Zhang Tingyu knelt in front of him, Long Long Zhong Zhong kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor said so, the slaves are ashamed to die, and they have no place to shame...... Please take a break from the wrath of the thunder and allow the minions to play. There was no mistake in the emperor's decision-making that day. According to the minions, Zhang Guangsi may have had the idea of fearing the enemy and protecting his name. After celebrating the heroes, he was actually a scholar, arrogant and had no actual combat power. According to Zhu Gang's performance, the heavenly soldiers were not defeated, but the teachers were ineffective. If you can't win the war, you can't be a soldier or a brave, but you can't be a general. Please ask the emperor to recall Qing and Zhang to hand over the crime to the ministry, and choose another general to go to Jinchuan. Sha Luoben just relied on the steep terrain of Jinchuan, and there was a miasma of smoke and swamps as a barrier to prolong his life. The country's first general will regain his strength, and he will be able to defeat the enemy......" Ortai said: "The slave has seen all the excerpts played by Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi. Although Saroben behaved irregularly in Dajinchuan, he did not have the heart to rebel against the imperial court. Several times I wrote to ask for Zhao'an. With the knowledge of the slave, if he really has no dissenting intentions, Zhao'an is also a feasible way. ”

"Zhao'an?" Qianlong sneered, "Because I can't beat it, so Zhao'an - this is what Ortai said?" What about the money spent by the imperial court twice? And the face of the imperial court? He was dumbfounded in a few words. Ortai licked his dry lips - during the Yongzheng period, he had vigorously advocated that Yungui should change the land and return to the stream, stirring up the Miao Change. Later, he strongly advocated suppression, causing fire and smoke in Miaozhai Village. After the defeat of the official army and the defeat again, he advocated recruiting An, which made the government and the opposition boil, but fortunately, the holy family in front of Yongzheng was not declining, and he only fell into the punishment of dismissal and retention. Now that the country has changed hands, new people have emerged, and he is old and sick, how dare he wade into this troubled water again? Thinking about it, the emperor's words could not be replied to, so he got up and bowed deeply, and said: "The emperor rebukes his ministers and submits his heart." But the opinion of the minions did not dare to conceal it: this battle had been fought repeatedly for several years, and the officers and troops were ten times as large as the number of people, and the efforts of the province were consumed, but the results were very small. Qingfu is a scribe material, and it goes without saying; That Zhang Guangsi pacified Miao Jiang and fought cleanly, he didn't seem to be an incompetent person, why couldn't he beat it repeatedly? It can be seen that the geography and climate of the Jinchuan area have their own special characteristics. If we continue to fight, I don't know how long it will take and how much food will be paid. Even if Jinchuan was pacified, the imperial court had already suffered a loss. The minions were originally guilty of the war in Miaojiang, and they didn't dare to make peace easily, but this was the real idea, and the minions didn't dare to bully the king. ”

Qianlong was silent when he listened to it, and he suddenly felt a little discouraged. Jinchuan is only a corner of Sichuan, and it has sent scholars and the most capable generals to fight, and it takes time to read millions of dollars a year but it can't be defeated, except for the reasons cited by Ortai, it is really difficult to have any other explanation. But if you use the dignity of the Celestial Empire to condescend to recruit peace, this breath is really hard to swallow. He sat still and thought for a long time, lowered his eyelids and took a breath, and raised his head stubbornly, but still did not speak.

"Your Majesty." In the unbearable silence, the kiss lifted the corner of the robe and knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The slave thinks that he can't even think about it!" Perhaps he felt that he was too impulsive, so he lowered his voice for a moment, "Sharopunben is a powerful man in a corner, and the government can't restrain him. The original intention of the conquest of Dajinchuan was to ensure that the road to Tibet was unimpeded. Follow this intention, you must take this place! The current situation is when our army has gained heaven, but it does not occupy the advantages and people. Qingfu was the minister of the Qincha and had no confidence in the flattening of Jinchuan; Although Zhang Guangsi can fight, he is under Qingfu, he is arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, so he naturally refuses to work hard. It seems that this is a situation where the generals are not in harmony! The slave asked for help today, willing to face the former enemy, and begged the master to withdraw Qing and Zhang, and serve as a full-time slave for a period of one year. He turned red and prostrated himself to the ground.

