"This is outrageous!!" After the first-year banquet, Kangxi was so angry that he blew his beard and stared in the palace.
Wen Xi shrugged her shoulders, twirled an osmanthus cake made from this autumn's golden osmanthus, ate it, and said: "Having too many sons is a debt! The emperor should repay the debt he owes slowly!"
"Humph!" Kangxi shook his sleeves fiercely.
Wen Xi pinched Fu'er's cheek and said, "My daughter is still good!"
Seeing that Kangxi's anger had subsided a bit, Wen Xi asked, "When will Yinlu come back?" He went to Suzhou and Hangzhou to manage the rivers and stayed there for more than half a year. He didn't even come back when Fu'er was one year old, so he just asked someone to send him off. Here comes the first birthday gift.
Kangxi thought of Yinlu, and the last bit of anger dissipated, "It's almost over." Kangxi looked at the south, feeling quite relieved.
One month after Fuer turns one year old, Yinlu can come back from the south.
Kangxi decreed that Yinlu, the sixteenth son of the emperor who had made great contributions in river management, be granted the title of Prince of Duoluo County. .However, this throne was not obtained for free. Yinlu went south to Shandong and Jiangnan twice to manage river works, and the results were quite remarkable. And Wen Xi - he almost didn't recognize his son, who was almost tanned and looked like an African native. !
Granting the title of county king is indeed not a big deal. After all, Yinlu is now a legitimate son. The word "Yuan" in the title is the real thing that caused constant controversy in the previous dynasty. "Yuan" means "initial". It also means "the leader" and can also refer to the "root of all things". It is a quite orthodox title.
Kangxi's explanation to the outside world was that the sixteenth son of the emperor was born on the first day of the first lunar month, so he was given the title "Yuan". For the time being, he suppressed the discussions in the previous dynasty. However, regarding the word "Yuan", Wen Xi suddenly thought: Kangxi's expression The word is exactly "Ti Yuan"!
Wen Xi was wondering if her son's title had a deeper meaning. She hurriedly took out the snow lotus nourishing cream from the makeup box and gave it to her son, "This is the snow lotus cream. Remember to apply it once every morning and evening. Apply it for a few months and it's almost done!" "
Yinlu looked at the beauty cream that her mother applied every day, which was said to have a significant whitening effect. She couldn't take it on at the same time, or even if she didn't take it on! She was so embarrassed.
Wen Xi glared at him and said, "Take it! You can just wipe it secretly in private when you go back!"
Yinlu was about to cry but had no tears: "Mother, is my son really black?"
Wen Xi looked at his face carefully and said with absolute certainty: "It's comparable to the bottom of the pot."
"Bottom of the pot! Bottom of the pot!!" Fu'er immediately laughed and laughed.
Yinlu seemed to be more interested in his twelfth sister. Her facial features were a complete replica of Yu Ludai's, and her personality was also very similar. Yinlu recalled the tragic experience of being bullied by his own sister when he was young, and immediately pinched her. Fu'er's tender little face smiled and said: "Fu'er was only this big half a year ago -" Yinlu gestured with his hands to show the size of a washbasin. Then he touched Fu'er's head with his hands: "It's longer now. (chang) at least five inches!"
Wen Xi nodded and said, "Children grow up fast!" Then she suddenly felt that something was wrong with Yin Lu's words, and immediately asked with an angry face: "What does it mean to grow longer?!" Is this a word to describe people?!
"Brother, bad!" Fu'er pouted, holding her beloved small watermelon tourmaline pillow with intricate carvings in her arms, twisting and turning, and ran to her side hall.
Fu'er has a soft body, but he doesn't like soft pillows. He only likes hard pillows, and his favorite is the five-foot-long watermelon tourmaline pillow newly donated by the manufacturing office a few months ago. The craftsmanship of the manufacturing office is excellent.
Needless to say, it is carved with a continuous pattern of melons, which means descendants. The inside of watermelon tourmaline is red and green, so it is called watermelon tourmaline. The watermelon tourmaline with red and green colors on a piece of tourmaline is the best among tourmalines, so it is regarded as a tribute by the local area.
The donation was presented and when it arrived at the manufacturing office, it was made into a small tourmaline pillow.
Wen Xi likes soft silk pillows. This thing was originally intended as an ornamental thing. But Fuer took a fancy to it. Since then, she has been holding it every day, and it is not too heavy! She has also been using it all day long at night.
It’s a hard thing, but it’s not too intrusive!
Wen Xi asked the wet nurse and the nanny to follow Fu'er carefully, sitting on the daybed with her body tilted, a thick goose feather cushion sitting under her buttocks, leisurely playing with a hibiscus jade Ruyi in her hand, and said slowly: "I have been in Beijing recently.
There has been a lot of commotion here, and you must have heard about it."
A slight smile appeared on Yinlu's wheat-colored face: "Fourth brother is doing a good job." Although he praised him like this, Yinlu became more and more vigilant in his heart. Emperor Ama ordered him to manage the river and ordered fourth brother to pay off the debts.
It is one of the most important errands. Yinlu naturally knows that Huang Ama is really training him, so does he treat his fourth brother the same way?
During the debt settlement, there were countless impeachment memorials, but Huang Ama ignored them. This was a clear indication that he wanted to support his fourth brother! Since he was a child, this forbearing and capable brother has always been his target.
