History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

After Fourth Master entered, Su Peisheng and two eunuchs carrying wooden trays followed behind him.

Minning was admiring the newly delivered December flower pattern cup, which was newly fired in the official kiln, and the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew that Minning liked blue and white porcelain and specially sent it here.

Nowadays, no one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs knows that the Zhenbei Le Mansion is the richest. For example, the regular porcelain is picked up and sent over, and they don’t take advantage of what they have. Melon and two jujubes are considered to be the prince's mansion that the Ministry of Internal Affairs likes to deal with most.

Minning picked up a blue and white porcelain cup, the mouth of the cup was crystal clear, and the body was as thin as paper, she liked it very much, and happily told Biying, "Take a look!"

Biying quickly entered the inner room, took out a box of silver, the size of the box was definitely not less than 300 taels, and directly tipped the little eunuch who brought the porcelain from the House of Internal Affairs.

The little eunuch took the silver and said some auspicious words, then withdrew.

After admiring the cup for a while, Minning planned to ask Biying to put it away and use it to make tea when she was idle, but before she could speak, she heard a voice from outside saying hello to Fourth Master, she hurriedly walked outside, just happened to touch To the fourth master who crossed the threshold.

"Master!" Minning made a squatting salute.

Fourth Master helped her up, then dragged her into the house.

Minning glanced back, and saw Su Peisheng leading two young eunuchs following behind, each holding a plate in his hand.

"This is?" Minning looked at Fourth Master with puzzled eyes.

Su Peisheng stopped and lifted the red cloth from the two plates.

I saw that the plate was full of jade articles, and there were two plates full of jade pendants, jade hairpins, and jade bracelets.Let everyone in the room be shocked.

With so many jade materials put together, it is priceless just by looking at it.

Minning walked over and curiously picked up a piece of jade pendant and looked at it. There was a warm and delicate feeling in his hand, and it was the best jade material.

She put it back again, and turned to fourth master, "Where did these come from?"

The fourth master seemed to be indifferent and said: "It's all sent by some merchants. I thought you like these jades, so I accepted them. If you like them, you can keep them." It's like these things are not worth mentioning .

Although he didn't care about it on the surface, but hearing his tone, Minning always felt that there was such a sense of complacency.

You must know that fourth master rarely accepts confessions from outsiders, unless they are his disciples.

Minning probably thought that he showed her that the collected jades were fake, and the most important thing was to let her see how many people fell under his door.

Minning held a veil to cover the smile at the corner of his mouth. This person must have been suffocated on weekdays, so he couldn't wait to show off to her.

"Then thank you very much, Master." At least she still thought of her after receiving these, and motioned Bi Ying to accept all these jade articles, and she asked Fourth Master again, "Are there any from Fujin and Li Gege?"

The fourth master was still excited, and took her hand to sit down on the couch by the east wall, "You don't have to worry about this, Fujin prefers gems to jade, and he has already sent someone to send them It's gone." As for Li Gege, Fourth Master didn't even mention it, and Fujin took care of it.

After Minning heard this, he didn't ask any more questions.

The fourth master went on to say, "After these people were selected, they specially sent these to thank you, and they didn't want to accept them. But if they didn't accept them, these people would probably think too much, so they simply accepted them. One of them is a jade dealer. , There is a jade mine in his house, it can be regarded as a souvenir, and this set of jewelry comes from a piece of jade, which is considered rare." The fourth master's eyes are very picky, it is not a good thing, and it does not catch his eyes at all.

And he likes simple and elegant things, and he doesn't even look at things that are a little more complicated.

Regarding this point, Minning was in line with his taste, both of them liked simple and clean.

The reason why these newly invested disciples sent things was also to seek psychological comfort. This time they were all trading, not only the court, princes and ministers were mixed, but the companies run by those merchants could only be said to be at the bottom.

And the bottom one is the one who pays the most and the one with the lowest rate of return.

Merchants who want to participate in this point are prepared in their hearts, but for them, the main purpose is to get on the big ship of the imperial court.

Who really cares about those three melons and two dates?

The money earned from a trip to the voyage may not be enough to cover a rich family's monthly expenses.

