Kowloon wins

Chapter 380 Peeling Layers ([-])

"Ha, the little nephew will thank Uncle Fourteen on behalf of General Sun. When the boy comes to Beijing to report on his duties, he must kowtow to Uncle Fourteen a few more times."

The position of admiral of the Guangdong Navy is a tasteless thing to others, but to Hongqing, it is the most critical part of his ocean strategy. Being able to get this position means that the construction of the ocean fleet has been laid. There is no reason for Hong Qing not to be excited about this solid foundation.

"Forget it, that's all for the funeral, let's talk about how to deal with the current mess."

Old Fourteen didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with Hong Qing, he hurriedly waved his hand, stopped Hong Qing's chatter, and immediately turned to the main topic.

"What's so difficult about this? If His Royal Highness wants to be arbitrary, why not let him be arbitrary?"

Hong Qing let out a haha, and gave an unbelievable answer in a nonchalant manner.

"Huh? Brother Qing, don't you have a fever?"

Hearing Hong Qing's strange words, Old Fourteen was taken aback for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, glared at Hong Qing with great displeasure, and let out a dissatisfied expression.

"Heh, what Uncle Fourteen said, although my nephew is ill, he is not confused. Think about it, if the Crown Prince sends someone to interrogate the case to cover up the facts, who will be the scapegoat?"

Hong Qing didn't care about Old Fourteen's dissatisfied attitude at all, chuckled lightly, and pointedly made a point.

"Hmm... Brother Qing, could it be that Mr. Qu is talking about? It's just..."

After all, the old fourteen is a shrewd person. Hearing what Hong Qing said, his brain immediately started to run at a high speed. He had vaguely guessed something, but he didn't dare to confirm his own judgment, so he hesitated. .

"The Fourteenth Uncle is really good. You can tell the prince's plan with just one guess. Yes, if you want to settle this case early, you can only put all the blame on Qu Wufeng, and then kill him with a thunderbolt. This case will be closed." There is no chance of a comeback.”

Hong Qing praised the old fourteen with a smile, and then gave an absolutely incomparable answer.

"Could it be that you plan to..., um, that's not right, even if this matter is exposed, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you?"

The old fourteen thought for a while, and understood Hongqing's calculations, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was difficult to involve the prince in this matter, there is no other way, if the matter becomes serious, the prince can definitely come to a gecko Although the broken tail is damaged, it will not be shaken to the root, and once the prince is relieved, the forces of all parties are afraid that they will be in bad luck, and the consequences must not be fun, old fourteen It is inevitable that some people are worried.

"Hey, of course this one thing alone won't work, but if there is another thing superimposed by chance, then it's not too difficult."

Although the old fourteen did not speak clearly, Hong Qing knew what was going on in his heart, so he raised a point again with a smile.

"Oh? You're really serious. Is there anything you can't say all at once? Don't explain anymore. Master Xiao is in a hurry with you!"

Seeing that Hongqing was playing tricks again, the old fourteen was really a little angry. If it wasn't for Gu Nian's request to Hongqing at this moment, he would have waved his old fist to greet Hongqing. Understand.

"Well, no kidding, my nephew has two brochures here, Uncle Fourteen might as well read it first before we talk about it."

Seeing the blue veins on the old fourteen's forehead twitching wildly, Hong Qing was very happy in her heart, but she didn't intend to really make this guy mad, so she leaned back on the bed pretending to be in difficulty. The body on the brocade cushion fumbled out two booklets that had not been covered with yellow silk from under the pillow, and handed them to the old fourteen in a casual manner.

The two papers are not very long. The first one is about the case of the emperor’s mausoleum. It was at the end of last year that Shen Tiansheng, the new Minister of the Ministry of Households, was embezzling food and filling his own pockets when he distributed food in Anhui to relieve the disaster. However, the prince's confidant, who had been working in the East Palace in the early years, had always been favored by the prince. The reason why he became the secretary of the household department was all from the sponsor of the prince. Since he was so corrupt and perverted the law, how could the prince be blameless!

Looking at the two documents separately, it is difficult to kill the prince, but together, the weight is heavy, and the forces of various parties can use these two things to create troubles and completely disrupt the old man's various arrangements for power collection. If there is any chaos, the old man will inevitably be forced to rush back from the south of the Yangtze River, which will solve the death situation of the prince monopolizing the power. At that time, no matter how much the old man protects the prince, he will have to deal with Qi Shiwu and Shen Tiansheng. The two princelings, once this happens, the prince will become a toothless tiger. Even if he does not die, he will have no room to play a role. Naturally, the old man will not place such waste in the East Palace again, and it is inevitable to depose again ——If the prince still wants to keep his position in the East Palace, the only way to go is to raise rebellion. The problem is that the prince has no soldiers and no power in his hands. , In this way, isn't the opportunity for you elder brothers to enter the East Palace has come again?

