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Chapter 697 Fanning the Flames ([-])

Although the matter of Hong Qing taking charge of the review of military expenditures has passed the court meeting, and the old man has already approved it in court, but the imperial edict was issued very late, and it was not until the third day after the court meeting that the edict came to Hong Qing. In his hands, and before that, he called Hong Qing to have a private conversation for two consecutive days. Although he never specifically mentioned this errand, there were quite a few hints in his words. Don't want to kill as much as in the past, Hong Qing naturally promises to this, but, Nuonuo returns to Nuonuo, Hong Qing will not make any more difficult decisions, at least Mostly, it's just a gentler approach, nothing else, this is not only a battle of revenge, but also a battle that has a bearing on the overall situation.

reason?To put it bluntly, the fourth master has always been the confidant enemy of Prince Cheng's family. When it comes to the degree of threat, he is actually far above the more powerful eighth master. Father and son have always been backup characters. Once the third father and son have a big mistake, the fourth father and son will be the natural replacements. As for the eighth master, he looks like a strong soldier, but in fact he has already been eliminated from the ranks of legitimate competition. What he can do What they want is to spy on the current situation in secret and play a trick of rebellion. Although this can be regarded as a threat, it is far away compared to the fourth master and his son. If the fourth master is defeated in one fell swoop, it has extremely important strategic significance for the Prince Cheng's family. Even if the fourth master cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, it can definitely be regarded as a huge victory if he can shake the foundation of his household department. In a sense, no matter how the old man hinted, Hong Qing would not make any changes to the original plan.

Time waits for no one, and the time limit is only ten days. Hong Qing didn't want to waste a day. As soon as she received the imperial edict from Da Nei, she turned around and went straight to the Ministry of War. Di Bian ordered all officials above the head of the Ministry of War to be called to the lobby of the Ministry of War to discuss matters.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Yin Tebu, led his colleagues in the Ministry of Military Affairs to kowtow to King Yong and King Ren!"

Hongqing held the imperial decree in his hand, and he was also a well-known "official butcher". He came here hand in hand with the old thirteen, how could Yin Tebu, Minister of the Ministry of War, dare to be negligent in the slightest, and hurriedly ordered all the people to gather as soon as possible. After a while of flying around, more than [-] officials from the top and bottom of the Ministry of War finally gathered together, led by Yin Tebu, and filed into the lobby. When they saw each other, they sat side by side behind the first copywriter. Hong Qing and the old thirteen, Yin Tebu rushed forward and led the left and right servants and the palm print doctors of all ministries to rush forward.

"It's all free."

Although the old thirteen is an elder, but now Hongqing is the imperial envoy, facing the great ceremony of the crowd, he must be called by Hongqing, this is what should be said in the title, but there is not much to say place.

"Thank you, Lord Long!"

Although the old man's edict has not been issued these days, the news has already spread. All the people present have a good idea of ​​what Hong Qing will do when he comes to the Ministry of War. No one wants to become Hong Qing. No one dared to be negligent in the etiquette of Qing's sacrificial offering, and the voice of thanking him was very orderly and loud.

"Yin Shangshu, gentlemen, please take your seats."

In order to avoid suspicion, Hong Qing seldom went to the Ministry of War, and basically did not have private contacts with the Ministry of War, Yu Yintebu and other high-ranking officials who were qualified to go to court were basically nodding acquaintances. , Since then, I didn't bother to do the boring business of greeting, I just waved my hand expressionlessly, and said in a flat voice.

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

Although the lobby of the Ministry of War is not small, there may not be many seats, and there are only seven seats in total. The one who is qualified to sit is Yin Tebu, the minister, with two servants and four palm print doctors. Middle-level and low-level officials such as doctors and principals can only be divided into two rows according to their ranks and stand from the inside of the hall to the lower row of the hall.

"My lords, according to His Majesty's order, I came to the Ministry of War to review the military expenditure. Do you have any objections to this?"

After so many years, Hongqing has already done a lot of errands, and the opening remarks of routine affairs are very smooth, although the words are plain, the majesty is self-generated.

"My lord Mingjian, it's really a blessing for our Ministry of War that you can come to supervise this matter. The subordinate officials dare not have any objections."

Yin Tebu is a man with a red banner. He had served as the servant of the Ministry of Rites under the Third Master for many years. Although he was not a servant of the Third Master, he was quite friendly with the Third Master. Naturally, he got along very well in the Ministry of Rites, but Ever since Kangxi was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War in 52 years, everything has not been going well, nothing else, the gang of palm print doctors do not listen to him at all, except for the old fourteen, there really is no one who can command those arrogant soldiers For a titan, even the old thirteen would not be able to do it, let alone Yin Tebu. Because of this, Yin Tebu originally hoped that Hongqing could kill in the Ministry of War this time. Speaking of polite words, there is a sense of sincerity and expectation.

