Is this leaving?

On the 16th day of the first month of the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, the snow was all over the sky, the north wind was howling, standing under the steps outside the yamen, Hongqing couldn't help but look back at the plaque on the lintel, there was a little reluctance in his heart, a little melancholy, and a little bit of indescribable sorrow, all because he was finally going back to Beijing - since the middle of May last year, it has been more than half a year in a blink of an eye, although the time is not long, but what is left to Hongqing is an unforgettable memory, both gains and losses, but overall, The gains are definitely far greater than the losses, and it can be regarded as a successful local experience.

The rectification of salt affairs has been basically completed, although it is a big pity that Liu Ba Nu was not captured, and it is considered to have escaped the disaster of destruction by the eighth master, but Liu Ba Nu was cut off, but it has already given the eighth master a heavy blow, without Liu Ba Nu's big money bag, the eighth master must have to live a not short hard life, this is also barely out of the mouth of the bad luck of being plotted by the eighth master several times, as for the things to come, the left and right days are long, and it is enough to forget it slowly, but there is no need to be in a hurry; Another regret is that he failed to find Wu Sidao's whereabouts, although Hongqing has sent people to Gaoyou many times to visit, but unfortunately Wu Sidao has left Gaoyou in early May last year, and has long been missing, this result is quite unwilling, but there is nothing to do, so it can only be left to the future to do more.

It's a pity that there is, but compared to the gains, but it's not worth mentioning, not to mention the side, since catching Chen Biao, Hongqing has been pulling out all the big and small moths in the yamen of the two Huai salt transport envoys, from He Mingfu to the bottom of the stream, a total of nearly 100 corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been removed, and then with the full cooperation of the new salt transport envoy Ji Huaijin, the salt affairs have been reorganized, and the nest merchants who have taken money and do not do things have been deposed, and only the three merchants of the general, transportation and field have been retained, and the market salt price has been reformulated. Compared with the old market price, the quota of the two Huai salt transportation envoys has been doubled, and the area of each general merchant has been re-planned, and the rights and responsibilities have been clarified to prevent prevarication. In this way, after such a rectification, just the two Huai salt transportation can increase the annual income of the imperial court by 2.5 million taels, and the people can also get its benefits, which can be regarded as a good result, no, at the end of November last year, as soon as Hongqing's chapter arrived in Beijing, the old man did not have the slightest ambiguity to play, and he did not even have a court discussion, but only discussed with the scholars.

In the eyes of the people in the DPRK and China, Hongqing has made a great contribution, but Hongqing himself does not care much, in his mind, to be able to govern Yangzhou well, is the most complacent achievement - not to mention the fruitful harvest in summer and autumn, not to mention the success of the salt river governance, just to say that personally presiding over the Fuzhong Township Examination made Hongqing feel comfortable, no side, Hongqing's classmates were lazy in their previous life, although they relied on their smart brains, their grades have been quite good, But because he didn't do his homework and was criticized by the teacher was never less than he was a child, this time it is rare to be a teacher's addiction, and there are actually more than 40 disciples, which really makes Hongqing a little fluttering, and what makes Hongqing even more complacent is that his response to this selection of scholars is unanimously applauded, and no one has any objections, even if Hongqing himself has not yet had a great masterpiece, but he has a considerable reputation in the literary world, I have to say that it is an unexpected joy, and it is difficult to say how others react, Hongqing herself has been secretly happy several times.

"Little prince, the snow is heavy, you better get in the car first."

Hongqing was a little stupid for a while, and he didn't leave for a long time, and Li Minxing, who was on the side of the guard, had to whisper a word from the side when he saw this.

"Hmm."

Despite the reluctance to have a lot of reluctance, but after all, he still had to leave, Hongqing took one last look at the lobby, resolutely turned around, bent down and got into the carriage, not long after, in the sound of horses' hooves, more than two hundred palace guards rode horses around the carriage that Hongqing was riding all the way to the north gate.

This is going back to Beijing, and it should be a lot of tossing when I think about it!

As soon as he thought of the eight masters' hands and feet when he was not in Beijing, Hongqing's heart couldn't stop rising, and he didn't plan to talk to the eighth master very politely, but how to do it had to pay attention to a strategy, but no matter what, Hongqing categorically refused to give up such an important territory as the Ministry of Industry, and the battle between the eight masters was bound to have a white-hot trend, and how to overturn the control of the eighth master over the Ministry of Industry without causing the siege of the elder brothers has become the primary issue that Hongqing must consider at present.

It's hard, it's really hard!

Don't look at Hongqing, who has not been in Beijing for most of the year, but there are a lot of eyeliner, but everything in Beijing is clear - and in today's Ministry of Industry, except for Dai Zi, a strong old man who is not very obedient, Shen He and other Hongqing's henchmen are either demoted or pushed to the end, and at most there are only a few pen posts that are not very useful, in other words, Hongqing's foundation in the Ministry of Industry has been almost uprooted by the eighth master, and it is obviously not so easy to turn back the situation, What's even more of a headache for Hongqing is that the eighth master's cleverness did not put all the vacancies in the Ministry of Industry into his own pocket, but generously distributed them equally to the eldest brother and the prince and others, so that if Hongqing really wants to take back the Ministry of Industry, it will inevitably touch the interests of most of the elder brothers.

