Chapter 13 The thirteenth chapter, fearing Yan Qiang, Yinxiang strives to stand out and knock on the wooden bell in Yuyuan to imitate the braying of the donkey

When the two of them returned to the post house, Yinzhen ordered the food and ate a few mouthfuls indiscriminately. Yinzhen rinsed his mouth and saw Yinxiang half-slanted on the easy chair, as if he was a different person, staring blankly at the beams in a daze, Yin smiled and said, "I've never seen you live so peacefully. What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking about the starling." Yinxiang stroked his forehead and took a deep breath, "If you say he is a hypocrite, sometimes he really looks like a good person. If you say he is a good person, there are nine and ten brothers..." He wanted to say Fourteen Brother Yinti, but Yinti is Yinzhen's compatriot, so he changed his words: "...there is a large group, like Kui Xu, A Ling'a, Wang Hongxu, what kind of bastard bastards are there in Orondai? They hang around him all day!" "Really?" Yinzhen smiled, "As far as I see, he is still virtuous and tolerant. Let alone you and me, including the prince, ten are not worth one of him. But good people do It’s too much, and it’s inevitable that fish and dragons will be mixed up around you—don’t worry about him, this person is very clear-eyed!”

Yinxiang snorted, and said coldly: "What should I worry about for him? I'm worried about you! He wins people's hearts over there, and you blindly offend people here. It's all right if the prince really accepts your love , but this second master is unwilling to take four or two responsibilities on his body, so what will happen in the future?" Yinzhen couldn't help but nodded, and bowed his head to drink tea without saying a word.Yinxiang said again: "That year when Prince Narsu came to Beijing, he gave the crown prince a little gift. The crown prince wanted to punish him, and caught his mistake of using the Minghuang paperweight, but asked you to be imprisoned and punished in the clan mansion. He got drunk in Yuqing Palace, molested the nobles in front of the emperor, screwed up the pot, and poured red-crowned cranes into others when he couldn't help it. He couldn't bear it when he died, so he told you to tell Niang Niang that in the emperor's life Talk to me. We were collecting donations in Anhui, which caused fires and smoke in every village. There are so many gossips in Beijing, and the prince has not come forward to seek justice for us..."

"Hush——" Seeing that Yinxiang was talking more and more vigorously, Yinzhen hurriedly made a hand gesture, "Beware that the wall has ears!" As he spoke, he went out to have a look, but saw the shadow of the moon and the clouds, and the shadows of the trees like a wall, and there was no one there, so he returned Turning around, he said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Yinxiang shook his head sadly, and said, "It's not that I'm talking nonsense while drinking, it's really chilling to be with such a master! Like tonight, it's such a big show. What do you mean? Who is playing tricks in there? Fourth brother, you are alert and not fooled. If you really ask the officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to write a secret copy of the censor, will the second brother be willing to come out and explain it for us?—— I have already seen through your mind, you are going to take this job from the Ministry of Households. Try to offend so many people and let it go. But what do you expect to get in exchange for this loyalty?"

Yin Zhen was calm on the surface, but his heart was churning violently.What he did tonight was actually for the emperor and the prince to see.It also made Baiguan know that he does not care about success or failure, so he is determined to clear up the debts of the household department.Originally, I thought that this rough and breezy thirteenth brother might not be able to understand the deep meaning, but unexpectedly, he was deeper than I saw! "Why don't you speak?" Yinxiang suddenly became annoyed, "Am I not speaking properly?" "You're right at all." Yinzhen sighed, "I'm already riding on the back of a tiger, how can I get off so easily? Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the prince is getting more and more unhappy. It's no wonder he asked him to supervise He has no authority in the country; he approves memorials, and there is a study room in front of the emperor-he himself is not up to date. Some people just see this one, and block the roads everywhere, making it difficult for people to walk. You know best, how can I? What's the 'party'? It's too bad to be blamed. Who can avoid it? Now that he is the prince, he will inevitably ask him for instructions. Boss, what kind of reputation? So I can only walk to the dark in front of a dead horse! Thirteenth brother, you just swallowed it, and even the old fourteenth is on the same mind as everyone. What are you talking about tonight? For the sake of it, I also simply said: I am ready to be a lonely minister, imprisoned by a high wall. The current situation is extremely dangerous, you have to keep it—one day you can confess my heart for me, and it will be worthwhile to know my heart Brothers..." He spoke eloquently, and his eyes turned red when he said this.But the spark of emotion was only a flash, and he quickly regained his composure, and took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened.

