94. The Qing Dynasty, Which Was Worn Like a Sieve (Twenty-Seven)
"Prince, Prince, that's your own brother!"
The prince frowned and looked at him with his back straight, "If it wasn't me, how could I spread the royal scandal all over the place?"
"Hmph, what can't you do for the throne? Do you want to get rid of me, this old man?"
"I have no such intention!" The prince knelt on the ground with cold sweat, "Father, please trust me, I really didn't do this!"
"Who else but you would know? It hasn't leaked out for several years, but it spread out as soon as I told you, how can I trust you?"
"I..." The prince thought of Soetu and had a bad feeling in his heart. How could Soetu do such a stupid thing? Even if the world knew that Yinzhen was infertile, he couldn't let the fact that Concubine De drugged him leak out!
Kangxi knew what he was thinking of as soon as he saw his expression, and snorted coldly, "Li Dequan! Order the Ministry of Justice, the Inspectorate, and the Dali Temple to investigate this matter strictly, and all the people involved will be thrown into the dungeon!"
The plot has been laid for too long. Since Soetu has handed over such a good handle, he should be eliminated. This person will only seduce the prince.
The prince heard what he meant, and in a trance, he felt that they seemed to be extremely estranged. Obviously, this person once taught him how to be a king of a country. Did he not do well enough? Why did it come to this point today?
Kangxi didn't look at him again, waved his hand and asked him to leave, as if he was so disappointed that he didn't want to say anything anymore.
Suo Etu was in a state of panic, and he shouted in the study, "How do you do things? I only taught you to arouse suspicion, and don't say anything else. How come it has become known to the whole city now? It's a royal scandal, how many of you have enough heads to lose?"
"Sir! Sir, it's not us who spread it. How dare we do such a treasonous thing? We really only said two words to suspect Prince Yong and then avoided it. This, this must be someone else behind it..."
"Don't I know there are other people? But now no one can ensure that the emperor will not find out about you. Okay, you leave Beijing tonight, and I will ask someone to clean up the tail." Suo Etu impatiently ordered them to retreat, and rewarded each of them with two ingots of gold, but when they saluted in gratitude, he winked at the guards.
The guards escorted them all the way out, and when they passed the rockery, they instantly dragged the two people in, with fierce eyes. The two widened their eyes, struggled desperately in extreme fear, and watched the cold knife stab at them. At the moment when the knife tip entered the body, two men in black suddenly appeared and knocked the guards unconscious. They carried them up and down and left the yard, hid in the carriage and quickly left the mansion.
The two of them were so scared that they trembled all over. When they calmed down and wanted to ask who the men in black belonged to, they were thrown out of the carriage. Looking up, they saw that it was in front of the Dali Temple. They turned around and heard a cold voice from the carriage that turned around and left, "Soetu's crimes are innumerable. You should know what to say. Think about your family. Soetu will not let them go."
Although the two had just escaped, despair swept through their bodies again. They were going to die anyway, but someone could protect their family and escape, which was the last thing they could do for their family. After thinking it through, the two supported each other and walked into the Dali Temple slowly but firmly.
The people who were ordered to investigate the matter had already complained secretly. Now there were two witnesses. Not only did they say that Soetu was behind the incident, but they also said many dirty things that Soetu did in private. Some of them were not done by them personally, but they knew who did those things. As long as they caught them, more people would naturally be able to testify against Suo Etu's crimes.
Then, Prince Zhi and Yinzhen secretly presented a lot of evidence. Even if they wanted to smooth things over, they couldn't. This was a tough job. Today, they heard that the emperor had overthrown Suo Etu. As long as the prince was not abolished, they could find an opportunity to get rid of them at any time. But now there are all the evidences, and if they don't take action, they will offend more people. After discussing it, the leaders of several parties took action immediately and arrested Suo Etu and his men and put them in jail.
Under severe interrogation, half of the people who worked for Suo Etu confessed, which was enough to bring Suo Etu's crimes to the surface. Suo Etu knew that he could not escape death, and before he died, he desperately blamed the Mingzhu Party and Yinzhen Party. But Yinzhen has always followed Kangxi's orders in recent years, and most of his people are also loyal to Kangxi on the surface. As for the remaining few people, no one knows that they are his people.
So Mingzhu was the only one who suffered in the end, because he was also one of Kangxi's thorns in the eye. Even if Kangxi wanted to keep Mingzhu to check and balance Yinzhen's growing power, after Suo'etu provided so many evidences, he could only angrily remove Mingzhu and his party.
The court needed checks and balances, but he also remembered that the Qing Dynasty was in danger and must not let them stir up trouble and damage the Qing Dynasty's national strength. But he was not worried. First, Yinzhen would not have any dissent in a short time, and second, there were many capable people in the court. He could continue to support other ministers, ministers who could do practical things, just in time to slowly suppress the Tong family.
