That Liang Fuyun's face was pale, and he was so angry that he couldn't change it, and it took a while to make his words clear:

Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shuiqiang took Liang Fuyun out of the Lao Mao Inn. When Liang Fuyun looked at the sky, he was still at the turn of the day, the street was selling vegetables, making soy sauce and vinegar, coming and going, and the merchants staying in the store were bustling, and they were calm and peaceful. They went out of the store to the west, and then to the north, turned two corners, Huangfu Shuiqiang pointed to a building in front of them, and said, "This is our young grandmother's shop." Liang Fuyun went in to take a look, and sure enough, there were a lot of guests living inside, the courtyard was full of goods, large and small sacks were stacked, and the guys carried large teapots to deliver water to each room, and everything was normal. Liang Fuyun felt more relieved, and said with a smile: "This house is spacious, but the façade building is too old!" ”

"Ye sees it well," Yan Ruyun said with a smile: "This store was just brought over from Liu Er's hand, and the surname Liu is a loser, and he can't do anything except prostitute women." Our young grandmother was shrewd, and bought it for eight hundred taels of silver—and this time, the young grandmother was upstairs. You wait for the next minute, we will bring her the medicine to see, as long as it is in line with her wishes, the business is done! ”

Liang Fuyun made up his mind: people do not leave the goods, and goods do not leave people. also smiled: "I'm sorry, my lord has something to say, so I can't leave the goods an inch." Please reply to your young grandmother, unless you pay the goods and silver in person - this more than 100 catties of things are worth tens of thousands of silver! Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shui looked at each other in embarrassment, and Yan Ruyun said: "This property was bought in the name of my uncle's wife." Our old lady is good at everything, but she is afraid that her wife will save her own money. If you go up and let people know, our wife will be gossiped about!" Liang Fuyun just shook his head and said, "That's your family's housework, I can't take care of it." Huangfu Shuiqiang and Yan Ruyun exchanged words and said a few words, Yan Ruyun climbed upstairs and went upstairs, and saw a girl beckoning at the staircase. Liang Fuyun and Huangfu Shuiqiang also went upstairs with sacks.

The three rooms upstairs were old, but they were very spacious, with a large bedroom cabinet against the west wall, a table of eight immortals in the middle, and almost nothing else. Obviously, the young grandmother didn't want to see outsiders, so she pulled a curtain in the middle of the room. Huangfu Shuiqiang put down the sack, stood in front of the curtain and said, "Young grandma, the guests are here, and the goods have been brought." Yi Ying behind the curtain said: "Then please sit down and bring the goods in for me to see." As soon as the curtain moved, Lei Jian walked out dressed as a maid and was about to take the sack.

"Reply to Grandma Zun." Liang Fuyun was still very careful, got up and said, "The goods are all high-grade Beijing goods, and they are purchased from the tribute, otherwise I wouldn't dare to ask for this big price." The stewards of the house have seen it. Young grandmothers want to check, and each grabs a little bit to check it. "Then untie the sack.

Suddenly, there was a commotion downstairs, as if the guys in the store were greeting someone. Say hello, it's noisy. Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shui Qiang looked at each other. Yi Ying's voice was also a little flustered: "The old lady is here!" Which slut is chewing his wife's tongue there? Someone must have gotten the word out - quick, pack things up! ”

In a panic, Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shuiqiang didn't say a word, opened the big bedroom cabinet and put two sacks in it. Yi Ying didn't care about showing up, so she took the three girls out of the curtain and said to Yan Ruyun: "You go down with me - please Mr. Liang stay up for a while." In case the old lady wants to come up, Mr. Liang will say that it is my maternal uncle! Then he led the people downstairs. Liang Fuyun heard a burst of talking and laughter downstairs upstairs, and also sandwiched the girls' greetings to the old lady, and went to the backyard with mixed steps.

Liang Fuyun remembered that his wife was "guarding against separation" and putting her own money into foreign debts, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his stomach, so he simply sat on the big bedroom cabinet and smoked dry cigarettes. After listening to the sound of no one below, I was suddenly alert in my heart - when I hurriedly got up and went downstairs to look, I saw a figure in the front and back yard of the store! In a panic, he hurriedly entered the courtyard to untie a sack, and when he looked at the goods, the bag was full of grass...... He suddenly felt a sense of horror, dropped the straw bag and ran upstairs, and when he opened the bedroom cabinet to look, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. There is a false door open under the bedroom, it is a bottomless cabinet, where is the goods?!

