The daily life of Jiufu Jin in Qing Dynasty

The fact that the national treasury is empty is nothing new, but Kangxi has never mentioned it, so the princes just pretend they don't know about it, because...

Ahem, they also borrow money from the treasury.

But who would have thought that Kangxi would suddenly mention it?And judging by his posture, it doesn't look like he's joking, so it's for real?

If it is true, it will not be a good thing for them. Although they know that they borrowed the money from the treasury, but if they are asked to return it now, it is no different from stealing money from their pockets. .

So pay back?

Who is willing to pay back the money?

Especially Ba Ye, who paid off the money from Brother Jiu not long ago, how long has it been?Haven't had time to recover blood yet, come again?

Ba Ye seriously doubts whether he has committed a Tai Sui recently?Otherwise, how can the unlucky things happen one after another, and it won't end, right?

Therefore, after Ba Ye, who was still pretending to be nonchalant outside, returned to his mansion, his face changed suddenly, and he kept walking towards the outer study. Zheng Yong didn't know what happened in the palace, but Ba He knows exactly whether Grandpa was really happy or fake happy outside just now.

So as soon as he entered the outer study, Zheng Yong quickly winked at the little eunuch who was serving in the outer study, signaling them to be careful.

Ba Ye didn't notice the flirting among the servants, and immediately after he returned to the outer study, he sent someone to invite a few staff members to come over, because Ba Ye was so anxious that the aides had time.

Seeing that Ba Ye, He Zhuo and others had something important to discuss, Zheng Yong withdrew, closed the door and stood at the door to guard for them.

In the study, Ba Ye didn't talk too much, he just talked to He Zhuo and the others about what happened in the palace today, he said: "The emperor mentioned the matter of paying the treasury arrears this morning, and he has handed over the matter to the four Brother, Fifth Brother and Ninth Brother dealt with it together."

Hearing the first half of Ba Ye's words, the expressions of several staff members changed, and when they heard the second half of his words, their expressions became even more strange.

Outsiders may not know about the fact that Ba Ye and Ninth Brother have parted ways, but why don't He Zhuo and others who are Ba Ye's aides not know?

Not only did they know, they even knew that it was very unlikely that Ba Ye and Ninth Brother would get back together, because some time ago, Ninth Brother actually asked Ba Ye to return all the money he had collected in the past.

Brother Jiu did this because he was determined to draw a clear line with Master Ba, but the other staff members were not very clear about why the two fell out, because Master Ba did not elaborate.

But other staff members are not very clear, but He Zhuo can roughly guess one or two.

To say that He Zhuo is not an ordinary person, he was born in a scholarly family. During the reign of Huizong, that is, the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the He family was already a well-known Yimen in Suzhou.

And He Zhuo's biological mother, Wu, is the daughter of Wu Hongji, a well-known local Confucian businessman in Suzhou. This Wu Hongji is not only good at business and arithmetic, but also has a certain degree of literary accomplishment. Otherwise, he would not have become irreversible friends with You Tong and Wang Wan. up.

Influenced by his grandparents, He Zhuo is a man who values ​​friendship and despises wealth, and even has some madness in his bones. Otherwise, he would not have worshiped Xu Qianxue, Weng Shuyuan, and Li Guangdi as teachers, but eventually parted ways with them.

It can be seen from this that He Zhuo is not a follower of power, and a large part of the reason why he chose to become the eighth master's staff is that he was conquered by his personal charm.

However, from the matter of the eighth master and the ninth elder brother, He Zhuo vaguely found that he seemed to have misjudged him. There is no one who is more innocent than Brother Jiu.

This is not to say that brother Jiu is as pure and kind as a blooming white lotus, but that he is a man who values ​​love and righteousness, and it is not an exaggeration to say a word of heart and soul to those he approves.