At this time, Kangxi did not know that Suo'etu and Mingzhu could fall so many years earlier than in history, which was entirely the credit of Yinzhen. If Yinzhen had not collected so many evidences of their crimes and handed them over to each other, how could they directly pull each other down? It's a pity that they didn't know that the other party also had their own handles, otherwise they would never deal with each other so easily. After being imprisoned, they guessed it, but it was done for. Even if they said it out loud, Kangxi would only think they were making random accusations. Yinzhen hid it too deeply, and his ability was frightening.
In fact, it is not their fault that they cannot figure it out. After all, no one would know that there is a fox spirit in the world who can go to heaven and earth! Su Yuanyuan used her magic to travel all over the country, how could she miss their territory? The Sticking Rod Office has maps and secret room locations of all ministers' homes, which are the results of Su Yuanyuan's invisible investigation. The evidence of Mingzhu and Suo'etu's crimes was found out by her many explorations, and even their secret agents knew it clearly.
It is also because of her magic that Kangxi occasionally sent secret guards to investigate whether Yinzhen had any rebellious intentions, and she would perfectly avoid it, making Kangxi always believe that everything Yinzhen did was to follow his orders and was upright.
The subordinates did not know how she did it, and they felt that she was unfathomable. So whether it was the Sticking Rod Office or the Blood Dropper, their loyalty and admiration for her were unshakable, and they worked hard one by one in order to teach them more. That kind of psychology of admiring the strong makes them more cohesive and more confident, and every action can achieve twice the result with half the effort, becoming the sharpest weapon in Yinzhen's hand.
The court has finally restored peace after the two major parties are gone, and because Yinzhen has promoted some people in recent years, even if Mingzhu and Suo Etu are overthrown, it will not have much impact on the court. The most affected are the Prince of Zhi and the Crown Prince. Everyone can see that the two of them have lost their power. Now they are walking on thin ice and are no longer favored by the emperor. Especially Kangxi began to personally take Xiao Shiwu to teach him by his side. This was the treatment that only the Crown Prince had in the past. Almost everyone understands what this means.
The Crown Prince is getting more and more violent, and the Prince of Zhi is getting more and more unwilling, but their situation is gone. Now no matter what they do, it will only make Kangxi more annoyed with them. In Kangxi's heart, they are always inseparable from the images of treason mentioned by Concubine De. Since he has decided to train Xiao Shiwu, he naturally cannot let them become a threat to Xiao Shiwu. This Xiao Shiwu is an unexpected gain, a child who has never appeared in the future, and a child he can completely trust.
Yinzhen started to keep a low profile at the right time. He still did the things that Kangxi gave him very seriously, but he no longer involved himself in the unnecessary things, as if everything he did before was just to help Kangxi eradicate the termites. But in fact, 80% of those who were promoted by him personally have already surrendered to him privately. Although he can't have children, the future emperor may be the fifteenth prince, but who knows how long Kangxi can live?
If Yinzhen is a regent like Dorgon in the future, the court will still be in Yinzhen's hands? So before the fifteenth prince grows up, their biggest backer who wants to have something to do and want to be promoted has to be Prince Yong. If there are any changes, they have to see the signs before making a decision.
Kangxi tried Yinzhen with the Tong family. Seeing that the Tong family no longer obviously supported Yinzhen because of the fifteenth prince, and Yinzhen did not pay attention to his suppression of the Tong family, he felt relieved. Finally, he brought up something that he had been thinking about for a long time. He wanted to change the jade disc and officially record Yinzhen under the name of the imperial concubine!
This was also what the Imperial Noble Consort meant. After all, everyone in the world knew that Yinzhen was sterilized by poisoning his biological mother. How could such a vicious woman be worthy of being called a mother by Yinzhen? Moreover, Yinzhen was raised by the Imperial Noble Consort since he was a child. Now that the jade disc has been changed, it can be regarded as a complete mother-son relationship between them, and Yinzhen is completely tied to Xiao Shiwu.
No one in the court raised any objections. After several years of major and minor events, they have seen Yinzhen's temper clearly. He will not meddle in other people's business if he is not offended, but if anyone offends him, he will definitely be in trouble without knowing it. No one is unhappy. A prince who is infertile and deeply trusted by the emperor may be the biological brother of the next emperor. He will definitely have a bright future in the future, and it is true that he should be flattered.
Just when everyone thought they could live a stable life, Galdan attacked again!
Kangxi was furious in the court, threw down the memorial, and said coldly: "This time I will personally lead the army to completely eradicate Galdan! The crown prince, the prince of Zhi, and the prince of Dunbei will go with me, and the prince of Yong will stay to supervise the country."
The ministers all hung their heads and dared not look at the crown prince's face. In the past, Kangxi let the crown prince supervise the country when he left Kyoto. This time... it is obvious that he does not trust the crown prince. However, Kangxi will not care about anyone's mood at this time. After making arrangements, he will set off immediately. Yinzhen personally went outside the city to see them off.
After the team walked away, Lao Shi immediately looked back, met Yinzhen's sight, nodded slightly, and left quickly.
Yinzhen turned the ring on his hand, and no emotion could be seen on his expressionless face. He stood on the city wall and watched Kangxi's team until he could no longer see anyone. Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing, and we can't wait any longer.
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