kvmb Chapter 243: Not Exhausted to Death
Chapter 243: Not Exhausted to Death
Yinzhen raised his head and looked at Wenyao. "Yaoyao, you see, at that time, there was only Brother B left in the capital. Even if he was a prince, what could he do? Brother B was isolated and helpless. There was also the so-called Prime Minister. Brother B was only responsible for some affairs of the Lifanyuan and the Ministry of Works. He had only a little power and was completely useless."
"I was also very depressed in Xining. I wanted to become a monk at that time. Even if I did, I didn't want to admit my mistake to my fourth brother. Now that I think about it calmly, my fourth brother didn't really want to kill me. My fifth brother took the initiative to recognize and submit to me. I treated my fifth brother very well, and he didn't get angry with me because of my mother and me."
It was rare that Yinzhen didn't say anything bad about the Fourth Master, but his voice was a little dull. "But I just didn't want to give in to Fourth Brother at that time, and that was probably what completely angered Fourth Brother. I have a lot of influence among the people. After all, I make a lot of money running a shop, and I often help the poor. The people in Shanxi who were suffering from drought heard that I was under house arrest by Fourth Brother, so they wanted me to rebel. I refused. After all, I never thought of rebelling. Brothers can fight with each other, but if I rebel, it will completely consume the Qing Dynasty. I understand that very well."
"But I didn't arrest those people. When Fourth Brother found out about this, he completely imprisoned me and charged me with a series of crimes. I must have felt wronged. After all, Fourth Brother dealt with me so quickly because I refused to submit. In addition, my mother's family is not very powerful, after all, she was born in Baoyi family. The same is true for my wife's family. Although your family is huge, its political status is very low. In addition, I actually have a lot of influence, so Fourth Brother dealt with me decisively."
Yinzhen leaned on Wenyao's shoulder, "Do you know how bad Fourth Brother is?" Yinzhen suddenly raised his head and looked at Wenyao, "At that time, it was Fifth Brother who announced the order to change Master's name. Fifth Brother was trembling all over and couldn't even pronounce the words clearly. This is Fourth Brother's revenge. Humph... Master came back to save Honghui, but Fourth Brother still knelt down and kowtowed to Master three times and nine times!"
What's wrong with you, stingy fourth brother, saying something soft to me? I might have softened at that time! What happened? Damn it!
Wen Yao actually hasn't mentioned one thing, which is that in your previous life, your eldest son Hongzheng was imprisoned until the middle and late period of Qianlong's reign, when he was pardoned. He was already over 60 years old at that time.
There is no need to say this, as saying it will only increase hatred. The past is over, and this life may not be the previous life that Yinzhen knew. She never believed that all living things could be faster than time. She was more inclined to believe that this was another parallel time and space.
"You still admire Fourth Brother. The day Grandpa died was his birthday!" Yinzhen got angry when talking about this, "You said Fourth Brother is so petty. He didn't think it through before, but now Grandpa has figured it out. That's revenge on us mother and son!" How painful it must be for Mother to die on her own birthday, and Fifth Brother even personally issued an edict to change Grandpa's name!
Stingy fourth brother!
"So the tenth brother has always been fine? A fool has good fortune." Wen Yao thought that the one with the best ending among them was the tenth brother. "I remember you said before that the tenth brother seemed to be because of the power behind him?"
"Tenth brother, a fool has good fortune? Why do you think Tenth brother is a fool? Tenth brother has never been a fool, and behind him is not just powerful power, but a very strong political power. Yaoyao, don't confuse power with political power. Only a strong political power can make those in higher positions fear you," Yinzhen explained while looking at Wen Yao.
"Your tenth brother's mother, Imperial Concubine Wenxi, is the daughter of Ebilun, one of the four great ministers. Who is Ebilun? He is the youngest son of Eyidu, one of the five great founding heroes of the Qing Dynasty, and the grandson of Emperor Taizu. Just think about it, your tenth brother's grandfather's grandfather was Taizu, and your grandfather's grandfather was also Taizu. How powerful is the political power of the Niuhulu clan?"
Yinzhen envied his tenth brother's background. "Think about your tenth brother's wives. He had two wives. The first wife was Borjigit, you know that. The second wife was the great-granddaughter of Soni and the niece of my father, Empress Xiaocheng. Hesheli is a family with the same political power as the Niuhulu family. Your tenth brother has two wives at once!"
"There is another important reason. You said that the Tenth Brother is a fool but has good fortune. That's about right. The Tenth Brother is actually just a fool on the surface. He is reckless and unpopular. His political influence is small, so there is no need to make things worse for the Tenth Brother."
Yinzhen was no longer sad. "I think that among the four of us, the tenth brother is the smartest. He is the most unpopular. No one who takes the throne will punish him. There is no need to punish a prince who has almost no political influence and has a strong power behind him. What's the point of punishing him? It's useless! No matter who succeeds to the throne, the tenth brother can live well."
Yinzhen was very envious, but he couldn't envy her because she was born with a good life. "Oh, we've gone too far. Aren't we the same thing?"
Wen Yao slapped her forehead, "I'm addicted to it. Yes, this is the land tax system, which was introduced by my fourth brother who forgot when." Wen Yao explained to Yinzhen in detail, "I added the following things based on the situation in our later generations. Some are applicable and some are not. You can figure it out by yourself. I can only pile up what I know."
She really didn't know much about this, so she wrote down everything she knew. As for whether it was useful or not, that was up to Kangxi and the others!
Yin'er's eyes lit up, "Is Fourth Brother still so smart? No wonder he died early, this touched the interests of the upper class!"
"What do you mean?" Wen Yao looked at Yinzhen, "touching the interests of the upper class? Why?"
Yinzhen raised his head and looked at Wenyao, "You took this out, don't you understand?"
Wen Yao shook her head. “This is very beneficial to the people. Words have changed in later generations, so I don’t know what you mean.”
“Think about it, this is to spread the tax evenly over the land, how much is collected per acre of land? Poor peasants don’t have much land, so naturally the collection is much less than before, but the total amount remains unchanged, so those with more land will collect more accordingly. Who has more land? Of course... Hahahaha... Fourth brother’s death was not unjust at all. I am increasingly convinced that your statement that Fourth brother died of exhaustion is false,” Yinzhen felt that Fourth brother had touched upon the interests of the upper class when he saw this. Although he did a good job, he had to admit... After Yinzhen finished laughing, he became depressed again, “Does this mean that the Emperor chose the right heir? Humph! How infuriating!”
Wen Yao laughed out loud. Although Yinzhen had some twitches from time to time, he was actually very cute. “My master is really smart. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t told me. In fact, it was more than that. When it came to dealing with the baoyi, Fourth Brother was even more ruthless than the Emperor. The Emperor gave the baoyi a chance to breathe and even provided them with opportunities to make meritorious contributions and raise their status, so that the baoyi would not counterattack too fiercely. But Fourth Brother dealt with it the way he did. Later generations called Fourth Brother the Confiscating Emperor. We really like this Fourth Brother, but…”