A burst of cold sweat flowed, and Liang Fuyun felt numb and cold from head to toe - jumping down the stairs in three steps and two steps. "Mr. Shi" and "Young Grandma" screamed nonsense, and kicked and searched the front yard and backyard door to door, but the rooms were empty and there were no people. Liang Fuyun has never suffered such a loss since his debut, and is often praised by Huang Tianba as "bold and careful, and serious in his work". This time, in broad daylight, people stole tens of thousands of silver medicinal materials and cheated them out. His anger is really extraordinary! - He rushed out of the inn like crazy, grabbed a few neighbors, kicked and beat them, and interrogated them, before he figured out that this was originally a deserted mountain man's hall. A group of people came a few days ago, and they made a few dozen taels of silver for a little repair, saying that they would stay for a while and leave. No one in the town knew them, neither where they came from nor where they were going.

"That's it, the apprentice let people deceive ......" Liang Fuyun knelt down with a plop, and the huge man couldn't help but cry. At this time, Jia Fuchun, Zhu Fumin, Cai Fuqing, Liao Fuhua, and Gao Fuying had already heard the news and rushed over, seeing that this shrewd junior brother was in tears, looking like he was in pain, and he also felt extremely angry and persuaded one after another. Gao Heng was also angry and pale, and slapped the table and shouted, "Send their mayor here!" Chengping the world, Lang Lang Qiankun, there was actually this gang of sub-Nim seedlings, and they actually deceived and robbed us! ”

Huang Tianba's brows tightened, and he pressed the fire in his heart hard, weighing the weight of this matter. After a while, he said: "Master, don't forget that we are not here to bet with others on winning or losing, our real goods have not been targeted, I think it's a blessing!" The mayor and townsman of this place are unreliable. If it is a small group of thieves, they will not dare to fight my idea of Huang Jiadart; If there is a large force of bandits, the officers and soldiers can't count on it first. That's why I don't want to live in this Matou town. ”

"You're saying you blame me for this?!" Gao Heng said in a vicious voice, "I called it here!" ”

"How dare you mean that?" Huang Tianba saw that he was angry with his uncle, and smiled patiently: "The most important thing now is to protect the dart silver, the thieves are not eyeing our silver, this is a fortunate thing." Otherwise, if you fight in this place, even if you get tied, how can this dart car be protected for thousands of miles behind? ”

"What do you say?"

Gao Heng's face softened, there were still more than two thousand miles to Sichuan, and he was all counting on Huang Tianba and his escort, he couldn't help but buy this account. "Can't you pull it down?"

"You can't pull it down. This is the money I lost, and I will pay for it. The face I lost naturally allowed me to get it back. Huang Tianba persuaded in a vague way, "At this time, I have to endure this breath - write the reason for the case first, and send it to Handan Mansion with the loss of the order." When there were cases of theft and fraud in the places under his jurisdiction, they were naturally obliged to take the thieves and seek the stolen goods—we should walk tomorrow. Ping An sent the money to the army, and I turned around and took my time to pick up this group of bastards. At this time, I don't dare to lose a big ...... because of a small loss."

Gao Heng took a deep breath, he lost so many valuable medicinal materials, he really felt a little painful: "It's enough to redeem Qiao Mei'er!" Alas......" Huang Tianba changed his face to the six Taibao, his face was iron-blue, and he said: "You have seen it, the people on the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there are more poisonous tricks than this!" From now on, the inner courtyard knife will not leave people; The guards outside should also have enough hidden weapons and daggers, and their hearts should be calm, and they should stop thinking about 'taking thieves', and they should not go out alone to find thieves—do you all understand? ”

"Wow!"

The apprentices responded in unison.

