Chapter 20 The twentieth back-to-the-dark hero's debt collection fell short

Yinxiang had already arrived at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and while sending people to Yuqing Palace to invite Yinreng, he asked the summoned officials to be accompanied by people from the Ministry of Rites.He didn't sleep well at night, but he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his muscles and bones were well exercised, so he didn't care about staying up for two nights.He leaned back on the easy chair with unshaven legs, stroked his blue-shaven forehead, and was still struggling in his heart.Hearing the occasional laughter from the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he murmured in his heart: He knew that none of these dry people was a fuel-efficient lamp. Watching Kangxi fight out of desperation, accumulating meritorious service and sponsoring, leading soldiers outside, and often complaining when meeting Kangxi, how could he take this "little thirteen" seriously?Just as he was in a daze, he saw a dog barging in. He greeted Ann happily, and said, "Master, the people who went to Yuqing Palace have come back. The prince got up and went out without sitting in the sedan chair. Chen Jiayou and Zhu Tianbao are in the middle of their lives." Sulking, saying that I don't know where the prince is - can't we wait?"

"Wait a little longer." Yinxiang took out his pocket watch and looked at it. "If he doesn't come in a moment, it means there is something important. We will do our job. Kan'er and the others are in the lobby, you go first." Gou'er boomed to the lobby of the household department, and saw Kan'er leaning on the door frame. Inside, there were more than 30 officials in the frontier, some sitting upright, some whispering, some with big hats on the coffee table, and their sleeves rolled up With his chin tilted, he listened to people talking and laughing.Yao Dian sat under the public seat, gesticulating and spitting all over the place:

"If you want to get rich, you don't have to rely on fighting. There are plenty of ways! When I saw Kui Xu last time, he taught me a way!" Liu Xie was sitting next to Yao Dian, squinting his eyes with a smile, his forehead was shiny, shining like a wine jar, and he joked, "No wonder Kui Xu is so broad, there is a knack for being brave. Tell me!" "Old Kui said——" Yao Dian took a sip of tea, "If you want to get rich, you must first deal with foreign thieves before you deal with internal thieves. Foreign thieves have five-eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body-eyes, this thing is cheap, they like to see beautiful women, and they want golden houses Cangjiao is a waste of money. Could it be that if you marry a woman without salt, you can’t stay overnight? Besides, this thing likes to listen to music and music, so you have to spend money to buy opera actors. ; Let’s just talk about the nose, it’s natural to like fragrance, and it doesn’t cost money to buy incense cages and tripods? In fact, people, if you lie in the stable, you don’t have this idea. And the tongue, it’s natural to like it. Taste, I have seen poor people eat Guanyin soil, it really costs nothing! As for the body, it is even more costly. In summer, you need fine kudzu, and in winter, you need cotton robes. No matter how well you dress, it is cheaper for others to let others see. Just look at it, in fact, follow the ancient teachings of the Yellow Emperor, get some leaves to wear, weave a grass circle to wear, see how much you can save?"

He was talking nonsense, and everyone grinned when he heard it. Admiral Huguang slapped his thigh, frowned, and said, "It's better than studying for ten years! Listen to these words early, why should I borrow money?" "There are also internal thieves," Yao Dian said solemnly, "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, if the five thieves are not eliminated, the fortune will be as high as the sky. Benevolence is the chief evil, so I have this idea in my heart. How much money is enough to help relatives and poor people?" ? Righteousness, but also must not touch it: see righteousness and forget profit, where does the money come from? The master said that courtesy is reciprocal, and when others give you back, when will you get rich? It is comparable to coming and not going? There is also that wisdom, which is also impossible. You are smart, please There are a lot of people doing things, and if you only care about doing things, you must miss out on making money! Belief in this thing is the most abominable thing, one promise is one thousand gold, and one thousand taels is gone...So, the five internal thieves must be eliminated!" Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter Called Miao, Jinling Deputy General Ma Guocheng nicknamed "Ma Dapao", he leaned forward and back with laughter, beat his legs and said: "Miaoji, but we don't study too much, I'm afraid only the fourth master and the thirteenth master can get rid of these ten thieves!? "Liu Xie laughed and said: "Well said! It's just a bit of a long-winded word. The outline said: don't love face, don't want fame, don't care about shame, don't be afraid of laughing and scolding, come to Marshal Zhao Gong and make Luo Tian's great wish: If you don't do a good job in your life, the wealth will come in abundance !"

