My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1737 Plan
The next day, after breakfast, the Ninth Prince went to the yamen.

Even though people have returned to Beijing, there is no such thing as a vacation.

As expected, Shushu welcomed Aunt Bai.

"The queen said that the weather is cold and the roads are slippery, so Fu Jin doesn't have to pay respects. She can pay respects again after she's done with her confinement..."

When she saw Shushu, Nanny Bai greeted him and passed on the message with a smile.

Not only Shushu, but other princes' wives would also be given such preferential treatment when they were pregnant.

Shu Shu did not force it, but took out the two sets of clothes she had made, saying, "There is nothing good to honor the Imperial Grandmother, so I just made two sets of casual clothes..."

The outer layer of the garment is made of navy blue plain silk and is padded with silk, just the right size to wear before the fire started.

Besides clothes, there's food.

Honey pork dates, dried shrimps, dried eggs and seaweed peanuts are some snacks.

Nanny Bai looked at him and smiled, saying, "Your Majesty will definitely be happy."

Shushu said: "Eat less pork, dates, and seaweed peanuts to avoid being greasy. Eat more dried shrimp and eggs. These two things are harmless."

Nanny Bai took note of it and stood up to say goodbye.

Let’s not talk about the food, just talk about the clothes.

Obviously, they could have made cotton clothes as gifts for the emperor's birthday, but they prepared clothes for this occasion, which shows that they were truly filial.

Nanny Bai knew that the Empress Dowager had not loved the wrong person.

Shushu asked Baiguo to prepare a tea seal and sent it out...

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Housekeeping department.

The Ninth Prince was listening to Yiduli talking about the Ministry of Revenue news of the past few months.

Han Shangshu Li Zhenyu was impeached!

An imperial censor impeached the Minister of Han for extorting gifts from his subordinates, and the matter was brought to the attention of the nine ministers.

This Shangshu has some connection with the Ninth Prince.

At the end of the 37th year, when the Ninth Prince was reading files in the Ministry of Justice, this then Minister of Justice was the first first-rank Han official that the Ninth Prince came into contact with.

In the 38th year, he was transferred to become the Minister of Revenue.

"What kind of gift did you receive?"

The Ninth Prince asked curiously.

In the officialdom, isn’t it common to give gifts to superiors on “three festivals and two birthdays”?
Why is there blackmail?

Now that the Ninth Prince is working in the Ministry of Revenue, the several Shangshu are not his superiors, so he does not need to prepare this, but he collected it for several years when he was in the Imperial Household Department.

Yi Duli was speechless and said, "What we found was a screen. There was no other property. It was not extortion."

The Ninth Prince was also speechless and asked, "Is the Imperial Censor so free?"

However, once you become a first-rank official, it is inevitable that you will be impeached, so it is not a rare thing.

Seeing that the Ninth Prince did not think much about it, Yi Duli hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Li was impeached after Xinyu's case came out..."

The Ninth Prince blinked, looked at Yiduli, and somewhat understood what he meant.

This Minister Li should be a member of the "Princeling Party".

The Ninth Prince curled his lips and said, "Since the investigation found that there was no extortion, how did the censor deal with it? Is it considered slander?"

Yi Duli said, "There is a set rule that if the censors make a report, they will be exempted from the discussion if there are one or two concrete allegations. It is true that the Shangshu accepted the screen."

Therefore, the censor was not held responsible and the matter came to an end.

The corner of the Ninth Prince's mouth twitched. This "much ado about nothing", is this just a joke?

The Ninth Prince was more curious about the treasure of Soetu temporarily stored in the silver vault of the Ministry of Revenue. However, thinking of the relationship between Yiduli and Soetu, he did not mention the matter and sent Yiduli away.

The Ninth Prince had no specific job at the moment, so he started thinking about how the Ministry of Revenue could make money.

How does the Ministry of Revenue make money?
The Ministry of Revenue has silver!
The Ministry of Revenue now has 50 million taels of silver in its deposits!
The Ninth Prince was warm-hearted.

Money makes money, how to make money the fastest?
None other than the money house!
He had his own bank and knew that the returns were the highest.

This was because the interest rate of his money shop was not high, only 2%. So at the end of the year, the principal of 100,000 taels of silver would earn an interest of 24,000 taels of silver.

The main business of the money houses in the capital nowadays is to exchange silver for copper coins or to lend money and earn interest.

If we could take out 10 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue's 50 million taels as capital, we could open not just one Ministry of Revenue bank, but ten.

The Ninth Prince remembered the interest-free loan from the inner treasury.

It was clearly a grace from Khan Ama to provide temporary relief to the needy people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it became a means for corrupt officials to make money.

The Ministry of Revenue is no exception.

If this goes on for a long time, it will be borrowed out.

Because there is no review, any official of a high enough rank can borrow money.

The Ninth Prince picked up the pen and began to write eloquently.

To be reviewed.

If you are really poor and have no property, you can borrow a few months' salary.

The upper limit is going to be stuck.

