The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

In August, the weather turned cold and the weather was pleasant. Yin Zuo, who was too lazy to move in the garden all day, was finally willing to go out on his own initiative. Every now and then, he would hang out in front of Kangxi to refresh his presence.

"Huang Ama, Hirazon is gone, and the House of Internal Affairs has been neglected for several months. You can leave it to your son!" Yinzuo dragged away the chilled grape juice that Kangxi was reaching for, and you might not agree Just don't even think about drinking.

Yinreng looked at Yinzuo in disbelief: how could there be such a shameless person?He actually asked Kangxi for benefits directly, and what he asked for was the fattest and most beautiful job!

What does he think the Ministry of Internal Affairs is?

Not to mention rights and functions, there are as many as 3000 officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is more than ten times more than the number of households with the most complicated affairs. want?

Yinreng looked at Kangxi, waiting for Kangxi to slap Yinzuo in the face: He knows Kangxi's character, he loves his son, but he has a very clear bottom line, building gardens, spending money, and getting things are all up to you, but national affairs But it is absolutely impossible to make a fool of him.

But I heard Kangxi say: "Aren't you too lazy to take care of the firearms workshop? Why are you interested in my Ministry of Internal Affairs again?"

He seemed very curious.

Yin Zuo smiled and said: "The House of Internal Affairs is free. The position of the head of the House of Internal Affairs has been vacant for seven or eight months, and nothing has happened. It can be seen that he is very leisurely. I think my son will not have to worry about anything when he is gone. Just right My son made a lot of things and put them outside for fear of causing trouble, so I want to let the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a fuss first."

Kangxi was very interested, and said: "Oh? What good things did you do again?"

Yinzuo said: "It's not a rare thing. When my son was making a spinning wheel last time, didn't he draw several blueprints? Now the hydraulic one is also made, but after thinking about it, he still dare not let it out... Last time my son made a spinning wheel. The new spinning wheel almost made weavers unable to eat, and once this thing came out, I don’t know how many people’s jobs would be robbed, so it can be digested internally.”

Kangxi said: "Do you remember that you were working on a loom before, saying that the speed of weaving and spinning should match to avoid market chaos? How is it now?"

Yin Zuo sighed, and said: "But the supply of cotton and linen is not enough, it's nothing... I'm afraid that the price of cotton and linen will rise, and next year everyone will follow the trend to grow cotton and linen, and if there are too many, they will not be able to sell You can’t eat cotton and hemp, and maybe someone will be hungry—it will take three or two years to stabilize.”

"It's okay." Thinking of this, Kangxi glanced at Yinzuo in surprise, secretly thinking that this son is not ignorant of political affairs, and said in his mouth: "I will make a decree later that they must not replant the existing farmland. Cotton, hemp and mulberry trees, if you want to plant them, let them cultivate wasteland."

Almost forgot that this is a society ruled by man, Yin Zuo let go of his thoughts, brought up the previous matter, and leaned forward again with a sullen face: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Kangxi nodded his forehead, and said: "It's nothing if I entrust the House of Internal Affairs to you, but there is one thing, if you don't manage it well and make a mess everywhere, I will dismiss you at any time!"

Yin Zuo sent the grape juice over there graciously, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Ama Huang, if there is going to be trouble, if Ama Huang doesn't withdraw, my son will also run away!"

When Kangxi heard the first sentence, he nodded in satisfaction, thinking that this tired and lazy son has finally grown up, and the words of praise have not yet come out, but the second half of Yinzuo's sentence caught his ears, and Kangxi choked a mouthful of grape juice in his throat, and he didn't even spit it out. No, she was so angry that she almost scolded Concubine De: How did I give birth to such a wicked person like you!

Yin Zuo hurriedly came over to comfort his father, and said: "Didn't Huang Ama teach his son not to talk while drinking water? Why can't I remember it myself!"

Kangxi slapped him on the forehead angrily: "Go and see your mother-in-law! Wait for them to draw up the decree, and I will let them send it to you!"

