Chapter 15: The Fifteenth Day of Wanting to Die

The more Kangxi thought about it, the more it made sense. He also felt that since Xiaoliu knew who the most corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty was, he must also know who the corrupt officials were among the ministers. With Xiaoliu following him, he would not be afraid of not being able to embezzle money.

Kangxi's abacus clattered loudly.

Yin Zhuo was frightened by Kangxi's eyes. How to describe this look? It was very eager, the look that a dog would give to a bun. It was just a description and did not mean that Kangxi was a dog.

Kangxi: ...

Defei was tired, so Kangxi stood up and said, "Old Four and Little Six, please follow me to the study. My beloved concubine is also tired, so take a rest."

After saying that, he shook his clothes and walked forward.

Yin Zhuo quickly stuffed another piece of cake into his mouth, then turned his wheelchair, turned back to say something to Concubine De, and left.

Yinzhen followed closely behind. Before leaving, he glanced at Si Fujin, but in the end he said nothing.

After Yin Zhuo left, Defei found that her ears suddenly became very quiet and she could no longer hear Xiaoliu's voice.

The fourth concubine was still there, and Concubine De patted her hands and said, "You heard it just now. You need to have a long-term vision. The fourth concubine is not a womanizer. Having a healthy child is more important than anything else."

Didn’t you hear what Xiaoliu said? None of the fourth child’s children are up to par.

Si Fujin couldn't hold back his tears any longer: "I know."

Tana and Wujina also wanted to say something, but seeing that E'niang meant that the emperor also knew that he could hear Sixth Brother's thoughts.

It seems that Sixth Brother will not get into trouble because of this. Tana felt relieved after realizing this.

The Emperor did not treat the Sixth Brother as a monster and treated him as usual, which made the two little girls feel relieved.

Sixth brother has suffered enough, and it may be that this time he came back from the gates of hell with this ability.

Could it be that, just as Sixth Brother said, he will really die in three months?

Tana's brows furrowed again.

After comforting Si Fujin, Defei warned the other three again before returning to her room to rest.

She had a terrible headache.

If the fourth prince ascends the throne in the future, will the crown prince and the eldest prince do anything if they know about this?

We must not put Xiaoliu in danger.

Concubine De lay there in silence, thinking about a solution.

In the study, Yin Zhuo even suspected that his ears were damaged.

"What? You want me and my fourth brother to search the house?"

Is the emperor crazy? He has to use a wheelchair whenever he goes out, so how can he conduct a house search?

Kangxi looked at Xiaoliu's pale face and couldn't help feeling guilty. It was a bit too much.

But who made Xiaoliu capable?

Kangxi said trustingly, "My father believes in your ability."

Yin Zhuo complained in his heart.

[Is this my CPU? I have the ability to make a living, but I don’t have the ability to rob a house. ]

Kangxi was upset and became more determined to send Xiaoliu out to do something.

Why is it losing so much every day? And what is a CPU?

Kangxi had also learned foreign languages, but had never seen this word before, so he decided to write it down and go back to ask the foreign envoys.

Yinzhen felt that his father was really inspired by Xiaoliu and asked him to confiscate the property. How many people would he offend?

And how would he copy it?

[My goodness, it turns out that the fourth brother has been involved in the confiscation of property for such a long time. What is this called? This is called the confiscation of property emperor coming online in advance and becoming the confiscation of property prince.]

Now Yinzhen is still a bald prince, and he will be conferred the title of Beile in two years.

As soon as they entered the room, Yinzhen, Yinreng, Yinzhi and Yinqi, who had not yet had the chance to pay their respects to Kangxi, were stunned.

House search?

Whose house do you want to raid?

And who is the emperor whose property was confiscated?

How come they haven't seen Xiaoliu for the whole morning? Their thoughts are so racing that they can hardly keep up.

Kangxi had no time to deal with the four people who had just come in, so he waved his hand to let them excuse themselves.

