Finally, it was the turn of the fourth elder brother.

After returning from the Mobei campaign, Kangxi became more and more impressed by this son - whether it was calm and resolute on the battlefield, calm and adaptable at critical moments, or returning from the battle, in the face of filial piety in the mausoleum of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, he all felt the changes in Yinzhen.

The fourth child is indeed growing up - becoming more and more calm.

Kangxi still remembers that he once reprimanded Yinzhen, saying that he was "moody and impatient".

It is precisely because of this that when the imperial concubine Tong Jiashi was leaving, she still held his hand tightly, begging him to give the fourth elder brother a little more patience.

His mind turned back to his eyes, Kangxi watched Yinzhen come forward, and saw him give up again.

He originally thought that the kid was going to say something, but who knew that the fourth elder brother lowered his head and took out a book from his arms and folded it out.

The eunuch presented it, and Kangxi received it in his hand, only to notice that the book was folded warmly, and it also carried the body temperature in the arms of the fourth elder brother.

He directly turned the first page, and saw that it was full of various countermeasures: for example, raising the monthly silver of Manchurian soldiers, setting up a new leader, allowing idle people to wear armor and work as errands, solving the funeral of soldiers who died in battle, and the problems of poor soldiers marrying wives and housing.

Each one is in the vernacular, without any carved rhetoric.

Be honest and earnest.

Kangxi watched from above, and the fourth elder brother waited quietly below.

A few brothers next to you, you look at me, I look at you.

In fact, the matter of the Eight Banners has been a grievance for a long time - it was fine when the Shunzhi Dynasty was in front of him, but since the twenty years of Kangxi, the livelihood of the Eight Banners has gradually become a problem.

As the internal gap between the rich and the poor became more and more serious, the so-called "support to death, starvation to death", many soldiers fell into usury.

Some soldiers even had to pay interest on loan sharks when they got more than half of their monthly money.

If you don't have money, you can't marry a wife, and you don't have a burial place after you die.

The servants of the Eight Banners are in the same group of people as them, and most of them are in a more difficult situation, and some even have white affairs at home, and they can't even hold a funeral in the past.

This matter was actually mentioned by the master in the study, and there were oral exam questions.

However, the master didn't spend too much time discussing this, and the brothers naturally heard it.

Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road - this kind of scene has existed in all dynasties, not only in the Qing Dynasty.

If you talk about the long-standing shortcomings of the Eight Banners, you can't make an article, and it's easy to offend people.

Why bother?

And then when he went to court later, it was actually not that the minister mentioned it.

However, Kangxi didn't pay attention to it - if he really did, there would be no such thing as the Eight Banners riot this time.

So after hearing about this and being summoned to the palace by Huang Ama, all the elder brothers thought about was to deal with it verbally.

No one expected that the fourth elder brother would already have a book fold - from the study to Kangxi, the road was not far, and there was no other time to write on the road.

The fourth child has obviously been prepared for a long time.

For a while, even the crown prince glanced at the fourth elder brother several times.

Good for you, fourth!

Seeing that Kangxi's face was unwavering, his eyes swept over the music in front of him, and for a while, the hall was silent, and everyone held their breath.

The eighth elder brother raised his head slightly, and saw that Kangxi's face was as cold as frost, and his brows gradually wrinkled tighter and tighter.

Eyes like electricity.

The eighth elder brother was shocked, and immediately retracted his gaze, but it was too late - he only felt that the look of Emperor Ama was extremely cold, cold, as if he wanted to see through the hearts of all the elder brothers in this palace.

The eighth elder brother clenched the fingers hanging in his sleeve slightly, only to hear his heart beating fast and fast, as if it was about to burst out of his chest.

He didn't dare to make any more moves.

After another moment, I only heard a soft "snap" from the imperial case above, and it was Kangxi who put the song on the table.

He propped up the corner of the table with one hand, looked at the fourth elder brother for a long time, and then said, "Tell me about it." ”

The fourth elder brother's heartbeat was a little fast, but his face was not half revealed, but he calmly took another step forward, and said without humility or arrogance: "Return to the words of Emperor Ama." Regarding the matter of the Eight Banners, Yinzhen had also heard the master mention it before, and he went to Shanxi for disaster relief a while ago, which was quite touching and emotional. Yinzhen remembered that when he was young, Huang Ama once said - if you are not careful, you will worry about the world; If you don't understand it, it will be a hundred years of trouble......"

We must be thoughtful and cautious in doing things, because if we are not careful, we may cause the people's worries and a hundred years of suffering.

This is a reprimand that Kangxi once gave to his brothers, but he only said it verbally once.

The eldest brother and the crown prince can't remember it at all.

When Kangxi heard this, his heart was also shocked, but he didn't expect his words to be remembered by Yinzhen.

He still remembers that his exclamation was issued when he set up the Taiwan Prefecture and governed the three counties of Taiwan, Fengshan, and Zhuluo.

How old was Yinzhen at that time?

This child is remembered to this day.

Kangxi slowly raised his head and glanced at Yinzhen deeply.

Everyone in the hall only listened to the fourth elder brother and continued: "Huang Ama's teachings, Yinzhen thinks it is true, and always keep it in mind. I even thought: The matter of the Eight Banners has been a grievance for a long time, and now there are only some of these four or five thousand people, who are only afraid of those who really have the heart of rioting...... The number of tens of thousands is unknown. ”

As soon as these words came out, several old ministers in the palace were a little moved.

The eldest brother couldn't hold it back, and took a step forward and said, "Fourth! Don't be alarmist! ”

Yinzhen turned around slightly, arched his hand to the eldest brother, with a brotherly and brotherly expression, and said sincerely: "Big brother, Yinzhen is not alarmist, this matter should not be underestimated." ”

He turned around again, his eyes were firm and clear, he boldly met Kangxi's gaze, and said loudly: "Huang Ama, my son has already gone to the relevant department to check—and now in the Jingshi area, there are 8,530 soldiers in the Eight Banners who have no houses. These people live without a fixed place, they are poor and helpless, plus they have been adults for a long time, they have been unable to marry a wife for a long time, their lives are miserable, they are sick, they are hungry and cold, and in order to survive, even fights and knife killings have occurred repeatedly, what is the riot to these people?

He paused, hesitated slightly, and said decisively: "It can be seen that over the years, the customs of the Eight Banners have been weakened, and my son thinks that it is better to be mellow and thick." ”

As soon as the fourth elder brother's words came out, several old ministers next to him secretly glanced at the look on Kangxi's face.

In fact, this kind of thinking is not unthinkable.

But just think about it, no one dares to really say it in front of Kangxi - after all, it involves the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the scope is too wide.

Yin Zhen arched his hand and said: "My son thinks that Huang Ama is better outside the city, according to the direction of each flag, build 2,000 houses per chess, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners without a house will give each person a room, and they are not allowed to buy or sell. This is also one of the countermeasures proposed by the son in the son. ”

Kangxi sat on the dragon seat, and the glass screen facing south played a row of bright soft light, which was when the sun was setting, and the soft light was reflected on the placket of Kangxi's chest, mottled and brilliant.

Kangxi stared at the fourth elder brother and said slowly: "Fourth, go on." ”