"Why did your uncle say this?"

When his son glanced at his father, his father angrily yelled at Shi Kefa, which meant that he would ask.

"You father and son are now in the eyes of money. Now I want to ask you, what is the fundamental reason why our family can gain a foothold in the court and the Ming Dynasty?"

Shi Kefa put down the military books in his hand, and it seemed that he had to teach a good lesson with these people at home.

It was the past when the prince was working hard to govern. If they stepped on the thunder, not only would they have great luck, but they might even lose their holy heart.

The father and son looked at each other, not understanding what Shi Kefa meant.

"Of course, my uncle is the Minister of War, and the court and other places give face. This is the foundation of our family's foothold, and everything else is dependent on it."

As a nephew, he could still understand this, which means that there was no mucus in his mind. Shi Kefa's family has developed very fast recently, especially the business at home, which is almost everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Then everything in the family should be based on me?"

What Shi Kefa said was normal, and both father and son nodded.

If Shi Kefa was not the Minister of War, how could they do business outside so well? How could people from all over the country not compete with them?

"Then I will tell you now. In the future, you will withdraw all our tea shops. Moreover, your future business activities must comply with the laws and regulations of the court. If there is any violation, I will send you to the yamen in person."

In the past, Shi Kefa turned a blind eye, which was also the norm in the Ming Dynasty.

The salary given by the Ming Dynasty was low, so it was very normal for officials’ families to do business.

Officials cannot wear ragged clothes, which is also a loss of face to the court, so officials and businessmen in various places emerge one after another.

If there is any violation, officials from all over the country also have an unspoken rule, that is, if they can be released, they will be released.

When the emperor cannot give enough money to the ministers to settle the family, isn't he allowed the ministers to find a place to live on their own?

But all this is the past. After His Royal Highness ascended the throne, although he had not launched a large-scale attack on officials and businessmen, the tea incident has already shown His Royal Highness's determination.

If someone wants to continue his previous life, it means he will be unable to get along with His Royal Highness and will eventually be abandoned by the court.

"But uncle, our family has more than 200 expenses..."

Shi Kefa only has two brothers. Shi Kefa is the eldest son and he has only one concubine's younger brother. He has also regarded it as his biological child over the years. All the business in the family is the one who is the one who is born.

Of course, all the family expenses cannot be counted on Shi Kefa’s salary.

If the salary is to live a life honestly, it is naturally enough, but if it is a relative or friend, it will be a bit disliked.

"The court has increased the salaries of officials, not to mention that even if we do not engage in foreign trade, there are six or seven shops in Nanjing alone. Is this income not enough to live? What's more, there are two farms outside the city. From today on, all the expenses below me will be reduced by half."

Shi Kefa smiled bitterly. His family was a bit luxurious. After His Royal Highness ascended the throne, he had always been paying attention to frugality.

It is said that this should have been done long ago, but because of the busy military affairs, Shi Kefa has been in Yangzhou, so he delayed this matter. Now he is taking this opportunity to move the whole family into a new situation.

Shi Kefa's younger brother and nephew looked at each other, and the hearts were mixed.

Just like what Shi Kefa said, their family also has a lot of serious income, but the biggest part is earned by officials and businessmen.

Nowadays, if there is no such income, the whole family will have to reduce their expenses. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagant houses, if it is from extravagant to simple...

"If you want to live a peaceful life, just make yourself more frugal. Compared with ordinary people, we are much better. If you want to commit suicide, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Shi Kefa threw down this sentence and then prepared to go out.

He knew that his younger brother and nephew were used to being comfortable, so it was not easy for them to make a change for a while. Fortunately, these two people were still obedient, but they had to give them a few words of ruthlessness before they knew that they would change.

Shi Kefa could see clearly that if the royal relatives of the Ming Dynasty changed quickly, they would naturally be able to maintain their glory and wealth, but if they changed slowly, the Crown Prince's sword would be sharp enough.

It was too late to change at that time.

As long as these bureaucratic families are not done too much, Zhu Cilang will naturally not pursue them.

After all, if people have such a high status in society, they can't let others live like ordinary people, but if they do it too much, don't blame us.

The court set up an institution in the West Factory, which specifically monitors the officials of the court and will not pursue normal business transactions.

There are even some tax reduction and exemption benefits, but if power transactions are mixed, Zhu Cilang's big knife will be cut off directly.

In addition, Zhu Cixuan's other move has also begun, and now he has arrived outside Shi Kefa's door.

"Master, Master, go and receive the order. Eunuch Cao from the palace has arrived."

After Shi Kefa talked with his younger brother and nephew, he was about to go to the garden to relax, but the old housekeeper had already come with his official uniform.

For families like Shi Kefa, it is naturally normal to receive the imperial edict.

After all, he was the Minister of War of the court, and also a Grand Secretary, the humeral minister beside His Highness the Crown Prince.

However, Eunuch Cao in the palace came with the imperial edict himself, so this was not much. Shi Kefa did not dare to neglect, so he quickly changed his official uniform and put on an incense burner to receive the edict.

Maintaining a clean silver?

After reading the imperial edict, such a word appeared in Shi Kefa's mind.

This should have been something that was created during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, but Zhu Cilang couldn't wait for that long. In order to maintain the integrity of the officialdom, he made it out in advance.

Because Shi Kefa made contributions to the court and was honest in his official position, Shi Kefa obtained 25,000 taels of silver in the maintenance of integrity according to the will of His Royal Highness.

"Mr. Shi, our family will keep this white money here for you. Hurry up and find someone to check it out."
Chapter completed!