Yi Ying and the others succeeded, took two sacks of medicine and did not go away, hiding in the broken courtyard of Mawang Temple in the north of the town and waiting for Huang Tianba to come and search. I waited for an hour, but there was no movement. Just as he was about to send someone to investigate, the second leper from the Lao Mao Inn came running up one foot and one foot low, panting and saying, "They won't search - let's find another way!" Yi Ying raised her face and thought about it, and said with a smile: "The surname Huang is not ambiguous!" Brother Leper go back first, and then call the two of them later, you just grab them and shout. He also confessed a few words to Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shuiqiang, and said with a smile: "Shi Chenggong - if it is not successful, you can't fly away in the sky, and stir him up again!" So Yan Ruyun and Huangfu Shuiqiang each drank a large scoop of wine, pretended to be drunk, and hurried to the Lao Mao Inn arm in arm-it was time for the red sun to fall in the west.

At this time, the second man and the second leper had already prepared, and when they saw the two of them staggering into the alley, the second man shouted: "Take the thief!" He rushed out with a "sigh", grabbed Yan Ruyun and screamed: "Good thief! Since there is Matou Town, I have seen all kinds of turtle and fish thieves, but I have never seen you so bold! "Many customers in the store knew that the West Courtyard had been deceived by Minoru Seedlings, some were having dinner, and some had already eaten, and when they heard that they had caught the thief, they swarmed out and stood far away.

"What?" Yan Ruyun was held by Erhanzi's hands splitting his chest, and he pretended to be drunk and confused, and asked with wine: "Who...... Who is the thief...... Come, drink ......" The emperor Shui Qiang pretended to wake up, touched the back of his head and said, "Ah! How did you get it, you got here? ——Pulling Erhanzi's braid from behind, he pulled it violently, and Erhanzi was thrown on all fours. He was unusually smart, a harrier turned over, hugged Huangfu Shuiqiang's legs, and shouted at the pig price: "Take the thief!" Come on—two lepers, I am your eighth ancestor! Why don't you come and help...... The ...... of the yellow shopkeeper of the high shopkeeper Come on! ”

Patrolling outside the store were the two nephews of Gao Fuying and Huang Tianba, who had already reported the situation. That Liang Fuyun couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled out a knife in his hand and shouted: "Take the thief!" Nine of his apprentices immediately followed. Huang Tianba was awakened in his sleep, and when he rushed out of the west wing to look, Gao Heng had already rushed out of the store with everyone. The owner of the shop in the next courtyard is still shouting: "Guests, help Master Gao get the thief!" There were only four of them, and two of them were...... If you take the government, you will be rewarded, and Gao Ye and Huang Ye will also be rewarded...... "The voice was sharp and high, and it could be heard two miles away.

"It's all gone, what about the silver here?" Huang Tianba's heart flashed, and cold sweat immediately soaked out. He turned around and went into the house to take off the treasure knife, and took out a soft whip with gold wire and wrapped it around his waist. The whole body had to stop, and he came out of the hospital and closed the door. Listening to the movement outside, there was a faint sound of fighting and fighting at first, and gradually it fell silent. He stepped on the stone stone in the courtyard with one foot, looked around vigilantly, watched the twilight gradually press up, and thought about the scene of Gao Heng and the six great Taibao fighting, and recalled the situation of being fooled this afternoon, the enemy was so carefully arranged, and the chain of sets was one after another. Huang Tianba smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Suddenly, there were voices and footsteps outside the courtyard, and there were people talking and laughing excitedly in the middle, as if they were returning with the lively guests, and some said: "That Shi Chenggong, I don't think the two women are as good as the ability, so Liao Ye vomited blood with one palm...... Some said: "It's still Zhu Ye, that one is a chain of heart-wrenching feet, hey!" Some said: "Liao Ye can't do it, Yang Tianfei kicked and rolled a few times, that's called embarrassment!" The boss shouted with a smile through the door: "Hey-Huang Ye!" Master Gao, they caught the thief, ran three, and caught that Yang Tianfei! The guests also smiled and said, "We will help you fight Taiping Boxing, help you get the thief, you have to treat you!" ”

