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

Chapter 170

Yinfeng heard the news of Suo'etu's return, and he was sure that the third grandfather would arrive in the capital on the fifteenth day, and he could not go out of the Forbidden City to meet him, but he sent Yu Zhu to meet the third grandfather early.

Suo Etu has been away from the capital for too long, so long that the courtiers almost forgot how glorious Suo Xiang was in the court, so long that Suo Xiang's party members tremblingly restrained their edge, and obediently agreed with the prince When His Highness does something, whenever His Highness the Crown Prince does something, they can't do anything, they can only shout "Second ministers!" during the court meeting to cheer for His Highness.

As soon as Suo'etu came back, Suo Xiang's party members celebrated the leader's return.

They are the "Prince's henchmen" only if Suo'etu is there, and if Suo'etu is not here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not recognize them!

His Highness would rather go to the stubborn old Sha Cheng who is fake and lofty, than to find someone to order them around. In the end, the Emperor couldn't see it, and assigned the matter to one of them, so that all the affairs His Highness wanted to do Complete it seriously.

Among them, people from Nalan Mingzhu were also mixed in. They supervised each other, lest the other party would steal and play tricks.

"Suoxiang is back, and His Royal Highness is finally relieved. These are the toiletries that His Royal Highness ordered his servants to bring to Suoxiang. His Highness can't leave the palace, so he uses this to 'clean up the dust' for you," Yuzhu waited for Suo'ertu to return The carriage stopped, and he went forward with a smile on his face, talked to Suo'etu, and gave Suo'etu a set of toiletry set produced in Yinreng Yuqing Palace.

Many people in the Hesheli clan knew the eunuch in charge next to His Royal Highness, and stepped aside as if avoiding suspicion, leaving room for them to chat.

Suo'etu asked with a smile: "How is your Highness these days? I haven't seen you in a few months, maybe you have grown a lot taller?" When the prince was mentioned, Suo'etu's smile became more real.

The prince of the country treats him kindly, and he still does not forget to miss him after he goes out. When he returns, he even sends jade pillars to greet him and give gifts. This kind of attention makes Suo Etu feel very satisfied. After returning to the capital, he feels uneasy. My mood also gradually improved.

No matter how the emperor treats him, as long as his highness has him in his heart, the emperor will never take his life.

As long as His Highness has him in his heart, his position will be stable, and it is many times better than Nalan Mingzhu!

Yuzhu didn't chat with Suo'etu for a long time, and after a few words, he accepted it: "His Royal Highness waits for Suoxiang to wash away the dust, and then go to see him and tell him the story of the border battle. "

"Definitely, I will go to see His Highness tomorrow," Suo'etu smiled and ordered people to take away the toiletries, feeling in his heart: His Highness has finally grown up.

He finally knows how to show the third grandpa some dignity in front of outsiders!

Yuzhu came to deliver things, which flattered Suo'etu, who had always been neglected by Yinfeng, holding the supplies for cleaning up the wind and dust, like a treasure.

The children of the Hesheli clan were also delighted by this event, and their morale, which had been sluggish before, suddenly rose. Everyone's complexion was rosy, and they walked with wind.

After the crown prince left, a more honorable invitation came: "Master Xiang, the emperor has summoned you to the palace."

How beautiful Suo'etu is!As soon as he returned to the capital, he was valued by both the heir apparent and the monarch of the country. Everyone in the clan believed that the Hesheli clan would become more and more prosperous under his hands.

When Kangxi summoned Suo'etu, he thought in his heart: We should treat Suo'etu better and let him teach more to ensure success and stop being prodigal.

Therefore, the emperor coughed lightly, concealed the complexity of his heart with an unpredictable expression, and said to Suo'etu coldly: "You know, the crown prince has settled the accounts of the treasury during your absence in the capital?"

Suo'etu was slightly taken aback, unable to understand Kangxi's intentions, perhaps because he was severely suppressed in the past few years, which made him subconsciously restrain himself in front of Kangxi.He knew that Kangxi would not take his life, but he also knew that the emperor had ways to make him sad.The saddest thing is that he cannot get in touch with the prince. Without the closeness of the prince, the contacts he manages are not considered as the prince's henchmen, but Suoxiang's henchmen who will be liquidated by the emperor at any time.

Without any confidence in his heart, Suo Etu bowed his head and replied respectfully: "My minister heard about this, and the people and officials are all praising His Highness for what he said."

Kangxi frowned, and blurted out: "You also think that Baocheng did a good job? He squandered all the Kuyin in Yuqing Palace!"

Suo'etu hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness is selfless, and what he does is to benefit the country and the people."

He couldn't help guessing in his heart what the emperor meant by saying this.

