Fukangan didn't sleep well this night, and kept thinking about Ah Gui's letter. Although he is authoritarian, he is not a careless man. It doesn't matter what else is said in the letter, what military affairs on the Western Front are no longer worried, the emperor is preparing for the Mulan Autumn Festival, the thieves in Shandong are safe, and there is no other thought, all of these are all at a glance. There are only two things he pays attention to, one is that Lin Shuangwen, a rebel in Taiwan, destroyed his family to help the local Fujianese, and the People's League prevented the indigenous people from encroaching on the land. Another is that the letter said that He Shen had been promoted by the emperor to be the foreman of the military aircraft. There is also a strange saying: "He Shen said that people deceive me, and God deceives me, and I don't deceive others." A gentleman can be bullied, but a villain is fearful." Because there is no point in it, I don't know if it was He Shen's original words or Ah Gui's comments - what qualifications does he and Shen have to say that a gentleman talks about villains? What does "people deceive me, I don't deceive others" and what does it mean? The rain outside is dripping, making the Zhougong Temple tiles in the north rustle, and the Luohe River in the south is not as gentle as it looks during the day, making a long howl like a song and crying without stopping, and the miserable wind and bitter rain penetrate the window, which increases the desolation of the lonely travelers...... Thinking of Liu Baoqi again, Liu Baoqi thought about Ji Yun, and then thought about He Shen's back to rectify Ji Yun and blocked his mouth, turning around and thinking back and forth, he had woken up with blazing eyes, what "Luo Shen Fu" and "Jingguan Ci" were left behind. Hearing a rooster crowing in the distance, Fukangan knew that he had missed a sleepy night, and he was used to getting up early in the army at home, so he stretched out his fist and sat up on the bed. Wang Jibao was still sleeping stupidly, when he heard the movement, he rubbed his eyes and came in, and said: "I heard that the master didn't sleep well, I will give you a hammer and a hammer, and the master will sleep again." ”

"What do you sleep in?" Fukangan said angrily, "Go back to Longmen Xiangshan Temple, prepare your luggage and go back to Beijing tomorrow!" ”

"Ah yes! - Whoop! ”

Fukangan returned to Beijing non-stop, the road was cloudy and sunny, and it was past the third day of October when he arrived in Beijing. It is still raining in the area of Beijing, and in the late autumn season, it looks cold and indifferent, and the fallen leaves are very clear. He didn't go home as usual, only reported a safety letter to his mother, stayed overnight, and delivered a sign to the military plane at Xihuamen the next day.

"Ah, Brother Shi is back!" Liu Yong, who was on duty, looked a little tired, but his interest seemed to be good, and when he saw Fukangan coming in with a curtain, he waved his hand and ordered a few officials to "step down, let's talk about it tomorrow", got up and greeted him with a smile: "This is the real General Dingjinchuan!" Decades before and after, several generations will toss this land, and it will be once and for all in the hands of the world brother - are you used to living in Luoyang, it rains all the way, and the water rises across the Yellow River? Come, sit, eat and smoke ......"

Fukangan listened to him with a smile, watched him smoke, waved his hand to signal that he was not smoking, and said: "Chongru is getting older and older. Half of the gray hair, right? It's just that you look very tired, not only your back, but also your eye sockets are a little slumpy! Liu Yong also looked at Fukangan, and said with a smile: "Just about to say that the world brother city is deep and full of youth, you talk about me." Ah Gui and I discussed privately, if the paper is not as good as the world brother, if the world brother is not as good as the martial arts, the world brother is not only above Fu Gong, but I have been founding the country for more than 100 years in the Qing Dynasty, and I can't find a general who is equal to the world brother. You are truly the pillar of the country, we people, snort...... It's useless to be a scholar! After a pause, he asked, "Have you received Ah Gui's letter?" ”

"Roger." Fukangan glanced out the window and said, "It's just that some words don't quite understand." Because he said what he thought, he said: "I don't understand this person in Hezhongtang, he dares to allocate the money to Liu Baoqi!" Liu Yong just smoked, knocked the ash and put on the cigarette, and said slowly: "He wants to mess up the account." He is a poor Baqi brother, so penniless that he bought a pawnshop in the village, bought and sold antiques, built a house, built a palace, and supported hundreds of family members with fine clothes and jade food - where did the money come from, can he get gold, urine and silver? - I have checked everything, and there is indeed no case of asking for bribes, and there are also officials who refuse to accept money. This can only be thought of from the gardener's money, the reason for his sudden wealth. He went to Mukden with Hurd and asked for no silver, and He Shen gave 300,000 yuan with one mouth, which is surprising: did he move the treasury of the imperial court? ”

"Li Shuyao has a letter to me that the Fujian Navy Division wants to replace the official ship." Fukangan said with a smile, "The Ministry of War is strangled, and I will look for Heshen." There is also a case of guilty silver, which is also in the hands of He Shen, and it is not in the warehouse. He groaned and asked, "You are in charge of the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, you have these thoughts, and you have not made a knee to the emperor Chen?" Liu Yong spit out the clouds and puffed out the fog, and said: "This is the meaning of the fifteenth master and the eighth master, I asked the emperor, and the emperor said that it is good to check it." If you have something to investigate, you can go to Heshen to suspect if you have nothing to do. He is in charge of money, his eyes are red, and he has offended many people, so he told me not to act like Meng Lang. How dare I investigate the military and aircraft without asking for an order? Fukangan said: "Heshen is still hot, but it's so hot that it's purple!" The 23 officials who were promoted last time were all deposed, and he wanted to be promoted to Haining, Guo Shouzhi, and Feng Qiang, so he was promoted. Heshen is still good. I think other things are also sparse, the first one is smart, and financial management is a good hand. The annual income did not increase, and the Old Summer Palace became a meteorological scale. I came from Fengtai, and I couldn't see the Old Summer Palace at the end of the black pressure. I don't have a crush on him, he's quite successful as a housekeeper! ”

