History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

In Yuqing Palace, the Crown Princess watched the Prince walking around anxiously, and couldn't help but feel irritable. Fortunately, someone came in to report at this time.

"What did Ama Khan say?" the prince asked the visitor.

This person is the eunuch in Yuqing Palace. Since the crown prince returned to the palace, the emperor has taken over all his authority. The crown prince saw a group of brothers eagerly grabbing money, and only left him aside, suddenly anxious no.

Then someone was sent to ask the emperor if he could participate?

It was the time when it was cold and long-lasting, but the eunuch was covered with sweat, and he knelt down and shivered and replied, "Return, return to His Royal Highness, Long Live Lord said that you are the heir of a country, and you have great responsibilities, so you cannot compete with others." Li." God knows that when he heard the emperor's cold reply, he was so frightened that his wits disappeared.

After these words, the room suddenly fell silent, and even the princess next to her turned her gaze over and stared at the eunuch.

The eunuch was still trembling.

The prince's eyes were blank, and he couldn't help but take a step back, "Prince, what kind of prince am I? A prince whose power does not come out of Yuqing Palace?" Could it be that he just watched the boss stretch out his hands for money?

The prince has really lived in panic for the past two years. No matter what he does, it is wrong in Khan Ama's eyes. Has Khan Amama forgotten that he is his most beloved son Yinreng?

Whoa!

The table was overturned together with the tea set on it, and the princess' eyelids twitched.

Fortunately, at this time, someone came to report again. As soon as she heard about the prince's disciples, the princess got up and bowed to the prince before leaving.

When she was going out, she happened to meet someone, and the princess's eyes could not help but concentrate. It was because the person in front of her was so beautiful that she had to think about it.

When the prince saw the person coming, his anger immediately faded away, and he kicked and kicked the kneeling eunuch out.

After closing the door, the prince held him in his arms, and said with an aggrieved face: "Hengzhi, you are finally willing to come to see me."

The man named Hengzhi nestled obediently in the prince's arms, and pushed him away after a while, "His Royal Highness, don't forget to promise the servant."

Thinking of this, the prince gritted his teeth angrily, "Khan Ama is not allowed to participate in this matter alone, I promise you..."

Hengzhi felt bitter. He was originally just a scholar, but because of his feminine appearance, he was excluded, and was recommended to the prince by chance.

Later, he became the prince's male favorite, and after becoming the prince's male favorite, he ascended to the sky in one step, surpassed his fame and became a small official in Beijing, his desire for power increased greatly, and he wanted to realize his ambition.

Seeing that there is no hope for this dynasty, he can only expect the prince to ascend the throne.

But right now the emperor is still in good health, and the crown prince's ascension to the throne is far away. This man is afraid that he will be thrown aside by the prince in a few years' time, so he eagerly wants the crown prince to ascend the throne.

"His Royal Highness, I have heard something, and I don't know whether to say it or not." Heng Zhi lowered his head and said softly.

The prince stepped forward and hugged him to sit on the couch, playing with his earlobes, "Speak, Gudu listens."

"The prince has been in the palace for the past two days, do you know what happened outside?"

The prince replied: "Of course I know, isn't it just investing money to start some kind of company?"

He had previously sent someone to ask Khan Ama where he wanted to participate, but he didn't expect Khan Ama to not allow it at all, and the prince was full of complaints for a while, saying that he should not compete with others for profit, isn't it that he is not allowed to participate?

Hengzhi smiled, and despised the Prince's news in his heart, "This is already an old calendar, and the Prince may not know it. A strange thing happened when Prince Zhuang found the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince two days ago."

The prince said "oh", absent-mindedly, his eyes lingered on his neck, and he asked casually, "What's the matter?"

In the prince's heart, the fourth child is honest, not like the oldest and third child jumping around in front of the emperor, but thinking that there is a woman in the backyard of the fourth child who can make money, this honesty is put into question again.

In the end, the prince didn't know if the fourth child had any intentions for the position above. He said he was a princeling because the fourth child was still firmly on his side and had never crossed over.

But the prince always felt a little uneasy in his heart, probably because the women of the fourth oldest family held too much money.

