Other things are hard to investigate, but it's really not hard to find out that Kangxi didn't rest at Muqing Garden at night.
After investigating this matter further, they naturally found out where Kangxi went that night. Goodness, now it's solid evidence.
Quite coincidentally, these children were found out around the same time, and although the abilities of their servants differed, they were not significant.
The day after we found out, almost everyone came over with dark circles under their eyes. We looked at each other, and suddenly a silent understanding welled up in our hearts.
Naturally, the lesson couldn't be taught properly, which made the teacher so angry that he couldn't even eat his lunch properly, and he kept muttering, "I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed."
The eldest prince looked at the crown prince and said, "Second brother didn't rest well last night?"
"I see that you haven't slept all night, brother. You haven't rested well."
The two were about to start arguing when the Third Prince interrupted them, saying, "None of us brothers are asleep, so why don't we talk?"
The Third Prince couldn't be said to be unable to keep a secret, but keeping it to himself would only make things difficult for him.
They exchanged glances, dismissed their servants, and then began to speak.
Crown Prince: "What do you all think?"
"What do you mean, how do you see it?" the Fifth Prince asked.
"Fifth Brother, you're not asking a question you already know the answer to. What do you mean by 'how do you see it'? Of course, it's about Father Emperor not resting at Muqing Garden every night," the Third Prince said.
This is a straightforward discussion.
"If you ask me, Father Emperor shouldn't be such a person who lacks sense of propriety. There must be another reason!" Yinzhen didn't believe that his father, who always valued rules, would be fooling around with a man.
“It’s not up to you to decide. We all believe that Father Emperor is sensible, but Father Emperor is almost never at Muqing Garden at night, and that person looks so much like Consort Shu. How can we not have doubts?” the Third Prince continued.
The brothers discussed it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a solution. Finally, the Crown Prince said, "Let it go! We sons have no right to interfere in Father's affairs. If Father finds out we're discussing this, it won't be as simple as being punished by writing the Classic of Filial Piety. Fortunately, Father hasn't been bewitched and hasn't brought that person over. Father is very kind to us, so nothing should happen. Let's leave it at that and don't discuss it again."
The group thought about it and realized that Kangxi had indeed treated them very well.
They had also read a lot of history, and it was rare in history for an emperor to value all his sons equally, except for the crown prince, he was almost impartial to the other sons.
The people seemed to have taken the Crown Prince's words to heart. Although they were still somewhat dazed for the next few days, at least they were able to sleep soundly at night.
On the firearms battalion's side, after numerous trials, the new parts proved to be very useful, and Dai Zi's twenty-shot musket was a great success. Compared to the prototype they had seen last time, this musket had less recoil, was easier to operate, and was also cheaper.
After reading it, Emperor Kangxi immediately ordered a generous reward for Dai Zi. Following this, the establishment of the musket army was put on Kangxi's agenda.
Regarding the musket army, Kangxi asked Youqing for his thoughts.
"How many musketeers do you think would be appropriate for the first musketeer corps?"
Youqing hadn't expected this person to tell her such a confidential and important matter. However, since he had asked, Youqing was very willing to share her thoughts. She no longer had to think twice before saying anything. Now that she had fewer concerns about what to say, she could say more.
"My initial plan is to not have too many men for this first musket unit. You've seen how effective muskets are; as long as the aim is good enough, even a weak person can take a life unexpectedly. Control must be extremely strict. Finally, we need to establish relevant laws to control the source of the muskets, and then select a group of trusted men for training. Besides improving their martial skills, the most important aspect of their training is ideological development..."
Youqing went on to say a lot more, which was roughly similar to the military training policy of later generations, emphasizing ideological learning, character, and improving treatment.
After listening attentively to what was said, Kangxi found many valuable points, but also some that were not suitable for the current environment. Kangxi had a general idea in mind.
The two talked about the details for a long time, and in the end, Youqing couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep. At that time, they were still on the farm. When Youqing woke up the next day, she was in Kangxi's arms. Fortunately, she was still wearing her clothes!
Youqing didn't cry out in response to this situation. She simply got up and left the farm. After she left, Kangxi "woke up" and sighed, saying, "The task ahead is arduous and the road is long!"
He came out after a while.
The musket army was gradually taking shape. By this time, it was autumn, the harvest season. Youqing's orchard had a bumper harvest. Her orchard had a variety of fruits, some ripe in summer and some in autumn. While the people of the capital were busy harvesting the fruit, they looked at their harvest with disbelief.
Last year, Emperor Kangxi went to great lengths to get the people of the capital to use the new fertilizer. If he hadn't been afraid of arousing public anger, he would have wanted to issue an edict ordering all the people to use the new fertilizer. In the end, he chose a gentler approach, sending fertilizer to each household for one mu of land.
Now that the harvest is in, the fields that used the new fertilizer yielded more than double the amount of crops that didn't, leaving them speechless with astonishment. But after the initial shock came joy – it was a bumper harvest, a bountiful harvest of white grain. Even if it was only one acre, the extra was pure profit.
After the initial shock and joy came some regret. The imperial court had said that the fertilizer was effective, but no one was willing to believe it. The claim was more exaggerated than any boast. The old farmers who had farmed all their lives did not believe it and were unwilling to waste their money. Now that the harvest is in, if they had believed it back then, how much more grain would they have harvested!
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