Emperor order

In fact, Cheng Hu could guess some of the general reasons.The fourth elder brother Yinzhen and the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen are brothers, but due to various reasons, their relationship is worse than that of ordinary brothers.And Yinzhen only dotes on the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, Yinzhen doesn't care on the surface, but he may not really care in his heart.In this way, Yinzhen can make sense without waiting to see Yinxiang.

Thinking of this, Cheng Hu couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, if the fourteenth brother and the eighth brother really fight against you, what are you going to do?"

A trace of confusion flashed across Yinzhen's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, "For the sake of him and my fellow countrymen, I won't argue with him too much. But if he is obsessed and makes a big mistake, then I will He cannot be tolerated."

"So, where's Lao Ba?" Chenghu still remembered Gao Lang's entrustment, so he wanted to test Yinzhen's bottom line.

"Brother, to be honest, Lao Ba is a talent. It would be great if he is willing to live in peace, but I'm afraid he can't live in peace. His prestige is growing. Sooner or later, such a person will become a superior No matter who sits in that seat, I'm afraid they won't be able to accommodate him." Yinzhen said solemnly.

Cheng Hu smiled bitterly: "That's right, the greater his prestige, the greater the threat to others. Fourth brother, I once promised someone that I would protect the life of Lao Bayi. So, can you give me a promise, no matter what happens in the future?" , for the sake of big brother, don't be too harsh on old eight."

Yinzhen vaguely guessed who made this request to Chenghu: "Brother, no matter what, Yinhu is our younger brother. I didn't have the heart to let my own brother's blood get on my hands."

"That's good." Cheng Hu was deeply relieved, "It's getting late, I'll go home first."

After saying goodbye to Chenghu, Yinxiang yawned lazily: "Fourth brother, I'm going to stay with you again tonight. It's so hot today, I really want to sleep in the yard."

Yinzhen smiled and said: "If you want to wake up tomorrow and find that you are covered with big bags, you can sleep in the yard! Don't lose your temper, go to sleep in the study, it's cool there."

Yinxiang lowered his eyelids and murmured: "Fourth brother, which sister-in-law's room are you going to sleep in tonight?"

Yinzhen tapped his head: "I still have some things to deal with, so I will sleep in the study with you tonight."

Yinxiang frowned slightly: "Fourth brother, you are born to work hard. Can you stop working so hard all the time? Others say that I am the hardworking Thirteen Lang. I think you are more suitable for this nickname than me."

"Okay, okay, go to sleep! Starting tomorrow, there will be a tough battle waiting for us!" Yinzhen said seriously.

The next day, Yinzhen and Yinxiang began to clean up the accounts with great fanfare.At first, those officials who borrowed money thought that this matter must be a lot of thunder and little rain.They really didn't believe that for that little money, the emperor could let the two elder brothers dismiss all these officials.

Unfortunately, they all underestimated Yinzhen's methods.With Kangxi's letter, he really let go this time.Don't pay back the money, right?OK, let's go home for a walk!There are so many valuable things at home, but there is no money to pay back the account of the account department, who would believe it!

After seeing Yinzhen's resolute methods, those officials finally figured it out.This time, they are facing the stern and selfless fourth elder brother Yinzhen, not the eighth elder brother Yinzhen who always smiles like Maitreya Buddha.Therefore, for a while, those officials complained a lot, and many people had to pay their money obediently.

However, there are also some people who do not shed tears when they see the coffin, and decide to fight to the end.Only then did Cheng Hu know that there are still people who can be so shameless.Most of them just say one sentence, if you want money or not, you want life.I just have no money, see what you can do.Some people even carried the coffin in front of Yinzhen and demonstrated to him directly.

Faced with this kind of shamelessness, Yinzhen still upholds justice and will not let go.It's up to you if you want to make trouble, but in the end you still have to pay back all the debts.These people saw that none of their tricks would work in front of Yinzhen, so they boldly went to Kangxi.These days, the papers that Kangxi saw basically said that the fourth elder brother was so inhuman, that he forced people to death in order to make people pay off their debts, and so on.If things go on like this, Kangxi can't stand it anymore.