Yinxiang stood up abruptly, pacing back and forth impatiently.After a while, he stood still, turned around and said, "This is really a heartfelt statement. But as far as I see, it must be adjusted, maybe it's another situation!" "Well?" "I've thought about this for a long time." Yinxiang said, "I can't compare to you. I have been lonely since I was a child. I have a mother, and I don't know why. How angry is my brother, even a eunuch with a certain status dares to spoil me." His eyes suddenly filled with tears, "...When I was young, my brothers studied in Yuqing Palace. The same can't endorse books, and others will be fine if they are sick. I If you want to sue for illness, you have to shut down the empty house and extinguish the fire, crying until you die, and no one cares about it. The elder brother and the prince made trouble, and Da Da only punished me to kneel on my behalf. The emperor sent Keshi (reward), what did you say 'Rong Si Suirangli', I have the least share. Together with the guards, they beat Buku, and also used me as a practice pose. When I fell, I vomited blood and listened to my brothers laughing at me." At this point, tears welled up in my eyes, "Fourteenth brother Born in the same year as me, you are a mother, I don't say anything. You can tell by comparing me with him-people say that I have the same personality as him, only he is generous and I am stingy. Fourth brother, I am generous What? The money given to me by the clan's mansion every year is less than half that of others, saying that I have no relatives... no rewards, and the eunuchs don't want to follow me!" Yin Xiang burst into tears, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and stared at him Looking at the dark night outside, he murmured to himself: "Do you remember that year on June 6th? The prince couldn't memorize the books, and under the poisonous sun, he punished me to kneel on the stone steps in front of Yuqing Palace. Angry and helpless, I let go of my anger, and heard that they still laughed at me as 'really useless'!... When I woke up, I was already in your arms, and I just said, 'It would be nice to have a tree'. I remember you were still crying—it was only after these years that I realized that trees are never allowed to be planted in the palace, and you are my shade tree! Without you, it would be hard for me to live to this day!"

Yinzhen was deeply shocked by his words, grabbed Yinxiang's hand, and sighed: "What are you talking about these past events, it makes people feel like a knife is cut out of your heart! About your mother... I just tell you In a word, you are a very good person. Baori Longmei, the princess of Tuxietu Mongolian Great Khan, is more valuable than any empress. I am afraid that only Wansui knows what happened to her later, but she is definitely not guilty. If she is guilty, there will be an imperial edict. ... Now that you have grown up, who dares to bully you now?" "I told them to bully me so much that I became an iron man. If they pick my nose, I dare to pick their eyes!" Yinxiang said, "Tonight I will I don’t say these things because of my misery. I think it’s still too late for you to keep something. You just think about me, and you have to keep yourself. So I will do the job of the Ministry of Accounts in the front, and you can take a step back—fuck Damn, anyway, I'm a broken jar, if I drop it a little more, it's still a broken jar, what's the matter?" Yinxiang's words were sincere and sincere, like thunder and lightning, and every sentence was resounding.Yinzhen's face became even paler, and he shook his hand tightly and said, "Good brother, let us share the difficulties!"

On the morning of the second day, Kangxi met Yinzhen and Yinxiang in Danningju.The old emperor looked very melancholy, and asked them about their business affairs in Anhui. He did not speak for a long time, but walked slowly with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he sat down with a sigh and said, "You want to control the river outside, This idea is good. But now there is no money, everything is empty talk. In case of national crisis, we can get a little from the salt merchants, and put it in Anhui province. Below Gansu and Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, and Shanxi, this method may not be possible. It all works. It will be cured this year, and it will be decided next year. Can we use this method again? No... Listening to you, I feel that the crown prince asked you to come back. In fact, I have made a decision over and over again, and it has nothing to do with their complaint. "As he said, he turned his face to stare at Yinzhen Yinxiang who was kneeling down, and said earnestly: "There are many evils accumulated, and we have to deal with them one by one. Now that the holy way is prosperous, we need to find some masters to lecture on the scriptures. Learn as much as you want. How easy is it to talk about doing practical things instead of empty words? I place high hopes on your brother."