Fu Heng was eager to speak several times, but he was preempted by his relatives, but he calmed down, thinking of the situation in Jinchuan introduced by Yue Zhongqi, and felt that his relatives were reckless. Just thinking about how he should speak, Zhang Tingyu on the other side leaned in the chair and said, "The slave thinks that it is unreasonable to stop the army and make peace. Qingfu is the emperor's confidant minister, and he is guilty of lying that Ban Luo is dead. This time I went to make meritorious contributions, but I didn't make any achievements. He wrote an excerpt saying that Zhang Guangsi did not listen to the dispatch, and Zhang Guangsi said that he dispatched the obedient side and feared the enemy like a tiger. The slave thought that he should be transferred back to Qingfu, leaving Zhang Guangsi alone to have the dictatorship, and it seemed appropriate to sweep Jinchuan within a time limit. Ortai had already made up his mind not to speak, but he couldn't help it at the moment, and said: "Zhang Guangsi has been arrogant and arrogant since the first battle of Miaojiang, and he regarded himself as a famous general, but in fact, he has not fought any good battles since then. Looking at the battle of Heicha Mountain in Shanxi, if it weren't for Fu Hengji's resoluteness, the five thousand military horses would have been wiped out in the Evil Tiger Beach! It seems that he is still inferior to our Manchurian man. The minions thought that since they were going to fight, they still had to have a way to win. The minister is willing to recommend Fu Heng as the general to replace! ”

Fu Heng's heart was churning like boiling water, blood rushed up all of a sudden, and his neck was flushed - he never dreamed that Ortai would be such a bosom friend to him, nor could he have imagined that he would recommend himself as a general in front of Qianlong! But in recent years, he has done a lot of things both externally and internally, and his experience is increasing day by day, Ortai's move has aroused his vigilance, and after a little thought, he has understood: Ortai knows that Jinchuan is difficult to fight, and he wants to throw a red charcoal ball to himself! But this red charcoal ball is really tempting, and he really wants to swallow it...... Fu Heng's heart was like a stirring at the moment, he didn't know what to say for a while, he bit his lower lip and just smiled.

"Fu Heng," Qianlong was calm at the moment, and turned his face and asked, "Xilin recommended you, do you dare to go?" ”

"Why don't the minions dare?" Fu Heng calmly lifted his robe and knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "The slave has been interested in this for a long time. Lord Zuo Ming is a good minister, and he will enter the phase, who doesn't want to be like this? However, since the battle of Heicha Mountain, the slaves have watched Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi use troops, and they already know that it will be difficult. Careful thinking and courage, doubt and determination, knowing oneself and knowing the other, not impatient, not arrogant and unswerving, is the purpose of the slave's dispatch this time, please the emperor decreed! ”

Qianlong looked at Fu Heng, then at his relatives, nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Very good." are willing to share my worries, that's good! But now none of you can go. First, I have to favor the two of you in government affairs, and second, I have to look at Qing and Zhang again. The two of them have a great military responsibility for the upper and lower Zhan and Jinchuan. If you want to punish crimes, you must either be dismissed from your post and exiled, or you must be tolerant and seen by the world. I hate them now in my heart and have no choice but to give them another chance, but they are still derelict in their duties, and I have done my duty, and they have nothing to say. He said it in a light tone, but the ministers trembled when they heard it. This is the last "opportunity", which is tantamount to making it clear to the Military Aircraft Department that he will not tolerate these two people. Just thinking about it, Qianlong said to Ji Yun again: "You wait for the pen and ink." I dictated, you polished, and sent an edict to Qingfu and Zhang Guangsi with the court, approving their excerpt on the third day of the fourth month. ”

