Chapter 836 "Aspense" (Part 1)

Li Wei has had a hard time recently. Whoever offended him was Prince Heshuozhuang Bo Guoduo.

Among the royal family, the highest-ranking prince Bo Guoduo, who was the grandson of Emperor Taizong and the cousin of Kangxi. Although he was over 70 years old and was not a talented scholar, he was still named in the Ministry of Revenue.

Even this prince was still lustful in his seventies. He loved beautiful girls and valued pleasure. Prince Zhuang’s mansion was not big, but it was magnificent and was the most noble in the royal palace in the capital.

In addition to the prince's annual salary of 10,000 taels of silver, there are also industries such as farm shops under the name of the royal palace, and the annual profit is also very high. However, because of the large expenses, the silver is like flowing water. Not to mention anything else, the rouge and water expenses of dozens of concubines in the royal palace are a considerable amount of money.

Bo Guoduo's life is also tight, so he naturally has to think about the way to make money.

Taking advantage of the Ministry of Revenue’s on duty, he took over the Ministry of Revenue’s bank treasury, and for every 1,000 taels of money and grain in the treasury, he would add ten taels of balance.

Why is the famous wealthy man in the six ministries in the Ministry of Revenue? It is based on the "pingyu" silver. This "pingyu", also called "yuping", is to continue the rules of the Ming Dynasty. In the collection of taxes, a certain share was levied according to the proportion and given to the Ministry of Revenue.

These "ping surplus" silver are not included in the treasury, but are directly distributed to officials of the Ministry of Revenue.

Now, Bo Guoduo has increased his income by 10 taels and gained it openly.

He relies on his seniority, while Kangxi is concerned about his relationship and turns a blind eye. After all, these money is charged additionally and does not affect the income of the Ministry of Revenue.

Even the fourth prince who was on duty could only choose to remain silent about Bo Guoduo's behavior of making money.

However, Li Wei stabbed the hornet's nest and offended Bo Guoduo.

In fact, he has been in the Cao family for several years and is not unfamiliar with the welcome and sending in the officialdom. He did not intend to meddle in other people's business, but he was a little anxious when he saw the officials who escorted tax banks in a certain province that had not prepared the extra "ping surplus" silver before, which made the silver unable to be stored in the warehouse for a long time.

The Northwest Army is known to be hundreds of thousands, and the military losses in it are all costing money.

The Ministry of Revenue’s bank treasury is empty, and the money escorted by each province is already booked out every time they arrive in the capital.

The northwest is bitter and cold, and those who are in the army cannot withstand the cold. Last year, there was a precedent of soldiers who died of freezing. For this reason, the Ministry of War wanted to purchase new cotton coats and transport them to the northwest before winter began.

Now, I am waiting for this money to buy clothes.

This money cannot be stored in the warehouse, so buying cotton coats will be delayed.

Although Li Wei did not follow the martial arts, he also paid attention to the war in the Northwest. After all, only peace can make life comfortable.

How can a soldier who serves the country and the people do not die under the enemy's blade, but dies in the bitter cold?

When Li Wei thought of this, he felt that he did not dare to stop watching. Although he was not of high rank, he was just responsible for the entry of the money into the warehouse, so it was legitimate to talk about this matter.

He first looked for an opportunity and politely advised him, how could Bo Guoduo hear him?

After repeated visits, not only Li Wei became annoyed, but Bo Guoduo was also fucked, and was thinking about how to teach Li Wei a lesson.

At this time, the local official who escorted the money got together with the additional "pingyu" and transferred the Ministry of Revenue to hand over the errand.

When Bo Guoduo has money, Shu is happy, how could he pay attention to the noise of a fifth-rank doctor?

So when the Thirteenth Prince tells it, there is only this part of Prince Li Wei’s Douzhuang; the rest is what Li Wei told Cao Yong when he came to Cao’s mansion.

After hearing this, Cao Yong was only happy for Li Wei.

The fourth prince is introverted and low-key, not a troublesome person. This time he can take the initiative to give Li Wei a hint, which shows that he really appreciates Li Wei.

The future wise and famous ministers will meet each other like this. When they become successful and famous, they think of this awkward relationship with the characteristics of the Fourth Prince. I wonder what they will think...

Sun's house, outside the gate.

Several carriages came from the entrance of the alley, and more than a dozen people rode horses around them, and stood at the door of Sun's house.

The concierge was an old man from the Sun family. He recognized the person who came from front of him at a glance, and was the uncle from Hangzhou.

Seeing that the doorman was only staring at him, Sun Wenqian frowned and said, "You old lady is here, don't you open the door and let the carriage enter?"

The doorman shivered, quickly called a servant and opened the door.

Sun Jue's house was small and the carriage could not reach the second gate directly. An got off the carriage in the yard in front.

At this moment, Sun Jue had already received the news and rushed over from the backyard.

Today is not his day to rest. Due to the impeachment note, he was stopped by his errands and waited for the matter to be investigated and examined in detail before the results were achieved.

He was unsure of being demoted and dismissed.

So, during the past few days at home, he was upset and started drinking heavily. Today he also drank half a pound of wine.
Chapter completed!