"Huang Ama's hadith is very clear." Yinzhen straightened his body slightly, and said calmly, "I saw it below, and it was just like what the emperor said. The fact that officials are governing is shocking. Besides, it is land annexation, rich people People and scholars are desperate to buy land with the help of tax exemption, and small families are also willing to sell it at a low price as their tenants to avoid national taxes. Those who have no land at all have to pay small taxes. I want to stay in Anhui, and I also want to do a field trip to find a way to increase income and reduce expenditure, and to rectify the bureaucracy, so as to share the worries of Ama." Then he talked about the situation of Jiangxia Liu Banu's rich and wealthy, but avoided The relationship between the ninth elder brother Yinhu and the eighth brother Yinhu.

Kangxi listened very intently, did not interrupt a word, just stared at the paperweight on the case with piercing eyes, and said for a long time: "I know. There is no way to annex the land. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, as long as there is no revolution, no one can do anything about it. I originally wanted to measure the land of the whole country and pay taxes according to the land, so as to buffer it, but the officials are not clear, and the numbers sent are all fake. Everything has to be done by officials, and government by officials is a real article!" Yin Xiang Hearing this, the atmosphere of the emperor's meeting today was far from what I thought last night, so I couldn't help but laugh at myself as a mediocre person, and said in protest: "Since Long Live knows, why don't you use your might to fight the dragon? Responsibility for six ministries and divisions, clearing up item by item?"

"Oh? You are young and strong, and you are very ambitious!" Kangxi's eyes flickered slightly, "Young man, there are three things in the family, let's start with the tight ones. Mencius said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. If you are not careful, you will do it Broken. Only good intentions fail, Wang Anshi is an example! You first enrich the treasury, and then start with the officials, appoint virtuous ministers and reject villains, and the officials are governed, the land is cleared, mergers will be slow, and donations will be collected. The collection is fair, and there are fewer unjust prisons... Clearing up the deficit, and paying off the debts, what else is there to talk about?" Yinzhen lay on the ground chewing Kangxi's words word by word, but his heart was different. What a taste: There are so many letters to and from, but Kangxi's meaning is not mentioned at all. Is it because I don't know at all, or... While thinking wildly, Kangxi smiled and asked: "Yinzhen heard that you left the banquet last night without eating? "

