The prince spent all day with craftsmen, and was considered by all court officials to be not doing his job properly.
Therefore, Huimin’s impeachment is justified.
Even if it wasn't him, there would be other censors who would step forward.
The Crown Prince is the heir to the entire country. He should focus on cultivating his ability to govern his subordinates and to maintain checks and balances. What's the point of spending all day in the Ministry of Works?
The emperor should have reprimanded the prince sternly and then issued an express order prohibiting the prince from going to the Ministry of Works.
How come you didn't mention this at all?
Isn’t the emperor afraid of cultivating another “carpenter emperor”?
After the court session, everyone shook their heads in unison, looking extremely disappointed.
Soetu was worried.
He also read history books and knew how much harm an emperor who did not do his job could cause to the country. Although the prince had not yet inherited the throne, he did not pose a threat to the overall situation.
But it was precisely because of this that Soetu became even more worried.
How could the emperor allow the prince to study those strange and tricky things?
The crown prince is the heir to the throne. Isn't he afraid that those upright people will unite and write a petition demanding the crown prince's dethronement?
Or is it that the Emperor is already disappointed with the Crown Prince and plans to change his heir?!
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Soetu felt a pang of pain in his heart, and then he cursed loudly, "Impossible!"
The Crown Prince had been brought up in the Palace of Heavenly Purity since birth. The Emperor and the Crown Prince had a very close relationship. How could the Emperor give up on the Crown Prince so easily?!
He kept comforting himself in his heart, but the thought was like a cancer attached to his bones and could not be dispelled.
The prince was now under house arrest for a month, and he was not allowed to visit Yuqing Palace. Soetu became more and more anxious and could not calm down the whole day.
At the end of February, Kangxi received a secret letter from Longkodo.
The letter contained only a dozen or so words, but it made Kangxi's face suddenly darken.
"The people behind Wei Hongling are not just the Changshu Jiang family"
It has been a year since the case at the port was solved last year.
It has been almost a year since Longkodo went to Jiangnan to investigate the case.
During this period, Kangxi received secret letters from Longkodo intermittently, but this time it had been more than three months since the last time.
In the confession that Longkodo obtained at the time, Wei Hongling specifically mentioned the Lu family, which was actually a smokescreen released by the Jiangnan White Lotus Sect.
The person behind him is not from the Lu family, and he has no connection with the Lu family at all.
Maybe Wei Hongling himself is not aware of this.
This made Longkodo's investigation of the case extremely difficult.
Based on the clues left by Liu Qingzhou, Longkodo investigated bit by bit and finally confirmed before the New Year that there was a connection between the Changshu Jiang family and the Bailian branch.
However, three months later, Longkodo not only failed to obtain evidence of the Jiang family's collusion with the White Lotus Sect, but also sent back such an ambiguous statement.
Kangxi pursed his lips and threw the secret letter into the charcoal brazier. The flames suddenly shot out, illuminating his face with flickering light.
It seems that the water in Jiangnan is deeper than he imagined...
Two days later, Kangxi announced that he was going on a southern tour.
Yinreng, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi and Yinyou were also on the accompanying list.
Yinreng was a little surprised.
Kangxi wanted to take him with him on his southern tour, so his house arrest was lifted after less than one-third of the period had passed?
emmm...he is not very willing.
However, if you go to Jiangnan by water, you have to lie down every day, which is no different from being confined to your room for a month.
Thinking of this, Yinreng felt much more balanced.
But why would the old man go to Jiangnan at this time? Nothing major happened.
It's a waste of time and money.
If he had not made frequent trips to Jiangnan in his later years, the Cao family would not have had to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall. In the end, their house was raided by Emperor Yongzheng, who not only failed to find any property, but also uncovered a lot of bad debts.
Yinreng could imagine Yinzhen's face when he raided the Cao family and planned to have a piece of the pie, but ended up not seeing any meat at all and was forced to pay the old man back for the Cao family's deficit.
It must be very exciting.
Speaking of which...it seems that whoever the old man favors will have a miserable ending.
Could it be that the old man also has a jinx buff?
On the fifth day of March, the southern tour team set out from Kyoto and headed straight to the south of the Yangtze River by water.
The days on the boat were simple, unpretentious, and relaxing. The main thing was that he was not on the same boat with Kangxi. For Yinreng, this was more comfortable than being confined to Yuqing Palace.
You can also enjoy the scenery along the way.
In early spring, everything comes back to life, the temperature is just right, and the further south you go, the more pleasant the scenery becomes.
Whether the mountains are beautiful or the water is beautiful, just being in it is a great happiness.
During the southern tour, he only stayed in Tai'an Prefecture for one day, and spent the rest of the time on the road. He arrived in Jiangning Prefecture after more than ten days.
As Yinreng expected, it was Cao Yin who received the emperor.
Compared to a few years ago, Cao Yin has become much wealthier and has a greasy air about him.
He took over as Suzhou Weaving Supervisor in the 29th year of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was transferred to Jiangning Weaving Supervisor two years later. He had been running the business in the prosperous area of Jiangnan for four years.
Looks like he's having a pretty good time.
Seeing Kangxi and Cao Yin getting along well with each other, Yinreng lowered his eyelids.
"Weaving, smuggling salt..."
He repeated these words in his mind.
Yinreng had no idea whether the Cao family was corrupt when they were in the capital, but it was extremely difficult for the Cao family to remain unscathed in Jiangnan, where the officialdom was extremely corrupt. In addition, when Kangxi went on a southern tour, Cao Yin and Li Xu took the initiative to build the palace.
It would be strange if you weren't greedy.
But are Cao Yin and Li Xu completely innocent?
From Yinreng's perspective, these two people actually deserved to die.
The reason is that the pomp and circumstance of Kangxi's southern tour was actually created by these two guys.
Later, planning and building the imperial palace even became one of the most important tasks for the Cao and Li families.
Every time Kangxi came, he had a new experience.
Otherwise, it would be said that these two people are good at handling things.
They took public money and openly licked the emperor's stinky feet. The emperor enjoyed it himself, but it was not easy for him to turn around and blame them. He even had to create opportunities for them to be greedy for money.
This relationship between the monarch and his subjects can be considered a model.
"In the three weaving factories in Jiangnan, thousands of embroiderers die from exhaustion at their looms every year. All the money Cao Yin and Li Xu embezzled was used to welcome the emperor. Haha, every inch of this palace is soaked with the blood of the low-level embroiderers. It's so filthy and dirty!"
Kangxi's steps forward paused slightly, as if magma suddenly emerged under his feet, burning him so much that his face twisted.
The attendants who followed him were all confused when they saw this. Cao Yin bravely called out,
"Your Majesty? But is there something wrong?"
Kangxi came back to his senses, turned his head and looked deeply at Cao Yin and Li Xu, then raised his foot and walked forward.
"fine."
Cao Yin was confused by this look.
But now was not the time to guess the emperor's intentions, so he calmed himself down and quickly followed.
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