The day will be June, the temperature is quite high, this is just the time, the sun is already hot, baking people as if they are in a steamer, but the officials who are neatly arranged in the two Huai salt transport envoys outside the yamen do not dare to move a little, all hold their breath and wait for Hongqing's arrival, even if the sweat is already flowing all over the head, but they don't dare to wipe it, just because no one knows when Hongqing will arrive, since no one wants to risk leaving a bad impression on Hongqing, if he is beaten as a bird, The consequences must not be played, as for such a little discomfort, you can only endure it first.

"Qin cha is here, evade!"

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, more than half an hour passed, and finally a burst of shouting sounded from far and near, and after a while, I saw that in the banner exhibition, hundreds of palace guards surrounded the top eight sedan chairs from the corner of the street, and the officials who had been waiting anxiously were all in good spirits, and their eyes looked at the team of people who came in unison.

"Get off the sedan car!"

With a broken drink, the big sedan chair that slowly walked to the entrance of the yamen had already fallen to the ground, and two guards rushed forward and opened the curtain left and right, but saw Hongqing hunched and walked out of the sedan chair.

"The lower officials and others will knock on Lord Qincha!"

Seeing that Hongqing had already appeared, He Mingfu and Che Ming, the two chief officials, did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and rushed to the front one after another, and bowed together.

"It's all gone."

In the face of everyone's great salute, Hongqing's face was not smiling at all, he just raised his hand and called out indifferently.

"Lord Sechincha Longen."

Those who can mix with officialdom are not fools, this time Hongqing's indifferent expression faintly has a bad breath circulating, and the already nervous heart can't help but be a little more uneasy, and then think of Hongqing's ruthlessness, no one is afraid that Hongqing's first fire will burn on his head, so the voice of neat thanksgiving is obviously with a few traces of trill.

"Harubaelor, please!"

If you talk about the uneasiness in your heart, He Mingfu is definitely the first one, because as the person in charge of the salt transportation envoy Yamen, he must take the primary responsibility for the fork in the salt affairs, if Hongqing wants the new official to take office and set fire first, it must be burned to his He Mingfu's head first, thinking of Hongqing's past methods, if you want to say that you are not afraid, how can it be possible, but at this moment, He Mingfu is unwilling to show weakness, so he can only forcibly suppress the uneasiness in his heart, forcibly squeeze out a few smiles that are better than crying, and he can't see where to go, take two steps forward, and bow towards Hongqing, I respectfully said yes.

"Well, all the princes are also invited."

Hongqing nodded indifferently, didn't talk nonsense, and ordered indifferently, and then, regardless of the reaction of the crowd, he raised his feet and walked into the yamen, walked straight to the back of the copywriter in the middle of the lobby, and sat down with the hem of his robe.

Seeing Hongqing doing this, the hearts of the officials suddenly tightened a little, but no one dared to say anything at this time, so they could only silently follow into the lobby, divided into two columns, and fell according to their rank - the officials of the Yamen were of higher rank and occupied the left side, while the Yangzhou magistrates led by Che Ming stood on the right hand.

"Holy Decree!"

Hongqing looked around at the full hall of officials expressionlessly, and then Huo Ran got up, shook his hand, took out a yellow silk masked holy decree from the wide sleeves, held it in both hands, and raised it high above his head.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: salt is a heavy tax land, there is no room for loss, now the salt is erosive, I am very worried,......, Dorobelle Hongqing Governor Lianghuai, in order to reorganize the salt affairs, everything is done on my behalf, all parties must not shirk, if there is a violator, will be severely punished, Qin this!"

After the officials knelt down, Hongqing unhurriedly spread out the holy decree, cleared his throat slightly, and announced it melodiously.

"The ministers obey Your Majesty's will, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The words of the holy decree were not unexpected by the outstanding officials, although this was the first time to hear the announcement, but the officials had already known the content from different channels, and they were not surprised, after thanking them all together, they also got up, and their eyes were focused on Hongqing's body, obviously, in the eyes of the officials, it didn't matter how the holy decree was, what mattered was how Hongqing planned to rectify.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the holy decree has been announced, and Your Majesty's intention has been made clear, do you have anything to say about the erosion of salt, huh?"

After announcing the holy decree, Hongqing did not sit down, but bowed down and gently rested the holy decree on the copy, then straightened his waist, stood up straight, looked around at the full hall of officials, and asked with a solemn face.

“……”

Dead silence, the dead silence of a faction, the Yangzhou officials led by Che Ming have nothing to do with themselves, and they refuse to talk more about salt affairs, so as not to provoke Hongqing's unhappiness, and the officials of the Yamen who are transported to the salt transportation do not dare to talk more, for fear of getting into trouble, so the crowded lobby is so strangely quiet.

