Chapter 4 The Fourth Encounter with Xiaoluzi Invites Huang Enzhi Lemin to Play Against the Qianqingmen

The excerpt of "Shandong Governor Gao Heng and Shandong Inspector Ding Shixiong personally led the elite to kill the bandits in Heifengya" written by Yue Jun was sent to Beijing after 12 years.It was just around the corner of Chongyang, and there was a lot of drizzle in Zhili, Gyeonggi Province, and the cool breeze was blowing. It had been raining continuously for more than ten days, and it still had no intention of stopping.The minister on duty at the Military Aircraft Division received the document personally, and seeing that it involved the "Yizhihua" rebellion, he immediately ordered someone to copy out the excerpts, and submit them to the Qianqingmen Hearing Office together with the excerpts from the urgent reports from various places that day.About a moment later, I saw Xiao Luzi, the head of the clerk's room in the Military Aircraft Department, wearing a coir raincoat, stepping on the flooded water, and said: "Nazhongtang, the booklet has been sent up, and it was picked up by Mr. Wang Ren." , which is the receipt. "

"Yeah." Without raising his head, Neqin looked at several military newspapers sent by Sichuan, drew on them with his nails, and said, "Didn't you ask, is the Long Live Day in the Hall of Mental Cultivation or the Gate of Qianqing? I want to see the master!" " "Go back to the middle hall, the master is not seeing anyone now." Xiaoluzi bowed his waist and replied respectfully, "The master, the master's wife, the noble master, and the virtuous master, accompanied the empress dowager Lafayette to the Buddhist hall of Zhongcui Palace to pray for the rain to stop Wang Ren said, the master has something to say, and the military aircraft department has something important to do, and I will meet you at the Hall of Mental Cultivation after noon." Neqin picked up the pen and was about to write something, when he heard Emperor Qianlong's words, he stood up quickly and said, "Yes!" Picking up the dossier on the kang table, he said: "I'm going to the old Xiangguo Hengchen outside the Xihua Gate. These papers are the military situation that Xiao Jinchuan looked up to and asked them to copy out. The original papers were sent to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War read it Transfer it to the household department, and the household department will send back the original discount. It is limited to two days, do you understand?" Xiaoluzi repeatedly agreed.Neqin had already put on his deerskin oil boots and walked out in his oil coat. He seemed to have remembered something, stopped again, and asked, "Your name is Xiao Luzi?" The trustee would suddenly ask himself something, his hands trembling with fear as he was packing up the papers, and hurriedly said: "A lowly job is a small way. In the first year of Qianlong, he came to Beijing from Yunnan with Yang Mingshi, and was recommended to be a handyman in the military aircraft department. Donate last year This year, he donated another alternate county, and only then went to the Ministry of Officials to vote for confession..."

Neqin ignored Xiao Luzi's wordiness, just looked him up and down, and stopped him with a smile: "I'm just asking casually, and you just memorize your resume! Donating officials is the way the country selects and employs scholars, and it's also you Honor your ancestors, let’s do it yourself!" After saying that, he left. "Master Zhongtang, let's go!" Xiao Luzi bowed to the ground, watching Neqin's chubby back, just dazed.Although he was born in a small family and did not study much, he has been working as a handyman in this central organ for four or five years since he came to the capital. ——The more they are waiting for a criminal investigation, the more they can put down their airs and be gentle and caring for his words; the more they want to be promoted, the more they will put on the teacher's airs and scold you!For no reason, Naqin will definitely not suddenly care about herself.Thinking of the fact that Neqin and the seriously ill Ertai have always been in the same voice, known as "Mount Tai of Manchuria", Zhang Tingyu has always been favored by the Han bureaucrats in the dynasty, and is known as the "Pillar of the Han River".Xiaoluzi was recommended by Yang Mingshi, and was adopted by Zhang Tingyu. He was on duty on weekdays. Regardless of the top military planes like Zhang Tingyu, Neqin, and Fu Heng, or Liu Tongxun, Qingfu, and ministers of various ministries, he was not careless—not at all. Offend this "Master Zhongtang"? … He sucked his lips and came back to his senses. Just as he was about to tidy up the pile of scattered papers on the table, suddenly a tall official broke in and asked while taking off his bamboo hat, "Where is Na Zhongtang?"

