Just when Yinreng was busy with the issue of providing relief to the soldiers, another major event happened in the capital. Orondei wanted to drive his two younger brothers out.
It is called: separation of the family.
The dignitaries in the capital were shocked.
The mourning period of one hundred days has just passed, and Orondei can't wait to separate his two younger brothers and live on their own?
Although Fahai had passed the imperial examination two years earlier, Kua Dai had just come of age. It was a bit inhumane to separate the family now, and it also showed a disrespect for his biological father Tong Guogang, right?
Won’t Tong Guowei stand up and say something?
However, according to etiquette and customs, for Orondei's behavior, others could only criticize him for disregarding brotherhood, but there was really no other way to blame him.
After all, the Han people attach great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and there are also many people who divide their families right after the mourning period.
The capital city is bustling again.
Almost everyone was watching the Tong family's joke and waiting for Kangxi's reaction.
When Yinreng went to file a complaint, he happened to see Kangxi smashing a cup.
In the past, he would have said a few kind words with a chuckle, then turned and left, waiting for the old man to calm down before coming back to complain.
However, when he heard that Orondei wanted to divide the family, his eyes immediately lit up.
Gossip is human nature.
So he didn't bother to complain. While comforting Kangxi to calm him down, he also secretly inquired about what had happened.
Kangxi still had some rationality. After all, he was the emperor. How could he gossip behind the backs of his subjects and judge their family affairs, even if the person being judged was his cousin?
When Kangxi made a few excuses and was about to send Yinreng away, Yinreng suddenly said this in his heart:
"The Tong family is everywhere in the court. There are as many people watching them as there are watching the royal family. Whenever something happens in the family, the entire court, both civil and military, is watching the excitement. It's only because of the old man's favoritism that the Tong family relies on. Otherwise, with their arrogant and domineering attitude, they would have been banished to some remote corner long ago."
'There was a reason why Orondei was so anxious to divide the family property. It was understandable that the old man did not reprimand him. Later, when Longkodo caused a big uproar by snatching his father-in-law's concubine, the old man did not issue an order to reprimand him, and there was no actual punishment.
The eldest brother was beaten half to death when he gave birth to my niece. The old man treats his cousin Longkodo much better than his own son... Is there really a secret that I don't know? Could Longkodo's true identity be...'
Yinreng took a deep breath.
Kangxi almost choked to death on his own saliva when he heard this. He quickly interrupted Yinreng's wild thoughts.
"Baocheng, what on earth are you doing here today?"
Yinreng was still immersed in his own thoughts. Hearing this, he said without thinking,
"I came to inquire about the division of the Orondai family..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the warm room fell into deathly silence.
Liang Jiugong really couldn't help it, his shoulders twitched violently a few times, and then he pursed his lips to suppress the smile at the corner of his lips.
Ever since he heard Kangxi complain that Yinreng didn't want to be emperor, he had carefully observed this Crown Prince, who had an unparalleled status in the Qing Dynasty. The longer he observed, the more he agreed with his own emperor's complaint.
Many of the things this gentleman did were against His Majesty, the most typical example being his frequent complaints.
But he happened to sue the most favored officials, which was a serious offense to them.
Many officials in the court kept their distance from this gentleman, and some even showed signs of moving closer to the eldest prince, but the prince did not seem worried at all. Instead, the emperor followed behind him and cleaned up a lot of messes.
Liang Jiugong had to believe that the prince really didn't want to be emperor.
Kangxi's face darkened, and he seemed to be fuming again.
Yinreng also realized that he had said something wrong and bowed quickly.
"My son has some things to do at the Ministry of Revenue, so I'll take my leave first."
Kangxi snorted coldly.
"roll!"
“Hey!”
Yinreng was overjoyed and turned around and left. He hesitated for a second and would have been sorry for his intact butt.
After he left, Kangxi couldn't help but curse,
"You little brat..."
Turning around, he started to worry about the Tong family again.
It is not against the law for Orondei to divide the family now, but it would damage his reputation if the news got out. Tong Guogang is his uncle, and the Tong family has a bad reputation, which would bring shame to him as the emperor.
He was angry because of this.
As for what he heard from Yinreng's inner voice, that Longkodo had stolen his father-in-law's concubine, he did not take it to heart.
After all, there are significant differences between the Manchus and the Han people in their attitudes and concepts towards certain things, and they are not bound by strict moral ethics in all aspects like the Han people.
This does not mean that the Manchus do not attach importance to moral ethics at all. It is just that compared with the moral standards inherited by the Han people for thousands of years, the barbaric gene of the survival of the fittest still flows in the blood of the Manchus.
So Kangxi quickly put it behind him.
But there was one thing that Kangxi was particularly concerned about, and that was what Yinreng mentioned, that he treated Longkodo better than his own son.
Kangxi was a little angry, but his anger came and went quickly.
The person he was most partial to was Yinreng, but Yinreng did not complain that he was not good to him. Instead, he stood up for his eldest brother.
Kangxi compared the treatment of the two men after they made mistakes and found that it seemed to be just as Yinreng said. He was indeed more tolerant towards his uncle's children than towards his own sons.
Kangxi couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
He immediately threw down the memorial and went out to the Shangshufang.
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