The old man's edict came down very quickly, almost a group of elder brothers just left the imperial city on the front foot, and the old man's will came to the ministries on the back foot, all the edicts were almost the same, all of them were simple and concise, except for those nonsense of the crepe, there was only one meaning, that is, all the elder brothers withdrew as one, not only that, but even Hongqing, who was in the center, and Hongli, who was still working in the central bank, did not escape the catastrophe. But when I learned that Wolf Yao had led the army to the Fengtai camp and that Wu Dan had taken over the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, although the upper and lower people were slanderous, no one dared to talk nonsense in public, and the situation in the court gradually stabilized under the high pressure of the old man.

On the third day of June in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, after nearly half a month of adjustment, the court situation has stabilized, and the weather is getting hotter, the old man can no longer stay in the palace, and he moves to Changchun Garden, this residence is more than half a year, and most of the government affairs are handed over to Zhang Tingyu and other Zhu Zaifu to take care of, as for the old man himself, he is a simple house, and occasionally shows his face.

The old man is so leisurely, a group of brothers have their own learning, except for the morning and dusk province, the rest of the time they play their own tricks, the third master, the fifth master, the seventh master, and the twelfth master are the four who take turns to do the east, and the literary meeting will be continuous, and they have made a lot of limerick poems, which have attracted countless romantic characters in Beijing; The eighth master, the ninth master, and the tenth master are also not idle, and they gather every other day, calling friends to meet, eating and drinking, and their fun is not harmonious; Fifteen or sixteen masters, but very busy, of course, busy is not any official business, the price of the two brothers all day is not in the "Eight Banners Firm" soaking, or in the "Qilin Firm" playing, when really counting the money to hand cramps, happy like a fairy, only the thirteenth master is not idle, although the Ministry of War is lost, but the artillery command college is in a hot place, the western suburbs are rumbling every day, and I don't know how many beasts and birds are scared away, as for the fourth master, but there is no big noise, That is, he summoned several painters to the house, played a painting game, and after half a year, he drew dozens of pictures of ladies, which can be called a closed door to enjoy himself.

The big guys have a place to play, but Hongqing is completely idle, almost every day the cat is at home, either with the wives and concubines frolicking, or to train the sons, no silk and bamboo mess, no case of labor, it is a rare long vacation, this is not, the day is about to come to the New Year, taking advantage of the good day of the heavy snow, Hongqing's old man chatted about juvenile madness, and played the trick of building a snowman and snowball fights with his three sons in the back garden, making a lot of noise in the back garden, and he was in a hurry. saw the little scholar Feng Ling rushing in from the courtyard gate in a hurry.

"Your lord, the holy decree has arrived."

Feng Ling ran very quickly, and rushed to Hongqing's side in three steps and two steps, not caring about the uneven breath, and hurriedly said a word.

"Huh?"

This hearing the holy decree has arrived, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, no side, this morning Hongqing also went to Changchun Garden to ask for peace, handed over the sign, but did not get the old man to meet, and went back to the house, this is just half a day, the old man actually came to the will, the taste is obviously a little wrong, but the holy decree is to arrive, but also can not allow Hongqing to postpone more, so it can only be forced to suppress the doubts in the heart, beckoning the people to watch the three sons, then rushed back to the main courtyard, hurriedly changed clothes, and rushed to the direction of the house.

"Your Majesty has a decree, declare: Renjun Wang Hongqing, Ruijingxuan will meet you!"

It was the old acquaintance Li Dequan who came to announce the decree, and after a few words of greeting with Hongqing, he immediately announced the old man's edict seriously.

"The ministers will thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

As soon as he heard that it was such a will, the doubts in Hongqing's heart couldn't help but be a little deeper, but the doubts were doubts, but the number of etiquette that should be fulfilled was absolutely indispensable, and Hongqing could only thank him according to the rules of the court, and when he got up, he flicked his fingers, and a folded silver ticket was already unnoticed and popped into Li Dequan's wide sleeves.

"Lord Wang, please, Your Majesty is already waiting."

Although he felt Hongqing's "sincerity", the smile on Li Dequan's face was also extraordinarily bright, but he didn't plan to have more branches, just bowed down, waved his hand, and urged a sentence.

"Okay, Father-in-law Li, please."

Hongqing is a shrewd individual, just looking at Li Dequan's posture, he knew that it was difficult to get very useful information from his mouth, so he didn't bother to bother with that tongue, smiled gently, waved his hand and returned the salute, then he walked to the carriage that had been prepared, and got into the carriage, and then, with a shout, the team turned out of the wall, along the street, and walked towards the Changchun Garden outside the city......

"The grandson knocks on the emperor's fate."

Because it was ordered to be seen, this road was very smooth, no need to hand over the sign, it was already smoothly entered the garden gate, accompanied by Li Dequan to Ruijingxuan, only to turn out from behind the screen, into the eyes to see the old man lying on the large map, holding a magnifying glass, frowning slightly locked to examine, obviously not very good, Hongqing saw this, did not dare to be careless, hurriedly walked a few steps, grabbed the copy, in a proper manner, it is a big gift to worship.