Because of the gloomy sky, the man stood facing the door with his backlit. Xiaoluzi squinted his eyes for a long time before he saw clearly. braid.Prisoner Fang's face was blue and pale, and he looked very haggard. There were only a pair of small triangular eyes under two upturned eyebrows, and a faint light shone in his pupils. He looked very energetic.Then he laughed and said, "It's Mr. Le! Didn't you say that you let go of Huguang Road? When did you come back to Beijing?" At this moment, Le Min realized that it was a small path, and said with a smile: "Just to let go of Huguang Road, I went to Beijing to introduce Xie En. The strange thing is that all the Taoist platforms that were vacant were introduced, and I was asked to hand over the sign alone. Said: "Please go to the Kang, warm up and go. Apart from Zhongtang, Junji Zhangjing, and Junji Office, this is our biggest place. Nazhongtang went to Zhang Zhongtang, and I guess I will be back in half an hour. This is a heavy rainy day." , you just stay here and wait!"

"Thank you," Le Min accepted the tea Xiao Luzi handed over with a smile, took a sip, looked at the dark rainy sky outside, and asked, "Liu Da Sikou said he went to Shandong. He told me, do you know when he will return to Beijing?" Seeing another young official coming in, Xiao Luzi hurriedly greeted the seat, and said with a smile: "Please sit here. According to the rules, anyone who does not obey the order is not allowed to enter this gate. The emperor is sympathetic and has orders, but in rainy, snowy and cold weather, officials from other provinces can enter the house and wait for them, as long as they don’t go over the kang.” He served another bowl of tea to the young man, and finally Answer Le Min: "Responding to Le Sanye's words, Lord Yanqing still has a booklet to hand back to Beijing today! I estimate that I won't be able to come back in three to five days. Since the ancient saying 'Shandong thieves and Hebei thieves', that is not a good place. To be like Mr. Liu, if there were ten or twenty of them in the Qing Dynasty, and each province had one of them, where would there be thieves and strong men?" Tsk tut enviously.Le Min pursed his lips and just smiled, and said, "I heard that you have also been selected, and you are going to be an alternate county magistrate outside, right?"

Xiaoluzi was busy pouring tea with his hands and feet, holding charcoal in the charcoal basin, blowing the crackling coals with his mouth, and said: "Although this place is big, I can't achieve a good result after all. I'd better go out and become an official." , Literary and military, and the ancestors are honored, do you think it is?" "You think it is too easy to be an official." Le Min sighed, "If you only stand up for the lower head, and for the superior constitution Bend over, pass on the words from the top, and push things up from the bottom, monkeys can also become officials. Laughing and scolding are made by others, and I am a good official. When the top is popular, the ancestors are ashamed to death. What's 'light'?" Xiao Luzi smiled and said, "Master Le, you said that you have great ambitions. I'm a boy in an inn in Texas. The land master eats grasshoppers and tastes meat. I don't dare to think big. In the ancestral hall The ancestral tablet should be written brightly, and the villagers think I am a man of heaven—look at Marshal Yue Dongmei, one of the top generals, right? One stumbled, and even his son Yue Zhongcheng was unlucky. And you, Lord Le I also recognize Cao Xueqin, and even Fu Zhongtang admires him so much. Last time I went to Xishan with Master Ajia to visit him, and I met him for dinner. Guess what he ate? Wang Mi is a sticky mess, sauerkraut mixed with salt! Did the Cao family pay off back then? If they lost, it would be over.

The young official sitting at the door was playing with a fan in his hand. He had been looking at the rainy ground without saying a word. When he heard this, he turned his face and asked, "Isn't Yue Zhongcheng still the governor of Shandong? The imperial court didn't punish him. How can it be considered unlucky?" "My lord, you don't understand." Xiao Luzi continued his tea with a smile, and said, "Yue Zhongcheng's staff appraisal was originally reported as 'Zhuo Yi', and there was news that he was going to be the governor of Huguang! General Dongmei After one defeat, Yue Jun's test language became "Zhongping", and he helped each other in official matters, and one person won the Tao and ascended to heaven, and the other offended, and naturally fell to the ground!" The young man laughed out loud. , Said: "If one person offends, chickens and dogs go to the ground! Well said! Then how did you get here to work? Who 'got the Tao' and brought you to heaven?"

