[Rebirth] Revenge

On the tenth day of March in the 48th year of Kangxi, that is, the day after the restoration of the crown prince, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, and Yinhu were granted the titles of princes, Yinyou, Yinyu, and Yinyu were the county kings, and Yinxuan and Yinyu were crowned princes. Zhen is Beizi.

Yinreng, who was reinstated as the crown prince, reappeared in the court, but he hadn't seen him for a few months, but Yinreng seemed to be more than ten years old. This abolition seemed easy, but it was bitter and bitter. , and only Yinfeng himself knows.

Yinfeng, who became the crown prince again, was really elated at the beginning. Thinking about it, he was the proud son of heaven since he was a child.Thinking about it, in this short half a year, Yinfeng really tasted a little bit of human affection, and finally understood the fickleness of the world.

Perhaps some people once saw Yinreng being deposed, and dared to disrespect him carelessly. Now that Yinreng is back as the prince, he must punish these people well and build his prestige by the way.However, it didn't take long for Yinfeng to understand clearly that Kangxi's restoration of him as the prince was just to use him to stabilize the court and clean up his "princelings" by the way. , and began to take the opportunity to clean up the ministers and relatives who clinging to the prince, they no longer supported the prince's people at the beginning, and it was obvious that the kindness of father and son was gone.

Although the smell of gunpowder between Kangxi and Prince Yinfeng is getting stronger and stronger, for elder brothers such as Yinhu, they only need fathers to be kind, sons to be filial, brothers and friends to be respectful, and to keep a low profile.

At this time, Kangxi wanted to clean up Yinfeng's henchmen, and there was a lot of turmoil in the court, but there were indeed many princelings who turned their attention to other princes. Naturally, many people wanted to take shelter of the well-known Yinhu.

Of course, Kangxi couldn't hide these things from him, so he quickly summoned Yinhu to inquire, and his words were quite severe.

Yinhu's eyes were terrified, but his words were sincere and sincere: "The emperor's father knows the lesson. Although my son is kind to others, he can also distinguish right from wrong. I dare not be dissatisfied and plead for the rebellious minister. My son only wants to do business wholeheartedly, for the emperor's father and others. The crown prince's worries are shared, and the whole house does not see any foreign ministers."

Kangxi saw Yinhu's sincere expression, and revealed the hint of "willing to be a virtuous king", and he felt at ease, so he stopped entangled in this matter, and instead tried his best to eradicate the prince's henchmen.

Although Yinhu has practiced the policy of keeping a low profile in recent years and has less contact with foreign ministers, he is newly married to Fang Fujin and has relatives with the Tong family, but he has some hidden connections with Long Keduo.

In the previous life, Longkodo played a great role in the process of Yinzhen's ascension to the throne, and he was also the follower of the Tong family, which is the so-called "divide and vote".Although Yinhu is not sure that he can completely win Longkodo to his side this time, at least Longkodo cannot be allowed to help Yinzhen with all his strength. Fortunately, Yinzhen injured his leg due to Yinhu's assassination, and no one is optimistic about it. He's dead, it seems that Longkodo should still follow Tong's family and lean towards the Baye Party.

But Yinhu has more important things to do at this time, and that is to go to the palace to accompany the concubine Liang more often, and seek medical advice to recuperate her body.Knowing that Concubine Liang died in November of the 50th year of Kangxi in the previous life, Yinhu was naturally very nervous at this time, for fear of repeating the great regret of the previous life.

Fortunately, Concubine Liang was in a good mood at this time, and her body was healthy. In her previous life, the reason why she died of depression was because Yinhu had been reprimanded and demoted repeatedly since the 47th year of Kangxi, so that Concubine Liang could not hold her head up. , which died of illness.At this time, Yinhu himself was cautious, never made any mistakes, and often went to the palace to accompany his mother, which made her happy physically and mentally, and naturally there was no danger of death from illness.

On October 50th in the 50th year of Kangxi, Tuo Heqi, the commander of the infantry, was dismissed from his post, and at the same time, the imperial decree appointed Longkodo as the new commander of the infantry.In the same month, Kangxi summoned the kings, Baylor, ministers of civil and military affairs, etc. in the Arrow Hall of the Great West Gate of Changchun Garden, and declared: "All the ministers are people who have been employed by me. They have been favored for [-] years. What is the intention of the person who attaches to the crown prince?" ?” Qi Shiwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Geng E, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and other important officials attached to Prince Yinreng were dismissed on the spot.

Yinfeng finally gradually became the "bald" crown prince, and Yinhu also accompanied Concubine Liang through the fearful 50 years of Kangxi. Concubine Liang was still alive. During the war.

