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Before he had time to react, he heard Kangxi yelling angrily behind him: "Bring Zhu Tianbao, who was reviewed by the Imperial Academy, to me!"

Xing Nian hurriedly responded, and ran out to summon him.Yin Qi waited for Xing Nian to run away, before he dared to turn around, and saw Kangxi's eyes seemed to be breathing fire, and the veins on his temples were bulging, obviously very angry.

Yin Qi raised his head and saw the worried look on Prince Yong's face, and he also looked worried and scared.Then I heard Prince Yong ask: "Why is the father so angry? Could it be that the slave is so dirty?"

Kangxi pointed at the memorial on the ground, his fingertips were trembling, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Look for yourself! See what is written on his memorial!"

The fourth elder brother bent down, picked up the memorial, took a look, and his face changed.It wasn't anger, nor joy, but rather a strange expression.

Suddenly, Yinqi thought, this is the memorial to ask the second elder brother to be the prince again.

Sure enough, Kangxi said angrily again: "This kind of villain who talks about inheritance, this kind of ignoring the royal father's memorial!"

At this moment, Prince Yong had finished reading the memorial, so he stepped forward and returned the memorial with both hands.Kangxi took the memorial from his hand and threw it out forcefully.The memorial was just a piece of paper, it couldn't stand the force, it was torn in two from the middle.

Zhu Tianbao, who submitted the letter today, must have lost his life.

Not everyone can bear the crime of falsely discussing inheritance and disobeying the imperial decree.Prince Yong also spoke cautiously at the moment, standing silently.Yinqi only felt that he was unlucky, why didn't he wait for him to walk out of the door, and then let Kangxi fall into trouble?

It's all right now, I can only stand by the door with my head down, watching Kangxi's furious look.

Fortunately, Prince Yong is also there.Yin Qi glanced at the fourth elder brother, he still looked calm, and the weird expression just now disappeared, it only made people feel that Kangxi was the only one he was worried about at the moment.

At this moment, Yin Qi didn't dare to say a word, only listening to the fourth elder brother said again: "Father, it's not worth it to be angry with those villains. Father, it's better to take care of yourself."

Kangxi waved his hand and said: "This is not what he said alone! Obviously there is someone behind it!"

Yin Qi's eyes quietly turned back and forth between Kangxi and the fourth elder brother. If it was said that the second elder brother ordered someone to do this, Yin Qi would not believe it at all.The abolished prince was originally a character with both civil and military skills and intelligence.Even after being imprisoned for all these years, he would not have resorted to such obvious stupid tricks.

So Kangxi said that there is someone behind Zhu Tianbao, which is true.

This is nothing more than someone using Zhu Tianbao to test Kangxi.I just don't know who this person is.

Kangxi was obviously also thinking about this, his eyes slowly fell on the fourth elder brother, but the fourth elder brother was still standing with his hands down, looking respectful.

At this moment, Xing Nian came to the door and shouted: "Your Majesty, Zhu Tianbaoxuan is here!"

Immediately, Kangxi showed a furious look again, and shouted: "Bring it in!"

Two guards came in with Zhu Tianbao in their arms. Zhu Tianbao was small and thin, it seemed that the two guards carried him in.

Yin Qi only thought of the child when he was carrying cats and dogs, and suppressed a smile. The guards had already thrown Zhu Tianbao to the ground.

I heard Kangxi ask: "Two years ago, I had a decree not to establish a crown prince, but you didn't know it!? Why did you still go against the decree and report it!? You said in the memorial that the second elder brother is benevolent and filial. You and the second elder brother have never known each other. Where did you know these words again!?"

Zhu Tianbao knelt on the ground, trembling all over, but he was able to answer: "The servant heard it from the servant's father."

When Kangxi heard this, he became even more furious, and shouted loudly: "Your father! It's Zhu Duna, the servant of the Ministry of War!? Your father only saw the second elder brother before he fell insane. At that time, he was good at learning how to bow and horse. Yes. When he later developed madness, he behaved erratically and often uttered crazy words, do you know this!? What did you say, "Second elder brother is a sage but a sage, and a virtuous man is a virtuous" , where did you know these words?! Who taught you to say these words!"

Zhu Tianbao trembled for a while, and then said: "Your servant... I heard... it was my father who heard it from others..."