Then he looked at Yinzhen. The emperor who was confiscating the property must be referring to the fourth son.

He snorted softly, and became more and more certain in his heart that Hongli must have learned it from the fourth brother.

Don’t be fooled by the appearance of this fourth brother, he has a lot of little quirks.

【But I have to whitewash Yongzheng. Who made Kangxi too kind to officials? Moreover, he was lazy and negligent in his later years. Officials tried their best to find loopholes to embezzle public funds. They were still occupying the toilet and unwilling to vacate the position. As a result, when the throne came to Yongzheng, there was no money. I remember that a Shanxi governor could extort more than 4.5 million taels of silver from his subordinates during his tenure. Those who provided disaster relief and river control were even more so. The emperor was far away, so who knew how much they had embezzled.】

A small inspector could embezzle more than four million taels of silver...

Kangxi was shocked by this huge number.

Besides, why did Xiaoliu throw the blame on him? He is now conscientiously handling official duties and cannot have a moment of leisure.

Why did the reason why the fourth brother went to search the house was blamed on him?

When Yinzhen heard these numbers, he remained calm. These numbers were less than 10 million and could not be compared with that of Heshen, the Emperor Qianlong.

He really wanted to ask himself in the future why he chose such a person as his successor.

I can’t figure it out. I can’t figure it out.

Could it be that this is the only one among his sons that he likes?

Yinreng and Yinzhi were the first ones to come into contact with political affairs and attend court sessions. They also had private contact with officials and it is true that they accepted bribes.

But the embezzlement of more than four million taels of silver is somewhat exaggerated.

It’s almost a quarter of the national treasury.

Several of them brothers have in-laws, and they hope that the emperor's sudden confiscation of property will not fall on them this time.

No, I have to go back and tell them.

Kangxi asked tentatively, "Xiao Liu, where do you think we should start with the confiscation of the property?"

Yin Zhuo: …

Is this a test for him?

And he hasn't agreed yet.

[How can I answer this? There are too many places to copy. Let's pick the nearest one to check. There are a lot of benefits in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I guarantee that the emperor will be shocked when we find out. And the Ministry of Revenue. It is said that the Ministry of Revenue has money, but whether it is really rich or not, we will know it after checking. After all, the richer the more money, the more money. The benefits of the Ministry of Revenue are almost taken by those officials who have money and will take advantage of loopholes. Even so, it seems that the emperor doesn't know it yet. He sympathizes with the officials and provides benefits, but the officials don't think so. They all want to take the benefits for themselves. ]

Kangxi: ...

The Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Revenue?

Kangxi could imagine that the Imperial Household Department would definitely receive some kickbacks when purchasing supplies for the palace, but according to Xiaoliu, the kickbacks were quite a lot.

But how did the Ministry of Revenue become corrupt, or how was it emptied out by someone?

The Ministry of Revenue is the purse of the imperial court, and all military pay must come from it.

The current Minister of Revenue is Fucha Maqi. His father was also a minister before him. He died of overwork while raising military funds when Emperor Kangxi was pacifying the Sanfan Rebellion.

Kangxi trusted Ma Qi very much, but after hearing what Xiaoliu said, he suddenly felt that when Ma Qi cried to him about being poor, he might really be poor.

Kangxi thought he was pretending.

The Ministry of Revenue has no money left?

Yinzhen felt a little guilty. When he left the palace to build his mansion, he borrowed a lot of money from the Ministry of Revenue, and he had been dragging his feet on paying it back. Others did the same thing, so why did he feel like something big was going to happen now?

Yinzhi and Yinqi's faces also changed. When they left the palace, they were both penniless. How could they have the money to renovate their mansions? They could only borrow from the Ministry of Revenue.

Could it be that the Ministry of Accounts has been emptied out?

Yin Zhuo said carefully: "There is no rush to confiscate the property. Your Majesty can first ask those who borrowed money from the national treasury to return the silver. Maybe that will solve the urgent need."