Le Min was surprised when he heard him laughing wantonly without any taboo; this place is an important place for Cardinal Tian, ​​governors and ministers have to be careful when they come here, why is this man so bold?He flashed a glance, and saw that the young man was wearing a brown lambskin wind wool Ning silk gown, a stone green Ning silk jacket, and a rose-purple Batulu vest. A pair of black pupils looked bright and handsome, not frivolous, and unrestrained Without losing his composure - where did he seem to have seen it?Le Min shook his head, then shook his head, blinking his eyes just in thought.Xiao Luzi also told how he personally witnessed Liu Kang, the governor of Dezhou, poisoning Daotai He Luying, how he fled Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou in fear of misfortune, how he was recommended to the military plane when Liu Kang's case happened, and how he was passed on to Dali Temple by Liu Tongxun Confronted, and after the matter was over, he returned his wish to donate to the official, and became a candidate for the county magistrate... I told my experience again.Sometimes it is dangerous, sometimes it is sad, and the words are eloquent, turbulent, endless, and even Le Min is fascinated by it.The young man sighed again and again, and said: "Now you are going to be elected, what are your plans?"

"If you go back to the master." Seeing the bright yellow belt around his waist, Xiao Luzi thought he must be a son of the clan, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "The villain has done business, ran to the Dan Gang, and he has seen the world. In the world, it is better to be an official than to be an official. Not only is oneself honorable, but the six relatives and nine clans can speak loudly, and the ancestors in the ancestral hall are decent. My thoughts are that the world is peaceful now, and the master is holy. As long as the official does not get rich, he will be safe For the rest of my life, if I can build canals, build warehouses, build bridges and so on for the people, I might even please my master. Liu Futai is a corrupt official, and if he loses his heart, Ling Chi is not suitable for that kind of official. Congratulations Daotai is an upright official, so pure and poor, that kind of official seems to be tasteless. Liu Yanqing Zhongtang is the current Baolongtu, where the sun is broken by the day and the yin is broken by the night. It is the stars in the sky, and we are not so lucky. I am a county magistrate. Once the common people have enough food and clothing, and I am well-fed and decent, that’s it—the gods in the small temple can’t eat a lot of food, please don’t laugh at me..." The young man said with a smile: "Ambition is not ambitious, but it can be considered knowledgeable. His male, keep his female, think so, you can be regarded as a good official—what's your name?" "My name is Xiaoluzi." Xiaoluzi smiled and made hot tea for Le Min and the young man, and said: "My original name is Xiaoluzi. Xiao Liu, when I was a clerk, the shopkeeper yelled that, so I recognized it——what is your surname, Mr. Taifu?”

The young man was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, a young military officer in his twenties came in quickly, took off his oil coat and handed it to Xiao Luzi, and said with a smile: "It's so cold outside, this room is really warm—— Where's Zhongtang?" "Hey! It's Lord Agui!" Xiaoluzi dropped the torch and rushed up to pick up the oil coat, his eyes widened with a smile, and said, "Na Zhongtang to see Mr. Hengchen Go, tell someone to wait here! My lord, he was soaked in oil coat... just take two bites of freshly brewed Pu-erh tea to warm your body—you don’t know, I’m coming soon Candidates from Sichuan. General Zhang stomped his feet there, and Sichuan and Huguang would tremble, but unfortunately, I, a sesame official, can’t flatter me. At least you are a general in front of him, and you have plenty of time to help me!”