Just let him roll as far as possible.

Yin Zuo resigned with a smile on his face, not caring that he was rejected by Kangxi at all—it was good to achieve his goal anyway.

Kangxi scolded: "Give me a little trouble, if I spend all my internal treasury, I will collect all your gardens to pay off the debt!"

Yinzuo responded readily.

Kangxi's words seemed to be a warning, but they undoubtedly handed over the financial power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to himself-this is up to him to toss!

A few gardens... Seeing Yinzuo leave quickly, Yinreng's heart bleeds: Who is the prince?Who is the prince!

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Concubine De and Bao'er moved to Changchun Garden together this year, saving Yinzuo the effort of running on both sides, and the gardens on both sides are close to each other, Yinzuo came here more frequently than when he was in the capital.

Approaching Concubine De's courtyard, she heard baby giggling from a long distance away, Yin Zuo was in a good mood, quickened her pace and entered the door, then was taken aback: What he saw was... a baby walker?

Well, Yin Zuo sighed: My baby is old enough to ride a toddler...

Just as he was stunned, Baby spotted him with sharp eyes, kicked his feet a few times, then lifted his back foot, and slid over triumphantly, giggling.

Seeing Yin Zuo's stupidity, the baby kicked his legs again, and turned back and forth in front of him, just as he was proud, he was lifted out of the walker by someone pinching and creaking.

Yinzuo gave the baby a big kiss on the face, hugged him and walked towards Yinzhen who was standing aside, and said: "The fourth brother is here too! Did the fourth brother ask someone to make this thing? The baby likes it very much! "

Yinzhen said indifferently: "It was brought by Mrs. Liu."

Only then did Yin Zuo look at Liu Shi who was dressed in a national flag, he nodded slightly to greet her, and said to Yin Zhen with a smile: "It seems that my younger brother will drink the fourth brother's wedding wine soon?"

Otherwise, she wouldn't come to see Concubine De.

Yinzhen said calmly, "I will enter the mansion next month."

Enter the mansion?

She's not the wife?

He can understand that it is unlikely that Yinzhen will leave the position of concubine to Liu Shi, after all, she has a strange background, but how could Liu Shi agree to be his concubine?

Could it be that he used some means against Liu Shi?

After all, he is from one place, Yinzuo couldn't bear the fact that Mrs. Liu, who has modern thinking, was forced to be a minor, and she didn't shy away from Yinzhen at the moment, saying: "Mr. Liu, the concubine is a daughter, have you thought it through?"

Liu raised her head and glanced at Yinzhen, seeing that he didn't express anything, she bit her lips and said, "Thank you, Brother Liu, for your concern... Fourth Master is a prince, how many concubines can be equal to Fourth Master in the world? Being able to stand beside Fourth Master is already a great blessing."

Since it is your love and my wish, Yin Zuo stopped being troublesome, and instead teased the baby who was pulling her body and wanted to continue to ride the toddler, saying: "I like the things that Ama gave you so much, Uncle Six Why don't you play with the Chinese cabbage and the pony carriage?"

Yinzhen said: "Your emerald cabbage, Erniang said that she was afraid that it would be broken and cut off the child, so she asked someone to put it away, and said that she would give it to him to play with when it was older. As for the carriage, I liked it for a while, but I'm tired of it now." .”

The pony carriage was made by Yinzuo imitating a Western music box, and it can run a distance on the ground with a twist of the clockwork. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "Then I will ask someone to make a different one tomorrow... Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in In my hands, it is the most convenient to do things."

Yinzhen frowned and said, "Huang Ama asked you to manage the Ministry of Internal Affairs? This stall is very deep."

Yin Zuo was trying to complete a high-five with Bao Baoer, but unfortunately because the other party did not cooperate, he still failed. He shrugged and said, "I'm not going to really take care of things. No matter how deep the water is, it won't drown me——I took the initiative to find the emperor." Mahu came here on an errand, so it's convenient to toss my things."

Yinzhen glanced at him and said, "I'll give you a few names later. You are both loyal and capable. You can use it to your advantage."

