The three of them were silent.

"On the river ferry, Ji Yun recited a piece of "Burrow Ming" to me." Qianlong snorted and said: "Okay, today's officials are 'officials are not big, but they have power; The job is not long, but the silver is spiritual'. "There are shopping malls for talking and laughing, and there are stoves for coming and going"! The Wuxi county order wrote 'three don'ts' in front of his yamen - no money, no officials, no concubines - there are good things and people have made footnotes in small print. Don't want money: too little; Don't be official: too small; Don't be a concubine: too old - greedy, despicable...... Iyuhudi? In the long run, it is not known whether the popular uprising will be provoked. Not to mention the prime? ”

Fu Heng's heart was a little suffocated by his heavy tone, he stretched for a moment, and said with a breath: "Li Deyu once said on Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty: 'The virtue of a human monarch is greater than that of the most enlightened. If you are clear about the treacherous, then all the evils cannot be concealed. 'The emperor is in the ninth place, and his heart is grass, this is the brightest. Although there are many crowned dogs, the minions think that the crowned dogs have not yet approached the emperor's side. Sometimes, if you don't discipline yourself, you will become a crowned dog. The slave himself is on the side of Ding Xuan, and he is often vigilant with this, self-confidence is not a crown dog, Liu Tongxun, Ji Yun, and A Gui are all good and good white courtiers, and even the relatives who gave death never dared to do anything wrong in the center of the cardinal. Therefore, it can now be said that the master is above and the righteous people complement each other, so that there will be no big chaos. From the people's side, it is nothing more than the two things of money and food, and there is a very important one here, and the emperor has never made a mistake since he came to the pole - there is no harsh government in the world. With this, Xu Tu will rectify and cheer up, and he will never make a mess. ”

"The court is good, the people are safe - what you said is good at both ends, but there are disadvantages in the middle." Qianlong chewed Fu Heng's words, his eyes wandered, and his heart seemed to move, "This insight is meaningful." He paused and fell into thought: he had discussed with Fu Heng Ji Yun and Agui several times that the corruption of the officials should be rectified, but it didn't have much effect. Since he ascended to the pole, he has killed two scholars, a general, deposed several feudal officials, and specially ordered hundreds of officials to watch the punishment when he killed Liu Kang. It can be said that it took a lot of painstaking efforts, but after that, it was still the same, and there was not much shock. Although the two battles of Jinchuan were defeated, it was embarrassing and indignant to think about it, but the military aircraft department added a young and promising civil and military all-round talent A Gui, and recognized Zhaohui Hailancha two capable generals...... He felt that there was some truth in it, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked Zhaohui: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Zhaohui and Hailancha had only seen Qianlong with the court, and it was the first time that such a small number of people had been discussing matters with Tianwei at hand, and they couldn't say much about their identities, and they were unprepared when they heard Qianlong's inquiries at first glance. Zhaohui is a calm person, thinking about the words, Hailancha has already spoken: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the slave is wrong." You're asking about the rise and fall of the country! ”

Qianlong sat for too long, stood up and paced slowly, and couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "You are not Confucius, who wants you to be fine and not wrong?" The plan for the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, not to mention that you are a minister! Hailan noticed that it was not appropriate to sit and say that it was not appropriate to be polite, and she also wanted to move a little, so she got up and knelt down, and said, "The slave has not much experience in reading. At this level of leading soldiers, you can't call the soldiers idle. The barracks are full of bachelors, and when he is idle, he will miss his home and miss women-" As he spoke, Qianlong Fu Heng had already laughed, and Qianlong smiled with a weak hand: "If you go on, what you said is very true!" ”

"Therefore, it is easy to bring soldiers when fighting, and it is easy to bring soldiers when training soldiers." Hailancha was encouraged, touched his head and said: "I'm afraid of the soldiers, in fact, they have nothing to do, gamble, prostitute, sneak on the wall of the east toilet to watch women untie their hands, and smash restaurants and tea gardens, all at this time!" Comparing this to that, these officials are not only idle, but also rich, and the constraints of the commanders are far less than the ranks, so it is really more difficult for them not to be bastards than to ascend to the sky. Therefore, the knowledge of the slaves, in addition to the strict system, the strict punishment of violating the law, the messenger smashed the porcelain for them, stuffed it, and did a bad errand, not only lost the top, maybe lost the head, one is afraid, the other is busy, and the bastard must be less! ”

