Return to the Qing Dynasty (22)

The Fourth Master was holding a thick stack of things in his hand and raised his hand from time to time and pressed his temple.

This thing was sent by Hongwang. Both Hongli and Hongzhou said it separately. He never thought that the three people who went to Jiangnan would start directly from Li Xu.

Who is Li Xu?

Li Xu has been in Jiangnan for thirty years. After thirty years, he came and walked in the officialdom. Only he and Cao Yin were fighting each other, so he had basically never touched the place. What is the relationship between these two people and the late emperor? Jiangnan is rich, and the late emperor wants to understand the situation in Jiangnan, they use them. They have the right to report secretly. The content of the report is all-encompassing, ranging from the rule of the officials in Jiangnan to the weather, the price of vegetables and rice, and the eyes of the late emperor put it in Jiangnan.

When it comes to loyalty to the late emperor, Li Xu and Cao Yin have nothing to blame. There has been no major trouble in Jiangnan for thirty years, which proves that at least 90% of what he said to the late emperor is the truth. The late emperor also tried his best to protect the two of them. He owe too much money, so the late emperor took the blame and secretly asked the two to pay back the money. But facing the court officials, he still found a way to deal with the two. Cao Yin died, died before the late emperor, and now the death penalty is lost. Later generations are not helpful. If all the relatives of the in-laws fall down, they will be defeated.

Li Xu was not dead, and he had to suffer if he didn't die.

He actually didn't expect to touch Li Xu so quickly. This guy's belly was filled with black materials from the Jiangnan officialdom for 30 years. Once it moved, most people would probably not be able to handle the things that were churn out. Once it was involved, there were many branches and there were more people. There were many cases and many things were difficult to settle. The subsequent handling was a big problem. Don't even think about it, once the accounts were filled, the old accounts of the late emperor's dynasty. How many things were involved in the old accounts at that time were not interfered with by these brothers?

This is what I mean by pulling my whole body.

But now these naughty young men don’t touch them anywhere, and they actually go to this tough guy.

In fact, Li Xu’s problems don’t need to be investigated at all. This is a tacit matter. There is always a reason to remain unmoved.

What to do now?

"Catch people first." The materials were filled with a large number of materials, and there were dozens of officials with names and surnames. Let's do it!

The Fourth Master asked someone to draw an edict, but after thinking about it, he would just forget it, and wrote the edict himself, and ordered Su Peisheng to "let Li Wei go to the palace."

When Li Wei came, the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong were having dinner. The Fourth Master did not ask to see him avoiding suspicion.

This was the first time Lin Yutong saw Li Wei. Li Wei was not as gentle and handsome as TV shows. On the contrary, he was tall and tall. He looked 1.9 meters tall and had a pockmark on his face. However, this person did not have any prominent family background, but he was not a slave by the Fourth Master. His family was slightly richer and he also donated it. I don't know how to do it. The donated officials started as a minister in the Ministry of War and became a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue within two years. At that time, the late emperor was still in power, and the Fourth Master supervised the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. But a prince and a small doctor were in trouble. Later, he confiscated the owed silver. The Eight Master, who was also the supervisor of the Ministry of Revenue, privately ordered that he could collect ten taels of silver for one thousand taels of silver.

Of course, it is called Pingkuyin, but it is just a gift for the people who are doing business. Li Wei didn't say anything at that time, but he just wrote a big sign and wrote a letter saying "Calling Pingkuyin by the order of the Eighth Prince". He didn't list how to collect it, but there was no need to list it at all. The power of this line of words is infinite. As soon as he posted it out, someone reported to the Eighth Master. The Eighth Master had to give up. When he met such a person who did not follow the rules, he would lose if you were serious. He was not serious, but the Fourth Master was serious. When he saw Li Wei privately, he was so clever and immediately climbed along the way. The slave began to claim himself and did not treat him as an outsider at all. From then on, the Fourth Master seemed to have a pair of eyes in the Ministry of Revenue, and no one would think of haunting him.

Speaking of Li Wei, the Fourth Master said that this person may not necessarily have to be very educated. One must be upright and the other must be able to do things. It is difficult to achieve both of these, and it is impossible to achieve anything if you can’t do it.