Kangxi suddenly got down from the kang, and Xing Nian helped him, so he rushed forward a few steps, stood in front of Zhu Tianbao, and asked condescendingly, "Other people? Who is the other people!? "

Zhu Tianbao couldn't answer, but after a while, he seemed to be willing to go all out, suddenly raised his head, and said in a loud voice: "Although the second elder brother was disabled by illness, his fault was due to his habit of arrogance and resistance, and he was induced by villains. Send famous officials of Confucianism as his wings, and all the left and right sycophants are dismissed, then the latent virtues will be brightened, and you can still ask about the joy of serving meals. The matter of establishing a reserve is related to the fate of the country, and the slaves implore the emperor to think twice, otherwise the disaster of the family will be destroyed. There is something beyond words, Your Majesty!"

The last sentence directly pointed to Kangxi's serious trouble. He almost subconsciously looked at the fourth elder brother and then at Yinqi, with complicated expressions in his eyes, the flesh on his face trembling, and he was so angry that he could hardly speak.

Prince Yong didn't dare to say a word at this time, even moving a finger.This is about their brothers, and Kangxi didn't know about their struggles all these years.Even though he has always acted in a low-key manner and acted like a minister, Kangxi still knows some of his private actions.After all, he is the co-lord of the world, the supreme emperor.

Yin Qi was even more afraid to act rashly.At this time, he was easily blamed, and he was quick to talk before, saying that the brothers fought and framed each other, and it was confirmed later, no matter what he said at this time, it was in Kangxi's heart. To prick him where it hurts.

For a while, only Kangxi's heavy panting voice was heard, and after a while, Kangxi managed to calm down, pointing to Zhu Tianbao and asked: "It is because it is a major event about the fate of the country that you cannot be so ignorant. Stupid nonsense! Why do you think I personally called you over to ask!? You are an ignorant villain, but you can’t speak after asking you a few words. It’s impossible for you to break the memorial. Ask you, who else is your accomplice?!"

Zhu Tianbao's expression changed for a long time, and finally he said with trembling lips: "Your majesty is wise, there is no one else involved in this matter. Only the slave's father and son-in-law have the same thoughts as the slave, and they all hope that the emperor will establish a prince as soon as possible to reassure the people." .”

Kangxi sneered, and said, "Anmin's opinion? I think it's just some people's wishes! You don't need to say it, but if you don't say it, I won't be able to see and hear?"

Immediately said: "Come here, pull him down, and arrest the two people he mentioned just now, and let the Ministry of Criminal Justice have a good trial! Anyone who is involved in it will be locked up and questioned!"

Seeing that when Zhu Tianbao was escorted out, his face was ashen and ashen, like a dead person, Yin Qi was also touched in his heart, and raised his eyes to look at the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother looked stern, and looked at the direction in which Zhu Tianbao was dragged out , There is no fluctuation in the eyes.

Yinqi's heart moved, could it be that this Zhu Tianbao belonged to the fourth elder brother?

Kangxi has lived to this age and has been in power for seven years, so his sons have waited long enough.Ever since the Empress Dowager fell ill last year, Kangxi has been in poor health, so he can't blame those brothers for thinking about the dragon chair under his buttocks.

This Zhu Tianbao was actually used to test Kangxi, to test his meaning of opposing Li Chu.

The fourth elder brother really didn't pay special attention or looked particularly nervous, except for a strange look on his face when he lowered his head at first, there was no other performance.

But that is exactly what makes people suspicious.Yin Qi also forced himself to suppress the emotional fluctuations in his heart, but it was still inevitable to show a look of surprise or panic on his face.

Prince Xu Shiyong's Taoism is much higher than Yinqi's, so Yinqi can't see any reaction from him, but this also makes Yinqi doubt, even if Zhu Tianbao is not his person, he must have known about today's memorial in advance matter.

Only when he retracted his gaze, Yin Qi felt that Prince Yong was looking at him.Those eyes stayed on him for a while, and then slowly turned away again.

