On September 12, the fourth year of Chengde, Dai Zishang, the president of the Qing Academy of Sciences, said that after years of hard work, the wisdom of steam locomotives has been gradually perfected and can be put into practice, but the construction of railways still needs to be tested in practice, so he asked for the construction of two experimental railways from Beijing to Tianjin Port and from Beijing to Qingdao, Shandong, and requested the construction of two additional steam locomotive factories and supporting iron and steel plants. ∷,■.23≈ ↙Emperor om's successor did not express his position, but only said that all his ministers would discuss it, and it was determined that it would be decided on the 15th of September.

At the time when the two cases of Wuyi Lane and the robbery of the Jiumen Admiral Prison were confusing, Dai Zi's chapter did not stir up too much turmoil, even if Emperor Chengde had ordered all the ministers to discuss it, but everyone was concerned about the two unsolved cases, after all, it was a major event related to the direction of the court, as for the toss of the Ministry of Industry, all the courtiers had long been accustomed to the novelty of the Ministry of Industry and the Academy of Sciences, and they would not pay too much attention to it, but with Hongqing's high-profile support for Dai Zizhi's chapter, the direction of public opinion in the court immediately changed. Although there are many people who agree with the above, there are also many officials who have expressed concern about the excessive cost of the railway layout, and under the divergent opinions, the focus of attention between the government and the opposition has unconsciously shifted away from the two cases under trial, especially after the "Beijing Shi Shibao" reported a large chapter on steam locomotives and various introductions to the railway, and the people have even arisen a heated discussion, and many shrewd businessmen have seen huge business opportunities from it, and there are countless businesses that flock to the opening department of the Qing Academy of Sciences every day to inquire about possible investment.

On September 15th, as usual, it was the time of the Great Dynasty, with the tacit cooperation of Emperor Chengde and Hongqing, the focus of the court discussion was undoubtedly the excerpt of the railway layout on Dai Zi, although the favorers were singing praises, and the opponents were not false accusations, most of the objections were on the facts, mainly focusing on three doubts - first, whether the steam locomotive was really as magical as Dai Zi said; Second, the practicality needs to be studied; Third, is the investment worth it with such a huge cost?

There are controversies, especially benign controversies, for the imperial court, naturally is a good thing, Hongqing is also welcome to this, in the face of the doubts of the ministers, Hongqing did not overwhelm people, nor did he let many henchmen echo the group, but personally made a lot of explanations and explanations, tirelessly introduced the importance and necessity of the railway layout to the Qing Dynasty, and was very sincere to exchange views with many courtiers who raised questions, the final result, not unexpected, Emperor Chengde conditionally agreed to Dai Zi's request, which was to ask Dai Zi to arrange a demonstration in the near future and report the detailed development regulations.

"How are the cases of the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen handled?"

Emperor Chengde's so-called conditional quasi-performance is naturally not the two conditions on the surface of the court, the real condition, in fact, is only one, that is, Hongqing hurriedly took advantage of the change in the direction of public opinion in the government and the opposition to end the case of Wuyi Lane and the Jiumen Admiral Yamen Prison, no, just after the court was dispersed, Emperor Chengde called Hongqing into the palace with Li Dequan, and as soon as the ceremony was over, he couldn't wait to get to the point.

"Back to the emperor's words, after the trial of the past month, with the full cooperation of all officials, the case is now gradually clear, according to the investigation, whether it is the Wuyi Lane case or the robbery of the Yamen prison of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, it is from the White Lotus Sect."

Since Emperor Chengde cooperated with the court with interest, Hongqing did not intend to do things to the end, and simply gave the result of the trial.

"Oh? How could this be? ”

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, Emperor Chengde's heart immediately rolled through a burst of ecstasy, not only did he not dare to believe that Hongqing would let himself go so easily, so he pretended to be surprised and exclaimed.

"So that the emperor Ama learned that this is the case, there are five murderers in the arson case of Wuyi Lane, all of whom are bandits of the White Lotus Sect, who mixed into the third brother's mansion a few years ago, and attempted to subvert our Qing Sheji, after the defeat and capture, the rest of the party was afraid that they would leak the secrets of the White Lotus Sect, so they moved the internal line, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and forcibly entered the prison of the Nine Gate Admiral's Yamen, and committed the evil thing of killing people and destroying the mouth, and the culprit was Geng Rong, the former guerrilla general of the Nine Gate Admiral who betrayed the lord and sought glory.

Although Emperor Chengde's acting skills are good, Hongqing can see through his thoughts at a glance, but he doesn't bother to think about it, so he explained it indifferently.

"Hmph, it's the White Lotus Sect again, these dogs are really the source of the chaos in my Daqing Society, I can't tolerate it, we should issue an edict again, and those who dare to collude with it will all be exterminated!"

As soon as Hongqing explained this, the big stone hanging in Emperor Chengde's heart was completely grounded, but he didn't show much gaffe ecstasy, but pretended to be angry and slapped the dragon case, and cursed hatefully.

"Emperor Ama Shengming."

The big guys on the left and right are all acting, and Hongqing doesn't mind praising them at this time.

"That's it, this is all a later story, now that the facts of the case are clear, the disposal of the relevant people involved in the case must also be carefully considered, does Qing'er have any suggestions for this?"

