After hearing the sixteenth prince's words, Cao Yong sneered and said, "This is a good thing..."

The sixteenth prince said: "The emperor has ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare the Prince's Mansion. This time, even Fu Peng's Prince's Mansion will be made up..."[]

Cao Yong was really surprised this time.

The regulations of the Crown Prince's Mansion are between the Prince's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, and are undertaken by the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is definitely not a small expense.

In addition to construction costs, after the prince opened the palace, he also had to be equipped with corresponding officials, and this part also led the Dai family in the court.

Although according to the law, the eldest son of the prince and the prince who are twenty years old can be appointed as the crown prince, eldest son, and the third prince of Prince Jian's mansion is here at the age of the year and should have been appointed as the crown prince, but in fact it still depends on the emperor's wishes.

Not to mention the one who did not ask for a title, the crown prince of Cheng, the crown prince of King Heng, and the eldest son of King Chun, who were conferred the title of crown prince by the Kangxi Dynasty. Except for the last one, the last one was not changed, the first two were dismissed from the crown prince.

In addition to the hatred of fighting for the throne, Yongzheng's move also means to open the way for his son.

Otherwise, when the next emperor ascends the throne, there will be a few more "brothers" who will inevitably be restrained.

In addition, even money and grain can save one or two.

Unexpectedly, the emperor now took the initiative to mention this matter.

Cao Yong frowned and thought about it, and asked hesitantly: "Sixteenth Master, is there filial piety in the southwest?"

The sixteenth prince laughed and said, "I know, you must be able to guess that Ortai is worthy of being trained in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has some means of catching money. It not only weakens the power of local officials and nobles, but also earns the emperor. However, it is not much of his credit. Speaking of which, it is Furuo, the first person to discuss the planting of opium in the southwest. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in Guangzhou, and has made a lot of profits in recent years."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sixteenth Master, I dare not take this credit."

The two were familiar with each other, so Cao Yong directly talked about his conversation with Zhao Tong and his concerns about Ortai selling opium in the southwest.

The sixteenth prince smiled.

From the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the marketing of opium pills in the southwest, it was mostly related to the Sixteenth Prince, so he naturally knew the harm of opium better than others.

After half a cup of tea, the sixteenth prince said, "Furuo, don't interfere in the affairs of opium." At this point, he paused and said, "The emperor has decided to build a garden, and the expansion of the Old Summer Palace is about to be..."

Since it is a garden construction, the money will be paid for.

Cao Yong heard what the Sixteenth Prince said and sighed heavily.

The sixteenth prince said, "Okay, you don't have to worry about the country and the people. If there is something wrong, the most anxious thing is that the emperor is just now in the mood and feels that Ortai is very kind. If he is talking too much, it seems like he is eyebrow and gives him eye drops. After a while, he will remind the emperor to pay attention to this matter. You are not allowed to participate in the relief work. You have offended people. If you are so frustrated this time, you will be hated to the bones..."

Cao Yong nodded. Although he was still worried, he knew that the Sixteenth Prince was right, so he didn't say more...

If you want to say Ortai, you are really good at being a human being.

Because Yunnan and Guizhou are remote and the people are not rich in livelihood, most of the money and food in Yunnan and Guizhou have been arrears over the years.

In recent years, Ortai Governor Yunnan and Guizhou have arrived in full every year. The Ministry of Revenue has also managed very well.

Everyone should praise this person when they mention it.

Even Jiang Jian, who rarely commented on foreign officials, couldn't help but say to Cao Yong: "Director E is indeed a capable minister. He can manage it so much, no wonder the emperor valued it."

When Cao Yong heard this, he thought that Ortai used the money he earned from selling opium, and he felt a little uncomfortable, and said, "Outsiders think that Yunnan and Guizhou are remote and poor, but in fact, Yunnan and Guizhou have the benefits of salt and tea, and there are various forests and mountain delicacies. If you manage it carefully, you can make achievements..."

