuo Heqi's face was a little tense and he said: "Everyone knows that Master Jiu is very rich, but I still work with Master Jiu as an errand. Not long ago, Master Jiu used my brother's property..."

Brother Twelve said: "Brother Ninth said it was a replacement."

Tuo Heqi brought a prayer and said: "If the Punishment Department finds out about the servant, I'm afraid the whole family will be affected."

The twelfth elder brother was a little confused, thinking of the abnormality of the ninth elder brother last month. First, he transferred three of his properties, and then collected more than 4 taels of bank notes.

Is it to guard against today?
"Uncle, I saved some silver in Brother Ninth's bank, and I don't know if I can get it out, I'll give it a try..." Elder Twelfth muffled.

Tuo Heqi's eyes lit up and said, "How much silver is that?"

Brother Twelve lowered his eyelids and said, "Not much."

He didn't want to touch the dividend that Brother Nine gave him.

He doesn't intend to lend out all the money he has accumulated.

Elder Brother Twelve's math homework is much better than what he showed.

The loan of 11 taels of silver is released in the bank, and the interest is calculated at three points, and the annual interest is 8000 taels.

Not to mention the principal, the interest is an astonishing figure,

How could there be a deficit of 6 taels?
This deficit is untrue.

Tuoheqi's intention of asking him for help was more like hunting cattle across the mountains, hoping to get involved with Brother Ninth.

Elder Brother Twelve is unwilling and will not allow it.

Tuo Heqi wanted to say more, but Twelfth Elder Brother had already said calmly: "Before, I took over a house and two shops from my uncle. Although they have been transferred to Brother Ninth now, after all, I took over from Uncle. If Uncle can't make up Qi Yinzi, for those three properties, I will return the silver to uncle..."

Tuo Heqi hurriedly shook his head and said: "Where is it like this? Hey, if the slave looks for other old relatives, he will also collect the deed paper."

If you really want to force Elder Brother Twelve to give you some money, then the tribe will find out and won't let him go.

Of the three properties, only one and a half belonged to him, and the rest was the public's silver.

The twelfth elder brother looked at Tuo Heqi with neither sadness nor joy.

Tuo Heqi trembled in his heart, he actually felt that he couldn't see through Brother Twelve.

"Brother, you are..." he said awkwardly.

Elder Brother Twelve said seriously: "When did uncle start borrowing money? How much was it at the beginning? Has the interest been paid back in these years? How old is this 11 tael loan?"

Tuo Heqi's eyelids twitched, and said: "I started borrowing in 30 years, when I was just working as an errand, I wanted to make money, so I borrowed 2 taels, and the interest was paid back at the beginning, but later it was delayed. , it’s all done by the housekeeper at home, and the servants don’t quite know that the 11 dual-use has been used for several years..."

The twelfth elder brother said nothing else.

But he knew in his heart that the accumulative interest was a sum enough to destroy his foreign family.

It's just that even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs collects it here, it still charges the principal and interest, five percent interest.

Uncle should be able to make up the principal and interest, so why not?
Brother Twelfth really didn't understand what he was doing, so he just tried to persuade him, saying: "The Punishment Department is connected to the imperial court. Since the Punishment Department is investigating the Guangshan Treasury, it is the emperor who wants to investigate..."

So get your money's worth...

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The next update will be around 8 noon on August 21

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