"Ah... it hurts... it hurts so much... spare my son... just this once, mother... save him..."

My dear mother, please take a look at your son. Your good son is almost beaten to death!

However, from beginning to end, no one even glanced at this idle playboy. As for his wife, who used to be docile, virtuous and considerate, she had already lowered her head, and no one knew what she was thinking.

This was the case with every family. When the news was reported back from the Sticking Rod Office, Yinzhen laughed a few times and felt very pleased!

"You deserve it! If you go against me, I will peel off your skin!"

Su Peisheng, who was serving in the Yangxin Palace, was relieved. Then he heard His Majesty order him, "Ask the Sticking Rod Office to investigate and find out who is behind this."

"Whoo."

Then, several court officials were dismissed from their posts, some residences were confiscated and the people were exiled. Amid the chaos, the Eight Banners of Manchu, Han and Mongolian people became more obedient, and several decrees issued earlier were successfully implemented during this period.

First, the Manchu, Han and Mongolian banners each moved 20,000 men and their families to Shengjing. Each male who moved was rewarded with 100 mu of land, and each of their family members was rewarded with 10 mu of land. All the people of the eight banners who remained in Shengjing, Ningguta and Heilongjiang were not restricted from farming, working and taking the imperial examinations.

Secondly, the Ministry of Revenue established an Eight Banners Audit Office, which was in charge of the business affairs of the Eight Banners. Everyone in the Eight Banners had a profit limit of 100 taels of silver, and the annual profit could not exceed this limit. However, a family's profits could be accumulated under one person's name and the limit would not apply. However, buying and selling were not allowed, and commercial taxes were levied according to the Ministry of Revenue regulations.

Third, except for the eight banners in the three areas of Shengjing, each male in the banner can cultivate five acres of land, which can be cultivated by themselves or by tenants, and the land tax will be reduced by one level compared to that of ordinary people.

Fourthly, several royal workshops were moved to the outskirts of Beijing and expanded in scale. Each household of the Eight Banners in Beijing had one quota to work in a workshop. The same rule also applied to the Eight Banners in the three places outside Beijing except Shengjing.

There were also a series of measures related to the imperial examinations, military service, etc., covering almost all aspects. Although there were many restrictions, the Eight Banners were no longer just eating and waiting to die, and there was visibly some hope for the future.

However, at present, everyone is still quite resistant to the idea of ​​leaving the banner. It will take two or three years for the decadent Eight Banners to be completely revamped. But now, everyone is having a headache. It's because the His Majesty's edicts are good, but too complicated!

This is not allowed, that is not allowed, I'm afraid I'll break the rules by accident and be punished impartially!

Yes, with His Majesty's character and means, could he let them off lightly even if they committed a crime? The Eight Banners did not dare to think deeply about this.

What is most troubling to them is that almost every family has a playboy. How did His Majesty come up with such a sinister method that the son had suffered for his father?

"Ah! Bring me my stick, and bring the eldest son here. Break his legs and see how he can still go out and fool around. He has accomplished nothing, so he should just stay in the house and have grandchildren. I don't want to rely on this unfilial son anymore in this life!"

There are many such examples, but the second half of the third year of Yongzheng's reign was the day of suffering for the playboys in Beijing. And this day of suffering was obviously not just for these few months. For the next one, two, or even thirty to fifty years, the playboys would have no good days.

But that’s a story for later, let’s not talk about it for now!

……

I was busy for half a year. In October, I was busy with Nian Gengyao's triumphant return, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.

In early December, Emperor Yongzheng Yinzhen was overjoyed and set about bestowing titles on the harem and rewarding the previous dynasty.

Although it was said that there were great honors in the harem, in fact, only many people were honored. Concubine Duan was promoted to Noble Concubine Duan, Noble Lady Fang was promoted to Concubine Fang, and Noble Lady Hui was promoted to Concubine Hui. In total, only three people were honored.

As for the previous dynasty, the third prince Hongshi was awarded the title of Durobelle, and the fourth prince Honghan also was awarded the title of Durobelle, and officially left the palace to set up his own government. In addition, Prince Fu Yunlu, who had made outstanding contributions in plastering, was also granted the title of Heshuo Prince, and should be called Prince Fu in the future.

In addition, several sons of princes were also awarded titles. The third son of Prince Li Yunreng, Hongjin, was granted the title of Fuguo Duke; the second son of Prince Heng Yunqi, Hongxiu, was granted the title of Fuguo Duke; the fifth son of Prince Dun Yun'e, Hongxuan, was granted the title of Crown Prince; the third son of Prince Yi Yunxiang, Hongtun, was granted the title of Crown Prince, and his fourth son, Hongtao, was granted the title of Fuguo Duke; and the eldest son of Prince Xian Yunzhi was granted the title of Gushan Beizi, and his second son was granted the title of Crown Prince.

Of course, there are promotions and demotions. Prince Lian somehow displeased the Emperor again and was demoted to Duroberle, but his title was retained. However, his eldest son Hongwang was officially named the Crown Prince, suppressing his second son Hongli, who was more talented and favored.

Although Prince Lian, oh no, Beile Lian had submitted a petition for a title long ago, wanting to make his second son Hongli the crown prince, Yinzhen turned a blind eye to it and made Hongwang, who was gradually drifting away from Beile Lian's mansion, the crown prince, which made Beile Lian feel very upset.

But these were nothing. The late emperor's sixth prince, Aisin-Gioro Yunzuo, who died at the age of six, was posthumously named Prince Huai. Yinzhen also adopted Fangpin's ninth prince, Hongtan, under his name, so that he had more offspring and continued the family line.

As soon as this decree came out, Concubine Fang, who had just been promoted to the throne of mistress for two days, almost fainted in her bedroom from crying. There was no other reason for this: her son would no longer be her son, let alone a prince!

The Empress Dowager burst into tears of joy on the spot, and she held Yinzhen's hand and expressed her heartfelt feelings, "Emperor, Fourth Brother, I have suffered so much in those years. You were taken away by Empress Xiaoyiren as soon as you were born. We finally had a son, Yunzuo, but because of a name that was tabooed by some people, you fell into the water and died at the age of six..."

Yinzhen also knew a little about what happened back then, but the perpetrator had long since passed away, and his end was only more miserable. At this time, he could only comfort her with gentle words, "Empress Dowager, a thousand ships pass by the side of the sunken boat, and a thousand trees bloom in front of the dead tree. Let the past be the past, and you must look forward..."

The Empress Dowager ignored her and continued crying, "It was because of Yunzuo that I loved the Fourteenth Prince so much. I almost detained the Fourteenth Prince in the palace all those years, for fear that something might go wrong for him and he would follow in Yunzuo's footsteps!

During those years, I felt like I was soaking in bitter water. My life was dull and boring. I dared not do anything and forced myself to be deaf and blind!

You were raised by Empress Xiaoyiren, and I didn’t dare to interfere, for fear that the late emperor would think that I was not doing my duty. I didn’t even dare to ask how Yunzuo died, wu...”

This crying made Yinzhen feel a headache: "Madam, please don't cry. Now that all the hardships have been overcome, your son will never let you suffer any injustice again!"

"You are a good emperor, and the fourteenth son is filial, but I still feel unhappy. I gave birth to six children, but only two of you survived. Yunzuo's early death and Wenxian's early death will bother me for the rest of my life!"

It can be said that almost all the tragedies in her life were related to the Tonggiya clan. In this life, she had to watch the Tonggiya clan decline and fall!

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