Yue Jun's excerpt of "Shandong Political Envoy Gao Heng and Shandong Envoy Ding Shixiong personally led the elite to annihilate the Black Wind Cliff bandits" was sent to Beijing 12 days later. It was close to Chongyang, and the drizzle in Gyeonggi Naoli was boundless, and the cool breeze was blowing, and it had been raining for more than ten days in a row, and there was still no intention to stop. When the minister on duty of the Military Aircraft Department received this excerpt, he immediately ordered someone to copy out the excerpt and submit it to the Qianqingmen Hearing Office together with the abridged abridgements of the urgent reports from various localities that day. About a quarter of an hour later, I saw the head of the miscellaneous servants in the clerk's room of the military aircraft department wearing a robe, and he stepped on the water to come in, and said: "Nezhongtang, the fold was sent up, it was received by the father-in-law, this is the receipt." ”

"Hmm." He didn't raise his head in person, looked at a few military reports sent by Sichuan, drew them with his fingernails, and said, "You didn't ask, is Long Live Lord in the Palace of Heart Cultivation or in Qianqingmen?" I want to see my master! ”

"Back in the middle hall, the master is no one now." Xiao Luzi bowed his waist and replied respectfully: "The master, together with the master Niangniang, the noble master, and the virtuous master, accompanied the Queen Mother Lafayette to the Buddha Hall of Zhongcui Palace to pray for the rain to stop. **Say, the master has something to say, there is something important in the military aircraft department, and I will go to the Heart Cultivation Hall after noon to meet me. He picked up the pen and was about to write something, when he heard what Emperor Qianlong had to say, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes!" He folded the file on the kang table and said, "I'll go to the old Xiangguo of Hengchen outside the Xihua Gate." These excerpts were all the military information of Xiaojinchuan, and they were asked to transcribe the abridgement, and the original fold was sent to the military department, and the military department read it and forwarded it to the household department, and the household department sent the original fold back. Two days, you know? Xiao Luzi agreed again and again. The relatives had already put on their deerskin oil boots and walked out in an oil coat, as if they remembered something, they stood up again, and asked, "Your name is Xiao Luzi?" Xiao Luzi didn't expect that this illustrious and hot first believer of the Son of Heaven would suddenly ask himself, and the hand that was packing up the document was trembling with fright, and he hurriedly said: "Humble duty is Xiao Luzi." In the first year of Qianlong, he followed Yang Mingshi from Yunnan to Beijing and recommended him to the military aircraft department as a miscellaneous officer. The prisoners who donated last year donated a candidate county this year before they went to the Ministry of Officials to confess......"

Ne Qin ignored Xiao Luzi's verbosity, only looked him up and down, and intercepted his words with a smile: "I'll just ask casually, and you can memorize your resume!" Donating officials is the way for the country to take and use people, and it is also a decent thing for you to glorify your ancestors, so do it yourself! Then he went.

"Cousin Zhong, let's go!" Xiao Luzi bowed to the ground, and he was just stunned when he saw the chubby back of his relatives. Although he was born in a small family and did not read much, he came to Beijing for four or five years, and has been working as a miscellaneous servant in this central cardinal place, and he has really learned a lot about the city government of high-ranking officials and nobles, prime ministers and relatives-the more they are to listen to the investigation and the people who are in trouble, the more they can put down their shelves and care for him warmly; The more you want to be promoted, the more you will stand up as a teacher and train you to death! For no reason, the relatives categorically do not care about themselves suddenly. Thinking of the fact that Ortai, who was seriously ill, had always been in the same breath and known as "Mount Tai of Manchuria", Zhang Tingyu had always been the hope of the Han bureaucrats and was called the "pillar of the Han River". Xiaoluzi was recommended by Yang Mingshi, and it was used by Zhang Tingyu, who waited on errands on weekdays, regardless of Zhang Tingyu, Neqin, Fu Heng, the number one military aircraft, or Liu Tongxun, Qingfu, and the ministers of various ministries, he was not careless - he did not offend this "middle cousin"? …… He sucked his lips and came back to his senses, and was about to sort out the pile of scattered papers on the table, when suddenly a tall official broke in, and while untying his hat, he asked, "What about Nezhongtang?" ”

