First Prince of Qing Dynasty

Yinfeng hurried to the imperial study room, but unexpectedly, besides Suo'etu, he saw another person, Meng Jixiang.Yinfeng was very surprised.Suo'etu said, "It's thanks to Eunuch Meng that I was able to destroy the Tiandihui's lair in one fell swoop this time."

Yinfeng and Kangxi looked at Meng Jixiang at the same time, quite surprised.

Meng Jixiang lowered his head and explained the whole story: "A few years ago, the servant studied and sorted out the method of composting. With the support of the prince, he has been traveling north and south and spreading this method to various places. He also took this opportunity to collect and sort out farming methods in various places, sum up experience, and see Is there a way to improve it.

"The servant went to the south of the Yangtze River three months ago, and has been wandering in the countryside until he reached Yangliu Village. There is a Zhuangzi there, and many surrounding farmlands are under the name of the owner of the Zhuangzi, and they are leased to tenants for cultivation.

"When the servant was communicating with the tenants about farming, I heard from the tenants that the owner of the village doesn't like outsiders entering the village, so everyone is not very clear about the situation in the village. However, the owner of the village is a good person, and the land rent is cheap. When the harvest is not good, we will give relief. Everyone is very grateful to the owner.

"Some people found that Zhuangzi had recently bought more things, and they were talking about whether the owner had a happy event today and wanted to entertain guests. Some people said that they saw strangers coming in and out of Zhuangzi. But the owner said that he was a distant relative of his family, and the whole family came here. .We didn't think too much about it.

"The slave didn't care at first. But one day, the butcher in the village slaughtered pigs, and the farmer asked for half of them. The slave stayed in the village for half a month and got to know the villagers well. The pork was too much and heavy, and the butcher had one. Don't mention it, the servant will help to carry it and send it into the village.

"The steward of the Zhuangzi came over and weighed it. Just as he was negotiating the price with the butcher to settle the money. The servant saw two women walking in the yard. One of them looked familiar, like the maid beside Tong Niangniang."

Yinfeng was surprised: "Tong Niangniang's maid?"

This Tong Niangniang must be referring to the deceased Tong Jia family, not the concubine Tong in the palace.There are quite a few maidservants around Tong Jia, but two of them are the most useful.One is Chunying, which is dead.The other is Chun Zhi, who has disappeared since Tong Jia's death.

As soon as he heard that it was related to Tong Jia's, Kangxi subconsciously felt displeased, and frowned: "How could Tong Jia's maid be in Zhuangzi in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Meng Jixiang shook his head: "I don't know. I was very surprised at the time and didn't dare to recognize it. Because the woman in front of me is quite different from the Chun Zhi in my memory. She is wearing a woman's bun and her clothes are different from before. But the facial features It does.

"When the servant saw her, she also saw the servant. Surprise flashed on her face, but more of fear. She was very nervous, and she winked at the servant quietly, with pleading eyes. She seemed to be very scrupulous about Zhuangzi's People, especially the other woman next to her, she seemed to be afraid that the slaves would expose her.

"The slave thought it was strange. She wanted to call her, but she had doubts in her heart, so she didn't speak. At this time, the butcher and the steward had settled the settlement. The slave went out with the butcher. She opened her mouth to ask the steward if the kitchen had delivered fresh meat, and said Today is my husband's birthday, and I want to make a plate of his favorite dish as a memorial service.

"While walking towards the kitchen, she sprained her foot and fell on the servant when she passed by the servant. Before the servant could react, she turned her back to the crowd, grabbed the servant's hand, and wrote a word in red on the palm of her hand. Another woman next to her helped her up, and she immediately apologized to the servant and went into the kitchen, as if it was just an accident."

Yinfeng's eyebrows twitched: "Zhu? Which Zhu?"

"Zhu from cinnabar. This slave knows about the recent search and encirclement of rebels. Combined with the word Zhu, this slave feels that the matter is important. If the slave's guess is correct, the people living in Zhuangzi are rebels, and even the remnants of the Zhu family will be here.

"When the servant leaves, he always feels that there is a line of sight behind him. Therefore, the servant dare not leave the village immediately, but pretends not to know anything, and stays in the village for a few days, helping the tenants plow the land every day, and sharing farming matters with the old men experience.

