Chapter 54 If I want it enough, who will be the one to turn the tide?

While some people compete for fame and fortune, naturally some people will work diligently.

The prince had been under house arrest since his southern tour, and was not allowed to go out for almost the entire winter, so the rice fields in Changchun Garden had nothing to do with the prince at all.

In the beginning, they all took care of it diligently. After the southern tour, they appeared to be working hard, but in fact, the ones who really worked hard were those who were well-behaved.

Yinsi and Yinzhi left the capital to guard the tomb of the Empress Dowager, and they could not even do their job properly.

It is spring when the rice fields mature, and I didn’t expect that this season would actually have a good harvest.

When Yinzhen and his brothers presented the soft, glutinous and sweet rice porridge, Kangxi was actually very happy for the first time in a long time.

Kangxi knew clearly who really went to farm and who was just going through the motions.

At first, the rice seeds were given to Yinzhen, who was then asked to plant them in Changchun Garden. All the seeds needed were improved by Yinzhen after learning from the rice farmers.

Even when he was on tour to the south, and even when he was on business in Jiangnan later, Kangxi knew that Yinzhen had put a lot of thought into these rice fields.

Others could not endure any hardship, but Yinzhen and Yinxiang were the only ones who worked the hardest.

It really has grown, which is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. It proves that it can be promoted and increase income. Farmers are not afraid of hard work, but they are afraid of hard work without a harvest.

Kangxi gave a bowl of rice porridge to each person, and also gave it to his trusted ministers to taste, and also gave it to all the farmers who took care of the fields in Changchun Garden.

His impression of Yinzhen improved a lot, and he also admired the young Thirteenth Prince very much.

Everyone received rewards, including the crown prince. Kangxi took care of everything. However, it was up to the emperor Kangxi to decide who received the most important rewards.

Everyone has eyes, and they all know in their hearts that Yinzhen and Yinxiang put the most effort and thought into making the rice porridge.

But after what happened during the New Year, Yinzhen had already been in the limelight, and now he had received a reward, so it was inevitable that some people would have some complaints.

Kangxi finished his rice porridge and felt warm all over, but he was not completely relaxed. He asked Yinzhen, "Is the Suzhou-Hangzhou area not peaceful?"

This matter should not be asked to Yinzhen.

In fact, as an emperor with real power, how could Kangxi not know that there was unrest in the local area?

Even if the news came slowly, with Cao Yin and Li Xu in Jiangnan, the secret letter must have been delivered to the capital early, and it would only be delayed by one or two days.

Normal news from local areas will arrive in four to five days at the latest.

The close ministers who served him knew this, and the princes and princes who had to go to the palace to serve him every day could not have been unaware of it.

But Kangxi insisted on taking it out and specifically asked Yinzhen about it.

Yinzhen said, "Yes. I have heard about it too."

Kangxi hummed and did not continue speaking. He just glanced at Yinzhen and started to think in his heart.

Why not ask other ministers or your son? Of course, it would be useless to ask.

If we were to ask who knows the Jiangnan area best among the people around us today, it would definitely be Yinzhen.

Moreover, Kangxi was still hesitating about one thing: whether to continue to recover the losses from the salt administration in Lianghuai. If he did, should he let Yinzhen go?

But Yinzhen just said this and stopped there, without saying anything else, let alone fighting for himself.

Based on Kangxi's understanding of Yinzhen, Yinzhen should still want to go.

While Kangxi was hesitating, everyone was silent, waiting for his decision.

The prince knew that he should not speak at this moment, but when he was under house arrest, his brothers were all very noisy, and the fourth brother was the most prominent one.

After they were released, the Eighth and Fourteenth Brothers had to work hard to guard the mausoleum of the Empress Dowager. He wanted to punish the Ninth Brother, but was stopped by someone. It was still unknown who the person who stopped him was, but there must be someone protecting the Ninth Brother.

If the prince insists on doing it, it will definitely alarm the emperor, and he will have to give up.

The prince felt extremely aggrieved.

Of course he knew that he should be a well-behaved prince at this time. Although his father had released him, he had not let his guard down and was still observing him in his heart.

What the prince needs to do most now is to be a quiet prince in order to regain the trust of his father.

But seeing that the fourth son was constantly performing well, the prince felt a sense of crisis.

If his brother is too outstanding, would the emperor want to appoint another prince and depose him?

When Suo Etu was still in power, the prince would not have thought this way. The prince was brought up this way since he was young, and he was actually very confident.

His confidence came more from Kangxi's favor. If his confidence came from the support of Hesheli, in fact, it came more from Kangxi's indulgence and doting.

But Suo'etu was not favored by Kangxi. The crown prince was caught in the middle for a few years. The emperor did not like Suo'etu to be close to him, and he did not like Suo'etu to act based on his status as the crown prince.

