The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 193: Continue to Extend Favor
"Your Majesty, the eldest and second daughters of Prince Yu are both promoted to Heshuo Gege, and are each granted three thousand taels of silver and a Heshuo Princess' salary. This is decreed!"

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty Code, the legitimate daughter of a prince would be given the title of Heshuo Gege, with the Chinese name: Princess.

Yinyu understood as soon as he heard it. Kangxi must know that he regarded his two daughters as treasures, so he simply showed favor to both of them and made no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

Just because they had a good father, Yinyou's two daughters, who were still breastfeeding, had already enjoyed the iron crops of princess level.

However, even as a princess, before she went to Fu Meng, her annual salary was only three hundred taels, and her allowance of rice was only three hundred hu.

In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor was blatantly biased towards boys over girls. Even the Princess Gulun, who was born to the empress, was treated far worse than the Prince Gushan.

"Your son Yinyu accepts your order and thanks you for your grace."

After Yinyu stood up, he said gently: "Hengchen, please tell Khan Ama that I will return to the capital in three days!"

Zhang Tingyu had originally prepared a lot of words of persuasion, but who would have thought that Yinyou was in a good mood and didn't need his persuasion anymore.

Before leaving Changchun Garden, Kangxi repeatedly instructed Zhang Tingyu to persuade Yinyou to return to Beijing as soon as possible to handle affairs.

Zhang Tingyu also understood the unspoken subtext of the emperor: the Eighth Elder had demonstrated amazing strength, to the point where he had to be weakened.

However, if Kangxi personally took part in the battle, it would easily provoke a backlash from the banner kings.

If Yinyou took the lead in the front, Kangxi could deal with it calmly behind the scenes.

Of course, if Kangxi promoted Concubine Mi to the throne, Yinyou would be eligible to compete for the throne.

Then, the relationship between Yinyou and the fourth brother will only drift further and further apart, and eventually break down completely.

The fourth brother treated Yinyou as his own brother because Yinyou had no right to lay claim to the throne.

How can I allow others to sleep soundly next to my bed?
This famous saying of Boss Zhao profoundly reveals the mystery of imperial power.

Zhang Tingyu entered Changchun Garden early in the morning. Not only did he not have breakfast, but he also felt dry mouth and tongue.

However, Yinyou said, "Chen Heng, I am not very clean, so I will not let you have tea." He had no intention of getting close to Zhang Tingyu.

However, Yinwei's imperial estate was so large that one could not see the end of it at a glance.

When Zhang Tingyu came in the sedan chair, the bearers had been walking for at least half an hour.

"Your Highness, could you please have a cup of tea?" Zhang Tingyu was so thirsty that his lips were cracked and he had to replenish water immediately.

Yinyou looked at Zhang Tingyu deeply and found several small cracks on his lips, then he suddenly realized.

"Come here, serve tea!"

Yinyou did not want to win over Zhang Tingyu because he knew that all measures to win him over would be useless.

However, there was no personal grudge between Yinyou and Zhang Tingyu, they just didn't have any contact with each other.

Zhang Tingyu was indeed extremely thirsty. He drank three cups of warm tea in a row, but he still stared at Yinyou eagerly.

Yinyu immediately understood and ordered, "Bring two pots of my favorite warm tea to Hengchen!"

After two big-bellied teapots were brought over, Yinyou grabbed the handles of the pots, put his mouth to the spouts, and took a big gulp without caring about his manners!

With Yinyou's indecent demonstration, Zhang Tingyu made up his mind and followed suit, drinking half a pot of warm tea.

Zhang Tingyu, who had finally solved his urgent problem, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor hopes that you will return to Beijing as soon as possible to help preside over the overall situation. I still have work to do, so I will take my leave now."

At first glance, there was nothing suspicious about Zhang Tingyu's words.

