Before I knew it, three years had passed in a flash.
During these three years, many major events took place, the most notable of which was Yinzhi leading the Northwest Army to capture Heshuo Tu and other tribes.
At this point, the Great Liquidation has completed the expansion of the territory ahead of time.
With this military achievement, Yinzhi successfully obtained the qualification for his two daughters to marry in the capital.
Last year, Kangxi conferred titles on his sons again, and Yinzhi was directly conferred the title of prince.
In addition to him, Yinzhi and Yinzhen were also conferred the title of prince.
Yinqi, Yinyou, Yinsi and even Yin'er were all granted the title of prince.
The remaining few who came to the court to perform official duties were only given the title of Beile.
Yinreng was not in the capital at that time.
Ever since Yinreng confronted Kangxi three years ago, Kangxi seemed to have completely forgotten about his son.
Unless necessary, Yinreng would be kept by him as a mascot. The rest of the time, Kangxi would focus his attention on the other sons who were competing for the throne.
As a result, the court is becoming more and more lively nowadays.
Even some of Kangxi's close confidants and important ministers retired early when they saw the situation was not good.
It is worth mentioning that Shun Anyan took advantage of the opportunity of Yinzhi and Yinzhi being conferred the title of prince to successfully persuade Ye Keshu, Dekexin and even Qingfu and Qingtai to join the camp of the eldest prince.
However, all the princes knew that Qingtai was actually a member of Yinsi's camp. He pretended to surrender to the eldest prince just to get some information that was beneficial to Yinsi.
Compared with Yinzhi and Yinsi, Yinzhen's power in the court was much weaker.
However, because Kangxi showed great respect for Yinzhen, all officials had to pay attention to Yinzhen as well.
The fourteenth prince Yinzhen finally chose to join Yinsi's camp, while the thirteenth prince Yinxiang followed Yinreng to Weihaiwei in the second year after his marriage.
Yinreng knew in his previous life that Yinxiang was a man of action, so he began to teach Yinxiang some experience in leading troops in battle and winning people's hearts.
Although Kangxi treated him as a transparent person, he did not allow him to take risks.
Yinreng also wanted to know the situation at sea, so he had no choice but to ask Yinxiang to go to the sea more often.
Yinxiang did not disappoint his expectations. In recent years, he has become more and more adept at sea. Yinxiang has planted flags on all the "unowned" islands around the Qing Dynasty, waiting to send people there to establish military bases in the future.
More than ten years have passed since the Qing Dynasty opened up its maritime trade. After a long period of development, the Qing Dynasty's maritime trade has become increasingly prosperous.
As a result, pirates began to prosper outside the Qing Dynasty's waters.
Once, Yinxiang accidentally saw pirates plundering a passing merchant ship, and he began to have evil thoughts.
After obtaining Yinreng's consent, the Weihaiwei fleet became the messenger of justice on the sea.
Justice delayed is still justice. At least it helps those innocent foreigners get revenge.
The supplies left behind by the foreigners naturally became the reward for the Qing Navy.
Yinxiang "earned" a lot of extra money in this way, so that all the soldiers in Weihaiwei became rich. However, there were disciplines in the army. They were not allowed to leave the barracks without necessary things, and they only had two days of vacation each month.
Many smart people moved their families to nearby towns. Their salaries and the money they had saved over the years were enough for them to buy land, build houses and settle down.
Therefore, the towns and villages near Weihaiwei have become the new favorites of merchants from all over the country.
The steam engines being researched in military factories were also formally installed on small warships for testing.
However, the thrust generated by the steam engine is not very stable, and the hull will sway to both sides. The craftsmen in the military factory are studying how to solve this problem.
In addition to installing steam engines on warships, Yinreng also tried steam cars.
But the speed and endurance were too poor, not even as fast as riding a bicycle, so Yinreng gave up this option and turned his attention to trains.
However, the railway tracks are a huge burden for the current steel production, and Yinreng is also considering whether to find someone to build a steel plant in a sparsely populated area abroad.
He knew that large-scale steel smelting would cause immeasurable pollution to the environment. With the current industrial level, it was impossible to completely purify this pollution. Yinreng did not want to harm his own land, so he could only find a way to transfer this risk outward.
As the saying goes, it is better for me to die than for my friend to die. Anyway, if the Qing Dynasty does not occupy those places, other countries will.
It’s better to give it to our own people.
While Yinreng was busy in Weihaiwei, turmoil arose in the capital again.
The reason was that Prince An Marhun was critically ill.
In fact, in addition to Marhun, Prince Gong Changning and Prince Yu Fuquan passed away one after another in recent years. After the death of his only two brothers, Kangxi became more and more afraid of death.
Even though he had already known from Yinreng's voice that his end would be more than ten years later, he was still worried.
So every year when he went out for autumn hunting, summer vacation, or patrolling various places, he would bring a large number of people to protect his safety.
Since Malhun had been living a carefree life since Yinsi married Guo Luoluo, Kangxi did not have a good impression of Malhun. When he heard that he was critically ill, he just sent an imperial physician to see him and put the matter behind him.
Yinsi did take Guo Luoluo to visit him several times.
Malhun was lying in bed unable to move, but his mind was occasionally clear, so after learning of Kangxi's attitude, he began to worry about Hua Qi's future.
Based on his understanding of Kangxi, after his death, the highest title Hua Qi could inherit would be Beile. If Kangxi was a little more ruthless, it was possible that Hua Qi could inherit Beizi or Guogong.
So, while Malhun was still conscious, he asked Yinsi to plead with Kangxi to grant Hua Qi a title before his death.
However, Yinsi disliked Marhun and had no good feelings towards Hua Qi. After agreeing in front of Marhun, he went to the Qianqing Palace to save face.
However, before he left the palace, Hua Qi got into trouble again.
Once again, Hua Qi fought with the son of the Minister of War over a woman and even broke one of the son's legs.
After the incident became a big deal, the Minister of War carried his son into the palace.
Yinsi looked at the Minister of War kneeling in front of Kangxi with tears in his eyes, and he was speechless.
What kind of son would go to a brothel to have fun when his father was seriously ill, and even fail to recognize the reality and kill the son of an important official of the court?
Hua Qi is truly a filial son!
If Malhun knew about this, he would probably be furious...
Yinsi speculated with some malice.
However, the facts were exactly as he predicted.
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