Chapter 164
Kangxi sat on the big boat and was bored on the road, so he sent his entourage to fish on the river. When the eunuch handed over the letter sent by the prince, the emperor smiled and took it in a good mood.
He could even imagine Baocheng's expression when he wrote a letter. His son's attachment made the old father both loving and helpless. He hoped that he would grow up quickly and become an excellent adult. He also hoped that he would grow up slowly and enjoy a childhood happily under his wings.
Kangxi himself did not have a relaxed and pleasant childhood, but he hoped that his beloved son could feel the happy childhood with the care of his father on his behalf. For this reason, whether in material, education, or family affection, he was not stingy to give the best to his children. The prince's cost sometimes even surpassed the emperor's cost. Any decoration in Yuqing Palace was taken out of Kangxi's warehouse, and the best was used closely by the prince, even if Yinreng did not understand their value.
Yinreng: My son is at his desk and read the letters from Khan Ama's family. His heart is like a surging river, and his heart is endless. During the day, there is a government service in the capital, but he does not think about other things. When he is alone at night, he misses him even more. He does not see Khan Ama for a day, and he is worried about you as if he is three autumns away. My son is obeying Khan Ama's teachings and never slacking off. The calligraphy he practices can be as high as a stairs. Day after day, he has not seen Khan Ama return. How painful is missing? If Khan Ama can write a few pages of large words and give it to me, when my son misses you, he can copy your handwriting to comfort me.
What a touching sentence, what a touching thought of your family, Kangxi didn’t think it was so numb. The child’s sincere emotions moved him!
But as I read this letter, I always feel that something is strange?
Yinreng: The days when Khan Ama is gone are like a long night, but no matter how long the night is, the day will always come. Ah  ̄ Erchen is like a person looking forward to the people, waiting for Khan Ama to return, you are as moving as the sun...
Kangxi thought, there seemed nothing wrong with his son praising himself as dazzling as the sun. It was just the exclamation that made people get goosebumps, and the style of writing changed immediately.
Kangxi wrote several pages of large words to satisfy Yinreng's wish, and also untied the jade belt he had worn. In his reply, he wrote: I will also send this jade belt to Baocheng. When Baocheng misses me, wear my jade belt!
Yinreng was stunned when he received the reply.
Yinreng: Why does Gu always feel that he lost somewhere?
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Yinreng sighed: "Gu thought what he wrote was already stingy enough, but he didn't expect that Khan Ama was even more stingy than Gu."
He disliked Kangxi's slutty words, but in fact he was happy. This was the first time he had separated from Khan Ama for so long since he was a child. His love for his family was rewarded by his father, and he felt that Khan Ama also valued him, and his mood was almost floating happily.
He couldn't let go of the jade belt and touched the jade belt: "Madam Xu, change the jade belt to a length that Gu can wear for Gu."
Madam Xu took it with a smile and saw that every section of the jade belt could be removed and adjusted, with a buckle that can control the length in the middle, while the largest decorative jade placed in the middle cannot be removed, and it is just piled up on both sides.
In ancient times, jade belts existed as waistbands, but in the previous dynasty, jade belts were not used as waistbands, but only as symbols of grade and status. This old custom was directly abolished in the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty did not pay attention to jade belts to show their identity, but jade belts still existed as decorations. Carrying them can show nobility. Therefore, when Madam Xu changed, there was not so much attention. She only changed them according to Yinreng's waist and could be hung as decorations.
Yinreng: I really can’t do anything about Khan, he’s too sticky. When he comes back, I will wear this jade and take him home.
Kangxi wrote a letter that was sticky, and Yinreng followed this tone and could only use more sticky words.
After a while, there were ten letters between the father and son of the Tian family unknowingly. From the beginning, I received the letter every two days, to the last ten days, and then gradually recovered to five days. During the letter exchange, it can be inferred that Ahma had gone to the farthest place and was on the way back.
Yinreng counted how many days Khan Ama had to go home. While missing his father, he had some of his own little thoughts. Like most of the children who were free-range, he had not had enough fun, so of course he hoped that Khan Ama would come back later.
"The imperial edict came from Khan Ama. He said that the institute would send people to the firearms camp to concentrate on researching guns and cannons, because the protection level of the institute is not as good as that of the firearms camp and is not safe enough, and there are heavy troops in the firearms camp."
The secret recipe leaked in the institute before, which caused Gao Shiqi to be in trouble. It is the most reassuring thing about important things like guns and cannons.
