"What's so difficult to understand is that the little prince Jiangnan and his entourage have touched the sore spot of the eighth master, and their efforts in the court at this time are just to muddy the waters, but there is something very strange."

Facing the third master's puzzled eyes, Old Master Chen didn't sell much, sneered, and straightforwardly pointed out the eighth master's motives.

"Well...... I see, it's not surprising, but how to break this game?"

The third master is a fine person, the old master Chen has already said so clearly, he will not understand, but when he thinks of the eighth master's brazen attack on the Ministry of Works, the third master can't do it and ignore it, do you want to fight back, but you are afraid of being used by the eighth master, you can't help but hesitate, after a moment of silence, there is still some hesitation, so he cautiously said a word.

"Let's!"

Old Master Chen had obviously guessed the third master's reaction a long time ago, and gave an answer almost without thinking.

"This, how does this work?"

In the end, the third master was still reluctant to give up the territory of the Ministry of Industry, and he thought that Old Master Chen would make a clever move, but this time he actually let the eighth master do it, and he couldn't help but feel quite disappointed, and he was unwilling, so he didn't want to accept Old Master Chen's suggestion.

"There is something that can't be done, but it's a momentary gain or loss, if you want to achieve great things, how can you care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, isn't it a Ministry of Industry, so what's the matter, now it's the king of the Holy Ming, and there must be no sand in his eyes, the eighth master's move is just a villain in vain, and it can't become a big climate."

Old Master Chen is the identity of the master, and when he speaks, he is not very polite, and he teaches the third master a lesson, and the third master is red-faced and red-eared when he listens to it, although he is still unwilling to be tight, but he does not have the courage to speak out to defend himself.

"Wang Ye Mingjian, his subordinates think that what the master said is very true, at this time I should be stable and not move, but there is no chaos in the capital, the little prince will be able to deploy calmly, if we dare to fight back, the situation will be chaotic, really at that time, the prince is not favorable, I am afraid that more than the eighth master's side, the rest of the elder brother is afraid that he will also fall into the well, once there is a loss, the consequences will be unbearable."

Although Old Master Chen did not explain it very clearly, Li Minquan understood the mystery inside, and when he saw that the third master was unwilling, he excused himself.

"Well, it's okay, it's just that if the Ministry of Industry is wrong, in case it affects the control of the river and the change of water transportation to shipping, but I am afraid that the overall situation is not good, this must not be prevented."

Although the third master reluctantly agreed to the "let the policy", the unwillingness in his heart did not diminish a little, which raised another question and tried to fight for it again.

"The prince is too worried, the two things of river control and Cao Yun to sea transportation are all handled by the governor of Beihe and the governor of Henan, and the materials required are basically obtained from river control, and the Ministry of Industry is not very related, and furthermore, these two things are related to the community, how can Your Majesty allow the villain to make trouble, no matter who dares to reach out to these two things, they will find trouble, there is no need to worry too much."

For such a stupid question as the third master, Old Master Chen didn't even bother to explain, but Li Minquan was diligent, and hurriedly pointed out the cardinal inside.

"Well, then it's okay to go like this, I hope that when Qing'er returns, don't be weird."

Even found a few excuses and was refuted on the spot, although the third master was still unwilling, but there was no way, he could only shake his head with a wry smile, and reluctantly agreed to Old Master Chen's suggestion.

"The prince's words are bad, since ancient times, those who can compete in the crowd of heroes and deer are on the clouds, not to mention the word 'forbearance', not to mention that today is the holy monarch of the ages, if there is no tolerance, how can you enter the eyes of the saint, the one who wants to fight, the actual performance, not the nest fight, the prince only needs to do all the errands at hand, it is enough to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and why do you have to fight with others indiscriminately, as for the little prince, but you can fight for the prince, how to fight it doesn't matter, if the prince can't understand it, what qualifications do you have to hope to be on the clouds!"

Old Master Chen really knows the third master too well, don't look at the third master's promise, but when he actually does something, he can really bear it before he can do it, and in desperation, he has no choice but to say it again.

"To fight or not to fight? Well, Xiao Wang knows what to do, thank you for the reminder. ”

Old Master Chen's words woke up the third master like a basin of cold water, and he couldn't help but shudder, and after his face changed for a while, he finally bowed to Old Master Chen with joy and sincerity, and thanked him sincerely......

On May 25, the 44th year of Kangxi, following the early 23rd day, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Heshen impeached the Du Shui Qing envoy Shi Langzhong Wang Rui and other three, supervising the imperial Shi Nalan Yuxu (the second son of Nalan Mingzhu) again impeached the Ministry of Industry Du Shui Qing envoy Si Zheng Yin Lang Zhong Shen He, saying that his widowed mother was seriously ill in his hometown, but he disregarded filial piety, was not enough to be a social minister, and asked for the removal of Shen He. As for Nalan Yuxu, he has always been very close to the eighth master, and the bullet seal at this time seems to indicate that the eighth master's side will have a comprehensive fight with the third master, and now, the eighth master has made a move, and all the courtiers want to see how the third master will respond.