Gou'er heard everyone insulting Yinzhen, and couldn't help being furious. While thinking about it, Kan'er laughed and said, "You haven't said everything, there is one more thing, eat slowly!" Unexpectedly, the child wanted to curse, a tall and thin ginseng tilted his head and said, "How do you eat it?" "Last year when I passed the Yellow River, I bought a donkey kidney," Kan'er said earnestly. "I sat in the back of the car with a sesame seed cake and ate for half a day. I even saved lunch!" Gou'er asked with a smile: " How do you eat it?" Kaner said with confused eyes: "Donkey kidneys are so long, I'll walk around and bite some (Yao Dian), and walk around and bite some more..."

Everyone didn't come to their senses, and the dog also had a dog, and said with a smile: "If you want to say this, I have a way to save money: no matter what you eat or drink, you urinate slowly. I urinate for 40 miles in one soak. !" "How did you spread it?" Kan'er turned around and asked.Gou'er laughed and said, "I'm also sitting in the back of the car, I'll squeeze it to bleed some (Liu Xie), and then squeeze it to bleed some more..." Before he could finish his sentence, everyone was already roaring with laughter.Ma Dapao danced and danced, and the tea in the cup splashed out: "Bite something? Let it flow! Hahahaha... Master Yao and Master Liu must have golden mountains and silver seas! Borrowing tens of thousands of brothers to win? Ho ho ho..." Yao Dian and The two of Liu Xie blushed with embarrassment amidst the general who was laughing wildly. Thinking that these two brats belonged to Yinzhen, they were not prone to seizures, so they just wringed their faces and laughed dryly.Just as he was about to speak, he saw Yinzhen and Yinxiang coming in one after the other, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time!" Yin Xiang glanced at the crowd with a smile, and said with a self-deprecating voice: "There were some chattering and laughing just now, why didn't you say anything? It seems that I am a dead door god." Said: "Fourth Master, please sit over there. The middle part is reserved for the crown prince. If he wants to come, he can sit there." Yinzhen nodded, and sat down calmly. Then everyone came back to their senses and stood up to say hello. In front of this cold-faced and cold-hearted prince, even the arrogant old military affairs like Ma Dapao and Guizhou General Luo Wen became Follow the rules and don't dare to be presumptuous.

"Yesterday, Lao Shi invited everyone to a banquet, and he has already talked about the same thing." Yin Xiang paced back and forth, throwing a big braid behind his head, and said in a heavy tone, "Don't talk about the big truth. The small truth It's called 'no debt, no debt'. The debt must be paid back, and it is better to pay it sooner... I feel like a mirror in my heart. You might as well put yourself in your shoes and think about it. I am the elder brother of the emperor. I have property, a garden, and a study. Yes, and I don’t dislike it either! But the emperor chooses me to do business, this is called ‘Although you want to be with plum blossoms, you can’t get them’!” He coughed dryly, looked at Yinzhen who was sitting silently, and said: “From the age of The reason is to understand my difficulties. Fundamentally speaking, treasury bank is different from private debt. You need to use it for disaster relief, you need to use it to accumulate grain, you need to use it to stabilize the price of rice, you need to use it for officials, and you need to use it for court errands—you are all veterans of the military. It is even more necessary in war! If something happens to the country, I will give you IOUs as wages. Can you agree? So please come and discuss, when you report yourself to pay back, how much you can pay now, and clarify the foundation. Really not yet Come on, the fourth master said, you can't force everyone to take off their pants and sell them. You write a booklet and put it here, and play it to the Holy One. It is your good fortune that the Holy Majesty exempted you. The Holy Majesty said that there is no exemption. ——What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay after hearing such eloquent remarks.These people made up their minds to hear Yinxiang's fury, make the matter stiff, and then make a fuss with Kangxi, so that the fish will die and the net will be broken.Listening to him calmly now, speaking slowly and orderly, I don't know what to do for a while.Yinzhen glanced at Yinxiang appreciatively, and thought to himself: People are very capable of being squeezed, and they really benefited! After being stunned for a while, Guizhou General Luo Wen coughed dryly and opened his mouth.Although he looks big and thick, he has a delicate mind, and this group of people all regard him as the backbone.