There is no Kuyin in Yuqing Palace? !

Suo'etu thought about the amount of money in the treasury, and his heart was bleeding. Seeing that Kangxi Longyan seemed displeased, he immediately felt a slap in the face, and said loyally: "Your Highness gave me a lot of bonuses at the beginning, and I took it from you." I am ashamed, now that Your Highness is short of money, I am willing to return the bonus that Your Highness gave to my servant."

Kangxi: "..."

As the saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years." What should Suo'etu do if he seems to be suppressed by him?

The emperor frowned: "When did I ask you to take out your bonus to settle the account, Yuqing Palace Zhongku Yin has already recovered [-]% of it."

Suo'etu paused strangely, waiting for Kangxi to leave.

Kangxi said: "Baocheng, this child, always does some amazing things. You are the prince's tutor, and you have the duty to teach the prince. You are also his natal family, and your relationship is closer than other tutors. There are some things that Baocheng I won’t talk to other Taifus, but I am willing to talk to you. When I come back this time, I will teach the Prince how to behave in the world, so that he will not grow up and don’t understand what is evil in the human heart.”

Suo'etu listened, and responded calmly, with ecstasy in his heart.

The emperor meant to let him get closer to the prince, and he didn't plan to take back the huge profits from the Liuli official kiln, so he was willing to continue to give him a share of the pie!

"I would like to obey the holy order, and will do my best to teach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Kangxi typed two more sentences: "What should be done and what should not be done, you should be vigilant in your own heart."

After saying this, Kangxi did not keep Suo'etu and let him leave on his own.

When Suo'etu returned to the clan, the steward came to look for him quietly, and whispered to him and "complained": "Several adults said that when the Prime Minister was away, His Highness never summoned our people."

Kangxi had just sounded the alarm for Suo'etu, and now a string in his heart is tense!

"Don't be impatient, haven't I come back? Your Highness is still young, and he is not close to the other children of our family. When he grows up, he will know the importance of the mother's family, and only the children of our family Only a person will serve him wholeheartedly.”

"His Royal Highness asked the emperor how many academicians from the Imperial Academy are leaving."

"His Royal Highness will order the Qingliu officials of the Ministry of Rites around."

"Now His Highness has gone to the household department."

He just doesn't look at their people more than once!

The subordinates say so much, endless grievances and sorrows, not getting His Highness's attention, can they be regarded as the prince's henchmen?

"Okay, this matter will be resolved when I meet with His Highness," Suo'etu reassured the clansmen that His Highness would not send them, and he would ask His Highness to do the work when the time comes. He is not afraid of His Highness ordering them, but afraid of His Highness ignoring them ah!

"Your Highness didn't pay attention to it. During the days when the Prime Minister was away, the children of the family all behaved cautiously and lost thousands of acres of land!"

Suo'etu said indifferently: "Whether it is to invade the good land or lose your own land, you know it in your own mind."

"But..." But other people's families do this. Even if the Eight Banners dignitaries encroach on people's fields and houses for themselves, even if it comes to the government, it is a case that the yamen dare not judge.

"Did you forget about the liquidation a few years ago? It's really healed and the scar forgets the pain."

"There are always people staring at our house. Those Hanchens who claim to be clean and not afraid of the rich and powerful are all watching with wide eyes!"

Speaking of Hanchen, Suo Xiang's party members really feel a little bit wronged. His Royal Highness is more close to Hanchen than to Manchen. He prefers to be upright and business-like rather than using privileges to achieve his goal, so that they dare not make unnecessary petty moves. I'm afraid that I will be "destroyed with righteousness" by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who doesn't know about it.

The Hesheli family also suffered a lot from measuring the land and liquidating the fields this time, as well as the newly established Bank of Great Qing. People believed in the Bank of Great Qing and stopped borrowing from private individuals. Those who have money lose their money.

All the big families in the Eight Banners have their own origins, they are not legitimate, they hide in the shadows, they can’t get on the stage, and they can’t say it clearly, and the emperor is pressing on them, so they can only smash their teeth and swallow them in their mouths. It's unbearable.

Their family is not the only one whose interests have been touched, but their family suffered even greater losses. Seeing that the Hesheli family, who had suffered the most, did not respond, the others took advantage of this to follow behind to pick up the ready-made benefits, but let the other A group of people made a fortune.

The subordinates submitted the accounts and statements for the past few months.

The steward complained to Suo'etu: "In order to cooperate with His Royal Highness, we have lost a lot."

Seeing this, Suo'etu counted down the benefits that his forces gave up one by one.

They gave up occupying the people's land, gave up interest, and gave up buying and selling slaves. All the benefits they abandoned went into the pockets of others.

