Chapter 660: The Old Man's Test (1)

On the second day of the fifth month of the 54th year of Kangxi, the inner court issued an edict, in the name of acting beyond its authority, exempting him from the title of assistant director of the Hongli Ministry of Industry, and his position as assistant of the central bank remained the same, and handed over to the Zongren Mansion for admonition. After this edict, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military discussions were all over the place, and the people were even more rumored, and the palace of Prince Yong, which was not high in popularity, was hit by this, and its prestige inevitably became even lower, of course, there were some rumors that were unfavorable to the third master and his son, basically saying that the third master and his son were bullying people, but such rumors were not mainstream, but some small circles with ulterior motives were just discussing.

Others don't discuss, Hongqing doesn't care at all, as far as he is concerned, he can completely drive Hongli out of the Ministry of Industry, it is a big victory, at least there is no need to worry about Hongli in the name of the Ministry of Industry in the name of the Ministry of Industry to stir up the wind and rain, as for the rest, it doesn't matter, how others like to discuss how to discuss it, Hongqing is too lazy to pay attention to it, after completing the handover in three or five days, he immediately entered the study with high spirits, stood side by side with Zhang Tingyu and others, and officially began his career as a scholar.

Scholars are naturally not so easy to be, you don't see that there are tens of thousands of officials in the court, but there are only a few people who can really stand on such a step as scholars, and it is an honor to be honored, but the pain in it is really not enough for outsiders to be inhumane-every day there are thousands of official documents flying into the Great Interior, not to mention the side, it is not a simple matter to copy and abridge, not only to read each book carefully, but also to extract the core content of the book from a lot of red tape, this is not the end, and I have to attach my own suggestions on what the sonatamoto said. This kind of workload is really not such a fun thing, Rao is Hongqing is also used to the excerpts in the Ministry of Industry, but at first glance to take over such brain-consuming and laborious work, or tired enough, it is really not as sophisticated as Zhang Tingyu and others, no way, it can only be to make up for the clumsy with diligence, every day always busy until the day is dark before returning home, and this, or in the case that Hongqing has no department in charge, if you want to hang a few more departments for Hongqing, you don't have to go home, just move the cover to the study to lay the ground.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye it is the end of May, the day is getting hotter, the old man can't stay in the palace, leading a large number of eunuchs and palace maids to move to Changchun Garden outside the city, the bachelors who are in the body naturally all follow to Changchun Garden, Hongqing, who is so busy in the dark, can finally take a breath of air, there is no other, one comes, after more than half a month of hard practice, Hongqing's ability to copy abridgements has risen sharply, as for the second, that is, the Summer Palace of the third master is next door to Changchun Garden, just a wall, off work, As soon as you turn the corner, you can go home, Hongqing's small life is naturally much more comfortable, of course, because of this, it is not surprising that the messenger on duty on the morning shift will fall on Hongqing's head, and the bachelors next to him can also take turns to work, and Hongqing will not have such a blessing, who made him young, and lived recently, no, early in the morning today, Hongqing was the first to arrive at the Qingxi Book House, so that the accompanying guards made a pot of strong tea, and they were buried in the pile of briefs, and they kept writing and writing.

"Yo, King Renjun, it's early."

Just when Hongqing was immersed in a book, he heard a sound of footsteps, and Ma Qi, who was dressed neatly in court clothes, had already turned out from behind the screen and said hello to Hongqing with a smile.

"Lord Ma, morning."

Although he is now familiar with a lot of things, compared with Ma Qi and other scholars who have been scholars for many years, Hongqing's ability to copy abridgements still needs to be exercised for at least a few years.

"Lord Wang, there is an excerpt here, it was copied by Lord Yin yesterday, I have seen it in the saint, but I didn't approve it, I said that I would let the prince review it first, or would you take a look at it first?"

Ma Qi didn't care about Hongqing's cold response, shook his hand, took out a yellow silk masked fold from the wide sleeve, handed it to Hongqing with a smile, and said casually.

"Oh? That's good, Xiao Wang, let's read it. ”

Hearing Ma Qi's words, Hongqing was really curious, glanced at the fold, and saw that the signature on it was the old fourteenth, and his heart couldn't help but move, but there was no side expression, just smiled and answered, took the fold, turned it over, just looked at it, and frowned, there is no other one, the fold was drafted by the old fourteenth in the name of the Ministry of War, and there was only one request, that is, in order to ensure the chance of victory in the western expedition, he requested that the artillery brigade of the Fengtai battalion be transferred to the front line.

Well? What do you mean, old man!

