This also demonstrates the benevolence of the imperial family.
Emperor Kangxi was in the same boat. Apart from Wei Dongting, some of his senior officials were indeed struggling financially, even though their general political achievements were quite good. Emperor Kangxi also used his own private funds to repay them.
The Imperial Household Department's funds were Emperor Kangxi's private savings. Because of the major upheaval in the Imperial Household Department a few years ago, which resulted in the dismissal of a large number of people, the department had ample funds and could easily repay this amount.
For example, Cao Yin owed more than 3 million taels of silver, and Emperor Kangxi helped him repay 1 million taels. Kangxi was not a fool; this figure was verified and was said to be for the expenses of building a temporary palace for Kangxi and hosting the emperor.
But who knows the actual cost? 800,000 taels is the absolute maximum. The rest is up to you to figure out.
Emperor Kangxi returned 1 million taels of silver because of the deep bond between Emperor Kangxi and Cao Yin, which had existed since Cao Yin's childhood.
The Ulanara family also owed 380,000 taels of silver. As the father-in-law's family of the Fourth Prince, they went to the Fourth Prince's mansion every day to ask for an audience with the Fourth Prince's wife.
The fourth wife was quite generous, taking out 50,000 taels of silver from her dowry, no more.
Ulanara's family was not satisfied and made a fuss. The Fourth Princess Consort directly said that during the two years when Honghui died young, the family did not take care of her.
They only started seeing each other again after Hongchen and Xiaoge were born.
The elder brother and sister-in-law then backed down. The nephews and nieces of the Ulanara family were all useless, and their biggest backer now was the Fourth Prince's wife, so they couldn't afford to offend her. Besides, they were just the elder brother and sister-in-law; they didn't have the same authority as their parents.
In addition, the Crown Prince's maternal family, the Hesheli clan, also borrowed more than 200,000 taels of silver from the Crown Prince, who himself had to repay 600,000 taels and didn't have much money.
In the end, they were given two estates owned by the Empress Yuan and 30,000 taels of silver to settle the matter.
The wife of Hongwei, who was from the Yuanhou family, also took 5,000 taels of silver back to her parents' home in the Khoja Prince's mansion.
On the contrary, the Nalan family, with its abundant wealth, only borrowed 100,000 taels of silver at the time because of herd mentality.
He could easily repay it, but since he had been taken care of by Mingzhu for many years, he still took 10,000 taels of silver to her. His concubine, Nalan, also took 5,000 taels of silver back to her parents' home.
Khoja's maternal family, the Irgen Gioro clan, didn't owe much, only 50,000 taels, but Khoja still took 5,000 taels of silver back as a token of her goodwill.
In addition, the 50,000 taels of silver owed by the Prince Zhi's Mansion have also been paid off.
Paying it all off won't be easy.
Among the prominent Manchu families in Beijing, besides the Fuca family and the Tongjia clan, there were also the Guarjia clan (the maternal relatives of the Crown Princess), the Irgen Gioro clan (the maternal relatives of Khoja), and the Guoluo clan (the maternal relatives of Consort Yi). Very few of them had paid off their debts.
In the end, the Fourth Prince was also known as harsh and ruthless, and for a time he was very unpopular among the imperial family and officials.
On the contrary, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Kangxi earned a reputation for being benevolent and lenient.
These two are simply ruining their son and grandson's lives.
As for Hongyu and Hongfang, the two assistants in debt collection, they neither gained the reputation of being a cruel official like the Fourth Prince, nor the reputation of being kind and benevolent like Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager.
After all, they are just assistants; as long as they complete the tasks assigned by the Fourth Master, that's enough.
Speaking of the Fourth Prince's mansion, the past year or so has been nothing short of chaotic.
To say that the Fourth Prince's wife's family borrowed so much money could be attributed to their large family fortune and extravagant spending. Although there's a lot of exaggeration involved, it's understandable given Honghui's situation and the fact that the Fourth Prince's wife had given birth to two legitimate children.
Fourth Master took out 50,000 taels of silver to help Yue family pay off their debts.
No matter how much anyone tries to argue, Fourth Master has already done everything he could for his wife's family.
However, Consort Li's life in the Fourth Prince's harem for over a year was not easy. Her family was just a minor prefectural governor, a small clan, yet they dared to borrow nearly 100,000 taels of silver.
When Fourth Master saw the debt on the spot, he was so angry that he smashed his cup.
How dare this tiny family!
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