"Am I lacking food or clothes? Look at which prince is like you, who loves money more than his father. You are obsessed with money..."
Kangxi gave Yinzhen a long speech and scolded him harshly, and finally punished him by making him copy the "Book of Filial Piety" ten times.
He wanted to put Yinzhen under house arrest for a few months, but unfortunately Yinzhen was going to get married next month, so this idea went around in his mind and was then put out of his mind.
After Yinzhen walked out of the private treasury, he did not leave the palace, but went directly to Yuqing Palace.
Yinreng injured his right arm last time and has not been on duty for the past few months. He only occasionally visits the outskirts of the city.
When Yinreng heard the eunuch announce that Yinzhen was coming, he was a little surprised. He and Yinzhen had just met yesterday. If there was something, he would have said it directly yesterday. Why did he come to Yuqing Palace now?
As if seeing his doubts, the eunuch who passed the message added,
"Just now, I heard that the Ninth Prince brought his men to break into the Emperor's private vault. When the Emperor learned of this, he was furious and scolded the Ninth Prince for half an hour in the vault..."
Yinreng: “…”
Okay.
The old man must have been reluctant to part with the millions of taels of silver, and Yinzhen was so angry that he went to get it himself.
After figuring out what was going on, Yinreng hurried to the main hall.
Before entering the door, Yinreng saw Yin'er sitting on a chair, looking listless.
"Old Nine."
Yinzhen raised his head, his face showing the grievance.
"Second brother."
Yinreng sighed, and after sending the waiters away, he walked over and sat down beside him.
"What do you want to do about this?"
He knew Yinzhen, and he knew that Yinzhen would never let it go after suffering such a huge loss.
Several million taels of silver were not much for the old man. Of the silver earned by Yinzhen, he, Lao Jiu and the Ministry of Works took only 40% in total. The remaining 60% was said to be divided up, but in fact most of it went into the old man's pocket.
Everything is allocated according to his preferences.
However, Kangxi was reluctant to give Yinzhen the half that he deserved.
Kangxi has always been the most greedy person.
"Second brother, do you know everything?"
Yinzhen was a little surprised when he heard that Yinreng came up and asked him what he wanted to do without even a word of comfort.
Yinreng was very angry.
"Don't pretend in front of me. Don't I know you?"
Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and put away all the aggrieved expressions on his face.
"What else can I do? If he doesn't give it to me, I'll just reach out and take it myself!"
He came here to test Yinreng's attitude.
After all, almost all the properties he owns are closely related to his second brother.
If his second brother doesn't agree, the worst that can happen is that he can find some other ways to cheat the Imperial Household Department a little more, and the money will still fall into his hands.
No one in this world can snatch the money from his pocket, not even the old man!
Yinreng nodded and said,
"I understand. You better be careful. Those people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not just there to do nothing. If they find any problems with the accounts, it will be difficult to explain to the old man."
Yin'er curled the corners of his lips.
"I'm doing this, second brother, are you still worried?"
If people can find out about his money-making behavior, wouldn't all these years of his life have been in vain?
If he is given a few more years, it is hard to say who the Imperial Household Department will be on the same page with.
Thinking of this, the smile on Yinzhen's lips became more and more presumptuous.
Yinreng looked at Yin'er's even somewhat crazy state and could not help but hold his forehead.
"You'd better restrain yourself. If the old man has doubts and checks the accounts himself, you..."
"Don't worry, second brother!"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yinzhen.
"As long as the money that goes into his pocket this year is more than last year, he won't suspect anything. Besides, those people in the Imperial Household Department are all well-fed, and he hasn't taken any drastic measures to discipline them."
"You're different from them. Those servants in the Imperial Household Department are the old man's private property, but what you get is just the flesh of the old man. He can turn a blind eye to the Imperial Household Department, but for you... it's hard to say."
Yinzhen: “…”
"Okay, I get it. I'll be more careful this year and take less."
Yinzhen said this and stood up and walked out.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll keep your share for you..."
Yinreng shook his head, and suddenly remembered that the old man had scolded the ninth brother for being full of the stink of money. Now it seems that the ninth brother is full of the stink of money, but at least he will not rob other people's pockets. The old man has the nerve to embezzle the money that the ninth brother deserves.
Tsk…
So shameless.
The news that the ninth prince broke into the emperor's private treasury and was reprimanded by Emperor Kangxi and made to copy the "Book of Filial Piety" as punishment soon spread throughout the capital.
Break in by force?
emperor?
Private library?!
Everyone was full of question marks.
Is there anyone in this world who dares to break into the emperor’s private vault?
More importantly, the Ninth Prince broke into the Emperor's private vault, but was only punished to copy the "Book of Filial Piety"?
this……
In the end, the world was turned upside down into something they didn't recognize.
Only a few princes who knew the inside story were speechless.
When the emperor wanted to "help" the prince who had not yet established his own residence to preserve the money earned by his ninth brother, everyone thought there was nothing wrong with it.
After all, no matter how hard Lao Jiu works, he can only earn tens or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver a year at most.
Even if he could earn one million taels, he would only get 50,000 taels.
This amount of money was comparable to the ice and carbon tributes they collected, so no one cared.
However, since the opening of the outer city commercial district, Lao Jiu's annual income has been more than ten times the one million taels of silver, and the amount of silver he has received is also a huge amount.
Over the past few years, the money that my ninth brother deposited with the Emperor has reached a point where even the Emperor is unwilling to let it go easily.
No one knew what to say.
From their perspective, it's actually quite frustrating.
Not only did the ninth brother not get the money he deserved, but he was also punished by copying the "Book of Filial Piety".
On the sixth day of August, Yinzhen got married.
Kangxi still felt a little guilty, so after Yinzhen's wedding, he gave Yinzhen a lot of wealth.
The atmosphere in the capital finally eased a lot.
Just as Kangxi was about to draw up a list for this year's autumn hunt, news came from the Tianjin port that pirates were appearing at sea and merchant caravans were frequently ambushed.
The pirates withdrew immediately after looting the property. If the patrol fleet at the port had not rescued the survivors, no news would have been heard.
Kangxi was furious.
He immediately summoned military generals to discuss the matter, including Yinzhi and Yinreng.
After reading the memorial, Yinreng frowned deeply.
"Tianjin Port... Could it be Japanese pirates? If they are, these people are quite bold!"
In his previous life, he was unable to go to the battlefield and kill a few Japanese devils with his own hands, which has always been a regret in his heart. However, he has plenty of opportunities in this life.
If he was really sure that the pirates were a trouble maker, he would definitely ask to go to the front line.
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