"What a monkey, you can climb along the pole. If you were a military officer following General Zhang, you would have surpassed me." Ah Gui sighed and drank two sips of tea. When he saw the young man in a blink of an eye, he was startled. Afraid of making a mistake, he rubbed his eyes, and when he wanted to look again, the young man smiled and said, "Ah Gui, you are so blind, you don't even dare to recognize me!" Several people in the room seemed to hear a thunderstorm in the dry sky at the same time, all of them looked ashen and stunned.Ah Gui headed over in a daze, knelt down on the ground with a "gudong", kowtowed countless heads, and said in the mouth: "This slave is really a blind dog, just talking to the master with his head upright like a tied donkey!  … ...This room is too dark, and I never thought that the master would be in this room..." Temin and Xiao Luzi just kowtowed and murmured apologies. "Get up and wait." Emperor Qianlong smiled, went to sit cross-legged on the big kang, and said, "Don't forget that I live in the palace, many eunuchs don't know me yet, what's wrong with you?" He seemed interested Not bad, playing the fasting card in his hand, staring at the rainy field outside with piercing eyes, and did not speak for a while.He didn't speak, and the few ministers naturally didn't dare to speak, they all stood with their heads down, listening to the continuous rustling of rain outside the window.After a long time, Qianlong said: "I just came from Zhong Cuiguan. In fact, I love rain and snow weather very much in my nature-after approving memorials and seeing people, I am often dizzy from exhaustion. The cool rain and stars are sprinkled all over me. I'm tired all over. But the rain is too much, it becomes excessive rain, which harms the crops and farmers, and the poor are extremely cold, so I have to give up my love and pray for the sunshine." Ah Gui is an extremely alert person. People, listening and pondering, feel that Qianlong's words have deep meaning, but they can't figure it out for a while.He laughed and said: "The slave is a person who changed from a civil position to a military position. When I was a magistrate, I also loved rain and snow. I can't do it when I become a general. Last autumn, the Qingfu University scholar was surrounded by Xiazhan and Treasure. General Zhang ordered me to Leading 700 sergeants to the starry night to help, the master Shengming, it is a strange place where ghosts do not lay eggs. It rains and snows for a while, 240 miles and a night of raids, and dawn arrives to look at the right. The Qing University scholar also broke through. I The seven hundred soldiers in the army were all rolling like mud pigs, and they didn't dare to scold General Zhang, stomping their feet and cursing, "This is a plague-stricken God." After that, I lost all my romantic poetry." Qianlong laughed. Said: "At this time and at that time, it is also natural to raise the body and live in the air. Now that the world has been in peace for a long time, there are as many literati who can read poetry and prose. As for the literati who really have economics and practical knowledge, they can fight in the field and attack difficulties." You can’t pick one out of a hundred generals. If you want to be all-rounder in civil and military affairs, that’s even rarer!” Ah Gui smiled and said: "Talents are found, cultivated, and stored in the owner's mind. The general Zhang Guangsi is an outstanding military general, Fu Heng is both civil and military, and Qingfu is a civil servant. He is looking up and down. Opening up the main roads of Sichuan and Tibet can be regarded as capable of both literature and military affairs. I saw a report in the residence a while ago, Gao Heng led troops to suppress bandits in Shandong, and killed more than a thousand people under Liu Sanbald. Isn’t this another Fu Heng? Master Shengming, minister Talent will come out through experience." Qianlong smiled and shook his head, and said: "How can it be so easy? They are all false and fooling people to coax me, thinking that I don't know? Zhang Guangsi is a military general and a veteran of the three dynasties. It is true that some skills are true. The rest is only Fu Heng who can be trusted. The bald Liu San in Shandong died of typhoid fever on the way to escape. His subordinates cut off his head and went to Gao Heng to ask for credit. The key criminals, Yan Ruyun and Jia Zufan, all escaped. Gao Heng's credit lies in his personal visit to the former enemy, and found out the whereabouts of 'Yizhihua' and where he fled. In this regard, the court did not bury his credit." After finishing speaking, he turned to Le Min and asked, "How many days have you been in Huguang Road? How could you not recognize me?" "Talk back to the emperor!" Le Min was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect to ask himself a