"Yes!" Ji Yun has been kneeling and listening to this pre-imperial meeting, while carefully pondering everyone's words, speculating on the different moods of each of them, listening to Qianlong call him, he hurriedly agreed. Wang Ren and Wang Yi, the two eunuchs, held the four treasures of the study, and brought a low case, he knelt with the pen in his hand, and listened to Qianlong slowly say: "Write to them - the third fold of the first month of April has been read, this kind of cliché has been heard too much, people are going to be sick!" After several years of raising troops, laboring and paying, spending millions of national dollars, attacking a few broken forts, burning a few farmhouses, and writing excerpts to report the victory, but also involving Gao Heng. Gao Heng lost his military salary, he deserves it, and he may be able to get it back for me! And how shall your sins be dealt with? I still have to compete with Tseling Alabutan in the western frontier, although I may not expect him to be two 'famous generals', but I also want them to behave. After the victory, I naturally did not hesitate to be a good lord, and if I was defeated, the court also had rules! I undress them and push them to eat, can they bear to make me lose face? Not only can the law of the country not protect their lives, that is, the law of the country is tolerant, but what face do they have in the world? As he spoke, Ji Yunwei wrote a book. After writing, he picked up a piece of ink-drenched rice paper, blew it slightly, and held it in both hands and presented it to Gao Dayong. Qianlong looked at it and felt that the writing was a little polite, but he just said in this tone, so he nodded, lifted the Zhu pen and added a sentence at the back, "Be cautious, I will wait for June with you, and I can't stay any longer!" He handed over the draft to Gao Dayong and said: "Immediately send it to the Military Aircraft Department for transcription, and send it to Sichuan for 600 miles to speed up the camp, and the governors, governors, and Jiuqing of the six ministries will have a copy of the photos!" ”

"Yes!"

After sitting for about too long, Qianlong moved his body, turned his face to Zhang Tingyu and Ortai and smiled: "I'm tired of you today." I didn't want to alarm you. There are many important things to discuss, and you are afraid that you will be tired. As he spoke, he ordered someone to give the two old prime ministers ginseng soup. The two of them were thanking each other, and suddenly several eunuchs waiting under the throne looked at each other, as if they were a little uncertain, Qianlong's face sank, and said, "What are you looking at?" Gao Dayong hurriedly said: "Back to the master, there is a smell of burning, as if something is burning." Qianlong was about to scold, but before he could say anything, he paused—he also smelled it, as if someone was burning a rag, and there was an indescribable stench. A little eunuch pointed at Ji Yun and shouted, "Your Majesty, there is smoke on Ji Yun's body!" When Qianlong looked at it, sure enough, a wisp of green smoke came out from under Ji Yun's robe, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Back to the master!" Ji Yun already felt that something was wrong, the right boot was already burning at the moment, and his eyes were full of tears, but he didn't dare to be rude, so he kowtowed in a panic and said, "Maybe it's the slave boot that has gone out of the water!" As he spoke, a thick puff of smoke immediately rose up, and he immediately remembered the reason, and hurriedly kowtowed to explain: "Come in and see you smoking at the military plane before driving...... Qianlong saw that he was so painful that he couldn't speak, and before he finished speaking, he laughed and waved, "Don't say it, go out and clean up quickly - get him a new pair of boots and make a basin of water!" I don't know how long I haven't washed my feet, and it stinks all over the temple! Ji Yun couldn't wait for this, got up and walked out quickly, sat on the Danqi stone steps, and hurriedly took off his boots. The eunuch palace maid stood outside, and when she saw him dragging and throwing the smoking stinky socks and rotten boot pads, everyone couldn't help but hide their noses and snicker. It turned out that he was smoking at the military plane, and when he saw Fu Heng coming, he hurriedly turned off the fire and stuffed the big copper smoke pot into the page of his boots. He was just a military plane Zhang Jing, thinking about it for a while and quitting, who knew that today he was asked to accompany the discussion, and the embers in the smoke pot slowly ignited, making such a joke.

