Liu Yong Agui was guided by the eunuch to the outside of the "Yiren Tanbo" side palace, and the female official of the guard entered to report. When Ah Gui took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was just two minutes of noon, shook his head, frowned, and said, "I'm afraid that the master has just had lunch, and it's a little bad time to come!" Liu Yong said: "Now that you have entered the garden, you should meet the driver anyway, and it is better to come back in the afternoon." As he spoke, he saw that the female official came out and ordered: "The emperor's decree invites the two adults to rest in the pavilion here to wait for the decree." Liu Yong still wants to ask, but the female officer has already gone.

This was a long wait. This pavilion is located in the south of the water pavilion of the cold hot spring palace, the shallow pond in the south of the Liuxi River in the west, the old trees on the head are sunny, the moss talc under the feet is cool, the old cicadas are chirping among the forest birds, and the bamboo trees of the four turns are blue and deep. It's all right to sit here, but you can't talk or laugh. Seeing the eunuch bringing tea, the two ministers only sat together on the stone bench to taste tea and watch the scenery, and kept watching the movement at the palace gate, but they did not see anyone entering the imperial meal, nor did they see the food box that withdrew the meal down, only listening to the dense hedge, the sound of autumn insects and the sound of playing in the pool inside, and occasionally the giggling laughter of several women could be heard, which was not very clear. Both of them were surprised, and they had nowhere to ask. It wasn't until the beginning of the day that I saw the female official stepping on the "bottom of the flower pot" with her chest and belly protruding, and said: "The emperor called in, see you in the West Side Palace." The two of them hurriedly got up and said yes, followed the female official to come in, walked through the north of the main hall, and signed up at the gate of the west side hall. Listening to Qianlong's light cough, he ordered: "Come in." Ah Gui said loudly: "Yes!" He staggered into the ground and saluted. Liu Yong met every day, and he only asked for a kowtow, and when he peeped at Qianlong, he only wore a stone blue open-air robe, and sat on the chair next to the file, as if he had just eaten, and several plates of dim sum were used up. Seeing that the braids were also wet, Liu Yong's heart couldn't help but move.

is very different from He Shen's thoughts, Qianlong is in a very good spirit. He has a life with the queen, except for the Zhuo family in the palace, everyone looks like an acanty old woman, and the Zhuo family is extremely cold in men and women, and often pushes illness and resigns to serve the night. He Shen brought these four Fengyue fields for a long time, and it was so fresh that he had never tasted it since he became an emperor! Receiving the minister here, he remembered the scene of the fun of fish and water with the same effect as Simei, and couldn't help but want to come to Wan'er, and then remembered that Ah Gui had returned to Beijing to accept the guilt, grinned and snorted, and asked, "Have you seen your fifteenth master?" Get up, and sit down on the pestle over there. Liu Yong thanked him and got up and sat down, but Ah Gui knelt still, and kowtowed again and again: "The advanced slave is in the inner hall, and when I saw the eighth master, I knew that the master and the fifteenth master were in the garden. The fifteenth master met with the slave in the West Flower Hall of the Ningju Dynasty, and just finished talking about the military affairs of the Western Front, the slave asked the fifteenth master to play the fear of guilt on his behalf, and the fifteenth master said that the long-lived master would also meet him...... The slave thinks that he is guilty of sin, and he has failed the mission, and he has trapped his master in an unknown place several times, and he is ashamed of his conscience, guilty and ashamed, and has no face to see his master. I didn't dare to ask for the master's forgiveness, ask the master to punish him heavily, and send the slaves to serve in the military platform, in order to atone for the sins, and to live up to the country's benefactors for the courtiers......" He said, I don't know which sentence touched his heart, and the horns "banged" and knocked on the ground, and tears in his eyes were already bursting out: "The slave has followed the master since he was a child, and the master has raised his face every day, and the matter involves officials and people's lives, and there is no small case, so you must be careful and walk on thin ice." The minion was really confused, and he actually believed Cao Wenzhi Fusong's lies and mistakenly thought that Dou Guangnai invited the name to bully the king. If it weren't for the master's insight thousands of miles away, he would have almost reversed right and wrong, and shielded the ink officials to trap loyal ministers! Thinking about it, I really regret it today......" said, he was already choked up and couldn't speak, and he sobbed on the ground and couldn't help himself. Liu Yong, who was sitting next to him, remembered that Ah Gui had always been cautious and loyal, and that the major military affairs were handled carefully, but he was afraid that everything would not be complete, but he was afraid that one person would be wronged, and he didn't want to stumble and stab such a big leak...... Lin Yuan was afraid of being high and cold, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Qianlong didn't squeak for a while, sat upright on the desk, and just groaned. Since Fu Heng is seriously ill and can't look at things, Ah Gui has always been his most relied on confidant, he has never been loyal to the public and the country, Heng Bingjun is fair and selfless, except for being slightly inferior to Fu Heng in literary affairs, and he is not an old adult of Meng Lang, he didn't expect to sit on his crooked ass as soon as he went to Zhejiang, and helped Yuan Qincha Cao Wenzhi and Zhejiang Fu Fusong to rectify Dou Guangnai together! Listening to Ah Gui's earnest begging, Qianlong also felt sad for a while, and said with a sigh: "Cao Wenzhi is about the soldier you brought in Gubeikou?" It can be seen that people are sad! Although Dou Guangnai said that he was a scholar and never let people be reasonable, he never spoke if he ignored it. Yizheng Xinggong died in the southern tour, you all know. Although he acted fiercely and unlikable, why was he made to look like this if you followed the law? ”

"Talk back to the emperor." Ah Gui kowtowed with tears and replied, "Cao Wenzhi is not a soldier led by a slave, he is a partial general who led the troops to scrape the ear cliff in the Battle of Jinchuan, and Fu Song is a protégé of the former Minister of Military Aircraft, and they have nothing to do with the slaves." It is precisely for this article that the slave consciously has no partiality, and Richard has two notes in the back of the treasury, and Dou Guangnai has a bad temperament when he sees the slave, which arouses the slave's disgust and disgust. In addition, because Dou Guangnai impeached Huangmei County's mother for holding a feast and singing opera during the funeral of her mother, in fact, it was on August 15 that the county ordered the banquet to sing and entertain her relatives to practice filial piety, and her mother suddenly died of a heart attack during the feast. The slave verified this article, thinking that Dou Guangnai relied on the trust of the master, and conceited that he invited pets and pets in the name of his direct ministers to slander the reputation of the people - with this idea, he thought that Dou was despicable, and according to this private thought, there was favoritism in handling the case and investigating the case...... In short, the slave can't be reasonable, although he can't defend himself in a hundred words, and asks the master to punish the crime heavily......"

"How did you ask Dou Guangnai?"