No, those who are optimistic about the fourth master directly voted over, and with a prince as the backing, these talents can be regarded as having roots.

Fourth master accepted these things, which meant that he had accepted the support of these people.

Now the fourth master has very few disciples, he is not like the old eight who is good at dancing with long sleeves, nor is he like the three elder brothers above who have their own influence in the court, the fourth master is still a bachelor now, and the disciples under his command are also sparse, there are no people who take refuge in the court Not even qualified to go to court.

But he didn't accept everyone. These people were all serious businessmen with a good reputation among the people.

Minning nodded, expressing his understanding, and then turned to fourth master, "Master, if you need any help from me, just tell me?" She donates treasure?He must have come here to find something for her.

The fourth master picked up a cup placed on the small square table in the center of the couch, admired it, and only said the main purpose of this time when he heard Minning's question, "If there is nothing else, the goods are ready It’s almost done, just wait for the ship to come and take it away, but there is a problem right now.”

Fourth Master glanced at Minning and continued.

"All of a sudden, there are more companies and more goods. There is a shortage of this ship. I thought you don't have a fleet under your command, so I wanted to ask if you could transfer a few ships over?"

After all, the big ships are all in the south, and they are all going to the Nanyang area, and the profits of the Dongyang area are not at all attractive.

The main reason is that there are few villains in Toyo, and there are not many goods that can be eaten.

Therefore, there are very few ships sailing in this area of ​​the East China Sea, especially large ships.But the fourth master only likes big ships, and thinks that the ships are too small and imposing, and can't reflect the majesty of the Qing Dynasty. As long as they are smaller than a certain size, they are all rejected, which leads to a tense number of ships.

After all, there have always been very few big ships in the East, and these big ships are all in the south, and most of them go to the South Seas and the West.

"Boat..." Minning murmured.

After thinking about it, I said to Fourth Master, "I still have a few boats in my hand, but I usually run by myself. I don't care much. If you are willing to wait, I can send a message to call the boats over. .”

Fourth master felt relieved, and knew that it would be no problem to find her.

After the two of them finished their official business, they tacitly switched to homework.

Talking about the four children, the children have grown up now, and there are endless jokes on weekdays. Minning often mentioned it to the fourth master, mainly to prevent the busy fourth master from being unfamiliar with the children.

In fact, Minning himself is quite busy, and he doesn't spend more time looking after the children than fourth master.

After Biying delivered a pot of tea, Minning poured fourth master a cup, and fourth master asked while drinking.

"Just now I saw people packing things in your yard, are you planning to go out?"

Minning smiled and replied: "Just because the sun has been good these two days, I'll take some things out to dry in the sun. I'm going to take the children out to play tomorrow. Lord, why don't you go too."

Fourth Master nodded, then put down the cup, "Okay, I'm almost busy with things, I can spare time to spend with you and the children."

"Recently, the three little ones like to run around, and I can't do it alone. I really need your help..."

Here they are drinking tea leisurely, and the eighth master next door is also in the house at the same time.

Ever since he was transferred to the household department, the eighth master has been busy. He used to work in the household department, but like the fourth master, the six divisions come in rotation. Pay more officials.

This time, Ba Ye was able to gain a firm foothold within a short time by relying on his long sleeves and good dancing skills. What's more, he was better at being a man than the cold-faced Si Ye.Unlike Ba Ye who knows how to be a man, some small officials who have just entered the household department, he can remember not being able to say the name of each other when they see each other. After a long time, he has developed a good impression of Ba Ye, and people are drawn to him. .

However, the emperor transferred him to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and wanted him to check the accounts, but naturally he was not asked to make friends with his courtiers.

After standing firm, Ba Ye began to show his skills, sorting out all the previous IOUs and recording them one by one.

However, this account has only just begun to be checked, and many people from the mansion have come to the door.

After another person was sent away, Ba Ye put down his teacup and quickly walked into the porcelain bucket set up inside to go to the toilet. He drank too much tea, and he had already run several times in the afternoon.

It seems that the current porcelain bucket is very convenient. After going to the toilet, the smell will disappear as soon as the water is flushed. Otherwise, if a toilet is installed in the room, the smell alone will be unbearable.

