The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 96 I Really Don’t Know How to Love You
In the capital city, outside the Zhengyang Gate, flags were waving and drums and music were resounding.

With the Vanguard Battalion at the head, the Cavalry Battalion on the side, and the Guard Battalion in the center, the entire large team marched out of the Yongding Gate in a mighty manner, then turned eastward and rolled towards the Rehe Palace.

The large team led by Yinyu followed closely behind the prince's carriage. It could be said that they were serving the prince at any time, or that they were monitoring his every move.

Before setting off, Kangxi temporarily assigned more than 100 imperial guards led by Wu Shi to the command of Yinyou.

In addition, Yinyou's team also included 200 guards and officials from the Imperial Household Department.

When the convoy passed through Zhengyangmen Street, Yinyu breathed in the fresh air without any odor for the first time in a long time.

Haha, as early as three days ago, Shuntian Prefecture mobilized officials and laborers to spread yellow soil along the route where the imperial carriage would pass, and sprinkled clean water dozens of times a day.

The benefits of doing this are unquestionable. The feces, urine and dirt along the streets are completely covered by the yellow soil sprinkled with water.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager went out together to escape the summer heat, and the three giants of the Imperial Household Department also had their own division of labor.

Ling Pu was responsible for the daily life of the crown prince and the princes of the royal family on the road, He Yi served the emperor and the ladies of the court nearby, and Yinyou was responsible for the supply of materials for the civil and military officials accompanying the emperor on the road.

The eighth brother, who was the regent, and the fourth brother, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, also followed in the team and accompanied the emperor north to escape the summer heat.

When the emperor travels, it is impossible for him to travel continuously. He has to rest for half an hour every ten miles.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to rest on the way, Yinyu distributed the pre-printed ration list to the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under him.

"Everyone, the list has been clearly listed. The ministers and officials accompanying the emperor have been assigned to each person according to the list. The supplies for the journey are also rationed daily according to their ranks..."

With nearly 10,000 people travelling at a time, the supply of materials on the road would certainly be extremely tight.

In order to avoid being criticized, Yinyou adopted the method of a modern logistics company. He first assigned all the accompanying civil and military officials to his subordinates according to the roster, and adopted a one-to-one service to ensure that the service was fully implemented to each person.

On the way, if officials had any temporary needs, they had to report to Yinyou in time, and he would be responsible for coordinating the supply of materials.

In this way, Yinyou was equivalent to the central node of the entire logistics system. All the needs of the team were summarized here, and he would then distribute the purchased materials to civil and military officials in a timely manner.

Because the fourth brother told Yinyou that every time the emperor traveled, not only the civil and military officials accompanying him, but also the officials and people from all places would complain and suffer terribly.

The root cause is the lack of a scientific management model for modern logistics, and everyone just takes and grabs supplies based on their own abilities.

Often, the uneaten vegetables of the eastern family rot and are thrown away, while the western family can never eat fresh vegetables.

Yinyou's approach was a temporary rationing system + modern logistics management model.

The core of this is that the dishes are cooked together in a big stove, and then the officials' accompanying servants take their own bowls and food boxes to take home and eat slowly.

The benefits of doing this are obvious savings and efficiency.

As a result, during dinner, Kangxi accidentally discovered a surprising scene. He and the princes of the royal family were still making fires and cooking. The team was in chaos, with smoke everywhere and it was a mess.

The civil and military officials under Yinyou's charge had already finished their meal and started drinking tea to help digest their food.

The civil and military officials, who were the largest in number, not only had their meals well fed long in advance, but also had hot tea available at all times.

Kangxi walked and looked around, and finally, he angrily called Yinyou.

"Little Fifteen, how did you do it?" Kangxi asked Yinyou coldly.

Yinyu smiled and explained: "Khan Ama, no matter how high the official is, as long as he travels with you, who dares to complain? Especially, a small official like Zhang Tingyu, as long as he has a full meal, meat, eggs and vegetables in his bowl, and hot tea at any time, he will definitely be satisfied."

"I'm just wondering, where did you get the supplies? How do you know what everyone needs?" Kangxi asked Yinyou again.

Yinyou took out the supply plan list he had prepared in a playful manner. The people on the list were: Zhang Tingyu, who was an attendant in the Southern Study and was awarded the fourth-rank official hat.

Kangxi took the two lists and looked at them carefully. Wow, everything was included, from pens, ink, paper and inkstone to three eggs, two taels of meat, half a pound of vegetables every day, without any omission.

What particularly interested Kangxi was that Yinyou actually used dozens of large iron pots to boil water at the same time. If Zhang Tingyu wanted to drink hot tea, he had to ask his servants to bring a large teapot and half a bundle of firewood to exchange for hot water for tea.

As for the servants accompanying the officials, they could only drink tea from the big pot and it was impossible for them to make tea on their own.

What Kangxi did not expect was that Yinwei had already arranged for the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department to stay in various prefectures, states and counties along the way to purchase all kinds of necessary supplies.

By the time the imperial carriage arrived, the eunuchs sent by Yinyou had already bought all the things and hired a carriage to rush back.

Kangxi took Yinyu's rationing plan list and looked at it for more than an hour. Suddenly he sighed and said, "If the army is rationed in this way, it will save countless money and food."