A goal that must be surpassed! Thinking of this, Yinlu's determination to refuse to admit defeat arose again.
"You can just take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty. Just remember one thing, if you want to fight, you must fight openly and openly, and don't use ** methods! Looking at the former eldest brother and eighth brother, they should
I understand." Wen Xi said earnestly. The eldest brother used assassination, witchcraft and other unsavory methods.
, all cut off the possibility of becoming a great leader.
Yinlu said seriously: "My son understands! Don't worry, Eniang!"
Regarding Yin Lu's political methods, Wen Xi is relatively reassured. She has no political acumen, but she can still see some major issues clearly, and she can also teach her son a little bit. As long as he doesn't go wrong on the general road, and on the details.
Just ask him to decide what to do.
"That's right!" Wen Xi immediately straightened her face and asked with squinted eyes: "I heard that you brought back several concubines?!"
"Um..." Yinlu smiled coquettishly, "Local officials are filial, and it's hard for my son to criticize them too much!"
When Yinlu went south to take charge of the river course, he not only managed the river, but more importantly, the officials sent out to the river course were corrupt! The quality of the river course was closely related to the corruption of the officials who managed the river course. The imperial court spent millions of taels on the river course every year.
This technique has little effect. Therefore, rivers in Shandong, Suzhou and Hangzhou often have problems, and the key lies in corrupt officials.
To deal with these moths, naturally we cannot use strong tactics as soon as they come up. They have a lot of filial piety and money, and beauty is naturally indispensable. In order to paralyze these officials, Yinlu naturally cannot refuse, not to mention that he came out without any concubines...
"Hmph!!" Yinlu went south twice to manage the river. He was entrusted with important tasks by Kangxi. Naturally, he could not bring his wife and concubines with him. Wenxi, the son's needs in all aspects, had also inherited from his father, and he always had a soft spot for beauties.
Refuse!
When Yinlu went to Shandong for the first time, Yang Guangrong, the governor of the river, was dismissed. Thirteen river officials including Li Wanshan, the governor of the river, and Fuli, the general of the river, were sentenced to death. More than 20 people were exiled and their homes were ransacked. All of them were impeached by Yinlu.
Kangxi personally issued the order.
In the spring of the same year, he ordered Yinlu to go south to Suzhou and Hangzhou. Naturally, the local officials were trembling with fear and worked harder to please. Yinlu accepted the filial piety offered to him like a veteran, and he spent a long time living and drinking before suddenly taking action.
He Ji, Zeng Yun and a dozen other officials were killed again. In the capital, Yinzhen was the king of debt collectors, but in the south of the Yangtze River, Yinlu's reputation was probably no better than that of Yinzhen.
"That's it!" Wen Xi also knew that her son couldn't resist. Looking at his thin and dark face, Wen Xi couldn't help but blame him, "Go back home, Hongxian will call you 'Ama', you haven't seen it yet.
Just a glance!" Hongzhao was the second son of Niuyan, a concubine in Yinlu's mansion. Yinlu went south twice and only briefly saw his son once.
Yinlu nodded and said with a smile: "Seventeenth brother and sister have been married to Yinli for five years, and they are finally pregnant. I hope I can have a legitimate son in one fell swoop!"
Wen Xi was filled with worries when she thought of Bi'er's pregnancy. Although Yinli and Bi'er were already twenty years old, Wen Xi's heart was always convulsed. After all, they were closely related. Wen Xi had no intention of telling her son.
After hearing something, he sent him out of the palace, and asked Zhu'er to bring some rewards to the Niuyan family and Hongxian.
There are quite a few concubines in the Yinlu Mansion, but none of them have ever been promoted to the rank of concubine. Therefore, Lutong is already the only concubine in the Yuanjun Palace, and has given birth to the second elder brother, Niuyan.
She was still a concubine. As usual, a concubine could not raise her own children, so after Hongxian was full moon, she was taken in and raised by Guarjia.
When Yinlu returned to the capital, he was sent by Kangxi to the Ministry of Personnel. Among the six departments, the Ministry of Finance was in charge of finances, the Ministry of Personnel was in charge of officials, and the Ministry of War was in charge of soldiers. They were all particularly dangerous places. In the past, the Ministry of Personnel was Yinhu's territory.
Xu was left out by Kangxi, and Kangxi replaced most of the ministers who were under Shangshu Dao of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now it is a good time for Yinlu to fight for it.
As for Yinli, he was sent by Kangxi to serve in the Hanlin Academy after the division of the government. It was a very leisurely and aristocratic place, so Yinli made friends with many literati. In addition, he didn't like to put on airs, so he liked music and music.
Compared with Prince Cheng's pseudo-Qingke, Yinli was also a real Qingqi, because he had never sought any official position for the literati of his Baylor House.
The days passed leisurely, and on the fifteenth day, Guarjia came into the palace to say hello. After chatting with Wen Xi for a while, Wen Xi casually asked, "Why didn't you bring Hongxian and Mi'er into the palace today?"
Come?"
Guarjia said with a hint of joy on her eyebrows: "Empress, my wife is here to announce the good news. My daughter-in-law has not thought about eating and drinking these days, so she sent the imperial doctor to have a look, and she was diagnosed to be one and a half months pregnant.
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Wen Xi lowered her eyebrows and calculated that it had only been two months since Yinlu came back...Ci'ao, little brat, is quite a stud! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes)
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