"Well, you can speak freely, I listen."

As soon as he heard the statement of the fourth master that no one should be offended, Emperor Chengde's eyes were obviously extremely dissatisfied, but he did not attack the fourth master, he just snorted lightly, and turned his gaze to Li Minquan and the third elder brother and others, clearly hoping that all kinds of people could stand up "bravely".

For the third elder brother and others, the courage to fight against Hongqing has always been lacking, but they can't be unreasonable, if it spreads, wouldn't they be put on a "incompetent" hat by the people of the time, once this is the case, what face is there to compete for the throne, obviously, no matter how hot Emperor Chengde's eyes are, all the brothers are unmoved, they all bow their heads, and turn a blind eye, as for Zhang Tingyu, he has always been a cautious person in words and deeds, and it is impossible to express any opinions at this time, The thirteenth child also made up his mind to watch, and Meng Guangzu, the new minister of military aircraft, really wanted to stand up and sing against Hongqing, but he was short-sighted, and he couldn't find any reason to attack Hongqing, so he could only be in a hurry, so the hall couldn't help but be weirdly quiet.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Prince Yong said is very true, and the relevant punishment should be discussed after the case is revealed."

Li Minquan originally didn't plan to come out at this time, but seeing that the situation was not right, he didn't dare to let Emperor Chengde act recklessly, so he hurriedly flashed out from the side and echoed the fourth master.

"Then it's good first, I'm tired, Zicheng and the fourth brother stay, and they don't have to wait."

Hearing that Li Minquan was also in such a tone, even if Emperor Chengde was unwilling, he had no choice but to wave his hand stupidly, and then issued an order to expel the guest.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are retiring."

Hearing Emperor Chengde's orders, all the ministers couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, bowed down in unison, and then immediately disappeared as if they had been amnestied, and in the face of Emperor Chengde, who had fallen into a state of paranoia, the psychological pressure of everyone was too great.

"Humph! Didn't you say that the fight was going to rise up and fight, why did you just back down, huh? ”

As soon as the ministers retreated, Emperor Chengde's face was gloomy in an instant, but seeing that he glanced at Li Minquan and the fourth master with extreme dissatisfaction, he snorted heavily, and angrily asked.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, Weichen thinks that the reason why Prince Ren made such a choice may be because the officials involved in the Henan case are all small officials, even if they are punished, they will not hurt the bones of the Ministry of Industry, so Prince Ren can ignore it, however, if there is progress in the Jiangsu case, I am afraid that Prince Ren will not be able to fight."

Such an idea to persecute Hongqing was Li Minquan, and most of Emperor Chengde's anger was naturally directed at him, in this regard, Li Minquan did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly explained in a low voice.

"That's it, fourth brother, you can tell me, Hongli has been in Jiangnan for more than half a month, how is the case going, huh?"

Although Li Minquan's explanation could not completely satisfy Emperor Chengde, it was generally within an acceptable range, thinking that his loyalty was commendable, even if Emperor Chengde was unhappy, he did not blame him anymore, but threw the problem to the fourth master.

"Back to Your Majesty, the dog just sent an official letter yesterday, saying that the problem in Jiangsu Province is not small, far more than a huge deficit, and there are more than a dozen cases of corruption and perversion of the law, which are now being investigated and dealt with, and there will be a letter at the end of the month at the latest."

Although the fourth master also arranged a lot of eyeliner in Jiangnan, but limited to the backwardness of the means of communication, the news that can be learned is also extremely limited, at this time I heard Emperor Chengde ask, the fourth master can only explain in general terms, as for the too specific situation, he himself is not very clear, only know that Hongli and Liu San'er in Jinling are in trouble, and the officialdom of the entire Jiangsu is already in chaos.

"At the end of the month? Well, I'll just wait, and I'll send a letter to Hongli when I go back, and let him boldly let go of the investigation of the case, and I will make the decision for him. ”

From the bottom of his heart, Emperor Chengde actually didn't want to wait for a moment, but he was still a little sensible, and he knew that the investigation of the case was in a hurry, so he could only reluctantly entrust the fourth master with a word.

"Your Majesty, the younger brother should obey the order."

In the past year, in order to be able to win the trust of Emperor Chengde, the fourth master has long put his figure in a very low position, whether he acts or speaks, he is based on pleasing Emperor Chengde, and it is impossible to have any objections at this time, but when he saw that he bowed, he had already responded to the promise with sincerity.

"Well, the fourth brother is doing things, I can still trust it, and let's do it first, I'm tired, so it's better to wait for the way."

Emperor Chengde's body is not good in the end, the reason why he can still show a strong side before is completely supported by the idea of wanting to regain the dominance of the court from Hongqing, this kind of spirit and spirit can not last long, coupled with the stimulation of the sense of loss that failed to achieve the goal, just after talking so much, he was already a little unbearable, but after seeing him yawn big, his eyelids drooped involuntarily, and he no longer had the slightest desire to talk in detail, and waved his hand indiscriminately, sent the fourth master and Li Minquan away, and the appearance of aging was fully revealed......