Yinzhen didn't expect Kangxi to be so well-informed, so he was taken aback and hurriedly said: "This is true. My son is not cautious, please punish me!" When Khan came, he only scratched the cracks of the bricks with both hands and said nothing, but he heard Kangxi say again: "You probably don't know, you are gone, I don't know who made it difficult, the firecrackers drove the horses and rushed a group of officials to cry, so their mothers turned their backs on their backs, right? "Yinzhen glanced at Yinxiang secretly, kowtowed quickly and said: "I don't know about this matter. But the matter was caused by my son, and my son can hardly escape the blame. I beg the emperor to punish him!" "What crime am I punishing you?" Kangxi laughed loudly, and said, "It's good, it's a good one! I had a decree long ago, and the imperial envoys returned to Beijing. The six ministries are not allowed to hold banquets, and all officials are not allowed to have a private relationship with the emperor's elder brother. Make friends! Brother Huang, I really want to have a few people who are invulnerable to fire and water, and give this group of dirty officials in Wentian martial arts some color!" Seeing Kangxi happy, Yinxiang knelt forward and said: "Son He took the cleaning of the household department very lightly, and after some enlightenment from his father, he suddenly realized. Yesterday, I heard from Yinhu that Shi Shilun went to the department vigorously and resolutely, and has returned to the situation before his sons were sent to Anhui. For the sake of the mountain, we cannot fall short. Today I have received the decree, and tomorrow my son will go to the Ministry to supervise the affairs, and the crown prince and the fourth brother will just sit on the bench and supervise!" Kangxi said with a smile: "You can go to the crown prince to discuss these details. After nine On the Lunar Festival, I went to Chengde, and if I can handle this errand before I leave, I won’t have any state affairs to worry about during the Chinese New Year—you kneel down, and I will see the people from the Ministry of Punishment in a while to discuss the major issues of this autumn.” The two of them withdrew from Tanning Residence, and it was past time.It's almost autumn, and the paths in the garden are gradually falling leaves. Xing Nian, the deputy head of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, is supervising dozens of eunuchs, with long brooms, some stick to cicadas, some sweep the road, see them The brothers came hand in hand, and hurriedly turned sideways to give way.The two of them ignored it, and went straight to see Li Dequan, the deputy capital chief eunuch, coming over, and said to Yinzhen, "Your lord, my slave please greet me!" "Well," Yinzhen replied slowly, seeing that Li Dequan hesitated to speak, he asked, "What's the matter?" Li Dequan smiled apologetically, "It's nothing serious. Gao Fu'er came from the mansion just now, and he couldn't come in." Yuanzi, ask the servant to report back to the fourth master, saying that there is a dog named dog in the mansion, who is angry with people in the fourth archway, and asked Shuntian mansion to take it." Yinxiang laughed and said: "What a big deal, just run away Go to the garden and ask Gao Fuer to get him back?" Li Dequan laughed and said, "That's true. It's just that Mr. Fan has taken some medicine and refused to let him go. , he will go again." Yin Zhen's face changed color when he listened, Shuntian Mansion Yin Fan Shijie had always been decent with his face, why did he openly embarrass himself?Could it be because of the banquet last night?But it seems like he didn't come yesterday? ... He pondered for a while with a blank face, and said: "This dog Kaner and a pair of hozens, there is not a day when they don't find trouble for me!" Hozen borrowed the envoys from the Ministry of Household Affairs! But I like them innocent and chaotic! Lao Li, tell Gao Fuer to go back to the mansion, but you sent someone to send a message to Fan Shijie, saying that I want to see him! I lost my host last time, Ask him to pay it back!" After saying that, the two left. Yunsong Pavilion, where Prince Yinreng works, is not far away. Along the ultra-handy corridor, there is a rockery pond. In an old pine forest, there is a golden and emerald jade hall.The two listened to someone talking from a distance.Come in and take a look, the prince Yinreng, the prince's master Wang Zhuo, Yuqing palace chief Shi Zhu Tianbao, Chen Jiayou, and Shi Shilun are sitting and talking together.Seeing them come in, everyone stood up except Yinfeng.Seeing that Wang Jie was about to fall down and prostrate, Yinzhen took a quick step to support him with both hands, and said, "Why bother, you old man! You gave the Forbidden City riding horses, and if you don't give a big gift when you see the emperor, how can I afford it? Please sit down, Everyone, please sit down." Looking at Wang Juqinghuang's thin face, he said: "I really miss you, and you look good, but your hair is all