Qing Chuan's cousin is reborn

Eighth elder brother has been quite high-spirited in recent days. Both of Bafujin's parents died. She not only brought the dowry and dowry from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also the large amount of property left by her parents and the good things Yue Le left for her when she was alive. .

Let’s not mention the ones purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all the princes of the imperial family are the same, so there is nothing to say.The mother of the Eight Fortunes was Heshuo Gege, who was also born to Yue Le's favorite woman, and she was very red when she married.Ming Shang is the only son, and if he can be regarded as a master by Shang He, his family background must not be low.

After the two passed away, Yue Le forcefully sealed up all their property and left it to Ba Fujin. This property is enough for Guo Luoluo to squander for a lifetime.Not to mention, Yue Le took pity on the good things she gave her when she lost her father and mother when she was young.

Everyone said that Bafu Jin's dowry was second only to the crown princess, but it was actually a bit conservative.

Leaving aside the fact that the bride price and dowry standard of the Crown Princess is several grades higher than that of the Prince Fujin, it is said that the Pope's residence is large, and even the Crown Princess Shi Wenbing would not give her all the property.

The most valuable thing in the dowry of a princess should be calligraphy and painting, and the value of such things is the most inestimable.Because it is priceless in the eyes of those who like it, and worthless to those who don't like it.

Guo Luoluo's dowry is completely different. Except for gold and silver treasures, Zhuangzi, and shops, they are antiques.Granges and shops can make money, and these things are the most.

In the past, everyone teased Eighth Brother behind his back, saying that he doesn't do anything, and a lifetime of eating, drinking and having fun is enough for a happy life.

Now that Eight Side Fujin came in, he also brought a lot of dowry.

The Cao family seemed to be competing with the eight blessings, and brought all the dowry and betrothal gift prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.There are also famous calligraphy and paintings, books, silk and satin collected from Jiangnan.Of course, antiques are also indispensable.

Although the dowry of the eight side Fujin is not as much as that of the eight side Fujin, it is far more than that of the other princes.

The eighth elder brother needs the most money to do things, and married two Gods of Wealth, can the eighth elder brother be unhappy?

But before he was happy for too long, the emperor suddenly issued an order to scold Cao Yin angrily, saying that he was in vain for Sheng's kindness, and Jiangning's people in Jiangning were making a living.Kangxi decreed that everyone in the Cao family should be imprisoned and await their release.

Immediately afterwards, Concubine Li of Yikun Palace had a dystocia, resulting in one dead body and two lives.

When everyone thought that the emperor would die like the previous emperor, the emperor directly ordered Concubine Li to be thrown into the mass grave.

Crowd: ? ? ?

What happened, did something happen that they didn't know about?

"I heard from the nanny who delivered Concubine Li that Concubine Li wasn't pregnant at all, it's a lie." This is an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When he said the word Concubine Li, he was careful not to be overheard.

Hiss, everyone gasped, no wonder.

False pregnancy is no joke, it is contempt for the emperor, no wonder the emperor is so angry.

"What about Imperial Physician Gu? Why wasn't he angered?" The speaker carefully pointed to a person in the corner outside the hall, where there were several people standing in the Imperial Hospital, including Imperial Physician Gu who sold medicines to Li Fei . ,

Something happened to Concubine Li, so he shouldn't be able to escape, right?

If everyone is an official at the same dynasty, and Imperial Physician Gu is also a doctor, there is no need for this person to offend him.But it was because of Doctor Gu's pregnancy medicine that made many people miserable.

Whose family does not have many favored concubines, and which concubine will dislike many sons.No matter whose yard they went to, they were asked the same questions.

They want to buy the secret formula for conceiving a child.

Just tell me, 20 taels is not a small amount, if they give this, they have to give that, otherwise there will be no chaos in the backyard.If you don't give it, well, you won't be willing to give up any money, and the woman who speaks later will directly throw her face.

In seven or eight months, Manchu civil and military lost a lot of weight, everyone was in a trance, and the eyes looking at the imperial doctor were full of resentment.

In the past, with Concubine Li around, everyone didn't dare to treat Imperial Physician Gu, but now.

Concubine Li has become a taboo, but Imperial Physician Gu is nothing.

So some people are gearing up and preparing to consult an imperial physician.

Another person said: "I advise you to take it easy, don't you find it strange? If you found out that you were cheated by the woman you love, how would you feel?"

