The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

The people of this era are simple, kind, and a little clever. They love to show off and gossip.

Apparently, a close contact with the prince of the Qing Dynasty is enough to become a topic of conversation for a lifetime, especially the twists and turns, which is as exciting as singing a big drama, so that they will never lack audiences.Therefore, what happened in the spinning wheel shop spread throughout the streets and alleys as quickly as possible, and its popularity completely overshadowed the previous rumors of "exploding the embankment".

Talk about how Brother Six made those who wanted him to close his shop change their minds with a few words, talk about how he gave away the precious spinning wheel blueprints for free, talk about how he didn't seek fame and fortune, but only for the benefit of the people, talk about how he finally After showing their identities, everyone knew that they were actually facing the princes of the Qing Dynasty. They said that the princes of the Qing Dynasty were dignified, and even apologized to them, joked with them, etc... the beauty of it, if Yin Zuo heard it personally, I am afraid Don't find a hole in the ground to get in - naturally you have to publicize Kangxi's great achievements during the period.

At this time, if someone brings up the previous rumors again, it will lead to the siege of everyone:

"Nonsense, Brother Liu is not that kind of person at all!"

"Have you been to the secret room of Brother Si? Did you listen to them when they were talking?"

"I think you were the one who blew up the Yellow River embankment. Otherwise, at night, you would even know that there is a mole on someone's chin?"

"Didn't you say that Brother Six was the only one awake on the boat? Then how do you know how he built the boat?"

"..."

The speaker wants to cry but has no tears... The secret room, the mole, etc., that's not the version of the master... After all, what kind of idiot is he, who can't even spread a rumor!Even if you edit it carefully, you can't make it look like a fake, right?

He babbled a few words indiscriminately, and was about to move to another place to continue, but he didn't know that there was a tail behind him.

Almost overnight, the rumors that were unfavorable to Kangxi and the court were completely reversed.

Sometimes, controlling public opinion is such a simple thing.

Yinzuo got up early and punched, and came out of the shower, but he didn't see the familiar breakfast. Instead, Wangcai waited with his coat, and said, "Master, Long Live Lord told you to go over for dinner in the morning."

"What?" Yin Zuo put on his coat: "Who has bought delicious food over there?"

Wangcai said: "Probably, the little eunuch who heard the news said that Suzhou weaving Li Xu has come, maybe he brought something delicious?"

"That's a good thing!" Yinzuo said: "Let's go to Hong Fu, and go to Huang Ama's for a meal - Wangcai doesn't need to drool, if you have more, I will ask for some back for you."

Wangcai was dissatisfied and said, "Where is the slave drooling? Now the slave is also worth tens of thousands, so he still wants to eat?"

Yin Zuo laughed, turned and went out.

Arriving at Kangxi's residence, Yinzuo noticed something was wrong as soon as he entered the door, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with Huang Ama, who made you unhappy so early in the morning?"

One must know that Kangxi has been in a good mood since walking around the street in plainclothes yesterday and returning after listening to the "voice of the people". Why is his face so serious now?

Kangxi beckoned him to sit down. Li Xi, who was sitting at the bottom of Kangxi, got up as soon as Yinzuo entered the door. Now he was sitting down, and then he came over and bowed deeply to him, holding two boxes in his hand, and said: "Six Elder brother, this is a gift for the next official to make amends, I hope sixth elder brother will accept it with a smile."

Yinzuo glanced at Kangxi, and reached out to take it—although he still didn't know how this Suzhou Zhizao had offended him, but since he had hired Kangxi as a middleman, he had to save face, so he accepted the gift first and said.

"Wang Xizhi's "Ping An Tie" is a good thing!" Yin Zuo sighed in admiration, and opened another box: "Emerald cabbage? It's not bad, it looks like the real thing—I'm worried about what to bring back to our family Little nephew, it's all right now."

Kangxi glared at him, and said, "He's only a few months old? Give him this kind of thing, and he just turned around and fell it."

Yin Zuo smiled disapprovingly and said: "Playthings, why not just play with them, my baby likes to drop them and hear the sound, what's wrong?"

Li Xi glanced at Kangxi worriedly. With Kangxi's temper, he would be furious when he heard Yinzuo's remarks, right?

But Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "You have so many nephews, why don't you see that you care about others?" He didn't care at all.

Kangxi has long been accustomed to his son's eccentricities, and in his son's heart, he fears that there is not a single real cabbage worth cherishing in this emerald cabbage.

Yin Zuoman didn't care and said: "Emotions are all out of place. Big brother and the others cover up their son tightly, and they don't let him see him a few times... It's not like a baby. My son can hold and play with him every few days."

He said again: "By the way, Huang Ama, when are you going to give the baby a name? It's time to talk later."

Kangxi said angrily: "Let him take it himself!"

Tong Jia's matter was enough to make him angry, and Yinzhen's refusal to marry his second concubine made him even more frustrated. Kangxi didn't like the two children.

Yinzuo looked at Kangxi contemptuously, and said: "Huang Ama, your level of choosing a name is not very good. If you don't choose it, I will discuss it with my fourth brother! Ha, how about calling it Hong Yun? It matches Hong Fu very well! "

Kangxi fell on his back angrily at first, but he was happy again when he heard the second half of the sentence, and said: "Say this in front of the fourth child, and see if he will not take your skin off!"

When Yinzhen said that he would not dare, Yinzuo pulled Hong Fu off his lap when he heard his name, pretended not to hear Kangxi's words, and asked Li Xi who had been left alone for a while: "Master Li spent a lot of money. But I don't know what the apology Master Li said is so-called?"

Li Xi watched the two of them get along in private, felt that his courtesy was too light, and said with a wry smile: "It's the brother-in-law of Xiaguan's younger brother, who originally opened a workshop and hired a hundred women to spin thread to earn money. Later, Sixth Brother, your spinning wheel shop opened. He didn't take it seriously at first, but when he knew something was wrong, he sent people to buy it every day and only bought a few. He was unwilling and wanted to monopolize the benefits. Under the obsession with profit, he had evil thoughts. He sent people to encourage the people to make trouble, trying to force people to transfer the store to him..."

Originally, he wanted to take it directly, but there was someone behind that shop, and he couldn't succeed, so he had to resort to devious means, trying to force him out of Suzhou, so that he could find a chance to take over his shop.

Yinzuo casually smiled and said: "Master Li, a relative, is quite capable, so honest and friendly people, he just encouraged hundreds of people to make trouble."

Li Xi's heart trembled. This kind of ability is not a good thing. After all, they relied on his power to make such a big commotion. He bowed his head and said: "It's also the negligence of the lower officials, and now the lower officials He has already been tied up and taken to the magistrate's yamen, how to deal with it, the lower officials will not take sides."

Yinzuo snorted and said, "Didn't Master Li send these things to me to plead for him?"

Li Xi smiled bitterly and said, "The next official is weaving for Suzhou, and the weaving households in the south of the Yangtze River are causing trouble. This official should bear the responsibility, let alone..."

What's more, they are still relying on his power.

The fact that it is nothing to force a businessman by force, so although Li Xi has heard about it a little bit, he didn't take it to heart at all. By the time he knew that it was Yinzuo they wanted to force, the matter would have been over for a long time. The only possibility of redemption is to come to the door to plead guilty.

Yin Zuo smiled and said: "Since Mr. Li is so sincere, then I am ashamed to accept these things. Speaking of which, I would like to thank you for gathering so many people to support me, so that I have a place to sing .”

Li Xi was at a loss when he heard it, and only thought he was ironic, so he could only smile apologetically: "Don't dare, don't dare."

However, Kangxi understood Yinzuo's meaning. Yinzuo came forward that day, apparently to solve the troubles caused by Zhihu, but in fact it was to break the rumors about the embankment explosion.

First establish prestige, then show kindness, and when authority has been established in people's hearts, then talk about the bombing of the embankment as something ridiculous.Those who listened to him respected him, so they would naturally be influenced by him, and they would treat these rumors with a disdainful attitude. When this attitude spread, the influence of the rumors would naturally disappear invisible.

Even Kangxi had to admit that although his son sometimes has a bit of a temper and is a little lazy, in terms of ability, he is really no worse than those sons who often do errands, that is, he doesn't like to take care of things. Everything in the past could be resolved perfectly—for example, even if it was him who handled the matter of rumors, it might not be able to resolve it so quickly and without leaving any hidden dangers.