"The slave only knew about Huangmei's case, and he already had a preconceived opinion, and asked him: 'Who informed Yongjia and Pingyang counties about the Gule faction?' He replied, 'I can't remember names'. The servant asked, 'What evidence do you have for saying that the feudal division and the weaver lived in Beijing and brought silver taels?' He said, 'Neither can it be true,' and when he replied, the servant was angry. But there was no attack at that time, Cao Wenzhi, Fu Song, and Sheng Zhu took the servants to check the treasury in person, and the silver account was in line with it, and the silver was correct. was deceived by them on the spot, and he was even more disgusted with Dou Guangnai's trouble, and he was anxious to thoroughly investigate the innocence and return to Beijing to take care of Zhaohui's military affairs. Such a mistake and mistake and mistake and mistake fell deeper and deeper, so that black and white were reversed......"

When he said this, Liu Yong's heart was already bright, Ah Gui was in a bad mood, he asked impetuously, Dou Guangnai's answer was very warm, two tribulus terrestris touched one place, and one that didn't sting? Thinking about how to turn around, Qianlong smiled and sighed: "Dou Guangnai didn't buy your account, which angered you, and Fu Song was willing to flatter you and coax you, which became this wrong fate - Liu Yong thinks this is the case?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Yong hurriedly replied, "Ah Gui has never tried the prison, and he didn't ask properly. What is this? Ask each other face to face, he doesn't know the intention of your question, how dare he directly tell the evidence and the accuser? - But there's something I don't understand. And since the money in his treasury was borrowed, it was miscellaneous silver. Yongzheng Chao Shanxi Nuomin, my Dynasty Wang Kangwang, and Shandong Guotai are all repeating the same old tricks, how can you not see it? Ah Gui sighed and said: "Later, I learned that there was no miscellaneous silver in the debt, and they had done it in advance, and they borrowed the silver to fill it in the treasury, and used the mortgage of the salt merchant industry to make up for it seamlessly...... Liu Yong was stunned, and then he understood, nodded and said: "The ghost and the charm trick, the more fantastic the means, the more strange they are!" ”

Qianlong originally had no intention of dealing with Ah Gui seriously, seeing that his face was full of shame and shame, thinking of his usual benefits, he had long been gone, he took a cup of tea in one hand, raised it in the other, and said: "Get up, you are also unintentional...... You have not been a magistrate in the military since you entered the military, and you are not good at handling financial prison cases, so I will not add to the crime. However, since there are mistakes, the state system cannot be without punishment, demoted by two levels, and still walks on the Minister of Military Aircraft. You are dedicated to handling military affairs in the Military Aircraft Department, and you are also in charge of the Military Department. Don't let go of the rest of the government affairs, and discuss it with Liu Yong and Shen. Turning back to Qian Feng into Beijing, it will be decided according to the situation. Cao Wenzhi Fusong and their punishment, you don't want to participate in them anymore, now the situation, it's better for you to avoid it. ”

This is the punishment, although it is not explicitly stated, Ah Gui is no longer the foreman's head and auxiliary military aircraft. Liu Yong wanted to say something, but he thought about it, and he didn't say who the foreman was, and saying it at this moment was tantamount to causing chaos to Ah Gui, so he swallowed it back. Ah Gui kowtowed again and again to thank him, and said: "The slave has been deeply favored by the master for decades, and Jane has praised the government affairs at the military aircraft, and has always obeyed the words and favored the exception. The merit is small and the reward is heavy, it is difficult to convince the hearts of the people, the crime is heavy and the punishment is light, and the slave can not be at ease in his heart, and he also asks the master to follow Ji Yun's example, send the slave to serve in the army, and can redeem the slave Huaide's fear of sin, and then come back to serve Tianyan again in the future......"

"Don't quit, you are deceived by others, don't you have the intention to do evil!" Qianlong smiled, "And you don't have the love to accept ink, so you can't punish you for undue crimes." There is only one, you can't hold a grudge against Dou Guangnai, and what should you do. If you have revenge, I will not be able to take care of your decency. ”

"The minions don't dare, and they don't have such a mind......"

"He's that kind of character, even I can't tolerate it." Qianlong said, "It's a real man in temperament." I also suspected that he was not famous, and had such a bad habit as the Han people. In hindsight, he was indeed a square person, somewhat nerdy. If it weren't for this one, the military machine would also be made - you get up, have you seen Zhaohui's excerpt? What insight do you have, let's talk about it. ”

At this point, Ah Gui thanked him and got up. Just as he was about to speak, He Shen came in with the excerpt in both hands, only smiled at Ah Gui, presented the excerpt to Qianlong, and said: "The slave saw the fifteenth master, and the fifteenth master did not dare to cut the military affairs, and said that he would like to listen to the long live master." Qianlong took the unfolding, leaned on the side of the desk and browsed, and asked, "Heshen, how do you think about cooking?" ”

At this question, He Shen was slightly stunned. If you ask about the supply orientation of money and grain, he can roll melons and say that the meridian is full of money, where the silver is stored, you can take it to buy grain, and there are a number of grain depots here, which can be shipped at any time. But this is about military measures, and a proposal that is wrong will be implemented by thousands of people, and it will be even more difficult to get rid of it when it comes to accountability. If you say that you are completely ignorant, what is the matter with your own "military aircraft"? Thinking about it, he blurted out in a hurry: "The slave has not slept well for the military affairs in front for many days." Zhao Hui should not have divided into camps to resist the enemy, so it was easy to be broken by others. Now that they have been in contact with the main camp, they should be ordered to join forces to resist the enemy; Another 50,000 people were dispatched from Xining for reinforcements. The whole army of our army is in a joint camp, clenched its fists, and the troops are strong and strong, and then they can enter the army, and it seems that they can be perfect. ”

One is to assemble, and the other is to increase troops. He Shen said solemnly, but Liu Yong laughed secretly in his stomach, but his face and mouth refused to show lightness, coughed lightly and said with a visual vision: "The minister does not understand military affairs. There is no longer room for error in austerity. But the 50,000 people in Xining were used to support the supply of grain and grass for Zhaohui. After being transferred to fight, he had to transfer his hands from elsewhere. Don't underestimate these soldiers who help the camels transport grain and grass, this kind of errand in the desert Hanhai is not possible at all if you change to a novice! Besides, this also gave the rebels of the Hezhuo Mubu a chance to breathe, and I don't know what year and month it will be fought for a long time. ”

"He Shen, if you don't understand military affairs, you can hide it." Qianlong was also stunned, "It's all about scratching your boots - what you are talking about is actually how to save your life, not a way to resist the enemy at all!" He Shensheng is a hob meat that can't be kicked and chopped constantly, he has no temper when he is reprimanded by training, he touches Qianlong's hard nails, only a dry brow and a smile, licks his lips and leans over and says: "Yes, the slave is talking nonsense!" The slave thinks that the court can't win or lose this victory, and it can't afford to win or lose, so he has this idea. Qianlong looked at Ah Gui.

