Qing Dynasty Chronicle

Yinzhen did not follow Kangxi when he finished his southern tour of Beijing. He got Kangxi's permission to stay and began to leave his own traces of walking in the beautiful south - yes, walk, look, and record them .

After Yinzhen revealed to Kangxi some thoughts about foreign countries and made a not-so-perfect book, Kangxi called Yinzhen many times to have conversations. During these conversations, Kangxi was like a patient father. More than a majestic emperor.He listened to his youngest son talking about his views on the future. Perhaps those views were a bit naive and a bit unrealistic for a king who had been emperor for nearly 14 years, but Kangxi didn't think it mattered. It's his son, he can teach him slowly, he can carve Yinzhen from a piece of rough jade to the best brilliance.

Yinzhen has to admit that he has benefited a lot from Kangxi, just as he always thought the ancients too simply at the beginning, but at the present position, the strategic point of view in Kangxi's heart let him know how much his previous cognition was. Superficial, even a little ridiculous.

After many days of conversation, the conclusion reached was that Kangxi agreed with Yinzhen to stay in the south of the Yangtze River for a small visit, write down what he saw, heard, and thought, and then return to Beijing to show Kangxi.

Before leaving, Kangxi patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and said, "You are still young, you just need to walk steadily one step at a time, there is no need to be afraid, and there is no need to worry, as long as you turn around, Ama Khan is behind you."

Yinzhen can feel that Kangxi's attitude towards himself is different from that of other princes, more like a father than an emperor.He couldn't tell the exact reason, but he still nodded after Kangxi said something to himself, "Don't worry, Ama Khan, my son will save it. This time, Ama Khan went back to the palace first, and his son was not with Ama Khan. I also hope that Ama Khan will take good care of the body of the dragon, and don't get too tired. Although I can't serve Ama Khan, my son still misses Ama Khan every day in his heart."

What Yinzhen said made Kangxi laugh, "Okay, I didn't know that my fourteenth elder brother was such a nagging person, and he was just working outside for a few months. Don't you still want to stay in Jiangnan? Can't you go back to Beijing?"

Yinzhen was teased by Kangxi and lost his temper. He stepped forward to rub ink for Kangxi, "In the past, when Ama Khan went out, either his son went with you, or his son was waiting for Ama Khan to come back in the capital. This is the first time that I am neither Traveling with Khan Ama didn't mean we were separated from Khan Ama for so many days in the capital, my son always felt a little weird."

"What's wrong?" Kangxi pretended to glare at Yinzhen, "You are such a big man, don't you want to let me take you by your side like a child for the rest of your life?"

Yinzhen called Qu, "You said that your son was still young at first, why are you saying that your son is old now?"

Kangxi was choked by Yinzhen, and simply waved away, "Come on, I feel a headache just looking at you, get out!"

Knowing that Kangxi lost face, Yinzhen was not afraid at all, and walked out of Kangxi's study after knelt down with a smile.

Before he had gone far, Yinzhen ran into Yinreng who was walking towards Kangxi's study. Yinreng saw the smile on Yinzhen's face that hadn't dissipated, and laughed too, "What good thing happened? gone?"

Yinzhen stepped forward and saluted Yinreng, "The prince is auspicious." Then he straightened up, raised his head slightly to look at Yinreng, "what's the good thing, I was kicked out by Khan Ama just now."

Yinfeng's reaction was not surprising, "After all, what did you say to offend Khan Ama?"

Yinzhen winked at Yinreng, "His Royal Highness is really clever."

Without even thinking about it, Yinfeng gave Yinzhen a blow with the fan handle, "Speaking in a weird way again!"

"Alas, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore." Yinzhen hurriedly covered his forehead and begged Yinfeng for mercy.

"Come on, don't keep jumping around." Yinfeng reached out and held Yinzhen's shoulders to prevent him from bouncing around like a rabbit, and then continued, "This is the first time you go out When you run errands, be careful in everything, and bring snacks to outsiders, and don’t believe everything others say. Don’t be greedy for cold when you sleep at night, and don’t eat without restraint. It’s not fun to eat a bad stomach ..."

Yinfeng blah blah blah blah blah, and finally found Yinzhen looking at himself with a very strange look, so he stopped, "Do you remember what I told you?"

