After reading it, Wang Hongxu immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty and my administration has been lax. Please punish me."

Emperor Kangxi knew that Wang Hongxu was not to blame, but he could not say that Wang Hongxu bore no responsibility at all.

"You know you were negligent. Since that's the case, I have a task for you to handle. If you do it well, you can make amends for your mistakes. If you don't, you can take a break."

He doesn't keep idle people here.

Wang Hongxu said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to redeem myself."

Emperor Kangxi gave him a list of people who had borrowed a lot of money.

"Investigate these people. I want to know how desperately they need money. I want to know how much wealth these people have. Investigate not only them, but also their wives and relatives. I want to see just how desperately my subjects need money, and whether they are truly so poor that they can't afford to eat or wear clothes."

Emperor Kangxi really didn't believe that they were all so short of money that they would borrow tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the national treasury.

Wang Hongxu glanced at the list; they were all people he couldn't afford to offend. This was no easy task, but he couldn't refuse it either, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After dismissing Wang Hongxu, Kangxi began to focus on another matter.

"How is the Crown Prince doing?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Suo'etu has been frequently visiting Yuqing Palace since he learned that the Crown Prince was investigating your assassination attempt. However, the people he arranged there did not mention anything amiss between the two."

The fact that Suo'etu frequently visited Yuqing Palace already speaks volumes. However, Kangxi wanted to know the Crown Prince's attitude.

"Send two people to investigate at Suo'etu's residence."

“Zha”

Emperor Kangxi suspected that the assassination attempt was related to Songgotu, since the biggest beneficiaries of the incident were the Crown Prince and Songgotu. Kangxi did not believe that someone would dare to do such a thing, but Songgotu might.

The Hesheli family used to be incredibly powerful, but they were investigated and punished by Emperor Kangxi once, and now their glory days are over.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Having grown accustomed to a life of glory, Suo'etu was bound to be dissatisfied, which is why Kangxi began to suspect him.