Zhaohui also knelt down and kowtowed and spoke: "What Hailancha said is true, and now the defeated soldiers in Sichuan are doing nonsense, and there is also this reason. A soldier bears a nest of bears. The same is true of the rulers. Shi Yi was in charge of Zhan Shifu--it was an idle yamen-and the servants went to see it, and it was very well-organized; Yin Jishan was in Guangzhou, and a colleague there wrote to him that there were rules in Guangzhou, and officials did not dare to tear down the filth. Since there are drawbacks in the middle, the responsibility of the provincial governors and generals cannot be shirked - Hailancha's words, the slave wanted to say it, but he said it, and the slave didn't say it. The officialdom is not as big as the barracks, the situation is much bigger, and things are much more cumbersome. ”

"It's all very good, and I have to add the article of education. I have already told Yin Jishan that officials, scholars, teachers, and instructors should be examined according to the system at each level and included in the examination file. Qianlong was so happy that his face lit up, and he waved his bamboo fan and said with a smile: "Rectify and cheer up, what Fu Heng said just now." If you have nothing to do, you will give birth to some monsters like dogs. As soon as the soldiers are prosperous, not only will the military spirit and martial spirit rise, but the provinces will also have to be busy, and they will not be idle-" He suddenly felt a smart heart, "A pool of stagnant water, with qualifications to be promoted as officials, the talents found are either mediocre and inactive, or people who are sneering on their shoulders, cheer up, start a career, and talents will stand out!" Rectification and cheering up are two-pronged, busy and strict, coupled with education, follow the good temptation, since the two ends are good, I am not afraid of disadvantages in the middle - there is no harsh government, the people will not go to Liangshan, and I am afraid that these officials will not succeed! ”

Fu Heng was beaming when he heard this, and he also knelt down and said, "Do you want to write out these decrees of the master and send them down?" ”

"Don't make it clear, just know it in your heart. You send it down, and they are trying to figure out the promotion scripture on it. Qianlong's smile looked a little helpless: he didn't want the "talent" he wanted, so he said after concentrating: "I summoned you to discuss the Jinchuan military, first talk about so many political affairs, don't feel off topic, in fact, they are related." Military planning, Fu Heng has been thinking about it for a few years, and he has repeatedly discussed it with Yue Zhongqi and Ah Gui, and he has played it to me several times, sweeping Jinchuan, ensuring the safety of the upper and lower perspectives, and the road to Tibet will be smooth, which is also a big government matter. If you can't pacify this place, I'm going to conquer it myself, so I must capture Sharoben alive, and I must be pacified! …… As for the whole army, it is definitely going to kill people, but blindly killing, that is only called rectifying military discipline - it is to rectify morale, out of fighting spirit, 'the fowl is in the air', there is no shortage of such examples in ancient times, the battle of Weishui, the battle of Guandu, the battle of Kunyang, and the battle of Muye, all of which are the same truth. He slowly stopped for a long time, and said, "Kneel down!" ”

The three of them bowed their heads deeply: "Obey!" ”

For dinner, Qianlong was still used in the yamen of the Supervision Office, but Fu Heng, Jin, and Yin Jishan accompanied him to eat. Ji Yun met with the officials of the Jiangnan Book Interview Department in the afternoon, had dinner together, and went to the north study to see Liu Tongxun, arranged for Qianlong's personal guards, and said that the transmission of the yellow box sent by Agui and the provinces was passed, and just said "Your body and bones-" Half a sentence outside of business, Liu Tongxun has already issued an eviction order: "You still have to worry more about the master's diet and daily life!" With my spirit in mind, when my master returned to Beijing, I set up a special table for a long conversation all night. In a while, I will meet the officials of the Yamen, and I will also meet the commander of the Jiangnan Daying, and Liu Yongzi will also come to see me from time to time, and I will not have enough time tonight! There is also an ugly saying that the customs in Nanjing are not good, and bad women are prevented from seducing the master. Our personal friendship is private friendship, and if there is a sick child on it, you will throw it away. Ji Yun knew his temperament, and he was not surprised, so he got up with a smile and said: "Three days before leaving, Lafayette saw me enter Cining Palace twice, both of which were your words. The master called Fu Heng, and probably restrained his younger brother from messing with flowers. Rest assured - although the master is dignified, he is not the Zhengde Emperor; I don't want Jiang Bin either! Liu Tongxun also smiled.

