I don't know where Huang Ama, who is used to thinking too much, thinks of where to go. Finally, the fifth elder brother who is no longer in charge is really comfortable-Huang Tianba has always used the strategy of freeing him, Apart from staring at him to concentrate on practicing and eating well, most of the rest are handled by his own mind, not to mention the greedy wolf who has always had no resistance to him.Although Yinzhen said that he was still worried about him going out and running around, but he couldn't help his entreaties all the time, so he had no choice but to let him run out to get some air, and at most be careful to accompany him everywhere, lest the younger brother really slip and just throw himself away like this. All fell down.

"Our boat is fast, and we can reach the south of the Yangtze River in at least three days by water—you put this jade pendant away, Cao Yin knows your identity, but he doesn't have much real power. If you meet the governors of the two provinces, you must have a certificate It's easy to talk."

At night, the lights are so dark that you can't see clearly, and you are walking on the river, so you can't go by boat.Seeing that it was getting late, Huang Tianba ordered his brothers to find a place to dock. Seeing that Yin Qi was lying on the side of the boat in a daze, he walked over and returned the jade pendant: "You four Brother, why didn't you look at you?"

"Fourth brother is not well yet, so he asked me to coax him back into the cabin to rest." Yin Qi replied with a smile, raised his hand to take the dragon pattern pendant and put it away, then raised his head curiously and said: " Master, I have always felt strange——Jiangnan Province should be one province, why should there be governors from two provinces to manage it?"

"I don't know either—I only know that during the Shunzhi period, the imperial court ordered that Jiangnan Province be divided into two. Jiangning and Suzhou merged into Jiangsu Province, and Anqing and Huizhou merged into Anhui Province, but political affairs were still handled together. Later, when When the emperor was in power, he set up governor’s yamen in Jiangning and Anqing and asked them to be directors of their branches. But it couldn’t be changed in the next moment, and they were still called Jiangnan provinces.”

Huang Tianba thought about it, and then patted Yinqi's back with a smile: "But I also heard my father say that it was because most of the money, food, taxes, and imperial examination scholars of the Qing Dynasty came from Jiangnan. If such a province is alone, it is not easy to manage, and there is also the danger of great independence. Once Jiangnan is occupied by some force, I am afraid that it will threaten the foundation of the imperial court. After all-Jiangnan is still dominated by Han people, Manchu The impact is not that deep, if something happens, I'm afraid it will really end badly."

Yin Qi nodded thoughtfully, then pondered and said: "Then——Master, which province's governor should we go to take care of our current affairs?"

"Cao Yin was in charge of weaving in Jiangning. This time, most of the incidents were naturally assigned to the supervisor of Jiangsu Province. It's just that the two provinces are one after all, and many administrative tasks are also confused, so Anhui has not been left behind—— This matter is a bit complicated, and I can’t explain it clearly for a while, but you will know when it comes.”

"Master Huang, why didn't the imperial court completely separate the governance of the two provinces? If the entanglement is so unclear, it may not be able to achieve the effect of dividing..."

Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen's voice suddenly came from behind him.Both of them had practiced martial arts, so naturally they had heard his footsteps long ago, but Yin Qi wanted to ask in front of his fourth brother, Huang Tianba didn't shy away from it, turned around and said with a faint smile: "Partition is not as easy as it sounds. From the previous dynasty to the present, many forces in the south of the Yangtze River have been intertwined. There are officials, merchants, local tyrants and gentry, and scholarly families. It was originally a tangled mess. If it is cut off with a knife, It will inevitably hurt the muscles and bones, and cause a lot of rebound. But if you want to sort it out slowly, it will not be clear in a day or two."

Yinqi leaned on the side of the ship, looking at his fourth elder brother with a smile on his serious and focused expression, but he couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart—the Yongzheng Dynasty first emphasized the administration of officials, followed by money and food, and the same as the fourth elder brother since he was a child. The high sensitivity to official finance is undoubtedly inseparable.This time, he took the initiative to pull his fourth brother out and asked him to accompany him to find Cao Yin in advance, just to find an opportunity to practice for his fourth brother first, and to accumulate more experience for future actions.

Although Yinzhen was unavoidably jerky and estranged in terms of human relationships, he was extremely talented in government affairs. After hearing Huang Tianba's few words, he came to his senses and bowed down solemnly to thank him.Huang Tianba had a good impression of his apprentice, this cold and reticent little brother, he helped him up patiently, and then smiled slightly at Yin Qi who was beside him: "I think that among your brothers, only this one is the most It seems that if you two brothers can get along well and support each other, it will be much better than fighting alone."

"Master's eyesight is astonishing, and this disciple admires him."

Yin Qi was surprised to hear that his always simple master had said such a thing, but he couldn't help but sincerely echoed his hand - his master naturally wouldn't know what happened in the future, but I just fell in love with my fourth brother, who is still almost mediocre at present. Could it be that this person who doesn't have many distracting thoughts in his heart is the most accurate in judging talents?

"Don't flatter me here—it's windy, go back to the cabin and rest." Huang Tianba smiled and shook his head, and slapped his little apprentice on the back of the head, Leading the two half-grown children into the cabin, "Have you been practicing Hulei Taiji every day? What floor are you on?"

