Chapter 659 Patting Snow on the Shoulder for Fourth Master

Don't look at what Li Shi said was rough, but it also hit Niu Gulu's heart.

Mrs. Li was right, the bamboo was short and fat at first.

But her Hongze was always yellow and thin since birth, so she was also worried.

But no matter what, she will not admit defeat outside.

Seeing that the Li family and the Niu Gulu family were falling apart, Ruoyin stopped them in time.

"They're all sisters from my own family. Why do you say such things? There's a quarrel. No matter what, they are the children of the fourth master, the descendants of Aixinjueluo."

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at Mrs. Niu Gulu, angrily.

Niu Gulu said reluctantly: "Sister Li, why bother to be angry, I'm not talking about the fourth elder brother, I'm just making an analogy."

It sounds harmless, but in the end it still hurts.

Mrs. Li couldn't hold back, and replied again.

"No matter what you say, my own child, I can't be more clear in my heart. Don't slap your face and make yourself fat. I advise you to be healthy while you are young, so as not to have no support for the rest of your life. .”

This is an indirect curse on San Age's short life.

"The two elder brothers in front of my sister have died long ago. You should think about having another elder brother yourself. It's better to have a guarantee. I won't bother my sister."

Speaking of Zao Shang's two elder brothers, they were stabbing Li Shi's heart with a knife.

After a pause, she stabilized her mind and said: "Sister, I don't know. Fourth Master saw that I had a hard time giving birth to Fourth Elder Brother, so he felt sorry for me. He promised me years ago that he would not let me have another child."

As he said that, Li raised his hand and touched the hairpin on his head, and said arrogantly: "So I am different from you, you can give birth to me in the future, my big event has been completed. In the future... .I will definitely bring up the fourth elder brother well, and watch him marry a wife and have children."

Ruoyin looked down at Mrs. Li, and saw the other party's smug eyes, as if saying, "Everyone here is rubbish."

Seeing that Niu Gulushi still talks back.

"Okay, shut up!" Ruoyin patted the table twice, and said, "As a royal concubine, but she speaks so viciously, do you want Fourth Master to get all the elder brothers to be raised in the front yard? ?”

I don't know if it's because he slapped the table too loudly, or because he was worried that the fourth master would know about his evil deeds, so he was not qualified to keep the child by his side.

Seeing that Li shivered in fright, Niu Gulu also swallowed his words.

The two finally stopped their arguing and stopped pointing at Sang and scolding Huai.

"Fu Jin, don't be angry, sister Niu and I have a good relationship, that's why we joke like this." Li put away his annoying face, and smiled.

Niu Gulushi also echoed, "Yes, Fujin, if you don't like it, we will not be like this in the future."

Ruoyin waved his hands and said impatiently, "You all back down."

"Yes." Li Shi stood up cautiously and left with everyone.

In the following days, fourth master seemed to be busy with endless things.

Even if it is the annual vacation, I don't see him every day.

After the Lantern Festival, let alone, I became more and more busy.

One day, fourth master went down to the main courtyard with a straight face.

In the hall, Ruoyin patted the snow on fourth master's shoulder.

Fourth Master said coldly: "I don't know when this snow will fall."

Ruoyin could see that fourth master was in a bad mood, and thought it was because of the continuous snowing.

"It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year. From last winter to now, it has been snowing non-stop. It seems that this autumn will be a bumper harvest." She said softly.

Unexpectedly, the fourth master said worriedly: "The Yellow River flooded again a few days ago, and the area under the river suffered heavy losses. Millions of people were displaced. Don't let any more accidents happen in the capital."

Ruoyin twitched the corners of his mouth, okay, so fourth master did this.

I am worried that there is already a flood in the area of ​​the Yellow River, and if there is another snow disaster in the north, it will be a bit tricky.

It's strange to say that dams are built every year, but floods occur every year.

Either a dam broke down here, or a flood rose there.

According to fourth master's opinion, this year's floods are worse than previous years.

Millions of people, that's a lot.

If you don't deal with this matter early, I'm afraid things will get worse.

After all, once a person is in a hurry, he can do anything.

The rebellion in many places is because the local government squeezed them hard.

After Ruoyin sighed, he poured a cup of hot tea for fourth master, and said, "It will be spring soon, and the snow will stop soon, so it will be fine."

Fourth master gave a faint "um", lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea.

What I think about in my heart is what happened in the court today.

When the Yellow River flooded, millions of people became refugees.

The imperial court wanted to allocate funds for disaster relief, but found that the national treasury suffered serious losses and could not get any money.

The reason for this is that many officials borrowed money from the court under the guise of low salary.

For a long time, there have been many such things, and those who do not borrow money from the court have become outliers instead.

In order not to be regarded as a different kind, some honest officials have to follow the crowd even if they borrow a tael of silver.

The people in the Manchu Dynasty were not ashamed of borrowing money, but proud of borrowing money.

The imperial court did the math, and the national treasury was short of 12 million taels of silver, which is not a small sum.

Among them... the prince and important officials of the court were involved.

Among them, the one who owed the most was the crown prince, who directly owed 500,000 taels.

If this is pursued, I am afraid that the court will be in chaos.

But if left alone, the treasury can't just be empty like that.

Seeing that the flood is getting more and more serious, it depends on whose hands the matter of recovering the national treasury falls into, and whether it can be done.

Fourth Master's side was unbelievably quiet.

But on the side of the crown prince and the eighth master, it was a mess.

Let’s talk about the prince first, he was approached one by one by his servants to discuss matters in a teahouse outside the capital.

"Prince, you must take over the matter of chasing the national treasury, otherwise...Once the eighth master takes over this matter, my official title will not be guaranteed, and I may be in danger of my life." A civil servant was worried. typical.

The prince looked sad and didn't answer.

He is no better than other princes, he always feels that the world will be his sooner or later.

Therefore, he has always been extravagant in terms of money, spending as much as he has, and has never been able to manage money.

Even if Kangxi rewarded him with several Zhuangzi, he often rewarded him with some precious jewels.

But it's still not enough for a prince.

As the crown prince, he had no money to spend, so he naturally couldn't go to the treasury to borrow it by himself.

Instead, he ordered the officials below to ask them to borrow money from the treasury and hand it over to him.

Over time, besides the five hundred thousand taels of silver owed to the state treasury, he also owed a whole bunch of debts.

Adding up, I am afraid that there are millions of debts.

Now that the matter has been revealed, he has to find a way to fill in the hole no matter what he says.

At this moment, in fact, there is no need for the people below to urge him, he is more anxious than anyone else.