With money, wouldn't desire expand?

"Prince Zhuang yelled in front of the two princes, saying that he had no money in his hands, and asked the two princes to keep accounts first, and then deduct the money owed from the dividends when the dividends arrive."

Hearing this, the prince felt that Prince Zhuang was too whimsical, and then shook his head, "Prince Zhuang is old, how can there be such a good thing in this world?" It seems that he has nowhere to invest money.

It made people feel a little itchy in the earlobe, grabbed the prince's hand, Heng Zhi stared at him seriously, "Your Highness, don't you think this is a good opportunity?"

"What a good opportunity?" The prince lingered on the man's chin with his fingers, wanting to be with Feifei, how could a man's skin be fairer and smoother than a woman's.

The man was in a hurry, and immediately grabbed the prince's fluttering hand, "His Royal Highness, are you listening to the servant?"

The prince immediately looked down at the man, "Speak."

"The slave feels that this is a good time, a good time to deal with the First Prince."

As soon as he heard about dealing with the eldest prince, the prince immediately put down his hands and asked him with a serious face, "What do you mean?"

"As we all know, the fourth prince belongs to the princeling party, while the eighth prince belongs to the eldest prince's party. These two people jointly hosted the navigation and trade ceremony. It was originally a struggle between you and the eldest prince."

Only then did the prince realize that although he didn't intervene, this is indeed the current situation.

The fourth child represents him. Although he can't get money, if the fourth child sits firmly, it means that his position as the crown prince is also secure enough.

"What do you mean?"

The man immediately said, "His Royal Highness, now the emperor treats you like this, obviously out of fear of you, why don't we learn from Tang Taizong..."

How about Tang Taizong?

Kill the brother and force the father!

For a while, the prince understood.

He was still thinking about the love of the emperor's father, when he heard the person in front of him urging him to rebel, he immediately pushed the person away and stood up, and sternly reprimanded, "Bold!"

Hengzhi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, but he still did not give up and said: "Prince, you have to think about it, what is the difference between this year's situation and that of Li Chengqian?"

Although there was anger on his face, thoughts flashed in the prince's mind. Li Chengqian is the son of the son, and he is also the son of the son, but the son of the son does not mean that he can sit on the throne.

Why did Li Chengqian be abolished? Isn't it still because of Tang Taizong's vigilance against his son?

The prince couldn't help but think of himself from Li Chengqian. He is now in the same position as Li Chengqian. Khan Ama is vigilant against him and keeps him by his side all the time. Whatever he does is wrong.

At first he didn't know what was wrong, but now he finally understood that he was not wrong, but that he was young and the emperor was old.

The old male lion was flicking his tail and was wary of the young male lion, for fear that he would overthrow his throne.

The emperor and the prince are born in opposition, who is right and who is wrong?

Thinking of this, the prince became unwilling again, he had no way to retreat, unless the position of prince was abolished, otherwise, Khan Ama would see him as wrong, and would never see his good.

"Prince, Long Live Lord's patience is getting less and less. Your position has been unstable these years. Who do you think is shaken? Besides Long Live Lord, who has that ability?"

The prince came to his senses, yes, he has been crowned prince since he was born, if it wasn't for Khan Ama's insistence on promoting the boss, which caused him to lose both sides in the fight with the boss all these years, how could he just watch the younger brother grow up, he would Can't hold the bullet?

Everything is Khan Ama, and Khan Ama is afraid of his growth.

Seeing the prince's expression flickering, Hengzhi bewitched again: "Prince, this time is a good time. Prince Zhuang wants to reach out for money, but it is actually the idea of ​​most of the clansmen. We can contact some clansmen secretly and cry to the Lord Long Live together. In this way, Long Live God will turn his eyes away from staring at you, and you can also secretly mobilize some soldiers and horses to support you..."

The prince's expression moved slightly, "But wouldn't the fourth child be wronged in this way?"

In the final analysis, the fourth brother is in charge of the trade. Those clan relatives don't pay, but want to get money for nothing.

Heng Zhi smiled and said: "Now you have wronged the fourth prince, after you have done something, you will compensate the fourth prince. The title of prince is enough to make up for him."