"Ah Gui and I are not as good as the first Fu Gong!" Liu Yong sighed, "It can't be regarded as a material to control the overall situation." It's not that I can't get along with Heshen, it's that this person is too smart and too rich. The fifteenth master, you know, the thrifty and hard-working children raised with Master Wei's son can't see this like this. After that, he asked about Qian Feng again, saying that he was recuperating in Xiangyang, and he felt better after taking the emperor's medicine, and he had already handed it to Rehe. Fukangan just nodded when he heard this, and said: "You treat me as your own, the Liu family and my Fu family have been friends for generations, and I have no reason to betray my friends." Wait, see what Qian Fenglai has to say. I always suspect that there is something strange with Shen killing Cathay, if you don't kill sooner rather than later, Liu Yong is not at his request, and he has opened up Qian Feng. I am afraid that the income and exit accounts of his garden workers are also related to Yunnan and Guizhou. Then he got up.

Liu Yong also stood up and said, "Fu Gongxian, you are half of our backbone, I never thought of hiding anything from me, I will definitely inform you if there is news." Are you going? Is it to wait for the holy car to return to Luan in Beijing, or to rush to Rehe to see the car? ”

"I want to go to Chengde to face the king." Fukangan clenched his fists and arched his fists and said, "After the military affairs in the area of Archery Furnace and Jinchuan, some places should be changed to the land, some are half-soil and half-stream, and some still need toast to manage it, and we can't call the shots if we don't see the emperor." After that, he turned around and went out, seeing that the rain in the sky was still scattered, and he didn't use a sedan chair, and returned to Fu Mansion with a angry horse like a dragon outside the Xizhi Gate. At this time, the mansion knew that the young master was back, and hundreds of Ding Qi stood in front of the gate of the Sanhe soil tamped mansion, and saw him from a distance, and I don't know who commanded him to suddenly kneel down. Fukangan saw Wang Jibao's grandfather and father kneeling in front of him with a limp, rolled the saddle and dismounted to the front and helped up with both hands, and said with a smile: "I see you two old goods again, Jibao has not lost a single hair on his body this time and came back with me, and now he is really short of generals!" You can also rest assured that you can reunite - come, Uncle Sixth and Ji Bao will go back with your grandfather! The old king's head and the little king's head looked at Wang Jibao's military uniform and the second-grade feather on his head, they all seemed to be happy and sad, and they couldn't see enough with hooks in their eyes, so they were put in by Wang Jibao and He Laoliu. Fukangan said loudly: "Whether the family has a child or a newcomer, I will accept it according to the rules of my husband." There are battles to be fought in the future! It is good to serve the old lady in the house to release civil officials, and to release military attaches outside, to play the Fu family's one bucket and three liters of sesame officials, and to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty! The crowd agreed. Fukangan shouted, and he looked very energetic. Fukangan then asked, "What about the old lady?" Where is this? Study or Buddha Hall? ”

"In the study!" A middle-aged butler next to him replied loudly, "Mrs. is also there to accompany the old lady." ”

"Whose house are you from?" Fukangan looked at it and didn't recognize it.

"Back to the fourth master, the slave is Feng Xingcai's youngest son named Feng Jingcai. I only took over the housekeeper last month! ”

Feng Jingcai was about to say, but Fu Kangan had already smiled and said, "I remember, the youngest son of the old Feng Tou in the vegetable garden!" I was practicing artillery in the back garden, and you quietly climbed into the boat, and the cannon capsized and almost drowned. Isn't that you? "Yes!" Feng Jingcai smiled embarrassedly, "When I was a child, I remember it so refreshingly...... The little one led the way. As he spoke, he walked cautiously and led the way. Stepping through the west courtyard, I saw Huang Ying'er holding the white-haired Tang'er standing under the dripping eaves of her father's study. Qiu Yu and Mo Ju were also surrounded by a few big girls with open faces, and when they saw him come in, only Tang'er did not move, and Huang Ying'er bent her head slightly. The rest of the people squatted down and went away.

"E-niang!" Fukangan saw that his mother was much older than before he left Beijing, and he was trembling and staring at himself, and tears were about to flow out of his heart, so he couldn't help it, and knelt down and kowtowed, got up and helped his mother in the previous generation Huang Ying'er, and went into the study to see that the study was still the same when his father was there, and said: "You are all over the world, it's raining outside, why do you have to come out?" Although this study is good, my son doesn't look as warm as the small Buddha hall inside. Huang Ying'er was disgusted again: "E-niang is wearing too thin." This garment was worn before the Double Ninth Festival. Huang Ying'er smiled: "When it comes to changing clothes, my mother just refuses!" ”