"Where did you catch it?" Huang Tianba's heart suddenly relaxed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and said, "There are so many people, how can you tell them to leave?" What a bunch of killers—" Before he could finish his sentence, the door was squeezed open with a thud. The five big man-shaped arrows also jumped in and rushed towards Huang Tianba! Huang Tianba's heart has been slackened, where can he prevent it, he was thrown to the ground all of a sudden, his legs spun and cut off the sun and moon one by one, knocked down two, and when he was about to get up and draw his knife, those people were all veterans in this, where could they tolerate it? The limbs and neck were all pressed to death. Huang Tianba was about to struggle, and a cold sword was already pointed at his throat. When I looked closely, it was a woman. Dressed in a black short coat and button-down pants, deerskin fast boots under his feet, and a red cloak, it is Yi Ying, the "one flower" I saw in the Ma family compound! Huang Tianba was so angry that blood appeared in his eyes, and he scolded: "Thousands of people are full of **!" Have the ability to compete one-on-one! ”

Yi Ying's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain was successful, and she didn't want to grind her teeth with him, so she drew back her sword with a sneer, and ordered: "This person's mouth is too stinky, stuff him with hemp walnuts, wait for it, and be strong!" Let's load and go! Hu Yin and the others agreed, wrapped left and right, and immediately tied a martial arts master into a rice dumpling. Yi Ying smiled and said, "I'll spare you again-naturally someone is looking for you to settle accounts!" Don't have tears in your eyes, the underworld is originally a battle of wits and not strength. See you next time, my mother is a good student to compete with you! Huang Tianba was groaning in his mouth, struggling all over, seeing everyone loading cars and livestock, seeing the owner of the shop, the second leper, the second Hanzi, and the "hotel guest" calmly going out, hearing the sound of the car going away, his heart was shocked, angry, sad and anxious, and his eyes turned his back on the air......

650,000 taels of emperors were robbed! This appalling news was sent to Baoding by Zhu Baoqiang, the prefect of Handan, an hour later, with 800 miles; At dawn, the governor of Baoding signed the house on duty and was woken up from his sleep by Goshha, seeing that it was such an urgent business, he did not ask the governor for advice, stamped the governor's guard, sealed the fire paint and immediately flew to Beijing. At the end of the afternoon of the next day, it was transmitted to the military aircraft department. At this time, it was already dark, and Fu Heng was about to return home. When he opened the paperwork and read it, his face immediately became extremely grim. When Fu Heng came over to take a look, his face also changed. Ne Qin said: "The emperor must summon and discuss this matter." Let's go in together - let the military aircraft Zhang Jing inform the Internal Affairs Office, and let the emperor inform us as soon as he finishes dinner. If the emperor hasn't eaten, don't be in a hurry to inform for the time being! Fu Heng sat back when he heard this, and said, "Zhang Xiang and E have to be notified when they get along." lest the emperor want to see him when the time comes, the temporary decree will be slow. After reading it, he added his own seal to the fold, handed it to Fu Heng, and said, "Forget about Ortai!" I'm so sick that I'm panting. I went to see him yesterday and I couldn't even get out of bed! ”

Fu Heng looked at the words of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing in the prefect of Handan, frowned and pondered, and said with a smile: "It's better to inform you." Don't you know the temper of Exiang? I didn't tell him about the collapse of the Huai River last time, but when I saw him later, he smiled and said: 'It's useless, since you occupy the pit and don't, it's better to vacate the pit and let it go.' We feel sorry for him, but it's really boring to listen to his angry words! The relatives also smiled: "When people get old, they become smaller again, Zhang Xiangna is such an open-minded person, and now he is also very careful." His grandson overshadowed Gongsheng and asked me three times, but the Ministry of Rites had registered with me, but I transferred the registration book of the Ministry of Rites to show him his name, and then he smiled with his beard. Will we become like this when we get older? As he was talking, he saw Wang Yi, the eunuch of the Yangxin Palace, hurriedly coming and said, "The emperor called in, please come in!" Fu Heng asked, "Has the emperor eaten?" ”

"The emperor didn't have a meal," Wang Yi said: "It looks bad, and he is angry, so the meal sent to him is called back." The relatives still wanted to ask, but they didn't think that Wang Yi would say anything, so they swallowed back, entered from Yongxiang with Fu Heng, stood at the entrance of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and just said "Slave Fu Heng-" Then Qianlong said sharply inside: "Come in!" ”

