Yinzhen: Become the favorite of the group in the Qing Dynasty where the brothers were reborn

Coming to the front yard, Yinreng looked at the boxes scattered all over the ground and raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

"Such a big deal? What's inside?"

Yinxiang smiled and walked forward, opened one of the boxes himself, and said, "You will know if you come up and take a look."

Then he saw all kinds of rare treasures from all over the world, so dazzling that Yinreng's eyes were blinded.

He looked up in surprise, "Did you move out all the things in your private vault?"

There were so many treasures, and more than just this one box. He even suspected that Yinxiang had opened the national treasury.

Upon hearing this, Yinxiang glanced at him in a reproachful manner and said with a smile, "How is that possible? Second brother, don't think too much. Am I such a generous person?"

Hearing this, Yinreng shrugged indifferently, "Well, since all these things of yours have entered my mansion, they are mine."

"You can't take it back."

Yinzhen put his arm around Yinxiang's shoulder and laughed, "This is a birthday gift for my second brother. Please don't be so funny, second brother."

Then he motioned for the servant to open the gift he had brought, held it in front of Yinreng, and motioned, "Take a look, second brother. Do you like it?"

The gift he gave today was a set of jade carvings that he specially ordered to be made. The jade used was the rare imperial green jadeite.

The bright green exudes a breathtaking deep luster under the sunlight. It feels delicate and smooth in the hand, and is worthy of being the top-grade imperial green jadeite.

Yinreng was a little surprised. He looked at the entire set of jade carvings. There were three jade pendants and a pair of rings, not to mention the various jade carvings of auspicious beasts such as Pixiu, dragons and phoenixes. Just for this box, how much imperial green would one have to find to make it?

"Not a lot, actually. I've been lucky recently. Among the raw stones I mined, there are two large pieces of imperial green. Most of them are here. I used the remaining edges and corners to make a few jade beads for Honghui, Hongyao and the others to play with."

To Yinzhen, imperial green was nothing; he liked it even more than gold.

So this time, all the imperial green that was mined was given to Yinreng, and he was not reluctant at all.

Yinzhen and Yinxiang went forward to take a look. The box seemed quite small at first glance, but they did not expect that there were so many things inside.

Yin couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the generosity of Ninth Brother and Thirteenth Brother. Unlike me, I only prepared some ordinary local specialties for Second Brother."

Most of them were brought back by him when he was doing some trouble outside. Compared with the gifts from his ninth brother and thirteenth brother, they were nothing.

Yinxiang patted Yinyang's shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay, Tenth Brother, you should be used to it. After all, among all the gifts we give each year, Ninth Brother is always the one who gives the most and most expensive gifts. We can't compare."

Comparing generosity with Yinzhen, who is as rich as a country, is really asking for trouble.

Yin thought about it carefully and felt that what he said was correct. He really shouldn't compare generosity with his ninth brother, so he nodded vigorously and said, "Thirteenth brother, you are right. I won't compete with you two. I can't compare with you at all."

One of them is as rich as a country, and the other is an emperor. They already own the world. If he insists on competing with them, that would be really fatal.

Yinreng didn't care what the three of them were talking about. He was directing his servants to quickly move all the gifts to the warehouse.

With so many treasures in his warehouse, his wealth has increased again.

If we were to ask what the happiest thing about Yinreng’s birthday every year was, it would be receiving gifts.

After watching the treasures being stored in the warehouse with peace of mind, Yinreng turned around and greeted his three younger brothers who had brought him gifts. The gentle smile that appeared once a year bloomed on his face again, and he looked like a good brother.

"Come on, come on, ninth brother, tenth brother, thirteenth brother, let me take you to the opera."

Since the other brothers haven't arrived yet, he will take care of these three younger brothers first.

Yinreng smiled so gently that Yinzhen and the others were frightened.

Yin? couldn't stop shivering, and cautiously approached Yin?, muttering: "Ninth brother, did the second brother take the wrong medicine again?"

Yinzhen shook his head slightly and whispered back, "You'll get used to it. Every year on this day, my second brother always acts like a good brother."

It's a bit scary, but he is really trying to be a gentle and kind brother.

