Chapter 1249 Lord, can Yuer read the ledger with you?
Chu Yu immediately stood up and wanted to go out to greet him.
However, after taking only two steps, I saw that the Fourth Master had already opened the door curtain and entered.
As he walked, he took off his cloak.
Chu Yu trotted over and grabbed his waist directly.
The fourth master was swept up in the warm-smelling nephrite. Smelling the warm fragrance on his body, his tightly knitted brows relaxed slightly.
He hugged Chu Yu with one hand, handed the cloak to the servant next to him with the other hand, and asked with a smile:
"What did Yu'er do at home today?"
Although the Fourth Master spoke with a smile, Chu Yu immediately noticed that the Fourth Master was not happy at the moment.
At that moment, she seemed not to notice, and added: "Today, Yu'er went to the back garden to pick some trees.
There is a peach tree, a plum tree, and two sand fruit trees. It looks like an excellent location. When the slaves are running errands, they can pick the fruits to quench their thirst when they are tired."
After hearing what she said, Fourth Master took her to sit down on the table again. His tense heart relaxed almost instantly, and he smiled and said: "If you like it, I can find you some other ones later."
Fruit tree.
You can plant some apricot trees, jujube trees, and your favorite cherry trees."
Chu Yu smiled and nodded, and asked casually: "Did you encounter anything in the court today?"
After hearing this, Fourth Master subconsciously thought of today's events.
In fact, logically speaking, it is not easy to tell Chu Yu about these things, lest she worry with him.
I just thought that this girl was smart, and that Fourth Master was indeed in a bad mood and wanted to find someone to talk to.
Then he rubbed Chu Yu's head and said: "Today, I took on an errand. Now that the treasury is empty, the emperor asked me to collect all the money owed to the treasury by the courtiers over the years."
After hearing this, Chu Yu's heart skipped a beat, she knew this!
The poor reputation of Yongzheng in history is inseparable from this incident.
The virtuous names of the Eight Wise Kings in history were also officially recognized after this incident.
It is said that when collecting money, the fourth master forced an upright official to death. This man owed money back then and was related to Emperor Kangxi's southern tour. He had always been Emperor Kangxi's most effective minister.
At the same time, there was also a quarrel with the tenth prince and the prince.
At the same time, the Eighth Master used his own money to help everyone. In comparison, the Fourth Master seemed too harsh and unkind, while the Eighth Master had properly accepted the good reputation of the wise king.
One thing is too difficult. I have borrowed money for so many years. How can I repay it?
Furthermore, there are people here who support Eighth Prince, who might cause trouble for Fourth Master.
Chu Yu immediately frowned and said, "Sir, what are your plans for this matter?"
After listening to Chu Yu's words, the fourth master frowned: "Huang Ama, I have to collect these debts within ten days. I just got all these account books back, and I want to sort them out today.
After a while, see which one owes more, and then collect the money in batches.
Why, Yu'er, do you have any advice for me?"
The fourth master saw Chu Yu looking thoughtful and his face seemed to be wrinkled with distress, so he immediately asked.
Chu Yu's eyes lit up, and then she suddenly hugged his arm and said, "Master, can I look at the account book with you?"
Seeing that Fourth Master frowned, Chu Yu immediately held his arm, shook it twice, put her chin on his shoulder, and looked at him with the words "please" written all over his eyes.
The fourth master was completely helpless against Chu Yu like this, and sighed helplessly: "Okay, but please don't cause trouble."
Chu Yu immediately said as if he was swearing: "Don't worry, I won't be affected by keeping it."
Then he suddenly grabbed the fourth master's hand and said, "Master, hurry up and bring the account book over and check it carefully."
He looked impatient.
The fourth master caught him dumbfounded and said, "Yu'er, you haven't eaten yet, why don't you even want to eat now?"
Then he nodded Chu Yu's head and ordered people to prepare meals.
The meal was eaten quite quickly under Chu Yu's urging.
After the meal, the two of them sat on the kang couch.
Someone brought a few plates of fruit, placed them on the small table, lit a few oil lamps, and the two began to check the accounts.
The main point of Chu Yu was to find out how much money the prince and Xiao Shi owed.
But looking at it this way, it’s incredible!
The prince owed six hundred thousand taels, and Xiao Shi owed two hundred thousand taels.
What are these princes doing?
When the family was separated, Huang Ama had only given him 200,000 taels of silver to settle down. If he was a settled man, 200,000 taels would be enough to provide him with good food and clothing for the rest of his life.
She also recalled the time when Fourth Master bought her some medicine for her wound. It turns out that Fourth Master was also a prodigal. If the two of them had not managed well at that time, they might even owe the court money now.
Then he frowned and suddenly remembered that Xiao Shi had whipped Tian Wenjing because of this incident.
The matter was quite big, and in the end he added the money by selling off his property.
If you think about it carefully, Xiao Shi himself is a straight-tempered person. With his temper, it is really possible for him to commit such an incident.
The prince's six hundred thousand taels. Chu Yu felt that based on the current relationship between the fourth master and the prince, it might not be enough to embarrass the fourth master, but it depends on how the fourth master handles this matter.
Then I looked through it carefully to see if anyone else had borrowed a larger amount.
Suddenly he saw an official who owed 180,000 taels of silver. Chu Yu immediately frowned: "Sir, what's going on with Mr. Wei? Why do you owe such a large sum of money?"
The fourth master looked over attentively and said: "Yu'er's eyesight is really good. This gentleman is a weaver in Jiangnan. It seems that he is unjustly owed for all the money he has. He is the one who came to Huang Ama several times when he visited the south."
The receptionist didn't have enough money, so he naturally had to borrow it from the court.
But even so, what you borrow is still borrowed, and you must pay it back."
The Fourth Master frowned slightly as he spoke.
But Chu Yu's heart thumped. Seeing the appearance of Fourth Master, he didn't intend to give this gentleman any mercy. Chu Yu only knew that such a person died in history, but he didn't know who it was.
Hearing about Jiangnan Weaving reminded her that Cao Xueqin's grandfather was here. I wonder if he has anything to do with this person?
"Sir, actually Yu'er thinks that maybe we can let these ministers go later."
After hearing Chu Yu's words, Fourth Master raised his eyebrows and continued: "Yu'er, what do you think? You might as well talk to me."
Chu Yu smiled sheepishly at that moment, and then said: "Yu'er is going to use some tongue-in-cheek today. The local master should bear with me if I say something bad. Don't be angry with Yu'er."
"Okay, don't be angry." Fourth Master agreed in a good temper.