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 in turmoil, suddenly boiled over, and among the 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, Prince Yong Yunxiang and Prince Ren Hongqing came forward together to wash the dust for Heda.

On May 27 of the first year of Chengde, the "Eight Banners Firm" fleet sailing to the South Seas returned again with a full load, and 46 large merchant ships stopped at the port of Guangzhou under the escort of a "Zhen" class giant ship and four "Wei" class medium-sized warships, and after Guangzhou Customs calculated, a total gross profit of 58,785,000 taels, after deducting various costs, obtained a net profit of more than 36,890,000 taels, a slight increase from the same period last year, however, the increase was not large, and there was obviously a risk of follow-up weakness. This was not the key to the attention of the fleet, but what really made a slight stir in the imperial court was the arrival of the British envoys.

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 with all its might, and after spending a huge price, it finally won the Parliament and the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Walpole's full support, at the beginning of last year sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty, to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty on commercial issues, the envoy group wandered at sea for more than half a year, before arriving in India, and because of the monsoon for nearly half a year, before rushing to the South Seas, taking the Qing Dynasty ocean-going fleet to Guangzhou, this road can be described as a bumpy road, fortunately, there is finally a thrilling landing on the land of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the envoys of the Kingdom of Great Britain were still on their way to Beijing from Guangzhou, the copy of their letters of state was sent by Guangzhou to Beijing in accordance with the practice of international diplomacy, and the copy of the letters of state was urgently sent to Beijing by the Guangzhou side, and the copy of the letters of state was translated into Chinese by the interpreter of the Li Fan Yuan, but Shang Shu Lang Erheng of the Li Fan Yuan did not have experience in handling relevant negotiations, and did not dare to make random suggestions, but only submitted the copy to the imperial front together with the translation. Even if over the years, the Qing Dynasty industry and commerce has been booming, the status of the merchants has been slightly improved, but the mainstream is still Confucianism, the status of the merchants is difficult to have any substantial changes, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people know how to do business, moreover, it seems that the British envoys such as sailing thousands of miles just to talk about trade matters is really the first case since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, a group of military ministers do not know who to send to contact, under the discussion, there is still no clue, to the end, Emperor Chengde is impatient, directly let Prince Ren Hongqing take care of this 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 fall into the prestige of our Qing Dynasty, as for the reorganization of the army, it can be handled by Heda, or it can be mutually beneficial.

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 Hongqing's corner, the meaning of this is too obvious, there is no other, the British envoys have just set off from Guangzhou, even if they hurry, it will take more than a month to arrive in Beijing, so early to hand over the power of the whole army, even a fool can see the strangeness inside, let alone Hongqing and other people who are shrewd 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 Ding Yan, "Thousand Hands Guanyin", grew up in Xiaoskeanzi Hutong since he was a child, a martial arts and the head of several families, since he was transferred to the guard team by Hongqing in the fifty-first year of Kangxi, it has been a full ten years with Hongqing, although he has just been promoted to the commander of the guard, but he has a good understanding of Hongqing's character.

"The last general will knock on the prince!"

Hedda came quickly, but he was a mess, no side, just because he had been in office for nearly a month, Heda had never worked in the yamen, every day he was with ordinary soldiers to exercise, training together, whether it was shooting or crawling, Hedda could put down the admiral's shelf, and treated himself as an ordinary soldier, and today is no exception, he was originally practicing tactical movements with the soldiers of the first regiment of the first division of the first army, and he heard Hongqing's summons, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes. He came running in a small soldier's uniform, and he saluted politely, but with that sloppy uniform, so that people could look at it and not 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 really hasn't had too much conversation with him, nor has he ever tested Heda's true thoughts, and he can't help but be a little unsure of Heda in his heart, but Hongqing won't show 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, and it is okay to play hand-to-hand combat, but to lead such a new army to the last general, it is really beyond the ability of the last general, you see, the last general is not even a big soldier, and now he is even a company, and he was stunned by a group of sons and daughters to underestimate him, it is really pitiful."

Heda obviously didn't know about Emperor Chengde's edict, thinking that Hongqing was going to test his experience of participating in the exercise, 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 Ama, must return to the city to preside over the negotiation with the envoys of the Kingdom of Great Britain, according to His Majesty's will, the reorganization of the new army will be temporarily borne by your Lao He, if you don't understand anything, you can ask Prince Yong for advice, you can also discuss with the generals, 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 solemn, he had already explained the intention of calling Heda to come, 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 appoint another wise 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 anymore, and it is decided so well, this king will hand over all matters with you first."

When it comes to the ability to look at faces and colors, there are not many people in the world who can compare with Hongqing, even if Hedda hides it well, he can't hide Hongqing's fiery eyes, and he can see that Heda is already determined to follow Emperor Chengde, even if his heart sinks, but he doesn't bring it to his face, he just smiled indifferently, waved his hand, and gave an order in an unquestionable tone.