Prince of the Qing Dynasty

"No one can replace Soetu."

Yinfeng said this sentence slowly, looked at Yinzhen quietly for a while, and then said: "Not only because Suo'etu is my uncle, but also because of Suo'etu's thoughts, not everyone supports me. Every person would have thoughts like Suo'etu. Suo'etu has a lot of desire for power. He put pressure on Huang Ama to force Huang Ama to abdicate and let me become emperor. He may have thought about failure, but he didn't because There is a possibility of failure and retreat. Which courtier would have such a thought? Once I confront Huang Ama, will those who support me change their course because of the imminent death? I can't trust Suo'etu Trust them as well. Moreover, they follow me, and they value the power they will get from following the crown prince. This kind of thinking is originally for profit, and once there is no benefit, it will disperse in an instant. "

"What's more, I haven't reached the point of forming a party at all now, and I don't want someone to follow Suo Etu's footsteps to fight for me to ascend the throne early. I just need to have the power to protect myself. I don't want to usurp the emperor. Ma's throne. With Suo'etu around, it's better than others. At least, Huang Ama is nostalgic. If it were someone else, he would be beheaded immediately."

Over the years, he has rarely revealed his emotions and thoughts, trying to restrain himself and live a rational and calm life.Because of this, there will be a lot of worries and worries.

The crown prince is a target, and anyone can shoot/shoot at it.Now that there is no Suo'etu, a popular target, to accompany him to be beaten, wouldn't this day be even more sad?

What's more, people are inherently selfish, and they will instinctively choose to stand on the side that is beneficial to them.

"Second brother, you are betting on the trust of the gambling emperor Ama in you, and how much power and lust you have for betting on Suo'etu. You are betting on your own future, do you know?"

After hearing these words, Yinzhen looked at Yinreng firmly and said, "Second brother, is there no other way to have the best of both worlds?"

"I'm not gambling, I just have no way out. From the day I was canonized as the crown prince, I was destined to live such a life, and there was only one way," Yinrong said with a slight smile, "Fourth brother, I If you want to go another way, unless you don't want to be the crown prince. I didn't earn this future, it was given by Huang Ama. I can't afford to gamble, but I can afford to lose. However, after losing, I will put Bring it back, that is what I earned, and it is my own ability."

It was as if he was walking on an unprotected mountain wall, with a rock wall on one side and an abyss on the other. The road under his feet was only two palms wide. If he was not careful, he would be doomed.But even so, he still has to walk well, try his best to walk, and earn a way out for himself.

"Second brother, do you need me to do something for you? As long as I can do it, I will do it for you." Apart from this, Yinzhen didn't know what else he could say.

He only found out today that the second brother is far from being as noble and dazzling as he usually sees, and his situation is even more dangerous than all the princes and elder brothers.For the first time, Yinzhen felt that being the crown prince might not be a good thing.Sure enough, what he said was right, a tree is more beautiful than a forest, but the wind will destroy it.

"No, you don't need to do anything special, what you're doing is already very good," Yinfeng said with a smile, "I'm fine now, I have a sense of proportion in everything, and the situation may not be bad, You don't have to do anything special. Just live your life well. There are some things that are not for you. I tell you this today because we are brothers. I know that you can understand me, fourth brother. mind."

It can be seen from Yinzhen's handling of Li Jia's incident that Yinzhen's methods are decisive and not procrastinating.Coupled with Yinzhen's status, he is actually very suitable to be his assistant.After getting acquainted with Yinzhen these years, Yinreng found that Yinzhen's temperament is getting more and more stable, and Yinzhen attaches great importance to brotherhood. Once such a person gets along with him, he can live and die together.

Yinzhen can do some things that are inconvenient for him to do.

Moreover, Yinreng felt that with Yinzhen's help, in essence, he didn't need to win over his elder brothers anymore. It was actually enough for the third elder brother and Yinzhen to be by his side.He was relieved to leave things to Yinzhen.

The reason why he is so frank with Yinzhen today is also because he feels that Yinzhen is the same kind of person as him.Similar life experience, the same heart.More importantly, Yinzhen is freer than him, without the shackles of the crown prince, it is much more convenient to do things.

He needs someone like Yinzhen to help him.

When Yinzhen heard the words, he nodded solemnly and said, "I can understand what Second Brother means."

——However, Yinzhen's worry on this day happened soon.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Qingming Festival in the 33rd year of Kangxi, and Yinfeng was 20 years old, and he was old enough to hold a crown ceremony.On this occasion of ancestor worship, the Ministry of Rites of Kangxi Special Order worked out an appropriate procedure for ancestor worship.At this time, in order to please the prince, Sha Muha, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Suo'etu's instigation from the side, instructed the Ministry of Rites to ask the Ministry of Rites to raise the prince to the same status as the emperor when worshiping the ancestors.