But in this way, the rigid and rigid play pattern has become loose and lively. Qianlong heard Ji Yun explain the reason, Gege couldn't stop laughing, and asked again: "It's not burning, is it?" Burns are painful. Ji Yun gasped in pain, but said with a smile: "It's okay." Don't mistake to be an errand for the master. Only then did Qianlong remember to say to Zhu Gang: "This meeting has nothing to do with you, you can kneel down." You transferred to Beijing this time, no one complained, don't doubt this and that, it's my judgment. It turns out that there is a flood in Yunnan, and you still have merit in repairing Erhai Lake. In the past, when you rectified Yang Ming, I wanted to exile you to Heilongjiang. Or Yang Mingshi spoke for you, saying that you know money and food and can cure water. If the Erhai Lake can be cured, it is a great thing for the people of Yunnan. Now that the name has passed away, thinking of his words, I can't bear to add any more sin to you, and you are reappointed as the head of the household, in fact, this is reuse. When you are angry, you can't live with me, and you can't live with the name of the dead—you think about it—what are you crying about? Do you dare to disagree? ”

"Long live it...... Zhu Gang had tears on his face, he had already left his seat and kowtowed, "The slave is ashamed...... Yang Mingshi is a gentleman, and a slave is a villain......" Qianlong paused for a moment and sighed: "A gentleman and a villain, in fact, there is only one thought difference. Those who persist in cultivating virtue are gentlemen, and those who are greedy for profit and disorderly are villains. How many people can be born sages? You know that this layer is already close to a gentleman. Yu Hongtu was indignant, followed the conscience of heaven, and bluntly resisted the kings at the court meeting, at that time he was a big husband and a true gentleman. I saw it with my own eyes. Later, when he went out and loved money, he became a villain, and finally killed himself. Guo Xiu was corrupt and illegal in Shandong, after the Holy Ancestor opened his conscience, washed the ground with clean water, and finally became a generation of famous ministers, but he was a model, think about the truth! ”

Zhu Gang saluted and retreated. Qianlong was about to speak, but when he saw Fu Heng sitting like a puppet with a blank face, he asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"The slave is thinking about the words of the master Fang Cai...... Fu Heng hurriedly replied: "The slave went to Liu Tongxun's mansion, and the furnishings and servants at home are not as good as a solid family in the township. The minions themselves seem too extravagant - isn't it ridiculous not to become a villain in the future? ”

When everyone heard this, they all smiled and accepted it. Ne personally asked about thrift and honesty, and his heart was calm. When I looked at the bell from the beginning, it was already past noon, and there were still many serious things that had not been said, and he was about to speak, Qianlong pointed to the pestle and said, "You all sit down and talk!" But he himself got up and sat down, paced slowly in the hall to evacuate his muscles, waved his hand, and said, "Let's talk about official business!" ”

"Yes!" He also said that there are several counties in the border corner of Yunnan, but there have been no chief officials in charge for many years, and only one or two old officials in the county are in charge of government affairs, and the legal and civil affairs have become a mess. In addition to resuming the levy of levies, the Military Aircraft Department also wants to take back 40 percent of the money and grain that was exempted from levies last year to supplement the military and fill the treasury. also wanted to talk about Lu Zhuo's case, but Qianlong waved his hand and said, "I won't discuss the case today." Lu Zhuo's business has nothing to do with civil affairs. Fu Heng smiled and said, "Master, this matter is about civil affairs - he has taken off the top, and he still has a high prestige among the people." The common people have a rumor: 'There is a Yang Qingtian in Yunnan, and we have Lu Zhuo in Fujian.' Now corrupt officials are running everywhere, and Lu Zhuo is in prison. If you don't believe in copying all the civil and military officials, see whose family has less wealth? When Lu Zhuo was interrogated, 14,000 people surrounded the Yamen. The banner was cut down, the drum was smashed, the merchants of Fuzhou City went on strike, and the ironworkers called for a break[1]

。 The city gate is led by soldiers, and the soldiers are all locals, standing and watching the excitement. In the end, Lu Zhuo himself was released to persuade him, and people retreated. People who came from Fujian said that the local gentry were discussing a complaint and escorting Lu Zhuo into Beijing with a Wanmin umbrella. If it is not handled properly, it will provoke the people to revolt. ”

