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The fact that the Fourth and Eighth Concubines almost got into a fight became the apparent fuse, causing the fight between the Fourth and Eighth Princes to become increasingly intense.

Between the two of them, in An Ning's opinion, the Fourth Prince's approach is naturally more clever.

The fight between the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince was mainly caused by the Eighth Prince taking the initiative and the Fourth Prince being passive. The key point was that the Fourth Prince did not form a clique. Although there were some forces behind him, for Kangxi, that force was under his control and he could allow it.

This is where the Fourth Prince’s brilliance lies.

In the court, the Eighth Prince seemed to have the upper hand, but it was only an appearance. In fact, Kangxi valued the Fourth Prince more. After all, he was a capable person.

The Eighth Prince has a great reputation, but when it comes to what he does, he is not as decisive and thorough as the Fourth Prince. He is unwilling to sacrifice his face, so his job is only superficially good.

Yinyi was also on duty in the court and was arranged by Kangxi to work in the Ministry of Revenue under the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince was serious about his work. Yinyi followed him and learned a lot. He also gained a new understanding of his brother, the Fourth Prince.

"Mother, if my son does not fight, then if nothing unexpected happens, the Emperor will probably choose my fourth brother to be the emperor."

"Why, have you been following the Fourth Prince on his errands recently and have you felt something for him?"

"My son only works in the Ministry of Revenue, but he has already discovered that there are many problems in the Ministry of Revenue. Many of the accounts don't match up. The difference scares my son. Judging from the small details, the other five ministries should not be much better than the Ministry of Revenue.

What Fourth Brother is doing now is to try his best to eliminate corruption in the Ministry of Revenue. This is probably the intention of the Emperor to let Fourth Brother join the Ministry of Revenue. However, Fourth Brother’s ability is not a problem, but his methods are a bit too tough, and I am afraid it will not last long. "

There was one thing he didn't say: if he could not inherit the throne, or if the person who inherited the throne did not value him, his end would not be good.

The Ministry of Revenue involves a huge chain of interests, and it is impossible to cut it off with one size fits all.

On the premise that he couldn't clean it up completely, he also had to purge the Ministry of Revenue, which meant offending people. Not only that, but the offended people might not necessarily have a miserable end.

"If it were you, what would you do?"

"My son will be similar to my fourth brother. He will not let himself sink too deep into the quagmire. He will use the power of others to defeat the power of others. It is impossible to eliminate corrupt officials. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish."

It is very important to have clean administration of officials. Now the administration of officials in the Kangxi Dynasty has already run into problems. Kangxi obviously realized that there are problems in every department, and this is already a big problem.

Kangxi placed the princes in various departments and even rotated them occasionally, which was also intended as an observation.

The Fourth Prince did an okay job. Although his methods were a bit harsh, at least his answers were correct.

As for the Eighth Prince, we have gone off topic.

He has gathered a group of rabble behind him. Although this is also a kind of ability, his behavior will only make the administration more corrupt.

"You are not even twenty years old yet, and your father is already over fifty. Go do what you want to do, and do it boldly."

Only Kangxi knew how intelligent Yinyi was. His brothers and court officials did not know. His age was a handicap, and he needed political achievements to tell court officials and Kangxi that he had the potential to be a king.

"My son understands."

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Next, Yin Yi began to display his talents generously. When he first followed the Fourth Prince, he had ideas and methods for doing things. Compared with the Fourth Prince, who was a hard-working player, Yin Yi had some talent on top of his hard work.

This talent enables him to be more calm and tactful when dealing with difficult problems.

His abilities caught the attention of court officials and also caught the attention of Emperor Kangxi.

Then he became busy and began to rotate among the six ministries like his brothers, providing disaster relief and investigating corruption.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

The situation in the court has also changed.

The Eighth Prince’s party, the Fourth Prince’s party, and the less obvious Sixteenth Prince’s party led by Yinyi.

The reason why it is not very obvious is that although some people support Yinyi, he does not seem to have any intention of competing. He has a good relationship with the Ninth Prince who belongs to the Eighth Prince's party, and he also has a good relationship with the Thirteenth Prince who belongs to the Fourth Prince's party.

