The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 48 Seth Black
The fourth brother's eyes flickered slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, he said in a negotiating tone, "I have a social event tonight, would you like to join in the fun?"

Yinyou knew very well that the fourth brother was having a private gathering with his followers.

"Fourth brother, should I go back to Chun Ji?" Yinyu guessed what the fourth brother was thinking and felt that the time was not right and it was not appropriate to get involved rashly.

"Okay. But don't pamper her too much. She doesn't deserve it." The fourth brother was very satisfied with Yinyou's infatuation with Chunji, but he said something else.

"Fourth brother, she knows her duty and has been serving you very wholeheartedly." Yinyu showed a wicked smile, "You know what, her waist is really soft."

The fourth brother smiled silently. Any man would understand the benefits of having a soft waist.

The fourth brother did not need to worry about Yinyu's work progress. Therefore, after the sound of the cloud board for leaving the yamen at 3 p.m., the fourth brother specially ordered Su Peisheng to come and remind Yinyu not to stay up late to work.

The fourth brother is a typical workaholic. To be honest, he really enjoys the feeling of being in power and wishes he could stay in the Ministry of Revenue for twelve hours a day.

In the office of the Ministry of Households, there were not only the fourth brother’s toiletries, but also a large bed.

The fourth brother’s working habit is to sleep when he is tired, and get up and continue working when he is full of sleep.

However, the officials in the Ministry of Revenue did not have such special treatment. They worked very hard and at most they would lie on their desks, close their eyes and take a short nap.

When the fourth brother stayed up late to review documents, they all had to accompany him and struggle together.

Yinyou led Wulin, Li Ding and Yuzhu and leisurely left the yamen through the back door of the Ministry of Revenue.

It was still early, so Yinyu did not plan to go back to Chao Shou Hutong immediately, but instead took a carriage to Qianmen Street.

The front gate is Zhengyangmen.

In Beijing, the streets near Qianmen are one of the few relatively clean commercial areas.

In a bustling commercial area like Qianmen, because merchants need to run their business and are afraid of driving customers away, there are always people responsible for cleaning the streets around the shops.

If someone cleans the streets, there will naturally be less odor on the streets.

Among Yinyou’s friends who own beads, Li Ding and Yuzhu are both wealthy.

Li Ding's father was Li Xu, the wealthy Suzhou textile manufacturer.

Amaron Kodo of Yuzhu was nominally a first-class guard in front of the emperor, but in fact, he had always been secretly acting as Kangxi's spy and had no shortage of money at all.

Yinyou liked to go shopping in Qianmen for a simple purpose: to earn some pocket money.

The financial guru that the fourth brother admires is so poor that he is penniless. Isn't this a slap in his own face?
In the capital of this era, the real money-making businesses, apart from prostitution and gambling, were the salt, tea and silk businesses.

There is no way. In a small peasant society, the entire world is filled with handmade products, and there cannot be too many varieties of goods.

Yinyou walked halfway down the street, wondering whether there was a big restaurant near Qianmen, when he suddenly heard noisy shouting and cursing coming from the street.

People in the capital were particularly fond of watching the excitement. By the time Yinwei reacted, he had been blocked outside the circle by the crowded crowd.

Yinyou was not a guy who liked to watch the fun, because, with his mature personality and status, watching the fun was absolutely boring.

But the problem was that the entire street was crowded with people watching the excitement, making it difficult for Yinwei to move, so he was forced to stay where he was.

"Everyone, it is only natural to pay back your debts, isn't that right?"

"Yes, yes, it's only natural to pay back debts..." Someone in the crowd started to make a fuss, watching the excitement without thinking it was a big deal. It would be a waste if you didn't watch it, and it would be useless if you did. When Yinyu heard this, he had no interest in listening any further.

However, Yinyou accidentally discovered that Yuzhu was tiptoeing to stick his head out to join in the fun, and he couldn't help but smile slightly. Who doesn't have a gossipy heart?
Not to mention others, even the fourth brother himself, when he was a teenager, liked to inquire about other people's wedding night affairs.

Yinyou tried to squeeze out, but Wulin secretly grabbed his sleeve.

Wulin leaned close to Yinyu's ear and whispered, "My Lord, you are a man of ten thousand gold coins, and you cannot afford to make any mistakes."

It turned out that Wulin was worried that if Yinyou was pushed down by so many people, he would lose his head.

Coming out to play is a normal thing.

However, if Yinyou was stepped on, it would be a huge event!

Yinyou glanced at the anxious Wulin. Alas, as a master, one cannot do whatever he wants!
If you don't stand on the side of your confidants and consider their fundamental interests, then it will really be like the old saying: If people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team!

In fact, Yinyou’s difficulties were similar to those of Kangxi, who knew about the greed of the Imperial Household Department but allowed it to go unchecked!

Class stance determines that it is very difficult to take action against the confidants around you!

Just when Yinyou was feeling helpless, Li Ding suddenly came up to him and whispered, "Master, I saw He Zhu, the chief eunuch beside Master Jiu."

Yinyou nodded, and the ninth brother had evil intentions again, planning to swallow up Jianshang's property.

In those days, there were few ways to make a fortune in legitimate businesses except for the monopoly of tea, salt and silk.

As for casinos and brothels, they could easily ruin one's reputation, and the princes, unless they were crazy about money, generally speaking, would not dare to get involved with them.

Among them, Kangxi imposed extremely severe punishments on the gambling behavior of bannermen.

Just the Eighth Concubine's father, Heshuo Efu Mingshang, was beheaded by Emperor Kangxi's order just for cheating in gambling for a few thousand taels of silver!
The act of robbing merchants of their property was not only something that Lao Jiu often did, but even Lao Si had done it when he was seriously short of money.

There is no other way. How can one secretly seize the throne without spending a lot of money?
Sima Shi secretly raised three thousand assassins and almost completely emptied the Henei Sima family, which owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land!
Objectively speaking, in the Qing Dynasty, if a businessman did not have a strong backer to support him, no matter how rich he was, he would be nothing in front of Lao Jiu!

Back then, when he was the vice president, Yinyou always got along well with his colleagues.

The root of this is that Yinyu only focused on the area under his charge and would never reach into the bowls of his colleagues to take food.

Overstepping one's boundaries is the most hated and evil behavior, whether in the business world or in government.

"Give the order that they are only allowed to watch the fun and not get involved." Yinyou issued the order without hesitation.

It is definitely inappropriate to openly fall out with Lao Jiu for an unrelated businessman!

Unless Yinyou has something wrong in his head, he would not be able to intervene.

Moral articles talk about so-called explicit rules that are quite deceptive.

The actual operating rules of the Qing Dynasty are that whoever has the power to harm you or promote you is the boss.

In fact, in Yinyu's eyes, the ninth brother was already half dead!
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, the first brother to be liquidated was the rebellious Old Nine.

It is an established historical fact that Lao Jiu, who changed his name to Seth Hei, was tortured to death in the Zhili Governor's Office in Baoding.

(End of this chapter)