Ah Gui's expression seemed to be sad and happy, and his mind was still immersed in the grace of the emperor. A case of corruption and bribery in Zhejiang was completely reversed by him. I was almost soaked in this pool of sewage, Huaide was afraid of sin, worried and ridiculed, he had all the tastes in his heart, but the thunder and lightning in Qianlong's edict reprimanded, originally thought that it was a disaster, and after seeing the decree, he went back to the house to be investigated, who knew that when he saw it, he was "raised high and gently put down", this inexplicable gratitude made him even more ashamed. Seeing Qianlong looking at himself, his originally lowered head leaned down again, and said in a slow tone: "He Shen's strategy can't be used, but his original intention is understandable. It is true that the imperial court can only win and win, and it can no longer make mistakes. He raised his body, his voice was released a little, and he stared at Qianlong and said, "The front line of the Heishui Battalion is seven thousand miles away from Beijing, and the war situation is changing rapidly, so the minions think that it is not appropriate to give detailed instructions on the strategy of advance and retreat. Now that our army has gained a firm foothold, we can commend Zhaohui for taking measures to respond to emergencies and speed up the supply of heavy vegetables and grain to ensure military needs. Zhaohui can be instructed to strictly guard against Zhuo Muxi and flee to Broken Leaves or Kashmir, and nothing else seems to need to be said. With grain and grass, morale is high. In fact, the combat strength of the Hezhuo Mubu is far inferior to that of the Junggar Mongolian Ministry, and this battle should be able to be won. ”

As he spoke, he slowly pulled out a map from the pages of his boots, knelt on the ground in front of Qianlong, unfolded it, and said with his fingers: "Lord, please see, this line is the Ama River, this is the Doll River, this is the nameless ancient city covered by the sand...... Judging from the excerpts of the minions and Ma Guangzu together, Zhaohui actually deliberately did not cooperate with the army. Retreating to the Blackwater River is not a 'retreat'. The reason can only be inferred: because if Zhaohui wants to retreat safely, he has to pass through the two camps of Ma Guangzu and Liao Huaqing all the way, and he can return with the whole army after a little response. The retreat to the Heishui River seems to have two intentions, one is to lengthen the battle line of Hezhuomu's army, and the supply road will be longer, so as to promote the strength of our army to attack the enemy's weakness, and create an opportunity for Hailancha to flank the enemy army from Dihua. The second is to camp in the Heishui River, which can snipe the enemy's westward escape - this is a dangerous move, but there is no perfect solution. Now that he has made contact with Hu Fugui, Zhaohui wants to withdraw from the army, which can be said to be foolproof, but he does not retreat. That is to say, Zhaohui has occupied the overall situation at this time. If it is said that it is a dangerous move not to return to the old camp after kicking the camp, at this moment the slave concludes that the dangerous period has passed! It is not appropriate for the imperial court to give Zhaohui instructions on the right time, one to encourage meritorious soldiers, and the other to supervise the transportation of grain and vegetables day and night. When the soldiers are full, they can fight with their lives! ”

"Since you said that our army has taken the initiative," Qianlong groaned, keeping his eyes on the map, and asked, "Why don't you take advantage of the situation and attack?" ”

"The minion is only detailed, not detailed." Ah Gui said, "In this situation, it is obvious that Zhaohui would rather suffer some hardships than allow the enemy to flee westward." It can't go to war, maybe the military supplies are not sufficient, or maybe the army of Hailancha has not yet formed a situation of encirclement. The slave expected that there would be news in three or five days...... and then kowtowed.

"I'm afraid that Zhaohui will follow the rules, and Hailancha will not advance if he is afraid of the enemy, and this war will be troublesome."

Ah Gui kowtowed again and again on the spot and said: "Zhaohui Hailancha was born in the martial arts, and it is true that he is not good at using words to decorate his merits. Looking at their previous twists and turns, in fact, under a great victory, luring the enemy did not get full success, and the Ma Liao people were worried about their responsibilities because the main general lost contact for a while. The slave guarantees his life with his net worth, and the two generals of Zhaohai are not villains who are afraid of the enemy and cowardly! ”

"That's good!" Qianlong stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "You get up and immediately write to the Governor of Xining to speed up the transportation of grain and grass." Zhaohui army ran out of food for a day, I will take his head for the three armies to apologize, and He Shen wrote a letter to the governor of Xi'an, so he transferred silver taels from the Xi'an Domain, purchased beef and mutton to make dried products, and quickly supplied them to the Hailancha army together with cold-resistant and transportable vegetables. The Tianshan battalion and the Dihua garrison would rather run out of food, and if the supply of the front line is lost, I don't want him as a 'Confucian general'!" ”

"Wow!" Ah Gui and Shen replied at the same time.

He Shen felt relieved for a while: the money was directly transferred from the local domain, and the Xi'an Domain, the household department and the military department settled accounts with each other, and there was transportation loss in the middle...... Yungui repaired the road full of bad debts can be stewed in a pot and sloppy - this is a common thought of all the masters of the black accounts at home and abroad in ancient and modern times: the more clues, the better, the more chaotic the better--one agreed, and said: "Luoyang still has hundreds of thousands of catties of bamboo shoots and tens of thousands of catties of cane sugar, and the servants also transferred it to the soldiers to eat." ”

"That's good," Qianlong smiled, "It's all shipped up, and you will settle it in the future - Liu Luo Guozi, you just have to bow your head, what do you think?" ”

Liu Yong listened to them talk about military affairs, kept thinking about his envoy, listened to Qianlong's questioning, hurriedly came back to his senses, took out his cigarette purse to light the fire, took it back, coughed and said: "The minister is thinking about Taiwan's affairs." A copper ship from Fujian was smuggled from Taiwan to Japan this year, and 4,000 catties of tea, rhubarb, silk and porcelain were seized, and Fuzhou could not embargo Taiwan, but Taiwan's Tiangao Emperor was far away, and Taiwan's ban on the sea was ten times more difficult than Fujian's. He Shen listened, this refers to his own inadequacy, and said with a smile: "This is also impossible." Last time Gao Fengwu, the political envoy of Fujian, came, I talked with him for an hour, and then I said that the sea is forbidden. He said that in recent years, it has been quite good! Kangxi Ye forbade the sea in his hands, but in fact Taiwan has never banned it, and the copper ships and 100 freight were shipped out from Kaohsiung Port, and the sea smugglers paid the silver, and the people came back by sampan, and the ships and goods were sold to Luzon and Japan. Ma Er's nephew went to Malaysia and came back, saying that the streets were full of Han people, and the goods sold in the five elements and eight works were all mainland goods, not smuggling, where did those things come from? Therefore, this matter still has to be strictly investigated! He said lightly, and had already put the responsibility on Liu Yong, and smiled again, "Cao Pozi of Luzon sent his son to Yangzhou to purchase lacquerware, and even bought 3,000 pieces of tribute silk and satin from the inventory of the Nanjing Weaving Yamen. ”