Because the sky was dark, the man stood in the backlight again, and the small road squinted for a long time before he could see clearly, the official was dressed in a snow goose uniform, and behind the top of lapis lazuli, he was wet and dragging a thick and long braid. The square face is white and looks very haggard, only a pair of small triangular eyes under the two inverted eyebrows, and the pupils are shining with a faint light, looking very energetic. smiled and said, "It's the third master!" Didn't you say that you let go of Huguang Road? When did you come back to Beijing? Le Min also saw that it was a small road at this moment, and said with a smile: "Just to release Huguang Road, I went to Beijing to introduce Xie En." The strange thing is that a missing platform has been introduced, and I want to hand over the sign alone, I have no bottom in my heart, and I am afraid of losing the ceremony, so I want to see Ne Zhongtang and ask for advice. Xiao Luzi said with a smile: "Please go to the kang, warm and warm, in addition to the middle hall, the military aircraft Zhangjing, and the military aircraft to walk, it is our biggest." Ne Zhongtang went to Zhang Zhongtang, and it was estimated that he would come back in half an hour. On this rainy day, you just rest here and wait! ”

"Thank you," Le Min smiled and took the tea handed by Xiao Luzi, took a sip, looked at the dark rainy sky outside, and asked: "Liu Dasikou said that he went to Shandong, I have a few cases to explain to him, do you know when he will return to Beijing?" Xiao Luzi saw another young official coming in, hurriedly beckoned to the seat, and said with a smile: "Please sit here." According to the rules, no one shall be allowed to enter this gate unless he is commanded. The emperor is sympathetic and has a will, but there is rain, snow and cold weather, and officials from other provinces can enter the house to wait for the meeting, just don't cross the kang. He offered the young man another bowl of tea, and then replied to Le Min: "Back to the words of the third master, Lord Yanqing still has a folded copy to hand back to Beijing today!" I don't think I'll be able to come back for three to five days. Since the ancient road, 'Shandong Xiangma River Thief', it is not a good place. If you want to be like Lord Liu, if we have one or twenty in the Qing Dynasty, and each province divides him to one, where will there be thieves and strongmen? "Say goodbye to envy. Le Min pursed his lips and just smiled, and said, "I heard that you have also been selected and are going to be the alternate governor of the county, right?" ”

Xiao Luzi kept busy making tea with his hands and feet, put charcoal in the charcoal basin, blew the crackling coals with his mouth, and said: "Although this place is big, in the end, I can't cultivate a positive fruit, or go out to be an official, the martial arts, and also make a mess of ancestors, you say it?" "It's easier for you to be an official." Le Min sighed, "If you just straighten your waist to the bottom, bend your waist to the upper constitution, if there is something from the top to pass it on, and if there is something to push up, the monkey can also be an official." Laughing and scolding is done by people, I am a good official, my top is red, and my ancestors are ashamed to death, what else do you say 'there is light'? Xiao Luzi smiled and said, "Master Le, what you said is ambitious." I am a young man in an inn in Texas, and the land lord has tasted the meat and fishy ones when he eats grasshoppers, and he doesn't dare to think big, the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall are written brightly, and the villagers see me as a heavenly person - you see Yue Dongmei is handsome, and the military generals are sharp, right? A horse stumbled, and even his son-in-law Yue Zhongcheng was unlucky. There is also Cao Xueqin, who you also recognize, even Fu Zhongtang admires him very much, last time I went to Xishan with A Guiye to visit him, and I met him for dinner, guess what he ate? Corn slab, salt and sauerkraut! Did the Cao family pay it back then? If you lose, it's over! ”

The young official sitting at the door was playing with a fan in his hand, and he kept looking at the rain without saying a word, and when he heard this, he turned his face and asked, "Isn't Yue Zhongcheng still the governor of Shandong?" The court didn't punish him, so how could he be considered unlucky? ”

"You don't understand, this master." Xiao Luzi smiled and refilled his tea, and said: "The performance appraisal of the Yuezhong Minister's Department originally reported 'Zhuo Yi', and there is news in it that he will be released as the governor of Huguang!" After the defeat of the Dongmei general, Yue Jun's test words became 'Zhongping', and the affairs of officialdom helped each other, one person got the Taoist chicken dog to ascend to heaven, and one person offended, and naturally the chicken and dog entered the ground! The young man laughed and said, "If one person is offended, the chicken and the dog will fall to the ground!" You can say that again! So how did you get here on an errand? Who 'enlightened' you and brought you to heaven? ”

