Secrets of Yuqing Palace

The more Wanlin thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

But she still couldn't figure out the reason, so she touched her abdomen and sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, the most important thing is to save the child first."

With the end of Laba Festival, the excitement in the palace did not completely end.

Because the New Year comes after Laba Festival, both the court and the harem are preparing for the New Year festival at the end of the year.

Yinreng has become increasingly busy recently.

By the end of the year, there were an unusually large number of memorials to the Qianqing Palace and government affairs that needed to be handled.

The emperor usually put down his pen and seal on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

All the big and small events of this year need to have a result before the emperor puts down his pen.

At the end of the year, the entire country's financial affairs need to be settled and planned.

The local tax collection situation needs to be summarized to the central government. The emperor needs to know the fiscal revenue of the year, including the specific details of various taxes such as land tax, salt tax, and commercial tax.

At the same time, the next year's expenditures must be planned based on fiscal revenue, such as the budget for officials' salaries, military food and wages, and large-scale engineering construction (such as water conservancy projects).

Moreover, the end of each year is an important period for evaluating officials for promotion.

The emperor attaches great importance to the administration of officials and will conduct assessments and evaluations of officials at all levels.

The political achievements of local officials, such as their performance in maintaining public order, developing water conservancy projects, and collecting taxes, must be reviewed.

Reference will be made to reports from local governors, inspection results from censors and other information.

Then, officials with outstanding performance should be rewarded and promoted, while officials who are corrupt or have poor governance should be punished.

This process involves many officials, from county officials to provincial officials. The emperor needs to personally pay attention to the assessment results of important officials to ensure the integrity and efficiency of the official team, so this also makes his government affairs at the end of the year more busy.

As the crown prince, Yinreng was brought up by the emperor since he was a child.

The emperor is busy and he has no time to rest.

In addition to accompanying the emperor to personally write the word "Fu" from the first day of the twelfth lunar month and bestowing it on concubines, princes and ministers, he would stay in the Qianqing Palace all day, accompanying the emperor to handle various memorials.

It is also necessary to participate in the discussion and handling of state affairs between the emperor and the ministers.

Not only could he no longer come back to have meals with Wanyu, but sometimes the emperor would even ask him to stay overnight.

While Yinreng was busy, Wanyu was not idle either.

She was ordered by Kangxi to learn palace affairs from the four concubines and the imperial concubine.

However, the imperial concubine was in poor health, so most of the palace affairs were handed over to the four concubines.

Among the four concubines, Hui, Yi and Rong were somewhat repulsed by Concubine Tong, who came later and took over.

Although the Defei they hated was removed, this little girl who had no children and was made a concubine just because of her surname was able to catch up with their treatment as soon as she entered the palace. How could these old people who had suffered in the palace for more than ten years bear this?

Therefore, there was constant open and covert fighting among the four concubines.

Then another junior came!

However, although they smiled at Wanyu, a junior who was about to get involved in palace affairs, except for Concubine Yi, the other three concubines were mostly wary and suppressive towards Wanyu.

Although the Crown Princess is only allowed to study now, they are worried that the Emperor intends to let her take over the palace affairs directly in the future.

Therefore, he did not want the Crown Princess to study and manage palace affairs so smoothly.

By then, they will be controlled by the younger generations, and they will lose all their dignity and face.

Especially Concubine Hui, who always regarded herself as the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son.

She was already at odds with the Eastern Palace, and if the Crown Princess took control of the palace, she would feel ashamed to leave Yanxi Palace and see people.

Fortunately, with the help of Concubine Yi and Concubine Gui, everything went relatively smoothly, though it was a bit troublesome.

But Wanyu can still cope.

Until the eve of the emperor's retirement, Yinreng finally returned to Yuqing Palace and even brought good news to Wanyu.

Wanyu asked excitedly, "Are you serious?"

Yinreng nodded with a smile on his face.

"Well, Khan Ama already has this idea."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I estimate that the decree will be issued next year."

Wanyu said happily, "Uncle is finally coming back to Beijing. I'll tell my second sister the good news the next time I see her."

Yinreng nodded, "Just reveal the news."

"After all, Khan Ama hasn't officially issued an order yet. To be on the safe side, it's better not to leak the news."

Wanyu responded, "I understand."

Yinreng continued, "Shi Wenbing has done very well in Fuzhou, and Khan Ama has always valued him."

"Next year, he will probably be reinstated as the Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army of the Plain White Banner. As for his eldest son, he will probably remain in Fuzhou."

"If he were as capable as his father, and had his father's old subordinates around, he would probably take over the position of General of Fuzhou in a few years."

"Actually, your uncle was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army of the Plain White Banner in the 23rd year."

"However, he has been stationed in the Hangzhou and Fujian areas for many years, and the coastal areas there have been unstable in recent years."

"Piracy was rampant, and there were frequent invasions from overseas forces such as the Japanese pirates. Khan Ama was also very worried. He valued Shi Wenbing and transferred him to be the general of Fuzhou."

"The southeastern coastal areas have gradually stabilized over the years, and Khan Ama is also willing to transfer him back to take charge of the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner."

In fact, what Yinreng had not said was that he felt that Khan Ama transferred Shi Wenbing back to the capital to regain control of the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner, perhaps in preparation for another personal expedition to the northwest.

In the 29th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Galdan invaded Khalkha Mongolia and threatened the stability of the Qing Dynasty.

Khan Ama personally led the army to fight at that time. Although the Qing Dynasty won the battle, Galdan escaped the encirclement of the Qing army.

Khan Ama personally led the army but failed to completely wipe out Galdan's rebels. I guess he must have felt unwilling to accept this!

Even Khan Ama's uncle Tong Guogang died heroically on the battlefield.

And the most important thing is that Galdan is ambitious and this will not be the only rebellion.

Khan Ama has always been far-sighted and should make preparations in advance!

Shi Wenbing served as the general of Fuzhou for several years and performed very well in his position. After taking office, he quickly stabilized the chaos in the southeast coast. His military ability is unquestionable.

Khan Ama should have also valued this point. In addition, he had served as the commander-in-chief of the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner, and was able to quickly adapt and effectively manage the affairs of the Han Army of Zhengbai Banner again.

By then, if Khan Ama personally leads another expedition to Dzungar, Shi Wenbing, as the commander of the Han army's Zhengbai Banner, will be a great general!

As the leader of the three upper banners, Khan Ama handed over the Han army's Zhengbai Banner to his trusted ministers, which would give them a better chance of winning on the battlefield!

However, since this matter involved the secrets of the previous dynasty, Yinreng did not reveal so much.

He also learned this from the occasional expressions of the ministers in the court and from Khan Ama's speculation about his attitude towards Galdan.

Wanyu didn't know much, but she was happy when she learned that her uncle was going back to Beijing and her cousin had a bright future.

The next day, she quietly passed the good news to her second sister Wanlin, hoping that she would be in a good mood to take care of her pregnancy.

Although there were two imperial doctors protecting her pregnancy, Wanlin's pregnancy was not in good condition.

The fetus was really weak, and the musk in her body had a huge impact on the fetus.

Since returning from Yuqing Palace last time, Wanlin has been staying in Jinglan Courtyard to take care of her pregnancy and has never come out again.

However, Wanlin was indeed very happy after hearing the news.

In my previous life, my father was reinstated as Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army of the Plain White Banner in September of the 33rd year of the Tang Dynasty.

[However, he died of illness on his way to the capital in November.]

This is the pain in Wanlin's heart.

[But in this life, Ama's health was taken care of by Li Yuanpan early on, so he shouldn't repeat the tragedy of his previous life's early death!]