On April 16 of the first year of Chengde, Emperor Chengde issued three edicts in a row, and the situation in Beijing, which was already chaotic, suddenly boiled over, and among the different opinions, all forces began a new round of competition and reshuffle, whether it was the criminal department or the military department, or the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Officials, or even the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy were involved.

On the first day of the fifth month of the first year of Chengde, Xi'an general Heda was ordered to return to Beijing, out of charge of the Fengtai camp, Yong Prince Yunxiang and Ren Prince Hongqing came forward together to receive the wind and wash the dust for Heda.

On May 27 of the first year of Chengde, the "Eight Banners" fleet sailing to the South Seas returned again with a full load, and 46 large merchant ships were escorted by a "Zhen" class giant ship and four "Wei" class medium-sized warships, and stopped at the port of Guangzhou. The gross profit was more than 58,785,000 taels, and after deducting various costs, the net profit was more than 36,890,000 taels, a slight increase from the same period last year.

As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had sent a merchant fleet to set up a point in Guangzhou to carry out trade with China, and then because the Qing Dynasty moved to the sea, it had to end the trade with China, and because the Kingdom of Great Britain was the main business direction in North America, the Far East, only to run India, and there was no direct conflict with the West, Portugal, the Netherlands and other old Far East colonists, However, with the continuous growth of the trade volume between the Qing Dynasty ocean-going fleet and Spain and other countries, Spain and other countries have made a lot of money, but the British East India Company has suffered greatly, and there is no side, the tea, silk, porcelain, etc. in the main business projects of the British East India Company are all taken over from Spain and other countries, not to mention the high price, and the cash silver has always been in a pure outflow state.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the Qing fleet's arrival in the South Seas, the company had sent commissioners to contact the Qing fleet in an attempt to get a piece of the pie, but it was ruthlessly rejected by the Qing fleet, not that the person in charge of the fleet did not know how to make money, but that this secret order came from Hongqing, the actual helmsman of the "Eight Banners Firm", and no one dared to disobey it. Looking back, he also tried to send a small fleet to Guangzhou, trying to establish a commercial base in Guangzhou again, but was sternly rejected by the Guangdong side, needless to say, this secret order came from Hongqing.

In order to open up such a huge market in the Qing Dynasty, the company had to lobby the Imperial Parliament, and after spending a huge price, it finally won the Parliament and the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Robert? With the full support of Wo'boer, he sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of last year, and he wanted to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on commercial and trade issues, and the envoy group wandered at sea for more than half a year before arriving in India, and because of the monsoon, it took nearly half a year before rushing to the South Seas and taking the Qing ocean-going fleet to Guangzhou.

Although the envoys of the Kingdom of Great Britain were still on their way to Beijing from Guangzhou, a copy of their letters of state was sent by the Guangzhou side to Beijing in accordance with the practice of international foreign 'exchanges,' and the copy of the letters was translated into Chinese by the interpreter of the Li Fan Yuan. In the mainstream thought of the Qing Dynasty, the merchants are still waiting for the next generation, even if over the years, the industry and commerce of the Qing Dynasty have been booming, and the status of the merchants has been slightly improved, but the mainstream is still Confucianism, and the status of the merchants is difficult to have any substance Moreover, it seems that the British envoys sailed thousands of miles just to discuss trade matters, and it was the first case since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and a group of military ministers did not know who to send to contact, and they still had no clue, and at the end, Emperor Chengde was impatient, and directly asked Prince Ren Hongqing to take care of the matter.

When the decree was issued, Hongqing was busy with the reorganization of the army in the Fengtai camp, and received an edict to let him be responsible for negotiating with the British envoys. We must discuss a safe method with the Kingdom of Great Britain, so as not to lose the prestige of our Qing Dynasty, as for the reorganization of the army, it can be 'handed over' to Heddah, or it can be mutually appropriate.

Compatible with both? What is the right thing for the two to do, it is nothing more than to ask Hedda to seize the opportunity to stuff people into the new army, and dig into the corner of Hongqing's wall, the meaning of which is too obvious, there is nothing else, the British envoys have just set off from Guangzhou, no matter how much they hurry, it will take more than a month to arrive in Beijing, so early to Hongqing to 'handover' the power of the whole army, even a fool can see the strangeness inside, let alone Hongqing and other "shrewd" people to the extreme.

