My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1852 No Credit
"Eighteen royal families, all of them are from the Zhenglan Banner, and they all owe money to the Ninth Prince?"

Kangxi's face darkened when he heard this: "Just because the Ninth Prince was demoted and had less experience than them, they are bullying him?"

The Ninth Prince is the crown prince of the current dynasty, and they dare to bully him. Do they still respect me, the emperor?
Zhao Chang saw that he had misunderstood, so he did not dare to delay and quickly handed over the proposal with both hands, saying: "These royal family members did not borrow money from Master Jiu. This is the winter account of Master Jiu's vegetable shop..."

Kangxi was confused after hearing the proposal. He took it and opened it to read.

When he saw clearly that it was the account outstanding from the shop, with the maximum amount per household being ninety-eight taels of silver and the minimum being four taels, eight qian and three fen of silver, his expression froze.

Looking at the total amount, it’s not that much, just over six hundred taels of silver.

He didn't know that this was only half of the grocery store's bill.

There are also accounts of noble families, which are ranked behind those of clan relatives and I haven't had time to settle them today.

This is only a small part of the list of accounts cleared by the Ninth Prince's Mansion.

It’s not that these nobles have forgotten the hierarchy and want to shirk their responsibilities with the Ninth Prince’s Mansion.

However, the wealthy and powerful families all had their own rules, and the accountants in the shops were responsible for settling the accounts.

No one was arranged from the Ninth Prince's Mansion to go there. The amount of this bill was small, no one cared about it, and few families would think of taking the initiative to go there to settle the bill.

As for other small households, they are not eligible to put money on the bill at the vegetable shop and are not well off enough to buy winter vegetables one after another. Most of them are stored for themselves to eat in the winter.

Kangxi cleared his throat and asked, "What's going on? They refused to pay their debts, so the Ninth Prince sent Cao Shun to collect the debts?"

Since Zhao Chang was going to report to the emperor, he also found out a lot of things.

"According to the rules of the capital, all shops have to settle their accounts before the New Year, and most of them start around the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. There has been no movement from Master Jiu, probably because he was not free before, so he delayed it by half a month compared to other shops..."

Kangxi snorted and said, "It is really the master who owes the debt. It is the rule in the capital to settle the debt around Laba Festival. Why don't they follow the rule? Or are they bullying the ninth prince because he is young? It's not the first year that the ninth prince's shop has been there. In previous years, I haven't heard of anyone owing debts. But this year they dare to do it. Who gave them the courage?!"

Kangxi immediately thought of Prince Xin's Mansion and Prince An's Mansion.

Both of those two families had old grudges against the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and they had the most collateral branches and royal family members.

In fact, the Zhenglan Banner only enfeoffed four clans: descendants of Beile Yongzhuang, Prince Raoyu, Prince Yutong and Duke Jiezhi.

However, Lord Jiezhi was once dismissed from the royal family, and when he returned to the royal family his title was low, not even in the eighth percentile. His children and grandchildren had even lower titles, so he probably didn't have the guts to default on the Ninth Prince.

Kangxi couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The Ninth Prince has such a bad temper that he thinks what is black is black and what is white is white. How can he possibly mediate with others?
The failure to repay the debt could be a test from the Zhenglan Banner clan members.

He asked Zhao Chang, "What is Ninth Prince doing?"

Zhao Chang prepared to give instructions, pulled out another leaflet from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said, "Ninth Master was in the study this morning, and later when Tenth Master and his family arrived, they accompanied them to the inner courtyard."

Kangxi answered the call and saw that at a certain time, the Ninth Prince entered the study and sent He Yuzhu to find Cao Shun; at a certain time, the Tenth Prince came with his wife and children, and the Ninth Prince left the study; at a certain time, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince took the Little Prince and Little Princess to the garden to ride deer...

Kangxi couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Isn’t today the first day that the yamen is sealed?
These two brothers not only walk together every morning and evening, but also get together during holidays.

These days are too leisurely.

It's a pity they could come up with the idea of ​​coaxing the little prince and princess to ride a deer.

He recalled the time in the first month of the lunar year when he encountered the Ninth Prince and his wife taking their three children on ice sleds.

The Laojiu couple are different from other families in being parents. Instead of educating their children well, they only think about how to play with them.

Even a good child can be led astray.

Humph, it really doesn't make me feel reassured at all.

Looking back further, I found that I had returned home early the day before and had done nothing else but play with the children.

"Snapped!"

Kangxi threw the memorial on the table with a "pa" sound, and said to Zhao Chang: "I want to hear the follow-up of the Beile Mansion's debt collection. As for these trivial matters in the Beile Mansion, there is no need to report them in the future."

Zhao Chang responded and stepped back.

Kangxi could not help but complain to Liang Jiugong: "How dare you keep saying that you are the pillar of the family in front of me? If you want to pay, just ask the accountant to do it privately according to the rules. Why did you send the chief emcee directly? I'm afraid that others don't know that he is on guard against others defaulting on their debts!"

It would have been fine if the debt was large, but the debts of a few taels or dozens of taels of silver made him act like he owed a thousand or eight hundred taels.

Not even a shred of decency is given to others.

If someone else finds an opportunity, they will naturally not give the Ninth Prince face.

Liang Jiugong thought about the temper of the Ninth Prince and said, "The Ninth Prince is impatient. He probably wants to save trouble and doesn't want to argue with others."

Kangxi snorted.

Don't you want to argue?
This simply means that he doesn't want to associate with the royal family at all.