"Master, Ninth Master is here." As soon as Eighth Master came out after washing his hands, a little eunuch stood at the door to report.

Ba Ye wiped his hands with a handkerchief, "Lao Jiu is here, hurry up and ask someone to come in."

Brother Nine came in very quickly, and said to Ba Ye as soon as he entered the door, "Brother Ba, you go and discuss with Lao Si, let him quickly accept our company."

Ba Ye sat back on the chair and asked him, "What did you do again to offend Fourth Brother?"

Brother Nine sat down next to Master Ba angrily, picked up the teapot and poured it into his mouth, half a pot of tea was poured into his mouth in a blink of an eye.

After quenching his thirst, only Elder Brother told Baye. "The money I paid was borrowed from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it was found out by the fourth child, who directly kicked our company out. Why do you say that? Isn't the borrowed money money?"

Seeing Brother Nine's upright expression, Master Ba directly replied with two words, "You deserve it!" Then he ignored him, got up and walked out.

"Brother, don't forget that this company still has the money invested by Li. If the fourth brother doesn't accept us, we will all have to play!" Brother Nine immediately chased after him and shouted.

Eighth Master has monopolized this route with Third Master for a few years, so naturally he doesn't care about making a profit, not to mention that he is checking the accounts now, and Old Ninth is going to the household department to borrow money, which is simply demolishing him.

He stood in the yard, turned his head and said to Brother Jiu.

"It doesn't matter to me. Even if the fourth brother doesn't pass, the big deal is to disband the company and get the money back."

"But I have something to do with it!" Lao Jiu knelt down with his head in his arms, feeling unreasonable.

If the starling doesn't help him, he can't say that he can't beat the fourth child, not to mention seeing the cold face of the fourth child, he will feel guilty.

He doesn't own the company alone, besides him and mynah, there are tenth, Yaerjiang and Baotai.

The old ten is easy to talk to, but it would be a big loss if Yaerjiang'a and Baotai were to be implicated.

He was not happy when the starling asked him to participate in the nautical trade.

Later, the starling made money, and he didn't have the face to take advantage of it, so he never mentioned it. This time the court came to take the lead, and the ninth elder brother was reluctant to give up this good opportunity.

However, the money he received when he opened the mansion and the money Er Niang gave him in private were used to buy shops and land, and he couldn't make up so much cash at the moment, so he thought about borrowing money from the household department for emergency.

Unexpectedly, he was picked out by the fourth child. Anyone who borrowed money from the household department in the past few months is not allowed to participate. This is the first and necessary condition for selecting companies to participate in this Dongyang trade.

Others don't dare to stand up to the wind and commit crimes, at most they can borrow from close relatives.

But who is Brother Nine?

He is the prince's elder brother, the son of Yifei, one of the four concubines, and he doesn't take this rule seriously.

Although during this period, the Ministry of Accounts suspended the loan of money from outsiders.

But if he came to borrow, would the Ministry of Household dare not to borrow it?

The Ministry of Accounting was easy to deal with, but I didn't expect the fourth child to be so shameless that he directly rejected the company he opened.

"How much did you borrow?"

If there were only a few thousand taels, the fourth child would definitely not be so shameless. After all, they are brothers. If it spreads, Guanghan Ama will not be able to justify it.

They are all my sons, and my son wants to earn some money, so can I still be inaccurate?

"Not much, just..." Brother Jiu raised his right hand and raised two fingers.

Ba Ye raised his eyebrows and asked him, "2000 taels?"

"No." Brother Jiu carefully looked at Ba Ye's face and said, "It's 20 taels."

"20 taels?!" Ba Ye exclaimed in shock: "How can the Ministry of Accounts lend you so much money?" When he checked the accounts before, the Ministry of Accounts only had 140 million taels left. The 100 taels that were deducted from the west were used by the fourth child to invest in the Eastern Trade, and the remaining 40 taels had to be used to support Xia’s tax collection, which was already very tight for the court.

It is conceivable how difficult it will be for the household department in the next few months, and everyone will have to live in tight clothes.

"When I went there last time, I felt a little poor at first glance. There was only about 40 on the account. I was embarrassed to borrow all of it, but only half of it."