"Master Thirteen," Luo Wen said with a smile, "we all understand the big principles and the small ones, but you still don't know that we, the top officials of the frontier, live in eight seats, but are actually strong outsiders and capable in the middle. Those shameless corrupt officials, Borrowing money to sell the real shortage, it is absolutely right to kill them; the foreign officials are scraped by the common people, so they can't be poor; It’s hard for us to lead the soldiers, except for the salary, there is no other money. We can’t break our conscience when we eat empty money and drink the blood of the soldiers. Alas... What are the generals and beggars who stripped their clothes when they were raised by their parents? We ourselves He also came out wearing a number jacket, and he had the heart to pay his own debts out of the soldiers' mouths—we are in trouble!"

Hearing his sincerity, Xu Zhen felt chills in his heart: Although this Luo Wen wanted to pay off his debts, what he said was reasonable, because he said: "Luo Wen's words are still reasonable. But as far as I think, why is he so poor? How far? Gentlemen, don’t think that paying off debts is a disadvantage, and then you have to clean up the officials. Some people hide from the first day of the junior high school, but they can’t escape the fifteenth day!” "Fourth Master Mingjian!" The person sitting behind Luo Wen was Tao Sanwei, who was the admiral of Guangdong.He murmured for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Yuquan has the best mountains and rivers, and far away water can't quench your thirst. Who is willing to borrow money if you have enough money? We have little literacy, and we have to write memorials and follow-up correspondence. The young master and the book office all have to pay out of their salaries. Those who lead soldiers know how to raise soldiers and use them for a thousand days. Who doesn’t love soldiers as much as their lives, and dare to deduct their salary? It’s really hard for us to pay off the debts for so many years. . Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master gave us a year and a half to allow us to deal with it a little bit, that's how sympathetic it is!" As soon as the words fell, Ma Guocheng retorted: "Zhou Xuan? How to deal with it? Who should I ask to deal with?! I took off one of my trousers, and I can't sell my cunt! Thirteenth Lord, Ma Dapao can't tell lies. Men Zhou Junmen beat Chahar, got some money, and his mother shook it out. If you don’t believe it, just ransack my house and confiscate all valuables. I will frown, my mother did not light the lamp! Luo Wen turned his face and said angrily: "Old Ma, this is not your military tent. Be gentle! What kind of decency is this?" Leng Zhong, who was loved by Kangxi very much, was so arrogant and domineering. Listening to Luo Wen's words, he put down his raised Erlang legs, stared and said: "I also said the same in front of Long Live Lord——I want a good backer to replace me." You know how to pay back the money, and you know how to be decent. Well! They scraped the land to pay back the money, and some asked Baylor to pay back the money, so it’s just bad luck for us!” Yinxiang's eyes burst into flames when he heard this, and he looked at Yinzhen thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "After talking for so long, are you thirsty? - Serve tea to the adults!" As he spoke, he glanced at Kaner Gou'er.The two nodded their heads in understanding, and after a while, one carried the pot, the other held the bowl, and offered tea to everyone one by one.The generals have already picked up the excitement of crying, and while drinking tea, they continued to cry poorly: "Master Thirteen, just say a word, as long as you are called to drink the blood of soldiers, you will be paid back immediately!" "You don't need to drink the blood of soldiers, just report a few fake robbery cases and pay off your debts!" "Nowadays it's really hard to be a dead person. I can't afford to support my wife and children. People who speak out and lose the court!" "Mother Xi fart! It's better to fight, we can't use mediots in peacetime!" "Exactly! During the war, there was a lot of meat and wine, how happy! Now it is peaceful, and Ge Laozi eats tofu and vegetables instead!" Liu Dian took the opportunity to perform Taiping Fist, and said with a smile, "Don't say such shameful words, do you eat tofu and vegetables?" "It would be nice to have tofu and green vegetables, come