The fourteenth blessing of the koi carp in the Qing Dynasty

Talking about this little girl named Lu Siniang, he couldn't help but think about the incident when his fourteenth brother blocked the knife for him.

In 56, a flood occurred in the south of the Yangtze River, and many fields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were flooded, and the people were displaced.When the emperor knew about it, he sent him to preside over the disaster relief.

It is obvious to all that Prince Yong is serious about his affairs, and the disaster food will definitely fall into the hands of the people if the matter is entrusted to him.

Prince Yong lived up to his reputation and traveled day and night all the way, just to deliver the food to the people earlier.

Then this matter was known to the people of the Cao Gang somehow. The Cao Gang has a large population, and the people in it are mixed, and even many of them are anti-Qing and Fuming people.I also want to know that the people Yinzhen leads are not the opponents of the Cao Gang.

Many people agreed with the robbing of the disaster food, but they had different opinions on the distribution of the disaster food. Some of them thought that the food was robbed by them and naturally belonged to the Cao Gang, while the other advocated that the food should be distributed to the common people.

One of Lu Siniang's older brothers is the head of the Cao Gang, and his faction advocates distributing food to the people.This idea coincided with Yinzhen's. After inquiring about their origin, Yinzhen said that as long as they distributed food to the people, they could cover it up for them, as if this had never happened.

At that time, the members of the Cao Gang didn't know, but did he know that the firecracker researched by the fourteenth brother could fire three shots in a row, and the firearm he made was at least as good as it was.It's true that these people are good at water. If the court knows that they have cut off the disaster food and sent troops to come, they will be the ones who will be unlucky.

Like all the royal family, he doesn't like people who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but not everyone in the Cao Gang wants to fight against the court, and those who care about the people are innocent.Their starting point is for the people, but they used the wrong method. These people are not worthy of death. As long as they guide them, they can naturally be used by the court.

It's a pity that the news about his persuasion of the brothers and sisters of the Lu family got out somehow, and he was ambushed on the way back.Yinzhen's martial arts is not very outstanding, and he brought few people to show his sincerity this time, so he naturally lost to the carefully prepared opponent.Fortunately, the fourteenth brother secretly gave him a firecracker before he came, and he accidentally injured two people and escaped.

When he encountered an ambush, he knew that someone must have betrayed him, and if he went back at this time, he might have thrown himself into a trap.He simply disguised himself and investigated secretly.

The Cao Gang was so powerful that the local officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang couldn't guard against it. Yinzhen was still found hiding in Tibet, and it was this Lv Siniang who secretly hid him later.

"We didn't betray you." This was the first sentence Lu Siniang said when she saw him. "Although my brother and I don't like you Manchus, my father said before his death that 'if a war is started, the people will be the ones who suffer'. Therefore, my brother and I never thought of going against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. We were against the Qing court. It’s just stealing money from profiteers and smuggling salt. We keep very little of this money for ourselves, just enough to support our brothers, and we give the rest to the common people.”

Lu Siniang's coming here was also the intention of her brother Lu Yizhong. After talking with Yinzhen, the two brothers and sisters found that this man was different from the lackeys of the Qing court they knew. He was a person who was willing to consider the common people.One less person like this dies, not to mention that Yinzhen is still a member of the royal family. If it is true that people die here, it doesn't matter to those who are determined to overthrow the rule of the Qing court, and they will definitely suffer.

The brothers and sisters of the Lu family were taught very well by their father since they were young, so naturally they don't want to see such a thing happen.It's just that their meeting with Yinzhen was found out, and her elder brother was under constant surveillance, so Lu Siniang had no choice but to sneak out to find someone.

She is young, and she is a bit savage in the Cao Gang on weekdays. When she wants to come out, no one suspects much. Although there are still people watching her, compared to her brother, she is much more convenient.

Yinzhen nodded, "I believe that you brothers and sisters will not joke about the lives of the Cao Gang brothers, but you also said that not everyone in your Cao Gang thinks so. I don't want to do anything else now, I just want to know if the food has been distributed to the people. If not, can I trouble you to find a way to distribute the food to the people.”

