First Prince of Qing Dynasty

Kangxi 22 years, February, restaurant.

At this moment, Yinfeng is already nine years old, she has lost a bit of childishness, and now has a little more youthful heroism.He was well dressed, a water-coloured gown with a stand-up collar made his face look like a bright moon, his lips were red and his teeth were white.Coupled with the noble appearance of being a royal family, the power of a high position for a long time, the bearing is impressive.

He rested his elbows on the window, propped his chin while peeling peanuts, and listened to the storytellers downstairs with great interest.

Cowpox gave Yinreng the initial rumor of "immortals entering their dreams", and hybrid rice pushed this saying to its peak, and many legends have evolved from it.

There were even several writers who came out of the folks. Because they wanted to avoid the royal family, they deliberately concealed their identities and names, and wrote various scripts in different forms.All of them are based on Yinfeng.

What the storyteller said is one of the versions.In this version, Yinfeng is the second son of a certain fairy family. Because he couldn't bear to see the suffering of the people, he deliberately reincarnated into the mortal world and used many means to make the people have enough food and clothing to avoid suffering.There are also layers of checkpoints and little villain obstacles interspersed in the meantime.The plot is ups and downs and the rhythm is bright.

Yinfeng listened with gusto, and couldn't help but marvel at the excellence of the ancients' writing and imagination.Don't you see that the four great classics are famous in later generations?

In a blink of an eye, the story of the storyteller came to an end, and the second son returned to the heaven with his merits and virtues, and recovered his real body.

"Everyone saw the second young master soaring into the clouds, his whole body was bright, his brows were a little red, and his legs gradually turned into long tails..."

With a puff, Yinrong spewed out all the tea that had just arrived in his mouth.

What the hell?A snake with a human face?he?Second son?

Some of the audience in the hall were upset.

"What kind of story are you storyteller telling! It's just nonsense! How could the second young master have a tail!"

Yinfeng nodded secretly.Unexpectedly, the man changed the subject and said: "I clearly heard that the Second Young Master has three pairs of arms and three heads!"

Yinfeng: ...

Another person jumped up against the case: "You are messing around! The second son is obviously a god, how come you have three pairs of arms and three heads!"

"Stop talking if you are ignorant! Immortals can't have three pairs of arms and three heads? Isn't Nezha the son of Tianwang Tota Li? If there weren't so many tricks, how could the second son do so many things for the people! I Those who read this storytelling are trying to smear the second son! The tail is coming out!"

"Ignorant woman! Ignorant woman!" The storyteller blushed with anger, "You only know that Nezha has three heads and six arms, but you know who has a human face and a snake body! According to the Shan Hai Jing, Nu Wa, who created humans, has a human face and a snake body!"

"What is the Classic of Mountains and Seas? I haven't heard of it. Anyway, I think the second son is Nezha!"

"No! I heard that the Second Young Master has three eyes."

Yinfeng: All right.He is not only a descendant of Nuwa, but also Nezha, and now he is Yang Jian.

Listening to the discussion in the hall again, yes, within a quarter of an hour, another seven or eight gods came out.

Yinfeng: ... Numb.

However, these people talked about it, but no one directly said "Prince", and they all referred to the so-called "Second Young Master" in the script.Because there are too many story versions of "Second Son", everyone has a fairy image of "Second Master" in their hearts, and each insists on their own opinions and refuses to give in to each other.

I don't know who it is, but seeing the noise in the hall, he yelled, after all, it must be the gods descending to earth.That's the end of the debate.

But the topic continues.

"Zhang Lichang, will your village still grow hybrid rice this year?"

"Plant! Why don't you plant! Last year we tried planting in our village, and you can see the harvest. That's double the number of original rice seeds! With hybrid rice, one mu of land can have the same harvest as the previous two mu! No one is stupid. kind!"

"Our village has also signed up. Now we are waiting for the first-generation rice seeds. Last year we were not as lucky as you. We tried to plant the second-generation rice seeds, and the harvest was not so good. I heard that this year all the first-generation rice seeds will be used."

"Although it's not that good, it's not worse than before. And didn't the court give you subsidies?"

"It is said that all subsidies will be cancelled, this year."

Zhang Lichang rolled his eyes: "Last year, the imperial court needed land for trial planting to check the harvest of the rice seeds. Everyone didn't know the new rice seeds, and they were unwilling. That's why they gave subsidies.

