Secrets of Yuqing Palace

The servant hesitated and asked, "Sir, which Tongjia mansion is this?"

Yinsi said in an ambiguous tone, "Of course it's the family of my future concubine."

"The marriage has been arranged for some time. The wedding will be held early next year. It's time for me to meet my future concubine and my wife's family."

The servant replied in a low voice, "Yes."

He then sent the coachman to Wuweizhai, got off the car to buy some snacks and preserved fruits, and then went to the residence of Tong Guowei, the first-class duke.

Upon learning that the Eighth Prince had arrived, Tong Guowei and his sons came out to greet him with smiles on their faces and were about to pay their respects.

"The Eighth Master has arrived. I apologize for not coming to greet you."

Yinsi smiled gently and humbly as he supported Tong Guowei, the leader, and stopped him from saluting.

"Uncle and the other uncles, there's no need to be so polite."

"We are already a family. When Princess Yuwei comes into the mansion next year, we will be even closer."

"In the future, I will also call my uncle Mafa and my second uncle father-in-law."

Tong Guowei was just pretending. As soon as Yinsi supported him, he stood up immediately.

After hearing what the Eighth Prince said, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He had an idea and continued to speak.

"Eighth Master is right, we are all family."

"but...."

Seeing Tong Guowei's tone stagnant and his face filled with regret, Yinsi asked politely, "Uncle, is there anything you can't say?"

Tong Guowei sighed and said, "I just feel a little regretful."

"Yuwei will only be a concubine when she marries the Eighth Master. How dare we, the Tonggiya clan, call ourselves the Eighth Master's relatives?"

Yinsi's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, your words are really embarrassing to Yinsi."

"Before the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass, both the concubine and the principal wife were the principal wives."

"We are all upright Manchus. Although Yinsi cannot allow Princess Yuwei to pass over Fujin, he will naturally not treat Princess Yuwei badly."

"And Yinsi is also looking forward to Princess Yuwei coming in soon and giving birth to Yinsi's eldest son."

Tong Guowei stroked his beard and laughed, "I also hope that Yuwei can give birth to children for the Eighth Master in the future."

Yinsi smiled and said, "I have taken the liberty to come here today, thinking that Princess Yuwei should have no shortage of gold, silver, jade and other valuables."

"I've heard that Wuweizhai's snacks and preserved fruits are particularly popular among the women in Beijing."

"So I went to Wuweizhai to buy some, hoping to make Boyuwei smile."

"Please ask my uncle to send it to Princess Yuwei."

Tong Guowei smiled and nodded, then asked someone to take the things that Yinsi bought to the backyard and deliver them to his granddaughter.

Yinsi smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle."

Tong Guowei waved his hand and said, "Yuwei will marry into the Eighth Master's mansion in the future. I only hope that she can live in harmony with the Eighth Master."

Yinsi understood the meaning of Tong Guowei's words. Harmonious marriage refers to a couple.

[Looks like I need to have a good talk with Fu Jin tonight about the interests involved.]

If you want to gain the support of the Tonggiya clan, you must not let Fu Jin torture Tonggiya Gege.

.........

In the study, two foxes, one big and one small, tested each other, then made their own concessions and sincerity, reaching an unspoken understanding.

Outsiders have no idea what Yinsi said to the Tong family members when he was at the Tong family.

All we know is that the Eighth Prince was at the Tongjia Mansion, having a pleasant chat with the Tong family, and he also met Princess Yuwei, and the two seemed to be in love with each other.

Finally, the Eighth Prince Yinsi came out of the Tongjia mansion with a smile on his face.

The next day, half of the silver owed by Tong Guowei's mansion was returned, 300,000 silver coins.

Moreover, the neighboring Orondei Mansion also returned 200,000 taels of the 300,000 taels of silver it owed.

Half a month later, due to Yinsi's procrastination, the national treasury owed 20 million taels of silver, and a total of about 3 million taels were recovered, which was less than 20% of the owed silver!

Kangxi was very dissatisfied with the result given by Yinsi, and was even extremely disappointed with his son Yinsi.

He has been observing Yinsi's performance these days.

Lao Ba didn't put any effort into handling this matter.

Once those old ministers found excuses to shirk their responsibilities, Lao Ba would give up without taking the matter to heart at all and act as if he was doing his job seriously.

If Yinreng could hear what Khan Ama was thinking, he would probably laugh at his "naivety".

Why did Yinsi lend money to relatives and court officials despite the empty treasury and the risk of being punished by the Khan?

Isn't it just to win them over and increase the power behind him?

How could he possibly ruin his plan and offend those clan relatives and ministers for this thankless task?

To him, Khan Ama's momentary blame and anger were nothing.

The important thing is to win over these court officials, so that they can stand behind him and get on board his ship of the Eighth Prince!

When the power behind him grows and he has the confidence to speak in front of Khan Ama, why should he worry that Khan Ama will not use him?!

Therefore, Yinsi would rather fail in this task than offend those clan relatives and ministers.

This is also the reason why he wanted to push the task of collecting the debt onto Lao Ba.

He wants to expose Yinsi's ambition step by step!

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot; the first rafter to stick out gets rotted first!

He was made the crown prince since he was young, and this is something he cannot change. He is now the "bird" and the "rafter" in the front.

So now everyone's eyes, including Khan Ama, are on him.

He wanted to see if everyone would still focus on him after a few more "outsider" and "rafters" emerged.

At least Khan Ama must see clearly that his sons are not as peaceful as he thinks!

.......

Kangxi glanced at Yinsi coldly and said, "Since the Eighth Prince is unable to handle this matter, who do you think is the most suitable person to take over?"

There was complete silence below, and the court officials were as silent as saw-mouthed gourds, with no one coming forward to offer any advice.

Finally, at Yinreng's suggestion, Yinzhen took the initiative to step forward and expressed his willingness to take over the matter.

Yinzhen also stood up and said, "Khan Ama, your son is willing to assist Fourth Brother."

After saying that, he didn't forget to criticize Lao Ba.

"Originally, I thought that with Bago's ability, this matter should allow Khan Ama to rest assured. However, Bago only recovered 15% of the money owed. He really failed Khan Ama's expectations."

"I didn't expect that it would be Fourth Brother who was willing to take over this matter. I thought Fourth Brother had been working in the Ministry of Personnel before and didn't know much about the Ministry of Revenue."

"My son has been in the Ministry of Revenue for many years and can help my fourth brother get this done as soon as possible so that Khan Ama can rest assured sooner."

Looking at the court officials who kept silent and his sons who were like quails, Kangxi looked at his two sons who took the initiative to stand up, and his satisfaction was beyond words.

"Good good!"

"I am very pleased to see Yinzhen and Yin'er take the initiative to stand up today."

"Everyone kept their distance, but you two stepped forward bravely, taking responsibility and sharing the burden with the Emperor. I am deeply pleased."

"Since Yinsi can't handle this matter, then Yinsi should put the Ministry of Revenue's affairs aside for now."

Yinsi didn't expect that Khan Ama would kick him out of the Ministry of Revenue directly.

He said in disbelief, "Khan Ama?"