After the Fourth Master came to power, Li Wei was arranged to serve as a post-disciple in Zhili. What kind of official is the post-disciple? It is somewhat similar to the river and grain channels. In the past, this post-disciple was served by other local officials, which shows that he did not think so important. However, in this position, the Fourth Master gave this trusted confidant. Combined with the situation of the Fourth Master's new ascension, it is not difficult to guess what the post-disciple is for? It is to go to the post-disciple to communicate with the letters and memorials. Li Wei, as the official, should have been hiding in the dark to watch the movements of the capital for the Fourth Master. Once there is any abnormal movement, it is impossible for the post-disciple to be without movement.

After his fourth master came, he never used this person. Whenever he received a copy, the fourth master would always talk to Lin Yutong about this person. According to what he remembered, the fourth master still liked this person very much.

Therefore, Li Wei bowed here, and Lin Yutong asked Zhang Qilin to help the person up, "You haven't eaten yet, sit down and use some."

The Fourth Master said that he would definitely not dare to delay the situation when he asked everyone to enter the palace, so he would not care whether he had eaten or not.

"Blame me." The Fourth Master pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down and use some."

Su Peisheng quickly gave rice.

Even though Li Wei was brave, he was very frightened now. It was like going to a village house. The hostess said, "Did you eat me? Have you eaten something? It's so hot."

But the person who spoke this was not the village woman, but the queen. How could it not make people feel terrifying?

I thanked me in a hurry. When I sat down and saw four dishes and one soup on the table, it was too simple. When I went back today, I changed my dishes and didn’t have a few meats or vegetables to just two dishes and one soup. Thinking of this, I was not so cramped. I should eat and drink, and it was not pretentious at all. The rice was so whispered, and the Fourth Master picked up a dish from time to time. This guy ate five bowls in a row before he stopped.

This honesty really doesn't treat myself as an outsider.

After dinner, the Fourth Master pointed aside and the two of them went over to sit down.

The Fourth Master said, "Are you really brave?"

Li Wei smiled naively: "I don't know what to fear? I am open and honest in front of my master. There is nothing I dare not let my master know. What is there to fear for me?"

Lin Yutong laughed on the one hand. This is not a fool. A fool cannot say such seemingly vulgar but meticulously expressing loyalty.

The Fourth Master clicked Li Wei, but did not say it out loud. He could not listen to loyal words every day. Even Thirteen was not immune to the common sense, let alone other people. He was not entangled in this matter. The Fourth Master said the purpose of calling Li Wei. After showing him the things, he explained: "It's time to do it, but Jiangnan cannot be confused. Remember this."

Li Wei touched his nose, "What if the master said, what should I do? I will do it for you." As he said that, he rolled the secondary roll of the file directly into his sleeve, and he didn't have any extra words and agreed in one mouthful.

After the person left, Lin Yutong came to her senses, "A small poster preacher has more courage than those first-rank officials."

"I won't say that I am brave and unwilling." The Fourth Master rubbed his eyebrows, "This matter is too much involved. I have to find someone who is loyal, bold, meticulous, dare to do things, and can do things. Besides, Hongzhi and others will definitely not do things according to the rules when they go down. Find someone who follows the rules and cannot do things that are concealed..." Even those who follow the rules cannot do big things that are concealed.

As he said that, he got up, "You are busy with yours, don't wait for me tonight."

Before the New Year, Lin Yutong was indeed busy. The royal family members had to give rewards in the palace before the New Year. They had to worry about whoever had more and less, and whoever they gave them, and whoever they didn't give them, and there were also some ministers who would not talk about the capital. These officials who were in charge of the outside world were all concerned about whoever they were passionate about. Now the Fourth Master doesn't care about these things, and Lin Yutong was all dealing with them. They were trivial.

She had endless work to do. As for what the Fourth Master was busy with, there was no need to ask. After making such a big mess, wouldn't he be able to come to their Ama?

When the Tenth Master was summoned, he was upset. Why? Isn’t this Chafu|Shou|Othermore? After searching, I found out that the Tong family was not only the Tong family, but also the most prominent person in the Tong family today. Who is it? Tong Sanye!

The shop belongs to Li Sier, the concubine of Tong Sanye. This is enough to scratch his head. Unexpectedly, there are other people's shares in this shop. Speaking of which, it has some connection with the Tong family. It is the aunt from the Tong family who got out of the Tong family and married to Ulanara's house. Now it is the queen's sister-in-law.

