The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

Kangxi moved the nest that day, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately turned on its horsepower, lifting the floor, laying pipes, repairing water tanks, installing boilers...

Because he had to go to the court in a few days, Yinzuo sent enough people to do everything that could be done at the same time without delaying a minute or a second. He was afraid that there would be something that they couldn't solve for a while and would delay the time, so he personally guarded the Qianqing Palace. If you need something, you can go to him directly.

He has a flexible mind, many methods, and great power. Any unexpected situation will be solved immediately. At night, he will go back to rest. The progress is faster than Yin Zuo expected.

The pipes were laid in three days, the water was tested on the fourth day, and some bits and pieces were repaired. The tiles were laid on the fourth night, and the work was basically completed on the eighth day. One night, Yinzuo led Kangxi to check and accept the results.

The appearance is almost the same as before, that is, the color of the ground is not much different from the previous one, but there are more non-slip tiles with faint patterns, which looks very atmospheric. Xu Zuo explained: "Time is too tight, so I just installed it. Heating pipes, wait until next year, and then clean up the others."

Kangxi nodded, and suddenly felt that he couldn't stay, so he took off his cloak, walked around for a while, and found that he couldn't stay anymore, Ke Dai and Liang Jiugong, who didn't dare to take off their clothes, were already sweating.

Seeing that Kangxi was unwell, Ke Dai said, "Why don't you tell them to turn down the fire?"

Yinzuo had already prepared for it, and now he took off his outer robe, he was very comfortable, and said with a smile: "Even if the fever is low now, the temperature will not go down for a while."

Although his radiators are tightly installed, such a ventilated window can still heat up the temperature of the room so high, those who burn the boiler are also desperate...

"Long Live Lord..." Liang Jiugong wiped his sweat, "Why don't I help you change your clothes?"

So they all went to change clothes.

I have changed my clothes, so I have to move back to that cold place?So Kangxi, who came to inspect the project, stayed there after inspecting it.

On the other side of the harem, because Concubine De and the Empress Dowager were not in a hurry to move in, there were more places to move, so although the place was smaller, the work was completed a few days later.

The word filial piety is the most important word in this world. Concubine De and Kangxi's palaces have been repaired, and Yin Zuo's own house can finally start construction.

But his house is pretending, and of course Yinzhen, who has the best friendship with him, also has to pretend. If Yinzhen pretends, can he ignore Yinzhen?That's true, before Yinzhen came to the door, Concubine De twisted Yinzuo's ears off first!If it's for Yinzhen, Yinxiang next door doesn't care?Does the younger brothers who live in the same elder brother's house care?

If there are younger brothers who live in the palace, what about the ones who have moved out?

Before Yinzuo could say anything, Yinbi came to the door, as if if you didn't install heating for me, I'd stay at your house and never leave.

The youngest Yinzhi didn't look for him, he found Yinzhen's head: When you cleaned up the household department, but as soon as you opened your mouth, brother, I returned the money without saying a word, now you can figure it out...

Yinhu is gentle and gentle, never mentioning the heating installation, but invites Yinzuo over to drink tea every day, the meaning behind the words is: Sixth brother, do you think there is something missing in my brother's house?

Yinzuo had no choice but to wave his hand: Forget it, all the brothers pretend together!Isn't it just less manpower and slower installation?The big deal is that every day when I wake up, I go to Kangxi to eat, drink, and heat.

As a result, there is no safety here, and the harem is noisy again. The concubines who have experienced what heating is in the Queen Mother’s Palace are suddenly anxious-if they don’t install the heating, they will suffer from the cold. , I'm afraid that this winter, I won't even think about seeing the Long Live Lord... They don't have the charm to drag the Long Live Lord from the place where the spring flowers are blooming into this ice cave.

what to do?The old rules, take the money to open the way!Although it is said that they will pretend to be together next year, but a woman's youth can't afford to wait!

So Yinzuo's wallet continued to bulge.

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South study.

The room was as warm as spring, but it was snowing heavily outside the window. Standing in front of the window, Kangxi looked at the feather-like snow outside, and said, "Is Yinfeng moving out today?"

