My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 54 Friendly Brother
Yongzheng did not hesitate to praise Hongli's actions in this matter.

As the Son of Heaven for the first time, he tried his best to be fair and open-minded, so that people in the world would believe that he was a wise and reliable ruler.

"Fourth brother is right. Although Hongli is young, he knows the big picture. Khan Ama made Fourth brother the successor after careful consideration."

The Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang also spoke, and after saying this, he glanced at the prime ministers and ministers present.

These prime ministers, kings and ministers all nodded.

The Thirteenth Prince knew that Yongzheng presented this memorial in the hope that the princes and ministers who had failed in their bid for the throne would accept reality.

Therefore, he suddenly brought this up at this time, intending to confirm Hongli's opinion to prove the correctness of Yongzheng's succession to the throne, and to prove that Kangxi's passing the throne to Yongzheng was not a rash act.

The Prime Minister and other ministers also knew this, otherwise, the Eighth Prince would not have praised Hongli right after Yongzheng said that, indicating that he had indeed accepted the reality.

Yongzheng smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and leaned back on the cushion in a relaxed manner. He said, "Let's not talk about him anymore. Let's discuss the military affairs in the west. Now that the late emperor has passed away, the military morale is unstable. How to properly handle this matter requires careful consideration!"

"Whoo!"

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Yongzheng had just taken the throne and was overwhelmed with affairs, so he had no time to take care of his sons' studies.

After handing over the task of guarding the palace, Hongli was happy to relax and just read some books in Yongshou Palace.

But it was winter now, and the weather was freezing cold.

In addition, the Fourth Lady had just entered the palace, and Concubine De had not yet transferred the power of the harem to her.

The people in the palace had long been very attentive. Since they didn't know Concubine De's attitude towards the Fourth Lady, they were all waiting and watching, and therefore did not send more charcoal in time.

Therefore, the Yongshou Palace is still burning the unused charcoal from Prince Yong's Mansion.

Unfortunately, all the talented people in Prince Yong's Mansion have moved into the palace, so it is not convenient to purchase them anymore.

Therefore, the young prince Hongli did not get much charcoal.

After reading for a while, he felt his feet getting cold, so he stopped reading and started running in the courtyard.

Just as he was running so hard that steam was coming out of his forehead, Chen Shishun, the most capable eunuch beside the Fourth Lady, came over with two eunuchs.

"This servant pays his respects to the Fourth Master!"

As soon as Chen Shishun saw Hongli appear in front of him, he immediately bent his knees and knelt down, unlike the previous times when he met Hongli, when he relied on his status as a close friend of the legitimate wife and just bowed in greeting.

Hongli naturally praised Chen Shishun for his flexible attitude, because he knew that he was now the prince raised by the Fourth Lady herself, so he took the initiative to give him more face.

Seeing that he was so tactful, Hongli decided to give him face and helped Chen Shishun up: "Master Chen, please stand up. You are my mother's close friend, so how can you perform such a grand ceremony? You deserve respect from us young princes."

Chen Shishun was overjoyed to hear Hongli address him as Master Chen, but he also pretended to be frightened and knelt down again, kowtowed, "How can I, your servant, be worthy of such a title! Fourth Master, you are truly embarrassing me!"

"Why can't you? It won't be long before you become the most important person around the Empress! Who in the entire Six Palaces wouldn't dare to respect you?"

Hongli helped him up again and asked him with a smile.

He knew that these eunuchs who had been uprooted cared most about whether others looked down upon them. As the saying goes, it is better to offend the King of Hell than to offend the devil.

In order to prevent the little devil Chen Shishun from slandering him in front of the Fourth Lady, even though Chen Shishun behaved very submissively, he continued to give Chen Shishun enough face.

Chen Shishun was flattered for a moment, and secretly sighed that this Fourth Master knew the pros and cons very well, and he really should not underestimate him.

Then Chen Shishun became even more respectful, knelt down again and said, "Fourth Master, you are joking. I am just a servant no matter where I am. Even if others respect me, it is because they respect my master. I cannot be ungrateful. So please don't call me master, otherwise I will have to ask my master for death myself."

"Then I'll call you Eunuch Chen."

Hongli replied.

Chen Shishun kowtowed as if he had been pardoned: "Thank you, Fourth Master, for your grace!"

"Get up, what brings you here, Eunuch Chen?"