"That's what I'm talking about." Of course, Liu Yong understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, and when he saw Qianlong signaling for him to smoke, he bowed and thanked him, and said, "Just talking about buying and selling goods, in fact, there are very few goods sold out and purchased. But the widow Cao just mentioned, she herself is the key criminal who escaped from the net in the Gao Heng case - these bandits colluded with those unscrupulous gangsters in Taiwan, coupled with the instigation of bandits, once something happens, Taiwan is far away from the sea, and it is thousands of miles away from the ocean, and it is extremely difficult to expropriate and suppress the aftermath! ”

Qianlong listened very attentively, nodded from time to time, and asked after a long time: "What are the signs now?" ”

"Lin Qingshuang is indeed in Taiwan, and he is still preaching and preaching." Liu Yong said quietly, "He himself has many pseudonyms, Yao Qinzi, Guangcheng Fengzi, ** Ying, Lin Shuangqing, Lin Qingwen, Lin Wenqing...... In fact, the real surname is Lin Shuangwen. His original home is Pinghe County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and he moved to Dalizu, Changhua County, Taiwan in the 28th year of Qianlong. Your Majesty, in this part of Taiwan, the Han people, the mountain people, the indigenous people, and the immigrants from the mainland live in a staggered manner, each for their livelihood to form a group and entangle, fight with fire, and resist officials and kill officials. The expatriates and the local natives fought for mountains and land, and when they fought, tens of thousands of people gathered. So although it is rich, it is really the most difficult county to govern. The Lin family has been operating in Taiwan for decades, and they have built a strong camp in Changhua, but in fact, they are already a big man, and the government is only restrained and gentle. Lin sneaked into the mainland several times to rebel and rebel, and fled to Taiwan after being wrecked, but the government knew that he was hiding in the Zhuluo Mountains to spread the cult, but he did not dare to issue a ticket to arrest him. Why? He looked up at Qianlong, and then raised his eyebrows and said, "What I'm afraid of is to provoke an incident, and it is very tricky to deal with the aftermath - Gao Fengwu guarded Taiwan and wrote a letter to his ministers saying that the Taiwanese people were 'brave and generous and sad'." He smiled to himself, "This is talking about the wind of Yan Zhao, which is really a beautiful remark - in broad daylight, the county issues tickets to take people, and the officials and officials go out of the city and never return, is there such a county town in the mainland?" ”

He was telling the truth, and Tamsui had only known about Pan Kai's death for five or six days. The surname Pan was in the yamen signing room, and suddenly the front hall reported that there was an unknown corpse, he took four servants to the autopsy, and was besieged by dozens of mobs just out of the city. He Shen thought about the clip, and a chill ran in his heart, and he said beside him: "The decree does not come from the city walls, and the law and order are corrupted in the downtown area, which makes people shudder when they think about it...... This...... Thousands of miles across the ocean...... If something happens, use soldiers far away to quench your thirst. It's better to take precautions. The slave thought that the Taiwanese government could be exempted from the levy for another year. One is to help the thieves, the other is to send capable people to the prefect, and the camp affairs must also be rectified. The military, the government, and the civil administration should go hand in hand, and the situation should be stabilized first. Please ask the emperor to judge. ”

"The most important thing is to straighten out the camp." Qianlong said with a sigh, "Heshen, you are in charge of the household department, don't you know that Taiwan has been exempted from taxation for three years?" I have to be exempted again, and I have to pay more money to help the thieves! Taiwan is not poor at all, because it has a lot of land cultivation and maritime trade. is already rich enough to flow oil, and with silver relief, you can cure the source of chaos? He snorted, took a sip of tea and slammed the cup on the table. Ah Gui saw that He Shen had eaten a hard nail, his face did not change and his expression was calm, he only lowered his head and carefully said "yes", and secretly convinced him that his head was hard and thick-skinned, but he also had an inexplicable pleasure, but he didn't dare to show a little lightness, because he sighed: "It's really the emperor's words like watching the fire!" What He Shen said was actually to use money to buy peace, and it would be completed in other states and counties, except for Taiwan. Not only is it a bottomless pit, but the distribution of relief is equivalent to the imperial court clearly showing weakness, encouraging the rampant arrogance of the bandits and rebels against the people, which is no different from the enemy! He first wiped a handful of mud to exonerate Heshen, and then pointed out that Heshen was misleading the country, so shocked that Heshen's eyes jumped, and he gritted his teeth and bowed his head to listen to him, "There are three disadvantages in Taiwan's government affairs, one is that there are constant fights, there is no big chaos, small chaos is constant, the court is accustomed to it, and the troublemakers use money to buy and coax, and develop a stubborn habit; the second is that he has been in office for three years, and he does not bring his family, and he does not have a long-term rule plan, and he prevaricates the chief to the constitution in the fat shortage; Then there is the slack of business work, which is the most troublesome one. It is said that Taiwan has a general army and an adjutant general, stationed in Taiwan and Changhua, with 12,670 soldiers, and a deputy general of the naval division commanding 2,000 troops, stationed in Penghu. Military attachés could not make a fortune on the idea of civil affairs money and food, so they used warships to sell smuggled goods, smuggled salt, and trade in the interior, and the soldiers who remained on the island of Taiwan were stationed at no more than four or five thousand, and they also opened gambling nests and prostitutes to escort smuggled goods, and the silver they earned was paid to the commander on a monthly basis. The magistrate has to rely on the battalion to guard the city and appease the law, who dares to provoke this Ziqiu Baye? Officials and bandits collude again, and guard against each other, whoever is serious will not be able to stay there for a day, Chen Chen Xiangyin has become a chronic disease! This is an undeclared secret that everyone in Fujian knows, and if someone else is appointed as the prefect, they will have to follow the old rules of Taiwan. is a good official, like Cai Heqing and Huang Chaozong in the hands of Yongzhengye, there are still rules, and when Qin Fengwu and Gao Fengwu are also top officials, they are just guarded, and the following officials can't be asked! After saying that, he sighed again.

