Chapter 289: Hongqing's Choice
It's finally back again!
Looking at the magnificent Tiananmen Square in front of him, Hongqing has an inexplicable emotion rippling in his heart, both a little excited, but also a little expectant, and more tired and tired - since he left Beijing in April last year, it has been nearly a year now, although the time is not long, but the ups and downs during it are not young and old, several adventures down, even if Hongqing is tenacious by nature, it is inevitable that he is a little tired now, I really want to go back to my house to rest and recuperate, but this is just a luxury, Before the audience, Hongqing, who was ordered by the emperor, couldn't go anywhere, so he could only wait outside the palace gate honestly.
"Your Majesty has a will, Xuan, Dorobel Hongqing Qianqing Palace to meet you!"
Hongqing didn't wait long, after handing over the sign to please see, it was only a time to burn incense, and he saw Qin Wuyong leading the two little eunuchs out of Tiananmen Square in a hurry, and stood up with his feet five steps away from Hongqing, waved the dust in his hand, and procrastinated the old man's message.
Well, how could it be the Qianqing Palace?
As soon as he heard such a message, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, not for anything else, just because the old man summoned the ministers, he has always only been in the Yangxin Palace, and it is very rare to meet the minister in the Qianqing Palace, the old man's bedroom, not to mention the foreign ministers, it is the elder brothers, and they are basically mostly in the Yangxin Palace, and only the prince can meet the old man in the Qianqing Palace, Hongqing has been an official in the court for some years, and he really has never been in the Qianqing Palace. For a while, my brain was really a little bit unturnable.
"Minister, thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
The doubts in his heart were doubts, but Hongqing's movements were not slow, and as soon as he came back to his senses, he hurriedly thanked him according to the rules of the court.
"Harubaelor, please."
Qin Wuyong never dared to underestimate Hongqing, this time he heard that Hongqing went down to the south of the Yangtze River alone, and he was stunned that the two Huai salt transportation envoys completely turned the yamen upside down, and he was stunned, and he really had a lot of jealousy of Hongqing.
"There is Lao Qin's father-in-law, Ben Beile went to Jiangnan this time, passed by Henan on the return trip, and suddenly remembered that his father-in-law missed Henan dried carp the most, so he took some with him, and sent it to his father-in-law when he turned around."
Facing Qin Wuyong's courtesy, Hongqing thanked him very kindly, and then smiled and openly bribed.
"Yo, Qing Belle has a heart, but the old slave is born to you."
The dried carp of the Yellow River is not worth a few dollars, but for Qin Wuyong, it is a precious memory from his hometown, and what is even more rare is that Hongqing, who is now red with half the sky, can remember such a trivial matter, which really moved Qin Wuyong's heart, and the smile on his face was immediately sincere.
"Father-in-law Qin is polite, it's just a gesture."
Can spend a little money to do big things, Hongqing is very happy, but such occasions outside the palace gate, but it is not more than a set of almost places, Hongqing just smiled kindly, did not talk nonsense, raised his feet and walked to the palace gate, all the way through the three major halls, entered the Qianqing Gate, and went straight to the Qianqing Palace.
"Grandson knocks on Huang Marfa!"
Originally, the audience in the Qianqing Palace had already made Hongqing Fox suspicious, but after entering the Qianqing Palace, he actually found that he was not in the main hall, but went to the apse of the dormitory, which inevitably made Hongqing muttered in his heart, but when he entered the dormitory, he suddenly found that the old man was actually leaning on the brocade pier of the dragon couch casually, which immediately made Hongqing a little dumbfounded, but fortunately, the kung fu of nourishing qi was deep enough, but there was no rudeness, and he was busy reining in his thoughts, and he grabbed the dragon couch in a few big steps. Worship in a proper manner.
"Excuse me."
Seeing Hongqing come in, the old man didn't sit up straight, but just raised his hand with a smile on his face and called out kindly.
"Thank you, Emperor Mafaronen."
Hongqing really didn't understand the old man's intention for putting on such a homely appearance for a while, but he was not slow at all in his actions, and hurriedly thanked him, stood up, and put on a well-behaved posture of listening to the instructions.
"Well, it's dark, it looks like Qing'er hasn't been idle for most of the year, come, tell me about Yangzhou."
The old man seemed to be in a good mood, sat up straight, looked at Hongqing with a smile, and then gave a casual order.
"Back to Huang Ma Fa, Yangzhou is the place of outstanding people, the folk customs are simple, it is indeed a rare rich township, there are all kinds of snacks famous, grandchildren are most willing to go to the streets and alleys in their spare time, always have a gain, the Yangzhou cake, crab shell yellow, mille-feuille oil cake, double hemp shortbread and so on all kinds of famous points to taste, it is really a great pleasure in life, Huang Ma Fa, you have also been to Yangzhou, when you know that the mille-feuille oil cake is soft and refreshing, a bite down, full of fragrant, and that Yangzhou cake ......"
Yangzhou can say so much, what should be said, Hongqing has already said in detail in the fold, the rest is naturally not enough for outsiders to secret, if it is in front of the old man to pull those salt cases or local government affairs, one is easy to show the stuffing, the other is to come, it is inevitable to boast, even so, Hongqing simply did not say, simply pretended to be stupid and pulled up Yangzhou snacks, the more he said, the more energetic, although they are all trivial things, but can not stand Hongqing's eloquence, said that he will get up, eyebrows fly to the ground, It's really tempting, and I can't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva when I don't see the old man.
