Return to the Qing Dynasty(22)

The fourth master held a thick stack of things in his hand, and from time to time he raised his hand and pressed his temples.

This thing was sent by Hongwang. Hongli and Hongzhou had explained the cause and effect respectively. He never thought that the three people who went to Jiangnan would directly attack Li Xu.

Who is Li Xu?

Li Xu stayed in Jiangnan for thirty years. In the past thirty years, officials came and went, but he and Cao Yin were the only ones who were inseparable and basically never moved. What is the relationship between these two people and the late emperor? Jiangnan

Fushu, the late emperor wanted to know the situation in Jiangnan, so he used them. They had the power to report secretly. The contents of the report were all-encompassing, ranging from the governance situation of Jiangnan officials to the weather, vegetable prices, and rice prices.

It is the eyes that the late emperor placed in Jiangnan.

When it comes to loyalty to the late emperor, Li Xu and Cao Yin have nothing to criticize. There has been no major trouble in Jiangnan for thirty years, which proves that what he said to the late emperor is at least 90% true. And the late emperor also tried his best to protect the two of them.

The late emperor owed a lot of money, and he secretly asked the two to pay back the money. However, in the face of the courtiers, he still tried to find ways to deal with the two of them. Cao Yin died, and he died in front of the late emperor. Now he is dead and the debt is settled. For future generations,

It won't help, if all the old in-laws fall down, it will be a defeat.

But Li Xu is not dead, so he will have to suffer.

In fact, he really didn't want to touch Li Xu so quickly. This guy's belly contains thirty years of Jiangnan officialdom's dirty stuff. Once it is touched, most people may not be able to catch what comes out. It involves a lot of branches and branches.

Damn, there are too many people. With too many people and too many cases, it is difficult to settle accounts. The follow-up processing is a big trouble. You don’t need to think about it to know that once the accounts are turned over, all the old accounts from the late emperor’s dynasty will be revealed. The old accounts from that time

How many things are there that these brothers have not intervened in?

Pulling one hair can affect the whole body, that's what I mean.

But now these stupid young people don't touch anywhere, and they actually come into contact with this tough problem.

In fact, there is no need to investigate Li Xu's problem at all. This is all tacitly understood. There is always a reason for not moving.

What to do now?

"Let's arrest people first." There is such a long list of materials, and there are dozens of named officials. Let's do it!

The fourth master asked someone to draft an edict, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. He wrote the edict himself and told Su Peisheng, "Ask Li Wei to come to the palace."

The Fourth Master and Lin Yutong were having dinner when Li Wei came, and the Fourth Master did not ask to avoid suspicion.

This is also the first time Lin Yutong has met Li Wei. Li Wei is not as handsome as shown on TV. On the contrary, he is tall and tall. He looks like he is 1.9 meters tall and has pockmarks on his face. But this guy

It is true that he does not have a prominent family background, but he is not a servant of the Fourth Master. His family is slightly richer, and his officers were donated. I don’t know how he got into the camp. The donated officers initially became members of the Ministry of War.

Within two years, he was appointed as the doctor of the household department. At that time, the late emperor was still in power, and the fourth master was in charge of the affairs of the household department. But a prince, a prince, and a small doctor were beyond the reach of eight poles. Later, he collected the arrears and became the supervisor.

The Eighth Master of the Ministry of Revenue privately ordered that he can collect ten taels of Pingku silver for one thousand taels of silver. Of course, the euphemistic name is Pingku silver, and it is not just to find extra money for the people working below. Li Wei

I didn't say anything at that time, I just wrote a big sign saying, "Collect Pingku Yin on the order of the Eighth Prince". I 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, and it was blocked as soon as it was posted.

When people reported to Master Ba, he had to wave his hands and give up. If you encounter such a bastard who doesn't play by the rules, if you take it seriously, you will lose. He is not serious, but Fourth Master is serious. He met Li Wei in private

, this guy is so smart, he immediately climbed up the pole. He started to call himself a slave, and didn’t treat him as an outsider at all. From then on, the Fourth Master seemed to have an extra pair of eyes in the household department, and no one could think of causing trouble.