Jiang Jian said: "Even so, only the governor of Hubei can be so outstanding, and only if he is both civil and military, he will be able to be so outstanding as someone else. In order to seek peace, he will have to take all his energy to deal with local officials and appease the people. Where can he have the energy to take care of others?"

Cao Yong did not speak, but thought about what would happen if he had been the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

As a result, he had no choice but to find that he did not have the courage to kill people or the ruthlessness of selling opium. If he went to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he might not be as good as the order of the three princes of Ortai to remove the flag, which immediately caused panic among the royal family.

After all, in the royal family, there are numbers of princes and princes, and there are only a dozen of them.

Among them, Prince Cheng, Prince Heng, Prince Chun, Prince Jian, and Prince Ping had three "idle" and then "idle" one after another.

Unexpectedly, the day after the decree was issued, it came down again due to the new decree.

In the main hall of Prince Jian’s mansion, Yaerjiang A, with his wives, concubines and children, knelt down to the north and listened to the imperial edict.

When he heard that he was ordered to take care of the two blue flags and flags, Yaerjiang's body shivered.

It is too surprising not to blame him for being so incompetent.

Since he has not liked him a few years before the death of the Holy Ancestor Kangxi, he has been idle for ten years.

If he was mediocre and talentless, he would not be so difficult.

But he was named the prince at the age of 21 and the prince at the age of 26. He was relied on by the Saint Emperor and became the mainstay of the royal family. How glorious?

It is said that a young man should not be rich for a day, and a real man should not be able to do anything.

Having tasted the taste of power in control, the feeling of shrinking your head and pretending to be a grandson becomes even more and more difficult.

However, Yaerjiang A and the emperor were about the same age as each other. They had dealt with him more in their early years and knew that he did not like him and was not generous. He had no other way to do it for his children and grandchildren.

He originally thought that as long as he kept his title until he was still alive, he was fine.

Even if the emperor guarded against the royal family, stopped his eldest son as the prince and allowed the young concubine to inherit it, he would recognize him.

For this, he has taken good care of the youngest son born by Xilin Jueluo in the past two years.

The other children are just fine, they have grown up, and those who have married far away, and those who have won the title of title are the most worried about him, but his stepwife and several young daughters.

In order to take care of them, he had the idea of ​​passing his youngest son to his wife's name at the beginning of this year and letting his wife raise him, but Yongjia persuaded him to stay.

Yongjia said this: "No matter what the emperor ends up, you must not let the children's hearts be hearted by the third prince. The third wife is filial. As the eldest son, it is natural to inherit the title of the master. We always have to fight for them. Now we have set a way out, how can the third prince deal with it? Besides, if you are on the side of the concubine, you will regard the eighth prince as your lifeline, and you will not be able to give up the eighth prince."

Although Yaerjiang A had no affection for his first wife, he was sorry for his two legitimate sons who lost their mother and were more lenient to his two sons because he was afraid that they would suffer the hardships of the past.

Now that I think of the retreat of the royal palace, I don’t think of my sons as abandoned sons, but just to figure out the holy will and make the worst plans.

After hearing his wife's words, he temporarily let go of this idea.

In addition to the reasons mentioned by Yongjia, it was also because the eighth prince was already seven or eight years old and was taught by Xilin Jueluo and was alienated from his legitimate mother, which made Yaerjiang A not very satisfied.

He felt a little regretful. If he had brought the Eighth Prince to the concubine earlier, he would not have raised his son like this.

Despite this, he did not think that he could have another child. In recent years, he stayed in Fujin's room, and Fujin had no movement.

He has reached the year of knowing destiny.

Unexpectedly, in March, the concubine Jin family held a banquet and invited Yaer Jianga to have a drink, and left him in his room after he got drunk.

Although Yaerjiang has many concubines, Jin has been favored for several years because of her good appearance, gentleness and stinginess. However, her luck is not good. After a child was born in the early years, she never became pregnant again.