"Things that have no vision, these things that are not on the table, if they are discarded, they will be discarded. Is there a need to cry here?" Suo'etu's eyes flashed, and he picked up the account of the Liuli official kiln. It was found that the profits earned in the Liuli official kiln were much more than the profits given up.

The amount of these bonuses is clear under the eyes of the emperor.Not only did the emperor know, but he did not deprive him of the dividends he received, which meant that the emperor was allowing him to make money in a "legitimate" way.

Suo'etu's men paused for a moment, and immediately said: "Go to the treasury bank and get a 10 taels of silver note for me, and I will send it to Your Highness when I enter the palace."

"Master?"

Suo'etu reprimanded: "It's enough to cooperate with His Highness's actions, and it doesn't matter if you lose a small profit. Others are happy when they swallow these swallows, and they will cry when the time comes!"

The steward was startled suddenly: "What Xiangye meant, could it be that the emperor..."

"Don't say any more, how can we guess what the emperor is thinking?"

Suo'etu said coldly: "Tell them, don't feel at ease just because I'm back, I'm also on the cusp! Let the children of the family be more vigilant, His Royal Highness doesn't need you to do things, and doesn't rely on you. It means that he may abandon you at any time, if you commit a crime, His Highness will not come to rescue you."

Anyway, His Highness will not abandon him, Suo'etu, no one has more face than him in front of His Highness, but others are not necessarily so.

"Don't you think that with me around, everything can be done. My ugly words are up front. If anyone gets His Highness into trouble, don't blame me for turning against him. His Highness's interests are related to the family's future. Who dares to hold His Highness back? I will not forgive you lightly!"

Suo'etu is very sober. In the eyes of the emperor, he is the prince's man. If the prince is honored, he will be honored;Everything he does is related to the prince's face. If one day he hinders the prince, he will be the first one to get rid of by the emperor.

Now that Haikou had already boasted that he would give the crown prince a bonus, even though the emperor refused, Suo'etu still wanted to express that the 10 taels of silver bill was enough sincerity.

Next, as the emperor wished, teach the prince what it means to "behave in the world" and what it means to "evil people".

This is really a big problem. It is his fault whether he teaches well or not.

While Suo'etu was thinking about it, he used the toiletries to take a bath and change clothes.

The attendants unpacked the things the prince gave him one by one, and saw that there were three bottles in them. The bottles said: ginger shampoo, ginger hair conditioner, rose shower gel...

Yinfeng didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to the matter of flattening the national treasury and founding the Bank of Great Qing!

Ku Yin in his own Yuqing Palace returned 10%, Han Ama gave him 10 taels, the third grandpa gave him 1 taels, brother Tutu gave him 160 taels, Yinfeng did the math, and Yuqing himself The money in the palace should be controlled at around 3606 million taels, but after calculation, it was as much as [-] million taels!

Yinfeng hugged the small box in which he put the banknotes, looked left and right suspiciously, and called Madam Xu to check the accounts together, and found that this part of the money really came out of thin air.

"No way? Money begets money?!"

This matter was a bit weird, he quietly didn't tell anyone, took Xiaomei and Cao Zhen together, and went to abduct Yinzhen who was studying in the upper study.

"Little four, little four, a cornucopia has appeared in Gu's Yuqing Palace, and it can make money by itself! Wow, there is so much money all of a sudden, Gu can't even think of what to do with it."

Yin Mo: ...

How should he explain to the prince that corruption and bribery by officials in the Qing Dynasty is a normal state, and the influence of bad governance has lasted for decades. If there is negligence, corruption will breed. Once the atmosphere is corrupt, if you want to clean up and rectify it, it will be like a patient recovering from a serious illness, which is slow and painful.

The money obtained by officials from corruption is used to bribe their superiors. There is also a bad atmosphere in officialdom called "filial piety" which is actually "bribery".

Officials in the capital city asked local officials to be filial. In order to collect people's fat and anointment and earn a lot of money, local officials colluded with businessmen to carry out some "grey income" transactions.There are even officials who take advantage of their positions to search for money and silver under clever pretexts, so that they will pay tribute layer by layer, and finally send it to the person who is most worthy of filial piety.

That person must have a huge status in the ruling and opposition parties, and it is difficult for anyone to shake him. He has a huge influence, forms a party wing, and can bring many benefits to his subordinates.

Everyone knows that the prince spent a lot of money to balance the treasury accounts.

On the one hand, the prince is squandering, on the other hand, those who want to attach themselves to the prince try their best to send "filial piety" to the prince.

The author has something to say: Today's Suo'etu is flavored with ginger and rose!