The third brother's funeral was supervised by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Clan Affairs.
Yinreng also wore plain clothes and led a group of brothers to Prince Cheng's mansion to burn incense for him.
Looking at Concubine Rong, who was sitting beside him with a sad face, as if she had aged several times overnight, Yinreng comforted her in a gentle voice,
"Mother Rong, please accept my condolences. The thing that the Third Brother was most worried about before he left was you. You must take good care of yourself so that he can feel at ease."
Concubine Rong nodded woodenly.
"Thank you very much."
Apart from expressing her gratitude, Concubine Rong had no other reaction.
Yinreng, Yinzhi and others turned their heads away sadly, unable to bear to watch any longer.
Hong Sheng, who was accompanying him, came forward to confess his crime.
"Your Majesty, Mama has been in a trance these past two days. My nephew has advised her many times, but she refuses to go back and rest. My nephew..."
"You don't have to explain to me, I understand."
Yinreng glanced at the plain white mourning hall, sighed, and was the first to walk out.
Yinzhi walked up to Hongsheng and patted his shoulder.
"If you encounter problems that you can't solve in the future, come to Prince Zhi's mansion to find your uncle. If your uncle can't solve it, go to the palace to find your second uncle. With us old guys here, no one in this world will dare to bully you!"
At this time, the others also came over, and Yinzhen said,
"It's the same when you come to Prince Yong's mansion to look for Fourth Uncle."
"And Uncle Five!"
"Seventh Uncle doesn't have any great abilities, but he's more than capable of protecting you."
Yinyou is now placed in the Weihaiwei Military Factory by Yinreng to learn the operating model of the Weihaiwei Military Factory. Similar military bases will be established in the northwest, northeast, southeast and southwest directions in the future to help Yinreng manage the military industry of the Qing Dynasty.
Yinqi and Yinyou are only princes now. After Yinqi makes some contributions and Yinyou takes the lead in building two military bases, Yinreng plans to confer the title of prince on them.
He is not a stingy person.
However, except for the eldest, third, fourth, eighth and ninth brothers, he will not give the hereditary prince title to the other brothers.
After all, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. He still wants those young people to make a living by their own abilities.
If his brothers' families raised unworthy descendants, it would not be impossible for Yinreng to take back their titles.
This will prevent him from causing any trouble by relying on his status and having to clean up the mess.
"become!"
Hong Sheng looked at the serious faces of his uncles and aunts, and tears flashed in his eyes.
Before his death, his father called him to his side and told him to maintain good relationships with all his uncles and to ask his second and eighth uncles for advice if he was unsure about anything.
If anyone wants to plot against him without knowing the consequences, he should go find his uncle and ninth uncle.
If anyone tries to make things difficult for him and prevents him from doing his job, he can go find his Fourth Uncle and Ninth Uncle; they can make those people pay the price!
The other uncles can also ask for help. As long as he opens his mouth, the others will spare no effort to help him.
Originally, Hong Sheng was skeptical about this matter, but after what happened today, he seemed to believe it a little.
After returning to the palace, Yinreng stepped into Qixiang Palace with a gloomy expression.
Today, Kangxi rarely drank or had fun. He just sat by the window, looking at the wintersweets in full bloom outside with a gloomy face.
When he heard the eunuchs outside greeting Yinreng, he did not turn around.
Until Yinreng started to mock him,
"You must be very happy that the third brother is gone, right?"
Kangxi tightened his hands on his knees, his face darkened, and he said nothing.
Yinreng was right.
When Kangxi first learned of Yinzhi's death, he was undoubtedly happy.
He hated those evildoers who dared to rebel and drive him, the emperor, off the throne. He even cursed them to death in Qixiang Palace more than once.
But after the ecstasy in his heart faded a little, Kangxi was left with only emptiness in his heart.
It's not regret, but endless emptiness.
It has been two years since Yinreng ascended the throne. During these two years, his sons have come to Qixiang Palace only a handful of times. Even his most beloved youngest sons are unwilling to come to Qixiang Palace to see him when they have time.
Everyone revolved around Yinreng.
Kangxi understood that no one would do anything without a profit, so when they could not get any benefit from him, everyone kept their distance from him.
Because of this, Kangxi's hatred towards Yinzhi and others deepened day by day.
It was not until he heard the news of the third brother's death from his personal servant.
It was not until Yinreng stood in front of him and asked him sarcastically whether he felt happy, that he vaguely realized what the emptiness in his heart was.
After Yinreng ascended the throne, he never saw the third brother again.
He had the opportunity to see his other sons during festivals, but the third son refused to see him again until his death.
Kangxi's heart felt like it was suddenly pricked by a needle, and the pain made his face turn pale instantly.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Yinreng sneered.
"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. How could someone like you possibly regret this? All you care about is power. Blood and family ties mean nothing to you!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his foot and was about to walk away, but he stopped halfway.
"You probably don't know, but the Third Brother and I... died on the same day!"
Kangxi was shocked and finally raised his head to look at Yinreng's back, but he only heard him say,
"You will never be able to repay what you owe me and Yinzhi in this lifetime!"
Kangxi stared at Yinreng's back, and something flashed in his cloudy eyes.
After Yinzhi was buried, Yinreng issued an imperial decree to Hongsheng, allowing him to inherit Yinzhi's title of prince.
From then on, Yinreng treated Hongsheng as his own son and taught him how to do his job.
He had already planned Hongsheng's future path, so teaching him was not too difficult.
In July of the second year of Xiangyi, news came from the Weihaiwei Military Factory that the locomotive had been successfully developed and its speed had reached more than 60 miles per hour. Now, the railway tracks were being laid from the military factory towards the capital.
If everything goes well, we will be able to take a train from Weihaiwei to Beijing by the end of next year at the earliest, or the beginning of the following year at the latest!
After learning about this, Yinreng was overjoyed.
The successful development of the train means that the transportation of materials from various places will become very simple in the future, and transportation capacity is the lifeblood of business.
Don't underestimate the speed of thirty miles per hour. In today's era, the speed of a horse-drawn carriage is only about twenty to thirty miles per hour, and it has to stop from time to time to feed grass and rest.
Trains can travel day and night, which is much more convenient and faster than horse-drawn carriages!
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