Hehe, this is exactly the impression Yinyu wants!
To put it bluntly, with Yinyu's advanced ideas influenced by the planned rationing system, it was a piece of cake for him to preside over the logistics supply of tens of thousands of troops.

The Northwest consumed too much money and grain, which was due to both the necessary consumption in long-distance transportation and the huge waste caused by ignorance.

As a result, under the instruction of Kangxi, the original division of labor among the three giants of the Imperial Household Department was changed to a new model in which Yinyu was in charge of the overall decision-making, and Ling Pu and He Yi were waiting for dispatch. In this way, Yinyu's status as the emperor of the Imperial Household Department was particularly highlighted.

During the journey to the Rehe Palace, under the personal supervision of Yinwei, the material supply of the entire team became well organized and sufficient.

Everyone has hot meals and hot tea!
As for Yinyou, he still used the old method, prohibiting chaotic wars and assigning full responsibility to everyone.

When it comes to the Qing Dynasty, we are not afraid of being tedious, but we are afraid of being serious!
As long as the person was punished, if he dared to seriously neglect his duties, Yinyu would ask for an imperial decree to dismiss him from office, remove his title, or even chop off his head.

The essence of the planned rationing system is to concentrate resources on major tasks and to fully implement the specific assigned tasks on everyone's shoulders, so that limited human, financial and material resources can be fully utilized.

As soon as the emperor arrived at the Rehe Palace, Yinyou, who was widely praised by all officials, was given another title: Minister in Charge of Imperial Affairs.

Anyway, Yinyu, the head of the Imperial Household Department, was originally the emperor's chief steward. Now, it wouldn't be a big deal for Yinyu to take care of one more thing.

As for monitoring the prince's every move, Yinyu gave the task to Wu Shi.

It was only the summer of the 46th year of Kangxi's reign. It was still a long way to go before the crown prince was deposed!

After arriving at the Rehe Palace, Yinyu was allocated a summer residence.

There was nothing much else in the villa, but what Yinyou liked very much was that there was a very deep fish pond.

This time when he came to the Rehe Palace, Yinyu brought with him the seductive woman Nian, who was known to Kangxi, to serve him along the way.

Ever since Nian was awarded to Yinyou, she has not lost her virginity because the meat is already in the bowl.

Now that he has settled down in the villa, Yinyu plans to rest for two days before slowly enjoying the fresh taste of Nian.

As long as Kangxi was alive, Nian's reputation as a seductress would never be washed away.

He could only wait until Yongzheng ascended the throne, and then take advantage of Concubine Nian's favor to help her get the position of concubine.

After everything was arranged, Yinwei came out of the palace and just returned to his own villa when he heard a report at the door.

"Sir, the cabinet scholar Nian Gengyao is here to pay his respects."

After hearing the news, Yinyu couldn't help but smile.

That day, he deliberately carried Nian on the saddle and passed away in a show. In addition to confirming his reputation as absurd and lustful person, the more important thing was to let Nian Gengyao see that his second sister was very favored.

It was because Nian revealed an extremely important piece of information: among the three sisters, she had the best relationship with Nian Gengyao.

Yinyou, who knew the direction of history, was clear in his mind that Nian was not lying.

Because when Nian Gengyao passed the imperial examination and served as an official in Beijing, the eldest daughter of the Nian family had already married. The youngest daughter of the Nian family, Concubine Nian, was only eight years old this year.

In order to test the true feelings of the Nian brothers and sisters, Yinyu deliberately ordered: "Just say that the master is not here."

"Whoo."

Not long after, Wu Lin came back and reported, "Master, Nian Gengyao said that he had been waiting outside and saw you come back with his own eyes, so he handed over the manuscript."

At this moment, Yinyou was certain that the brother-sister relationship between Nian and Nian Gengyao was indeed very good.

You know, Nian Gengyao was not just arrogant. Even Kangxi knew about his many romantic affairs in brothels.

"No!" Yinyou deliberately wanted to fish and deliberately supported Nian Gengyao.

Yinyou just wanted to see to what extent Nian Gengyao could endure for the sake of his second sister?
As a result, Wu Lin reported back: "Sir, Nian Gengyao said that he would never come empty-handed, and there must be something that interests you."

Yinyou couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was a pleasure to deal with smart people.

It was obvious that Nian Gengyao had guessed that Yinyou was actually trying to make things difficult for him.

Objectively speaking, Nian Gengyao passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi in the 41st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. Within just five years, he was promoted to the second-rank Cabinet Scholar as if he were on a rocket. If he had not been an extremely intelligent person, it would have been impossible for him to be promoted so quickly.

"No!" Yinyu blinked and unexpectedly refused to see Nian Gengyao.

As the old saying goes, how can you sit back and wait for the Diaoyutai to come true if you don’t have patience?
This time, perhaps because his self-esteem was hurt, Nian Gengyao left in anger.

After hearing the report, Yinyou smiled again. It turned out that this kid was only clever but not wise. No wonder he was fooled by the fourth brother's magic potion.

If I remember correctly, in the edict given to General Fuyuan Nian Gengyao, Yongzheng said in a very corny way: I really don’t know how to love you so as to be worthy of the heaven, earth and gods!

PS: I drank too much at a social event and just sobered up. It’s even late now. I’m sorry. By the way, please give me a few monthly tickets.

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