The prince's heart was moved immediately, and he started to walk around the room. He had been the prince for 33 years. Thinking of the throne being within reach, the prince realized for the first time that he could no longer bear it any longer.

He couldn't wait to take that seat.

And his ambitious younger brothers, none of whom he would let go.

As for Khan Ama, it would be a big deal to learn from Emperor Taizong of Tang and regard Khan Ama as the Supreme Emperor!

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As soon as he heard that the prince was fooling around with a man locked in the house during the day, the emperor first smashed the pastel cup in his hand.

Liang Jiugong's eyelids twitched when he heard such a secret thing, deeply annoyed that he didn't back out just now, and then muttered in his heart.

The prince is really crazy, fooling around with men in the house during the day!

Seeing that the emperor was furious, the eunuch who came to report was so frightened that he fell to the ground trembling.

"Can other people in the palace know about this?" After the emperor got angry, he asked coldly.

The eunuch shook his head hastily, "The Crown Princess seems to have guessed something, so she removed all the people in the main courtyard."

The emperor's face was still stern, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed. It can be said that liking masculinity is an elegant thing among the people, but it is an indelible stain on the prince of a country.

How could the prince not annoy the emperor by summoning his male favorite into the palace in broad daylight?

Fortunately, the Crown Princess covered up such a scandal, otherwise the royal family would lose face if it got out!

"Come here, pass on my order. If the prince is ill, he needs to close the Yuqing Palace to recuperate and let the princess take good care of him."

"Cha!" Liang Jiugong took the order.

The prince was restrained, and jumped even more anxiously. This time, he no longer cared about the relationship between father and son before, and began to contact the disciples in private.

Over the years, the people in the capital have gotten used to it. Every time before the New Year comes, there will be big events happening.

For example, the previous sweater knitting competition, or the rumored Dongyang trade incident.

This day is more exciting than watching a play.

Why are so many things ahead of time?It's not because the emperor will stay in the capital honestly during the Chinese New Year.

This time, there was news in the newspaper first, and the people in the city prepared tea and melon seeds to watch the big show.

This melon seed has become popular in the past two years, and it has been popularized rapidly. It has become popular in the north and south of the river, and has become a must-have snack in teahouses!

Especially nibbling melon seeds and drinking tea, listening to newspapers, books, or watching a play, nothing is better than melon seeds.

The new year passed under the attention of the people, and the palace became lively during the new year.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor received his sons and grandsons as well as the royal family members of the court in the Forbidden City.

The congratulations of the vassal states and foreigners can be said to be the coming of all nations.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, when all the worshipers had paid their respects, the clan members entered the palace collectively, and this entry into the palace would involve a major event.

The emperor's voice dropped suddenly, and he squinted his eyes to look down, "You all mean the same thing?"

Several princes took the lead in the clan. It is said that as the emperor, he never forgot to suppress the descendants of the four great Baylors.

There are many princes who are in charge of the army, and the emperor will inevitably give some face, but this time these few people were forced into the palace together.

This made the emperor a little surprised, and he really didn't know who gave them that courage.

Prince Zhuang took a step forward and knelt down in the tunnel and said, "Long live, it's not that I don't want to invest money, but that my money is really tight. The prince's salary of 1 taels a year will be used for the whole family's old snacks. There is no money left over these years." I know, Lord Long Live is doing good for the servants this time, he thinks of the servants for all good things, and deliberately brings the servants to make money. But the servants are not allowed to use it, they can't make up the money at all, so they can only live up to the favor of the Lord Long Live. "

Several other princes and county kings knelt down and cried together.

The emperor's forehead hurt from crying, and when he didn't know that all the rich people in this mansion were bleeding, at this moment they came to cry with him about being poor.

The emperor closed his eyes, rubbed his forehead with his hands, and then opened his eyes.

"I've gotten a lot older, and I still cry like this, how decent is it to spread the word?"

At first these few people came to ask for an interview, the emperor was a little surprised, he was able to pass them in, he thought it was something, but he didn't expect that since they came together, they would refuse to invest in the maritime trade.