When Qianlong heard the word "popular change", he stopped, frowned and thought about it, and asked: "Hengchen, Lu Zhuo is your protégé, what is the conduct of this person?" Zhang Tingyu coughed lightly and said: "The slave has no deep friendship with Lu, but this person is capable, hardworking and willing to endure hardships, so he is very popular with the people." He did not have a lot of circumstantial evidence in this corruption case, but he created his own evidence, but proved him to death. He received 50,000 silver tickets from Yang Jingzhen, Jiahu Road investigated Yang Jingzhen's bad deeds of taking bribes, and had already submitted a secret recital to Governor Depei, Lu was afraid that the case would implicate him, so he stepped up his efforts to impeach Yang with 800 miles. This is an old method used in officialdom. Hardly surprising. This move proves that Liu Wulong did not accuse Lu Zhuo. Sincerely, today is a long live teaching, and there is only a thought difference between gentlemen and villains. Although Lu Zhuo was good in the past, he was helpless to go to justice this time. Qianlong looked up at the caisson on the top of the hall, and sighed for a long time: he actually liked Lu Zhuo very much. He also didn't believe that Lu Zhuo, who was calloused and tanned and thin on the river workers, suddenly became Lu Zhuo, who received silver taels and was greedy for ink. He said slowly with deep feelings: "It's incredible! Lu Zhuo, E Shan, Zhuang Yougong, I want them to do something for me in water conservancy. The Yellow River, Huai River, Caoyun and Taihu Lake are silted up...... What a thing! Why can't I find capable officials with ethics like Chen Huang and Jin Fu? ”

"Hooray!" Neqin pondered and said, "Eshan and Zhuang Yougong are still good." It's Lu Zhuo, and the case is not over. The minions still have some thoughts; When he copied Lu Zhuo's house, he only copied out more than 400 taels of silver, and the 50,000 silver was left untouched, and he broke the bullet to impeach Yang. If Lu Zhuo loves money, he was originally working in Jianshanba River Works, and he has tens of thousands of taels of silver every day, wouldn't it be inconvenient to make two or three hundred thousand? Fu Heng was also pondering and said, "In my opinion, Lu Zhuo is still corrupt and bribed. He won the hearts of the people because he was willing to do some practical things. Nowadays, in the officialdom, no official is not greedy, and there is nothing to bribe, but some people have clever means, and we can't catch evidence. Compared to this, Lu Zhuo is not bad. Otherwise, how could so many people rise up to cry out for the surname Lu? ”

Again, that's true. The monarchs and ministers in the palace were all stunned when they heard this. Qianlong suddenly laughed and said, "Fu Lao Liu is really ingenious! The rule has just been rectified by Yongzhengye, and it has been a few years since I got to it, so it's so bad? I don't believe it! - I won't talk about it now. Lock Lu Zhuo into Beijing, I asked him personally! After saying that, he immediately doubted his self-confidence, and his face seemed to be sad and happy for a while, and he slowly paced back to the throne, and said: "The imperial court originally said that the affected prefectures and counties should be free of money and grain, and they should never collect anything more, but they are still exempt. If you pay this year's in full, it will be. If there is more grain, the price of rice and wheat is too low, and the grain will be cheap and hurt the peasants, so let the household allocate silver to buy it, which can stabilize the grain price. There are many more, which can be built to help the poor store food for famine. In a famine year, you can save money for relief -- this is Li Wei's effective method in the south of the Yangtze River, and it should be pushed to the provinces. The Military Aircraft Department discussed this article in detail, and wrote an edict to be issued to the world. Don't beat the idea of the poor people when there is a lot of food, you let him have a little surplus, you can buy fields, buy farm tools, and in the end, the court will not lose this account. As for the fact that the remote counties in Yunnan could not send chief officials, it was because those places were deserted, and according to the governor of Yunnan, all the officials sent to these counties to govern were doubled in terms of their incorruptible silver. Knowing what is righteous, moving it is profitable, there will always be someone to go. ”

