The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

When Yin Zuo left, it was not yet the hour, and the door of Qinzheng Hall had not yet opened, and the ministers who had come early gathered outside the door in twos and threes to discuss in a low voice—the rumor that Kangxi wanted to abolish the prince had already been let out, but what was it for? , now everyone is confused.

While discussing, everyone looked distractedly at the way they came from. When they saw familiar people approaching, they pulled them over and chatted in a low voice to see if there was any news. If someone from the prince's lineage came, they would stay far away.

Some are worried, how many people will be involved in such a big move of abolishing the prince, and I have been fawning a lot in the past, I don't know if they will be involved.

Some are ambitious, and if the crown prince fails, then his master will have a chance. The so-called one-man attainment of enlightenment and ascension to heaven is a great thing!

There are also those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and are more diligent than anyone else to find out what happened to the prince... If there is a large group of people, I don't know how many seats will be freed up!

They were discussing in small voices with each other's thoughts, when suddenly there was a low voice: "Oops! He and the county king are here!"

"No way..."

Everyone was shocked and turned their heads collectively: "Damn it!"Could it be that little ancestor is here!

Wearing a snow-white fox fur cloak and a set of white fox fur hats on his head, he has an elegant and handsome appearance, a tall and straight figure, and a leisurely walk. His demeanor seems to have just come alive from a painting, but who can Imagine, this character looks like a banished fairy, but inside he is a grass-yes, he is really not a fool!

In terms of talent, he can write a good handwriting, draw a picture, and the attainment in mathematics is unparalleled in the world, and foreign languages, it is said that as long as there is someone in the Qing Dynasty who can know it, he can know it.

In terms of skills, Liuye shovel, Liuye car, Liuye machine... He traveled around the south of the Yangtze River, and the price of fabrics in the whole country dropped to one-third of the original price, cotton and linen rose, and the joy of farming and weaving The spinning is fast, and the weavers are happy, not to mention the common people who buy cloth-the people in the south of the Yangtze River are almost going to give him up!

And the muskets and cannons he made, compared with those foreign things, there is no scum left...

but!No matter how talented and capable he is, he can't change his dandy nature!

Since the appearance of a Hejun king in the capital, the second generation ancestors in the capital have even suffered less scolding.

My own son went to the brothel to fight, went to the theater to compete and get jealous, what kind of thing is this?I didn't see the one from the Long Live Lord's family, and he made trouble directly at the court meeting, pointed the nose at the court officials and scolded the court officials in front of the civil and military officials and the Long Live Lord, and finally even the old number one scholar was fainted by him?

What?How many bottles did my grandson steal to sell?Forget it, how much is a few bottles worth?The one from the Long Live Lord's family is defeating the Long Live Lord's internal treasury!

What?Said that the grandfather spoiled the child too much?That's because you didn't see how Long Live Lord doted on that one!

After being stunned for a while, someone finally spoke, and the voice was an octave lower: "Didn't the Lord Long Live promise not to let him go to court again?"

"He is the king of the county, and he is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is talking about rank and position. If he wants to come, who can stop him?"

"Well, if we can't provoke us, we can't hide? Just keep your mouth shut for a while. This one is probably here for the crown prince. He and the crown prince have always been at odds."

"Huh? Eunuch Liang is here!"

"Could it be possible to invite him to eat oranges again?"

"..."

After saying a few words here, Liang Jiugong stopped Yin Zuo, and said: "Tell the county king, Long Live Lord, don't meddle in today's affairs, let you go back first!"

Yinzuo said: "If I don't join, can I just watch and keep silent?"

Liang Jiugong knew that this master was not so easy to talk to, so he begged: "He County King, Long Live Lord is for your own good, you should go back, there is nothing to see!"

"I'll know if it's good or not..."

"The fourteenth training of the former son was justifiable, and now I ran to watch the fun, I see how you have the face to take care of those little ones in the future!" Yinzhen came over with a cold face, turned to Liang Jiugong and said: "Liang Father-in-law, please go back, I will send someone to take Lao Liu home later."

Liang Jiugong breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him and ran away.

Yin Zuo complained: "Fourth Brother, can you not mention that? Just because of Huang Ama's plate of oranges, I can't control Little Fourteen anymore!"

