[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

If someone asked Liang Jiugong: What are the emperor and the prince doing?

Liang Jiugong would definitely reply with a smile: "The emperor and His Royal Highness are playing hide-and-seek."

That evening, the guards in the imperial garden saw the emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince playing "hide-and-seek". They happily ran and chased them in the setting sun.

Seen from a distance, one can only envy the warmth and sincerity of the father and son relationship between them. It turns out that the father and son of the Tian family are actually the same as the father and son in ordinary people's homes, talking, laughing, and joking.

Did Kangxi get his wish and beat Yinfeng today?

No!

Not only did he not, but he accidentally flashed his waist.

A 30-year-old man no longer has the vigor of a 20-year-old, and his waist and legs are not as good as before. Although Kangxi has kept in good health, he has been sitting in court for a long time, and accidentally sprained himself in the process of chasing his son.

Seeing Kangxi's complexion suddenly changed, Yinreng suddenly said to the people around him with a cold face that something was wrong when he wanted to go back to Qianqing Palace.

He stopped hiding, approached suspiciously, and asked him worriedly, "What's the matter with Khan Ama?"

After all, the child is still keen, and Kangxi will immediately notice if something is wrong, which is many times better than that dull Liang Jiugong.

After all, he is the son raised by himself, blood is thicker than water, and he is close to himself!

"I suddenly remembered that there is something important to do," Kangxi's posture was a little awkward, he insisted on supporting his sore waist, wishing he could go back to the palace immediately.

It was rumored in the harem that the emperor and the crown prince were in the imperial garden. Many people received the news. Some consciously avoided the emperor and crown prince, while others were eager to make their mark. Following the rumors, they hurried over to see the emperor.

Kangxi was away on his southern tour for two months, and he brought only two concubines and concubines with him. Counting the eldest prince, the number of people in the traveling team was reduced a lot.

Kangxi, who had a sprained waist, still had free time to chat with his concubines. He only heard the sentence "The concubine joined the emperor and met His Royal Highness the Prince", and Kangxi felt a headache.

Yinfeng was in a daze, and when he arrived at Zhaoren Hall, the emperor lay down directly and asked Liang Jiugong to call the imperial physician who was good at treating back diseases.

The imperial physician rubbed and kneaded Kangxi's waist with the medicine for bruises. The medicine seemed to have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it exuded the unique smell of safflower.

Yinrong was dumbfounded: No way, no way?Is Khan Ama really suffering from back disease at a young age? Is it due to kidney deficiency? !

[It's not for chasing the big friend. The big friend has grown up, so he can't be naughty anymore! 】During the whole treatment process, Kangxi gritted his teeth and endured it. Yinfeng pointed his fingers, bowed his head and admitted his mistake in a low voice: "I'm wrong, I shouldn't be running so fast." I won't walk like this again next time Oh, woo woo woo... Khan Amana's old arms and legs, in case they get hurt, who will take care of the state affairs in the future?

Yinfeng's heart trembled, and after the imperial doctor took the medicine box and left, he hurriedly swore and swore: "Next time, I will definitely not fight back when I beat you, or scold you, and I will never chase you back and forth again, woo, If Khan Ama still doesn't feel relieved, then hit him with a whisk."

Kangxi was lying down, feeling like he couldn't laugh or cry, what else could he do?The money has already been lent out, and it is impossible to get it back the next day after it is lent out, so where will the crown prince's face be put?

The accounts of the treasury of the Ministry of Households were also filled in, but the accounts of Yinreng's own Yuqing Palace were appalling.

As soon as Kangxi lay down, Yinfeng finally had the opportunity to communicate with the calm Khan Ama.

"Khan Ama, the accounts borrowed from the household department three years ago should be repaid. My son's plan is to calculate interest for those who have not repaid the money after three years."

Kangxi snorted coldly: "If they haven't come out yet, do you want to deduct them from their salaries?"

"Withholding the salary of the imperial court officials and giving them profits to the imperial court officials, if you do such a thing, you are not afraid of being criticized."

"However, it is only natural to pay back the debt. It is unreasonable to borrow the money and turn it into water. If it cannot be returned, will the national treasury be emptied sooner or later?"

"If you want me to ask the courtiers to recover the debt from the treasury, why use such a method!" Kangxi's tone was a little serious, and his back hurt even more with anger.

"Khan Ama, the courtiers can't live because of their low salaries. While you increase the courtiers' salaries, you also ask people to repay their debts so that they can afford it. If you have a lot of debts, you will definitely have trouble living. , go and see how his family is doing, if he lives in a dilapidated courtyard, there are no servants in his family, and he still works in a respectful manner, then you should reward such a minister more, so that he has the opportunity to pay back the money."

As for the family with a lot of servants, living in a big house, having many wives and concubines and many children and grandchildren who come to borrow money, then you can mortgage your valuable finances and mortgage your house!

Yinfeng murmured softly: "How can this be considered as the prince's interest? I didn't ask for interest in the first three years, and the interest was less than the messy interest lending outside. What I paid was the debt of the treasury, and I helped the treasury of the Qing Dynasty. "

Kangxi glanced at the unlucky boy, and he had already calculated the matter of increasing the salary of the courtiers.

