On the crooked mountain road, several carriages are slowly driving under the escort of more than 500 officers and soldiers, in the most central luxury carriage pulled by four horses, Hongqing slightly closed his eyes, leaning on the brocade pier, but he did not feel much comfort, no side, Shanxi's ancient road shi zài is too old, under the disrepair, potholes everywhere, the car is on it, it is inevitable that the bumps are enough, fortunately, there is no need to rush to Shanxi this time, and it is not too difficult to stop and go for more than half a month.

"Report, Lord Wang, Shanxi Governor Su Keji has led the officials of Shanxi Tong Province to greet him three miles ahead, and I also ask the prince to make his actions clear."

As soon as the convoy staggered out of the mountain pass, it saw that a horse had galloped and rushed all the way to a distance of only ten paces from the convoy, but when he saw the rider dismount from the saddle with a beautiful rolling saddle, he had landed firmly in front of the luxury carriage that had just stopped.

"Well, move on!"

Hearing such a report, Hongqing's eyes immediately flashed - according to the convention, Hongqing is the prince of Qincha, and the officials of Shanxi Tong Province must go to Pingding County to meet the driver, but at the moment, Hongqing's car is about to arrive in Taiyuan, and these officials came to pick up the car, making it clear that they are not welcoming Hongqing's arrival, but Hongqing did not have any special reaction, just gave the order in a flat voice.

"Wow!"

Hongqing gave this order, and all the people did not dare to slack off, and they all responded to the promise, and the convoy that had just stopped slowly started again, and walked forward along the official road unhurriedly.

"Look, it's coming!"

"It's finally here!"

"Hey, that's a good time!"

……

Outside the city of Taiyuan Wuli Pavilion, a large number of civil and military officials have been waiting under the scorching sun for a long time, although there is a canopy to cover, can not stand the heat of midsummer, one by one is already sweaty and heavy clothes, all the way to see Hongqing's convoy is slowly coming, inevitably quite impatient, regardless of the occasion or not, chaotic commotion.

"Ahem."

Hearing a sound of burial behind him, Su Keji's heart immediately rolled over a burst of relief and refreshment, no side, he had already gotten the news from the eighth master, since he knew that Hongqing was not really here to investigate Zhao Fengzhao's corruption, but to check on him Su Keji, how could there be no pimple in his heart, in fact, Su Keji felt extremely disgusted with Hongqing, not only because of this case, but also because he was a person of the eighth master, and Prince Cheng's mansion was originally a natural mortal enemy, I can't pee in a pot at all, and I hate Hongqing's arrival, so I don't want to go to Pingding County to greet him, and put the greeting ceremony outside Taiyuan City, of course, he dares to do this, he has already thought of the wording, and he is not afraid of Hongqing finding fault, but now this kind of chaos is obviously unacceptable, there is no other, if Hongqing seizes the opportunity to participate in him for a major crime of disrespect, the consequences are very unbearable, because of this, Su Keji is happy in his heart, but he does not dare to sit idly by, but he sees his eyebrows raised, coughed heavily, and the civil and military officials who were originally in a hurry immediately quieted down.

"Shanxi Governor Su Keji led the civil and military officials of Tong Province to welcome the king of Renjun!"

Although Su Keji is proud of the embodiment of his own authority, but he can't care about the excitement, there is no other, Hongqing's car is not far away, he can only quickly restrain his thoughts, quickly grab the carriage, knelt on the ground, and saluted loudly, he moved like this, and all the officials who followed behind did not dare to stand still, and knelt all over the ground.

"It's all flat."

As soon as the carriage stopped, two guards rushed forward left and right, lifted the curtain of the carriage with their hands and feet, and then saw Hongqing, who was dressed in neat court clothes, had already walked down from the carriage, looked around at the officials kneeling all over the place, and then raised his hand in vain, and called out in a calm voice.

"Thank you, Lord Longen!"

Although most of the Shanxi officials did not welcome Hongqing's arrival, no one dared to be presumptuous on such occasions, and the voice of gratitude was neat and loud.

"This king hasn't been to Shanxi for two years, and now I see it, heh, except for the library domain, most of them are very eye-catching, so please report your own door."

As soon as everyone stood up straight, Su Keji had already approached Hongqing flatteringly, and was just about to say some polite words such as welcome, but he didn't think that Hongqing didn't give him a chance to open his mouth at all, and he didn't even look at him, but turned his eyes to the officials, and proposed a sentence with a smile.

"The last general, the Shanxi Banner Camp, the capital of Kui Ning'an, see the prince!"

"The last general, Zhao Jiaju, the deputy general of the Shanxi Banner Battalion, see the prince!"

"The last general, Kejun, the deputy general of the Shanxi Banner Battalion, see the prince!"