Liang Jiugong responded, put on Kangxi's coat, and said: "Long Live Lord, the window is cool, don't stay too long. The sixth elder brother said that it will be fine when the glass window is replaced next year, it will be warm and bright."

Never heard Kangxi mention this matter, Liang Jiugong thought he had forgotten it long ago, but he was still thinking about it——Long Live Lord is not ruthless to Prince Yu after all!

Although Liang Jiugong sacrificed Yinzuo, he failed to change the subject. Kangxi asked, "Is there any heating in Prince Yu's mansion?"

Liang Jiugong was taken aback for a moment, and said, "This old slave doesn't know about it!"

I didn't see that everyone couldn't grab it because they were so crowded, Prince Yu's mansion... Hehe.

Kangxi was angry and funny and said: "I said Xiaoliu was so kind, and took the initiative to install heating for Yuqing Palace. So that's the idea!"

I have never owned it before, how can it compare to the pain of gaining and losing?Yinfeng moved from the warm and spring-like Yuqing Palace to the cold and ice-cold Prince Yu's Mansion, the gap can be imagined.

Kangxi shook his head, returned to his seat, and his eyes fell on a few large boxes beside him—almost all the ministers’ papers recommending the prince are here, except for a few officials in remote places, whose papers are still on the way , but that's just a few days ago.

He had read all those brochures one by one, and recommended everyone, but the eldest, fourth and eighth most.

Standing up to be the eldest son, except for Yinfeng, the rest are concubine sons. The boss occupies a long character, and he is bold and loyal. Officials born in the army are biased towards him, so he has the most people who support him.

Next is the fourth child and the eighth child, the two are evenly matched.

The fourth child started his errands early and has accumulated a lot of contacts. His ability is obvious to all, and he is also fair in dealing with things. If it weren't for the fact that he offended many people by cleaning up the household department this time, there should be more support for him.

On the contrary, Lao Ba was somewhat beyond Kangxi's expectations. He was quite popular at a young age, but it was also true that Lao Ba was smooth since he was a child. He was in charge of the Ministry of Punishment for a year and made friends with many ministers.When there was a flood in spring, he was in charge of disaster relief and performed quite well. I heard that the people there called him the Eight Wise King and the Eight Benevolent King.

What happened later was even more unexpected, the one who actually protected the deposed prince!Kangxi frowned. He almost said the word "subjugation" at that time. Wasn't his attitude obvious enough?What kind of mind do these people have?Or maybe what he said at the time of "unbearable" and "pure filial piety" misunderstood them?

Then there are the third and fifth children. Although they are mediocre, one is in charge of the etiquette department, the other is in charge of the work department, and the others are fine. The officials under them absolutely dare not recommend others—although It's a secret book, but it's not good for Long Live to see them recommending others, and, who knows if these princes have the ability to know the content of the secret book?Among them, the third child is stronger, he always likes to win over literati.

The remaining people got only three melons and two dates, and even the sixth child was supported. Although there were few people, the weight was not light—Li Guangdi, Yu Chenglong, and Cao Yin.

Kangxi calculated that Li Guangdi was saved by Xiao Liuer, Cao Yin owed him 50 taels of silver, and Yu Chenglong was probably together with him to survey the river, and fell in love with him... What the hell are these reasons? .

"Liang Jiugong." Kangxi suddenly said, "If you were asked to recommend the prince, who would you recommend?"

Liang Jiugong was startled at first, then smiled and said: "Naturally, the king of the election and the county, and the king of the county and the county saved the slave's life!"

Kangxi glared at him, and said: "I see you think that choosing the sixth child will make no mistakes!" This old slicker has become a master.

Liang Jiugong laughed.

Kangxi said: "I heard that after the imperial court these days, some people are staying in the palace and refusing to leave?"

Liang Jiugong said with a smile: "It doesn't count, just chatting and drinking tea in the side hall reserved by the county king for them to change clothes and rest... They say that their yamen freezes to death, and their hands become numb after writing a few words... ..."

