Wei Dongting actually arrived in Anqing?

Mader's surprise is not trivial!

At that moment, he couldn't continue to lecture a few of his subordinates, so he stuffed the sticker into the hands of his own soldiers, and said: "Go over immediately, just say that Ma De doesn't dare to bear it, and return it to the wall." …… Come, everyone, come out with me to greet your guests! ”

"Guest?"

Li Liang and the others were thinking about what to bring with them to the poorest county, after all, Ma De did not allow them to build another yamen. However, seeing Ma De like this, their hearts also jumped! …… Ma De's identity is said to be with the "royal family", who is this? How can he surprise Mader so discolored? At that moment, several people didn't think about it anymore, and immediately jumped up from their chairs and rushed out with Ma De.

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"I don't know if Lord Huchen is here, Ma De is far away, forgive your sins!"

At the entrance of the yamen, Wei Dongting was dressed in civilian clothes, only brought two personal entourage, and stood there very casually with his hands on his back. When Ma De came out and saw it, he immediately clenched his fists.

"Don't dare, Wei came abruptly and bothered the governor!" Wei Dongting also smiled and arched his hand towards Ma De, with an easy-going attitude. However, the conversation between the two made the officials who came out of Ma De's subordinates feel like deer, and they "plop" and jump non-stop! Nanjing is only a few dozen miles away from the border with Anhui, of course they know who Wei Dongting is, and they have been neighbors with this gold medal figure in front of Kangxi for so many years, how have they ever seen people come to Anhui? Or did you come to visit?

"Well, the Governor is not easy!" A few people thought to themselves.

……

"I wonder if Lord Huchen is here?"

Invited Wei Dongting into the governor's yamen, and after a while, Ma De took the initiative to ask a question.

"Governor Lao asked, Wei came this time on the orders of the emperor to announce the decree." Wei Dongting arched his hand towards the north and replied.

"Oh? So, please wait a moment, Lord Wei...... Come on, incense case! ”

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"Fengtian presents the fortune, the emperor said: Anhui Governor Ma De, as soon as he arrived, he coerced the officials, I was very dissatisfied, and now I specially reprimanded him, and he introspected himself, and admired this!"

After a while, the incense case was arranged, and Ma De led his men to kneel in front of the incense case, listening to Wei Dongting reciting Kangxi's holy decree. However, the content of this decree made Mader's ears twitch...... Could it be that Kangxi is not satisfied with what he has done? To the point where you want to issue a reprimand? Or is this the ghost of the prince? …… Something is not going well, it seems. He pondered secretly.

"Lord Futai has made the emperor dissatisfied!" Mader was thinking, and his men were also thinking. A governor who made Kangxi trust and a governor who made the emperor dissatisfied, the gap between this is huge.

"The slave receives the order, long live my emperor!" The heart is the heart, and the will must be received. Ma De was stunned for a moment, then held the holy decree handed over by Wei Dongting with both hands, and then he was about to stand up...... However, Wei Dongting spoke again:

"Don't worry, Lord Governor, the emperor has another holy decree......"

"And? ......" Ma De raised his head sharply, and immediately lowered his head honestly.

"Fengtian presented the fortune, and the emperor said: The governor has arrived, and he is also the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, and the military department. On the same day, Ma De took over, but because of the complicated affairs of Anhui and the urgency of the imperial decree, he was not granted this position. Today, I will grant the right deputy imperial envoy of the Ma Dedu Cha Yuan and the rank of squire of the military department! Chin this! ”

“…… Thank you, Lord Longne! ”

Mader felt a little "flattered".

Although the first decree is to make him "introspect", but in the face of the second decree, these are nothing. That's the squire of the military department and the right deputy envoy! Examples? Yes, it is the norm for governors to hold both of these positions at the same time. However, the significance of the formal grant in this case is self-evident. This illustrates...... Kangxi still covers him.

At this moment, Ma De's heart was much more settled.

"The emperor is very kind to the governor, and the lord will be a good student in the future. ......" received the holy decree and withdrew the incense case, Ma De and Wei Dongting sat down again, and Wei Dongting spoke.

"Yes, yes, what Master Wei said, Ma De should keep it in mind and dare not slack off in the slightest." Ma De is submissive.

"That's very good. The governor said this, Wei became the emperor. ......" Wei Dongting said with a smile.

"Oh? Then Ma Mou will thank Master Wei a lot. Ma De didn't take Wei Dongting's words seriously, and the right to treat the other party was a kind word.

"Your Excellency doesn't have to be polite. …… It has been more than a month since the arrival of the adults, and I wonder how Anhui's affairs are now? After pausing for a while, Wei Dongting asked Ma De again.