Le Min listened to him laugh unbridled without taboo, and he was not surprised in his heart; This place is the most important place of the cardinals, and the governors and ministers have to be careful when they come here, why is this person so bold? He flashed a glance and saw that the young man was wearing a sauce-colored lambskin Feng Mao Ning silk gown, a Shi Qingning silk jacket, with a rose and purple Baturu vest, and a pair of black pupils looking forward to shining, looking handsome and not frivolous, chic and calm—it seems that he had seen it somewhere? Lemin shook his head for a moment, his eyes flashing just in thought. Xiao Luzi also saw with his own eyes how Liu Kang, the prefect of Dezhou, poisoned Daotai He Luying, and how he fled to Liangguang Yungui in fear of disaster, and defected to Yang Ming, recommended him to the military aircraft, and waited until Liu Kang's case was discovered, and how was he sent to Dali Temple by Liu Tongxun to confront him, and returned to the original official after the incident, and became a candidate for magistrate...... I have said it again. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes sad, talking endlessly, the waves are repeated, endless, even Lemin can listen to it. The young man sighed again and again, and said, "Now that you are going to be elected, what do you have in mind?" ”

"Hui Ye's words." Xiao Luzi saw that he had a bright yellow belt tied around his waist, thinking that he must be a disciple of the clan, and said with a smile: "The villain has done business, ran through the single gang, and can be regarded as having seen the world, even if he has come to the world to make a living, it is better to be an official, not only is he noble, but the six relatives and nine clans speak loudly, and the ancestors of the ancestral hall are decent and bright." My mind, if it is peaceful today, the master is sage, as long as he is an official and does not make a fortune, he can be safe for a lifetime, if he can build a canal, build a warehouse, build a bridge or something for the people, maybe he will please the master. Liu Futai is a corrupt official, and he has fallen into a heart-wrenching situation, and that kind of official is not deserved. He Daotai is a Qing official, and he is poor, and that kind of official seems to be tasteless. Liu Yanqing Zhongtang is today's Baolong diagram, the sun is broken and the night is broken, that is the stars in the sky, we are not so creative. I, the county official, deserve enough food and clothing for the people, and I am full and decent, so I will become-the god of Xiaoku can't eat a big offer, don't ......laugh at it, Yetai, don't laugh at it" The young man smiled: "The ambition is not ambitious, and it can be regarded as knowing its male and guarding its female, thinking so, it is also considered a good official-what is your name?" "My name is Xiao Luzi." Xiao Luzi smiled and changed the hot tea for Le Min and the young man, and said: "The original name is Xiao Liu, when the guy was in the array, the shopkeeper shouted like this, and I recognized it - your lord's surname, Taifu?" ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, a young military attache in his twenties walked in quickly, took off his oil coat and handed it to Xiao Luzi, and said with a smile: "It's a cool wind outside, it's really warm in this room—what about Nezhongtang?" "Yo! It's Gui-sama! Xiao Luzi dropped the fire chopstick, hurriedly stepped up to pick up the oil coat, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and said: "Ne Zhongtang went to see the old minister of Hengchen, and ordered someone to wait here!" My lord is still drenched like this in an oil coat...... Freshly brewed Pu'er tea, you take two sips to warm up your body - you don't know yet, I'm going to Sichuan to be a candidate. General Zhang stomped his feet there, and Sichuan and Huguang were trembling, but it was a pity that I, a sesame official, couldn't reach it. How about you being a general in front of him, and helping me when you have it! ”

"What a monkey cub, I will climb the pole, if you were a military attache following General Zhang, you would have been promoted to surpass me." Ah Gui drank two sips of tea with a cold breath, and when he saw the young man in a flash, he was stunned, he was afraid that he had seen it wrong, he rubbed his eyes, and when he wanted to look again, the young man smiled and said: "Ah Gui, you blind dog, you don't even dare to recognize me!" ”

Several people in the room seemed to hear a thunderclap at the same time, and their faces were as pale as dirt and dumbfounded. Ah Gui woke up with a spirit, knelt on the ground with a "coo-dong", kowtowed countless heads, and said: "The slave is really a blind dog, just like a donkey and talking to the master with his head on the pestle!" …… It's too dark in this room, I didn't think that the master would be in this house......" Le Min and Xiao Luzi just kowtowed and muttered apologies.