This is to let him install heating in their yamen too!Kangxi sneered, and said: "Tell me, if the sixth son said that whoever recommends him as a prince will install heating for him, will the box be full of Yinzuo's name now?"

Liang Jiugong glanced at the master who suddenly had a big brain hole, thinking about the complaints and envy he heard in the side hall: This...it's really hard to say.

It was rare for the master to be joking, and Liang Jiugong was about to speak for fun, when a notification came from the door: "Long Live Lord, King Yongjun is asking to see you."

Kangxi nodded: "Xuan."

After a while, Yinzhen came in, with snowflakes on his shoulders, and took off his coat at the door, please greet him.

Kangxi ordered him to sit down and asked, "I heard from Lao Liu that you are so busy that you don't touch the floor. How are you doing now?"

The household department is always the busiest at the end of the year, and this year there is a delay in clearing up the arrears, so the time is extremely tight.

Yinzhen said: "The year-end summary has been almost done, only some fragmentary things are left, and almost all the money owed by the household department has been recovered. Only Jiangnan Sun and Li are left. It is Huang Ama. I told them to pay them back slowly within five years—a few days ago, they each sent over tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Kangxi nodded. The ability of the fourth son is the most outstanding among the several sons, but it is a pity that he is mean and indifferent, otherwise he would not have to hesitate.

But when Yinzhen finished speaking, he suddenly got up and knelt down, and said respectfully: "My son is here today to give away the booklet."

He took out the folder from his sleeve and presented it, Liang Jiugong hurriedly stepped forward to take it.

Kangxi frowned slightly. On such a private occasion, even the ministers only need to stand up to show respect. The fourth child behaved like this, what happened?

After taking the booklet and opening it, he asked, "What is it that you should be so cautious about?"

Yinzhen said in a deep voice, "It's the son's recommendation for the crown prince."

Kangxi frowned, and said, "I don't seem to have said, let you also recommend the prince on the paper?"

Yinzhen replied: "But Huang Ama didn't say that my sons are not allowed to submit papers."

Kangxi stared at him for a while, then lowered his head to look at Zhezi, Yinzhen had a blank face, and did not respond to Kangxi's sharp gaze.

"Lao Liu?" Kangxi threw the booklet on the coffee table, and said impatiently: "What are you messing around with? How can Lao Liu be a prince?"

Yinzhen asked back: "Why can't the sixth brother be the prince?"

"He has a heart disease!"

"However, in the past 19 years, the sixth brother suffered from heart disease only three times. Except for the time when his nanny had an accident when he was six years old, only the death of the empress dowager and the assassination of his son happened twice! Huang Ama demoted him. When he was a commoner, he didn't get sick; after soaking in cold water for several hours, he didn't get sick... The imperial doctor also said that as long as he is raised properly, his longevity will not be damaged." Yinzhen said: "Sixth brother's heart disease , it’s not the reason why he can’t be the prince.”

Kangxi was silent, and then sighed slightly, just looking at the reason for Xiao Liu'er's illness, he could also see his temperament, he sighed and said: "Xiao Liu'er is too affectionate..."

"It's true that the sixth brother values ​​love, but he also values ​​right and wrong."

That's right, Kangxi stretched out his fingers to press his temples, Xiao Liuer's heart disease is not serious, and he has the common people in mind... He said he didn't understand political affairs, but that day in the court, he made a few nonsense points , Where does it seem that there is no idea?Said that he has no big ambitions, exempts from Ding tax, exempts from salt tax, these things that even he dare not think about, Lao Liu not only thinks about it, he is still doing it...

Why didn't you think about making him the prince?

Not only did I not think about it, but I didn't even think about civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty.

Don't blame me!It's all because this kid is so out of shape!In front of him, he was either throwing temper tantrums, or begging for things with a stern face, walking on the street, looking like a second-generation ancestor, standing in the court hall, the whole little overlord... He is the one who is called the number one dandy in the Qing Dynasty. !

Even if what Yinzhen said was reasonable, Kangxi felt awkward at the thought of letting that unruly boy be the crown prince.

