When Yinzhen came out, he brought many rewards, all of which were for Yue Shu.
As for the position of concubine, he would definitely refuse. How could a prince like him have two concubines? If he really agreed, that would be troublesome.
Only a prince can have two concubines. If he agrees, it means he wants the title of prince. The merit of a honeycomb briquette is not enough to exchange for a prince title.
In fact, he never intended to give this concubine to him, but with these words, once he became a prince, Le Shu's position as a concubine would be secure.
Kangxi's tests were always so sudden, catching people completely off guard.
The fact that Yinxiang was able to leave the Ministry of Revenue already negated most of the credit.
As for what he said later, it was because he understood Kangxi. In the future, he would favor Le Shu exclusively, and his attitude of looking down on all other women was better than being bewitched by them.
If Yinzhen is not at the highest level of the atmosphere, he is at least at the very top.
Before his rebirth, he was played for a fool by his father, Emperor Kangxi. After his rebirth, Yinzhen (the future Emperor Yongzheng) has the upper hand over his father!
When Yinzhen brought the rewards, Le Shu was a little puzzled: "Didn't we already give out rewards? Why are there more? This time the rewards are much better than last time, a thousand taels of gold, a full ten thousand taels of silver!"
"Father wanted to make you a secondary consort, but I declined."
After thinking for a moment, Yue Shu thought, "Yinzhen is still a prince: "He should indeed decline."
"Is your stomach okay? Has the baby been fussy?"
"No, she's quite well-behaved."
She found out she was pregnant yesterday, about two months along, and she had barely noticed anything.
Although the diagnosis was only yesterday, the couple had suspected she was pregnant about two weeks ago, but they didn't announce it sooner.
During this time, Le Shu did not stop working. She didn't need to worry about the honeycomb briquettes; she had already reorganized and reviewed the accounts of Yinzhen's private property.
Unsurprisingly, the problem is significant.
Yinzhen (the Yongzheng Emperor) lacked talent for making money. The people he hired were loyal, but their money-making abilities, like his, were only so-so. It wasn't that they didn't make money, but the returns were small.
Another issue is with the account books. This isn't because Yinzhen (the emperor) assigned someone to manage them; it's because that person lacked the ability.
Le Shu handed him the newly organized ledger: "Can you take a look?"
After ascending the throne, Yinzhen implemented auditing reforms, which were quite effective. He hadn't paid attention to them before, but when Le Shu laid out the account books so clearly for him to see, he discovered many problems after flipping through them a few times.
He wasn't surprised; greed is something you're used to, but he was quite interested in Le Shu's bookkeeping method.
"This bookkeeping method is quite novel. If it can be promoted, it should save the Ministry of Revenue a lot of trouble."
"I'll teach you when I have some free time. You can look at the places I've marked. There shouldn't be any people among these who can't move, right?"
Without even looking at it, Yinzhen said, "No, since I've entrusted it to you, you can make all the decisions."
"That's good. Have Gao Wuyong come over here!"
Yinzhen: "Su Peisheng, come in."
As soon as Su Peisheng entered, he heard an order: "Go to the front yard and call Gao Wuyong here."
“Zha”
Gao Wuyong arrived quickly. He had a rare break these past two days. Some time ago, he had been running around under Le Shu's orders and had investigated a lot of things. When he heard that he was going to Shaoguang Academy, he thought to himself, "I'm going to have more work to do!"
Having learned about Yue's methods over this period of time, he was convinced of their effectiveness and followed her instructions without complaint.
He went off eagerly, making Su Peisheng's eyes hurt.
Gao Wuyong entered the study.
"This servant greets Master and Consort Chang."
"Get up, your master has something to discuss with you."
Gao Wuyong stood up and took two steps closer to her: "What are your instructions, Master Chang?"
Since Yinzhen had already addressed her as Master Chang, then Le Shu was indeed his master, and he changed his address very readily.
Le Shu handed him a document and a list: "The document is my new promotion and reward/punishment system. The people on this list, lock them up and let people interrogate them. Those who harm others for their own selfish gain will all be sent to the coal mine, along with their families and relatives who benefited from it."
The principle of "a life for a life" applies. Originally, Le Shu intended to deal with the people, but then she thought that Yinzhen had recently bought several coal mines because of honeycomb briquettes. The area was short of manpower, and long-term coal mining could be deadly. These people were extremely guilty, and sending them to be put to good use was much better than killing them.
These people, along with their families and relatives, number quite a lot!
Immediately, Le Shu handed over a second list: "Check the people on this list again. If there are no problems, promote them to be in charge. There aren't enough people, so let the capable ones do more work for now."
Finally, Le Shu handed over a list: "Arrest the people circled on this list, torture them, and then publicly execute them by caning."
Tell them that the people arrested have confessed a lot of things, including the things they embezzled. They have to hand over 50% of it within ten days. If they can't hand it over within ten days, you should select two more typical cases to confiscate and send them to the coal mine.
Then tell everyone that you know someone who hasn't paid off the illicit funds, and introduce a new promotion and reward/punishment system to encourage them to work hard. If profits don't improve compared to previous years, they'll be sent back to the coal mine at the end of the year.
If you do a good job and the profits reach a certain percentage, past embezzlement will be forgiven. New rules have been set: if anyone is still embezzling or trampling on human life, a few typical cases will be arrested and sent to work in the coal mines.
Remember this: those with murder cases on their hands, send them to the most dangerous places, and never let them come out alive.
The people that Yinzhen used all had indentures in their hands, so he could do whatever he wanted with them.
Gao Wuyong felt a chill run down his spine. He hadn't seen the promotion and reward/punishment system yet, but it should be good stuff. It seemed that those people were going to suffer a lot this time, and in serious cases, they might even lose their lives.
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