Ba Ye was stunned, which meant that there were only about 20 left in the household department.

"But I have clearly told the transfer department that it is not allowed to borrow money from outside during this period..."

Brother Nine shrank back immediately when he heard it, "Originally, the Ministry of Accounting didn't lend me money, but I mentioned myna and said you agreed, and the Ministry of Accounting immediately borrowed it." He didn't know that myna's face was so easy to use.

Ba Ye stared at Brother Jiu, "Why didn't I receive the news, who agreed to borrow it from you?" He was keenly aware that there was a problem here, who was blocking the news from being disclosed to him?

"A lot of officials from the Ministry of Households rejected it and were unwilling to take this responsibility. Later, a servant of the Ministry of Households surnamed Liu lent it to me." Speaking of this, Brother Jiu paused, "Actually, I didn't want to borrow the money." There are so many, I thought it would be fine to borrow 2 taels. It was the servant surnamed Liu who said that it would be better to borrow more. I have borrowed everything, so I am ashamed to return it, not to mention turning over 20 taels, and I can earn at least 20 taels. He is also attracted by so many profits.

Ba Ye's pupils contracted, then he sighed, patted Brother Nine and said, "Old Nine, you have been fooled, that Liu Shilang belongs to Fourth Brother. You borrowed money here, and Fourth Brother received it in a blink of an eye." The news is over, how could he agree to accept you."

What's more, 20 taels, borrowing so much money, is clearly an excuse for the fourth child, and directly kicks the ninth child out.

"What? That Liu is the fourth child?" Brother Jiu stood up when he heard this, and wanted to go out angrily.

Ba Ye hurriedly stopped him, "What are you doing?"

Brother Nine replied, "Brother, don't stop me, I'll settle the score with Fourth Brother!"

Ba Ye grabbed him, "Nonsense, what evidence do you have to prove that brother plotted against you? You borrowed the money, so could it be that someone forced it to you?"

Brother Nine was immediately discouraged, "This will not work, that will not work, is it because the fourth brother does not allow me to participate, mynah, it doesn't matter if I don't participate, but there are Yaerjiang and Baotai voters in this company If they are troubled and unable to participate, how can I have the face to meet them in the future?"

"Don't worry, I'll think of a way." Ba Ye pondered.

Ba Ye was walking back and forth in the courtyard, and Jiu A Ge looked at him eagerly.

After a while, Ba Ye stopped and said to Lao Jiu, "There is only one way now."

"What way?" Brother Nine asked expectantly.

Ba Ye said, "First return the 20 taels of silver borrowed from the household department."

Brother Nine immediately became unhappy, he groaned and said, "But if I go back, I won't have any money."

Ba Ye glanced at it.

Brother Nine stopped talking immediately, and said bravely, "I'll pay it back, I still can't do it!"

Ba Ye continued, "If you don't have any money, don't you know how to ask my elder brother to borrow it? I just went to the account department to borrow money. Don't you know that I am tracking down the money owed from previous years?"

Brother Jiu rubbed his hands, "Aren't I embarrassed to borrow it from Mynah?"

Ba Ye glanced at him, "What's there to be embarrassed about, you've never seen you being embarrassed while eating and drinking at my house."

Brother Ninth apologized with a shy face.

Only then did Ba Ye say: "Lao Si's move is considered ruthless. I borrowed so much money with your help all of a sudden. It turned out that the people in the household department tended to be close to me, and they must have shrunk back." After all, everyone knows that Lao Jiu and him The relationship is good, and the Ministry of Finance is now his territory. It is hard to believe that Lao Jiu borrowed half of the money from the Ministry of Accounts without his permission.

The household department didn't have much money in the first place, and this move directly made most people hate him.

This time it was splashed with dirty water, and I couldn't even wash it clean.

Ba Ye sighed, Lao Jiu's stinky move, I don't know how long it will take to recover.

Brother Jiu didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, so Ba Ye broke it up bit by bit, and explained it clearly to him.

Brother Nine hopped in the direction of the next door and said, "Master already knew that the fourth child is not a fun thing, feelings are waiting for you here!"

Ba Ye flicked his shiny forehead, "Who are you calling Lord?"