Ji Yun resigned, the sky was already numb, and he paced to the back wall of the flower hall in front, but when he saw Zhaohui coming, he asked, "Has the master had dinner?" Who's on duty? "This will be ***, Hailancha has already gone to the ferry and picked up the two masters to go to Jiming Temple." Zhaohui said: "The master told me to call you, prepare incense and candles for silver, and a pannier, and then go to Pilu Courtyard to sleep." Hailan and I will send you to the outside of the mountain gate, and the guards will send you to deliver them to the yamen. Isn't it enough for the Jiangnan battalion, the Yamen of the Governor's Division, and the Governor's Yamen to have a few guards - do you want Old Man Liu to worry about this again? Ji Yun smiled: "You don't understand this." There is only one master in heaven and earth, how can there be one or two yamen to control and protect the guards? I'll tell you a letter, the head of the prison who bullied you in prison - what's it called? ”

"Hu Fugui!"

"That's right, Hu Fugui." Ji Yun looked at the wild goose that was gradually moving south in the red glow one day, and couldn't tell what kind of spirit it was, and said slowly: "In order to hide from you, he begged someone to be transferred back to the Jianrui camp, and the military department transferred someone to ask him by name, and he went to the Jinchuan camp to be a goshha, and he wanted to send troops with you to release the horses!" ”

Zhao Hui was silent.

"I heard you swore to heaven that you would kill him?"

"Lord Nakado! You...... How do you know? ”

Ji Yun pursed his lips and said without hesitation: "You have played the emperor, I naturally know." The emperor said that heroes are happy to take revenge, Li Guang once killed Ling Wei in the past, why can't I fulfill Zhaohui's wish? ”

"Holy!" Zhaohui felt the blood in his chest surging, and he was so excited that he was boiling inside. He stood up and said, "The master knows my heart, and if he perceives it so well, my Zhaohui is not enough to repay me!" ”

Ji Yun also stood still, and somehow, he sighed and only said: "You should really read "Li Guangchuan" - I'm going to prepare a sedan chair and incense candles for the emperor." Then he walked away.

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This sigh lingered in Zhaohui's heart, like a mystery that could not be solved, the battleship drove to the Wuhan dock, and he groaned freely on the bow of the ship. Fu Heng has been reading the military intelligence report of Jinchuan in the cabin for a few days, studying the situation in Jinchuan in front of Mutu, but he is also anxious and sleepy, listening to Goshha's report that the ship will enter the dock, he came out for a walk, but who knows that he met Hailancha standing on the side of the boat and twisting his body to pee in the river, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong with you?" Even peeing is not old! "Back to the words of the big handsome!" Hailancha smiled: "I'm trying to spread my strength for a while, and when I get to the battlefield, I can shake off the strength to fight!" ——" Hailancha smiled and said, "Hey, Zhaohui, you have been in a trance for the past few days, are you thinking about your cloud girl?" Zhao Hui heard it and walked over with a smile.

"What Hailancha said is," Fu Heng bumped up and down with the ship, and said with a smile: "I also see that you seem to have something on your mind." ”

Zhao Huiyin told Ji Yun's words to Fu Heng and the others. Hailancha said: "What are you muttering about this? What kind of bird is it worth to kill the son of a bitch with a knife? Master Ji is just benevolent and righteous - what's so heartfelt about this! Fu Heng looked at the bubbling river to the east, and asked for a long time, "You want to kill him?" ”

…………

"You have the power of the army, killing him is like killing an ant."

Fu Zhongtang ...... If you had been in the midst of it and had suffered its humiliation...... You'll swear to kill him too! ”

"Yes."

