On the fifth day of February in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, the old man returned to Beijing, and had a seizure of all the brothers in Changchun Garden, and ordered the killing of Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the criminal department, and wiped out its three clans, Hubu Langzhong Ilsai, Dagu and many other ****** disciples, Wenda did not dare to be arbitrary, and urgently reported to the emperor, the emperor read it, and was furious, so they were all sentenced to hanging.

On the first day of March in the 48th year of Kangxi, Shen Tiansheng, Geng E and other ****** disciples were hanged at the mouth of the vegetable market, exposing the corpse for three days, the world was shaken, so far, the ****** feather was wiped out, and it has become a toothless paper tiger, however, the old man still never stopped, and on the sixth day of the first month of March, he issued an order to withdraw the right of the prince to approve the fold, and punished him for studying in Yuqing Palace behind closed doors for half a year in order to know the unknown person and the royal family. After this incident, the rumors stopped, but the people's hearts were easier, and no one was optimistic about the possibility of the crown prince inheriting the throne.

On the seventh day of the fifth month of the 48th year of Kangxi, the fleet of ships that sailed to Dongying returned and docked at Jiaoao (now Qingdao), and eighteen huge cargo ships brought back more than 6,137,000 taels of net profits; On May 28, the Nanyang fleet returned, 26 huge ships docked at the Guangzhou wharf, in addition to bringing back 3,170,000 taels of net profits, all the cargo ships were loaded with all kinds of goods, not only spices and other Nanyang specialties, but also Western industrial products such as dressing mirrors and clocks, and even carried a number of the most advanced artillery guns in the West. Together with the proceeds of the Dongying fleet, the Eight Banners won huge profits again, as much as 18,570,000 taels of silver, and the news reached the Beijing Division, and the Manchu Dynasty was shocked by the civil and military forces, and the children of the Eight Banners were all rejoicing and looking forward to the arrival of the time for dividends.

Of course, having money is a good thing, for the old man, money is not the key, the key is that the existence of the Eight Banners firm really solves the misery of the children of the Eight Banners living in poverty, which is what really makes the old man very happy, for this reason, he specially issued an edict to commend Hongqing, but there is no title of Jin Hongqing, and there is no reward on the side, some are just some words of encouragement, also thought that there was a deficit, so he summoned Hongqing into Changchun Garden for questioning.

"The grandson knocks on the emperor's fate."

It's the middle of June, the weather is very hot, the court clothes are majestic and majestic, but they are suffocated, even after so many years, they are more or less used to it, but Hongqing still feels uncomfortable and panicked, this is not, since entering the garden, all the way down, the sweat has never stopped, but this line into Ruijingxuan, was rushed by the cool air overflowing from the two large basins of ice, and couldn't help but shiver, not only did not feel better, but it was a little more depressed, but no matter how uncomfortable, the etiquette did not dare to lose, Seeing the old man sitting behind the copywriter, Hongqing immediately walked a few steps, hurriedly rushed to the front, and bowed in a proper manner.

"Excuse me, get up and talk."

The old man was originally approving the fold, but when he saw that Hongqing had arrived, he immediately showed a kind smile on his face, raised his hand, and called out very kindly, showing that the old man was in a very good mood.

"Grandson thanks Emperor Mafaronen, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Since ancient times, the companion is like a tiger, even if it is a grandson who is connected by blood, there will be no exception, this one, Hongqing is very clear, and there is no indulgence because of the old man's warmth at this time, and after respectfully completing the number of courtesies, he stood up, bowed slightly, and made a well-behaved appearance of listening to the instructions.

"Well, Qing'er's recent errand has done a good job, and I look forward to it."

The old man is in a good mood, and Hongqing's well-behaved appearance is also pleasing to the eye, and this opening is a commendation.

"Huang Ma Fa is too famous, and his grandson is trying his best, but he has achieved something, and that is also due to Huang Ma Fa's blessing."

has been in the officialdom for so many years, and Hongqing has long had a smooth time with things like official clichés, and after a reply, although he is a little hypocritical, there is no flaw to be found.

"Little slippery head, that's it, don't talk about such a false article, I called you here today, just for one thing, so to speak, the Eight Banners all jointly sponsored Yu'er, saying that it is not enough to reward you for not being crowned king, and you look at it too, I don't know what Qing'er thinks?"

The old man waved his hand, stopped Hongqing's false text, and looked at Hongqing with interest for a while, and then asked with a smile.

Sure enough, that's it!