He knew that some members of the Cao Gang deliberately hid this batch of food, just waiting for the victims to stand up to the riots, and then they would rise up.At that time, they were just people, and the court was stupid.

Yinzhen hated these people who didn't take the common people seriously. Whether he was the leader of the disaster relief or a member of the royal family, he couldn't just watch this happen.

Lu Siniang jumped anxiously, "When are you still in charge of that batch of grain, do you know that people from the Cao Gang are wandering the streets every day, they have your portrait in their hands, and they already know that you are from the imperial court?" The prince is the son of the emperor. Many people say that they want to take you as a hostage to force the emperor to abdicate. Why don't you know how to worry about yourself. "

I also know that the emperor has many sons, and he will not abdicate for the sake of this one son. At that time, his end may only be a dead end.This person should be very smart to be sent by the court, how could he know that he is worried about his own safety?

She stood up and said with a puffy face: "Don't think that I will take care of you if I saved you today. To tell you the truth, my brother is still being watched by them. I definitely can't run out often. I saved you Because of my brother's orders, but if my brother's safety is threatened, I will sell you without hesitation."

Seeing the little girl pretending to be serious, Yinzhen suddenly smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Lu Siniang felt a little uncomfortable.

"I have a son, Hong Zhou, who is about the same age as you. He is often mischievous, and sometimes he has this expression." Hong Zhou often jumps up and down. He looks five points like himself, and he doesn't feel it on weekdays. When the father and son were surprisingly similar.Those stewards in the mansion are often fooled by him.Of course, although Hong Zhou is naughty, he also knows the seriousness.

Thinking about this, he looked at Lu Siniang, "I know your brothers and sisters are in a bad situation, and I don't ask you to help me out of the city, but can I ask you to help deliver a letter?"

To be honest, until now he was a little strange, how could he believe that she would help after only meeting this little girl for a few times.

The life of the brothers and sisters of the Lu family was indeed in a bad situation as she said, and from that day on, Lu Siniang never looked for him again.But even though she didn't come, she left some money for him to last until Yinzhen and Yinxiang arrived.

"Fourth brother, how are you doing?"

When the two of Yinzhen and Yinzhen arrived, he had been chased by the Cao gang for three days. Three days of running wildly and not getting a drop of water was almost his limit.When he saw the two of them, he knew what was going on, but there were too many chasing soldiers, all of them were good players, so he was very worried.

"Fourteenth brother, be careful, the people behind are all masters, they are people who are against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty."

"Fourth brother, don't talk, come drink some water." Thirteen carefully supported him and poured him some water.Looking at the fourth brother's appearance, he knew that he hadn't eaten or drank for several days. Thirteen didn't dare to feed the fourth brother too much, and only gave him some water.

The pursuers came very quickly, and as soon as Yinzhen drank the water, they came to him.He only found out afterwards that in order to find him, the fourteenth brother had dispersed all the people he had brought with him, which was why he saw only 30 to [-] people around him at that time.

This is the base camp of the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang naturally has a way to connect with each other, but they are not familiar with the place and they are dragged down by themselves, so they are quite passive.

Because his own situation was very bad, in the end the fourteenth brother actually planned to stay to contain the enemy and let him break through first.Seeing that the breakout was about to be successful, who knew that the other party had a sharpshooter, and when the arrow shot towards him, he had no time to dodge it, and it was the fourteenth brother beside him who jumped on him and blocked the arrow for him.

"Fourteenth brother,"

"The gap is open, let's go." Fourteen didn't think about it that much at the time, but thought that according to the physical condition of the fourth brother, he might be killed by an arrow. Although he himself would be injured, he would not die.

Yinzhen thought about countless possibilities, but he didn't expect that the fourteenth brother would block him. After all, although his relationship with the fourteenth brother has eased, it has not yet reached the point where he can replace life and death.

After returning to the capital, Yinzhen thought for a long time, and finally went to see his staff, "I plan to give up fighting for the throne."

The staff was very anxious, "Why? Fourth Master, we have been planning for so long, and it seems that we are about to succeed. How can you give up?"