Fu Heng squinted his eyes, looking at the blood-red water of the river, and the yellow crane tower getting closer and closer under the sunset, the gorgeous and spectacular sunset on the Yangtze River is so majestic, and the waves are layered with the sound of fine pieces of beautiful jade colliding, in the long howling river waves, gently hitting the side of the ship, like the harmony of billions of people in the distant chorus...... He seemed a little drunk. After a long time, a lonely cry of a sand gull came, his eyelids trembled, and he came to his senses, slowly turned to the two, and said to the two: "The soldier can be killed but not humiliated, the Ling Lieutenant is drunk, and Li Guang is a Fuxian general, he can't bear this breath when he is humiliated, and if he takes military power again, he will kill this unknown person." It's very painful—your business is like his. ”

"Then why is Ji Zhongtang again-"

"As far as the emperor is concerned, if you die a Hu Fugui, you will get a general, and this will not be counted." Fu Heng's clothes and braids fluttered slightly in the river breeze, his face seemed to be happy and sad, and he said: "Sima Qian's pen of mentioning this is not to praise Li Guang, but to depreciate his strength - Han Xin was humiliated by his crotch, and after worshipping the commander, he used someone who insulted him, but he was appreciating Han Xin, but he was praising Han Xin-you think about it." Li Guang's achievements in a hundred battles cannot be crowned marquis, is it because he was born at the wrong time, or is his equipment not enough? ”

Both of them were stunned by this, Zhaohui was still groaning, Hailan Cha touched his head and smiled: "It's really a bit of that and that...... People say that the taste of 'lifting the pot (Daigo) empowerment', I have to read the idea book in the middle of the book, you carry a few pots, and often enlighten us. Fu Heng smiled, he had heard the drumming and beating of the Yellow Crane Tower, so he stopped, and no longer entered the cabin, only stood upright, Zhaohui and Hailancha took a step back, and stood behind with a sword like a nail, the guards on the ship were already lined up, and the sabers stood on both sides of the official cabin.

The riverbank is getting closer and closer, and even the people at the temporary pick-up pavilion can see it clearly, but it is Le Min who is the first. Huguang General Jidu stood beside Le Min like a black tower, and in the second row stood Li Shiyao, Qian Du, Yue Zhongqi, Zhuang Yougong and Lu Zhuo, and there were a few people standing at a slight distance on the left side, Fu Heng also knew each other, it was several chief officials of the household department and the military department and the second division of Huguang's domain, and all the officials below the provincial government stood behind the third row in order. This group of people went west, and the honor guards of the Huguang Water Division and the Hanyang Banner Battalion stood in line, as well as the pro-soldiers of the Chinese army who followed Fu Heng to go west to Sichuan. Fu Heng saw Xiao Qizi wearing a military rank robe, standing on the side of the front line of the Chinese army like a green onion, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face, and then he turned it away.

In a moment, the ship was anchored. The "bridge board" was prepared in advance, large enough for three people, extending to the middle of the river and docking with Fu Heng's warship. When the two frigates were lowered to anchor, the iron ropes rang out, and three cannons thundered, and in an instant the shore was silent, only the black eagle who was startled by the sound of the cannon croaked, fluttering and falling on the side of the eaves and wings of the Yellow Crane Tower. Fu Heng dusted off the corners of his clothes slightly, the firecrackers and firecrackers had already sounded, and he slowly stepped off the boat in the five-colored smoke of gunpowder in the sunset, led by Le Min, all the officials who greeted the Qincha and the gentry selected by the three towns of Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou, the horseshoe sleeves were beaten with a mountain sound, and they knelt on the ground, bowed down and kowtowed, and said: "Slaves (ministers) and others respectfully invite Sheng'an!" ”

"St. Ann!"

Fu Heng finished receiving the salute on behalf of the day, and he seemed a little more easy-going. smiled and helped Le Min up, and shook hands with Qian Du, Li Shiyao and others. smiled and said to a few officials who rushed to Beijing: "I'm sorry for you!" Go to Wuchang to give me a transfer to military affairs - it will take another half a year of hard work, and I will give you three months off when it is over. Because he held his hand and said to Yue Zhongqi: "The words have been said in the letters." You are stationed in the festival Baiyu Temple - the body and bones are important, and the letters are usually exchanged with carrier pigeons - have the military carrier pigeons tamed for me arrived in Sichuan? ”

"Back to the words of the adult," Yue Zhongqi has been like snow, still in the spirit, his voice is like a bell, and he replied with a smile: "There are seventy pigeon trainers and three hundred and sixty pigeons, all of which have arrived in Wenchuan, and they have tried several times, but none of them have missed." You can rest assured! Fu Heng turned his head to talk to others again, because he saw Ji Du looking at himself and smirking, he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Isn't this a 'Confucian general'?" How used to this place? Jidu laughed and said: "I still want to go back to the Northeast, this place is too hot, it's August in Malaba, and I can't leave the fan all day long!" Li Shiyao also said: "It is really incomparable with Yunnan." Fei Zude, the prefect of Hanyang, came to see me, and as he spoke, the fan in his hand shook like butterfly wings. I said that since it was hot, your house went to the crown robe. He took off his robe, still couldn't stop fanning, I said you take it off again, he took off his jacket and short coat after a little excuse, but he still kept waving! I said, 'Take it off again!' 'I actually took off only a shoulder trouser head, and I still shook my fan-dare love is a living treasure--I resigned from my post house! ”