"Master," a smile bloomed on the serious face of the relatives, "These county magistrates are not without chief officials, Kangxi Ye doubled their salaries in their hands, and Yongzheng Ye doubled them, took the incorruptible silver to take office, returned to the provincial capital as a duke, and waited for another election." It's become the rule! Qianlong couldn't help but change color when he heard this, and felt helpless when he thought about it, so he sneered and said, "I don't know what you are eating!" There are also a few counties in Guizhou and Sichuan, and there are no officials! Eat, drink, prostitute and gamble in the provincial capital with four times the amount of money, and spend all day drinking and playing...... Decrees are sent to these provinces, and when the decree arrives, and these officials are still stranded in the provinces, they will all be dismissed from their posts and questioned! Teaching and teaching in the province on the spot. Appoint officials to go to these remote yamen, and tell them that they will be changed every two years, and they will come back to transfer the advantages and disadvantages! Ortai coughed beside him and said, "This is how he did it before, and how much money he gave was not as important as his life, so he refused to go." I interviewed them several times in Yun and Gui, and they also told me honestly and unceremoniously that there were no exiled prisoners in that place, and we were also officials of the imperial court, so we gave our lives in vain? It is also true that there are difficulties for them, and many of the people who go to the outside world are not accustomed to the water and soil, and they are contaminated with the atmosphere of the times, and they are suffering from the miasma, and many of those who are lucky enough to come back after the end of their term of office are sick and disabled for life. However, these places have been unguarded for a long time, and the harm is not small, and the king of Burma has seen this layer and invaded the territory several times. Fortunately, there is not much miasma along the border, and the garrison is local. Otherwise, it will be even more tricky than Tibet! ”

Qianlong pursed his lips and thought for a while, and asked, "Do you want to be selected on the spot among the natives?" It's been a long time. Fu Heng said: "This layer of minions has thought that if you use indigenous people, after a long time, they will become toast, which is equivalent to causing trouble to future generations, and it doesn't seem to be appropriate." ”

"Lord." Zhang Tingyu hadn't sat for a long time like this for many days, straightened his waist and became rickety, coughed and said, "This is something that generations and dynasties can't think of a good way, can you be calm, the officials of the six ministries and nine Qing are interested in the amount, each on the Chen, brainstorming, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Qianlong quickly glanced at Zhang Tingyu, a trace of unhappiness passed through his heart, somehow, for a few months, he did not have a family affection for Zhang Tingyu as before, and always felt that Zhang Tingyu's illness was not too heavy to be controlled, as if he relied on the old and sold the old. At this moment, it seems that the tired face is also made. As a result, a disgust arises more and more. He smiled lukewarmly, "Isn't this brainstorming?" I ask you, because I know in my heart, why don't you ask for the opinions of the six departments? "Zhang Tingyu has been the prime minister all his life, what words can't be heard? His body trembled, and he immediately realized that he had lost his mouth, so he hurriedly bent down and said, "The slave is unconscious, please forgive me!" Seeing that he was nervous, Qianlong didn't feel careless, smiled and waved his hand: "Old Xiangguo, I didn't say anything." Because I am going to go on patrol in the near future, I must have an eyebrow for major events, and you will have a way to follow when you meet people in Beijing. Nothing else. ”

Having said that, with this little unhappiness, everyone is out of interest. After a long time, Ortai said: "The weather is already hot. The master usually likes cold and heat, and the slave thinks that after the autumn equinox, it is appropriate for the master to go out again. ”

"I originally planned to make the trip in early April, but the queen was sick and couldn't bear to stay away." Qianlong said soothingly, "I originally planned to celebrate the restoration of their capture of Jinchuan, and I patrolled the south of the Yangtze River, but who knew that they would not be able to defeat them!" The affairs of the common people are not good to listen to the officials alone. According to them, everyone is well fed, clothed, has a house, has a car, and lives as if they are living in heaven! It is good to go down and take a look, firstly, I know the real situation of the people, and secondly, I also know how these hands who only know how to hold money fool the court. After the hot weather, I want to take the queen to the Chengde summer resort, and in the autumn I will go to Mulan to hunt, and meet the Mongolian kings, and I can't push back what I should do. If something happens, I can't go out, so I have to sit in this chair forever and listen to the government. After that, he called Bu Zhi and Bu Xin two eunuchs, and ordered them to prepare a sedan chair for Zhang Tingyu Ertai in Tianjie, and said with a smile: "It is said that it is to give you a horse to ride in the Forbidden City, but you are humble and dare not really ride." God is pulling out the earth, and I can't get into the saddle, so I'll give you a special gift today and send you out in a sedan chair. ”