The two of them glanced at each other, walked in cautiously, and sure enough, they saw Qianlong standing facing the large glass window of the Warm Pavilion with no smile on his face. The two men knelt down with the corners of their robes, bowed their heads deeply, and said, "Slaves, please long live St. Ann!" ”

"Get up!" Qianlong didn't look at them, let out a long breath, and said after a long time: "It's so difficult to rule the officials, these people are not loyal to the king, don't you want your conscience?" ”

The two of them were puzzled by one sentence, Fu Heng thought about it and said, "Master, what's wrong?" The minions are too ignorant to guess! Only then did Qianlong turn his face, sigh, and say, "Lu Zhuo." There is new evidence in Lu Zhuo's case. ”

Fu Heng and Ne Qin were shocked: when Lu Zhuo was in the Yongzheng Dynasty, he was a famous official with outstanding political reputation. During the Yongzheng period, the imperial court implemented the system of returning fire consumption to the public, and the officials of the feudal territory in various places did not move, Lu Zhuo was still a small Zhili Wuyi Zhixian at that time, regardless of the obstruction of his superiors, he took the lead in the implementation of the apportionment into the mu, the harsh labor was donated, and the big grain households and big village heads who bullied the small people in official duties were severely punished. Meng Shizong personally summoned him and moved to the governor of Haozhou. In the state of Maozhou, the armed fighting is forbidden and the prison is cleared, the territory is solemn, and every family does not close their doors at night; Then moved to the prefect of Dongchang, Shandong, built a moat embankment, dredged the canal, and provided relief to the victims, and the political voice rose. During his tenure, he taught the people to raise silkworms and textiles, cleaned up the moat of the provincial capital, and stopped collecting silver from Hainingtang, reducing two-tenths of the silver and rice in the seven counties of Jiaxing, prohibiting merchants from short scales, ordering the prefectures and counties to seize smuggled salt and not disturb the people, not to arrest hawkers on their shoulders, and not to use torture to recover from the salt farms, and to reduce the price of salt, exempt rice tax, and expand the number of students...... Walk in one place and get the support of all the people in one place. These achievements are also gone, he went to Zhejiang to take office, that is, he asked for a decree to change Haining Caotang to a stone pond and prepare for the transportation of stones in the Tang River. After three years of hard work in the Jianshan Dam, Lu Zhuo was really willing to throw himself down, and actually set up the governor's yamen signing room in the reed shed of the construction site, while handling the affairs of the government, inspecting the construction site day and night, surveying the water level of the river and the rise and fall of the lake. Not only Zhejiang Province, but also Fujian Province has been exempted from the suffering of flood prevention every year. For this alone, there are more than 10,000 hectares of dry fields. Zhejiang people built a academy for him, called "Lu Gong Ancestral Hall". Emperor Qianlong was overjoyed and personally issued an edict and praised him: "Jianshan dam worker, the first emperor of Shangwu worked hard all night, and the officials of the feudal territory worked hard for many years, and it was completed." Not only to comfort me, but also to comfort the spirit of the emperor in the sky! "I have already revealed that I want to transfer Lu Zhuo to be the secretary of the household department, and I want to add the title of prince and princess, but at this time, a civil case will be made. The Wang family surnamed Wang in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture was divided, and Wang Shaozu, the second son of the Wang family, was assigned 3,000 acres of land near Kuotian and a piece of Feng Shui Niu's sleeping treasure land, and secretly gave the prefect Yang Zhenjing 30,000 taels of silver, and entrusted Yang to transfer 50,000 taels to Lu Zhuo. This was already over. It happened that Sun Jiagan's protégé Liu Wulong went to Fujian to handle the case. I went to the study and turned Ortai's instructions, and went to check with the Ministry of Officials. After investigating for a few months, Hui said, "The Wang family, Yang Zhenjing, and Lu Zhuo did not admit to accepting bribes. Liu Wulong's words are not credible. "—This has already passed, but now there is a new credential!