"Now that it has been proven that hybrid rice can produce a bumper harvest, everyone is scrambling to plant it. Naturally, the subsidy is gone. Didn't the court say that the money for the rice seed was exempted for the first two years? You are not happy to give you such a good rice seed for nothing!"

"Old Chen, you are not willing to give me the share of your village's rice seeds! We don't want too much, the worst is not enough, let's go to reclaim wasteland!"

Lao Chen hurriedly waved his hands: "Go, go! Who is not happy! I'm just saying a word! Why don't you want to! Don't talk nonsense, if it gets out, the imperial court thinks that we don't want to plant rice, so they won't give us rice seeds! I Designate someone to go to your house to snatch it!"

One person approached: "Brothers, is this new rice seed really so good?"

"Brother, you are not from the capital, are you? Where are you from?"

"From the northwest."

"That's no wonder. The whole capital knows about this. After all, the capital accounted for half of the trial planting sites designated by the imperial court last year, and the rest was moved to Jiangnan. Everyone has seen the bumper harvest. It's okay. Is it fake? I heard that the harvest in the south of the Yangtze River is better, and the best one mu reaches nearly [-] catties."

The outsider gasped: "So much? Does that mean paying more taxes?"

Several people waved their hands: "The imperial court has ordered, and the tax ratio remains the same."

The outsider frowned: "The ratio remains the same, but the quantity remains the same? Then the court can have a lot more."

"There are more imperial courts, and we have more left behind."

The outsider rolled his eyes, "That's true. It's just a pity. If the court collects taxes according to the previous amount for such a good harvest, everyone will naturally be able to keep more."

"I knew there were people like you. Didn't the imperial court spend money and effort on researching new rice seeds? I heard that the prince squatted in the field for several days and forgot to eat for the new rice seeds.

"We are so cheap. We don't need to pay for the rice seeds in the first two years. We only need to report the amount of land in the village, and the imperial court will distribute it for free. It is not expensive to collect money after two years. It is very cheap. What else do you want?" land?"

"Thanks to the crown prince and His Majesty's hard work for the sake of the people, the court also considers the people in every way. The court's intentions are in vain."

In exchange for a few words, a few people attacked, and the outsider was stunned for a while before he realized it, and apologized: "It's my fault, I wanted to go wrong. Don't blame everyone. Brothers, I will invite you to eat and drink today. What do you want to eat?" What, casually. I hope to forgive my brother for being reckless.

"My little brother also just came to the capital, and I don't understand anything. I used to live in the northwest, and you all know that the border conditions are not as good as those in Beijing. I have little knowledge and backward thinking, so don't take it for granted.

"By the way, when I was in the Northwest, I heard that the imperial court had developed vaccinia, so that you won't get smallpox after vaccination. Is this true?"

Old Chen nodded: "Of course. It has been two or three years since cowpox was developed, not to mention the capital city, but even places farther away. After all, it was on the imperial list and the residence newspaper. Your family used to live in the northwest Where? I'm afraid it's not a big county, right?"

The stranger smiled and nodded: "Yes! My hometown is in the countryside, and the roads are not easy to walk. It is not easy to go out."

"No wonder you don't know."

The stranger asked again: "Have you ever vaccinated yourself with cowpox?"

The three shook their heads: "We don't have a chance to vaccinate."

Old Chen pointed to a richly dressed man at the other table and said, "Boss Tang has planted it."

Boss Tang heard the words and said: "A relative in my family is an official in the court, and I was lucky enough to get a quota through his relationship."

The foreigner had a hard time: "I am terribly afraid of smallpox. I originally thought that since I had vaccinia, I came to the capital again, and I could get vaccinated before leaving. It seems that this is not possible. It seems that only officials and dignitaries can vaccinate this vaccinia. We ordinary people can't you?

"In this way, doesn't it mean that in the future, officials and dignitaries will not be afraid of smallpox, and we can only wait for death? What can we do? Didn't the crown prince ask Liu Taiyi to develop vaccinia to serve the people? Why can't the people get vaccinated? ?”

The crowd frowned.

Zhang Lichang's eyes were somewhat suspicious: "Why can't we people get vaccinated? We didn't get vaccinated, and Boss Tang got an extra quota through his relationship, but when did we say that no other people were vaccinated?"