Before he finished speaking, Fu Heng was already trembling with laughter, and said to Le Min and Qian Du with a smile: "The fee from the household department was sent out to Hanyang Mansion in a daze?" Take the time to introduce me. Qian Du felt that Fu Heng had treated himself coldly, and when he saw that he was talking to himself with a smile, he was busy and smiled: "Yes-I and a few officials from the household department went to Chengdu with a sealed letter, and we can't miss the sixth master's messenger!" ”

"Good work!" Fu Heng smiled and accosted everyone, and Le Min approached and said, "This time, I will pick up the wind for the sixth master in the Jiangbin Wufu Building." The Yellow Crane Tower's wind and the sound of the river waves-" Fu Heng interrupted and said, "It's just that the last time I was in the Yellow Crane Tower—what does Jinchuan's matter have to do with the Yellow Crane Tower?" I'm still in the Yellow Crane Tower! After saying that, he smiled and went over to the gentleman, which was nothing more than bowing and hugging his shoulders and holding hands, and he didn't have time to elaborate.

At the sumptuous banquet in the Yellow Crane Tower, Fu Heng did not drop a drop of wine, and almost did not talk to a few officials, only in Huguang celebrities and gentlemen took turns to persuade wine, saying that for a while, the emperor toured the world in the south, talked about the customs of the two rivers and Fujian, the harvest in Huainan, the flood in Huaibei, and talked about the benefits of setting up a righteous warehouse, and talked about the price of land, the market of medicinal materials, grain, oil, salt, porcelain, and silk in various places, and asked the local celebrities to write about it, and sometimes talked about the weather disasters, and never mentioned military and government affairs in the speech, "the banner opened and won the class to return to the dynasty" I only laughed at the words of the kind. Several big businessmen who ran to the south of the Yangtze River saw that the first believer of the Son of Heaven was easy-going like a family member, and they were all overwhelmed by his demeanor, and they ordered their family members to go back to get the silver tickets, and they wanted to give "the majestic and magnificent army of the Zhongtang Lord". In an instant, more than 800,000 taels of silver were exchanged. Fu Heng didn't say yes, nor did he say no, but Yin Yin persuaded him to drink, and when he came back to the chief after a circle, he saw Hailan Chazheng and Li Shiyao muttering something, and said with a smile: "How can you be like a woman, what are you chattering?" ”

"He said that if he were a woman, he would marry you!" Li Shuyao pointed at Hailancha and said with a smile: "I said that you look like a pig and a dog, so you can only go and pour a night pot for the sixth master!" Ji Du, who was sitting at the table for a while, drunkenly blushed and dragged a fat man with a five-grade top to introduce: "This is that Hanyang Taishou Feilu." Fu Heng saw that this Fei Tai was punctual, still holding the fan in his hand, and he was still fanning it, and he almost couldn't help laughing, because he pointed to an empty chair outside the table and said, "Don't be formal, please sit down!" - What year are you a Jinshi? ”

Fei Lu looked dignified, but his eyes were a little confused as if he had just woken up, but the fan kept shaking hurriedly. It's also really good-looking. At this time, hundreds of pairs of eyes were staring at him. He didn't seem to care, Xie Zuo waved his fan and replied: "In the first year of Qianlong, there were five Jinshi, Zhang Hengchen's teacher." ”

"What is the total population of Hanyang Province?"

"Lord Hui, one hundred and seventy-one people, one hundred and thirty-four thousand and seventy-one people, regardless of life and death in the past year."

"What is the price of rice?"

"It's common to have three dollars and five cents a bucket. Yesterday, it rose to three dollars and seven cents, and the price of grain was naturally slightly higher for military rations. ”

"Where's pork?"

"Pork is 70 wen a catty, I think it will go up a little, because the price of rice is a little higher."

"How many criminals did Hanyang Mansion execute last autumn, and how many this year?"