He shook his head, "I can't say give up. According to Mr.'s analysis, my final competitor is likely to be the fourteenth brother. The fourteenth brother is a man of temperament, and he is also a member of the common people. If Han Ama chooses him in the end, I don't want to fight him, and I don't want to use despicable means to deal with him."

He knew that he would never forget the way the fourteenth brother stood up for him without hesitation. If the two competed fairly, he would have won, but now everyone can see that Khan Ama has begun to pay attention to the fourteenth brother and asked him to give it to him. The fourteenth brother was holding back and making trouble, he couldn't do it.

Such a despicable self, how is it different from Lao Ba?

Besides, he just intends not to use despicable methods against the fourteenth brother, competition is definitely necessary, if he wins by luck in the end, he will not do anything to the fourteenth brother.

Everyone who competes for the throne has things that cannot be seen, and Yinzhen is no exception.He can use these contacts to hold back his eldest brother and second brother, but he can't do it now with Fourteen.

Getting along with Fourteen along the way, he found that Fourteen, like him, wanted to make the Qing Dynasty prosperous, but Yinzhen made more progress than him.From the sweet potatoes and corn he contributed earlier, it can be seen that he is not talking about it, but has been working hard.

After getting along for a long time, he has mixed feelings, proud and vigilant, and even more aggressive.

But no matter what his feelings for Fourteen were, he didn't intend to use despicable means to deal with him.He felt that Yinzhen deserved to be treated correctly.

Just like now, the fourteenth brother has ascended the throne, and his guess has been confirmed. The fourteenth brother really started planning very early, planning for the welfare of the people.

Yinzhen pushed the fourth brother, "Hey, what are you thinking, fourth brother, so preoccupied?"

Yinzhen, who came back to his senses, looked at the hand on his shoulder, and Yinzhen put it down embarrassingly. "Although the emperor said that you don't need to worry about this matter, we can't really ignore it. Look at the Ministry of Education of the thirteenth brother, and you are also embarrassed."

The Fourteenth of the Ministry of Education originally planned to give Thirteen full responsibility, but the old ninth shamelessly relied on his good relationship with the Fourteenth, so he insisted on stepping in to give the fifth some power.It's a pity, he didn't expect that the fifth child didn't like the two newly released departments at all, and he went to the Ministry of Education to dawdle, and Thirteen was doing everything.

In the end, the angry Yinzhen simply dismissed the position of the fifth child.This matter was provoked by Lao Jiu, and Lao Wu's position was taken away. He was slapped in the face, which was very embarrassing.

Sometimes he just thinks it's better for himself, he is also a brother, he will never let Yinzhen make troubles, and he will help him work hard together.It's the same with Thirteenth Brother, even if he complains to himself in private that the Fourteenth Brother is not as good as him, what if he is in the top position, but the job that the Fourteenth Brother has given him, he will still complete it seriously.

He thinks these are the real brothers, the ninth and the fifth?

Yinzhen got up from his chair, "Hong Zhou, Hong Zhan should go home." In the afternoon, he was free and just went to the palace to ask about the Emperor's business department and see what he thought of the Cao Gang.

The current Cao Gang should be decided by the brothers and sisters of the Lu family, right?

Khan Ama was furious about that incident and sent a large army to cleanse the Cao Gang.The Cao gang embezzled the disaster food without permission. This crime cannot be cleared up, and there will be no common people to speak up for them.Originally, according to Han Ama's intention, those who were caught by the Cao Gang would be executed. He was the one who interceded for the brothers and sisters of the Lu family, as well as those Cao Gang members who were not involved in this matter.

Before leaving, the brothers and sisters of the Lu family left him a token, saying that if there is anything to do in the future, they can take the token to find them.They owe themselves two lives, as long as they don't violate morality, they can do whatever they want.

It shouldn't be considered a violation of morality to put the private salt business of the Cao Gang under the name of the court, right?

When he told Yinzhen about this, Yinzhen smiled mysteriously: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I have one more thing that will succeed soon, if it succeeds, it won't be too late for us to persuade the Cao Gang .”

Immediately afterwards, Yinzhen took him to a place where the current empress Fuer Guochun was directing people to do something. "Yinzhen, you are here, it just so happens that our experiment is about to succeed."