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Speaking of Li Wei, Fourth Master said that this person does not necessarily have to be well-educated. First, he must have a good heart, and second, he must be able to do things. If you have both, it will be difficult to achieve anything.

After the fourth master came to power, Li Wei was assigned to be a post preacher in Zhili. What kind of official is a post preacher? It is similar to a river or grain road. Usually, this post preacher is concurrently held by other local officials. It can be seen that

He didn't think it was that important at all. But in such a position, the fourth master chose to place a trusted confidant. Combined with the situation of the fourth master's new accession to the throne, it is not difficult to guess why. What does Yi Chuan Dao do? It is to leave.

Letters and memorials to and from the inn. As an official, Li Wei should be keeping an eye on the movements in the capital for the fourth master in the dark. Once there is any change, it is impossible that there will be no movement in this inn.

After his fourth master came, he never used this person. Every time he received a discount, the fourth master and Lin Yutong always talked about this person. According to what he remembered, the fourth master still liked this person very much.

So as soon as Li Wei saluted, Lin Yutong asked Zhang Qilin to help him up, "You haven't eaten yet, sit down and use it."

The fourth master said that when people are invited to the palace, they will definitely not dare to delay. He will not care whether they have eaten or not.

"It's my fault." Fourth Master pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down and use some."

Su Peisheng quickly served rice.

Li Weirao was brave, and he was very frightened at this moment. It was like going to a farmer's house, and the hostess said, "Brother, have you eaten? Eat some! It's hot."

But the person speaking was not a village woman, but the Queen. How could it not make people feel horrified.

I hurriedly thanked him, and when I sat down, I took a look at the four dishes and one soup on the table. It was very simple. I changed the dishes at home today when I went back. I didn't have more meat and vegetables, just two dishes and one soup.

Thinking about it this way, I don't feel so cramped anymore. I should eat and drink as I should, without being pretentious at all. The rice was sizzling, and the Fourth Master would pick up some vegetables from time to time. This guy ate five bowls in a row before he stopped.

This sincerity really means that you don’t regard yourself as an outsider.

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

The fourth master then said: "Are you really brave?"

Li Wei smiled naively: "I don't know what I should be afraid of, slave? I am open and honest in front of my master. There is nothing that I dare not let my master know. What does my slave have to be afraid of?"

Lin Yutong laughed on the side. He was not a fool. A fool could not say such seemingly vulgar but delicate words of loyalty.

The fourth master named Li Wei without saying anything. He must listen to words of loyalty every day. Even the thirteenth is not exempt from vulgarity, let alone others. It's just human nature. If he doesn't bother about this matter, the fourth master said he would call him Li Wei.

After showing him the things, he explained: "The matter has to be done, but Jiangnan cannot be messed up. This must be remembered."

Li Wei touched his nose and said, "Just do whatever the master says. I will definitely handle it for you." After saying that, he neatly rolled up the supplementary volume of the file and stuffed it into his sleeve, saying nothing unnecessary.

None, I accepted it after one bite.

After the people left, Lin Yutong came back to his senses, "A small post preacher has more courage than those first-class officials."

"I don't care whether you are brave or not." Fourth Master rubbed his eyebrows, "This matter involves too much, so we need to find someone who is loyal, bold, careful, dares to do things, and can do things. Besides, Hong Zhu and the others are going down.

Things must not be done according to the rules. Find a place to go that follows the rules..." And those who follow the rules cannot accomplish big things that are covered up.

After saying that, he stood up and said, "You go about your business and don't wait for me tonight."

Before the Chinese New Year, Lin Yutong was really busy. The honors of the clan had to be rewarded in the palace before the New Year. Whose family had more and who had less had to worry about whether to give it to whom. There were also some ministers and officials from the capital.

Not to mention, the foreign official in the border area is very particular about who is warm to whom. Now the fourth master doesn't care about these things, Lin Yutong is taking care of them. It's so trivial.