"Last year's one. This year, a person who was sentenced to death was given a demerit. ”

"Tortured?"

"Yes! He stole the owner's chicken, and the young owner said a few words to him, and beat the young owner with a flat shoulder - this is a villain, the poor and the rich can't afford to provoke it, and he has been in office several times, and he can't be guilty. The villagers were afraid of him. I have to do something to do with it, except for this evil. Fei Lu licked his lips, and said without being salty or light: "If this kind of person is not removed, the atmosphere in the realm will not be good." You see, next year, the locals may not even have a single collusion. ”

After asking a few words, Fu Heng was already impressed by this "Fei Confused", and secretly thought to himself: "This person is not confused. I couldn't help but smile and nodded, the Taoist officials in the room were brilliant, and when they heard Fu Heng ask about these trivial things, they couldn't figure out the meaning. It stands to reason that since Fu Heng has nothing to say, Fei Lu should resign, but Fei Lu doesn't understand this, so he has nothing to say and asks: "My lord is still very strong, dare to ask about the geometry of the Spring and Autumn Period?" ”

"Forty-three years old."

Fei Lu stopped again, thought about it, and asked again: "Are you under the yellow flag?" ”

"You should be in the Yellow Flag. I think it's better to be a yellow flag than a yellow flag! Why not in the Yellow Flag? ”

As soon as these words came out, the guests couldn't help but be dumbfounded. According to the eight flags of Manchuria, the yellow flag is the most noble; Fei was confused and had nothing to say, not only did he ask bullshit, but he was also full of taboos, and in the silence, even a layer of cold sweat seeped into Le Min's head.

Fu Heng was also stunned by his question, and immediately laughed out loud, everyone thought that he was laughing angrily, and in a panic, Fu Heng asked rhetorically: "Your mansion has not been on a business in Beijing, right?" ”

"Nope."

"How old are you?"

"Forty and nine."

"You should be twenty-nine." Fu Heng smiled: "I think twenty-nine years old is better than forty-nine years old." Why don't you go back to the age of twenty-nine? ”

Everyone on the Yellow Crane Tower roared to the ground and laughed in an uproar. Fei Lu was ignorant at first, and then he also looked up to the sky and laughed on the seat, and that little tension suddenly disappeared.

"When the Lord is worried, it is not the day when my courtiers are happy!" Fu Heng saw that the cups and plates were in a mess, and the guest of honor had already eaten, so he smiled and said, "Brother has to stay in Wuchang for a few days, and during this period, he can't bother everyone anymore." When I come back from my errand, the anti-guest is the main one, and I am still in this Yellow Crane Tower, I have a treat! Well...... There are only more than 30 gentlemen, worried about the country, worried about the worries of the king, well aware of the righteousness, donated 860,000 taels of military expenses, Fu Heng is deeply gratified - I thank the officers and soldiers of the three armies for their appreciation! In the applause of everyone, Fu Heng took off his top and got up calmly, bowed deeply to the gentleman's seat, panicked a group of wealthy businessmen Dajia tables and chairs, and got up to return the salute to Fu Heng.

Fu Heng sat down with a smile and said: "Now that the country is strong, the people are rich, and the imperial court is rejuvenating the army and stabilizing the barbarian land of Jinchuan, I didn't expect this silver." It is rare for all the gentlemen to have a loyal heart, so the brothers still have to play the present, please make a watch. For the sake of remembering, I want to ask Ji Gong Xiaolan to write an article in person, so that you can pass on your name through the ages! I said, please write it down Brother Lemin, they are - Mr. Li Jingtao of Huguang Rongxin Trade Bank, filial piety, donated 150,000 yuan; Mr. Liu Sanwei of Hanyang Shanxi Guild Hall, from Shiren's family, donated 80,000 yuan; Mr. Luo Yang, Hankou Luoyang Needle Embroidery General Workshop, donated 100,000 yuan, Hankou people's; Mr. Ding Zhengde of Hanyang Jade Head Office, donated 52,000 yuan, and the Hanyang people ......"

…… There were a total of thirty-two people, and Fu Heng had just been entertained at the banquet, and he persuaded Yin Yin to ask in the wine room, someone made a certain living, his hometown, and donated a certain amount, and there was nothing wrong with the number of them. It's a rare memory. As he spoke, the crowd was dumbfounded.