"Who told you to mess around all day long? You looked calm when you were a child, but now you're living more and more!"

Gossiping when no one sat down in the hall, Yinzhen lowered his voice—there might be ears in this place in the palace, and said: "Huang Ama asked you to avoid it for your own good, just do what you want It's just a good day, don't touch these messy things."

Frank and clean, this is Xiao Liu's life.

Yinzuo frowned: "Is there still a little bit of my hands?"

Yinzhen asked back, "What did you do?"

Yinzuo was taken aback, he really couldn't answer - he didn't even know what happened, did buying a dog, a bird, or a garden count?

Yinzuo understands what Yinzhen means, but he was brought up in the palace, so he has no less calculations, how can he be clean?If he was really as clear as water, he wouldn't be happy today.

He frowned and said, "Tell me first, what happened to the prince?"

Yinzhen pondered for a moment, took one last look at him, and said calmly: "The prince is selling his official position."

Yin Zuo lost his voice: "What?"

Noticing that his voice was a little higher, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "How can the prince be so confused?"

Yinzhen said lightly: "Actually, it's nothing."

"A piece of cake?"

Yinzhen said: "Although you don't care about government affairs, you should also know the theory of seeking vacancies."

Yin Zuo nodded.

Yinzhen said: "When the term of office expires, you have to go to Beijing to wait for the vacancy. If it goes well, you can take office in three to five months; , There is a world of difference between a poor country and a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is a saying of seeking vacancies. Asking for help everywhere, spilling a lot of money... I knew a county official who offended him because he didn't understand the rules A small official from the official department, his resume was stuffed into the bottom of the box, and he was waiting in the capital for seven years, and he could only live on pawns—but so what, in the end, when the incident happened, he just reprimanded the small official for his bad work, Just throw him a vacancy, and it will be fine."

Seeing Yinzuo's uneasy expression, Yinzhen sighed, "Don't worry about it, but if you insist on asking, it's uncomfortable to hear."

"Even if you don't listen to it or watch it, it's just deception." In fact, which era didn't have such a thing?Yinzuo still couldn't accept it, and said: "Fourth brother, you continue."

Yinzhen said: "Why do you say that the official department is the fattest among the six departments? Isn't it just because of the vacancies? A good position is vacant, and I don't know how many people are staring at it. Whoever grabs it. Why do you think big brother, The third brother and my subordinates, how can there be so many disciples? There are people in the upper echelons who are easy to be officials, and they can't get jobs that they can't grab with all their strength. Let's go to the Ministry of Officials and say a word, and we will have it. Don't find someone for yourself Master, how do you get promoted? You are too lazy to take care of things, otherwise you have more disciples than us."

"If you have never flattered your master, you will not be appreciated by the superiors. If you are not good in the evaluation, if you want to be promoted, you can only rely on money. Some unimportant deficiencies may even be marked with a price."

Yinzuo was shocked: "Price clearly marked?"

Is this too exaggerated?

"You also like to visit Liulichang. Do you often see things that are obviously worthless, but are priced at hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver?"

Yin Zuo nodded, and said: "Aren't all antique shops like this, selling real and fake ones mixed together, and targeting those who don't know how to do it—is there something else in it?"

Yinzhen said: "There is such a thing, but the water in antique shops is much deeper than you think. Some shops are directly occupied by those with means, while some antique shops are run by It's the work of a middleman. Send worthless things to consignment for a thousand taels, and they can be bought in a blink of an eye. Why do you think? There are also antiques worth a thousand taels, which are bought back for ten taels and 20 taels... This kind of The thing is, it is useless for Huang Ama to send people to investigate, the price of antiques, there is no fixed number, I just said that I am lucky, know the goods, and pick up the leaks, what can you do with him?"

Yinzuo's head ached when he heard that, and he said with a wry smile: "Fourth brother, you should talk about the prince's business!"

Yinzhen glanced at him and said, "Why, do you feel that your ears are dirty? I'll just pick it up and say it!"

"Fourth Brother!"

Only then did Yinzhen let him go, and said: "The prince's matter is similar to this, but they have won a high position, and there are others watching them. Those people are not capable enough, and the prince is very short of money..."

Yin Zuo understood, and said, "Fourth brother, here, you..."

