[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

In the following time, Yinzhen devoted almost all his attention to the trial planting of new grains, and sometimes he would hide in the Huangzhuang outside the city for several days, not showing his face in court.People who don't know the inside story only think that it is improper for Yinzhen to let the noble prince go, and insist on running to the Huangzhuang to be a crop manager. He secretly laughed at it many times, and used it for fun and ridicule from time to time during the conversation, saying what it seems that the Qing Dynasty wants to A "peasant prince" came out.

Some of the princes guessed that Yinzhen's move was definitely not as simple as expressing his love for the pastoral garden on the surface, but because the battle for the reserve position became more and more fierce, the court was also changing from day to day, and the wind was turbulent. The bargaining chip to seize the heirloom, but they didn't expect that when they fought in the previous court, they were red-faced, and even both sides were hurt, but a certain person quietly accomplished a big event in the Huangzhuang. , a good impression of not fighting or grabbing, and let the people all over the world know the name of Prince Yong, thank you Prince Yong who is willing to be a farmer for the people's livelihood.It's a pity that when everyone knows that everything is a foregone conclusion, no matter how much they stumble and sigh, time will not turn back and give those careless contenders a new chance.

On October 50, the 27th year of Kangxi, Kangxi could not bear to attack the princelings again. Dutong Eshan, Shangshu Geng'e, Qi Shiwu, Deputy Dutong Wuli and others were locked up and imprisoned. After this battle, the princelings went from bad to worse. The prince was even more trembling all day long, for fear that one day he would wake up and hear the bad news of being deposed again. The former high-spirited prince finally turned into a quail.

On November [-]th, Yinhu's biological mother, Concubine Liang, passed away. Because Kangxi had long been displeased with Yinhu's way of life, he believed that Yinhu had great ambitions. Extravagant, Yinhu was hit hard, but he didn't recover from the setback, and soon regained his spirit and continued to participate in the battle.

On September 51th in the [-]st year of Kangxi, the crown prince Yinfeng was deposed again, and the Xian'an Palace was banned. At that time, the prince's faction finally completely fell, and there was no possibility of restoration.Seeing this chaotic situation, and seeing that Kangxi treated him coldly, Yinzhi voluntarily withdrew from the competition in frustration. As a result, Yinhu became the dominant family on the surface, and there was no one to rival him. Most of the civil and military officials in the court thought that the big event was about to be decided, and the reputation of the Baye faction was even more prominent.

As for Yinzhen, he was running all over the place to supervise the promotion and planting of new species. The turmoil in the court seemed to have nothing to do with him, and he was completely far away from the center of power.After two seasons of trial planting in Huangzhuang, and the unified purchase of new varieties from all over the country, Yinzhen felt that the time was right to promote the new varieties, so he reported to Kangxi, and Kangxi handed over the new varieties to Yinzhen's supervision.Because the initial good varieties were limited and not suitable for general promotion, Yinzhen chose a few prefectures and counties in the northwest region that are particularly poor. The environment there is harsh, the soil is barren, there is often drought and water shortage, and there are many wind and sand, but the advantage is that the land is vast. , arable land resources are extremely rich, but because of the natural harsh climate, many lands have not been rationally utilized.It’s not that the people don’t want to plant more land, but what’s the use of planting too much? The perennial drought makes them often have to carry water for irrigation to barely keep their crops. With limited resources, large tracts of land can only be left idle, but many people suffer from hunger all year round.

I have to say that Yinzhen chose a good place for this first stop, which laid a solid foundation for the next victory.Yinzhen brought a large number of new species to the Northwest, and the prefectures and counties posted notices that the imperial court would provide free, easy-to-plant and high-yield new species for the common people to cultivate. The new species were not afraid of drought and did not pick the land. The staff of the agricultural staff guide the planting; encourage the people to actively reclaim wasteland, as long as they can do what they can, the wasteland will be owned by the people in the future, but the wasteland can only be planted with new species for at least three consecutive years, and each mu of land requires additional land. [-]% will be handed over to be used for new planting in the coming year. If the land is used for other purposes, it will be charged at the market price.In short, the promotion plan of the new species is extremely detailed and feasible, and almost every aspect has been considered, in order to relieve the worries of the people and let the people try to plant new species with peace of mind.

