On the ninth day of the fourth month of the sixth year of Chengde, the inner court issued two edicts in one day, one was to order the king of Hejun to rush to Henan to investigate the collapse of roads and bridges, and the other was to order Dorobel Hongli to rush to Jiangsu to thoroughly investigate the deficit of Jiangsu Province. As soon as the king of the county received the edict, he immediately led a large number of entourages to rush to Henan, and Hongli was the last book to put forward the request that the Fourth Army in Jinling be responsible for its security and security, the emperor never decided, and summoned the prince Hongqing into the palace to discuss his affairs, Hongqing did not say a word about it, only said that he was allowed to call the shots of Emperor Chengde, and the emperor thought about it again and again, and finally approved Hongli's request, and the matter was decided.

Hongli on the surface of the matter seems simple, but in fact the inside is not simple at all, others may not see the strange, however, with Hongqing's IQ, but at a glance see through the mystery behind this matter, there is no other, the fourth master is determined to make a big fuss in Jiangnan this time, but he is afraid that Hongqing will be ruthless in secret, simply put his safety in the hands of the Fourth Army, to put it to death and then live, in order to avoid suspicion, Hongqing even if he is unwilling, then he must try his best to protect the safety of Hongli, Such a clever move is undoubtedly a good move, but in Hongqing's opinion, it is too petty.

That's right, if you send someone to kill Hongli, you can indeed completely muddy the water of the Jiangnan case, even if the matter is big, no one can help Hongqing, delay for a long time, I'm afraid that the matter will not be over, in this sense, Hongli plays a handful of death and then lives, it is also understandable, but this is too underestimated Hongqing's mind, in this regard, Hongqing in addition to sneering, he is too lazy to care about so much, there is no side, Just because Hongqing has never intended to tolerate the existence of corrupt officials because of the needs of political struggle, the closer the person, the stricter Hongqing's requirements are, if Liu San'er dares to be a traitor, there is no need for Emperor Chengde to make a move, Hongqing will be the first to take Liu San'er to sacrifice the flag, on the contrary, if Liu San'er is innocent, Hongqing will never tolerate others to do anything to him, when it is time to be ruthless, Hongqing will never have the slightest mercy at all, the so-called avoidance of suspicion, Yu Hongqing, It doesn't make the slightest sense at all, and with his current power, he really doesn't need to scruple so much.

Time flies, in the blink of an eye, it is already the middle of May, midsummer has arrived, the weather is hot and panicked, but even hotter is the chaos between the government and the opposition, there is no other, the report of the fifth elder brother has arrived in Beijing, saying that after a thorough investigation, the roads and bridges in Henan Province were suddenly washed away by the flood in many places is true, although there are force majeure factors, but it is also the reason for human negligence, especially the collapse of many piers of the Mengji Bridge in Luoyang (Mengjin to Jiyuan) is the most typical - the contractor "Qiming firm" In order to catch up with the schedule, ignoring the warning of the impending spring flood, blind construction, without doing any protective measures, the eight piers of the completed bridge were washed away by the flood, and according to the investigation, the firm was indeed suspected of cutting corners in the construction, and had repeatedly bribed the officials of the Henan side of the Ministry of Industry who were responsible for supervising the work and many members of the Ministry of Industry who were responsible for the inspection, although Wan Hechun, a member of the Ministry of Industry in Henan, did not accept bribes. But he has the responsibility of the leader, and the fifth elder brother proposed to punish all the people involved in the case severely, so as to set an example, and the emperor took over the report, was furious, and summoned Hongqing into the palace to be held accountable.

"Look, show me a good life, I entrusted the important affairs of the Ministry of Industry to you, is this how you repay me, huh?"

For so many years, Emperor Chengde really has never held Hongqing's handle, and now that he has an excuse to vent, he naturally refuses to let go, in front of all his ministers, and without waiting for Hongqing's ceremony to finish, he has already shaken his hand, and threw the chapter resting on the dragon case in front of Hongqing, blushing and roaring.

"Huang Ama is angry, this matter is indeed the responsibility of the leader, I really dare not excuse myself, however, the son of the minister thought that this case broke out is also a good thing, but the severe punishment of all kinds of people, etc., can set an example, for the future generations to set a benchmark, and then there are those who dare to act like this, are severely punished, here the son of the minister is shallow, but also ask the emperor Ama to judge."

There is no need to look at the excerpt, Hongqing also knows what is written above, not only because the fifth elder brother has already sent a copy of the excerpt to Hongqing in advance, but also because the "sharp knife" has submitted the relevant investigation results to Hongqing's hands half a month ago, Hongqing has already considered the case, even if Emperor Chengde is angry at this time, Hongqing does not care, but seeing that he kowtowed in a hurry, he calmly gave a severe punishment.