The Crown Prince would sometimes get really scared, so after Suo'etu fell from power, he became very dependent on Kangxi.

But the emperor has so many sons, and there are always a few who steal his attention.

Suo Etu died when he said he would, and the emperor's father would not have any feelings for anyone. The older the prince gets, the more panicked he will be. The emperor's father is still in good health, so can he sit firmly on the throne of the prince until the end?

In ancient times, there was no happy ending between the crown prince and the emperor.

The prince was also afraid. Even if he behaved himself, would he not be schemed against? Would the emperor not be suspicious of him and suppress him?

If the emperor's father thought he was not good, or thought someone else was good, he could depose him from the position of crown prince with just one word.

If he doesn't work for himself and just goes with the flow, how many more years can he remain the crown prince?

The fourth brother is ambitious and the prince does not believe that he does not covet the throne.

"Last spring, there was also civil unrest."

The prince said gently, "I remember that it was my fourth brother who dealt with the civil unrest. There was another civil unrest this spring. Could it be that my fourth brother did not deal with it thoroughly? Did those people escape from the encirclement and suppression in the capital and deliberately cause unrest in Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

The prince's words were powerful, and although they were spoken lightly, they still carried great destructive power.

The civil unrest in Suzhou and Hangzhou was actually different from the civil unrest in the capital last spring.

Last spring, the civil unrest in the capital was caused by the remnants of the previous dynasty and the White Lotus Sect who intended to rebel.

Yinzhen handled the matter in accordance with the emperor's order, and he did it cleanly and appropriately, with almost no mistakes, and no one escaped from Yinzhen's encirclement.

Otherwise, Yinzhen would not have received rewards and praise from Kangxi.

You have to know that last year, Yinzhen had not yet started to act in a high-profile manner. He was still doing things in a very low-key and prudent manner. There was absolutely no possibility of dereliction of duty.

The people of Suzhou and Hangzhou were in turmoil, and the people causing the turmoil were the refugees who could not survive the disaster in Suzhou, Hangzhou and even in the Jiangnan area.

These people were not properly resettled by the government, nor did they receive any disaster relief money, so chaos broke out.

In fact, refugees have no place to live and cannot return to their hometowns. They do not have the courage to cause chaos. If they cause chaos, they will be rebels and the government can hang them according to the law. They will no longer be good citizens.

The risk is still very high.

But why do these people take such risks?

It was because some people in the government were using the money to recover the losses as an excuse, saying that there was no money or disaster relief funds.

All the money was given to the court. The court also said that the money was distributed to the local governments.

It was hard to explain the chaos. Some people were trying to take advantage of the situation and make the imperial court take the blame. However, there were still some wise people in the local area. Not all the rioters were illiterate. One or two of them were even scholars with official titles.

He talked about the fact that the court had asked the four princes to pursue the deficit last year, and told the people that this matter of pursuing the deficit had nothing to do with the people, and that it was the court's attempt to crack down on the corruption of local officials.

When the people heard this, they became angry, wondering if the government had taken all the money.

Originally, the deficits of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Hangzhou and Jiangnan had not been traced clearly, and there were still deficits of several million taels of silver. This disaster relief fund was not enough to fill the deficit, but why couldn't we be so suspicious?

So there was a commotion and an explanation had to be given.

In the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, among the four provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Yinzhen only recovered the losses from the salt administration in Lianghuai, and the remaining losses have not yet been settled.

When it came to tracing back the embezzlement caused by the salt administration, Yinzhen was ruthless and impartial. All the officials involved were brought to trial and convicted according to the law, which did leave some vacancies.

Yinzhen returned to Beijing just before the New Year, and these vacancies had not yet been filled. They would have to wait until after the New Year to fill the vacancies, and the court would have to determine the rules and select the people before they could take office.

The matter of selecting people was not Yinzhen's job, but Yinzhen put a lot of thought into the matter of recovering the losses. He couldn't just replace a corrupt official and then send in another incompetent one the next.

Moreover, the vacancy of Lianghuai Salt Administration is a lucrative post, and there are countless people eyeing it. People from all sides must want to send their own people to the position, and under the game of chess, it is not certain that the right person can be sent.

Yinzhen didn't want his efforts to go to waste, especially since he would need these people if he ascended the throne and became emperor in the future.

If we send a blood-sucking creature up there, he will have to be replaced again later. Isn't that a waste of time and money?

Therefore, after returning to Beijing, Yinzhen not only had someone keep an eye on him, but also secretly instructed Yinxiang. Yinxiang did a good job in his current job and could get in touch with some people. With Yinxiang keeping an eye on him, he could know in advance who wanted to do something. Yinzhen could crush the plots of those people and ensure that the person who was replaced was the one Yinzhen chose.