Now seeing that the prince is not concerned about his daughter, he regards the concubine as his "old companion": the concubine is a worry-free person and entrusted all the housework of the prince's house to the third prince's wife. Jin's heart was awkward and bitter.

In her early years, she was young and frivolous. Under the instigation of others, many third princes took eye drops and had planned to adopt the concubine.

She is a sonless concubine in the royal palace. If the two men want to revenge her in the future, it will be just a matter of one sentence.

So she found her parents' brothers and discussed it secretly, and finally thought of "bringing a child through a tummy."

But she is from the royal palace and has a low status. If she raises the people around her, she will have her own plans.

In addition, her brothers were reluctant to give up the wealth of the royal palace, so Jin finally took his niece into the palace.

That night, Yaerjiang was the niece of Jin.

Although Yaer Jiang A was drunk, he was not completely confused. He was a concubine with charm or a virgin who was uninformed. He could tell some of it clearly, but in the dark, he just thought it was a girl arranged by Jin and bowed on the string, so he accepted it with a smile.

The next day, when he saw that the person next to him was the niece of the little concubine who had invited him and his concubine to rest, Yaerjiang A immediately turned black.

He didn't care about sleeping with a maid: but he was annoyed by the nominal "guest".

How do you think of your wife and children like this? Can you be a yin-stop?

He ignored Xiao Jin's family and immediately called someone to spread the word to Jin's family.

Jin's best looks at people's faces. He didn't know that he was annoyed. He immediately knelt down and apologized in tears. He was miserable. He talked about the suffering of the childless: "Not to mention that it is a slave who is not in the ranking, the best outcome is just a Qinglantern ancient Buddha. He said it is disrespectful. Even if he is as noble as a concubine and the prince is there, he will be protected by the prince: If the prince travels west, he should not look at the third wife's face...

Speaking of this, she wanted Yaerjiang A to love the Sixth Princess the most, and said, "Even if the Sixth Princess suffered grievances after marriage, the concubine wanted to stand up for the Sixth Princess, she had to beg the Third Prince. If the third wife had a biological prince, how could this happen?"

I have to say that Jin did talk about Yaerjiang's heart.

It’s not that Yongqian treats his stepmother disrespectfully, but when Yongjia enters, he is already a half-year-old boy, and there are many taboos when he gets along with his mother and son.

In addition, Yongjia's xing son did not deliberately win over the stepson, which made the mother and son more respectful and not close enough.

Yaer Jiang A believed that Yongqian would not be slow to Yongjia, but he knew that Yongjia was the most unwilling to bother others, and he was afraid that even if he felt wronged, he would not speak.

Xiao Jin is eighteen years old and has a fat body, and it seems that she is indeed suitable for raising children.

Seeing this, Yaerjiang A couldn't help but feel a little moved.

However, he did not let the Jin family go, but did not deal with it personally. Instead, he sent someone to the upper room and asked Yongjia to leave.

After hearing this, Yongjia felt it was both angry and ridiculous.

Although she was impatient with these things, she was not easy to push her daughter-in-law. After all, it was not nice to discipline her concubine's mother.

So Yongjia fined Jin for half a year and sent her to the Buddhist temple to copy scriptures.

As for Xiao Jin, she had no intention of making things difficult for her and was too lazy to give up. She directly asked someone to clean up the wing room of Jin's yard and placed Xiao Jin's garrison according to the law of the open room.

Although Yaerjiang A felt that Xiao Jin's "land is fertile and promising" and wanted to "work hard" but he was somewhat guilty in front of his wife.

Thinking of waiting, he would wait until Mrs. Jin came out of the Buddhist temple before talking. The person who was willing to look for him was looking at Mrs. Jin.

Unexpectedly, before Jin came out of the Buddhist temple, Xiao Jin had a bad reaction.

Winning the bid once.

Yaerjiang A was very proud and thought in his heart that if his daughter was left to Jin, if he was really lucky enough to give birth to a young prince, he would beg his wife to raise him on the grounds that Jin's character was misbehaving and unfavorable children.
To be continued...