"Severe punishment? What a harsh punishment, huh? You say, you say! ”

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, Emperor Chengde's heart couldn't help but sudden, no side, the reason why he made people make people make up the Henan case, the fundamental purpose is to provoke Hongqing to fight, so as to create an opportunity to transfer Hongqing to leave Beijing, in the Chengde Emperor's mind, Hongqing is so attached to the road construction regulations, naturally will not allow others to point fingers on this matter, even if something goes wrong, most of the measures taken are to cover the cover, if this is the case, Emperor Chengde can play a combination of public opinion and court discussion, forced Hongqing to go to Henan to deal with the case in person, but he never expected Hongqing to have such a calm attitude, and he couldn't help but muttered in his heart, mistakenly thinking that Hongqing was planning to play a trick of retreating into advance, so he gritted his teeth and forced Hongqing regardless of it.

"If you go back to Huang Ama, the contractor has signed a contract with our Ministry of Industry to invest in construction, and according to the agreement, the losses caused by its own mistakes should be borne by it, and it must compensate all the losses of our Ministry of Industry in accordance with the terms of breach of contract, and in addition, its bribery has violated the laws of our Qing Dynasty, and it can be disposed of according to the law. Since he was at the disposal of Huang Ama, the ministers really did not dare to have the slightest objection. ”

As early as the time of the case, Hongqing had already set the principle of not indulging in vain, and at this time, he was very organized, neither covering up for the people involved, nor shirking his own leadership responsibility, and showing Xiàn is extremely open, even if he is a person with a heart, it is difficult to find out that Hongqing is not coming.

"Is that all, huh?"

Emperor Chengde was not concerned about the way to deal with it, but hoped that he could force Hongqing to shield the people involved in the case, but at this time, seeing that Hongqing had no such meaning, he couldn't help but be extremely disappointed in his heart, but he couldn't help but show that he couldn't show it, so he could only keep a straight face and snort coldly impatiently.

"Emperor Ama Mingjian, this is the proposition of the sons, and I also ask the Emperor Ama to judge."

How could Hongqing not guess what Emperor Chengde was thinking, but he didn't care, so he just gave a positive answer respectfully.

"Well...... let's talk about it, how this matter should be resolved."

Seeing that it was impossible to hold Hongqing's sore feet with this case, Emperor Chengde was disappointed, and he didn't want to bother more on this case, but he didn't want to agree to Hongqing's request so easily, so he couldn't help but whisper lightly, and threw the question to the courtiers standing aside, obviously hoping that the third elder brother and others would jump out and fight with Hongqing, to see if they could provoke Hongqing to make a mistake.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that what Prince Ren said is the way for the old man to seek the country, and it should be feasible, and please ask Your Majesty to make a clear decision."

Emperor Chengde's intentions are undoubtedly good, and the third elder brother and others have already understood that they are planning to come out and make things difficult for Hongqing, but they don't wait for this group of people to start encircling and suppressing Hongqing, but seeing that Ma Qi, who has rarely spoken in the court recently, suddenly flashed out from the side and supported Hongqing loudly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that there is nothing wrong with this case."

As soon as Ma Qi's voice fell, Fang Bao also stood up, also supporting Hongqing's words.

As soon as these two important ministers of the two dynasties came forward one after another, the weight was naturally extremely heavy, although the third elder brother and the others had the heart to jump out and make trouble, they also had to think about whether they could take advantage of this matter, in case they were refuted by Ma and Fang on the spot, they were afraid that they would have to lose their faces, and they couldn't help but hesitate.

"Well, fourth brother, since you are in charge of the Criminal Department, let's talk about your opinion on this case, I will listen."

Emperor Chengde obviously didn't expect Ma and Fang to jump out to support Hongqing at this time, and he was very unhappy in his heart, but it was not good to blame the two old ministers for coming out, after all, he himself wanted the ministers to express his position, and he couldn't help but give the two ministers of military aircraft a chance to speak, and then he wanted him to agree to Hongqing's disposal plan, but he was really unwilling, and in desperation, he could only speak noncommittally and threw the question to the silent fourth master.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, the younger brother thinks that although this case has been preliminarily tried, however, there are still a lot of places to be investigated, at this time to talk about the disposal opinions, it may be too early, and wait for all the criminals to be escorted to Beijing, and after the ministers and other strict trials are clear, it may be better to make a decision.

The fourth master is a shrewd individual, how can he not know the intention of Emperor Chengde to call his name at this time, it is nothing more than to ask his fourth master to speak against him at this time, but it is clear that the fourth master does not plan to do this, no side, Hongqing has already decided not to cover the lid, then it makes no sense to argue with Hongqing on this case, if you really want to be hard, it will offend Ma Qi and Fang Bao, the two best masters, the latter is just that, although the wisdom is as deep as the sea, but after all, the power in the court is not big, If you offend, you will be offended, it is not a big deal, but Ma Qi is different, this old peach and plum is all over the world, and there are countless old protégés in the court, if you really let Ma Qi hold a grudge, it is not a fun thing, such a stupid thing, the fourth master will not do it, of course, Emperor Chengde's face can not be swept away, this matter is obviously not easy to deal with, but what, the fourth master is very smart, but he is not afraid, but seeing that he just thought about it, he has already played a beautiful Tai Chi push hand, and he is not offended on both sides.