The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 194: Deposing Orondai

Just when everyone was waiting to see where Yinwei would start, Yinwei suddenly took action.

None of the high-ranking officials of the Eighth Prince's party were touched, but Yinyu arrested more than thirty fifth-rank doctors, assistant doctors and directors of various ministries and government offices in one go.

According to court practice, only Kangxi had the power to make decisions for officials above the fourth rank.

Although the power to deploy Beijing officials from the seventh to fifth ranks was also issued by Emperor Kangxi, the actual decision-making power was in the hands of Yinyu.

Less than half an hour after receiving Yinyou's memorial, Kangxi gave his instruction: Approved.

However, Yinyu did not move a single one of the dozen or so censors from the Censorate who were the main force behind the impeachment of Yinyu last time!
The struggle for power is no joke and requires strategy.

The censors are just mouths. As long as Kangxi doesn't believe in slander, what does Yinyou have to fear?
Yinyou's strategy was to clean out the middle and lower-level powerful officials in the six ministries.

Among the six ministries of the imperial court, the people who truly control the government affairs are the officials and the advisers.

A clerk, also known as a Siguan, is roughly equivalent to a department or bureau level official.

Driving away a clerk is equivalent to driving away a legal advisor and a large group of clerks.

Before the Eighth Prince's party could come up with a countermeasure, Yinwei took action against Orondei again.

Orondei had a long history of bad deeds, and the crimes he committed were too numerous to list.

"Reporting the illegal acts of Orondai, the Minister of the Imperial Guard... Your son Yinyu respectfully reports this."

Although Orondei was Kangxi's cousin, Kangxi made his attitude clear on the day Yinwei's impeachment was submitted.

"Imperial decree, dismiss Orondai from all official posts, and punish him to study at home for a year, I decree this!"

Yinyu's target has always been Xiao Yongzao.

However, Xiao Yongzao was a cabinet minister after all. If Yinyou wanted to overthrow him, he had to start by cleaning up the periphery.

Yinyu called Longkodo to the Ministry of Personnel and asked him calmly, "Xiao Yongzao and me, which one do you choose?"

This was too simple and crude. Longkodo was stunned and dumbfounded.

Yinyu was too lazy to play tricks with a treacherous traitor like Longkodo.

Either you offend me or you offend Xiao Yongzao, it’s up to you.

Longkodo reacted quickly, and hurriedly bowed and said, "I will obey your orders!"

"Well, I heard that the eldest prince of Xiao Yongzao's family likes someone else's wife very much?" When Yinyou asked this, Longkodo immediately thought of Cao Jia, the wife of Prince Ping.

However, with Kangxi's protection, the things between Cao Jia and Yinyou were no big deal at all!

In the Qing Dynasty, the criteria for judging all things were double standards.

Yinyou's affair with Cao Jia was just a romantic affair among the powerful and wealthy, and is not worth mentioning at all.

The eldest prince of the Xiao family stole someone else's wife, that is the most shameless thing!
"If you do your job well, your old man's first-class title may be inherited by Yuzhu in the future!"

Yinyou's words were a bit confusing.

However, Longkodo was a professional informer and he was very smart. He understood immediately what Yinyou meant, that since you, Longkodo, have inherited the title of first-class duke, remember to pass it on to Yuzhu in the future.

In other words, after that old man Tong Guowei died, Yinyou would speak for Longkodo and let him inherit the title of first-class duke.

Among the titles of meritorious officials of different surnames in the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of the dignity of the royal family, except for the first-class Cheng'en Duke of the Queen's father, which was fixed as hereditary, the rest of the civilian titles, unless there was an imperial decree for hereditary succession, would be downgraded to the next rank each time the title was inherited, until it reached the level of Enqi Wei.

During the nearly three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, less than 7% of the royal family had titles, and the rest of the yellow belts were idle royal family members.

In addition, during the Qianlong period, except for the twelve iron-clad kings, all other kings were demoted to inherited titles.

Historically, when Yinyu's title of Prince Yu was passed on to his sixth-generation grandson Puzhao, it was downgraded to Duke Feng'en Fuguo.

However, this system of inheriting a title by downgrading one's rank had a safety measure, namely: as long as the prince's descendants passed the riding and archery examination of the clan court, they could at least inherit the title of Feng'en Zhenguo Duke.

The famous He Zhongtang was able to inherit his ancestral rank of third-class light cavalry captain because he passed the assessment of the clan affairs office with his own solid abilities.

Longkodo's eyes rolled and he immediately calculated the pros and cons. It was actually not a big deal that he had offended Xiao Yongzao.

If Longkodo offended his immediate superior Yinyou, he would not be able to stay in office as the commander of the infantry for long.

Longkodo had been a guard for more than twenty years and had finally become independent. How could he be willing to fall like this?
"Master, I will obey your orders."

"Don't worry, I won't treat you badly." Yinyu smiled slightly, "After some time, I will recommend Yuzhu as a second-class guard."

Longkodo heaved a sigh of relief. He had no shortage of money, and what he was most worried about was Yuzhu's future. Now, it was finally settled.

The starting point of the Jade Pillar is the end point that most petty officials dare not even think about.

Imperial politics is about the winner taking all.

As long as you win, even if you win by the most despicable means, there will always be learned scholars who will take the initiative to debate on your behalf.

As soon as Yinyou returned home, Su Peisheng came in over the wall wearing servant's clothes.

