That night, Yinreng also received the news from the port, and he realized that Yinzhen’s current situation was not critical, and was even better than he had imagined.
When everything in the city had settled, Yinreng went to the port in person to pick the people up.
When Yinreng saw the dirty Yinzhen, there was no pity in his eyes... only disgust.
Originally, his brother was clean and presentable, but now he was covered in dirt. Yinreng's obsessive-compulsive disorder, which only affected others, immediately erupted.
Fortunately, the medicine was still usable, and Yinreng didn't say anything hurtful.
However, Yinzhen was keenly aware that his second brother, the Crown Prince, was avoiding him.
He quickly realized what Yinreng disliked, so he mischievously tried his best to get closer to Yinreng.
After seeing that his second brother's face had successfully turned the color of liver, he was contented and looked for a place to wash and change clothes.
Yinreng gnashed his teeth in anger.
But there is no way -
Who made Yinzhen become like this just to help him investigate the case?
If you can bear it, just bear it.
…
Dachun and his men searched the city all night but found no trace of Liu Qingzhou.
He went to see Yinreng dejectedly.
After Yinzhen washed himself, he came to Yinreng. When he heard that Liu Qingzhou was missing, he immediately thought of Liu Erlai.
But Liu Qingzhou was so cunning that he couldn't even trust his own son.
Liu Er also couldn't find any trace of Liu Qingzhou.
Yinreng ordered his men to seize the White Lotus branch first.
That is, the Zhou Mansion in the city and several manors built on the mountains outside the city.
It was at this time that Yinreng and Yinzhen realized that one third of the thousands of able-bodied men that Liu Qingzhou and the county magistrate had taken away at the port had been lost in various ways.
The rest, those who actively cooperated, were transferred to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. Those who were wavering in their minds were used as the vanguard of the looting caravans, and many of them were killed in each looting.
Yinzhen was so angry that he smashed several tea bowls.
It is frankly said that the White Lotus Sect only used the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming" and kept talking about Han orthodoxy, but they did not regard their compatriots as human beings. They only wanted to squeeze their flesh and blood and pave the way for their own glory and wealth.
Yinreng did not feel much anger in his heart.
Because he has long been aware of the evil of human nature.
There are very few leaders in history who truly consider the people, but those who do have left a mark in history books without exception.
Sects like the White Lotus Sect have a mixed crowd. Some of them may really be fed up with the fact that the Bannermen are riding on the heads of the Han people, but most of them are lower-class people who have been severely bullied and can no longer survive.
They are not well-educated and have little foresight.
People like this, once they gain power, will use all means to flatter and bully their subordinates, exploiting them and making themselves live a comfortable life.
Liu Qingzhou is such a person.
He came from a humble background and had a cruel heart. He didn't care much about his wife, children and the elderly. How could he care about the people he deceived?
However, more than a decade later, he had already fully demonstrated the behavior of the superior, making it impossible for him to recognize the gap in strength between himself and the court.
Over the past six months, he and the county magistrate had used every trick in the book to manipulate people like Fuluguo Chong, and no one noticed anything wrong. So he came to believe that the high-ranking officials from the capital were nothing special.
As a result, his ambition grew even more.
He felt that he could muddy up the stagnant waters so that he could fish in troubled waters and perhaps... replicate the glory of the previous dynasty.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
After Kangxi finished reading the secret memorial in his hand, anger gradually gathered in his heart.
Kangxi had great expectations for Tianjin Port.
After all, Tianjin is very close to the capital. Once it is completed and starts receiving merchants, several provinces near the capital will be able to make a fortune from it.
Moreover, this was also the starting point for him to change the future of the Qing Dynasty.
So he wouldn't allow anyone to get in.
But not long after he handed the task over to Yinreng, Yinreng went to Yuzhou to provide disaster relief. After returning, he went around everywhere and did not go to the port to check the situation.
So some people took a fancy to that piece of fat meat.
The projects planned by the imperial court were indeed a piece of fat meat for them.
Ever since Fuluguo Chong and Wei Hongling began to have frequent contact, Kangxi knew that there was something fishy.
But he was also very busy and had no time to deal with Forguo Chong.
So she thought of asking Yinreng to clean up when he was free.
But after a while, Kangxi found that the situation was becoming more and more complicated.
Fuerguo Chong, Lingpu and Heshun represent three different interest systems.
There was also a county magistrate who, perhaps in an attempt to climb up the social ladder, exploited the people for forced labor, and all the silver he squeezed out was sent to Fuluguo to pay off a few people.
Ling Pu was using Soetu's name, so didn't this clearly tell everyone else that he represented Yinreng?
But how could Yinreng make money from it?
Ling Pu actually dared to throw dirty water on the prince. He really doesn't know how to live or die!
As for the other two people, Kangxi did not find out who was behind them at that time.
It was not long after the autumn hunting season and he had just lost his grandson, so he suppressed his anger and dealt with other matters first.
Only after the New Year did Yinreng go and check it out himself.
Kangxi deployed those guards around Yinreng. In addition to protecting him, he also instructed them to report Yinreng's every move.
He believed that this move was for Yinreng's own good.
After all, in the process of investigating a case, it is inevitable to encounter people who are desperate. If they are desperate and take Yinreng hostage, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Kangxi refused to admit that the guards he placed around Yinreng were also partly responsible for "monitoring" Yinreng.
The secret report he saw today was sent back by the person he had placed next to Fuluguo Chong.
If Yinreng had not arrested Fuluguo Chong, it would not have been so easy for the spies he sent out to approach Fuluguo Chong's study.
What he didn't expect was that the person standing behind Fuluguo Chong was actually Chang Ning.
Kangxi even wanted to slap Chang Ning to death.
He is a member of the royal family, so what on earth did he lack in food and drink that he had to reach out to the port!
That will be the Aisin Gioro family’s future purse!
What he couldn't accept the most was that a lot of the money collected by Forguo was the ill-gotten gains made by the county magistrate and the White Lotus demon!
What is this?!
Is Chang Ning planning to collude with the White Lotus Sect and rebel against the Aisin-Gioro family?
Kangxi slammed the secret memorial on the table and said angrily,
"Go! Call Chang Ning to me!"
Liang Jiugong had already read the secret memorial. Seeing Kangxi so angry, he silently lit a candle for Chang Ning in his heart.
Even he knew what was safe to hold and what was too hot to handle.
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