Brother Nine immediately covered his head and said aggrievedly: "I've done all the stupid things, myna, what do you think should I do? I'll listen to you."

"Return the money first. This is the first time to participate, so don't give out so much money at once. It's too conspicuous. Even the eldest brother only paid 5 taels. I will ask your eighth sister-in-law to give you 2 taels later." In the past, is it enough?"

2 taels was originally the amount of silver Brother Jiu wanted to borrow, and he nodded in agreement.

"Enough is enough!"

Seeing his stupid look, Ba Ye wanted to lick his forehead again.

Nine elder brothers hid back, and then he thought that he had caused big trouble for starling before, so he closed his eyes and pretended to accept his fate.

Ba Ye laughed and was about to speak, when a little eunuch ran into the door and said.

"Master Baylor, Minister of the Household Department, Kaiyinbu, came to see me."

Ba Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition.Immediately, he glanced at Brother Nine, seeing that he hadn't reacted yet, he sighed, "Please invite someone in." Today he sighed more than in previous years.

Brother Nine said, "Myna, I must have come to look for you, why don't I hide?"

What to hide?He must have come here after receiving news that Lao Jiu was here.

Ba Ye stretched out his hand to stop him, "No need, Kaiyinbu must have come to look for you."

Brother Jiu also wanted to ask, what did Kaiyinbu want him to do?

At the door, an old man on crutches was helped into the door.

"Old Shangshu, if you have anything to ask Yinhu to go to, why bother you to go to the house in person."

The Qing Dynasty had the concept of respecting the elderly, and Kai Yinbu was already an old man in sixties, so the Eighth Master naturally couldn't put on airs.

Kai Yinbu glanced at Brother Nine, hummed and said to Ba Ye, "I didn't plan to come over to disturb you, but I just received the news that Brother Nine is here, so I have no choice but to come and disturb you." He raised the crutch in his hand, this crutch is a gift from the emperor, it can be used to fight the prince, and it can be used to fight the rebellious minister, in order to hold Brother Jiu, Kai Yinbu even put on the imperial jacket!

Brother Jiu was stunned. He didn't expect that the old man really wanted him.

Before Kai Yinbu could speak, Ba Ye said first, "I already know why Lao Shangshu came here. I have taught Lao Jiu a lesson before, and I will ask him to pay back the money later."

After hearing this, Kai Yinbu breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said to Ba Ye, "I know that Lord Baylor understands the truth. Now is the most difficult time for the court. One or two silvers from the household department have to be used wisely. Like some ignorant people, if a lion bites off so much at once, it is not afraid of knocking out its teeth."

"Unreasonable" Brother Jiu blinked. He is not a fool, so why couldn't he hear that Kai Yinbu was accusing him.

Because he did something wrong, Brother Jiu didn't dare to refute. After all, he reached out to the Ministry of Household Affairs. At this time, he said that he was being tricked by others. Who would believe it?

Although there is a big difference between borrowing 20 taels and borrowing [-] taels, they are the same for Kaiyinbu at this time.

After all, borrowing money from the household department at this time, no matter how much or how little, the seriousness of the matter is the same.

The least is that they are ignorant, and the most important is that they don't care about the country and only care about themselves.

Ba Ye hurriedly said with a smile on his face, "It's also because I am not strict in supervision. I have already strictly ordered the Ministry of Accounts to not borrow money from outsiders. I didn't expect that someone would ignore this order considering the relationship between Lao Jiu and me. .”

Kaiyinbu's expression softened, how could he not know what the Eighth Prince said?It's just that he is about to reach the age of becoming an official. Lord Long Live transferred Ba Ye to the household department. He intended to succeed him. He pushed the boat and handed everything over to the Eight Prince. He basically didn't go there on weekdays. Department of household.

Unexpectedly, after not going there for more than a month, a voice came from the household department saying that Ba Ye was guarding himself from stealing, and that others were not allowed to borrow money.

Kai Yinbu rushed over as soon as he heard the news. Although the Ministry of Accounting said it was handed over to the Eighth Prince, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting in name.

With Long Live Lord's cub-protecting temperament, it's hard to say if something goes wrong with the household department, whether the blame will be thrown to him.