"Fifteenth Master, there is a vacancy in the position of the Commander of the Guard Battalion. Our Master ordered me to pass on a message to you, saying that he wants to arrange for Dai Duo..." Su Peisheng bent over and repeated the Fourth Master's words in full. Yinyu shook his head and said, "Dai Duo is not suitable. Let my Fourth Brother find someone else."

Su Peisheng was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Yinyou actually had a prejudice against Dai Duo?

Yinyu saw Su Peisheng's hesitation and explained, "Dai Duo likes to drink and can't control his mouth. He will definitely cause trouble for Fourth Brother!"

Su Peisheng thought about it and realized that it was true. Dai Duo did have some knowledge, but he liked to brag.

"Fifteenth Master, I will go back and report to our master." Su Peisheng knew that Yinyou was being watched closely here, so he did not dare to stay for long.

After Su Peisheng left, Yinyu called Wulin and told him, "Go find the nephew of the Minister of Works Mandu and ask him to tell Mandu to leave me a project worth 100,000 taels of silver for the repair of Baohe Hall."

Wulin understood immediately that Yinyou was planning to use the Ministry of Works' projects to exchange benefits with relevant powerful people.

In the circle of top-level Celestial Dragons, people are willing to give you face because you have the ability to get it.

However, the underlying tone of the upper class is mutual benefit.

You help me arrange a leader, and I will give you a money-making project. This is the norm.

Without the exchange of interests, even so-called allies cannot maintain a close relationship for long. This is the truth!
Some inspirational quotes are extremely deceptive. The so-called friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water, which is bullshit!
Our friendship has become as dull as water. What kind of friendship is this?

Not long after Wu Lin left, Li Ding came back.

"Master, my father owes the national treasury more than one million taels of silver, and Prince Yong has forced him into a corner..." Li Ding held Li Xu's handwritten letter in both hands and handed it to Yinyou.

Yinyu did not accept the letter, but asked Li Ding: "When my fourth brother forced me to pay back the debt, I held him back. Is this appropriate?"

Li Ding quickly knelt on the ground and said with a red face: "Master, he is my father after all, and I can't bear to see him suffer."

Yinyu smiled slightly and said, "Then let him go to ask Brother B to intercede for him!"

"Sir, my father doesn't trust me and won't tell the truth. But according to my guess, my father has probably consulted the Eighth Prince."

Li Xu, that traitor, relied on Kangxi's favor and kept hedging his bets.

As a result, after the crown prince was completely defeated, Li Xu then gave the eighth prince money and beauties, and he did not have high hopes for the fourth prince.

The last time, when Li Xu and Cao Yin returned to Beijing to report on their work, Yinyou hinted to Li Xu not to get too close to the Eighth Prince for the sake of Concubine Mi's face.

However, Li Xu not only ignored the advice, but deliberately distanced himself from Yinyou.

Yinyou is not a philanthropist. Even if Li Ding is his treasure, he has no obligation to protect Li Xu from the wind and rain.

"Li Ding, if I come forward to speak for your father, what will my brother think of him?" Yinyu turned around and attacked Li Ding.

"This..." Li Ding was speechless.

Since Li Xu has chosen Lao Ba's side, he should go to Lao Ba to solve any trouble he encounters.

Yinyou and the Eighth Prince had already fallen out, and he was only doing so for the sake of Concubine Mi's face by not kicking Li Xu hard.

The next morning, when Yinyou arrived at the Ministry of Personnel, he was surprised to see Fujing standing outside the signing office waiting for him.

"I am Fujing, your servant, wishing Prince Yu good health." Seeing Yinyou coming, Fujing hurriedly bowed to pay his respects.

Fu Jing, whose surname is Jueluo, his uncle is Ma Qi.

However, Ma Qi was an extremely cruel person. Even though he had served as the Prime Minister of Manchuria for a long time, he never promoted his nephew Fu Jing.

Yinyou had observed Fujing for a long time and saw that he had indeed been doing badly, and his family had many children and was so poor that they could barely make ends meet. So he gave him a hand and helped him get a good job as a sixth-rank clerk in the Ministry of Personnel.

In the Qing Dynasty, officials in the Ministry of Personnel were almost all three levels higher than their rank and no one dared to mess with them.

Even though Fu Jing was only a sixth-rank clerk, as long as he left the Ministry of Personnel, there were many people who wanted to get in touch with him.

Nowadays, the use of connections is flourishing and all means are used.

For example, if someone wanted to ask Yinwei for help to say something, they would have to rack their brains to find a way.

The network of relationships is gradually built up on the basis of diligent running, diligent drilling and diligent delivery.

Turichen, who was lying at home, even borrowed money from his brother-in-law for his daughter's wedding.

Alas, according to Turichen, although he borrowed the money, he also experienced all the ups and downs in life.

The fickleness of the world is appalling!
However, it was very kind of Tulichen to be able to borrow money from his brother-in-law.

Nowadays, relatives who can provide financial support are real relatives and should be cherished.

"Fujing, do your job well. I have confidence in you." Yinyu deliberately took Fujing's hand in front of everyone and patted it twice.

No matter how stupid Fu Jing was, he knew that Yinyou was supporting him!
As the most powerful prince of this dynasty, being so affectionate with Fu Jing in public, in the eyes of those who are interested, Fu Jing's personal market value will definitely soar.

A great man once said a famous saying: I was not paid enough, I was wronged, so I have to leave.

Chai Jin stood in the perspective of a benefactor and looked down upon Wu Song, which led to the bad habit of being neither a good person nor a good person. Yinyou did not have that habit at all!
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