The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

A few days later, Yinzhen brought the newly grown vegetables and the prepared proposal into the palace.

Kangxi has gradually gotten better in the past two days. I heard that it was Western medicine, which is better than benzoin.

After listening to the method of growing vegetables on a kang developed by Yinzhen, Kangxi also felt that it was very feasible. He looked at the proposal he submitted and waved his hand, asking the Ministry of Revenue to send people to study it.

As for Yinzhen, he also praised him verbally.

But Yinzhen was also very satisfied. As long as the emperor knew that he was working hard, that was enough.

Things are a bit chaotic these days, and he can't stand in anyone's way while farming and researching vegetables.

However, he never expected that the thunder would come so soon.

The end of the year is almost here, and all departments are summarizing and finalizing their work.

The Ministry of Revenue was also checking the accounts, but this year it found a deficit of more than 8 million taels.

Such a large amount of money was not embezzled by anyone, nor was it misappropriated by any official, but was the debt of hundreds of officials.

Keeping debts is also an old tradition during the Kangxi reign.

At the beginning, Kangxi allowed his subjects to borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue without interest and without setting a repayment period in order to show sympathy for them. This led many officials to borrow money out of gratitude for the emperor's grace.

Gradually, a trend was formed.

Everyone goes to borrow money, will you?

Don't you want to borrow it?

What does this mean?

It means you have money!

How come everyone else has no money, but you are the only one who has money?

Did you accept a bribe?

So, no matter whether you are rich or poor, everyone has borrowed money to a certain extent.

The amount of money owed was only several hundred thousand taels in the past two years, but it has reached millions in the past two years, and eight million taels this year. They were afraid that it would reach tens of millions taels next year, and even if they lost their lives, they would not be able to atone for their crime. So they reported it immediately.

As the amount of debt was so huge, both the Manchu and Han ministers took off their hats and apologized.

Kangxi was furious and ordered people to collect the debt.

But then there is a problem.

Who is coming?

The crown prince? Forget it. The crown prince can't even leave the East Palace now.

Besides, this is an offensive job, there is no benefit, and it will offend all the civil and military officials in the court. If you are not a person of strong will and determination, you can't do such a thing.

Anyone who volunteers is a fool.

In their view, if a prince were to be responsible for collecting the debts, he would be cutting off his own escape route and would have no hope of competing for the throne.

After all, how could there be a prince who would go against all the civil and military officials in the court?

The princes were also watching the fire from the other side, praying that the emperor would not point fingers at them.

In the Eighth Prince's Mansion, the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Princes gathered together.

The eighth one asked first: "Tenth one, do you owe a lot?"

The Tenth Prince nodded and said, "I have borrowed hundreds of thousands of taels since I opened the government two years ago. Why, Eighth Prince, do you want me to pay it back now?"

Lao Ba hurriedly stopped him and shook his head: "No hurry, no hurry, let's see which way the wind blows. Suo Etu is still planning, we should not interfere with the matter of the treasury's arrears."

Lao Jiu had a violent temper and he sneered.

"I think Soetu is too slow. If he had this idea, shouldn't he have been prepared long ago? If he keeps dithering, it will be too late by the time he gets there!"

Lao Ba glanced at him and sighed, "Lao Jiu, don't be anxious. Don't show it in front of others."

"I know, Big Brother, I just don't understand, why are we following the prince? Why don't we do it ourselves?"

Looking at the impatient Old Nine, Old Eight was helpless: "How can we be the opponent of the Emperor? Besides, this matter is not that easy."

The other princes' houses were also peaceful.

Since the death of his first wife, Prince Zhi rarely went out and taught Hongyu in his mansion every day.

The same is true for the Third Prince. He used to love going to some romantic places, but now he behaves himself.

And the Fourth Beile...

After a night of secret talks with Dai Duo, Yinzhen went to the Qianqing Palace to pay a visit and volunteered to collect the debts owed to the national treasury.

When the news came out, Kangxi had already agreed.

Everyone's eyes were about to fall out.

They really couldn't understand this Fourth Prince.

You said that this gentleman now has the most seniority besides the Crown Prince and the Prince of Zhi. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two are no longer capable, so this Fourth Beile is very likely to be a hidden dragon.

But what did this gentleman do?

He went to farm.

No one understood it, but a few days ago I heard that he had researched something called kang farming, which allowed him to grow large quantities of vegetables in winter, which is also a meritorious thing.

But things are different nowadays!

This means standing in opposition to the civil and military ministers! It is a path of a lone minister. Can the Fourth Prince take this path? Is he willing to take this path?

No one understood, but that didn't stop them from watching the show.

Then let's see how this Fourth Prince collects his money.

What is unexpected is that he actually has helpers?

Just when the news came out that Yinzhen was appointed by Kangxi as the person in charge of collecting the arrears, the Thirteenth Prince also stood up and said that he wanted to assist his fourth brother.

This one is fine, everyone knows that they have a close relationship like a pair of legs.

However, the Seventh Prince, who has never been in the limelight and has no sense of existence, is actually willing to stand out.

When did they get in touch?

Everyone was shocked.

Yinzhen was touched. He patted the shoulders of the Seventh and Thirteenth Brothers.

"Seventh Brother, Thirteenth Brother will remember your favor."

Thirteen quickly waved his hands and said, "Brother Four, what are you talking about? You and I are brothers, your business is my brother's business, what are you talking about favors?

The seventh brother also quickly agreed: "Yes, fourth brother, I know that mother was treated harshly a few days ago, and it was Concubine De who helped her. Now that fourth brother needs help, how can the brothers not do their best."

Yinzhen felt particularly touched, as his kindness to his two younger brothers was not in vain.

Just when the three of them were feeling indescribably moved, Fourteen kicked the door in carelessly.

"Brother, do you have any more vegetables like yours? Pack a bag for me."

As soon as he entered the room, he found that the Seventh Brother and the Thirteenth Brother were also there. Fourteenth Brother pretended to be surprised: "You are here too, what are you discussing? If you need my help, it's not impossible, but you have to add an extra bag of vegetables."

Yinzhen rolled his eyes at him and said, "You only know how to eat. How could you be short of anything?"

"This time is different. Before, we didn't receive rewards without merit. This time, it's a reward for hard work and great contributions. Tell me, which little bastard should we start with?"

Thirteen was also impressed by his fourteenth brother. He obviously came to help, but he just put on airs. Seeing him acting like a big shot, Thirteen wanted to kick him, but he also felt that his fourth brother had a really good temper.

But at this point, the four-member debt collection team has been assembled.

Changning had also heard about Yinzhen's debt collection. She felt that it was a technical job that required thinking, and it was easy to feel suffocated.

Well, the one who owes money is the boss.

This is an eternal truth.