and have a look at my house!" "...I'm sorry!" "Grace, forgiveness..." "To tell you the truth, Master Thirteen, I still go to someone else's house for breakfast..." For a while, the lobby of the household department was buzzing like a boiling water pot, and thanks to the military master, it was like a group of beggars, moving out in a set like a lotus flower falling.When did the Goshhas at Hubu Tangkou Station see this, they just smiled with their faces turned away.As they spoke, their voices gradually decreased, and everyone felt their internal organs were tumbling, their chests were stuffy, and the yin and yang in their stomachs were not fighting with dragons and tigers.Liu Dian was the first to cover his stomach, and said, "Why is it so disgusting?" Before finishing his sentence, he vomited out "Wow", spraying all over the world.Some of the rest of the people's faces were black and blue, let alone smell the bad smell of wine and farts? "Wow!" "Wow--" "Wow--" For a while, the hall was in a mess like vomiting and water, and it was so filthy and stinky that the Gehubu Huatang was turned into a vomiting dojo.Yinzhen was startled for a moment, but soon realized that this was a game between Yinxiang and Gou'er Kaner, he couldn't help being startled, and frowned as he thought about how to end it. "I can't help you all." Yinxiang raised his face with a half-smile and said, "It's not that I was mean, but you all pretended to be poor and offended the gods! Whoever vomited the green vegetables and tofu, I would like to be the guarantor, long live everyone Forgive him for his debts!" ​​As he spoke, he winked at Yinzhen, and actually went to check them one by one. Not knowing what to do, Yinfeng led a large group of guards and eunuchs into the courtyard of the household department.As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yinfeng could smell the stench coming from the lobby from a long distance away, and also saw people from the household department whispering to each other, knowing that something had happened.Busily approaching the hall in three steps and two steps, all the officials left their seats and knelt down together.Yinreng covered his nose and glared at Yinxiang, and asked, "What's your name?" "I'm attacking the other's shield with his spear." Yinxiang sneered, "They said they drink the northwest wind, and they drink green vegetables and tofu. Please check it, my lord!" Yinreng stood in the hall with a gloomy face, ignored Yinxiang's words, and only glanced at Yinzhen coldly, Yinzhen only bowed slightly, adjusted his robe, and stared at the door as if nothing had happened.Yinfeng became more and more angry, and went around two circles, and sat in the middle of the lobby, and said to Yinxiang with a suppressed smile: "The thirteenth brother is doing things for Meng Lang! Today, these generals have been trained by the Lord Long Live for dozens of years. How can a young man be unreasonable? The matter of borrowing money should be discussed calmly." Seeing that he didn't ask about the situation, Yinzhen beat Yinxiang 50 boards first, and felt that the matter had come to an end, so he had to help the prince, so Leaning back with a smile, he said: "Thirteenth brother is a bit reckless, but the military sects are too disrespectful. Thirteenth brother is in a hurry, you have to be considerate." Yin Xiang seemed to be overwhelmed with heat, and tugged on his lapel , He said angrily: "Prince, you just came. I talked a lot of good things, and the adults didn't pull out a hair, and almost didn't disturb the lobby of the household department! After finishing it, I will come to the door one by one to apologize. Only this little loyalty can be shown to the sky, if I have the slightest heart to humiliate others, I will be struck by lightning!" "You've already practiced it, and you still say you don't have the heart?" Yinfeng sneered and said, "Do you know that my master Xiong Cilu has also passed away! I just went to the Ministry of Rites for this matter, a few steps late, You're making trouble here!" Xiong Cilu was a Jinshi during the Shunzhi period. He joined the cabinet in the eighth year of Kangxi and served as minister of the upper study together with Mingzhu and Suo'etu.Xu Yinzhen's heart turned cold when he heard that, the prince also blamed this on the liquidation of the deficit?Yin frowned next to him and said: "As far as I know, Xiong Cilu is not in debt to the national debt. Even Wei Dongting, who has