"Speaking of Lu Zhuoqi, I also pity him very much!" Qianlong stroked the mustache he had just grown, paced in the hall, and his tone was gloomy and low: "He came to see me last winter, he was dark and thin—you all know him well, and he turned out to be a beautiful man!" - The skin on his arm was peeled...... I shook his hand, and it was full of calluses! This person...... How could he do such a thing?! He turned his head suddenly, and looked at the two auxiliary ministers without speaking, and his pupils flickered in the shadows of the light, and tears burst out.

Fu Heng had a fever in his heart, and lowered his head, when he did not enter the military aircraft department, he had supervised Liangjiang, Liangguang and Fujian as an envoy to Guanfengqin, personally went to the Jianshanba construction site, and worked with Lu Zhuo for several months. I also get along well with myself. At this moment, he can't protect him - his mind moved, Lu Zhuo is Zhang Tingyu's protégé, Zhang Tingyu has been "sick" and is not on duty at the military aircraft, is it to avoid this matter? So did Liu Wulong, who started it, suffer from the ...... Who's at who's command? was thinking about himself, and the relatives beside him said: "Although Lu Zhuo has a little work, it is all what the courtiers should do. Since the bribery has made the monarch's father fall into the reputation of not knowing people, the crime of bullying the monarch is unforgivable! Lu is known as a capable official, this is the Han people have always been bad habits, foreign affairs to clean up the name to invite people's hearts, the greed inside is unspeakable, should be locked into Beijing, handed over to the ministry for interrogation, according to the law. This shows that the court of the world is the heart of the public, and the ministers and workers are treated equally. Only in this way can we put an end to the misconduct of foreign officials. Fu Heng also thought about it, leaned over on the pestle and said: "Although what the relatives said is true, but there is a civil case involved here, and a cadre of witnesses was brought from Zhejiang, and I don't know when the case will be closed, which is equivalent to releasing these witnesses and innocent people into exile." With the knowledge of the servants, he ordered Lu Zhuo to be dismissed from his post on the spot and questioned, and appointed Qincha or Depei, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to be strictly interrogated. After the case is closed, it will be dispatched according to the situation. That seems safer. He knew that Depei and Lu Zhuo were very close friends, but Fu Heng's words were leaky and irrefutable, his throat moved, and he didn't squeak.

"Okay, follow Fu Heng's suggestion." Qianlong's expression seemed to be a little more cheerful, he sat down cross-legged on the kang, pulled Liu Wulong's recital, and criticized with a red pen:

This performance is the impartiality of the Qing, and I treat my subordinates with sincerity, but I don't think there are still such people among the ministers. The sincerity of Yi Zhen can't influence everyone's ears, and it's easy to win and be ashamed! The former Sahalang and Kharchin ministers are known. This matter has been taken into account

—At this point, he paused, and added the name of the deputy capital, Wangzal:

and the deputy capital of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wangzal, together with the trial. If it is true, it is only a matter of law enforcement. I will not attach myself to this performance, so as to be guilty of human sin, and I will not tolerate adultery and violate the morality. Qing Qi reluctantly, if there is solid evidence, on the one hand, on the one hand, on the other hand, with this strict reference.

After writing, he handed over a note, handed it to the relatives who were sitting nearby, and said, "Look at it, this is a letter written by Lu Zhuo to Yang Zhenjing." ”

The relatives knew that this was the evidence that Liu Wulongxin had caught. When I took it, it read:

Brother Jingwuren, the silver ticket brought by the person has been received. Wang Shaozu's case has been concluded, and the people concerned have no different words in accepting the verdict, and they are all mediated by brothers, so I have no doubt about it. But the receipt of such money is quite similar to receiving benefits after the fact, and I am disturbed. Tell Wang Shaozu that he is justified and has won the lawsuit! This silver is borrowed by me temporarily, Ke Er.