"Master Yin is polite, do you have anything else to say, huh?"

For Yin Tebu, Minister of the Ministry of War, Hong Qing really doesn't have much affection for him, nothing else, just because he is too good at speculating, on the surface he has a good relationship with the third master, but in private he does not miss the third master It is because of Ba Ye's secret power that he was able to take up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War. Such a secret is unknown to others, but Hong Qing, who has a "sharp knife" in his hand, knows it very well. It's hard to have any good feelings at all, of course, in such occasions, Hong Qing would not show her face, so she just said a polite sentence in a calm voice, and then looked around at the other officials. He asked earnestly.

"The next official is waiting to listen to the instructions of the prince."

Knowing that the purpose of Hong Qing's continuous shouting and questioning was to suppress the morale of all the people, but the officials of the Ministry of War did not dare to express the slightest dissatisfaction, and they could only bow in unison according to the court rules. I dealt with it myself.

"Well, well, this king is here on a business mission, and I still have to rely on the cooperation of the gentlemen. I thank you in advance."

Since the officials of the Ministry of War had expressed their views, according to the usual practice, Hong Qing would have to thank him. However, this time, Hong Qing did not allow the officials of the Ministry of War to say any more polite words. Pressing his hands, he signaled all the people to be quiet, and then, his face suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's gossip less, let's get back to business, my king called you here today, just for one thing, that is Please work together to come up with a summary of this year's military supply report, and make a budget for next year's military supply expenditure. In addition, if the western front army cannot wipe out the Junggar tribe within a year, it will need to use the strategy of debate to exhaust the enemy. The plan for the debate also needs to be arranged in advance, give you eight days to complete all matters, do you understand everything, huh?"

Dead silence, a whole group of dead silence, although the officials of the Ministry of War had already heard the general process of the court meeting a few days ago, they also knew that Hong Qing's visit was not just as simple as reviewing military expenditures, but Hong Qing really listened Such a harsh request was put forward, and all the officials of the Ministry of War were still stunned. No one dared to take a breath for a while, and the hall immediately fell into a strange silence.

"My lord Mingjian, you are able to come to our military department to supervise, the lower officials are very happy and encouraged, and they should try their best to serve the lord. However, when the so-called manpower is limited, hehe, it is not the lower officials who shirk, but the lord. The three requirements are too difficult. According to the practice of our military department, even if these three requirements are carried out separately, each of them will take more than a month. It is really difficult to complete it in eight days. Please forgive me. "

Hong Qing's request is indeed difficult for some powerful people, but Yin Tebu does not intend to speak out against it, nothing else, because he was hoping that Hong Qing could rectify the Ministry of War, so he could take the opportunity As for the promotion of confidantes, as for the four palm seal doctors, they have already obtained the secret order of the eighth master, and it is impossible to contradict Hong Qing at this moment. Just like this, the unbearable silence lasted for a full cup of tea. Finally, someone couldn't help but show up, and this person is Man Peng, the left servant of the Ministry of War!

"Did Mandarin think it can't be done, huh?"

Although Hongqing seldom had contact with all the officials of the Ministry of War, she knew the details of all the people in the Ministry of War very well. She knew that Man Peng, who was born in the Zhenglan Banner, was the real confidant of the old fourteenth. , of course he wouldn't give him a very good look, but seeing Hong Qing's brow wrinkled, he snorted coldly in a blunt tone.

"If you go back to the prince, it's not because the officials are shirking you. It's really hard to do this. If the prince doesn't believe it, you can just ask the palm seal doctors."

Seeing that Hong Qing's expression was wrong, Man Peng didn't dare to fight it alone, so he quickly changed the subject and tried to pull the four palm print doctors together to top the vat.

"Oh? That's good, I'll just ask, Cui Langzhong, do you think it's impossible?"

Hong Qing didn't get mad at Man Peng's words, but followed what he said, looked around the four palm print doctors with a half-smile, and asked a question calmly.

"Your Majesty's lesson, I think this matter is really difficult, and I only dare to speak out to the best of my ears."

Cui Langzhong, whose name is Cui Yan, is a member of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army. Therefore, even though Hong Qing issued an extremely harsh order, Cui Yan was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, but he still resisted the urge to object, but he did not expect Hong Qing to name him in public, which made Cui Yan avoid There is no way to avoid it, after a quick calculation in my mind, I still bit the bullet and agreed with Man Peng, there is no other way, the three requests Hong Qing raised are really impossible to achieve, at least for Cui Yan herself It seemed so, Cui Yan could only express his disagreement tactfully when he was dealt with by Hong Qing in order to avoid failure.

(End of this chapter)