Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1189 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 113

The national treasury is full, and more people want to make plans for it. Big Fat Orange still remembers that he collected debts for the late emperor in his later years. He worked hard to collect the national debts during those years, but the late emperor turned around and made him the bad guy and let Old Eight the good guy to win over the people's hearts.

He confiscated the Imperial Household Department, but he did not forget to collect the debts owed to the national treasury. He was just waiting for a better opportunity.

"In recent years, the national treasury has a lot of money, so there must be a lot of corruption and deficits. It's a good opportunity to clean up some of them and replace them with another group of people."

Gao Wuyong waited on the side with an expressionless face, wishing he was deaf.

It is not an easy task to recover the deficit and debts in the national treasury. Fatty Ju tried it once when he was still a prince, but ended up leaving himself without any troops. If the late emperor had not given him the position of the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner later, he might not even have been able to find Nian Gengyao under his command.

Now that he is the emperor, theoretically he is the leader of the two yellow banners and the plain white banner. Together with the bordered blue banner he originally held, he now accounts for half of the Eight Banners. He should have no shortage of talents.

Although the two yellow banners and the plain white banner had become vassals of the emperor early on, they were eyeing the throne of the emperor rather than the person who sat on it. Otherwise, the Fucha clan from the Bordered Yellow Banner and the Guwalgiya clan from the Plain White Banner should have changed their ways and fully supported Dapangju long ago. Why would there be rumors that Dapangju had come to the throne illegitimately?

The situation is different now. Not only has Big Fat Orange already figured out the various forces in the court, he also has the cultural achievement of producing 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes per mu, as well as the military support of defeating Dzungar.

Jiang Xinxin also mentioned the repayment of the arrears and deficits of the national treasury in the harem. "The previous emperor is collecting the arrears of the national treasury. The concubines in the harem should set an example. I allow you to send a message to your mother's family. You must persuade your parents and family members and don't make it difficult for the emperor."

Concubine Jing knew her own affairs. Her family members were officials in other places, and she had no relatives or friends in the capital. It was possible that she had never borrowed money from the national treasury. Of course, she could express a positive attitude at this moment.

"Your Highness, I will obey your Majesty's order."

Concubine Qi's family had long fallen into decline, and now they were just hanging around in the capital. She had no idea about the treasury debts. Seeing Concubine Jing's statement, she quickly agreed: "I have never disobeyed the Queen, let alone such a big matter. I will just listen to you, Queen."

Concubine Ning knew a lot about the Shen family. The Shen family had never asked for money from the national treasury when they were officials in other places, but her foreign family was in the capital, and they did borrow money from the national treasury. She thought that she had a lot of money in her hands and could always support her foreign family, so she agreed without hesitation: "I will obey the Queen's order."

Roupin's family also moved to the capital, but An Bihuai only had a nominal position, and Fuguiren's family helped to look after them, so they never borrowed money from the treasury. She also quickly agreed: "I will obey the Queen's order."

The rest of the people either didn't know the situation in their mother's family or knew that their mother's family hadn't done anything excessive, so they all agreed.

Jiang Xinxin was quite satisfied with this, so she said, "I also moved into the palace from the Qiandi Residence, so I know a lot about life outside the palace. If your family is not able to help for the time being, you must quickly explain the situation to the emperor. Otherwise, if the emperor is angry with you for not collecting the money properly, I will not be able to plead for you."

The concubines thanked Jiang Xinxin for her reminder, and the day's greetings passed like this.

When the three ladies came to pay their respects, Jiang Xinxin said the same thing.

The Third Lady Qingying felt a little uneasy. Although she had some understanding of the situation of the Ulanara clan, she had never heard of the debt owed to the national treasury before. However, she felt that the amount borrowed by the Ulanara clan from the national treasury must be considerable. Before leaving Jingren Palace, she had already started calculating her dowry.

The fourth wife, Suolentzhuo, knew more about her family's situation. She smiled and thanked Jiang Xinxin for her reminder: "Thank you for your concern, Empress Dowager. Although my daughter-in-law's family is not very rich, we have never thought of taking advantage of the court. I just wanted to live in harmony with the emperor out of gratitude for his compassion."

The situation is almost the same for the Fifth Lady's family. They borrowed a little from the national treasury just to fit in. It was just a token of their gratitude and they could pay it back at any time.

The most troublesome group in the palace is Concubine Guaerjia's family. E'min was not only rebellious in words, but also accepted bribes. Now it has been discovered that E'min "borrowed" nearly 100,000 taels of silver from the national treasury.

When Concubine Guaerjia received the news, she didn't feel anything. After all, in her impression, her family had never been short of money.

But within two days of the news being passed back, her mother could not help crying to her, saying that ever since her father was relieved of all his duties, he had developed a drinking problem. Fortunately, the family kept a close eye on him and did not let him go out to fool around, but if the debt to the national treasury was not repaid in full, the whole family would be left with nothing.

Concubine Guaerjia was immediately panicked. After she and the imperial concubine received the news from Concubine Guaerjia, they packed up their savings and prepared to give half of them to Concubine Guaerjia, which was worth more than 10,000 taels of silver.

At the same time, the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine warned Concubine Guarjia sternly: "You should explain the situation of these things to the emperor. It is best to send them through the emperor's hands to let the emperor know that your family is not unwilling to pay back the money, but if you pay back the money, the whole family will not be able to make a living."

"In this way, even if the emperor still insists on collecting the full amount of your family's debt, there may be some rewards, so that the Seventh Prince will not lose face."

"But I'm going to make this clear today. If Emin takes this opportunity to cause trouble for the Seventh Prince, I'll have to find a way to have someone send another Guaerjia into the palace."

Concubine Guaerjia was really frightened by Concubine He. She didn't dare to take Concubine He's things and went back in shame.

The Concubine and the Dowager watched Concubine Guaerjia's departing back and decided to contact the clan immediately to look after Emin's family, otherwise the Seventh Prince's future would be really in jeopardy.

The Guaerjia clan to which the Concubine Dowager belongs is not from the same family as the Guaerjia clan to which Concubine Guaerjia belongs, and their ancestors have no relationship. They are even more different from the Shi clan to which the deposed Crown Prince's wife belongs.

But the two families are in the same Zhengbai Banner and are both of the Guarja clan. It is normal for them to be more active for the sake of the Seventh Prince. Otherwise, with E Min's temperament, it is impossible for him not to develop other bad habits.

After receiving the news, He Taifei's family immediately went to E Min's house. E Min was drunk and was fighting. When he saw He Taifei's family, he became more and more angry. He actually picked up something at hand and threw it at them.

Mrs. Emin was so sad that she wanted to cry but had no tears. She quickly had Emin arrested and taken to the back to rest, and she tried her best to entertain him.

Concubine Guaerjia actually had some money, but it cost her extra money to maintain her appearance, and she had to pay out of her own pocket to dress herself up. So, not to mention the various ways to make money that Jiang Xinxin provided to the palace, a lot of her dowry was spent.

However, Big Fat Ju was very determined to recover the debt. He knew that the concubines in the harem would come to him for help for their families, so he ordered Gao Wuyong to guard the Yangxin Palace and not allow anyone to approach.

So after Concubine Guaerjia requested to see Jiang Xinxin many times but to no avail, she could only go to Jingren Palace and kneel down to beg Jiang Xinxin.