He spoke at length and explained in detail, Qianlong listened to it at first can still hold calm and composed, silently meditating and nodding, but later the more he listened, the more frightened he became, the two eyebrows had withered, until Ah Gui finished speaking, but he regained his calm, playing with the Hanyu fan pendant in his hand, and said for a long time: "The situation you said was the last time when the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chang Qing, resigned, he also roughly said. Separated by such a wide body of water, it is reasonable that governance cannot be completely in accordance with the mainland's regulations. The rule of officials in the interior is also corrupting, and Taiwan can naturally imagine it. But when it comes to what you say, I can't believe it. The foreign officials described the situation in office as a mess, first, they could push their predecessors into trouble if something happened, second, it was easy to achieve success with a little governance, and third, they reached out to the imperial court to ask for money and a smooth lunch. Don't fall for them, if you are old. However, with these three drawbacks, we must not be vigilant. Fujian Province's Huayi foreign affairs are complicated and difficult to manage, and Changqing is in Hangzhou, some whips are beyond the reach of some whips, and their talents seem to be slightly weak, which is not only a matter of the prefect of Taiwan. I intend to set up a Fujian Governor's Yamen to oversee important military and political affairs, deal with things in a timely manner, and calm down at any time, I am afraid that it will be better. ”

Ah Gui and Shen couldn't help but glance at each other, they didn't expect Qianlong to take such measures. Ah Gui thought of Li Shiyao almost immediately, and before he could speak, He Shen had already taken the lead, and bent down slightly and said, "The emperor's instructions are detailed!" The more the slave thought about it, the more he felt that the saint was lofty. This governor must be able to carry out the Yamen of Fujian's water and land governors, and second, he must be proficient in government affairs. As soon as the military and government are grasped, they must also be honest and promising. The minions recommended two people, one was Le Min of Liangguang, and the other was Haining of Fengtianfu. Please decide. As soon as Ah Gui heard it, he understood that Le Min was rectifying foreign affairs in Guangzhou and banning education and smoking, and the people who were so busy smoking that they couldn't be transferred at all, in fact, what He Shen really wanted to recommend was Haining. Just as he was about to speak, Qianlong muttered: "Li Shiyao also made it." Haining has never led soldiers, and civil affairs is his strength. But Li Shuyao has not yet recovered, and he suddenly took on a big responsibility, and the court must have an explanation for his subordinates. Haining can be transferred to serve as governor, and he will take care of political affairs first. It has been many years since Taiwan has had a constant military situation at both ends for three days, and it seems that there is no need to listen to the wind or rain. Haining – that's a good name! ”

"That's it!" He Shen smiled, "Haining, Haining, what will be the big deal in Taiwan?" Ah Gui listened to the two of them talking almost child's play, but this is Qianlong's golden mouth, and it is not easy to refute, pursed his lips and pondered, and said: "The slave thinks that Li Shiyao's name is also good!" Can the slave write a copy and restore him to temporarily sign the governor's yamen, this is a guilty errand, and he only has twelve points of mind. After the expiration of the three-year term, he will be formally reinstated as Governor. With political achievements, there is less gossip. ”

"Fujian's lack is too conspicuous." Qianlong smiled and said, "Li Shiyao will go to Gansu first to help with military affairs, and then go one step at the stage." You don't want to protect Li Shiyao, it is more appropriate for Liu Yong and Shen to protect the capital. ”

This is very reasonable, Ah Gui himself is the identity of "wearing a crime", and it is indeed inappropriate to protect others, and it is known to the world that Li Shiyao is not on good terms, and it is easy for Li Shiyao to feel at ease if he is more public. Such a mercy is really seamless, the two of them can't help but be convinced, seeing Qianlong get up, he hurriedly left his seat and knelt down, and said in unison: "Slaves obey the holy decree!" ”

Qianlong stood beside the white marble fence and watched them go out, waved his hand to call Wang Ren, and instructed: "Spread the decree to the Internal Affairs Office, the house in the north of this pond has been converted into a study." Every day when I wake up from my nap, I look at the excerpts here - to meet the minister and go to the Ningju house. These four girls were promoted to Zanshan female officials and waited in the study. ”

"Yes!" Wang Ren was busy responding, and said, "I'm afraid that the Internal Affairs Office will ask the queen to make a decree when she is promoted to a female official." This house is a summer palace, and I am afraid that it will have to be renovated for winter and cold......" Qianlong thought about it, and the Nala clan knew that he must tell the queen mother again, so he frowned helplessly and said, "Don't ask Yizhi." This is my special purpose, so that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can use the seal to give them jade. Do I have to worry about repairing the house? What do you eat? Wang Ren listened to his bad speech, and was so frightened that Nuo Nuo agreed: "The slave will undertake it according to the order, and the master can rest assured!" ”

"Listen," said Qianlong, "whoever dares to go out and talk nonsense, I will skin him!" Then he turned around and entered the side hall.

He Shen was full of mechanical thoughts, and still took a sedan chair to the north of the park to inspect the construction site as usual, returned to the study of Ning Judong to see Liu Yong again, discussed the matter of the reunion of Li Shiyao, and went to see the brother in charge of the matter, and said that the silver was in and out of the big account, and then hurriedly went out of the park to take the sedan chair and returned home.

All the way to the sedan chair, he fell into deep thought. Qian Feng's entry into Beijing was a major concern for him - he was busy building roads, building terraces, and rectifying copper mines in Guizhou, so what urgent matter did he have to report on his work in Beijing? There is a problem with the 400,000 taels of silver on the obvious copper politics, but this is posted by the two departments of the soldiers, and the money for buying marble in Yunnan is also mixed together, and the Guizhou Domain is just a transit! What "symptoms" can be detected? If it has nothing to do with Heshen, how could Liu Baoqi know that "the road construction ICBC is two points higher"? Liu Baoqi is Ji Yun's person, and he is climbing Yanyan, and Wang Erlie They are both "people for a while". said it so solidly, it is by no means a word to catch the wind. As the sedan chair flickered and glided, He Shen's eyes shimmered faintly, and he remembered that Fang Yan had just met him, and he was still so polite, and his politeness was cold, and even his smile was as light as cold boiled water...... When He Shen asked about Fukangan and Qian Feng, Yan Yan just nodded, and then asked the Yamen of the Yungui Copper Envoy to allocate copper for making money, and Yan Yan only said, "The silver used by the military department can be transferred from the household department." Qianfeng is still happy to build roads in Guizhou, because Guizhou people can get wages. However, in Guizhou, it is still used to make money. It was a poor province, and the price of ICBC was slightly higher, but their province was still cheaper. This is said without leakage, and it does not mean "too expensive" at all...... He thought of Qian Feng again. In Shandong, the treasury of Zha Guotai, in fact, it has been a day of major events, Liu Yongla and Shen went to Tai'an to see the Feng Zen monument, Qian Feng did not hum or ha, and killed the horse gun in Jinan, and the matter of "there is no evidence for the investigation" immediately became the first major case that shook the world. If it weren't for Fukangan sending troops to suppress bandits, implicating Liu Yong from leaving the provincial wall, He Shen would not have been able to move the tiger away from the mountain to kill people if he wanted to break his head! Thinking of Qian Feng's return to the provincial capital, when he heard that Cathay had been executed by order, the look in his eyes - his eyelids trembled slightly, the hand holding the tea bowl trembled slightly, and he only glanced at He Shen in surprise - just flashed like this, and said softly: "The fifteenth master Liu is in Shandong, and he seems to be a little anxious." "Immediately it was so calm that a pool of still water seemed to ...... Ji Yun went, and there was correspondence with Ah Gui, Li Shiyao was brought down by the power of Yu Minzhong, and he was about to recover, Ah Gui himself stumbled and fell, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong at all. He Shen sometimes felt that all the fists that were stretched out to him had softened, but now he saw that these "soft" fists had just shrunk and stretched out without hesitation - these characters were far more powerful than he and Shen thought...... Just thinking about the five gods confused and uncertain, He Shen felt that the sedan chair that was sliding forward was slightly paused, and the sedan chair had landed in front of the body, and Goshha said in front of the sedan window: "He Zhongtang, I have arrived at the house!" ”