"Excuse me."

Hearing the sound, the old man raised his head from the map, glanced at Hongqing quietly, and called out without being salty.

"Grandson thanks Emperor Mafaronen, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Hearing the old man's tone so indifferent, Hongqing's heart immediately sank, but he couldn't think of what was wrong with him falling into the hands of the old man, so he had no choice but to thank him according to the rules of the court, stood up, and bowed slightly to put on a well-behaved appearance of listening to the instructions.

"I have two excerpts here, so I'll read them all before discussing them."

The old man didn't say much nonsense, and with a shake of his hand, he threw the two folds that were placed in the corner of the copywriting to Hongqing.

Well? Sue for peace?

Although the voice of the old man is still peaceful, but the inside is obviously full of irritability, Hongqing did not dare to be careless, and respectfully agreed to the promise, then hurriedly passed the two folds quickly, brows could not help but wrinkle, no side, among the two folds, one of the signatures was pasted, looking at the style of writing, it was the handwriting of the generals in the army, it was said that on the third day of the first day of November, the Junggar general Xiaoce Wang Dunduobu led the army to attack the Dahan Pass, and defeated the Qing army's grain transport troops in a battle, taking away a large number of grain and straw, The other is the invitation and excerpt of the Dzungar Khan's conspiration with Alabutan, who said that he was willing to live peacefully with the Qing Dynasty and seek peace.

What does the old man want to do, to take the school exam?

For the stalemate of the war on the Western Front, Hongqing has long expected it, and has also been on the strategy of round warfare, in addition to wanting to limit the military power of the old fourteenth, what he is worried about is that his own army will gather on the front line, and the situation that the veteran soldiers of the division will be tired after a long battle, and now, the guerrilla tactics of the Dzungar tribes have gradually achieved results, and strategically, the Qing army has fallen into passivity, although the Dzungar tribes are also at the end of the crossbow, but it is difficult to say who can support it to the end, but it is still difficult to reverse the prediction, from Hongqing's heart, he hopes to withdraw the army first, It's not too late to get the armament in order to fight again in the coming day, but Hongqing is not sure if this idea can be accepted by the old man, besides, the old man coldly threw such a question over, I am afraid that it is not as simple as just discussing countermeasures, in this regard, Hongqing is reluctant to speak easily, after reading the excerpt, he is not in a hurry to express his position, but makes a contemplative appearance.

"What does Qing'er think about this, huh?"

Seeing that Hongqing had already read two excerpts, the old man's brows immediately raised, and he asked a question in a flat voice.

"Emperor Ama Mingjian, grandson thinks that the so-called peace of Alabutan is just a plan to delay the army, it is really difficult to have a little sincerity at all, however, after more than three years of conquest, its country is declining but it is also an indisputable fact, and then postponed for more than a year, its country will collapse without a war, but my front-line army is also a tired division, whether it can support more than a year is also difficult to say, but after all, grandson has never been to the front line, I really dare not speak in vain, and please ask the emperor to judge the holy court."

In the case that he couldn't figure out the old man's true thoughts, Hongqing didn't want to talk too hard, so he just commented on the facts.

"Well, this is indeed a dilemma, if you had prepared for the round battle earlier, and now it will not be tricky, in your opinion, how about retreating from the Tianshan Mountains in the beginning of spring and stationing in Gaochang?"

The old man also has a clear understanding of the war situation, since he knows that what Hongqing said is indeed the key to this campaign, and now in this stalemate situation, it depends on which side can not support it first, the problem is that Dzungaria is a domestic battle, obviously has the strategic initiative, and the Qing army's battle line is too long, everywhere must be fortified, although the troops are enough, the grain and straw are enough, but the army is tired, a little careless, it is very easy to lead to the collapse of the whole situation, the old man really does not dare to gamble on the safety of hundreds of thousands of troops, After frowning and pondering for a moment, he came up with a compromise idea.

"Huang Ma Fa Mingjian, grandson thinks that Gaochang is the place of the four wars, the army is stationed here, I am afraid it is not conducive to recuperation, logistics supply is also difficult to say stable, the sandbar of Tun may be better, this grandson's shallow view is also, please also Huang Ma Fa Mingcha."

Although the old man has not said it explicitly, he can put forward such a compromise method itself is still thinking about fighting the Dzungar tribes again, in this regard, Hongqing is obviously not very optimistic, there is no side, if the old fourteenth really wants to win early, it will not be delayed in Luntai City for more than a year, not to mention anything else, but he is willing to continue to send troops to plunder around, and carry out a cruel blow to the Dzungar herdsmen, it is enough to destroy the foundation of the Dzungar army, and this war should have ended long ago. Naturally, it is not because of soft-heartedness, but because of self-respect, it is obvious that if you want to rely on the old fourteenth to wipe out the Dzungar tribes, it is tantamount to asking for fish from the wood!