"Well..., if you follow this path, you really don't expect things to change, it's just this signature..."

Although the two papers were not long, the old sixteen read them very carefully. After a long time, he put the papers aside and nodded thoughtfully, affirming the power of the two papers. The signature at the back is blank, but it is quite puzzling. Nothing else, both of these excerpts are written by Hong Qing, especially the excerpt of the emperor's mausoleum is basically narrated from Hong Qing's own point of view. Is this excerpt? , naturally it should be signed by Hong Qing, there is absolutely no reason to let it go.

"Hey, my nephew almost forgot that my uncle needed a lot of help when I was too busy talking. Look at this..."

Leaving the signature place empty is not Hong Qing's negligence, but to use it to blackmail Ba Ye. If the old fourteen doesn't mention it, Hong Qing will open his mouth. Now that the old fourteen asked, Hong Qing How can there be any politeness at all, so he stretched out his hand and slapped his forehead, and said half of the sentence in a dejected manner.

"Brother Qing, if you have anything to do, just talk about it. If you can do it, I will definitely not let you suffer. If you can't do it, I will do nothing."

Seeing Hongqing's appearance, how could the old fourteen not know that Hongqing was going to reap benefits again, and there was really an urge to scold her mother in his heart, but it was a pity that he wanted to return to his thoughts, but he couldn't do it carelessly, not for anything else Because only Hong Qing can submit the Excerpt from the Emperor’s Mausoleum, and when the case comes to be retried, only Hong Qing, the imperial envoy who has personally experienced the entire case of the Emperor’s Tomb, is qualified. Therefore, even if she knows that Hong Qing This was clearly a trick of extortion, and the old fourteen could only endure it.

"Ha, those who know me, Fourteenth Uncle, in fact, it's not a big deal, Meng Guangzu's dog just returned to Beijing to report on his duties a few years ago, and complained to my father and king, saying that the chief envoy has already served his term. The performance test is also first-class, but he failed to be relocated, and he still stayed in Shandong. He was really wronged. Hey, my father and king scolded him bloody at the beginning, saying that he was an official, so he had to benefit On the one hand, how can you extend your hand to the imperial court just because you have an inch of merit? My nephew listened to me from time to time, but I was terrified. Alas, we need to work hard for the imperial court, but we always have to be decent. Give it? You can't have the horse run and the horse not eat grass, can you? Hehe, it's just such a thing, can Uncle Fourteen do it?"

Hongqing is good at knocking bamboo sticks, now that the old fourteen delivered the bamboo sticks to the door, Hongqing has no reason to beat hard, laughing and laughing, she has already proposed the plan to seek an official for Meng Guangzu.

"Brother Qing, why don't you pass? The official in frontiers has always been the emperor's relative. Even if I want to help, I'm afraid I don't have the place to do it. Let's discuss this matter separately."

Meng Guangzu is currently the chief envoy of Shandong. If he wants to be promoted again, he must be the governor of a province. There are only thirty or so high-level officials in the Qing Dynasty, and there are only one or two vacancies every year. Well, Eighth Master's own family is not easy to settle. How could he help Meng Guangzu, a servant of the third master's family, find an official? Even if Eighth Master is willing, Fourteenth Master is not willing.

"Don't tell me, my nephew heard that Li Siyi, the governor of Fujian, has reported Ding You, and now the vacancy has come out. The official department originally planned to report to Zhang Boxing. It is said that Master Jiu stuffed tens of thousands of taels into it, not to change it. It's Su Ruisi's, hey, since the bureaucrat's intentions can be changed, it's okay to change it again."

Finding an official for Meng Guangzu was ordered by the third master. If this can't be done, Hongqing will have to suffer, so naturally she refuses to let it go. She has no scruples pointing out the fact that the ninth master bought an official for his slaves .

"You..., that's all, the master can't answer you for a while, and it will have to be discussed again."

Seeing that Hong Qing played the layer-by-layer skinning scene so smoothly, even if the old Fourteen was choked to the point of turning blue, he wouldn't act rashly because it was so important. Besides, the decision on this matter The power is not in the hands of his old Fourteen, no matter whether he agrees or not, it must be counted by the nod of the Eighth Master. In view of this, the old Fourteen can only wave his hand angrily, He replied vaguely.

"Succeed, Fourteenth Uncle just negotiated to go, but my nephew's health is getting worse, so I really dare not keep Fourteenth Uncle any longer."

Of course, Hongqing knew that although the old fourteen was ambitious to replace the eighth master, but right now he could do some small tricks in private. Si Neng is in charge, at this moment, what should be said has been said, what should be talked about has also been finished, Hong Qing didn't want to say any more, so she followed the old fourteen's tone and issued an order to expel the guest.

"You kid is really not authentic, forget it, I don't want to bother with you, so let's talk about it later."

The old fourteen really had nothing to do with Hongqing, in desperation, he could only curse angrily, got up and left...

(End of this chapter)