"Of course, the slave also paid close attention to Zhuangzi. This attention revealed that Zhuangzi's defenses are extremely tight. It really does not look like an ordinary Zhuangzi. When the slave teaches everyone how to compost according to the original plan, what should be collected The information was also recorded, and he left after the work was done.

"The servant came out of Zhuangzi, entered the city along the official road, and did some shopping in the city. Even if someone from Zhuangzi followed him, he would only think that the servant was planning to travel and travel to the next place.

"Everyone in the village knows that the slave travels around for farming purposes, but no one knows that the slave is the eunuch in the palace. The slave has always said that he is from a farming and studying family. In recent years, the slave has visited many places, and he has some eunuch habits. They have also been changed, and the traces are getting less and less. So they should not be able to see it.

"After going around like this for half a day, the servant finally found an opportunity to sneak into the Yamen, and provided the token that the prince gave back then. He met Mr. Suo'etu and told him about it."

Suo'etu went on to say: "Yes! After receiving the news, combined with the information obtained at the time, I felt that even if Zhu and Wei were not in Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi was still their stronghold, and we should not let it go. The servants immediately mobilized troops to attack Zhuangzi, They were caught off guard. They were defenseless, and even if they resisted desperately, they were not our opponents.

"The people on Zhuangzi were killed and arrested. Only then did I know that this Zhuangzi was one of their old lairs. Due to the recent siege by the imperial court, several other lairs in the south of the Yangtze River were confiscated, and now only Here. Not only Zhu and Wei are here, but the third prince Zhu is here, and their confidantes in the south of the Yangtze River are basically here.

"The army is strong and the firepower is fierce. It should have been wiped out in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, although the slaves surrounded Zhuangzi, they didn't expect that Zhuangzi had a secret road. The third prince Zhu and Zhu Hewei were escorted away from the secret road. The servant led people to chase him and killed Zhu and Wei, but failed to catch the third prince Zhu.

"However, the third prince Zhu was hit by three wooden warehouses. One wooden warehouse was in the chest, one wooden warehouse was in the abdomen, and the other wooden warehouse was in the back. The slave thought that if there was no shortage of medicine for such an injury, he might be able to save his life. But they wanted to flee , In the absence of medical treatment and medicine, it is unlikely to be alive.

"However, these are all conjectures by the slave. The slave dared not be careless and ordered the entire city to search and arrest, paying special attention to investigating the flow of wound medicine in the medicine shop. Three days later, the third prince Zhu was found in a ruined temple, and he was accompanied by Zhu Hewei's wife And their three children, protected by more than a dozen people. How can this few people be our opponents.

"The third prince Zhu was seriously injured at that time, and the situation was not very good. Seeing that the situation was over and the end of the road, he forced himself to stand up and yelled that Daming should die. Then he picked up the knife and confessed to his daughter-in-law: The descendants of Ming will never fall After entering the hands of the Qing court, they wiped their necks. Zhu Hewei's wife picked up the father-in-law's knife, tearfully killed the three children with her own hands, and then committed suicide."

Yinfeng was shocked: "Killed my three children?"

"Yes."

"All...all dead?"

"Yes, they are all dead."

Yinfeng took a deep breath and suddenly didn't know what to say.Although he knew very well that if these children were arrested, Kangxi would never let them go based on their identities.But being killed by the hands of his biological mother, Yinfeng still felt uncomfortable.Judging from the information found, Zhu and Wei's children, the oldest is only five years old, and the youngest is only one year old.

Yinfeng's heart trembled: "Are you sure they are all dead? Could it be a fake death?"

"Fake death?" Suo'etu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Impossible. The corpses were all inspected by Wu. They were all fatally wounded, and all of them were killed. Moreover, the corpses had been placed in the government office for several days, and they had begun to rot. Weichen looked at it and buried it. The heads of Zhu Hewei and the third prince Zhu were cut off by Weichen himself, and the local medical office cooperated with embalming and brought them to Beijing."

The two wooden boxes on the side of Yinreng Kangxi's table hadn't moved yet, but Kangxi grabbed his wrist and covered his eyes: "Don't look."

Yinfeng:? ? ?

"Han Ama is my three-year-old child. It's not like I haven't seen a dead person. I went to Juxian Village for execution that day."

Kangxi stared: "You still have the nerve to say, if you are told not to go, you must go, you can't hold back, and as a result, you had nightmares for several days, and the imperial doctor prescribed you a few days of tranquilizing medicine to relieve your pain. "

Yinfeng: ...

