On the day they returned, the fourth master privately summoned the two of them to the Heart Cultivation Hall together.

At this moment, the three of them gathered in the study of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The fourth master sat on the throne of the review and folding.

And the thirteenth master and the fifth grid knelt down at the bottom.

"All the way, you have worked hard in the northwest, and you all sit down and talk." The fourth master gave a seat.

"Your Majesty." The Thirteenth Master and the Fifth Grid sat on the same side.

"I went to the northwest this time, but what happened to the survey." The fourth master asked lightly.

The thirteenth master lowered his head and sipped tea, as if he didn't want to invite credit, but wanted to give the opportunity to report the situation to Wuge.

Since he didn't speak, Wuge tacitly said: "If you go back to the emperor, the water conservancy project over there is very smooth, and its water conservancy resources can be used to irrigate more than 10,000 hectares." Although there are occasional breakdowns, they are not big problems and are still easy to build. The slave suggested that after the autumn harvest, when the water dries up, let the water conservancy department over there investigate and repair it. ”

The fourth master bowed his head slightly, and let out a faint "um".

Moreover, he bowed his head and wrote something on a piece of rice paper, as if to write it down.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his head and asked lightly, "Before you go to the northwest, another thing I instructed, how did you two check." ”

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the thirteenth master speak first: "Your Majesty, about this, the younger brother and Wuge have indeed found out a lot. ”

Before leaving Beijing, the imperial brother instructed the two of them.

said that the northwest was originally a year of return, and Qianyao had been in charge for several years.

In addition, some officials played Nian Qianyao's affairs.

But the words of others, the royal brother can't believe it.

So the two of them took advantage of the errand of reclaiming the northwest to inquire there.

He doesn't like to ask for credit, but this kind of thing, Wuge's identity is more embarrassing than him.

So, he was more than happy to rush to say.

"Say." The fourth master's tone was light.

"After the younger brother went to the northwest, he found that almost everyone there knew about Nian Qianyao. After staying there for a while and secretly questioning, I learned that Nian Qianyao was dominating the local area. It is said that he will promote a group of officials every year, and in this regard, the second department of officials and soldiers will give priority to recruitment, known as the "annual election". ”

Fourth Master: "......"

Not only that, but he also excluded dissidents, appointed private individuals, and formed a small clique headed by him, with officials from Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan as the backbone, including officials from other regions. Seeing that Nian Qianyao was gaining momentum and his power was expanding day by day, many people who were in the officialdom rushed to his door. He also pays attention to cultivating people with private power, and whenever there is a shortage of fat and beauty, he must install his personal cronies. ”

"For those who do not form a party with him, he will try his best to suppress them, and after causing people to lose their positions, they can only take refuge in him, and they have to send all kinds of precious jewelry and antiques, and he will recommend them to the court at that time."

The fourth master's face was faint, and he couldn't see his joy or anger.

It's just that the deep ink pupils are very cold.

"In addition, Nian Qianyao also took the opportunity of the army to fake his military merits, so that his unnaturalized domestic slaves became the official positions of political envoy and acting deputy general respectively."

Speaking of this, the Thirteenth Master glanced at Wuge, suggesting that he could speak.

Anyway, he's already started, and it's better to talk about it in five grids.

He can't report on an errand, and he's just chattering here.

So, Wuge pulled his lips and said tacitly: "As early as after Nian Qianyao pacified Luo Buzang Danjin last time, he was good at prestige, and he was proud of his high merits, and his arrogance and arrogance became more and more day by day. In the imperial court, he has always been arrogant and domineering. As an official of the imperial court, he actually rewarded his subordinates with objects, and also ordered people to kowtow to the north to thank him. ”

Fourth Master: "......"

The documents sent to the governors and generals were originally parallel official documents, but he arbitrarily called them "decrees". Treat fellow bureaucrats as subordinates. Even, when he was in the northwest, some Mongolian county kings had to kneel and bow when they saw him. The imperial guards assigned to him by the imperial court, even if he did not treat him preferentially, he still used them as slaves. “

Speaking of these, Wuge remembered Nian Qianyao's various behaviors when he raised the bar with him.

If you want to say that Nian Qianyao is arrogant in front of him, it's just that.

But Nian Qianyao's behavior is undoubtedly regarded as the soil emperor of the northwest!

His words and deeds are all like a king, where is there still the appearance of a courtier.

At that time, he said that sooner or later, Nian Qianyao would get carried away and go to self-destruction.

Thinking of this, Wuge pulled his lips and continued: "According to the system of the Qing Dynasty, wherever the emperor's edict arrives, when the emperor's decree arrives, the local officials must welcome the edict, perform three kneels and nine bows, and kneel to ask for holy peace. However, as far as the servants knew, when the emperor's edict went to the northwest twice, Nian Qianyao did not welcome the edict, and he did not even read the edict. ”

"Moreover, I heard that he took bribes and eroded money and grain in various places in the northwest, involving millions of taels."

The fourth master has always been impermanent, but when he heard that Nian Qianyao was corrupt so much, his cold eyes suddenly tightened.

Because since he ascended the throne, what he hated and hated most was the corruption of officials.

In other words, when he was still a brother, he hated this the most.

Therefore, as soon as he ascended the throne, he rectified the rule of officials and punished corruption and perversion of the law, which was an important reform measure.

And this year, Qianyao, not to mention anything else, just this move made him very disgusted.

He was no longer silent, but bit the back of his teeth fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "This young Qianyao is simply rotten wood that cannot be carved. ”

A few years ago, although he took a fancy to the middle-aged Qianyao, he also saw that the other party's personality was flawed.

But he is also a cherished talent, so he deliberately arranged him to be trained at the grassroots level in Yangzhou for five years.

Later, after discovering that he had changed, he reused.

Who knew that it had only been a few years, and it was back to the way it was, full of ignorance and savage arrogance.

Seeing the fourth master speak, the thirteenth master couldn't help but interject: "Your Majesty, don't you know, Nian Qianyao has been rude to the court officials many times, first laughed at Wuge, looked down on his younger brothers, and then fought with the ninth brother outside the Taihe Palace. ”

To say that Nian Qianyao looked down on him before, he never took it to heart.

Thinking that Nian Qianyao had meritorious service to the Qing Dynasty, he just endured it.

can't let the monarch and ministers fall out of harmony between the imperial brother and Nian Qianyao because he is alone.

Besides, as a gentleman, if you have something to say, it is impossible to have conflicts and disputes with others, and run to the royal brother to complain and let him support him, which is not the attitude of the gentleman.

But when he knew that Nian Qianyao was so presumptuous, he naturally had something to say and no longer had anything to hide.

And when it got to this point, there was nothing left to hide.

"You and he are both important ministers of the court, what does he have to look down on you." The fourth master said.

"Not to mention these, this time I went to the northwest, as far as my brother knows, on the one hand, Nian Qianyao took the military salary of the imperial court, and on the other hand, he also ran a small business, he took the weapons made by our Qing Dynasty and traded with Mongolia, and all the money he earned went to his Nian Qianyao's pocket, and he didn't hand over a cent to the imperial court."