If you can feel anything, you must be angry, very angry.

The man nodded, and lowered his voice, "Then do you think the emperor looks angry these few days?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Most of the time, the emperor was moody and angry, but that didn't mean he couldn't really be angry.As courtiers, none of them had ever seen the emperor look angry.At that time, everyone was silent, and the emperor would catch their mistakes and scold them severely for anything they said.

It doesn't look like it now.

"What do you mean?" Could it be that the emperor already knew that Concubine Li's pregnancy was fake?

The man gave him an encouraging look, "You guessed too far." Seeing that the man was puzzled, he said again, "Do you still remember Brother Si?" I've been confused, it's not the first time that the crown prince has participated in the performance, how could the emperor have grounded the fourth elder brother all of a sudden, and prohibited anyone from visiting him."

He did remember that on the day the emperor summoned the fourth elder brother to enter the palace, he also summoned the eldest elder brother and the third elder brother.Then the two led their troops out of Beijing.Judging from the route the two walked, it was clearly Jiangnan.

It's normal to look at these things alone, but if you link them together...

This time, everyone was no longer as simple as taking a breath of air. Someone said tremblingly: "What do you mean, all this is a game set up by the emperor?"

If so, it makes sense.

Why did the emperor confine Concubine Shu and send the guards of the imperial army, and finally released her for no reason.

Why is Concubine Li born several times in a row, there is no serious imperial decree, and there is no canonization ceremony.

Also, in the past two years, the emperor seems to have favored Concubine Li, but in fact he has not given any useful rewards.

Concubine Li is the most favored concubine, and the emperor has never lived in her bedroom.

The group of people in the imperial dining room dared to take money from Concubine Li, and it was getting higher and higher every time.

Especially Imperial Physician Gu, who dared to risk the world's disgrace by giving the concubine the secret recipe for a fake pregnancy.

What if all this was ordered by the emperor?

Everyone looked at each other and took a deep breath, "That's too scary."

What they are afraid of is not the emperor's calculating mind, but that they don't know when the emperor started to calculate.

Ignorance is the most frightening thing.

Another person said: "Then the money we owe to the household department..." Do you want to pay it back?

I think how good the emperor was to the Cao family back then, but now it’s just abolished, so what kind of onion are they?

Anyone who is an official has no clue, who can guarantee that the emperor didn't send someone to watch him?

Everyone was silent, and in the end it was unknown who took the lead, "Repay, at least half of it."

Didn't the emperor allow them to pay half of it, so let's pay half of it.

Having said that, a group of people seem to have reached a consensus.Unexpectedly, after going back, this group of people counted the money and returned two-thirds directly.

Well, they didn't lie, two-thirds is more than half, right?

Looking at the note that Yinzhen handed in, Kangxi sneered, "No money? Is this what they call no money?"

In the past, it was easy to talk about not paying back the money, but it has only been a few days, and everyone has paid more than half of it as if they had made an agreement.

Say they have no money, who will believe it?

"I was too kind to them before, and they dared to fool me one by one."

There was a cold light in Kangxi's eyes, he seemed to be thinking of some way to punish this group of courtiers.

Kangxi had great revenge, but the Qing Dynasty had been fighting for years, and the household money was seriously insufficient. Now that he has these owed money, it can be regarded as a solution to his urgent needs.

Yinti said: "Ama Khan, what are they doing? I heard from Brother Ten that Brother Ninth's restaurants and silver houses are what make money. They make money every day." Yinti made gestures as he spoke.

Kangxi turned his head, "Oh? Lao Jiu's shop is really so profitable?"

He knew that Lao Jiu could do business, and he also knew that the property under his name was making a good profit, but he thought that the profit could be at most 8 to [-] taels of silver every year.The money seems to be a lot, but Lao Jiu has nothing to do, he only has this ability.With this silver, I can support my family.

Therefore, Kangxi turned a blind eye to Brother Jiu's business, pretending he didn't see it.

Kangxi didn't believe in making money every day.

Yinti jumped off the stool, "Really, really, go and see for yourself if you don't believe me. Ninth Brother's shop is really profitable. It can make hundreds of taels of silver a day."

The hundreds of taels of silver from rich and noble families seem to be incomprehensible, but they can't hold back the many shops of Brother Jiu.If each shop makes a profit of 100 taels a day, it will be 3 taels a month, and nearly 40 taels a year.