Yinzhen didn't hide anything from him, and said: "Of course there is my reason in it-but anyone who seeks a vacancy must be qualified in terms of natural background, qualifications, and evaluation. There is no risk involved. If I hadn't tampered with it, how could the prince have fallen into it?"

Yinzuo suddenly said: "So fourth brother, you never thought of using the matter of borrowing Ku Yin to hit the prince."

Yinzhen said indifferently: "A few of us brothers, who didn't borrow Kuyin? At most, Huang Ama will reprimand him. Could it be possible to use this reason to abolish him and install another prince who also borrowed Kuyin? That's fine. I have already told you what I want to know, go home and go to bed early, in the future..."

Seeing that Yinzhen shut up halfway through his words, Yinzuo asked curiously, "What will happen next?"

Yinzhen patted him on the shoulder and stood up, said with a smile: "It's nothing, you go back, I should go in now."

Yinzuo got up and went out, and watched Yinzhen enter the Qinzheng Hall. The sun shone on the glazed tiles of the Qinzheng Hall, reflecting the dazzling light, creating a bright atmosphere.

Yinzuo sighed softly: "If the officials are like this, how can other places be clean?"

This is still the case in the Qingping and prosperous times.

-

In Qinzheng Hall, Kangxi sat on the dragon chair, and everyone below knelt on the ground.

Including Yinxuan, Yinzhen and others, no one opened their mouths to respond to this matter, and all they said were pleading for the prince-everyone knows that the father and son are deeply in love with the prince, and the bad things about the prince are said by himself Forget it, others should take it easy!

Moreover, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, apart from a conflict with the sixth elder brother last year, has nothing to criticize, especially his recent performance is even more remarkable, and he is also lenient to the courtiers. Other than that, it might not be as good as this one!

So everyone's consolation, even non-princelings, also brought a bit of sincerity:

"The abolition of the crown prince is no small matter, it is related to the rise and fall of a country... Long live Lord, please think twice!"

"The prince is generous and benevolent, with extraordinary talents, both civil and military, filial piety and righteousness, and orderly handling of government affairs. Even if there are mistakes, you can gradually correct them. Why do you just abandon them lightly..."

"..."

"You don't need to say too much, dear friends!" After half of the ministers in the court had spoken, Kangxi finally spoke, with a serious expression on his face: "If there are other mistakes, I can forgive you and wait! However, the dignified prince of a country actually asked the officials Soliciting bribes, how important is a governor of a province? Whoever pays the most can take the post! How ridiculous!"

He slapped the dragon case suddenly, and said angrily: "The promotion of an official is not compared to being patriotic and loyal to the emperor, but who knows how to embezzle money and exploit the people! If things go on like this, what will my Qing court look like? Is there room for an upright official? How can we talk about our great Qing Dynasty forever?"

With a long sigh, his tone became much softer, and he said sadly: "The prince is pure filial piety, I can't bear to abandon him, but... I dare not hand over this country to him! I love the prince, but I, More importantly, we must be responsible to the people of Jiangshan!"

"You don't need to persuade me any more, I've made up my mind. Come on, read the imperial edict and announce it to the Taimiao tomorrow."

Even the imperial edict was ready, all the ministers looked at each other, and finally sighed lightly, Lord Long Live has made up his mind a long time ago, so it is useless to say anything else!

After the edict was read out, Kangxi did not stay long, and left the Hall of Qinzheng directly. Liang Jiugong quickly followed behind him. Kangxi asked, "What's Yinfeng's reaction?"

"Too..." Liang Jiugong patted his cheek, and changed his words: "Prince Yu looks very calm, he just said that he wants to see you, Long Live Lord."

Kangxi said lightly: "Take him to the South Study Room."

"Whoo."

He said again: "Boss and the others should have their titles promoted, and the younger ones... let's seal the bells first! Just in the Chinese New Year, tell the Ministry of Rites to make preparations."

"Whoo."

Liang Jiugong secretly raised his eyes to look at Kangxi: Although the crown prince was abolished, he was made a prince. Long live Lord, does this mean that He Junwang's title is lower than that of the crown prince?In fact, Long Live Lord really worried too much. When the crown prince was still a crown prince, he couldn't bully He Junwang, let alone now?

-

Two quarters later.

In the South Study Room, Yinreng entered the door silently, kowtowed respectfully, with a dull expression—he didn't know what expression to use to face this suddenly strange world.

