On the eighth day of the first month of the second year of Chengde, the ninth and tenth masters successively went to this chapter, all of them felt the wind and cold, and they were seriously ill and could not go to the court, and asked to recuperate at home.

On the twentieth day of the first month of the second year of Chengde, the second elder brother Hongsheng and Prince Yong's son Hongli jointly signed the book, saying that after the strict trial in recent years, the case of Xin Chouke has been revealed, and the former Hanlin Academy revised Ding Xufeng colluded with the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Heshen and many other people to engage in favoritism and fraud, in a vain attempt to manipulate the imperial examination to obtain scholars, the crime is extremely evil, and the capital punishment should be punished, the emperor heard it, and was furious, and issued an edict to execute all the officials involved in the case. issued an edict to exile all Heshen's family members to serve in the Usu Yali Taiwanese army, and it was inevitable to be pardoned.

On the first day of February in the second year of Chengde, all the officials involved in the case of Xin Chouke were all escorted to the Caishikou for execution, among which the main culprit Ding Xufeng was cut in half, and the rest were greatly opened, and the government and the opposition were shaken, and the scholars of the world did not clap their hands and applaud, for a time, Emperor Chengde was greatly supported by the scholars of the world, and the name of the virtuous rose, and the second elder brother was also able to become famous in the world.

On the eighth day of the second month of February in the second year of Chengde, the newly baked Dorobelle Hongsheng and Prince Yong's son Hongli jointly signed the book again, saying that the local government was seriously in debt, and the accumulated arrears of silver to the treasury had reached 30 million.

The matter of paying off the debt is very important, the emperor does not dare to make a decision easily, summons the ministers of military aircraft to discuss it again and again, it is difficult to make a decision, and summons the court from the first grade or above to ask for advice, there is still a lot of controversy, the people in favor and against are almost half, the matter is stranded, Emperor Chengde summoned Hongsheng and Hongli into the palace, and the good words soothed it, and said that it will be discussed again when the time is ripe in the future.

Although the second elder brother's request to pay off the debt was not approved, but the name of his daring to act was greatly improved, coupled with the merits of the trial of Xin Chouke's case, he suddenly became the second only to Prince Ren Hongqing in the elder brother, more or less washed away his reputation, very a bit of a late bloomer, it really conforms to the old saying of "Shi should be impressed every three days", under the secret promotion of Prince Yong's family, Hongsheng has been compared with Hongqing from time to time, It has inevitably had a significant impact on Hongqing's pattern of being a standout among the elder brothers, in this regard, Hongqing, who has always stayed in the Fengtai camp to train the new army, has seen it in his eyes, but he has not interfered, nor has he said anything, he is still promoting the training of the new army in an orderly manner. I was busy until noon before I returned to the Admiral's Yamen again, and as soon as I entered the Yamen, I saw a stout general snatched out from the side and knelt down in front of Hongqing.

"The last general will knock on the prince!"

Although the action of coming out is abrupt, the number of etiquette is extremely comprehensive, and the voice of the salute is extraordinarily loud, full of pride, and it is obvious that he is not an idle person.

"Tomi? Hah, when did you arrive? ”

Hongqing looked at it and immediately recognized the person, it was Yue Zhongqi, who helped Hongqing win Nian Qianyao at the beginning, and couldn't help but be happy, and asked with a smile.

"Back to the prince's words, the last general just graduated from the infantry command academy yesterday, and today he came to report to the prince."

Yue Zhongqi assisted Hongqing to quell the chaos last year after he was transferred to the infantry command academy, became one of the senior students, after more than a year of study, yesterday graduated as the first place, this morning rushed to Fengtai camp to report, but unfortunately Hongqing went to the ministries early in the morning to check, Yue Zhongqi can only be patiently waiting at the entrance of the yamen, seemingly solemn, in the heart is actually worried, there is no other, Hongqing did give it a promise when quelling the chaos, but more than a year down, Hongqing has never asked him about Yue Zhongqi's situation, and he has never even summoned him alone, in this case, Yue Zhongqi is worried, it is inevitable, but when he saw Hongqing's warm expression, the anxiety in Yue Zhongqi's heart suddenly diminished, and he hurriedly and respectfully explained.

"It's just right, come, enter the government with this king, this king can take a good test of what you have learned this year, if you don't have an inch, be careful that this king hits your board!"

Yue Zhongqi is a general who Hongqing is extremely optimistic about, after hand-picking him to study at the Infantry Army Command College, Hongqing seems to ignore it, but in fact, his performance in school is specially sorted out almost every ten days, and then submitted to Hongqing's case, even if Hongqing is busy, he will take the time to take a look, in other words, for Yue Zhongqi's learning situation, Hongqing has a lot of information in his heart, but he doesn't plan to break it, but he reached out to help Yue Zhongqi very politely, and joked with a smile.

