They all did their jobs well as assigned by Yinreng, and none of them was a hopeless dandy.
Every time he saw them, Yinreng couldn't help but sigh that Kangxi's genes were really strong.
However, later emperors excessively pursued bloodline purity, so the children they gave birth to became increasingly... "inferior".
Fifteen of them were young, and the merits they had accumulated were not enough for Yinreng to confer high titles on them, so the highest title among them was only Beile.
Unlike during the reign of Kangxi, when royal titles were only linked to salaries, the titles nowadays can actually bring real benefits.
The most intuitive thing is the dividends at the end of each year.
The Qing Chamber of Commerce established by Yinzhen covered every aspect of people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the amount of silver earned every year was astronomical.
The royal family members with titles can all share part of the net profits, of course they only have the right to dividends and no say.
Seventy percent of the money Yinzhen earned went into the national treasury, and the remaining three percent was profit.
Yinreng accounted for 10%, the remaining 20%, the five iron-hat princes accounted for 10%, and all other people with titles accounted for 20%.
Yinreng wanted to give more to Yinzhen and others, but everyone refused.
They will earn some gray income while doing their work. With that money, even if they don't take dividends, their descendants can live comfortably for three generations.
What's more, they are princes with iron hats. Even if there are incompetent people among their descendants, they can continue their bloodline through the title.
They no longer need to spend money to win people's hearts. So much money will just sit there gathering dust, and they can't even spend all the dividends they get every year.
Among them, Yinzhen, who likes making money the most, now feels that money is like dirt.
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