This is just a conservative estimate. Obviously, Brother Jiu's shop cannot only make a profit of 100 taels of silver.

After a moment of silence, Kangxi smiled and said, "What bad idea do you have? Your ninth brother makes money, it's his. As the emperor and Ama, I can't ask him for money. Then what happened to me?"

He had long discovered that Xiao Shiliu was extremely smart, regardless of his young age, he knew many things.He went to the study at the beginning of this year, and it has only been half a year now, and the progress is almost as good as that of his nephew who entered the study last year.I heard from the master in the study that he can understand many things as soon as he talks about sixteen.Sixteen not only understands, but can draw inferences from one instance.

In the study room, the grand tutors, the crown prince, the grand protector, and the bachelor were all vying to become Shiliu's teacher.There are also those ministers who lead the guards and guards.

A Ling'a took the first step, I don't know how many people are jealous.Once he saw A Ling'a coming to the court with black eyes, and after inquiring, he found out that he was beaten by several other ministers.The reason is that he took the sixteenth elder brother first.

Yinti bit his lip, he thought carefully for a moment and said with a smile: "Khan Ama, I didn't tell you to ask brother Jiu for money. There are so many businessmen in the world, and there must be many rich people. Take the long term."

He imitated Kangxi's appearance, with a meaningful expression on his face, and finally reached out and patted Kangxi's arm.

He originally wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but he was not tall enough, and he only reached his shoulder when Kangxi was sitting.

Seeing his young adult appearance, Kangxi laughed out loud, and the laughter rushed through the closed gate of Qianqing Palace and spread outside.

Outside was the elder brother and the third elder brother who had rushed back from the world, and Yinti spoke first: "Don't ask, it must be the sixteenth brother inside."

The third elder brother nodded in agreement, and only the sixteenth brother could make Han Ama smile so happily.

The two looked at each other and walked forward one after the other.

It took the two of them nearly five months to travel day and night to Jiangnan.Most of this time was spent on ransacking the house. Who would have thought that the Cao family had so much property that only one slave could confiscate a thousand or two private houses and a large mansion.

There are too many things and people to bring, and it is inevitable that the return to the city will be delayed.

"My son has met Khan Ama," the elder brother and the third elder brother saluted.

Seeing the two of them jumping down happily, Yinti said, "Brother, third brother, you are back." After not seeing each other for half a year, Yinti still misses them a little.However, he also knew that the two of them were going to do business, and there was no noise.He bowed to Kangxi, "Khan Ama, you have to talk first, and my son is leaving." He said and was about to go out.

Kangxi called him back, "It's okay, it's not a big deal, you can just sit down and listen."

Regardless of Shiliu's young age, a stroke of genius can often give him a lot of inspiration.

Sixteen thought for a while, then sat obediently on the stool in front of her.

The way he was sitting upright made the three of them laugh. After laughing, the elder brother started to talk about business, "Khan Ama, I am lucky that my son did not disgrace his life. I went to Jiangning to confiscate a total of 40 taels of silver from Cao's house. Five houses are precious. There are countless antique calligraphy and paintings. There are more than ten people in charge of the Cao family, 5 taels of silver and two mansions were found...."

The elder brother said and gave Kangxi the list he had made.

Kangxi looked through it quietly, Yinti was a little puzzled, "Brother, didn't you say that the Cao family embezzled a lot of money? Why is there only 40 taels?"

This money is considered a lot for others, but for the Cao family, he feels that the Cao family must have more than this amount of money.

Yinti said: "The sixteenth brother doesn't know something. The Cao family has sent a lot of money to Concubine Li in the past two years. Especially this year, after Concubine Li is pregnant, the money varies from month to month. At most, there are seven coins per month. 8 taels, and 80 taels when it’s less. According to the account books found from the Cao family, only [-] million taels were given to Concubine Li.”

"There is also the side Fujin of the eighth younger brother. The Cao family bought a lot of dowry, which is worth 40 to 50 taels. According to the account of the Cao family's servants, Cao Li's silver box is also [-] taels."

"Cao Yin's eldest son got married this year, and the dowry gift to the woman's family included 10 taels of silver. Including other items, there was almost 40 taels."

If these are added, who would dare to say that the Cao family is not rich?

