Although the matter of the review of military expenditures by Hongqing has passed the court discussion, the old man has already approved it in court, but the holy decree was issued very late, until the third day after the court meeting, the edict was not in the hands of Hongqing, and before that, it was called Hongqing to talk alone for two consecutive days, although he did not specifically mention the matter of this mission, but there were a lot of hints between the words, generally to Hongqing to do things safely, not to kill like in the past, in this regard, Hongqing is naturally promised to promise, but, Nuo Nuo returned to Nuo Nuo, how to do it, but Hongqing would not make anything easier, at most it was just a gentler technique, there was no other, this was not only a battle of revenge, but also a battle related to the overall situation.

Reason? To put it bluntly, the fourth master has always been the henchman of Prince Cheng's mansion, when it comes to the degree of threat, in fact, it is far above the side of the eighth master who has a large number of people, there is no other, the fourth master and Hongli father and son have always been spare tire characters, once the third master father and son have a big mistake, the fourth master and father and son are the natural replacements, as for the eighth master, it seems that the soldiers are strong and strong, but in fact they have already been eliminated from the ranks of legitimate competition, all he can do is to peep at the situation in the dark, play a rebellious trick, and this, Although it can be regarded as a threat, compared to the fourth master's father and son, it is already far away, there is no doubt that if the fourth master can be defeated in one fell swoop, it has an extremely important strategic significance for the family of Prince Cheng's mansion, even if it can't defeat the fourth master in one fell swoop, it can pry the foundation of its household department, it can definitely be regarded as a huge victory, from this sense, no matter how the old man hints, Hongqing will not make it easier for the original plan.

Time waits for no one, the time limit is only ten days, Hongqing doesn't want to waste a day, as soon as he receives the edict from Ouchi, he turns around and goes straight to the military department, and the old thirteen who rushed back from the artillery command school after hearing the news, and straightforwardly ordered to summon all the officials above the head of the military department to the hall of the military department to discuss things.

"The Shangshu Yin Tebu of the Lower Officers and Soldiers Department led all the colleagues of the Military Department to knock on the King of Yongjun and the King of Renjun!"

Hongqing holds the holy decree in his hand, and is the famous "officialdom butcher", he came together with the old thirteen, how dare Yin Tebu, the secretary of the military department, dare to have the slightest neglect, and he hurriedly ordered all kinds of people to assemble quickly, after a long period of chickens and dogs, more than two hundred officials above the head of the military department finally gathered together, led by Yin Tebu, the fish ran into the lobby, this saw Hongqing and the old thirteen who sat side by side behind the first copy, Yin Tebu hurriedly led the left and right waiters and the palms of the Lang Lang to rush forward, All the salutes are not repeated.

"It's all gone."

Although the old thirteen is an elder, but now Hongqing is the Qincha, in the face of everyone's great salute, since it has to be called by Hongqing, this is the proper meaning of the question, but there is nothing to say.

"Thank you, Lord Longen!"

Although the old man's edict has not been issued in the past few days, the news has already spread, and all the people present have a good idea of what Hongqing wants to do when he comes to the military department, since no one wants to become Hongqing's knife sacrifice, and no one dares to be negligent in the number of etiquette, and the voice of gratitude is neat and loud.

"Yin Shangshu, all the princesses, please take a seat."

In order to avoid suspicion, Hongqing rarely goes to the military department, and basically does not interact with the military department in private, and Yu Yin Tebu and other officials with the qualifications of the upper court are basically nodding friends.

"Thank you for the seat!"

Although the lobby of the military department is not small, there are not many seats that may be set up, and there are only seven in total, and those who are qualified to sit are Yin Tebu, the Shangshu, with two attendants and four palm seals, and as for the rest of the middle and low-level officials such as Langzhong and the director, they can only be divided into two columns and stand from the hall to the bottom of the hall according to their ranks.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king has come to the Ministry of War to review the military expenditure by his majesty's will, do you have any objections to this?"

Over the years, Hongqing has done an errand, and the opening remarks of the routine are about to rise, and they are very smooth, although the words are plain, but the majesty is self-generated.

"Lord Wang Mingjian, it is really a blessing for my military department that you can supervise this matter, and the lower officials and others dare not have any objections."

Yin Tebu is a person with red flags, originally served as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites under the third master for many years, although he is not a slave under the third master, but he is quite friendly with the third master, and he is naturally mixed with the nourishment in the Ministry of Rites, but since he was promoted to the military department in the fifty-second year of Kangxi, everything has not gone well, there is no side, and the gang of people under the head of the palm seal Lang will not listen to him at all, except for the old fourteen, there is really no one who can command that group of arrogant soldiers, even if it is the old thirteen, let alone Yin Tebu, because of this, Yin Tebu really hoped that Hongqing would be able to kill in the military department this time, and when he said polite words at this time, he also carried a bit of sincerity and expectation.

