Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Time flies, and a turbulent year has passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, it is a new year.

In February, Kangxi issued an imperial decree, "Now that the country has been at peace for a long time, the population is increasing day by day. In the future, if there are more households, there will be no need to pay the surcharge. The number of surcharged people this year will be used as the fixed amount. This is decreed."

As soon as the decree "In prosperous times, the population will increase and taxes will never be increased!" was issued, the common people were all excited and grateful for the emperor's benevolent rule and his concern for the people.

Kangxi was naturally overjoyed about this and was in a good mood for two or three months. However, the lack of progress in the Jiangnan imperial examination cheating case cast a shadow on his mood.

Yes, it has been nearly half a year and the case has been at a stalemate with no progress at all.

In a hurry, he sent people to Yangzhou to urge the matter several times. Then in June, Zhang Penghe slowly handed the memorial and confession to the emperor.

A few days later, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict: "Zhao Jin, Wang Yuyu, and Fang Ming are all sentenced to immediate execution; Wu Mi and others are all exiled, but can be redeemed with silver; although Zuo Bifan did not accept bribes, he is also guilty of negligence and is dismissed from his post; Galin is also dismissed from his post, but Zhang Boxing remains in his original position."

At the same time, all the people arrested and imprisoned by Galin were released without charge, and finally the public anger was calmed down with a notice - "The emperor is wise, please give us back the most honest official in the world."

After this, the prince's situation became increasingly precarious, to the point where he could not sleep at night.

Perhaps because he was overly worried, he inevitably made a few mistakes and complained a lot in private.

"Have you found out? How is the emperor's health these days? What does the pulse diagnosis say?"

The servant shook his head: "This is about His Majesty, the people in the Imperial Hospital are very tight-lipped, but there is a young eunuch in front of the emperor who is one of our men. He once saw the medicine prepared for His Majesty, and it looked like a tranquilizer..."

Yinreng slumped down in a chair and spoke in frustration: "Your Majesty is in good health, but I am at my wits' end! Galin's dismissal has left me with half my money bag empty. Cao Yin and Li Xu are also struggling. Tuoheqi, Geng'e, and Qi Shiwu are all in prison. Your Majesty, you are so cruel!"

"My Lord, you have to hold on..."

"I can't hold on any longer. If I continue like this, I might as well take a gamble and take a risk. The winner will be the king and the loser will be decided by fate! Has there ever been a prince who has lived for forty years in this world?"

In a moment of desperation, he blurted out a lot of complaints, but he didn't expect that they were heard by someone and even brought to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I only heard these few words. The other servants were afraid of alerting the enemy, so they didn't listen carefully."

“Bang… bang…”

Kangxi was scowling with anger and within a short while he smashed three or four cups and plates. Finally, still not satisfied, he overturned the desk.

Li Dequan did not dare to go up to persuade him, he could only kneel on the ground and say "Your Majesty, please calm down" several times. As for why, it was because the prince had touched His Majesty's sore spot.

"Get out of here!"

Kangxi gnashed his teeth and drove the people away, tossing and turning in the hall alone.

"Yinreng, Yinreng, if I hadn't put Tuoheqi and others in jail, would you still want to force the emperor to abdicate? You are an unfilial son, an unfilial son. You were born to harm your mother, you are an unfilial son!"

"He is arrogant, extravagant, violent, partisan, unfilial and disloyal. This is my good son, my good prince!"

"Fanghua, I'm so sorry for raising our son like this! Fanghua, Chenghu..."

That night, he did not sleep all night. The next morning, he called the Nine Gates Admiral Longkodo and said, "Keep a close eye on the crown prince and his men. Report any movement immediately!"

Longkodo was startled and quickly replied, "Your servant obeys your order," and retreated respectfully.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into the Eighth Prince Yinsi before he had walked for half a quarter of an hour.

"Your servant pays his respects to the Eighth Prince." Respectful but not intimate, this is his attitude towards the Eighth Prince.

Yinsi chose to ignore it and approached him as if nothing had happened to try to get closer to him: "How is Lord Tong Guowei these days? I haven't visited you for a long time..."

Longkodo interrupted him without leaving any trace: "Replying to the Eighth Prince, my father is doing well. He is now enjoying the company of his grandchildren at home. If the Eighth Prince has no important business, please excuse me and I will leave first. Your Majesty has something else for me to do!"

It was obvious to the naked eye that the Eighth Prince's situation was hopeless, and he was not blind, so how could he risk the wrath of the whole world and openly support a prince who had no hope?

When Longkodo said goodbye to the Eighth Prince and walked out, he was still thinking: The Eighth Prince and the Crown Prince are not available, the only suitable candidate is Prince Yong! But Prince Yong looked honest and low-key, but in fact he was a complete old fox. No matter how much he tried to show his kindness and get close to him, he didn't respond, and acted like a free and easy person, keeping to his lot.

But is it considered having no ambition to monopolize the emperor's heart? The one who really has no ambition should be like Prince Heng, a dignified Heshuo prince, who is almost like an invisible man in front of His Majesty!

"Prince Yong is an interesting person..." Longkodo shook his head and continued to do his job without saying anything more.

After August, time quickly came to September, and then Kangxi could no longer bear it, and directly issued an edict to depose the prince for the second time.

"Since the crown prince Yinreng was reinstated, he has been insane and has lost the support of the people. The great cause of our ancestors must not be entrusted to him! I have reported this to the empress dowager. I have ordered that Yinreng be detained and guarded in Xian'an Palace, and then sacrifices will be made to the ancestral temples and the state, and his position as crown prince will be deposed, and an imperial edict will be issued to the whole country."

As soon as this decree was issued, it caused an uproar.

"Your Majesty, how can there be a saying of deposing and reinstating a king twice in this world? The position of crown prince concerns the foundation of the country, please think twice!" This is the royalist who has never taken sides.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has committed crimes and formed cliques for personal gain. How can we entrust the Qing Dynasty to his hands?" This was the Eighth Prince's party who were openly trying to overthrow the Crown Prince.

"Father, my second brother is your biological son. Please be lenient with him for the sake of Empress Xiaochengren..." This was Yinzhen who acted like a friendly and respectful brother.

As for the other princes, they dared neither step forward to plead for mercy nor take advantage of the situation to add insult to injury. They all pretended to be deaf and dumb, and none of them said a word when asked.

Kangxi was firm in his attitude towards the court officials and kept all the memorials about deposing the crown prince. However, when it came to his own son who had always been filial, he directly called him over and scolded him.

"Yinzhen, what have you learned? Yinreng is unfilial and unfaithful, and is not fit to be the crown prince. He is your second brother, so am I not your father?" He was not angry, but just a little annoyed.

Yinzhen did not say much, just repeated over and over again, "My second brother was exchanged for the life of Empress Xiaochengren. Please consider it for the sake of Empress Xiaochengren. Even if you really abolish my second brother's position as the crown prince, you should still be more generous to him."

He didn't want to come out and beg for this favor, but for the sake of the emperor's trust and to avoid the trouble of competing for the throne in the future, he had to act differently for once!