If it is said that at the beginning, many people who heard the notice from the government still had doubts and hesitated to try it, but after Yinzhen worked tirelessly, he ran all over the prefectures and counties where he was going to try planting, greeted the local people cordially as a prince, and went deep into the area. After encouraging and mobilizing among the people, they started cooking several large pots of new species in front of the people, and let the people try them one by one.So far, the people in the prefectures and counties who have been selected for trial planting no longer have any doubts. They lined up to go to the government office to get the new seeds one by one with high morale and joy. After receiving a small bag of new seeds, they placed them at home as treasures, and then the whole family mobilized Put into the great cause of opening up wasteland and farming.

There are many local people who have never seen the county lord in their entire lives, let alone the prince, who is a living prince, the most noble person in the world, and suddenly learned that Prince Yong in the capital was defeated and came to the northwest in person. In order to promote the new species discovered by the imperial court, he even went to the countryside to meet the people casually, but this alone was enough to make the people excited.The prince came all the way to the Northwest, so he can't lie to these little people, right? Isn't it fun to make a picture?What's more, Prince Yong said that you don't need to occupy your original cultivated land, you can reclaim wasteland casually, the seeds are free, and you don't have to be afraid if you don't know how to plant them. Pay taxes.

The common people made a calculation in their hearts. This is definitely a profitable business. Even if they are not sure about the yield of this new species, but they are all veterans of crops for decades, are they afraid that the crops will not grow well? Moreover, what needs to be handed over is not the fixed amount of stones, but [-]% of it. Even if the plant is damaged and the harvest is not good, [-]% is still handed over. In the end, it will be a waste of effort for a year at most.The most important thing farmers lack is strength. As long as they can eat enough and make money, are they afraid of not having enough strength?

The ancient people were relatively simple, and in the feudal society where the imperial power was supreme, any edict from above would be ordered to complete without compromise, not to mention such good things, which must be done properly!Therefore, the promotion of Yinzhen's first stop went quite smoothly, not only did it get positive responses from the local people, but after experiencing the joy of the harvest at the end of the first season, Prince Yong's good reputation of loving the people like a son has spread throughout the Northwest. In every corner of the Northwest, there is no need for the government to do anything more. The people who have tried planting spontaneously leave seeds to be planted as the main rations in the coming year, and even plan to spend more effort to take advantage of this good policy to reclaim more wasteland. , When picking up cheap like this, but if you miss this village, you will lose this shop.

And with this good beginning, the next promotion will be smoother. During nearly a year in the Northwest, Yinzhen has quietly stepped up contact with Nian Gengyao, who had been arranged in the Northwest for a long time. Many deployments have been made.The Yinhu faction who are far away in the capital don't know that Yinzhen's trip to the northwest is not only about the political achievements on the surface, but also a lot of things in private. Yinzhen's trick of building plank roads and secretly hiding Chen Cang is really ingenious. The key people Or act according to the order, no one can make a mistake.

Yinzhen has been running outside for almost three years, except for the trip to the Northwest, where he stayed for a longer time, of course, there are elements of his doing it deliberately, and the rest of the conveniences come and go in a hurry, after all, he has experience and successful cases. The things that come down are much easier to handle, and even officials from all over the country are quite active. This is a matter of sending them to the door to increase their political achievements. How can they not be more active?There will never be a day when people all over the country start vigorously planting new species, but individual governance has not been effective. At that time, the hat of poor governance and inaction will be over.

