My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 69: Sauron Soldiers and the Sticky Rod

The twelfth day of the twelfth month of the sixty-first year of the Kangxi reign was the day of

Yongzheng issued an edict, appointing Duke Fuguo Yanxin as General of Xi'an and acting as General Fuyuan.

After seeing this decree, Hongli understood that the Fourteenth Prince could no longer think of returning to the northwest to take charge of military affairs.

Ever since he, Hongzhou and Hongshi came back from their reunion to see Yongzheng and saw Yongzheng lose his temper, the two of them have not been able to mention Hongshi in front of Yongzheng again.

Hongli still just went to school obediently.

of course!

After Hongli became a prince, his academic burden did indeed increase.

He and Hong Zhou rarely had time to go out and play.

Especially Hongli himself.

Every day, after he finished his horse riding and archery practice and before attending Old Thirteen's evening class, he had some free time and would read the "Di Bao" to get some news.

Therefore, he learned the news from reading the "Dibao" that day that the Fourteenth Prince officially no longer had to think about returning to the Northwest to take charge of military affairs.

However, what he didn't expect was that on the same day, after he had finished practicing riding and archery, had just finished taking a bath, and was drinking tea while making rounds, he received an invitation from the Fourteenth Master, inviting him to his house for a chat.

Frankly speaking, Hongli doesn't want to get too close to these uncles yet.

But he knew the character of the Fourteenth Prince. If he, his nephew, did not give him face, he would not even give face to Yongzheng.

More importantly, the political situation has not yet been completely stabilized.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Hongli decided to go anyway.

So, Hongli was invited to the Fourteenth Prince's residence.

As soon as the Fourteenth Brother saw Hongli, he said to him, "I asked you to come here today for two reasons. The first is to have Hongchun apologize to you. The second is that your Fourteenth Brother will host a banquet for all the princes and nobles to celebrate your promotion. You must come."

After Old Fourteen said this, without waiting for Hongli's response, he looked at Hongchun:

"Asshole, why don't you apologize to your brother Hongli!"

Hongchun pursed his lips and bowed to Hongli, "Brother Hongli, I have offended you many times before, especially when I deliberately stepped on your foot on New Year's Eve to provoke you, and when I said sarcastic words on the night of Khan Mafa's death. I really shouldn't have said that. Please forgive me!"

After saying this, Hongchun bowed deeply again.

Seeing this, Hongli hurriedly stood up to stop Hongchun from bowing again, and said with a smile: "Brother Hongchun, you are too kind."

Old Fourteen was very satisfied watching from the side, nodding repeatedly and saying to Hongchun, "You must remember, if you do such shameful things again in the future, I will not forgive you!"

Hongchun bowed to Old Fourteen again and said, "Son, I'll remember this."

"Everyone, take a seat."

Old Fourteen called out again.

Hongli and Hongchun also sat down.

The Fourteenth Elder then looked at Hongli and said, "Hongli, your Fourteenth Uncle didn't have many opportunities to manage your cousins ​​in the past, so he developed a domineering attitude. Now that you have accepted his apology, why don't you stop being estranged from your Fourteenth Uncle and your cousins?"

Hongli laughed and said, "Of course not. Fourteenth Uncle is my nephew's closest uncle, and his children are also my nephew's closest cousins. There is no reason for my nephew to be separated from Fourteenth Uncle's family!"

"That's good."

Old Fourteen nodded, then picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and then called out, "Come in!"

Soon, Hongli saw ten big men as strong as towers coming out. Each of them had a big round face, pale yellow complexion, and narrow eyes that were murderous but also concealed a hint of loyalty and honesty.

"These are the Solon servants that your Fourteenth Uncle and I have recruited from the northwest. You now have your own Zuoling, so your Fourteenth Uncle is giving them to you. You can place them among your Zuoling."

"Each of them is a warrior who is worth ten men. If you want to lead troops and achieve merit in the future, you can have them work for you."

Old Fourteen then introduced these people.

Hongli was naturally very happy after hearing this.

He knew the fighting power of the Sauron people.

At the same time, he was also very pleased that the pie he painted in front of Empress Dowager Renshou was not only eaten by Empress Dowager Renshou, but also by Prince Fourteen himself. For the sake of this pie, she continued to show goodwill to him and asked Hongchun to apologize to him.

Since Old Fourteen gave him so much face, he naturally couldn't be arrogant and act frivolously. He naturally expressed his gratitude and continued to coax Old Fourteen with nice words like "You are my dearest uncle".

Old Fourteen was also very satisfied after hearing this.

Hongchun sighed slightly at this. He couldn't help but begin to accept the current situation. He put on a smile and said something that made Hongli sound happy.

He knew that he could no longer offend Hongli.

After all, even his father was taking the initiative to show goodwill to Hongli.