"Khan Ama, the former founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's salary for courtiers is too low, much lower than that of Tang, Song, and Yuan. The Qing Dynasty followed the old system, so let's increase it a little bit!"

"A Qipin magistrate can use three taels of silver in one month's salary. If there is a servant, a wife, a child and a horse in the family, then this sum of money is not enough to spend a few days, and life is difficult. Go on, isn't this forcing officials to be greedy for ink?"

"I checked the documents and found that the salary issued by the Qing Dynasty was distributed according to the prescribed amount in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but the changes were to increase the income of the prince and county king. The income of the first-rank officials in the court was 1 a year. Nine taels, and the prince's annual salary is [-] taels, the gap is too big."

One is three figures, the other is five figures, the gap between the rich and the poor is so severe, it is no wonder that the courtiers have to borrow money to live.

Kangxi initially opened up the opening of lending money to courtiers because most of the courtiers could not survive, especially Hanchen who had no extra income.

"Yu Chenglong also mentioned this to me," Kangxi sighed softly, "When he took office, he even borrowed the travel expenses. After ten years in office, he couldn't even afford a carriage."

"At the beginning, when I allowed the courtiers to borrow money, it was also for this reason."

Another reason is that the first emperor left Kangxi with a court governed by four ministers, a country that seemed to be intact but in fact had sharp conflicts between Manchu and Han. He initially agreed to borrow money in order to win over the courtiers and consolidate power. In order to ease the contradiction.

Kangxi hurt his waist, he couldn't run around, he could only lie on the bed, and he talked to Yinfeng about it with all his heart.

"As soon as I opened the opening for borrowing money at the beginning, the amount of debts owed by the household department has become larger and larger over the past few years."

"In the beginning, the salaries of the courtiers were not increased, because the high-ranking officials were all occupied by Manchus, and few Hanchens were promoted. From the reign of the first emperor to the present, a balanced situation of one official position and one full Han has gradually formed. Promoting the Hanchens and suppressing the high-ranking Manchens, we also don’t want them to form a situation where one family dominates or a few dominate.”

After all, at the beginning, the government was decided by the meeting of kings and ministers.

Increasing the power of the cabinet, and then decentralizing the power to set up the South Study Room, all these measures are related to this.

"You couldn't increase your salary before, so can you increase your salary now?"

Yinfeng sat on the side of the bed and counted: "Increase the salaries of the ministers, reduce the expenses of the princes, and prevent the treasury from being dragged down by these people who need to be supported."

Kangxi knocked a chestnut on his head and scolded him with a smile: "That's easy to say! It's easy to increase your salary, but difficult to reduce it! Think about it, when you grow up and become emperor, you tell your brothers that you will deduct them." salary, can you do this?"

Yinfeng: "..."

"The princes and clans do have people who are honored at home, but they have brothers and relatives who hold high positions and lead soldiers outside! You, thinking too simply."

Kangxi poked Yinreng's head, and when he thought that the silver in Yuqing Palace was empty, his heart ached. After all, he was still the old father who loved his son, so he ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to withdraw 10 taels from his private treasury. Yin, stuffed into Yuqing Palace all at once, and babbled like an old lady after the end, she looked like another Xu Nanny.

"Save it and use it, you can't waste it anymore."

Kangxi had never wanted Suo'etu to come back as soon as he did today. If Suo'etu came back, at least someone would be able to persuade the prince not to be so impartial when he was doing things.

As an emperor, it is impossible to teach his son not to be too benevolent and righteous, but to benefit himself. Kangxi would not say this kind of words, and it will teach the child badly. What if he learns badly?

In the morning court the next day, Kangxi, who had been holding back all night, felt that his waist was much better, and this brought the fire that had been brewing all night, directly to the court.

"I heard that during the southern tour, the crown prince evened the accounts of the household department."

As soon as these words were mentioned, the two ministers of the household department hurriedly came out and replied respectfully: "His Royal Highness, Gao Yi, the treasury cannot be opened due to vacant accounts. Once this account is leveled, the treasury will no longer be short."

"In recent years, the court has been full of civil and military affairs. How much has the household department borrowed?"

Liang Qingbiao replied: "A total of 100 million taels of silver, 250 million dendrobium Lumi, converted into silver, a total of about 6507 million taels of silver."

A total of 700 million silver, all of which was returned by the prince. Only the prince who owns the bonus of the glazed official kiln can afford this kind of wealth.

Kangxi sighed on the throne: "The courtiers cannot make ends meet, and they have to borrow money and rice from the household department to live. This is because the salary is too low. If the salary is low, it is easy to breed greed and corrupt officials. Now I want to increase the salary of the full court. , the cabinet will draw up a charter."

Want to give everyone a salary increase? !

It's so brave!

As soon as the emperor's words fell, all the courtiers came forward to thank Long Live Long En, and the words of praise from the sycophants were about to be thrown out.

Unexpectedly, when Kangxi changed the subject, he lined up his palms on the imperial table with a "bang bang".