However, Yinyou and Zhang Tingyu had been in the same room for a long time, so he naturally knew that Zhang Tingyu was reminding him in disguise that Kangxi was already impatient, and if he continued to prod, the situation would probably change!
Zhang Tingyu, who had always been a man of few words, gave Yinyou unprecedented advice.

Yinyou immediately realized that the Eighth Prince’s party was so powerful that Kangxi was restless and felt like a thorn in his back!
Wasn't it because the prince was eventually abandoned that he was too powerful and posed a serious threat to the imperial power?

"Mr. Heng, the journey out of the manor is too long. Why don't you change your clothes first and then go back?"

Yinyu's temper has always been that if you respect me a foot, I will respect you a foot. If you give me a favor, I will at least return it.

Three days later, Yinyu returned to the capital with his two daughters and the Eighteenth Prince.

Wow, before I even entered the alley, the road back home was already packed with people.

The prince who holds real power in charge of hats also controls the Infantry Commander's Office. This power is so enormous that it is not enough to describe it!
Lao Shiba lowered the curtains and sighed, "Those who curry favor with the powerful are the mainstream!"

Yinyou smiled slightly, the eighteenth child is gradually becoming sensible!

The basic logic of the entire Qing Dynasty was that you would flatter whoever was in power.

When Dorgon was alive, he forced the palace to issue an edict to promote him from the regent of the emperor's uncle to the regent of the emperor's father.

With so many flag owners and princes, who dares to say no?

However, after Dorgon fell to his death, Suksaha, who was known as Dorgon's most trusted confidant, immediately turned against him and took the initiative to join Shunzhi.

So, the word loyalty is definitely not what keyboard warriors imagine. It has its own divinity and we all bow down to it.

If you don’t dig open the belly, how can you know whether a person’s heart is black or white?

"Wulin, go tell them that anyone who blocks the road will be sent to Fengtian during the Beijing inspection." The prince in charge of hats would say less when he saw an official five levels higher.

What most people don’t know is that after the Qing army entered the pass, they were afraid of the Han people who numbered over 100 million, so they always wanted to grab a few and then retreat back outside the pass.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty imitated the system of the previous Ming Dynasty and first established the Imperial Household Department, a small court, and then set up five other government offices in Fengtian Prefecture. Except for the Ministry of Personnel, the central institutions of Fengtian Prefecture were fully equipped.

At that time, as long as the Qing Dynasty was defeated and retreated from the pass, the five government offices in Fengtian could immediately take over government affairs seamlessly.

As a result, the Southern Ming was too disappointing and would rather hand over the country to the Tartars than fight to the death with its own people!
During the Three Feudatories Rebellion, most of the kings and bannermen of the Qing Dynasty supported retreating back to the outside of the Great Wall and living their own lives.

However, plans do not change as fast as they should.

Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing agreed to jointly fight against the Qing Dynasty.

After Geng Jingzhong led the main force to fight against the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Jing treacherously led his troops to attack his retreat, which led to Geng Jingzhong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty again.

A tiger father and a dog son, both of them are short-sighted, nothing is worse than this!

As soon as Yinyou spoke, the officials who were blocking the road in front of the Prince's Mansion scattered like frightened birds.

The prince who is in charge of hats is so awesome, you can’t help but submit!
In a society where officials are the most important, the higher the official, the greater the benefits. Therefore, the boss who manages officials is the real boss!
The next morning, Yinyou rode in a sedan chair carried by eight people and went to the Ministry of Personnel.

To the north of the Ministry of Personnel is the Ministry of Clan Affairs, and to the south is the Ministry of Revenue.

Knowing that Yinyou would go to the yamen to attend to official business today, the Minister of Personnel Fu Ning'an led the officials and clerks of the Ministry of Personnel and waited on the steps outside the gate early in the morning.

Fu Ning'an was a member of the Bordered Blue Banner Manchu clan. His surname was Fucha and his father was the Grand Secretary Alantai.