On September 51th, the [-]st year of Kangxi, the day when Kangxi returned to Beijing from his inspection tour outside the Great Wall, he announced to the princes: "Emperor Prince Yinfeng has not been cured of his madness since his restoration. It has been heard that the Empress Dowager ordered Yinfeng to be guarded."

Now Yinreng has no hope at all, he just hangs around in Xian'an Palace and waits to die.There was a resurgence of turmoil in the court, and there were endless memorials asking for the establishment of the crown prince and the reinstatement of the prince, but Kangxi never made a statement, allowing everyone to speculate, and the elder brothers fought openly and secretly.

At this moment, Yinhu no longer keeps a low profile. After all, he has a good reputation. Before his death, Prince Yu Fuquan said that "Yinhu is only virtuous" and "good-natured, so don't boast". In the eyes of many ministers Yinhu is "the most virtuous of all elder brothers" and has the best chance of ascending the throne. If he keeps a low profile at this time, he will not only be irresponsible, but will only chill his followers, and will make Kangxi and all elder brothers feel that he is hypocritical. The loss outweighs the gain.

But Yinhu began to show his edge gradually, and he also knew that this matter must be handled carefully, otherwise it would only make Kangxi taboo; but he did his job with care, proposed many good strategies, and began to install Hakka slaves without any trace, and had a relationship with the future. It is impossible for Kangxi to ignore all these actions of Yinhu, no matter how cautious Yinhu is, and it is impossible for Yinzhen, who also covets the throne, not to shy away from him.

But Yinhu didn't let Kangxi and the others take advantage of him. He acted like a father and son, and had a friendly relationship with his brothers. He only discussed things with the ministers and never made false statements.He has both talent and virtue, and connections, and the court gradually regarded him as an invisible prince, which actually suppressed many uneasy hearts, and made the court calm down again.

In this way, even if Kangxi intends to suppress Yinhu, it will be difficult to hurt him—Yinhu understands that Kangxi must be extremely contradictory at the moment.

Speaking of which, why didn't Kangxi step on Yinhu to the end like in the previous life this time?For example, yelling at him as "born of a Xinzheku bitch"... In fact, this is inseparable from various situations in this world.In the previous life, Yinhu showed his sharpness when the prince was abolished in the 47th year of Kangxi. Most of the ministers and clans above the court recommended him as the prince, which caused Kangxi's heart to be shocked and then furious-in fact, the reason why Kangxi wanted to abolish the prince , it is nothing more than because the existence of the prince has greatly threatened the emperor-then the reputation of this eighth elder brother is not worse than that of the prince. If you step on one, you will step on it, and if you step on two, you will still step on it. He is eager to consolidate his throne and is unwilling to obey the old Kangxi. Naturally, Yinhu can't be tolerated, so he must be knocked into the dust.

This time Yinhu took the route of Xu Xutuzhi. He did not overpower Kangxi for a moment and make Kangxi feel the pressure of "a strong wind blowing against his face", but gradually showed his talent and ability to make Kangxi gradually recognize him. and realize Yinhu’s good popularity—it has to be said that although the "breeze blowing on the face" is also wind, but this subtle pressure has obviously eased too much, so even if Kangxi is a little vigilant, he can continue. Tolerance, in this way Yinhu can gradually test the bottom line of the emperor's father, and perfectly grasp the "speed".

Furthermore, after experiencing all kinds of turmoil among the two abolished princes, the aging Kangxi finally gradually faded away from the vigorous and resolute actions of his youth when he was expelling Obai and withdrawing from San Francisco, both mentally and physically.

In fact, Yinhu guessed that after the second abolished prince in his previous life, Kangxi had secretly appointed Yinzhen as his heir.Afterwards, he allowed Yinzhen to recruit people, and made all kinds of arrangements to confuse people's sight. In fact, he was supporting Yinzhen who had no foundation at all.

It is because of this that Yinhu dared to show his prominence after the second abolition of the prince, because he knew that Kangxi's mentality at this time had changed from "preventing the prince from seizing power" to "needing a capable son"-after all, he was already old. Well, the Emperor Shengzu can't really live forever. He can abolish Yinfeng, who is becoming increasingly faint and ambitious, but he can't suppress all his capable sons to death. Otherwise, what should the country handed down by the ancestors do? Woolen cloth?

Kangxi was contradictory, and Yinhu knew this very well.So he took advantage of this cracked opportunity to gradually extend his hand, expand his influence, and gradually erode the world.Even though Kangxi could perceive some of Yinhu's arrangements, he couldn't really understand his ambitions.What's more, Yinhu's ability to do superficial kung fu has been practiced in two lifetimes. He will never show any dissatisfaction with wanting to replace it, but just show a loyal and filial heart of "expecting the emperor's praise", so that even Kangxi, there is no reason to remove him all at once—even if there is some suppression, it is nothing more than laying off a few officials who are slightly close to him today, and urging him to do his job seriously tomorrow, which will not hurt him at all.