Thinking about the situation that day, Yinfeng was indeed a little palpitating.Okay, don't watch it and don't watch it.

Yinfeng looked at Suo'etu: "Uncle has carefully checked their bodies to make sure they are all dead, so can you confirm that they are indeed the ones who died?"

"It shouldn't be wrong. Weichen has checked the portraits. The crown prince sent two copies from Beijing, one provided by Zhuang Zhuang, and one provided by Yanyan. In addition, Weichen also interrogated two copies in Jiangnan, each of them checked. It is indeed true There is no doubt about the third prince Zhu and Zhu Hewei. And after the death of these two people, I have let the remnants of the rebels who were arrested before identify them, and those who have seen them all say yes."

Yinfeng asked again: "What about their faces? Have you checked carefully to see if there is anything on them, such as a disguise mask?"

Suo Ertu was confused, and Kangxi couldn't laugh or cry: "You are a storybook, where is the disguise mask in this world!"

Yinfeng suddenly realized, yes.This is not a martial arts world or a fantasy world. Disguise masks don't exist.There is no disguise mask, there is no disguise, even if it is one of the four major oriental magic arts, makeup can change from ugly to beautiful, and make a certain imitation makeup, but it can't change a person's facial features into another person.What's more, makeup technology has not yet developed to the height of later generations.

But Yinfeng still asked one more question: "Have you washed their faces? Have you checked everything carefully?"

Suo'etu was speechless, but still replied respectfully: "Before my minister left Beijing, the crown prince confessed that regardless of whether the third prince Zhu is alive or dead, the identity of the leaders must be checked again and again, and carefully inspected. My minister Don’t dare to slack off. I have checked everything several times and confirmed that it is really me.”

Yinfeng heaved a sigh of relief. From this point of view, he should really be dead.Putting down the big stone in his heart, Yinreng asked Chun Zhi: "How is she?"

"When Weichen entered Zhuangzi, the army was in chaos, and he focused on killing Zhu's family. He didn't pay much attention to it. Later, Zhuangzi was cleaned up and the number of people was counted. There was no Chunzhi among the dead or arrested.

"Weichen interrogated the captured remnants, and they all said they didn't know who Chunzhi was, and the village only saw an aunt named Chunlan. But they didn't know Chunlan's whereabouts either.

"During the whole search, Wei Chen also looked for Chun Zhi by the way, but he couldn't find it. Chun Zhi's whereabouts are unknown. Wei Chen thought, maybe... maybe she escaped that day while taking advantage of the chaos."

There is another possibility that Suo'etu didn't mention, but everyone present understands it.Or maybe her identity leak was dealt with by Zhu and Wei.

Kangxi snorted and said, "She may not have participated in what she did after being abolished back then. Even if she didn't, she was an insider. Since she reported Zhu and Wei's meritorious service, it should be considered that the merits and demerits are equal, and they will not be held accountable. Both her parents died, and her relatives The relationship is also estranged. Let’s leave it at that for now. If her body is found in the future, it will be a proper burial.”

Suoertu should be.

Yinfeng then asked: "Have you found the yard where they raised the girls?"

"I found it. The stewards inside have been punished, and the girls were rescued. According to the prince's order, the third prince Zhu's family sent people to abduct and sell them, and told them the truth about domesticating them. According to the information obtained in the investigation, we checked all All of them have been brought into Beijing with their identities."

Yinfeng nodded: "Inform their family members, if the family members are willing to accept, and they are willing to go home, let them go back. If the family members are unwilling to accept..."

Yinfeng paused.This situation is very likely to exist.After all, she has been missing for many years and was raised like that, so she has a bad reputation.Even if the imperial court has kept these girls secret to the greatest extent, but the Tiandihui incident is so big, and the investigation of the abduction case is not small, and there will always be some leaks.

Some family members are afraid that taking the girl home will ruin the family's reputation.Not to mention that the person who raised them was a traitor.Even so, if the royal family does not pursue these girls, who knows what will happen in the future?

Yinfeng sighed: "If they have nowhere to go, leave it to me. I'll find them a place to go."

This was said to Kangxi.Kangxi frowned, unwilling.

Yinfeng said again: "Ama Khan, they are also quite pitiful. If they hadn't been kidnapped and sold, how could they have fallen to this point. Their first half of life has been ruined, and they can't ruin the second half of their life. Erchen just compares his heart, if it is I was abducted and raised by others with ulterior motives, and once I learned the truth, once I was saved, I would want someone to help me and give me a way out."

