I became a group pet after dressing as nine elder brothers

Everyone present froze in place.

Kangxi looked at this little Gege who spoke wild words with great interest, instead of blaming her, he secretly gave her a thumbs up.

How could I say Brother Jiu is cute?

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, Dong E Shuyao regained consciousness in an instant.Her face was flushed red, she hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands, and blinked her eyes helplessly.

cute?cute!

Who is so cute!

Yinzhen subconsciously exploded.

His anger rose slowly, and when he raised his eyes and found that it was Dong Egege who saw him in women's clothing in front of him, the anger in his heart was instantly poured out completely by a pot of cold water.

Yinzhen's pupils trembled.

He jumped up suddenly, Yinzhen bared his teeth and claws, and said viciously: "You, you, what are you talking about? Who? Who is cute?"

The more anxious you jump, the cuter you look.

To say that Dong E Shuyao was still a little shy under the eyes of everyone, but when she saw Brother Jiu blushing and jumping, she said openly, "I'm talking about you, Brother Jiu!"

Her eyes sparkled.

Dong E Shuyao praised bluntly: "My daughter thinks Brother Jiu is really cute!"

Yinzhen: ...

Hu Tuling laughed out loud: "That's right, the ninth brother is really cute!"

Following her echo, the remaining little princesses also confided their hearts one by two: "Actually, my ministers, my ministers also think so."

Yinzhen: ...

He almost twisted his nose with anger, if it wasn't for Dong Egege in Yinzhen, he would have to educate this group of idiot Gege on the spot, telling them to praise boys not for being cute but for being handsome, you know?

hansome!

Brother Ben has grown up!

An angry Yinzhen decided not to argue with a group of little princesses, he turned his head angrily and left without saying anything, and took advantage of the opportunity to complain in front of his brothers.

He looks in the mirror.

The self in the mirror has lost the baby fat, gradually revealing a handsome face - it's obviously far from cute, isn't it?

"Is it because Brother Ninth's smile has something to do with it?" Elder Brother Yin'er held his chin and looked at the side: "I remember that Brother Four also had it in the past?"

That's right, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen also has a laughing hole.

However, he is young and mature, and his unsmiling and cold attitude has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Have a laughing hole when you smile?

A boss like Yinzhen who never smiles once every ten thousand years, even if he has a sweet smile on his face, no one knows about it!

Yinzhen's eyes lit up.

He clenched his right fist and knocked on the heart of his left hand: "That's right! Yin'e, you are right! Fourth brother is a role model for my generation!"

Yin'er: ...?

My role model?He watched Yinzhen standing in front of the mirror rubbing his cheeks and putting on an indifferent expression, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

No way?No way?

It won't be like what I thought, right?Yin'e covered her heart, and asked tremblingly, "Ninth Brother, you...don't intend to learn from Fourth Brother?"

Yinzhen looked serious.

He completely lost the appearance of laughing before saying anything, his eyes were like water, and he calmly fell on Yin'er: "That's right."

Yin'er: ...

Yinzhen, who is determined to graduate from cuteness, decides to be an unsmiling, solemn and steady little elder brother from today onwards.

The learning goal is the fourth brother Yinzhen.

Yinzhen followed Yinzhen from the next day, determined to learn his every word and deed.

Yinzhen frowned and he frowned too.

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and he raised his eyebrows too.

Yinzhen sneered at him and also sneered...

The synchronized movements of the two elder brothers made a group of household officials tremble with fear, and the hairs stood on end.

Could it be that there is another problem with the Ministry of Accounts?

Ma Qi, then Minister of the Household Department, murmured secretly in his heart. You must know that the ninth elder brother is notorious among his elder brothers who loves to laugh and play, but he is as cute as a little angel, little sun, and the cold fourth elder brother. day by day...

But now?

Looking at his stern and serious posture, Ma Qi's doubts are getting heavier and heavier.

What happened in the household department?

The previous Minister of the Household Department, Kulena, was dismissed after the corruption case of the Household Department due to the crime of negligence. Ma Qi did not want to follow the dead end of his predecessors at all!

He first carefully thought about the rumors in the court recently, and after finding out no problems, he summoned his confidants to sort out the difficult problems from the household department, think and study them, and tried to solve the problems before the two elder brothers raised them.

Where did the two elder brothers show dissatisfaction frequently?While he was looking through the account books of the past two years and thinking, Chen Zheng, a member of the household department, hesitated for a while, and said cautiously: "Lord Ma Qi, I have an idea."

"……you say."

"Will it be related to the courtier's loan?" Chen Zheng carefully pushed an account book in front of Ma Qi.

"A courtier borrowing money?" Ma Qi was slightly taken aback.

The salaries of court officials are not high.

Not to mention the rewards of the emperor for high-ranking officials, there are even more people below who are happy to be filial, but the lives of lower-level officials are very difficult. For this reason, the emperor turned a blind eye and allowed courtiers to borrow money from the Ministry of Finance twice.

Mazzie frowned.

If these officials who are struggling on the poverty line are not given a way to survive, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will hit ordinary people with their thoughts.

Ma Qi's face darkened slightly.

He glanced at Chen Zheng with some displeasure, and waved his hand: "This matter..."

Chen Zheng interrupted Ma Qi's words: "Master Ma Qi, please take a look at the list of borrowers first."

Hubu Shangshu Ma Qi glanced at him.

With a slight movement of his hand, he opened the account book, and just after taking a look at the whole face, his face became gloomy.Ma Qi stood up heavily and slammed his fist on the account book: "Absurd! Absurd!"