Yin Zuo smiled and said, "That's good to dare."

In fact, one of the purposes of his coming here is to ask Concubine De to ask for some reliable people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs—he can ignore the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he must not know, otherwise it will be nothing if he is fooled by others. It is not good for people to use calculations.

After teasing the baby for a while, he handed him over to the nanny, and said: "I've been standing outside for a while, if I don't go in, my mother will be angry, fourth brother, you can do what you want."

Yinzhen said: "I'm also here to see Er Niang, let's go in together."

Instruct Mrs. Liu to leave the garden by herself.

Yin Zuo nodded, he also knew that it was impossible for Yin Zhen to lead Liu Shi to see Concubine De in person, at worst, he would tell Concubine De that there was such a person, and then Concubine De summoned him by herself, it was only a coincidence that the two met here.

Concubine De was born in the House of Internal Affairs, and she knows more about the truths inside than Yinzhen. After learning about Yinzuo's new job, she had to give him instructions again, and also gave him a few reliable people to order him around. In the end, she aimed again. Leaving Yinzhen, he said: "Fourth, I didn't mean you. Mrs. Liu knew that she was restless at first sight. Although she has a good appearance, she is not stunning. Why did you fall in love with her? Still doing a side view Fujin, in my opinion, asking her to be a princess is already flattering her."

Yinzhen glanced at Yinzuo with a smile that was not a smile, fortunately he was still wronged by the Liu family, but he didn't know that in the eyes of everyone, the concubine next to the prince's elder brother was also more noble than the daughter of the Hou family.

He said in his mouth: "This Mrs. Liu is a talented person. Some of my son's properties are going to be handed over to her. Gege's status is really too low."

Only then did Concubine De reluctantly nod her head, and said: "Since it's your favorite, Er Niang didn't say much, just a little bit, you can't be as indulgent as you were with Tong Jia! If there is another Tong Jia in your house , tell me to be honest in the future, whoever Long Live Lord points out to you, you will marry whoever you want!"

Speaking of Tong Jia's family, Yinzhen could only smile wryly, and said, "My son will save me."

The two chatted with Concubine De for a while, and then they left. Yinzuo asked, "Why did the fourth brother suddenly think of accepting Mrs. Liu?"

It sounds nice to say that he is a side Fujin, but isn't he also a concubine?

Yinzhen said indifferently: "She proposed it herself."

"what?"

Yinzhen said: "The obvious reason is that the family wants to help her meet others, but she can't shirk it, but in fact..."

He shook his head and smiled, and said lightly: "Last year's draft, she asked me to help her avoid the selection, but she had a concubine girl who pointed at the county king Fang Fujin, and now she is pregnant again, and she is very popular. She and her Er Niang, I heard that she suffered some grievances because of this... Maybe there are deeper reasons, who knows?"

According to Liu's thinking, he would definitely be the emperor, and it was probably because of this that he offered to be his concubine.

Yin Zuo also thought of this, shook her head and smiled, everyone has his own ambitions, in this era, no one can say that her ideas are wrong.

Neither of them mentioned this anymore, Yinzhen asked: "Do you still remember Shi Shilun?"

Yinzuo hummed, and said, "That's the one who knows how to play chess, what's the matter?"

Very good at chess... Yinzhen shook his head and laughed, and said, "Are you admiring him, or do you hate him?"

Yinzuo said with a sharp sound, "brother, am I so narrow-minded? Hearing what you say, he has come to Beijing?"

Yinzhen nodded and said: "He went back to Beijing to report on his work, and I was seconded to the Ministry of Household Affairs. He said he wanted to visit you, but he was afraid it would be too abrupt, so he asked me to ask."

Yinzuo smiled and said: "Let him just come - that's all, I'll make another post for him later."

The relationship between him and Shi Shilun was not so close, and it seemed to be evasive to say "just come".

Suddenly thinking of something more important, he was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Shi Shilun can also be regarded as an important member of the party, fourth brother, you seconded him to the household department?"

