My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 57 Yongzheng Teaching Hongli
In an instant, Yongzheng's mood cleared up.

"I know!"

"Give each of the servants sent by the concubines and their mothers ten taels of silver, saying that they have worked hard to serve the concubines and their mothers, and ask them to serve with all their heart. If they neglect it, I will not forgive them lightly!"

Yongzheng, who was speaking to the outside, changed his expression and smiled widely, looking as warm as spring.

Hongli could see that Yongzheng still hoped that the entire royal family could live in harmony.

No matter what, a harmonious family brings prosperity.

Yongzheng understood this principle.

As for what will happen in the future, only God knows.

But it did not prevent Yongzheng from hoping that the succession of the throne would be smoother at this time.

Of course, Hongli also hoped so.

Although political struggles are bound to involve bloodshed, reducing bloodshed and increasing exiles would be a good thing for this multi-ethnic empire and would benefit future generations.

Yongzheng looked at these greetings as if they were treasures, and seemed to be counting which concubines had submitted them.

Perhaps because all of Kangxi's concubines had submitted greetings, Yongzheng had a good appetite and asked someone to give him another bowl of porridge.

At the same time, Yongzheng heard Hongli's stomach growling and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Hongli nodded.

Nowadays, it still takes a lot of time for sons and grandsons to visit their parents every morning and evening.

He hasn't had breakfast yet.

What's more, the Forbidden City is so big, and Concubine De lives in Yonghe Palace on the east side of the Forbidden City. It is still very tiring for him and the Fourth Lady to go back and forth from the west side.

When Hongli thought of Defei's bedroom, he remembered that in addition to the shocking words she said at the beginning of Yongzheng's reign, Defei also refused to move to the Ningshou Palace arranged for her by Yongzheng when she was named empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager's refusal to move the palace also humiliated Yongzheng and made him a laughing stock in front of the world.

It can be said that Yongzheng's increasingly extreme personality was closely related to this Concubine De.

Hongli hoped that in the future, because of his deception, Concubine De would do less trouble, not only by prohibiting others from spreading her words like this time, but also by cooperating with the move to the palace.

In this way, he would avoid seeing Yongzheng's increasingly ugly face every day.

"Choose what you want to eat and sit across from me."

Yongzheng was in a good mood, so he pointed to his two tables which were decorated with various breakfast items.

"Shekhan Ama!"

Hongli didn't hesitate and chose a bowl of hot noodle soup and started eating in front of Yongzheng.

After a while, after eating, Hongli felt sweat on his forehead.

Yongzheng also began to sweat on his forehead, and said to Hongli: "You have performed a great service in this matter. Your Khan Father has avoided the embarrassment of the concubines' mothers not sending people to pay their respects. The key is that your mother will soon have the real power of the Central Empress. If she can gain a firm foothold in the Central Empress, I can also gain a firm foothold in the outer court."

"This is what a son should do."

Hongli replied.

Yongzheng then sighed again and reflected on himself, saying: "You, Khanmafa, are right. Sometimes I am indeed too impatient!"

"Hongli, tell me, was I too hostile to your eighth uncle and the others just now?"

"Logically, even if the concubines and their mothers didn't send anyone to the Yangxin Palace to pay their respects, it should only be because your grandmother didn't cooperate, which made them feel afraid. After all, your eighth uncle and his men wouldn't be able to manipulate the entire harem and the concubines and their mothers to show me their true colors in just one day."

"The only one who has this ability is your grandmother!" Yongzheng actually asked Hongli for advice.

Hongli was suddenly a little surprised by Yongzheng's words.

Will the emperor reflect on himself?
But when he thought about the fact that his adoptive father was the one who wrote "Records of Awakening from Delusion" and personally came out to talk to Zeng Jing, he was no longer surprised.

In his opinion, Yongzheng must have felt insecure because of decades of fighting for the throne.

