Kowloon wins

Chapter 653 The Oriole and the Hunter ([-])
It was half past Haishi, and the night was getting dark. After the banquet, the tenth master and the fourteenth master had all returned home happily, but the Dudu ninth master didn't leave. He found an excuse and stayed in the eighth master's mansion. The two brothers chatted all the way into the study, took their seats, and the servants with their own attendants rushed to serve the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and then retreated in a single file. Only the two brothers were left in the huge study. sit opposite each other.

"Brother, the old twelfth man's boastful talk is so false, I'm afraid it's hard to have any integrity at all?"

Of course Jiu Ye stayed alone not just to drink tea to hangover, but he had a lot of misgivings about Ba Ye agreeing to Twelfth Master's request so easily. There were too many people at the banquet earlier, which hindered Ba Ye's face. It's not good for Master Jiu to openly sing a different tune, but now he can't help it.

"Well, that's true. The twelfth brother has been in the household department for many years, but he has never been successful. This sudden use is indeed a little impetuous."

Eighth Master had clearly made up his mind a long time ago, and guessed what the metaphor behind Jiuye's statement was, but he didn't care, smiled and casually commented.

"Since the starling knows this, why did he agree to his request? You must know that the Hongli boy is by no means easy to deal with. If he is allowed to take the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of Industry, the old twelve will be defeated. What do we do? Didn't you make a wedding dress for the fourth child for nothing?"

Seeing Ba Ye's calm and indifferent state, Jiu Ye couldn't hold back anymore and had to speak clearly.

"It's impossible for the ninth brother to think about this, but he can see it a little closer. Heh, let's put it this way, the old twelve is of course eager to stabilize his position, so he has to rely on the help of Hongli Xiaoer, but In the bottom of my heart, I may not be on guard. As for Hongli Xiaoer, he knows that the old twelve is using him, but he is still willing to do so. There is a fight to the death, if this is the case, regardless of the outcome, the foundation of Hong Qing's son will undoubtedly be thwarted, and this, for us, is already a good result, a little help, what's the point? Or, according to the ninth brother, is the old twelve the opponent of Hongli Xiaoer?"

In the small group, the only person who can really make Ba Ye fancy is actually Jiu Ye. If there are other people around, Ba Ye will definitely not say what is in his heart. No more scruples, he smiled and explained it.

"Well, although the old twelfth has the name of being in charge, can you talk about viciousness, but it is far inferior to Hongli. If there is no external force to intervene, the old twelfth will definitely lose, eh? External force? Could it be that the starling wants to... ..."

Jiu Ye is a meticulous person, although he is not particularly outstanding in strategy, he is not mediocre either. He has guessed the fundamental intention behind Ba Ye's generosity in helping the old twelve, and his eyes immediately A gleam of surprise passed by.

"It's good that the ninth brother knows, let's see everything for now."

Eighth Master obviously didn't want to go into details, before Jiuye finished speaking, he waved his hand and came to a conclusion.

"Mynah said yes, so let's take a look."

Seeing that Master Ba had already made up his mind, Master Jiu's worries were all gone, and after agreeing with him with a smile, he didn't ask any more questions...

"Nephew, it's almost time, look..."

At three o'clock in the morning, in the meeting hall of the Ministry of Industry, the Twelfth Master sitting at the top looked sideways at Hongli who was sitting beside him, and asked half of the question with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Twelfth can make his own decision, my nephew has no objection."

Hongli has always behaved in a gentle manner in public, even though the words of the Twelfth Lord are full of flattery, he has not forgotten his appearance because of this, and he has never acted out of place, just calmly bowed his hands Responded.

"Well, that's good, come, go, invite all the people in the meeting to come in!"

The Twelfth Master was obviously very satisfied with Hongli's respectful and modest performance, but he didn't show any more politeness. Instead, he waved his hand and gave the order with pride.

"twitter!"

As soon as the Twelfth Lord ordered, Ha Qituo and other palace guards who had been waiting by the side did not dare to be negligent, they all agreed, and retreated from the hall one after another. After a while, they saw a large group of workers Under the leadership of Dai Zi, the officials turned around from behind the screen at the entrance of the hall.

"The next official is waiting to kowtow to the prince!"

Dai Zi and the others had received the notice of the meeting yesterday, and they had already arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry early in the morning. They already had a good understanding of what the Twelfth Master wanted to do, but most of them didn't expect that Hongli was also present. , I couldn't help being a little surprised in my heart, but, all the people are old in the officialdom, so they won't show any strangeness at this moment, they rush forward one after another, saluting in unison according to the court regulations.

"No, all gentlemen, please sit down."

Facing the big gifts from the officials, the Twelfth Lord was extremely polite, bowed his lower body in a serious manner, raised his hand, and gave him a seat very kindly.