"Go, and bring the Hetids."

No matter how unhappy he was in his heart, but Emperor Chengde's edict had arrived, but he couldn't allow Hongqing to postpone many things, and after sending Li Dequan who came to deliver the decree away, as soon as Hongqing returned to the office, he immediately ordered in a slightly cold voice.

"Wow!"

Ding Songnai is the eldest son of "Thousand Hands Guanyin" Ding Yan, who grew up in Xiaoskeanzi Hutong since he was a child, and has been the head of several families in martial arts, since he was transferred to the 'waiting' guard by Hongqing in the fifty-first year of Kangxi, it has been followed by Hongqing for ten years, although he has just been promoted to the commander of the 'waiting' guard, but he has a good understanding of Hongqing's 'sex' personality.

"The last general will knock on the prince!"

Hedda came quickly, but he was a mess, no side, just because in the past month since he took office, Hedda has never worked in the ya'men', every day is with ordinary soldiers out of '', training together, whether it is 'shooting' or 'touching' crawling, Hedda can put down the admiral's shelf, and treat himself as an ordinary soldier, and now he is no exception, originally with the soldiers of the first division and the first regiment of the first army the tactical moves, listening to Hongqing's summons, he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he ran over wearing a soldier's uniform, and the salute was respectful, but with the sloppy uniform, how to make people look at it, how not to pinch it.

"Lao He is good, such a whole thing, he has really become a big soldier."

Since he arrived at the Fengtai camp, Hongqing has really never had too many 'exchanges' with him, nor has he ever tested Heda's true thoughts, and he can't help but feel a little unkind about Heda in his heart, but Hongqing will not 'revue' it, no, making fun of Heda is as casual as before.

"Let the prince smile, the last general is so favored by His Majesty, it is really frightened, the poor general is an old man, playing in the battle 'hand-to-hand' fight, but to lead such a new army, it is really beyond the ability of the last general, you see, the last general is not even a big soldier, now a company, stunned by a group of sons and daughters to underestimate a child, it is really pitiful."

Heda obviously didn't know about Emperor Chengde's edict, thinking that Hongqing was going to test his experience in participating in the 'drill' performance, so he laughed at himself.

"Oh, Lao He can work so hard, a few months down, will be able to master the training of the new army, the so-called sweat more in peacetime, less blood in wartime is such a reason, for your Lao He's ability, this king can be trusted, that's it, don't talk about this, this king has just received the edict of the emperor, must return to the city to preside over the negotiation with the envoys of the Kingdom of Great Britain, according to Your Majesty's will, the reorganization of the new army will be temporarily borne by your Lao He, if you don't understand, you can ask Prince Yong for advice, you can also discuss with the generals to do it, if anyone dares to mischievous, You just have to come to find this king, and this king should be your master! ”

Hongqing smiled and praised Heda a few words, and then immediately turned to the topic, his face was 'pale', he had already made the intention of calling Heda to come 'hand' a clear one, and the words would come down, it seemed random, but there was a mystery inside, as for whether Hedda could understand it, it would depend on whether he had that mind.

"This ......, Wang Ye Mingjian, the last general and the small soldiers have not yet come out, how can they have the ability to organize the army, if it is done badly, the consequences must not be easy to play, inappropriate, big inappropriate, the last general will resign, and please Your Majesty appoint another smart person, whether it is Tashan or Zhang Miao, they are countless stronger than the last general."

Hedda obviously didn't expect Hongqing to come and say something like this, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then hurriedly asked for his resignation in a high-profile manner. "It doesn't matter, since Huang Ama has entrusted the envoy to you Lao He, he believes that your Lao He will be able to make a difference, so there is no need to discuss this matter, and it is decided so well, this king will 'hand' over all kinds of matters with you first." When it comes to the ability to observe the 'color', there are not many people in the world who can compare with Hongqing, even if Heda hides it well, he can't hide Hongqing's fiery eyes, he can see that Heda is already determined to follow Emperor Chengde, even if his heart sinks, but it doesn't bring it to his face, he just smiled indifferently, waved his hand, and gave an order with an unquestionable 'tone'.