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Chapter 656 The Old Man's Test ([-])

On the second day of May in the 54th year of Kangxi, the inner court issued an imperial edict, exempting Hongli from the title of Assistant Office of the Ministry of Industry in the name of exceeding his authority.As soon as this edict was issued, there were many civil and military discussions in the Manchu Dynasty, and rumors spread among the people. After this attack, the reputation of Prince Yong's Mansion, which was not highly regarded by the people, would inevitably be lowered. The unfavorable rumors generally said that the third master and his son were bullying others, but these rumors were not mainstream, they were just random discussions by some small circles with ulterior motives.

Hong Qing didn't care about other people's comments. As far as he was concerned, being able to drive Hongli out of the Ministry of Industry was a big victory. At least he didn't have to worry about Hongli using the name of the Ministry of Industry. Stirring the wind and the rain in the Ministry of Industry, as for other things, it doesn't matter. Others can discuss it as they like. Hong Qing didn't bother to bother at all. After the handover was completed in three to five days, Immediately, he entered the upper study room proudly, stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Tingyu and others, and officially started his career as a bachelor.

Naturally, it is not so easy to be a bachelor. Don’t you see that there are tens of thousands of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, but there are only a few people who can really stand on the level of a bachelor. It is an honor to be honored, but personally The pain in the middle is really not enough for outsiders to understand—thousands of official documents fly into the Ouchi every day, not to mention, just copying abbreviations is not an easy task, not only must each memorial be detailed After reading it carefully, I still have to extract the core content of the playbook from a lot of red tape. This is not the end, and I have to attach my own suggestions on what the playbook says.This kind of workload is really not that fun. Rao Hongqing was used to approving paperwork in the Ministry of Industry, but when he suddenly took over this kind of brain-consuming and laborious work, he was still exhausted. It's really not as sophisticated as Zhang Tingyu and others. There's nothing to do, so I can only make up for my weakness with hard work. I always have to be busy every day until dark before returning home. And this is still in the situation that Hongqing has no department in charge. If you want to hang up a few more books for Hongqing, well, you don't have to go back to the house, and you can directly move the bedding to the study room to lay the floor.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the end of May, the weather is getting hotter, the old man can't stay in the palace anymore, and led a large number of eunuchs and maids to move to Changchun Garden outside the city. Naturally, they all followed to Changchun Garden. Hong Qing, who was so busy in the dark, could finally catch his breath. The ability has been greatly improved. As for the second thing, the Summer Palace of the third master is next to the Changchun Garden, just across the wall. After work, you can go home just around the corner. Naturally, Hongqing's small life is much more comfortable. Of course, because of this, Hong Qing's job on duty in the morning shift fell on Hong Qing's head unsurprisingly. He is young and lives nearby. No, this morning, Hongqing was the first one to arrive at Qingxi Bookstore, and made the accompanying guards make a pot of strong tea, and immediately buried him. In the pile of official documents, I kept writing fast.

"Hey, King Renjun, good morning."

Just as Hong Qing buried her head in the book, she heard the sound of footsteps, and Ma Qi, who was neatly dressed in court uniform, turned around from behind the screen and greeted Hong Qing with a smile.

"Master Ma, good morning."

Although she is already familiar with many of her subordinates now, compared with Ma Qi and other senior scholars who have been a bachelor for many years, Hong Qing's ability to copy and abbreviate still needs to be practiced for at least a few years. In order to catch up with the progress, Hong Qing has no intention After exchanging pleasantries, I just responded with a smile, and then I started to write hard again.

"My lord, I have a copy here. It was transcribed by Mr. Yin yesterday. The Holy Majesty has read it, but he didn't approve it. He said that the lord should have a trial first. Why don't you read it first?"

Ma Qi didn't care about Hong Qing's cold response, shook his hand, took out a yellow silk mask from his wide sleeve, handed it to Hong Qing with a smile, and said casually.

"Oh? That's good, Xiao Wang will read it now."

Hearing what Ma Qi said, Hong Qing was really curious. She glanced at the booklet and saw that it was signed by Old Fourteen. He just responded with a smile, took the paper, flipped it open, looked at it, and frowned involuntarily, nothing else, the paper was drafted by the old fourteen in the name of the Ministry of War There is only one request for Datong, and that is to request that the artillery brigade of Fengtai Camp be transferred to the front line in order to ensure the success of the Western Expedition.

Um?What does this mean, old man!