The hard work of more than three years was not in vain. First, the new species were promoted in the southeast, northwest, and then radiated from the surrounding areas to the center. When Yin Zhen planned to return to Beijing, almost all places in the Qing Dynasty began to cultivate new species. The new species are just a supplement to the already fertile land, and the real beneficiaries are the originally barren lands like the Northwest. It is estimated that in three to five years, the treasury will definitely be filled a lot, not to mention completely solving the problem of people's food, at least An extra layer of protection against natural disasters.

Yinzhen did such a great thing, a practical thing, a great thing praised by everyone, without making a sound, Yinhu and others finally couldn't sit still.Especially after the prince was abolished, the position in the East Palace was vacant, and the officials thought it was inappropriate, and repeatedly advised Kangxi to establish the prince early, but Kangxi was noncommittal and ignored it, which made Yinhu and the others uncontrollably anxious.

In the 53rd year of Kangxi, the famous eagle killing incident occurred.Emperor Kangxi passed through Miyun County, Huayugou and other places on his way to Rehe. Yinhu was supposed to accompany him, but because it was the third anniversary of the death of his mother, Concubine Liang, he went to pay homage to his mother. Before going to the trip, I just sent a eunuch to explain the reason, saying that I would wait for my father to return to Beijing together at Tangquan.Originally, there was nothing wrong with it, but the bad thing was that the eagle that he asked the eunuch to present to Kangxi in order to plead guilty was opened and was dying, with a drooping posture. Resenting that he didn't bestow mourning after the death of Concubine Liang, he immediately called all the princes to scold Yinhu, and said: "From now on, the kindness of father and son will never end between Yinhu and I."

Being thrown out by Kangxi to sever the favor of father and son, Yinhu was not only angry but also fearful. He was worried that he would miss the throne, especially when the great hero Yinzhen was about to return to the court, Yinhu was very worried that Kangxi would directly make Yinzhen the crown prince. Although Yinzhen was not in the court for more than three years, his reputation outside the court was increasing day by day, and he, the eight sage kings, was only called out in the court, and how many people knew his virtuousness.

It's another daily gathering of the three of Yinhu. The previous four-person group has long since become a three-person group. Although the relationship between Shisi and Yinhu and others looks the same as before, in fact some important confidential matters have become natural. Fourteen is separated from him, but Fourteen is free and easy, but in the past two years, he and Thirteen have gotten closer.

"What are mynas afraid of? Myna's prestige in the court is still the same now. As long as Huang Ama raises the matter of setting up a crown prince, I believe half of the people will come out to support it. At that time, Huang Ama will not go against everyone's wishes." This is careless. Elder ten, anyway, he felt that Yinhu's major event was imminent, so he didn't take it into consideration when he spoke.

Yinhu was not comforted, and his face, which was always breezy, was rarely worried, because he had faintly sensed that Huang Ama would never comply with the wishes of the ministers, unless the choice of the crown prince was his original intention.Thinking of this, Yinhu sighed and said, "The fourth child will be back soon."

The words are actually quite taboo.

"The fourth child is indeed an obstacle, but don't worry too much, the starling. He has been walking outside these years. Although his reputation among the people has grown, but too much reputation is not necessarily a good thing. Maybe Huang Ama will be liquidated when he comes back this time. He, what's more, he is weak in the court, so it is difficult to compete with myna." This is Lao Jiu.

"The situation in the court is weak, but there is still that one in the harem. You said that the most noble among the princes is the fourth son. The harem and the people may already have an advantage over us." Yinhu looked at it. It was quite thorough, and there was a touch of envy in his tone. If he had such a respected mother, he might not be able to do anything.The problem of identity has always been a pain that Yinhu cannot mention, and Yinhu always feels that Kangxi has held back his big move and has not made it out, but now he can only comfort himself that his worries are unfounded. Can't start getting frustrated now.

"So what if you have a good mother, myna, you said that this mountain is so high and the road is far away. If there is an accident, no matter how good the reputation is, it will be useless." Lao Jiu seemed to have no intention of answering, and quietly looked at Yinhu, and the two immediately An agreement was reached, the old ten was too careless, and he didn't know how to hide things, so it's better to keep some things from him.