After leaving Old Fourteen, Hongli glanced at the ten Sauron bannermen who left with him.

He would like to have some brave and good fighters to serve as his own men.

This way, no matter what he did in the future, he would have a strong military force to support him, and he could also use this as a foundation to train some new and skilled servants. He said to Hahazhuzi Li Yu, who followed him, "First, take them to the Zuoling of Ortai and have Ortai register them as household members. Initially, give them fifty taels of silver each as resettlement allowance."

"Whoo!"

Li Yu responded.

After hearing this, the Saurons were very happy and quickly knelt down to express their gratitude.

It should be noted that during this period, the monthly salary of the Solon people incorporated into the Eight Banners was only two to four taels, plus food subsidies.

Hongli gave each person a one-time sum of fifty taels of silver as a settlement allowance, which was naturally a considerable reward.

Therefore, these ten people were naturally overjoyed, and they knew that this new master was not a stingy one.

Hongli gave some words of encouragement to the Saurons and then returned to the palace.

And on the night he returned to the palace, Yongzheng called him over.

When Hongli came to Yongzheng, he saw that Yongzheng's face was not very good. It was as gloomy as the well water under the moonlight, deep and cold.

"Did you go to see your Fourteenth Uncle?"

Yongzheng then asked a question.

Hongli had to admit that Yongzheng knew that he had met with the Fourteenth Prince in private quite quickly, so he could only answer truthfully: "Yes."

"Who asked you to go?"

Yongzheng asked seriously.

Hongli could tell that Yongzheng seemed a little wary of him getting too close to his uncles and aunts.

But Hongli was not intimidated by this. He believed that Yongzheng was not a fool. Based on the historical experience of the Fourteenth Prince and the relationship between Qianlong and the Fourteenth Prince, he also knew that Yongzheng did not object to Qianlong's contact with the Fourteenth Prince at that time, but just needed to give him a warning from time to time.

Therefore, Hongli answered very frankly: "My uncle invited me to go, so I have to go!"

Yongzheng then added, "It's clear that your Fourteenth Uncle likes you very much. He even sent you some brave and skilled Sauron soldiers. Tell me, why does he like you so much?"

When Yongzheng asked this question, his tone was very calm, but Hongli felt that this was a real trap and it was chilling.

A slightly wrong answer could have adverse consequences and change Yongzheng's impression of him.

Moreover, Yongzheng's words revealed that he was well aware of all the details of his contact with the Fourteenth Prince, otherwise he would not have known so quickly that the Fourteenth Prince had given him the Sauron soldiers.

"Because the Queen Mother likes me now!"

Hongli answered directly without any hesitation.

Yongzheng nodded and glanced at Hongli in surprise: "Do you like your fourteenth uncle?"

Hongli knew that Yongzheng, who lacked love, cared a lot about his position in other people's hearts, but he did not have real self-confidence and felt that he was very important in other people's hearts.

The only way to deal with someone like Yongzheng is to answer in the most rational and cold-blooded way, which will make Yongzheng more receptive.

So, Hongli decided to ask Yongzheng: "Khan Ama, in my humble opinion, I also need to get close to my fourteenth uncle now, don't I?"

Yongzheng was stunned by the question and suddenly realized that he had not been rational just now.

Hongli seized the opportunity to turn defense into offense: "If Khan Ama doesn't allow me to go, fearing that I will form a clique, I will never go to see Fourteenth Uncle again!"

When Yongzheng saw Hongli so directly expose his inner worries and that he was unwilling to let his son get close to his uncle, he immediately broke down his defense and rolled his eyes at Hongli: "Who told you not to go? Not only should you go, you should go more often!"

"Then why did you suddenly call me here and ask all these questions? If you are really worried that I will make friends with Fourteenth Uncle, just tell me directly. There is no need to ask so many questions."

"Khan Ama, you are now the Son of Heaven and a father, so you must be confident!"

Hongli replied.

"Hey!"

Yongzheng stood up, put his hands on his hips and asked with a gruff smile, "I can't ask anymore, right?"

"Of course I can ask!"

Hongli also laughed, then said solemnly: "It's useless to ask. It's your own son, don't you know it yourself?"

"Okay, I won't ask anymore, okay?"

"But from now on, when you go back, remember to tell me what he said to you and what gifts he gave you."

Yongzheng suddenly became sensible and only gave Hongli some serious instructions.

Hongli nodded: "You are so busy, and there are so many people around you. How can I tell you right now?"

"Someone will come to you with a secret message, and you just tell him what you know."

Yongzheng took out a brocade box with the words "sticking rod place" written on it from the unlocked box. He also took out a folded paper square from the brocade box and handed it to Hongli: "The secret message is written in this."

Hongli took the paper cube.

(End of this chapter)