Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Hongli also had his own political purposes for this trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

I came to my parents' house because I had other things to do. It has been quite a while since I left Beijing.

So he couldn't stay outside the palace for too long.

So He Honggui only stayed with Wanyu and Yinreng for ten days.

During this period, Yinreng taught Hongli a lot about how to be a king.

In particular, the mention of foreigners with ulterior motives and the disloyalty of small neighboring countries made Hongli particularly concerned.

Wanyu gave half of the money she and Yunlu earned from their business, as well as the profits from their joint business, to Hongli, and planned to divide the rest equally among her other children.

Although she had already reported her death in a fake form, her business with Yunlu never stopped.

She "faked her death" at that time, but there was still Yinreng. Even if Yinreng also "faked his death" later, she still had her confidants and children.

In addition, Yunlu was grateful to his second brother and sister-in-law, and did not embezzle the dividends that belonged to his second brother and sister-in-law just because they were no longer around.

Therefore, Wanyu would get a lot of silver from Yunlu every year.

Moreover, after leaving Beijing, they not only traveled around the mountains and rivers of the Qing Dynasty, but also used the money and manpower in their hands to build ships and organize fleets to carry Qing Dynasty silk, porcelain and other items to sell to overseas Western countries.

Then when he came back, he collected items from overseas and sold them at high prices in the Qing Dynasty.

Although this round trip took a long time, a lot of money was earned, with the profit being hundreds of times.

After Wanyu and Yinreng discussed it, they decided to hand over the trading fleet directly to Hongli.

Not only can it increase the emperor's income, but more importantly, it can bring back news from overseas countries every time merchant ships travel overseas.

In order to increase the safety of the fleet, Yinreng selected crew members and guards who were good at swimming and had martial arts skills, and they were all carefully trained experts.

More importantly, after Wanyu married Yinreng, while she revealed the cowpox to Mafa Shi Huashan, she also asked Mafa to arrange people to secretly protect Dai Zi's family who were exiled to Shengjing.

Dai Zi was a weapons genius. If it weren't for Kangxi's defense and suppression of the Han people, and Nan Huairen's revenge and frame-up, his entire family would not have been exiled.

When the Guwalja clan found Dai Zi's family, Dai Zi had been exiled for many years, so he lived in hunger and cold, and his family had a hard time.

In addition, it was the Crown Princess's mother's family who recruited him. For the sake of his wife and children, Dai Zi did not hesitate for too long and agreed to the recruitment of the Guwalja clan. However, he also proposed the request to overturn the case for him if there was a chance in the future.

During the Yongzheng period, Yinreng and Wanyu needed to hide their identities. In addition, due to the special circumstances of Dai Zi's research and development of various firearms, Wanyu was unwilling to take risks for her family without absolute certainty.

Therefore, Dai Zi and his several talented sons have been allowed to continue research and development in private.

Now that Hongli has ascended the throne, although Dai Zi has passed away, during the period when he was protected by the Guwalja clan, he and his eldest son Dai Jing and second son Dai Liang developed several types of firearms with great firepower.

Over the years, after Dai Zi passed away, Dai Jing and Dai Liang have never stopped their research on firearms and artillery.

In recent years, Yinreng's fleet has used the guns and cannons developed by the three of them, allowing them to safely cross the sea without fear of harassment from pirates.

Now that the fleet has been handed over to Hongli, it is also the right time to hand over Dai Zi's unjust case and his sons to Hongli.

Dai Zi's eldest son and second son are both talented in equipment research and development, while his third son Dai Heng and youngest son Dai Gao are extremely talented in studying.

For Hongli, they were all talents that could be used.

In particular, the guns and cannons they researched were extremely lethal. If Hongli used them properly, they could be said to be the country's most important weapons.

When Hongli learned these things from his mother, he was extremely shocked.

He didn't expect that his father and mother were so far-sighted.

These things were planned in advance many years ago.

Compared to them, my methods are indeed a bit immature and superficial.

Thinking of his parents' wisdom, and the fact that he hadn't seen them for many years and that his parents were already old, Hongli became even more determined.

[This time, I must bring my father and mother back to the capital! ]

After the two brothers discussed privately, they began to use all kinds of means and reasons to persuade the two to return to Beijing with them.

The couple, who had originally determined to retire in Jiangnan, were moved by what they heard.

In the end, it was because he couldn't bear to leave his children and family in Beijing, and Yinreng had some things that needed to be arranged in advance.

So the two of them didn't persist for long and agreed to their two sons' persistence.

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After the couple returned to Beijing with their sons, they did not move back into the palace, nor did they go to live with the Hesheli or Guwaljia clans.

Instead, he lived in the courtyard where Wanyu lived after she quietly returned to Beijing.

After learning that their parents had returned to Beijing, Hongxi and Hongye, brothers and sisters, would occasionally sneak into the yard to visit their elderly parents.

After returning to Beijing, Yinreng also made preparations in advance.

He finally took out the blank imperial edict.

After frowning and thinking for a long time, he picked up the pen and filled out the imperial edict in a fluent manner, and even wrote a secret letter, which he then put into the box together with the imperial edict and sealed it.

Yinreng had never decided who to entrust the box to.

It was not until the tenth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign that Hongli conferred the title of Prince Rong on Honggui, an iron-hat prince that would be hereditary and could never be demoted.

Yinreng then ordered someone to call Honggui to his side, and then personally handed the box containing the imperial edict and secret letter to Honggui.

In order to ensure that the things in the box can be useful in the future, he also handed over the remaining power in his hands to Honggui.

And he gave him a lot of instructions with a serious look.

Especially those who are involved in the inheritance of the box.

Regarding the choice of future generations and the person who inherits the title.

Since it concerns the future destiny of the Qing Dynasty, Yinreng never tires of reminding Honggui again and again.

Honggui didn't know what was in the box.

What he couldn't understand even more was why his father was worried about what would happen a hundred years later?

But under his father's sharp gaze, he still took his father's instructions to heart.

He also passed on his father's instructions and the box to his descendants, and ordered them to pass it down from generation to generation until the contents of the box were revealed to the world.

The reason why Yinreng chose Honggui was not only because his title became the Iron Hat King, but also because as long as the title was in Honggui's branch of the clan, he would always have the right to speak.

Also because Honggui was the youngest and had the best relationship with Hongli, Hongli would refer to Honggui's suggestions on choosing the next emperor.

Moreover, the relationship between Hongli and Honggui, as well as the relationship between Honggui and Hongli's children, can ensure the prosperity of Prince Rong's Mansion for at least 50 years, and Prince Rong's branch can be trusted by the emperor.

After arranging the last thing, Yinreng and Wanyu had no regrets.

Both of them lived to be over 70 years old and died one after another.

In their later years, they witnessed the political reforms of the Qianlong Dynasty, the opening of maritime trade, the sending of envoys to the West, and the introduction of Western technology.

Emperor Qianlong also used advanced firearms and artillery to expand outward aggressively.

First, the Qing Dynasty pacified the border wars and recovered Jinchuan, Tibet and other places. Then, it conquered the surrounding Mongolian tribes and expanded the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

Wanyu and Yinreng looked at Hongli, whose eyes were full of ambition. After hearing his plans for the future formation and training of naval forces, they knew that his artillery fire would be directed at the surrounding small countries.

Especially when Wanyu once mentioned that Japan, which has a lot of gold and silver ores, is a place he must obtain, Wanyu felt even more satisfied.

Although they didn't know what kind of person Hongli would eventually develop the Qing Dynasty into, Wanyu and Yinreng smiled with satisfaction after seeing the different changes in the Qing Dynasty.

(Tomorrow will be the end~)