In the fourth elder brother Yinzhen's view, the old ten is a stone in a thatched pit smelly and hard, originally budgeted that this time the debt will encounter a lot of trouble, for this is also a lot of preparations, and even ready to go to the royal lawsuit with the old ten, but to Yinzhen's expectation: the official of the household department just came to the door of the old ten to ask for arrears, and the old ten was very cooperative to pay back part of the silver taels, claiming that the rest would be paid off in a few days.

Lao Shi is very cooperative, but Yinzhen has a feeling of hitting the cotton with a heavy punch, and he doesn't focus on the ground, and he wants to use Lao Shi as a target to hit Liwei by the way, even if he wants to be disillusioned. But then again, since the old ten are so stunned that they don't dare not cooperate, what is the rest of them, that's it, Yinzhen doesn't care about the approaching New Year, and the large-scale debt settlement work has kicked off.

The officials of the Qing Dynasty were not high: in the name of the year, they were given silver taels, from the first product to the ninth grade to the unflowed, a total of 10 grades, the highest 180 taels for the first grade, 155 taels for the second grade, 130 taels for the third grade, 105 taels for the fourth grade, 80 taels for the fifth grade, 60 taels for the sixth grade, 45 taels for the seventh grade, 40 taels for the eighth grade, 33 taels for the ninth grade, only 31 taels from the ninth grade and the unpopular flow, and the Beijing officials had 50 stones of rice for every 100 taels of silver. If you live according to this kind of money, let alone a petty official of the seventh or eighth grade, even if you are a first-grade official, you can only stay up tightly, and you can't even afford to invite a few servants, let alone usher in the send-off and spend all day drinking.

However, those sons are all on the surface, unless they are Qing officials like big and small Jackie Chan, other officials don't expect to live on this idea, and there is a printing bureau among the Beijing officials (an organization that helps fellow villagers who come to Beijing as a guarantee or helps write some letters of recommendation and the like, which is quite a fellow townsman's association) has the ice and carbon respect that foreign officials pay for every year, and there is gray income such as eating dry stocks and so on; The magistrate has a way to make money such as fire consumption, lawsuits, scraping the ground, etc., although the sentence "three years of Qing prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver" has passed, but the prefect is not too greedy, the whole 10,000 taels of silver is not a problem.

It stands to reason that the officials should be very rich, not so poor that they have to reach out to the treasury, in fact, otherwise, they ask for money for gifts to their superiors, ask for money for personal exchanges between their peers, ask for money for their clan and neighbors, ask for money for their own chic, and have to pay extra money if they want to be promoted. can make the old man Kangxi feel so distressed that he scolds his mother.

The official is not the same as the official, the official who is really short is very fat, the money comes quickly, the household department chases the comparison, and the one who can pay it back will be repaid, and the one who can't for the time being also signed a repayment plan, of course, in private, he scolded the fourth elder brother Yinzhen: the big New Year, the door-to-door debt is not close to people. But the problem is that there are few fat officials in Beijing who are really lacking, but there are many idle officials, and those officials such as Zi Hanlin and Xiu Xiu are very poor, and they are forced by the household department to borrow money, and many poor officials who owe a lot have to hide at home because they are sick and do not even dare to go to court.

The officials are okay, although they are scolded fiercely behind their backs, but after all, they don't dare to disobey the order, and those idle clans and idle people are not so easy to talk about. Those are all scoundrels who are used to it, household officials come to collect debts, they can't even enter the door, and sometimes they are even beaten out, all kinds of things are over, but Yinzhen, the elder brother in charge, is tired, and he is busy coming to the door to chase the comparison, so as soon as he does it, Yinzhen gets a nickname: "Brother Peeling".

"Brother Peeling" is "Brother Peeling", and he called them, although Yinzhen was annoyed to get such an ugly nickname, but seeing that the treasury was bulging day by day, he really felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, but he was happy earlier, and those brothers who were chased joined hands and put Yinzhen fiercely.

Seeing that the sky is about to celebrate the New Year, there is a festive everywhere in the capital, but the officials of all sizes are mourning, there is no money in hand, this year is sad, there are many officials who pawn things in order to pay off their debts, and even Brother has played the trick of selling property to repay debts. No, at noon, a platform was erected on the land at the entrance of the vegetable market, and a large banner was made with red cloth on it, with the word "auction" written on it. There are several Taishi chairs lined up under the stage, and all the heavyweights are sitting on them-the tenth elder brother sits in the first one with a black face, followed by a few idle Baylor and Beizi; More than a dozen family members on the stage shouted at the top of their voices, saying that they were forced by the wicked people again and again, and they had no choice but to auction off the family property.

