Yinzhen carefully recalled every detail of these years and finally came to a conclusion that his second brother really did not want to sit in that position as his eighth brother said.
In fact, he has always understood that his second brother would most likely not inherit the throne in the end.
Now, both inside and outside the court, everyone tacitly accepts that the throne is inherited by the son after the father's death.
Therefore, the fact that the second brother has no son is enough to be criticized by people all over the world.
Even though the second brother had the support of the emperor, he was able to succeed to the throne smoothly.
After all, although the emperor has a lot of say in the court, it is not so important that he ignores all the voices in the court and the country.
Now the only ones who still support the second brother are the upright civil servants headed by Chen Tingjing.
But how could Chen Tingjing, a Han official, have the energy to fight against all the Manchu noble families?
As for the Hesheli family, ever since Soetu retired, the Hesheli clan's voice in the court has plummeted. Everyone thinks that the second brother, the crown prince, has no chance of inheriting the throne. The Hesheli family is the second brother's maternal family, and they will rise and fall together with the second brother.
No one makes a move that is destined to lose.
Before today, Yinzhen was still thinking that when the court became chaotic, he would use the money in his hands to win over a group of people to support his second brother to take the throne.
If he succeeds then, he will be able to let go and do his best.
The second brother has so many ideas in his head, and any one of them can be extremely profitable. If you follow the second brother, you will never have to worry about making money.
So now that this conclusion has been reached, he simply cannot accept it.
"How is this possible..."
He muttered to himself.
"Nothing is impossible, and there is that——"
When Yinsi mentioned Kangxi, his narrow eyes narrowed into a slit, and a hint of inexplicable meaning flashed in them, but Yin'er did not see it.
"He has always favored his second brother since he was a child, but he is not worried at all that his second brother still has no offspring."
As long as one is mentally healthy, he will not choose to support a crown prince without offspring.
Even if the Emperor, like Mingzhu, had chosen a few suitable adoptive children from the side branches of the clan for Nalan Kuixu, it would have been better than the current situation where he just ignored everything...
The study fell into silence.
After a long time, Yinzhen spoke.
"...Myna, what do you think?"
"I've been thinking about it for two days, and I think what Third Brother said makes sense. Someone has to take that position. Instead of letting the Emperor choose among us, why not try it ourselves? We can also take this opportunity to clean up the government and the people."
Yinzhen narrowed his eyes, as if he had heard some hidden meaning, but he was not quite sure.
"you mean……"
Yinsi raised the corners of his lips.
"Second brother might not mind who ends up in that position, but we must. As you said, I also think that Second Brother is the most suitable person to sit in that position..."
A gleam of light flashed in Yin'er's eyes.
"Big Brother and Third Brother also mean this?"
"good!"
Yinsi smiled faintly and nodded.
"Third brother has sent someone to deliver a message to fourth brother. I believe it won't be long before he has news. From what I know about fourth brother, he wouldn't refuse the opportunity to clean up the corrupt officials in the court."
Moreover, Honghui almost died, and the evil fire in the fourth brother's heart must not have been completely vented. If he has the chance to let go and deal with Chang Ning, Malhun and others, he will definitely not let them go.
"What do you want me to do?"
Yinzhen pondered for a moment and finally understood what his brothers were planning to do. An excited smile appeared on his face again.
Seeing this, Yinsi felt relieved, knowing that Yin'er agreed, so he lowered his voice and said,
"Come to my place more often during this period and make a strong gesture of alliance. I believe that it won't be long before the capital becomes bustling again."
"become!"
When Yinzhen left the Prince's Mansion, his face was full of joy.
The next day, Yinzhen received the news that Yinzhen agreed.
So Yinzhen started to go to the Eighth Prince's Mansion every day. After a few days, undercurrents began to surge in the capital.
Yinzhi began to "recruit soldiers and horses" under the banner of Yinzhi, and Yinsi and Yin'er were not to be outdone.
Although Yinzhen was in Tianjin Port, he actively wrote letters to win over the fifth prince, the seventh prince, and even the twelfth prince to form an alliance with him and support the orthodoxy.
At the same time, Yinzhen and Chen Tingjing had more frequent correspondence.
By the time Yinreng finished building the microscope and excitedly asked people to line up to see the Paramecium and red blood cells, the capital was already in chaos.
When Kangxi saw that his sons finally started to fight for power, he was not angry, but felt relieved.
All emperors in all dynasties were the same: the older they got, the more suspicious they became.
Kangxi was no exception.
If all the princes showed no interest in the throne, he would suspect that someone was secretly winning their hearts.
The current situation is what he most wants to see.
In August, mountain floods broke out in Shanxi, trapping more than 20,000 victims in the mountainous areas. Emperor Kangxi allocated 100,000 taels of silver and sent imperial envoys to provide disaster relief.
Yinzhen felt that there was something to be done, so he sent a secret letter to Yin'er, asking him to use some spies to find out if anyone dared to touch the disaster relief money.
Yinzhen did as he was told.
As a result, a huge corrupt official was caught - Dong'e Galin, the governor of Shanxi.
Yin'er did not tolerate it and secretly passed the evidence he found to Yinzhen.
The first shot in the fight for the throne was fired by Yinzhen.
In the court, Yinzhen brought the evidence and recounted Galin's crimes one by one in a vivid and emotional manner. After listening to him, Kangxi felt angry.
He allocated a total of 100,000 taels of silver, and Galin alone embezzled 40,000 taels.
After being exploited at every level, the remaining 60,000 taels of silver were left in the hands of 20,000 victims, leaving only a pitiful 13,000 taels of silver.
Besides, there were coal mines in Shanxi, and Galin actually colluded with local officials to steal and sell coal, which he absolutely could not tolerate.
Kangxi ordered a thorough investigation and gave the task directly to Yinzhen.
After Yinzhen accepted the task, he took his men straight to the Three Jins.
It took two months to escort the main culprit Galin and all the accomplices back to Beijing.
During this mission, Yinzhen encountered two or three waves of assassinations. If it were not for Sun Jin and others who fought to the death to protect him, Yinzhen might have been left behind in Shanxi.
After Kangxi learned the whole process of Yinzhen's work, he was both angry and distressed, so he rewarded Yinzhen and his wife and children with a lot of things.
He also gave Honghui the grace to study in the palace.
Therefore, Yinzhen also became the new trendsetter.
There was an endless stream of people visiting Yinzhen in the capital, and they almost broke down the door of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
This made the people under Yinzhi and Yinsi feel somewhat dissatisfied, so they began to attack the people under Yinzhen.
Yinzhen was not made of clay. He would fight back against anyone who dared to attack him. So the three parties came out one after another, using endless methods to make the court a mess.
In just over a month, more than twenty officials were imprisoned.
When Yinreng returned to Beijing, everyone except Kangxi and the princes subconsciously ignored him.
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