Halfway through the hour, the night was already a little deep, after the feast and drink, the tenth and fourteenth masters were already happy, but the ninth master did not leave, just found an excuse, stayed in the eighth master's house, the brothers and sisters entered the study all the way idly, each sat down, and the people who had their own attendants hurriedly served the newly brewed fragrant tea, and retreated out, leaving only the two brothers sitting opposite each other in the huge study.

"Starling, the old twelve is boastful, and his words are so false, I'm afraid it's difficult to have any honesty at all?"

Naturally, the ninth master left alone will not be just to drink tea to relieve hangover, but he has a lot of doubts in his heart about the eighth master agreeing to the request of the twelfth master so lightly, there were many people at the banquet before, hindering the eighth master's face, the ninth master is not good to openly contradict, and he can't help it at this time.

"Well, that's true, the twelfth brother has been in the household department for many years, and he has never been willing, and this sudden use is indeed a little impetuous."

The eighth master obviously had a fixed opinion in his heart, and he also guessed what the metaphor behind the ninth master's statement was, but he didn't care, he smiled, and commented casually.

"The starling brother knows this, why should he accept what he wants, you must know that Hongli Xiaoer is by no means easy to deal with, if he takes the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of Industry, the old twelve will be defeated and have no land, and what we do will not make wedding clothes for the fourth child?"

Seeing that the eighth master was light-hearted, the ninth master was a little uncontrollable, and he had to make his words clear.

"The ninth brother can take this into account, it is also rare, but it is closer to see, heh, let's put it this way, the old twelve is eager to stabilize the position, and has to rely on the help of Hongli children, but there may not be no vigilance in the bottom of my heart, as for Hongli children, I know that the old twelve are using it, but I am still willing to do so, the picture is not small, if it is not bad for the brother, the two will have a fight to the death in the Ministry of Industry, if so, no matter what the victory or defeat, the foundation of Hongqing's son will be frustrated undoubtedly, and this, for us, It's a good result, a little help to line the ears, why worry about it? Moreover, according to the ninth brother, is the old twelve the opponent of Hongli Xiaoer? ”

In the small group, there is actually only the ninth master who can really make the eighth master fancy him, if there are others, the eighth master will definitely not say anything in his heart, but at this time, only the ninth master is here, and the eighth master no longer has any scruples, and he smiled and analyzed.

"Well, although the old twelve have the name of being in charge, can it be talked about ruthless, but it is far inferior to Hongli's son, if there is no external force to intervene, the old twelve will undoubtedly lose, huh? External force? Could it be that the starling is trying to ......"

The ninth master is a meticulous person, although he is not particularly good in strategy, but he is not a mediocre hand, and when he said half of the words, he has already speculated about the fundamental intention of the eighth master to generously help the old twelve, and a trace of surprise immediately flashed in his eyes.

"It's good that the ninth brother can know, just look at it again."

The eighth master obviously didn't want to go into details, and before the ninth master finished speaking, he waved his hand and came to a conclusion.

"What the starling said is, then let's just take a look."

Seeing that the eighth master had already made a final decision in his heart, the worries in the ninth master's heart were gone, and after echoing with a smile, he didn't go any further......

"Virtuous nephew, the hour is almost up, you see ......"

At three o'clock in the morning, in the meeting hall of the Ministry of Industry, the twelve masters, who were sitting at the top, looked sideways at Hongli, who was sitting aside, and asked half of the words with a smile on his face.

"The twelfth uncle can make his own decision, and the little nephew has no objection."

Hongli has always been gentle and elegant in public, even if the words of the Twelfth Master are full of flattery, he has not forgotten the shape because of this, and he has never had a very noisy appearance, just calmly surrendered his hand to respond.

"Well, that's good, come on, go, all the people in the meeting will come in!"

The Twelfth Master was obviously very satisfied with Hongli's humble expression, but he didn't be more polite, but waved his hand and gave the order arrogantly.

"Wow!"

As soon as the order of the twelfth master, Hazito and other palace guards who had been waiting on the side did not dare to slack off a little, and they all responded to the promise and retreated from the hall one after another.

"Xiaguan and others will knock to see the prince!"

Dai Zi and the others received the notice of the meeting yesterday, and they had already arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry early in the morning, and they had a considerable understanding of what the Twelve Masters wanted to do, but most of them didn't expect Hongli to be here, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Excuse me, all the princes, please take a seat."

In the face of the great gifts of the officials, the Twelfth Master was extremely polite, bowed down in a matter-of-fact manner, raised his hand weakly, and gave him a seat very kindly.

"Thank you for the seat!"