Should you fight? The third master really wanted to fight, and in the past, he did collect a lot of illegal acts of the eight masters and a series of courtiers, but he was afraid of the analysis of the old master Chen, and he still did not move blindly at the end, and he did not even express any opinion on the impeachment of Shen He, and sat back and watched the impeached Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Industry being demoted out of Beijing. However, the third master did not say a word about this, only said that everyone must do a good job of their own envoys, Mo left the handle in the hands of people, and no matter how much he refused to say, Chen Guanzhao and others repeatedly persuaded ineffective, and had to give up, for a time the government and the opposition public opinion was one after another, saying everything, but the mainstream opinion was that the third master knew the overall situation, and had the heart of forbearance for the country, of course, there were no ordinary people with ulterior motives to publicize the cowardice and incompetence of the third master, but no matter how the outside was discussed, the third master did not respond, except for the court affairs that should be done, he did not pay attention to anything.

On May 27, the 44th year of Kangxi's reign, Yangzhou 300 li rushed to Beijing, and Qincha Beile Hongqing personally wrote this chapter, saying that he was attacked by the White Lotus Sect and bandits in Yangzhou, pointing out that this gang of bandits was the Lu widow's party who had caused chaos in Henan before, and after the accompanying guards fought hard, they were able to behead more than 20 bandits such as the thief and the widow of the chieftain, and more than a dozen bandits such as his son Lu Dingsheng absconded, and asked for the whole country to be wanted by Yunyun. When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and immediately issued an edict admonishing the Yangzhou prefect Che Ming for not appeasing the local area, and dismissed him from his post to investigate, and appointed the Qin Dispatch Beile Hongqing to temporarily act as the prefect of Yangzhou, and ordered the criminal department to go to the sea to catch documents, and strictly ordered the governor of Liangjiang, Ba Xike, to arrest the fugitive White Lotus bandits.

The day will be June, midsummer is approaching, the heat is unbearable, even though there is a big ice basin in the room, but Hongqing is still sweating profusely, and the white silk used for wiping has not been changed for a few pieces, but he still can't stop the sweat on his face, he is really a little miserable, there is no way, although he has experienced two lives, but Hongqing has never understood the hot and humid weather in the summer in Jiangnan, and he is so stuffy, it is really wrong with his whole body, but it is unbearable, but he still has to do business, this is not, Although he had to wipe his sweat with a white silk from time to time, Hongqing's eyes barely took off the thick stack of documents spread out on the table—the production reports of the salt works on the surface of the two rivers.

It has been nine days since the assassination, but Hongqing has not stopped the rhythm of rectifying the salt affairs because of the assassination, following the strict investigation order, another trick has been made, that is, to send a large number of people to conduct a thorough investigation of the salt works on the ground of the two rivers, and the production capacity and output of the major salt farms have been clarified, as for the assassination case, Hongqing has not paid attention to it at all, and all of them were thrown to the Yangzhou prefect Che Ming to deal with it, and he didn't even bother to ask, as if the assassin was not him Hongqing.

Generous? Of course not, this time after suffering such a big loss, Hongqing can't wait to break the corpses of those White Lotus Sect bandits together with their backstage roots, but, if you want to think about it, you have to do it step by step, before the holy decree is issued, Hongqing does not plan to move blindly, but is more concerned about the situation in Beijing, there is no other, Hongqing really knows the third master's personality too well, I am really afraid that the third master will not be able to hold his breath and fight with the eighth master, although this has always been through the carrier pigeon and the old master Chen in Beijing, I also know that the third master intends to forbear, but he still can't help but worry, not for anything else, just because the third master's desire for power is too heavy, whether he can really endure to the end, Hongqing really doesn't dare to assert it, if you want to say that you are not worried, how can it be possible, but the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, except for waiting, Hongqing has no other way to think about it.

"Little prince, Jingshi is anxious."

Just when Hongqing was worried about the unpredictable situation, he saw Li Minxing quickly turn out from behind the screen, take a few steps to get closer, and hurriedly said a word.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard the letter from Jingshi, Hongqing's spirit couldn't help but perk, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the small brass pipe handed over by Li Minxing into his hand, quickly unscrewed the hidden clasp on it, and poured out a secret letter full of words from the inside.

"Little Prince......"

Seeing that Hongqing didn't react for a long time, and the look on his face was very strange, Li Minxing couldn't help but be a little worried, and hurriedly whispered in a low voice.

"Well, it's okay, my fourth uncle is also coming to Jiangnan."

Although the secret letter is not long, but the connotation is a lot, in addition to briefly explaining the core content of the upcoming holy decree, there is only one, that is, the fourth master is going to come to Jiangnan under the pretext of Caoyun will change to sea transportation, as for its true meaning, it is not easy to say, although Hongqing guessed, but did not say much, just a simple explanation, but a trace of essence in his eyes showed that Hongqing's heart was not as calm as it seemed.