Although before coming to Changchun Garden, Hongqing had guessed the intention of the old man's summons, but I really heard the old man talk about it himself, Hongqing's heartstrings still couldn't help but tremble for a while, no side, of course it is a good thing to be crowned king, no one will dislike his own high title, the problem is that now is really not a good time for Hongqing to be the king, there is no other, the Eight Banners are unpredictable, maybe some of them are sincerely trying to thank Hongqing, but there are also many people who play the trick of killing, no side, climb higher, the worse the fall will be.

Besides, if the king is really crowned, Hongqing will have to move out of Prince Cheng's mansion and open a mansion alone, if so, it will be much more difficult to help the third master as before, just the pattern of the third master, once there is no support from Hongqing, it will immediately expose its incompetent side, not to mention that the road to the heir will be cut off, I am afraid that there is little hope, and once the third master cannot ascend the throne, even if Hongqing can be promoted to the crown prince? It's not for the new monarch to rub it, whether the eighth master wins, or the fourth master rises, he will definitely not tolerate Hongqing going away again, the consequences are really not ordinarily severe!

"If you go back to Huang Ma Fa, your grandson thinks that this matter is absolutely impossible, and your grandson is really hard to bear such a heavy reward, so please ask Huang Ma Fa to learn about it."

This prince, Hongqing categorically will not want it, as soon as the old man's voice fell, Hongqing already knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed and resigned.

"Can't? Why not? ”

The old man didn't really think about whether to seal Hongqing as the king, in his opinion, it is okay to seal the king or not, after all, with Hongqing's achievements over the years, it is just the right thing to be crowned a county king, if it weren't for Hongqing's young age, the old man planned to be promoted to Hongqing when he returned to the big seal, this time after the unanimous request of the Eight Banners, the old man really planned to be good, the reason why he didn't do it was even accurate, just considering the feelings of the brothers, after all, there are still many adult brothers who have not yet been crowned kings, Suddenly sealed Hongqing, the third generation, it seems a little inappropriate, because of this, this will call Hongqing to discuss, at this time when I heard Hongqing so forceful, the old man came to be interested, I really want to hear what Hongqing will say, so he asked with a smile.

"Huang Ma Fa Mingjian, grandson thinks there are three can't, one of them, my dynasty has always valued benevolence and filial piety, now there are many uncles and uncles who have never had a knight, grandson can be promoted to Baylor, it is already over, and then to be crowned king, I am afraid that the world will discuss it, and there is a great disadvantage in the court; Second, although the grandson has an inch of merit, but it is all caused by the grace of the Emperor Marfa, if it is not for the tolerance of the Emperor Marfa, the grandson is afraid that he will not achieve anything, and how dare he take credit; As for the third, the heavy agriculture and heavy business has been settled since ancient times, although the grandson is to benefit the eight banners of business, but it is really not the right way of Confucianism, if it is because of the king, I am afraid that it is not good for education, and it is not appropriate to cause right and wrong, there are these three articles, so the grandson does not dare to do it, and also ask the emperor to judge the holy law. ”

Hongqing's books over the years have not been read in vain, and his words will come down, which is reasonable and well-founded, even if the Confucian master is here, he can't find any flaws, and he has already explained why he can't be crowned king very thoroughly.

"Slippery boy, just what you can say, that's it, since you don't want to be crowned king, you are not reluctant, and you are lacking."

The old man was indispensable to whether or not to seal Hongqing as the king, but seeing Hongqing's attitude so resolute at this time, he also relieved himself of such a heart, and after scolding with a smile, he sent Hongqing out.

"Grandson retires!"

Hearing the old man's words, Hongqing's tight heartstrings were immediately loosened, and after answering in a hurry, he cautiously withdrew from Ruijingxuan, wandering out of the garden gate all the way, thinking that the time was still early, and he was planning to go to the Ministry of Industry again, but he just went out of the garden gate, and saw that Moyu was actually waiting at the stop of the carriage and horse, Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't think much about it, and walked slowly.

"Little prince, the prince asked you to hurry back to the Summer Palace, saying that there is something important to discuss."

Mo Yu was very anxious, and suddenly saw Hongqing coming out of the garden gate, he didn't dare to delay a little, so he hurried forward and whispered.

"Well, I know it."

At this time, it was just less than the time to apply, and the third master should still be busy in the Ministry of Rites, but now he has actually arrived in the Summer Palace, and it is obvious that the matter must be extremely urgent, Hongqing did not ask any more, and after a noncommittal whisper, he immediately bowed his waist and got on the big sedan chair......