been ill for more than ten years, is normal to die. Prince, these things have nothing to do with debt clearing, don't blame the old ten three." "I'm cleaning up according to the order, Prince!" Yin Xiangman counted on Yinreng to sit in the household department and support him through this last hurdle. He didn't expect him to be so weak and cowardly. If it's a basin, press it on my head! If so, the crown prince will play the Emperor Ming and withdraw me, and please be smart!" Yinfeng was so angry that his face was white, and he snorted and said, "So you are talking to me? I still count on How foolish and loyal you are! Why wouldn’t I dare to take this job? I’m afraid I can’t afford it with your status!” Yinzhen thought about it, the more trouble this made, the more difficult it was to clean up. He swallowed and said, "The emperor has said many times that clearing up debts is the top priority. The old thirteen has done too much. I will accompany him to the door and apologize today. Let’s talk about clearing the debt first, and ask the prince to appease the anger of the thunder.” Yinxiang also came to his senses at this time, suppressed his anger and said in a low voice: “I’m too young to do anything, and I’ll take care of the troubles I caused. It’s better to rely on the fourth brother, first Do business..." "You stand aside!" Yinfeng shouted domineeringly, "Go down and argue with you!" The officials below originally thought that today's matter was planned by the prince, but they came out to pretend to be a good person to clean up the situation. This will taste good, the three elder brothers are not the same thing.The admiral of the Taihu Navy was the first to kowtow, and said with a choked voice, "I don't blame the imperial court, and I don't blame the Thirteenth Lord. Who told the servants to be poor and want to borrow money from the treasury?" sound.Luo Wen followed and said: "Prince Shengming, the ministers did not dare to say that they would not repay the debts, but only asked for a lenient time limit. The ministers linger on for a whole day, isn't it also to preserve the dignity of the court?" At this time, everyone was crying to death Choking, some said: "Poor people like us, we climbed the mountain from the dead, with no backing, no way, and no way, and we ended up like this." Anyway, they are all dead! Didn’t I hear that Arabutan is going to rebel? Send us away..." "Our lives are really at stake! Fighting to fight for our lives, not fighting for our lives, it's too peaceful, there's no need for it!" "Even Wei Junmen is forced to death, what are we?" Ma Guocheng was different. He knelt forward and tore off his robe with a "chi" sound, revealing a black, red, black and red bronze-like chest, and shouted: "Brothers, you have all read books. As the saying goes, 'Shi Ke' It’s impossible to kill us! Why should we kill us?” Everyone was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he had misunderstood “disgrace” as “day”, and they all lowered their heads, trying to hold back their laughter.Ma Guocheng became more and more enlightened, and said: "Long live my surname Ma also knows that I have never wiped salt water. Please examine me for these seventy-two stab wounds! When I was surrounded in Khobduo, I rushed out protecting my master. With this injury, Long live shed tears when I saw it, and I will give you a glass of wine for this injury! I owe 70,000 silver today, and I still need another knife in my heart? Thirteenth Lord, you are a good man, come here, the old servant will wrinkle Frown, son of a bitch!" Yinreng was bewildered by their cries, deeply regretted that he did not tell Yinzhen and Yinxiang what he had said to Cishi yesterday, sighed, got down from his seat and covered Ma Guocheng's skirt, and said: "Get up, get up! What are you doing? When did the imperial court say it won’t support you? You old soldiers are the most honest and I know best, why do you do this?” He breathed a sigh of relief and said again: “Give me a face, don’t care about the thirteenth master Yes, he has his own difficulties, it's the first time he supports such a big situation alone, and wants to do things well, but he is young and aggressive, eager for quick success, you have to be considerate." He said and looked at Luo Wen.Luo Wen said: "The prince can just rest assured. We are all rough people. If we have something in our hearts, we can pour it out and enjoy it. It's okay to resent the thirteenth master. How can we