Admit defeat? This has never been Hongqing's style! Although the third master is now quiet and not moving, Hongqing has no such concerns, the third master is not easy to come forward, Hongqing has to take it seriously, as for whether it will steal the limelight of the third master? The answer is no, the reason is very simple, the better Hongqing does, the more beneficial it is to the third master, no side, the old man is the lord of the Holy Ming, and what is considered is by no means the current generation, but the inheritance of the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, since I wish that future generations would be stronger from generation to generation, of course, so far, the performance of the third master has been very good, at least much more brilliant than other elder brothers, and it is time for Taoguang to raise obscurity, no matter how much he shows his edge, not only can it not be icing on the cake, On the contrary, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the old man, and at this time, it is even more necessary for Hongqing to come forward and show a tough attitude, so as to form a good situation of both soft and hard, neither will be bullied by the elder brothers, nor will it be forgotten by the old man because of obscurity, this point, Hongqing has already discussed many times in the correspondence with the old master, and he knows it very well, and now the difference is just how to do it.

"Little prince, little prince."

Hongqing was so engrossed in thinking that she didn't know when the carriage had stopped, until Li Minxing's soft call came from beside the curtain, and Hongqing woke up from her contemplation.

"What?"

Separated from sorrow and worried, Hongqing's mood was not very good, this was interrupted in his thoughts, and his mood was a little worse, although he did not have a seizure, but the short question was full of displeasure.

"Little prince, you better take a look for yourself, the people of Yangzhou have sent you."

Li Minxing followed Hongqing for a long time, and he could hear the impatience in Hongqing's tone, but the stakes were very high, but he didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so he explained a sentence carelessly.

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard this, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, not for anything else, just because he didn't intend to alarm anyone when he left, and he didn't even let the new prefect of Yangzhou who came to take over come to see him off, in order not to make a big disturbance to the people, but he didn't expect that there were still people who heard the news, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it, and after a light word, he was about to poke his head out of the car curtain, just look at it, and he was stunned - I don't know when the city gate was full of people, a large area of black crows, I can't count how many people there are, even though it is snowing heavily in the sky at this time, but the people are neatly arranged, silent, but solemn.

"Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, Ben Baylor is polite here!"

Seeing so many people coming to see him off, the corners of Hongqing's eyes immediately moistened, and he couldn't sit still anymore, so he hurriedly got out of the carriage, hugged his fists, and greeted him with choked words.

"Lord Qincha, the grass people heard that you were leaving, and they were very reluctant in their hearts, knowing that you love the people and don't want to disturb us, but if the grass people don't come to see you off, they won't be at ease in this life, and the grass people and others are not respectful, so please ask Lord Qincha to drink a few bowls of wine and talk about the hearts of the grass people."

As soon as Hongqing appeared, a white-haired old man holding a wine bowl in his hand, accompanied by two young men holding wine jars, came out of the crowd, walked to Hongqing tremblingly, bowed down, and spoke earnestly.

"Old man, you have a good reputation, Ben Beile has only been in Yangzhou for half a year, and he has no merit at all, so he really dare not be so loved by his fathers and fellow villagers."

Seeing the old man staggering in the heavy snow, Hongqing didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to hold the old man's arm, and said modestly.

"Lord Qincha is too modest, although you have only come to Yangzhou for half a year, you can punish the traitor and eliminate the evil, return the peace of my Yangzhou, and repair the river, build bridges and pave roads, and build water conservancy, which are all achievements of the ages, and the grass people and others all admire your kindness, and please ask the Lord Qincha to drink the wine, in order to express our gratitude, my lord, if you don't drink, the grass people will kneel down for you."

As soon as the old man raised his hand, the two young men who were waiting on the side immediately stepped forward, cooperated with the opening of the seal of the wine jar, and then poured the wine into the bowl, and when the wine was full, the old man held it with both hands, and while speaking, he made a gesture to kneel and plead.

"Old man, this is absolutely unacceptable, just drink something, you should please get up quickly."

As soon as he saw that the old man was going to kneel in the snow, Hongqing panicked, hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, stopped the old man's kneeling, and then, reached out and took a full bowl of wine, raised it high above his head, and signaled to the people, and then immediately raised his head, drank the wine in the bowl, and at the end, he lit up the bottom of the bowl, and handed the empty bowl to Li Minxing, who followed on the side, and once again made a group to the people who came to send him, and said earnestly: "The good intentions of your fathers and fellow villagers, Ben Belle has already received it." , The snow is big and the weather is cold, let's go back earlier, if it's frozen, it's all Ben Baylor's fault, and it's all gone, Ben Baylor will say goodbye to the big guy. ”

"Congratulations to Lord Chincha!"

"Have a good trip!"

"Slow down!"

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In the face of Hongqing's salute, hundreds of thousands of people who came to see him off all knelt down in the snow, and each knocked to the prime minister to send it off, as soon as this situation came out, Hongqing's eyes were immediately red, and the tears could not stop flowing, and he didn't dare to stay any longer, waved his hand, and got into the carriage again......