"What? The princes have nothing to say, then good, Ben Baylor is going to talk to the princes, I only have four taels of silver per quote of the salt tax, compared with the six taels and four coins of silver in the previous Ming Dynasty, the drop is almost half, but the price of salt in the world is as if it is different, the huge profits in it are not less, not to mention that the population of my dynasty is twice that of the previous Ming Dynasty, however, since the thirty years of Kangxi, the salt tax has only increased by less than three percent, what is the strange thing, huh? Ho, you can give Ben Baylor an explanation. ”

Hongqing has already seen a lot of big scenes, and he will not feel very panicked because of the silence of the officials, and he waited for a moment with a solemn face, and when he saw that no one was willing to come forward, he was no longer polite, and bluntly named He Mingfu's name and asked him to give an explanation for the erosion of the salt affairs.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan ......"

As a two-Huai salt envoy, He Mingfu knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to avoid Hongqing's first blow, but when Hongqing was named, He Mingfu was still with a fever on his old face, and he couldn't say a complete sentence - the salt affairs went wrong, and the board should naturally hit him He Mingfu's ass, the problem is that the erosion of salt affairs has been a long-standing thing, but poor He Mingfu has just served as a salt transportation envoy, and it has only been less than five years, and it is obviously unfair to ask him to take full responsibility. It's just that this kind of unfairness is not easy to say in public, after all, knowing that there is a problem and can't solve it, it is also a dereliction of duty, and it is difficult to escape the fate of being punished, all in all, at this moment, no matter what He Mingfu says, it is difficult to escape, because of this, even if it will lose face in public, He Mingfu can't care so much, and he spit for a long time, but he refuses to say why.

"What? Is Lord Ho reluctant to say it, or can't he say it, huh? ”

Hongqing didn't leave much affection for He Mingfu at all, and pressed a sentence unrelentingly.

"If you return to Lord Qincha, the lower official, this lower official only knows a thing or two, and he really doesn't dare to say anything."

Being forced by Hongqing like this, He Mingfu couldn't stay silent anymore, and in desperation, he could only perfunctory it.

"It's okay, whatever you have in mind, you can say it, Ben Belle just listens."

What Hongqing wanted was for He Mingfu to expose himself to the filthy deeds in the salt matter, how could he be fooled casually, waved his hand, and commanded arrogantly.

"So that Lord Qincha knows, the lower officials are just hearsay, there is no real evidence, so I can only say, well, according to the market, it is said that those salt dogs are always on the salt boat, a quote should be two hundred catties, but some humble villains are on the salt bag, and some more are loaded, the previous Wang family and the Sun family are like this, there are many salt ships large and dense, my salt transport is not enough soldiers, it is difficult to thoroughly investigate and distinguish, this will give those salt dogs to take advantage of the loopholes, if you can make more Ding staff, Maybe it can solve this matter, but the officials are soft-spoken, but they are not so capable, and now, fortunately, Qing Baylor, you are in charge of the overall situation, and this matter may be expected. ”

Although He Mingfu is a banner man of the Han Army, he took the path of writing and writing, and he has not passed the imperial examination, relying on the support of Prince Yu, he was able to get mixed into the high position of the two Huai salt envoys, but he is not a stupid person, on the contrary, when it comes to the way of being an official, there are really two hands, under this opening, he talks endlessly, but it is all about avoiding the important and trivial, obviously still trying to get by.

"Well, Lord He got to the point, it's really a big problem for me to make the Yamen Ding staff insufficient, Ben Beile has the heart to invite more Ding, but the court has its own rules, this Ding is afraid that it can't pass the court meeting, but Ben Beile can't sit back and watch the salt erosion and ignore it, so good, Ben Beile will give a warrant, know the provinces, and the governors of the provinces will investigate the salt transportation, if any entrainment is found, they will be seized and used as the silver treasury of the provinces, and in addition, all salt roads along the line that have not been found to be entrained must be responsible for this, and they should be exempted. Kill the killing, think there is this article, this salt matter can really be completely solved, why do you think this strategy? ”

Hongqing is a shrewd individual, just by listening to it, he knew what He Mingfu was thinking, but he didn't say anything, but extended down with He Mingfu's answer, and in the end, he gave an answer that made all the officials stunned.

"Buzz ......"

Hongqing's proposed strategy was really too unbelievable, and the officials were stunned on the spot at first, and then they all exploded, and the lobby was suddenly noisy like a vegetable market.