In other words, the Qing Dynasty settled down, but for decades, many people's ambitions did not dissipate because of the peace in the world, but were hidden in the dark, looking at the delay.

Such a situation made Emperor Qianlong quite worried.

It's just that he is old, in his fifties, and he has lost the decisiveness and ruthlessness of his youth, and he doesn't want to let the court situation have huge turmoil.

Of course, seeking stability is seeking stability, but if anyone really thinks that Emperor Qianlong, who has been an emperor for almost 30 years, is easy to provoke, Emperor Qianlong does not mind killing and calling certain ambitious people to see his methods.

……

After obtaining the consent of Emperor Qianlong, the entire household department suddenly moved with all its strength and began to target the wealthy merchants in the Jiangnan area, especially the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

He Shen, who had just been promoted to the left side of the household department, personally presided over the town, and the following matters were respectively taken care of by the chief and the small officials below, and strictly investigated the rich people in the Jiangnan area.

When the household department first began to act, it naturally attracted opposition from top to bottom, and the resistance was even more amazing.

In the face of these people's controversy, He Shen was not polite, and directly threatened their official positions in the name of Emperor Qianlong.

"Hmph, we're not children, we're not scared, Lord Tobe is left, is there a way to drive us all down?"

On Heshen's side, as soon as he started to act, among the hundreds of officials, there were immediately tough officials in the background who jumped out, and many officials immediately echoed when they heard this.

“……………”

Of course, most of the officials are still full of hesitation and are in a wait-and-see state.

"What do you think, sir?"

On Heshen's side, he didn't rush to do it, but first pushed this hot potato to Huang Shihua, the head of the household book.

"This matter, Lord Heshen, you are fully responsible, and Ben Shangshu will not interfere here."

Hubu Shangshu Huang Shihua's face was extremely ugly, and He Shen was completely pulling him into the water.

………………

Heshen's side, despite the opposition of many officials, directly launched an action, which provoked the retaliation of many officials!

Of course, He Shen, as the left waiter of the household department, is in a high position, and it is not so easy to deal with him.

Therefore, if you have a heart, you will hit the relationship with Heshen's relatives.

“…………”

and in the house.

"Big nephew, you can't do this, because what you're doing now, the Ministry of Rites, has already beaten me several times!"

In the main hall of the Hefu, the second uncle Chang Rong held He Shen's hand and didn't let go, burst into tears, choked up, and said with a pale face.

"If the eldest nephew, if you don't let go, it is estimated that your second uncle and I will not be able to overcome this difficulty this time!"

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago?"

He Shen's eyes were cold, and he said dissatisfiedly: "I wanted to transfer you out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, but you didn't listen. “

"Didn't you always want to be transferred out of the Ministry of Rites, on my side, I arranged you to be the deputy director of the household department from the third grade, what do you think??"

"But ......"

"It's nothing, get promoted and make a fortune, you are not satisfied with the second uncle, what more do you want?"

He Shen interrupted the second uncle Chang Rong here, and said angrily: "You don't have to talk nonsense, don't even think about other things!" ”

"In that case, uncle, thank you to the eldest nephew!"

Second Uncle Chang Rong, although he was not very satisfied with this result, he didn't dare to continue tossing.

Seeing the second uncle Chang Rong and his entourage leave, He Shen returned directly to his suburban villa.

“………………”

He Lin, who was sixteen or seventeen years old and had grown up, asked with a worried face: "Brother, ...... second uncle this time?"

"Hmph, this hateful guy just wants to take advantage of the opportunity, and I've already found a way to send him away."

The expression on He Shen's face was very flat, and he didn't want to hide it for his own uncle at all, so he said.

When He Lin heard this, after sighing faintly, his heart sank, and he said so, but the worry on his face did not subside.

"Brother, you don't have to worry too much, although the influence of Yangzhou salt merchants in Jiangnan is also very great, but this is the capital, if someone dares to come to the door to provoke, we will use our hands to destroy him!"

He Shen patted his younger brother and Lin on the shoulder, chuckled and said with relief.

“……………”

"Brother cut off people's wealth, just like killing his parents, those rich businessmen in Jiangnan, especially Yangzhou salt merchants, it is impossible to let us go."

"In the past few days, several groups of assassins have sneaked into the interior of the villa."

"If it weren't for the thousands of elite soldiers in the villa, maybe the entire villa would have been killed."

"Speaking of which, those salt merchants are really bold!"

Thinking of what happened in the mansion in recent days, He Lin's face turned a little pale, and he smiled bitterly.

