Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 91 Spring Festival Gala?

In the eyes of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, the old ten is just a smelly and hard stone in the latrine. Originally, it was estimated that there would be a lot of trouble in paying off the debt this time, so he made multiple preparations for this, and even made good preparations. He planned to have an imperial lawsuit with the old ten, but what Yinzhen didn't expect was that as soon as the officials from the household department came to the old ten's door to ask for the debt, the old ten cooperated and paid back part of the silver taels, claiming that the rest In a few days, I will make it all together and pay it off.

The old ten was very cooperative, but Yinzhen felt like he was punching the cotton with a heavy punch, and he didn't put any effort on the ground. The idea of ​​using the old ten as a target to hit and stand up was disillusioned.But then again, since the tenth old man doesn't dare not cooperate, the rest are of no use. Just like that, Yinzhen doesn't care about the end of the year, and the large-scale work of clearing debts begins In the prologue, a group of officials from the household department ran around and chased after each other, stirring up wind and rain all over the court, and officials big and small complained incessantly.

Official salaries in the Qing Dynasty were not high: in the name of yearly salary, silver taels were issued, from the first rank to the ninth rank to Weiren Liu, divided into 10 grades, the first rank was up to 180 taels, the second rank was 155 taels, the third rank was 130 taels, and the fourth rank was 105 taels , 80 taels of the fifth rank, 60 taels of the sixth rank, 45 taels of the seventh rank, 40 taels of the eighth rank, 33 taels of the ninth rank, only 31 taels of the ninth rank and Weirenliu, and Beijing officials have Lumi 50 shi for every hundred taels of silver.If one lives according to this kind of salary, let alone a junior official of the seventh or eighth rank, even a senior official of the first rank can only live in a hurry. He can't even afford to hire a few servants, let alone welcome and send them to, It's been a day of debauchery.

But those salaries are all on the bright side, unless they are upright officials like Jackie Chan and those who are less than Jackie Chan, other officials don’t expect to live on this kind of salary. An organization that guarantees or helps to write some recommendation letters, which is quite a fellow countryman's association) There are ice and carbon tributes from non-local officials every year, and there are gray incomes such as eating dry stocks, etc.; local officials have fire consumption, Litigation, land scraping and other ways of getting money, the phrase "Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver" has been said a bit, but once the magistrate is in office, even if he is not too greedy, the whole ten thousand taels of silver is not a problem of.

It stands to reason that officials should be very rich, so they are not so poor that they have to reach out to the state treasury. In fact, it is not the case, asking for money from gifts to superiors, asking for money from favors between peers, and asking for money to help clan and neighbors. He is handsome and needs money, and if he wants to be promoted, he has to pay extra money. There are a lot of expenses in all kinds of things. If you don't pay it back, you can't say for sure, just like that, if you borrow him, you will borrow tens of millions of taels, but the old man Kangxi is so distressed that he scolds his mother.

Officials are not the same as officials. Officials who are really in need are very fat, and the money comes quickly. When the Ministry of Households chases after it, those who can repay it will be repaid. Those who cannot temporarily also sign a repayment plan. Of course, it is painful in private. Scolding the fourth elder brother Yinzhen: It is not humane to come to the door to force debts on the New Year's Eve.But the problem is that there are few fat officials who are really lacking in Beijing officials, but there are many idle officials. Those officials such as Hanlin and Zhuanxiu are very poor, and they are forced by the Ministry of Households to borrow money. Many owe a lot The poor officials had no choice but to hide at home because they were sick, and they dared not even go to court.

The officials were fine, although they scolded fiercely behind their backs, they did not dare to disobey the orders and disobey them. Those idle clansmen and idle people were not so easy to talk about.All of them are used to rogues. Officials from the household department come to collect debts, but they can't even get in, and sometimes they are even beaten out. It's bad, so busy going around to chase after each other in person, so Yinzhen got the nickname: "Picking Brother".

"Brother Peeling" is "Brother Peeling", let them call, although Yinzhen is annoyed to have such an ugly nickname, but seeing the treasury swell up day by day, he really feels a sense of accomplishment in his heart, but he is so happy It was a little earlier, those elder brothers who were being chased joined hands and slapped Yinzhen hard.

Seeing the sky is about to celebrate the new year, the capital is full of joy, but the officials, big and small, are mourning. There is no money in hand. This year is sad. There are so many officials who pawn things in order to pay off their debts. Even my elder brother is playing It's a matter of selling the property to pay off the debt.No, at noon, a platform was set up in the Caishikou area, and a big banner was made of red cloth on it, with the word "auction" written on it.A few grand master chairs were lined up under the stage, and the people sitting on them were all heavyweights—the ten princes sat in the first place with a dark face, followed by a few idle Baylor and Beizi; All the servants yelled at the top of their voices, and they kept saying that they were persecuted by the wicked, so they had no choice but to auction off their family property.

