Nearly a year after the Eastern Crusade, although Shen He, a henchman, presided over the overall situation in the Ministry of Industry, and Ma Qi, a university scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Engineering, from time to time to help, but all kinds of affairs still inevitably backlogged many young and old, not that Shen He is not diligent, but there are many things that Shen He cannot call the shots, can only wait for Hongqing to deal with it, as time goes by, the backlog of documents will not go anywhere, there is no help, as soon as Hongqing arrives at the ministry, he is very busy, no, for two days, almost all buried in the pile of documents, It's hard to even have a respite.

"Lord Wang, Shopkeeper Liu sent someone to deliver a message, saying that you have time to go to Xiaoskewer Hutong."

Busy, busy! I arrived at the Ministry of Industry early this morning, Hongqing was busy again, the pen in his hand has never been put down since he started to grab it, and he was busy until noon, just thinking about taking a break, he saw Li Minxing hurriedly turned out from behind the screen, grabbed the copywriter in a few big strides, bowed down, and hurriedly reported a sentence.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard this, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, no side, Liu Size is a cautious person, if it wasn't a big deal, he would definitely not send someone to find the Ministry of Industry, and now he has sent someone to come, and he has never explained, which shows that this matter is quite important, as soon as he thought of this, Hongqing no longer hesitated, so he got up and quietly explained: "Prepare the car, go to Xiaoskewer Hutong." ”

"Wow!"

Since Hongqing had an explanation, Li Minxing didn't dare to slack off a little, so he hurriedly responded, hurriedly retreated, and went to greet all kinds of people without mentioning it.

"Subordinates wait to see the prince!"

Xiaoskewer Hutong is in Xicheng, not close to the Ministry of Industry, but to go by carriage, it is only less than half an hour, and when the group enters the gate, Liu Size and Cao Yanshan and others who have been waiting at the door for a long time do not dare to slack off, and they have knelt on the ground, and they all salute and pay homage.

"Let's all be even."

It has been three days since he returned from the Eastern Expedition, but he is entangled in everything, Hongqing This is the first time to Xiaoskeong Hutong, after a long time, he saw Liu Size and others again, Hongqing couldn't help but feel quite emotional, but he didn't say much, just called out calmly.

"Thank you, Lord Longen."

Seeing their master again, the high-level leaders of the "sharp knife" were also very excited, but they didn't dare to lose their manners, and after thanking them all, they got up, and Liu Size stepped forward, bowed and waved his hand: "Lord Wang, please inside." ”

"Hmm."

Hongqing was worried about something, and he didn't say much, nodded, and was accompanied by Liu and Cao into the study, and the people hurriedly served the freshly brewed fragrant tea.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates received a report from Anhui, Shanxi, Shandong and other places early this morning, saying that the officialdom and the people are rumoring the "Kyoto Treaty", and the opposition is very loud, and the subordinates dare not be careless, and they have someone to investigate in Beijing, and they found that the people in Beijing are also spreading this matter.

The stakes are so important that Liu Ize didn't dare to ignore it, and as soon as the people who had to serve tea retreated, Liu Ize took out a stack of manuscripts from his wide sleeves, and handed them to Hongqing while talking.

Uh-huh, are you moving so fast, hey, these dogs are really capable of tossing!

After reading the stack of manuscripts at a glance and ten lines, Hongqing's face was still calm, but there was already a lot of turmoil in his heart, although there was no obvious evidence, but Hongqing had already guessed the strategy of the fourth master and the eighth master to join forces, this method of creating a public opinion offensive was to intend to attack the government and the opposition in order to hinder the adoption of the "Kyoto Treaty", and there was only one purpose, that is, to cut off Hongqing's financial resources from the root!

Things are obviously a little tricky, although the fourth master and the eighth master are in the same stream as early as Hongqing's prediction, but they didn't expect that these guys would do whatever it takes to get to such a point, and they actually played the method of committing taboos such as writing on the bus - since ancient times, emperors have not believed in the creed of "defending the people is more important than preventing Sichuan", even the old man who is known as an enlightened emperor is no exception, the fourth master and others act like this, even if they win, they will definitely be settled by the old man afterwards, with the IQ of the fourth master and others, I definitely wouldn't have thought of this, but even so, they still did it, which shows how crazy they are about blocking the "Kyoto Treaty", and they want to pull Hongqing off the horse at the expense of themselves, this kind of ruthlessness can't help but make Hongqing feel distracted, no, Hongqing's original plan was just thinking about a decisive battle with the opponent, using the power of the Eight Banners, but now the situation has changed, the original plan is no longer applicable, and how to deal with it has become a thorny problem in front of Hongqing.