The image of the prince should be like Yinreng, graceful and magnanimous, or not as aggressive as the fourth child, or as bold and forthright as the eldest brother, or as gentle and refined as the eighth child!

But like the sixth son, he still looks like a banished immortal when he is not talking, but... just the last court, the old minister fainted from anger, and the civil and military men of the court were so frightened that they changed color when they heard the "six". He likes to go around the sky in a balloon, buy dogs, birds, and gardens with great fanfare, and when he gets angry, he yells that he wants to destroy his internal treasury...

Kangxi shivered: I don't want it anymore?

But Yinzhen continued to speak: "There is another most important reason for my son to recommend the sixth younger brother."

Kangxi nodded and said, "Say it."

He really doesn't know why there is an important reason for the sixth son to be the prince!

Yinzhen said word by word: "Among all brothers, only the sixth brother is the prince, and the son will fully assist."

Kangxi's expression turned cold, how dare he say such words in front of him!He doesn't like to hear such big truths.

Yinzhen didn't seem to see him, and continued: "Only when the sixth younger brother becomes the prince, the son will go all out. Huang Ama, it's not just my son who thinks so."

Kangxi's face became serious, he stared at Yinzhen, and said: "You recommend the sixth son, but do you know how many people recommend you, don't you want to be the prince?"

Yinzhen was completely unaffected, and said: "Huang Ama, say something disrespectful. After Huang Ama returns, if the sixth younger brother ascends the throne, he can do whatever his son wants to do, and he can do it wholeheartedly. However, If it is the son who is enthroned, the son may only devote most of his energy to internal friction."

"Huang Ama, although we have many brothers, Huang Ama has worked hard for each of our brothers... In the 14th year of Kangxi, it was the most difficult time for the San Francisco Rebellion. The eldest brother had acne, and Huang Ama stopped. Nine-day specialized nursing care; in June 22, during the hunt, the eldest brother accidentally fell off the horse and injured his shoulder. Huang Ama ordered 6 people with him to stay where he was, and did not continue until ten days later when the elder brother's arm injury was basically healed. ; In June 24, Huang Ama went on a tour outside the Great Wall, and her son contracted dysentery. After hearing the news, Huang Ama rushed back to the capital... For so many years, as long as Huang Ama was in Beijing, no matter how busy she was, no matter how cold or hot, she would go to the hospital every day. Go to the South Study Room to check the schoolwork of the sons. The sons will always remember Huang Ama's kindness to the sons..."

Yinzhen kowtowed his head, his voice choked up, and said: "Ama Huang, my sons have lived up to the teachings of Ama Huang. Now they have grown up and consider themselves not mediocre. But Ama Huang, you really want to watch Your carefully raised sons, because of internal strife, have been doing nothing all their lives, and even dragged the Qing Dynasty back, and even killed each other?"

Kangxi's eye circles were also a little red, but his expression was still serious, and he said, "Yinzhen, don't you think what you said is too much?"

Yinzhen said: "Huang Ama is wise and powerful, whether this kind of thing will happen, Huang Ama should know."

Kangxi was silent for a long time, and said: "Why can't the sixth child?"

Yinzhen said: "Because in the heart of the sixth younger brother, a brother is a brother. No matter whether he becomes a prince or an emperor, a brother is still a brother, not...a slave."

Therefore, only he can integrate the power of all brothers and make this great Qing Dynasty even better.

Kangxi rested his forehead with his hand, and sighed after a long time: "You go back first, let me think about it, let me think about it."

Yinzhen responded, stood up and retreated.

Kangxi suddenly said again: "I'm afraid that Lao Liu doesn't know about your coming here today?"

Yinzhen's expression froze.

Kangxi said: "Do you think that even if I agree to this matter, the sixth child will agree?"

Yinzhen said: "Although the sixth brother is unwilling to take care of his temper, as long as it falls on him, he can't be hard-hearted and ignore it."

This is true.

Kangxi waved his hand, making Yinzhen retreat, and suddenly thought, the reason why Yu Chenglong and the others recommended the sixth child was really because of the word "friendship"?still feel...