On the first day of September in the 54th year of Kangxi, the general Wang Yinzhen led the main army of 230,000 from Xi'an to Xining, and on the 20th of the same month, the troops were divided into three ways into Tibet.

On the ninth day of March in the 55th year of Kangxi, the Qing army of the three roads has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Tibet, and the space for moving of the department of Dace Ling Dun Duobu has been squeezed to the limit, and he had to give up his life to fight, so on March 15, he led the main force of 45,000 troops to attack the Qing army's left side of the general Yanxin Department, the two sides fought fiercely in Qinuo Gol for three days, Da Ce Ling Dun Duo was defeated by a small one, and led his troops to turn to Xuanmala, and the Yanxin Department drove the troops to catch up, and the two sides fought again on the ninth day of the fifth month, and Da Ce Ling Dunduo was defeated again, and he was to retreat to Lhasa, But unexpectedly, the Chinese army of the old 14th division suddenly attacked with more than 10,000 cavalry troops in the banner camp, and rushed to the land of 400 miles in three days and three nights, and hit Dace Ling Dunduo by surprise, his troops were defeated, and the main force was lost, and Da Ce Ling Dunduo led more than 3,000 remnants of the army to rush out of the Kunlun Pass and withdrew to the Dzungar Khanate, so far, the whole territory of Tibet has been recovered by the Qing army.

On June 18, the 55th year of Kangxi, the good news arrived in Beijing, and the old man was overjoyed, ordered to reward the three armies, and approved the request of the old fourteenth, so that he made persistent efforts to lead the main force of the Qing army to attack the hinterland of the Dzungar Khanate; On the ninth day of August in the 55th year of Kangxi, the Qing army was divided into two routes, from the Kunlun Pass and the Hexi Corridor into Xinjiang, and more than a dozen cities, however, the enemy was few, there was no other, the Dzungar Khan plotted to shrink the main force all the way to Alabutan, not to give the Qing army a chance to fight a decisive battle, to exchange space for time, to induce the Qing army to go deeper step by step, in order to drag out the logistics supply line of the Qing army, although this strategy is old-fashioned, but the practicability is not bad, under the huge consumption, the Qing army's advance momentum is gradually slowing down, to the time of October winter, Although the main forces of the Qing army successfully met in the ancient city of Gaochang, they were unable to cross the Tianshan Mountains to march to Luntai (now Urumqi) due to the cold.

Although the war ahead has calmed down, but the trouble has just begun, there is nothing else, military spending will not be reduced because of the stalemate in the war, more than 200,000 main forces are in the front, the daily need for grain and military pay is an astronomical amount, the war for more than a year, the national treasury silver has been spent like flowing water, although over the years, because of the economic take-off, the court's annual income has increased tremendously, but it can not withstand the huge consumption of the war, and the grain straw is just down, because of the large-scale promotion of overseas grain varieties, Compared with the beginning of the year, the grain output has increased nearly tenfold, and although the pressure is great, it can also cope with such a war, but the military salary is already urgent.

The donation is a major event of the country, although the old man is dictatorial, but it is not easy to make a decision, which will call all the officials in the court from more than one grade to the Yangxin Palace, in order to discuss its affairs, Hongqing in the center is naturally among them, but Hongqing is just ready to listen to the government with his ears this time, but he does not intend to express his opinion on this matter, not that Hongqing has no objection to the increase in donations, on the contrary, Hongqing is actually extremely disgusted by this, there is no other, the war on the Western Front in Hongqing's view, it is basically difficult to have a chance of winning, Even if there is a chance to win, the old fourteen will not really go to the desperate place, what he wants is just to hold the military power to wait for the day, the old man will not die in a day, the old fourteen will not end the war no matter what, rather than donate to maintain this invincible and undefeated situation, it is better to withdraw the troops quickly, but unfortunately this matter is not his turn Hongqing to call the shots, the old man is to insist on fighting, who dares to persuade, that must be self-deprecating and boring, such a stupid thing, Hongqing will not do it.

"What do you think about this?"

Hongqing wanted to just listen to it and not say anything, but unfortunately this kind of wish fell into the void, and the fourth master had just finished stating this chapter, and the old man had already named Hongqing.

"If you go back to Huang Mafa, my grandson thinks that the additional donation is related to the people's livelihood, and it is necessary to be cautious.

Although he was reluctant to interfere in the matter of donations, the old man did not dare not answer, and he had no choice but to talk about his views on the matter.

"Huang Ama, the ministers think that what King Renjun said is quite reasonable, although the matter of donating can solve the difficulty of the court without pay, but it is afraid of the people's hearts, killing chickens and taking eggs, it is not enough to take it."

Hongqing just said it casually, it was purely perfunctory, but he never thought that as soon as his words fell, the ninth master had already strode out from the side and seconded a sentence in a loud voice.

