On the ninth day of March in the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, that is, the third day of Hongqing's return to Beijing, the holy decree was finally issued, Hongqing returned to the Ministry of Industry as he wished, but it was not the envoy of the management department that he expected, and he was still the identity of the assistant, which was just that, although the rights and responsibilities between the left and right supervisors and the assistant were very different, but for Hongqing, it was not a big problem, what really surprised Hongqing was that the old man suddenly made a big change to the pattern of the court - Nalan Mingzhu, known as the thousand-year-old tumbler, was finally Zhishi, The name is called begging for the elderly, and the replacement is Zhang Tingyu, who has only been in the office for six years, not only promoted to the scholar of the Baohe Palace, but also holds the important position of the secretary of the ministry, the weight of authority is far greater than that of Ma Qi, Wang Shizhen and other old ministers, only six years have come to the high position of the extremely human minister, at the same time, the various departments of the book have also made significant adjustments, the former scholar and the secretary of the criminal department Li Guangdi was transferred to the Ministry of Works, and the former Ministry of Works, Heda was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, the original Ministry of Rites, Kaiyin Bu Zhishi, the original Zuodu Yu Shi Wenda was transferred to the Ministry of Justice, The remaining vacancies were taken over by Geng E, the governor of Shanxi.

It's balancing!

Everyone else is still sighing for Zhang Tingyu's steady progress, but Hongqing has already turned his mind to the metaphor behind the change in the court situation, in his opinion, the old man's move is just playing a balance trick, and it is also the kind of tightrope-like balance, on the surface, it seems that all parties are involved in each other, and it seems to have reached a delicate balance, but in fact, it is not, the problem is actually in Hongqing himself - the old grudge between him and Li Guangdi is a trivial matter, the key is that Hongqing is categorically impossible to give up such an important territory as the Ministry of Industry, Not only is the current promotion of river control and the change of transportation to shipping, but also the many strategies that Hongqing has already planned must be implemented through the Ministry of Industry, since it is impossible to sit back and watch the power of the Ministry of Industry fall, whether it is public or private, you have to fight with Li Guangdi, the old fox, so that the delicate balance of the old man's calculations is obviously unable to be maintained.

Doing it is inevitable, but how to do it must be particular, although Hongqing can't wait to quickly drag the power of the Ministry of Industry in his hands, but the reality is cruel - Hongqing's foundation in the Ministry of Industry is almost gone, and the newly transferred Langzhong, the principals have their own origins, and there is no pigtail to make Hongqing pull for the time being, everything, you have to be patient and wait for the opportunity to appear, so a little patience, Hongqing is not lacking, riding a donkey left and right to read the record book, and look at it while walking.

"Qing Belle, you are here, Master Li is already in the ministry, saying that if you arrive, please go and meet you."

The holy decree has been issued for three days, but Hongqing has not moved in the slightest, he should go to school, and he will go to the Ministry of Industry after school, although the scope of the supervisor has not yet been clarified, but Hongqing does not mind, every time he arrives at the Ministry of Industry, he only does one thing, that is, to read the official documents and the reports of various departments, and he does not ask Li Guangdi whether he came or not, he is really calm, he is so stable, Li Guangdi is obviously a little uncontrollable, no, I just got out of school today, Hongqing is as usual to lead Guanyu and others to the Ministry of Industry, and I haven't entered the door yet, I saw a team leader on duty come forward and report with a smile.

"Well, there is a leader of the Lao Wang team, watch the rain, and watch the reward."

Hearing that Li Guangdi finally appeared, Hongqing's eyes immediately flashed with a gleam, but he didn't say anything, just gave a flat command in his voice, but there was no pause at his feet, and he walked unhurriedly into the yamen, passed through the lobby, and went straight to Shangshu's office.

"Harubayor, please inside you"

Seeing Hongqing coming, a master who was waiting outside Li Guangdi's office hurriedly greeted him, bowed down with a smile on his face, and motioned for Hongqing to enter by himself.

"Hmm."

On the title, Hongqing is a genuine brand of dragon grandson, and there is Baylor's title on his head, and his status is higher than Li Guangdi, logically speaking, Hongqing has arrived, and Li Guangdi should personally greet him, but now he only sent a master to come, which is obviously suspected of Hongqing's face, but Hongqing didn't care, just said lightly with an indifferent face, and walked into the office without care, only to turn the screen, and saw Li Guangdi buried in the official document, waving a pen and writing a speed, It seems to be in full swing.

"Master Li, please."

Hongqing waited in front of the screen for a while, and saw that Li Guangdi never raised his head, how could he not know that this old man was pretending, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't bring it to his face, but stood still silently, until Li Guangdi finished approving an official document, then he arched his hand and greeted him calmly.

"Yo, Qing Belle is here, the old man was in a state of mind for a while, and he failed to greet him early, he was rude, he was rude."

As soon as Hongqing said this, Li Guangdi couldn't pretend to be blind anymore, but when he saw that he raised his head in surprise, and seemed to be in a trance for a while, he hurriedly got up and apologized with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, Lord Li is so diligent, he is really a model for a hundred officials, and Ben Baylor admires it."