Cao Zhen was a little worried: "Your Highness, the emperor has transferred all your hands, so won't you be left with no one in your hands? Can Lord Chen take the institute back to your hands after he comes back?"
Yinreng: "I did these things not for my own selfish desires, so why bother with Khan Ama? It doesn't matter whether the institute is in Khan Ama's hands or in Gu's hands. Besides, the hair in Khan Ama's hands... Cough cough, more, he will only stuff people to Gu, so he won't steal the orphans!"
I almost missed the word "Donkey" and it almost came true.
Cao Zhen suddenly realized: "It turns out that Your Highness does not intend to cultivate his own connections, but is waiting for the emperor to give you connections."
This kind of demeanor of moving forward and retreat is amazing!
Yinreng nodded seriously, and he asked Cao Zhen again: "How is your father doing in Jiangning now?"
Cao Zhen said helplessly: "My grandfather was seriously ill. My father was busy serving his grandfather. He was ordered by the emperor to manage the things weaving for Jiangning for his grandfather. He had not given me any news."
Since Cao Xi was infected with the cold in winter, his body has been getting better and worse, as if he was going to continue with serious illness. If he didn't do it well, he might lose his life. Kangxi offered to allow Cao Yin to go to Jiangning to serve the disease, which was also to cultivate the next Jiangning weaving manufacturer.
"I read the memorial recently and found that many officials asked Khan Ama to borrow money. After Khan Ama's southern tour this year, these memorials were piled up to Gu's place," Yinreng couldn't help but mutter: "The life of officials is so hard. Do you want to ask Khan Ama to borrow money to live? Is it still borrowed from the Ministry of Revenue accounts, and borrowed from the national treasury!"
"The days in the past few years were indeed a little sad, but in recent years, the court has raised the salary of ministers. However, if you want to survive in the officialdom, you must be able to manage some things. It is difficult to do without money."
Cao Zhen made a gesture: "My father also asked the emperor that he had borrowed money, but the money he borrowed was used to make money for the emperor. Our family sent the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help the emperor make money."
Yinreng didn't know much about the money of the Ministry of Revenue, and he had never been to the Ministry of Revenue.
"Just always thinks it is wrong to ask the treasury about borrowing money. The treasury is paid by the people. There is no problem with the money used for construction and research. It can be used to lend it to officials. What is strange about it?"
"The emperor is merciful about borrowing money, which happened a few years ago!"
Yinreng was still worried: "No, I have to go and ask my fourth brother what's going on."
Cao Zhen was extremely puzzled: "The Fourth Prince is so smart. Does Your Highness ask him even for such a thing? Does the Fourth Prince also have the teachings of immortals and are born to know it?"
"Xiao Si did not have the teachings of immortals, but he was the younger brother of the Orphanage, so he would discuss with him any matters. He could understand Gu's words and give advice to Gu."
Cao Zhen suddenly realized: None of them is stupid, it seems that the Fourth Prince is a natural child prodigy. How smart should he be if he can give advice to His Highness?!
Thinking of this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but respect Yinzhen, who was valued by Yinreng without showing off the mountain and being exposed.
According to convention, Yinreng reviewed the memorials of borrowing money and transferred them to the cabinet, and he took Cao Zhen to find Yinzhen.
After hearing this, Yinzhen was so excited that he didn't even want the goat milk in his hand. He slammed the small cup containing the goat milk on the table with a "bang" and the goat milk immediately sprinkled out.
"Did the Ministry of Revenue seem to have started to borrow money by looking for it?!"
Yinzhen's eyes were red, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he showed his air-exposed front teeth.
Yinreng heard that he pronounced the word "yes" as "similar" and "无" as "无" as "无". After a closer look, he was immediately happy: "When did the fourth brother lose a front teeth?!"
When Yinzhen mentioned this, he became angry. His front teeth were injured when he bit Yinreng before. Later, he found that the root of the teeth was broken. Within a few days, the front teeth began to sway. He finally persisted until this morning, but eventually fell down.
Yinzhen was angry and embarrassed and said, "It can grow even if it falls off. I haven't changed my teeth yet!"
The feeling of leaking the air made Yinreng empathize with it, as if he instantly returned to the moment when he changed his front teeth a few years ago, and his mood also improved.
Yinreng hurriedly comforted Yinzhen and touched the top of his head along the shining little forehead: "Yes, when you change your teeth, your new teeth will grow. This is just a trivial matter, don't take it to your heart."
Yinzhen snorted coldly, closed his eyes so sadly, and began to think quietly.
Suddenly, he said with a serious look on his face: "We must stop the officials from continuing to borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue."
