Chapter 93
Seeing Yinzuo's face fall, Kangxi, who had just been scarred by his son, felt embarrassed and said, "It's only temporary."
Yinzuo cheered himself up and said, "It's okay, it's okay, there's still the shop in Jiangnan."
And there was also the batch of goods taken away by the Nanyang merchants, and Yinzuo also had high hopes for them.
Yinzuo did not mention this matter anymore, but smiled and said to Kangxi: "Father Emperor said that I am also good at studying?"
Kangxi rarely praised him for his homework!
Kangxi refused to admit it. He said, "I was just trying to save face for you in front of the ministers."
"But Yinzuo, you and Eleven can't just ignore your studies. You can learn slowly, but you can't stop learning, understand?"
Although Kangxi disagreed with others who said that Yinzuo's tinkering was just some weird and gimmicky thing, he was also worried that Yinzuo would become completely obsessed with it and throw the scriptures and books aside.
"Otherwise, if someone tells you an anecdote or something and you don't understand it, wouldn't that be embarrassing? Didn't you understand something when you were in court today?"
Yinzuo hummed and said, "I know." Some old ministers seemed to feel that they could not show their ability without citing scriptures when speaking, and he yawned when he heard it.
Yinzuo had breakfast and drank medicine at Kangxi's place, then went to the study. Don't underestimate me. Who would be embarrassed if he couldn't understand what others were saying?
When he entered the study, he was comforted and questioned by his fifth, seventh and eighth brothers, who knew that he had been impeached.
Others were trying to comfort him, but the Tenth Prince said, "Sixth Brother, why don't we go out and have some fun, celebrate, and get rid of the bad luck?"
The Tenth Prince was a very restless person, and would find any excuse to leave the palace to play, just like Yinzuo. However, Yinzuo now did not have to rack his brains to find a way to leave the palace. He was much freer than his other brothers.
In the expectant eyes of the Tenth Prince, Yin Zuo shook his head: "We just went out of the palace to celebrate last time, and it hasn't been more than ten days. The Emperor will not agree to let us go out of the palace to play again."
They had gone out of the palace a few days ago to celebrate the money they had earned. Yinzuo had made a lot of money, so he was very generous. He would pay for anything his brothers liked. When he returned to the palace, he also bought a lot of things for his brothers and sisters who had not left the palace. He made money quickly and spent it quickly.
The Tenth Prince and his entourage could not leave the palace for a short period of time, but Yinzuo moved out of the palace the next day and lived in the eldest prince's house.
The eldest prince went out on business to inspect river works a while ago and has just returned to Beijing.
Yinzuo came to see the man with the good things and silver bills he had left for his elder brother.
The eldest prince looked at the banknotes on the table and said with a smile, "I heard about the clocks sold in the capital outside. They are quite good."
Yinzuo chuckled.
However, his eldest brother and the crown prince are always competing with each other. This time he gave some money to the crown prince but not to his eldest brother. He felt that he did not treat everyone equally and now he is a little nervous.
Yin Zuo said, "My younger brother is making colored glaze. When the colored glaze is done, you can earn a lot of money. This time, I will work with you and give you the money you earn."
The eldest brother snorted and laughed, "Okay, don't think about giving this or that."
"If you give it to me, then shouldn't the third and fourth brothers give it to you as well? Don't give it to anyone else."
"You don't lack capital now, right? You can keep the money you earn for yourself. It's time for you to leave the palace and build your own house. Save the money and make your own yard comfortable and beautiful."
"If you really have a lot of money, give it to the Emperor, and forget about others."
It's not that every prince has a large sum of money. Where do you spend all that money? Are you trying to win over people? It will arouse suspicion.
Yinzuo scratched his head and said, "Brother, don't you need money? Take these, they are earned by me!"
The eldest prince rubbed Yinzuo's head and said, "No shortage!"
The eldest prince also knew that he had revealed his poverty in front of Yinzuo when he was renovating the mansion, so he said to Yinzuo: "I will ask you for it if I need it."
"Is your elder brother the shy one? He won't be polite to you."
In fact, the eldest prince also has his own extra income. As long as he has a job to do, it is inevitable that people will offer him gifts. Since clear water will have no fish, he will accept some depending on the situation.
He also started to build some businesses privately.
How can I live on salary alone? If I were honest and only had that little salary, I would really need my brother to help me.
The eldest prince resolutely stuffed the banknote back into Yinzuo's pocket and said to the crown prince, "Isn't it just to give you some people? He really has the nerve to take your money."
Faced with the eldest prince's complaints about the crown prince, Yinzuo kept his mouth shut, because every time at this time, if he spoke well of the crown prince, it would make the situation worse.
The situation was the same on both sides, and the same was true when the prince spoke ill of his eldest brother.
Yinzuo changed the subject and said: "When my nephew is born, I will give him a big golden locket!" Having money means you have confidence!
The eldest brother smiled and said, "Okay."