"The treasury account is in short supply. The crown prince fills up the account because of his kind heart. He said that he would lend money to the ministers. It is also his kindness. However, some people want to make more money and come to the crown prince again and again to borrow money. What is this? ! The civil and military life of the Manchu Dynasty can't go on, counting on the kindness of a ten-year-old child to survive?!"

The emperor scolded angrily: "I will only be away for two months, and all the silver in the East Palace of the Crown Prince is gone, and now I have to rely on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to support me. Look at you, all of you claim to be literary and military, and you are cheating a child's money." , are you ashamed?!"

Of course, the emperor's salary increase is not for other reasons. After the salary has been increased, why don't you return the money and rice you borrowed from the prince?

Yinreng sat at the bottom with his chest upright, honest and innocent without saying a word.

Oh ￣Khan Ama is back, her waist is strong, and there is no one to support her!

Good salary increase!If the salary increases, there will be money to pay back, and this money does not go from Khan Ama's left hand to Khan Ama's right hand.

After returning from the Southern Tour, the eldest prince also joined the court, standing in the same place with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and standing in front of the ministers.

Yinti is much taller than Yinreng, and his appearance already has the tall body of a young man, with heroic brows and eyes, less immature and more handsome.

When the emperor was angry, Yinxuan also went to visit his unlucky brother.

All the filial piety that Yu Guozhu borrowed was delivered to him.

Holding the banknote in Yuqing Palace, Yinti felt that it was very hot!

As soon as the court meeting arrived, Yinti secretly came to find Yinreng looking for an opportunity, and gave him the silver ticket.

Yinfeng asked in surprise: "What are you doing? Why did you give me the banknote? No matter how poor I am, I still have Khan Ama to support me. Why do I need brothers to pay for it?"

Yinti said angrily, "Look carefully at the mark on this bank note."

Yinfeng: "Huh? The mark of the Eastern Palace."

"Among the courtiers, there are indeed people who borrow money to survive, and most of them rely on asking the Ministry of Households to borrow money to make a fortune, and even use it to go out to make a profit. Be careful, is it so easy to flatten the treasury?!"

"I know, only the officials will be liquidated during the liquidation, and the elder brother will not be involved. Don't worry, the elder brother, the overtime debt repayment system will not fall on you."

Yinti's angry words were said together with Yinfeng's words, and both of them were slightly taken aback.

Yinxuan: "... liquidation?"

He reminisced about Khan Ama's furious appearance when he was in the court, and he acted like a protective calf who bullied my son in all courts, and suddenly realized.

Hurrah!It turned out that the stupid brother was digging a hole for someone to flatten the national treasury!

"Brother, don't worry, whoever borrows money will ask whoever wants it, and there will be no implicated incidents, and Khan Ama will not want to see a large number of people dismissed because of these incidents."

Yinti pondered for a moment, then frowned to remind him: "When collecting debts, be careful of your reputation, don't end up being impeached by a prince who indulges in profit."

"No, I plan to set up a new one to lend money and calculate debt repayments. Now I need to make a name for myself. Private lending of interest is done by unscrupulous officials and bad businessmen. Why not run a court loan department? Now It happens to be the time to manage word-of-mouth, so that you can borrow money when you need it urgently, and then pay it back in installments."

"Gu said before that he would give everyone three years plus two years of repayment, but Han Ama directly changed it to one year." It can be seen that he was very angry.

Yinfeng laughed and said: "Actually, it is not difficult to get debts, as long as Khan Ama makes a decision, everything depends on Khan Ama's attitude."

As for the person who still cheats him without paying the money, let him work in prison while sitting in prison, and pay off the debt with his body!

The author has something to say: The following are the salaries of officials found. There is no such thing as Yanglian Bank, which was established by Yongzheng. (yuan/year)

Yipin 180 taels 180 dendrobium 16000 taels (governor) 290 million

Second grade 155 taels 155 dendrobium 13000 taels (governor) 236 million

Three grades 130 taels 130 dendrobiums 6000 taels (according to history) 112 million

Fourth grade 105 taels 105 dendrobium 3700 taels (Taoist) 70

Fifth grade 80 taels 80 dendrobium 2400 taels (from the fourth grade magistrate) 46

Sixth grade 60 taels 60 dendrobium 1250 taels (from the fifth grade Zhizhou) 25

Qipin 45 taels 45 dendrobium 1200 taels (prefect) 23

Eight products, 40 taels, 40 dendrobiums, 2

九品33两1.14钱33斛1.14斗1万8千

未入流31两5钱31斛5斗1万1千

([-]) Military officer's annual salary, vegetables, candles, charcoal, silver lamps, red paper, silver, and clean silver (mainland) income (yuan/year)

一品609两180两200两（提督）2000两52.3万

二品599两140两160两（总兵）1500两42.0万

三品243两48两38两（参将）500两14.5万

四品141两18两24两（都司）260两7.8万

五品90两12两12两（守备）200两5.5万

Six grades 49 taels (thousand total) 120 taels 3.0

Qipin 36 taels (total) 90 taels 2.2

Eight items 40 taels 7 thousand

Ninth Grade 33.114 taels, 5