Such a person has now split up with Ba Ye. Is this the problem of Brother Jiu?Or is it about Ba Ye?He used to persuade Ba Ye and Ninth Brother to play emotional cards because he knew that he would take this way, but now it has been proved that Ba Ye's way is not good for Ninth Brother.

He Zhuo didn't dare to think about it, because even if his guess was confirmed, it was useless. He and Ba Ye were already on the same boat, so He Zhuo's face became a little serious after hearing Ba Ye finished speaking.

In private, they also thought that if there were no accidents in Kangxi, he would pay off the treasury arrears sooner or later. After all, if the treasury of a country has no money at all, then there will definitely be big troubles.

It's just that they didn't expect it to come so soon, and it happened to be at such a node.

Someone said: "There are countless people borrowing money from the treasury, and not only the princes, but also many important ministers and relatives. These people either have meritorious service or are related to the Long Live Lord. Fourth Lord, they want to borrow money from them." Recovering those owed money is not an easy task.”

"what do you mean?"

"The so-called law does not blame the public, and now everyone knows that the master is the king of Zhijun, so the master can also use the king of Zhijun as a shield."

As I said before, at the beginning, only King Zhijun wrestled with the crown prince. The crown prince has too many, among which his status as prince and Kangxi's favoritism are beyond the reach of King Zhijun, so he can only From other aspects to increase the chips for yourself.

When he lived in elder brother's house before, no matter how "simple" the king of Zhijun was, he would not dare to make friends with the ministers of the court and China under Kangxi's nose, but it was different after he left the palace and lived in another mansion.

For King Zhijun, this opportunity can be said to be that the sea is wide and the sky is high enough for birds to fly. Others say that one bite cannot make a fat man, but Zhijun Wang wanted to eat one bite to become a fat man at that time, so at that time The king of Zhijun can be said to spend money like water.

Until now, the king of Zhijun still has not given up on taking the heir, so after years and months, the king of Zhijun owes a lot of money in the treasury, not to mention whether he has enough money to pay back the money now, even if he has, is it true that the king of Zhijun Will the king return it?

You don't need to think about it, you know, definitely not.

So Ba Ye can take advantage of this and push Zhijun Wang to block the meat shield in front of him.

"No." He Zhuo on the side said, "Did you forget that Lord Jiu is among the people handpicked by Lord Long Live to pay the treasury's arrears this time?"

What is the relationship between the eighth master and the ninth elder brother?

It's not an exaggeration to say that even branches are in the same spirit, who doesn't know how much Brother Jiu is like Ba Ye?

Oh, now that elder brother Nine is entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Kangxi, the elder brother, Eighth Master, does not take the lead in supporting him, but actually drags him back. If this matter gets out, will it be plausible?

Don't say that Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother are falling out now. First of all, not everyone knows that they have fallen out, and secondly, no one knows why they fell out. It is notorious for its empathy.

So unless everyone knows that Brother Jiu is sorry for Eighth Master, if Eighth Master does this, it will damage his reputation.

When He Zhuo said this, everyone also realized that this matter would be tricky. If there is no Brother Jiu, it would be easier to operate. After all, the relationship between the eighth master and the fourth master is not too close. As for the fifth master... …

Although he is Brother Nine's own brother, Master Eight has never had any conversations with him. Even if he wants to give Brother Nine face, but because he has no direct relationship with Master Fifth, even if he wants to support him, the support is still at a discount. kind of.

After analyzing it for a while, everyone found that Ba Ye didn't pay back the money. Both advantages and disadvantages exist. Pay back the money. loss, but damage to their good reputation.

This is difficult.

While Ba Ye, He Zhuo and others were discussing how to deal with it, Brother Jiu on the other side was also discussing with his fourth and fifth brothers how to deal with those who owed money.

In this regard, Fifth Master felt that it was fine to act as a backdrop, because he was known as an honest man among his brothers, and he had not done many things to offend others since he was young.

