The farce of Kangxi's forty years in September has finally passed, and after the old man Kangxi issued an edict announcing that he would not establish a prince, the noisy court completely calmed down, and the big guy should do what he should do, and the entire court returned to its former order. The most unlucky in this series of farces are the two brothers of the former prince Yinren and the eldest brother Yinren, both of whom are kept in captivity in the palace, one is imprisoned in Xian'an Palace, and the other is a long-abandoned partial palace, and the grass on the ground is almost half a person high; The other was simply locked up in the upper courtyard, that is, the stable of the old man Kangxi.

In addition to the eldest and the second, the two unlucky eggs, the old thirteen was also very injured, although he was not in captivity, but the old man issued an edict - the old thirteen were not allowed to enter the palace to see him without the edict, which was tantamount to pronouncing the political death sentence of the old thirteen, and the old thirteen who had no prospects completely devoted himself to the camp of the fourth.

The eighth child did not get a bargain in this turmoil, since he was reprimanded by the old man, and was taught a hard lesson by Yinzuo, he simply said that he was sick at home, and he didn't even go to the court, but the matter of contacting the court officials in private never stopped, a big banquet on the third day, a drink on the fifth day, and there are still many court officials who come and go to the old eight's mansion.

The old fourteen was also taught a lesson by the old man because of collusion with the courtiers, although he was not punished much, but he was also punished to kneel outside the noon gate for a long time, and he felt a big loss of face, although he did not completely die of the heart of fighting for the throne, but he was much more careful when he did things, and he was not as unscrupulous and arrogant as before, and since then he has been getting closer and closer to Yinzuo, and he ran to Yinzuo's mansion if he had nothing to do.

The third Yinzhi and Yinzuo are considered to be neither losing nor earning, neither punished nor benefited, and they are considered to be a draw. What really benefited from this turmoil was Yinzhen, who kept shouting for the abolished prince Yinren, and won a "loyalty and filial piety" praise from the old man.

The court bureau has gone through more than two months smoothly or even plainly, and the New Year is about to be celebrated in the sky, and the Beijing division is busy, and there are people buying New Year's goods everywhere, and several Zhuangzi under the name of Yinzuo are also busy sending local products to the palace, such as roe deer, sika deer, pheasant, pine mushroom, etc., and the whole palace is busy putting up lights. The big guys are busy enough, only Yinzuo is very leisurely, according to his theory - each has its own division of labor, and all the things in the family are in charge of Lan Yue'er, and the housekeeper will help it.

At this time, Yinzuo already has six children - the eldest son Hongli, the second son Hongyang, the third son Hongchen, the fourth son Hongliang, the fifth son Hongning, and the eldest daughter Yixue. Hongli and Hongliang were born to Qiu Ju; The third son, Hongchen, was born to Wang Xifeng; The fifth son, Hongning, was born to Chunlan. The son has five, but the daughter is only Yixue, and Xiao Yixue looks like a pink carving, and her small mouth is sweet, which makes Yinzuo like it very much.

Xiao Yixue is lively and active, as soon as she arrived in the back garden, she immediately broke out of Yinzuo's arms, running around in the snow, busy building snowmen, playing alone, and pulling Yinzuo to fight in the snow, giggling laughter floated around in the back garden, a touching scene of deep father-daughter love. While playing, a little maid hurriedly came and said breathlessly: "Master, the holy decree has arrived, please go and receive the decree." ”

Hey, what is the old man going to reward, should it be the sentence "I am very comforted" again? But whoever is a son during the New Year and the festival will send some gifts to all parts of the palace, and the emperor Lao Tzu will also reward some gifts, of course, the rewards are nothing more than some jade ruyi and other gadgets, which is just the emperor's grace, and it is not a big deal, Yinzuo didn't take it to heart at all, and said casually: "I know, let Liu Quan open the middle door, and the king will go." He turned around and greeted Xiao Yixue: "Don't run around, Ama will go back when she goes." Xiao Yixue was having a good time, and she didn't pay much attention to Yinzuo, waved her little hand that was red from the cold, signaled that she knew, and laughed to herself and built a snowman. Yinzuo touched Xiao Yixue's head lovingly, turned around and walked out of the gate.

