Seeing that Kangxi was silent, Yinzhen no longer spoke, for the secret establishment of the reserve, he has already said everything, both sides of the positive and negative, what should have been said has been said, now it depends on how Kangxi decides, the room fell silent immediately, and the atmosphere was extremely dull.

After a long time, Kangxi spoke, and said lightly: "Kneel down, I will return to Beijing tomorrow." ”

Yinzhen kowtowed with disappointment, Li Dequan greeted him from afar, originally planned to congratulate a few words, but when he saw Yinzhen's dull face through the light reflected by the lantern, he immediately swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and bowed to see him off on the spot, but he wondered in his heart, these two men wrenched their wrists again?

Due to the hurry, Da Chun ordered people to find a nearby mansion of a large family to spend the night, but Yinzhen couldn't sleep all night, he also knew in his heart that it was impossible to decide on a big matter, the problem was that Kangxi's dignified demeanor and that faint tone made him feel extremely lost.

It seems that in a short period of time, Kangxi is unwilling to give up the secret reserve plan, or rather, at present, Kangxi does not want to make him the prince at all, so Kangxi will inevitably support the fourth child to check and balance each other.

He really doesn't understand, why is Kangxi reluctant to do such an obvious thing that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages? I have to go back and sum up with Fang Bao, how can I think of a way to force Kangxi to publicly establish a reserve.

Tongzhou from the capital, all the way is the loess mat road, every few miles is a flower color workshop, incense, candles and flowers, kneeling to welcome the gentry and the people all the way endlessly, the soldiers of the majesty defense are more like two straight ink lines, Kangxi this disaster does not die, the old Bayi Party in the suburbs to meet can be said to have made a lot of effort, a few days in advance has begun to prepare.

However, Kangxi turned a blind eye to all this in front of him, but secretly scolded the fifth, eighth, and ninth children for disturbing the people, and just urged the royal chariot to go quickly, and greeted the hundred officials in the suburbs, he didn't let it go, only showed his face on the imperial chariot, and went back to the Forbidden City.

Yinzhen followed all the way, and his mind was not on this excitement, but when he entered the city, his heart moved, and he wrote a few words hastily, and secretly handed it over to Li Guangdi Kangxi Didn't he want to build a reserve secretly? Let's also play the bottom of the kettle.

After a long journey, and when he entered the city, it was not early, so Kangxi did not summon anyone, and after a little rest, he flipped through the dense folds in various places and reviewed the folds.

After Yinzhen returned home, he took a bath, and then someone called Fang Bao to talk about the night conversation with Kangxi in Tongzhou last night.

Fang Bao was also the first time he heard about Australia, and he didn't expect that the overseas division was set up to dominate several states, and he was also shocked, and secretly sighed that he couldn't measure the fourteenth master with ordinary people's minds.

After listening quietly, Fang Bao thought about it in his heart for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Fourteenth Master, you have committed a big taboo in the matter of secretly building a reserve, and it is a taboo to say that it is a taboo to say this, and it is even more taboo to point out that the emperor should not build a reserve secretly.

The secret establishment of the reserve is the emperor's secret plan to implement, the fourteenth master, as a prince competing for the prince, even if you understand it in your heart, you should pretend to be confused, because you understand this plan, but the other princes do not know that it will make the emperor subconsciously tilt towards those princes who do not understand the plan, which is very unfavorable to the fourteenth master.

And pointing out that the emperor should not secretly build a reserve is a taboo, the fourteenth master, think about it, if the emperor openly establishes a prince, who can he appoint? It is only possible to choose among the third, fourth, eighth, and fourteenth masters, and set up the third and fourth masters, and can resist the joint attack of the eighth and fourteenth masters? Could it be that the scene of the abolition of the crown prince will be staged again?

Liba Ye? It is even more impossible, when the prince is abolished, the eighth master is recommended by the hundred officials as the prince, and the emperor would rather break his promise than allow it, which shows the strength of his intentions, besides, if the eighth master is the prince, will you not fight with the fourteenth master? Don't look at the momentum of the Eighth Master Party, in fact, it can't be compared with the Fourteenth Party at all, as soon as the overseas division is introduced, the Fourteenth Master can be said to have an advantage. …,

The three masters can't stand, the emperor openly establishes the prince, and the only one who can stand is the fourteenth master! It can be said that the fourteenth master pointed out that the emperor should not secretly build a prince, that is, he is forcing the emperor to make you the prince! And openly threaten the emperor, otherwise the consequences will be serious, who is the emperor? How can you swallow this breath? Fourteenth Master, this is the road of self-severance! ”

Yinzhen listened with a bitter face, he was just telling the truth, the real history is indeed this result, I didn't expect it to bring such serious consequences, no wonder Kangxi looked solemn, originally thought it was for the matter of the prince, but he didn't expect it to be a big taboo.

Fang Bao changed his tone and said slowly: "Although it is a taboo, but the fourteenth master, you are indeed an excellent candidate for the prince, you have also seen the pros and cons of the secret prince, and the emperor is not a stubborn person, whether it is a secret prince or a public prince, but as long as state affairs are the most important, the fourteenth master is not the same."

