After returning to Beijing, Yinzhen immediately went to the palace to report on his work.
Yinreng looked at Fourteen's face, which had become several degrees older, and said with a smile,
"This skin color is similar to what it was like back in Weihaiwei, but it looks a bit dusty and dirty."
Yinzhen's heart moved and his brows relaxed.
"I've been working in the heart of Yuzhou for the last six months. Those places don't have the abundant moisture like the seaside."
Looking back now, the two years he spent by the sea when he first came to the court to work were actually the most precious happiest time in his life.
"Indeed, you did a good job this time. I will remember your contribution."
As I said, Yinreng was never a stingy person.
As long as you do your job diligently, you will be rewarded accordingly.
Ever since Yinzhen left the capital half a year ago, Yinreng has received many letters about him. Just from those few words, Yinreng can see that the boy in front of him has really let go of the past and started to do his job seriously, earning a family fortune for future generations.
However, although Yinreng knew clearly that he had changed his mind, he still would not let him take charge of the military power.
The eldest and the thirteenth have proved their loyalty with their actions, but Yinzhen...
He did not show much sincerity from his actions, and Yinreng was not broad-minded enough to trust any of his brothers.
Blood relationship is just a way to get to know each other.
If people really trusted their blood relatives in everything, there wouldn't be so many cases of fathers and sons turning against each other and fighting within the same family.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yinzhen showed gratitude on his face, and it was obvious that he had learned some worldly wisdom after being left out in the cold for several years.
"I don't have anything else to do here. You can go back and rest for a few days. When you have rested enough, go to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works again."
Year-end assessments have become popular in this era.
However, unlike later generations, people nowadays do not have to make PPTs, and their achievements are reviewed and judged by people from the Ministry of Personnel.
Therefore, in the past, every year when the year was coming to an end, officials of all ranks in the Ministry of Personnel became popular and received gifts in large quantities.
But now it’s difficult.
The secret guards under Yinreng's command are no pushovers. Once they find someone who dares to abuse his power for personal gain, the consequences for him will be either confiscation of property and exile, or even beheading.
A group of such people are investigated and prosecuted every year, and each time a notice is posted outside the government office to make their crimes known to the world.
In the past, the position of official in the Ministry of Personnel was the most coveted position for everyone, but in recent years, not many people are willing to squeeze in.
"I'll take my leave."
Yinzhen bowed, took two steps back, and then turned to walk out of the warm room. Before he had taken two steps, he heard Yinreng's voice again.
"The Emperor has now moved to Changchun Garden. Be sure not to go to the wrong place when you go to pay your respects."
Yinreng would specifically remind every brother who returned to Beijing to report on his work.
Yinzhen's body stiffened for a moment, then he turned around and said,
"I understand."
He really wanted to go and see Kangxi. To his other brothers and sisters, Kangxi might not be a good father, but he was favored by Kangxi since he was a child.
He couldn't be such a heartless person.
This year, except for the eldest, fourth and thirteenth brothers, the rest of the brothers returned to Kyoto to celebrate the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Kangxi was supposed to return to the palace to attend a family dinner, but when Yinreng sent someone to invite him, he refused to move.
In fact, Yinreng had visited him years ago and knew that his body was far from being unable to move.
But he didn't want to go back to the palace, and Yinreng couldn't force him, so after the palace banquet ended early, he took Guaerjia, Yuanbao, and a large number of brothers, nephews and nieces to Changchun Garden to wish him a happy new year.
Although Yinreng felt that he and Kangxi had already broken off relations and there was no possibility of reconciliation, he had to do the face-saving project.
After all, the world is now ruled by filial piety, and as the emperor, he must set an example for all the people in the world.
The long line of carriages loaded with people stretched for two or three miles, which shows how many royal descendants there were in this generation.
The clan court had records of all the children born to Kangxi. Yinreng had once looked into it for fun and found out that Kangxi had a total of 35 sons and 20 daughters in his life. Now, only 19 sons and 8 daughters were still alive in the world.
Apart from him, the remaining dozen or so brothers who had grown up, married and had children had given Kangxi nearly a hundred grandchildren.
And this number is still increasing.
If we include great-grandchildren, the team will be even larger.
There were few babies in the carriages traveling two or three miles. The palace was dozens of miles away from Changchun Garden. No one would be stupid enough to let a baby follow them and suffer in this snowy and icy place.
But even so, there were more than a hundred masters, big and small, in the team. Fortunately, the brothers were sensible and did not bring any female relatives other than their wives and daughters.
Otherwise, the small place of Changchun Garden probably wouldn’t be able to accommodate them.
The area of Qingxi Book House is not too large. Yinreng brought more than a hundred people and occupied the place inside and out.
Kangxi seemed to have anticipated their arrival and sat calmly beside the charcoal brazier reading a book.
Yinreng knew that Kangxi was doing this on purpose so that his descendants would pay attention to him, but even if he knew it, he could not turn a blind eye to Kangxi.
If he let Kangxi spend the New Year alone in Changchun Garden today, his reputation for being unfilial would spread throughout the court and the country tomorrow.
Who made the word "father" occupy the moral high ground? Especially in this feudal society, the main idea advocated was "there are no parents who are not wrong."
But since he was already here, Yinreng had no plans to go back and make trouble tonight.
After all, everyone now knows that it was Kangxi who caused the trouble, so it is understandable that he spent the New Year in Changchun Garden.
There is nothing wrong with wasting time to worship ancestors.
It was impossible to ask him to go back to the palace in the middle of the night to go through the formalities. If anyone dared to ask more about this matter, he would make him come to Changchun Garden to serve the old man for the rest of his life.
Because there was not enough space in Changchun Garden, after the family banquet, Yinreng asked his brothers to take their families back home, and he stayed with Guwalgiya, Yuanbao, and Wenxian's mother and daughter.
After returning to Wuyizhai after many years, Yinreng actually missed the days when he studied here.
Kangxi originally let him live in this place because he wanted him to study hard.
Wu Yi, as the name suggests, means no ease.
But in the end, when Kangxi conferred the title of Prince on him, his courtesy name was also Yi.
At that time, he had really planned to be a leisurely member of the royal family, but he did not expect that after a coup, he would still sit in a position that was once out of reach.
Yinreng adapted the past events into a story and told it to Guaerjia and Yuanbao. The three of them lived in the small Wuyi Zhai and spent the tenth New Year after Yinreng ascended the throne.
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