It is said that it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. Yinzhen has been sharp-tongued for so many years. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to make him change this bad habit overnight. So even if Yinzuo kept nagging him, he didn't really expect Yinzhen to listen to him. Anyway, he never cared about whether Yinzhen was sharp-tongued or not. He only cared about whether this kid could withstand a beating.
What does it mean to be late but arrive? Just look at Kangxi and you will understand. When Yinzuo was making such a fuss just now, he pretended to be deaf and dumb and ignored him. Now that things are settled, he has arrived.
"Yinzuo, have you had enough of making a fuss? If so, come over here quickly. The banquet ahead is about to begin. You will come with me this year."
In the more than twenty years since Yinzuo traveled through time, the New Year's celebrations on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year always stopped after paying New Year's greetings at Shoukang Palace. This year, his father's words wanted to deprive him of this day of freedom. What can he do?
"Go to the banquet with you? But, Father, I'm planning to go back and catch up on some sleep. Yesterday, Hongxu insisted on sleeping with me, but he kept punching and kicking the quilt all night, which kept me awake the whole night. I got up early today, and I'm so sleepy now that I don't have the energy to attend a banquet with you."
Other people's families celebrate the New Year with delicious food, drinks and good treatment, but in the palace, the New Year is simply suffering. If you ask Yinzuo to describe how Kangxi spent the first day of the New Year, he will only tell you one thing - endless bowing and endless banquets.
Of course, as a member of the royal family, Yinzuo had to participate in activities such as offering sacrifices to heaven, gods, and ancestors. It would have been fine if he couldn't escape these, but now Kangxi wanted him to go to that boring banquet. Yinzuo said, I'm sorry, son, I can't do it.
"Even if you don't have the energy, you have to go. Don't you think about attacking Japan every day? The Japanese envoy is here today. Don't you want to go and take a look?"
What was he looking at? It was just a little Japanese guy who was as thick as a tank but not as tall as a tank, and only had a waist except for his butt. He had seen that before, so why was he looking at that thing?
"No, what's so good about that thing? I'm interested in the land of Japan, not the people who grew on it. Father, I'm very sleepy now. I just want to go back and get some sleep."
Where did Yinzuo's stubborn temper come from? To put it bluntly, it was inherited from his father. Kangxi was determined to force Yinzuo to go to the banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to see the Japanese scene. How could Yinzuo run away? So even if he was reluctant, he had to follow his father to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to attend this banquet that he thought was extremely boring.
It's no wonder Yinzuo doesn't like attending these kinds of banquets. After all, other people at banquets are all about drinking, singing and dancing, but what about Yinzuo? Not only is he being served tea instead of wine, but he's also being watched by two surveillance cameras, one on each side. Don't you think he'd rather go back and catch up on some sleep while he's sitting here?
"Oh, are you still mad at Khan Ama? Okay, stop being angry. Come, have something to eat. Xiaoliu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're just being ungrateful for what you have. Why do you think Khan Ama insisted on having you attend this banquet today? See that guy sitting over there? That's Wu Ying, the admiral of the Fujian Navy. When it comes to naval warfare, I'm afraid no one in the Qing Dynasty can match him. Khan Ama didn't ask you to come here today to see the Japanese envoy, but to see this old general."
Otherwise, wouldn't it be that everyone in the Aisin-Gioro family was to blame for Yinzuo's bad temper? Look, as soon as he frowned, someone came to comfort him. Yinzuo looked in the direction of the wind pointed by Yinzhi, and sure enough, he saw a familiar face with a tall and broad figure, a square face and big ears in the row of military generals. That person must be Wu Ying, the admiral of the Fujian Navy.
Since Kangxi asked him to see the old general, Yinzuo did not disappoint his father's high hopes. He asked his brothers to find out the details of the old man's life. It was true that one did not know until he asked. When he asked, he was shocked to find that the old general was a real tiger general when he was young.
Like Shi Lang, Wu Ying was originally a subordinate of Zheng Chenggong. After Shi Lang defected to the Qing Dynasty, Wu Ying followed him. During the Battle of Platform, he served as Shi Lang's deputy general and made great military achievements. If we were to say who is the best at naval battles in the Qing Dynasty, it would be him. The only thing that makes Yinzuo feel regretful is that the hero is old and the general is gray-haired.
Yinzhi's guess turned out to be correct. Kangxi's purpose in inviting Yinzuo to the banquet was indeed to let him come to see the old general. Before the banquet was halfway through, Kangxi specially sent Liang Jiugong to call Yinzuo over, and among the people called over was Wu Ying.
"Yinzuo, haven't you always told me that you wanted to seek out a general with rich experience in naval warfare and ask for his advice? Let me introduce you to this general, Wu Ying, the admiral of the Fujian Navy. If we were to ask who in the Qing Dynasty has the most extensive experience in naval warfare, it would be him."
"Old minister Wu Ying has met Prince Zhao. It has been nearly a year since we last met. I wonder if the prince's wound has healed."
Good boy, why don't you say that this person looked familiar to you just now? It turns out that you saw him during the southern tour last year. If you ask Yinzuo why he didn't recognize him the first time just now, it can only be said that he met too many people during the time when he was serving tea to Kangxi. You asked him to remember all these people's names, positions, faces, and correspondence one by one. Isn't this difficult for him?
"Thank you for your concern, General. My injury has healed now. It's my two troublesome brothers who must have caused you a lot of trouble in the barracks."
A banquet with so many people around is not a good place for conversation after all. Kangxi called the two over just to introduce them and make them familiar with each other. After the two exchanged greetings, he asked someone to lead Wu Ying away.
"Wu Yingde won't leave Beijing until the end of the first lunar month. If you have any questions, you can talk to him during this time. He has extensive experience in naval warfare and I think he can answer your questions."
To be honest, if the occasion wasn't wrong, Yinzuo would have wanted to ask his father, "What do you mean by this? When did I ever tell you that I wanted to find someone to ask about naval warfare? Even if we take a step back and say that you are as interested in that piece of land of the Japanese as I am, you shouldn't ask me to be responsible for this matter. I vomit when I get on a boat. Is naval warfare something I should care about?"
Isn't it just like that saying, when there are flowers to be picked, pick them immediately, don't wait until there are no flowers and there are empty branches. Since his father has given him this opportunity to seek advice, why should he just let it go? It doesn't matter if he vomits on the boat, aren't there many of his brothers who don't vomit?
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