The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

Although there was an accident, the river embankment still had to be patrolled, and the investigation was even stricter.

Along the way, it was discovered that the river project was poor and full of disadvantages, and the upper and lower teams cut corners, lied about the project, engaged in private fraud, and filled their own pockets with inferior ones. Therefore, wherever Kangxi went, officials still rose and fell. , but the rise is less and the fall is more.

The worst ones should belong to Dong Anguo, the former governor of the river, and Feng You of the river road. They changed from dignified second-rank officials to civilian husbands overnight. After learning about it, they all clapped their hands and cheered.

Although Yinzuo is not a specialist in river governance, Nan Huairen and Kangxi have made achievements in this area. Under his influence, he is much better than ordinary people, and he is always useful for anything related to calculation. The land of martial arts.

Therefore, at this time, Yinzuo was busier than Kangxi, checking accounts, calculating water levels and volumes, and so on.Kangxi originally didn't want him to be so tired, but Yinzuo didn't think it was hard for one thing, and the other thing was that Yinzuo could calculate something in a moment, but he didn't know when it would be calculated, and he might not be able to calculate it. In the end, let him go, just watch him rest on time, don't stay up late and worry about it.

On March [-]th, Kangxi summoned Sang E, Yu Chenglong, and Xu Tingxi to give detailed instructions on the river control strategy, and ordered Yu Chenglong to appoint service personnel to dredge the river and Haikou as soon as possible.

On March [-]th, Yin Zuo calculated that the river water was four feet eight inches higher than the lake water, which should be caused by the flooding of the lake stone embankment. Kangxi ordered Yu Chenglong to quickly send someone to check and repair it.

On March [-]th, Shengjia finally arrived in Jiangnan.

Because Yinzhen sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to make the drawings of Yinzuo's paintings, and they made them day and night. Therefore, the second day after Yinzuo arrived in Yangzhou, the spinning wheel shop opened under the guise of benefiting the people.

Yinzhen's people probably learned their skills from Mrs. Liu, and the way they opened their doors was just for fun.

Small advertisements are posted everywhere in the streets and alleys, claiming that "no money is needed, the spinning wheel is free", "the new spinning wheel, one person is worth [-] people" and so on.When the guests enter the door, someone will lead them to try it first, and naturally they are all amazed.When they are interested, they will be led to the shopkeeper. Someone beside the shopkeeper will read and explain the rules, and explain how many shelves are left, first come, first served, etc. If there is one set, five out of ten will enter the store. I went through the leasing formalities right away - anyway, there is no loss even if the things are not good, such a big guy will go home first and then talk about it.

The popularity of the business far exceeded the imagination of a few people. In less than half a day, more than half of the spinning wheels in stock had gone out. The shopkeeper hurriedly ordered to close the shop, saying that it was sold out, and please come early tomorrow.The customers who were invited out all beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting their previous hesitation, and then decided to queue up before dawn tomorrow.

Under the circumstance that the supply exceeds the demand, it is conceivable that the business of the spinning wheel shop will be booming in the future.

Yinzuo also went to the store for a while before going back. There are quite a few people who bought it at the moment, but most of them came here with the intention of taking advantage of it. The real effect depends on the later stage.

Although he has adjusted and reinforced the structure of the spinning wheel based on the wear and tear of the dismantled spinning wheel and the analysis of the stress point, but whether there will be problems after using it for a long time, you have to try it to know.

Back at the residence, Kangxi was meeting Cao Yin and other ministers, Yin Zuo didn't enter the door, and was about to go back to the room to rest, when he suddenly saw a familiar guard standing outside, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's your name? "

The guard bowed his head and said, "My subordinate Lu Liu, I have met Prince Hejun."

"Lu sixth? But ranked sixth?"

"Exactly."

Yinzuo smiled and said, "That's a coincidence, I'm also ranked sixth."

He asked again: "Didn't Huang Ama ask you to guard the prince? Why did you come here, but the prince has something to do?"

Lu Liu hesitated for a moment, and said, "His Royal Highness is ill."

Yinzuo let out a sigh, and said, "What's wrong?"

"His Royal Highness has a fever, convulsions from time to time, and vomiting." He paused, and said: "...the water and rice will not enter."

No water or rice... Yinzuo snorted coldly.

"Huang Ama is going to meet officials from various places tomorrow, the prince and our brothers are going to come forward, and today the prince is ill..." Yin Zuo sneered, and said lightly: "Our prince, the prince, every time It was so timely."

