Chapter 87

After telling Kangxi everything, Yin Zuoru put down the burden, but he did not completely forget the matter. Instead, he would always think about it.

Moreover, Yinzuo was a man of action and he quickly selected several smart people with medical background and assigned them to the missionary work.

Let’s not talk about anything else for now. Just think about the quinine that saved the emperor’s life this time. Do you want to learn it?

When I learn it, I will definitely not let you down. I will personally go and ask for credit for you.

Yinzuo encouraged them a lot. Anyway, they should find ways to get the other party's good stuff when the time comes. Besides quinine, if there is anything else, the more they can learn, the better. Don't be complacent and proud at such a young age. Now is the time to learn something. What you learn is a gain. Be humble.

Yinzuo also went to Kangxi in person and brought them all the Western medical books. He also read books with them, went to talk with missionaries, and followed up for several days.

However, everyone has their own expertise, and Yinzuo did not always hang out with them.

Yinzuo went to Kangxi again and begged him for something: "Father, let's send someone to them. They must have hidden something good and didn't let us know. We have to go and see it ourselves."

Although the missionaries offered many good things when they wanted to see Kangxi and wanted Kangxi to agree to let them preach in this place, Yinzuo did not believe that what they offered were all the best.

So Yinzuo urged Kangxi to get a big ship and go to the West to see if they had any other good medicines, any other high-yield seeds, what their muskets looked like, and how far their cannons could fire.

Now we only hear about it from the missionaries, but seeing is believing.

Kangxi said: "Others will not open up to you."

Yinzuo was not discouraged. He said, "Then let's select smart people to go over." He glanced at Kangxi and said, "Well, didn't we say we have spies? As long as we get people over there, there will always be a way."

Kangxi glanced at him.

Yinzuo also brought up Zheng He's previous voyages to the West, saying that we should also go to the West to enhance our national prestige.

As Yinzuo spoke, he felt regretful: "If my son were not physically disabled, I would like to take a boat to see it myself."

When Kangxi heard this, he threw down the pen in his hand and was very unhappy. Even if Yinzuo was fine, he would never let Yinzuo go across the sea by boat. How could he deal with the raging waves on the sea?

Kangxi said: "You only know about Zheng He's voyages to the West, but you don't know how much money they spent."

Yinzuo: "No money?" Yinzuo didn't expect to be stopped here.

Well, there is no money, it is just that they have just become a little richer, but isn't there a war going on? Anyway, there is not so much spare money in the treasury to spend.

Yinzuo went to the crown prince again and sighed, saying to him: "I didn't know that we were actually quite poor."

"Brother Crown Prince, you and the Emperor must work harder to fill the national treasury."

"Otherwise, my brother can only sigh in despair every day."

Prince: “…”

It's because he and the Emperor are not capable enough.

The prince thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask a Nanyang merchant to help you look around first."

It is indeed difficult to carry out a voyage on the scale of Zheng He's voyages to the West, but if we don't go that far, there are often Southeast Asian merchants visiting some nearby small countries, so my brother can temporarily make the best of it.

Yinzuo also told the prince about his terrible nightmare. The prince's heart was pounding when he heard it. The West... was too far away and he had never thought much about them. But if they had a lot of big ships and a lot of cannons, and Yinzuo said that the Western army was coming by ship to rob their wealth and kill their people, the prince became very angry when he heard it.

It is indeed as Yinzuo said, missionaries can come to them, and they should also go to the West to have a look.

Yinzuo was also very interested in what the prince said about the Nanyang merchants, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay."

"Brother Prince, I want to see them."

It was not a big deal, the prince nodded: "Okay."

Even though the prince agreed to this, Yinzuo still said to him: "Brother Prince, you must work hard to earn money. We will build a big ship in the future and go to farther places."

The corners of the prince's mouth twitched, and he felt like his younger brother was chasing him with a whip from behind.

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Big Brother and the others are back!

Nearly a year has passed since the eldest prince and his companions left the capital and returned to the capital, and in the meantime, a year was spent without the eldest prince.

Although psychologically it felt like a very long time had passed, objectively less than a year had passed. But when Yinzuo saw the eldest prince, he felt that his brother had matured a lot.

When Yinzuo saw the eldest prince for the first time, he stopped and did not go forward immediately, as he felt that the eldest prince seemed a little strange.

The eldest prince smiled at Yinzuo: "Little Six, come here." The eldest prince's smile diluted the murderous and bloody atmosphere after the baptism of the battlefield, and he became the eldest brother that Yinzuo was familiar with.

"Big brother!" Yinzuo walked over quickly, and as soon as he got close, the eldest prince grabbed him under the armpit and weighed him.

The eldest prince was dissatisfied and said, "Why hasn't it grown at all? And it has become lighter."

"I've grown taller!" Yinzuo protested, "Brother, put me down quickly."

The eldest prince put the person on the ground, raised his eyebrows and said, "When you were a child, you liked it most when your elder brother held you like this."

Yin Zuo said in a daze, "Brother, you know I liked it when I was a kid, and I'm already eleven this year!"

"Fortunately, everyone is in the study room right now, otherwise my brother would be unable to live a normal life."

The eldest prince snorted and rubbed Yinzuo's head.

Alas, the emperor and his brothers all love to touch his head.

Yinzuo asked the eldest prince, "Brother, have you met the Emperor and the Empress Dowager?"

"Yes." He also went to see his mother. When his mother saw him coming back, she told him that he had made great contributions in the war and asked him to win over the people he met in the army. His mother's eyes lit up again.

The eldest prince twirled his fingers. But just now when he met the emperor, he also met the prince. The emperor still valued and trusted the prince.