"That's not all. It's just been a disaster, and it's a waste to be rebuilt......" Mader sighed. He is not pouring bitter water, Anhui is a poor province, although Anqing has a group of rich people who can be counted in the country, but these people have almost no contribution to Anhui. Moreover, the officials of Anhui have just made a large fortune in a national disaster, and the whole province has become a miasma, and Shi Shilun is not able to live here, and there is an undercurrent in the officialdom, and the current situation is just calming down.

"Hmm. It seems that Anhui's affairs are really difficult to do. Wei Dongting nodded, and then asked Ma De, "What are the difficulties of the governor?" If you have something to do with Wei, you can say it bluntly. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Ma De was overjoyed. Wei Dongting is in charge of the customs of the four provinces, and he is the number one fat difference in the country, if he is willing to help, then Anhui's affairs will be twice the result with half the effort. However, after a few turns in his mind, this thought was put aside for the time being. There is a lot of waste to be done, and the most lacking thing is money, but now he can't guarantee that the officials below will be able to do things honestly. If he borrowed money from the customs and was corrupted by these officials below, then as long as someone stabbed this matter, he would definitely be very sad in the future. Moreover, the borrowed money has to be repaid, and if he can't pay it back in the future, won't he be unlucky? Clean up the accounts owed by officials, but the person who recites Buddha on his lips is actually extremely mean, Fourth Elder Brother!

Therefore, based on this idea, Ma De did not ask Wei Dongting for help immediately, but only responded politely with a few words, and then put it aside for the time being.

In this way, the two of them pulled a sentence from east to east and talked west for a while, and Wei Dongting did not leave. Although Zhang Kai, Li Liang and others couldn't interject on the side, they also saw the clue and got up to retire.

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"Your Excellency, the emperor has another secret decree."

In the hall, after only Wei Dongting and Ma De were left, Wei Dongting took out a yellow-skinned fold. Since it is a secret decree, there is no need to put an incense case, the two of them, one is standing, the other is kneeling, Wei Dongting took the fold and turned left and right, and did not speak for a long time, Ma De only knelt there and was worried, only feeling that there was a little silence and fear at this moment.

After a while, Wei Dongting finally spoke: "Ma De, Dongting is ordered to ask you today. ”

Ma De hurriedly kowtowed and replied in a low voice: "Slave Ma De, listen to the holy oracle." ”

"Hmm." Wei Dongting answered, opened the yellow fold, and asked: "Ma De, the emperor asked you, why did you dare to give an order to force the imperial court to depose the three prefects according to your request, and also coerced dozens of local officials, making the whole province of Anhui panic all day long. ”

"The minions don't dare." The good family is here, and this crime is big enough. Ma De only felt that his scalp was numb and crispy by Wei Dongting's question, and he was so uncomfortable, but he had to answer: "The slave takes over the affairs of Anhui Province, and he doesn't dare not do his best." However, the local officials were privately linked, and the slaves were successively reported by Zhang Chunxiu, the prefect of Luzhou, and Chen Yigang, the prefect of Chizhou, and the three of Xu Yue tried to coerce the public to exert pressure and force the servants to write to the court to remove Shi Shilun. The servants thought that Shi Shilun was a rare honest official in the world, and he was very popular in Anhui, and these three people actually ignored the opportunity of Anhui to rectify the people's hearts and minds that such officials urgently needed to rectify the people's hearts and minds, and tried to take revenge. As for the coercion of local officials in the province by the minions, it is really not allowed to do so. It is reported that half of the officials in Anhui have been in contact with Xu Yue and Chang Hongzu, although they did not make trouble later, but it has been seen that they are not of the same heart as the imperial court. Moreover, Anhui officialdom is chaotic, Lu Longqi has not been here for a long time, Shi Shilun is quite jealous, if these officials are disobedient in the future, when will Anhui affairs be appeased? Even if the minions can slow down, where can the people of Anhui wait for the first catastrophe? Therefore, the minions used strong means to forcibly suppress these officials, and used many means so that these people did not dare to deceive their superiors and subordinates......"

"Hmm!" Wei Dongting nodded, and then asked, "Ma De, how do you plan to sort out Anhui's affairs?" ”

"Buying grain, building rivers, building roads, and opening up the source!"

"Oh? It is easy to understand the two things of buying grain and repairing rivers, so what is the solution to building roads and open source? Isn't Anhui's road easy? Wei Dongting asked.