question suddenly. He shuddered and lowered his waist, and said solemnly: "The slave was moved to Huguang Road from Nanjing Customs Road and Foreign Affairs Department in July this year. In July, there were a few backlog cases in his hand, and he was ordered to be transferred to Liangtai, Sichuan. This time he went to Beijing to listen to the training. The slave was fortunate to meet his master twice, the first time was the palace examination, and the second time was with The officials from the other provinces were there to meet with the honest officials. The master is admonishing, the words are earnest, and the slaves dare not forget a word, but when they meet with the class, they dare not peep at the holy face, so they dare not blaspheme. I beg the master to forgive me!" "What's the crime?" Qianlong smiled, moved off the kang, looked at the dark and gloomy palace outside, and asked casually, "Do you know why you were transferred from Huguang?" "The slave doesn't know." Qianlong nodded, and his tone became a little heavy: "In September, the Ministry of Rites listed the officials who should be rehabilitated and pursue posthumous posthumous titles. Your father's name is Le Yingshan, right?——he was confiscated and dismissed in the sixth year of Yongzheng— ——I asked You Mingtang at that time if there was a new Huguangdao man whose surname was Le, and if he and Le Yingshan belonged to the same family? Only then did I know that you and Le Yingshan are father and son. Your father was the governor there for many years, and where Bad things ransack your home. So you should not be an official in Huguang." When Qianlong mentioned Le Yingshan's name, Le Min had already kowtowed to the ground, and said: "The lord's holy candle illuminates. He is educated, reads rationally, and dares not to act recklessly. How dare he keep the hatred and resentment of his parents in his heart? The slave is selected by the current master himself. In order to make up for my late father and repay my favor to the emperor, I dare not have any selfish intentions, and I have never thought about these things. I beg the master to see clearly!" Qianlong pursed his lips in satisfaction, and said: "Get up! No one said What's wrong with you, but some people say that you are too meticulous and careful, and that you do not harm the state affairs, officials, or civil affairs. What's wrong with you? You dare not! It is a rule to transfer you out, and this must be established. .Didn't you come to Beijing to introduce you? That's it, this is your blessing. I don't care about ordinary introductions and warn you alone. When you come to Sichuan, listen to Zhang Guangsi's restraint. You and Agui are old people of the country. Naturally, the imperial court took special care of it. Coincidentally, even you are going to Sichuan—" He turned his face and asked Xiao Luzi again: "What's your name?" "Small road!" "Xiao Luzi—this name is not elegant." Qianlong said: "Your real name should be Xiao Lu. The biggest government affairs in Sichuan today are to quell the chaos in Xiaojinchuan and Dajinchuan, and to fight against Luo Bensha. That's right. It is a place to make contributions. There is no kind of general, and it depends on one's own ability and courage, do you understand?", "The servant understands!" "If you really understand or not, it depends on your actions," Qianlong said without a smile on his face. "The first thing to do is not to deceive the heart, not to flatter, and not to hide anything. The size of talent can be determined by experience. Come on, if the word 'heart field' is broken, there will be no medicine to cure it." "Zha!" Several people kowtowed in unison. Qianlong didn't say anything more, walked around the three people and came to the door.The two eunuchs, Bu Zhong and Ge Xiao, who had been guarding outside all the time, were holding umbrellas in oil coats, clogs and other rain gear in their arms!Hurry up to change clothes for him.Qianlong also didn't want the oil coat, but put on a big cloak, and ordered Bu Xiao to go into the rainy field with an umbrella behind him.A gust of wind swept across the water full of yin bubbles, and Qianlong, who had just come out of the hot military computer room, shivered, and Bu Zhong hurriedly laughed and said: "Master, let's talk about it to relax." , Here I saw someone said that he was on an errand, and after a short pause to go back, it was time for dinner. Nezhongtang must have something important to stumble in Zhang Xiangfu, the master wanted to call him, and the slave sent an order to tell him to come in Can become?" "That's not what you said. What should I do? I have my own rules. Apart from serving my daily needs, I don't have as many words as you!" Qianlong gave Bu Zhong a sullen look, "Gao Dalei didn't I told you the rules? You bastard!" Bu Zhong didn't expect to leave as soon as he opened his