Chapter 426: The shortage of wealth (Part 2)

Summer resort, Danbo Jingcheng Hall.

After scolding him, Kangxi waved his hand and asked the princes to kneel down. Except for Kangxi, there was only Wei Zhu left in the hall. He stood at the door, looked at Kangxi's gloomy face, and leaned gently towards the doorpost, wanting to hide his figure.

The eunuch who was the first to be used by Master Long Live, was dismissed from office and detained for greed for bribery. Now the eunuch around the prince is so dishonest, and the master Long Live is annoyed. Wei Zhu looked at his nose and his nose, and muttered in his heart.

As the king of a country, how could Kangxi take a few eunuchs and slaves to his heart? He held his forehead and sighed, but he thought about the empty treasury.

With the comments from Lazang Khan, Kangxi also knew that Cewang Alabutan's ambition to get involved in Tibet was never destroyed. He first married Lazang Khan's sister, and now he married his daughter to Lazang Khan's eldest son Galdan Danzhong, and left his son-in-law in Junggar, looking for an opportunity to enter Tibet at any time.

Speaking of Cewang Ala Buttan, Kangxi felt fucked.

Mongolia is divided into three parts: Mongolia in the south of the desert, Mongolia in the north of the desert, and Mongolia in the west of the desert. Mongolia in the south of the desert is Inner Mongolia headed by Khorchin, Outer Mongolia headed by Khalkha, and Xinjiang in the west of the desert is nomadic in the Tianshan area.

The Mongolian tribes in the south of the Moon are the current vassals of the imperial court and have been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court for many years; the Mongolian tribes in the north of the Moon have always expressed their obedience to the imperial court, but the Mongolian tribes in the west of the Moon never expressed their willingness to surrender.

When Galdan ruled the western Mongolians of the desert, Junggar attacked the adjacent Khalkha tribe, causing the northern border defense to be unstable, which led to the three imperial troops of Kangxi's personal expeditions.

Cewang Alabutan was Galdan's nephew, and he was split from Galdan's men in the 27th year of Kangxi.

After Galdan was defeated, Cewang Alabutan returned to Junggar, gathered the remaining troops of Galdan, and ascended the throne of King Junggar.

The court has always used the strategy of being gentle, but Cewang Alabutan is not very grateful to the court, and has been making various small moves over the years.

The reason why the court repeatedly tolerated was that their territory was too far away and they could not easily send troops to conquer.

However, although the imperial court wanted peace on the frontier, Cewang Alabutan did not have to think so. He advocated the Huang Cult and respected the Dalai Lama. He also wanted to interfere in Tibetan affairs under the name of "protective Dharma", but was ordered several times by Kangxi.

Seeing him so much planning, he thought he was about to imitate Gushikhan in the name of "protectionism" and enter Tibet as the king of Tibetans.

Although Kangxi knew his ambitions, he had no choice but to do anything because there was no money in the treasury and could not easily move troops.

One of the important reasons why Kangxi agreed to the deposed the sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, and established Isigatso, was that Tsangyang Gyatso had some contacts with Cewang Alabutan and had a good relationship.

The treasury did not have the funds to send troops, which made Kangxi very troubled. Although the Ministry of Revenue has recovered a lot of treasury silver in recent years, due to the bad season, the money, grain and taxes in many provinces were reduced and taxed, and the treasury was still unable to make ends meet.

Money and grain are a major national event. What are the ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure? Kangxi pondered...

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In addition to Kangxi, Li Wei was also concerned about money and food.

He was on the street that day and was beaten with people. It was nothing when he was beaten, but after returning to his residence, something was wrong. When he invited the doctor to take a look, he was injured and he had to take care of it for a few days...

Because of this, he had not yet gone to Cao's mansion to thank him.

When entering and leaving Shuntian Mansion, Li Wei became more and more eager to seek an official. The common people's life was not full of life, and this little movement could cause chaos.

Although he donated a prison student, he became a fellow villager in Mengmeng, the countryside of Xuzhou. This place in the capital city and the Dingdaipu Street is nothing.

Since you can't take the path of imperial examinations, if you want to be an official, you can only continue to donate.

But in this world, there are many people who want to donate officials, but there is only a limited lack of children, which means that there are too many monks and too little porridge.

It is not difficult to find a false name to reduce money and grain and make it easy to get in and out. The candidate magistrate who is 10,000 taels and the candidate magistrate who is tens of thousands of taels are found, and these are all clearly marked.

Li Wei doesn't want to be so weak. He is in his thirties and is in his prime, so he doesn't just want to find something to do.

After a lawsuit, Li Wei was a little scared of business operations. He had already sent the housekeeper to collect the business and sell it in the shop.

The strong dragon does not defeat the local snake. Li Wei is a clever person, so he can see that it is not easy to make some money in the place where the Eight Banners and the powerful people walk all over the streets of the capital.

The shop sold quickly and didn't get much money. With the previous savings, Li Wei felt a little tight.

He had sent someone back to Xuzhou and wrote to Mr. Li, discussing whether to sell some land and buy something in real way.

