My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 29 Kangxi Sees Vitality
"Ede, I'm going to fuck your mother!"

"You are nothing but a dog of the deposed crown prince, yet you dare to seal my house? Wait until the Fourteenth Master comes back, and I'll see if he doesn't skin you alive!"

But as soon as Hongli reached another alley, he heard the scolding again.

He couldn't help but lift the curtain again, and saw an official in a third-rank official robe holding a hat, walking towards the open side door of Guangliang Gate, with his braid thrown behind his head, and loudly cursing the commander of the city guard camp, E De, who was also here.

Then, Hongli saw that many men and women in rich clothes were being dragged out of the gate by soldiers from the city guard camp.

Some female relatives were still crying while being dragged.

When Hongli heard this person say "wait for the Fourteenth Master to come back", he knew that this person might be the Fourteenth Master's servant.

Because the Fourteenth Brother was also hated by Hongxi, this servant was forcibly charged with health management silver.

Then, Hongli saw that E De ignored the official and just ordered the city guards to close the door and seal it.

"I don't care what camp you belong to. Why don't you ask me who I am? How dare you take my money?"

"I can go directly to see the Eighth Master in his mansion without reporting!"

In the inner city, conflicts between the wealthy bannermen and the city guards continued to occur.

Not long after, Hongli saw a wealthy bannerman arguing with the city guards.

He also discovered that Hongxi was also here at this time and had already gotten off the carriage. He snatched the whip from the driver's hand and hit the man in the face with the whip, causing him to stagger.

Because the man was holding a bird cage at the beginning, when Hongxi hit him, the cage fell to the ground, scaring the bird in the cage so much that it ran around in panic but couldn't get out of the cage.

"You little dog slave, if you let me get so arrogant here, I'll deal with you first for Uncle Eight!"

"You don't have to pay this money, but the imperial edict clearly states that if you don't pay, you are no longer a loyal servant of the Qing Dynasty and have no right to live here. Take your little property and get out!"

Hongxi cursed on the spot.

This man also knelt down with a red face: "I will hand it over right away! Right away!"

Seeing this, Hongli smiled faintly.

These days, Hongxi and his men have been very active in dealing with dissidents and traitors, and the lower-level bannermen who have entered the city’s defense camp are also willing to cooperate in dealing with the wealthy bannermen.

Therefore, the City Guard Camp received a lot of silver.

In the first month of collection alone, more than 3,000 taels of silver were collected.

In addition, the proceeds from selling the feces after transporting them out of the city were enough to pay for the expenses of the city defense camp and the auxiliary management camp. There was even a surplus, which could be used to buy more medicinal materials to help the people who caught the cold and fell ill this winter.

Kangxi was also overjoyed because he received a secret report saying that the number of people who died of starvation and freezing this year, regardless of whether they were Manchus or Han, was less than one-tenth of the number who died of starvation and freezing in previous years.

"You two did a great job!"

"What's rare is that they approached the issue from a systemic perspective. While providing relief to civilian households, they also took into account the difficulties faced by the lower-class bannermen. At the same time, they solved the problem of no one cleaning the capital, and cracked down on the annexation of banner property!"

"What I didn't expect was that you didn't ask me for help, nor did you ask any of your uncles for help."

to this end.

One day at the end of December, Kangxi came to Guanlan Pavilion specially, pulled Hongli to his side, stroked Hongli's arm, and told Hongli about this matter.

Hongli said sincerely, "This is all thanks to Khan Mafa's guidance. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of this. I'm afraid that at the beginning, I would not know how to save more people because the Ministry of Revenue only gave me 20,000 dan of grain."

Seeing Hongli being so humble, Kangxi liked his grandson even more.

It was as if he had been waiting for such a capable grandson to appear, just like a long-dry tree suddenly encountering good rain.

Kangxi's face was filled with more affection, warmth and joy.

And early the next morning, he took Hongli with him and quietly left the city.

This time, Kangxi did not allow anyone to light incense in the car.

When he and Hongli entered the busy street where the Huguo Temple was located, he lifted the curtain of the car and sniffed carefully.

"Hey, the pungent smell is indeed gone!"

Then, Kangxi looked back at Hongli excitedly like a child.