"Remember, remember." Yinzhen waved his hand and muttered again, "I think you are more nagging than me."

"What?" Yinfeng didn't hear clearly and asked.

"It's okay, I remember everything." Yinzhen shook his head, "I've been talking for a long time, where is the prince going?"

Yinfeng glanced at the direction of the study, "I have something to report to Khan Ama."

"Hey, you're still here talking to me about business, go!" Yinzhen jumped up when he heard this, and quickly pushed Yinrong towards the study, "Prince, don't worry about me, I'm such an old man Now, I have my own measure in my heart, and besides, there are so many people serving me by my side, so there won't be any problems."

When Yinzhen said this, Yinreng felt that the time was too long, so he stopped talking and turned around and walked towards Kangxi.

Compared with Yinfeng's nagging and exhorting, Yinxiang appeared to be much "younger", "Look at you, you got a good job this time!"

Yinzhen looked terrified, "Hey, do you envy me? Please, please, I'll go and tell Khan Ama to let you stay with me."

Yin Xiang spat at him, "Looking at your smug face, I don't even want to talk to you."

"I understand." Yinzhen stepped forward and hooked Yinxiang's shoulders as if he was a good brother, "Actually, what you envy in your heart is gone, don't pretend to be nonchalant, and I don't want to say it." will laugh at you."

"I see that you are getting smaller and smaller." Yinxiang stretched out his hand to pinch Yinzhen's face, "Do you still remember that I am your brother?"

"It's just over a year older than me!" Yinzhen's face was deformed by Yinxiang, "What's the difference!"

"Your brother is one day older than you!" Yinxiang probably felt that Yinzhen's face felt good, so he rubbed it twice.

Yinzhen struggled to snatch his face back from Yinxiang's hands, and glared at Yinxiang angrily, "Look, look, it's all red from your rubbing! You pervert!"

"What's sex?" Yinxiang had never heard of this new word.

"You apprentice!" Yinzhen didn't want to be tossed about by Yinxiang any more, so he stretched out his hand and pushed Yinxiang out, "Hurry up and go back to sleep, it's good or bad to go into other people's houses in the middle of the night ah!"

Yinxiang has been pushed out of the room by Yinzhen, and watched Yinzhen close the door in front of his face, with a somewhat inexplicable expression, and turned to knock on the door, "Hey, Fourteen, why do I feel that what you said is so Is something wrong?"

It's a pity that Yinzhen didn't open the door for him, and only threw a sentence from the room, "You, wash up and sleep quickly, don't wander around, are you going to be a thief or something?"

Yinxiang knocked on the door for a long time but didn't open it. He could only curse the brat and turned away resentfully.

After Kangxi left with a large army, Yinzhenke started his investigation of micro-services.

During this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, Yinzhen understood what is meant by "reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles". In just a few months, Yinzhen felt that he had more experience than living in the capital for two or three years.

At the beginning, he only chose to write about foreigners and foreign countries, and then gradually added people's livelihood, what he saw and heard on the road, etc., and the materials he used for recording changed from one booklet to two. three books.

Later, Yinzhen took a chance to go to Macau—this was within his plan, but for some reason, those Kangxi sent to follow him were not very happy with him running so far, and it took a few times to see him. do it.

Yinzhen's thinking is very simple. There are many foreigners in Macau, such as Portuguese. This is the time when such countries are showing off their power at sea. Yinzhen thinks that maybe they can find some people who know how to build ships and guns. What about foreigners?But once you go, Yinzhen is still disappointed. I am a stranger who has just arrived. Who will tell you about shipbuilding and guns? After wandering around for four or five days, Yinzhen finally decided to leave and return to Beijing. Gotta fix a little problem.

Thinking of this little trouble, Yinzhen felt his brain hurt.There are a lot of foreigners in the territory of Macau, so naturally they are divided into different classes. There are people of all statuses, including nobles and commoners. Some come here to throw money, and some come here to find a job to eat after hearing that the east is full of gold.Yinzhen didn't know much about the big landlords, nobles and servants of foreigners, but he just saw that there were quite a few foreigners in ragged clothes.

As a time traveler, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the protagonist's halo bursting out occasionally, but this time, Yinzhen really felt that the protagonist's halo was at the wrong time, and it was wrong from the beginning.