He Shen waited for Goshha to pick up the sedan curtain, and got out of the sedan chair, and saw Liu Quan trotting out of the mansion, playing the corner of the robe, and asked: "In the morning, I asked you to bring Ding Boxi and Jing Chaoge, are they here?" ”

"It's coming. They came after lunch without a break. Liu Quan smiled, looked at He Shen's face and said, "They asked me what I wanted, I didn't get your words, it's hard to say anything, now I'm waiting in the west room!" and Liu Zhangjing, who was released from the Military Aircraft Department, also came, Ma Xiangzu, Fang Lingcheng and Wu Xingqin from the Hanlin Academy, and Cao Xibao from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came to look for Liu Baoqi and said that they wanted to give him a farewell, and I kept them, and I was talking in the study. Zhongtang, who did you see first? ”

He Shen settled down for a while, in fact, Ma Xiangzu Fang Lingcheng These people are all clear streams and rarely interact, but he has family rules, Fan Hanlin and the Jinshi of the Law Department Yamen, no matter how high or low the rank is, they should be treated with the big people who come to see them from other provinces. But he had something on his mind at this time, and he didn't have any leisure at all, and he didn't want to gossip with this group of people, because he said: "You can stay." But I'm too busy, and I have a few important letters to write tonight. I will go into the inner room to wash my face, and when we meet, you will set a table in Hechun Building, and ask Master Hu to accompany them, and send a good breeze to Baoqi on my behalf. Ding Boxi and Jing Chaoge had dinner in the mansion and told them that they were going to Guizhou to clean up the road construction and stone and wood accounts. With that, he went into the inner courtyard.

The upper room of the inner courtyard is very quiet, the autumn trees are shadowing the buildings, the rustle of the leaves swept by the breeze is very clear, the sandalwood and medicinal incense for the Buddha are thick and faint mixed with the wind, and it is even more deep and secluded. He Shen knew at a glance that Mrs. Feng had just taken medicine and burned incense in front of the Buddha, because he had changed his mind, he changed his mind to the north courtyard to find the eldest second aunt, only to see the housekeeper lady, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law in the account room, and the mother-in-law and nurse who had a head and face in each room, and the open-faced girl who held the key came down from the upper room of the north courtyard one after another, and knew that it was a housekeeping meeting. When everyone saw him come in, they all bowed to the side to make way, and He Shen ignored it, and went straight into the north room. The two girls were supporting the window to put the turbidity in the room, and when they saw him coming in, they also saluted, and the older one was called Qiuyun, and said with a smile: "The eldest second grandmother is in the house!" Aunt Wu went to the South Courtyard...... Please ask the master to show me, do you want to call Aunt Wu over? Before He Shen could answer, the eldest second aunt had already come out with a long cigarette stick and said, "The old man is going to the South Courtyard Hengzhu, Lian Qing has a fever, don't call her this time!" Saying that, she ordered the girl, "Why don't you make tea for the master?" He Shen was so tired that he was in his bones, sat down and took a sip of tea, and then said: "Things outside are really annoying, grinding people like vinegar softening their bones!" It's better to be at home, and I can't settle down if I don't go home...... How do you know I'm going to Aunt Wu again? ”

"When I get home, my lord is also a busy man." The eldest second aunt had a complaint on her face, and kept taking the mattress under her feet to cushion Heshen's back, and then twisted a hot towel and handed it over, as if she smiled and said, "Don't you say it, when we are blind?" Let me tell you, you should also be careful of your body, the old yin and the young yang[1]

The most detrimental thing! He Shen smiled, put his hand under her placket, stroked the pair of steamed buns, and laughed: "Just your sharp eyes!" Isn't that jealousy? You're a year older than her! Let's two of that...... Isn't it the old yin and the young yang? The eldest second aunt laughed and knocked down his hand: "Look at it, let people see it!" I haven't seen you like this, Zhou Zhou is upright outside, and when you come back, whether you are old or young, you are rich or low...... Catch who's who! If I were my wife, I wouldn't know what the trouble would be! ”

He Shen only smiled. He is indeed like this, he is easy-going and playful outside, and he loves money and is not greedy; Maybe that's why he went back to the house to do everything, but he was a greedy and money-loving corner. Laughing, remembering that there was something to do outside, I saw that the eldest second aunt blushed and covered her buttons, went up to make a mouth, and said: "Mother-in-law, except for a sick Mrs. Yangyang in this house, who can step past you?" I'm busy this time, go out to meet people first, and then come back and talk to you about 'old yin and young yang', how about it? ”

After saying that he was going to go, the eldest second aunt stopped him again and said, "Liu Quan's account has another 360,000 yuan, which account is it into?" Aunt Wu said last night that the Zhuangzi in Liangxiang was still short of 80,000 yuan, and I said that the money could not be moved, and I had to ask the lord to say it, but she didn't say anything, but she didn't like it...... Isn't she enough? Last time-" She stopped before she finished speaking, and said, "I know this, Aunt Wu's real estate is not in the big account, it is my words." Liu Quan's is 400,000, not 360,000, and this money can't be touched. I'll tell you later. The eldest second aunt pursed her lips and listened, and said, "What the master said is right, but just prevent raiding the house like Master Ji." In my opinion, the money collection in the house should also be restricted. I did a rough calculation, and I pulled down more than 100,000 a day - scary! ”

"So many?" He Shen stopped, which means that Hefu has accumulated more than 10 million yuan now, and he was secretly shocked when he heard such a huge amount, and he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and smiled, "Isn't this Old Summer Palace yet?" After the garden is repaired, it will be too late to regret this entry. If we don't accept it, the silver will flow into other people's waists, which is also a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger - you might as well be cautious, except for the non-stop entry of the money in the money, all officials who interfere with the tribute will not be accepted. When the officials who are not lacking come to worship, they must give them a little bit of scattered silver—no more than ten taels, understand? The eldest second aunt smiled: "I know, my ears are calloused!" Some alternate officials also really worked, seeing that there is a common practice of rewarding silver, they come and go around every three or five times, and they receive rewards in two, two, three, five, and two, and they are not too cold! He Shen said: "The more you are in this color, the more you can't offend, just use a small amount of money to buy a peaceful person." "Say goodbye and be discharged.

