EBE Chapter 209: Lao 8, do you want the benefit I give you?
Chapter 209: Lao 8, do you want the benefit I give you?
Chapter 209 Lao Ba, do you want the benefit I give you?
Seeing Yinreng's performance, Kangxi felt relieved. This son had grown up by his side since he was a child, and he could still guess what his son said, did, and showed. For example, now he really wanted to use his merits to plan for Jingyi's future marriage.
Forget it. Jingyi grew up under his care and is his most beloved granddaughter. Since Yinreng has given up his merits, he will give up his plan for Jingyi's future marriage.
But thinking back to what he had thought about this morning in the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi asked Yinreng for his opinion: "Now that the Fourth Prince has gone to the Ministry of Revenue as he wished, the Imperial Household Department will be vacant. Who do you think would be a better choice?"
Yinreng pretended to think for a moment, then recommended the personnel he had planned long ago to Kangxi: "I feel that the Lifanyuan has too few affairs to deal with and it won't be enough to train Yinsi. Besides, the brothers after the twelfth brother don't have much to do either. Why not give the Imperial Household Department to the eighth and twelfth brothers to jointly manage? One as the chief and the other as the deputy. The Imperial Household Department has a lot of affairs to deal with, and the next three brothers will have a lot of marriages to deal with. I'll take this opportunity to give them more training."
Besides, my thirteenth and fourteenth brothers are getting married soon. After marriage, they won't have any titles or positions, but being a bald brother would be so ugly. Why not arrange for the thirteenth brother to be with the third brother in the Ministry of Rites, and the fourteenth brother to be close to the Ministry of War? After all, the fourteenth brother is still very good at riding and shooting."
Kangxi was inexplicably depressed. He had not expected Yinreng's plan to coincide with his own ideas. He simply said, "What about your elder brother? Do you have any ideas?"
Speaking of Prince Zhi, Yinreng paused, a hint of anger appeared on his face, but he hid it well: "Since my eldest brother likes fighting so much, then let's arrange for him to join the Ministry of War. Even if he can't go to the battlefield, at least he can have fun every day."
After saying this, he smiled with an unclear expression.
Kangxi saw all of Yinreng's affectionate actions. He certainly knew why Yinreng disliked Yinzhi. It can be said that this was the result he wanted to see. He used the eldest brother as a whetstone, pampering and protecting him, just to temper Yinreng.
It’s just that the plan didn’t change quickly enough, the whetstone didn’t work, and I ended up deposing the prince.
However, even though these were what he was most satisfied with and completely in line with his wishes, he still wanted to test the waters a little further: "Why, don't you and the boss dislike each other? Why did you actually help him this time?"
Yinreng suddenly smiled: "Look at what the Emperor said, the relationship between this son and me is very good. As a younger brother, I know exactly what my elder brother wants. Now that I finally have the opportunity to propose something, I will certainly not let it go and help my elder brother."
After hearing this, Kangxi stopped asking questions and just praised the brothers calmly for being friendly and respectful to each other. He then let Yinreng get off the carriage and the group returned to the palace.
Yinreng and Yinzhen, who stayed behind to watch the emperor return to the palace, stood there with puzzled expressions for a while. Only after the carriage disappeared did the two brothers mount their horses and go home.
It is not suitable to talk more in today's situation, or I don't have enough energy. As for the next plan, we will find time to discuss it in detail tomorrow after we have had enough rest.
After returning home that night, Yinreng told Buerhe about this matter. She then realized that Yinreng had actually done such a big thing quietly recently. It should be said that with the emperor's promise, Jingyi's future husbands can be patiently considered without worrying about being matched up with someone else.
With the good news, and the fact that the couple had not been very affectionate recently, Bull and took the initiative, and that night the couple were tossed and turned, and had a good night's sleep.
As for the idea of giving the fourth brother's job to the eighth brother, Buerhe also applauded. What's the saying? If you want to shrink it, you must first expand it; if you want to weaken it, you must first strengthen it; if you want to abolish it, you must first promote it; if you want to take it, you must first give it.
To sum it up in one sentence, if Heaven wants to destroy something, it will surely make it go crazy.
Originally, she hadn't intended to confront Lao Ba and the others. After all, as their sister-in-law, she had no direct conflict with them, so there was no need to go against them. But who could blame the couple for doing something so disgusting?
