Listening to Yinzhen talk about the cause and root cause, he didn't know what could make him angry, so he asked: "So, why are you angry?" "I support Huang Ama's policy of banning mining, not just because I am afraid of making trouble, but because I feel that agriculture is the main task of the world, and all workers are the end." There is one more person who works in the market, that is, one person who plows the land among the acres. If the crowd tends to work, there will be many manufacturers of things, and if there are many things, it will be difficult to sell, and it will be stagnant and cheap, and there will be many people who are chasing the end, which is not only harmful to agriculture, but also harmful to workers. However, in the past year, it has been banned on the surface, but the illegal digging and theft of mines have been repeatedly prohibited, and even officials have collected protection money for their own selfish desires to cover it up. The Lu of the king of food can't bear the worries of the king, which is really hateful. “

When Yinzhen said the last sentence, he almost gritted his teeth and was furious. I saw that his temper had risen, so I quickly got up and pulled him back to sit on the couch and helped him smooth his back. After thinking about it, he said: "I don't understand politics, but if I think about it from the perspective of the people, why they dig and steal mining is probably because of the land annexation issue you mentioned most of the time." Moreover, at present, taxes are levied on a per capita and per acre basis, and those who have no or little land are burdened with extremely heavy burdens, so they will naturally want to take risks to improve their livelihoods. So this is caused by the fundamental problem, although the officials are hateful, but the people are also really pitiful. “

After listening to what I said, Yinzhen fell into a long silence, followed by a long sigh. I know that his sigh comes from the helplessness of having more than enough strength to do it, but he is only the prince Baylor now, and he can only be anxious except sighing.

I looked at Yinzhen who looked even more sad, the hand stroking his back stopped, hesitated, turned around and walked to the door of the study and looked at Su Peisheng outside the door, motioned for him to look outside, then closed the door, returned to Yinzhen, lowered his voice and asked cautiously: "Have you ever thought about ...... future?"

This was asked too carefully, and with the tacit understanding that Yinzhen and I had worked on in the past two years, he heard the meaning of my words, and suddenly raised his head and stared at me. In those eyes like a deep pool, I saw surprise, suspicion, vigilance, and incomprehension...... In short, all kinds of emotions are entangled.

I didn't continue to dwell on this issue, because now that the crown prince has not been deposed, it is impossible for him to think about it, but that does not mean that he does not want to. So he turned the topic back and said: "In the future, there will always be people who will sit in that position, and it is unknown whether it will be a succession or an innovation." All we can see is for now. Since ancient times, there is a saying that 'helplessly being in the emperor's family', the father is wise, and it is difficult to be a son. is too flamboyant and exposed, which will inevitably arouse the suspicion of his father. If it is not obvious at all, it will be looked down upon by his father and brothers, so he will be abandoned. Therefore, the balance between the two must be properly grasped. Only in this way can we advance or retreat, attack or defend, no matter who does that position, there is a room for it, right? So now since we have no power to change anything, we can only endure it, and there is always a chance to change. “

Yin Zhen retracted his gaze and responded to my words with silence. I knew I couldn't go on on with this topic, so I turned to the beef stew on the table and said, "You don't eat beef, do you......?"

As soon as the words fell, I saw Yinzhen pick up the chopsticks again and quickly put a piece of beef in his mouth, and at the end he didn't forget to say: "Make more next time." “

The laughter coming from the room made Su Peisheng, who was standing outside the house look worried, smile, and returned to his usual calmness and calmness.

From that day on, the excerpts and the affairs of the court that Yinzhen brought back to deal with were no longer taboo for me. Even though I never asked, he would pick up things that didn't seem to be important and talk to me about them. Of course, this is all said behind closed doors, and there is no need to say much to outsiders.

After the winter solstice, officials held a sealing ceremony on the 19th day of the lunar month as a customary holiday, and did not resume work until after the Lantern Festival. However, the princes still had to assist Kangxi in handling official duties until the sealing ceremony on Chinese New Year's Eve. So Yinzhen also began to be extremely busy.

The affairs in my hospital are handled by Wanqing, so I don't need to bother with myself, so I can stay by Yinzhen's side, and I don't have to go back and forth in the front yard and back yard.

was looking at the book idlely, when he heard Yinzhen suddenly shout angrily: "It's all a bunch of bastard things......"

Before I could react to what was going on, I heard the thud of something hitting the ground.

I put down the book, got up and picked up the scattered folds from the ground, and glanced at them a few times, all of which were similar year-end summaries sent by officials at all levels before the seal. "What's going on here?" I asked, chuckling, as I put the fold back on his desk, "what is it that makes you lose your temper so much?" “

Yinzhen's anger came out, and his anger was slightly smoother, he took out one of the folds and opened it, pointed to the words on it and said: "This is an excerpt sent by the governor of Huguang, just such a soldier entangled more than 300 people in the city to loot the pawnshop, and then went out of the city to stand in line to force the official to settle the case, the emperor Ama ordered him to start investigating in June, and he said, 'The main culprit should be punished, and more than 300 unknown members of his party should be exempted from further investigation' When it was submitted, Huang Ama felt that the circumstances and crimes of this matter were deeply hateful, and asked him to investigate and punish the crime strictly, so as to enforce military discipline, and let him review the proposed performance in detail. As a result, after half a year, he still sent it over with such an unknown excerpt, what do you say he wants from this kind of mediocre person?"

Without waiting for me to reply, Yinzhen took out another fold, pointed to the content on it and said: "And the prefect of this state and county is full of complaints and complaints, which is nothing more than that he lost a lot of money in the previous term, and even if his political performance is good, he will fill in the hole for the previous term, so he will make his political performance in office look unsatisfactory." He even proposed to send more stringent local people to increase taxes to fill the vacancy, what do you say is this!"

I looked at the contents of the two folds he took out, and I felt a kind of speechlessness that I couldn't bear to look at directly. But at this time, you can't blindly follow his words, which will only make him more angry.

These two excerpts are purely literal, but they can also see the normal feelings of people. Thinking that the governor of Huguang may feel that the law does not blame the people, if all 300 people are wiped out and killed, I am afraid that it will arouse even greater resentment, and the situation will not be easy to control at that time. As for the other one, he may feel that there are some things that he should not bear by himself, and now that they are imposed on him, he has no choice but to think of a way, which is better than sitting and waiting to be punished by the superiors. I can't blame them for being stupid bastards, on the contrary, I think from their standpoint, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is not good for the country. At this point I paused, looked at him and asked, "Do you know what the root cause of these two things is?"

Yin Zhen calmed down and thought about it and said: "There are no more than two reasons, the first is that the officials are chaotic and the people are not properly employed. The second is financial clarity and poor supervision. Therefore, it is still a problem at the source, and it cannot be achieved in a day. ”

I nodded and said, "It's hard to change these with your current ability, so you can only endure and believe that one day everything will be fine." (To be continued.) )