Even the Fourth Prince had a good impression of him, and the two brothers would visit each other's residences for meals. To a certain extent, their short-term political goals were consistent, and they both focused on the Qing Dynasty's administrative problems.

Due to such a complicated relationship, and the fact that Kangxi would occasionally tease his ministers about the issue of succession, many ministers lost their jobs or even their lives. Now they dare not take sides openly.

Since Yin Yi himself did not take the initiative to form a clique, even if they wanted to, they did not dare to invest!

The premise for making a profit from rare goods is to make sure that the goods are worth investing in.

Yin Yi was unpredictable to the court officials.

Kangxi was temporarily satisfied with the current situation. At the same time, after Yinyi's three years of hard work, Kangxi regarded Yinyi as one of the candidates for succession.

Why is it one of the reasons? The main reason is that Yinyi was too young, and the other reason is that Kangxi felt that he was still "young".

The benefit brought by telepathy with An Ning is that An Ning is not even forty now. She is in very good health and has wood-related supernatural powers. Although they cannot be upgraded, they are enough for her to live a hundred years. She will not get sick unless she wants to.

Even though Kangxi had been in power for more than fifty years, he still felt that he had many years left.

So he thought he still had time to screen the successor.

After deposing the crown prince, Kangxi had no plans to appoint another crown prince for the time being. Someone did bring it up, but Kangxi punished that person severely.

In addition, Kangxi would take his son and court officials to Mongolia from time to time to show off his military prowess. Everyone saw that he seemed to be still strong, so no one dared to mention the issue of appointing a crown prince again.

On this day, Kangxi came to Changchun Palace.

An Ning handed him a cup of Biluochun tea: "Your Majesty, have some tea."

Kangxi took the teacup and took a sip: "This tea is brewed by my beloved concubine. After so many years, I still can't drink enough."

An Ning smiled and said: "If the emperor likes it, my craftsmanship will not be wasted."

Putting down the teacup, Kangxi suddenly said: "The selection will be held soon. Yinyi is already nineteen years old. There is only Xilin Gioro in his backyard, and he has no children. Don't you have any ideas?"

For many years, the Eighth Prince had only the Eighth Concubine in his backyard. It was not until the Eighth Concubine had been childless for several years that Kangxi intervened and asked Concubine Hui to give him two people.

It can be seen that as long as Kangxi did not favor his concubine over his wife, he did not care much about the affairs in his son's backyard.

Unless there are no children, which is Yin Yi’s current situation.

It would be fine if Yin Yi was not considered as one of the candidates for heir. His son liked his wife, and the couple loved each other very much, but they had no children. A few years later, when his wife's beauty faded and his love for her faded, he would naturally take a concubine and have children.

But if you are a king, you have to carefully consider the quality and quantity of your offspring.

An Ning's face showed a hint of embarrassment, which made Kangxi feel a little strange.

Kangxi: "What's wrong?"

An Ning: "Speaking of which, how much does the fact that Yinyi has no children have to do with me?"

When Kangxi heard this, he was a little confused. He didn't react and didn't even understand why it was related to her.

Kangxi: "Is it related to my beloved concubine?"

An Ning explained: "Before I got married, my mother told me that women should not give birth too early. When I was pregnant with Yin Yi, I was already seventeen, and when I gave birth to him, I was eighteen. At that time, my body had not grown much, so Yin Yi has been healthy since he was young and rarely gets sick.

Therefore, I feel that what my mother said makes sense. Xilin Gioro is younger than Yinyi, so I thought that I would have another child when she is no longer tall. I told Yinyi about this.

Yinyi conducted a private investigation and consulted the imperial physician and many folk doctors. They all felt that it was better for women to give birth later. In this case, Yinyi and Xilin Gioro had been avoiding each other, which was why they had no children.

Your Majesty didn't say it, but recently the two of them have started preparing to have a child. They are both in good health. In the past few years, I have been asking someone to take care of the couple's health. I estimate that it won't be long before Your Majesty will hear the good news.

This matter is actually my fault for not telling the emperor right away. It is just that women have children late. If I were to tell this, it would be alarmist and detrimental to the population. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

After listening to this, Kangxi was silent for a while.

He really didn't expect this reason.

Kangxi may not be unaware of the harm of early marriage and early childbearing, but he did not know it clearly. When he thought of those children who died in his early years, he felt real pain for each of them.