The actions of pursuing the debt repayment and convicting people according to the law were seen by officials from the four provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone knew that if the Fourth Prince came to the south of the Yangtze River again to pursue the debt repayment, it would definitely be according to his own style of doing things.

There are many people who need to be taken down from the four provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and a large area is involved.

Cao Yin and Li Xu were unable to control these people when they started to stir up trouble. They took more and more actions, trying to suppress the civil unrest, but the situation only got worse.

The people's opinion is that the Fourth Prince should come to Jiangnan again.

The officials of the four provinces south of the Yangtze River would certainly not be willing to do so.

If the prince's words were true, all these people would have to die, and Yinzhen would be implicated. Not only would he not be able to continue to pursue the loss, he would probably have to avoid suspicion, otherwise he would be implicated in this matter.

The prince had just come out and had not yet contacted the officials with whom he had had contact.

Those people were desperate and sent money to the capital, asking many people to intercede for them. Some did not dare to accept the money, let alone speak for them. Some people secretly accepted the money, but also hesitated to ask for it.

The prince was the only one who spoke up. He didn't know about these things, he just didn't want Yinzhen to have an easy life.

Kangxi knew very well that the civil unrest in Suzhou and Hangzhou was just a civil unrest and had nothing to do with anything else.

To put it bluntly, the government went too far and lost its credibility among the people. The government forced the people to rebel, leading to this result.

To be honest, Kangxi was still very angry.

The loss of several million taels shows how rotten the officialdom in Jiangnan has become from the root.

Everyone was involved in this loss, including Cao Yin. Now there is no one in the four provinces of Jiangnan who can turn the tide.

What the prince said means that he wants bloody storm and no peace for the country.

Kangxi glanced at the prince calmly and said, "You have been under house arrest and have not come out. You are not aware of the unrest in Suzhou and Hangzhou. There is no need to complain."

The prince's heart sank, and he had to bow his head and said, "Yes. I was reckless."

The eye drops were not successful.

It took Kangxi several years to win back the hearts of the people in Jiangnan. It was impossible for him to just let these termites destroy everything. When it came time to make a decision, Kangxi was still very decisive.

Thus, the matter of recovering the losses in the four provinces of Jiangnan was settled, and Yinzhen was still to go.

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Yuyan thought Kangxi's decision was natural.

A lot of things are changing.

The deficit that was supposed to be paid after Yinzhen ascended the throne was now paid in advance. This was a good thing.

Yinzhen really kept his word. He said he would take Yinzhen with him, so he found a way to bring Yinzhen with him.

It wasn't even Yinzhen himself who proposed it, but the prince's people. Kangxi thought it would be a good idea to train Yinzhen, and besides, if it could separate Yinzhen from the eighth and fourteenth brothers, Kangxi would be happy to see it happen.

Moreover, Kangxi always felt that his son Yinzhen was too unreasonable and hoped to put him under the control of Yinzhen.

Yinzhen was very satisfied with the result, and the crown prince was also quite satisfied. He felt that Yinzhen was going to cause trouble for Yinzhen. The thoughts of all parties were under Yinzhen's calculation and control, so Yinzhen was naturally more satisfied.

Now Yuyan will not write a book at this time when she is always avoiding Yinzhen.

She was not even afraid of Yinzhen seeing it, she just wrote in front of Yinzhen so calmly.

But the burning gaze of Yinzhen after he came back was hard to ignore.

Yuyan wrote two more words, but she couldn't write any more.

She put the pen down gently and looked at Yinzhen who was sitting opposite her: "I know that Prince Beile is happy, but Prince Beile doesn't have to stare at me like this."

She felt really embarrassed and her face turned red.

Yinzhen's gaze was fixed, and the warmth in his eyes was clearly visible.

Before Yuyan finished her words, Yinzhen sat over and held her in his arms with a smile.

"Has Fu Jin forgotten? Fu Jin himself said that after the New Year, what did Fu Jin promise me?"

Yuyan actually didn't forget it, she always kept it in her heart.

It’s just that both of them were busy during the New Year holidays, and Yinzhen was also very busy after the holidays, so Yuyan never mentioned it.

Moreover, Yuyan pursed her lips slightly. To be honest, she didn't say she was unwilling, she was just a little afraid of the pain.

If it doesn't hurt -

Yinzhen seemed to see through her thoughts. He kissed her behind the ear and whispered, "It won't hurt you. If you get excited enough... then it won't hurt when I go in..."

Yuyan cried out in her heart, wrapped her arms around Yinzhen's neck and buried her face in his arms.

What she knew was that as long as she wanted it enough, Yinzhen would come in.