Seeing his doubts, Yinzhen said: "This is a tool that we developed after spending several years improving ancient books. We all know that a large part of our edible salt is evaporated from sea water. It's just that the tools at that time were not developed. Salt drying is slow, so salt has always been priceless and very expensive.”

"Fol Guochun and I are thinking about whether we can improve the current equipment to increase the speed and quality of drying salt. In addition to sea salt, there are also some salt mines that can collect edible salt. In addition to the existing salt mines, we are also looking for Find at least three places where table salt might be stored."

"A few days ago, I sent someone to check, and I believe there will be news soon."

"The reason why the Caobang can make a stable profit from private salt trading is because official salt is scarce and expensive. When our salt production is reduced, the price will definitely come down. You said that when the time comes, will the people buy it from official salt with guaranteed quality, or Buy private salt?"

Yinzhen smiled and said: "At that time, we will go to negotiate with the Cao Gang to take the initiative." Yinzhen has already asked people to inquire. If the Lu family wants to take refuge in the court, other people must agree with it, otherwise the Lu family may be branded as a lackey of the court.

Yinzhen has good feelings for the brothers and sisters of the Lu family, and he doesn't want them to be said that way.

Yinzhen is not stupid, and soon understood the principle of this method, but, "In this way, we still need to send people to the seaside." The coastal areas are not safe, and there are often harassment by Japanese people. If this method is to work, you must find a way Just drive away the Japanese.

"The fourth brother is right, but according to our estimation, if there is really a lot of salt in the places we found, the evaporation of seawater can be slowed down. In addition to coastal areas, small salt lakes in other places can also be used .”

"Although there is no way to make salt along the coast for the time being, it doesn't prevent us from using this as a gimmick."

Thinking about it carefully, this is also a good idea.Since the emperor had an idea, he didn't ask any more questions and left a sentence, "Call me anytime if you need it" and left.

Yinzhen didn't know, after he left, Foer Guochun sighed, "Fourth brother is really temperamental." No wonder history said that he died of overwork.Even in the original book, after the crown prince ascended the throne, he was also so conscientious, one person was treated like several people.

Yinzhen hung her nose for a while, "You don't know the temperament of the fourth brother. I thought he was busy some time ago, so I gave him a few days off to rest. You see, he found him again. He is so dedicated to my work. I feel sorry for him if I don’t do anything for him.”

After returning home, Yinzhen thought about it and sent a letter to the brothers and sisters of the Lu family. In the letter, he explained the benefits of the Ministry of Commerce in detail and advised them to go to the Ministry of Commerce to make a name.

Maybe it's because the brothers and sisters of the Lu family are used to being wild and don't like restraint, maybe it's because the people under them don't want to have anything to do with the court. In short, this letter is like a stone sinking into the sea. He neither waited for the news that the Cao Gang was in the business department nor came to the Lu family. Letters from siblings.

After a while, the people who went out to investigate came back and confirmed that there was indeed a salt mine, so Yinzhen sent the boss, Lao Shi and Hongxi to supervise the mining.

The salt mining was carried out in secret, and there was no publicity to the outside world. It was not until Yinzhen ordered the price of official salt to be lowered that everyone knew that the court had discovered a salt mine.

This time not only the price of salt has dropped, but the quantity has increased several times compared to before.The arrival of official salt has had a big impact on the Cao Gang's private salt business. After all, who would buy private salt if there are officials?It used to be impossible to buy illegal salt to break the law, but now official salt is finer and cheaper than private salt, so fools go back to buy private salt.

With Yinzhen's instruction, Prince Yong personally went to the south of the Yangtze River to find the brothers and sisters of the Lu family who are in charge of the Cao Gang, and then discussed the matter of being named in the Ministry of Commerce.

At this time, the Cao Gang was angry because of Chaotang's actions. Some people thought that this was intentional by the emperor, just to force them to submit.This group of people are more confident in themselves, and they can do it even if the price is lowered.

Of course, there are still some people who think that the imperial court will not be so stupid to do this kind of thing. Their daring to do this shows that they have enough reserves to break their promises.This group of people felt that it was okay to hang the Cao Gang under the name of the imperial court.

And Yinzhen came at this time.