The eldest prince got married last year, and this year the third generation of the royal family was born. Yinzuo is about to become an uncle, which is quite magical to think about.
However, there is still a lot of trouble before the prince's marriage. The Ministry of Rites has been arguing for a long time about the various aspects and ceremonials of the prince's marriage. After all, the prince is the first prince of the Qing Dynasty, so there is no precedent for everything.
People who quarrel have big heads and they annoy others enough.
However, the fight must have an end. The mansions of the Third and Fourth Princes must be built, and after the Crown Prince's wedding, the Third and Fourth Princes will also get married.
The prince sent someone to the Ministry of Rites to hint that they should stop nagging and that the rules had to be finalized no matter what and could not be delayed until next year.
It's not that the prince is so anxious, he hasn't even seen whether the princess is round or flat. But the meaning of marriage is different. After marriage, you will be regarded as an adult in the eyes of the world.
Back then, the emperor only took power after he became a relative of the emperor.
Moreover, the eldest prince's family is about to give birth to the next generation of children. It is not a happy event for the prince if the eldest grandson is born in the eldest prince's family.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter passed in a flash. During this year, the eldest prince's family gave birth to a daughter, which made the people on the prince's side feel relieved. Yinzuo gave the eldest prince's niece a big gold lock as promised, but his wallet did not get thinner. The toy clock that he had sent out on the South China Sea cargo ship was finally exchanged for silver!
Another year passed, and the crown prince finally got married, followed by the third and fourth princes.
While everyone was busy building a house and getting married, Yinzuo was still busy making money!
The small workshop that he had borrowed from the prince was no longer a small workshop now, but had grown to a considerable scale. The toys produced in it were dazzling, and there were clocks of all sizes and kinds. The big clocks were very expensive, and the small clocks were even more expensive. There were also various beautiful colored glass products, which were the favorites of the women, who could not take their eyes away.
These things were not only sold within the Qing Dynasty, but were also loaded onto ships and sold outside, and were often in short supply.
In the past, Yinzuo’s goods had to be transported on the ships of Southeast Asian merchants, but now he has to load them on his own ship!
Anyway, the money earned is quite a lot!
Yinzuo felt that he had too much money, and later the eleventh prince told Yinzuo that he didn't want to share any more money, because too much money made him feel uneasy.
Yinzuo didn't want to take the silver himself anymore, as he would have more than he could spend in his lifetime!
The original 80,000 taels were nothing. The profit made in the past two or three years has reached one million taels.
It is a number that even Kangxi is impressed!
He didn't expect there would be such a huge profit.
The South China Sea cargo ship returned again. Yinzuo ran to Kangxi with the account book and said, "Father, when can we build a big ship to sail to the West?"
He didn't forget his goal!
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo in front of him and felt emotional. It was originally a very ambitious goal, but it was not far away for him to achieve it.
He actually earned such a large amount of money by himself!
Kangxi also clearly saw the huge wealth of ocean merchants and the fortune brought by ocean trade. It was true that the emperor was richer than the rest of the world, but he was always short of money. His actions were often constrained by money. If there was huge wealth, Kangxi would also be tempted.
He has also been thinking a lot about overseas affairs in the past two years.
I also discussed overseas trade with the Crown Prince and court officials. There is money to be made!
They have been doing business with various Mongolian tribes over the years, but although they can make money from trading with Mongolian tribes, it is not much, because they are not mainly here to make money, and most of the time they will give them profits.
Except for some minor disturbances, the Mongolian tribes have been generally well-behaved in recent years, and this is already the biggest profit of this deal.
As for the business with Japan, Goguryeo, Sulu and other places, there was no need to worry about other things. How could the Nanyang merchants make money and put it into the national treasury? Besides, Kangxi also wanted to move the minerals there into his own territory.
Of course, any wise monarch would not trade minerals, but they could always be obtained by taking advantage of civil unrest in countries or using other means.
These were Kangxi's ideas about the offshore island countries, and he had already started to implement them. As for Yinzuo's obsession with sailing to the West, Kangxi also kept it in mind.
Since he had a son, he often told him that other people's boats were bigger and faster, so they had to catch up and could not be left behind too much. They had to hurry to where others were and see how they were doing.
It sounded as if other countries had left them far behind without them noticing. This made Kangxi, who had always been very proud, feel a little unhappy. He did not think that other countries were stronger than the Qing Dynasty, but he also inexplicably felt a sense of worry and uneasiness.
Kangxi said to Yinzuo: "The ship is already under construction, so stop repeating it to me."
Hearing Kangxi say this, Yinzuo's eyes lit up and he was so happy that he wanted to fly! Then a bunch of rainbow farts came to Kangxi.
Kangxi couldn't help but smile more deeply. A few years passed in a flash, and Yinzuo had grown into a serious young man. The third and fourth princes had married wives, and next should be the fifth prince and Yinzuo. However, Yinzuo still didn't look mature at all.
Kangxi looked at this boy and thought, how can this boy start a family like this?