"Get up and wait." Emperor Qianlong smiled, sat down cross-legged on the big kang, and said: "Don't look at me living in Da Nei, many eunuchs don't know me yet, what's wrong with you?" He seemed to be in good spirits, playing fasting cards in his hand, staring at the rain outside, and did not speak for a while. He didn't speak, and a few ministers naturally didn't dare to speak, they all stood with their heads down, listening to the rustling rain outside the window. After a long time, Qianlong said: "I just came from Zhongcui Palace. In fact, I love rain and snow weather very much in my nature - I have seen people after the review, and I am often tired and dizzy, and the cool rain and stars are sprinkled all over my body, and my tiredness is gone. But when there is too much rain, it becomes a lewd rain, which harms the crops and hurts the peasants, and the poor are overwhelmed by the cold. "Ah Gui is an extremely shrewd person, listening and figuring out, he feels that there is a deep meaning in Qianlong's words, but he can't figure it out for a while. smiled: "The slave is a person who has changed from a civilian job to a military position." When the prefect was a while, he also loved rain and snow. It's not good to be a general. In the autumn of last year, the Qingfu University scholars were besieged in Xia Zhan and rebel against Tibet, General Zhang Da ordered me to lead 700 soldiers to rush to the aid of the starry night, the master Shengming, that is a strange place where ghosts do not lay eggs, a while of rain, a while of snow, 240 miles of a night attack, Tianming rushed to Xia Zhan right. Kyung University Scholar also broke through. My 700 soldiers were all like mud pigs, and they didn't dare to scold General Zhang, and stomped their feet and cursed, 'This plague old man'. After that, I lost all the poetry of the wind and snow. Qianlong said with a smile: "At this time and that time, it is also a natural principle to cultivate the body and live in a relaxed atmosphere. For example, if it has been peaceful for a long time today, there are as many literati who can write poetry and literature. As for the civil servants who really have economic practical knowledge, and the generals who can attack the fortifications in the field, they will not pick one in a hundred. If you want to be all-rounded in civil and military affairs, it is even rarer! ”

Ah Gui said with a smile: "Talent is discovering, cultivating, and existing. The general Zhang Guangsi is an outstanding general, Fu Heng is both civil and military, and Qingfu is a civil minister. I saw a report from Di Er a while ago, Gao Heng led troops to suppress bandits in Shandong and killed more than 1,000 people under Liu San's bald son, isn't this another Fu Heng? The master is sage, and the subordinates are fighting, and the talents are also trained. Qianlong shook his head with a smile and said, "How can it be so easy? It's all false, fooling people, thinking that I don't know? Zhang Guangsi is a military general and a veteran of the Three Dynasties in the hands of the first emperor, and some skills are true. The rest is only Fu Heng's trustworthiness. Liu Sanbald in Shandong died of typhoid fever on the way to escape, and was beheaded by his subordinates and went to Gao Heng to ask for credit. The rest, such as 'Yizhihua', Yan Ruyun, and Jia Zufan, all escaped with all their mighty criminals. Gao Heng's merit lies in the fact that he personally visited the former enemy and found out the whereabouts of 'Yizhihua' and the whereabouts of his escape, and the court did not bury his credit for this one. After that, he turned his face and asked Le Min, "How many days have you been in Huguang Road?" Why can't you recognize me? ”

"Back to the emperor!"

Le Min was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect to suddenly ask himself, his body trembled and he lowered his waist, and said solemnly: "The slave was transferred to Huguang Dao by order from the Nanjing Customs Dao Foreign Affairs Department in July this year, and he has only been in office for three months, and he has a few backlogs in his hand that have not been handled, and he was ordered to be transferred to Sichuan Liangtai. This time I went to Beijing to attend training and go to work. The slave was fortunate enough to meet his master twice, the first time was in the palace test, and the second time was with the officials of other provinces in the Qianqing Palace. The master was training, the heavenly language was earnest, and the slave did not dare to forget a word, but he did not dare to peep at the holy face when he saw him with the class, so he did not dare to rashly blaspheme. Beg for forgiveness! ”

"What's the sin of this?" Qianlong smiled, moved off the kang, looked at the gray and gloomy palace outside, and asked casually, "Do you know why you were transferred out of Huguang?" ”

"The minions don't know."

