Kangxi once borrowed money from the minister. Why did the minister refuse?

This minister is Chen Tingjing, because he is an honest and fair person, and naturally he will not lend money from the state treasury to Kangxi. Speaking of Kangxi, he is also an emperor through the ages. When he was young, he laid a solid foundation for the Qing Dynasty. When he was old, he made mistakes, and so did Kangxi. So corruption prevailed in the imperial court in his later years. Thanks to his son Yongzheng who cleaned up the mess behind, the Qing Dynasty survived for a long time. What happened between Kangxi and Chen Tingjing was also related to money.

Chen Tingjing is a very honest courtier. Chen Tingjing's position in the Qing Dynasty was Minister of Finance, that is, managing funds for the emperor. Chen Tingjing's greatest advantage is anti-corruption, and his motto is honesty and justice. Therefore, Chen Tingjing always sticks to his bottom line, never has any dirty money, and lives a good life on his own salary.

Eight-year-old Kangxi borrowed money from Chen Tingjing, but was rejected. At that time, Kangxi was still young and not sensible, so he asked Chen Tingjing if he would lend him money. Chen Tingjing was a little surprised after hearing this, but he told Kangxi that he didn't have much money before his salary was paid this month. Kangxi was very unhappy. He told Chen Tingjing that he wanted to take tens of thousands of pieces of silver from the state treasury, and he didn't like Chen Tingjing's salary. However, Chen Tingjing was incorruptible, so he refused to lend it to Kangxi. Kangxi was very angry at that time because he was young. He said he would kill Chen Tingjing when he took office.

Chen Tingjing resigned several times because of a joke of Kangxi. Although Kangxi was too young to take this seriously at that time, Chen Tingjing believed it, so he was afraid. When Kangxi was in power, he resigned several times. Later, Kangxi asked why. Chen Tingjing said the reason. Finally, Kangxi said that he was only joking with children. Chen Tingjing did the right thing at that time. In this way, Chen Tingjing later set his mind at to continue to do his best to serve Kangxi in the court.