As long as he can remember, he is the prince, who is under one person and above ten thousand, and is nobler than all brothers and sisters; since he has remembered, he knows that the world he sees will be his one day, He never doubted this, because the person who told him was a god-like existence in his mind who could control the fate of everyone.But now, everything has changed, and it is also this person who changed everything...

Yinfeng raised his head and stared at Kangxi, his eyes were red, with tears in his eyes: "Why? Huang Ama, why?"

Kangxi said indifferently: "Isn't it clear enough in the imperial edict?"

"Son doesn't understand..." Yinfeng shook his head and said, "The same thing, the boss, the third child, the fourth child, as well as the princes and nobles outside, officials big and small, who are not doing it? Why can't I?"

Kangxi said: "You are the prince!"

"But I'm not yet the emperor!" Yinfeng interrupted Kangxi loudly, his voice could not hide his anger: "I'm not yet the emperor! So what if I am the emperor? Don't you ever use expedient measures? Do you really think that, If my son uses this method to tide over the difficulties at this moment, if he takes power in the future, he will definitely be a foolish king who allows his subordinates to buy and sell officials? Will the Qing Dynasty be destroyed? Huang Ama, I was taught by you, you understand me , I understand you too, you can't fool me... No matter how high-sounding your words are, I know, and you know, it's just an excuse, it's just an excuse for you to destroy me!"

Kangxi leaned back on the back of the chair and didn't speak, actually acquiescing.

Yinfeng's expression became even uglier, and his body trembled slightly: "Huang Ama, you want to abolish your son, and he admits it, but you tell me... why? Why!"

Kangxi said lightly: "I said very clearly in the imperial edict that you are unworthy of being a king."

"Nonsense!" Yinfeng suddenly became furious, and shouted: "You are clearly for Lao Liu! You are clearly for Lao Liu! You are afraid that I will be disadvantageous to him after I ascend the throne, so you find an excuse to abolish me!"

When he was furious, he didn't even use honorifics, Kangxi didn't care about it, looked at him quietly, and asked: "Then tell me, will you harm him?"

Yinfeng shook his head and sneered: "Okay, okay! It's really for him...Huang Ama, don't you think you are too partial? I am your son as well, and I am your son too!"

He was so angry that he raised his trembling hands to the top of his head, gestured, and said slowly: "He slowly poured the soup from his son's head, flowing into his eyes, ears, and neck... My son will never forget that feeling for the rest of his life, but you turned a blind eye! He pressed his son into the water and almost drowned, but you just reprimanded him lightly... Now, just because you think I won’t let him go, even My crown prince has been abolished...Huang Ama, you are too eccentric! You are too eccentric..."

Kangxi looked at him fixedly, and said lightly: "Yinreng, have you forgotten what you did to him?"

Yinrong was taken aback.

Kangxi shook his head slightly. Back then, Yinreng murdered Yinzuo several times, why didn't he defend him in every possible way, and even demoted Yinzuo as a useless person against his will... At that time, why didn't he feel that he was partial?

Kangxi said lightly: "Until now, you still feel that everyone is sorry for you...Yinfeng, I didn't teach you well. Go down, stay in Yuqing Palace for a while, don't go out if you have nothing to do. Once the house is repaired, you can move out!"

Yinfeng stepped back obediently, clenched his hands and then loosened them, suddenly smiled again, and said with a sneer: "Huang Ama, do you think that if you abolish me, your precious son Lao Liu will be at ease? Let me tell you, useless!"

"Have you forgotten what his name is? Have you forgotten how arrogant and arrogant he is? Do you think that even without me, which brother can tolerate him? I see, as long as you drive west, He'll be down with you soon!"

Kangxi shook his head and said: "You are wrong, Yinfeng. Except you, everyone can tolerate him. This is why I say you are unbearable to be a king."

"You only saw that I dote on Lao Liu, but you didn't see that I not only doted on him, but I also believed in him and respected him." Kangxi said, "Yinfeng, why does everyone see the value of Lao Liu, but only you?" As a prince, but blindfolded by jealousy, you can't see all of this?"

Kangxi's tone was forceful: "I tell you, Yinreng! If I am here, the sixth child can be arrogant and domineering! If I am not here, he can still be arrogant and domineering!"