Therefore, Yongzheng was accustomed to self-reflection and analysis, and he would also actively analyze himself with others. When he lost his mind, he would exaggerate the harm done by his political enemies. After regaining his sanity, he would easily want to present facts and reason with his political enemies.

On the contrary, the Qianlong Emperor in history had a surprisingly stable mentality and never engaged in internal conflicts.

What about the Wang Danwang case and the Yin Jiaquan case? They killed people at will and copied people at will, without any fear of slander.

Although the war against Burma was not fought well, I did not feel much regret.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Qianlong was the longest-lived emperor.

Hongli didn't want Yongzheng to be caught up in internal friction and neglect government affairs, so he just smiled and said, "You just discovered it, but it's not your fault. Eighth Uncle really shouldn't have confused the truth at the time. After Khan Mafadu said who would take over the throne, he still coveted and peeped."

Yongzheng nodded.

Now he was in a good mood and had regained his rationality. In order to guide Hongli, he said generously: "But I am the emperor now, and I must have a different mindset."

Hongli smiled and said, "Everyone says that my eighth uncle is a wise king, but in my opinion, Khan Ama, you are also wise, a wise king!"

Yongzheng smiled and said: "I do want to be a wise king, but I am wise because I can do things. It would be bad if I am wise but cannot do anything."

Yongzheng patted Hongli on the shoulder and said, "So, Hongli, you must remember that virtue is ability. Otherwise, virtue is meaningless."

Hongli nodded.

Yongzheng couldn't help but stand up and put his hands on his hips, enjoying the pleasure of teaching his son. He continued with emotion, "Your eighth uncle is not good at buying people's hearts, so you, Khan Mafa, didn't choose him. But if he reflects on himself and is both virtuous and capable, I would be happy for him to continue to be a virtuous king and to have a good relationship with him from beginning to end."

Hongli smiled slightly. He didn't know what Yinsi would choose.

But he could hear that how Yongzheng would deal with Yinsi would largely depend on Yinsi's own choice.

Perhaps for a politician like Yongzheng who was keen on reform, the real reason why he killed the eighth and ninth brothers was not personal grudges or old grudges.

After all, Yongzheng was the man who would not even kill Zeng Jing, so he was not really intolerant of the Eighth and Ninth Brothers.

"I have chosen a new Confucian teacher for you, the great Confucian Zhu Shi!"

"I have ordered him to set up a lecture hall in Maoqin Hall. You will go there shortly to pay your respects to him as his disciple. Every morning after paying your respects and paying your respects to the late emperor, you will go to Maoqin Hall to study Chinese with Mr. Zhu. Hongzhou will study in the upper study room, under the guidance of his former teacher from the palace."

"But in the afternoon, you will all learn firearms from your sixteenth uncle and horseback archery from your twenty-first uncle."

"In the evening, your Thirteenth Uncle will teach you individually in the Upper Study Room about military strategy, Manchu and Mongolian languages, and other miscellaneous subjects like Western learning. Zhu Shi and your Thirteenth Uncle will not be allowed to teach Hong Zhou because his academic progress is not as good as yours. This will prevent them from forcing him to learn too much."

Yongzheng talked about the academic arrangements for Hongli and Hongzhou, two princes of the same age.

What Hongli had to admit was that Yongzheng was really decisive in his actions. After only one day of vacation, he arranged a teacher for him, asked him to continue his studies, and even gave him more courses than Hongzhou.

Hongli naturally said that he obeyed the order and thanked the emperor, but at the same time he secretly sighed that being a prince of the Qing Dynasty did require a lot of learning.

He had heard of Zhu Shi and knew that he was not only a great scholar of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but also a practical man. He rose from the rank of county magistrate to governor, and then to the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate.

This person was later promoted by Yongzheng to the chief editor of "The Veritable Records of the Emperor Kangxi".

It can be seen that Yongzheng let such a person be his teacher to further study Chinese studies, not to really teach him to become a scholar, but to teach him practical governance skills and how to rule the people.

(End of this chapter)