"Thank you, my lord, for giving me your seat!"

After the Twelfth Master shouted, all the people waited without much courtesy. According to the court regulations, they all thanked each other and took their seats according to their ranks. Everyone did not look sideways. Like wood carvings and clay sculptures.

"Ahem, gentlemen, it has been more than half a month since Xiao Wang was ordered to go to the project to handle various matters. Thanks to your great help, Xiao Wang thank you in advance. However, there are too many affairs in the department now. He didn't make a plan early, but he was afraid that the sage would punish him. Xiao Wang was terrified, so he had to ask everyone to hurry up and sort out the inventory reports of each department and department, so that Xiao Wang could fulfill his due obligations as soon as possible. Six days ago, Xiao Wang I have clearly informed you, you must be ready to stop, if so, can I ask you to submit the report?"

The Twelfth Lord looked around at the crowd, gave a fake cough twice, and attracted everyone's attention, and then talked a lot with a smile on his face, which meant the same thing, that is, to ask everyone to hand in the report.

"The prince has an order, and the subordinates should obey their orders!"

As soon as the twelfth master said this, Chen Busi, who had already obtained the eighth master's secret order, stood up first, responded loudly, and then shook his hands, took out a document from his wide sleeves, and held it in his hands. , quickly rushed to the front, bowed, and raised the document high above his head.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates have already prepared the report, please have a look at it."

As soon as Chen Busi opened the fire, Qi Dazuo dared not lag behind, and also flashed out from the side, and also held the inventory report of Yu Hengqing's official department high above his head.

"Gao Yi, my lord, Xiao Wang is here to thank you."

Seeing Chen and Qi cooperate so well, the smile on Twelfth Master's face suddenly became brighter. He waved his hand and signaled his guards to take all the documents from the two of them, but he didn't look at them. , but put it on the copy, cupped his hands, and thanked him with a smile on his face.

"Don't dare, the prince is ordered to act as the Ministry of Science and Technology, and it is the duty of the subordinate officials to follow orders and act."

Since Chen Busi was ordered to cooperate with the Twelfth Master, he was very happy to show it, and with just a few words, he had already cornered all the officials who were still sitting still.

"Well, Mr. Chen and Mr. Qi are so loyal to the country. It is really a rare talent. Okay, very good. If you have all the reports, please submit them."

The Twelfth Master was obviously extremely satisfied with Chen and Qi's performance, and praised them without hesitation, and then took advantage of the opportunity to run the rest of the officials.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's against the rules. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the successor is not allowed to intervene in official affairs before the succession of the predecessor and successor. This is custom-made, how can you act at will."

After the twelfth master's run, all the officials below became a little impatient, and all their eyes fell on Dai Zi, who was the highest rank, but Dai Zi obviously didn't want to be here. When he came out to stir up trouble, he closed his eyes, and there was a blind eye, but Song Chengwu, the doctor in charge of the official of Dushuiqing, stood up first, bowed to the twelfth master, and said something expressionless road.

"What Master Song said is very true. How can the court rules be violated lightly? If the prince wants to report, it will not be too late to discuss after the handover."

"That's right, that's the reason."

"Master Song is right. I have prepared the report early in the morning, but if the prince wants to get it, he must have an official letter to prove it?"

……

With Song Chengwu taking the lead, Lu Dazhi, Qian Wensan and other palm seal doctors all followed suit, and the meeting hall was as noisy as a vegetable market.

"This one……"

The Twelfth Lord doesn't know the rules. If he hadn't been able to complete the handover with Hong Qing, he wouldn't have ended up in such a passive situation. Because of this, he really couldn't convince everyone from the point of view of reason. He could only cast his eyes for help on Hongli who was sitting silently and still.

"quiet!"

What Hongli was waiting for was this moment. Seeing the Twelfth Master's eyes for help, he couldn't help but feel very excited, but he didn't bring it to his face, but seeing his expression solemnly slapping the copywriting, he was already excited. It was a stern drink.

Not to mention, although Hongli has not made any earth-shattering achievements in the past few years, after all, he has been in power at the Central Bank, and his power is really not small. Everyone was frightened by it, and the meeting hall fell silent in an instant.

"Master Song kept talking about the court regulations, that's good, so let me tell you about the court regulations. A certain person is ordered to help the Ministry of Industry and has the right to intervene in the affairs of the various departments. I think Mr. Song will have no doubts about this. Well, since that’s the case, please ask Mr. Song and all the gentlemen to submit the inventory report, and I want to check it, do you have any doubts, huh?"

To hit a snake, you have to hit seven inches. For this one, Hongli is obviously one of the three tastes in the deep rhyme. Song Chengwu was severely reprimanded.

(End of this chapter)