Suo'etu thought this was a great opportunity to force Kangxi to put pressure on Kangxi to abdicate, and it was also a great opportunity to test how Kangxi would respond.

Therefore, at the instigation of Suo'etu, the Ministry of Rites requested that the prince's worship mat be placed in the Fengxian Hall when offering sacrifices to the ancestors, because only the emperor's worship mat can be placed in the hall, and the rest of the officials can only be placed outside the threshold. place.

The request from the Ministry of Rites was rejected by Kangxi.Immediately afterwards, before Kangxi expressed his attitude, Shamuha, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his servants Silda and Duoqi invited Kangxi, hoping to record Kangxi's decision to reject their request in the daily note.

When Kangxi heard this, he was furious: "What did Shamuha say?"

Kangxi was furious and ordered all these officials to be handed over to the Ministry of Officials for severe punishment.Later, the Ministry of Officials discussed that Shamuha should be dismissed and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation, and both Shierda and Duoqi should be dismissed.When such a result came to Kangxi, Kangxi did not act according to the proposal, and Kangxi mercifully reduced the punishment of the three of them.Shamuha was dismissed, while Shirda and Doki were both pardoned.

Regarding Kangxi's punishment, the ministers dare not discuss it in the court, but most of them are not without ideas.It was obvious that Shamuha was dependent on Suoetu, but Kangxi only dismissed Shamuha. This was the appeasement and tolerance of Suoetu.

This made the officials in the court feel that the emperor is not willing to confront Suo'etu or the crown prince head-on?In a sense, is the emperor already planning to succumb to Suo'etu's pressure, and is really planning to abdicate to the crown prince while waiting for the right time?After all, the emperor just dismissed Shamuha. This is not punishment, but just an expression of anger.

All the ministers had speculations in their hearts, and being in the center of the storm, Yinfeng had heard about this matter, and he even knew it very clearly.However, he was equally angry, even more angry than Kangxi's fury.

Suo'etu did this kind of arbitrariness again!

Yinfeng went to the Ministry of Industry these days with a straight face, one was because of Suo'etu's actions, and he was angry in his heart; the other was because he had figured out from the ministers that Kangxi had adopted appeasement and tolerance towards Suo'etu and the crown prince. After his attitude, there are many more officials who come to the Ministry of Industry to curry favor with him every day than before. Yin Reng annoys them, so he ignores such people with a sullen face, completely treating them as if they don’t exist. .

So cold until the day of offering sacrifices to the ancestors in Fengxian Hall, Yinfeng knelt outside the threshold and kowtowed to Kangxi, who was kneeling in the hall alone. Behind him were all the brothers and officials.

Yinfeng looked at the position where he was kneeling. Although it was still outside the threshold, it was a position below one person and above ten thousand people. He lowered his eyes silently. Such a position makes it easy for people to lose themselves, but, from beginning to end, In fact, he was very satisfied with such a position in his heart.

After Kangxi finished worshiping, he got up in the hall. When the brothers and ministers outside saw Kangxi getting up, they all got up too. After everyone stood up, they found that the crown prince was still kneeling by the threshold and did not get up.

When Kangxi turned around, he also saw this scene. He stood there and asked, "Yinfeng, why are you still kneeling? Get up."

Yinfeng took a deep breath, and then said in a voice that everyone could hear: "I implore the Emperor Ama to punish Shamuha, the Minister of Rites. I think that Shamuha has ulterior motives for corrupting the ancestors' conventions and rules. There must be someone instigating behind him. My son implores Huang Ama to scrutinize and investigate strictly, and not let such villains with ulterior motives go!"

"I would also like to implore Huang Ama. Please ask Huang Ama to reduce the crown prince's ceremonial guard. I feel that the ceremonial guard used by the crown prince exceeds the ancestral rules and is too ostentatious. Please ask Huang Ama to abolish and reduce the crown prince's ceremonial guard. My son pleases Huang Ama. Allowed."

As soon as Yinfeng said this, all the ministers did not dare to be too presumptuous because of Kangxi here, but the scenes of eye-to-eye and eye-to-eye can be seen everywhere.Obviously, Yinfeng's words were beyond the expectations of the ministers.

In fact, Yinfeng's words were beyond Kangxi's expectation.

Kangxi stood in Fengxian Hall with his hands behind his back, staring at Yinreng who was kneeling outside the threshold asking him to grant these requests. Kangxi didn't speak immediately, but just stared at Yinreng quietly for a while, and then the corners of his lips slowly curled up With a smile: "Come on, get up and talk."

Yinfeng raised his head, he was in the sunlight outside the hall, and he could see the shadows inside the hall, he could tell where Kangxi was standing, but he couldn't see Kangxi's expression clearly because of the light problem, he didn't get up, but asked: " Did Huang Ama agree to my son's request?"