The people in the capital are very knowledgeable, and they are tired of seeing the dilapidated rich family pawning their property, but they really haven't heard of Brother can't play it, and they have to rely on selling property to get by. Good guys, this vegetable market is crowded with people compared to the scene of the sunrise red cha (death row prisoners were beheaded) in the past. However, the people of the capital are very good, and they all know that there must be something strange in it, look at it, buy it or not, judge the taste, and spread the gossip. After an afternoon of making trouble, the whole capital knew about such a thing, and the rumors spread that the four elder brothers had become demon-like characters, and the nickname of "Brother Peeling" was well known.

Yin Zhen naturally heard about this strange thing, although he was annoyed, but he didn't take it to heart, in his opinion, Lao Shi was doing this completely acting, even if it really fell to such a point, it was all self-inflicted, and besides, it was going to be the New Year, and there was a family banquet in the palace, Yin Zhen didn't think about what other things were behind Lao Shi's hand, he freshened up tightly, and entered the palace in a sedan chair.

A family banquet is a family banquet, although the rules of the emperor's family banquet are bigger, it is still a family banquet, that is, a group of brothers lined up a few tables, eating a meal around the old man Kangxi, chanting some poems for the occasion, telling some jokes, and coaxing the old man to be happy.

Today, the old man Kangxi was in a good mood, listening to the funny jokes of the elder brothers, laughing from ear to ear, and was happy, when he saw the tenth elder brother Yinxuan wearing a shabby dress and coming with a gloomy face. In addition to the sixth elder brother who was on an errand outside this year's Spring Festival, there was a lack of ten elder brothers, and the old man asked where the old ten went. At this time, when the old man saw that Lao Shi was wearing a bad shirt and came like this, he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, put away his smiling face and asked: "Yino, what's going on, why did you arrive so late?" ”

Yin Osmium knelt down with a dark face and said: "If you go back to the emperor Ama, the retainers have no money to repay the debts, and the seller has gone to the property, and all the belongings are left with this dress." ”

Old Man Kangxi's face immediately darkened, and he snorted coldly: "I didn't understand, I made it clear!" ”

Yin Osmium stiffened his neck and said: "Don't ask the ministers, the emperor Ama wants to ask, it's good to ask the fourth brother." ”

"Presumptuous!" The old man Kangxi said with a blue face: "Did you talk to me like this?" Say, what's going on? ”

Yinzhi raised his head and didn't speak, seeing that the old man Kangxi was about to get angry, the third elder brother Yinzhi stood up and said: "Huang Ama is angry, this matter is like this......" Yinzhi said that Yinzhi had no money to repay his debts, and was chased by the household department so that he could only go to the vegetable market to set up a stall and sell his property, and at the end he did not forget to add a sentence that some small Beijing officials were forced to hang because they couldn't pay back.

As soon as Yinzhi finished speaking, Lao Jiu Yinyu immediately answered: "Huang Ama, Erchen also heard that the bureaucrats of the sub-household department even owed ten taels of silver to Miao Tong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and Mr. Miao went to the door to chase the comparison, Mr. Miao is the master of our brothers, and this sub-official does not even have the slightest respect, and he makes Mr. Miao angry." ”

As soon as Lao Jiu Yinyu's words fell, the eldest Yinyu followed: "Huang Ama, Erchen is also being chased by that Qizi official, and he can't pass the New Year if he pays back the money, if it weren't for tonight's family banquet, Erchen would also be thinking about pawning something for the New Year." ”

The fifth and seventh children were timid, and when they saw the old man's increasingly dark face, they followed a few words in a low voice, and generally complained about their grievances. Lao Ba said with a sad face: "Huang Ama, the ministers think that the comparison is of course necessary, but it can't damage the dignity of the court, if the court officials are forced to borrow money to pay off their debts, who else is willing to pay attention to this matter in the court, and the ministers think that this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run." ”

Yin Zhen didn't expect the brothers to pick such a time to make trouble, at this time he was already angry, seeing the brothers, you said a word, my heart ached, seeing the old man Kangxi looked over, knelt down, gritted his teeth and said: "Huang Ama, it is common sense to repay debts, not to mention that it is the treasury that is owed, the court has no money, and what is the government, besides, the brothers are leading a lot of money, and they should not reach out to the treasury, if they owe it, they 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 brothers suddenly started to coax, talking nonsense, and basically accusing the fourth brother of not being authentic. The old man Kangxi couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the table and said, "Shut up!" I'm not dead yet, you're just messing around like this, you can't be angry with me! ”

The crown prince Yinren, who had been sitting quietly, hurriedly walked out, knelt on the ground and said: "Huang Ama is angry, Huang Ama is angry, the fourth child is also out of public interest, but after a while, the brothers have difficulties, and they should be more considerate, and the dignity of the court is still ......"

Yinren's words are pure nonsense, both sides are not pleased, these elder brothers all twisted their heads and didn't look at Yinren, and the old man Kangxi couldn't listen to it anymore, he stood up suddenly, snorted hatefully, and walked away, the big guy saw that the old man was gone, they each looked at it, and the gang left, leaving Yinren alone to face the remaining smaller brothers who were already frightened, and they didn't know what to do......

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