have trouble with men?" "In this way," Yinfeng felt a little relieved when he saw that the fire had subsided, and he secretly made up his mind, saying: "The debt still has to be paid. But if we need to deal with it flexibly, the time limit can be relaxed. The country shares weal and woe, and we must think about the emperor and the country—how about indemnification and compensation for five years?" When he said this, everyone was elated, let alone five years, it was one year, who would have thought that the fourth master and the thirteenth master would still take care of things?As long as you don't withdraw your job, and let a few major cases be removed, what's the point of mere tens of thousands of dollars?Yinzhen couldn't help crying in his heart, sighing again and again in surprise, Yinxiang stomped his feet out of the lobby early in anger. Yinxiang went back to the signing room in a fit of anger, and wanted to call the people who cleared the accounts to talk, but no one was seen. Seeing the dog standing at the door, he asked, "Where did everyone die?" "Master is so confused." Gou'er laughed, "We're all waiting in the study!" Yinxiang stood up without saying a word, and went to the back study, where he saw more than 30 people standing inside and outside the study, Shi Shilun and The servant, You Mingtang, was also inside, and they all sat silently facing each other with their heads downcast.As soon as Yinxiang stepped into the door, he grinned and said: "You know? Don't be so damn ugly, like a stray dog! There are some things, you bastard right now, who knows what will happen later? Old Shi Laoyou, when you take over the job Long live the son gave you a guarantee ticket, and the old thirteen will give you another layer: I really want to send you Uliasutai, and the thirteenth master will carry dry food and send you across the desert!" "Lao You and I have thought of this step a long time ago." Shi Shilun looked out of the window calmly, his small eyes sparkling, and said, "You and I should take care of yourself. I've already taken off my hat and my official uniform." It's a common thing." You Mingtang sighed: "I didn't expect the tree to fall so fast! Look, within two years, it won't go back to the old way, and it will goug my eyes! I can only sigh and tune these dozens of people, who are in the wild. And run away, where to go back to ask for a living?" "You're talking about them?" Yinxiang pointed at the crowd and said with a sneer smile, "You two are high-ranking officials, so you can't do anything here. The civil servants like Li Fu and Tian Wenjing have already arranged their way out. These brothers are all My soldiers, how can I let them suffer?" Yinxiang said, took a wooden box from the bookshelf, opened it, and inside was a thick stack of papers, covered with the defense of the Ministry of War, and blew it away The floating dust above smiled self-consciously, and said: "It can be said that there is no danger! This is a sixth-rank military officer who was obtained from the Ministry of War last year. They are all stationed in the capital. It can't be said that they are rich or lacking, but they can be regarded as inferior..." Everyone couldn't help opening their mouths wide in astonishment, listening to Yinxiang's roll call in a daze, and foolishly taking over the appointment letter, but all of them were Qianzong, who were assigned to Xishan, Yuquan, Fengtai, Tongzhou, etc., some of them were green camps of the Han army. , some are Shanpu Battalion, some are Ruijian Battalion——in the eyes of the garrison outside the Great Wall, these missions are already unattainable missions!Yinxiang assigned them one by one, looked at the dog Kan'er and said with a smile: "The Thirteenth Master can't take care of you, you belong to the Fourth Master, and you should go back to the Fourth Master's mansion - I have already talked to the Zhili Governor's Yamen and the Infantry Commander." The yamen and Shanpuying old Zhao said hello. All the vacancies are left for you, and you can fill them up as soon as you go. There is only one, don’t brag to everyone that I gave it to you. We messed up our errands, it’s not honorable!" With a straight face, he let out a sigh of relief, and walked away. The dog took a step behind and asked: "Shall we come to meet tomorrow?" Yinxiang raised his hand and said loudly without looking back: "Come if you want, and forget it if you don't want to. The Ministry of Finance still has other things to do!"