The repayment period must also be agreed upon, with the shortest being one year and the latest being three to five years. It will be deducted from the salary and returned directly to the Ministry of Revenue’s money house.

As for others who are unable to attend to weddings or funerals due to urgent matters, they can borrow money at a low interest rate from the Ministry of Revenue's money house.

Officials with extra silver could also deposit it in the Ministry of Revenue's money house and receive corresponding interest.

The bills issued by the Ministry of Revenue's money house can be exchanged by the provincial government.

In this way, it will be much more convenient for merchants to enter and leave Beijing.

Before, only imperial merchants could open silver bills from the Ministry of Accounts and the Imperial Household Department.

It was not until noon that the Ninth Prince wrote a rough outline.

With just a capital of 10 million taels of silver, one could avoid the problem of borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue's treasury.

There will be more than two million in revenue every year in the future.

The downside is that it offends people!

The Ninth Prince picked up the pen, wrote the last sentence, and looked at the outline he had written, feeling a little hesitant.

If this is accomplished, the Ministry of Revenue will have an additional fixed source of income.

However, those who were thinking of borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue at no interest, as well as those who ran money houses, would be offended.

For some reason, the Ninth Prince inexplicably felt that offending people might not be a bad thing.

At this time, it is terrible to have good popularity.

He was just lost in thought when there was movement at the door.

The Fourth Prince is here.

It was already lunch time, and the people from the Prince's Mansion brought over lunch boxes.

Normally, the Ninth Prince takes care of the lunch for the two brothers. Today, the Ninth Prince was not active, so the Fourth Prince came to see him.

"Fourth brother..."

The Ninth Prince hurriedly stood up.

The Fourth Prince glanced at his desk, on which were spread out papers with a lot of ink left next to them.

"What are you writing? It's already time for dinner..."

Ninth Prince put down his pen and said, "I've finished writing. Here's a little plan. Fourth Brother, please give me some advice..."

The Fourth Prince was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that the Ninth Prince didn't just slack off on his first assignment after returning to Beijing, but was actually making some plans.

He nodded and said, "Then let me take a look..."

The ink wasn't dry yet, so it was inconvenient to pick it up, so I leaned over to take a look.

After reading it, he couldn't help but frown and looked at the Ninth Prince and asked, "Why do you think of this again?"

The Ninth Prince once mentioned the issue of officials borrowing silver from the treasury when he was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At that time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had cleared up the borrowed silver, and the Ninth Prince mentioned it to the Fourth Prince.

However, the influence of the Ministry of Revenue and the Imperial Household Department is different, so the Fourth Prince does not agree with this matter.

The Ninth Prince stood up and said, "The amount of silver loans from the Ministry of Revenue is not that much now, only 3 million taels, which is a small amount compared to the 50 million taels of deposited silver, less than 10%. But looking at the statistics, it is increasing year by year. If this continues, within ten years, half of it will be loaned out..."

Don't take advantage of the bastard.

Living in the capital is not easy.

Who wants to live poor when you can live rich these days?
You don’t have to pay it back after borrowing it, and you can continue to borrow.

In the end, it will snowball and all the money will turn into loans.

The Fourth Prince looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "Your idea is good, but it will offend people..."

The Ninth Prince raised his chin and said, "If I have offended you, then I have offended you. If we complete this grace as soon as possible, we can save ourselves from future disputes. If the national treasury is really half empty, it would be fine if the weather is good and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. But if there are natural disasters or wars, it will be difficult to collect money at that time!"

The Dzungar Khanate was only seriously injured, and we must guard against another war in the northwest in the future.

Even in Russia, I don’t know how long peace will last.

The Fourth Prince looked at the memorial and said, "You have to think it over carefully. If this is done, the treasury will be spared from the disaster of being depleted, but you will offend people, and the people you will offend are the princes, nobles, and officials in the court!"

The Ninth Prince said disapprovingly, "Who dares to take revenge on me? Since no one dares to take revenge, I can only secretly hold my grudge. Let them do whatever they want!"

The Fourth Prince was puzzled. He glanced at the door, waved his hand to send He Yuzhu and Zhou Song out, and then asked in a low voice: "What is your purpose in doing this?"

The Ninth Prince's eyes lit up, and he whispered, "Fourth Brother, I want to accumulate merits and share the title with Akdan in the future. Otherwise, the titles of brothers who were born together will be too different in the future. I am afraid that the children will have internal strife in the future."

Fourth elder brother: "..."

He looked at the Ninth Prince carefully.

The Ninth Prince said with some distress, "Just think of me worrying too much. Nowadays, the people in the Eight Banners, whether they are members of the royal family or nobles, are so eager to get the title that they would beat their brains into dog brains. It's scary to see them!"

The Fourth Prince still felt that the Ninth Prince was a little too eager for quick success.

He pondered and said, "If you take your time, you will succeed. Since you have thought of this way to increase revenue, you may be able to think of another one."

The Ninth Prince was a man who listened to advice. He nodded and said, "Then I'll think about it again. Apart from the Ministry of Revenue, I don't think there are any other sources of income..."

(End of this chapter)