It is said that Fu Ning'an's luck had exploded before he entered the government, because his great-uncle died without an heir, so he inherited the hereditary position of Cavalry Commandant.

In the Qing Dynasty, because the Ministry of Personnel was so important, all the ministers of the Ministry were the emperor's trusted ministers.

Fu Ning'an is no exception!
Since the 48th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Fu Ning'an was transferred from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Personnel, and has stayed there ever since.

According to convention, the term of office of the Minister of Personnel is three years and he will leave when his term expires.

However, Fu Ning'an has been there for more than three years, but there is no sign of him being transferred.

Seeing Yinyou's sedan chair coming, Fu Ning'an hurriedly led his colleagues down the steps and went to the roadside to greet them.

As soon as Yinyou got out of the sedan chair, Fu Ning'an took the initiative to bow and said respectfully: "Minister of Personnel, I am Fu Ning'an, wishing you the best of times, Prince Yu."

Among the six ministers and vice ministers, as long as they were Manchu or Mongolian officials, they had to honestly call themselves slaves in front of Yinyu.

Today, Yinyou is the lord of six Niulu and is considered one of the real masters of the Qing Dynasty.

To use modern terms, Yinyu had a seat on the board of directors of the Qing Dynasty!
"Get up."

"Thank you, Prince Yu."

After completing the formalities, Yinyou, surrounded by officials from the Ministry of Personnel such as Fu Ning'an, walked slowly into the Ministry of Personnel with square steps.

"Prince Yu, I have thought of two places for your signature office. One is in the Tenghua Hall, and the other is in the Shuijing Hall..."

As soon as Yinyou heard it, he knew that Fu Ning'an really respected him.

Tenghua Hall is actually the office of Minister Man of the Ministry of Personnel.

Fu Ning'an vacated his own place for Yinyou to use, which showed his sincerity.

"A gentleman does not take away what others like. So go to Shuijingtang." Yinyu also gave face to Fu Ning'an and did not seize his territory.

As far as the Qing Dynasty's system is concerned, everyone is a temporary official, so there is no need to worry too much about the quality of the office location.

Even in the scorching heat of midsummer, given Yinyou's status, it would only take a few words for him to ask his subordinates to put up a sunshade in front of the doors and windows.

If it is really too hot, bring a few more servants and ask them to help fan.

If that still doesn't work, just ask a carpenter to make a hand-cranked fan that looks like an electric fan.

Besides, with Yinyou’s status, couldn’t he use the big ice blocks in the Ministry of Personnel’s ice cellar as he pleased?
Anyway, when your status reaches a certain level, you don’t need to worry about personal enjoyment at all.

There are people with discerning eyes who will serve you comfortably and attentively, making every hair on your head feel happy!
A few days later, Fu Ning'an brought a note from the Ministry of Literature, held it in front of Yinyu with both hands, and said respectfully, "Please have a look, Your Majesty."

Yinyu took the note, glanced at it briefly, then picked up the pen and signed his name Yinyu in the column for "Prince in charge of the ministry" on the note.

It is impossible for Yinyou to know all the tens of thousands of officials in the world.

However, since Fu Ning'an respected him very much, Yinyu simply gave him face for the first note Fu Ning'an handed over.

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relations!

People who don't understand the ways of the world, like Turichen before, were demoted and had to grow sweet potatoes for seven years just because they lost a herd of cattle and sheep.

Without anyone to back him up, Turichen must have thought about just lying down!
However, Yinyou suddenly promoted him to a high position as an important official, and Turichen was no longer willing to lie down.

Just because, being an official is really good and the benefits are huge!

Seeing Yinyou so straightforward, Fu Ning'an felt very comfortable. Before leaving, he deliberately whispered, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Personnel is your Ministry of Personnel."

Yinyou understood it as soon as he heard it. As long as he was willing to cooperate with Fu Ning'an's personnel arrangements, Fu Ning'an would also be willing to help him place people there in private.

Reciprocity is mutual!
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