"Practicing every day, the pile has reached the Wuji pile, and the inner strength is on the third floor."

Yin Qi responded, but also felt a little chilly, gathered his cloak and walked quickly into the cabin.Tanlang had already entered the door before him, poured a cup of hot tea into his hand and warmed it, and when everyone entered the cabin, he closed the outer door and neatly tidied up his things: "Master, it's all freezing outside. It's been a while, let's change clothes after a break."

"No hurry, I don't feel tired yet." Yin Qi replied with a smile, took off the cloak and handed it to him, and took a sip of the cup of tea, "Master, I don't know yet ——Who are the governors of Jiangsu and Anhui? I just read Mr. Cao's letter, and I forgot that there are other officials in Jiangnan..."

"The governor of Jiangsu is called Tang Bin. He is a good official who is upright, loves the people like a son, and is knowledgeable. If you go, you must find a chance to meet him. The governor of Anhui was released from the capital. His name is Tong Guozuo. He just took office. It's been two years...why, do you know this person?"

Yin Qi frowned slightly and shook his head lightly, but there was already some serious thought in his eyes - he had never seen these two people before, but their names sounded familiar.Tang Bin, the governor of Jiangsu, will probably be appreciated by Huang Ama soon, and will be transferred back to Beijing to be the prince's teacher, and the name Tong Guozuo...

"Fourth brother, have you heard of it?"

Looking at his fourth brother who also changed his face slightly, Yin Qi tapped on the table with his fingers and put the teacup in his hand aside.He didn't know Tong Guozuo, but he knew the two brothers Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei very well - the son of Tong Tulai, the younger brother of Empress Xiao Kangzhang, their former queen who passed away less than a year ago was Tong Guowei's relative. girl.With such a resemblance of name, and being a Beijing official, if it is not from the same family, he would not believe that there is such a coincidence in this world.

"Although I've never heard of this person before, I'm afraid it must be related to the Tong family." Yinzhen shook his head slightly, thinking slowly and said: "Fifth brother, none of the Tong family is easy to get along with... Fourth brother doesn't know what is going on with you What to do, but no matter what, you must be careful everywhere, so as not to get in their way."

"Fourth brother, don't worry, I know what's in my heart." Yin Qi nodded, then leaned over and shook his wrist and said with a smile: "Let's sleep together today, and I'll tell you in detail what we have to do. The Tong family It's so confusing over there, I'm too embarrassed to show up in the past - but fourth brother, you have a lot of relationship with them, why don't you come and help me in Anhui, we will work together to make this job more beautiful .”

Although it is still unavoidable to feel that it is too early for this ten-year-old baby to worry about the big facts of the country, but when he remembered that his royal Ama even had a son when he was 12 years old, Yinqi didn't have any temper and could only grow old. Honestly going to the countryside to do as the Romans do, and accepting the growth rate of the ancients, which is almost the growth rate of seedlings - since no one feels that there is anything wrong with a group of half-grown children coming out to do things, then there is nothing wrong with it.Anyway, the princes and elder brothers of the Qing Dynasty had to get married and start a mansion at the age of fourteen or five. The ancients said "cultivate one's self, regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world."

This small boat has no more cabins than a dragon boat, only one main cabin and two auxiliary cabins, one of which is still used to store things.The main cabin is small, and Huang Tianba specified that he would sleep in the auxiliary cabin with his brothers, so this room was given to their half-grown children.Several people gossiped for a while, Huang Tianba got up and prepared to go down to inspect, and told the two children not to stay up too late, so he hurried out the door to greet his brothers.Greedy Wolf wanted to go out together, but Yin Qi grabbed his clothes: "What are you going out with, don't we have to discuss a solution together?"

...? ?

Tanlang blinked blankly, then glanced at the fourth elder brother at the side, and reluctantly moved closer to his little master, and said in a low voice: "Master, you and the fourth elder brother should stay together well. It’s not easy to add to the chaos... I’ll be watching outside, just say hello if you want anything, ah.”

"Where do so many rules come from, make the bed quickly, let's go to bed and talk."

Yin Qi smiled and tugged at him, then quickly went over and bolted the door, then picked up a handkerchief soaked in warm water from the basin and wiped his face: "It's not so much to go out, let's not make such a fuss Trouble. Fourth brother, come and wipe your face quickly. Let's change clothes and rest. After all, this bed is big enough. Let's learn from the ancients and have a night chat around the fire, which is really elegant and interesting..."

"Around the stove?" Hearing his interesting words, Yinzhen rarely laughed lightly and teased, and turned to the mysterious young guard who seemed to be inseparable from his fifth younger brother: "What the fifth younger brother said is that there is no one here anyway." The censor has been staring at our mistakes all day long, so there is no need to pay attention to them so much, let's rest together."

"Yes." Tanlang reluctantly agreed, but still felt that his master's words sounded awkward.Looking at the upright and open expressions of the two brothers, they suddenly felt a deep sense of shame for no reason—as expected of the royal blood, the education they received since childhood was also pure, not as much as the miscellaneous things in their minds , such a good sentence, I was stunned to make myself understand the unspeakable meaning...