Yinreng was stunned: "Yes, it's not a big deal to borrow money from the treasury. Khan Ama wants to be graceful, so he should borrow money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs." As for borrowing money, there are loans and repayments, the officials have written IOUs. Everyone is in court and always wants face. Judging from the morality of the officials, they will not owe debts and refuse to admit their debts, right?
When these wealthy words were said, it seemed as if they were saying to Yinzhen, "Why not eat meat minced meat?" Yinzhen was so angry that he threw away his front teeth and gasped.
"Officers borrowed money from Khan Ama only means bigger and bigger holes. Do you know that such a thing lasts until decades later, and the debt almost drags down the treasury! There was a record of 12 million taels of silver in the treasury, but someone borrowed 10 million taels!"
Yinreng: "It's so serious!"
Yinzhen said seriously: "This matter is related to the national system. The second brother of the prince must do his best to stop Han Ama from lending money to others. Otherwise, once the time goes on, they will refuse to admit it, and it will be even more troublesome to recover it."
Yinreng: "They are all high-ranking officials with honors, how could they not admit their conscience?"
"There is a saying that "the law does not blame the masses." Yinzhen complained a lot when he mentioned the thankless bad things that fell on his head. Although it was already a thing of the past life, he felt uneasy when he thought of the hardships he suffered and offended those people and suffered so much criticism and grievances.
The prince in front of him was also a borrower in his previous life, and he borrowed a lot of money. Everyone had borrowed money, and Yinzhen himself had borrowed it, but when he paid back the money, I don’t know how many brothers he offended!
Yinzhen said: "It may be easier to do difficult things in a few decades. If the second brother of the prince is willing, I can give you some advice on these things."
Yinzhen took this matter very seriously. Looking at his solemn attitude, Yinreng laughed in silence: "If it is a big deal, just don't let the Ministry of Revenue continue to borrow money. How can there be so many twists and turns?"
"You don't understand. If you refuse them to borrow silver directly, wouldn't you ruin your kind reputation on the ground?" Yinzhen frowned and said, "My brother advises you not to do that."
"What does it have to do with Gu's reputation when preventing the Ministry of Revenue from borrowing money? The Ministry of Revenue's money is the treasury," Yinreng said for granted: "Gu then issued an order to tell the ministers that if he is really short of money, he will ask Gu to borrow."
Yinzhen: "...You are so rich and powerful."
This simple and crude method really cut off the possibility of officials asking the Ministry of Revenue to borrow money from the root.
"It is very strange to ask the treasury that borrowing money has become the default of everyone. The treasury is neither Khan nor Lone, but the Qing Dynasty. The treasury has not agreed to lend money to the officials," Yinreng shook his head and immediately issued an edict to the cabinet: Who was the officials who asked the Ministry of Revenue to borrow money? Ask them to call the IOU to Lone and Lone to them.
Yinzhen's face wrinkled into a bun: "Are you not afraid of going back to this money?"
"I am young, who can really do anything to borrow? If I borrow it and repay the debts, will I pay it back?"
Yinzhi: "You overestimate their virtues."
You know, some people are so shameless.
Yinreng was confident and had a tough body, so he said for granted: "Oh, then let Khan Ama collect debts for the orphans!"
Yinzhen thought about the scene where Khan Ama asked the court officials for debt collection for the prince...
In his previous life, he collected debts for Khan Ama. In this life, he hoped to see Khan Ama collect debts for the prince. It felt really different.
Yinzhen was vaguely looking forward to it.
The author has something to say: Feel the disgusting letter written by Kangxi to Yinreng. The following content comes from Yinreng's research, and is recorded from Zhu Lian. "When I was in charge of the army, I had no time to think about it. Now the victory and defeat have been decided, Galdan escaped, and our army pursued it relentlessly. At this time, the army returned and was happy all the way. I couldn't help but miss the prince, so why should I let go? Today, I am already hot, so I will put four cotton clothes, gauze clothes, cotton and kudzu robe (etc.) you are wearing, four jackets, one
And bring it. Be sure to choose what you have worn so that the emperor's father will wear it when he misses you." The crown prince "read the etiquette and learned that the emperor's father's affection for his son's ministers, he couldn't help but burst into tears and couldn't help himself." According to the emperor's father's request, he carefully selected several autumn-colored cotton robes from the clothes he was wearing and sent someone to give them to the emperor. In early June, at the place where he nodded Haishuo, Kangxi met the prince who came to greet him in the prince's clothes. They were both happy.
Chapter completed!