After Hongli asked Chen Shishun to stand up, he asked Chen Shishun.

Chen Shishun bent his waist and said, "The master was worried that you would be cold, so she asked the servants to bring you some of her red radish charcoal."

"I dare not refuse the gift from the Venerable. Please thank my mother for her kindness on my behalf!"

Hongli bowed. Chen Shishun accepted the greeting on behalf of the Fourth Lady, then helped Hongli up: "Fourth Master, please stand up!"

Chen Shishun smiled flatteringly and said, "Our master has long ago instructed the servants to serve you wholeheartedly, just like her!"

"The master also said that you are now his legitimate son, so if you need anything, just tell the servants."

"Don't be too kind to stop me from commanding my servants. It's their blessing to have them work for you. Otherwise, they'll be punished by heaven and earth!"

Hongli nodded. He understood the meaning of Chen Shishun's words. He was complaining that he had too few opportunities to "enslave" them, so that they could not seek credit and show their loyalty in front of their master.

In the Qing Dynasty, being a slave can be addictive.

Of course, Hongli could only criticize it in his heart. He alone could not completely cure the ills of this era.

Because this disease did not appear overnight. It appeared in the Qing Dynasty because there were too many people suffering from this disease.

The only thing he could do was to adapt to this era while making the people of this land understand that if they put too much pressure on themselves and their own people, the new external forces would be the ones who would benefit in the end.

At that time, the so-called palace treasures will easily become a fire scene and become other people's treasures, and even the people will join in the burning and looting.

"My mother's kindness is profound, and I will not let her down. Eunuch Chen, please rest assured."

"In that case, you can take this book I wrote, 'Global Geography', to Hong Zhou and tell him that this is the geographical knowledge that Khan Mafa taught me when he was alive. I wrote it down now to share with him, hoping that he can also understand more about the world."

As Hongli said this, he stood up, went into the house and handed a book to Chen Shishun.

The globe appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, and even the nobles and scholars of the Qing Dynasty generally accepted the concept of the earth.

Therefore, Hongli simply named the geography knowledge book he wrote "Global Geography".

These days, whenever he has time, he writes a lot of popular reading materials.

He also didn't know whether these popular reading materials could have some impact on this land, but he hoped that they could have some impact.

"Whoo!"

Chen Shishun took the book respectfully.

Hongli ordered Haitang to reward him and the servants he brought with him with two taels of silver each as a reward for their hard work in serving the Fourth Lady and fulfilling their filial duties on his behalf.

Chen Shishun and others were naturally very happy to receive the reward.

Chen Shishun was naturally not short of money, but the two ordinary servants he brought with him still needed money to support their family.

The Fourth Lady really liked Hongli now, and she was even happier after Chen Shishun went back and told her how humble and polite Hongli was, how respectful he was to his mother, and how friendly he was to his brothers.

After Haitang helped him bathe, Hongli took advantage of the darkness of the night to write new reading materials.

Because the red charcoal given by the Fourth Lady has been used, the room is indeed much warmer. Under the slight intoxication of agarwood, it seems as if it is spring, with the fragrance of flowers and warm breeze.

Each piece of Hongluo charcoal is about a foot long and has a diameter of two to three inches. It is made of wood collected from the deep mountains of Taihang Mountains. The raw materials for burning are limited to Qingxin wood, Baizao wood and Niuhu wood. It is made by Yizhou Charcoal Factory and covered with red mud. It has always been supplied exclusively to the royal family.

It is particularly warm and durable, grayish white but not explosive.

Therefore, it is very suitable for keeping warm while reading and writing.

Niu Hulu, who was beside Hongli, also felt warmer and said to Haitang with a smile, "The charcoal given by Fu Jin is indeed warmer!"

Haitang smiled and nodded: "Yes, it still feels hot after being burned for so long."

"Hongli is blessed!"

Niu Hulu sighed.

Haitang followed up and said, "This is also the blessing of the princess!"

Niu Hulu smiled slightly: "Same to you."

Haitang blushed, lowered her head, and said coquettishly, "Princess!"

The next morning.

As soon as Hongli woke up from Haitang's side, he heard Chen Shishun come to the back hall of Yongshou Palace where he, Niu Hulu, and Haitang lived, and said, "The master asked me to take care of the Fourth Master."

"Got it, I'll get up right away!"

(End of this chapter)