Those rich people are treacherous and slippery, and they secretly collude with those officials to fight against the new deal, and want them to change their words, needless to say, the difficulty is also known, but if you want Yinzhen's new deal to be implemented throughout the country, only Henan is not enough, and Zhejiang must keep up. And this is also the most important purpose of Hongli to let Hongday go to Zhejiang.

After some thought, Hongli replied to Hongli with a letter, asking him to concentrate on investigating the rich families who repented, and find out all the things he had done, even including the eighteenth generation of his ancestors. Hongli believes that it is impossible for these rich and powerful people who collude with officials to be as innocent as paper, and there must be many shady deeds. The reason why they have been hidden is nothing more than that someone is secretly protecting them, but once many things are bitten and investigated, they can no longer be hidden in the dark.

Hongli asked Hongli to investigate these people, not just for these people, but to use these people to play a role of killing chickens and monkeys, so that those rich people understand that against the imperial court, they can only suffer in the end. Even if they can't help them now, as long as the court has a heart, they don't want to retreat.

Of course, this trick cannot bluff all the rich people, even if it can only bluff half of it, it will also have great benefits for Li Wei. As for those officials, don't touch them yet, and talk about it when the time is ripe, as long as they know it in their hearts, these people will definitely not be able to escape.

At the same time, Yingge is also secretly deploying, but what he is deploying is not Zhejiang's side, in his opinion, Zhejiang is already nine out of ten, even if Hongyang goes, it can't change anything.

What he was worried about now was who to let bring Ping'er to Yinzhen, and then it would not attract any suspicion, and after thinking about it, he finally chose one person - Tu Lichen.

This person is a veteran of the two dynasties, and was ordered by the previous emperor to assist the current emperor, in terms of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, he said that no one dares to say the first, but in the same way, he is also an extremely stubborn person, and what he believes will never be easily changed. Just like when Yinzhen was ready to abolish the queen before, he decided that the Nala clan was the queen, so even if he died, he had to stop Yinzhen from abolishing the queen.

Such a person is the most suitable for use, so after several considerations, Inge came to Hongshi to discuss and asked him to come forward to tell Tu Lichen, after all, he is the son of the Nala clan, and it is most suitable for him to come forward.

In the afternoon of this day, Tu Lichen was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, and the next person came in to report that Prince Ding was out to see, Tu Lichen heard the words and hurriedly ordered someone to invite him in, and he himself stood up from the chair, and when he saw Hongshi coming in, he was about to bend down and salute, Hongshi hurriedly stepped forward, held his elbow and said: "Don't pay attention to the boss, please sit down quickly." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." After each of them sat down, Tu Lichen said: "Why is the prince so interested in coming to see the old minister today?" ”

Hongshi smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I should have come a long time ago, but I have been busy with something before, so I have delayed it until now, and I hope the boss will not blame." Speaking of this, he glanced at the crutches resting on Tu Lichen's hand, and said in surprise: "When I left Beijing before, wasn't the old man's health okay, why do you have to use crutches now, is it because of the injury he suffered in the Heart Cultivation Palace?" ”

"Not really, it's just that walking on one foot is a little bit unsharp recently, and if you walk fast, it's easy to fall, so I have such a crutche, but it's not tight." Saying this, Tu Lichen turned to say: "But the prince you have made great contributions in Henan, the day you returned to Beijing, the old minister was unwell, so he couldn't go to the suburbs of Beijing to meet you, and I hope you don't want to be surprised." ”

Hongshi said with a frightened face: "The boss said this, but it is really going to torment Hongshi, if it wasn't for the boss risking his life to stop it, and now the emperor is in the cold palace, this kindness, Hongshi has always kept it firmly in his heart." And Hongshi has been absent from the capital for most of the year, and thanks to your old protection, he did not let the traitor succeed. ”

"This is what an old minister should do, I really don't dare to be the prince's thanks." Speaking of this, Tu Lichen said: "When the prince came back this time, did he ask the emperor to release the queen's grounding?" ”

Hongshi sighed heavily and said: "I persuaded as soon as I returned to Beijing, and the emperor was ready to agree, but Hongli was also there at the time, and the result was ...... The old man can imagine. ”

"Prince Bao......" Tu Lichen snorted coldly: "Usually it looks pretty good, but it's a pity that there is a mother who is unwilling to settle down." Speaking of this, he said in a soothing voice: "The prince came to see the minister, but I hope that the minister will intercede with the emperor to release the queen?" If this is the case, the old minister will follow you into the palace to meet the saint. ”

Hongshi hurriedly pressed Tu Lichen, who was about to get up, and said: "The old man misunderstood, I did have something to do when I came to see you, but it wasn't this. ”

"What's that?" In Tu Lichen's puzzled gaze, Hongshi spit out an astonishing word, "Don't hide it from the boss, I have already found the Ping'er who caused the emperor's mother to be grounded!" ”

Tu Lichen's body was shocked, and he said in disbelief: "What? Lord, did you really find it? ”

"Yes, the reason why I have been coming to see the boss after returning to Beijing is because Ping'er's affairs have eyebrows, she has not returned to Prince Guo's mansion since she was driven out of the palace by the emperor Ama cane that night, but wandered in Beijing, I sent someone to secretly look for her before I left Beijing, and now I have finally found it." This is the rhetoric that Hongshi discussed with Inge early in the morning.

Tu Lichen said eagerly: "What did Ping'er say?" Did someone instruct her to do that? Is it Concubine Xi? ”

Hongshi's eyes flashed, and he sighed: "The boss is half right, it is true that someone instructed Ping'er to harm my imperial mother, but this person is not Concubine Xi." ”

Tu Lichen frowned and said: "If it's not Concubine Xi, who will it be, could it be Concubine Jin, or Concubine Cheng or Concubine Qian?" As soon as Tu Lichen opened his mouth, he said all the people in the palace, but Ran Hongshi still just shook his head, "Don't hide it from the boss, this person is not from the palace." ”

Tu Lichen thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with a reason, shook his head and said, "Dare to ask the second elder brother, who is this person?" ”

Hongshi sighed again before he said, "It's Uncle Seventeen's mother, Concubine Qin!" ”

"Concubine Qin? Tu Lichen gasped and said in disbelief: "Is the prince mistaken, Concubine Qin and the queen have no grudges, why do you want to kill the mother?" ”

Hongshi had expected Tu Lichen to ask such a question, and said in a deep voice: "When I first learned about this matter, I also felt unbelievable, and it wasn't until Ping'er explained the cause and effect that I understood. ”

Tu Lichen hesitated for a moment and said, "I wonder if this matter can be known to the old minister?" ”