The next day, after sending away Yinzhen, who was going to be on an errand, Tong Cheng'er asked people to bring the five craftsmen over.

When the five craftsmen came to Tong Cheng'er again, the eyes that looked at her were not only respectful, but also a little warmer.

What do you say about that kind of look! It's almost like a dog seeing a big stick bone, Tong Cheng'er is the big stick bone that is eye-catching.

In the eyes of the five craftsmen, Sifu Jin was generous, and the errands he ordered were done well, and he gave a lot of silver.

They don't know what to dance and ink, they are more practical, and they like the silver that can make them live a good life the most.

Sifu Jin gave generous money, and they were willing to listen to her instructions.

Dong Cheng opened his mouth and said, "I don't know what Fujin has to tell the servants to come over?" ”

He said this quite urgently, as if he wished that Tong Cheng'er would hurry up and order them.

Tong Cheng'er smiled and nodded: "I called you over today, there are three things. ”

Five: "Fujin, please command." ”

Tong Cheng'er: "The first thing is to say that you can make the pencil I want in such a short time, and you have done a good job, and you have also got the reward, and you will do it well in the future, these are just the beginning." ”

If you want more silver, no problem, come on, you'll have it.

Dong Cheng was the first to understand: "It's all what a slave should do, and I will ask Fujin to give instructions in the future." ”

Tong Cheng'er nodded with satisfaction: "The second thing is that I need different shades of color for this pencil, you experiment more, and then code the pencil from light to dark. ”

The second thing is not that difficult, but it requires trial and error, after all, she is talking about a color shade with uniform color difference.

Dong Cheng and the others have no opinions, this thing is not difficult to do.

Then, Tong Cheng'er said one last thing: "This third thing needs more effort from you, and I think this pencil needs to be improved......

Then Tong Cheng'er talked about the idea of "only need to replace the pencil lead to use the pencil repeatedly", and after listening to it, several craftsmen felt that it really needed some effort.

After saying these three things, Tong Cheng'er let them go.

After the five of them left Yaocheng Courtyard, Gu had a pensive look on their faces, all thinking about how to improve their pencils.

It's not difficult to make different colors with pencils, so it's natural to think about the problem first.

They are not stupid, and naturally know that the more difficult the problem is solved, the more benefits will be achieved.

The craftsmen racked their brains to think about how to improve the pencil, and Yinzhen finally succeeded in brainwashing the household officials led by Gu Badai.

So at the latest court, Kangxi just wanted to nod his head and agree to a project reported below, Gu Badai knelt down and said: "Long live the Lord Qiyu, the slave has something to say." ”

Gu Badai was still a capable minister in Kangxi's eyes, and when he heard him speak, Kangxi said, "You say." ”

Gu Badai said with a bitter face: "Lord Liu's idea is okay, but now the household department has no idea about it, but now the household department has no silver taels for emergency use, if it is in response to the project that Lord Liu said, it will be difficult to do any more projects that cost money in the future." ”

At the end of the speech, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "I hope to think twice." ”

Kangxi frowned, the household is not enough silver, why doesn't he know about this, some time ago, this Gu Badai also said that this year's taxes are good, and this time he will cry poor, which is unreasonable!

However, on the top of the Jinluan Palace, he couldn't ask how much silver the household department still had now, so he could only say: "Let's discuss it later." ”

After the court, Kangxi called Gu Badai to the imperial study to chat.

"How many taels of silver do you have in the household today?"

"Back to Long Live Lord, there are still more than 16 million taels of silver on the account of the household department."

When Kangxi heard this, he asked directly: "Isn't this quite a lot?" How do you tell me that the household has no money, what's going on? ”

Kangxi believed that Gu Badai would not be a believer, so he wanted to know why he was crying poor in public.

Gu Badai looked bitter and said: "Long live Lord Qiyu, although there is enough silver on the account of the household, but the actual amount is only half of the book, otherwise why would the slave speak in public, the slave is also afraid that the hole will be bigger, and the household department will not be able to hold it, and when the time comes to use the silver urgently, the household department will not be able to take it out, which is the sin of the slave." ”

Kangxi frowned: "You tell me clearly, why it is only half of the book." ”

Gu Badai said truthfully: "Long live Lord mercy, allow hundreds of officials to borrow silver for emergency purposes, in recent years, there are more and more officials who borrow silver, and the amount is getting larger and larger, they hold the regulations that meet the rules of borrowing silver, and the household can only lend them silver in accordance with the regulations, so the more the silver is borrowed, and there are few repayments. ”

When Kangxi heard this, he was silent.

He allowed the borrowing of silver, and there have been no major problems with the household department over the years, so although he knew that some people were good at borrowing silver, he didn't know that the household department had been hollowed out by half.

After Gu Badai left the study, Kangxi couldn't help but sigh, the household department is also a problem, especially just now Gu Badai also told him about the amount that has increased year by year over the years.

used mathematical ideas to make Kangxi understand that things were even more serious than he thought.

As a result, Mr. Liu's project of spending money changed from "let's discuss it later" to "it can't be done".

This was expected by Yinzhen.

After listening to Gu Badai's words, Kangxi sent someone to secretly check the situation of the household, and then found that what Gu Badai said was right, and then he also found that it was Yinzhen who discovered this problem at the beginning.

Kangxi really didn't expect this.

After all, it didn't take long for him to go to the household department to work as an errand and he was able to find the problems of the household department, Kangxi was worried about the problems in the household department, and on the other hand, he felt that his son was capable, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, this was his son.

It's quite contradictory, too.

Since it was a problem discovered by Yinzhen, Kangxi naturally called Yinzhen over.

"Gu Badai told me about the current situation of the household department, I heard that you were the first to find out about this matter?"

Yin Zhen nodded: "Back to the emperor Amma, it was discovered by the sons." ”

Kangxi was a little curious: "How did you find out?" ”

"Erchen saw the IOUs piled up by the household, and casually asked about the silver on the books and the actual silver in the treasury, but he didn't expect the difference to be so big, so he thought about refining it, and in the process of refinement, Erchen found that he did not stop the harm of borrowing silver."

"Then Erchen told Master Gu about this, originally Erchen thought to wait for the solution to be thought of before telling Huang Ama about it, but he didn't expect that Lord Gu was concerned about the household, and Huang Ama would know about it."

When Kangxi heard this, he nodded and said, "You did a good job." ”

got his emperor Ama's words, Yinzhen was a little surprised, the situation of the household department in the dream was worse than this, but at that time, Yongzheng proposed to call for the repayment of the loan, and was pushed by his emperor Ama several times, and finally the household department really couldn't hold on, so he agreed.

Now looking at his well-spoken appearance, he feels a little unreal.

The "Hubu Crying Poor" plan, he thought it was a protracted battle, but he didn't expect that this was the first round, and he directly "hit" his Emperor Ama, so that Emperor Ama paid attention to it.

It's incredible.

"It's all what a retainer should do."

Kangxi: "You first discovered the household problem, so do you have a solution?" ”

Yinzhen: "Erchen has some ideas. ”

Kangxi was not surprised that he had an idea: "You can talk about it." ”

At this time, Kangxi didn't think he could say anything particularly good, and he just wanted to give his son a chance, so listen to his thoughts.