If Yinzhen didn't have a brain twitch and wanted to go out on that drizzle morning, he wouldn't have walked to that street that he couldn't name himself, and if he didn't walk to that street, he wouldn't have been caught I don't know where to startle the person who fell in front of me with a thud, so I won't let people send the foreigner who was beaten so hard that even the other party's parents can't see it because of pity.

Originally, it was just a small accident, and everything could be terminated from now on, but when Yinzhen went out the next day, he was shocked when he saw the foreigner with a pig's face guarding the door of the inn— —Where did he touch it?

This is not what surprised Yinzhen the most, because in the following days, his mood changed from surprise to about to collapse.

On the day before returning to Beijing, Yinzhen decided to go shopping on the street to buy some gifts for his family, and halfway through the walk, he finally stopped walking on the street unbearably, and turned to look at the tall man But he couldn't hide the haggard foreigner, "Didn't we agree that I will help you, and I don't want anything in return. Don't follow me either, go live your own life."

The foreigner had a stubborn expression on his face, and said in Chinese, which he was not yet fluent in, "No, it's the master who saved me here."

Yinzhen couldn't help but support his forehead, "I didn't save you to be your master. Wouldn't it be good for you to be a free man?"

"But Li saved me." The foreigner looked at Yinzhen with a pair of blue eyes without blinking, "Fate, yours."

Meeting such a fool, Yinzhen has the urge to sing conquest to the other party. As a prince, it has been too long since no one has been so soft and hard on Yin Zhen. When he got angry, he simply ignored the other party and turned back. After leaving the inn, it doesn't matter whether the foreigner is guarding the inn door again like before.

Back in the bedroom, Sun Dongxi poured Yinzhen a glass of water, "Master, drink some water."

Yinzhen gulped a few sips, then looked up at Sun Dongxi, "Hey, why are you such a reckless person? I told him not to follow him, and he followed him!"

Sun Dongxi smiled, "It's because the master has a very good temper. He was a helpless foreigner who almost died. He was suddenly rescued by you. Seeing that you are also a person of status, he will not worry about food and drink when he follows you?"

"If he wants money, can I give him the money? Such a big man, with hands and feet, is afraid that he will starve to death?" Yinzhen was depressed.

Sun Dongxi couldn't say something like 'you shouldn't have rescued him back then', so he just said, "If the master doesn't want to see this foreigner, then the servant can find some people to send him away."

Said it was a dismissal, there must be some forced action in it, Yinzhen felt that it was a bit too weird to beat him up after saving him, so he propped his head and thought for a while, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he hooked at Sun Dongxi He hooked his fingers, "I thought of an idea."

Sun Dongxi listened obediently, and after a while a strange expression appeared on his face, "Master, is this really good?"

Yinzhen smiled proudly, "I think this is already the best way." After speaking, he ordered Sun Dongxi, "Go and tell them about this matter, and let them deal with it. "

With a strange face, Sun Dongxi replied, "Hey."

The next day, Yinzhen left the inn with a refreshed face and set off for Beijing. As for the foreigner with a tail like tail, he naturally disappeared.

It was almost the end of the year when Yinzhen arrived in the capital, and the people in the mansion were very happy to see their master and son return. Hongchun Hongming even rushed to Yinzhen with his little butt pouted like a tiger out of a cage. He hugged Yinzhen's leg and screamed ama ama.

For the first time away from home for such a long time, Yinzhen also missed the two little boys, bent down to hold one in each hand, kissed the eldest son and then kissed the younger son, "Oh, baby, do you miss Ama?"

"Of course I want to!" The two little potatoes said in unison with their arms around Yinzhen's neck.

At this time, Wan Yan also came over, "Your ama just climbed on him when you got home, don't tire your ama, come down quickly."

Hongchun and Hongming didn't speak, they hugged Yinzhen's neck tightly, and they didn't want to leave Yinzhen at all.

Seeing this, Yinzhen also smiled and shook the two little potatoes with his arms, "It's okay, the two children are not too heavy." While talking, Wan Yan asked as he walked in, "These days, the family is okay. Right? The two children didn't mess with you, did they?"

Wanyan shook her head, "Everything is fine at home, and the child is also very good. Now Hongming has learned to read and write with Hongchun."

"Yo, that's right!" Yinzhen felt quite pleasantly surprised, lowered his head and poked his head at Hongming who was hugging his neck, "What words have we Hongming learned?"