"The last general is afraid, prince, please first!"

With Hongqing's casual treatment, Yue Zhongqi was excited, but also couldn't help but be frightened, there was no side, the relationship between him and Hongqing was only a few days, he didn't dare to think of Hongqing's cronies, hurriedly took a small half step behind, bowed down, waved his hand and said please.

"Dongmei doesn't have to be so restrained, come, let's go together."

Hongqing laughed, stretched out his hand and grabbed Yue Zhongqi's arm, and walked to the yamen without saying anything, as soon as such an intimate gesture came out, Yue Zhongqi was certainly flattered, but the officers and soldiers who watched the excitement on the side were all so envious that their eyes were red, and many people were in a hurry to find out who this short and sturdy deputy general with an incomparably strong face was.

"Dongmei is good, has you gained a lot from studying this year, okay, this king said, if you can successfully graduate from the infantry command academy, you will be the vanguard of our army, now, since you have returned from your studies, then it is time for this king to fulfill his promise, and now the first division of the first army is still lacking a division commander, do you dare to do it?"

Hongqing led Yue Zhongqi all the way into the back hall of the yamen, and the guests and hosts sat down, and the guards who had the opportunity to quickly hurry up to serve the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and each retreated to the side, Hongqing didn't move the tea bowl, and smiled and tested Yue Zhongqi a few military points, and then, he immediately changed the conversation, mentioned the original promise, and even wanted to hand over the most elite first division to Yue Zhongqi to lead on the spot.

"Dare!"

Yue Zhongqi has been in Beijing for more than a year, although he has been studying hard in the Infantry Command College, but he is not a person who ignores things outside the window, how can he not know that the first division of the first army is the old foundation of the new army, and has always been known as the most elite division, even if it is because of the expansion, a large number of backbones have been transferred to enrich the army, but whether it is equipment or the quality of officers and soldiers, it is still the first in the whole army, but no one can go if they want to, and now, the throne of such a division commander suddenly fell down, Yue Zhongqi was really pleasantly surprised, and immediately fell to his knees excitedly, and simply replied with a word.

"Buzz ......"

Hongqing gave such an order, and the guards waiting on the side couldn't help but be in an uproar, no side, you must know that the first division of the first army is the main force in the main force, but the position of division commander has always been vacant, and the training and daily management are temporarily replaced by the commander of the first army, Tashan, for this reason, I don't know how many people in the army are greedy, and there are those who are looking for someone to ask for help, and there are also those who come directly to Hongqing to stretch out their hands to ask for officials, among which there are many new army generals from the guards, but they have never been recognized by Hongqing, But now he actually promised Yue Zhongqi such an unknown general, which really made all the guards dumbfounded.

"Okay, Dongmei can have this arrogance, this king will rest assured, and now there are less than two months before the expedition, you have to hurry up, be sure to master the troops in this time, if something goes wrong, don't blame this king for beating your military stick!"

Hongqing didn't pay attention to the surprised surprise of the guards of the congregation, his face was solemn, and he already mentioned Yue Zhongqi in a loud voice.

"The last general is willing to be a military order!"

Yue Zhongqi is a proud person, naturally he is not afraid of all challenges, even if the time limit given by Hongqing is extremely short, but Yue Zhongqi doesn't care, and he speaks loudly.

"Okay, this king remembers this, come here, take the letter!"

Hongqing looked at Yue Zhongqi very seriously for a while, and then smiled, waved his hand, and gave an order in a loud voice.

"Wow!"

Hearing Hongqing's order, Ding Song, who was waiting on the side, did not dare to slack off, hurriedly answered, and hurriedly walked out of the back hall.

"The power of Dongmei, this king can be trusted, you can do it yourself, don't live up to the trust of this king, go."

Hongqing stretched out his hand to take the seal letter from Ding Song's hand, and personally handed it to Yue Zhongqi, who was kneeling on the ground, and commanded in a calm voice.

"Wow!"

Yue Zhongqi cautiously accepted the letter, kowtowed respectfully, and then got up, striding out, his steps were steady and powerful, although he did not have much arrogance, but his confidence was fully revealed.

"Ding Song."

Hongqing didn't get up to see Yue Zhongqi off, just sat silently and didn't move until Yue Zhongqi disappeared, and Hongqing nodded Ding Song's name in a hoarse voice.

"The last general!"

Hearing Hongqing's greeting, Ding Song, who was waiting on the side, didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly flashed out from the side and answered the promise in a loud voice.

"Go, pass on the king's order, and the action of the word 'Wei' will begin immediately."

Hongqing didn't rush to tell the story, but after being silent for a while, he squeezed out an extremely eerie sentence from between his teeth, although the volume was not very loud, but the killing intent in it was amazingly strong......