"There is another person who has pledged the most, which is 200,000 silver - Zou Mingyue of the Yangping people's family." Fu Heng smiled awkwardly, "I don't dare to accept your silver." Because your 'medicine tobacco company' has to buy 300 boxes of opium from some 'company' in the East Indies a year—for medicinal purposes, is it enough to use that much? The imperial court has repeatedly banned the sale of hibiscus cream, and how much I Fu Heng imports must be approved by the next article. Do you have my strips? - My soldiers are all strong and strong, and they will have a stomach trouble if they eat what you bought with this money! ”

People were whispering, and everyone was watching, searching for the person named Zou Mingyue, who had already left his seat and was so ashamed that he fell to the ground and just kowtowed.

"Mr. Zou, you are ashamed, I forgive you. Get up and sit and listen to me. Fu Heng smiled and said: "Opium is a poisonous thing, if you eat too much, you will die, and if you smoke it, you will lose, people are not like people and ghosts." I came from Xuzhou, I saw a begging beggar, skinny as firewood, face like ashes, give money to send him away, the restaurant told me that ten years ago he was the richest man in Xuzhou, more than 1,000 hectares of land, the family burned tobacco bubbles, reduced to a street deviant, begged for ten cents to be sent to the tobacco house. You can't sell this kind of thing - Lemin will go back and check it out for me, all the opium will be confiscated, and the money you sell cigarettes will be confiscated as military expenses and transferred to Jinchuan! You can hear me - so do the others, the cigarette sellers just like that! ”

Zou Mingyue had already been trained by him to the point that his soul was not possessed. Kowtowed to his pale face and got up, and said again and again: "The teachings of the adults, the little ones will always be remembered in their hearts!" He sat down carefully with his buttocks, and when the feet of the chair rang, he was startled. Fu Heng said: "You are the one who is the minister to catch the wind, don't be so depressed." Do as I instruct, or be a good gentleman in peace! Come on, come on, I'll advise you to have another cup and suppress the shock! He got up, poured wine in front of Zou Mingyue's seat with a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "Don't feel embarrassed, the gold platform will be banned in Guangdong, and I will also be banned when I return to Nanjing." You know early, it's still cheap! Zou Mingyue's face was pale, and he drank this cup of convulsive wine with trembling hands, and he didn't even know what he said.

…… Coming out of the Yellow Crane Tower, Fu Heng left everyone behind, and only asked Le Min to take a walk on the riverbank.

At this moment, it is the right time, Wuhan is the famous "furnace of the world", although it is the beginning of August, the wind blowing from the river bank is still slightly hot. Looking at the river embankment from the side of the Yellow Crane Tower, the sky is full of stars, the lights of thousands of homes around the turn, the two mountains of turtles and snakes and the parrot island in the river are swarthy, as if they are beating continuously, a river of autumn water is sliding to the east with white waves, the two sides of the broad embankment are planted with the descendants of the acacia, like two wisps of thick purple mist, along the river until the extreme eye, a burst of fireflies floats up and down in the "fog...... In such a night, strolling on the banks of the Yangtze River, which is roaring, is a little mysterious. The two men did not speak for a moment.

"Sixth Master." I don't know how long it took, Lemin secretly smiled to himself, and said, "Do you know what I want to do when I walk with you?" ”

"Hmm." Fu Heng also smiled and said, "I know." Are you thinking: Fu Lao Liu, this guy went to Jinchuan, can he come back? Saroben is not an easy character to deal with! ”

Lemin was stunned by what he said, and then smiled: "I have thought about this for a long time. I said in Beijing that Saroben is no match for you, and I don't want to do that now. I think that with you, my heart is down-to-earth and peaceful, and I am very stable and stable. ”