Qianlong nodded, his tone became a little heavy: "In September, the Ministry of Rites listed the courtiers who should be rehabilitated. Your father's name is Le Yingshan, right? - It was Yongzheng who was dismissed from his post in the sixth year of chasing the deficit - I asked You Mingtang at that time, there is a new Fanghu Guangdao who is also surnamed Le, and Le Yingshan is a family? Only then did I know that you and Le Yingshan are father and son. Your father was governor there for many years, and he did bad things there. Therefore, you should not be an official in Huguang. Qianlong mentioned Le Yingshan's name, Le Min had already kowtowed to the ground, and said: "The Lord is shining with a holy candle, Le Min is a banner man, and he is also favored by the country. How dare you hold the hatred and resentment of your father's generation? The slave is the one who is selected by the master today, and he is bruised out of the mud, but he is careful and diligent in his duties to make up for his father, and repay the emperor's kindness, and he does not dare to have a little selfish intentions, and he has never thought about these things. Ask the master to be discerning! Qianlong pursed his lips with satisfaction and said, "Get up!" No one said that you were anything bad, but some people said that you were meticulous and careful, and that you exchanged entertainment with colleagues, and did not hurt the national government, the official body, or the civil society, so what's wrong? You don't dare! It is a rule to transfer you out, and this must be established as a system. Didn't you come to Beijing to introduce you? That's it, this is also your blessing, and I can't even bother to warn you alone. When I went to Sichuan, I listened to Zhang Guangsi's moderation. You and Ah Gui are old people of the country, and the court naturally takes special care of them. It's a coincidence today, even you are going to Sichuan-" He turned his face and asked Xiao Luzi again: "What's your name?" ”

"Little way!"

"Xiao Luzi - the name is not elegant." Qianlong said: "It's still your real name, just call Xiao Lu." Sichuan's biggest government affairs now is to quell the rebellion in Xiaojinchuan and Dajinchuan, and fight with Shaluoben. That's where the work comes in. There will be no seeds, relying on their own skills and courage, you know? ”

"Minions understand!"

"If you really understand or not, it depends on what you do," Qianlong no longer had a smile on his face: "The first way to do things is not to deceive, not to be flattered, and not to hide it." The size of the talent can be played in the experience, if the word 'heart field' is broken, there will be no cure. ”

"Wow!" Several people prostrated in unison, saying yes.

Qianlong didn't say anything anymore, and walked around the three people to the door. The two eunuchs Wang Zhong and Bu Xiao, who had been guarding outside, were holding rain gear such as oil-clothed umbrellas and clogs in their arms! Hurriedly greeted him and changed his clothes. Qianlong didn't want an oil coat, so he put on a big coat, and ordered Bu Xiao to carry an umbrella behind him and enter the rain. A whistle wind swept through the water full of yin bubbles, Qianlong who had just come out of the hot military engine room was so excited that he shuddered, Wang Zhong hurriedly smiled and said: "The master said it to relax, and I saw someone here talking about an errand, so I stopped for a while and went back, and it was time for dinner." There must be something important in the hall that is stumbling in Zhang Xiang's mansion, the master wants to call him, and the slave sends a decree to let him in? ”

"This is not what a man of your stature says, what should I do, I have my statutes. In addition to waiting for my food and clothing, there is no other thing for you to eat! Qianlong glanced at Wang Zhong angrily, "Gao Dayong didn't tell you the rules?" Darn! Wang Zhong didn't expect to leave the board as soon as he spoke, seeing that Qianlong's face was getting more and more gloomy, he was so frightened that he knelt down in the rain with a "poof", and just kowtowed with a pale face: "The slave knows the guilt, and he doesn't dare to ...... anymore" "If you commit a crime, you must be punished, how can you forgive the sin?" Qianlong squinted at the slightest drizzle, and said casually: "In addition to Gao Dayong in the Heart Cultivation Palace, you are an elderly eunuch, how can you serve the public if you are not punished?" You are actually guilty of a capital crime, and it is still prudent to remember that you have served all day, and punish you for kneeling outside the Heart Cultivation Hall for three days, and slap your mouth for a hundred - go! ”

Ah Gui, Le Min, and Xiao Lu knelt in the door, and heard it clearly, seeing that Qianlong's family law was so strict in internal affairs, they all shuddered in their hearts, peeked at each other, and did not dare to speak.