Well? What does this old boy want to do?

Since returning from Shanxi, Hongqing has been cautious in the center to avoid suspicion, to avoid conflict with the eighth master, even if he knows that the eighth master and others are selling officials and lords in private, Hongqing is also turning a blind eye and pretending to be confused, for the rest of the year, the two sides have no quarrel with each other, but when it comes to the relationship between each other, in fact, there is no improvement at all, at most the well water does not violate the river water, every time there is a discussion, most of them are discussed separately, and they have nothing to do with each other, but at this time, the ninth master suddenly came to such a hand, Inevitably, Hongqing's heart was surprised and inexplicable, but at this moment, the old man was sitting on the top, and Hongqing couldn't ask why the ninth master was like this, so he could only frown slightly and think.

"What does the ninth brother mean by this? If we don't increase our contributions, the treasury will gradually be empty, how can we support the front-line army, and if we withdraw the troops, will all the results of the rest of the year be wasted? ”

The fourth master was obviously quite dissatisfied with the ninth master's words, and before the old man could say anything, the fourth master had already unceremoniously asked questions again and again.

"Fourth brother, don't be in a hurry, the younger brother's words haven't been finished yet, and please don't be impatient?"

The fourth master's attitude was really not very good, but the ninth master didn't care, his chubby face was still full of red light, and he replied with a smile.

"Humph!"

As soon as the ninth master said this, the fourth master didn't want to say more, so he just snorted coldly.

"Huang Ama Mingjian, what the fourth brother said before is very true, now our army has penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, if it is not for the logistics supply is not good, it is not difficult to break the enemy, if you withdraw from the army, there is really a suspicion of arsoning with the enemy, it is not advisable, however, the matter of donating is really not good for the people, and it is not advisable, and now only by finding another way, can you get two pence."

The ninth master didn't care about the cold snort of the fourth master, and bowed to the old man, and he talked a lot about the loyal body, but he didn't see his hole cards appear.

"Going off the beaten path? What do you mean by that? ”

The old man frowned and thought for a moment, but he couldn't figure out what the ninth master said about the method of two pennies, so he raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the emperor's words, although the treasury and silver are becoming more and more embarrassed, but the silver in the Ministry of Industry is quite abundant, which can be used for military supplies.

Jiu Ye didn't sell Guan Zi anymore this time, and he told the mystery with a smile.

I'll it, this bastard dares to fight the idea of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha!

As for Hongqing, although he never spoke, but his heart was full of anger, there was no other, all the silver of the Ministry of Industry was exchanged for the promotion of various inventions, the year before last was not much, it was only more than three million taels, but last year it was a bumper harvest, which was 12 million yuan, and after deducting the four million taels that had been allocated to the Yamen of the Governor of Beihe for the management of the western section of the Yellow River, the rest were indeed stored in the treasury of the Ministry of Industry. But it is not idle silver, but has already been planned, this winter will start large-scale road construction projects, the plan has been drawn up early in the morning, and it is sent to the provinces to allocate silver two, if it is really misappropriated as military spending, Hongqing's carefully formulated plan for large-scale road construction will be unsustainable, and this is obviously not the situation that Hongqing is happy to see, the question is how to refute such proposals, but it must be well considered, Hongqing will not be in a hurry to oppose it, but silently stood aside, But the brain is running at high speed.

"Yinyi."

Hearing the ninth master's words, the old man's eyes immediately lit up, but he didn't make a decision directly, but glanced at Hongqing first, and then groaned at the name of the twelve.

"Erchen is here!"

When the old twelve just took over the Ministry of Industry, he had played a few tricks, but since he was rectified by Hongqing Haosheng, he has learned to be obedient, and he no longer dares to mess around, in the past two years, in the Ministry of Industry on a rubber stamp, just sign, next to the matter, can not interfere without meddling, in this way, the Ministry of Industry is only to know a rough idea, at this time I heard the old man named, I couldn't help but panic, but I didn't dare to delay a little, and hurriedly flashed out from the side, and promised loudly.

"How much does the Ministry of Industry deposit silver now? And how much will come in this year, huh? ”

The Ministry of Industry has a lot of silver, the old man actually knows, of course, the specific amount of geometry, the old man has never asked, there is no other, the old man has promised Hongqing, saying that the silver earned by the Ministry of Industry will be used to control the river and build roads, because of this, the old man has always held a blind attitude to the silver in this period, but now the national inventory silver is insufficient, the old man really started to transfer silver from the Ministry of Industry, of course, before that, you have to figure out the specific amount before that.

"This ......"

As soon as he heard the old man's question so direct, the twelfth master couldn't help but hesitate, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Hongqing, full of inquiry......