mouth. Seeing that Qianlong's face was getting more and more gloomy, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees in the rain with a "puff", and just kowtowed with a pale face: " I know my mistakes and my crimes, so I don’t dare anymore..." "If you have committed a crime, there is no reason to forgive it?" Qianlong squinted at Sisi Yu, and said casually: "In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, except for Gao Dalei, you You are the No. 2 eunuch, how can you serve the public if you are not punished? You are actually committing a capital crime, I think you are still cautious in serving you on a daily basis, and punish you to kneel outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation for three days and slap your mouth a hundred times—go!" Ah Gui, Le Min, and Xiao Lu knelt in the door and could hear clearly. Seeing that Qianlong's family law and internal affairs were so strict, they felt chills in their hearts. Qianlong stood at the door and didn't speak for a while, what he was thinking in his heart was actually what Bu Zhong had just said, since he punished Bu Zhong, it would be a bad idea to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.After being stunned in the rain for a while, Qianlong turned around and walked towards Longzongmen.Bu Xiao didn't dare to talk too much, he held his umbrella high, tested the direction of the wind, tried every means to shield him from the slanting rain, and followed him step by step—afraid of stepping on Qianlong's heel, he bent his body flat and bowed his waist, his appearance would How ugly how ugly.The guards Sauron and Dehui were waiting at the entrance of Yongxiang, waiting for the emperor to return to the palace. Seeing that he had changed his direction, he expected to go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager. They exchanged winks and followed without saying a word.I saw that Qianlong left the Longzong Gate but did not go west, passed Chonglou, Youyi Gate, Hongyi Pavilion, and went west from Wuying Hall, as if he was about to leave the palace.Sauron is a newly elected guard, as careful and shrewd as his father Lang Bu, he hurriedly called a young eunuch Sura, and said in a low voice: "The emperor is going out of the palace, you go and tell the chief guard of the Qianqing Palace, Tu Junmen, Then go to the House of Internal Affairs, tell them to inform Shuntian Mansion, and quietly follow and serve!" After saying that, he followed quickly. Qianlong walked out of the Xihua Gate, stood beside the big stone lion in front of the gate, looked at the Xieguan Pavilion standing gray in the rain and fog, felt a little surprised, turned around and asked Bu Xiao: "It's still early in the evening, how can Xieguan Pavilion stand?" There is no one waiting here?" Bu Xiao said with a smile: "It's so cold, and the wind is blowing, who is willing to wait here in vain? One is Zhang Hengchen, and the other is the front E. Mr. Ertai is a minister who is entrusted with the administration of the government. As long as the six ministries are not assigned by the imperial approval, they are all sent to their residence. Mr. E is seriously ill these days, and Zhang Xiang will probably be twice as busy here. What!" Qianlong said "Yes", walked down the steps slowly, walked towards Zhang Tingyu's house opposite Xihuamen, and asked again: "I heard that there are many Han officials who come to the side of Prime Minister Zhang, and those who go to the side of Prime Minister E They are all full of people, but there are some?" "I've never heard of this slave." Bu Xiao said cautiously: "But the number of people who come to Zhang Xiang's mansion is more than twice that of E Xiang's side. It's not surprising, Zhang Xiang is a veteran of the three dynasties, and has many disciples and old officials. No one in the world can compare to that. Like Mr. Neqin’s family has a dog like a calf, who looks red at people and struggles to grab the rope with his teeth grinning. The slaves are afraid to pass the decree. Who would do it if there is nothing important? Go to his mansion to polish your skills! Master E is a banner man himself, and he is in charge of the banner administration, so there are naturally many banner people who come to the mansion. However, Prime Minister E is not as easy-going as Zhang Xiang. There are many high-ranking officials among them, so it is natural to see that E Xiangai is dealing with the bannermen..." As he said, he had already arrived in front of the Chuihua Gate of Zhang Tingyu's mansion. Zhang Tingyu's mansion was originally outside the old Qihua gate in Dongcheng. It was an old mansion in the Kangxi period. It was spacious and grand, covering an area of ​​156 mu.When Yongzheng ascended the throne, thinking that Zhang Tingyu was getting old and it was inconvenient to come and go, he was given a house outside Xihua Gate