Yin? trembled and whispered: "I can't get used to this. When he smiles like this, I always feel that he will whip us in the next second."

You know, the smile on their second brother's face now usually only appears on the face of the eight brother. It's obviously the same smile, but the second brother's smile is particularly creepy and scary.

Yinxiang tugged at Yinyang's braid slightly, gritted his teeth and whispered, "Stop it, if Second Brother hears it, he'll really beat you, and we won't stop him!"

This tenth brother is a replica of the eldest brother. He can't stand seeing the second brother being gentle and kind, and he will force the second brother to lose his temper and beat people.

"If I had known, I would rather not let you come back." After glaring at Yinzhen, Yinxiang and Yinzhen left him together.

"Come on, Thirteenth Brother, let's not talk to him anymore."

Yinzhen took Yinxiang and walked forward with big strides, complaining about Yinxiang: "This tenth brother, maybe he has been outside for too long and is itching for trouble? I think, if it really doesn't work, let the second brother beat him up."

Yinxiang nodded and shook his head: "You can draw, let my second brother draw tomorrow."

Today is my second brother’s birthday after all, so I won’t bother him anymore.

Yinxiang's words were very much in agreement with Yinzhen. He nodded and said with a smile, "Then it is happily decided. Let my second brother give Old Ten a beating tomorrow to stop him from being dishonest every day."

In front of Yin Xi, the elder brother and younger brother decided a torture for him, which made Yin Xi so angry that he shook his fist: "I can't stand you guys being like this! Are you still good brothers?!"

In response, Yinxiang and Yinzhen said in unison: "No."

While the brothers were fooling around, Yinzhen and his men, who were still handling matters in the government office, finally finished their work and prepared to come to Prince Kang's mansion.

Ministry of Revenue

As soon as Yinzhen came out, he saw Yinzhi who was waiting for him.

The two brothers walked side by side, talking.

"In the past two years, the population of the Qing Dynasty has increased dramatically, with nearly 10 million more people than during the 40 years of Emperor Kangxi's reign."

Yinzhen, who had just finished counting the total population of the Qing Dynasty, spoke with some emotion. Since their rebirth, the Qing Dynasty has been continuously developing over the past ten years, and has finally developed in all aspects.

There has been significant growth in all aspects, including economy, culture, politics, and most importantly, population. Perhaps this is the meaning of their busyness over the years.

Yinzhi also felt the same way. He nodded and sighed, "With a larger population, many things should be further developed."

"For example, the popularization of education. Although the literacy campaign has been going on for a long time and there are basically no illiterate people in the Qing Dynasty, there are still many people who think that studying is useless."

Especially for some daughters, girls' schools were opened all over the Qing Dynasty, but except for the more advanced and prosperous provincial capitals, many other places would not allow girls to go to school unless they were forced.

"They think it's a waste of time, they might as well plant more crops, sell some goods, and then get married and have kids when they get older."

This kind of thinking exists not only in those remote areas, but throughout the Qing Dynasty. It’s just that some people express it directly, while others hide it and pretend to do so.

"Fourth brother, in the past few years since the imperial examinations were opened to women, the number of women who took the exams combined is not even as many as the number of people who took the exams this spring."

The imperial examination for women was officially opened in the 35th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, and it has been going on for a total of ten years until now, the 4th year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign.

The Ministry of Rites was in charge of the imperial examinations. As the head of the Ministry, Yinzhi was very familiar with these data.

Every year he focused on the number of women taking part in the examinations and the number of women who were able to pass the exams, but the results were always unsatisfactory.

For those in power and members of the royal family, Yinzhi was well aware of the importance of female labor.

Apart from anything else, he just wants to have more capable people to do the job.

But no matter what the court did, it clearly granted a lot of grace, but the first two years were a bit stormy, and then it became calm.

Eighty percent of the female officials currently employed in the court were those who worked hard to pass the exams in the first three years. This shows how weak the situation is.

Yinzhen remained silent. They could see the situation and wanted to change it, and had even made mandatory demands, but the results were always disappointing and they found it difficult to deal with.

In fact, he had seen such things many times in later generations. Even in such an open and developed society, there were ignorant people, let alone the world they were in.