【If you want to get rich, you must first confiscate the property, but you can't just do it right away. You must first investigate. If you are short of money, you can ask those officials who borrowed money to pay back the money. If that doesn't work, you can follow the path of the emperor who confiscated the property. To be honest, my fourth brother is quite smart. If you do this, you will have money. The prosperous Kangxi and Qianlong eras could not be separated from the actions of my fourth brother Yongzheng. Without him as a father to lay down the family business for his son, how could Qianlong prosper later? But who knew that Qianlong would become a prodigal son later. I heard that Kangxi also loved Qianlong very much. There are also rumors that it was because of him that Kangxi allowed Yongzheng to ascend the throne. 】

Kangxi was about to spit out blood.

This stamping maniac and poetry writing maniac really has nothing to do with him!

This is absolutely exaggerated!

He really knows how to flatter himself. He chose me to be the emperor because I like my son and gave him the credit.

If he were born now, Kangxi would definitely slap him on the butt twice to vent his anger.

Let him write and write whatever he wants!

Yinzhen looked like he was enjoying the show. Wow, this fourth son is really incompetent as the father.

How could a son who becomes emperor belittle his father like this?

This Qianlong must be the fourth son’s son.

It sounds like the relationship with the fourth brother is not very good. In Qianlong's heart, the emperor's father is more important than the fourth brother.

This is just flattering oneself by stepping on the fourth one.

If the Fourth Prince had no children yet, Yinzhen really wanted to see how outstanding this child was, to make the Emperor choose the Fourth Prince to be the emperor for him.

You really know how to brag.

Yinreng is the most embarrassed now, the Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era...

It has nothing to do with him.

And which son of the fourth brother is this Qianlong who suddenly appeared?

Yinreng felt that he had missed a lot of important news by just being away for a while.

What happened in Yonghe Palace just now?

Ever since he came in, the Emperor has been avoiding his gaze.

Kangxi felt a little guilty, for he could not understand how the person he had raised could have been deposed and reinstated twice.

Moreover, Kangxi's heart bleeds when he thinks of the second son being imprisoned until death.

This is the child he raised, when did he change?

In the future, he changed, and the second brother also changed.

Yinzhi knelt down immediately and said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely pay back the money I borrowed as soon as possible."

The name Qianlong was too unfamiliar, so Yinzhi simply ignored it. His focus was on the fact that the Ministry of Revenue had no money and that Xiaoliu had asked his father to investigate. After all, this was closely related to them.

Kangxi's face darkened: "Why do you want to borrow money?"

He hasn't treated these sons badly.

Yinzhi blushed a little: "I have no money to build a mansion."

"fart!"

He paid for all the money.

Yinzhi knelt down with his hands on the ground, lowered his head, and dared not say a word.

Even without him saying it, Kangxi knew it.

Isn't it just to get some bargains?

Yin Zhuo looked at his third brother who was kneeling on the ground and suddenly thought of something.

[Did Old Ten also have his house confiscated? I remember that Little Twelve also sold his pots and pans to pay back his debts...]

Yinzhi and others all changed their expressions and immediately made the promise.

"Don't worry, Father Emperor. I promise to pay you back."

Why are they confiscating the property of the tenth brother? How much did the tenth brother embezzle?

Even Little Twelve has fallen to the point of having to sell his pot for nothing...

This emperor who confiscates people's property is really terrible. He has pushed people into a desperate situation.

I hope your Majesty is merciful and will not be so strict.

Kangxi's hand trembled. The tenth child was now ten years old. He followed the ninth child around all day long and went crazy. The two of them were like conjoined twins.

If we talk about greed, it should be Xiaocai Mi Laojiu who is greedy, as if he has fallen into the eyes of money.

Kangxi sighed and felt a little disappointed with his future self.

All of his sons came to take advantage of their father, and each of them treated him as a blind man and fooled him.