Hongming was amused by Yinzhen and giggled, "I have learned a lot, and I can write my own name! My brother taught me how to write!"

"Brother taught it?" After hearing this, Yin Zhen went to poke his head at Hong Chun, "Hong Chun is really a good brother."

When Hong Chun was praised by his Ama, his little face was immediately stained with red, he leaned his head on his Ama's shoulder, pursed his lips and smiled silently.

After entering the house, the Wanyan family no longer allowed the two children to act coquettishly on Yinzhen, "It's getting late now, but Hongchun still remembers that you have to go to school tomorrow, and Hongming, too. Go to sleep with your brother."

Hongming still wanted to be tired of Yinzhen for a while, so he twisted his little buttocks and pulled Hongchun to stick to Yinzhen's side, "I just saw Ama..."

Hongchun was quite sensible, pinching Hongming's hand with four small meaty buns, "Ama must be exhausted after a long journey. Let's not disturb Ama's rest. Come tomorrow to say hello to Ama."

After hearing this, Wan Yan also chimed in, "That's right, haven't you always listened to your brother the most? Why are you acting so disobedient now?"

Hongming ignored him, and buried his face in Yinzhen's arms, "I listen to Ama the most."

The Fourteenth Prince’s Mansion implements a policy of strict mothers and loving fathers, and when Wanyan heard that Hongming was still playing tricks, she immediately lowered her voice, “You’re still chasing your grandma here just because you’re so tired? "

Hong Ming immediately pursed his lips, "Er Niang..."

Yinzhen still understands the reason that one parent can't sing against the other when educating the child, so he lowered his head and kissed Hongming's little face, "Good boy, your mother is right, it's getting late, it's time to go to bed , otherwise Hongming wouldn't grow taller."

Hong Ming glanced at the stern-faced Er Niang and then at his own Ama, let go of Yinzhen's clothes, waddled up to Wanyan, and tugged at her fingertips, "Er Niang, Hongming is going to sleep, Erniang, don't be angry."

Facing her own child, no mother would be really angry. Looking at Hongming's flattering little eyes, Wanyan's red face could no longer be put on, and she bowed her head and hugged Hongming, "Er Niang is not angry anymore. , good boy, go to bed with your brother."

After watching the nuns take Hongchun Hongming away, Yinzhen turned to look at Wanyan, "With these two children here, you are exhausted."

Wanyan smiled and handed the teacup to Yinzhen's hand, "The two children are usually very obedient, that is to say, this time the master has been away for such a long time, and he really thinks so hard, so he stays here and refuses to leave " Then he asked, "Master just got home, why don't you go take a bath to relieve fatigue. Are you hungry? My concubine asked someone to prepare some food."

As soon as Wanyan said, Yinzhen felt tired from the journey, so he stood up and nodded, "That's fine, let's have some porridge and side dishes prepared, I don't really want to eat anything that can't be digested right now. "

"Hey." Wanyan replied, and hurriedly asked people to ask for help.

After washing off his exhaustion, he drank warm porridge and some refreshing side dishes. When Yinzhen lay on the bed he had not seen for a long time, he let out a long breath, "I only know how comfortable it is at home when I am outside. The children are not even used to sleeping in the bed outside, and it takes a long time to fall asleep."

Wanyan, who was sleeping on the side, pursed her lips and smiled when she heard Yinzhen's emotional words, "How else can it be said that it's all good at home, but it's all difficult to be outside. It's also the first time my master has been out of the house for so long. My mother is always thinking about my father, afraid that my father is not used to being outside. Every time my concubine goes to say hello to my mother, my mother always talks about why my father has not come back. Tomorrow, if my mother sees my father, she must not know why Happy."

"I also miss you outside." Yinzhen said, "During the days in the south of the Yangtze River, when I saw something interesting, I wondered whether Dun'er Qier liked it or not. I didn't realize it at the time. It was only when I was in Beijing that I realized that I had already bought so many things for my two children. Also, the places I went back to were treaty ports or places with a lot of foreigners. I also bought some perfume and so on, as well as their foreign-made jewelry, although the craftsmanship is not as exquisite as ours, it can be regarded as a novelty."