Political animals are the masters of joy and anger, and Hongqing is no exception, even if he is unhappy in his heart, when he should show generosity, there will be no ambiguity, but this generosity obviously has a sense of upper and lower.

"Qing Baylor has won the award, the old man really doesn't dare to be it, alas, it's ashamed to say, the work of this Ministry of Industry is really not too well understood, and it still needs the full support of Qing Baylor and the people of various divisions."

As soon as he heard Hongqing say this, a glimmer of light immediately flashed in Li Guangdi's dim old eyes, and it was obvious that he heard the subtext behind Hongqing's praise, so he snorted and replied with a needle.

"Master Li is too modest, you are an old minister, well-informed, Ben Baylor is young and ignorant, and you have to learn something from your good students."

Li Guangdi's words are very skillful, it seems to be humble, but in fact, he is telling Hongqing that he Li Guangdi is the leader of the Ministry of Works, as for Hongqing, but it's just a help, I want you to help, you can do it, don't want you to help, then you can go coolly, although this meaning is vague, but with Hongqing's IQ, how can you not hear it, but you can hear it, Hongqing doesn't intend to dwell on this matter, so he just smiled and politely.

"The little prince is polite, polite, ah, sit, please sit, come, tea!"

Li Guang's original intention was to provoke Hongqing, to see if he could make Hongqing angry, once this was the case, he could impeach Hongqing, even if he couldn't depose Hongqing's position as an assistant, he could also hit Hongqing's prestige if it was not good, obviously, such a small calculation had fallen into vain, but Li Guangdi didn't care very much, after all, it was not the first time he had dealt with Hongqing, how could he not know how difficult this kid in front of him was, he would not care about the momentary gains and losses, and waved his hand with a smile, The temptation of the first round has been revealed.

Li Guangdi's voice was interrupted, and the servants who were waiting outside rushed in, busily served the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and then retreated, leaving only two people sitting opposite each other in the office, both of them were calm people, and they didn't want to speak in a hurry, so they spent a lot of time sipping tea, and the office was strangely quiet.

"If the old man is not mistaken, Qing Baylor was originally in charge of the Du Shui Qing Envoy, right?"

Silence after silence, the patience of both sides is good, this silence, it is already a stick of incense time has passed, Li Guangdi, who thinks that he has the chance to win, obviously does not want to be so silent anymore, so he put the tea bowl in his hand to the few beside him, and opened his mouth casually.

"That's true, I don't know if Master Li has any advice?"

Hearing Li Guangdi cut to the point, Hongqing's heartstrings immediately tightened, but he didn't bring it to his face, so he just asked a rhetorical question quietly.

"Qing Baylor is serious, the old man has just arrived, and he is not familiar with the affairs of the ministry, how dare he give advice, but he just thinks that with Qing Baylor's great talent, if he is only limited to the affairs of one department, it is really a little bent, according to the old man, if he can rotate more in the rest of the divisions, he will definitely be able to make a lot of achievements in the future, I don't know what Qing Baylor thinks?"

Li Guangdi snorted, and talked a lot with a smile, what the implication was that he wanted to kidnap the authority of the Dushui Qing envoy that Hongqing was originally in charge of.

"Oh? I don't know which division does Master Lee think Ben Baylor should rotate to? ”

Hongqing had long expected that Li Guangdi would come to such a hand, but he didn't care too much, just said lightly, and asked again with an indifferent expression.

"Well, before the old man came to take office, he had an exchange with Lord Heshen, according to what he said, Yu Heng Qing's officials often go wrong, it is really because there is no power-capable person to control it, if Qing Belle is willing to rectify it, it must be expected to be renewed, I don't know if Qing Belle is willing to give in?"

Li Guangdi is determined to control the most core department of the Du Shuiqing Envoy Division this time, even if it may arouse Hongqing's anger, he will not hesitate to do it, besides, if Hongqing is about to rise up, Li Guangdi is not only not afraid, but welcomes it tightly, not for anything else, just because Li Guangdi is already dragging a "domineering" hat in his hand, just waiting for Hongqing to make trouble, and he can take advantage of the situation to buckle Hongqing's head.

Yu Heng Qing officials are in charge of manufacturing, sending and receiving all kinds of official utensils, writing off military expenses, military supplies, and arms expenditures in various places, and are in charge of the national weights and measures system and smelting and casting money, and procuring copper, lead, and sulfur, and other matters. Sulfur depot (responsible for sending and receiving sulfur), lead depot (responsible for sending and receiving large and small guns and lead), cannon depot (responsible for collecting and storing scrap iron cannons), official car office (responsible for managing official vehicles for project transportation), Cuo salary factory (responsible for sending and receiving reed mats, rods, and ropes).

Yu Hengqing's officials seem to be amazingly large, but in fact, they are all miscellaneous departments that are not valued by the imperial court, even in the Ministry of Industry, they also belong to the category of miscellaneous work, it is difficult to get results, but it is very easy to go wrong, it is obvious, Li Guangdi's proposal is obviously not very good.