Now, there has not been a letter from Xuzhou yet, but Li Wei is a little unable to sit still.

It was so good today, and his injuries were almost the same. The room was a little stuffy. Li Wei shook the fan hard for a long time but couldn't help it, so he thought about going out for some breath.

He wondered whether to go to Cao's mansion to thank him first, or wait a few days before sending money from his hometown, and prepare a generous gift before going there.

For a moment, he was a little confused.

Although he should thank the helping hand, the other party's family is too high, and he doesn't know what kind of gifts should be prepared. He is afraid that he cannot express his gratitude if he is despised, and he is also afraid that he will be looked down upon by others as a country bun.

As soon as he arrived in the yard, Li Wei heard the door knocker ringing, so he raised his chin and asked the servant to open the door.

But the person who came was an acquaintance, which was the shopkeeper Huang from the store next to Li Wei’s shop.

Sweat was also seen on Manager Huang's face, and there was something in his hand. When he saw Li Wei, he nodded and said, "Oh, Mr. Li, I have found you!"

Li Wei couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He was not a fool. He knew that the only ones who let him sue were just these shops.

But he chased his residence like this, but he didn't know what it meant. He smiled and tilted his head, looking at the shopkeeper Huang and said, "This is the sun that has been promoted to the west. How could the shopkeeper have time to visit the humble house?"

The shopkeeper Huang was shorter than Li Wei. He nodded and looked even shorter, and he smiled and said, "This is not the big dragon who rushed to the Dragon King Temple. In the past, the young man didn't know that Mr. Li was a friend of Cao's husband, so he had some misunderstandings. Our Earl Mansion and Cao's husband have had friends, and they have been close friends recently. Do you know that our second master scolded the young man and asked the young man to apologize to Mr. Li to save the two families from having a grudge. Mr. Li, you sold the shop and changed the residence. The young man searched for him for a month and finally found you!"

Li Wei was a little stunned. Even though he had no knowledge, he wanted to get involved in the officialdom and knew the ranks of those titles. Earl, that was a superb, and he was much higher than the status of the governor and governor.

Who would have thought that the estate next door that is not visible and uncovered is behind the Earl's Mansion?

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but feel cold sweating, and he couldn't help but feel scared. He was still fighting to the death in Shuntian Prefecture. If Cao Yong had not come forward to talk about Xiang, it would be a big deal if his life could be protected.

After explaining his purpose, Manager Huang handed the various gifts in his hand to the servant of the Li family. At the same time, he took a silver seal from his sleeve and handed it on both hands, saying, "Mr. Li was frightened because of a misunderstanding. This is a small apology. Please accept it!" As he said that, without waiting for Li Wei to make a statement, he had already stuffed the silver seal into Li Wei's hands.

Li Wei felt that when he woke up, there was no one in front of him. He quickly walked a few steps out, and Manager Huang had already taken people through the entrance of the alley.

Li Wei patted his forehead hard and said embarrassedly: "What's the point!"

He lowered his head and opened the silver seal. He saw a few silver coins. After reading the amount above, he knew that he could not accept it.

Five hundred taels of silver notes, why does a dignified Earl's Mansion send someone to find someone and send you five hundred taels? People know which green onion Li Wei is, but they don't think of the face of Cao's Mansion.

That Lord Cao was young and was the Minister of Taipu Temple when he was young. He was later named a marquis and was appointed as a minister... Thinking of this, Li Wei thought of a good thing, which was a "master immediately" Hotan white jade ornament, which cost 900 taels of silver to exchange.

I originally planned to use it for the official service in the future, and put it in a box and put it in a kang cabinet in the east room.

Thinking to himself, he hurriedly sent the servant to pick it up, looked down at himself, and was dressed properly, so he rode his horse to Cao's mansion.

But he didn't think about it. Even if Cao Yong had no follower, it was not time to fall into the yamen at noon.

After riding around, Li Wei arrived at Cao's mansion, handed over a famous letter, and asked to see Cao Yong.

Before Cao Yong left, he was really worried about Li Wei coming and told the doorman that if Li Wei or Wang Mengxu came to the door, he would have to entertain him and invite Mr. Zhuang to come out for socializing.

Therefore, the concierge enthusiastically led Li Wei to the side hall, but did not invite Mr. Zhuang, but directly sent someone to pass the message to the second door and asked Cao Song to go. It turned out that Mr. Zhuang went out in the morning and has not returned to his house yet.

It is said that the prime minister's seventh-rank official was in the capital. Li Wei also followed his fellow villagers to the mansions of several Beijing officials in the past two years. Whose concierge is not arrogant, but not many people like the Cao family treat him as enthusiastic.

Li Wei couldn't help feeling a little flattered, but he didn't know what to do. According to the doorman's meaning, Lord Cao followed the emperor to Rehe to escape the summer heat. His brothers are now there at home. Well, it's the "Second Master" who sent someone to invite him.

Li Wei was still thinking about it, and Cao Song had already strode into the side hall. He was wearing his clothes when he went out and was so energetic that he was so energetic that he entered the room and looked up and down.

