Seeing that all the descendants of Prince Yong were favored, those princes and brothers were overwhelmed. They were envious, unwilling, and sighing.

"Why is the fourth son so lucky? He has six sons and seven daughters, and there is one pregnant woman in the mansion; his wife is virtuous, and none of his children died young, at most they were weak; the eldest son has unique abilities and is highly valued by the emperor, and now the next generation has also caught up, what will we have to do in the future?"

It is said that the succession will be appointed secretly, and you, Your Majesty, have only just begun to publicly announce who the new emperor will be. But it would be fun if the fourth prince comes to nothing!

Nowadays, many people still suspect that Kangxi was deliberately creating confusion. Otherwise, why would he make frequent statements so early on when the rules for secretly appointing the crown prince were clearly set?

By February, the theory of deliberately laying confusion gradually prevailed. Kangxi watched with satisfaction as he fooled the princes, clan members and court officials, and at the same time secretly praised himself for his flash of inspiration.

"Tell your subordinates to fan the flames and make all kinds of speculations. The more outrageous the better. It's better to muddy the waters in the capital." It was also his fault that he couldn't help but make an exception this time. Recently, someone had been trying to stir up trouble in front of him, both openly and secretly. The fourth brother and his son were frequently obstructed. Either something went wrong here or there was a little trouble there. Although this method was not cruel, it was very annoying!

Kangxi naturally had to be responsible for it, otherwise, if things continued like this, wouldn't the fourth child just be the second child? The fourth child was not a grindstone!

"Li Dequan, pass on my oral order again. The Ninth Prince has made outstanding contributions. I order that Concubine Yi's share be raised by one level and be treated like a noble concubine."

With these two approaches, the number of people targeting the fourth brother and his son was reduced by more than half. The remaining ones were just used as whetstones to sharpen the "knife" that carried such great responsibility!

……

In March of the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, the kings, beile, Manchu and Han civil and military officials jointly submitted a petition to give the current emperor a 20-character title: Holy, Divine, Civil and Military, Respectable, Wise, Philosophical, Greatly Filial, Greatly Benevolent, Tiyuan, and Long-lived, Most Holy Emperor.

Then on March 18th, Kangxi received the best birthday gift.

A clairvoyance, a microscope, an improved repeating musket and a red cannon, rice and wheat with an annual yield of three stones per mu and a minimum of two and a half stones, and foreign wheat with a yield of four stones per mu and a sweeter taste. The fourth brother and his sons, as well as the ninth, tenth and thirteenth brothers, gave him a huge surprise that day.

"Good, good, good! I am very happy and relieved. Yinzhen, Yin'e, Yin'e, Yinxiang, Honghui, you have done a great job!"

As the elder brother, Yinzhen was the first to reply: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I just want to make you happy. In fact, these achievements have been made a few days ago, and I only present them to you on the occasion of your birthday."

Kangxi's mouth never drooped: "Your filial piety is commendable. Such gifts make me very happy. You must learn from Yinzhen and others and stop fooling me with flashy gifts."

Only the princes and grandchildren were present at this time, but he did not give his own children and grandchildren any face!

Those with wide connections and great power can find more expensive gifts, and the unpopular gifts are cheaper! Over the years, it was either a vase or a kangping, or calligraphy and paintings or jade carvings, coming and going, the same few things, nothing like this gift that touched his heart.

Upon hearing these words, Yinzhi pursed his lips in shock, Yinreng remained calm, Yinzhi's ears turned red, Yinqi seemed to have nothing to do with him, Yinsi had a deep look in his eyes, Yinzhen was in a trance, and as for the others, they had already given up on themselves and lowered their heads.

——Father/Father, don't you listen to what you are saying? Those things sound like fairy tales. What achievements can they get involved in? Is it the priceless clairvoyance and microscope that no one in the Qing Dynasty has successfully copied? Or the fire gun with 35 rapid-fire rounds and the red cannon that will not explode easily even if it fires ten rounds in a row? As for the increase in grain production by half a stone to one stone, haha, please forgive them for being unable to do anything!

All the princes and grandchildren of the emperor were secretly complaining in their hearts, feeling that their father/emperor was too kind to them and that they could not bear such kindness.

As if he had heard the voices of these people, Yinzhen stepped forward again, "Father, I and your brothers cannot help you solve your problems, so we can only express our gratitude. These gifts were personally found by you brothers, and the sentiment behind them is great!"

Kangxi glanced at all the princes and grandchildren, taking in the expressions on their faces, cursed inwardly, "They are useless and have no idea of ​​how to improve themselves," and then sighed deeply.

Our children and grandchildren are all debts!

"Alright, I won't make it difficult for you. You all should do your best based on your abilities. Just keep your mind at ease. I don't have the time to make it difficult for you for a mere gift!"

Some of them were not good at cultivating their qi, and their expressions showed such obvious relief that Kangxi couldn't bear to watch.

"Everyone go down. Yinzhen, Yin'e, Yin'e, Yinxiang, and Honghui stay behind."

Are these people going to be rewarded? Everyone looked at each other and walked out one after another.

Afterwards, Kangxi really praised them a few words and gave each of them a lot of rewards. It was rare for the palace to use horse-drawn carriages that day, and more than ten boxes of rewards had to be transported to the palace gate one by one!

Afterwards, the great achievements of several masters began to spread among the people, and high-yield grain was gradually promoted. As for some princes and grandchildren who expressed their disrespect overtly or covertly, there is no need to say more, after all, Yinzhen and others had already incurred public anger.

Although they don’t care at all!

But there were still some who cared: "I don't work hard and I keep talking a lot of nonsense. If I can't accomplish great achievements, can't I do some small things?" Yinzhen couldn't understand the psychology of his brothers and nephews, and he complained about it in private.

"Your requirements are too high. Not everyone has great ambitions, and even fewer have the ability and manpower. Why bother with them?" Honghui gave a few words of advice with a smile and then let it go.

Liu was already three months pregnant, and Fucha was also one and a half months pregnant. He didn't have time to stay in the front yard all the time!

By April, two or three major and minor events had happened in the previous dynasty, which overshadowed what happened on the Wanshou Festival, and the number of people talking about it suddenly dropped by 60 to 70 percent.

After that, there were many happy events in Prince Yong's Mansion. First, at the end of the intercalary sixth month, the eldest princess Ha Yihu was exceptionally conferred the title of a county lady, and a prince of the Khorchin tribe was appointed as her husband's wife; the second princess Moyaqi was conferred the title of a county lady, and a Gushan beizi of the Abahai tribe was appointed as her husband's wife.

Then at the end of July, the third prince Hongshi of Prince Yong's mansion married Dong E; then in mid-August, Prince Yong had another son, and now he had seven sons and eight daughters.

By mid-September, Liu gave birth to a daughter, and Zhang was two months pregnant. Everyone in Honghui's backyard was buzzing with activity!

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