So let alone helping Kangxi to pay the treasury debt, even if someone owed him money, Fifth Master would not be ashamed to ask others to get it back. This time Kangxi asked him to assist Fourth Master by name. The first time was "implicated" by Brother Nine?

So the younger brother is born to be a pit brother, right?

Fifth Master felt that he was cheated, so why not Nine Brothers?Others are plastic sisters and plastic brothers, but it is good to come to them, and it becomes a plastic father-son relationship.

Brother Nine has every reason to suspect that Kangxi is targeting him, otherwise why would anyone find him without looking for him?Could it be that he looks like he has a debt-collecting face?

"Catch the thief first and capture the king first." The fourth master said to the fifth master and ninth elder brother, "As long as the people above are dealt with, the people below will naturally not dare to resist."

Although the fourth master didn't say it clearly, both the fifth master and the ninth elder brother understood what he meant. It was nothing more than to start with the princes and court officials first. As long as they all paid back the money, the soldiers and crabs below would not be able to struggle to their death.

But the problem is...

"Fourth brother, I understand the truth, but it's easy to say, but hard to do." Brother Jiu said truthfully.

"That's not like what you would say." Fourth Master glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "Besides, if things are not difficult, how can you show your ability?"

Hearing this, Brother Nine sucked his teeth, and then he heard Fourth Master continue, "It's also in our interest to pay off the treasury arrears at this time. Originally, the Tong family was a hard stubble, but because of Longkodo's incident, Everyone in the Tong family has to behave with their tails between their legs."

So how dare the Tong family dare to refuse to ask them for debt?Now they are eager to do something more to please Kangxi, so as to wash away the bad influence caused by the Longkoduo family of four.

Hearing what Fourth Master said, Fifth Master and Ninth Brother both understood that he meant to attack the Tong family. If it were the same as before, it would be difficult for the Tong family to do so. After all, there is Kangxi's big backer Backing them up, they went to the door to collect debts every minute, and Tong Guowei went into the palace to talk to Kangxi.

At that time, for the sake of Tong Guowei, an elder, if Kangxi directly softens his heart, how can the debt collectors continue to work?

It's not good for them to go home, so they just go back home.

But the situation is different now. As Si Ye said, the Tong family is not so confident now. After the news of the death of Longkodo and Yuzhu's father and son spread, Kangxi did not show much.

It's not surprising that Kangxi's leg injury hadn't recovered at that time, and his temper was more irritable than before, so after learning the news of Longkodo's death, Kangxi didn't think of him because of his death.

Looking at Kangxi's attitude towards Longkodo, his cousin, it can be seen that his attitude towards the Tong family is not as good as before. Although he did not implicate the Tong family because of what Longkodo did, but the Tong family has been in trouble recently. It is also a fact to sit on the bench.

Brother Jiu gave Si Ye a thumbs up, seeing that he directly used Tong's family as the entry point, which made him wonder if Kangxi's sudden mention of paying the treasury arrears was caused by Si Ye.

Because the fourth master works in the household department, no prince knows better than him what the state treasury is like. It is not easy to collect debts from princes and ministers, but it is an imperative thing, so Choosing to start at this time seems to be the most appropriate time.

"Then it's settled?" Fifth Master looked at Fourth Master and then at Ninth Brother, "Collect debts from the Tong family first?"

In fact, Master Wu really wanted to say, is it really good to attack the Tong family first?Although it is true that the Tong family is not very attractive to Kangxi for the time being, the Tong family is always Kangxi's mother and wife family, and it is impossible for Kangxi to ignore them all the time.

In addition, Longkodo is also dead. The so-called death is like a lamp going out. After a long time, Kangxi cannot guarantee that he will not think of the Tong family again. up?

It's no wonder that the fifth master is so unassuming as Kangxi's own son. It is true that the Tong family is indeed powerful. Tong Guowei doesn't pay attention to princes like them who have no future and no real power.