"There are many plains in northern Anhui, and there are many mountains and hills in southern Anhui, and the traffic on the road is extremely inconvenient. However, northern Anhui has always been poor, but southern Anhui is the center of gravity of Anhui, along the Yangtze River, Anqing, Dangtu, Wuhu are all great lands. Therefore, the slaves want to build more avenues to facilitate traffic and connect southern and northern Anhui. As for open source, it is the "open source" of "open source and cost reduction". Anhui has always been poor, and floods and droughts are frequent, so the slaves want to build a 'disaster relief and emergency' system in Anhui, and keep money, food and other things, so it is necessary to open up financial resources......"

"I see." Wei Dongting turned the fold over again, "Ma De, are you guilty?" ”

"The slave doesn't know what sin?" Mader said hurriedly.

"Thou hast given an order, and thou hast committed trespassing; coercing officials, there is a suspicion of domineering; Therefore, the emperor has decreed that you will be removed from the position of first-class viscount and replaced with a first-class man. What do you have to say? Wei Dongting asked.

"The slave is guilty and has nothing to say." That is to say, it is clear that Lao Tzu must be rectified. Ma De secretly spat at the Forbidden City in Beijing and replied respectfully.

"Hmm." Closing the fold, Wei Dongting smiled slightly: "The matter that I want to ask about the order has been asked, please get up, Lord Governor." ”

"Oh!" According to the rules, Ma De kowtowed again, stood up, and sat down with Wei Dongting. Wei Dongting looked at his face and said, "Lord Governor, do you feel uncomfortable with the emperor's handling of this?" If there is anything to say, Wei can play it on his behalf. ”

"Don't dare." Inappropriate? How dare you? Ma De didn't know why Wei Dongting said this, but he couldn't respond to this, so he could only say: "Lord Wei's kindness Ma De understands." …… What's the name of this saying? Yes, 'thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace', since the emperor has handled it like this, he has the truth of his old man, although Ma De is not talented, he does not dare to embarrass the emperor. ”

"The governor is really loyal to the emperor. However, our emperor has always liked to listen to his subordinates tell the truth, if the adults really feel uncomfortable, give the emperor a fold, and it will be nothing. Moreover, when the emperor sent Wei to deliver the decree, he also asked Wei to tell the governor that if he felt any discomfort in Anhui, he could fold it and say it directly. Wei Dongting said.

"Thank you Lord Wei for reminding me, Ma De has written it down." Mader replied.

"That's fine." Wei Dongting smiled, groaned for a while, and arched his hand towards Ma De with a fist, and said, "Lord Governor, there is still something to do, I want to ask you for advice, and please don't think Wei is noisy." ”

"Lord Wei, what are you talking about? If you have something to say, just say it. Ma De said quickly. Wei Dongting's attitude made him feel a little surprised.

"Wei has a nephew ......" Wei Dongting did not beat around the bush, and straightforwardly shook out the matter of Cao Fu reaching out for money and prostitution at Wang Weihe's birthday banquet that day, and at the end, he said: "Although Cao Fu is not Wei's own son, his father Cao Yin is close friends with Wei. He was so reckless in Anhui, Wei had already told Cao Yin that Cao Yin would severely punish this son with family law, and the borrowed silver would be returned to President Wang in a few days. It's just that I also ask the governor to read the thin noodles between Wei and Cao Yin, and don't care about what this son did. ”

“…… Master Wei, who are you and my Made? Ma De looked at Wei Dongting blankly, not knowing why the other party wanted to mention such a thing. Cao Fu blackmailed Wang Wei and a group of people for money, what does it matter to him, the governor, and it's not his money? He still has to work Wei Dongting personally came forward to intercede?

"Don't be angry, Governor. Actually, Wei also thought about the prestige of the Cao family. Cao Yin has a very good reputation in the Jiangnan area, but unfortunately his godson is not strict, if he ruins his reputation because of this, it will be a sad thing for his people. Wei couldn't bear it, so he was cheeky and pleaded with the governor, and asked the adults to bear with him! Wei Dongting arched his hand towards Ma De again.

"Lord Wei, please don't do this, Ma De understands what to do, please rest assured." For Wei Dongting's reason, Ma De accepted it. Perhaps under the influence of "Dream of Red Mansions", Cao Yin has always overlapped with Jia Baoyu's father Jia Zheng in his heart, and he has always felt that Jia Zheng is a person who values face, etiquette and religion more than family affection, so Wei Dongting came forward to plead guilty for Cao Fu, saying that it was to protect Cao Yin's reputation, and also hinted that he went to warn Wang Weihe and others not to talk nonsense, although it is a bit far-fetched, so-so is still a reasonable reason.

