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Chapter 97: Reciting the Scripture Ten Thousand Times

Although it was in the mission world, everything was exactly the same as the real world, and the days passed one by one. Li Yan was a little scared and happy at the same time because he had a family of his own. He didn't expect that he would become a man with a wife and children so quickly.

Afterwards, Kangxi really did not mention the issue of appointing a crown prince again. Because of Kangxi's attitude, the princes and ministers in the court also calmed down and were no longer in the crisis they had been in for some time. The tense situation caused by the fight for the crown prince was eased.

Li Yan also entered a long period of silence and began his life as a prince in earnest.

Time flies, and it is the 61st year of Kangxi's reign!
Seeing this era name, Li Yan was quite satisfied.

It’s true that the Manchus were quite pragmatic in this regard, and one era name could be used for sixty years.

Unlike previous dynasties, emperors did not govern the country well, but always tried to bring good luck to the court by setting an auspicious reign title. They stayed in the harem with nothing to do, except accompanying numerous concubines to drink and have fun, and thinking about changing the reign title to a nice one.

Some of them only served as emperor for a dozen years, but changed the reign title two or three times, leaving later generations confused.

Li Yan once lost several points in a history test because he got the year of a historical event wrong, resulting in him failing the test. He was so angry that he tore up the test paper.

Today is March 18, the 61st year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign, which is Emperor Kangxi’s 68th birthday. Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight, and this year marks his 60th birthday. It is also the time for the celebration of the 60th to 61st year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign.

Since ancient times, there have been only a handful of emperors who could rule the country for sixty years. All the ministers felt that this was an auspicious sign that should be celebrated by the whole country.

In ancient times, living to this age was considered a long life. To put it bluntly, there would be no next year if you lived this year, so the court decided to celebrate Kangxi’s birthday every year in the future.

Li Yan knew that this would be the last time because this year was the last year of Kangxi.

Early in the morning, Li Yan brought his wife Borjigit and his eldest son, fourteen-year-old Hongxuan.

Wearing a brand new prince's robe and bringing with him the birthday gift he had carefully prepared, he rushed to the palace.

When they arrived at the palace, they found it had been cleaned for a month and looked brand new. The guards also wore new clothes, and there were lanterns and decorations everywhere, and music and drums were playing.

In March, the season when flowers are in full bloom, there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Many of Kangxi's concubines also attended in their best attire. The princes and ministers gathered together and stood on both sides. When Kangxi came out, they all bowed their heads and saluted, saying:

"The subjects of this prosperous era congratulate His Majesty on his birthday!"

Although Kangxi was wearing a new dragon robe, it could not hide his old age. His hair and beard were all snow-white, and his body looked even thinner. He looked very old. He walked to the front desk tremblingly and sat down.

But his smiling face makes him look even more kind!
Li Yan sighed in his heart when he saw this. Even if you are extremely powerful, you cannot defeat the passage of time. Thinking of the possible death of the eagle, Kangxi felt distressed for three seconds!
After the grand ceremony, the princes presented birthday gifts to the emperor.

The third prince, Prince Cheng Yinzhi, stepped forward first and presented a collection of ancient and modern books compiled by many literati. Li Yan took a look at it and found it was twice as thick as the Kangxi Dictionary. He felt a headache and sighed to himself that it would take him a long time to finish reading it.

Before Li Yan finished his sigh, the third brother said, this is the general catalog, presented to the emperor for preview.

Li Yan couldn't help but click his tongue secretly. This was still a catalog. He suddenly thought of the catalog of peerless martial arts mentioned by Chen Jinnan in Wei Xiaobao, and then pointed to the various martial arts books piled up like a small mountain in the corner.

I guess Wei Xiaobao felt the same as I do now!

After that, the fourth prince, Yinzhen, presented a handwritten copy of the Diamond Sutra, in which he claimed to have recited it ten thousand times.

Li Yan curled his lips secretly. The fourth brother just liked to do this kind of flashy things. A scripture has more than 365 words, and there are days in a year. It was his th birthday last time, so he must not have prepared anything!
That is to say, if you were given ten hours of continuous chanting, you would have to chant more than 27 times a day. Even if you chanted continuously, you would have to chant about 3 times every hour.

Doesn't look like much!
You have to know that this is a scripture, it is obscure and difficult to understand, and the subtle words have deep meanings! In order to confirm this, Li Yan once tried it. At a normal speed, one hour is already very good, and he also has to eliminate the psychological irritability.

Twenty minutes per session, time is very tight!
You, the fourth child, have done nothing this year. Are you working harder than the monks in the temple? Ten thousand times, you are sure of it and no one can verify it.

Sure enough, Li Yan saw that all the brothers around him secretly showed contempt and lowered their heads.

