Secrets of Yuqing Palace

After everyone left the imperial tent, Yin'e and Yinxiang followed the prince into his tent.

As soon as he sat down, Yin'e couldn't wait to say, "Second brother, you said that Fourth brother reported the disaster to Khan Ama. Will Eighth brother do anything?"

Yinreng picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp. The warm liquid flowed directly from his mouth to his stomach, making him feel very comfortable.

He said calmly, "Just waiting for him."

"It's fine if he doesn't move, but if he does, he'll be kicked out of the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Fortunately, the fourth brother was quick and promptly sent the news of the disaster to Khan Ama."

"Otherwise, Lao Ba will use false reports of disasters to cut spending and cover up the truth about the empty treasury."

"Once he escapes from the Ministry of Revenue, I'm afraid that Old Nine, who is still in the Ministry, will most likely fall flat on his face!"

Yinxiang smiled and said, "Even if my brother doesn't move this time, I'm afraid Khan Ama will be worried and continue to keep him in the Ministry of Revenue."

Yin'e chuckled.

"It has to be Brother Nine."

"If he hadn't discovered something wrong with the account books at the Ministry of Revenue, I'm afraid we wouldn't have found a chance to catch Bage."

"I don't know what kind of magic potion Brother B has given Zhang Yushu, that made him turn a blind eye to Lao Ba's actions."

"I didn't expect Old Eight to be so bold as to lend out so much money from the national treasury. I'm afraid the national treasury is almost empty now."

Yinreng shook his head.

"Old Ten, don't underestimate Zhang Yushu and think he's being stupid."

"Since he has always been valued by Khan Ama, he is definitely not a simple-minded person."

"He doesn't care about Old Eight's affairs because he knows that this is an internal matter of the royal family."

"In addition, lending the treasury silver to the clan ministers was also Khan Ama's own wish to implement benevolent governance."

"And doesn't Khan Ama know that the treasury owes silver?"

"He knew, but he didn't know the gap was so big, and that Lao Ba was so brave!"

"If Zhang Yushu reveals what Lao Ba did, Khan Ama will be angry at Lao Ba's audacity, but he will probably be even more dissatisfied with Zhang Yushu as the person who exposed it."

"Seeing that he's about to retire, how could he still meddle in other people's business and cause trouble for himself?"

"No matter how big a mess Old Eight makes in the future, he won't be an official anymore. What does it have to do with him?"

"And look, today I mentioned the imperial government allocating funds to purchase rice. Did he raise any objections?"

Yinxiang nodded in agreement.

"I'm afraid that Minister Zhang knows that this matter has been exposed, and Khan Ama won't blame him, so he is so calm."

"After all, it was Myna who signed the agreement to borrow money and do good deeds. How can a minister like him interfere in the affairs of the royal family?"

Yin'e snorted coldly.

"Humph! That's an old fox!"

"It's such a shame to waste so much money. It all went to such a useless person!"

Yinreng sighed inwardly.

He also didn't expect that in order to bring up the eldest brother to compete with himself, Khan Ama actually sent the eighth brother to the Ministry of Households.

I want the eighth brother to develop his connections in the Ministry of Revenue and then provide support to the eldest brother.

I'm afraid even Khan Ama himself didn't expect that the Eighth Brother had his own little thoughts and ambitions, and was not willing to be under the eldest brother.

Not only did he squander most of the national treasury, he also won over many court officials.

He turned to look at Yin'e.

"Although the Fourth Brother sent us a message in advance, they don't know our current plan yet."

"Old Ten, find an inconspicuous subordinate and return to the capital to pass on the message to Old Nine."

"Have him and the fourth brother quickly investigate the issue of the treasury's outstanding silver in recent years, and make sure the eighth brother doesn't find out."

"Such a serious incident has occurred. I'm afraid that in a few days, Khan Ama will order us to return to the capital."

"Let Lao Jiu reveal to Khan Ama that the treasury is empty and that the Ministry of Revenue can barely afford disaster relief."

Yin'e chuckled.

"I'll go back to the tent and write a letter to Brother Nine immediately."

"Then ask cousin Celeng to arrange for someone with good riding skills to deliver the letter back to the capital as soon as possible."

"This time, I'm going to make Old Eight fall flat on his face!"

Sure enough, just five days later, Kangxi ordered the army to rest as soon as possible and accompany the imperial carriage back to Beijing three days later.

By the time the imperial carriage accelerated and returned to the capital, it was already the end of October.

Part of the silver in the national treasury has been used to purchase disaster relief food.

Seeing that there was not much silver in the treasury, the Ministry of Revenue proposed to increase the mining tax in Yunnan, but it was rejected by Emperor Kangxi.

Not only that, due to the drought in Jiangnan, Zhejiang and other places, the 697,700 taels of silver that the entire province of Jiangnan and Zhejiang should pay next year will be exempted.

At the same time, the prefectures, counties and guards in Anhui and Jiangsu that were affected by the disaster this year will be exempted from paying more than 2,975,200 taels of land silver and more than 392,000 shi of grain next year.

The affected counties and cities in Zhejiang Province were also exempted from paying land taxes of more than 961,500 taels and more than 96,000 dan of grain next year.

The total amount of silver exempted was more than 4,634,400 taels and more than 488,000 dan of grain.

After the court session, everyone left, except Yinzhen, who followed Kangxi to the Qianqing Palace alone.

Kangxi looked at the ninth brother who was following him.

"Why are you following me instead of going back to the Ministry of Revenue to do your work?"

Yinzhen frowned and hesitated, but finally spoke.

"Khan Ama, your son has something important to report."

Kangxi signaled Liang Jiugong to serve tea.

Then he looked at Yinzhen who was doing the job and said calmly, "Sit down and talk."

Yinzhen: "Thank you, Khan Father."

Then he took out a folder from his arms.

"Son, here is a memorial for you to take a look at."

Liang Jiugong walked to Yin'er with great tact, took the memorial respectfully, and then placed it respectfully in front of the emperor.

Kangxi took the letter, opened it, and his face became darker the more he read.

He quickly read the contents of the letter, then closed it and threw it on the table.

"Is the above content true?"

Yinzhen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said timidly, "I dare not deceive my father."

"If it weren't for the need to allocate funds for disaster relief, my son wouldn't have noticed that the national treasury was almost empty."

"Khan Ama also knew that after his son entered the Ministry of Revenue, he had been working diligently to earn money for the Ministry, wanting to share Khan Ama's worries."

"Even though I don't know exactly how much silver the national treasury has, I still have an approximate estimate of the amount."

"Although there have been numerous disasters in recent years and part of the national treasury has been used for the military and disaster relief, it has not been as severe as this."

"Suddenly realizing that the treasury was almost empty, the son felt something was amiss, so he investigated and discovered the problem."

"In addition, Khan Ama exempted over four million taels of silver from taxation due to the disaster."

"Next year's treasury tax revenue will drop so much and won't be replenished. My son is worried that the treasury will be in big trouble due to lack of funds."

"Although Galdan was destroyed by Khan Ama, the Junggar tribe has been waiting for an opportunity to make a move. Moreover, Tsarist Russia, which is close to Junggar, has always been eyeing our Qing Dynasty."

"My son is worried that if the national treasury is allowed to remain empty, it will not be able to provide money to support annual military expenses and military supplies, which will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage."

"That's why I decided to report it to Khan Amar."

He hadn't thought so much about it at first, but it was only after his second brother, the Crown Prince, analyzed with him the consequences of the empty treasury that he realized the dangers involved.

I also hate Lao Ba's character even more!

If this is true, then Lao Ba is truly a sinner of the Qing Dynasty and the Aisin Gioro family!