It was Yinzuo's old acquaintance Li Dequan who came to deliver the decree, and when he saw Yinzuo coming out, he nodded to Yinzuo with a smile, and after Yinzuo knelt down, he unfolded the holy decree and preached loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Yinzuo, the king of Yijun, is loyal to the country, and he is specially promoted to Prince Yi, and he is sent by the Ministry of Labor...... Chin this. ”

Well? The old man promoted our title for no reason, this New Year's red envelope is too big, it's greasy. Yinzuo listened to the decree in disbelief, got up, took the decree with both hands with a smile, casually stuffed a thousand taels of silver ticket into Li Dequan's hand, and asked seemingly casually: "Father-in-law has worked hard, do you want to go into the house to have a drink to warm up?" ”

Li Dequan said with a smile: "Congratulations to the prince, the slave has also received a decree from other elder brothers' mansions, so I have thanked the prince for the wine." ”

Oh, it's not just us who has been promoted, well, it's weird, what kind of fame is the old man, there was no rumor in advance, and suddenly the reward came up, what do you want to do? Think the situation is too stable and boring? Yinzuo's mind moved quickly, but he said with a smile on his face: "Cheng, you go first, and when you go back, the king will let someone send you wine and food." Qin Wuyong is gradually getting a little old, and it is very likely that this Li Dequan will take over the position of the eunuch Si Li, and Yinzuo is still very polite to Li Dequan. Li Dequan thanked Yinzuo with a smile, and led a few little eunuchs to hurry away, Yinzuo stood at the gate and thought for a while, turned around and entered the house, and convened the two major strategists to discuss the matter.

After the reorganization, the efficiency of the "Honghu" was extremely high, but the news came back in just over half an hour: this time, a total of five elder brothers were promoted to the knighthood - the third elder brother Yinzhi was promoted to Prince Fengcheng, and the envoy of the Ministry of Rites; The fourth elder brother Yinzhen was crowned the king of Yongjun and sent an envoy to the household department; The eighth elder brother Yinxi was promoted to the king of Lian County, and did not send an envoy; The fourteenth elder brother Yinyu gave the seal to the mountain Beizi, and the assistant military envoy.

Damn, what is the old man doing, the prince is giving it away? They all sent envoys, what kind of thing is this? Hmm, only the eighth didn't send an envoy, hey, interesting, isn't this planning to let the eighth make a mess for the big guys? Depend on! What does the old man want to do? Examining heirs? There is such a possibility, but the old man can live for many years, and there is no need to make such a move at this time, and the old man only took over the power in the thirty-sixth year, and it has not been a few years before he coldly relinquishes power, could it be that the old man is tired of politics? Yinzuo frowned and thought for a while, but he still couldn't think about it, and looked at the two strategists who were also pondering suspiciously.

"The Holy Lord is going to make the final examination for the elder brothers, and the heir in the heart of the Holy Lord is among these five elder brothers, but there is a difference, although the third master is elegant and erudite, he is just weak; The Fourteenth Master can be martial but not literate, but it is an extreme, these two will not be candidates for the tacit determination of the Sacred Heart, but they are just foils. The fourth master is resolute, but his luck has always been poor and he has not made much achievements, but his spiritual leader who is not afraid of failure has a number in his heart; The eighth master is good at communication, has a very high reputation among the courtiers, and is quite popular; As for the prince, although he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, there is also an element of luck, although the saint values it, he has to look at it again. In Yi Lihe's view, the saint is investigating who is the most suitable candidate for the prince, the fourth master, and the eighth master. Lin Xuanyi was the first to speak.

Well, it makes sense, but it's too early for the old man to start this now, the old man is only forty-eight years old, and it is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, could it be that the old man has a hidden disease? Impossible, right? Yinzuo suddenly thought of this possibility, and couldn't help but panic in his heart, but this kind of speculation was too shocking, Yinzuo did not reveal it to the two strategists, and planned to let the "dark arrow" go out to check the old man's medical records.

