The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 111 Don’t Learn From Your Myna

This person, it is important to know yourself!

Yinyu selectively distinguished the assignments and positions awarded by Kangxi.

Yinyu had never been to the Southern Study because it was the headquarters of the Han officials. Even if he went there, he would only be doing confidential secretary work every day, which was not interesting at all.

Managing the affairs of the three banners of the Bordered White Banner represents the honorable status of a super-commander-in-chief and cannot be easily abandoned.

Yinyou met his three generals in the signing room of the Ministry of War once every ten days, which showed that he valued them.

Yinyu's work and rest schedule was very regular. After finishing his duty at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he would rest for a whole day, and then go to the Ministry of War to sit for half a day the next day, and this cycle would repeat over and over again.

In other words, Yinyou started living a happy life in advance, resting for half a month every month.

In the capital, it was not convenient for Yinyu to bring too many Sauron soldiers to parade through the city. Therefore, he divided the 200 Sauron guards into ten groups, and only took one group out every day.

In this way, safety is guaranteed and it is not easy to cause gossip.

After Yinyu asked for permission, he ordered the off-duty Sauron soldiers to go to Yunmeng Mountain, 180 miles away from the capital, to hide in the deep mountains and forests and make a living by fishing and hunting.

The two current Ministers of War are both bannermen, Geng E and Xiao Yongzao.

It is quite a coincidence that Xiao Yongzao belonged to the Han army of the Bordered White Banner, and his entire family was controlled by Yinyu, so he could not speak with confidence.

However, Geng E, relying on his status as the prince's confidant, did not really take Yinyou seriously.

Yinyou had other ambitions. As long as Geng'e did not interfere with his major plans, they could live in peace without interfering with each other.

After the beginning of spring, with the care of Kangxi, Yinyou began to make intensive preparations for his wedding.

The date of the wedding was said to be decided by Fu Dali, but in reality, it could only be decided by the Crown Princess.

In order to express his importance to the Guwaljia clan, Yinyou handed a sign in front of the East Palace gate asking to see Crown Prince Yinreng.

This time, the prince did not keep Yinyou waiting for long and summoned him quickly.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is here to wish you the best of health."

"Get up." The prince did not deliberately make trouble for Yinyou, and quickly called him to get up.

The prince, sitting on the Sumeru throne, looked at Yinyu with extremely complicated eyes.

The little brother in front of me has become extremely popular in such a short period of time. He should not be underestimated.

On the whole, the Crown Prince and Yinyou were neither enemies nor allies, but brothers and brothers-in-law.

Last time, when Yinyou presided over the search of the Eastern Palace, he let the water go without making a fuss, and the Crown Prince also felt it.

After all, keeping the confidants in the core positions is of great significance to the prince. For example, the commander of the infantry, Tuoheqi, the minister of war, Geng'e, the minister of justice, Qi Shiwu and others are all the prince's close friends who are hidden deep.

Longkodo once boasted that he could gather 30,000 soldiers in the blink of an eye, which was enough to prove the importance of the infantry commander.

However, the strength of the infantry commander should not be exaggerated.

Because the imperial palace was guarded by the Guard Battalion, the nine city gates were controlled by the Cavalry Battalion, and outside the city there were tens of thousands of elite Eight Banners soldiers from the Tongzhou Camp and the Miyun Camp.

It is worth mentioning that the Infantry Commander’s Office is full of infantry and there is no cavalry.

Objectively speaking, it is impossible for Longkodo to cover everything with one hand.

However, Longkodo's great achievement was that he controlled all the princes in Changchun Garden.

As the saying goes, catch the leader first.

When the mountain tomb collapsed, if any one of the third, eighth or ninth brothers escaped from Changchun Garden, the situation in the entire capital would be out of control.

After Yinyou explained his purpose, the prince nodded and told someone to ask the princess to come out.

According to etiquette, as long as the crown prince is present, the crown princess is not afraid of gossip. She can spend a lot of time with Yinyu to finalize the entire marriage.

The matter of getting married is actually a troublesome matter.

Because, in this era, when wealthy families got married, they would provide all the wood themselves and then have someone come into their house to make custom furniture.

Originally, Fu Dali thought that it was a blessing for Yinyou to be granted the title of Beizi.

Unexpectedly, Yinyou was promoted to Beile before his wedding.

As a result, all the dimensions of the Prince's Mansion and the custom-made furniture that Fidelity had invited the craftsmen to carefully measure had to be rebuilt from scratch.

Other things are secondary. The main thing is the rosewood that has been made into furniture, which are rare woods from Southeast Asia accumulated by the Shi family over the years.

In an emergency, even if you have money, you can't buy so much good wood.

When the Crown Princess was frowning, Yin Yu said, "My Lady Crown Princess, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can expand the Beizi Mansion into the Beile Mansion, and only the main building in the middle road can be moved. As for the wedding rooms and flower halls in the east and west courtyards, they can all be kept in their original size."

You know, in a truly powerful family, in addition to a generous dowry, the woman also has to pay for a full set of furniture and furnishings, including a toilet.

The Crown Princess was quite moved by Yinyu's considerateness. She sighed and said, "My brother-in-law is really a considerate person. My sister is so lucky."

The prince was also quite surprised. He knew that Yinyu did not make concessions because he was afraid of him. When Yinyu was still a little prince, he dared to slap the eunuch Wu Desheng in the face. He was so bold.