Alien:? ? ?

"The imperial court will release a part of the quota every year. People who are interested in vaccination can sign up and draw lots to choose. Those who win can be vaccinated."

Foreigner: "Draw lots? With so many people in the whole country, how long will it take to win? Boss Tang is better, there are people in the court who can handle things."

"It can't be helped. The imperial court once said the reason for doing this. The safety of the vaccinia vaccine needs to be guaranteed, and it is very difficult to make. The annual amount is only so small. The imperial court did not hold all of them in their hands, but released quotas for them. Our people are already doing well. You don’t know, the first few batches were all vaccinated by princes and grandchildren!”

The outsider nodded: "After all, they are royal nobles, so they are different. Of course, they should take the lead in such a good thing."

Boss Tang scoffed: "You are wrong. The princes and grandchildren are not vaccinated because they want to be immunized against smallpox early. Nowadays, vaccinia is indeed a good thing, but at the beginning of its development, no one knows how effective it is and whether it will be successful. , Will it cause death due to infection? This kind of uncertain thing should have been the safest thing for the common people to do experimental vaccination.

"It's just that His Majesty is kind and can't bear to let us bear the consequences. So he ordered the royal family to do a model test. I heard that the vaccines that the royal family vaccinated at the beginning were not as safe as they are now.

"At that time, several young brothers had a high fever for a few days. Fortunately, they survived in the end. After several vaccination observations by Dr. Liu and others, and repeated deliberations for improvement, they have today's vaccinia vaccine. The current vaccine has There won't be much reaction, it's very safe.

"It is also now that the safety is confirmed, and the imperial court has fully promoted it for the public. This news has not come out, so I should not have told you. But since you mentioned this, it is not a big secret. After a while, the imperial court should An imperial edict will be issued, so let me tell you. The imperial court will use the Tai Medical Department as the general administration, and set up branch offices in each state and government. Anyone who wants to be vaccinated against vaccinia in the future can go to the branch office."

As soon as these words came out, the hall boiled.

"Boss Tang, take this seriously!"

Boss Tang smiled and said: "How can I make a joke about this kind of thing, whether it's true or not, why don't you go to the city gate to look at the imperial list in a few days?"

Everyone is happy.

The foreigner's eyes darkened, seeing this scene, he wanted to find an excuse to leave.Unexpectedly, Boss Tang grabbed his wrist with such force that he couldn't break free: "Brother, you said that you live in the northwest, but you don't know where it is. I have traveled all over the world for many years, and I have visited many places. Maybe I know it. You Can you tell me about it?"

"Small place in the countryside, not worth mentioning."

"Is it not worth mentioning, or dare not say it? I see that although you are chatting, you criticize the imperial court every word. Thinking about it carefully, those words are not simple. Are you afraid that you are not a spy?"

"A spy?" Everyone was shocked!

Zhang Lichang and the others came back to their senses, furious: "Okay! I'll just say what you said sounded weird! It turned out to be a spy! I just caught a spy from the Tiandihui a few days ago. Are you his colleague?" party!"

"Catch it and send it to the yamen! This kind of spies should be counted one by one, and they will all be killed! What kind of heaven and earth society is a group of anti-thieves society! The imperial court is so good that they developed new rice seeds and planted them for us for free. The harvest doubled in the past is at least [-] to [-] catties per mu! After taxation, there is still a lot left, which can be sold not only for self-use, but also for sale!

"Seeing that the days are getting better and better, the Tiandihui will come to the capital to make trouble! Whoever is full will rebel with them! Our village is still waiting for the imperial court to issue new rice seeds! Whoever wants to oppose the imperial court, I will oppose him! "

"Yes! Send it to the yamen! Whether it's a spy or not, the yamen will know if it's checked!"

Stranger: ... Never expected!

second floor.Yinfeng closed the window with a smile and stopped paying attention.

Half an hour later, Boss Tang came back and sneaked into the room: "Prince!"

"Sent to the government office?"

"Send it!"

Yinfeng took a purse from Xiao Zhuzi and threw it to him, "Good job! Keep working hard!"

"Thank you, Prince, for the reward!"

Yinfeng waved his hand, and Boss Tang resigned knowingly.

