Watching Yinzhi gradually fall asleep on the table, Yinreng sighed and murmured,
"What you saw was just the appearance of me before I touched the imperial power..."
Yinzhi's eyelids moved, but he couldn't open them in the end.
He was drunk as a jellyfish, and it started snowing heavily outside, so it was obvious that he couldn't leave the palace.
Yinreng then ordered someone to send Yinzhi to his residence before he got married.
If both of them were young, Yinreng could still leave him in Yuqing Palace to rest.
But now there are female relatives in the rear hall of Yuqing Palace, and it would be against etiquette for Yinzhi to stay there any longer.
Yinzhi got drunk in Yuqing Palace, and Kangxi found out that night.
Kangxi did not have such a bad taste as to send someone to eavesdrop on the conversation between his two sons. After Yinzhi was sent back to his residence, he just sent an oral instruction to the servants who served Yinzhi.
Give Yinzhi a few more days of vacation.
Let him rest up enough before going back to the court to do his work.
The next day, Yinreng brought the coal stove he had made at the Imperial Household Department's workshop to Kangxi.
Kangxi took a look at the coal stove, which had a fairly regular shape, and asked Yinreng why he came.
He had always known that Yinreng had been visiting the Imperial Household Department frequently recently, but he had never taken the initiative to look for Yinreng.
The relationship between father and son was still as fragile as paper, and Kangxi did not want to disgust Yinreng because of these trivial matters.
Yinreng could probably sense the awkwardness in their relationship, and was neither too close to him nor too distant from him.
In fact, Kangxi is already very satisfied with the current situation.
The plague at the beginning of the year really scared Kangxi. He was really afraid that Yinreng would take the initiative to end his life.
Yinreng explained to Kangxi how to use the stove, and emphasized that compared to charcoal, coal is easier to obtain and has a large reserve.
Reasonable use of coal can bring great convenience to ordinary people.
It can also bring long-term and stable benefits to the court.
Kangxi had a sharp eye. After listening to Yinreng talk about the advantages of coal stoves, his eyes suddenly brightened.
The Manchus' ancestral land is Changbai Mountain, where the winter is extremely cold. Countless people die of hunger and cold every year.
Especially undeveloped babies.
If this coal is really as Yinreng said, easy to obtain and burns longer than charcoal, then the benefits it brings can be imagined.
There was only one thing he was dissatisfied with.
That is, this coal stove is actually made of iron.
Kangxi didn't know whether this coal stove existed in his previous life, but he knew that since Yinreng dared to take out this stove, he must have a way to avoid the risk.
So he threw all the coal stove and coal mining jobs to Yinreng.
Yinreng didn't know whether he should be happy or cry.
His original intention was to accumulate some virtue for himself, and he never thought of wasting himself on this.
How much work is required to form an industrial chain for the coal industry? How can he accomplish it alone?
For a while, Yinreng was full of complaints in his heart. Kangxi had no choice but to promise him and let Yinzhi, Yinzhen and Yinqi help him with the work.
Yinreng's mood finally calmed down.
Even if the sky falls, there is still the fourth brother, the king of rolls, to hold it up.
The other two younger brothers are also quite capable.
Even though they were not very good at business, with his guidance, they were able to get the hang of it quickly.
It’s just that the ninth brother is still too young, otherwise this gifted guy would be able to match the three of Yinzhi.
Yinreng had lived with his brothers for decades in his previous life and knew best what their talents were.
The boss is a natural born general. Although he is impulsive and irritable, he actually controls the situation very carefully and treats his followers generously and openly. His only shortcoming is that he doesn't like to guess people's minds and can be easily manipulated emotionally.
The third brother is a true literary master, and has dabbled in history and culture from ancient times to the present, both at home and abroad. His greatest hobby is discussing and studying books with like-minded people. If his views can be recognized by others, he feels a great sense of accomplishment.
But the shortcomings are also obvious.
The more you read the works of the pedantic Confucian scholars, the more you will involuntarily move closer to them.
So later on, Yinzhi became fond of pretending to be cultured and liked the idea of having beautiful women around.
Yinreng couldn't stand it very much.
As for Yinzhen, he was relatively balanced in all aspects. His most prominent character trait was his impartiality, but he could not be ruthless to those close to him. Fortunately, he did not have many close friends.
The job in the Inspectorate was in good agreement with his personality, and he felt like a fish in water there.
Yinqi was peaceful and honest, and was more suitable to be in charge of the Honglu Temple, responsible for receiving the leaders of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes and petitions from county officials.
As for the other princes, they also have their own strengths and weaknesses. Now Yinreng can only mobilize these brothers. While thinking, he divided the tasks into details for them.
In short, he had to divide the work among others and never tire himself out if he could.
It’s New Year’s Eve again in the busy life.
Unfortunately, it snowed heavily that day.
Despite the bad weather conditions, Kangxi still had to host a banquet for his ministers.
The rules cannot be abandoned.
In the morning, the four princes Yinreng, Yinzhi, Yinzhi and Yinzhen followed Kangxi to Baohe Hall to entertain the ministers, as well as envoys from the Manchu and Mongolian tribes and foreign countries.
Yinzhi and Yinzhen were extremely curious about everything and watched Kangxi interact with the ministers with wide eyes.
Yinreng and Yinzhi were much calmer.
Even a bit bored.
The Baohe Hall was very large, and in order to accommodate the ministers and envoys who were having a meal outside the hall, the door of the Baohe Hall was open.
Under such conditions, it is simply unrealistic to burn floor heating. In order to keep warm, more than ten charcoal basins were placed in the hall.
They are all placed near Kangxi's dragon throne.
Even though the officials wore thick leather linings inside their uniforms, they were still as cold as three grandsons.
Nalan Mingzhu has been ill for more than half a month, and today he is willing to come out and see people.
But compared to before, his already thin face now looked a little more gloomy.
Except for Kangxi, Yinreng and Tong Guowei, everyone else present was unaware of the conflict between Yinzhi and Mingzhu.
Throughout the entire banquet, Tong Guowei was carefully observing the atmosphere between the eldest prince and Mingzhu. Until the end, he did not see any communication between the two, and a subtle sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth.
When he returned from the autumn hunt, he began to send people to keep an eye on the eldest prince and Mingzhu.
Tong Guowei knew very well that if he wanted to vent Longkodo's anger and teach the eldest prince a lesson, he would have to go through Nalan Mingzhu.
Just when he was worrying about how to create an opportunity to trick the eldest prince, the old man Mingzhu took action first.
Although he didn't know why Mingzhu did this, it didn't stop him from giving her a push from behind.
However, before he had the chance to reveal the evidence he had intercepted, the eldest prince had already killed Nalan Kuifang.
Tsk tsk tsk…
The dog-eat-dog drama is really exciting.
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