Before he really stepped back, Kaiyinbu couldn't really ignore anything.

After leaving the mansion, I originally wanted to go directly to Brother Jiu to get the money back, but later learned that Brother Jiu was in the Eighth Prince's residence.

Kaiyinbu didn't even have time to go to the household department, so he hurried to the Eighth Prince's Mansion, but fortunately he blocked the ninth prince in the Eighth Prince's Mansion.

Hearing that the eighth prince asked the ninth prince to pay back the money neatly, Kai Yinbu breathed a sigh of relief, and then he also noticed the strangeness of this matter, but he didn't go into it, it was nothing more than a relationship between several princes. contest.

He is about to retire, there is no need to get involved in these things.

He dared not even touch such a thing as standing in line.

As for the children and grandchildren, Kaiyinbu is the son of two officials, but they both take up their posts in other places. When they return to Beijing, the situation in Beijing and the middle of the city will probably be clear, and no one will stare at his family to stand in line.

Brother Jiu agreed to pay back the money and made an oath before Kaiyinbu left.

After the person disappeared, Brother Jiu immediately wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"This old man is really powerful, he won't give up until he sees money."

Ba Ye turned around and walked into the house, "He is also responsible for this matter, how could he leave with peace of mind just by a word from me." After sitting down, he urged Lao Jiu, "Hurry up and return the company's money when you go back. Take it out and return it, and then recalculate the proportion of each company’s investment.”

Brother Nine fully agreed, now that some concerns have been resolved, he is not in a hurry to leave.

"Don't worry, I won't let the fourth brother succeed. The rest is clean money. I don't believe the fourth brother can refuse me."

Eighth Master called someone over for a new pot of tea, looked up at him and said, "Just as long as you know."

Nine elder brothers sat down next to the eighth master again, "By the way, mynah, Khan Ama asked you to take over the household department. Is it true that this time you really want to pay off the debt owed by the household department?" He opened the house late, like the one above The elder brothers more or less borrowed money from the household department.

For example, his fifth brother had no experience when he opened the mansion, and he spent a lot of money. In the first few years, he couldn't support it all at once, but he borrowed tens of thousands of taels from the household department. Later, the queen mother learned about it, and felt sorry for his fifth brother. Can fill him some silver.In the past few years, the fifth elder brother has gradually survived. After the news came out from the palace last year that the owed money had to be paid off, he immediately paid back the owed money from the household department.

It can't be that Khan Ama wants to pay back the owed money, and they, the princes and elder brothers, can't hold back.

Years and years later, the prince who had already opened the mansion, even if it was an excuse, gritted his teeth and paid off the money owed by the household department.

As for why brother Jiu suddenly thought of owing money, didn't he think that myna was in the household department?What's more, he didn't plan to borrow it for too long. After two months, Dongyang Trading made money and immediately paid it back to the household department.

It's just that he didn't expect the fourth child to be such a thieves that he would set a trap for him and let him fall into the gutter directly. If Khan Ama knew about this, he didn't know if he would be called to scold him.

Thinking of this, Brother Jiu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. It was only at this moment that he remembered that the household department is now a landmine, and whoever steps on it will be unlucky.

One of the servant girls brought up a pot of freshly brewed tea, and Eighth Master picked up the teapot and heated two cups, then poured a cup of tea for himself and Lao Jiu each.

Ba Ye is more elegant and likes to make Kung Fu tea.

That kind of Kung Fu tea has become popular in major teahouses in the capital in the past two years. It looks very elegant. When making tea, it can calm the mind and mind. When a person needs to think about something, Ba Ye will make tea for himself.

But today, Lao Jiu was here, and he didn't have the heart to be gentle with him, so he asked the people below to make tea and serve it up.

The teacup is a ceramic white porcelain glazed teacup, which is very small, and the mouth of the cup is only a circle larger than a copper coin, about the size of a wine glass.

The teapot is a small pottery, not much bigger than a palm. Generally speaking, the tea sets for making Kung Fu tea are very small and exquisite.

Once spread, it was loved by literati in the capital, and soon spread to the south of the Yangtze River.

