Ten years passed quietly.
Yinreng is now 58 years old. His son Yuanbao is engaged this year. He is going to marry the eldest granddaughter of Zhang Tingyu, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
The rule that Manchus and Han people were not allowed to intermarry was completely abolished from the moment he arranged the marriage between Yuanbao and Zhang Ruoning.
Even if he didn't say it explicitly, the big and small things that happened in the past ten years all showed his attitude of advocating intermarriage between Manchus and Han people.
Nowadays, all kinds of industries are flourishing in the Qing Dynasty, and the ways for people to make money are becoming more and more diversified. They can now have enough food and clothing, and the population is also increasing rapidly.
If it weren't for the development of science and technology, which led to a significant increase in food production, we really wouldn't be able to feed the surging population.
But Yinreng knew that this was not a solution, so he set his sights on the western countries.
Especially the fertile land, that large piece of black soil - the beautiful continent.
In addition to sending people to Da Piaoliang for investigation, Yinreng also strongly advocated that the people in the interior of the country migrate to the northwest and even the Far East of Tsarist Russia.
Oh, now it can no longer be called the Russian Far East. That place has been completely included in the border line of the Qing Dynasty, and thousands of miles of permafrost near Lake Baikal have been taken into the pocket of the Qing Dynasty.
But those places are bitterly cold, with a climate similar to that of the Northeast, or even worse. Now that the lives of people in the inland are getting better and better, not many people are willing to migrate there.
But there were also a small number of people who took a fancy to the land promised by the court and migrated thousands of miles to those territories.
There was no other way. In order to encourage the people to go to the border on their own initiative, Yinreng not only promised to allocate 2,000 acres of land to each family, but also gave them money and supplies. The group of people closest to the border could even receive subsidies from the court for 20 years.
Such generous conditions are a huge temptation for the densely populated central and southern regions.
Moreover, railways are very common everywhere nowadays. It is said that railways in the northeast direction are also under planning. Even if they go there, it will be very easy for them to return home to visit their relatives.
During these ten years, in addition to Tsarist Russia ceding a lot of land to the Qing Dynasty, Yinreng also successfully developed the surrounding countries into the Qing Dynasty's back garden.
In the winter of the seventeenth year of Xiangyi, Yinreng suddenly had an idea and took a small number of officials he admired, as well as several brothers and nephews, to spend a vacation on the islands of Southeast Asia.
The short fifteen-day vacation seemed to open the door to a new world for those people who had been following the routine for most of their lives.
After returning to Beijing, all those who went on vacation, no matter how stable and self-controlled they were before, would show off to the people around them, either openly or secretly, showing off how comfortable they were living on the island.
In order to get rewards from them, the local natives all tried their best to perform in front of them and serve them comfortably. Even though the local temperature was quite high, they did not feel much pain because there were people fanning them on the shore, and they could go swimming in the shallow sea when they felt irritated.
Even if you can't swim, you can put on goggles and lie on the sea surface to see the wonderful scenery of the seabed with your own eyes.
Some people couldn't help but ask them, is there no danger there?
Danger?
The people who went on vacation sneered. They lived on an island and the local natives took shifts to guard it around the clock. Even if there were any snakes, insects, rats or ants, they would bite the locals. Apart from the fact that the food there was mediocre, that trip was simply the most memorable experience in their lives.
Hearing these people praising their vacation so much, the civil and military officials who stayed in Kyoto were extremely envious. However, although they were envious, they would not say it out loud.
But there is no such restriction for female relatives.
During that period, the capital was in chaos. Many people either went to Yinreng to inquire about the time of the next vacation, or went through the Guwalgiya clan, but no one got any definite news.
Yinreng went on vacation to an island, but something went wrong.
But they have all walked into the trap. If Yinreng does not make good use of this opportunity, he will no longer be Yinreng.
After everyone calmed down, he announced that he could organize a vacation every year, and if anyone wanted to qualify to go, they had to exchange their political achievements.
Prince Lian Yinsi was in charge of performance appraisal.
As soon as this news was disclosed, everyone was excited.
Those who haven’t been there are eager to go and see it, and those who have been there want to go again.
So for the next few years, everyone in the court was extremely corrupt.
But Yinreng was happy to see this happen.
Today's performance appraisal mechanisms are transparent, and it is even less likely that Yinsi, as a performance reviewer, would let things slide.
Ever since the death of Kangxi, Yinreng no longer even pretended to be powerful and directly set the basic principle of "serving the people" for the entire court.
The basic government positions have also gradually improved.
The days when county magistrates were corrupt and spent money to support petty officials are gone forever.
Now, most of the people working under the county magistrate are scholars, with a small number of juren, and the minor clerks are basically all retired soldiers.
They are responsible for issuing orders and maintaining public order in the county.
Each county has between four and six hundred public officials.
The larger the population base, the greater the number of public officials.
By doing this, the county magistrate's room for corruption was greatly reduced.
Even if there are, very few people can escape the surveillance of the secret guards.
Whenever corrupt officials were caught in a place, the imperial court would post notices to inform the local people of their crimes and their fate.
The preferential treatment of the Manchus was gradually cancelled by Yinreng in other ways.
Because the first group of women who were able to work openly in factories were all of Manchu descent.
Yinreng initially wanted to cancel all preferential treatment for Manchu civilians at once, but those who had no jobs rioted.
So under the "threat" of the Manchu clans, Yinreng postponed the matter.
He also took this opportunity to propose the idea of letting women go out to work.
With the previous experience of Yinreng's "madness", the Manchu aristocratic families quickly agreed to this matter after discussion.
Many Han people in the court had complaints about this, but Yinreng allowed Manchu women to go out to work and did not force Han women to be treated the same as Manchu women. Even their opposition seemed a little lacking in confidence.
After a few years of development, married women can go out openly.
Those who were not married still had to ride in a carriage and wear a cap when going out.
But compared with thirty years ago, the restrictions on women have been greatly reduced.
Girls' schools were gradually built in Beijing, Tianjin, and even in economically developed areas.
In this conservative era, this is a huge progress.
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