How do you check this?

He was scratching his head, but Xuansong was summoned in the palace. Xuansong was fine. The fourth brother had to look for him without asking for him. Even if he wanted to move, he was not an ordinary person. He had to talk first.

Then I put the found things in my arms, and went out and got on the horse and left.

When I arrived at the side hall where Hou Jian, I saw that there were no ministers inside, only Hongli and Hongzhou and Lao Ba.

Hongli sat reservedly, and Hongzhou smiled and didn't know what to say to Lao Ba. He was holding a teapot in his hand and pouring tea for Lao Ba. He also gave the snack plate forward, looking very attentive, "... Thank you for your hard work... Uncle Ba... He didn't freeze to death to death with heavy snow in the capital. I knew you were back from the suburbs... You said it was a cold weather... You have to drink more tea... The tea tastes a little bitter, but it's medicinal tea, which drives away the cold... Drink more... Eat some snacks first, and don't have to eat..."

To be honest, even my sons didn't kiss him like this. No matter how close these emperors and Hongshi were to Hongshi, Hongshi couldn't do this. They didn't sit down for a long time and drank five bowls of tea. Once they said they didn't drink it, the kid had a bunch of reasons, "Uncle Ba, you see that you have lost weight and are not in good health at this time. I'm sick again. Who should I ask for such a big disaster relief? Besides, Aunt Ba shouldn't feel sorry for you. Just be obedient, let's treat your illness..." So one bowl after another, it's so big!

Now that I really don’t want to drink it, I was thinking about how to refuse it. As a result, when I looked up, I saw Lao Shi coming. He hurriedly said, “Your Uncle Ten is here, I will pour tea for you Uncle Ten.” Just drink too much, and you won’t seem to have been running to the cottage.

The Tenth Master was inexplicably stuffed with a large cup of hot tea.

Hongli didn't know what Hongzhou was doing today, so he didn't stop jumping up and down.

Hongzhou smiled and looked at the door from time to time.

After a short while, Su Peisheng came in. Hongzhou's eyes lit up and he stared at Su Peisheng tightly.

Su Peisheng coughed lightly, "Long live, please come in."

"I'll go too?" Hongzhou asked. Didn't he think he was disliked? Why did he still ask himself to go?

Su Peisheng looked at Hongzhou with a smile in his eyes, "Reply to the fifth prince, Long lively said, telling Lao Wu to stop messing around, there is no way to run away."

Hongzhou's shoulders collapsed all of a sudden.

The Eighth Master thought to himself: This kid is so terrible. He wants to run away now. It seems that designation is not a good thing.

When he got up and walked away, the Eighth Master passed by Hongzhou and smiled mysteriously. Hongzhou immediately shuddered. When the Tenth Master passed by, he reached out and snored on Hongzhou's head. This stupid child! The Eight Wise King can provoke you at will. They can't beat you, but your little body dares to provoke him. It's really an old birthday star who drinks arsenic and frost, and he has long life.

After the two uncles left in front, Hongli put his foot on Hongzhou's butt, "Let's go!" The embarrassing thing. He played with it and was actually shaking a little clever.

When the four of them entered, Thirteen was already inside and was talking to the Fourth Master.

The tenth master thought to himself that the difference between being favored or not is quite small. When his family comes, he has to wait honestly. When the thirteenth person comes, he goes straight into the imperial study room.

This is actually a misunderstanding. Thirteen didn't know that the emperor Xuanzhao had gone to the middle of the game. It was really a matter of his coming. I was surprised for a moment when I heard Master Wansui call Su Peisheng to call someone.

When he saw someone coming, he stopped talking and stood up to salute the two brothers. Just as the Eighth Master and the Tenth Master were about to salute the Fourth Master, the Fourth Master called the quit, "Sit down."

Hongzhou didn't sit down, so he stood beside his emperor Ama happily, and even gave him a special look of tea. Hongli couldn't do this kind of childish attitude, so he had to stay with the last seat.