"Lord Wang, according to investigation, around those famous writers, there are hidden 'blood drops' and 'Chongshan' people in activities, although there are a lot of people, but it is not difficult to destroy them."

Seeing that Hongqing didn't speak for a long time, Liu Ize couldn't help but be a little unable to sit still, so he suggested softly from the side.

"There's no need, just keep a close watch, and don't act without the king's order."

Using violence to suppress public opinion is obviously the most stupid behavior, especially when the political power is not in control, acting rashly will only give authority to others, such stupid things, Hongqing will not do such stupid things.

"Wow!"

Since Hongqing explained like this, Liu Size didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down to answer the promise.

"Let's come here first, wait and get busy, and the king will have something to explain when he returns."

Things have changed, Hongqing has to hurry to find the third master to re-negotiate, since he has no intention of staying here longer, after explaining a word, he left and hurried to the palace......

"The child knocks on his father!"

In the study room of the inner courtyard of Prince Cheng's mansion, Hongqing had just discussed with Chen and Li, the two major strategists, and heard a sound of footsteps, and the third master was already sweating from behind the screen.

"Excuse me, you are in such a hurry to call Amma back, but is there anything urgent?"

The third master was originally working in the Ministry of Rites, this learned that Hongqing was invited, he didn't dare to be careless, and hurried back to the house all the way, and walked in a hurry after getting off the sedan chair, and when he got the study, he was already sweating profusely, but he didn't care about wiping it, and some monkeys went straight to the topic in a hurry.

"Father, please take a seat, this matter is a long story, and let the child go through it carefully."

Although the matter is urgent, it is not to the point of burning his eyebrows, in terms of Hongqing's calm temperament, he will not panic to deal with it, this time seeing that the third master monkey is in a hurry, Hongqing can't help but be a little funny in his heart, of course, the belly slander is the belly slander, but it is categorically unable to show it, so he can only politely turn sideways and humbly let the third master to the top.

"Well, let's talk about it."

The reason why the third master was in a hurry to come back was that he was worried that something big would happen, but at this time, when he saw Hongqing's calm demeanor, his hanging heart fell to the ground, and he didn't rush to ask again, but slowly walked behind the copywriter at the top, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down, and then shook his sleeves and commanded calmly.

"So that the father and the king learned that the child had been told that the fourth uncle and the eighth uncle had joined forces and planned to do something about the "Kyoto Treaty"; according to investigation, the eighth uncle had sent people to contact the governors of many provinces, intending to collude with evil, and the last book attacked the "Kyoto Treaty"; in addition, the fourth uncle had also secretly started among the people, bribing a large number of fallen sons, whose most famous Chinese names were Yang Guangnian of Shanxi and Tian Bingyi of Sichuan, and they also wrote articles opposing the "Kyoto Treaty."

Now that the third master has sat down, Hongqing will not delay it any longer, so he reported the news that Liu Ize and others had discovered, but he never mentioned the incident of Xiaokeanzi Hutong.

"What? These villains, dare to do this! ”

As soon as Hongqing's words came out, even if the third master couldn't sit still, there was no side, although the third master's wisdom and calculation ability was not high, but the political wisdom was still there, and he could perceive what the metaphor behind this news was.

"Father and the king are angry, the fourth uncle and others are acting against the sky like this, there will never be a good end, Huang Ma Fa is the king of the Holy Ming, how can he be succeeded by this gang of villains."

Seeing that the third master's mentality was completely unbalanced, Hongqing couldn't help but slander him again, but he didn't dare to bring it to his face, so he could only patiently comfort the third master.

"Well...... anyway, what should this matter be?"

The third master was angry, he was not an unreasonable person, and when he heard Hongqing's words, he didn't go crazy anymore, but after seeing that he had a big mouth, he frowned slightly and asked about the countermeasures.

"Back to his father's words, the child thinks that the fourth uncle and the eighth uncle want to make things bigger, so I might as well plan and make things bigger, and fight poison with poison."

Seeing that the third master finally calmed down, Hongqing didn't dare to delay a little, and hurriedly gave a judgment first. "Fighting poison with poison? What do you mean by that? As soon as Hongqing said this, the third master's eyes lit up instantly, obviously thinking of the meaning, but he didn't dare to make a rash decision, there was no side, just because the matter was too important, there was no ambiguity, the third master didn't dare to be careless, so he raised his eyebrows and hurriedly asked a question.