He often corresponded with Lu Zhuo, and from the handwriting, it was indeed his cursive handwriting. While passing the letter to Fu Heng, the relatives secretly said in their hearts: "This kind of thing is also easy to write?" Lu Zhuo is so shrewd, he turned out to be a stupid bird on this! Fu Heng also saw it at a glance, smiled bitterly and returned the letter to Qianlong with both hands, and said: "The letter clearly says that it is 'borrowing', if Wang receives an IOU, although Lu has the crime of 'ought', after all, it is different from taking bribes, please learn from the master!" ”

"This is natural." Qianlong glued the letter to the fold, closed it, and sighed: "Money, what a good thing!" During the time of the Holy Grandfather, the officials borrowed money from the treasury in the thousands, and dug up the treasury empty. In order to pay off the debts and repay the treasury silver, the first emperor and the thirteenth uncle died several times, and the imperial uncles had a quarrel. In my hands, I was lenient and severe, just a little bit, I didn't dare to borrow from the treasury, turned my head and stretched out my hand to the people! Not to mention Gao Shiqi and Mingzhu in front of the Holy Grandfather, Yu Hongtu in front of the first emperor, I am familiar with it, what a shrewd and capable person he is, and he also drilled into the eyes of money, even Sahaliang and Kharchin are not stupid people - they are all planted in it! He shook his head in annoyance, as if he had a bitter Coptis pill in his mouth, and asked again, "Do you also love money?" Will you learn from these people in the future? What can you do to cure this disease? ”

Seeing Qianlong so angry and emotional, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "The slave has read "The Book of Jin: The Biography of Shi Chong", and when he gathers goods, he does not dare to love money, and he always warns his children not to love money, and he can also swear to his master that he will never be greedy for money. But money poisons people's souls, and it is really a disease that cannot be cured. Slaves have no good law. Fu Heng also knelt down with him, kowtowed and said: "Slaves think that money, take it in the way, and use it in law, it is not a bad thing." Therefore, since Zhou Jing minted money, the sage couldn't help it. That is, in terms of today, the country's money is ten times that of the Shunzhi period, five times that of the Kangxi period, and twice that of the Yongzheng period of the first emperor, which is still insufficient. The southeast silk weaving workshop and porcelain workshop have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the exchange of goods in the mainland, overseas tea and silk trade, and people's livelihood are all without money. Therefore, the more prosperous the age, the more smooth the flow of coins, and the power of money is greater than ten times! As for the slaves, they have their own money to support their families, teach their children, and be filial to their relatives, and they have been repeatedly rewarded by the emperor, and the acres of land and fields are one after another, if they dare to be greedy again, they are not only a greedy minister who betrays the emperor, but also the gods of heaven and earth cannot tolerate ministers! Before he finished speaking, his relatives regretted for a while: Why can't I think of such a good play?

"It's all well said." Qianlong smiled: "It sounds like Fu Heng is more thorough. Last time, England, Italy, and Russia came with a few missionaries who wanted to see me. The Ministry of Rites set the etiquette for them to receive them, but they refused to bow down. Later, when they came to Nanjing, Yin Jishan saw them, and asked the master of the yamen to accompany them to Suzhou and Hangzhou for a turn, and saw the silk and tea workshops there, and saw a few medium-sized shops of Jingdezhen porcelain, and when they returned to Nanjing, they knelt down when they saw Yin Jishan, and their heads were knocked - saying that we are ten times richer than their country! He also said that he was willing to go back to Beijing to kowtow to me again, and asked for instructions to build a church in the mainland to preach. I gave an order to Yin Jishan, and said with a smile that you are bigger than my face. Yin Jishan replied that foreign devils are snobs, and seeing that our country is strong, the people are rich, and everything is ready, they want to trade with me. If they ask me, they have to bow down and be small. Foreigners are ingenious and desperately build railways and machines. What's the use of that? Except for clocks, everything else is very loose. Our Celestial Empire has nothing, let alone others, relying on nothing more than a rich people and a strong country, and there is naturally the utility of money here. He laughed.