"You don't blame her." Tang'er was carried into the study by Fukangan and sat on the easy chair, holding Fukangan and refusing to let go, staring at it with good eyes and smiling, "I don't have to do anything." There is another cedar forest over there, the wind can't come and it's warm here, I asked Ying'er to change the Buddhist hall in the West Flower Hall, and Guanyin also invited over. I had a comfortable stay! Ying'er's children are filial, just rest assured, her mother-in-law is not like a general but like a woman? After saying that, she laughed, and the tears of laughter had come out, Fukangan hurriedly wiped it for her, and said: "Mother, look, here it is again!" Looking for gossip to divert her thoughts, because she saw a small piece of clothing being sewn in the needlework basket, she asked Ying'er: "Whose job is this?" Tang'er smiled: "She has it too—"

"This is for Master Wei." Huang Ying'er was a little embarrassed, gently interrupted her mother's words, and said, "The grandmother whose surname is Lu is that the fifteenth master received in Shandong has a little brother. Mrs. asked to send a hundred clothes, and the poor people in our house made it together. I don't want a single strand of cloth from outsiders. Fukangan didn't understand these things, and said: "It's not good to send a gold lock or something?" How troublesome it is to match the land one by one! Tang'er said: "These are two different things. I'm thinking you're going to Chengde, right? Fukangan said: "Yes! The son will leave the day after tomorrow. It's far away from the emperor, and the hours have been long, one comes to miss it, and the other is to be added to the official and promoted to the knight, and I haven't thanked him in person. ”

Tang'er listened, and said in silence for a long time: "You should go." But I have a sentence, now the palace is not your aunt and grandmother in charge, everything is to be taken care of. Although I don't care about your ministers, it sounds like the only thing left is that Lord He is a good person. I looked at the good ones, but they were all guilty, and the deposed ones walked away. The last time we went to Zhaohui's house, we talked about ourselves, she said that Zhaohui was most afraid of Ah Gui and didn't care about him, saying that she was afraid of He Shen from the bottom of her heart, yin and soft, like a witch in a robe. I said that we don't care about the men outside, what are we afraid of? There's also the emperor above! Fukangan smiled: "Mother just rest assured, my son has grown up now." Although the emperor only taught his son to manage the military, there were many things to consult on government affairs. The emperor trusts him, and the eighth and fifteenth masters also rely on him, and his son only works hard. As long as you are careful, you can't follow other people's ways. Tang'er said: "You Ama also think so when you are alive. I can't wait to take out my heart to show the emperor, and I can't wait to show the emperor to death, relying on this loyalty. He went, in fact, people still look at you, and if you are angry, people will raise my. Those who send troops outside to release their horses may not be without those who hope that you will defeat the battle. Often at the riverbank station, how can there be no shoes that don't get wet? When I think about it, I'm so scared that I can't sleep, thinking of my relatives, Zhang Guangsi and missing your father again, crying until dawn, and I have to pretend to be tough......" said the tears poured out again.

Fukangan comforted her mother with all kinds of good words, and it was easy to coax Tang'er to calm down, but she was not without emotion. Turned around and went to the main hall of the mansion to consult Fu Hengling's card, and respectfully took a stick of incense, and went to the second gate to order: "Tell Uncle He Liu, set up the car tomorrow morning and bring the things in the West Second Library." We will walk the day after tomorrow, and we will take care of some private matters tomorrow, and we will talk about the affairs of the meeting and friends when we come back. Only then did he return to the east study where he lived, and when he saw Ying'er with tears on her face, she asked, "What's wrong?" Mrs. doesn't want to see you, or are the people in the house angry with you? ”

"Nothing." Ying'er quickly glanced at the mirror, and said with a smile, "I follow my wife every day, and the people in the house don't waste it." As he spoke, he stretched out the quilt and spread it on the easy chair, "Master, you can rest, wait a while, call for a bowl of ginseng soup and then eat." ”

Fukangan sat down with her face on her face and said, "No, you must have something on your mind." It's your fourth uncle who is here again, right? Liu Yong said that it had been approved to the officials, and the envoys were assigned to talk about it! ”

"No, it's not." Ying'er turned her face away and whispered.

"Then why?"

“……”

"Huh?"

Seeing that Fukangan was serious, Ying'er said: "It's that there is gossip in the palace, saying that you originally wanted a princess to match you." The emperor and his mother didn't know what to say in this mansion, so they pointed at me...... And also...... said that I was originally a person with a family in Yangzhou, and you hooked up with me outside...... Hooked up and became...... I'm nothing. Even the fourth uncle, I also saw that I had a heart to catch up with you, and there was no errand to make a trivial matter - your reputation is big! When you go to the archery furnace, some people say that you can make money and can't fight, go to Jinchuan, and say that you are defeated in the hands of Xiao Seleben and can't come back, I don't know what 'Zhang Guangsi is second'...... I think it's all me dragging you down, you want to marry a princess, what gossip do they dare to say? ”

Fukangan listened very attentively, he had been managing the army all the time, and he not only listened to these words, but never even thought about them. He has always been proud of Ying'er's affairs, thinking that "the wife of the bad chaff does not go to court" is a model who does not forget the poor and the lowly and is not close to women, and he didn't expect that there would be such a discussion in the future! Think about it, yes, Fu Long'an and Fu Ling'an are all brothers, but they are not, if they don't marry soon, they don't marry Ying'er as their wife, but there is a saying that the Son of Heaven gives marriage to "Chongxi", and it is no wonder that the villain made rumors. But where did the rumors come from, and who spread them? From the people in front of him to the distance, he decided that there was no second one except Heshen! But if you "will turn money" into words, He Shen may not be able to export, because He Shenhua has more money than himself, and it is more than many times, like the tone of the fifteenth elder brother. But He Shen may be worried that he will enter the military plane, and Yan Yan will not! Besides, he is not a man of many tongues...... It's so confusing and elusive. Thinking about it, he said with a smile: "Ama said that the more the general fights, the more careful he becomes, I think civilian officials are the same." But you make me uncertain. Some people say that I can fight, one is that I remember Amma's words of 'fast ox and broken cart', and I am so careful that I dare not be negligent, and the other is morale, and I can't be full of puss with my soldiers. You don't want pus, everyone has difficulties in their small families, and people keep their mouths open and don't let them speak? I'm actually the emperor's firefighting team, where something happens, where to level it - I'll take you with me when I send troops again, you learn from Liang Hongyu, and beat the drum to help my soldiers! ”

"That makes that?"