Hearing this, He Shen pursed his lips, smiled coldly, and said calmly.

"It's not that those Yangzhou salt merchants are bold, but they all have a tough backstage behind them, and they don't take me, the second-grade household left, in their eyes!"

“……………”

Waving his hand, He Shen continued, disapprovingly.

"Sometimes, you can't just look at the surface, you have to look inside."

"As the saying goes, people and businessmen can't fight with officials, if you are really some pure businessmen, where do you have the courage to fight with the officials of the imperial court..."

"Hehe, that is, with the support of the master behind them, otherwise they would never dare to be so blatant."

…………

"How is that good, brother, do you have any way to deal with them?"

He Lin's side, after all, is still young, he hasn't seen much blood, and his mind is not mature, and when he heard this, he suddenly panicked.

"The way we deal with it here is just to arrange more strong guards, and there is no good way."

"As for the means of retaliating against them, Yangzhou is too far away from the capital after all."

"It's a good for us and a bad thing."

"Yangzhou salt merchants, it's not so easy to deal with us, I just want to do something to them, it's not easy to be separated from such a long distance!"

He Shen's expression was flat, and he said indifferently: "As long as I sit in this position all day long, if I want to do something, I will inevitably offend people." ”

"And this time, on my side, I still violated the life and death interests of others, and I want to solve all this easily, where is it so easy?"

“…………………”

"Those princes and princes are really tossing and turning for the emperor's chair."

"On weekdays, they just fight back and forth in the officialdom, and now, they have a relationship with Yangzhou salt merchants, how can they be so tormented?"

He Lin is obviously very dissatisfied with all this, and now he only has his brother by his side, so he dares to say anything.

I only heard it, and He Lin continued, and said: "Also, our Qianlong Emperor is really an indifferent guy, brother, you charged for him, and he didn't help you anything?" ”

"Hehe, how did our Emperor Qianlong, the throne under his buttocks, get it, brother, I know it well."

"Among the emperors of all dynasties, our Qianlong Emperor can be regarded as the easiest to succeed to the throne."

Compared with the difficulty of Emperor Yongzheng succeeding to the throne, Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne quite easily.

In history, the most important reason why Yongzheng passed on the throne to Hongli, that is, Qianlong: Hongli was brought up by Kangxi.

The position of Emperor Qianlong, in the Kangxi era, has basically been decided.

Because Qianlong was talented and intelligent, he was deeply liked by Kangxi, and when he won the throne in Kowloon, he also helped Yongzheng solve a lot of difficulties, so Yongzheng attached great importance to Qianlong.

At least, a large part of the reason why Kangxi passed on the throne to Yongzheng was because of Emperor Qianlong.

It is precisely because of this that after Yongzheng became the emperor, it is basically a sure fact that Qianlong became the next emperor.

mentioned the secret of Emperor Qianlong's succession, He Shen's eyes were full of disdain, and he said with a sneer.

"Compared with Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng, today's Emperor Qianlong,

Whether it is the heart or the temperament, it is far from the same. ”

"Suspicious, carve... Bo is gracious, but he likes to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and he can do anything for the chair under his ass! ”

“…………”

"Seeing my father's hardships and difficulties when he was in Kowloon to win the heir, how can we, Emperor Qianlong, not be more careful in the face of the princes and princes under his knees."

"To tell the truth, today's dozen princes and princes, even if they are not dragons and phoenixes among people, they are not fuel-efficient lamps."

He Shen shook his head, with a look of disdain, and continued indifferently: "Now our Qianlong Emperor is in his fifties, close to sixty years old, and if he wants to continue to control the government, he can only suppress the prince and the prince..."

"With the ability of our Qianlong Emperor, if we have enough energy, we can still suppress those sons with extraordinary abilities, but now, hehe..."

Shaking his head, He Shen sneered: "Our Qianlong Emperor, in order to stabilize the authority in his hands, he really used any means. ”

"An upstart like your brother and me, who don't have much political stance, is a knife he specially raised."

"Hehe, I brought this knife up to cut people."

"As for saying that after the cut, it should be thrown away, this kind of political means is really despicable!"

Hearing this, He Lin suddenly became nervous, and said with some worry: "Could it be that Emperor Qianlong, when he mentioned you, thought that after using you, he would not be able to deal with it?" ”

………………

"That's what our Qianlong Emperor thinks, but I'm afraid that he won't have the ability to do so at that time."

After hearing the words of his younger brother and Lin, He Shen couldn't help but laugh out loud, and he didn't have a good air.