The one who borrowed the most was Chuokedu, the Duke of Fengen Township.Who is Chuck, the Duke of Fengen Town?Although he is only the Duke of Zhen, his ancestor is the No. 12 son of the Tian family, the Prince of England who was famous for defeating Li Zicheng!Even though he was repeatedly imprisoned and then recovered, his family background is still unusually strong.

Such a famous family actually went to the Ministry of Finance to borrow money.

The earliest sum can be related to five years ago?It was hard to hide the stern look between Ma Qi's eyebrows, he managed to calm down and then looked down.

well.

Prince Gong Changning also borrowed it.

Perhaps Prince Yu Fuquan wanted to appear gregarious?I only borrowed ten taels of silver.

Looking down at the names of a series of well-known officials in the court hall, Ma Qi's face darkened. On the contrary, many of the low-ranking or Qingshui yamen, or the famous and honest officials borrowed the least.

Ha ha!Ha ha!

No wonder Brother Jiu has to put on such a face!Ma Qi was shocked, and looked at Yinzhen the next day, not to mention how respectful and cautious he was.

Yinzhen: ...?

Yinzhen:……?

Both of them were quite confused.

Especially Yinzhen stared at Yinzhen very dissatisfied, and he was still complaining about Yinzhen's indecency on the way to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Imitating her own appearance, dangling around in and out of the palace, so that even Erniang complained that she had led the ninth brother to death...?

Yinzhen:……? ? ?

Yinzhen imitated my appearance, why do you still have to blame me for leading him badly?Yinzhen felt so wronged by being mentioned.

Looking at Ma Qi with a serious face, Yinzhen's depression has nowhere to complain.He took a deep breath and decided to explain to Ma Qi: "Master Ma Qi, Yinzhen and I have been together recently"

Before Yinzhen could finish speaking, Ma Qi nodded solemnly: "Si elder brother, I understand slaves!"

Yinzhen's face was blank.

A huge question mark slowly appeared on his forehead.

you understand?

What do you know?

Ma Qi looked solemn.

His eyes were as sharp as a knife blade, and he bowed deeply to the two elder brothers: "The two elder brothers don't have to hide the slave anymore, the two elder brothers are in a bad mood recently, it must be because of the deficit of the household department!"

In a bad mood?Account deficit?

Yinzhen and Yinzhen showed a strange look at the same time.

Just as Yinzhen wanted to explain, Ma Qi, Minister of the Household Department, shook his head: "This matter is all the responsibility of the servant!"

He never saw it.

If it weren't for the two elder brothers' suggestions, if it wasn't for Yuanwailang Chen Zheng's question, I'm afraid I don't know how long I will be concealed.

Mazzie let out a long sigh.

He closed his eyes and spoke out the questions on the account book in detail, but he didn't realize that the expressions of the two elder brothers changed from doubt to shock, and then to anger following what he said.

deficit?deficit!

There are officials in the Ministry of Households who have been borrowing money to survive?What's even more sad is that the number of officials who really need to borrow money is very small. On the contrary, some relatives of the emperor and important officials in the court are unscrupulous and wantonly spend the money of the household department as their own private money?

Yinzhen's face was dark.

As for Yinzhen, he is not much better than him. The faces of the two elder brothers fell in Ma Qi's eyes, so he was right!

Mazzie breathed a sigh of relief.

If it wasn't for the fact that the two elder brothers revealed the truth, I'm afraid that he would become the second in Kulena.

"Has the ledger been cleared?"

"Exactly." Ma Qi replied respectfully and politely, and presented with both hands the records of the imperial family and courtiers' loans.

The above content can be described as shocking.

Yinzhen stuffed the account book in his arms with a dark face, turned around and called Yinzhen to leave in a hurry.

This matter is not something the two of them can handle.

You must know that not only the officials in the capital borrowed money, but also the records of borrowing money from the Cao family and the Li family in Jiangnan.Both of these are in charge of weaving, and they can be called one of the most lucrative yamen...

He is also the confidant of Khan Ama.

Sure enough, when the account book was delivered to Kangxi, Kangxi's face was as dark as Yinzhen's.

It was Kangxi's mouth to allow the loan of silver.

The salaries of officials in the Qing Dynasty were low, and many officials were quite poor.In order for these officials to make a living, Kangxi opened the account department to borrow money, but he never expected that it would become an inexhaustible free wallet in the eyes of the royal family and dignitaries.

Especially the arrogance of the gang of clan dignitaries, who only missed the engraving of 'The emperor is a fool, let's squeeze the wool together! '

This is purely treating me like a fool!

Kangxi was so angry that his heart, liver and lungs hurt, and the deficit of silver taels in various places in the south of the Yangtze River alone amounted to more than one million taels.

Is my reward not enough?

Seeing that the Cao family and the Li family were the most important, Kangxi couldn't control the anger in his heart.If he hadn't seen the pathetic taels of silver withdrawn by a row of upright officials in the back, he might have gone straight to the letter to ask someone to pay off the debt.

Part of it is cheap.

Some of them really need this salary.

How to deal with it has become a big problem.

Kangxi had to let go of his words first, and ordered Ma Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to suspend foreign lending on the grounds of liquidating Kuyin.At the same time, it also made him secretly say something, Kangxi wants to see what these people will do?

What about those people?

Those people have thick skins!Relying on the fact that they are relatives of the emperor, relatives, clan and veterans, not to mention that none of them who paid back the money had to cry in front of the emperor and empress dowager.

On the contrary, the courtiers who only borrowed a few hundred taels or a few thousand taels of silver, concealed it and repaid part of it more or less.