When Kangxi entered the winter of the 20th year, he asked Suo'etu to find a few people among the people, regardless of their status, as long as they could speak well.After gathering together, Yinreng asked Xiao Zhuzi to train for a period of time.Xiao Zhuzi has been with him for a long time, and he understands his thoughts best, so it is perfect for him to do training.

After the training, Yinfeng asked these people to go to various parts of the country as merchants to quietly guide public opinion.This move has two purposes.After cowpox, with Kangxi's acquiescence, the saying that "the prince gets a fairy dream" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and after the hybrid rice came out, it intensified, and even evolved into a prince who was a fairy.

One of the reasons why Yinfeng did this was to prevent the world from knowing only the prince but not the emperor.With his efforts, he succeeded in distracting people's attention, and let everyone know that although he invented vaccinia and hybrid rice, it was the emperor's initiative to apply it to the common people and benefit the common people. Decide.

After this, everyone understood the benevolence of the Son of Heaven.No matter how the script is fabricated, he can't get rid of the shadow of the second son of the XX family.Since it belongs to the XX family, it goes without saying who XX is.In particular, although most of the storybooks use his image as the protagonist, XX also has a lot of scenes, all of which are positive.Therefore, not only Yinfeng has a group of fans, but Kangxi has a larger fan base.

After all, for ordinary people, it doesn't matter who develops something, but who promotes it to the people so that they can benefit from it.

The second is that the imperial court needs a way to promote and maintain its positive image among the people, convey what the imperial court wants to convey, and eliminate remarks that are unfavorable to the imperial court.To put it simply, the central government must have a propaganda department.Currently there is no Propaganda Department, but a similar prototype can exist.

Judging from the current situation, Yinreng's move has achieved very good results.

After signaling to Xiaozhuzi to settle the bill, Yinreng got up and went back. As soon as he arrived at Yuqing Palace, he saw Liang Jiugong's apprentice coming over, saying that the emperor had invited him.Yinfeng didn't even have time to sit down and drink, and went to Qianqing Palace again.

Kangxi handed him a brochure directly: "Look!"

Yinfeng opened it, and it was handed over from Jiangnan, saying that the two small strongholds of the Tiandihui were destroyed, and it was reported by the common people, but it is similar to the spies arrested in the capital before.

Yinreng put down the booklet and laughed: "I heard from Han Ama that the Tiandihui was just a mob at first. Most of them were built by poor people from the lower class who wanted to find a way to survive because of their hard life. The Jianghu people were later used by those with a heart, and after several rectifications, they became an organization against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

"But the members are still mainly poor people of the lower class. Since they are ordinary people, they don't care about Manchu and Han, and they don't care about Qingming. Joining Tiandihui, following the anti-imperial court will not survive, and they want to make a living. But if the imperial court Can give them a good life and feed them. Who will have a peaceful life? But, do the thing that kills the head!

"Hybrid rice has just been introduced, and it has such an effect. In a few years, hybrid rice will be planted all over the country, and the Tiandihui will be even less successful."

Kangxi nodded with a low smile: "I heard that you left the palace again today?"

"Yes!"

Kangxi scoffed: "Is it so good outside the palace?"

Can it be bad outside the palace!At least free!If it wasn't for his status, the world is so big, he still wants to see it!

Yinfeng licked his face and said: "Khan Ama, stay in the palace every day, no matter how beautiful the palace is, I am tired of looking at it. There are many interesting things outside the palace. Brothers can still endure it, and wait until they are old enough to leave the palace. Build a mansion, play to your heart's content. There is always something to look forward to. I don't even have any hope. Or you can abolish me and make me a prince."

Kangxi slapped the table and scolded: "Nonsense! You can talk like this!"

Yinfeng shut his mouth immediately, lowered his head, and was very disappointed and regretful, feeling aggrieved.

Kangxi felt angry and funny at the same time, why was he thinking about going outside the palace all day long.Oh no!He didn't just want to go outside the palace, he also wanted to travel all over the world!I want to go overseas!Kangxi felt that this was probably influenced by Nan Huairen.Now he doesn't know whether it was right or wrong to agree to let Yinreng study with Nan Huairen.

Why!He sighed, feeling distressed and not punished, he snorted twice, and then said, "You caught another spy outside the palace today?"

"Yes! At that time, Erchen was on the second floor, and he was in the lobby. The distance was too far to see clearly. But Erchen let Xiao Zhuzi pretend to be curious and sneak into the crowd. Xiao Zhuzi said that he had calluses on his tiger's mouth and palms. He should practice Guo Wu. I heard him speak, although the accent has been covered up as much as possible, but because it is too much, it seems very deliberate. It sounds awkward.