Fu Heng peeked at the corner of the hall and rang the bell, it was almost the beginning of the day, and it was estimated that Zhang Tingyu and Ortai were about to enter the meeting, and when he heard what Qianlong said, he couldn't help but be secretly anxious. It was easy to see the words, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Master, the minions have come to see you at night, and there is something important to play!" The relatives also kowtowed and said: "The stakes are very high, and the minions have already sent people to invite Zhang Tingyu and Ortai to meet together." It is estimated that this time is coming. ”

"Really?" Qianlong was talking happily, following the idea of "money" to talk deeply about the affairs of the two auxiliary ministers, and when he heard them speak solemnly, he felt a moment in his heart and said: "Is there a military accident in Jinchuan?" He knelt on the ground, and handed over the 800 li step up from Handan with both hands. At this moment, the eunuch Wang Li outside bowed his head and walked in, holding a letter of eight hundred miles in both hands, and said: "This is the secret fold that Gao Heng just handed in, and Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department said that the two ministers of military aircraft were in front of the emperor, and asked the servants to directly submit it to the imperial court." There are also Ortai and Zhang Tingyu who have also come in, and now they are outside the Chonghua Gate of the Heart Cultivation Palace, waiting for the order, is it called in or not? ”

Qianlong was stunned, and he stepped up the concert for 800 miles in one hand, all from Handan, so he knew that something had happened to Gao Heng. It took a long time to come back to his senses, open Gao Heng's folded book, spread the prefect's recital of Handan on the case, and said: "They are old and sick, so they asked the little Sula eunuch to come in." After that, he buried his head in the fold. For a while, Zhang Tingyu and Ortai were each supported by two little Sula eunuchs. Zhang Tingyu's complexion is fine, he has a childish face, but his face is tired, but Ortai is pale and weak, and his legs seem to be unstable, panting slightly. The two of them did not bow down, Qianlong had already waved his hand, his eyes did not leave the song, and said, "No courtesy, give a seat." I read the excerpt before I spoke. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang and E bowed down and sat tremblingly on the carved porcelain pier. The four ministers of military aircraft are all very deep figures, and they are all groaning at the moment, staring at Qianlong from time to time, and the hall is so quiet that there is only the monotonous sound of the pendulum. For a while, he heard Qianlong sigh softly and put aside the recital, but asked, "Ortai, you are still breathing." Did I use the medicine? ”

"Back to the emperor!" Ortai took a breath, cleared his throat and said: "The slave's disease of dogs and horses was contracted when he was in charge of Uriya and Sutaidu, and he was sick for a long time, and he was cured in a moment!" Thanks to the emperor's blessing, it is much better to use the Sichuan Jianbei given by the emperor. Qianlong said to Zhang Tingyu again: "The old minister has a good complexion. Zhang Tingyu coughed lightly and replied: "This is all given by the emperor!" The minion turned out to have restless sleep, palpitations and dizziness. First, the emperor has a decree: ignore small things and recuperate at home. Second, I give medicine from time to time, and after taking it, the effect is like a god, so I still get it mentally. He paused for a moment, and then said, "Ask the emperor to give you some more Suhe fragrant wine." The minions themselves prepared according to the recipe, and they always felt that it was far less effective than the emperor's preparation. ”

Fu Heng and Neqin thought that Qianlong would be shocked and angry after reading the recital, and they waited for him to be furious, listening to Qianlong's kind words, and shouting at Zhang E and the others, they couldn't help but be stunned. But he heard Qianlong smile and said: "It's not worth anything, Ming'er will ask someone to send some first, and ask someone from the imperial pharmacy to teach you the human system in your small pharmacy." He leaned down from the kang, his face was sad and happy, as if he was smiling but not smiling, and paced slowly in the hall. After a long time, he sighed and said, "It seems that my virtue and ability are far inferior to those of the Holy Ancestor and the Sect Master!" ”

The four ministers looked at each other, not knowing what he meant.

"The Holy Ancestor was in turmoil, and the surroundings were restless; The first emperor also raised troops in Qinghai and Yunnan and Guizhou to quell the rebellion. Qianlong exhaled, and his face became extremely pale: "Ping the three feudatories, conquered Taiwan, and conquered Zhungar three times, which was to support the war with the strength of the country; Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi raised 200,000 soldiers, and the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River transported money by boat, car, water and land - why didn't the waist cut off the emperor's gang? I secretly transported military salaries, so as not to cause the people in the north to be disturbed by the army, and I didn't expect to give 'a flower' with both hands! ”

This is really a more embarrassing reproach than a bloody scolding, and the reproach is quietly accompanied by vicious and fierce ridicule, and every sentence is like a knife to cut people's hearts.

The four ministers all blushed and could no longer sit still. "Papa" hit the horse's hooves and knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.