But seeing that Fourth Master and Ninth Brother both made up their minds, Fifth Master had no choice but to hide his worries in his heart, thinking that a chopstick is easy to break, but a pair of chopsticks is hard to break. The three brothers twisted into a rope In the future, when the Tong family regains the Sacred Heart, they will not dare to attack them casually... right?

But who knew that Fourth Master's answer was: "No."

Fifth Lord: "...???"

Brother Jiu: "...???"

Seeing that the two younger brothers were looking at him, the fourth master said solemnly: "Before going to collect the debt from the Tong family, please both of you settle the debt."

Fifth Master: "...!!!"

Brother Nine: "...!!!"

******

The process of collecting debts from the Tong family went smoothly. Tong Guowei was not a fool. He knew very well that the fourth master and the others were using their Tong family as a chicken and killing them for other monkeys to see, but even so, Tong Guowei could only admit it.

Who made fourth master and the others completely guess what Tong Guowei was thinking?He really needs to do something now to restore their Tong family's position in Kangxi's mind.

This is much more important than money. After all, all the money will come back, and to be honest, at the Tong family's level, what they are after is no longer the so-called gold, silver and jewelry.

So it didn't take much effort, with Tong Guowei's cooperation, Brother Jiu and the others quickly won the first round.

However, judging from the speed at which Tong's family repays their debts, it also confirms one thing from the side. Perhaps some of the people who borrowed money from the treasury had to borrow money from the treasury because of their poverty. Maybe not able to pay back.

But this part of the people is definitely only a small part, and more people like Tong's family, who obviously don't lack money, borrowed money from the treasury, or when they borrowed money, they were really short of money, but now they don't have money. If you are short of money, you will not take the initiative to pay back the money to the treasury.

Cough, although Brother Nine and the others were one of them at the beginning, this does not prevent them from expressing contempt for these people when collecting debts.

"These people are a little too unconscious." Brother Jiu shook his head and said, if they were more conscious, what would happen to them?

"You should cover your mouth and smile if you can get it back so smoothly." The fourth master said, "Since the Tong family has finished paying off the debt, let's change our target next."

Who should I replace?

The prince and the king of Zhijun.

Now it was Fifth Lord's turn to suck his teeth, he said: "The debts owed by the crown prince and the king of Zhijun...can we get it back?"

Although everyone is Kangxi's son, and they are all of the same generation, the crown prince and Zhijun king are at most a few years older than them, but in the eyes of the fifth master, they are not creatures of the same level at all.

So to collect debts from the prince and the king of Zhijun?

Don't say it was done, just think about it, and you will start to feel cowardly, don't say that this is an order from Kangxi, let them cooperate, so what if the prince and Zhijun Wang don't cooperate?Do they still dare to force it?

In terms of status, they are inferior to others; in terms of seniority, they are also inferior to others.

The fifth master felt that Huang Ama had really found the wrong person to collect the debt, so he should let the prince and the king of Zhijun come. The two of them joined hands, let alone the debt of the living, I am afraid that even the dead owed them. able to get it back.

However, can Kangxi not think of the problems that the fifth master can think of?

He thought about it, but didn't do it, which proved that this matter was not suitable for the prince and Zhijun king, let alone one of them.

Because the risk is really too great, the two people who fight like black-eyed chickens get together, the level is no different from sparks hitting the earth, if it is handed over to one of them, it will be even worse, because Kangxi I don't believe they won't engage in targeting.

Kangxi just wanted to collect debts, not to make trouble.

So fourth master, fifth master and ninth elder brother are a good debt collection combination that Kangxi can think of. As for how they collect debts, in fact, Kangxi doesn't know, so he just takes it as a way to investigate them. capable.

"Whether you can get it back or not, you have to go there." The fourth master said, "Leave the crown prince's side to me, and the eldest brother's side..."

Fourth Master looked at Fifth Master and Ninth Elder Brother, "Then I'll leave it to you."