"Yes!"

"Just me?"

"What's wrong with you? Put on a military uniform, quite a good heroine! People's fate is destined, you didn't look at the side of the fifteenth master, the daughter of a poor family who sells rice in Shandong, who dares to underestimate it now? ”

Ying'er looked at Fukangan, suddenly blushed for a long time, and said, "You...... It's really ......" and snuggled up to her husband. Fukangan has never been very good at women, but she can't help but feel a little relieved to see her like this when she is out on business for a long time.

…… As soon as the second day dawned, Fukangan jumped up and exclaimed, "I haven't overslept, have I?" Ying'er was still in the blindfold, and she smiled when she saw it, and said, "You said that this is a morning exercise in the army?" It's early! Fukangan hurriedly put on his clothes and hat, twisted it on her face, and said, "I want to see Liu Yong again." He must have gone in - E-Niang hasn't gotten up yet, I'll go over and say hello when I get back. Ying'er also got up, and listened to Wang Jibao ask at the second gate, "The fourth master can't get out", and said with a smile: "Your cannon fodder shield is waiting for you - my mother also got up and entered the Guanyin Hall to recite the morning scripture, and I went over to greet her." When you see Liu Yong, ask about the fourth uncle again. ”

Fukangan agreed to come out, and saw that Wang Jibao and He Laoliu were already waiting with horsewhips, because they saw that the entourage and family members were also gathered, so he said: "Only the two of you follow, and the rest of the people have a holiday today and will walk tomorrow!" With that, he walked out.

Liu Yong was not in the military aircraft, Fukangan went to Xihua Gate to ask the eunuch, only to know that he went to the ministry, because he saw Ma Xiangzu standing, so he asked: "Are you waiting for Liu Zhongtang?" "Yes, Fourth Master." Ma Xiangzu didn't expect Fukangan to talk to him, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "It turns out that the fourth master recognizes me?" ”

"Who doesn't know you Ma Xiangzu? Hanlin Temple! Fukangan hesitated whether to go to the ministry or wait here, and said with a smile: "Wang Wenshao went to my mansion, didn't you accompany him?" You have a group of friends, Fang Lingcheng and Wu Xingqin, right? Why didn't they come? Ma Xiangzu couldn't help but laugh when he thought that he couldn't identify the ancient traitors and make himself known to the government and the opposition. But Fukangan's words are difficult to answer, Wu Shengqin and Shanshan cheated, several people knew, Fang Lingcheng did not follow and wanted to go to the Ministry of Rites to complain, to the Guozijian to ask for a sacrificial wine review, Wu Xingqin came to a turtle and did not come out, and even the shadow could not be found, Cao Xibao wanted to settle the incident, and no one could be found in the two creations, Ma Xiangzu and Hui Tongji ran to mediate It had no effect, Shanshan cried in the red fruit tree and wiped her tears and did not admit it, so that the uncle of the Fang family who came with the bride also couldn't cry and laugh...... He stumbled, then said vaguely, "They're all busy." Go back, I'll go to the Fourth Master's Mansion to ask you for peace......" Fukangan just said casually, ignoring his thoughts at all, and asked Wang Jibao to "pull the horse" and go to the ministry.

Liu Yong was really in the ministry, and was listening to the officials in the Gong Division, and when he saw Fukangan coming in, he smiled and said, "Okay!" Found here! Li Gaotao is also coming to arrange Taiwan affairs, you have come just in time, and we will discuss it together. The officials got up to greet each other, and Fukangan sat down with a smile and asked, "Who is the governor of Taiwan who is not controlled by the governor of Fujian?" ”

"Lu Deren." A clerk pointed to the roster of the Taiwan government on the table and said, "It turned out that he went to Taiwan with Jidu Junmen, or when Cathay Pacific was there, he went to Taiwan." Master Li said that this person could not succeed, and called Haiming to go over, or Li Minglun, the governor of Taiwan is a staff general, two levels lower than the Fujian Naval Division, directly under the Ministry of War, not under the management of Fujian, and the governor of the Advisory Council Yamen asked for instructions to act. These names Fukangan didn't seem to know, and he just nodded when he heard it, because he pointed to Chai Daji's name, and the "Zhongping" test language at the back of the note, he nodded his finger and said: "I know this person, I can't reuse it." Now to join the army? The officer was startled and hurriedly said: "It's an old military officer, some arrogant, and there is a set of leading troops. Fukangan said: "Do you know how to lead soldiers?" The most important thing to pay attention to in leading troops is discipline, and obeying orders is a good general! Proud is not a small problem. If you want to present him to the Admiralty, I will reject it before the Holy One!" Only then did he say to Liu Yong, "I'll leave tomorrow and see you again." My mother said about Liao Fengqi, and she still has to be watched by Liu Gong. He is the uncle in law, I am most afraid of taking care of these things, and I can't help but ask, if I can, I can give a perfunctory errand to the messenger. No matter which item the money and Shen of the Fujian Navy Division come from, in short, it is necessary to change ships and guns, which is the main expenditure of the Ministry of War, and it is necessary to ask my brother for help. I estimated that it would cost a million silver, and He Shen would be able to squeeze a little from the gardeners, and the rest would have to be taken out of the household. No matter who comes out, I don't thank my personal kindness, I want to have an excerpt. ”