"Look carefully, what's going on here!" Kangxi leaned on the soft pillow and motioned Chenghu to look at the memorial on that table.

Cheng Hu casually flipped through a few books, and then lost interest in continuing to read. "If they are willing to write, you let them write. When you see this kind of excerpt in the future, you just skip it." Cheng Hu said angrily.

Kangxi hesitated and asked: "Is Yinzhen's method too drastic? If some officials really don't go up, I can't force them to sell their iron!"

"Yinzhen has a sense of proportion. Those who are really poor and unable to pay back their debts, he has given them a grace period. In fact, most people can pay back, but they are not willing to pay back!" Cheng Hu told Kangxi clearly .

Kangxi sighed softly: "There is less than 1000 million taels of silver left in the national treasury of the mighty Qing Dynasty. If it gets out, how will the court's face be saved? Now, how much have Yinzhen and the others recovered?"

Cheng Hu said with a smile on his face: "2000 million taels have been recovered, and if we persist for a while, there should be 4000 million taels of silver in the treasury."

"After this matter is over, Yinzhen and Yinxiang must be rewarded well. They have been scolded a lot for this matter." Kangxi became more and more satisfied with these two sons, "By the way, Yinxiang is already twenty, It's time to choose a good marriage for him."

Cheng Hu smiled wryly in his heart, this reward was probably the last thing Yin Xiang wanted. "Let's talk about it after the matter is over!" Cheng Hu said perfunctorily.

Seeing that the debts on the accounts are getting less and less, Yinxiang is very relieved that these days are finally not in vain. "Fourth brother, go back and rest! I think you are so tired that you can hardly open your eyes." Yinxiang persuaded in a low voice.

Yinzhen rubbed his astringent eyes: "I'm fine. If you're tired, go back to sleep."

Yinxiang snatched the account in his hand: "I'm going to rest, and you can't read it anymore. Let's go!" He pushed Yinzhen out of the household department all the way, and saw Yinzhen get on the sedan chair outside the palace gate with his own eyes. Feel free to go back.

However, he didn't take a few steps before someone stopped him: "Master Shisan, my master would like to invite you to visit the house."

Yinxiang sized up the person who came: "Isn't this the steward Wan in Brother Jiu's mansion? What can Brother Jiu want from me?"

Butler Wan said with a smile: "Master's thoughts, how do we servants know. The small sedan chair has already been prepared, Thirteenth Lord, please."

Yinxiang knew that he couldn't hide, so he simply got into the sedan chair prepared by steward Wan.Stumbling all the way, he finally arrived at the mansion of Brother Jiu Yinzhen.

"Thirteenth brother, I finally invited you here." The smile on Yinzhen's face was a bit artificial. The 23-year-old Yinzhen has a beautiful appearance, a typical male and female appearance.With his face, he often caused trouble for him.

Yinxiang said politely: "Ninth Brother, don't make me sound like I'm too airy. Look, I'll come right after you say hello?"

Yinzhen continued to chat with him: "Thirteenth brother, you are a very busy person now, and ninth brother is afraid of delaying your errands."

"Brother Nine, by the way you look, you should have something to ask me, right?" Yinxiang dislikes people who talk around the bush the most, "We are brothers, so just speak up if you have anything to say."

Yinzhen saw that Yinxiang was a little impatient, so he stopped talking nonsense: "Ninth Brother heard from the people below that he bumped into you for a small matter when he was in Anhui. So, Ninth Brother wants to make up for you."

Yinxiang said indifferently: "Brother Nine, it's just a small matter, a younger brother won't take it to heart."

Yinzhen smiled and said, "Ninth Brother knows you are generous. In order to make amends for you, Ninth Brother specially prepared something, you must not refuse."

Yinxiang thought that Yinzhen was preparing some kind of gold, silver and jewelry, but what he never expected was that the apology Yinzhen prepared for him was a person, that is, the singer named Alan.

"Ninth brother, what do you mean?" Yinxiang didn't even look at the shy and timid Alan.