Hearing this, Kangxi swallowed the "woman's benevolence" on his lips, and scolded: "Nonsense! Who dares to kidnap the prince of a country!"

Yinfeng smiled and said: "That must not be true. Even if you have the guts, you have to have the ability to snatch me away from Khan Ama, right? Who can do it better than Khan Ama! So I just want to think."

Kangxi stared: "I can't even think about it, who would think about such a thing."

Yinfeng curled his lips: "If Khan Ama agrees to me, I won't think about it."

Kangxi: ...

"Khan Ama, I have a shop and a Zhuangzi outside the palace, and I have a lot of places to settle. If I don't put them in these places, there is also Bai's textile factory. The factory is full of women, which is more convenient. It is as far as I am concerned. But it's not difficult to ask to raise your hand. If that's the case, why not help them. Could it be that our Qing Dynasty has a vast land, rich resources and outstanding people, but we can't even tolerate such a few women?"

Kangxi sighed, feeling that Yinreng was sometimes too kind, but fortunately, his kindness was measured.Seeing that he begged so much, Kangxi didn't want to make him unhappy about such a trivial matter, so he nodded and agreed.So he harvested a bunch of rainbow farts from Yinreng, making him so beautiful that he couldn't want it.

……

The family of the third prince Zhu was destroyed, A Furong was destroyed, and everything in Beijing was on track.The textile factory and the chamber of commerce are developing well, and Hu Changsheng has sorted out the books. Yinfeng personally wrote the preface and sent it to Jingshan College for publication by everyone.

Everything was in order, Yinfeng was free to think about other things.

He approached Kangxi: "Ama Khan, I would like to borrow some people from you."

"How many people do you borrow?"

"Yeah. Erchen wants to go out of Beijing to see the river."

Kangxi:! ! !Why are you leaving Beijing all of a sudden!

"Khan Ama also knows that I have been studying water conservancy for the past two years, obtained a lot of information from the Ministry of Industry, and even asked Mr. Jin Fu to write to me continuously, telling me about the situation of the river. But the information can be seen No matter how much it is, it is not as effective as a field trip. If I want to achieve results in this, I must have a good understanding of the local situation."

Kangxi was a little surprised: "You want to control the water?"

"I have this idea. Khan Ama, since I entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, the floods in the Yellow River and Huaihe River have never stopped. During the years you have been in power, you have submitted reports on disasters in various Huanghuai regions from time to time.

"Master Jin Fu is diligent and diligent, and has made great contributions to river management. However, the Huanghuai flood has a long history. From Zhou Dingwang to today, it is almost every two years. During the period, he diverted and relocated five times. Such problems left over from history, Mr. Jin Fu, even a genius in heaven, could not completely solve them.

"Floods together, cultivated land is destroyed, people are displaced, and there is a serious shortage of people along the coast. The second thing is that the imperial court can't collect the silver. The most important thing is that if the flood is serious, the people will not have enough to eat, and the number of refugees will increase. Fleeing in various places is not conducive to social stability. .If there is no food to eat during the escape, it may cause robbery of pedestrians and wealthy households. If it goes further, it will develop into rogues."

Yinfeng remembers that there was a flood in the 43rd year of Kangxi and 46th year of Kangxi. The situation was very serious. The number of refugees doubled.It is now the 30th year of Kangxi, and there are still more than ten years before the flood occurs. If preparations are made now, Yinfeng feels that it is very hopeful to avoid it.

He continued: "Ama Khan, there are several books on water conservancy in Mafa books. In the early years, I also had people copy them and gave them to Mr. Jin Fu for study, and I am also learning. I heard that Zhang Boxing, a 24-year-old scholar I have a lot of insight into this. I want Kangxi to order him to accompany me. Then I will call Lord Jin Fu to accompany me.

"My son wants to see if we can gather the strength of all of us to develop a more effective plan. We don't expect to accomplish all in one battle. It is impossible for us to solve this thousand-year-old problem in a short time, but at least we must be able to protect it temporarily. One place is stable. Naturally, the longer this temporary period, the better."