Zhang Tingyu stood up tremblingly and said, "The slave is really useless. Ten years ago, Master Shi was stationed in Changchun Garden, and he got up before four watches every day, rode a horse for dozens of miles, and rushed to ask for help. It can't be said now, it seems that it won't be overnight. The slave can only come in once in four or five days to say goodbye, and he is very sorry not to go. ”

"You've all been contributing for decades, and I'm still bothering you about this?" Qianlong smiled and walked out of the hall with Zhang Tingyu in his hand, looked at Ortai and said, "Everyone has a time to be old!" If you can, move around more and evacuate your muscles and bones; If you struggle and don't move, ask your son to come in and say hello on your behalf, and I will know in time whether your body is strong or not. He carried it all the way to the dripping eaves outside the hall, held Ortai's hand again, said a few words of cold and warmth, and watched the eunuchs help them out. For a long time, but he sighed again for no reason. Fu Heng and the other three knelt down at this time. Qianlong raised his hand and shouted, and said with a smile: "Ji Xiaolan, the fire under the feet in front of the hall today can be described as a great news in the literary world. - Are you burned? Ji Yun replied with a smile: "The slave left the hall in three jumps and two jumps, and now it's incredible to think about it!" The skin of the ankle was scorched, and the eunuch gave me some peppermint oil, and it didn't matter, I am afraid that it would take two days to be an iron crutch...... "Everyone laughed. The relatives said again: "When the slaves came in, they had arranged for the Internal Affairs Office to bring the show girls in, and they all knelt on the platform of the imperial garden and waited for the emperor to choose them—the servants didn't think about the discussion until this time before they dispersed." Is the emperor going now, or will he go again after dinner? Qianlong said: "Let's go this time!" Bu Ren went to greet Lafayette and asked her to take a look at the old man, and choose first - Fu Heng and Ji Yun are busy with your going, just have your relatives to accompany you! ”

Fu Heng and Ji Yun resigned. Qianlong looked at the sun, the light was dazzling, a gust of wind rushed up, hot and baking, immediately took off the crown, took off the rui cover and the golden dragon coat, untied the waist of the marble embroidery belt, and replaced it with a bright yellow soft satin belt. In an instant, he turned into an elegant and dashing boy brother - flicked his pigtails back of his head and said, "Let's go!" ”

So the two of them came out together and walked slowly north along Yongxiang. At this time, it was noon, and there was no place to avoid the sun in Yongxiang, and the two of them were hot and sweaty, but the wind in Yongxiang was not small, and the sweat dried with it, and they did not feel depressed. He followed Qianlong and said, "It's already hot. This wind is passing through the palace and is quite cool. Master, you are not heat-resistant, we all know it. After discussing it privately a few times, I still want to ask the master to postpone the trip. "Sigh.

This is a sincere dissuasion, the words are full of warmth and thoughtfulness, and Qianlong's heart is moved. also sighed and said: "Your heart is known, and you must think that Grandmaster Shi is not a step out of Beijing, and the world is not also well governed, right?" As everyone knows, I am different from the first emperor. When the first emperor ascended the throne, he was already close to the mandate of heaven, and I was still young—he was always running errands outside the country all year round, and he was familiar with the people's feelings. It's a line that can't be compared. Then there is the family affairs of the Sejong Dynasty, and today the eight kings want to discuss the government, and there are people in Ming'er who call the army a chaotic palace, and it is a last resort not to go out, and this kind of thing is rare in my hands. My temperament is like that of the Holy Grandfather, I love to move but not to be quiet - you see that I sit cross-legged for two hours, which is 'kung fu', taught by my parents and taught by my master, not my nature. Go out to see the folk customs outside, the eunuch court, and enjoy the mountains, rivers, lakes and rivers, which is very beneficial to my suitable health. That's why I decided to go out and do some rounds. Holy Ancestor has made six southern tours, as long as the sky increases the number of years, I will also go on patrol at least three or four times, right? He looked at the sky and said, "This weather is nothing, the wheat has been harvested, and there are still a few rains, and it will not be hot for a while." I still want to take you with me, but if you are afraid of the heat, you will stay in the capital. The relatives didn't expect to be generalized on the spot, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly said: "How can the emperor afford this?" The slave has devoted himself to being a servant, and has been favored by two generations, and has been promised to be a retainer since the emperor was in the East Palace. There is no fear of death, let alone its heat? ”

