Kowloon wins

Chapter 1022

On August 21st of the fifth year of Chengde, the fourth master asked to resign from the envoy of the road construction regulations. The turmoil that swept across the government and the public was temporarily lifted, and all the forces in all parties died down, each focused on development, and the court situation returned to calm again. Only Emperor Chengde fell seriously ill and was bedridden for more than three months until the end of the year. It was just now that he was getting better, but his poor body had collapsed, and the time for governing was getting less and less. There is already a large backlog, and the Chao Gang is in danger of being abolished.

With Emperor Chengde's old age exposed, the secret preparations of all parties began to speed up. Under the peaceful court situation, there were turbulent waves, and all forces spared no effort to win over the courtiers and were busy promoting their confidants His subordinates, when Emperor Chengde was exhausted, seemed to be extremely talkative, and basically seldom rejected the melodies of elder brothers and fourth masters. In just half a year, the atmosphere of the court was completely different. It's a big difference, although Hongqing's court strength is still ranked first, but the forces of all parties united are already better than Hongqing, and the trend of the court's chaos has begun to appear.

The main theme of the court has always been struggle, not peace. The difference is only the intensity of the struggle. There is no doubt that after the quiet period of more than half a year, there will inevitably be a fierce fight. I was mentally prepared, but I never expected it to come so violently and suddenly—On the seventh day of April in the sixth year of Chengde, Henan Governor Zhao Fangzhen wrote in his original statement that his "Qiming Firm" that contracted multiple sections of road construction projects in the province cut corners and materials, so that The quality of the roads was rotten, and several bridges collapsed in the flood. Wan Hechun, a member of the Ministry of Industry in Henan Province, and many other officials accepted bribes and colluded with each other. Impeach Jiangsu Governor Liu Cheng'en (Liu San'er's real name) for abusing his power and becoming corrupt, with a deficit of more than two million taels during his tenure; Yue Zhongqi's old mother died of illness, but he wished to steal his love. This is really unfilial, and he should be dismissed immediately and investigated!

"Qing'er, please give me an explanation. What's going on? Such a terrible thing happened in the Ministry of Industry that you manage, and what is Liu Cheng'en doing? How dare he lose such a huge amount of money? Is this how you repay me for entrusting you with great responsibility, huh?"

After several bullets came one after another, Emperor Chengde went against his past practice of ignoring government affairs, and ordered Hongqing to be announced to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, in front of Zhu elder brothers and all the military ministers, without waiting for Hongqing's ceremony At the end, he was already full of anger and scolded all over his face.

"Huang Ama calmed down. My son-in-law has just learned about the report, and he has sent someone to investigate the root cause. Before the matter is revealed, this son-in-law thinks that it needs to be treated with caution."

Facing Emperor Chengde's angry reprimand, Hong Qing felt very helpless, nothing else, probably because the bullets grew too suddenly, even though there was such a sharp weapon as a "sharp knife", but in a short while However, it is also difficult for Hongqing to find out the truth about the Henan Project and Liu Saner's shortfall case, so he can only explain it in a general way at the moment.

"You think, I really think, I think I'm in a daze, you say, you say, how should I deal with this bad thing, huh?"

Even though Hongqing had already explained, Emperor Chengde did not give up, and still berated furiously, forcing Hongqing to express his attitude on the spot.

"Huang Ama has learned a lesson. My son thinks that how to deal with it should be based on the facts. It is not appropriate to talk about disposing of it before investigation. I also ask Huang Ama to issue a thorough investigation to reveal the truth."

Based on Hong Qing's understanding of Liu San'er's past, she doesn't really believe that Liu San'er dared to commit corruption, but Hong Qing can't help but feel a little worried if she wants to guarantee her, nothing else, people always It will change, since Liu San'er was transferred from Shanxi Fantai to Jiangsu Governor two and a half years ago, Hongqing has never met Liu San'er in person, and only passed a few letters. To be sure, as for Wan Hechun, a Taoist priest dispatched by the Ministry of Industry, Hong Qing only had a vague impression, and she couldn't talk about knowing much about it, and it was even more impossible for her to be under him at this time. As a guarantee, facing Emperor Chengde's aggressive words, Hong Qing really had nothing else to say except to request a thorough investigation.

"Investigate thoroughly, okay, I said this, then I will issue an order to thoroughly investigate to the end, to see how long this gang of corrupt officials can continue to run rampant, hum, Yunzhen!"

Emperor Chengde gave Hong Qing a hard look, and after cursing sinisterly, he suddenly raised his voice and called fourth master's name.

"The younger brother is here!"