You must know that pulling people onto the big ship of navigation and trade, in addition to giving some benefits to the clan, the main purpose is to let them see the outside world and the Japanese silver mountain. I didn't expect these people to take the initiative to dismantle Taizi, I won't accept the offer.

This gave the emperor a headache.

Of course, the most important thing is that he doesn't think that these clansmen will let go of this piece of fat. There must be someone poking behind it, and maybe they have seen his purpose clearly, so they have no fear.

The emperor became a little vigilant, and wanted to send these cousins ​​and nephews away, and sent someone to investigate who was fishing in troubled waters behind.

This kind of mouth can't be said at all. If the clan members don't pay, those ministers will definitely find excuses not to pay. If they don't pay, they can expect someone to pay. Talking about it will even delay the matter.

These civil servants are very good at it.

What's more, if you don't pay, who can expect to pay for the goods to go to sea for trade, and then give them the money for nothing?Why?

The emperor thought of the fourth son in an instant. The fourth son's family has a very rich man. Could it be that these people are planning to ask the fourth son's family to help them pay?

This is really whimsical. Although the old fourth family does not say that they can only enter and exit, but it is impossible to take advantage of her!

The emperor shook his head secretly.

Which time the old four's money was thrown out for nothing, and they didn't make more money back?

It is impossible for these clansmen to take advantage of her.

"It's impossible not to pay. Since you keep saying that you don't have any money, let's forget it this time."

The emperor thought to himself, wait until someone else makes money to see how you cry!

A group of clan members immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, the emperor's reaction was wrong, shouldn't the emperor be more generous, even if they are not allowed to owe money first, he can let them borrow money from the treasury first?

"No, no, long live, we didn't say we wouldn't participate, but you see that this family is too poor to solve the problem, can you let us borrow some money from the national treasury?"

The emperor's eyebrows jumped, it turned out that he had this idea.

treasury?Don't think that he doesn't know that everything that is empty in the treasury can make a rat.

After thinking about it, this is also a good thing, and it happens to be able to peel off the cover of the national treasury.

"Come and pass on the household secretary Kai Yinbu!"

Kaiyinbu only took office in December of 45, and after calculation, it has only been a year.

But this year has made him feel much older, the household department has become a mess, it is demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall, and even the money for disaster relief is the salary of the Ministry of military affairs, that is to say, by the end of this year The salaries of the soldiers of the Eight Banners have not been paid.

Now that he is old, he will be 60 years old next year, and he only hopes that he can survive until his sixtieth year to be an official, which can be regarded as a good end.

He is old and does not have the ability to reform the household department. He can only maintain the status quo and wait for a courageous successor to take over this burden.

The emperor also knew that it was embarrassing for him to let Kai Yinbu take over. The reason why the Household Department is in such a mess is because of the emperor. It was his amnesty that allowed court officials to borrow money from the Household Department.

The emperor's words were originally intended for some upright officials with family difficulties, such as Yu Chenglong, to help alleviate the difficulties in life.

But I didn't expect that once this opening was made, not only the officials followed to borrow, but also the clan and nobles who were not short of money also followed suit, as if not lending would not save the emperor's face, it even caused a trend.

It can be said that during that time, the officials kept talking, "Did you borrow it?"

"Borrowed. How about you?"

"not yet."

"Then hurry up and borrow it!"

It seems that if you don't borrow money from the Ministry of Households, you are a fool.

The emperor was suffering and couldn't tell, once Jinkou opened, how could the imperial words be taken back?He could only pinch his nose and swallow these bitter fruits.

As time went on, the emperor didn't mention it, and the others didn't take the initiative to return it.There are also some reasons for this. For example, the clan that borrowed money did not repay it. If other officials paid it back, wouldn't it be a blow to the clan's face.

Gradually borrowing money has become one, and no one dares to act rashly!

Just like this, the household department has become the public treasury of the clan ministers, and now some elder brothers in the clan have begun to borrow money from the household department even for drinking flower wine, and the household department has been eaten by these moths. empty.

In the past two years, the fourth master was improving the accounting book in the Ministry of Households. He sorted out some of this year's accounts and reported them to the emperor. After seeing the huge amount, the emperor was silent for a while, and then settled the matter. go down.