white!" After finishing speaking, he pulled Yinxiang to greet the prince. Prince Yinreng's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to that of Kangxi when he was young. The two thick eyebrows on his face with long melon seeds are set apart, his face is like a crown jade, and his eyes are like spots of lacquer.He seemed very easy-going, and without waiting for Yinzhen and Yinxiang to speak, he helped the two of them up: "It's good to be back, and I'm relieved to see that you are in good health. ——We are discussing the matter of the household department! You have disturbed the household department After a while, Lao Shi will stir again, and now the city is full of wind and rain again. You came a step too late, and you didn’t see Liang Qingbiao, the old Shangshu of the household department, and sat here to make a show for us. Who is old and useless, always ask the master to read When I was flattening San Francisco back then, I escaped from Guangdong and returned to Beijing to report my love, so I made an exception and left a way to survive..." He said, his expression was a little sad: "If you want to talk about salary, a first-rank official will pay for one year. One hundred and eighty taels, it's really hard to live without borrowing money, but if you don't clean it up, it will be terrible if you continue to mess up. It makes people jump, and it's not a system, just like our Qing Dynasty, even a few courtiers are reluctant It’s like feeding. It’s very difficult, but at least I have a helper when you come back.” Wang Zhen sat aside and listened silently, and asked after a long time: “Fourth Lord, you just came from Long Live Lord, what’s the Lord’s favor? Will?" Fang Yinzhen slowly picked up the situation related to the household department when he saw Kangxi just now. Everyone stood up and listened quietly before sitting down again. Yinfeng smiled and said, "Thirteenth brother, I am most at ease with you sitting in the household department. The emperor's cooking is perfect. In fact, there are not many things on my side. The big things are Long Live Lord, and the small things There are Zhang Tingyu and Tong Ma in Shangshufang. In my mind, Tianbao and Jiayou also followed to practice. What do you think of the fourth child?" "Okay." Yin Zhen leaned over and said lightly. Both Chen Jiayou and Zhu Tianbao were recommended by Yinzhen to Yuqing Palace.As a newcomer, he rarely hesitates when things happen.Yinfeng asked them to come here with very clear intentions. One is to keep their ears clean;Yinxiang guessed his true meaning, and couldn't help feeling chills, but he didn't dare to say a word off topic.Just as he was thinking, Shi Shilun said: "I received a message from the Nanjing governor's office this morning. Cao Yin was critically ill and could not go to Beijing. Mu Zixu also reported his illness. Only Wu Dan, the governor of Guangdong, will arrive in a few days, and Wei Dongting, the governor of customs, is also here." I’m a big debtor, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to come here because of miasma in southern Yunnan. It’s a rare thing, and we were discussing it just now, so I don’t know how to proceed.” "Let's start with Elder Brother first!" Yinxiang had just been encouraged by the emperor, and he was so excited that he said loudly, "I can't chew the bone of Elder Brother first. Now that Long Live is so determined, I think it can be done in one battle." .We brothers have no debts and are light-headed, and others have no worries.” He thought that this method was wonderful, and everyone would be impressed, but unexpectedly there was an embarrassing silence when he fell behind.Everyone bowed their heads to drink tea, but it didn't affect them at all.Yinxiang was stunned, and Yinreng laughed and said, "Why are you silent? Could it be the 450,000 I borrowed? It was because I couldn't move, so I asked He Zhuer to borrow it back temporarily. Buy it from someone else." For a garden, the fixed silver is 50,000 yuan, so I have to do this. I have sent people to Fengtian, and the silver will be paid at the end of the year, and the debt will be paid. How about it, Thirteenth Lang desperately?" Yin Xiang was so suffocated that he breathed a sigh of relief. He never expected that the instigator of borrowing money again was the prince!No wonder even a strong official like Shi Shilun was helpless.Yinzhen's heart was also in a mess at first, but he soon understood that this meeting can only be done according to the prince's will, because he said: "That's it, let's do our best." Get up and say goodbye.Yinxiang thought it was too eye-catching to go with Yinzhen, so he only glanced at Yinzhen, and said, "Master Wang, what do you promise me? Write it while you have this pen and paper!" As he spoke, he dragged Wang Jian with his mouth salivating. write. Yinzhen had just walked to the gate of the garden, and at a glance, he saw Yin Fan Shijie of Shuntian Mansion wearing a peacock mending suit and a sapphire top. Because the robe was made too big, and