Who would have thought that Kangxi was very impressed by this and nodded with satisfaction: "Sincerity is the key to success. If you read this scripture ten thousand times, the Buddha will surely bless me with good fortune!"

"Pass the decree. The fourth prince is so filial that he will be immediately rewarded with the title of prince and double honors!" Seeing Kangxi's expression, Li Yan's heart suddenly moved. He couldn't help but think to himself that this was so similar to the incident of the eighth prince testing the false Taoist priest, except that the meaning was more obscure.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Lao Ba. Sure enough, he saw that Lao Ba had a gloomy face, clenched teeth, lowered his head and said nothing.

It seems that Lao Ba has also figured out the key!
Seeing that Emperor Kangxi was happy, the fourth son took the opportunity to present the Book of Filial Piety written in blood by the thirteenth son, and his words hinted at pleading for the thirteenth son.

When Li Yan saw this, his heart became heavy. The situation was exactly as Mr. Wu had analyzed. The fourth child was imprisoned by Kangxi for about half a year and then released.

Still serving as a servant and being entrusted with important tasks.

But Old Thirteen has been locked up for ten years now.

When Kangxi saw the red Book of Filial Piety presented by Yinzhen, he praised him in a faint tone, but had no intention of releasing the Thirteenth Prince.

When Yinzhen saw this, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed and was about to say something else.

The eighth elder took the lead, forced a smile, and handed in his birthday gift. It was just some ordinary treasures. It seemed that the eighth elder had given up the idea of ​​pleasing Kangxi to ascend to the throne.

The jar broke!

After waiting for Lao Ba, Li Yan also stepped forward and said, "Father Emperor, I happened to get a piece of emerald green jadeite, and asked the best craftsmen to carve it into a jade ruyi. Carrying it and playing with it often can prolong your life and keep you healthy. I present this to you, Father Emperor, and wish you good luck and happiness!"

There are countless precious gems and jades stored in Li Yan's space. He specially found a piece of good quality and carved it. For so many years, Li Yan has been a prince, with no worries about food and drink, with the support of Wanyong Pawnshop, and people below him offering him gifts during festivals.

Kangxi also gave him rewards from time to time, but he himself won the throne by licking his boots, and all he had to do was serve the old man well, without having to spend money to curry favor with officials or accumulate weapons.

Therefore, there is no big expenditure, and the money is too much to spend.

The treasures looted from Jiangnan were basically never used. If they hadn’t been kept in the space, they would have probably grown mold.

And those former Jiangnan big families tried in vain to find clues about the stolen treasures in the market.

Kangxi picked up Li Yan's jade ruyi, looked at it carefully for a while, and nodded with satisfaction: "Prince Dun has always been the most honest and virtuous, filial, and friendly to his brothers. I am also very satisfied with the gift you gave me."

"Pass the decree, reward the prince with two gifts!"

The old man praised him more than the fourth brother, which aroused the jealousy of many brothers and the sidelong glances of court officials. Back then, when Li Yan was in charge of the Zhenghuang Banner, everyone thought that this was a whim of Kangxi and that he would take back his decision soon!
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed, and Li Yan was still in charge of the Plain Yellow Banner, and had managed the Xishan Ruijian Camp so well that no one could get in or out of it. Now the 50,000 soldiers stationed in Xishan were like an iron wall, almost becoming Li Yan's private army, but Kangxi did not care.

In the past ten years, it was not that no ministers in the court, under the instruction of the other princes, had suggested to Kangxi that the tenth prince should be given a new job. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Yan had also reluctantly submitted a petition to resign, but Kangxi was unmoved and rejected all of them.

This led many ministers to secretly speculate that perhaps the emperor's default candidate for crown prince might be the Tenth Prince.

Otherwise, why has the Tenth Prince's military power not been touched in the past ten years?

Not only that, every time Li Yan reported the list of officials to be promoted or demoted in the army, Kangxi would approve it without even looking at it.

In recent years, Li Yan has also begun to participate in the affairs of the court, and his influence in the court is second only to the fourth prince, Prince Yong Yinzhen. However, Li Yan did not move closer to the eighth prince, but was impartial between the fourth and eighth princes, having a good relationship with both of them, but keeping a distance.

There is a feeling of standing on three legs!
Perhaps Li Yan's real position is with Kangxi. Because of this, Kangxi has become increasingly old and weak in recent years, but the government is as stable as a rock and firmly in Kangxi's hands. This is inseparable from Li Yan's neutral attitude in the court.

Li Yan was increasingly valued by Kangxi, and many ministers focused their attention on Li Yan, regarding him as a popular candidate for the crown prince.

Li Yan thanks you respectfully!

He was secretly happy that the old man rewarded the third, fourth and himself sons, but missed the eighth son. This also indirectly revealed Kangxi's attitude towards his sons.

I guess Lao Ba must be so angry that his lungs are about to explode!
(End of this chapter)