Yinzhen said disapprovingly: "You are not too young, you should have a woman to help you by your side. Ninth brother knows that Alan's status is not worthy of publicity, so you can use her as a servant girl!"

Yinxiang immediately refused: "Ninth brother, I don't lack people waiting for me. Besides, I still live in elder brother's place, how do you ask me to bring her in? So, I appreciate your kindness. People, you are still yourself Keep it!"

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows: "Why, you don't like Alan's beauty?" Alan was actually born extremely beautiful, with the tenderness of Jiangnan women and the atmosphere of northern women.

Yinxiang said bluntly: "She is beautiful enough, but I really didn't like it." His truth made Alan bow his head in embarrassment immediately.

"Since the thirteenth brother has talked about this, then the ninth brother will not force you." Yinzhen was not angry either.

"If brother Jiu has nothing else to do, then I'll leave." Yin Xiang felt uncomfortable staying here.

Yinzhen didn't hold back much: "Okay, I'll send you off."

After someone sent Yinxiang away, Yinzhen immediately closed the door tightly.Afterwards, two people walked out from the inner room, they were eighth elder brother Yinhu and tenth elder brother Yinji.

Yinqin snorted coldly: "This old thirteen really doesn't know how to flatter you!"

Yinzhen answered the words in a strange way: "He only has that cold fourth child in his heart, how could he put us in his eyes."

Yinhu said gently: "It's his good fortune that the fourth brother has a younger brother like Thirteen who wholeheartedly cares for him."

"So what? In the final analysis, they are all just the shadow of the eldest brother." Yinzhen said bluntly.

"It's strange to say that our eldest brother, who has been sick all the year round, has never seen what he has done. Why do the fourth and thirteenth support him so wholeheartedly?" Yin Tiao was puzzled.

Yinhu's eyes darkened: "Our big brother is a real person who doesn't show his face, he has great abilities!"

Yinzhen snorted lightly: "I think he can rely on Huang Ama's favor to be majestic. If he is really capable, how can he let the fourth and the thirteenth take on the drudgery of offending people?"

Yinhu shook his head: "Ninth brother, you are thinking wrong. Do you think that this time we helped many officials pay off their debts and bought a lot of hearts, did we win? Big mistake. Don't forget, Huang Ama's heart is clear! The fourth and the thirteenth have done a great job in cleaning up the household department this time. What did we do? We didn't do anything! Besides, the trouble in the household department this time was originally caused by my negligence in management. It came out. At this moment, Huang Ama is afraid that she has a lot of dissatisfaction with me."

"Then, starling, why didn't you grab this job at that time?" Yin Qu asked suspiciously.

"Because I know in my heart that I don't have that ability. Can we force people to repay the debt like the fourth child? No. So, let's stay out of it!" Yinhu explained softly, "However, it's time for us to make a move."

After more than a month of rectification, most of the debts owed by the household department have been repaid.When Kangxi was happy, he did not forget to reward his two capable sons.However, when he proposed to Yinxiang to give him a marriage, Yinxiang's expression changed immediately.

"Huang Ama, I don't want to get married yet." Yinxiang squeaked and wanted to resist the order.

Kangxi's face darkened slightly: "Why? They are both old and young people, so we can't be so indifferent anymore. Besides giving you a marriage, I will also build you a mansion. You, learn from the fourth and be more stable."

Yinxiang was a little anxious: "Huang Ama, hasn't eldest brother never been married?"

Hearing Yin Xiang's question, Cheng Hu immediately coughed heavily: "Thirteenth brother, how can you talk to Huang Ama like that? Quickly apologize to Huang Ama."

Yinxiang drooped his head: "Ama Huang, I didn't mean to offend you just now, I beg Ama Huang to forgive me."

Cheng Hu then answered: "Huang Ama, my son will teach the thirteenth brother well. I think he must be a little nervous, so he said something that shouldn't be said, please don't blame him."

"Okay! You talk to him carefully, let him stop being so indifferent." Kangxi wanted to get angry when Yinxiang contradicted him, but with Chenghu's way of smoothing things over, he still held back.

Cheng Hu grabbed Yin Xiang who was still about to say something, and hurriedly took him away from Kangxi.