nearby, which was a three-entry and four-in-one courtyard.It was originally the place where the doctors and doctors of the imperial hospital waited for the inner court to call, and it was under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Normally, officials from other provinces who came to Beijing or who lived farther away from the capital would rest here to cool off and keep warm when the weather was bad, and waited to see the emperor.Later, when Zhang Tingyu lived here, the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the opportunity to write a note to the Ministry of Household Affairs, saying that the mansion of the Minister of Military Aircraft is next to a large hospital. Due to the hustle and bustle of officials, it is not conducive to the practice of doctors. .Sure enough, the Ministry of Household allocated 500,000 taels of silver to build a new imperial hospital in the garden. Naturally, the imperial hospital was interested, and allocated some silver taels from it to renovate Zhang's house.At the moment when Qianlong and his entourage came to the gate of the mansion, the eunuchs guarding the gate were also eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were given to Zhang Tingyu for use.Because Bu Xiao often came to the mansion to pass orders, and they were familiar with each other. Seeing him coming in, several people hurriedly stood up to greet him. Why is there only an unfilial old man here. Is it a decree or a message?" "Our master wants to meet Zhang Xiang, he has a purpose." Bu Xiao grinned, but he didn't dare to make jokes with him, "Where is Zhang Xiang?" Ma Fengchun glanced at Qianlong, did not dare to laugh again, and said: " This is a serious errand, I will lead the way for the gentlemen——Zhang Xiang is discussing matters with the adults at Listening Yuxuan!" As Qianlong followed into the courtyard, he saw a huge flower hall in the north of the gate. The bright windows were still open in such a cold day. There were dozens of officials in it, some sitting in a dignified manner, some whispering, and some gags. Some of them were eating tea, smoking and eating melon seeds. The smoke was lingering and the voices were noisy, so they asked Ma Fengchun, "Does Xiang Zhang want a banquet? Why are there so many people?" "Returning to the Lord." Ma Fengchun had vaguely realized that this young man had a lot of background, and replied with a respectful smile as he walked: "These are all prefectural and county officials from all over the place, waiting to be received by our Prime Minister, and they look like this every day. There are still a few large kangs inside, and there are some people who live here and wait to see them." Qianlong followed Ma Fengchun through the hall and entered the room in silence, and asked after a while, "Are they eating at the Xiangfu?" Ma Fengchun said: "At first, when it was time for dinner, Our Prime Minister also asked people to deliver meals to the waiting people. Who would have thought that such a cheap price would provoke more and more people-there is no one in the world who is more dirty than these magistrates-after a while Xiang Ye also said, I can't be the Meng Changjun of the Qing Dynasty, all the visitors will only serve green tea, and we don't care about anything else." While speaking, I have bypassed the ultra-handy corridor and passed the Moon Cave Gate next to the West Flower Hall.Sure enough, a pressurized water pavilion was seen lying beside Haizi. At this time, the cloud was dark and the sky was low, the old willows were swaying desolately, and the water rippled, beating the stone foundation of the water pavilion.There is an arched door along the east coast of Xie, with three large characters of "Tingyuxuan" written in powder-coated paint. There are no couplets on both sides, which is obviously a newly built place for recuperation.Qianlong ordered the eunuchs and guards to stop, and entered the small courtyard alone, along the railing of the pavilion, watching the scenery while listening to the movement in the house.At this moment, Fu Heng was talking. "Looking up and looking down is an important way to get through Tibet, and there should be no obstacles for a while. During the Kangxi period, the minister stationed in Tibet was killed by rebels in Lhasa because the reinforcements from the interior could not go up. Lord Qingfu said that Ban Gun had been burned to death. Now Yue Zhongqi said that Ban Gun is still alive. Someone saw him at Xiao Jinchuan Sha Luoben's place. Whether that Ban Gun is dead or alive, he should tell the truth to the master. Master Qing is always straightforward, why is he so hesitant today?" The room was quiet for a while, then Qingfu's slow voice said: "Ban Gun died on the second and third day of June. At that time, he broke through Rulang Village and chased Yalu Village. Seven thousand soldiers