Liu Yong nodded yes and said: "The old lady has something to say about the wife, there is no surplus in the official guard, and he is a prisoner, and it is too difficult for the officials to be short." He Zhongtang talked about it, and He Zhongtang said that the garden workers are procured, and it is not too late to guarantee it after three years, which is also a good bad thing to make up for the vacancy. As he was talking, he saw Li Shiyao entering the courtyard with an umbrella, so he stood up and said with a smile, "Gaotao is here!" Come into the house, Fu Siye is also here! Although you are helping to handle military affairs in the military aircraft department, why do you want to come in person because you send a book to do these letters? Fukangan smiled and nodded to Li Shiyao, and said, "I said that I would see you when I saw Chongru, but you are here." I want to talk to you about the renewal of the official ship artillery of the Fujian Navy Division. ”

Li Shiyao accepted the umbrella and arched it with his hand that was a little red from the cold. Since this imprisonment, he has also looked much deeper. shook off the rain on the braids, flicked the corners of his robe, held a stack of letter folds to Liu Yong with both hands, and said: "Zhaohui and Hailancha have a joint fold, with red flags and chicken feathers on it, indicating that the emperor has been sent out to the fifteenth master, and the recital of the governor of Huguang has also been sent. You can go to Chengde tomorrow. I thought about the great victory on the Western Front, but I didn't dare to dismantle it. Here is a letter from Ji Xiaolan to you and A Gui, and a letter from the governor of Fujian addressed to the Military Aircraft Department. There is also a clip from the prefect of Xiangyang, which is also sandwiched in the envelope of the governor of Huguang. Only then did he turn around and say to Fukangan with a smile: "The great victory in the northwest requires the labor army, and the household department will allocate at least two million silver at once, and the silver rebuilt by the Fujian Navy Division is afraid that it will be in vain!" However, as the fourth master said in his letter, he borrowed 100,000 yuan from the Henan Domain, and 100,000 from Hailan Li in Guangzhou, and then borrowed hundreds of thousands from Hexiang, but I am afraid that it will be more reliable. Fukangan said: "The wool comes out of the sheep, and raising soldiers cannot be done without silver." I went to Chengde to meet with Heshen. ”

The two of them talked, and the officials of the ministry went back and forth to make tea and wait. Liu Yong only opened the letters one by one, leaned over to look at them like shrimps, smiled from time to time, frowned again, closed the page, and said abruptly: "Qian Dong is dead...... It's incredible! ”

Everyone was taken aback and their eyes widened. Li Shiyao exclaimed: "My God, really? Yesterday, I also asked An Zhezi to send it to the emperor! Fukangan said: "Don't be mistaken, right? ”

"Who would dare to joke about such a thing?" Liu Yong's face turned pale, his hands trembled a little, he looked down at the letter again, lowered his hand in disappointment, and said, "It's true...... After taking the emperor's medicine, the phlegm and asthma had already improved, but the weather was bad so I didn't walk. Who knew that after only a few days, he suddenly had diarrhea, blood gushing like a spring, and blood in his urine. Lang Zhong used Panax notoginseng, intermittent and Coptis chinensis, but it was ineffective in the end...... I died the night before. Now the governor of Huguang is rushing to Xiangfan...... "His teeth and chin are a little disobedient, and when he speaks, he trembles as if he is overwhelmed by the cold, and his body cannot help but be chilled.

A group of people waited for the wood carving clay sculpture in the room in a daze, and no one could say anything for a while. Fukangan frowned and pondered for a long time, and said, "Ah Gui and you sent medicine, did Qian Feng use it?" Do you want to play the emperor in this matter? ”

"The emperor must have known by now." Liu Yong said, "This is a letter, and there will also be urgent documents." Li Shuyao asked: "This is strange - who is the one who delivers the medicine, and who is there with him?" Ask! He immediately regretted it, it was common for courtiers to give medicine when they were sick, who to ask? What to ask? In what capacity did Li Shiyao say this? None of them stands! Because he said, "I mean to ask for a decree and send the imperial doctor to check the medical records!" ”

Liu Yong seemed to be stunned by this unexpected incident, Mu Dull was silent with a calm face, and gasped before saying: "There will be a will soon......" He said sneeringly: "Shi Yao and the fourth master guessed well, Heishui River was victorious, Hailancha and Zhaohui joined forces in Heishui River, annihilated more than 80,000 enemies, and captured 10,000 alive." Our army suffered more than 7,000 casualties. The whole of Western Xinjiang has been calm. Jidu took Ji Yun to survey the front line. The big Huo Jizhan committed suicide, and the little Huo Jizhan fled to the Badar Mountains, and was sending troops to pursue and encircle, and he only had more than 1,000 people left, and it was no longer a climate......

