Yinreng was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't go to Fuzhou.
Kangxi relied on him more and more, and Yinzhen was a busy person who loved to keep himself busy. His responsibilities became heavier and heavier, and he was so busy every day that he barely had time to rest.
If it weren't for this, would he have tacitly allowed Shi Xiuzhu to revolve around Hong Sheng all day long?
He had someone keep an eye on her for a long time to make sure she wouldn't corrupt Hongsheng, which is why he turned a blind eye.
Yinti, who was mixed in with the group heading to Fuzhou, was arm in arm with Tong Ruita, laughing very happily.
He wasn't very close to Tong Ruita before because of Yinreng.
However, both men were combative and extremely interested in firearms. Give them a chance to be alone, and they would immediately become sworn brothers.
Having fled the capital in an attempt to stabilize his mindset, Yinti became increasingly convinced that his decision was correct as he traveled. Even when Mingzhu sent messengers with urgent messages urging him to return to the capital and compete for favor with Yinreng, he refused to go back.
The sky is high enough for birds to fly freely, and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap freely. Only a fool would return to the capital and be driven crazy by the Crown Prince every day.
Besides, since he's not in the capital, his mother can't force him to produce an illegitimate son first, which would make things easier for his wife.
With the First Princess's body already weakened from giving birth to several children, she really couldn't withstand another pregnancy in such a short time.
Not long after Yinti left, a major event occurred in Tong Guogang's family.
Tong Guogang's concubine's parents and brothers, who were relatives of Fahai's birth mother, somehow came from another province to the capital. They stopped Fahai in the street and shamelessly demanded that Fahai give them land.
Fahai had just passed the provincial examination and become a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial examination). In the Qing Dynasty, a Juren could exempt more than a dozen people from corvée labor.
Generally, poor children or those from ordinary families would use this to exempt their families from taxes and have surrounding farmers register their land under their names, thereby obtaining a certain amount of money.
The Duke of Tong's family were founding heroes and a powerful clan; they would never lack money. They wouldn't stoop to something as trivial as exempting taxes.
Most of the money in the national treasury comes from taxes, and their family is leading the way in tax evasion. What kind of behavior is that?
The Tong family was not short of money, so they naturally wouldn't consider squeezing money out of the family. Although Fahai was bullied by Orondai since childhood, he had everything he needed; otherwise, how could he have afforded to study and even pass the imperial examination?
The cost of paper, ink, books, and teachers all require money, but Fahai possessed the integrity and lofty character of a scholar.
“My uncle is a second-rank official in the court. This old man has probably come to the wrong person. Besides, my Tong family has never engaged in land reclamation. The court needs a lot of money, and as citizens of the Qing Dynasty, how can we evade taxes?” Fahai, who was stopped in the street to claim kinship and land reclamation, reprimanded him sternly.
He had the air of a noble young master, which infuriated the person blocking his way.
Back then, Fahai's birth mother was able to get into Tong Guogang's bed not only because of her good looks, but also because of her audacity and shamelessness. She was subsequently disliked by Tong Guogang and his wife, mainly because of her greed and lack of restraint.
Otherwise, given that Tong Guogang had more than one or two concubines in his harem, why would Orondai have been so focused on bullying Fahai, and why would Tong Guogang have tacitly allowed it?
The debts of the mother are paid by the child.
Fahai's birth mother was like that, and her brothers and parents were even worse.
"Does your nephew have a wealthy relative who would make him willing to betray his own mother and recognize a thief as his mother? Look at that brocade robe he's wearing; just one of those clothes is enough for our family to eat for a year. With such a snobbish and materialistic character, how can your nephew become an official?" Tian Zhonghou had an upright face, but his words were sly and sarcastic.
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