"The small wine glass was used during the banquet. He probably wasn't used to it. He used the bowl several times. Turning his head, he seemed to realize something was wrong and changed it back. But it was this change that made people suspicious. In addition There are a lot of dishes on the table, but he only likes hot pots, and Xiao Zhuzi said that he especially likes boiled mutton and beef. I guess he is a spy, but not a spy from the Tiandihui. He said he is from the northwest, so it should be true.”

It's just that I'm afraid it's not the northwest border town, but the Moxi Mobei grassland.

Kangxi's expression became serious, and he turned his head and ordered: "Let the governor of Shuntian Prefecture hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment!"

The Ministry of Punishment is better at interrogating. If it is a spy, it is best to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment.But this is Kangxi's business, and Yinfeng doesn't care.He stood on the side, bored, and began to beat the time with his toes.

Kangxi handed over another brochure: "This is written by Imperial Physician Liu, about the detailed rules and regulations for setting up medical offices in various places. You are the one who came up with this suggestion, take a look."

Yinfeng glanced roughly, and clapped his hands again and again.

Kangxi squinted: "Is everything all right? Don't you have anything else to say?"

Yinfeng made a bitter face: "Khan Ama, it's not that you don't know. I have a lot of ghost ideas, and when my brain is hot, I just have an idea, and I can say whatever comes to mind. It's okay if you ask me to come up with some ideas, and I want to improve the details. I can't do it."

Kangxi snorted, grabbed the memorial and slapped him on the head: "You are lazy!"

Yinfeng smiled flatteringly: "How could that be! Mr. Zhang and Mr. Xiong all praised me for my hard work! Khan Ama, I really think that Doctor Liu's writing is good."

Kangxi shook his head and sighed again.Generally good, but a few are too idealistic.It's a pity that Yinfeng didn't see it.After all, it was still too tender.

Yinrong blinked, but did not refute.

This kind of scene has happened frequently in the past one or two years.At first, when Kangxi was discussing matters with the courtiers in the imperial study, he saw that Yinfeng occasionally listened carefully, so he wanted to teach and test the school, and asked him for his opinion.Slowly, this behavior became a habit.Whenever Kangxi felt that it was necessary to take a test, he would ask Yinfeng.

Yinfeng never refuses anyone who comes, and he will speak to everyone.There is right and there is wrong.Occasionally, there will be a little surprise in it.He has fully demonstrated his intelligence, but at the same time put a label of immature in front of this intelligence, so that the brilliance will not cause the emperor's jealousy, but it will make him worry.

Kangxi circled the unfeasible ones with a red pen, and handed them to Yinfeng: "Look at these few!"

Yinfeng tentatively asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Kangxi stared: "What's wrong?"

Yinfeng scratched his head: "What's wrong...well... I guessed it! Since Khan Ama specially marked it, it must be something wrong. As for the specifics, Khan Ama Rong Erchen will go back and think about it."

Kangxi: ...

He could only point out the inadequacies one by one.Fortunately, Yinreng is easy to understand, so it won't give him too much headache.The father and son were teaching the other, and just when they were enjoying themselves, the little eunuch of the Compassionate Ning Palace rushed in.

"Your Majesty! The Empress Dowager is vomiting blood!"

Empress Dowager?vomiting blood?

Yinfeng's face paled instantly.Kangxi hurriedly asked: "What happened! Wasn't he all right when I went to pay my respects this morning? Why did you suddenly vomit blood?"

"The slave doesn't know!"

Kangxi gritted his teeth: "What's the use of you!"

As soon as he lifted his robe, he left, and Yinfeng hurriedly followed.

The two came to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and all the maids and eunuchs stood outside the palace.Kangxi frowned, and before he had time to ask, he lifted the curtain and went in, turned into the inner room, and heard the Empress Dowager say: "He is only in his 40s, and my old bones are still in good condition. Why is he... why..."

The tone is full of sorrow!

"Huang Mama, what's the matter?"

Aunt Su Ma said, "A letter from Wutai Mountain, that master is not good."

Mount Wutai?That master?

Yinrong's eyes widened, what the hell!Shunzhi is not good!