Both siblings are book lovers, and they were very excited when it came to expanding their book collection.
Shu Shu said: "I also copied nearly a hundred books when I was in the palace the year before last. Including the earlier ones and those that Master Jiu has picked up in the past few years, there are now more than twenty boxes of books, which can be taken out and displayed. "
After hearing this, Fusong felt uneasy and said: "Then I will go to Qintian Prison in the afternoon to ask about the barometer."
Shu Shu said: "It looks like the weather is just right."
Fu Song said: "Although there was heavy snow last year, it didn't rain this year during the Qingming Festival. Look at this, if the rain doesn't fall before the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be an autumn drought. I don't know how Gao Bin is doing in Xianghe."
Gao Bin went to focus on the promotion of new grain varieties, and the rain affected the harvest.
Fusong and Gao Bin are similar in age, and they are familiar with each other, so they can't help but worry.
Shu Shu said: "Zhili has had nine droughts in ten years. It is normal to have little rain. Gao Bin is fine. Even if it affects the harvest of corn and potatoes, compared with the earlier wheat and millet, the harvest will definitely be gratifying."
After hearing this, Fusong put the matter aside and went down with the gift list.
Although the Zhang family would only set off the day after tomorrow, their luggage was packed in advance, so Cheng Yi also had to be sent in advance.
After Fu Song left, Shu Shu was looking at April's favor and preparing for it.
There is also the matter of sending people to sweep the Beifu Institute in Haidian.
The Holy Emperor returned to Changchun Garden and saw that the Queen Mother wanted to spend the summer there directly.
Various governments have also moved there one after another.
We have to go before the Dragon Boat Festival.
The weather is indeed getting hotter, and Haidian is more comfortable than the city.
Shu Shu also estimated the days and planned to go there in the second half of the day.
In the first and middle of the tenth day, there was the first engagement ceremony of the twelfth and thirteenth princes, and then there was the engagement banquet at Prince Kang's Palace and Prince Shuncheng's Palace.
Both Shu Shu and Brother Jiu have to show up, so it’s more convenient to live in the city...
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Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.
Gao Yanzhong was meeting with his Majesty and was ordered to hand over the Duanyang tribute bill he received this year.
Although there is still one month left before the Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang tributes from various places have already arrived in Beijing.
In the past, when tributes entered the palace, Yuqing Palace picked them first. In the past two years, they were distributed by the imperial court.
In addition to the assignments of the Queen Mother's Office and the Prince's Office, Kangxi thought of four concubines...three concubines and one concubine...
On the day Princess Rongxian entered the palace, the record of the conversation between mother and daughter was handed to the emperor. Kangxi read it and was silent for a long time, feeling uncomfortable for a while.
After forty years of companionship, the love between a man and a woman is gone, as is the love between family.
Concubine Rong did not instigate her in front of her daughter, and her mind calmed down, which made Kangxi feel a little pity.
He ordered Gao Yanzhong: "Lanzhou noodles and Gansu wolfberry, these two are appreciated by Zhongcuigong..."
Gao Yanzhong took note of it carefully.
Kangxi thought about Rong's concubine's preferences and selected a few more Duanyang tributes, also for the Zhongcui Palace.
The other three concubines also had their tributes distributed.
Gao Yanzhong memorized everything carefully.
Zhongcuigong won the reward, which is of great significance.
This is the dignity of Princess Rongxian, but it is not just the dignity of a princess.
You know, among the concubines in the palace, only Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, Concubine De, and Concubine Rong are rewarded with six kinds of rewards. The remaining concubines are Concubine He and Concubine Min, and Concubine Wang is two. The others are gone...
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The Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the entrance.
Tuo Heqi frowned, a little anxious.
The twelfth elder brother got the news and was shocked when he saw Tuo Heqi's appearance.
The circles under Tuohiqi's eyes were dark and bloodshot.
The twelfth elder brother murmured: "Uncle..."
Tuoheqi took the twelfth brother's arm and pulled him farther away from the door. When he got to a place where there was no one around, he whispered: "Brother, you have to help me this time!"
The twelfth elder brother asked: "You...what difficulties are you encountering?"
Because this uncle was on duty in the palace, the twelfth prince saw him the most, but it was impossible to say how deep the relationship was.
Before leaving the study room, I saw my uncle and nephew three or four times a year; in the year and a half since I left the study room, I saw them more frequently.
It's just that the two of them have different identities, and Tuo Heqi doesn't dare to really show off to his uncle. The twelfth brother is also cold-tempered, so the uncle and nephew are much more polite.
But the twelfth elder brother also remembered his maternal kindness. Every birthday and New Year, his maternal family would send things in. In the past two years, he had given him a house and two shops.
He had a strong idea in his heart that he would still help if he could.
Tuo Heqi said: "Because of Jin Yiren, the Shenxing Department investigated the Guangshan Treasury. I don't know how the old boy Dutu returned with the emperor. Now the emperor wants to check the accounts of these years. I have some losses there..."
The twelfth elder brother thought of the bank that Tuoheqi mentioned and said, "Where is the bank that my uncle has a stake in? Can't we withdraw the money?"
Tuo Heqi shook his head and said: "It's not enough, there's still a lot missing."
The twelfth elder brother was silent.
Tuo Heqi looked at the twelfth elder brother and said: "I know that my elder brother has not opened a mansion and does not have much money on hand. I just want to ask my elder brother to help me be a guarantee to see if I can borrow it from Jiuye's bank." Some silver."
The twelfth elder brother muttered: "Brother Ninth's bank borrows silver to pledge the property. Uncle, please collect the property and prepare the deed. I will talk to Brother Ninth."