"Fifteenth brother, your second sister-in-law and I are not the kind of unkind people..." After the prince agreed, all the matters concerning the wedding were smoothly negotiated.

After discussing the important matters, it was time for dinner. The prince also knew the taboo and did not keep Yinyou to have dinner with him.

Having said that, even if the prince really wanted to invite the guests to dinner, Yinyou would not agree.

Damn, eating in the East Palace, God knows what Kangxi would think?
The next day, when Yinyou was on duty, he went to the Qianqing Palace on the pretext of official business in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and handed in a sign requesting an audience.

It is only natural to discuss the important matter of marriage with your father.

After Yinyu told Kangxi everything he had discussed with the Crown Princess, Kangxi nodded and sighed softly, "First establish a career, then start a family, and have children as soon as possible. Don't learn from your brother..."

Like all fathers in the world, Kangxi hoped that Yinyou would have many sons and not have the same difficulty as the eighth son in having offspring.

So far, the women around the Eighth Brother have only been a wife and a concubine, and no other women.

Because of Lao Ba's devotion, he won the favor of many female writers, and they all turned into Lao Ba's favorite women.

In fact, the main reason why the Eighth Prince still had no children was that the Eighth Lady was too jealous and had never allowed the Eighth Prince to take concubines.

To put it bluntly, the only concubine in the Eighth Prince's Mansion was like Ping'er in Dream of the Red Chamber. Because of Wang Xifeng's harshness, Ping'er and Jia Lian rarely had any sexual pleasure.

"I heard that you have never been on duty in the Southern Study?" Kangxi's casual question immediately aroused Yinyou's high alert.

"My dear Khan, the Han officials in the Southern Study are all sour. They talk about moral articles when they open their mouths and about sage books when they close their mouths. I am impatient to stay with them."

Kangxi was so smart that he understood it as soon as he heard it. It was obviously just an excuse of Yinyou.

There was only one reason why Yinyou didn't want to serve in the Southern Study, and that was that he didn't want to stretch his hands too far.

As the saying goes, a father who doesn't pretend to be confused is not a good father.

Kangxi was extremely satisfied that Yinyou was not confused about important matters.

A minister should behave like a minister. You can't just open a dyeing factory when you are given some flour.

Kangxi glanced at Yinyou with both relief and regret.

To be honest, if Kangxi had passed the throne to Yinyu, the eldest and third sons would not have survived.

Similarly, if the eighth prince inherited the throne, the crown prince would definitely not survive.

The fifth son was too close to the Mongols and spoke stilted Chinese, so he was eliminated long ago. The seventh son had a disabled leg, so unless he was the only son, he would have no chance at all.

The Twelfth Prince was taught to be too sensible by Su Malagu. He liked to study miscellaneous subjects such as Feng Shui since he was a child and was always indifferent to the court affairs.

Based on Kangxi's understanding of the twelfth prince, if he were to help him ascend the throne, he would probably become another Song Huizong who was obsessed with Feng Shui!

Although Kangxi had many sons, the one he could really place his hopes on was the fourth son, a workaholic who was well versed in government affairs.

Although the fourth brother has a reputation for being mean, his relationship with his brothers has so far been neither too good nor too bad, and they are all okay.

If Yinyou knew Kangxi's little plan, he would definitely laugh out loud.

Lao Kang, you really made a mistake. You are so wrong!
"Gurgle..." Just as Yinyou was about to say goodbye and leave, his stomach suddenly growled.

Kangxi couldn't help but laugh and asked him casually, "What do you want to eat now?"

Yinyu said honestly: "My Lord, I want to eat Zhangji's noodle soup outside the front gate, with a bean sprout roll and a bowl of steaming mutton soup. Oh, the taste is authentic!"

After hearing what Yinyou said, Kangxi was also tempted, so he simply stopped reviewing the petition. The father and son slipped out of the palace from Shenwu Gate together and took a carriage to Qianmen.

To be honest, although the emperor seemed to be invincible, in fact, Kangxi could not even have a bowl of steaming mutton soup in the palace.

Zhangji Dalu Noodle House is the most popular noodle house near Qianmen. They not only have Dalu noodles, but also have rotten meat noodles.

The so-called rotten meat is not good meat at all. They are all leftovers that the nobles don’t eat.

However, for the idle bannermen and ordinary residents in the capital, a bowl of noodles with rotten meat was enough to satisfy their cravings.

As long as you have money in your pocket, what kind of good restaurant can’t you eat at?
Yinyu led Kangxi to occupy a table. Although the waiter wiped the table with a rag, it was still greasy as if it had not been wiped.

The food in this fly-in-the-wall restaurant is really delicious, but the dining environment is not satisfactory at all.

When the father and son were slurping noodles, suddenly, a man came to the door.

"Whether you have finished eating or not, please put down your bowl and chopsticks and leave. If you walk too slowly and lose an arm or a leg, don't blame me for not telling you in advance!"

Yinyou almost subconsciously looked up at Wu Shi. Wu Shi was also very alert, his right hand tightly touching his waist, which was an extremely sharp soft sword.

However, Kangxi said leisurely: "Why are you panicking? Is there really no law under the emperor's feet?"

PS: I stayed up until after five in the morning to finish the extra chapter. Oh, it's the end of the year, I'm so busy, I have a lot of social events, and I still have to maintain the quality and quantity of at least three chapters a day. Even if I don't have any credit, I have worked hard. Please reward me with a few monthly tickets. I won't be scolded, right?

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