It is not without reason for him to make such a distribution, because the relationship between the fourth master and the prince is relatively close, so it is more appropriate for him to find the prince, but it is not appropriate for him to go to the king of Zhijun. Prince's relationship is relatively close.

According to King Zhijun's attitude towards the crown prince, if fourth master goes to him to collect debts, the possibility of success is not high, and the possibility of being kicked out by him seems to be greater.

Fourth master is the elder brother of the two, so he makes such a distribution, fifth master and ninth elder brother naturally have no objection, it's just...

"How should we collect debts from elder brother?" Fifth master asked ninth elder brother in private.

How to ask?

Brother Jiu said that this is a good question. It is impossible to force someone like King Zhijun, so in the end Brother Jiu decided to fool King Zhijun.

"Flicker?" Fifth Master's eyes widened.

Brother Nine nodded, that's right, it's just fooling around.

What about Zhijun Wang?He is definitely not a fool, but he is not an absolutely smart person either. From the fact that the whole world knows that he has opinions on the prince and has plans, it can be seen that he is definitely not a deep-rooted person.

So to deal with such a person, just smooth it out, and then tell him something he likes to hear, and then fill him with rice soup, so that he is in a daze, then it will not be easy to talk about repaying the money Is it too much?

After formulating the plan for the battle (debt), Brother Jiu decided that it would be better to hit the sun than to choose a day. Today, he and Wu Ye will come to find the king of Zhijun.

King Zhijun, who happened to be in the mansion today, heard that Master Wu and Brother Jiu came to visit, and subconsciously wanted to refuse, don't think he didn't know what they were here for, and wanted him to pay back the money?impossible!He will never pay back the money in his life!

But Zhijun Wang hadn't had time to refuse to see Fifth Master and Ninth Brother, he was stopped by his staff, he said: "Da Qiantui, didn't you want to win over Fifth Master and Ninth Master before?"

Now that people come to the door, even if they know they have other plans, they can't just shut them out, right?How is this different from offending someone?

"My lord almost forgot about this." Hearing the reminder from his staff, King Zhijun remembered that before, he was still thinking that elder brother Jiu was too capable of causing trouble, so he wanted to give up trying to win him over.

But elder brother Jiu likes to cause trouble, but master fifth doesn't like to cause trouble. Even if he doesn't win elder brother nine, he can't let fifth master go, right?So after thinking about it, in the end Zhijun Wang asked someone to invite the two brothers in.

They were able to meet the King of Zhijun so smoothly. Brother Jiu and the fifth master were a little surprised. At first they thought that King Zhijun was avoiding them, but after thinking about it, King Zhijun was their eldest brother. If he doesn't pay back the money, is it possible that he will still be afraid of them?

impossible.

After thinking about this point, Brother Jiu and Fifth Master also calmed down. It is impossible to expect King Zhijun to be easy to talk to. They still hope that they can successfully fool King Zhijun later.

Brother Jiu doesn't know why Kangxi gave the word Zhi to King Zhijun in the first place, because he hoped that he would be upright and just?Or do you think he is straightforward and straightforward?In short, Brother Jiu thinks that this word matches Zhijun Wang really well.

Because he is really straight.

Brother Jiu and Master Wu had just sat down, and before they had time to express their intentions (although everyone knows that there is no need to explain), King Zhijun said: "If you are here to ask the Lord to pay back the money, Then stop wasting your efforts.”

Fifth Master: "..."

Brother Nine: "..."

I finally know why the prince has not been removed from power after so many years.

"Brother, who said that we are here to ask you to pay back the money?" Brother Jiu looked surprised, and then said to him, "We are here today to help you get the prince out of office."

Fifth Lord: "...!!!!!!"

Do, do Sen? ? ?

The author says:

Frightened fifth master: I must be Aixinjueluo Yinzhen who owed you in my previous life! ! !

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha There is nothing wrong with the method of collecting debts, but it is a bit useless~