If such a large amount is to be paid back, how many people will have to be forced to death?

Especially for some clan members, they only thought that the clan members never thought about paying back the money they borrowed, and the money they borrowed was getting bigger and bigger every time they did something.

But this doesn’t work. If you continue to owe it, it will get bigger and bigger, and the Ministry of Accounting will not be able to hold back. Two years ago, the emperor hinted that the Ministry of Accounting would not borrow more than 1000 taels. A young official who has just entered the DPRK due to family difficulties.

The emperor admired Zhang Tingyu very much, why?

Isn't it because he borrowed money before and immediately returned it, this kind of person is his good minister, who is anxious about what he is anxious about, understands the difficulties of the court, and returns the money immediately after he has it.

If that time when Zhang Tingyu borrowed money like everyone else, he only borrowed money and never paid it back, the emperor might still think about it a few times, why would he trust him like he does now?

Unexpectedly, with such a role model as Zhang Tingyu, the ministers and clan members still turned a deaf ear to it, but some small officials made the emperor feel relieved, and the borrowed money would be repaid soon.

When Kai Yinbu was invited into the palace, he was blocked by several military officers at home. After all, the soldiers' salaries were deducted a lot, so why not let these military officers worry?

One by one anxiously asked Kai Yinbu for money.

Where is the money in Kaiyinbu? More than half of the tax money from the autumn harvest was used to make up for the previous relief money, and a small part was thrown on the river workers. After all, the river workers cannot be cut off. If the river workers’ money is cut off, half of the dam will be repaired. If there is a flood in that place in the coming year, it will involve the lives of at least one hundred thousand or more than one million people.

The water of the Yellow River is flooding year by year.

There is also a small part that he intercepted. This part is the emperor's preference, and it is used to participate in the trade between the imperial court and the East.

Kai Yinbu looked at the newspaper that revealed how much money the third prince and the eighth prince had earned, and thought that as long as the money was doubled, it would be able to solve the court's temporary difficulties.

Unexpectedly, during this New Year's Eve, the military officer blocked him at home, saying that he was wronged, and instead of taking money from other departments, he cut off the soldiers' food and salaries from the Ministry of War. Kaiyinbu dared not see these people at all. I can only hide at home and pretend that there is no one at home.

Hearing the emperor's summons, Kai Yinbu didn't dare to go through the gate at all, but asked his family to lead the carriage and wait quietly at the back door, and he left through the back door.

"The servant kowtows to the Lord Long Live, and the Lord Long Live is auspicious." Kai Yinbu met the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and of course he did not miss the royal family members.

I don't know what the emperor asked him to come here at this time?Could it be related to these princes?

Seeing Kai Yinbu coming, the emperor said, "Aiqing, I have something to announce that you are here." As he said that, he glanced at the clansmen sitting beside him, and the emperor asked Kaiyinbu, "Aiqing, what is the matter in the treasury?" How much money do you have left, can you lend it to some princes?"

Kai Yinbu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt bad, how could there be any money in the treasury?The only silver withheld was used to generate money, and this sum must not be touched.

Kaiyinbu looked at the princes vigilantly, as if they were robbers. He never mentioned the money, but cried poorly to the emperor, "Long live, our treasury is so poor, where is it?" What kind of money is there? We rely on Jiangnan for our tax revenue, but the tax money in Jiangnan is getting less and less every year. Water, you have said that you have been exempted from taxes for three years, and the taxes in several provinces this year are even lower. Even the salaries of the princes are diverted from the food and salaries of the soldiers of the Eight Banners. The slaves are suffering, not only are they not understood , was blocked at home by those military officers just now."

The emperor couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this old boy really knows how to act.

But how did the emperor know that what Cainbu said was true.

As soon as Kai Yinbu said this, the princes immediately stared at each other and refused to answer. Unexpectedly, Kai Yinbu's voice changed and turned to the princes.

"Long live, these princes who celebrate the Chinese New Year are here, do they want to pay back the money from the household department?" Thinking of the people who celebrated the Chinese New Year being blocked at home and living uneasyly for years, the old man went all out.