Yinzhen was a little depressed. He thought about this problem carefully and finally discussed it with Yinzhi: "If not, should the court increase the coercive force?"

"What do you mean?" Yinzhi asked puzzledly.

"Both boys and girls, once they are five years old, must go to school. If anyone disobeys the rules, they will be punished."

"As for what the punishment is, we should target it accordingly. There are many ways to do it."

Yinzhi nodded thoughtfully, but then asked, "Isn't five years old a little too early?"

"It's not that bad. If he's five years old, he'll be seven years old in terms of age." Yinzhen pondered in his mind whether this age was appropriate, and then nodded decisively, it was appropriate!

Yinzhi heard him say that and thought it was feasible, so he continued to ask: "What else? Even if we can force people to send their children to school, it will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause."

There have been many such examples in recent years. Daughters studied in girls' schools, but when they returned home, their thoughts were still influenced by their parents. In the end, except for a few who had their own ideas and worked hard to take imperial examinations or do other things, the rest basically continued to obey their parents' arrangements and do whatever they were told to do.

If not for this, there would have been more fresh blood in the court in the past ten years.

Yinzhen frowned and decisively brought out the accommodation system of later generations.

"Then we can build dormitories in the academy, use the imperial court to provide for the students' daily lives, and let them go home for three days every twelve days. This will greatly prevent the children from being indoctrinated with messy ideas by their parents and elders."

Yinzhi looked at Yinzhen in surprise, "Are you sure?"

It is not difficult to build dormitories with funding from the court.

The main thing is that students are made to stay in the academy for twelve days and then only go home for three days, which always sounds inhumane.

After all, there are only thirty days in a month, and they are divided into two halves. In total, I spend at most six days at home, and the rest of the time studying in the academy.

Yinzhen pursed his lips and said, "We have to be a little ruthless to change this situation."

We can't keep taking a soft approach. When will the Qing Dynasty be able to fully develop?

What’s the point of wanting more if you don’t have talented people?

"That makes sense. I will hold a meeting with the officials from the Ministry of Rites tomorrow to discuss these matters."

Yinzhi agreed with Yinzhen that it was time to take ruthless measures. Otherwise, when these brothers grew old, how would the Qing Dynasty develop?

Thinking of what Khan Ama and his fourth and thirteenth brothers had said about the future, Yinzhi sighed in his heart.

After this rebirth, I must completely change the Qing Dynasty and leave a better world for future generations, so as to live up to this good luck, right?

The two brothers took one step at a time. They all said they would lay down and do nothing when they were reborn, but when it came to actually working, each one worked harder than the other.

You can't lie down, but you can still roll up.

*

North America

Kangxi was taking his sons and daughters around to brainwash people and stir up trouble.

They had previously taken advantage of the indigenous people here and had wiped out several colonial military bases one after another. Then, relying on the news from the Tiandihui, they successfully disguised themselves as the colonial troops they had wiped out and continued to maintain contact with other colonial troops.

Now they are making arrangements, preparing to completely provoke the rebellious psychology of the indigenous residents and use the riots to wipe out all the colonial troops on this land in one fell swoop.

Among the tens of thousands of soldiers brought by Kangxi, only a few of them are following them to cause trouble, while the rest are ready to go, waiting for the right time to do something big.

In addition, many soldiers were ordered to disguise themselves as pirates, and they acted like robbers in the surrounding waters, capturing many ships from various Western countries.

Since they were wearing the clothes of the pirates disguised as the British army they had defeated, all the blame was put on England. Many countries went to find fault with England, making the already troubled England even more confused.

In this regard, Tiandi will keep its achievements and fame hidden.

"Master, do you think the Qing emperor is too bold?"

The left protector of the Tiandihui who had become a baron squatted beside the chief leader of the Tiandihui, Chen, who had become a groom, and asked with curiosity while looking up at the sky.

He was really overly curious. The Qing Emperor Kangxi actually trusted the Tiandihui so much and was not worried at all that they would complain to the English royal family and expose the affairs in North America.

This is too bold. If it were him, he would never dare to trust a group of people who had been rebelling in the past.

Chief Chen glanced at him with disdain and said, "Then go and file a complaint. Then we can ask England to send troops to catch Emperor Kangxi off guard."