"Subordinates see the prince!"

Two flowers bloomed, one for each, not to mention how Emperor Chengde discussed with Li Minquan and the fourth master in the palace, but said that after Hongqing came out of the palace, he did not go to the military plane to deal with things, nor did he go to the Ministry of Industry to supervise all kinds of matters, so he went back to his own palace directly, and when he entered the study, he saw that Cao Yanshan had rushed forward, and he respectfully bowed to him.

"Lao Cao is here, don't be polite, just sit down and talk."

The reason why Hongqing was in a hurry to return home was to summon Cao Yanshan to come to inquire about Jiangnan, but now that he has arrived, it has saved a lot of trouble.

"Lord Wang, Jinling is here, please take a look."

Although Hongqing was given a seat, Cao Yanshan did not sit down as he said, but hurriedly took out a small copper pipe from his arms, held it with both hands, and handed it to Hongqing.

"Hmm."

Since the fight learned that Liu San'er may have big trouble, Hongqing has fully launched the "sharp knife" Jinling rudder, this month, almost every day there are flying pigeon messengers sent to Hongqing's hands, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, although Hongqing dare not say anything about the situation, but the general thing is still clear, this time to see that there is an urgent letter to send, this is not very concerned, after a light word, it will be taken at any time, skillfully twisted the hidden buckle on the small copper pipe, took out a roll of paper from the inside, spread it out, and the face instantly gloomy, Angry, he couldn't help but pat a few people beside him heavily, and scolded with hatred: "The thief is rebellious, dare to bend the law for personal gain!" ”

"Lord Wang."

Seeing Hongqing so angry, Old Master Chen, who was originally sitting on the side, was a little overwhelmed, so he called out in a slightly cold voice.

"Shizun Haihan, it's a futile gaffe, call ......, it's enough, Shizun will see it himself."

Seeing that Old Master Chen spoke, although Hongqing's anger did not subside, he still forcibly stabilized, and after taking a deep breath, he handed the secret document in his hand to Old Master Chen.

"In order to succeed, do everything, it seems that the fourth master father and son have fallen into a daze, how does the prince plan to deal with it?"

Old Master Chen took the secret document, only to look at it, his brows were also wrinkled, there was no side, the things contained in the above were indeed excessive-Hongli in Jinling to check the accounts, but the income is very limited, the deficit of Jiangsu Province is there, but it is not Liu San'er's doing, but the arrears of various governments over the years, the reason why the deficit of more than two million yuan will be counted, in fact, it is Liu San'er plans to pay off the debt, so he arranged for someone to find out, and the matter of Changding, the governor of Liangjiang, has also been proved to Hongli, It was clear that the Liangjiang ground was already planning to settle the debt, but Hongli did not accept the explanation of the Liangjiang side, and blatantly detained Zhang Chengwan of the domain and the local officials who were in arrears in the name of the Qincha, and even carried out a big punishment on the middle and lower-level officials such as the account keeper at the bottom, and forced Liu San'er to plant the responsibility for the debt, not only that, but also wantonly interfered with the governance of the local officials, and took on a lot of cases without authorization, saying that he wanted to return a appeasement to the ground in Jiangsu. Shengsheng made the officialdom on the ground in Jiangsu panic, Rao is old master Chen has always advocated that Hongqing be patient and wait for change, but when he saw such a bending situation, he couldn't help but be angry.

"Master, those thieves are so wanton and reckless, using the national law as a child's play, don't they just want to force the apprentices to fight, then the war is good, and the apprentices still don't believe that my Great Qing National Law will be a fiction?"

Hongqing was really angry this time, and he didn't plan to give up at all, as for the calculations of Emperor Chengde and others, Hongqing didn't look at it at all.

"It's okay to fight, the affairs of the court are in the court, this is fundamental, and you must not move lightly until you have to."

Seeing that Hongqing had made up his mind, Old Master Chen knew that it was impossible to persuade Hongqing to retreat at this moment, but he couldn't help but worry that Hongqing would raise troops out of anger, so he cautiously reminded him.

"Master rest assured, the apprentice has his own measure."

If the affairs of the court can be courted, then it will be enough, if Emperor Chengde has to play any more conspiracy, Hongqing does not want to accompany him to play and toss blindly, and the society of the Qing Dynasty is really unbearable, how to do it, of course, this kind of thought, Hongqing will definitely not say that he knows with Old Master Chen, so he just sighed with a solemn expression, the semantics, it is obviously very ambiguous, in this regard, although Old Master Chen can hear it, but it is not good to say more, so he can only be helplessly silent... …