"Really?" Fu Heng secretly turned his face to look at Le Min, sighed and walked away, saying, "Maybe...... After all, I'm the number one military minister, and I'm still the authentic uncle of the country - don't interrupt me, there is actually nothing wrong with this one. People below the Governor of Huguang will also have the idea of 'backing the mountain' with you. is a beggar, he also refers to relying on his mother. In fact, I am alone, I also have the mind of not relying on the four sides, as soon as I see the emperor, it seems that I have the backbone and strength - we all rely on this country, rely on the master of the court, such a big **, naturally very relieved. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Of course, there are people who are graceful, have a moderate demeanor, and are well-organized, and feel down-to-earth and powerful with him." When I was with Zhang Tingyu back then, I also thought like this: I can do anything difficult with him and be instructed by him. Now you go and see, an hour will teach you to not survive! He is just like that, starting from the forty-second year of Kangxi, he has not talked about anything until now, and he has said it repeatedly, no matter how hard his scalp is, he will be disgusted and ......dizzy" He already laughed when he said it, Le Min laughed when he thought about Zhang Tingyu's appearance, and said: "He is old." Fu Heng nodded and said, "I will be old too." Some trees, when they are in their prime, are straight and beautiful, but when they are old, they grow some strange branches and scars, which are twisted and deformed—so it is not possible to rely on one person, and it is stable to rely on reason—Tao and reason. From this, I take care of my own heart, and I have more experience and knowledge, so I no longer rely on any one person. ”

Le Min lowered his head and pondered his words, sighed straight from the dantian: "If you are really in my position, or if you are a lower government official, you will know the troubles of the magistrate." I'll just say it's broken, you're just a 'knower', and you don't have a 'taste' - when the country is old, it will give birth to some strange things......"

"The country is old......

Fu Heng abruptly remembered what Qianlong said about the "crown dog", and a gust of river wind swept over, and a chill appeared on his slightly sweaty body. Staring at the fishing fire in the river, he said for a long time: "Sun Jiagan was dying, I went to see him, he was already talking hard, holding my hand just tears, gasping and saying: 'The tree is big and empty, the sixth master...... Be careful, be careful, be careful...... 'How far-reaching!' ……”

"There's so much to keep an eye on." Le Min's footsteps slowed down with Fu Heng, as if he was considering the words, and said after a long time: "Just like Zou Mingyue, do you know who he is?" ”

“…… Well? ”

"Prince Lao Zhuang's personal clothed slave." Le Min smiled bitterly in the night, "His medicine and cigarette shop, Gao Heng has three shares. Reputedly...... There is also a point in the degree of money. The Ministry of Industry also pays dividends every year. And probably more than that...... I don't know how many people you have offended behind this order......"

Fu Heng stood still, there was originally a hill under the river embankment here, and the river breeze came and lifted the robes and braids of the two of them. Fu Heng narrowed his eyes, his pupils flickered faintly in the dark, and he was a little relieved, and said, "You can't be soft!" Illegal tobacco soil, the money from the tobacco soil must be seized and confiscated, the three towns of Wuhan, the whole province of Huguang, all cases of doing this kind of business are disposed of. I will give you a special decree from the Military Aircraft Department, and you will send a report to the Military Aircraft Department after you have finished it. ”

"As for Salopun," Fu Heng said in a deep voice, "I've thought about it carefully, it's actually the best of the best. It is not just because Qingfu is too straw that it leads to the loss of teachers and humiliation of the country! Yue Zhongqi said that the general fights well, and the more he fights, the more careful he becomes. I know I'm not a good general, so I'm more careful - I'm going to bully the weak and the weak! After all, he is a tyrant who lives in a corner, after all, there are only 70,000 people in the Ju clan, and he can't compete with the army of the Celestial Empire. Twice with soldiers...... Do you know how much silver the court used? ”

Le Min stared at Fu Heng's face and said, "Didn't Di Bao say that it was two million taels in total?" ”

"Di Bao?" Fu Heng sneered, "You believe that the military department is talking nonsense!" - They only counted the military expenses directly proposed, and did not add the money and grain to the provincial treasury. I have calculated the detailed accounts, and the total is 10,630,000 taels - I still owe the army land and water freight, and the porter's foot price is 1 million taels of silver! ——This is half of the world's annual income in the middle of the Kangxi period. It's enough to dredge the canal ten times, it's enough to rebuild the Yellow River embankment twice, it's enough to ......," he swallowed, "and a million families won't be displaced from the spring famine...... It's really painful and heart-wrenching......"

Le Min was shocked by this amount, and he felt heart-wrenching pain when he heard him settle the account, and only said after a long time: "Sixth Master, don't worry." I, Huguang, will do our best to help you fight this battle. Some people want money, some people want money, some money wants food, and there is food. The two military passages of Laohekou and Wuhan are a little hindered, and you have corrected me in military law! ”

"I'll talk about it tomorrow at the military meeting." Fu Heng said.