He said again: "By the way, I haven't seen His Highness the Crown Prince for nearly a month. Now that he is sick, I should go visit him. Lead the way."

Lu Liu was a little hesitant, Yinzuo beckoned a little eunuch, said again what Yinfeng was ill, and said: "You find an opportunity to tell Liang Jiugong, let him go back and tell Huang Ama that I will follow Lu's bodyguard first." Go and have a look."

The little eunuch had gone, so Lu Liu was relieved to take Yinzuo to the prince's residence.

The garden where they lived was prepared long ago by the local officials. It was a very large place. The size of the Prince's residence was second only to Kangxi and the Empress Dowager, and it was even more spacious and luxurious.

When Yinzuo entered the courtyard, the people inside hurriedly greeted him, but Yinzuo signaled not to inform, so he broke into Yinreng's bedroom straight away.

Yinfeng's weak voice sounded from inside, accompanied by a few soft coughs: "Take it off, it won't be used alone."

Yin Zuo pushed the door open, and the two looked at each other, Yin Reng gritted his teeth, his eyes almost burst into flames.

Yin Zuo gave him a cold look, and his eyes fell on the table of food.

Lion head with crab powder, three sets of duck, crystal meat, squirrel fish, eight-treasure gourd, pipa prawns, chrysanthemum conch... There are a few more famous Yangzhou dishes on the table than he used at noon.

There are four little eunuchs beside the table, two are standing by the table serving dishes, and two are waiting for Yinfeng to clean his hands.

Yin Zuo was angry, and said coldly: "Who prepared the meal for His Royal Highness, why is it so careless? Don't you know that His Royal Highness is sick? Why don't you go down and let them do it again? Tell them, His Royal Highness is sick , not calm down!"

"Yin Zuo!" Yin Reng shouted angrily.

Yin Zuo took a look at the little eunuchs: "Go out!"

The four young eunuchs ran out in small steps as if they had received an amnesty.

Only then did Yinzuo turn to Yinreng, and said lightly, "What? What else does His Royal Highness have to say?"

"Are you here to show off your power in front of Gu?" Yinfeng said coldly: "Gu tells you, no matter how downcast Gu is, he is still my prince of the Qing Dynasty! If a villain succeeds, he dares to show off his power in front of Gu? Do you think the emperor Amma will allow you to be humiliated by the orphan?"

"Huang Ama?" Yin Zuo sneered: "Now you know that he is your Huang Ama? Why didn't you think that he was your Huang Ama when you drugged, murdered, sunk the ship, and broke the embankment?"

"Yin Zuo, stop slandering me!" Yin Reng said angrily, "Gu just wanted to ask you too! You were the only one talking about the matter on the boat from beginning to end. You said it was someone else who drugged you. Why are you the only one on board?" One person is sober, and the rest are either unconscious or dead? I think you gave the medicine yourself! You said it was Gu who administered the medicine, killed people, sunk the ship, and broke the embankment? Gu said it was you who called to catch the thief and framed Yugu with bitter tactics !"

Yin Zuo looked at him coldly, not interested in arguing with him at all, took a bowl of soup from the table, lifted it to the top of Yin Reng's head, and slowly poured it down.

Yinfengyuan didn't understand what he was going to do, so he looked at him coldly, and he didn't wake up until the brown soup accompanied by green vegetables hung on his head—Yinfeng never thought that Yinzuo would dare After doing this kind of thing to himself, his face turned red in an instant, he rushed up with a roar, pinched Yinzuo's neck, and shouted violently: "Yinzuo! Today there is you without me!"

Although Yinreng's kung fu is not as good as Yinzuo's, his strength may not be weaker than him, but Yinreng has not eaten properly for several days, and his body is weak and weak. Not only did he not be able to pinch Yinzuo when he rushed forward, but he was grabbed by him collar.

Yinzuo looked at Yinreng who had lost his mind in anger, glared at him with red eyes, and panted heavily, and said, "What? I can't take it anymore? Does it mean that I have suffered all the humiliation and grievances?" But what about the dead? Those boatmen who drowned in the cabin, those guards who froze to death in the cold water, those children and old people who were washed away by the flood in their sleep... What about their grievances? Ah?!"

"Do you know, I dream of them every night," Yinzuo said, "I dream of corpses floating under the water, I dream of swollen and rotten faces, they look at me and ask me, Why are they the ones who died and not me..."