During the Kangxi period, there was also Zhang Penghe who was good at water control, but he was the governor of Zhejiang at this time, and he became the governor of rivers nine years later.Especially now that Jiangnan has just wiped out the Third Prince Zhu and Tiandihui, and it will take time to rectify and recover. I am afraid he can't let go of the big things in Zhejiang and patrol the river with them.

Therefore, Yinfeng didn't mention it.It is enough to have two water-controlling ministers.Yinfeng has little ability in water conservancy and relies entirely on the system to cheat.This proposal, one is to let the system scan and collect information on the spot, and the other is to give myself a legitimate excuse to come up with a plan in the future.So it doesn't matter whether there is Zhang Penghe or not.

He spoke seriously, and Kangxi also became serious: "The flood in the Huanghuai River is indeed a big problem. It's good that you have this kind of heart, but I'm not at ease after all if you are alone."

Yinreng was full of question marks, why is he alone, Zhang Boxing and Jin Fu mentioned above are not human?But they really can't be guards.

Yinfeng said again: "Ama Khan forgot, I still have one thousand and five personal guards. I will bring them all!"

Unexpectedly, Kangxi didn't mean that at all, he said: "I will go with you."

Yinfeng:? ? ?What the hell?You are an emperor, you don't care about government affairs, why join in the fun?Do you know how to control water?Do you know how to build dams?You know a little bit about it, what's the use of you going there?Trouble?

"Think about it, it's been 22 years since I went on tour last time, and it's been eight years in a blink of an eye. I just took this opportunity to do another tour to the south. Don't you always talk about Jiangnan? Let's walk along the river and visit all the places that should be patrolled. Now, go further south."

Yinfeng: ... You really want to go out to play by yourself and use me as an excuse?

Yinrong looked hesitant: "Isn't it good?"

Kangxi:! ! !Why is it bad?

"What's wrong? I think it's good!"

"Khan Ama, it must be very hard for us to check the river."

"You are not afraid of hard work, but I will be afraid?"

Yinfeng frowned: "We don't have time to play with you."

"I'm not here to play."

Yinfeng sighed: "However, Jiangnan has only experienced a siege against rebels. I'm afraid the people and officials haven't slowed down yet."

Kangxi paused and narrowed his eyes: "It is because of this that we need to go more. Now that the Earth Council and Prince Zhu's family are all destroyed, and the threat is removed, we let go of our hearts. People may understand the actions of the court after seeing this. I am hesitant and anxious. I can inspire the hearts of the people by driving the southern tour. What do you think?"

Yinfeng: ...you have finished all the words, how do I feel?

"alright."

The corner of Kangxi's mouth curled up: "Don't you like Jiangning? This time we still stay in Jiangning, okay?"

Yinfeng shook his head. He likes Jiangning because he was from Nanjing in his previous life. He went there once and found that this Jiangning is not that Nanjing.

He thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to Suzhou. Khan Ama forgot, I still have a Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou. Let's live in the Humble Administrator's Garden."

Having said this, Yinfeng was in high spirits: "The Humble Administrator's Garden has been in my hands for several years, and I haven't been there yet. I have to live there anyway. Otherwise it would be too wasteful. Oh, yes. There is also Xiaotangshan At the beginning, it was said that I would send you and Wuku’s mother to play. It has been repaired for two years, and there is no chance.”

In the year when it was first built, Yinfeng returned to Beijing after peace talks, and he had to accompany Kangxi to discuss follow-up matters with his officials, so there was no time.I could have gone last year, but because of the Juxianzhuang incident, I didn’t have the time.But it will be delayed.

Yinfeng clenched his fists: "Ama Khan, I will send you there this winter."

Kangxi laughed: "Okay! Let's go to Xiaotangshan in winter today. This time we will also stay in your Humble Administrator's Garden during our southern tour."

Yinfeng clapped his hands: "Then I'll go back and prepare. First, send a few people there to discuss the arrangement with the local officials. The people we send over by ourselves know our habits best. Besides, that's my garden. I have to be neat and orderly."

Kangxi narrowed his eyes and agreed to all of them.

Anyway, it's good to be able to travel together.Others can depend on Yinfeng.But it is impossible for him to go out of Beijing to inspect the river by himself, at least two or three months, and at most five or six months.

The year before last, he had to go to Nisk for peace talks. After half a year, his little heart.Every time I received a message, I trembled for a long time.Once again, Kangxi felt that this day could not be passed.

So, absolutely impossible.It is impossible in this life.