Kangxi himself still felt that Yinzuo was still young.
But Yinzuo had already thought about living outside the palace.
"Father Emperor, when will I build my mansion? I would like to ask Lord Yang Xilin from the Ministry of Works to help me build it. He builds beautiful houses and I know him. I have discussed with him that it will be very beautiful when the time comes."
Yinzuo also said to Kangxi: "I have prepared the money. Lord Yang can give full play to his talents. Lord Yang is very happy."
Kangxi: "Have you discussed this with Lord Yang?"
Yinzuo: “Yes.”
Kangxi was not very happy. He looked at Yinzuo. Although he had grown taller, he still had to drink medicine every day. He was afraid to let him get cold or hot. In summer, he let him go to the garden to escape the heat, and in winter, he was afraid to let him go out. He also assigned a special imperial physician to take care of him alone.
How can one feel at ease living outside?
Kangxi said, "Go live outside. Have you decided to marry a wife?"
Yinzuo choked: "Living outside and marrying a wife are two different things."
Yinzuo had always been dissatisfied with the fact that Kangxi arranged marriages for his elder brother, the crown prince and others with daughters of different families without even letting them see him. He had already made it clear to Kangxi early on that he would not allow him to do this.
He also let Kangxi criticize him severely.
No matter how much you criticize, how can people who get married and become a family spend their whole lives without knowing whether they are flat or round?
OK, Kangxi compromised, and didn't the third and fourth princes get married later? Kangxi asked Yinzuo, if you don't let me arrange a blind marriage for you, then which girl do you like?
Don't you go out a lot? Have you ever seen one? Princesses often play cuju and polo with noble ladies. You are close to the princesses, so you should have run into those noble ladies. You can also run into them at banquets. Which one do you like?
Kangxi was a very kind father to Yinzuo. He wanted this boy to live a happy life in the future, so he married him to a wife he liked according to his wishes.
But who would have thought that Yinzuo would shake his head and say that there was no one he liked.
And that would be fine, but she also told Kangxi that even if they were compatible, it wouldn't work because they had never gotten along. What if they didn't get along in every way?
So what, let all the noble ladies in Beijing try everything with you? !
Although Manchu and Mongolian women are not so confined to their homes, they are no longer as bold as they used to be. Which little girl would dare to try everything with you?! Her father will not forgive you.
It’s such a hassle, so he won’t marry her.
Kangxi sneered and said, "Don't take it seriously. There will be a time in the future when you will beg the emperor to arrange a marriage for you."
Now that Yinzuo mentioned entering the palace and building a mansion, Kangxi again blocked his idea by bringing up the matter of marrying a concubine.
Yinzuo said unconvincedly: "My third and fourth brothers also built their mansions before getting married."
Kangxi said: "Although they haven't gotten married yet, the marriage has been arranged."
Then Kangxi said to Yinzuo leisurely: "Didn't you say that you are still young and there is no rush to get married?"
"Since you are still young, there is no need to rush out of the palace to build a mansion."
Yinzuo came close to his father and looked at him. Kangxi frowned and turned his head away. Yinzuo smiled as if he had discovered a secret and said, "Father, are you reluctant to let me live outside the palace?"
Kangxi: “…”
Yin Zuo: "If you don't want to, just say it directly."
"The Emperor is still so shy."
"It will take more than half a year to build the mansion, and my son is not going to move out right now."
Yin Zuo smiled with his eyes curved, and said, "Besides, my son is not going to stay away from home. As long as the Royal Father calls, my son will come back immediately, right?"
Kangxi snorted and laughed: "You haven't finished your study yet."
"Which of your brothers completed all the homework in the study room when he left the palace?"
Yinzuo then became depressed and sighed, "Do I have to finish my classes in the study room before I can live outside?"
"Well, my son was just being sentimental."
"My son thought that the emperor was reluctant to part with him."
"My son really misses his father."
Yinzuo glanced at Kangxi with a resentful look.
It was clearly a warm and reluctant thing, but his father insisted on exposing the matter of the study homework.
Kangxi ignored Yinzuo's resentful look and said, "You are reluctant to leave me? Then why do I want to move out of the palace immediately when I see you?"
"You can't wait to do this without even trying to hide it, and you still have the nerve to say you can't bear to leave?"
Yin Zuo hesitated and tried to explain: "No conflict, no conflict."
Kangxi said angrily, "You are such a heartless bastard."
Yinzuo: “…”
Why are you still angry while talking? Aren't you still reluctant to part with him?
Alas, he is the emperor who says one thing and thinks another.
Yinzuo hesitated whether to expose his royal father harshly. Well, it was quite fun to see his royal father's change of expression.
But after thinking about it, he decided to give up. Alas, he really couldn't bear to do it.
But if I can't bear to leave, can I still live in the palace for the rest of my life without leaving?
No.
Therefore, it is still necessary to plan early. He still needs to find Yang Xilin again and ask him to start thinking about how to build his future house more beautifully.
(End of this chapter)
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