Liu Baoqi and a few Hanlin Qingliu were talking and laughing in He Shen's study, and they didn't pay attention to He Shen coming in. Ma Xiangzu said with a smile: "This is the study of the Xiangfu, and the prime minister is easy-going, and everyone has some dignity for themselves-look at the smoke and fog in this house, and the orange kernel and melon seed shells in this house are covered with smoke, and the Bada Hutong Cuisleeve Building looks like it has just eaten flower wine-" Turning his face as he spoke, he saw He Shen standing at the door and laughing, so he said, "He Xiang is here!" And they all arose, and said without greetings. Wu Xingqin said with a smile: "The students are presumptuous, making the study of the same as the miasma......"

"It's not related, it's not ......" He Shen was full of smiles, waved his hands and sat down casually, and said: "The more casual everyone is, the more they look at me and Shen and my family!" We got along well with Baoqi in the military aircraft, you are friends, and we are naturally friends. I heard from my family that you want to see off Baoqi. I can do this host, but unfortunately I still have official business and can't accompany me. Liu Baoqi smiled: "Fang Cai Gui Kunlun [2]

It's already been said. A few of us are going to eat big today! Since you are the east, I will not be polite, I want the best eight-treasure sea seat, ten taels and one table! Who made you rich? He Shen said: "That's natural, I can't invite you on weekdays!" How many village money do I have, and not a few Zhuangzi rewarded by the emperor? Counting on that little money, he would have starved his big teeth long ago. I don't hide it from you, Liu Quan is in charge of the garden workers, greeting a guest or something, and the small accounts on the money and grain will be reimbursed along with the work order, otherwise I can't afford it. Saying that, let everyone, "This loquat was sent by them, it's hard to think that there is still this thing in this season, please try it." ”

He said that he was kind and kind like a family, Cao Xibao and Fang Lingcheng came to his house for the first time, and couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: "The famous Xiao and Shen, sure enough, there is no false ...... in his name" was thinking about it, and He Shen smiled and asked: "These two have met, but they have never spoken, which department are they working in?" Cao Xibao was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that he was talking about himself and Fang Lingcheng, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to the middle hall, the students are in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Impeachment Division supervises the imperial history, Cao Xibao." This is called Fang Lingcheng, and this Hui Tongji is both serving as a Jishi in the Hanlin Academy. He Shen tilted his head and thought about it, and said with a smile: "It's all been admired for a long time, and Mr. Cao is in Dali Temple, you and a few officials of the Criminal Department are waiting to see the hall official, we shook hands, Mr. Hui and Mr. Fang are at the gate of Ji Xiaolan's mansion, I went in and you resigned, greeted and talked together, they were all friends." However, Mr. Fang has a romantic story, mixed with Mr. Cao's jade into a beautiful intention, I am familiar with it! Mr. Cao is a good writer and a good learner! He said this, Ma Xiangzu, Wu Xingqin and Liu Baoqi didn't feel anything, Cao Xibao and the other three all met with the crowd, and He Shen had a one-sided relationship, nodding his head, and He Shen could remember the time address one by one, he remembered so well, the three of them couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts. He Shen was complacent, eating loquat at will, pointing to the calligraphy and painting on the wall: "I am from Xiaoqiu Ba, I don't have much ink in my belly, I only like to make friends with Qingliu celebrities, but I am not all vassals and elegance." In charge of money and grain in the court, consciously drilling in the pile of money, ears full of abacus beads, eyes full of silver scales, come back to see these calligraphy and paintings can clear the heart and few desires, wash this body copper smell! Saying that, he laughed again, "Everyone, what do you think of these calligraphy and paintings?" There's no fake, right? ”

Everyone followed his fingers, there were Dong Xiangguang's paintings, Wu Meicun, Xiong Cixu, Gao Shiqi, Zhang Tingyu, Fu Heng, Liu Yong's ...... Since the Xi Dynasty, the famous scholars Fu Qingzhu, Shi Yushan, and Fang Bao also have everything, and the most precious ones are in addition to Wu Sidao's "Quiet Qi and Ventilation" and Wu Ciyou's "Wild Reed Covering" - a very rare celebrity work in the Ouchi Sanxi Hall - also hanging in a conspicuous place on the north wall. It turned out that this group of people was reserved when they first entered the study, and then they sent preserved fruit snacks and were busy laughing and talking, everyone thought that He Shen was a philistine, and no one expected that the books on the wall were peerless treasures - but there were too many celebrity calligraphy and paintings, although the study was large, crowded next to the wall, and the layout was not elegant, not like the study, but like the old calligraphy and painting shed sold in front of the Guandi Grand Corridor Temple. But who is willing to say anything at this time? Only Liu Baoqi smiled and pointed to the word on the west wall and said: "This is the word of Ji Zhongtang, which was originally hung on the north wall, but now it is to the west." ”

"It was Liu Yong who said that this character was written ordinarily, and the family moved the place." He Shen heard what Liu Baoqi said, as if referring to Ji Yun's ability to go to Xinjiang, and the word was also "west", but he only frowned, and said with a smile, "It's because you don't pay attention, this calligraphy and painting will have to be rearranged every few months." That one belonged to Liu Yong, and now it is also hanging to the west. Wu Xingqin looked at the words, and saw that it was the two big words "bamboo buds" in Doulai, smiled for a long time, and asked: "It was written by Brother Fengshen Yinde when he entered the sect. It's really not good, not only is the word ordinary, but the meaning is also a prank, and it doesn't hang in the study. He Shen couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Why?" Wu Xingqin only smiled and shook his head, but Cao Xibao slapped his palm and smiled: "This is a curse - it means that the Zhongtang family is 'all straw bales'!" ”

This statement was broken, everyone woke up, and couldn't help laughing, and He Shen also understood for a while, so he laughed and said: "In the past, Gaojiang Village scolded Suo Etu and Mingzhu, and scolded all the way to Kangxi's south study. Ji Xiaolan is witty and funny, with Gao Shiqi's legacy, how can Shen and I be worthy of the pearl? This is a very decent remark, everyone laughed and agreed, and changed to another topic. Because of the matter of going on the road, He Shen called his family and ordered "Take these adults to the banquet and bring two altars of Taohe old mash that Haining sent me." The old man in Beijing is too strong, and Bao Qi has to go on the road, so he can't harm the wine. So they all got up and took their leave.

