Yinreng did intend to let Cao Yin go.
Erhe only knew that Kangxi gave Yinreng the right to execute first and report later, but he didn't know that when they left Beijing, Kangxi also gave Yinreng a secret decree.
There were only a few simple words on it - "Let the Cao family go."
On the way to Jiangnan, Yinreng thought for a long time and finally decided to do as Kangxi said.
There are two reasons for this.
First, Jiangnan is special. If he turns Jiangnan upside down without any regard for the consequences, the probability of rebellion here will skyrocket.
Given Kangxi's ruthlessness, if a rebellion broke out in Jiangnan, he would most likely order his army to carry out a unilateral massacre with artillery.
This was a scene that Yinreng absolutely did not want to see.
Secondly, he now has a weak point. If he acts too much, Yinreng is afraid that Kangxi will be unethical and make things difficult for Guaerjia.
After Cao Yin knew that Yinreng intended to let him go, he wrote a letter to inform Li Xu and Sun Wencheng of the whole cause and effect of the matter, and then obediently submitted a letter of apology.
Yinreng sent people to monitor Cao Yin for two days and found that he had not done anything stupid, so he left Jiangning and went to Suzhou and Hangzhou respectively to investigate the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Bureaus.
Li Xu and Li Yi had received Cao Yin's warning early on, and as soon as they saw Yinreng, they honestly handed over the list of their confidants (scapegoats).
Yinreng was still a little disappointed.
The old man told him to let the Cao family go, but he never told him to let the Li and Sun families go. Now that these two bastards behaved so obediently, it was difficult for him to be cruel.
In this way, Yinreng confiscated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. After selling all the assets of those scapegoats, Yinreng got a total of 1.27 million taels of silver.
After learning how much silver Yinreng had confiscated, Yinqi couldn't help but sigh that this place was indeed worthy of being called Jiangnan.
Yinreng calculated that he had confiscated a total of sixteen families, and the average amount of money each family had was less than 100,000 taels, which was a far cry from those truly wealthy people.
For example, the Fan family, a Huizhou merchant, the old man donated four million taels without blinking an eye to the war.
Which member of the Huizhou and Shanxi Merchants Chambers of Commerce is not much richer than these small families?
But now, he has no reason to touch those businessmen, and he has to take his time in collecting business taxes. Otherwise, if he pushes them too hard and lets these wealthy people unite to rebel, it will be more trouble than gain.
Yinreng used the confiscated silver to recruit a group of top craftsmen from the public to solve the urgent problems in the palace.
But he always felt bad about spending the money he had worked so hard to earn.
Kangxi sold so much silk, but he didn't even give him a share of the money. When something went wrong, he asked him to be his free labor to help him clean up the mess.
He is truly a great villain.
With the remaining silver, Yinreng bought a piece of land outside each of the three weaving factories and started building factories.
He planned to operate these weaving bureaus according to the model of later state-owned enterprises. While building the factories, he also wanted to improve the infrastructure around the factories.
All issues including the embroiderers' housing, medical care, and children's education were within Yinreng's planning scope.
The factory building was easy to build and was completed in less than a month, but the remaining housing took longer.
Yinreng first asked the embroiderers to go to the new factory to work.
The larger the space, the better the sanitary and air conditions will be.
Yinreng standardized the daily exposure time of embroiderers to dyes and designed cotton masks for them to reduce the damage to their lungs caused by silk fibers floating in the air.
The factory has a canteen, bathhouse and public toilets, which are managed by someone every day.
The inheritance of embroidery positions was strictly regulated, and no one was allowed to interfere unless the heir voluntarily sold the position.
In addition to the group of top-skilled embroiderers, Yinreng also fixed the daily wages and working hours for the rest of the workers.
Among them, the daily salary of old craftsmen with more than ten years of work experience was set at 300 wen.
A craftsman with five years of training earns 200 wen a day, a trainee with more than one year of training earns 150 wen a day, and an apprentice with less than one year of training earns 120 wen a day.
The top embroiderers are paid according to the speed at which they produce work.
In addition, Yinreng also took into account the embroiderers' annual vacation time, bonuses, performance, etc.
His ideas are very clear, but putting them into practice is not so easy.
Those who opposed him were officials who planned to use their connections to get people into the weaving bureau and collect salaries without working.
Yinreng did not tolerate them. Anyone who stood out to oppose him would be asked to find another job.
What?
You say it's against the rules?
My rules are the rules!
However, the matter had not been completely resolved and the New Year was approaching. Yinreng had no choice but to abandon the half-built factory in Jiangnan and return to Kyoto early.
After returning to Beijing, Yinreng first went to report to Kangxi, and then gave Kangxi a brief explanation of his plans for the Weaving Bureau.
In fact, Kangxi did not agree with it from the bottom of his heart.
But in order to get a glimpse of the details of future generations, he chose to let Yinreng do whatever he wanted.
Kangxi rarely praised Yinreng for following his instructions and releasing several of his confidants who were stationed in Jiangnan.
Yinreng was extremely speechless.
Every time this happened, he couldn't help but wonder whether Cao Yin, Longkodo and others were Kangxi's illegitimate children who were left behind.
Otherwise, he would have no reason to explain why those people made things difficult for his own son.
After finishing his report, Yinreng returned to Yuqing Palace.
Guwalja had already prepared hot water for him to wash.
Yinreng did not mind that Guaerjia was cleaner than him, and gave her a bear hug as soon as they met.
"I miss you so much……"
The palace maids and eunuchs serving on the side all lowered their heads.
Guaerjia's face turned red for a moment, but she did not struggle to break free. She had not seen Yinreng for several months and she missed him very much.
At night, the couple lay in bed. Guwalgiya gently rested her head on Yinreng's shoulder, with an unspeakable struggle in her eyes.
"Your Highness, I have made my choice..."
Yinreng's heavy eyelids suddenly opened.
He hasn't mentioned anything about that incident since this afternoon.
No matter which one Guwalgiya chooses, the pressure they both face in the future will not be small.
But since Guarjia mentioned it himself, he could only force himself to face it.
"Which answer is it?"
Yinreng asked cautiously.
"I choose... not to have children!"
Guaerjia said the answer with difficulty, and the tears that had been gathering in her eyes for a long time finally burst out.
A big part of the reason she chose not to have children was because she was concerned about Yinreng's feelings.
After all, in that conversation a few months ago, Yinreng directly made it clear that he did not want children.
Guaerjia had her own judgment. She knew that if Yinreng had not been forced into a desperate situation, he would never be so desperate as to not even want a child.
Obviously, he also likes the children of the eldest prince...
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