This is another amazing event, but it is a happy event. Everyone was stunned, no one had spoken, Liu Yong waved his hand and said: "The meeting in Taiwan was originally suspended, and the people from the Ministry of Officials went out, and I discussed something with the fourth master Gaotao, and asked you to come in again." So the examination department and the officials of the ministry withdrew one after another.

"Ah Gui and Shen are all in Chengde, and the emperor has gone to Mulan Qiuqiu." Liu Yong took a heavy puff on his cigarette, "The most expensive place now is not Taiwan, Fujian, nor the Old Summer Palace." This article, please see the fourth master of Fu, be sure to explain it. Fukangan also frowned, and said slowly: "The labor army wants a large sum, the pursuing army needs a sum, the wounded pension cannot be less, and there are 80,000 prisoners, and people need money to eat and chew." Brother Chongru is not bad - when he was fine, he felt that the money in the court was too much, and there was a shortage of money when the world was so big? Something happened and I was a little stretched! Li Shuyao said: "The prisoners of war made a book, and if they are dismissed, they can save a fortune." Liu Yong said: "There are a lot of people alive with Zhuo Mu Boke now, and what I am afraid of is that rebellion is not frequent, and it is impossible to assemble." Li Shiyao said: "Those Hui chieftains and leaders can ask for an order to be executed on the spot." Kill them! Fukangan said: "Do you want Zhaohui school year Qianyao?" You haven't killed enough? Li Shiyao's face turned red and he didn't squeak.

Seeing that he was embarrassed, Fukangan also felt that he was reckless, so he changed his tone and said: "Gaotao let the governor of Fujian not be busy going first, listen to the emperor's will, Gaotao still has to bring some silver and then go." Lao Jun, I think I went with the adults and Gui Zhongtang, but the most important thing is to deal with the aftermath. It was larger than the provinces of the Central Plains. They have always listened to their respective Berkzasan, and it is not a way to garrison troops or set up ranks. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "You can take the opportunity to ask for an order and let Ji Yun take care of the aftermath on the spot, this is also an opportunity for him." ”

Liu Yong seemed to still have hidden worries, but he just groaned, but shook his head and said, "There is nothing else." Please ask the world brother to come to Chengde, say good things from the heavens, and keep peace from the lower realm. Fukangan said: "Do you say that I am the Lord of the Stove?" He got up and came out with a smile, and went to the door of the instrument to order: "Take the horse back to the house." ”

Fukangan's horse team traveled extremely fast and arrived in Chengde in two days. Xianjin saw Yan Yan and Yan Xuan, and the two elder brothers met him in the mountain high water Changlou, saying that Qianlong went to Mulan. I only came back last night, and I was very tired, so I persuaded Fukangan to hand over the sign tomorrow and ask for a meeting. The two elder brothers were very polite, and kept sending Fukangan to the second courtyard under the Danqi, and Yan Yan held his hand and said: "I talked to the starling brother about you yesterday, and it would be good if we had a few more Fukangan in the Qing Dynasty." You are really a pillar of stone, and you look a little thinner than when you go, so you should take care of yourself. If you want to lack anything, you just have to live in abstinence. We're there every day. ”

"The emperor is in the smoke wave to cool the building." Eighth Elder Brother Hao Xuan smiled, stood aside and said, "He Shen Agui is over there." When the emperor summons you, he must ask about the situation of the arrow furnace and the distance of the road into Tibet. Fukangan promised to say goodbye to the two elder brothers, Bu Xiao came over and passed the decree, saying: "The emperor asked when Fukangan will be able to arrive in Chengde?" Call the minions to come and ask, and when you arrive, you will be called in! Keke's Fu Ye is here, how can I reply to the decree? Yan Yan and Yan Xuan both laughed, and Yan Yan said, "Then you can go over!" "Here Fukangan resigned, followed Bu Xiaojing to Yanbo Zhishuang Building. When he went out, Fukangan felt that it had snowed on the cloudy day.

Because of the cold weather, the earth dragon fire walls of the Smoke Wave Cool Building were all on fire. The charcoal fire has passed through the underground wall, and the building does not smell the smoke and fire, and Fukangan feels warm when he enters the hall at first glance. Seeing Qianlong drinking tea in the west hall downstairs and looking at the excerpts, if he was waiting, he hurriedly ran a few steps in, kowtowed to the ground and said, "Good master!" The body is bone-and-bones...... I want to die a minion......"

"Oh, it's you!" Qianlong sat next to the desk in front of the window, and when he heard that he was asked to see that it was Fukangan, a smile immediately bloomed on his face, and he put down the fold and said, "I calculated that you will come the day after tomorrow!" It's raining everywhere on the road, so it's hard to walk, right? As he spoke, he commanded: "Give tea, give a seat!" While looking at Fukangan carefully, his heavy longevity eyebrows were pressed very low, and his eyes seemed to be looking at the children of his family who had been reunited after a long absence, but they were all hidden behind his eyelids, and he only said: "Your trip is not easy, you did it well - it just looks a lot thinner." ”

Fukangan also looked at Qianlong from time to time, but he felt that it was not far from when His Majesty resigned, but his eyebrows were more vigorous, and a few thin wrinkles were added next to the corners of his mouth. Thinking of what Hao Xuan had explained, he hurriedly explained the situation of the garrison in the Arrow Furnace, and said: "The grain can be transferred from Sichuan, and Yungui can also be adjusted a little." There are 17,000 people stationed in the Lianyi Station, and the most important thing is the medicinal herbs. Hemostatic drugs, bone-setting medicines, and anti-dysentery and anti-malaria medicines should be prepared. Jinchuan is calm, and there is no worry about these places when shooting arrow furnaces and looking up and down. It's just that the road into Tibet is more difficult. The minions wanted to ask for a decree, and they would buy another 3,000 camels there, ready to be used in case of something in Tibet. But when he heard that 70 million of the treasury silver had been used, the minions muttered again. ”