"Don't forget to promise me something." Liu Baoqi bowed and said with a smile, "I will leave Beijing tomorrow afternoon, and I will see Liu Quan again before leaving." He Shen smiled: "I am not a person, I am also a person who stands on the arm with a horse and a fist." I've already said hello to Liu Quan, and he'll see you off later-why didn't you leave in the afternoon, is it an auspicious time? Liu Baoqi said: "I don't believe in those ones. When he resigned from the garden, he met Lao Xia of the Internal Affairs Bureau, he said that Qian Feng Dao'er was guilty of phlegm and asthma, and the emperor ordered the Tai Hospital to prescribe medicine, saying that the Internal Affairs Office wanted to send medicine, and he also wanted to go with me, and also wanted to go with me, and also served me as a student and politician, and the post house provided a lot of food......"

He didn't finish speaking, He Shen was already stunned, his eyes flashed and stared ahead, Liu Baoqi had never seen him like this. He Shen smiled: "I'm thinking, Lord Qian looks quite sturdy, how can you say that you are sick when you are sick?" Old Xia, is it Xia Baichun? Liu Baoqi smiled: "Yes." He Shen said: "I am in Shandong, and the nectar of the wattle that comes out there is the best way to fix asthma and nourish the lungs." You tell Xia Baichun to ask the people he sent to come to our house and bring some for Mr. Dongzhu. You also ask the imperial doctor, what should you be careful about when looking at medicine, the things on the road are troublesome, who walks with the house on their backs? I fell ill on the Gansu Road, and so far when it is cold or has accumulated food, I am simply helpless! ”

The crowd was speechless and resigned. He Shen looked at the twilight that was gradually getting dark, thought alone for a moment in the study, paced out, and saw Liu Quan coming out of the side door of the lower room, so he said: "They have already gone, you can stay for a while and go, and persuade me to have a few glasses of wine - what did you and Ding Boxi say about the court?" ”

"I told them about the money for road construction in Guizhou, and asked them to go to the Yamen of the Guizhou Domain to check the accounts." Liu Quan said to He Shen, saw a few girls coming, and instructed, "Clean the study, open the window first to let in the air, and then close the window and smoke it with lily incense." He paused before replying, "—I haven't seen you yet, I can't go deeper." ”

He Shen nodded, walked to the newly opened West Garden with his hands behind his back, and looked at the landscape that became mottled and confused in the evening without saying a word, Liu Quan knew that this master was digging out hollow thoughts, and he did not say a word and followed behind him. After a while, He Shen asked, "How much silver did we use to build the main house of our new mansion?" ”

"It's less than 50,000 taels...... Liu Quanwan didn't expect him to ask such a sentence, he was a little confused, and replied after a pause, "It takes more than 10,000 gold bricks to pave the floor in the house alone, and the water mill used to clean the bricks for the wall, which is expensive......"

"No, it must be affordable and easy to use, and it must look normal on the outside." He Shen waved his hand and said, "The gold bricks have been paved, and in the future, the wool felt blanket will be laid tightly, which is beautiful and practical, and it is not luxurious." Linqing bricks and gold bricks are all royal tributes, and you put them out for outsiders to see? The outside is all mixed with green mortar mixed with glutinous rice juice and flattened, and the bricks are outlined with white ash, and then planted with wisteria and honeysuckle, climbing on the morning glory and creeping tiger, densely planted, and the wall is protected with a green fence. It's not shallow, what does it mean to call someone a 'nouveau riche'? ”

Liu Quan didn't expect He Shen to say such a big set, and he was full of things in his heart. Looking at the houses around the area, the gray and misty western half of the sky is like a pile of charcoal burned into embers, and the mottled dark red light is slowly dissolving. The smoke of all the cooking houses filled the air, and the smell of rice was faintly emanated, and from time to time there was the sound of children's play-and-seek and the sporadic barking of dogs. Seeing He Shen standing next to the Garden Heart Flower Pavilion, Liu Quan understood that he was afraid that the wall had ears, and he couldn't help admiring He Shen's heart as fine as a hair, so he lowered his hand and pricked up his ears beside him, and listened to He Shen cough lightly, knowing that he was going to speak.

"Qian Dongzhu is sick on Dao'er." He Shen said lightly, "The emperor gives medicine, and he will send someone to send it." ”

Liu Quan was excited for a while, staring at He Shen to see his face. But He Shen's face was drowned in the twilight, and he couldn't see his spirit at all. In the silence, Liu Quan also calmed down and muttered: "Since the surname Qian is sick, why doesn't the master know?" - Listen to a few of them, right? ”

"That's what I'm thinking about." He Shen seemed to be shushing out the depression in his heart, and said slowly, "There are many things that I can't figure out for a while. For example, these Jinshi, Fang Lingcheng and Cao Xibao never came to my door, last time Yu Minzhong summoned Cao Xibao to talk about Ji Yun, I heard that he said that he didn't discuss business in private, so he went back. Tonight, precisely tonight, these people are coming together? …… Is there an article on this? Liu Quan thought about his words, and was shocked for a while, then smiled to himself, and said: "The more powerful the old man is, the more powerful he is, the less timid he is. I think you're thinking too deeply. As a Beijing official and want to be a foreign officer, I ordered Hanlin to study poorly, and became a small official and a big official, don't you get close to you? Qian Feng, I don't think it's a serious illness, if he is seriously ill, the military aircraft department will know it, and the medicine will be given six hundred miles to step up. If the emperor really doesn't worry about you, he won't even know if Qian Feng will enter Beijing, and it will not be easy to prevent you? ”

He Shen listened quietly, sighed for a long time and laughed: "Who told us that our masters are sick in their hearts?" If you think like you in everything, something will happen a long time ago! The emperor trusts, can you guarantee that the fifteenth master is the same as the emperor? If I receive credit again, can I compare with the fifteenth master? I suspect that these Qingliu are the fifteenth master and Liu Yong, and maybe Ah Gui, they discussed sending these stupid scholars to beat my Mo Xuan'er! ”

Liu Quan was stupid when he heard it.

"The old way doesn't work." He Shen said gloomily, "But Qian Feng's illness is a golden opportunity that cannot be missed." You call a few imperial doctors, preferably to see Qian Feng and discuss a prescription. I'm also going to give medicine to Qian Dongzhu! ”

"Master! The emperor gives medicine, you send medicine, and Qian Feng is willing to take your medicine? ”

He Shen laughed: "I will tell Ah Gui about this tomorrow, and the Military Aircraft Department will also send medicine." Everyone sends it, Qian Feng will definitely take the emperor's medicine. ”

Liu Quan looked at him in a daze.

"Call the eunuch who delivered the medicine tomorrow morning." He Shen snorted, "You still have to make a fuss about the medicine given by the emperor...... Got it? ”

"Understood!" Liu Quan woke up suddenly, and his voice was so loud that he startled himself.

[1]

Men and women are happy, and women are older and men are younger.

[2]

Kunlun, refers to a domestic servant.