Although Yinzuo got two rare things, the breakfast was not as pleasant as he thought. After resolutely rejecting the goat milk recommended by Kangxi, Yinzuo ate a bowl of porridge, a few pieces of spring rolls and pastry, and settled the problem. Question about breakfast, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty Huang, you are busy, my son is going to find the fourth brother to name the baby."

Yinzuo went to find Yinzhen, but naturally he didn't really want to name the baby, so he told Yinzhen about Li Xu, and said, "Fourth brother, tell me, is it true that we are overthinking this matter? "

It’s fine if it’s someone else. People like Cao Yin and Li Xi are Kangxi’s cronies, and their official positions are not considered the highest, but their trust in honor and favor far exceeds others, and Kangxi is now in his prime, so it’s absolutely impossible for them to abandon Kangxi and embrace others. thigh.

Yinzhen said lightly: "I don't know if I think too much, but this matter can't be investigated for the time being - in fact, the day before yesterday, I had already found out about him. Li Xi's younger brother's brother-in-law instigated it, but it was one of his aides who instigated and led the matter. I sent someone to follow him secretly to see if I could catch a big fish, but last night, he committed suicide."

"Suicide?"

Yinzhen nodded: "It is true that he committed suicide, and he left a suicide note, saying that he accidentally provoked the sixth elder brother, brought disaster to the master's family, and was shameless to live on in the world, so he died to atone for his sins."

Since Yinzhen said so, it can be seen that someone has checked it out, ruled out the possibility of being silenced, Yinzuo nodded and remained silent.

Yinzhen continued: "His brother-in-law thought that this matter would be left alone, but he didn't panic until the staff member died. He knew that this matter was not over, and if he was found out, he would be dead, so he searched for him overnight. Li Xi asked for help, and this morning happened—I heard that he was very dissatisfied because Li Xi tied him into the prison, and cursed in the prison, saying that the Li family was ungrateful and so on. "

Yinzuo smiled and said, "If you're so stupid, he probably won't be behind the scenes."

Although Li Xi said that the gift was not for him to intercede, but in fact, as long as he begged Yinzuo not to pursue the matter, the rest of the matter would have a lot to do - being tied to a prison or something, to put it bluntly, it was just a gesture to Yinzuo That's all.

To put it seriously, this is inciting the common people to make trouble, beheading is enough, but to put it lightly, it is just a confrontation between businesses, it depends on whether anyone is serious.

Yinzuo didn't care about his life or death, but it was a pity that he finally found the clues, because the death of the staff was cut off, and he sighed: "I know someone must know something, but it's a pity that in his capacity, he can't be arrested and interrogated .”

Yinzhen got it right: "The prefect of Suzhou?"

Yinzuo nodded, and said: "As the prefect of a state, although the smashing of the store is small, it can be regarded as an uneasy place, and others can't cover it, but he stabbed the matter in front of Huang Ama. If he really He is a good official, he is only worried about the livelihood of the people, but I have personally heard him order to kill people, saying that he is not exaggerated at all."

"It's easy," Yinzhen said lightly, "Go back and find a reason, that's all he's an official."

Yinzuo glanced at Yinzhen suspiciously: It's so easy to say!

Yinzhen didn't mention this matter anymore, and said: "There are some clues about the rumors."

Yin Zuo said in surprise, "So fast?"

Yinzhen hummed, and said: "In the past, the rumors spread too widely, and there were too many people who spread the rumors. It was not easy to find out the source, but now the wind has turned. It is very eye-catching to insist on the original statement under such circumstances."

He said again: "My people have already followed the line, but I haven't found the person in charge. Right now, I only know that the person should come from the capital, and there should be results in a few days."

However, before the result was reached, they were about to leave here.

Now everything in Suzhou is over, because too many things have happened, Kangxi has lost interest in this place, so the next day Shengjia set off for Jiangning, and lived in Jiangning weaving Cao Yin's mansion, ready to kiss Ming Tai Zu Ling.

Without Yinzuo's reminder, Kangxi also knew that this trip might be a little dangerous, but he didn't change his plan because of these "little nights", but the defense arrangements were more stringent.