"You feel wronged, don't you?" Yinzuo laughed mockingly: "You feel wronged? You killed so many people, and you still live in a garden that no one else can see for the rest of your life, and you eat things that no one else has heard of. Eating food, sleeping on a high bed with soft pillows, and dozens of servants waiting for you... Are you wronged? You are wronged!"

His subordinates forcefully pressed Yinrong's head into the copper basin: "Don't you feel wronged? Let me show you, what is real wronged!"

Yinreng's eyes widened under the water, and he began to struggle desperately. He kicked the short table with his feet, trying to overturn the copper basin. Zuo's hand seemed to be made of iron, pressing him tightly to the bottom of the basin. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get half of the water out of his head, and couldn't breathe half of the air.

Yinzuo didn't open his mouth until his struggle gradually weakened due to lack of oxygen, "Did you see it? Did you see the pair of hands sticking out of the water? Men's, women's, old man's, children's... then Puffy, rotten hands with blisters are welcoming you, they have been waiting for you to accompany them... look how happy they are, they can't wait... they say, come, come... ..."

Feeling the convulsions of Yinreng under his hand, Yinzuo finally let go of his hand, Yinreng raised his head suddenly, panting heavily, his eyes full of horror.

Yin Zuo waited for him to take a few breaths, then stretched out his hand and pressed down again.

Yinfeng was so frightened that he even forgot that he could overturn the copper basin with a wave of his hand at this moment, and just tried his best to stay away from it: "No... no... Yin Zuo! How dare you!... I'm alone The prince! I am the prince alone!"

"Without the common people, whose prince are you!" Yin Zuo shouted coldly, and was about to press him down again.

"Yinzuo!" A loud shout sounded at the door, and Kangxi kicked the door in.

As soon as he entered the door, Kangxi almost exploded with anger. The purpose of entering was the prince Yinreng, who was kneeling on the ground with vegetable leaves and eggs on his head, covered in water and full of horror, and the aggressive Yinzuo.

When Yinreng saw Kangxi, he burst into tears, kowtowed to Kangxi, and said in grief and indignation: "Huang Ama, after being humiliated by this, my son doesn't have to live!"

He slammed his head against the wall.

Kangxi strode forward, hugged Yinrong's shoulders, and held him firmly.

"Huang Ama!" Yinfeng cried out sadly, his body went limp, and he fell into a coma.

Kangxi supported Yinreng who had fainted, and glared at Yinzuo, who pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

"Are you all dead people?" Kangxi said coldly, "I told you to serve the crown prince, is this how you serve? Come on, take down these slaves who eat inside and outside... stick to death!"

"Whoo!"

"Wait!" Yin Zuo shouted coldly, raised his head and said, "They are all forced by my lustful power and have to obey. Huang Ama doesn't have to kill chickens and monkeys. Yin Zuo is right here. If you want to stick to death, you can stick to me." Already!"

"Yin Zuo!"

"Why? One of his feet can be worth tens of millions of lives. I, Yinzuo, are so worthless. One life is worth twenty?" Yinzuo sneered, "Don't you want to be killed? Come on, one life is not enough , you can still whip corpses, and you can also crush bones and ashes! Come on! Come on!"

"Yinzuo!" Kangxi trembled angrily, "Get out and kneel outside!"

Yin Zuo turned around and left.

Kangxi looked at his unconscious son in his arms, speechless for a long time.

This son is really held in his hands, put in his heart, and poured out drop by drop with his hard work. From the day he was born, he has been under one person and above tens of thousands. The food and use are all the best. The most detailed, under his pampering, the expenses of Donggong are even bigger than him...

It was this son who made a huge mistake. He could beat, scold, circle, and kill...but he couldn't tolerate anyone trampling him...because it was his flesh and blood, his hard work...

But now, the grown-up son he held in his hands was tortured and humiliated, and the anger in his heart can be imagined. If it were another person, he would have his heart cut into pieces !But...Kangxi let out a long sigh.

There was soup all over the bed, and water all over the floor. Seeing that this place was unlivable, people moved Yinfeng to the wing room, ordered someone to clean him up, and called the imperial physician to check his pulse and prescribe a prescription.

After everything was settled, Kangxi went out and saw Yinzuo kneeling in a corner of the yard, with his back straight and facing northeast.

Kangxi's face darkened, he walked up to him, and said, "Yinzuo, do you know your mistake?"

Yinzuo said bluntly, "I don't know."

Kangxi said angrily: "He is the prince!"