After sitting down, he saw that the Fourth Master did not say anything, and the few people looked at Thirteen. Thirteen didn't know what these people were doing at all. After thinking about what he said was not a secret, he continued the topic just now, "...... The things about the missionaries I just mentioned are all this... The priests came to visit, and I also met them. They talked about the Jews, especially those Jews who can still see in Kaifeng Prefecture. These people have arrived across the ocean since the Zhou Dynasty... Of course, this situation was what they said, and I have not verified it yet. Then I will beat people to investigate whether it is true. This Hebrew scripture..." He pointed to a stack of books beside him, "Even they sent it. I can't understand it, so I will show it to Master Long Live first, but I will agree to these priests and talk to them in detail next time..."

The Fourth Master was not worried at all when he gave it to Thirteen. Thirteen always respected religion but never believed it. The same is true for Buddhism, and he had no problem talking about sutras and preaching, but he was not keen on it. The Fourth Master felt that if he was in the past, he would not be as good as Thirteen in this regard.

The Fourth Master said he knew, "You can handle it with all your power." There was no intention of asking about it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Peisheng came with Hongshi. Hongshi was walking in a hurry, with snow and mud on his boots. As soon as he came in to see so many people, he was stunned.

The Fourth Master waved his hand and said, "Go in and see you to change your clothes." He said, "I will talk about the inner room."

That is the place where the Fourth Master rests.

Su Peisheng cleverly asked the eunuch to go to the back to find the queen and asked the Fourth Master for the clothes he often wore.

Hongli said in his heart that when did Emperor Ama be so good to Hong Shi? Looking at the strings of mud footprints on the ground, I felt uncomfortable. When Emperor Ama was in a bad mood before, his appearance of being out of character was enough to punish him.

Hongshi hurriedly bowed and went in. As soon as the clothes were changed, the eunuch came over with his clothes. The underwear was all new, but the one outside was worn by Emperor Ama. The father and son were about the same size, so they came out after changing.

The Eighth Master thought to himself, it turned out that the Thirteenth Old first asked Lao Shi to speak because the Fourth Old is waiting for Hong Shi. Did he really like Hong Shi again?

He was still thinking about it in his heart, and a tray was brought over. There was a stack of paper in the tray, and he picked it up.

When everyone got a copy, the Fourth Master said, "Look at it all. Let's talk about it after reading it."

What's it?

Hongshi quietly came out from inside. Hongli stood up with the things in his hand, got up and gave the seat out and retreated. After Hongshi sat down, he looked at Hongshi. Even if the Emperor Ama's clothes were homely, the five-clawed golden dragon was also an accessories everywhere. Now when he was wearing Hongshi, it seemed that his whole body was radiating. This feeling made people feel uncomfortable, and he was a little uncomfortable.

Others don’t care what they feel about, they are more interested in the content on this stack of paper.

Hongzhou took the teapot and snatched Su Peisheng's work. The Fourth Master waved his hand to Su Peisheng, which means that no one would be left in it and no one would see him.

The eighth master took it here and looked up. The first line was written: The son Hongwang really reported to the emperor.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands holding the paper tightened even more. The Tenth Master couldn't help but look at the Eighth Master's face, and only looked at it, he really thought that this was the Emperor's prince. In the past, these princes did not dare to call themselves "son ministers" and they all called themselves ministers. Hongwang was not unafraid.

Thirteen often saw the Fourth Master and Hongwang get along in the palace, and only raised their eyebrows in a vague way, but there was no unnecessary expression on their face.

Well, just this sentence, they probably know that there is a big case.

But the more you look down, the more wrong it is.

Li Yutang is the former Jiangnan Grain Road, and now he is not in office. You say that an official who is not in office is filial to his hometown. You go to check what others do. Even if it is corruption, it is still corruption in Jiangnan. According to the principle of being an official in another place, he is from Shandong and cannot serve in Shandong. He can't even embezzle Shandong. Isn't this a nonsense?

The eighth Master frowned, but he still looked down patiently. The more he looked, the more something was wrong. Li Yutang was too clean. He looked the fastest, sweeping down at a glance, but he didn't say anything for a long time after reading it. Ninety percent of the things were real. Almost all the people involved in it were known to him, and it can even be said that most of them were familiar and not familiar. Even if Hongwang had never seen it, he should have heard of this name and official position. He didn't believe that he could not remember any of them. Even though he knew what this thing meant, the child still reported it so simply.

Suddenly, I felt that my qi and blood were starting to surge. I didn’t feel sorry for selling my father’s land. He didn’t know how easy it was to accumulate these assets. He was really capable of digging out the foundation of my relatives without leaving any of them.
To be continued...