The old Fourteen's idea of ​​recruiting new troops has been around for a long time. Hong Qing has known this for a long time. Just now, the old fourteen had to give up such plans. Now, the army is almost assembled, and the expedition is imminent, and the old fourteen actually plans to plan the artillery brigade of the new army. There is obviously an article here, but what? It's not surprising to put it bluntly, but there is no one who leads soldiers who doesn't want to hold such a powerful army as the Artillery Brigade in their hands. The problem is that it's hard to say what the old man's intentions are for not expressing his opinion on this.

"Master Ma, does Huang Mafa have anything to say?"

Hong Qing frowned and thought for a while, but she still wasn't sure where the Sacred Heart was headed, so she didn't dare to express her opinion indiscriminately, so she asked a question in a deep voice.

"That's not true, just let the prince give an opinion before making a decision."

Ma Qi shook his head and gave the answer very simply.

"Oh, that's right. In Lord Yima's opinion, is this appropriate?"

Hong Qing obviously didn't believe Ma Qi's words, but since Comrade Ma said so, Hong Qing couldn't keep asking, so she changed the way of asking with a smile.

"This official has never led soldiers before, so I don't know anything about it. Hehe, my lord, you are busy. There are still piles of papers piled up there, so don't make trouble."

Hong Qing asked sincerely, but Comrade Ma obviously didn't want to intervene in this matter. No matter what, the transfer of the new army is too sensitive. Also mixed with the Thirteenth Lord and Hong Qing, so many princes are there, this lineup is really too amazing, Ma Qi is not stupid, how can he get involved in this matter, after a haha, he will not Given the chance for Hong Qing to speak again, she turned back to her own desk, sat down, picked up the booklet, and began to read it solemnly.

Well, this old clapper is really cunning!

Seeing that Ma Qi kept silent, Hong Qing felt very helpless. She couldn't force Comrade Ma to ask for an opinion. , picked up the copybook and studied it carefully again, focusing more on Yin Tai's abbreviated annotations. Looking at it, I really saw some clues——Yin Taizhi also He uttered a lot of nonsense, clouded and foggy, and seemed to have no idea, but in fact, his words showed his disapproval of the old fourteen's proposal, but he said it very vaguely.

Since Li Guangdi was dismissed and Wang Shizhen passed away, only Yin Tai was the only supporter of Ba Ye among the bachelors. A university scholar, Wang Jie, has always cherished Yinreng, the deposed prince, and has no affection for the eighth master. As for Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, Wen Da, and even the commoner prime minister, Fang Bao, they have nothing to do with the eighth master. In other words, Yin Tai is the only one who is loyal to the Eighth Master. Obviously, what Yin Tai wants to express is the meaning of the Eighth Master. It is obvious that he does not want to see the power under the old fourteen expand again.

Ba Ye's intentions are easy to understand. Others don't know that there is already a big rift between Ba Ye and Fourteenth Ye, who have always been one. However, when it comes to the direction of the Sacred Heart, Hong Qing dare not draw conclusions lightly. The problem is that since the old man has turned the matter around, Hong Qing will not be allowed to do nothing. The opinion must be It has to be given, and it has to be done as soon as possible, otherwise, there will be no good fruit to eat, but when it comes to how to deal with it, Hong Qing inevitably hesitates.

From a strategic and tactical point of view, there are no strong cities along the way in this Western Expedition, and most of them are field battles. There is no other way. The Junggar side, which is at an extremely disadvantaged force, will definitely not adopt a strategy of sticking to it, and it will definitely not dare to follow the force easily. The extremely strong Qing army launched a main force duel, and there was only one strategy that could be adopted, and that was guerrilla warfare, giving full play to the powerful maneuverability of the grassland cavalry, waiting for an opportunity to attack a part of the Qing army, and then leaving after fighting, using harassment tactics to delay the Qing army. The advance of the army, although the battles are frequent, the scale is destined not to be large. Under such circumstances, the role that the artillery brigade can play is actually not great. Only when the Junggar Khanate left was it possible for the whole country to launch a final decisive battle with the Qing army, and then the artillery brigade could come in handy. Therefore, the practical significance of sending the artillery brigade to the front line is really not great.

But then again, having such a strategic deterrent force as the Artillery Brigade has immeasurable symbolic significance for boosting the morale of the Qing army. On the battlefield, there is also a lot of room for choice and confidence. In this sense, the proposal of the old fourteenth artillery brigade to go to the front line also has merits, but Hongqing originally did not want the artillery brigade to be so supportive. The incomparably powerful combat power is controlled by the old fourteenth, so how to write this summary makes Hongqing quite troubled...

(End of this chapter)