"The governor is so well-informed, Wei is thanking Cao Yin for introducing him." Wei Dongting bowed his hand to Ma De again, but he was only slightly relieved in his heart. He could have ignored this matter, and besides, Cao Fu just blackmailed the silver of a few merchants, although it was a little embarrassing, it was not a big deal for them. However, as Kangxi's "spy" in Jiangnan, he had to send a secret fold to Kangxi every few days, and the fold would include various situations in Jiangnan, such as whether the weather was sunny or rainy, whether the price of rice was cheap or expensive, as well as river affairs, coastal defense, taxation, the political achievements of officials, the competition in the officialdom, the factional struggles, the poems and chapters of the literati and scholars, the anecdotes among the people, and what plays were played in other places, whether it was good or bad, who wrote the book, who played the protagonist, etc., all kinds of contents. Therefore, he has an extremely extensive and strict intelligence network in Jiangnan. It is precisely because of this that he learned in time what Ma De had happened at Wang Weihe's birthday banquet. …… Direct witnessing and hearing are two different things.

Of course, if that's all he wants, he won't break his own principles and come forward to intercede. But who told him to meet Limp on the road? Listening to Lingpu's tone, * did not have a good impression of Mader, on the contrary, the hostility seemed to be very strong. Moreover, it seems that he still intends to deal with Mader. This made him have to think about it for the Cao family.

The Cao family is friendly with the prince, and Cao Yin's eldest son Cao Hao is in extremely poor health, and he is a medicine jar, and he is about to die. Cao Fu is already ninety percent likely to be the heir of the next generation of the Cao family. However, if one day, * really wants to deal with Ma De, then, who said that Ma De will not deal with the Cao family who is the * money bag first? Cao Fu's actions this time will only cause trouble. And as soon as the Cao family moves, they are almost the same family, so won't they also get into trouble?

Therefore, for the sake of the peace of several families in the future, he must come forward and block this matter.

The plea is only secondary, what he has to wait for is that Ma De comes to ask for help! Anhui's affairs are by no means easy to solve, and there is even more of a shortage of money in the middle. I believe that after he said these things today, Ma De will definitely think of him, the "richest" customs governor of the Qing Dynasty, when he encounters a shortage of money in the future, and the time will ......

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"Master Wei, since you have talked about Cao Gongzi, there are a few words below, I don't know if you should talk about it or not?" Wei Dongting was thinking that when the time came, Ma De was not trying to sell a favor to several of them? So, after thinking about the wording, Madd spoke.

"Lord Ma, please feel free to speak." Wei Dongting made a "please" gesture.

"Lord Wei, please forgive me for being abrupt, that Cao Gongzi seems to be suspected of being a 'gentleman'." Mader said.

"What Master Ma said is very true, after Wei goes back, he will definitely let Cao Yin teach this son...... Alas, it's also a hassle to talk about. In fact, Cao Fu is also a well-read child, and he has a great talent for reading, but it's a pity that ......" Wei Dongting shook his head, as if he didn't want to mention anything.

"Lord Wei, can that Gongzi Cao handle the things of Jiangning's weaving?" Mader asked again.

“…… Master Ma, what do you mean by that? Jiangning weaving is Cao Yin. Wei Dongting frowned, Ma De's words made him scratch his head.

"Hehe, Lord Wei, we don't need to delve into this for the time being. …… I heard that the mansion where you live now is the Jiangnan Palace given by the emperor, right? Mader asked again.

"That's the emperor's gift......" Wei Dongting arched his hand towards the north, and looked at Ma De again, not knowing what he wanted to say.

"Yes, the emperor's grace is immense. But, Lord Wei, I heard that the palace was built by you by order, right? ”

"Not bad."

"How much money did it cost?"

"Master Ma, Wei doesn't understand what you mean." Wei Dongting was already a little displeased.

"Lord Wei, please don't be angry." Towards Wei Dongting with a fist gesture, Ma De finally made his words clear: "What I want to say is that you and Suzhou Weaving Mu Zixu, Jiangning Weaving Cao Yin and Guangzhou General Wu Dan are all personally trained by our emperor, General Wu not to mention, you and Mu and Cao are all shrewd and good at directors, and they are very trusted by the emperor." So, you are here, Sanjiaan. But what if you are gone? Will the descendants of the three of you still be able to sustain the current family business? …… Lord Wei, you built a palace for the emperor, I don't know how much silver you spent, and I don't want to know, but how much of this silver was allocated by the imperial court? And how much did you come forward to borrow? Do you still have it? Or do you think you don't have to pay it back? ”

"......" Wei Dongting was shocked.