The faces of the clan princes here froze suddenly, wait, didn't they come to borrow money?Why did the discussion come to the point of paying back the money? Although they said that they didn't have to pay back the money, they have borrowed it for more than ten years and have already regarded the money as their own. Wouldn't it be a waste of their own flesh to return it?

Just the whole family at home has to make a fuss.

The emperor seemed to know just now, and said with a surprised face: "What? How many princes still owe money to the Ministry of Households?"

Then the emperor looked at several clan princes, "Is there such a thing?"

Several princes faltered.

Kaiyin from the side jumped out, pointing one by one, "Prince Zhuang in June 35 wanted to expand the mansion, but he borrowed 5 taels of silver."

"In 36 years, the former Prince Kang Liang passed away, and the Prince's Mansion borrowed [-] taels for the funeral. You have to recognize this silver Prince Kang..."

Kai Yinbu called the names one by one, and counted all the money borrowed by these people one by one.

The emperor heard that some people borrowed money to buy land in Xiaotangshan to build Zhuangzi, and some people built large gardens near Changchun Garden. Among them, Prince Zhuang probably borrowed the least, only the 5 taels.

That's right, Prince Zhuang has no heirs, so naturally he doesn't need to spend so much money to build the Zhuangzi and the garden.

Kai Yinbu called the names one by one, and once the clan members were called, the eyelids twitched once.

In the end, you looked at me secretly, and I looked at him, and together they made excuses to say goodbye to the emperor.

The emperor didn't stop him either. In short, he revealed his tone through Kai Yinbu's mouth this time, officially announcing that he should pay back the money he borrowed.

If there is someone who refuses to pay back, then don't blame the emperor, and kill him without hesitation.

After so many years of kindness, the emperor has always been kind and kind. Everyone probably forgot that he also captured Oboi, pacified San Francisco, and took over Taiwan when he was young. The three campaigns of Juemo have only passed a few years.

After the clan left, Kai Yinbu also resigned.

The emperor tapped on the table and waited. About half an hour later, a plain-looking man entered.

"Go back to Lord Long Live. I have already checked. The princes seem to be invited to come here together."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found out who it is?" If he were to find out who was playing tricks behind him, he would have to be caught and burnt to ashes.

"So far, we have not been able to find out, and the people who are hiding in the palaces of several princes have not noticed any strangers passing through the palace."

The emperor said slowly, "It seems that it was made by people who were also placed in several princes' mansions. Let people check carefully. Recently, these princes have gotten close to which servants in the mansion."

"Yes." The man replied and stepped back.

There were no people in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Liang Jiugong, who was standing at the gate outside, heard the movement, and quickly waved his hand, and some court ladies brought tea and snacks in.

Liang Jiugong walked to the emperor's side to be quiet, and said in a low voice, "Long Live Lord, what are your orders?"

The emperor turned his head to him and said, "Go and general the fourth..."

The household department's cash register can only be done by the stern and selfless fourth son, but then he thought that the fourth son still has tasks to do, and the trade in the East is at a critical moment, and the mess of the household department is not worse than a month or two. Then he changed his mouth, "Don't call the fourth brother, call the eighth."

Didn't Lao Ba have a good relationship with courtiers and clan relatives?It should be very appropriate to avoid him asking for money, and it will save the eighth child from making trouble for the fourth child at this time.

Liang Jiugong replied yes, thinking that the eighth prince was transferred from a fat job in the Eastern Trade, and it seemed that the fourth prince was the one who won the heart of Long Live Lord.

Afterwards, the emperor thought of the crown prince who was recuperating in name but was actually grounded, so he asked Liang Jiugong, "How is the crown prince doing recently?"

Liang Jiugong felt that this sentence was very familiar. When the prince was a teenager, Long Live Lord asked this question in the same way.At that time, the relationship between the father and son was so good that his teeth were sore after seeing the sticky one all day long.

But today is different from the past.

He watched helplessly as the emperor erected the whetstone of the eldest prince, grinding the prince to the point of breaking. The prince seemed to be a completely different person from before.

"Prince..."