Hongli then said, "According to the Khan's law, many middle-class bannermen are keeping a close eye on the streets. If the cleaning teams of the auxiliary camp don't clean properly and the streets are still smelly, they will dare to go to the government office and make a scene, saying that their money has been wasted. Therefore, the auxiliary camp dares not be careless when cleaning, and has established a strict penalty and confiscation system for this."

"It's not easy for ordinary bannermen to earn a little money, so it's not surprising that they are under such tight control."

After hearing this, Kangxi nodded and said with a smile.

Then he saw a manure cart entering an alley, and the toilets from each household were placed on the cart. Kangxi was surprised to see this and asked, "Don't the Bannermen dump their waste indiscriminately anymore?"

"Since these waste products can be sold to farmers for money after being transported out of the city by dung carts, the cooperative management camp will make an agreement with the residents in advance. As long as they don't dump waste indiscriminately and hand over their toilets to them, they will pay them money and share the profits from selling dung."

"As Khan Mafa just said, it's not easy for ordinary bannermen to earn money, so no one will sell it casually. Although the wealthy don't care about the money, they care more about their reputation and appearance, so they don't let their servants sell it casually."

Hongli replied.

Kangxi clapped his hands frequently and sighed, "Very good! The good ones follow it, the next best is to guide it, the next best is to teach it, the next best is to regulate it, and the worst is to fight with it. You have truly put the words of Sima Qian into practice."

"Come down with me for a walk later!"

Then, when the car arrived at a secluded place, Kangxi got off the car with Hongli and walked into Menlou Hutong under the bright daylight sky.

After walking a few steps, Hongli and Kangxi heard the sound of sweeping the floor in the quiet streets.

Then, the commander of the guards, Turichen, came over and said, "Master, there's a cleaning team from the auxiliary camp clearing the snow ahead."

Kangxi said, "Don't disturb them. Let's go over and take a look."

"Whoo!"

Then, Kangxi took Hongli's hand and walked over following the sound.

Soon, a large-scale snow-clearing team appeared ahead, including people shoveling snow, sweeping snow, and pulling snow with rickshaws.

The new snow that fell last night was picked up into the car like cotton before it could be trampled down.

In some places, the soil hasn't even had time to be thoroughly soaked!
Kangxi smiled, rubbed his hands, turned around and walked back, and said, "Let's go outside the city and take a look."

Hongli followed Kangxi out of the city. At that time, many people were standing outside the city, and there were also more vendors.

Because many refugees have joined the auxiliary management camp, their families can have some income to buy necessary daily necessities.

The earth was no longer a vast expanse of white, but had the yellow color that the soil of North China should have. However, there were a few taller snow-capped peaks and more huts built with new thatch.

The smoke from cooking not only appeared in the porridge stalls, but also began to appear in huts everywhere, as if the earth was really about to be ignited by the morning sun, making people feel the warm breath spreading rapidly in the winter.

"Do you know what I saw?"

Kangxi then asked about Hongli with a smile.

Hongli shook his head.

"vitality!"

"I have seen the vigorous vitality of the Qing Dynasty!"

Kangxi said this in a rather heroic tone, and then returned to the carriage in high spirits.

Hongli also came up.

After Hongli came up, Kangxi smiled and asked him, "Hongli, Khanmafa has something to ask you."

"Khanmafa ask."

"Have all the wealthy Bannermen paid their sanitation administration silver?"

Kangxi asked.

Hongli shook his head: "Khanmafa is wise and prudent. Only the wealthy families who are at odds with big brother have surrendered."

"Then why didn't you tell me that your elder brother was taking this opportunity to crack down on dissidents? Why didn't you persuade him to stop? This promising new policy has become an opportunity for him to crack down on dissidents."

Kangxi asked about Hongli with a smile and did not seem angry.

Hongli said, "My grandson believes that it is precisely because my elder brother wants to crack down on dissidents that he can implement both reform and relief, thereby resolving the dilemma!"

"That makes sense. I now truly believe that this idea was yours."

Kangxi nodded, pointed at Hongli, and then fell silent.

He had already learned through the secret report of the Shuntian Prefecture Governor that these current measures were proposed by Hongli.

But Kangxi was not completely convinced. He was worried that Yu Huapeng was only willing to give credit to Hongli because Hongxi kicked him.

That's why he said this at this moment, and after a period of silence, he couldn't help but recall what Fang Bao had said before.

(End of this chapter)