The twelfth master was called, and all the people were not polite, according to the rules of the court, they all thanked each other, and then they sat down according to the level of the grade, and they all did not squint, like a wood carving clay sculpture.

"Ahem, the princes, Xiao Wang was ordered to work to arrange all kinds of matters, it has been more than half a month, thanks to the full assistance of the princes, Xiao Wang thanked him in advance, however, and now the ministry has accumulated a lot, if you don't make a plot early, but you are afraid of the saint to condemn, Xiao Wang is terrified, and has to ask the princes to step up the inventory reports of the various divisions and departments to sort out, Xiao Wang should also fulfill his obligations as soon as possible, six days ago, Xiao Wang has clearly informed the princes, presumably the princes should be ready to stop, even so, please ask the princes to submit the statements?"

The Twelfth Master looked around at everyone, faked coughing twice, attracting everyone's attention, and then pulled a lot with a smile on his face, saying that it meant one thing, that is, to let everyone hand in the report.

"The prince has an order, and his subordinates should obey their orders!"

As soon as the Twelfth Master said this, Chen Busi, who had already received the secret order of the Eighth Master, was the first to stand up, responded loudly, and then shook his hand, took out a document from his wide sleeve, held it in both hands, and quickly rushed to the front, bowed down, and raised the document high above his head.

"Don't worry, your subordinates have already prepared the report, please take a look at it."

Chen Busi made the first shot, Qi Dazuo didn't dare to fall behind, and he also flashed out from the side, and also held the inventory report of Yu Hengqing's officials high above his head.

"The two adults are righteous, Xiao Wang is here to thank you."

Seeing that Chen and Qi were so cooperative, the smile on the face of the Twelfth Master suddenly became a little brighter, and with a wave of his hand, he motioned to his guards to take all the documents in the hands of the two, but he didn't look at them, but put them on the copywriting casually, arched his hand, and thanked him with a spring breeze on his face.

"Don't dare, the prince is ordered to act as the Ministry of Science and Engineering, and it is the duty of the officials to obey the order."

Since Chen Busi was ordered to cooperate with the Twelfth Master, he was happy to have a good life, and with only a few words, he had already forced all the officials who were still sitting still into the corner.

"Well, Lord Chen and Lord Qi are so loyal to the country, it's really a rare talent, good, very good, if your reports are all ready, please submit them."

The Twelfth Master was obviously extremely satisfied with the expressions of Chen and Qi, and praised them without hesitation, and then squeezed the rest of the officials by taking advantage of the situation.

"Lord Mingjian, this is probably not in accordance with the rules, according to my Qing Dynasty law, before the handover of the predecessor, the successor is not allowed to interfere in official affairs without authorization, this is customized, how can you act at will."

As soon as the Twelfth Master squeezed like this, all the officials below were a little unbreathable, and their eyes fell on Dai Zi, the highest rank, but Dai Zi obviously did not want to make trouble at this time, his eyes were closed, and he was out of sight, but Song Chengwu was the first to stand up, bowed to the Twelve Masters, and said with an expressionless face.

"What Lord Song said is very true, how can the rules of the court be violated, if the prince wants to report, and it is not too late to discuss it after the handover."

"Yes, that's the reason."

"Lord Song said it well, I waited for the report to be prepared early in the morning, but if the prince wants to take it, he must have an official letter to seal the letter as evidence?"

……

With Song Chengwu taking the lead, Lu Dazhi, Qian Wensan and other palm prints all made a fuss, and the meeting hall suddenly became noisy like a vegetable market.

"This ......"

The Twelfth Master didn't know what the rules were, if he hadn't been able to complete the handover with Hongqing, he wouldn't have ended up in such a passive situation, because of this, he really couldn't suppress everyone from the reason, and in desperation, he could only cast his eyes for help on Hongli, who was sitting silently.

"Silence!"

Hongli and others were at this moment, when they saw the eyes of the Twelve Masters asking for help, they couldn't help but feel very excited, but they didn't bring it to their faces, but when they saw that their faces were solemn, they already broke off their throats.

Not to mention, although Hongli has not made any earth-shattering achievements over the years, after all, he has been in power in the central bank, and his power is really not small.

"Lord Song kept saying that the rules of the court, that's good, I will talk to you about the rules of the court, and I have the right to ask about the affairs of the department, this article, I think there should be no doubt about Lord Song, even so, please ask Lord Song and all the princes to submit the inventory report, and if you want to check, do you have any doubts, huh?"

To fight a snake, you have to hit seven inches, this one, Hongli is obviously a deep rhyme, without waiting for all the people to turn around, he has already put on the posture of the assistant of the Ministry of Works, and reprimanded Song Chengwu fiercely.