It really saves a lot of trouble.

He picked up the report that had just been placed on the table and carefully read the Ninth Prince's daily activities.

Sending Cao Shun to settle the accounts was probably just a whim of the Ninth Prince.

I am still so impatient and don't think long-term.

If her wife was around, she would probably give her some advice.

However, considering Dong E's "obeying her husband's orders" behavior, it is not necessarily necessary to persuade her.

Now that the ministries and agencies are sealed, the imperial administration has not stopped.

Kangxi was not free, otherwise, he would really want to summon the Ninth Prince to the imperial court and teach him a lesson...

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The Ninth Prince’s Mansion, the western side room of the main house.

The Ninth Prince is meeting Cao Shun.

Cao Shun was a steady person, so he would not exaggerate in front of the Ninth Prince, but he did not cover up for the dukes and generals either.

When he went out, he represented the dignity of the Ninth Prince. Did those people think that he was the only one who was being bullied?

Beating a dog depends on the owner.

Those people were angry in front of him, didn’t they know that he would report it to the Ninth Prince?
They know.

They also wanted to let the Ninth Prince know their dissatisfaction.

The Ninth Prince heard this and said with disdain, "Is this a Yellow Belt Master? He doesn't even know how to pay back debts. How can you be so embarrassed when you come to settle the bill? If you're poor, just keep your mouth shut!"

It is the custom in Beijing that every household stores vegetables for the winter.

There is plenty of cabbage and radish.

Why should I go to the vegetable store outside to buy vegetables?
Since you are greedy, shouldn't you settle the account?
You are a clan relative, but you have never met many of them. You still want to eat and drink for free. Why?
The Ninth Prince thought of Shushu's properties, all of which had signs saying "No cheating, no credit."

It is unique among the trading companies in the capital.

Since most of the Bannermen were farmers who received rice and money on a monthly basis and had no savings, they developed the habit of buying on credit.

When the money and rice arrive next month, I can settle last month's bill.

As for the money and rice, now that the accounts have been settled, what about making a living?
That means it's another round of credit purchase.

As for defaulting on debts...

Of course there are some, but the quantity is really not that large. If someone is really shameless, others will not sell him on credit if they know about it.

When the Ninth Prince was assigned various shops earlier, he didn't pay much attention to managing them.

Now that I have had this experience of settling accounts, I have come to realize that what this world lacks the least is shameless people.

It seems that the person who owes the debt is not wrong, but he who is collecting the debt is wrong.

The Ninth Prince instructed Cao Shun, "Tell the steward later that the shop under my name should follow the example of the Fu Jin's shop and also put up a sign saying 'No credit'. I don't want to make that kind of money!"

Cao shun complied.

Although business would be worse if you put up a sign like this and don't accept credit, it's better than offending a bunch of people in a year for a few hundred taels of silver.

The capital city is so small, how many people are there that Master Jiu can offend?
Cao Shun took the remaining account books and asked the Ninth Prince, "Master, the accounts of the clan members have been settled. The only ones left are the noble families..."

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince said, "Oh, the royal family and I have the same ancestor. No matter how distant they are, they are still descendants of the great ancestor. How dare the nobles owe me a debt?"

Cao Shun could only say something fair, "Sir, it's probably because the account is too small, and I'm used to the accountant coming to my house to settle the accounts, so it shouldn't be that he's deliberately refusing to pay his debts."

The Ninth Prince didn't say anything. He took the account book from Cao Shun's hand and took a look at it.

The leader of this is the palace of Orondei.

This family is indeed not short of money.

And Fushan Family...

This should not be intentional. If he really offended me, I would find a reason and beat Erhe directly.

Okay?

And the Ma Qi family...

The amount owed is not much. Since September, a total of 16 taels, 6 qian and 5 fen has been owed.

The Ninth Prince had a conflicted look on his face.

The food they occasionally sent to Ma Qi's house on weekdays cost more than this money.

But the Ninth Prince knew that accounts must be kept clear.

The most frightening thing about running a shop is the inability to distinguish between public and private affairs.

A horse is given as a favor; in business, one should not spare a needle.

The Ninth Prince said, "Today, I am afraid that the royal family will be a rogue, so I will use courtesy first and then force. As for the nobles, don't waste their talents. Let the accountant settle the accounts!"

Cao Shun obviously also remembered that there were Fushan's family and Maqi's family above him, and asked: "Master, what about those two families? Should we send the accountant over there, or should we inform Master E and Master Fu and let them settle the accounts?"

The Ninth Prince glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you understand the division of the family? Erhe and Fuqing were both from the division of the family. How can they pay for the food and drink of the other family? Since ancient times, we have only heard of sons eating their fathers, but never heard of fathers eating their sons in return!"

Cao Shun listened quietly.

Is the folk saying “raising children to provide for old age” a lie?

That is the rule of the Eight Banners: when a son separates from his father, he must open an account and be counted as a separate family.

Unfortunately, he was not so lucky as his parents did not agree to separate him as the eldest son.

Fortunately, there was a concubine room at the back of the Prince's Mansion, and Cao Shun came to Beijing for the Ninth Prince. No one could find fault with him serving his master.

Otherwise, if you mix all the ingredients in one pot, your life will be restless.

Why did Zhang's companion be so wary of Sun like a thief? It was because she was scared by her own mother.

Knowing that Zhang's dowry was generous, they had a crazy idea and wanted to take Hui Jie'er over to raise her and "in the meantime" help Hui Jie'er manage the dowry left by her mother...