surrounded Yalu Village. There was no way out. The persuasion failed, so I ordered the fire to be set on fire. No one escaped by chance. As for the corpse of Ban Gun, Song Zongzhang and Xia Zhan, the commander in chief at that time, identified the chieftain Omu Ding and Ge Songjie. Later, Ban Gun’s enemies went up to report to the chieftain Kenzhu. How dare Qingfu take this serious crime of deceiving the emperor? General Dongmei, are you a bit jealous after losing the battle with Butong yourself? What about merit? Otherwise, the emperor already believed it, why did you say that 'Ban Gun is not dead' for no reason?" Qianlong listened to Yue Zhongqi's defense, but Yue Zhongqi was speechless for a while, and said in a calm manner: "You don't want to Pull the master. Are you the former enemy commander! Ban Gun died, you didn’t see it in person, and what you saw was a charred corpse, how can you confirm it? Now someone has met live Ban Gun in Xiaojinchuan, of course the Military Aircraft Department must confront him clearly Ask about it." Qingfu immediately retorted: "Isn't that just a rumor? Yue Zhongqi didn't see Ban Gun in person either! Looking up and down, more than 170 watchtowers have all been demolished, and more than 30,000 Tibetans have moved to the Dalai Lama. Jinchuan. The throat of Sichuan and Tibet is already under my control—I won the battle, but should I be held accountable?” "This is not a matter of discussing whether you are guilty or not." Yue Zhongqi, who was sitting in the corner of the door, remained silent for a while, and finally spoke up: "Da Jinchuan and Xiao Jinchuan are also messing around. If Ban Gun escapes to Xiao Jinchuan alive, and Sha Luo Ben's collusion will not only make it more difficult to subdue Sha Luoben, but it will also be difficult to maintain the current situation. You have to know that the current garrison is 24,000. It will cost 140,000 taels of silver per month. If you really achieved a "Ru Lang Great Victory", you should return to the court now. Only 500 soldiers will be left behind to garrison. May I ask why you didn't issue an order to withdraw troops? Is it a so-called "great victory" if you withdraw your troops? ’ So you’re revealing the truth?!” This was what Qianlong was most concerned about. The war of looking up and down had already consumed more than one million treasury silver, and it took more than eight months to fight these few villages that were not even considered small towns.Withdrawing the two commanding generals and using heavy troops to garrison the guards, it would be useless no matter how it is calculated.When he listened intently, he only heard Qingfu say: "I am a university scholar, and I have to coordinate the overall situation! The rebellion of Jinchuan Shaluoben is a foregone conclusion. Looking forward, it is my preventive strategy to prevent problems before they happen, how can mediocre people understand?" Yue Zhongqi cleared his throat and continued to speak, but Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting on the kang, coughed lightly and said: "Ban Gun is not dead, if you How is the situation of Lang Dajie? The emperor has ordered Zhang Guangsi to verify the statement. It is too unseemly for you to be so angry. The emperor means that if Sha Luoben can restrain the big and small chieftains of the two Sichuans and not interfere with the access to Tibet, If we don’t expand the chieftain’s territory, we don’t have to use troops.” Yue Zhongqi sneered lightly, and said: “If we didn’t make up our minds at the beginning, based on the friendship between me and Sha Luo when we went to Qinghai, a letter would have stabilized Jinchuan. Ban Gun and Sha Luoben have been relatives by marriage for generations. Whether they died or fled to Jinchuan, they have formed indissoluble grievances with the imperial court. How difficult it is to deal with the aftermath! You consulted my opinion when the conquest was in progress, what did I do? Are you persuading me so hard? Who listened? Sigh. I am old and useless..." Hearing his mournful and long sigh, it seemed that there was grief and indignation, Qianlong was furious, he gently pushed the door in, and glanced coldly at everyone, only then did he see clearly that Zhang Tingyu was sitting cross-legged on the kang in the middle, opposite to him were Neqin and Fu Heng, as well as Zhuang Yougong, the champion of Shangke Xinke, Qian Du, the observer of the capital's river course, and E Shandu, the servant of the Ministry of household affairs, sat around.Yue Zhongqi had white hair, Qingfu crown and Chu Chu, the two sat opposite each other on both sides of the coffee table, neither looked at the other, they were already blushing from the fight.Qianlong sighed, and said slowly: "Yue Zhongqi, and the defeat of Tongbo lost 30,000 soldiers. As a general, you have to blame the court? Are you impatient?"