Seeing that the person who came was dressed well and looked not old, Li Wei guessed that he might be Lord Cao's brother, so he stood up.

Seeing that he was tall and strong, showing his majestic appearance, Cao Song couldn't help but feel a little affection in his heart and said, "You are Li Wei? I heard from my brother that you dare not be afraid of the powerful and block a carriage in the street. He is really a real man!"

This praise made Li Wei feel a little embarrassed. He laughed twice and bowed and said, "Li Wei has met the second master in the next day!"

Cao Song returned the gift and asked Li Wei to sit down, and asked the servant to bring tea.

Cao Song had heard about the incident on the street that day, and he knew the danger. If Jue Luo and Jinghui were robbed back to Dong E's mansion, they would not know what would happen.

Thinking of this, he became more and more fond of Li Wei, and he said, "Those who helped Brother Li that day, he gave up his cousin, and should thank Brother Li well." As he said that, he stood up and bowed to Li Wei.

Li Wei hurriedly avoided him and said, "Hey, Second Master, please get up quickly. You are destroying me, Li Wei, just a coincidence. Even without Li Wei, there will be other men who can't stand it."

Cao Song was impatient with this literary sing. Seeing that Li Wei was talking in a word and a vulgar way, he stopped polite to him and said with a smile: "Well, I won't say this stupid thing. Brother Li looks brave enough. Cao Song, I respect the hero the most. If you find an opportunity in the future, Brother Li will also guide me to fist and kick."

Seeing that he had a slightly dark face, a strong body, and a brave spirit, Li Wei said, "Can you also like to dance with swords and guns?"

Cao Song nodded and said, "That's right, now at home, I'm preparing to participate in the martial arts of the current cadet."

When Li Wei heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little envious. He had also made the idea of ​​martial arts in his early years, but riding and shooting and step shooting were nothing, but that strategy was like a stumbling block.

Although he had hired a teacher at home since he was a child, he was a stone-headed person in his studies. Over the past ten years, he has only enlightenment things such as "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names".

Even though he was envious, it was important to do the important thing. Li Wei thought about it and held the brocade box that had just been placed on the small table, placed it next to Cao Song, and said, "Second Master, I am very grateful for the kindness of Lord Cao's help. These are just a little thanks. Please ask the Second Master to help Li Wei forward it."

Cao Song didn't know that Li Wei was detained by Shuntian Mansion before, and for the time he was on the street last month, he waved his hand and said, "Brother Li, don't be polite. I just said that the people in the carriage that day were cousins. Even if Brother Li was not there at that time, his brother would not stand by. Why do you need to thank him for this? You're so polite!"

After putting the brocade box, Li Wei put the money that Manager Huang had just given on it and said, "The Second Master misunderstood. It was not because of that. He had some trouble before. He went to the yamen for two days to eat jail time. It was because of Lord Cao's face that he would be protected."

Cao Song dominated Jiangning City when he arrived in the capital. When he arrived in the capital, his cousins ​​from Zhaojia Mansion also had many fights. It was just that everyone was too big, they knew the right degree and did not make any major mistakes.

Seeing Li Wei's fierce look, Cao Song asked: "Brother Li is fisting with someone? I heard that Brother Li's accent is like a Lianghuai. The servants in the designated yamen have a foreign accent and have made things difficult for them. Those in the yamen are all the masters who look down on others."

Li Wei is a person with a very pleasant temperament and doesn't like those hesitant ones.

Although the shop was sealed for the banned book and the person was arrested, he still talked about the previous love in a few words, then pointed to the silver seal and said, "The Earl's Mansion will treat you as Lord Cao's old friend, and you will give me a special face and make people apologize for your kindness. However, this is because Lord Cao's favor is in it, and he has already benefited too much, so it is difficult to take advantage of this."

Li Wei said it calmly. Cao Song didn't take it seriously even if he heard that the other party was the Earl's Mansion, but nodded and said to himself: "It turns out to be his family. Why do you need to do this? It seems apart. I didn't see it, Yongsheng is becoming more and more talented."

As he said that, Cao Song secretly scolded himself for being in his incomprehensible and was still in his twenties, but he could not help his family.

Although he knew the causes and consequences, Cao Song was not easy to accept these things, so he smiled and said, "Brother Li, no matter what, even if he wants to thank you, he has to wait for his brother to come back to appear sincere, right? Take these things back first, and it is not too late to send them when his brother comes back to play Rehe!"

Li Wei came here for a special thanks, why did he accept the things and leave? The two big men were not easy to tear each other, so after saying a few words, Cao Song had to let him go.

Li Wei did not keep much, so he stood up and said goodbye. It just so happened that Cao Song had something to go out today, so he didn't want to keep it anymore, so he didn't try to keep it anymore and sent it to the gate.

The brocade box was not sealed. Cao Song opened it and saw that it was a jade ornament. He took it out and glanced at it, and put it back in the box. The Cao family has no shortage of this thing. Not only are there in each room, but there are many in the warehouse.
To be continued...