"Stop, stop, what I asked you to do is the right thing, you're good, you have eaten all the snacks every day, and I'm hungry, I have to ask Cao Yin to send more, and see if it's as mysterious as you say."
Yangzhou City, the old man has actually been there, more than once, and has also been a private visit, but it is just a horse and flowers, although I have also tasted some snacks, but it is very limited, I really have never heard of Hongqing said all kinds of food, my mind was really in a trance, but I saw Hongqing getting farther and farther, but he didn't mention the business, the old man woke up, laughed and scolded angrily, and stopped Hongqing's nonsense.
"Huang Ma Fa Shengming, with Lord Cao doing it, you will definitely be able to enjoy the blessings of the mouth."
As long as you don't talk about business, then it's easy to say anything, and Hongqing happily praised it.
"That's it, don't talk about these idle things, Qing'er went to Jiangnan this time, and the envoy did a good job, I am very relieved, let's say, how do I want to reward you?"
The old man has ears and eyes in Jiangnan, not only Cao Yin's family, for Hongqing's various measures in Yangzhou, he knows it in his heart, of course, he just knows the general situation, the reason why he played alone with Hongqing in the Qianqing Palace this time was to have an in-depth understanding of some doubts in the salt case, but he didn't seem to want to say that the old man was not easy to force, after all, Hongqing had made a great contribution to go, no matter what, the dignity that should have should still be given, But there is one thing that makes the old man a little difficult, and that is how to reward Hongqing.
There is no side, just Hongqing's outstanding achievements, it is more than enough to be crowned the king of the county, the problem is that there are only two kings among the brothers at the moment - except for the third master is Prince Cheng, only the eldest brother has been crowned the king of the county, and most of the rest of the elder brothers are Baylor and Beizi, so you can't just go over the uncles and give Hongqing the king first, but if you don't seal the king, give some side rewards, but it doesn't seem to be enough to reward Hongqing's work, the old man has been embarrassed for a long time, and he has not been able to come up with a safe proposition. Today, I have the intention of discussing with Hongqing when I play alone in this dormitory, but as an emperor, this kind of discussion is not easy to say, and the old man simply kicked the question to Hongqing, just to see what Hongqing himself would say.
"If you go back to Huang Ma Fa, your affirmation is the greatest reward for your grandson, and your grandson really doesn't dare to ask for the rest.
Reward, Hongqing naturally wants, but what he wants is not gold and silver and other things, nor is it a king who makes the old man difficult, but has other plans, but this kind of thinking can not be said in a hurry, otherwise, not only will it not achieve the goal, but it will commit the old man's taboo, such a stupid thing, Hongqing will not do it, so he made a sincere fear and knelt on the ground, sincerely thanked.
"Well, that's not right, if you have merit, you must be rewarded, otherwise, wouldn't I be no different from the faint king, just say it, but if I can take it out, I should not be stingy."
Hongqing is shrewd, but the old man is not stupid, how can he go to pick up the ball that Hongqing kicked back, raised his eyebrows, and kicked the ball to Hongqing's feet with a hint of displeasure.
"Huang Ma Fa Mingjian, grandson since Kangxi forty-three years by your trust, to help the Ministry of Industry, always conscientious, do not dare to have a bad pool, although two years, but has been quite experienced, now is at the critical juncture of Cao Yun to change the river transport, grandson is really worried, if you can get the Huang Ma Fa reward, the son is willing to return to the Ministry of Industry, in order to achieve full merit."
Hongqing was already ambitious, and at this time he saw that the old man kicked the ball back, and he no longer went around the corner, and straightforwardly put forward the request to return to the Ministry of Industry to preside over the overall situation.
"Well, Rong Zhen will think about it again, and then let's go first."
The matter of the eighth master's attack on the Ministry of Industry is not very secret, the old man has already known it, but he doesn't want to pay attention to it, because Shen He and others are just middle and low-level officials, and they have the actual handle to be impeached, as the emperor, the old man is not good at openly standing on Hongqing's side in such trivial matters, and it has to be a bowl of water to be leveled, as for the arrangement after Hongqing returns to Beijing, the old man originally had the idea of letting Hongqing go to the Ministry of Officials to have a good life experience, but at this time, when he heard that Hongqing actually planned to return to the Ministry of Industry, Inevitably, some hesitation, there is nothing else, the chaos in the court is not the situation that the old man wants to see, and once Hongqing returns to the Ministry of Industry, he will inevitably collide with Heshen, and will inevitably involve the third master, the eighth master and other brothers will all be involved, the chaos must not be small, the old man can't help but worry, the problem is that Hongqing has already opened his mouth, and the old man is not good enough to refuse, and under hesitation, he had to vaguely order the expulsion.
"Yes, my grandson is leaving."
Seeing that the old man didn't immediately agree to his request, Hongqing couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but fortunately, the city was deep, but he didn't bring it to his face, and after responding respectfully, he withdrew from the dormitory and went back to the house by himself.