"Lord Yin is polite, do you have anything else to say, huh?"

For Yin Tebu, the secretary of the military department, Hongqing actually can't really talk about having too much good feelings, no side, just because people are too good at speculation, on the surface they have a good relationship with the third master, but in private they have not taken the door of the eighth master, and they can serve as the secretary of the military department, which is from the secret power of the eighth master, such a secret, others don't know, but Hongqing, who has a "sharp knife" in hand, has a lot in his heart, and it is difficult to have a good impression of it, of course, on such occasions, Hongqing will not show his face, just said a polite sentence in a calm voice, and then immediately looked around at the rest of the officials, and asked quietly.

"The lower officials and others listen to the prince's instructions."

Knowing that the purpose of Hongqing's successive questions was to suppress the morale of all kinds of people, the officials of the military department did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, so they could only bow down and deal with it according to the rules of the court.

"Well, okay, this king came on an errand this time, and he has to rely on the cooperation of all the princes, and this king has thanked him in advance."

The officials of the Ministry of War have already expressed their attitude, according to the usual practice, Hongqing has to thank him, but this time, Hongqing did not let the officials of the Ministry of War say very polite words, pressed his hand, and motioned to all the people to be quiet, and then, his face suddenly became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Gossip less, this is the right word, this king is calling for you to come today, just for one thing, that is, please work together to come up with this year's military supplies and make a budget for next year's military expenditures, and If the army on the Western Front cannot destroy the Dzungar Department within a year, it will need to exhaust the enemy with a polemic strategy, and the relevant polemic plan must be arranged as soon as possible, and you must wait for eight days to complete all kinds of things. ”

Dead silence, the dead silence of a faction, although the officials of the military department had long heard the general process of the court meeting a few days ago, and also knew that Hongqing was afraid that it was not as simple as reviewing military spending, but they really heard Hongqing put forward such a harsh request, and the officials of the military department were still stunned, and no one dared to take a breath for a while, and the lobby immediately became strangely quiet.

"Lord Wang, you can come to my military department to supervise, the lower officials and others are so happy that they should try their best to serve the prince, however, when the so-called manpower is poor, hehe, it is not the lower officials and other shirks, it is really the three requirements put forward by the prince are too difficult, according to the practice of our military department, even if these three requirements are carried out separately, they all need more than a month's time, it is really difficult to do it in eight days, and please be more considerate of the prince."

Hongqing's request is indeed difficult for some strong people, but Yin Tebu doesn't intend to speak out against it, there is nothing else, just because he is hoping that Hongqing can rectify the military department, and he can also take the opportunity to promote his henchmen, as for the four palm seal langzhong, they have already received the secret order of the eighth master, and it is impossible to contradict Hongqing at this time, just like this, the unbearable silence lasted for a long time with a cup of tea, and finally someone couldn't hold back his head, this person is the left attendant of the military department Lang Manpeng!

"Don't you think you can't do it, huh?"

Although Hongqing has little contact with all the officials of the Ministry of War, he knows the details of all the people in the Ministry of War, and he knows that Man Peng, a guy from the Blue Banner, is the real henchman of the old fourteen, of course, he will not give him a good look, but seeing Hongqing's brows, he already snorted coldly in a stiff tone.

"Back to the prince's words, it is not the prevarication of the lower officials, it is really difficult to do this matter, if the prince does not believe it, please ask all the palm seals Langzhong."

Seeing that Hongqing's voice was wrong, how could Man Peng dare to carry it alone, so he hurriedly changed his words and tried to pull the four palm prints to the top of the cylinder.

"Oh? Okay, this king will ask, Cui Langzhong, don't you think you can't do it? ”

Hongqing was not mad by Man Peng's words, but followed what he said, looked around at the four palm prints with a smile, and asked quietly.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials think that this matter is indeed quite difficult, and the lower officials only dare to speak and do their best."

Cui Langzhong, the name Cui Yan, the Han Army is a Yellow Banner person, is the current Arsenal Qing Officials Zhangyin Langzhong, as a subordinate of the Ninth Master, Cui Yan has obtained a secret order in advance, and he must not be the first to clash with Hongqing, because of this, even if Hongqing issued an extremely harsh order, Cui Yan was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, but he still resisted the urge to oppose, but he didn't expect Hongqing to call him by name in public, which made Cui Yan unavoidable, and after thinking about it quickly in his heart, he still stubbornly echoed Man Peng, there is nothing else, The three requirements put forward by Hongqing are really difficult to achieve, at least in Cui Yan's own opinion, in order to avoid failure and was disposed of by Hongqing, Cui Yan could only euphemistically express different opinions.