Shi Shilun's official position is not low, if it is an ordinary matter, it is absolutely impossible to second him.

Yinzhen smiled and said, "I know I can't hide it from you. I'm going to tell Huang Ama about the debts of the household department." To clear up the debts of the household department, Shi Shilun is really indispensable.

Yinzuo was a little surprised, and said, "Are you in such a hurry?"

He always thought that he should wait another year or a half before talking, but he didn't expect Yinzhen to be so impatient.

Yinzhen glanced at him, and said, "You put all your energy into seducing the crown prince to buy a garden in Jiangnan, aren't you just waiting for this day?"

Yin Zuo was stunned, and said: "I said that day when I went to Xiangyuanzi, how could I meet the prince! Fourth brother, you arranged it?"

Otherwise, whoever doesn't have a good eye will make such an arrangement and offend the two princes all at once.

Yinzhen said lightly: "We are going back to Beijing soon, if we don't stimulate him face to face, how can we achieve our wish?"

Yin Zuo was dissatisfied and said: "Then you shouldn't even hide it from me?"

Yinzhen said: "If I tell you, I'm afraid you won't be bothered to go."

Yin Zuo thought about it, so he let it go and said: "Now that the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River has just passed, is it too early to open the account department?"

Yinzhen said: "It won't happen sooner, haven't you noticed? The crown prince has changed."

"The prince has changed?"

Yin Zuo has been living his life on his own, and has not paid much attention to the prince. Although he and the prince have seen many times in front of Kangxi, they hardly talk. , he is also the same, really did not see any changes in the prince, if there is, it means that he is more filial, sensible and studious in front of Kangxi.

Yinzhen said: "The prince has changed in the past two months, he has been lenient and magnanimous to his courtiers, courteous to corporals, filial and respectful to the emperor Ama and the empress dowager, caring and caring for his brothers, and even more rigorous and orderly in handling government affairs. …In addition to helping Huang Ama handle the government affairs every day, whenever he has free time, he practices calligraphy and reading, and asks for advice like a gentleman, and he never slacks off for a moment..."

Yinzuo was taken aback when he heard that, is this prince just like him, has he been pierced?

Just listen to Yinzhen continuing: "Now the prince's prestige among the courtiers is growing day by day... Before the emperor's conquest, the prince supervised the country very well. If things go on like this, even Huang Ama can't give up lightly - after all, the prince of a country has an extraordinary status, if he is easily abolished without a good reason, the courtiers will not be able to pass that test."

It also damaged Kangxi's reputation.

Yin Zuo was still wondering whether the prince had been pierced, and said: "Fourth brother, why did the prince suddenly change his temperament?"

Yinzhen said lightly: "Maybe I met Suo'etu!"

The reason why the prince developed this kind of character, besides nature and Kangxi's connivance, Suo'etu also has a certain responsibility.Probably because of the relationship between being an elder and a minister, Suo'etu's indulgence of Yinreng is far higher than that of Kangxi. As long as Yinreng wants, he will do everything possible to satisfy him. The various specifications he made for Yinreng are even close to Kangxi. .

Yinzhen remembers that when Kangxi dealt with Suo'etu in the previous life, what he hated the most was that he had spoiled the prince. One can imagine the relationship between Yinfeng and Suo'etu.

Thinking about it, Suo'etu was the only one who could wake up the feverish Yinfeng with a slap, and he had already foreseen his end when he failed, so it was impossible to be completely unprepared—just look at it two months ago You can know a thing or two about the sudden addition of a few capable staff members around Yinfeng.

Yinzhen continued: "The so-called country is easy to change and nature is hard to change. If you wait patiently, you won't be afraid that he will reveal his true colors, but I am too lazy to wait any longer. Before he can afford to pay off the debt, let's expose this matter first. "If we wait any longer, no matter how powerful the prince is, raising a mere 10 taels of silver is just a matter of time.

He paused, then said calmly: "And the longer I stay in the household department, the more I find those moths distasteful, and it's time to settle the matter!"