he was bow-legged, it was ridiculous , Yinzhen stood still.Fan Shijie had already seen it, and hurried up to greet him, "Fourth Lord, are you back from Anhui?" "En." Yinzhen nodded, and asked: "Fan Shijie, there is a book boy in my house, and your people took it, what did he do?" Fan Shijie shrugged his mustache, and said solemnly: "Fourth Master Gouer, the servant of the mansion, bullied a man who bought eggs in the fourth archway, causing a quarrel. It was Jiang Zhi from the Lifan Academy and Yao Dian from the Ministry of Rites. Let it go, I'm afraid it's not good." After saying that, he looked at Yinzhen. Yinzhen heard that he pushed back neither soft nor hard, and didn't know what the dog had committed, so he couldn't find a word for a while, just stared blankly and said nothing.Seeing his face, sometimes the princes would shudder, but Fan Shijie didn't care, seeing that Yinzhen had nothing to say, he kowtowed and left.Qia Yinxiang came out with a big hat to fan the cool wind, and when he saw Fan Shijie, he smiled and said, "Your mother! Are you still alive?" "Yo! Thirteenth Master!" Fan Shijie seemed to be completely cleared up after hearing this scolding, he bowed his head and said, "Thirteenth Master, you are in good health, why are you willing to stretch your legs?" With a smile, he said: "Old Fan and I are engaged in business, and we are in the ring!" Yin Xiang laughed and scolded: "You wild donkey, you don't even buy fourth master's account, what the hell medicine did you take?" Squeezing into a gap, he said, "Just now, I went back to Si Ye, I will let you go after the trial, I will let you go after the trial..." Yin Xiang knew that the case was not serious, and scolded: "Si Ye said something, you still have to go to trial! Isn't it just bickering with people?" "I'm not afraid that Yao Dian and the others won't follow me!" Fan Shijie spread his arms and said, "If it's just bickering, who am I going to catch? This dog is playing tricks, and he treats people in an unbelievable way—today there is one in Sipailou The child said to buy eggs, and the egg seller held the lid of the basket and counted and stacked them up. There were more than 500 eggs piled up, like a pile of hills. The egg seller held his buttocks with his hands, Riding on a horse, he didn't dare to move his crotch. The little devil said to get money, and then slipped away. The dog took advantage of the egg seller's inability to move, so he came up and kicked him, and scratched his elbow. A lot of eggs fell on the street. Two people fought, and a skinny dog ​​sprang out without hesitation, biting the fingers of the egg so bloody..." Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen knew that it must be the cooperation of Kaner Gouer.Although this is not a big deal, the prince's servants bullied the common people in broad daylight and publicized their reputation very badly.Just thinking about it, Yinxiang smiled and said: "This is just a childish play, what are you serious about? Yao Dian is your godfather? Jiang Zhi is your mother? Thanks to you being the capital, you are still Jing Zhaoyin! Besides, this bastard Say, kick the egg yolk out for you!" As he spoke, he stepped forward and pinched Fan Shijie's ear, and asked with a smile, "Will you let it go? Do you want to let it go? Wanping County is in charge of the imperial court. Can't do anything?" "Master Thirteen! Ouch..." Fan Shijie hissed in pain and laughed, "...you let me go, you let go... Maybe I will see the emperor again soon, my ears are swollen and indecent..." "Learn to bray like a donkey!" "Oh, Lord Thirteen! What kind of place is this? Looks like..." "study!" Fan Shijie's ears were pulled, and he turned his eyes to look at Yinzhen who couldn't help laughing. He really breathed out, hissed and went uphill, and even farted two loud farts, Yinxiang let go with a smile hand, which made all the eunuchs guarding the gate of the garden laugh.Yinzhen didn't expect such a person to exist in the world, so he couldn't help laughing, but Yinxiang said: "Fourth brother, let's go—Old Fan, I will strip your dog's skin at night, and bring the dog to my house. Your mother's good food, there is a jar of old songs on credit, and I dug it out of the ground!" After saying that, he went out of the garden with Yinzhen.Yinzhen couldn't help laughing along the way, but Yinxiang said: "It's not unusual, one thing is one thing, and Lao Fan will eat this, and put on a serious face with him, and he will be serious with you, but it won't work—" —I heard that he is about to leave his post and is going to Huguang to be the chief envoy.” "Who will take over Shuntian Mansion?" "Lonkodo." The smile on Yin Zhen's face immediately disappeared.Longkodo is Tong Guowei's nephew, Tong's family is noble and prosperous, and Tong Guowei's elder brother, Tong Guogang, was trapped to death by the prince's uncle Suo'etu.Before the emperor went to Rehe, he replaced the governor of Shuntian Prefecture with a member of the prince's old enemies. What's the meaning?