In the past year, the fourth master has often been in and out of the palace, relying on ruthless flattering of Emperor Chengde, his status in the court is no longer a marginal person in the past. The one that Emperor Chengde relies on the most, even the Fifth Lord and Seventh Lord who have always been close to Emperor Chengde are not as favored as him. Among the older generation of princes, only Fourth Lord can participate in such a discussion. It can be seen how high his status is in Emperor Chengde's heart. However, even so, the fourth master never showed the slightest bit of favor and coquettishness. The color is as realistic as possible.

"I have given you a decree to investigate these two cases clearly. Anyone who is involved in the case will not be allowed to let go. I want to see how dark the hearts of these wolf-hearted people are!"

After forbearance for so many days, now that he has finally seized the opportunity, Emperor Chengde is no longer as easy-going as he used to be, he is as high-profile as if he is the supreme authority, and he never consulted Hong Qing and other ministers for their opinions , Qiankun arbitrarily issued a decree.

"Qizou Your Majesty, the case in Jiangsu should be investigated with all my strength, and I will never dare to live up to Your Majesty's trust. However, the collapse of the Henan Road and Bridge involved a lot, and I am afraid it is beyond my ability. If there is a mistake, it will not be beautiful. , and please Your Majesty to learn from it."

As soon as Emperor Chengde said these words, the expression of fear and fear on Fourth Master's face suddenly became stronger, but he did not promise loudly, but explained a few words with great sincerity.

"Well, the fourth brother is right, Naer will concentrate on raising the Jiangsu case, as for the Henan case, um..."

Regarding Fourth Master's refusal, Emperor Chengde did not take responsibility, on the contrary, he agreed with kindness, and then hesitantly pondered.

"Huang Ama, my minister thinks that the case in Henan is very important and has extremely bad influence. The truth must be found out as soon as possible to give an explanation to the world. If Huang Ama does not give up, I would like to ask for it. Emperor Ama is gracious."

Emperor Chengde was hesitating to himself, but seeing that the fifth elder brother Hongxian had boldly stepped out of the queue, he begged for orders in a loud voice.

"Huang Ama, my son thinks that the fifth younger brother has always been diligent in his work, so he is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate."

As soon as the fifth elder brother finished speaking, the third elder brother strode out from the side and echoed loudly.

"That's right, what the third brother said is very true. If the fifth brother can go to the trial of this case, the truth will be revealed to the world. My son is willing to ask the emperor for permission!"

"Imperial Ama learned, Fifth Brother has always acted prudently, and is fair and honest. He is indeed the most suitable person to judge the case. My sons and ministers agree!"

"Huang Ama, my son thinks what the third brother said is reasonable, and my son also agrees."

……

The third elder brother took the lead, and the second elder brother and others followed up one after another, echoing in eagerness. For a while, the noise in the hall was as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Well, Xiao Wu is really good, and I can be confident, Qing'er, what do you think, huh?"

When all the elder brothers yelled like this, Emperor Chengde's old face immediately flushed red, he nodded approvingly, and after casually echoing a sentence, he didn't make a decision on this, but changed hands and threw the problem to Wuzi Hong Qing kneeling in the hall.

Oh, damn it, is this a Hongmen banquet, a bunch of bastards!
As soon as Emperor Chengde threw the question over, Hong Qing's first reaction was to resolutely object, but when the words came to her lips, she stopped again, nothing else, just because Hong Qing suddenly remembered something, that Even since entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, although Emperor Chengde scolded him again and again, he never mentioned Yue Zhongqi's impeachment. , Emperor Chengde took advantage of the situation and reluctantly agreed to his request. If we talk about Yue Zhongqi's matter later, Hongqing seems to be really hard to be tough to the end. Otherwise, it would seem too domineering. There must be rumors flying all over the sky again, even if Hong Qing is not afraid, there is no guarantee that Yue Zhongqi will have any other thoughts, and this is indeed not a situation that Hong Qing would like to see.

"Huang Ama Shengming, my son has no objection."

With a flash of thought in her mind, Hong Qing soon had an idea, and instead of arguing, she replied very respectfully.

"Ok?"

Hong Qing was very straightforward, but Emperor Chengde was in trouble, nothing else, the reason why he threw the problem to Hong Qing was to arouse Hong Qing's desire to fight, so that he could plan later. But he didn't expect that Hong Qing would have no objection. The situation was obviously quite different from what Emperor Chengde had expected in advance. As a result, Emperor Chengde really didn't know how to continue singing such a scene, and he was stunned on the spot .

"Your Majesty, this minister thinks that since he is Prince Ren, he has no objection, so it's fine to just settle this matter."

When Emperor Chengde was in a daze, the atmosphere in the hall inevitably turned a little cold. Seeing this, Li Minquan couldn't hold back, but seeing him rushing out from the side with a few strides, he hurried to He interrupted a sentence.

(End of this chapter)