My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 23 Yongzheng Sends Warmth

The strategy that Hongli came up with involved both reform and relief, and was to complete the famine relief work by establishing a new system.

Although the famine relief was not carried out well, it was not an intolerable failure for the Qing Dynasty's united front class.

However, if Hongli wanted to accomplish his goal well, it was inevitable that he would have to reform the distribution system and damage the interests of some powerful bureaucrats.

Hongli also knew that Kangxi actually hoped that his descendants would be brave enough to innovate, otherwise he would not have chosen Yongzheng to succeed him.
His adoptive father, Yongzheng, was a reformist who was willing to personally take part in the reform after he ascended the throne. Naturally, he hoped that his son would dare to reform.

Therefore, Hongli decided to use reform methods to complete the famine relief work.

As for Hongxi's intention to use this opportunity to attack dissidents and settle personal grudges, Hongli had already anticipated it, but he did not mind it.

Anyway, Hongxi wanted to attack the Eighth Master's Party.

Moreover, if he did not support Hongxi in doing so, Hongxi would not support him in taking the opportunity to reform.

Therefore, Hongli did not object, but only echoed Hongxi:

"That's what Big Brother said."

"Then we will first jointly request an imperial decree, and then use these 20,000 dan of grain to relieve the famine. Once the decree comes down, we will begin this work."

Hongxi continued.

Hongli nodded: "I will obey you, big brother."

Seeing Hongli's cooperation and not competing with him for the main and the secondary, Hongxi became more and more satisfied with Hongli, and said to him more sincerely:

"From my experience, the most important thing about famine relief is to make sure the food reaches the hungry people and prevent cunning officials from embezzling it!"

"So, keeping a close eye on the distribution of grain and the cooking of porridge are the most important. You, your younger brother, will take care of the distribution of grain, and I, your older brother, will supervise the cooking of porridge outside the city!"

"As long as you and I, brothers, keep a close eye on these two areas, we can prevent corruption from happening here."

"it is good!"

Hongli agreed.

He knew that Hongxi had put him in charge of supervising the distribution of grain, but in fact he was still somewhat worried about his younger brother. He was afraid that Hongxi would be harmed by treacherous officials and corrupt officials due to his lack of experience, which would implicate him, so he personally supervised the cooking of porridge.

In this way, even if he did not supervise the distribution of grain well, he could still find out whether there was any fraud in the final link by supervising the cooking of porridge.

In this way, if the 20,000 dan of grain actually distributed by the Ministry of Revenue were not all used to relieve the hungry people, when Kangxi asked him the reason, he could put the blame on himself and say that he had not supervised the distribution of grain well enough.

Hongli did not argue with this.

Because, if he wants others to believe in his ability now, he can only prove it with facts.

There was another reason why Hongli did not argue, that was that he was supervising the distribution of grain in the granary of Shuntian Prefecture. He did not have to be exposed to the cold wind or the pungent smell outside the city, and could stay in the warm room like spring.

For Hongli, this can naturally make his body and mind more comfortable when doing things.

Afterwards, Hongli brought some Shuntian Prefecture officials back to the city and went to the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen.

At that time, it started snowing again.

White flowers are flying all over the sky.

Hongli sat in the car with his hands in his sleeves, looking at the streets that were shrouded in leaden clouds and were confused and turbid.

Not long after, he heard bursts of crying, and then he saw several men carrying a thin coffin, emerging from the lead curtain, walking out of the city, and scattering some paper money.

But there was not much paper money and it was soon buried in the lead screen.

"Alas, people are dying of cold and hunger again."

"Life is not easy for us Bannermen in the city either. Why does the court only provide aid to those outside the city?"

"It's because the masters above are afraid that the Emperor will know the real number of us bannermen, so they refuse to report the truth." After the crying stopped, Hongli heard the bannermen and common people in the city chatting outside the shops on the street, and they talked about why the crying occurred.

Hongli did not find this strange.

Because, after reviewing many confidential memorials beside Kangxi these days, he also knew that the lives of ordinary bannermen were indeed not easy nowadays.

Since bannermen could not farm or do business, and the scale of wars decreased and the number of bannermen increased, the opportunities for them to receive official duties and salaries became fewer.

Therefore, the income of many bannermen families is much lower than before.

Moreover, after entering the Pass, the Bannermen also learned to be ostentatious and enjoyed all kinds of entertainment.

Therefore, even if the ancestors had some savings, they would be lost after one or two generations.

Many bannermen could not even afford to live in the city, and they ignored the imperial court's ban and went to live outside the city, and even took the initiative to become tenant farmers.

Otherwise, historically, Yongzheng would not have lifted the ban and allowed the bannermen to farm after he ascended the throne. In essence, the lower-class bannermen at that time had an urgent need to have the ban lifted in order to survive.

As a result, it is inevitable that the poor and destitute lower-class bannermen will die of hunger and cold in the cold winter.

It can be said that although Kangxi eased the ethnic conflicts between the Manchus and the Han people after he carried out a series of political measures such as offering sacrifices to Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiaoling Mausoleum and opening the Boxue Hongru Examination, class conflicts were exacerbated due to the rapid expansion of the rentier class.

"I heard that the imperial envoys ordered to provide famine relief this time are the eldest grandson Hongxi and the fourth prince Hongli of Prince Yong's palace. The fourth prince is only in his teens. Can he provide relief well?"

"At his age, it's good enough for him to have a full meal. It's just a training exercise. His Majesty probably doesn't expect him to save many refugees."

"That's right. It doesn't matter how many of these refugees starve to death anyway."

"That's true, but God is merciful. If we can really save more people, it will be a good thing. Maybe next year God will also make the weather in Daqing better, and the price of grain will be lower. Then the lives of us bannermen will be better."

"Yes, I hope these two masters can help reduce the number of deaths this winter."

……

Also because of the funeral, and the fact that the soldiers from the Military Commission had not been out on patrol much due to the heavy snow and cold weather, these bannermen did not talk about birds or operas, but talked about current state affairs.

Hongli also heard these words.

He just smiled at this.

Then he saw a pair of lanterns wrapped in yellow paper emerging from the lead curtain.

The four words "Prince Yong's Mansion" were written on the lantern.

Hongli hurriedly stopped the carriage and got off.

Crunch.

After a while, Hongli saw Su Peisheng, who was beside Yongzheng, coming over with his men.

"Greetings to the Fourth Prince."

"Get up, but my father is here?"

After Hongli said this, he asked about Su Peisheng.

Su Peisheng bent down and nodded: "That's right, the Fourth Master is waiting here to see me."

Therefore, Hongli asked the people from Shuntian Prefecture to go back to the government office and wait for him, while he came to Yongzheng accompanied by Su Peisheng.

When Hongli arrived at Yongzheng's place, he saw Yongzheng, wearing a cloak, sitting by the fire in the carriage, combing the hair of a small white dog in his arms: "Greetings to Father!"

Yongzheng raised his head and looked at Hongli. He waved to him and asked him to sit next to him.

Then, after Hongli sat down beside him, Yongzheng patted the snow on his shoulders, touched Hongli's hand, and then threw the puppy in his arms to Hongli: "Let me warm you up."

(End of this chapter)