"Stabilize the entire territory of Tibet, and it will be worth as much money as you want." Qianlong said, "This is the same reason as the battle in the northwest of Zhaohui Hailancha. The teacup in his hand gently tapped the table, and said, "Some people just don't understand this truth." As soon as you take Jinchuan, the British will withdraw from Bhutan, and **will also send ** to the DPRK, and the system of casting lots in the golden bottle will be established in Tibet. If you don't say a word, you will sweep the cracks of the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and you won't be able to use up a few Jinchuan battles! With that, he slammed the teacup again. Fukangan looked at Qianlong's face cautiously and said: "Now that the rule of officials is getting worse, the emperor knows it, so why not issue an order to rectify it?" The slave lived idle in Luoyang and tried it, but it was still possible. ”

Qianlong looked at the fluctuating window paper motionlessly, and sighed for a long time: "There are some things that I can't do, and I have to rely on the next generation...... One Liu Yong, one you, as well as Ah Gui and He Shen, all have to be born and raised, and the next generation must work hard. Don't be busy talking, everyone will persuade me to say this, saying that I am in the prime of spring and autumn, and it is unlucky. But at the beginning of my reign, I swore to heaven that if the sky was over the years, I would be so blessed as the Holy Ancestor, and I would never go beyond the thunder pool for 60 years of my reign! He smiled, "It's not bad to be the emperor for a few years, and to travel around the garden to get grandchildren!" Fukangan smiled and sighed again: "The emperor must know about Qian Feng?" It's a pity, I think it can be compared with Zhang Hengchen! "Zhang Tingyu is just loyal and diligent, and has never been a foreign official. Only with the ability to do things, Qian Feng is still above Tingyu! When Qianlong saw Qian Feng, he looked a little troubled and helpless: "Originally, when Zhaohui Hailancha won a big victory, and the government and the opposition were happy, there were these unpleasant things. It seems that the Holy Grandfather said well, Jin Wuzuba, if you want to be perfect, where can you? He mentioned Kangxi twice in a row, his affection for and care was overflowing, and he was full of emotion, Fukangan was about to comfort him, and when he saw He Shen Agui walking down the stairs, he stopped. Qianlong didn't seem to feel it, and only followed his own train of thought and said: "You just talked about Luoyang's government affairs. That is not enough to be the criterion of the world, it is the current situation created by the heroes - Henan's feudal platform and the Yamen of Zhensi have all moved to Luoyang, and there are people who want money and money to do things, and the power of the province is enough to meet the needs of a county, so you can't take this as an example! You are in Longmen Xiangshan Temple, whether it is the governor or the provincial official, who dares to make a mistake and touch your mold? Fourth, you are in the Lushan Mountain, and a clear-eyed person will know it at a glance. It's not a big deal, and there's nothing missing, it's just that you do lead the troops for a long time. There is still something to learn in government affairs. Fukangan only blushed and bowed his head to say yes. Qianlong said at length, turned around and saw Ah He and the two coming down, and said with a smile: "On that day, Sima Guang wrote about Guo Hua and Princess Shengping, and the two of them talked about each other, and they both talked too much. It is well described in the "Zizhi Tongjian", and Dai Zong said: "There is a contemptible proverb, "not stupid, not deaf, not a writer", how to listen to the words of the children's boudoir! Some of them are dedicated to making alarmist jokes about minor accidents. You can put it aside. ”

He Shen Agui didn't know what Fukangan and Qianlong said, and when they heard this sentence coldly, they all stood still, looked at each other and laughed. Qianlong said: "I look at the ban on words, now I can deal with it a little too much, I saw the excerpt the day before yesterday, it was played by Guangxi, and the people repaired the tomb for my father, wrote the word 'imperial examination', and also investigated it for the crime of rebellion." In this way, even Qu Yuan has become a chaotic minister and thief! If there is a class of people who do not learn and have no skills, who are specially imprisoned with words, who are cruel and intelligent, and who are harsh and harsh, the Military Aircraft Department will refute them, and you should not bother to see them. Ah Gui and Shen "understood" at this time. He Shen expected that someone said that Fukangan was arrogant and spending, and he was very limited in academics and refused to show his clumsiness, so he had to say honestly: "Yes." Ah Gui thought that Qianlong had killed too many people in the text, and he was a little soft-hearted, so he said in a tone of voice: "I was about to ask the emperor, the case of Qian Mingshi in the previous dynasty, and there is still a plaque of 'Famous Religious Sinners' on the door of the Qian family - it has been decades since the incident, and the state capital still goes to check on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month." Since the emperor has this will, can he forgive this sin and reduce his anger? He added, "It's snowing outside, it's very cold, and the emperor should add some clothes." ”

"Is it snowing?" Qianlong's eyes lit up, he pushed open the top window and looked at it, and saw that the world like broken silver was small and long, and the snow particles that were so fine that they had sifted through them still fell one after another, and he happily closed the window and said: "This snow is not beautiful now, and it will become goose feathers in the afternoon." I accompanied the Queen Mother to see the snow, and you all followed. He turned around and sat down again, and said, "Regarding the labor army, I originally wanted Fukangan to go." Beijing also has to prepare the suburbs to welcome Zhaohui Hailancha, and it seems that Ah Gui alone is not grand enough. Just the two of you! Back to Luan here, several princes of Yanyan have to prepare for this, and the silver comes out of the household department and is handled by the Ministry of Rites. ”

