Wei Dongting's death, there are indeed many places people can't figure it out. For example, why didn't Wei Dongting tell the truth? Why didn't Wei Dongting ask Kangxi for help? If Yongzheng saw the thirteenth master, is it possible to save this matter? Why does Wei Dongting have to die?

Let's talk about why Wei Dongting lost 352,000 yuan. As we know, the prototype of Wei Dongting is Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin, that is, Cao Xueqin's grandfather. Wei Dongting told Thirteenth Master the reason that Kangxi spent a lot of money in his home during his two southern tours, and later he was poorly managed. This is one of the reasons.

According to what Yongzheng said to Wei Dongting's son after Wei Dongting's death, we can know the second reason, which is because Wei Dongting's son is profligate. In fact, the second reason is the main reason, which is why Wei Dongting can't tell the truth or ask Kangxi for help.

Because Wei Dongting's hospitality to Kangxi can be made up by Jiangning weaving and two Huai salt suggestions, but he must be embarrassed to tell Kangxi and Yongzheng about the deficit caused by his son's profligacy.

So, Wei Dongting said that he had a good idea, which was definitely to be done after the 13th Master was refused an interview by Yongzheng, and that was to fill these gaps with his life, because he knew that Emperor Kangxi attached great importance to friendship and would definitely help this. Sure enough, after the death of Wei Dongting, Kangxi took out 402,000 yuan and gave it to the Wei family.

Investigate the deficit at this time, why didn't Grandpa Eight pick it up? There is a simple reason. This is a hard job and an offensive job. Because the Manchu dynasty was in deficit from top to bottom, it was very likely that the deficit could not be made up, and everyone was offended. When Yongzheng asked the thirteenth master for help, Kangxi refused, giving the reason that he wanted Yongzheng to be a real lonely minister.

Yongzheng's evaluation is the king of cold noodles, while the eight lords are the eight immortals. This contrast can be reflected in this deficit case. Why design Tian Wenjing to humiliate the champion of that era because of a silver or two? The reason is that all these things are blamed on Yongzheng, but these are just not enough.

Although it was necessary to take advantage of Wei Dongting's death, let the ten princes take to the streets to peddle, and even flog Tian Wenjing and Nian Gengyao to highlight the difficulty of Yongzheng's work, in the end, only three-tenths of it was collected, and the prince was ruined. On the whole, Wei Dongting's death is enough.