After he looked away, Yin Qi felt wet and cold all over, but he was sweating all over at this moment, and he didn't know if it was because of Kangxi's scare, or because of Prince Yong's labor.

~~~~~~~

After that day, Yinqi gradually forgot about Zhu Tianbao, but one day he heard from his other companion, Nala Chenxi, that Zhu Duna, the former servant of the military department, was imprisoned and dismissed, and his family was surrounded.His son and his son-in-law were finally determined to be beheaded. They were beheaded at Caishikou a few days ago, and many people went to see them.

Afterwards, there were some cases of apologetics, and there were fewer people in the same rank in the court. In addition to the implicated ones, many families with familiar surnames lost their positions, and some were imprisoned and guarded.

But not only beat the old line of the deposed prince, Kangxi obviously knew some things behind it, although he didn't tear his face, he actually reduced several forces.

All of a sudden, the court was cleared up a lot, and there was a lot less noise.Xu Shi saw that although Kangxi was old and his body was not as good as before, he was still decisive and decisive, and his methods were ruthless.

This matter is far from Yin Qi, he just sighed once and then left it behind, and still lived his own life.It's just that after that, he found that in Kangxi's place, the frequency of meeting Si Age was much higher.

Is it the meaning of Kangxi, or the plan of the fourth elder brother?Yin Qi carefully guessed for a while, but it turned out that both of them had motives.

After thinking about it for a while, anyway, he was not as deep-minded as Kangxi and the fourth elder brother. He couldn't tell what other meanings were behind this matter, so he didn't think about it anymore.

If Kangxi wanted him to get closer to the fourth prince, would he have any other choice besides doing so?And if the fourth elder brother wanted it himself, Kangxi must have known about it, and Kangxi obviously had no intention of objecting.Now that Kangxi has acquiesced, Yinqi has no objection to establishing a good relationship with Yongzheng in advance.

In May, the two armies entering Tibet crossed Urum and crossed the river for the second time.On that day, Kangxi was in a good mood, so the fourteenth elder brother took the opportunity to say that he was going to the northwest, took advantage of the victory and pursued him, and flattened the Junggar tribe with one sentence.Kangxi actually agreed verbally, which can be regarded as a promise to Brother Fourteen.On that day, the fourteenth elder brother walked lightly, like the wind, and when he saw Yinqi, he rarely had a smiling face, which surprised Yinqi.

It's just that Kangxi's encapsulation edict has not yet been issued, and there is news that more than 6 Qing soldiers on the East Road have been trapped on the bank of the Kara Wusu River by the trick of luring the enemy to go deep.

Within a few days, a new battle report came out saying that Junggar had set up an ambush, and the Qing army broke through several times, but was trapped as watertight as a bucket.The water is cold and the grass is thin, and the food roads are cut off. For a few days, the paramilitary soldiers gathered in all directions and attacked.

Then there was news that Lazang Khan was trapped and killed, his two sons were killed, and both the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama were detained.

Kangxi took the folded newspaper sent to Changchun Garden by Ertai, Minister of the Ministry of War, and couldn't even eat anymore, so he waved Yinqi to go down.Prince Yong and the fourteenth son were summoned, and then Zhang Tingyu also walked in, followed by several Manchu and Han university scholars, and several hall officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance, all hurried into the garden one by one.

Yin Qi watched a series of people rushing in, and the etiquette was in a hurry, but he happened to be able to say "without losing his manners", which shows that he was really in a hurry.

After all, it was such a series of defeats.

Yin Qi looked at the blue and blue sky, it was rare to see such cloudless sunshine in early summer.

He sighed, for the history he knew in his heart.

Next is the golden age of Fourteenth Prince.

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The defeat in the Northwest was the first time in the 57 years since Kangxi succeeded to the throne.

Since Kangxi was a teenager, at the age of 15, Miaomo was lucky enough to win Oboi; at the age of 19, he overcame public opinion and decided to withdraw from the feudal clan; at the age of 32, he regained Taiwan, and together with three personal conquests of Galdan, he participated in more than [-] battles, big and small. No one suffered a loss.This time, although he was not defeated by himself, it was the person he personally ordered. He just felt that he was slapped in the face, and his face was humiliated.

But now, Kangxi can't do it if he wants to avenge himself and win back his face.These days, he was in a hurry to get angry. He had been dizzy and uncomfortable for several days, and he couldn't eat well.Also, when he received the news that day, he accidentally sprained his foot, and it was even a little inconvenient to move.So Kangxi had a gloomy face for several days, very angry.

It is precisely because I can't take revenge with my own hands that I want to let my son go out.Only then did Yinqi understand another part of the reason why Kangxi was able to agree to the fourteenth elder brother, and it was not entirely because he could not trust the ministers.

On Bingchen in October of the 57th year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi ordered Beizi Yinzhen, the fourteenth son of the emperor, to be the general of Fuyuan.Immediately, Nian Gengyao, the governor of Sichuan, was ordered to be the governor of Sichuan since the rise of the army. He was promoted to the governor of Sichuan. Lanman, Mongolian, Han three banner affairs.

Before the edict was issued, it had already been widely circulated in Beijing and China, but no one was surprised.

It's just that Yinqi watched Prince Yong's request for life, and recommended the thirteenth elder brother, but Kangxi refused immediately after he had just spoken.That scene made Yinqi feel that, as a father, he can be partial to this only because he is the emperor's father.

But this time, Xu Shiyin prayed for peace, and he could see that Kangxi was more sympathetic to Kangxi not only as an emperor, but also as a father—his words hurt not only the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother Brother, he also has himself.

Then, before the fourteenth elder brother left Beijing, Kangxi issued another edict.