Listening to Yinzhen's words, Wanyan's smile grew stronger, "Master is doing errands outside with all his heart, so I can't bother you to think about bringing things home. If you do, just take care of my mother." , why bother to bring things home."

"Look at what you said, Chun'er and Ming'er are my son, and you are my daughter-in-law. When I see something new outside, how can I not bring it to you." Yinzhen said, "The foreigner's things are also It’s a fresh idea. Oh, yes, this time I got some diamonds back, besides giving them to Mama and Erniang, you also keep some to make some jewelry and so on. It’s pretty nice..."

As he was talking, Yinzhen's voice became vague, and in the end, there was no sound at all. Wanyan turned his head and saw that Yinzhen had closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After quietly watching her husband's sleeping face for a while, Wanyan also curled her lips, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

It was really exhausting, and Yinzhen slept until dawn on the second day. Seeing that the early morning could not catch up, Yinzhen simply asked Wanyan to pack up all the things for Concubine De, and went to the palace to give to Concubine De. The concubine please go.

Concubine De hadn't seen her son for nearly a year, and now that she finally brought her son back, she naturally hugged and caressed her for a long time, and tears fell a few times, "I never let you leave my side so much For a long time, I can’t eat well or sleep well because I’m thinking about it every day. God is sorry, but I hope you come back. Look, I said that you can’t eat well outside. You’ve lost so much weight , you have to make up for it.”

Yinzhen felt that Concubine De was completely out of a loving mother's mentality. With so many people serving by her side, wouldn't it be good to eat? He helped her to sit down on the couch, and then said, "Although I have lost weight, my son feels that he is much stronger."

"Nonsense, I can't tell if I'm strong or thin!" Concubine De patted Yinzhen, "You've never traveled so far, and you're going there again. I heard that everything is there. It's sweet, I think you can't get used to it!"

Yinzhen smiled and hugged Concubine De's arm, "It's not all sweet, but it tastes good. Er Niang, my son is so old, how can he not take good care of himself?" He said while pulling Concubine De Look at the presents I brought back for her, "These are the things my son brought back from Jiangnan. They are naturally incomparable with the ones in the palace, but they are also fresh and interesting." As he spoke, he picked up a delicate jewel inlaid "I bought this perfume and this face cream from foreigners. I heard from people in the south that it is much better to use than ours. Especially this perfume, spraying it once can last for a long time." ,and this……"

Concubine De listened to Yinzhen introducing the things she had bought to her, and her face was about to burst into laughter. She said everything Yinzhen pointed out, and repeatedly praised Yinzhen for being filial and caring, so it was Yinzhen. Those who are so narcissistic to a certain level are blushed a little by Concubine De's praise.

After staying with Concubine De for a while, Yinzhen went to Concubine Kangxi's place after being fed two bowls of soup by Concubine De.

When Kangxi arrived at Kangxi's place, Kangxi had just finished his work, Yinzhen adjusted his clothes at the door before entering, "My son Yinzhen greets Khan Ama, Khan Ama is auspicious."

Kangxi looked at his son, whom he hadn't seen for half a year, and felt that he was more energetic than before, so he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Get up."

"Thank you, Ama." Yinzhen stood up after thanking him, then raised his head and smiled at Kangxi.

Kangxi was also amused by Yinzhen's smile, "Why are you smiling at me?"

Yinzhen bent his mouth, "It's been a long time since I saw Khan Ama, I'm happy to see Khan Ama still in such spirit."

"I think you ate too much sugar in the south." Kangxi said.

Yinzhen pretended to be wronged, "My son, this is the truth, truer than pearls."

Kangxi was amused by Yinzhen's nonsensical words again, "What's the mess, tell me, what did you gain from this trip to the south of the Yangtze River?"

After hearing this, Yinzhen bowed his head and took out the booklet he had prepared, and handed it to Kangxi respectfully, "There is a saying that 'reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles', I feel that the ancients did not deceive me. , I have seen a lot, and I have gained a lot. This is what I have seen and felt during these days in the south of the Yangtze River, please read it.”

"Hmm." Kangxi looked at the neatly arranged booklets on the table, nodded, picked up one and read it without saying a word...

After that day, everyone could see that Kangxi paid more attention to and favored Yinzhen. Apart from letting Yinzhen play the right thing from time to time, the rewards also came from time to time. Give birth to all kinds of thoughts.