She has endless things to do. As for what Fourth Master is busy with, you don’t need to ask. You know, if you have made such a big mistake, why don’t you ask their Amma to come?

When the Tenth Master was summoned, he was troubled. Why? Isn't this a fortune-telling, longevity, and anointing test? After searching and searching, he found the Tong family. Not only the Tong family, but also the most prominent person in the Tong family now. Who is it?

?Master Tong!

The shop belongs to Mr. Tong's concubine Li Si'er. This is enough to make people scratch their heads. Unexpectedly, there are other people's shares in the shop. Speaking of which, it has some relationship with the Tong family. She is an aunt from the Tong family.

She married into Uranala's family and is now the queen's sister-in-law.

How can you check this?

Just when I was scratching my head, it turned out that the palace had announced a summons. The summons was good. If the Fourth Brother didn't help me, I would have to find him. Even if he wanted to make a move, he was not an ordinary person, so he had to speak first no matter what.

Then he put the things he found in his arms, got on his horse and left.

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

Hong Li was still sitting reservedly, while Hong Zhou was smiling and didn't know what to say to Lao Ba. He was holding a teapot in his hand and pouring tea for Lao Ba, and he also moved the dessert plate forward, looking very attentive, "

... Uncle Eight, thank you for your hard work... The heavy snow in Gyeonggi did not freeze to death and starve to death... I know you came back from the suburbs... You said it was a cold day... You need to drink more tea... The tea here is a bit bitter,

It's just herbal tea to keep away the cold... drink more... have some snacks first, don't worry about eating..."

He spoke warmly, and to be honest, even his own son had never been so close to him. No matter how close he and Hong Shi were to these emperors, Hong Shi would not be able to do this. It didn’t take long for him to sit down, and he drank five cups of tea.

Bowl. As soon as he said he didn't want to drink, the boy had a series of reasons, "Uncle Eight, you have lost weight, and your health is not good at this time. Now that you are sick, who can you go to for such a big disaster relief thing? Besides,

Don't feel bad for Aunt Eight. Just be obedient and we'll cure the disease..." So one bowl after another, it's going up!

I really didn’t want to drink it at this moment, and I was just thinking about how to refuse. But when I looked up, I saw Lao Shi coming, and he hurriedly said: "Come here, your uncle, let me pour some tea for your uncle." Drink it, all.

If you drink too much, you won't look like you're always running to the latrine.

Master Shi was inexplicably given a large cup of hot tea.

Hong Li didn't even know what was wrong with Hong Zhou today, he was jumping up and down without stopping.

Hong Zhou smiled and glanced at the door from time to time.

In a short time, Su Peisheng came in. Hong Zhou's eyes lit up and he stared at Su Peisheng closely.

Su Peisheng coughed lightly and said, "Long live the Lord, please come in."

"Should I go too?" Hong Zhou asked. Didn't he already feel unwelcome? Why did he still ask himself to go?

Su Peisheng looked at Hong Zhou with a bit of a smile in his eyes, "In reply to the fifth brother, Long live the Lord said, tell the fifth brother to stop bothering, there is no way to run away."

Hong Zhou's shoulders suddenly collapsed.

Master Ba thought to himself: This kid is a thief. He wants to run away now. It seems that being designated is not a good thing.

When he got up and left, the Eighth Master passed by Hong Zhou and smiled enigmatically. Hong Zhou was immediately excited. When the Tenth Master passed by, he stretched out his hand and snored on Hong Zhou's head. What a silly boy! The Eight Wise Kings can do that.

You can provoke him casually. He can't do anything to you, Ama, but if you dare to provoke him with your small body, you are really an old man who drinks arsenic and thinks you have a long life.

After the two uncles left first, Hong Li put his foot on Hong Zhou's butt and said, "Let's go!" This embarrassing thing, let's get rid of it, and show off some cleverness.

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

Master Shi said in his heart that the difference between being favored and not favored is really big. When he came, he had to wait patiently. When Shi San came, he went directly to the imperial study.
To be continued...