The old fourteenth has been thinking about the new army for a long time, this point, Hongqing has known for a long time, the old fourteenth said this, Hongqing played several tricks, only to force the old fourteen to give up such a plan, and now, the army has been assembled almost, the march is imminent, the old fourteen actually calculated the artillery brigade of the new army again, there is obviously an article here, but, to put it bluntly, it is not strange, but whoever leads the army, there is no one who does not want to put the artillery brigade in the hands of such a strong army, The problem is that it is difficult to say what the old man's intentions are for not expressing his opinion on this.

"Master Ma, I don't know if Huang Ma Fa can explain anything?"

Hongqing frowned and thought about it, but he was still not sure where the Sacred Heart was going, so he didn't dare to express his opinion indiscriminately, so he asked a deep question.

"That's not true, I just said that let the prince give an opinion before making a decision."

Marzzie shook his head, and gave the answer very simply.

"Oh, that's right, is it appropriate for Ima-sama?"

Hongqing obviously didn't believe Ma Qi's words, but since Comrade Lao Ma said so, Hongqing couldn't go on and on, so he smiled and changed the way of asking.

"Xiaguan has never led soldiers, so he doesn't know anything about it, hehe, Wangye, you are busy, there are still a bunch of folds in Xiaguan, so don't make trouble."

Hongqing asked sincerely, but Comrade Lao Ma obviously didn't want to meddle in this matter, no, the transfer of the new army was too sensitive, involving the entanglement between Prince Cheng and the Eighth Master, which was also mixed with the Thirteenth Master and Hongqing, so many princes were there, this kind of lineup was really too amazing, Ma Qi was not stupid, how could he get involved in this matter, after playing haha, he didn't give Hongqing a chance to speak again, so he turned back to his desk and sat down. I picked up the book and flipped through it seriously.

Gotcha, this old man is really slippery!

Seeing that Ma Qi was silent, Hongqing was also very helpless, he couldn't force Comrade Ma to ask for opinions, that was too much, there was no way, Hongqing could only smile bitterly, picked up the fold and studied it carefully again, the focus was more on Yin Tai's abridged annotations, this look, I really saw some clues - Yin Tai also had a lot of nonsense, clouds and mountains covered the ground, it seemed that there was no idea, but in fact, the words showed disapproval of the old fourteen's proposals, It's just very subtle.

Since Li Guangdi was deposed and Wang Shizhen died of illness, only Yin Tai is the only supporter of the eighth master among the scholars, and the newly added Xiao Yongzao is an out-and-out neutral faction, and has never intervened in the party struggle of the brothers, and the other scholar Wang Zhu has always had a bad prince Yinren, and he has no good impression of the eighth master, not to mention Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, Wenda and even the cloth prime minister Fang Bao, all of whom have nothing to do with the eighth master, and only Yin Tai is the eighth master's diehard, obviously, What Yin Tai wants to express is what the eighth master means, and it is obvious that he does not want to see the power under the old fourteenth expand again.

The intention of the eighth master is easy to understand, others don't know that there is already a lot of suspicion between the eighth master and the fourteenth master, but Hongqing has a lot of luck in his heart, and he can guess the eighth master's intention to contain the old fourteenth, but when it comes to the sacred heart, Hongqing doesn't dare to draw a conclusion easily, the problem is that the old man has turned this matter around, then Hongqing can't be allowed to do nothing, the opinion must be given, and it must be as soon as possible, otherwise, there must be no good fruit to eat, just how to deal with it, Hongqing couldn't help but hesitate.

From a strategic and tactical point of view, there are no fortified cities all the way to the west, and most of them are field battles, and there is nothing else, and the Dzungar side, which is at an extreme disadvantage, will definitely not take a stubborn strategy, and it will definitely not dare to easily start a main showdown with the extremely strong Qing army, and there is only one strategy that can be adopted, that is, guerrilla warfare, give full play to the strong mobility of the steppe cavalry, wait for an opportunity to attack the Qing army, fight and leave, and use harassment tactics to delay the advance of the Qing army. Under such circumstances, the role that the artillery brigade can play is actually not very large, and it is only after the Qing army penetrates deep into the internal hinterland of the Dzungar Khanate, that the Dzungar Khanate, which has no way out, has the slightest possibility of raising the troops of the whole country to start a final decisive battle with the Qing army, and only then can the artillery brigade come in handy, so the actual significance of transferring the artillery brigade to the front line is really not great.

However, then again, there can be such a strategic deterrent force as the artillery brigade, which has immeasurable symbolic significance for inspiring the morale of the Qing army, and furthermore, with the existence of the artillery brigade, the old fourteenth can also have a lot of choice and confidence in arranging the troops, in this sense, the old fourteenth artillery brigade's proposal to go to the front line also has merit, but Hongqing is unwilling to let the artillery brigade such a powerful combat force be controlled by the old fourteen, so as a result, How to write this abridgement makes Hongqing quite nerve-wracking......