The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 72: Half the sky is red
Soon after returning home, while Yinyu was still bathing, Wulin whispered through the window, "Sir, the Prince of Khorchin Duleng and the Heshuo Efu, Garzang, has sent someone to give a visiting card and wants to visit you in person."

Yinyou was not the fifth son, and he knew very little about the situation on the Mongolian grasslands.

After thinking for a long time, Yinyou remembered that Garzang was actually his third brother-in-law.

Princess Heshuo Duanjing, Yinyu's third sister, married Garzang when Yinyu was not yet born.

So, Yinyou had never met his third sister, let alone knew Garzang.

However, with Yinyou's cleverness, he guessed that Galzang must have encountered some difficult troubles and wanted to find him to test the waters.

These bastards in the Imperial Household Department always bully the weak and fear the strong, and harm the public interest for their own benefit.

In the Qing Dynasty, princes were divided into different ranks according to their degree of favor, and the same was true for princesses.

Princess Duanjing's biological mother, Bu Guiren Zhaojia, was of poor family background, ordinary appearance, and was not favored, so her daughter was forced to marry at an early age.

Fumeng is the abbreviation for marrying a princess or a princess of the royal family to a Mongolian prince.

The basic national policy of the Qing Dynasty was to ally with Mongolia to control the Han!

However, the Qing Dynasty was so ruthless in its attack on the Mongols that any dynasty in the Central Plains would have been ashamed of itself!

Mongolian youths are encouraged to enter temples and become monks; the surplus males taller than the wheels are taken advantage of.

To put it bluntly, the Qing Dynasty took the Confucian approach of appearing sage on the outside and king on the inside, and of saying one thing and thinking another, to the extreme.

Hidden under the alliance with Mongolia to control the Han, the Qing Dynasty's national policy that was truly implemented thoroughly can actually be summed up in four words: continue to reduce the population!

In the past, Yinyou had occasionally heard that people from the Imperial Household Department often withheld various expenses from Princess Fumeng and other royal family members.

As an old bureaucrat, Yinyou naturally knew very well that without the tacit approval of Kangxi, how could the rats in the Imperial Household Department dare to be so unscrupulous?

In the Qing Dynasty, the underlying logic of distribution has always been based on noise.

The Mongols can't stand it anymore and are making a fuss. Well, just give them some candies to appease them a little.

However, if you dare to rebel, the Qing Dynasty will definitely not show mercy and Tutu will not negotiate.

Needless to say, Garzang must have heard the news and came to ask Yinyou for help.

"Tell the visitor to wait until after the New Year!" Yinyou decisively used the secret of procrastination and tactfully rejected Galzang's request for a visit.

Wu Lin understood it all, but he kept his mouth shut.

According to the rules, after the spring, the Mongolian princes and nobles who were temporarily stranded in the capital had to return to the Mongolian grasslands and continue to eat dirt.

At the beginning, when Yinyou was a background prince in the palace, Galzang not only never visited him, but also did not even send him a Mongolian horse.

Now, Garzang has something to ask of Yinyou, so will Yinyou help him?

Haha, stop dreaming. Just because Garzang is the so-called third brother-in-law?

Objectively speaking, Yinwei's compassion had long been completely drowned in the "black sea" by the cannibalistic reality in the palace.

Today's Yinyou is not a saintly lady like a white lotus, but a fierce dragon who likes to rob his fellow thieves.

Damn, I sympathize with you, but who sympathizes with me?
After the court was officially sealed in the twelfth lunar month, Yinyu celebrated the joy of moving into a new house.

The whole house was decorated with lanterns and colorful flowers. As soon as the sun rose, Yinyu's two sons, Yuzhu and Li Ding, stood on both sides of the main entrance, ready to welcome the guests at any time.

It was about time to go to the government office when Old Sixteen arrived, looking exhausted.

"Brother, I finally persuaded my father-in-law to spare me the hard work of going to the Shangshufang to study today..." As soon as the Sixteenth Brother entered the room, he started to complain at length.

Yinyou smiled slightly. He had just taken on the role of acting Minister in Charge of the Imperial Household Department and had not officially taken office yet. Yet, the amount of silver frost charcoal from the Sixteenth Prince was more than 70% more than before.
Who said Yinyou was the prince who was about to take office as the head of the Imperial Household Department?

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current person in charge.

When you are under someone's roof, even the arrogant rats in the Imperial Household Department must be forced to bow their heads and compromise!
As soon as the Sixteenth Prince sat down, he took the initiative to volunteer to Yinyou.

"Brother, today, I will stand at your gate and help you welcome guests. Humph, I want to see who dares to pick on me and get angry. Let's try it."

For a long time, Old Sixteen had been feeling very depressed. This time, he finally got a good chance to show off, so how could he not show off?
Yinyou glanced at the Sixteenth Prince. Well, this child’s stubborn temper really comes out. He can only be relieved but not blocked!
"Whatever you want!" Yinyu agreed with a smile. The Sixteenth Old Man said happily, "I just want to tell those grandchildren who look down on others what it means to be proud of themselves."

Yinyou had actually figured it out. Having a little prince helping to welcome guests at the door was much better than the door gods in the paintings!
To be frank, with the Sixteenth Brother personally guarding the door, no one except the Crown Prince would dare to cause trouble, even the reckless eldest brother.

As the saying goes, brothers fight together to fight tigers, and fathers and sons fight together in battle.

The Sixteenth Prince is Yinyou's biological brother. It is only natural for him to help his brother to maintain face. No matter what, it is the right thing to do!
So, Yinyou sat in the main room, and the Sixteenth Prince and his Haha Bead friends lined up at the gate.

When the sky just got bright, people along the way relayed messages starting from the front door.

"Prince Duoluoping and his wife have arrived!"

When Yinyou heard this, he hurried out of the main room and walked quickly towards the gate.

Prince Duoloping, which is the title of Prince Keqin after his re-enactment, is hereditary.

The current Prince of Ping, Narsu, just married his first wife before the end of the year.

Coincidentally, Narsu's wife, Cao Jia, was the eldest daughter of Cao Yin, the Jiangning Weaving Supervisor.

It has long been an open secret that the three Jiangnan weaving masters under the Imperial Household Department, Cao Yin, Li Xu and Sun Wencheng, are of the same blood and support each other.

When Yinyu took office a year later, he was Cao Yin's immediate superior.

Cao Jia took advantage of the opportunity of Yinyou's housewarming and hurried over with Narsu to burn incense and worship Buddha early in the morning.

The treatment of the princes of the Qing Dynasty was far worse than that of the princes of the former Ming Dynasty.

In terms of annual salary and expenses alone, even if all the princes and dukes of the Qing Dynasty were added together, they would not be as much as one foot of Prince Fu Zhu Changxun.

It just so happens that Yinyou and Cao Yin are also related.

Cao Yin's second wife was Li Xu's cousin.

Of course, this relationship is extremely complicated and difficult to sort out.

Anyway, Li Xu's biological father, Li Shizhen, originally had the surname Jiang. After Jiang Shizhen was captured by the Qing army, he was fortunately adopted as an adopted son by Li Xiquan, a deputy commander of the Han army of the Plain White Banner, and he changed his surname to Li.

Cao Yin's second wife was Li Xiquan's granddaughter.

In this way, the Cao family would be a distant relative of Yinyu.

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