"Brother Lihe's words are reasonable, but according to Yulu, what the Holy Lord really wants to investigate is the prince and the fourth master, and the eighth master is just a whetstone, and not sending an envoy is the proof." Wu Sidao said coldly: "If Yulu is not bad, the fourth master will show his skills." ”

Well, Wu Sidao's analysis should be closer to reality than Lin Xuanyi's, the eighth is the life of a whetstone, but the eighth may not accept his fate, and there will really be a good show to watch next. Hey, the fourth child wants to show his talents, what tricks can he do? Salt Administration? It's already over, hey, as soon as our shipping is opened, the salt policy is no longer the focus of the imperial court's tax revenue, and the household department has long been planning to reduce the salt tax and let go of the salt introduction, and there is nothing to do with this part; Although the grain road has been returned to the household department, the overall plan has long been completed, and the fourth child can't make any big moves, well, by the way, why didn't we forget that stubble, damn, there is a good show to watch. Yinzuo's heart moved, and he smiled and said: "The big thing that Mr. Wu said, I'm afraid that it will be spread into the mu, and the officials and gentry will pay the grain in one piece, right?" ”

At the beginning, Yinzuo planned to pit the fourth child, and gave the fourth child a plan, which was to spread the ding into the mu and the official gentry to pay the grain, but I didn't expect the fourth child to be very calm, and he didn't go to the book for many years, Yinzuo almost forgot about it, and Wu Sidao immediately woke up, but he still had doubts in his heart - this fold is good, but it really wants to be implemented, and immediately offended all the courtiers, and the resistance between them is so great that it makes people's scalp tingle when they think about it, not to mention that the old eight bear the brunt of it, and they definitely want to jump out and obstruct it. The old man is a good-looking person, this fold must be a failure in the end, will the fourth child do such a thankless thing?

"Yes, that's it, now I can't help the fourth master not to fight, no matter which aspect the fourth master can't compare to the prince for the time being, if you can't make a difference, the fourth master has no hope at all, Yulu is sure that the fourth master will definitely make a move, and the time is chosen when the prince is attacked." Wu Sidao said with certainty.

Attack? What's the attack? Who attacked us? The eighth? Fourth? Third? Yinzuo was full of confusion, and he couldn't understand what Wu Sidao meant. Seeing Yinzuo's confused look, Wu and Lin both laughed, and Lin Xuanyi said with a smile: "Although the prince has done nothing wrong, he is not invulnerable, where is the key to shipping?" ”

The key to sea freight? What does this mean, there are many key things, policy, fleet, sailors, crew, customs...... Well? Customs! Yin Zuo suddenly remembered something, his heart sank suddenly, and the words blurted out: "Shi Shilun? ”

Wu Sidao and Lin Xuanyi didn't speak, but each nodded. Yinzuo fell into deep thought with some concern......

The Eight Masters' Mansion is very lively today, the court officials who come to congratulate are endless, and dozens of tables are set up for the flowing water banquet alone, and the old Eight and one brothers are busy before and after, and the courtiers who come to congratulate are a little hoarse, and they can't complain that the old man is excited - he was slapped hard by the old man, and most of the dark manpower was wiped out by Yinzuo, and when he was sad, a big pie suddenly fell from the sky, and the old man coldly skipped the fifth and seventh, and rewarded him with a hat of the king of the county, so he couldn't help but be unhappy.

It was late at night, and finally sent away all the officials who came to congratulate him, and the old eight brothers had time to sit down and discuss which play the old man was singing. Lao Jiu, Lao Shi is happy today, he has already been drunk, except for the mouth full of congratulations, he can't say anything, although the eighth child has also drunk a lot of wine, but at this time he is still a little sober, happy, he can't help but have some doubts in his heart, but he doesn't know what the old man wants to do, only Wen Ruihe is very sober, since the edict was issued, Wen Ruihe hid in the study and meditated, at this time his heart has already been bottomed, looking at the elated three brothers, and said coldly: "The saint is going to finalize the heir." ”

A simple sentence suddenly drove away all the drunkenness of the old eight gang, and they each looked at Wen Ruihe with wide eyes. Wen Ruihe continued with a calm face: "The situation is not too good for the eighth master, one careless is a loss, and now there is only one way to go......"

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