My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 2045 Borrowing Silver
The next day, the grand ceremony of announcing the names of the successful candidates was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

This is a grand court session, and all princes, civil and military officials must attend.

Since the Ninth Prince lived in Haidian, he got up after three o'clock in the morning.

He put on his court robes and looked at himself in the mirror.

I don’t like this color. Today the whole house is filled with royal blue.

Shushu also got up and looked at the two sets of children's clothes hanging on the hanger, one red and one pink.

Today was the first time that Niguzhu went out to visit someone, and it happened that new clothes for the change of season had been made, so he asked Baiguo to hang out two pieces.

Seeing this, the Ninth Prince said, "He is not an outsider, isn't it too serious?"

Shushu said, "Isn't this the beginning of summer? It's the time to change clothes. I guess my nieces are wearing new clothes too."

The Ninth Prince said, "Khan Ama will return to Changchun Garden tomorrow morning, and I will return to Beile Mansion tonight."

Whenever the emperor left the city, he would always leave early.

As a result, the princes would not have enough time to get there from Haidian.

Shushu took out a bundle from the closet and said, "I've packed my clothes."

The Ninth Prince has been a bit clingy these days. Yesterday I tried to persuade him to return to Beijing and stay for two days, but he refused.

The Ninth Prince glanced at her and snorted, "I can see that you are just trying to get away from the world. Not only have you let go of the children, but you don't even care about me anymore!"

Shushu touched his waist, glanced at the Ninth Prince, and said, "My little day is coming. My master will let me rest for two days."

The Ninth Prince listened, touched her waist and said, "Does your waist hurt? Ask the kitchen to stew a bowl of donkey-hide gelatin..."

Through the thin clothes, I could feel the cold waist.

The Ninth Prince said, "Why is it still like this? You still have to eat the donkey-hide gelatin and the ginseng honey tablets."

Shu Shu nodded and said, "Well, let's eat at noon..."

At this point, she asked, "What do you want to eat at noon? Do you want the kitchen to deliver food?"

The weather is warm now, so even if I deliver food from Haidian, it won’t be cold.

The Ninth Prince waved his hand and said, "No, no, I made an appointment with the Tenth Prince yesterday to go to the restaurant for lunch."

I don’t go out, it’s my own restaurant.

Now that summer has arrived and we have changed the menu, the food is not as good as at home, but also better than elsewhere.

Shushu won’t say much.

The breakfast served was a meat-filled sesame seed bun, which was quite filling but a bit dry.

It’s just that the water is not good to drink now.

Shushu made some tea, put it in a palm-sized leather bag, and said, "Take it with you and drink it after you leave the palace."

The Ninth Prince said, "It is estimated that the court will be dismissed later today, so bring some pork jerky."

Shu Shu said, "It's already packed. A pack of pork jerky and a pack of mint candy."

When the Ninth Prince finished eating and was about to leave, Shushu followed him out.

The Ninth Prince hurriedly asked, "It's so hot in the dark, what are you doing?"

Shu Shu said, "I haven't gotten up this early in a while. Let's go out and get some fresh air."

The Ninth Prince stopped talking and just told her to put on the vest: "It's cold in the middle of the night..."

When the couple left the house, they heard the sparse croaking of frogs and chirping of insects.

The Ninth Prince said, "It's too early. You can take a nap later."

When I was in the Prince's Mansion, I also got up early for the court, but never this early.

"Um……"

Shushu responded, "There's a parade of top scholars today, do you want to go and watch the fun?"

The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "No, what's so good about a bunch of old men wearing flowers in their hair?"

Shushu thought about it and it made sense. Those who could pass the imperial examination and become a Gongshi were considered young if they were under 40 years old.

The top three are mostly well-educated people and are older.

As for the Jinshi scholars who were in their teens, not a single one passed the exam in several subjects.

This issue features a famous character who was previously a popular figure among the top scholars in teahouses in the capital.

Before Shushu came to Haidian, she had also heard people mention this.

It was either someone else or the "criminal of orthodoxy," Qian Mingshi, a famous talent in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know if he was one of the top three.

The couple talked as they reached the front yard.

The Tenth Prince has come out and is talking to the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince yawned and said, "It's too early. I'm sleepy. Come and ride in the car with you guys."

The Ninth Prince's gaze swept over the Fifth Prince and he swallowed his words of disdain. Forget it, his carriage was spacious enough to accommodate three people.

Because of today's grand court, there are only three princes living in Haidian, and the rest live in the capital.

There is no need to give way along the way.

Because we set out on time, when we arrived at Deshengmen, it was exactly four o'clock in the morning and the gate had just been pushed open.

The carriage entered the city and went straight to the imperial city without any delay.

When the brothers got off the bus at Donghuamen and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, the place was already brightly lit.

Almost all the princes and ministers have arrived.

The two brothers joined the team.

Fourteenth Prince came up to him and said, "Ninth Brother, are you in good health or not? You have been traveling back and forth to Haidian these days, and you don't think it's tiring."

The emperor was in the palace a few days ago, and the ministers of the ministries and agencies did not have to go to Changchun Garden for their shifts. The ninth prince also had to go to the Lifanyuan, and it was really tiring to go to Beijing every day.

The Ninth Prince glanced at him and said, "What can I do? I have so many children. Your sister-in-law can't discipline them all. I have to keep an eye on them myself."

"Ha ha……"

The Fourteenth Prince couldn't help laughing and said, "You are just teasing me. I have only heard that children cannot live without their parents, but I have never heard of any child who cannot live without his father!"

The Ninth Prince snorted and said, "That's because you are short-sighted. You will understand when you become a father."