These are Zhang Fei's words. He is not afraid of the cold, you are not afraid of the heat. It's funny. Qianlong smiled and said in a narratory voice: "You and Fu Heng are also hot and cold. Fu Heng is a hot person, your face is cold, and I am convinced of Zhongjun. He has reached this point, one is the uncle of the country; The second is that he is also really capable and loyal. As for you, there are two things, one is that I trust you in the East Palace; The second is to work conscientiously, not afraid of trivialities, honest and self-disciplined, and never take a thing. From the Xiyong and Yong dynasties to the present, I have carefully looked at it, no matter how big or small the ministers, the Manchurians still beat the Han people in terms of festivals. ”

As soon as he said this, the relatives immediately thought of meeting Fang Cai Jindian. Qianlong treated Zhang Tingyu coldly in his words. His friendship with Zhang Tingyu is dull, but he admires Zhang Tingyu for serving three generations of masters conscientiously, and he is so tired that the lamp runs out. Now that he is old, Qianlong brings out his disgust, and when it comes to "ethics", it is really chilling. It is inevitably a bit of a sigh of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and a sad thing. He couldn't help but say a few words of justice for Zhang Tingyu. After snorting for a while, he said: "Some of the Han people's habits are indeed disgusting, and there are really few like Zhang Tingyu." Fu Heng and I have discussed privately, the previous generation of Xiong Cixu, Gao Shiqi and Zhang Tingyu are higher than Zhang Tingyu in terms of talent and prestige, but they have all suffered losses that can be done well from the beginning to the end, Fu Heng and I are not lazy people, and in the past few years, the two of them have not done as much as him alone. He just admits a principle: bury his head in work! Now it's not done, people are old and sad together, people will become smaller when they are old, thinking about things and doing things is not better than before, thinking about things behind you is more than thinking about things in front of you......"

"Don't be foolish." Qianlong laughed. "I'm in a hurry because I can't keep busy because there are so many things to do. I can't wait for a new Zhang Tingyu to come out! ”

"How is Ji Yun?"

"Ji Yun," Qianlong said in a deep groan, "he is a man of literature." The prime minister must have the strength and patience, be able to attract talents from all walks of life, understand the way of economy, and use the principles of people, Ji Yun seems to be out of reach. He has a witty and lively temperament, and lacks the power of a prime minister. ”

The relatives stopped talking, only lowered their heads and thought about walking. Seeing that he was silent, Qianlong tilted his head slightly and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"The minion is thinking about ......" Ne Qin raised his bloodless face and smiled, "How nice it would be if I could walk and talk with my master forever!" I remember one day when the master was in the east study of the Lama Temple, and the slave came back from Huai'an, the master asked, 'How is the flood there?' The servant said, 'Huaishan Xiangling.' Then he asked: 'What about the common people?' The servant said, 'It's like a mourner.' The master scolded the slave for being a wooden man, which was meaningless. The last time I talked to Ji Yun, he also said: 'People are not funny, officials are expensive, and those who have piano and calligraphers will be poor.' The article is hateful, and that's not false at all. Last time, Fu Heng also said that Cao Yin's grandson was writing a barnyard official novel called "Dream of Red Mansions", which was written very well, but his family was so poor that he had no food to live in. I said that it was his life, and it made Fu Heng unhappy. ”

When Qianlong heard the words "Dream of Red Mansions", he remembered that Prince Yi Hongxiao had also mentioned this book, so he said: "The history of barnyard officials does not enter the way of Mahayana. But it is really well written, and it has a lot to do with the world's style and people's hearts. When will I find a manuscript to show me......" As he was talking, he suddenly stopped, because he saw Tang'er, who was talking to Zhao Mingyi, the official of the Internal Affairs Office, at the gate of the Imperial Garden. Then he waved his hand and said, "Tang'er, why do you have such a good interest today, and you want to visit the Imperial Garden?" ”

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Stop: In modern times, i.e. strikes.