Tuoheqi still said with a grimace: "My family lives in an official house. I have purchased several properties over the years, but the family has been divided. I only have a few properties left in my hands. The total estimated value is more than 20,000 taels of silver." , the pledged loan is calculated at 70% or 80%, and we can only borrow more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is not enough to plug the hole."
The twelfth elder brother looked at Tuo Heqi and said, "How much money did uncle borrow from Guangshan Treasury?"
Tuohe said in unison: "One hundred and eighteen thousand taels."
Brother Twelve: "..."
How come there are so many?
Jin Yiren’s talent is over 50,000, twice that of the Jin family!
"How come there are so many? Isn't there an upper limit?"
Brother Twelve asked.
The money in Guangshan Treasury was allocated from the inner treasury, not only to facilitate the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to meet their urgent needs, but also to make money.
The twelfth elder brother has seen the accounts over there, and the total amount of silver is 1.2 million taels.
There are also relevant regulations, the maximum limit for a single person to borrow money is twenty thousand taels of silver, which requires an official of the fifth-grade doctor or above.
As for officials below the seventh rank, the upper limit is one thousand taels of silver.
When it comes to writing, the upper limit is five hundred taels.
It became a crime for the Jin family to borrow money because it exceeded the limit.
Tuoheqi coughed lightly and said, "I was the treasurer at the time, and I borrowed money from someone else's name."
Brother Twelve felt something was wrong.
That is silver, and it will either be turned into property, or it will remain there.
"Except for buying property, where is the remaining money?" asked the twelfth elder brother.
Tuo Heqi said: "The bank has put some money away. It is difficult to get it back before the time comes. Some expenses have been spent. The children are married and they have spent a lot. Now that they have to make up for it, they can't open it." There is still a shortfall of 60,000 taels of silver in total, and my uncle really has no choice, so he begged me for a favor."
The twelfth elder brother thought of his money.
After subtracting that, there are just over 20,000 left, which doesn’t sound like much.
This is also a huge number for him.
Although the twelfth elder brother knew that his brothers had money from the family division and Xiaotangshan's dividends, he had no intention of talking to others.
He said to Tuo Heqi: "Prepare as much deed paper as you can for uncle. Ninth Brother's shop has never done favors, so don't delay uncle's affairs."
Tuo Heqi's face was a little tense, and he said: "Everyone knows that Master Jiu is very rich, but my elder brother still works with him as an errand. Not long ago, Master Jiu even used my elder brother's property..."
Brother Twelve said: "Brother Ninth said it was a replacement."
Tuo Heqi prayed: "If the Department of Punishment finds out about this slave, I'm afraid the whole family will be affected."
The twelfth elder brother was a little confused. He remembered the abnormality of the ninth elder brother last month. He first transferred three of his properties and then collected more than 40,000 taels of banknotes.
Is it to prevent today?
"Uncle, I saved some money in Ninth Brother's bank. I don't know if I can move it out. I'll give it a try..." The twelfth elder brother said in a dull voice.
Tuoheqi's eyes lit up and he said, "How much silver is that?"
The twelfth elder brother lowered his eyelids and said, "Not much."
He didn't want to touch the dividends given to him by Brother Ninth.
He doesn't intend to lend out all the money he has accumulated.
Brother Twelve is much better at math than he lets on.
The borrowed silver of 118,000 taels is placed in the bank and released at a profit of three-thirds. The interest rate for the year is 42,480 taels.
Not to mention the principal, the interest is an astonishing figure.
How could there be a deficit of 60,000 taels?
This deficit is untrue.
Tuoheqi's intention of asking him for help was more like hunting cattle across the mountains, hoping to get involved with Brother Ninth.
The twelfth prince is unwilling and does not allow it.
Tuo Heqi wanted to say more, but the twelfth elder brother had already said calmly: "I took over a house and two shops from my uncle before. Although they are now transferred to the ninth brother, after all, I inherited the former. If my uncle can't join in, All the silver, those three properties, I broke the silver and returned it to my uncle..."
Tuo Heqi hurriedly shook his head and said: "Where is this? Hey, I will look for other old relatives and get the deed paper together."
If he really wants to force the twelfth elder brother to give him some money, the tribe will know about it and they won't let him go.
Of those three properties, only one and a half belonged to him, and the rest was still the public's money.
The twelfth elder brother looked at Tuo Heqi with neither sadness nor joy.
Tuoheqi's heart trembled, feeling that he couldn't see through the twelfth elder brother.
"Brother, what are you..." he said sarcastically.
The twelfth elder brother said seriously: "In which year did my uncle start borrowing money? How much was it at the beginning? Has the interest been repaid over the years? How old is this loan of 118,000 taels?"
Tuo Heqi's eyelids twitched and he said: "I started borrowing it thirty years ago. I was just working as an errand and wanted to make a living, so I borrowed 20,000 taels. I paid back the interest at the beginning, but then I kept putting it all together." It was all done by the housekeeper at home, and I don’t know exactly how many years these 118,000 taels have been used..."
The twelfth elder brother said nothing else.
But I know in my heart that the accumulated interest is a sum that is enough to wipe out my family.
It's just that even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs collects the money, it will only charge principal and interest, which is 5% interest.
My uncle should be able to make up for this principal and interest, so why not?
The twelfth elder brother really didn't understand what he was doing, so he only tried to persuade him, saying: "The Shenxing Department is connected with the emperor. If the Shenxing Department is investigating Guangshan Treasury, then the Emperor wants to investigate..."
So be honest and pay for it...
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The next update will be around 12 noon on August 21st
(End of chapter)