Brother Jiu took a sip from the teacup and said with a smile, "Brother, I got a new purple sand pot, do you want to send it to you?"

Ba Ye didn't reject his kindness, and then continued the topic just now, "Ama Khan called me over and said some vague words, I don't understand what Ama Khan meant, how about you tell me Reference." Whether to ask him to investigate to the end, or to put it aside temporarily, Ba Ye still hasn't figured it out.

Brother Nine quickly asked Khan what Ama told him?

The eighth master said what the emperor told him, and the ninth elder brother scratched his head when he heard it, "What does Khan Ama mean? I heard this meaning as if I support the eighth brother to investigate, but it sounds like I think it's too late. Give some veterans face."

Ba Ye was also in a dilemma, "I thought so too, so right now I'm only checking the list of money owed in previous years, and haven't sent anyone to collect the money yet."

As soon as Brother Jiu heard this, he gave him an idea, "Let's start with other people first. I remember that the people on the side of the prince owe the most money. Why don't we start with the prince?"

Ba Ye shook his head, "The crown prince is the crown prince of a country, so we can't start with him." If you chase money to the crown prince, it would be a slap in the face for the crown prince if it was reported.

No matter how much courage was given to Ba Ye, he would not dare.

"Then why don't you start with the big brother, you can talk to the big brother another day, and don't look for the ministers in the court, just find some peripheral officials to test it out first."

After hearing this, Ba Ye was a little embarrassed, "But Hui'eniang..."

If this matter spread to Concubine Hui, it would be hard for him to say it. After all, he was raised by Concubine Hui, and he slapped his elder brother in the face, so he couldn't justify it to Concubine Hui.

What's more, Erniang was still in Yanxi Palace, and she couldn't look at Concubine Hui's face when she turned around.

"Hey, my starling, don't worry about the future. If you are really worried about the concubine Liang, I will ask my mother-in-law to take care of her later."

Ba Ye made a decision, "Let's start with the elder brother's subordinates first, and then look at Khan Ama's reaction. If Khan Ama acquiesces, I will continue to investigate. If he feels that the heat is too high, I will stop immediately."

Brother Nine echoed, "When you're chasing big brother, don't forget that the crown prince and third brother are dragging them into the water, so there must be nothing to say."

Ba Ye looked at him with a smile, "Why don't you say that fourth brother is with your own brother?"

Brother Jiu rolled his eyes, and rushed towards Ba Ye with a teacup, "Pour it up quickly." After Ba Ye filled it up for him, he said, "I'm not a fool, the fourth brother is as shrewd as a monkey , He was in the household department before, how could he owe money to the household department." What's more, there is a female god of wealth in the fourth child's family, holding this female god of wealth, the fourth child will be enough to repair a few more gardens.

As for Fifth Brother, there is no need to mention it, it has nothing to do with him.

"What's more, I really haven't seen who in the court is on the side of the fourth child."

Everyone knows that the fourth child's goal is the virtuous king, that person is unselfish and not afraid of offending others. After a long time, everyone gets used to it. After all, he has nothing to ask for, so naturally he doesn't need to give others good looks.

Khan Ama will do just that.

But they can't, firstly they can't learn it, and secondly, even if they learn it, it's just picking up people's teeth, and it's not embarrassing enough to spread it!

Ba Ye was so active in wanting to squeeze into the imperial court, but he was unwilling to be a prince for the rest of his life. His mother's status was low, and he had suffered enough when he was a child. Compared with other princes, he was much precocious. Since he was a child, he vowed to be a master, and marrying Fujin was only the first step to make up for the lack of innate identity.

Over the years, he was approaching that position step by step, and now he has finally emerged in the court and won the praise of many people, which made Ba Ye believe that that position is not out of reach.

As for the fourth child, Ba Ye frowned, he always felt that the fourth child was not as indifferent to fame and fortune as he appeared on the surface.

Brother Nine drank this cup of tea, and was urged by Ba Ye to return the money quickly. After he left the mansion, he could feel the smell. He always felt that something was wrong just now. Who had to speak out through his mouth?

Brother Nine shook his head and stopped thinking, and didn't dare to think deeply, turned around and got in the carriage to leave.