However, what puzzled Fang Bao was that it was impossible for you not to see why you were in a hurry to get the title of prince, the emperor is now a dragon body Kangtai, and the fourteenth master is an unscrupulous person, is it convenient for the fourteenth master to report it? ”

Listening to Fang Bao's question, Yinzhen couldn't help but smile slightly: "It's my negligence, I forgot this section, I am anxious to get the crown prince, from two points, one, let the starling die, so as not to fight for a long time, fight to become an enemy, hurt the brother's righteousness, I will be in the same party with the starling brother when I become an adult, I don't want the four brothers to turn against each other in the future, besides, in the future, with the starling they will help, it will be a lot easier."

Second, it is precisely because of the emperor's dragon body Kangtai, for such a long time, I don't want to waste it, I want to gradually implement some improvements, the emperor's prestige is very high, and many things can be borrowed from the emperor's hand to form a permanent example. ”

Fang Bao frowned and said; "The fourteenth master is established as the crown prince, will the eighth master give up? The Eight Masters Party has condensed the efforts of the Eighth Master, the Ninth Master, and the Tenth Master for more than ten years.

"That's not a worry." Yinzhen said lightly: "After establishing the prince, I will naturally force the starling to give up, if the starling does not give up, he will be divided and elevated." Speaking of which, the corners of Yinzhen's mouth turned up slightly, the starling brother was affectionate and trustworthy, but the four brothers had an oath first, once the prince was established, while he was empty, his words were squeezed, and he was not worried that he would not comply.

This storage position has not yet arrived, the fourteenth master has thought so long, Fang Bao is also speechless, pondered for a moment and said: "The second reason that the fourteenth master said, Fang Bao is also very puzzled, the fourteenth master wants to implement the reform, that is, as a prince, can it also be implemented?" ”

Yinzhen glanced at Fang Bao, but still explained in detail and said: "Some improvements are quite controversial, as a prince, it is easy to be attacked, once it is proposed, it is likely to be shelved for a long time or cannot be passed." ”

Fang Bao couldn't help but secretly speak, what was the Fourteenth Master thinking about all day long? Listening to this tone, there are still a lot of places to be improved, the fourteenth master has already implemented the customs innovation, industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation, I really don't know, in the future, after the fourteenth master becomes the prince or ascends the throne, how many innovations will be carried out?

Seeing that Fang Bao hadn't mentioned the topic for a long time, Yinzhen opened his mouth and urged: "Sir, can there be a way to urge the emperor to publicly establish a prince?" ”

"It is not difficult for the emperor to openly establish a prince." Fang Bao groaned and said, "Clear-eyed people know that the Fourteenth Master is the best candidate for the prince, how can the emperor not know?" The key is that the emperor is reluctant to disclose the reason for the establishment of the prince.

Fang Bao thought that it was still the reason for the high merit and the master, and thought about it, if the fourteenth master is the emperor, the prestige and fame of the crown prince surpass you, what will you do? It must be uneasiness, suspicion, followed by suppression, containment!

The prestige and fame of the Fourteenth Master are now in full swing, if the sea fleets of Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are swept away, the entire South Seas are captured, Australia is occupied, and then overseas lands are opened up to divide the kings, how will the emperor deal with himself? The emperor's achievements in his life are not comparable to them, has the fourteenth master thought about it? …,

If you want the emperor to make the fourteenth master the crown prince, it is only possible to cut his authority and credit all the credits on the mold. ”

Self-cutting authority? Yinzhen couldn't help but wonder, this thing can't be done, has this issue been discussed on the battleship? How can it be brought up again, can it still be cut out of a new idea? He couldn't help but look at Fang Bao suspiciously.

Fang Bao stroked his beard very easily, and said calmly: "At this time, at that time, the fourteenth master did not dare to cut his authority before, and he was worried that it was not conducive to fighting for the prince, but now the situation has changed greatly, without the navy, the fourteenth master can also gain the upper hand, and he can please the emperor by cutting his authority, why not?"

What's more important is that the Fourteenth Master is now cutting his own authority, but it is just scattering soil in the door, confusing the eyes of outsiders, the South Ocean Fleet is far away in the South Seas, even if the Fourteenth Master hands over the navy, no one can command it, besides, the Qing Dynasty is facing the declaration of war by Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and a sea battle is about to break out.

Shanghai's Yiying factory workshop should have been gradually transferring manpower to Manila, right? Although the fourteenth master boldly took the initiative to hand over to the navy, asked to resign from the post of president of the naval academy, and handed over all the factories and workshops in Shanghai to the imperial court, this year's huge loss of millions of taels of silver, I wonder if the emperor has the courage to accept it? ”

Picking? Yinzhen's eyes couldn't help but light up, this method is good, if Kangxi dares to take over, he will become poor in half a year, a few brothers, it is estimated that no one has the ability to pick up the burden of the navy, just want to take a risk, Kangxi will definitely not give them a chance.

Fang Bao smiled smugly and said: "The fourteenth master's self-cutting authority, the emperor can also understand the fourteenth master's intentions, at that time, and then the discovery of Australia will be put on the emperor's head, and the Beijing newspaper will vigorously advocate it again, and openly establish the prince, I don't think it's a big problem." "Min