Qianlong stood at the door and didn't speak for a while, what he thought in his heart was actually what Wang Zhong had just said, since he punished Wang Zhong, it was not good to go back to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart. After being stunned in the rain for a while, Qianlong turned around and walked towards the Longzong Gate. Where did Bu Xiao dare to say more, holding an umbrella high, trying the direction of the wind, trying his best to block the slanting rain for him, and following the side step by step - he was afraid that he would step on Qianlong's heels and bend his waist, how ugly and ugly it would be. Suo Lun and Dehui were waiting at the entrance of Yongxiang, waiting for the emperor to return to the palace, seeing that he had changed his whereabouts, he was expected to go to Cining Palace to greet the queen mother, and gave each other a look, and followed up without saying a word. I saw Qianlong out of the Longzong Gate but did not go west, and walked past the Chonglou, Shiyimen, and Hongyi Pavilion, and actually went west from the Wuying Palace, as if he was going out of the palace. Sauron was a newly selected guard, as careful and shrewd as his father, and he hurriedly called a little eunuch of Sulla, and whispered: "The emperor is going out of the palace, you go and tell the head of the guards of the Qianqing Palace, Tu Junmen, and then go to the Internal Affairs Mansion, and ask them to inform the Shuntian Mansion and quietly follow the waiter!" With that, he quickly followed.

Qianlong walked out of the Xihua Gate, stood next to the big stone lion in front of the door, looked at the Xieguan Pavilion standing gray in the rain and fog, felt a little surprised, turned around and asked Bu Xiao: "It's still early before dark, why is there no one waiting to see in the Xieguan Pavilion?" Bu Xiao smiled: "It's so cold, the wind is blowing, who is willing to wait for it to freeze on this?" One is Zhang Hengchen, and the other is the former Lord Ortai, both of whom are ministers who are dedicated to the administration of the government. As long as the envoys in the six departments were not assigned by the royal authority, they were all sent to their mansions. E Xiangye is seriously ill for a while, and Zhang Xiangye is afraid that he will be twice as busy here! Qianlong said "um", Xu Bu went down the steps, paced towards Zhang Tingyu's house opposite Xihua Gate, and asked: "I heard that there are many Han officials who come to Zhang Xiang's side, and those who go to Huxiang's side are full of people, but there are any?" ”

"This minion hasn't heard of it." Bu Xiao said cautiously: "But the number of people who come to Zhang Xiang's Mansion is more than twice as many as that of Xiang Zhang's side. This is not surprising, Zhang Xiang is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his protégés are all over the world, which no one can compare. A dog like a cow calf raised by his father-in-law, when he saw a person with red eyes and grinning teeth, he was afraid of the slaves when they went to deliver the message. It doesn't matter who wants to go to his house to polish the whirlpool! Xiangye himself is a flag man, and he is in charge of the flag government, so there are naturally many flag people who come to the house. However, Hu Xiang is not as easy-going as Zhang Xiang, and the people who come and go are all big officials, and there are many big officials among the flag people, so he naturally looks at E Xiangai and deals with the flag officer......" said while arriving in front of the first hanging flower gate of Zhang Tingyu's house.