……

According to the usual practice, if Hongqing wants to know such local officials, he should be introduced by Sukeji, the head of the military and political affairs of a province, (Shanxi Province is very special, it is the only province in the country that does not have the control of the governor, and there is no post of governor, according to the law, the governor is concurrent, in other words, except for the flag camp, which is independently managed, the rest of the military and political power is in the hands of the governor, but all those who hold this post are added to the title of secretary of the military department.) There is no doubt that Hongqing's move of bypassing Su Keji and directly asking the officials to report their resumes is really unconventional, and all the civil officials can't help but be stunned, but the generals of the Shanxi Banner Camp obviously don't care, and they stand up one by one and salute loudly.

"Xiaguan Shanxi envoy Wang Liangen knocked on the prince!"

"Xiaguan Shanxi Grain Road Tie Lang knocks to see the prince!"

"Xiaguan Shanxi Yandao Zhang pragmatically knocks to see the prince!"

……

Seeing that the group of Qiu Ba in the banner camp all came out, and a group of Shanxi civil officials could no longer hold on, led by the new envoy Wang Liangen, they came out one after another to report their homes. (Chen Geran, the former procurator, has been promoted to the post of political envoy to Yunnan because of his meritorious service in assisting Hongqing in handling the financial turmoil case, while Li Quan, the former governor, was dismissed from office for the crime of appeasement because of the rampant White Lotus Sect in the territory, and now he has "gone home to sell sweet potatoes.") ）

"Well, okay, all the princes are exempt from courtesy, this king has been ordered to come to handle the case, and he has to get a lot of help from the princes, Xiao Wang has thanked him in advance."

Shanxi is a big province, there are a lot of officials who are qualified to come to meet them, and there are nearly two hundred civil and military combined, even if they report to the door one after another, a round down, it takes a long time to burn and a half incense, but Hongqing does not have a trace of impatience, always listening with a smile, at the same time, he did not forget to compare the information he learned in advance with the real person, of course, the focus is still on observing the middle-level generals recommended by the old thirteen, It wasn't until those Qipin Zhixian counties also introduced themselves that Hongqing made a group with a smile on his face and said a polite word.

"Lord Wang, you are too polite, as soon as the civil and military officials of my Shanxi province heard that you were going to investigate and deal with the huge corrupt official Zhao Fengzhao, they were all excited, and even the government and the opposition were also jubilant, but if necessary, the lower officials and others should serve themselves."

Su Keji put Hongqing on the matter of welcoming the car, and he was still smug, but he didn't want this to be just started, he was thrown aside by Hongqing, and his heart couldn't help but be angry, but the difference in status between the two sides was too great, and he could scold Hongqing in private, but in public, even if he was given ten more guts, he didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect to Hongqing, so he could only stay sullenly on the side, and finally waited until the end of the ceremony, Su Keji hurriedly intervened from the side, It seems to be expressing a position on behalf of many officials in Shanxi, but in fact, there is another mystery in the words.

"What does Master Su mean by this? It is true that this king was ordered to investigate the case, but whether Zhao Fengzhao is a huge corrupt official or not, after all, he must be found out, isn't this kind of remark intended to be the master of this king, huh? ”

Hongqing is not so easy to fool, and he originally had a very bad impression of Su Keji, not only because he was a person on the side of the eighth master, but also because Hongqing knew that Su Keji was really a huge greedy one in his previous life, and when he was raided by Yongzheng, he actually copied out 4.5 million taels of silver from his home, all of which were obtained from his appointment as governor of Shanxi, and it is never an exaggeration to say that he is the biggest corrupt official since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. No, Su Keji's voice had just fallen, and Hongqing's face sank, and he asked unceremoniously.

"Lord Wang, you misunderstood, how dare the lower officials be like this, but, hehe, it's just that Zhao Fengzhao's corruption is all well-founded, not that the lower officials are open-mouthed, this matter, the provincial officials are all aware, if the prince doesn't believe it, you can ask the public to prove it."

Being asked by Hongqing like this, Su Keji's face was difficult to see, but Hongqing was the respect of the prince of Qincha, even if he was annoyed, he didn't dare to be disrespectful, but he didn't show weakness, and he gave Hongqing a trick between the words, which was to induce Hongqing to ask those officials.

"This king's investigation has always only focused on evidence, what do others say, what does this king have to do with it? Lord Su is so anxious to make a conclusion to this king, what is his intention? ”

In terms of age and Huan Hai's career, Hongqing can't compare with Su Keji, but when it comes to scheming, the ten Su Keji combined, are not Hongqing's opponents, just such a little pediatric trick, if you want to cover Hongqing, it's just a joke, this hearing Su Keji so hypocritical and quibble, he dared to play a trick, Hongqing was not polite, and asked again and again, without leaving Su Keji the slightest affection.

Su Keji obviously didn't expect Hongqing to be so ruthless, his face changed even if it was red and white, but he definitely didn't have the courage to admit his mistake in public, but he was unwilling, and he really didn't know how to deal with it for a while, the beads of sweat on his forehead were like pearls with broken threads, so how embarrassed he was......