The fourteenth prince was beaming with joy, and he puffed out his chest and said, "You'll see it this year. Becoming a father at the age of sixteen is unique!"

The eldest brother gave birth to a daughter at the age of seventeen, and the prince gave birth to a son at the age of eighteen.

Most of the other brothers also became fathers in their twenties.

"What's there to be proud of? The sooner you give birth, the sooner you can pay back your debts. We are all creditors..."

The Ninth Prince could not understand the Fourteenth Prince's excitement.

If he had a choice, the Ninth Prince would rather be the youngest son or grandson forever.

The Fourteenth Prince raised his eyebrows and said, "When I am thirty years old and my eldest son is grown up, we can fight together as father and son!"

The corner of Ninth Prince's mouth twitched, and he said, "When the time comes, I will be Mafa, and then we can have six generations living under one roof..."

too frightening.

The Ninth Prince thought of Prince Xin's Mansion and Prince Sunu's Mansion, both of which were four generations of grandfather and grandson.

Not only do I have to raise my sons, but I also have to raise my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

"Haha, then I'll take advantage of Brother Nine's good words..."

The Fourteenth Prince really hoped for this.

By then he will be like Khan Ama, with more than twenty sons, and become a major branch of the royal family.

Anyway, he is a prince, and his son will have a title even if he is born out of wedlock.

The Ninth Prince didn't like to see him being proud, so he said, "Being an official is the right thing to do. What have you been busy with recently?"

The Fourteenth Prince glanced at the Ninth Prince and said, "I haven't done anything. I'm still studying at the gates of the government offices."

The Ninth Prince pointed at him and said, "Not honest. I heard that you..."

The Fourteenth Prince immediately felt guilty and bowed, "Ninth Brother, please keep your voice down."

The Ninth Prince was puzzled and asked, "Why can't I say this?"

Isn’t it just borrowing official silver from the Ministry of Revenue?

This is the grace of the court, and we are allowed to borrow it. Why are we doing it secretly?
The Fourteenth Prince whispered, "My uncle's family was having a hard time making ends meet, so I helped him borrow some money."

The Ninth Prince frowned and said, "Why do they need you to come forward? Can't they borrow money themselves?"

The Fourteenth Prince said, "Your rank is not high, and the money you can borrow is not much, so I just helped you."

The Ninth Prince reminded him, "You should be careful then, don't let your relatives cheat you. Ask someone to find out if they are really not suitable or if there are other reasons. Earlier, the Xinjun Prince's Mansion was impeached for lending money at high interest, but later on, didn't they say that the capital was borrowed from the Ministry of Revenue?"

He was just too greedy. Others took 3% interest, and that side took 5% interest. He even charged too much interest. He almost drove people to death before people exposed him.

The Fourteenth Prince blinked and said, "Thank you, Ninth Brother, for reminding me. I'll ask someone to find out later..."

The Tenth Prince was standing by, listening to the two talking without interrupting them. He just glanced at the Fourteenth Prince lightly.

The Fourteenth Prince felt uncomfortable, chuckled twice, and went forward to talk to the Eighth Prince.

"what?"

The Fourteenth Prince walked up to the Eighth Prince, sniffed, and said, "Why does it smell like medicine? Are you feeling unwell, Eighth Prince?"

The Eighth Prince took out a purse and said, "An insect repellent..."

The Fourteenth Prince looked at him carefully and saw that he was normal. He said, "The smell of medicine is a bit strong, not as good as the smell of Ninth Brother's sachet."

The Eighth Prince smiled and said nothing else.

Naturally, he heard everything that the Ninth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince had just said.

The Fourteenth Prince is still very young, and he is showing off that he is about to have a child...

Even if my body recovered well, it would take three years. However, my child is even younger than the Fourteenth Prince, not to mention the older brothers.

The Fourteenth Prince lowered his voice and said, "Eighth Brother, I looked at the loan book of the Ministry of Revenue. Many royal princes have borrowed money. Why haven't you thought of borrowing some?"

This interest-free silver can be borrowed directly and placed in a money shop with a 3% interest rate. According to the rule of one interest for one principal, it can double in less than three years.

This is still within the law, so there is no need to worry about impeachment by the censor.

The Fourteenth Prince tried it at first. He directly borrowed 20,000 yuan, put it in his uncle’s money house, and lent it out directly.

Later he borrowed it for the second time, directly for 50,000 taels.

The monthly interest of these 70,000 taels of silver is 2,100 taels, which is almost equal to the salary of a Beile.

The Fourteenth Prince didn’t think there was anything wrong before, but when the Ninth Prince mentioned it just now, he felt a little uncomfortable. He was afraid that he would attract too much attention and be reported to the emperor later, so he thought that “the law cannot hold everyone responsible”.

The Eighth Prince waved his hand and said, "That was Khan's grace, given to the princes and ministers when they were short of money. I still have some money from the family division..."

However, when I first received the silver, I lost tens of thousands of taels. I also spent a lot of it in the past five years, and now only half of it is left.

Thinking of this, the Eighth Prince couldn't help but look at his brothers in front of him.

Because of the Ninth Prince, the older brothers made a lot of money in Xiaotangshan. They told others that each family made 50,000 taels of silver. But in fact, just looking at the revenue of Xiaotangshan at that time, one could tell that the cost was much higher. The Ninth Prince also subsidized everyone at a one-to-one ratio, so each person got more than 100,000 taels of silver.

The eighth prince felt pain.

If he and the Ninth Prince had no grudge against each other at the time, given their relationship, he would definitely give everything he had.

As a result, in the end, even the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth princes got some silver, but he got nothing. Instead, ten thousand taels of silver were deducted for the construction costs of the palace...