Yinzuo pulled the eldest prince up and said, "Then let's go back, brother." Yinzuo's voice brought the eldest prince back to his senses.

"Brother, change into comfortable clothes first. Are you hungry now?"

The eldest prince said, "I'm not hungry yet. I had lunch at noon."

Yinzuo said, "Then prepare the food first, prepare more, and then eat together after everyone finishes school."

Yinzuo walked back happily with the eldest prince and said, "Brother, did you miss me? I feel like you've been gone for a long, long time!"

Why didn’t you think about it?

He also felt that a lot of time had passed. Returning from the battlefield to this majestic palace, he felt as if he were in another world.

It was not until now, accompanied by Yinzuo's happy voice, that I returned to my own courtyard and finally felt that I was back and at peace.

"The battlefield is so dangerous, are you injured, big brother?" Yinzuo grabbed the eldest prince's sleeve and wanted to roll up his sleeve to take a look, and he also wanted to see the eldest prince take a bath and change clothes.

"The news I got is that Big Brother is fine, but I want to take a look."

The eldest prince did not chase him away, and said to Yinzuo: "You are lucky not to be seriously injured."

However, some flesh wounds were inevitable. Yinzuo saw that there were still scars on the eldest prince's chest and back that had not completely healed, which made him frown.

The eldest prince smiled and said, "The medicines I brought over are all very effective, and I have killed eight Junggar generals above the rank of junior general. As for the other enemies, I can't even count them."

Only when you are on the battlefield do you truly understand what it means to be surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. It is completely different from reading a few military books on paper.

It was also the first time that I killed someone with a sword. When the blood splattered on myself, I realized that it was different from watching an interrogation in the Ministry of Justice.

Although he is a prince, if he wants to win military merit and truly win the support of others, he cannot hide behind others and even has to behave more bravely.

The brothers had a dinner together in the evening. All the brothers were there, and the prince also came.

The prince raised his glass: "This is a toast to thank you, big brother, for killing the enemy on the battlefield and protecting the Qing territory."

The eldest prince also raised his glass, but said: "I am the son of the emperor, and I am the prince. This is also my responsibility."

The Third Prince picked up the wine glass and took a small sip. Here it comes again, here it comes again. It has been a long time since I saw these two chatting with each other like this. I actually miss them a little?

The Tenth Prince was very interested in what was happening on the battlefield, and soon asked the Eldest Prince to tell him about it. The Eldest Prince also started talking, which aroused everyone's interest. The brothers chatted one after another, and soon the conversation became lively.

"It's very cold, my hands are cracked from the cold."

"We can't have a hot meal. We're fighting. We're lucky to have a few bites of dry food."

"Even though I'm a prince, I can't ask for any special treatment. Otherwise, won't people be dissatisfied?"

"But when the fighting stops, we can have something good to eat. For example, the wounded horses will be cooked regardless of whether they belong to our side or the enemy. I can get an extra bowl of horse meat."

The prince did not spoil the atmosphere too much. Although he did not get involved in what the curious eldest prince was saying, he was listening.

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The war is over and we have won, so naturally it is time to reward and commend.

Let's not talk about other generals for now. The eldest prince led the troops to charge in front this time, and received a lot of praise. Everyone's praise for him reached a peak. The eldest prince also achieved his goal of making outstanding military achievements before setting off.

However, other voices emerged amidst these praises. Some people in the court impeached the eldest prince for several inappropriate actions during the battle, such as being greedy for merit and advancing rashly, causing losses, and having several disagreements with General Han and not listening to the orders of the old general. There was also the suspicion of trying to win over the generals in the army...

The eldest prince smashed the cup when he returned. He admired those people for finding so many reasons to impeach him. But the eldest prince was not going to stand and take a beating. He could argue back, and his military merit in killing the enemy was real and could not be erased.

The eldest prince knew that it was the crown prince who took action this time, and the crown prince became jealous.

The eldest prince was right in his guess. How could the crown prince not be sensitive to his involvement in the military? How could he just watch?

Anyway, since the return of the eldest prince, the court has been quite lively. The eldest prince has been impeached, and the close ministers of the crown prince have also been caught...

Yinzuo was not very clear about the excitement in the court. Since he did not receive his salary, he did not worry about the affairs of the court.

He had heard that his eldest brother's mansion was under construction and wanted to have some input, or rather, to offer suggestions. He was more concerned about it than the eldest brother himself.

The affairs in the court finally came to an end, and the eldest prince was finally rewarded, his military achievements were recognized, and he was rewarded with many good things by Kangxi.

The eldest prince was in a pretty good mood.

So he took Yinzuo, who gave him suggestions every day and helped him to revise the blueprints of the mansion, out and took him to see the mansion under construction with his own eyes.

As soon as Yinzuo got off the carriage, he exclaimed, "Brother, this courtyard is much bigger than the one we live in now."

The eldest brother said: "Of course, this includes many courtyards."

"I'll give you one, too."

Yinzuo smiled so hard that his teeth were showing, and he became even more excited. He looked around inside and told the eldest prince how it was built. The actual view was very different from that on the blueprint.

The eldest prince and Yinzuo went around and discussed many wonderful ideas.

But when I told the people in the Ministry of Works about this, they were embarrassed: "If you guys do what I said, the money the emperor allocated won't be enough."

"The eldest prince needs to make up the shortfall in silver." The man from the Ministry of Works gave the eldest prince a rough estimate.

The eldest brother heard the amount of silver: "..."

Where does he get so much money?

It would be nice if I could sell the things that the Emperor gave me as rewards and exchange them for silver.

Yinzuo glanced at his elder brother and realized that his elder brother was also poor.

(End of this chapter)