Zhang Tingyu's mansion was originally outside the old Qihua Gate in Dongcheng, which was the old mansion of Kangxi, which was both spacious and grand, and Yinyin Yunyun covered an area of 1560 acres. Yongzheng ascended to the pole, reading that Zhang Tingyu was getting old and inconvenient, so he was given a house outside the Xihua Gate nearby, which was a three-in-four courtyard. Originally, it was a place where the doctors of the Tai Hospital listened to the paging of the inner court, and it was under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Usually, the officials of other provinces who enter Beijing or live far away from the inner division of the important officials, when the weather is bad, they will rest here to cool off and keep warm, and wait to see the emperor. Later, Zhang Tingyu lived here, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the opportunity to write a letter to the household department, saying that the military minister's palace was next to the Tai Hospital, and due to the noisy officials, it was not conducive to the practice of doctors, so he asked for permission to rebuild the original Kang Wangfu Garden north of Xihua Gate into the Tai Hospital. The household department really allocated 500,000 taels of silver to build a new Tai Hospital in the garden, and the Tai Hospital naturally knew the interest, and allocated some silver taels from it to renovate Zhang's house. At that moment, Qianlong and his entourage arrived at the gate of the mansion, and the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office who were guarding the door were also rewarded to Zhang Tingyu. Because Bu Xiao often comes to the house to pass the decree, they are familiar with each other, seeing him come in, several people are busy getting up to greet each other, and Ma Fengchun, who is the leader, said with a smile: "In the past, Wang Zhong came with no filial piety, why did he come only with an unfilial husband this time." Is it a message, or is it a message? ”

"Our lord wants to see Zhang Xiang, he has a will." Bu Xiao grinned, but he didn't dare to grind his teeth with him, "Where is Zhang Xiang?" Ma Fengchun glanced at Qianlong, didn't dare to laugh anymore, and said: "This is a serious envoy, I will lead the way for the gentlemen - Zhang Xiang is listening to Yuxuan's side and discussing with the adults!" ”

Qianlong followed into the courtyard, and saw a huge flower hall in the north of the door at a glance, with bright windows still open on such a cold day, and there were dozens of officials in it, some were sitting in danger, some were talking and talking, some were gagging and laughing, some were eating tea, smoking and eating melon seeds, the smoke was full of smoke, and the voices were noisy, so he asked Ma Fengchun: "Does Zhang Xiang want a feast?" Why so many people? ”

"Hui Ye's words." Ma Fengchun was vaguely aware that this young man was not small, and replied with a respectful smile as he walked: "These are all government and county officials from all over the country, waiting for our master to meet him, and he looks like this every day." There are also a few plates of big kang in it, and there are also those who live here and wait to see them. Qianlong was silent, followed Ma Fengchun into the room, and asked after a while: "Are they dining in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Ma Fengchun said: "At first, when it was time to eat, our Xiangye also asked someone to deliver food to the waiting person. Who wants to be so cheap, but to provoke more and more people - there is nothing in the world more filthy than these prefectural and county officials - after a while, the prime minister said, I can't be the Meng Weijun of the Qing Dynasty, all the visitors who come to us, only serve tea, and we don't care about anything else. ”

As he spoke, he had bypassed the overhanded verandah and passed the moon cave door next to the West Flower Hall. Sure enough, a belt of pressurized water pavilions is horizontal by the sea, at this time the clouds are dark and the sky is low, the old willows are desolate and swaying, the water waves are rippling, and the stone foundation of the water pavilion is slapping. There is an arch along the east coast of the pavilion, the foundation paint is written with the three big characters of "listening to the rain xuan", there is no couplet on both sides, it is obvious that it is the place of recuperation that has just been built. Qianlong ordered the eunuch guards to stop, entered the small courtyard alone, and listened to the movement in the house while watching the scenery along the railing of the pavilion. At this time, Fu Heng was talking.

"Looking up and looking down is the main road through Tibet, and there can be no hindrance for a while. During the Kangxi period, the minister stationed in Tibet was killed in Lhasa by rebellious soldiers, because the reinforcements from the interior could not go up. Lord Qingfu said that he had burned Ban Luan, and now Yue Zhongqi said that Ban Luo was still alive. Someone had seen him at Koganegawa Sarobun. Whether that class is dead or alive should give the master a truth. Lord Qing has always been neat and tidy, why is he blindly spitting today? ”

