In the early part of the twelfth lunar month, Yinreng rushed back to the capital from Tianjin with a group of people from the Ministry of Works.
After three months, Yinreng "finally" surveyed all the places along the coast of Tianjin that were suitable for building a port.
Kangxi knew that he was using his official duties as an excuse to slack off, but he had no way to stop him.
Every time this kid surveyed a place, he would compile the geological conditions into a memorial and send it to his desk, leaving him with no excuse to get angry.
Now that the location of the port has been determined, the next step is to design the corresponding drawings based on the terrain.
Yinreng had no say in these matters because he didn't understand them.
But in order to avoid being drafted by Kangxi to serve as a soldier in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel, Yinreng began to pretend to be busy in the Ministry of Works.
Others discussed his daze.
He slacked off while others were drawing.
It's reasonable for him to skip a meeting while others are in it.
But in such ordinary days, Yinreng always felt that he had forgotten something.
He thought about it over and over again, but couldn't remember what he had forgotten.
It was not until the day before the New Year that Yinreng saw the memorial that was urgently sent to the capital from Yuzhou during the morning court session, and he was instantly shocked.
It didn't take long for Yinreng to remember everything.
In my previous life, it was also near the end of the year when a snowstorm hit the northwest of Yuzhou. Several counties were severely affected, and hundreds of thousands of people were affected.
The governor and the governor-general of Yuzhou were afraid of being reprimanded, so they concealed the news. It was not until the middle of the twelfth lunar month when refugees poured into the territory of Jizhou that the governor of Yuzhou began to become afraid.
He rode his horse at full speed to send the report to the capital, but it was too late.
The people in the disaster-stricken areas suffered heavy casualties.
Yinreng volunteered to lead people to disaster relief.
At first, Kangxi did not allow him to leave the capital to provide disaster relief, but he could not resist his nagging.
In the end, three thousand soldiers were selected to accompany him to Yuzhou.
At that time, Yinreng had no experience in dealing with major disasters. He thought that as long as the surviving people had enough food and warmth and could survive the disaster, it would be enough.
But he didn't know that major disasters are often accompanied by major epidemics.
The impact of the snowstorm was under control, and Yinreng buried all the victims who froze to death in Yuzhou at the suggestion of the accompanying imperial physician.
But there are always places that are not taken care of.
Most of the people who fled to the mountains died in the mountains, and Yinreng was unable to take care of all places.
It was this negligence that caused the terrible plague.
Just over a month after he returned to the capital complacently, news came from Yuzhou that the plague was rampant.
In order to eradicate the plague at the lowest cost, Kangxi ordered a siege of the city.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died within a few months.
During those days, Yinreng didn't know how he got through it.
He suffered from the reproach of his conscience day and night and could not sleep at all.
Even if you manage to fall asleep under the effects of the drug, you will be woken up by the fright.
Then one day, he suddenly stopped worrying about it.
It seems like I have forgotten it completely.
It's like the body has completed a self-seal.
It was not until he heard the news of the snow disaster in Yuzhou that he remembered it.
In an instant, my hands and feet became cold.
Kangxi was furious in the court, pointing at the cabinet ministers and the heads of the nine ministers and six ministries and cursing them loudly, his saliva spraying two or three meters away. No one dared to face his anger head-on.
Yinreng just stood aside, he could hear nothing, as if the whole world was far away from him.
Fall into a trance.
Everyone around was attracted by Kangxi and no one noticed his abnormality.
It was not until Kangxi could no longer spray that Yinzhi noticed something was wrong with Yinreng through his swaying body, so he reached out and gently pushed him.
Yinreng instantly came back to his senses from his shock and stumbled.
Yinzhi quickly stepped forward to support him.
With this movement, he immediately attracted the attention of most people, even Kangxi was no exception.
"Prince, what's wrong with you?"
Kangxi was a little displeased.
He was venting his anger, yet Yinreng dared to be distracted.
But Yinreng didn't hear clearly, he had only one thought in his mind - he wanted to go to Yuzhou to provide disaster relief!
Yinreng didn't care about anything else and just stood up and said,
"I, your son, request to go to Yuzhou to provide disaster relief!"
The small area under the Qianqing Gate fell into silence in an instant.
Even the north wind paused for a moment for unknown reasons.
The end of the year is approaching, and disaster relief work is not easy.
All the ministers in the court retreated if they could, and those who could not retreat tried to reduce their presence as much as possible. Only a few ambitious people who were determined to serve the Qing Dynasty stood still and waited for the opportunity to volunteer.
They could never have imagined that the prince would be the first to stand up.
Kangxi looked at Yinreng and was shocked to see that his face was pale and he looked like he had suffered a serious blow.
When I wanted to listen carefully to Yinreng's inner thoughts, I found that I could hear nothing.
Kangxi frowned deeply.
Privately, he didn't want Yinreng to get involved in this mess.
There was no plan to build a Manchu city in Yuzhou, which meant there were no Manchu troops stationed there.
The disaster victims would not listen to any reason. If he could not suppress them with iron-blooded means, he was really afraid that the disaster victims there would unite and start a civil unrest.
Endangering the life of the Minister of Disaster Relief.
But Yinreng brought it up so openly. If he refused, it would probably damage Yinreng's reputation in the court.
Kangxi frowned and thought for a moment before finally refusing.
"You have important matters to attend to. It's not appropriate for you to go to disaster relief."
Yinreng knew that he would refuse, so he was not surprised. He just stood there stubbornly.
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