Let’s talk about the Eighth Brother first. She only found out later that it was him who instigated the Li Si’er incident. If her grandfather hadn’t found out, she would have thought that Longkodo had really gone crazy!
To be honest, she had never seen such humiliation in either her previous life or this one. If it wasn't a good thing for their Chenyuan Palace that day, she would never let it go easily.
However, she didn't understand Longkodo and Li Si'er's train of thought. With her jealous Eighth Brother's Wife, how could she possibly tolerate Longkodo and Li Si'er's daughter entering Yinsi's harem? And what about the concubine? It was just a trick to deceive an ignorant woman. Who could have thought that the Third Master of the Tong family would actually fall for it?
The other one is the eighth brother's wife. She has never understood where the other party's so-called sense of superiority comes from. In terms of surnames, the princes' wives all have big Manchu surnames, and none of them is weaker than Guo Luoluo.
In terms of status, the Eighth Concubine was only a Beizi Concubine. Above her, except for the Seventh Concubine who was a Beizi Concubine, the others were at least Beile Concubine. Even the Ninth Concubine and the Tenth Concubine below her had already been Beile Concubine.
However, among so many sisters-in-law, only the eighth brother's wife is as proud as a little peacock all day long, looking down on everyone. She has no children of her own and is unwilling to let anyone into Yinsi's backyard, but she often likes to discuss the affairs of other people's backyards.
I still remember that the reason why Ma Jia Gege was able to stop her accurately was that she found out that this woman was behind it.
Later, she would occasionally spread rumors behind her back that Yinreng favored her alone and that she was jealous. If she had not had a good image in the eyes of the public over the years and if Kangxi had not said that she was a good daughter-in-law, who knows what her reputation would have been like over the years!
At the next morning court, news of Yinzhen's transfer to the Ministry of Revenue spread widely, as did the news that the Emperor was planning to assign positions to several of the soon-to-be-married princes. Liang Jiugong, during the court session, directly conveyed Kangxi's intentions, stating that anyone could nominate themselves or be recommended, and that any proposal they deemed appropriate would be submitted, and the Emperor would then make appropriate adjustments to the princes' positions.
After the morning court session, various forces began to operate, and small groups also gathered together without prior agreement. At the Prince Yuan's Mansion, Yinreng's order or suggestion was simple, that is, to recommend that the eldest son go to the Ministry of War and the eighth son go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Although the brothers were unhappy that such a good job in the Imperial Household Department was given to Yinsi, they still listened carefully to and followed Yinreng's suggestions because of the previous experience of Yinzhen's trip to the south of the Yangtze River. Apart from anything else, as for the open and secret attacks and conspiracies in the court, all of them brothers combined probably could not outsmart their second brother.
While the four brothers were plotting, the other princes were also busy. Yinsi knew this was an opportunity to show his abilities, so he quickly gathered people to recommend him to the Imperial Household Department, and he also recommended himself. He believed that if he entered the Imperial Household Department, made a big move, and then sponsored and befriended more officials, then by the time he was fully prepared, the emperor would definitely recognize his abilities and make him the crown prince.
So at another court meeting, 80% of the recommendations suggested that Yinsi go to the Imperial Household Department, 10% suggested that Yinzhi go to the Ministry of War, and the rest were varied, with some recommending Yinreng to go to the Ministry of Works, some recommending Yinzhen to go to the Ministry of Justice, and some recommending Yinzhen to go to the Ministry of Rites.
When Kangxi saw so many memorials recommending the Eighth Prince, including many high-ranking officials from the Manchu, Mongolian and Han dynasties, he felt a chill in his heart. He did not expect that Yinsi had such great power under his nose, and he had the support of hundreds of people.
He couldn't help but look at Yinsi who was standing with his head held high and confident. Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, but in the end he suppressed them all, leaving only the word "approved" and then withdrew from the court.
On that day, Liang Jiugong's imperial edict was directly heard by everyone. Just as Yinreng had suggested before, Prince Zhi went to the Ministry of War, Prince Yong went to the Ministry of Revenue, Prince Lian went to the Imperial Household Department, the Twelfth Prince went to the Imperial Household Department, the Thirteenth Prince went to the Ministry of Rites, and the Fourteenth Prince went to the Ministry of War. The positions of the remaining princes remained unchanged.