When he saw the account book, the elder brother once suspected that he had read it wrong. He asked several people to calculate it again and again, and finally came to the same conclusion.Only then did he accept the fact that the Cao family had a rich family fortune.

As high as 200 million taels, he Yinti followed the South and North Wars and did countless errands, and now there is no 20 taels of silver in the mansion.

Yinti suddenly realized, "The Cao family is quite rich."

Not only rich, but too rich.Seeing that Kangxi was still reading the brochures and didn't notice him, he leaned over and whispered: "Among us brothers, the prince has money, right? I dare say Yuqing Palace can't even come up with 50 taels of cash."

Those of the Cao family are real gold and silver, not antiques, silks and satins and other foreign objects.If these are added, I am afraid that there will be four to five million taels.

After reading the brochure of the eldest elder brother, Kangxi turned to look at the third elder brother again, "How is the Li family?"

"Huihan Ama, during his tenure, Li Xu practiced favoritism and abused people's lives. He accepted bribes as high as one million taels. Most of them were provided by wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. Those people gave gifts every year for the tribute quota in his hand. According to Li Xu's master explained that he does this every year, not looking at the quality of the tribute items, but first looking at the amount of money given, and then selecting the imperial merchants from among them."

Li Xu is more courageous than Cao Yin, or he is more greedy.

There are many rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the imperial merchants are also merchants, it is different if they carry the emperor character.

Li Xu took advantage of their mentality to make money.

The number of imperial merchants is limited, but the money given out is not returned.He said that Li Xu accepted a bribe of one million taels.That's not much to say, according to what the master said about those gift givers, don't even think about entering Li's house without ten thousand taels of silver.The merchants who can be sent to Li Xu are at least 5 taels of silver.

If each person is 5 taels per year, he can receive three to four million taels a year.

How many years has Li Xu worked as a weaver in Suzhou?

It's just that Li Xu is more low-key than Cao Yin, his family looks far less luxurious than Cao's family, but the money and houses found are more than Cao's house.

Also not counting antique decorations, the silver he brought this time was nearly 300 million taels.

San Age paused for a moment and then said: "According to what they explained, I found out that the Li family's silver was also not on the right account, and I suspected that he gave some of the money to his daughter and brought it into the Sun's family. It's also my fault for doing things." It was a bit high-profile, Sun Wencheng probably noticed the clue, and immediately sent Sun Li back, including the dowry from that year."

He originally wanted to follow the clues to investigate the Sun family, but Sun Wencheng was too obedient. He not only sent Sun Li back, but also confessed how many bad things he had done over the years.

It is said to be a bad thing, but compared with the Cao and Li families, it is a trivial matter as big as a sesame mung bean.

Sun Wencheng had a good attitude in pleading guilty, and the third elder brother could never go to raid his house again, he could only take him back to the capital to be punished by the emperor.

Kangxi nodded, "You've all worked hard. Take 10 taels of silver each, and pick out a few more attractive things to bring with you, or give them to Fujin or keep them as family heirlooms. Yinti, whoever sees them has a share, and you too Take 5 taels of silver and pick a few things to play with. There is also the fourth brother, Liang Jiugong, you pick a few things for the fourth elder brother, and bring 5 taels of silver and send them to him."

After confiscating so much money at once, Kangxi also became rich and powerful.

Yinti was overjoyed, and he solemnly thanked: "Thank you, Ama Khan. Ama Khan, don't bother Eunuch Liang, I'm going to pick out gifts for my fourth brother."

The elder brother picked him up, "I haven't seen the sixteenth brother for a while. This time the elder brother also brought you a lot of good things from Jiangnan, and you will send them to Yongshou Palace later."

The third elder brother was not reconciled, "The third elder brother also brought a gift. The sixteenth brother has always had a good eye, the third elder brother is not as good as you, why don't you help the third elder brother pick something?"

The Cao and Li families have too many things, both real and fake. He has been blinded all the way, and he really doesn't know what is good for him to choose.

Brother Sixteen patted his chest, "No problem, wrap it on me."

He didn't choose a gift based on its own value, but on the preferences of his brothers.The eldest brother Xiwu, he chose weapons, books on the art of war, etc.The third brother likes elegance, and what he chooses are precious calligraphy, paintings and books.

And his vision is really good, seemingly random selection, but they are all treasures, and the value is high.