There are half-sized dolls on the left and right, and Yin Qi didn't have any thoughts of shy away from it, so he threw a handkerchief and handed it to his fourth brother, then walked quickly to the side to get clothes to change.He didn't like the cold silk pajamas very much, and he had to practice for a while before going to bed, so he simply asked someone to make a set of exercise clothes from fine cotton cloth, which was not only comfortable to wear, but also occasionally Being able to play handsome, and look graceful in front of the mirror by himself—it's a pity that he hasn't met the kind of assassin who assassinates while someone is asleep, so he hasn't had the opportunity to really show his skills, but he is really It's a pity.

Yinzhen took the veil and wiped his face, subconsciously turned his head to speak, and saw his brother's thin and pale back so defenselessly shining in front of his eyes.His eyes shrank subconsciously, but his heart sank, as if he had been squeezed hard by a hand. Those thoughts that were originally hidden in the depths of his memory were turned up in an instant. .

The child who was punished for no reason, but he could only stand by and watch, the younger brother who could barely stand still, but still smiled at him as if everything was fine.Several years had passed in a blink of an eye, but even though the injury had healed at that time, it still left scars that could not fade away on the younger brother's body.An inch-wide dark imprint landed on the back that was much paler than ordinary people, and it hurt people's eyes...

"Little five..."

Yinzhen heard his own voice, which was strangely dry and hoarse, and seemed to carry some kind of deep fear that had long been branded: "Do you... hate the prince?"

"Huh?" Yin Qi was putting on clothes on his body. When he heard the words, he subconsciously turned back and shook his head with a smile. Now that he is in the midst of blessings and doesn't know his blessings, he feels like rubbing fire, and always wants to beat him up... Fourth brother, why are you asking this?"

"Just a casual question—get dressed quickly, and don't catch a cold."

Yinzhen avoided his gaze, smiled and replied slowly, and then buried his face in the already cold veil again.Yinqi changed his clothes neatly, jumped into the quilt that Tanlang had just made, and shivered fiercely while hugging the quilt: "It's really cold..."

"Come on, master—close the stove." Tanlang took the hand stove beside him, stuffed it into his arms without any explanation, repeating what he said earlier narrowly.Yinqi glared at him angrily, moved his body and hugged his knees to lean against the bulkhead, and wrapped himself tightly with a quilt: "Wrap around the stove, I will surround it by myself, and you all Go drink cold air!"

Yinzhen smiled helplessly, and quickly changed into the clothes he was about to sleep in. Following his example, he wrapped his body in a quilt, then shook his head and said with a light smile: "In the palace, there are earth dragons and heated kangs, but I don't know where they are. It's been such a day..."

"Fourth elder brother, the life outside is much more difficult than ours here - having a door that can block the wind, and a bed that can sleep people, is already considered a good life."

Tanlang replied in a warm voice, brought him another hand stove to warm, and tucked the quilts for the two little elder brothers.After searching left and right, he moved a low table in the middle, poured tea for the two of them, prepared the oil lamp, and sat cross-legged by the bed himself: "Master... where do we start?"

"It started with the flood, let's talk slowly."

Yinqi held the teacup in his hand and answered, suddenly found out a topographic map out of nowhere, laid it out carefully on the table, stood up and pointed to the trend of the Yellow River above, and slowed down by the candlelight. Said: "Look, fourth brother, the flood this time caused the embankment to burst in this section of the river..."

The matter was not complicated at all, but there were many entanglements and delays.Yin Qi's breathing was unsteady, and he felt tired after talking for a while, so Tan Lang took over the conversation in good time, and told him what happened later.The affairs of the Zhizao Mansion cannot be disclosed to the outside world, and both of them tacitly put all these credits on the wise and mighty Long Live Lord, and only said that it was Nan Shufang who ran errands and came up with ideas when they were driving.So long as I talked about the matter of Cao Yin's exhortation, the sky outside was so dark that I couldn't see half a person.

"Master—your body can't stay up all night, if you're tired, just rest."

It was so easy to say almost everything that needed to be said, Tan Lang just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his little master was leaning against the bulkhead unbearably, his chest heaved slightly, and his face became paler.Although he was used to seeing it long ago, his heart still couldn't stop tightening, and he was about to help him lie down to rest, but happened to bump into the other hand stretched out from the side.He raised his head in a daze, and met Si elder brother's eyes that seemed to be getting darker under the light.

Yinzhen stopped halfway in embarrassment, tilted his head and looked away, pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "I'll help you—first help him to lie down..."

"No need - I won't bother you with these little things, Brother Si, you should take a rest now..."

Tanlang hurriedly replied subconsciously, but felt that there was something wrong with this, so he hesitated and stopped his movements.Yin Qi, who was caught in the middle, glanced at the two people inexplicably, yawned lazily, and lay down by himself: "I haven't fallen asleep yet, why help me? It's just a matter of fact." Go to bed when you're done, you two choose your own place, anyway, I want the land inside..."

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