Emperor Chengde's so-called anger was originally pretended, naturally it couldn't last long, besides, at this time, the father and son were there, and who didn't know who each other, it was almost the same to pretend to mean it, and then pretended, that was to fool himself, in this regard, Emperor Chengde still had a little self-knowledge, and after shaking his hand, he led the topic to the aftermath.

"Huang Ama Mingjian, Erchen thought that the third brother did not know anyone, and he was reckless in the rivers and lakes without authorization, so that he was used by the White Lotus Sect bandits, causing a lot of losses to my Daqing Sheji, and he must be punished in the end, as for Geng Sanbiao, he also had the fault of not being strict with the emperor, and he should have been removed from his post, but he just remembered that he had made great contributions to the country, or he could be punished lightly, how should he be punished, and asked Emperor Ama to make a judgment."

As soon as he heard Emperor Chengde's question, Hongqing immediately guessed what Emperor Chengde was thinking in his heart, it was nothing more than staring at the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, in this regard, Hongqing already had an idea in his heart, but he didn't plan to rush to say that he would come out, but played Tai Chi pushing, just to see if Emperor Chengde dared to act wantonly.

"......Well, Xi'er's essence is still good, and she has done things with good intentions over the years, this mistaken relationship with the bandits should not be from her heart, it should be because she was deceived by the bandits of the White Lotus Sect, but after all, it has caused a lot of losses, and the punishment that should be given is indeed a rare thing, I will degrade it to Baylor, and punish it for another year as a punishment, what does Qing'er think?"

Emperor Chengde was very fond of the third elder brother in his early years, but since he knew that he hooked up with the eighth master, Emperor Chengde was already suspicious of it, before the eighth master did not fall, he did not suppress it openly and secretly, but after the eighth master played, because of the need to balance Hongqing, Emperor Chengde did not secretly support the third elder brother, even if he was ruthlessly pitted by the third elder brother this time, Emperor Chengde still didn't want the third elder brother to be completely finished, so he pretended to groan and snorted, and then gave a seemingly serious, In fact, it is a painless punishment result.

"Emperor Ama Shengming, the sons have no objections."

Hongqing has never regarded the third elder brother as an opponent, even if his subordinate forces seem to be not small, but for Hongqing, it is just a local chicken and a dog, and it is not vulnerable at all, besides, the third elder brother Hongqing has already made sufficient arrangements, and he is really not afraid that he can make a big wave, even if he knows that Emperor Chengde wants to keep the third elder brother, Hongqing does not take it to heart, and agrees to Emperor Chengde's disposal plan very easily.

"Well, it's okay if this matter is so decided, as for Geng Sanbiao, since it is equivalent to the mistake made by Xi'er, I don't want to favor one over the other, I'm afraid that a little punishment is inevitable, but I think he is an old minister of the two dynasties, and he has made great contributions to the country, and I am not good at making a heavy hand, Qing'er thinks how to arrange it?"

Emperor Chengde was a member of Longwang Shu, and when he saw that Hongqing seemed to be very talkative, his ambition for the position of Admiral of the Nine Gates was really great, but he was afraid of angering Hongqing, so he had to make a shameless questioning to push such a thorny problem into Hongqing's arms.

"Emperor Ama Shengming, the son also thought that there should be a deal of it, now, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou Yanxin is old, and there has been a request for the beggar to return to Beijing before, but there is no one in the court to replace him for a while, so he will stay in office, however, it is not a long-term plan after all, if Geng Sanbiao replaces it, or it is appropriate, the shallow view of this son and the minister, and please ask the emperor Ama to make a decision."

Hongqing originally didn't intend to dominate the position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and the bottom limit was very simple, that is, he couldn't let Geng Sanbiao be wronged, as for who would succeed him as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, Hongqing didn't care about it, and didn't even bother to mention it.

"Well, Geng Aiqing is loyal and reliable, and the matter on the edge of the town is not bad, I am accurate, and I will go back and issue an edict, but in this way, the post of Admiral of the Nine Gates will also be vacant, and this important position is not suitable for a long time, does Qing'er have any candidates to recommend for this?"

Although the governor of Yungui is a feudal official, he is far away in the sky, and he has never been fat, and Emperor Chengde will not oppose Hongqing's proposal, but he can't help but worry that Hongqing will dominate the position of the commander of the Nine Gates, so he cautiously tried to say this.

"Back to Huang Ama's words, there is no one to recommend the ministers at the moment, and everything is subject to the Emperor Ama Holy Judgment."

Yu Hongqing said, but if Emperor Chengde does not interfere in the affairs of the Fengtai camp, it doesn't matter who will be the commander of the Nine Gates, and it is undoubtedly a cost-effective deal to give up the so-called important positions like chicken ribs, which can be exchanged for a long period of time for Emperor Chengde.

"Well, then the matter will be discussed again, I am tired, and I will not be tired."

Although Hongqing said it extremely sincerely, Emperor Chengde obviously didn't dare to be completely relieved, and he didn't want to talk more about this matter, so he waved his hand and issued an order to expel the guest.

"Emperor Ama Shengming, the sons and ministers retire."

Since the predetermined goals have been basically achieved, Hongqing is too lazy to talk more, this listening to Emperor Chengde's instructions, he did not hesitate, respectfully praised, and then withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and went to the Yamen of the Nine Gates to prepare to close the case without mentioning it...... [End of Chapter]