Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

What are the Guaerjia father and son and the Fourth Prince doing here?

Lord Guaerjia knew the purpose of the Fourth Prince's visit, and sent his son out after a while, leaving only the two of them in the study for a private conversation.

The Fourth Prince remembered the task that Concubine De had entrusted to him, which was to investigate Jiang Chen. He had come up with some reasons and excuses during these days, but they only allowed him to have contact with the Hanlin Academy. He had no way to talk to Jiang Chen alone, let alone develop friendship and find out his character.

This also involves a pain point in the development of the Fourth Prince's power. The army has the support of the Ulanara family and the Qi family. Water dripping through the stone will always have a place. But in the court, especially the literati, there is really no breakthrough. The people selected by the imperial examination are all idiots who are well-read. They learn orthodox Confucianism and most recognize the system of legitimate succession. Naturally, they are invisible princes.

Even if someone is not interested in becoming the crown prince and wants to get more in return, they will choose to go through the eldest prince and will not consider other princes at all.

The third prince did find a way. He was good at classics, history, and got along well with a group of literati. In this way, some people who had no intention of fighting were also won over by the third prince.

After this analysis, the Fourth Prince felt that his power in the court was so weak. Although the status of the Han people was lower than that of the Manchus, the ones who could really do the work were still the Han people, and at the very least, they were the Han army flags. There were only so many Manchus, and it was rare for those who were truly talented to emerge. Why did Kangxi turn a blind eye to the factional struggles of Soetu and Mingzhu? There were no Manchus who could replace them!

The Fourth Prince looked at Lord Guaerjia who was standing opposite him and felt how precious he was. This was the person who could help him develop his power in the court!

After figuring it out, the Fourth Prince asked for advice with a humble attitude, "Excuse me, sir, my elder brother and the Crown Prince are in a very bad situation now. Although I have great ambitions, I have nowhere to go. I don't know how to break the situation?"

Lord Guaerjia sighed in his heart. Sure enough, none of these princes would stay still. But once you get on the pirate ship, you can't just get off whenever you want. You can only give advice to the Fourth Prince. On the other hand, if the Fourth Prince has a promising future, he can also benefit from it.

Such a small thought did not delay Lord Guarjia's thinking. He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Fourth Master feels that he has fallen into a deadlock, but he has not found a point to integrate. This matter cannot be rushed. We should find the goal and work slowly."

The Fourth Master knew that Lord Guarjia would not speak empty words. Since he had given a plan, he must have had an idea. "Where do you think is suitable?"

Lord Guaerjia knew that the Fourth Prince was not easy to fool, so he had to speak out: "The government affairs of the court are the most challenging places. If you give them a little time, most people will be able to be tactful and you can't catch them. As for those who can't learn, the Fourth Prince doesn't need to win them over. They are just waste products that will be eliminated."

Seeing that the old fox was no longer beating around the bush, the Fourth Prince also stated his goal directly: "Yes, for now, I'm afraid it will be on this year's new Jinshi."

Lord Guaerjia was not afraid of being blamed by the Fourth Prince, and said directly: "These scholars have probably already found their employers, and it is probably too late for the Fourth Prince to win them over now."

The fourth prince showed his true colors: "Even if everyone in this session doesn't think highly of me, it will be enough if I can get the support of one person."

Lord Guaerjia was about to mock the Fourth Prince for his wild imagination. What role can one person play? But a name came to mind. If this person can really be won over, the Fourth Prince is indeed right. But this is too crazy. He is a top six scholar with a promising future. How can he be with a bald prince like you?

Lord Guaerjia drank the cold tea in his cup in one gulp and asked, "The Fourth Master is talking about Jiang Chen and Jiang Wangxuan?"

The fourth prince answered calmly: "If there is no other Jiang Wangxuan in the capital who was given a name by the emperor, then there can only be Jiang Liuyuan!"

With such a talent who could secretly develop his own network of contacts, the Fourth Prince couldn't even imagine how happy he would be in the future.

Lord Guaerjia is not optimistic about the Fourth Prince's ambitions. "Jiang Wangxuan has Li Guangdi's support. How can the emperor's trust in Li Guangdi be shaken by ordinary people? Even if he is not the top scholar, with Lord Li around, he can rise to prominence. Not to mention helping him in times of need, it would be difficult to even add icing on the cake."

Unless Jiang Chen had gone crazy and wanted to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, the Guarjia people could not think of any reason why Jiang Chen would fall into the quagmire. Of course, if Jiang Chen really wanted to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he would not care about being wooed or not. The right thing to do was to distance himself from the matter and not be implicated.

Obviously, there is some basis for the idea proposed by the Fourth Prince. Although the Uya family was not very powerful in the previous dynasty, they could still find out things from all walks of life in the capital.

Yes, the Fourth Prince did not go directly to Jiang Chen's residence to ask his neighbors. This would be too conspicuous. There were who knows how many spies were watching the Jiang family's gate. The Fourth Prince did not dare to stroke Kangxi's tiger whiskers.

But Wu Ya's family lived in a place called Bada Hutong, where there were many red-light districts. She heard that Jiang Chen's father had come here frequently before his death. He never called for anyone but just observed around, paying special attention to young girls who had just been trained.

After further digging, we found out that the madam who bought people from the gang of human traffickers let it slip that it was obvious that they were looking for someone, and we didn't know whose family member had been kidnapped and sold to the dirtiest place.

Following this clue, the Wuya family sorted out the information they got and gave it to the Fourth Prince. Jiang Chen had a sister who was lost in childhood. Jiang's father got the inside information from somewhere and thought his daughter was sold to the Eight Great Hutongs, so he came to look for her. When he didn't find her, he was targeted by human traffickers and eventually died.

The madam who cooperated with the human traffickers was sure that she did not have Jiang Chen's sister. Jiang's father had compared all the girls in her building back then. If there was, she would not have ended up like that. After all, they only cared about money, and if they gave enough money, there was nothing to talk about.

As for the traffickers, there was no news of them long ago. No one knew whether they had gone to commit crimes elsewhere or had taken the money and ran away. Not to mention the other financiers and masters behind the traffickers. The madam smiled and said to the inquirer: "There is no clean place here. What kind of clean person are you looking for?"

The clues ended here, but Wu Yajia also said that during the investigation, they sensed another group of people. If they had not taken a different approach and started with the madam, what Wu Yajia was investigating would have been discovered by those people long ago. Moreover, Wu Yajia was very sure that those people were agile and acted in an orderly manner, and seemed to be from the palace guards. They were afraid of alerting the enemy and getting into trouble, so they dared not investigate the whereabouts of the human traffickers anymore.

Being able to find out so much was a pleasant surprise for the Fourth Prince, and this might be the key to winning over Jiang Chen. However, the people sent by Kangxi surprised the Fourth Prince. If Kangxi wanted to win Jiang Chen back, he could just investigate further. If he could find the human traffickers, the Emperor could find the mastermind!

The mastermind? The Fourth Prince thought of a possibility. Perhaps this was the reason why Kangxi had been sending people to keep an eye on him. He didn't want to find him, but was afraid that Jiang Chen would follow the clues and find someone he shouldn't have found! If this was the case, then only those few families could be protected by Kangxi.

If that's the case, the Fourth Prince can only say that it's easy to do! As long as Jiang Chen casts his guess on those families, the possibility of choosing him is very high!