He Shen and Shen came to ask for instructions on this matter, and they both smiled when they heard it, and He Shen said: "Let's sum it up, I'm afraid that just rewarding and comforting the families of the fallen soldiers will cost more than 2 million silver." Can you take a little from the treasury of Henan and Shanxi, and what you eat and use, and supply it all the way back to the army, and all parties stationed in the new place will take care of it, and it will not be a small amount together. Fukangan had another abacus in his heart, and he also wanted to replace the cannon for the Fujian Navy, but he couldn't join in the excitement at this time, so he just stood aside and listened quietly.

"The reason for the money is to go and Shen to find a way." Qianlong said, "At the customs and land customs, the silver of the guilty and the gardener's silver can be borrowed. But don't confuse the accounts, you have to be careful with Shen, those people under your command are mixed, and you must be stricter. ”

He Shen's heart suddenly became vigilant, and from these clues and words, there were many people who were stuffing gossip in front of Qianlong, except for Qian Feng, there were also people who were haunted? But at this time, I couldn't think about it, so I had to smile and say: "The slave is the head of the general ledger room who is long lived, and you said that the slave of the charter does not dare to go out of shape." You said that you check and collect accounts, and the account books are all innocent, which is an oath to God, and the slaves do not dare to be bastard. Qianlong smiled: "This word is ready-made. I am also worried about you, you are the God of Wealth in the Qing Dynasty, you manage a lot of accounts, and you have a lot of clues, and now in addition to the household department, the Internal Affairs Office is also in charge of money, and it is easy to confuse the accounts. In the long run, it should still be under the control of the household department. This is justified and agreeable. He Shen smiled: "I have memorized the words of the master." ”

"Kneel down." After talking for a while, Qianlong seemed to be a little more relaxed, and said with a smile, "Fukangan will settle down and then hand the sign in." You are fighting in Jinchuan, what are the new stories, the stories heard by the people, prepare a few to tell Lafayette to listen to, please like Jilier. He waved his hand.

The three of them came out together, and Ah Gui said that he would go to Jiedeju to see Yan Yan, and the two of them parted to the sedan chair and left. He Shen Fukangan watched him in the snow outside Yimen, and was about to ascend the sedan chair and go home. Fukangan said: "Wait a little longer." When you go back, you send someone to my pavilion, and I will bring you a snow-capped white fox robe! He Shen smiled: "The fourth master is still thinking about me? I want to thank you. ”

"You don't want to thank me for what should be done." Fukangan said, "I still have something to ask you." He Shen said: "With the identity of the fourth master, what do you want me to do?" Don't kill my forage! Fu Kang An briefly explained the situation in Taiwan, and also talked about the Fujian sailors. At the end, he said: "Although I reward my subordinates heavily, they all fight with me with their heads, and they don't dare to be stingy." You have to be considerate of me. He Shen smiled when he heard this, and said, "Don't dare, I haven't heard that the fourth master spends money indiscriminately." I don't dare to be sloppy in business. Didn't you say 800,000? The fourth master approved a note on this matter and said it to the Fujian sailor - send it to me, and go back to Beijing. In such a big world, there is still a little money to extort a little elsewhere. ”

Fukangan originally wanted 500,000 yuan, and said a little more to let He Shen cut it, but when he heard that it was all allocated, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then I'll write a letter to Shi Yao." Only then did he get up and ride away, and Wang Jibao and the others also rode up to follow.

Heshen Mansion and Agui Mansion are next to each other, both on Yimen East Street. This is not better than Beijing, Chengde ground has been demarcated, the head of the city to build a private house to the Chengde prefect and the internal affairs government to survey the ground before it can be allowed to build, it is too eye-catching, so the official party that is ready to meet and wait for the court has been rebuilt for temporary use - people call it "the prime minister's room". At this moment, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the roof is white, but the ground is still warm, and only a thin layer is covered. He Shen saw someone through the sedan window, as if he was an official, standing alone at the door, bending over and moving his steps in the snow and water, so he ordered the sedan chair to stay, and asked in the window: "Who is that person?" Why are you standing waiting for me at this time? The little guy with the sedan chair is called Liu Weijun, who is Liu Quan's nephew, but he is very eye-catching, wiped a handful of snow water on his face, put his hand on the pergola and looked at his eyes: "This person has been to our house once - the day he sent Liu Baoqi away." I forgot what it was called. Said that he was from the Hanlin Academy, and that he was going to be transferred to the Ministry of Rites—ah, I remembered! He suddenly slapped his head, "It's called Wu Xingqin—that's what they call him Wu Xuexue!" ”

"What did he come to see me?" He Shen tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "You go, tell him I'm busy, and I'm going to go in to accompany the driver, and I'll see you tomorrow!" ”

Liu Weijun promised to raise his feet and leave, but He Shen changed his mind and beckoned him back: "Lead him into the gatehouse to warm the fire, and ask me if you understand what is going on." As he spoke, he ordered to get up the sedan chair, but did not go to the main entrance, and went straight into the main hall from the east side gate carriage and horse yard, changed his clothes, carried a book on the stove, and browsed absentmindedly.