What's more, Yinhu is still very cautious, he can't make mistakes, and there are many virtuous officials who favor him. Kangxi is already unable to uproot the Baye Party like he did with the princelings, and it is impossible for the court to pass Can afford two such big turmoil... Besides, if all the members of the so-called "Baye Party" are really imprisoned, there will be a lot of vacancies for officials, will Kangxi, who is already aging, still have the energy to rectify it?What's more, Kangxi didn't want to make a big fuss about the government at this time. Yinhu knew very well that Kangxi wanted to leave a reputation of benevolence. In his previous life, he left those corrupt officials to Yongzheng to kill. He didn't do it himself when he was close to collapse; then how could he cut off those good officials and ministers in this world because of some rumors of party formation?Yinhu took advantage of this loophole and further consolidated his position.

Of course, Kangxi was hesitating whether to touch the highly prestigious Prince Lian, and it was inseparable from Yinhu's "abolition" of the fourth master in advance.

If there were some Prince Yong's manpower in the court at this time, such as Nian Gengyao, who had already tied up with Yinzhen, there was no way for Yinhu to win him over.However, Yinzhen's "legs are slightly ill", I am afraid that even Nian Gengyao and the others feel that the chances of the fourth master becoming the throne are very slim. feeling.

In the previous life, because there was Yinzhen, a good candidate with high status and strong ability, Kangxi was able to mercilessly attack the Eighth Master Party and support the Fourth Master Party by the way; however, the Eighth Master Party was not easy. It has been completely eliminated, which shows how powerful it is.

And in this life, Yinzhen was not good at conduct, which originally had no effect on his intelligence and ability, but he couldn't bear the powerful power of psychological hints - just because of such a small flaw, Kangxi's expectations for Yinzhen were greatly reduced. Even Yinzhen himself is quite discouraged, let alone his disciples - under such circumstances, even if Yinzhen has a lot of talent, he can only give full play to six points, let alone leave Kangxi with a "worthy impression". Compared with the radiant Yinhu, the feeling of "great use" is really far behind.

Thinking of this, Yinhu also felt a little sad.In fact, if Yinzhen can not be affected and show the means he showed in the last ten years of Kangxi in his previous life, it is really uncertain who will win and who will win.However, how similar is Yinzhen who is troubled by leg disease at this time, and Yinhu who was troubled by life experience in the previous life?Yinhu is not without talent, but because of his humble birth, he was not placed on the candidate list by Kangxi from the very beginning, and he was envied because of his high reputation, so he could only drink hatred in the end.

So at this time, Kangxi's embarrassment can be seen-he naturally won't be optimistic about Yinzhen, who is not good at behavior and looks like talent, but the problem is that he doesn't like Yinhu, who has a low birth mother!But Yinhu's prestige is quite high, so it's really hard to deal with; not to mention the father and son are still in harmony, so it's not easy to add crimes rashly... I have to look at the other sons.

Therefore, in the 57th year of Kangxi, Yinzhen, the fourteenth son of the emperor, was appointed as the general of Fuyuan and marched into Qinghai.I ordered Yinyou, the seventh son of the emperor, Yinzhen, the ninth son of the emperor, and Yinyu, the tenth son of the emperor, to manage the affairs of Zhenghuang, Zhengbai, Zhenglan, Manchurian and Han Banners.

In the next few years, even though Yinhu was still the most popular candidate for the crown prince, the general Wang Yinzhen should not be underestimated. Kangxi gave him great favor, praised him many times, and added military power, giving people the impression that he intends to pass on the throne. Yinzhen's hints made the court once again have a constant undercurrent.

Kangxi's move was not cruel, because Yinzhen had always been a member of the Eighth Master's Party, but now Kangxi had to use it again, which really made some people in the Eighth Master's Party think carefully and start to move.Even the old nine and ten couldn't help asking Yinhu's plans many times, but Yinhu remained calm and responded with a smile, respecting and respecting the emperor's order was no different, but sneered in his heart.

In the previous life, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, although there were rumors that Kangxi wanted to pass the throne to Fourteen, Yinhu did not believe it, because many rumors were originally released by them.Moreover, compared to the brave and unrestrained Fourteenth, the scheming fourth child is obviously more in line with Kangxi's requirements for the next emperor. Moreover, the fourth child has almost no mistakes and has been walking steadily. There is no doubt about choosing him.Moreover, in April of Kangxi 61, he sent Fourteen to Ganzhou to stay away from the capital. If he was really regarded as the prince, how could it be so?

But this time, would Kangxi choose Fourteen rather than pass the throne to Yinhu?