Yin Zuo said coldly: "He is not worthy to be a prince!"

"He is your second brother!"

Yinzuo glanced at Kangxi, and said mockingly: "Huang Ama might as well ask him if he regards me as his younger brother first!"

Kangxi gasped in anger: "You! Since you can't figure it out, then kneel until you figure it out!"

Walk away.

Yinzuo knelt and remained motionless, not even shouting "Send off Huang Ama".

After Kangxi left, Yinzuo knelt down for another quarter of an hour, and then Yinzhen came and sighed: "If you don't look at you for a moment, you will cause trouble. Leave and go back to your room."

Yinzuo glanced at him, and said, "Fourth Brother, you're here to pass on the imperial decree, right? Huang Ama just asked me to kneel until I figured it out!"

"If you falsely preach the imperial decree, can't you get up?"

"Get up." Yin Zuo stood up with his hand, and said: "Anyway, the rumors have been passed on, so I can't afford it."

Yinzhen shook his head and laughed, and patted the ashes on his clothes: "Can I still walk? If not, I'll carry you on my back?"

Yin Zuo shrugged and said, "How long have you been kneeling, why can't you go? Every year, the one who sacrifices this or that doesn't last longer than the one who kneels now?"

Yinzhen shook his head, supported him and slowly walked towards the courtyard where the two lived, and said in a low voice, "Didn't I tell you to bear it?"

"If I can bear it, I'm not Yinzuo." Yinzuo said lightly: "Do you know why I haven't seen him this month? I'm just afraid that I can't help beating him."

Now when I heard that he was still pretending to be sick, how could I bear it?

"Happy now?"

Yin Zuo hummed, and said, "If Huang Ama hadn't interrupted it, it would be more enjoyable."

"You!" Yinzhen sighed: "Since that incident, Huang Ama has seen the prince less than three times. When is it not good for you to go, and you have to go and bully him when you know Huang Ama is going to go?"

"I, Yinzuo, bully people. I have always bullied Mingli. That kind of sneaky behavior is not in line with my style." Yinzuo said: "I know that no matter what I do now, Huang Ama will not do anything to me. , don’t let him see it now, can’t he hear from other people how despicable and rampant my Yin Zuo is after the time has passed? "

"What's more, it's fine if Huang Ama just wants to play with the prince, but now the prince has been placed under house arrest, and he is still serving him with delicious food and drinks. Believe it or not, when he is abolished, or even circled, his treatment will be the same. It won't be worse than it is now...Why can he live comfortably after doing such a thing? I just want to tell him——I'm not satisfied!"

Yinzhen had nothing to do with him, shook his head and said, "I don't care how you treat him, but do you know what you did wrong today?"

"what?"

Yin Zuo admitted that he was a little reckless today, but he did something wrong...he would never admit it.

Yinzhen sighed, "You kneeled in the wrong direction."

Yinzuo is silent.

In that direction, there were countless innocent souls wandering in the sky, but Yinzhen told him that he was kneeling in the wrong direction.

Yinzhen said: "Huang Ama asked me to tell you that he knows that you have a kind heart and that you have people in your heart, but..."

"I taught you from a young age that water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. I told you that the royal family needs to treat the people well when they are supported by the people. But, have I ever told you... The great Qing Dynasty is not offered by the people with both hands, please What we begged us to sit on was the ancestors of my Aixinjueluo family who, with Mongolian iron hooves, killed countless Han people... and took it away."

Yin Zuo smiled wryly.

He understands.

How could he not understand?

In the heart of Kangxi, in the heart of any emperor, even if he is a wise emperor through the ages, even if he claims to love the people like a son, how can the people be greater than the country?How can it be greater than royal?

If he was doing it to vent his personal anger and to grievance for Kangxi, then no matter what he did, it would be justifiable.

But he is for the dead people.

In Kangxi's heart, those dead commoners would not allow the dignified prince to suffer such humiliation.

"Fourth brother, maybe... I shouldn't vote for the royal family by mistake..."

Or, instead of casting for the royal family by mistake, the wrong era was born. In this era, apart from the emperor, there are only retainers and slaves left...

"Fourth brother," after being silent for a long time, Yin Zuo spoke again, smiled, and said, "Fourth brother, please also pass a message to Huang Ama for me."

No matter what, life always goes on.

"what?"

"Fourth brother, ask him for me," Yinzuo said, "What does it mean to eat the inside out? Who is the inside? Who is the outside?"

Yinzhen shook his head and laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Smart."