The room was quiet for a while, and then he heard Qingfu's slow voice say: "Ban Luo died on June 23, when he broke through Rulang Village, and chased Yalu Village, and 7,000 soldiers and horses surrounded Yalu Zhai. When persuasion failed, I ordered a fire to be burned. Not a single one escaped. As for the corpse of Ban Luo, at that time, there were chief soldiers Song Zongzhang and Xia Zhan who identified Tusi Omudin and Ge Songjie, and although their clothes and faces were blurred, they were still vaguely recognized. Later, he asked the enemy of Ban Roll to look forward to the Tusi Ken Zhu to identify the real talent. How dare Qingfu take this big crime of bullying the king? General Dongmei, are you a little jealous of your own defeat with Buthorn? Otherwise, the emperor already believes it, why did you come up with a saying that 'Ban Roll is not dead'? Qianlong pricked up his ears to listen to Yue Zhongqi's defense, but Yue Zhongqi didn't say anything for a while, but said in person: "Don't pull the master." Are you the commander of the former enemy? Ban is dead, you didn't see it in person, and you saw a charred corpse again, how can you confirm it? Now that someone has seen the live shift in Xiaojinchuan, of course the Military Aircraft Department must confront and understand and ask clearly. Qingfu immediately retorted: "Isn't that also a rumor?" Yue Zhongqi didn't see the class in person! More than 170 watchtowers have been demolished and leveled, and more than 30,000 Tibetans have moved to Dajinchuan. The throat of Chuanzang is already in my hands - I have won the battle, but I will be held accountable? ”

"It's not a matter of whether you're guilty or not." Yue Zhongqi, who was sitting in the corner of the door, didn't speak, and finally opened his mouth, "Da Jinchuan and Xiao Jinchuan are also in chaos, if Ban Roll escapes to Xiao Jinchuan alive and colludes with Sha Luoben, not only will it be more difficult to subdue Sha Luoben, but it will also be difficult to maintain the current situation." You must know that the current upward and downward view of the garrison is 24,000, and together with the heavy expenses of the men, horses and vehicles on the road to transport grain, it will cost 140,000 taels of silver a month. If you really have a 'big victory', you should return to the dynasty now. Only 500 sergeants were left to defend the Zhan pair. Why didn't you give the order to withdraw your troops? Is it true that as soon as the troops are withdrawn, the so-called 'great victory' will be revealed?! ”

This is exactly what Qianlong is most concerned about, the battle has already consumed more than one million treasury silver, and it took more than eight months to fight such a few earthen villages that are not even small towns, and it took more than eight months to remove two generals and garrison them with heavy troops. When he listened intently, he only heard Qingfu say: "I am a university scholar, and I want to coordinate the overall situation!" The rebellion of the big and small Jinchuan Saluoben is a foregone conclusion, and it is difficult to ensure that the time of conquest and suppression will flee up and down, and these 24,000 people stationed in the upper and lower sides are exactly my precautionary measures to prevent trouble, how can mediocre people understand? Yue Zhongqi cleared his throat and was about to speak, Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting on the kang, coughed lightly and said: "Ban Luo is not dead, what is the situation of Lang Dajie, the emperor has already issued an edict to Zhang Guangsi to verify the performance." It's so unseemly for you to be so motivated. The emperor's meaning, if Sha Luoben wants to be able to restrain the Tusi of the two rivers, not interfere with the passage of the upper and lower Zhan into Tibet, and do not expand the territory of the Tusi, he may not use troops. Yue Zhongqi sneered lightly and said, "If you hadn't fought up and down at the beginning, with my friendship with Sha Luoben when I fought Qinghai, a letter would have stabilized Jinchuan." Ban Roll and Sha Luoben have been in-laws for generations, whether they are dead or defecting to Jinchuan, they have an indissoluble grievance with the imperial court, how difficult it is to deal with the aftermath! When you consulted me for advice, how did I persuade me? Who listened? Alas. I'm old and useless......"

Listening to his sad sigh, as if he was sad and indignant, Qianlong felt a burst of light in his heart, gently pushed the door in, and glanced at everyone coldly, only then did he see that Zhang Tingyu was sitting cross-legged on the middle kang, and sitting opposite was Nie Qin, Fu Heng, as well as Zhuang Yougong, the champion of Shangke Xinke, Jingshi River Observation Qian Du, and Hubu Shilang Eshan all sat on the side. Yue Zhongqi has white hair, Qingfu crown with Qi Chu, and the two of them sit on both sides of a coffee table, no one looks at anyone, and they are already blushing and swelling. Qianlong sighed and said slowly: "Yue Zhongqi, and Tongbo's defeat and loss of 30,000 soldiers, as the main general, do you want to blame the imperial court?" Are you living impatiently? ”