Thinking of the prince losing his temper in Yuqing Palace, whipping the eunuchs and maids around him, and the corpses being carried out every so often, he didn't know how to speak.

As a slave, he is also a bit sad!

The emperor's face sank, "Is there anything you can't say?"

Liang Jiugong was so frightened that he knelt down, trembling, and told all the prince's actions.

The emperor's face was uncertain, and he said coldly: "The prince is so violent, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the Aixinjueluo family's country to him?"

Hearing this sentence, Liang Jiugong immediately lay down on the ground, wishing that he was deaf right now.

Everyone in the palace understands a truth, the more you know, the faster you will die, especially as someone close to the emperor, Liang Jiugong knows too many secrets, he no longer expects to live until the next emperor ascends the throne, he only thinks about Long live God It is true that a place can be reserved for him, so that he can serve him below.

Several clan members walked silently on the way out of the palace.

In the end, it was Prince Kang Chuntai who spoke first, "What do you mean by Long Live Lord?"

Prince Zhuang has no heirs, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about his descendants, he is relaxed, "Why else, isn't it just implying that we should pay back the money from the Ministry of Accounts?"

To be honest, in the first few years, they borrowed too much money at once, and they were frightened, ready to pay back the money all the time.

But the emperor never mentioned it, and no one took the initiative to open the mouth.

After a long time, borrowing too much, the so-called don't bite if you have too many lice, don't worry if you have too many debts, they can relax and enjoy this unexpected wealth with peace of mind, and now they have swallowed this piece of fat middle.Suddenly the owner of this piece of fat asked them to return it, which was simply cutting their flesh.

Again, Prince Zhuang doesn't need to worry about the future of his heirs, let alone he owes 5 taels of silver, which can still be paid back, so there is no other person's worries at all.

Unlike Prince Kang, who has added a sum of money over the years, he borrowed it, his sons borrowed it, repaired the garden, and showed off their wealth. The total amount is nearly a million taels, which can be said to be the most borrowed among the many clansmen. .

If this is returned, unless the garden that is still under construction is sold, there is no way to get so much money.

After all, the clan said they were rich, but being rich was on the show, and it was not impossible to get a million taels, but that was not cash, and asking for a million in cash at once would have killed Prince Kang.

If the money is released, the family will be seriously injured, and they can only live by pawning antiques.

Antiques are the face of the family. If they start to sell their face, it means that the palace is going downhill.

This is the reason why the palace talks about ostentation. If you don't talk about it, you can't afford to lose that face. If people know that they are going downhill, who will walk with them? The choice of children's marriage alone will be much lower.

Of course, in recent years, the palace has married the daughter of the merchant's family for the concubine, for what purpose?It's not just the huge dowry, which is already well known in every palace. In order to maintain the huge expenses of the palace, it has become commonplace to sacrifice a few concubines for marriage.

"Why don't we talk to the fourth brother again?" There were many people who borrowed money from the clan, and if the emperor really wanted them to pay it back, they wouldn't dare not to pay it back.

Dare to pay it back, do you still want the title?

If the emperor chooses a side branch to inherit the title, they must cry to death.

However, it is not that simple to raise a sum of cash to return to the household department. Several clan members couldn't help but focus on the fourth child. Now there is a way to get more money quickly and more.

"Talk? How to talk? I offended Sibeile thoroughly before." Prince Jane Yarjan said.

He was the youngest among the several princes who succeeded to the throne, and he was usually close to the Eighth Prince.

However, when Prince Zhuang pretended to be stupid and ran to force the fourth and eighth princes, he didn't talk to him.It was later that Prince Kang made it clear to him that the princes' residences should unite the front, and that's why they came to the emperor to play rogue together.

Prince Zhuang's eyelids twitched, and then he felt relieved, so what if he offends the fourth child?Still the same sentence, he has no desires and desires, so naturally he doesn't worry about offending others.

Prince Zhuang is not worried about offending others, but the other princes are not, and they are counting on the fourth son to help them make money and pay back the money of the household department!

Thinking about it this way, each of them couldn't stay still anymore, and ran to the household department after leaving the palace gate.