The common people in the capital are very well-informed. I am tired of watching the pawning of property by rich and run-down families, but I have never heard of it. Elder brother can’t play it. He has to rely on sellers to earn his living. Look at the excitement.Good guy, the crowds at the entrance of the vegetable market are comparable to the scene when the sun was rising (the death row prisoner was beheaded) in the past.However, the people in the capital are well-versed, and they all know that there must be something wrong with it. After looking at it, it is still necessary to buy it or not, to criticize it, and to spread rumors.After a whole afternoon of commotion like this, everyone in the capital knew about this incident, and the rumors spread that the fourth elder brother was a monster-like figure, and everyone knew the nickname of "Picking Brother".

Yinzhen also heard about this strange incident. Although he was annoyed, he didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, what Lao Shi did was just acting, and even if it really got to this point, it was all self-inflicted. Besides, it's the New Year's day, and there's a family banquet in the palace, and Yinzhen didn't think about what other things are behind Lao Shi's actions, so he hurriedly cleaned up and took a big sedan chair. He went into the palace.

A family banquet is a family banquet. Although the emperor's family banquet is a bit more formal, it is still a family banquet, that is, a group of elder brothers lined up a few tables, having a meal around Mr. Kangxi, reciting some poems appropriate to the occasion, saying Some jokes to make the old man happy.

Grandpa Kangxi was in a good mood today, listening to the jokes made by his elder brothers, he could not close his mouth from ear to ear. He was having a good time, when he saw the tenth elder brother Yinyu, wearing a shabby dress, coming with a gloomy face.This year's Spring Festival, except for the sixth elder brother who was on a business trip and didn't come back, only the tenth elder brother was missing. The old man in front of him asked where the old ten was. To be honest, it was Brother Eight who diverted the old man's attention by telling a joke.At this moment, when the old man saw that Lao Shi came here wearing a rotten shirt, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, put away his smiling face and asked: "Yinyi, what's going on, why did you arrive so late?"

Yinyu knelt down and said with a dark face: "If you go back to Huang Ama, the minister has no money to pay the debt, and the seller has given birth, and all the property is left with this clothes."

Grandpa Kangxi's face immediately darkened, and he snorted coldly and said, "I didn't understand, I made it clear!"

Yinyu poked his neck and said: "Don't ask my son, Huang Ama wants to ask, just ask fourth brother."

"Presumptuous!" Grandpa Kangxi said with a livid face, "Did you talk to me like that? Tell me, what's going on?"

Yinyu raised his head but didn't speak, seeing that Grandpa Kangxi was about to lose his temper, the third elder brother Yinzhi stood up and said: "Huang Ama calm down, this is how it is..." Yinzhi put Yinyu away I told you about paying off debts, being chased by the household department so much that you could only go to the vegetable market to set up a stall to sell your property, and at the end I didn’t forget to add that some small Beijing officials were forced to hang themselves because they couldn’t pay back the money. if.

As soon as Yinzhi finished speaking, the old nine Yinzhen immediately answered: "Huang Ama, I also heard that the bureaucrats of the household department even went to the door to chase after Miao Tong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and Mr. Miao, who owed ten taels of silver. For example, Mr. Miao is the master of our brothers, and this screwdriver official doesn't even have the slightest respect, so he made Mr. Miao very angry."

As soon as the voice of the old Jiu Yinti fell, the eldest Yinti followed suit: "Huang Ama, my son is also being chased by that screwer official, and I can't make it through the year if I pay back the money. If it weren't for the family banquet tonight, Right now, Erchen is also thinking about pawning some things to celebrate the New Year."

The fifth and seventh sons were timid, looked at the old man's increasingly dark face, and followed a few words in a low voice, generally complaining about the pain.Lao Ba said with a sad face: "Huang Ama, my son thinks that chasing after competition is of course necessary, but it can't damage the dignity of the court. If court officials are forced to borrow money to pay off debts, the court will Who else is willing to pay attention to this matter, I think it is better to have a long-term plan for this matter."

Yinzhen didn't expect that the brothers would pick such a time to make trouble, and now his face was already blue, watching the brothers talking endlessly, heartbroken, seeing the old man Kangxi looking over, he turned his head Kneeling down, gritted his teeth and said: "Huang Ama, it's common sense to pay back the debt, not to mention the debt owed to the treasury, the court has no money, so what about government affairs? You should not reach out to the treasury, if you owe it, you should pay it back as soon as possible, so as to set an example for the courtiers."

As soon as Yinzhen's words fell, the big elder brothers immediately started coaxing, chattering wildly, mostly accusing the fourth child of being unethical.The old man Kangxi couldn't bear it any longer, he slammed the table and said, "Shut up! I'm not dead yet, you just mess around like this, I won't be able to piss me off!"

Prince Yinreng, who had been sitting quietly all this time, came out hurriedly, knelt down on the tunnel and said, "Huang Ama calms down, Huang Ama calms down, and the fourth child is also out of a public heart. It's just that after a while, brothers have difficulties, so we should do more." Be considerate, the dignity of the court is still necessary..."

Yinfeng's words are pure nonsense, both sides are not pleasing, these elder brothers turned their heads away from Yinfeng, and Mr. Kangxi couldn't listen anymore, he stood up abruptly, snorted bitterly, and walked away. Seeing that the old man had left, the big guys looked at each other, and they all left after forming a gang, leaving only Yinfeng to face the remaining younger brothers who had already been frightened and didn't know what to do...

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