The Imperial Household Department was Kangxi's purse, in charge of the seven departments and three courts.
The seven departments are: Guangchu Department, Accounting Department, Qingfeng Department, Zhangyi Department, Duyu Department, Shenxing Department and Yancheng Department.
The three academies are Shangsiyuan, Wubeiyuan and Fengchenyuan.
She took care of every aspect of the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
These seven departments and three academies were like a huge group, and Kangxi was the chairman.
The Three Jiangnan Weaving Factories were subsidiaries under the Imperial Household Department.
The three Jiangnan weaving factories had the right to produce silk fabrics exclusively for the royal family. In addition, they were also responsible for making court robes for a number of princes and officials.
Court robes were not provided by the imperial court, but had to be purchased by officials themselves.
If it is worn out and old, it will affect the image of the court, and Kangxi will scold you, so he will force you to buy it even if you don't want to.
Even Yinreng had to praise the cleverness of this business.
Cao Yin now submitted a memorial saying that there is a shortage of manpower. This must be because they were exploited too much in the recent period, and too many low-level embroidery workers were killed, and the newly trained people could not directly fill the gap.
Seeing that the New Year was approaching, masters and servants in all parts of the palace had to buy clothes. They knew that the weaving factories could not supply so much cloth, so they began to write memorials to complain to Kangxi.
When Kangxi saw that everyone had read it, he asked,
"Have you finished reading it? Is there any solution?"
"this……"
All the officials in the Imperial Household Department looked worried.
Yinreng glanced at him and sneered in his heart.
"How happy I was when I was selling the goods, but now I'm dumbfounded. They're all a bunch of money-hungry bastards!"
The foreigners who came to the capital to buy things were most interested in porcelain, silk and tea.
Foreigners also purchase items such as ginseng, four treasures of the study, lacquerware, ironware, jewelry, etc., but their proportion is not high.
Most foreigners look down on the crudely made ones used by the people.
After all, those who can travel thousands of miles to do business in the Qing Dynasty are all wealthy people.
The Imperial Household Department would buy whatever the foreigners were chasing after. In the past, there were some old stocks in the Imperial Household Department’s warehouse, but they must have been used up recently, so they started to set their sights on new goods.
Kangxi should have acquiesced.
If Kangxi did not agree, the Imperial Household Department would not dare to sell it so blatantly.
Kangxi's eyes flickered, and then he asked Yinzhen,
"Old Nine, what do you think?"
The corner of Yin'er's mouth twitched, and he answered directly,
"Stop selling cloth to foreigners for now, and wait until we have trained our embroiderers."
Kangxi frowned and turned to look at Yinreng.
"Yinreng, go ahead."
"My son and Lao Jiu share the same view."
Kangxi frowned even deeper. The silver in his private treasury had grown like crazy in the past two years. He was reluctant to suspend this business easily.
Seeing this, Yinzhen directly proposed,
"Since we can't sell silk, why not find another business to replace it temporarily? My son thinks the glass window business is good. When these foreigners see our spacious and bright windows, they might be more attracted to them than to silk."
"Are all the orders from the capital finished?"
"That's not the case..."
Just as Yinzhen was about to say that glass production could be expanded, he was stopped by Yinreng.
When they were making glass windows, they issued a gag order, and the officials from the Imperial Household Department present were all unaware that this business was under the full control of Yinzhen.
Kangxi saw the two men's quarrel and pondered for a moment.
“That’s one way…”
But the issue of Jiangnan weaving also needs to be resolved.
"How about this, Yinreng, you take Lao Wu to Jiangnan to see the real situation of the weaving. If you have a way to solve this problem, then solve it directly."
Kangxi was certain that Yinreng had a way to resolve this matter, but he was just too lazy to get involved, or perhaps he simply didn't want to get involved in any affairs related to the Imperial Household Department.
Yinreng's eyelids twitched, and he felt a little reluctant.
Jiangnan is a wealthy place with many survivors of the previous dynasty, a strong cultural atmosphere, and many aristocratic families. It is truly a very good place.
Unfortunately, whoever touches it will be unlucky...
Yinreng didn't want to get involved.
But the old man was determined to ask him to go, and Yinreng had no choice but to agree.
After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Yinreng went back to the Yuqing Palace to pack his bags.
Guaerjia was full of worries. When she learned that he was going to Jiangnan for business again, she felt not only complicated but also reluctant to let him go.
Yinreng smiled and comforted her.
"No matter what decision you make, I will support you unconditionally and will do my best to protect you. Don't worry too much, there's still a lot of time..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Guaerjia's frown relaxed.
But Yinreng was sighing in his heart.
He was probably the most useless man in the world. He couldn't even protect the person he loved and had to make her live a life of fear with him.
In this fucked-up era, as a crown prince, he didn't even have any military power except for the guards assigned to him by Kangxi. Even if he dressed as an ordinary person, it would be worse than being a prisoner...
Forget it, even ordinary people can be bullied.
At least the current living standard is top-notch in this era.
Yinreng took Yinqi and went straight to Jiangning Weaving Factory by water.
Accompanying the two men was the deputy chief steward of the Imperial Household Department.
Yinreng simply ignored it.
Cao Yin received the news a few days ago and waited for the two to arrive at the dock every day.
He had absolutely no fondness for Yinreng, but after all, he was the emperor's own son. Not to mention that he was the emperor's confidant, even if he was the emperor's brother, he would have to stand aside when compared to the crown prince.
Besides, in recent years, the emperor's attitude towards him, Li Xu and Sun Wencheng has been inexplicable. He is probably still blaming them for not noticing the traces of the White Lotus Sect in time a few years ago, causing the Third Prince to suffer such a great suffering.
If something happens to the prince in their territory this time, he won't have to live anymore and can just die to atone for his crime.
When Cao Yin saw the flag hanging on the ship, his eyelids twitched. He then quickly walked to the dock, waiting for the ship to dock with a smile on his face.
"Your servant pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Yinreng asked him to stand up with an expressionless face.
Cao Yin wanted to exchange a few more words with him, but seeing the indifferent expression on his face, he gave up the idea.
After returning to the palace and resting for a night, Yinreng asked Cao Yin to take them to visit the weaving bureau the next day.
Cao Yin had no objection.
The weaving bureau covers a large area. In the spacious courtyard, there are rolls of brightly colored cloth hanging. The embroiderers are busy dyeing, drying and weaving. On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong.
Yinreng and Yinqi toured the weaving bureau.
Cao Yin wanted to urge the two of them to go back for dinner.
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