It was already snowing heavily in Yanshan Mountain in October.

A team of more than 20 carriages drove into Guangqu Gate in the wind and snow.

Soon the team was divided into two, Zhao Liang returned to Chang'er Gu's place, and Wang Xidi's family and his collection of books were properly arranged by others.

Along the way, the second aunt and the fetus were safe and sound.

"Haha, look at Guangming's happy face. I'm afraid this trip will make a lot of gains."

Heshen was very happy to see Zhao Liang coming to the door.

"The journey outside the pass is quite rewarding, but I'm even more happy that the person in the room is pregnant and has another child. Both men and women are very happy."

Heshen didn't know about the news that the second aunt of Chang was pregnant before, so he hurriedly congratulated Zhao Liang after hearing this.

He and Helin both have children and have difficulty in having children. Helin has one son and one daughter, which is better than Heshen. On the contrary, Zhao Liang came from behind, and his wives and concubines were pregnant, and his children were also in the outer room, which was far more than the two brothers.

"My brother is outside the pass, his ears and eyes are blocked. He only heard that his elder brother was discussing crimes. I don't know what the situation is?"

After chatting for a few gossips, Zhao Liang talked about the matter of discussing the crime.

Heshen's face changed immediately.

Although the people in this world love power, if they can do it, who doesn’t want to win both fame and fortune?

But the matter of discussing the crime of the crime was greatly reduced by Heshen's reputation and reputation for running for many years. He didn't know how much scold he had been scolded recently, so he thought that this might be Qianlong intentionally used it.

But thinking about it, I feel it is unlikely.

"Oh, I never expected that this incident would be so great that it was so suffocating now that it was so difficult to get rid of the tiger."

Zhao Liang felt that Heshen was telling the truth, and he might not have thought that the backlash would be so great.

"Why did you ask your brother to do this bad plan?"

"First of the Southern Tour of the Later Year of the Wannian Festival, not only did the national treasury consume a lot of silver, but the Interior Ministry's Bank of China was even more empty. I was added to my brother as the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of the Interior Ministry. It was quite embarrassing to be caught in it. I could only think of another way to make money for the emperor..."

Heshen told the truth.

"Although I could have thought that this matter would be hampered by reputation as soon as it happened, I never thought it would have had such a big impact."

He has been on the throne quickly in recent years, so he was already suspected of being a lucky minister, and he would not be able to take off his hat after this incident.

However, Heshen didn't care much about this.

"Although it is hindered from reputation, as a minister, it is still a matter of responsibility for the emperor to solve his problems. As for some reputation, if you are clear to someone, you will be clear? It's better not to say no."

Heshen's words were nonsense.

He indeed attached great importance to solving Qianlong's worries and problems. Is that because he witnessed the past and after the Li Shiyao case with his own eyes? He deeply realized how precious the "value" of the emperor's favor and favor was.

Li Shiyao was so guilty? He was dragged to nothing by the emperor.

In May, the feedback from the governors of various provinces were sent to the capital, and a good thing a governor of Anhui Province said to Li Shiyao? He gave the emperor a stepping stone to get off the stage, and then Qianlong followed the situation and adjourned the Li Shiyao case to be decided.

The adjudication was directly held until October? The days of Qiu Jue were dragged over. Qianlong then pretended to be serious and released his opinion on the Li Shiyao case: "Li Shiyao's lifelong merits and crimes are known to everyone. Since there are still people who still ask for lenient things (min Eyuan is the only one), the crime is suspicious and I will not be willing to do anything for myself. Although this year has passed, the court will be suspended until the trial next year. The Nine Ministers must have planned to be true to their feelings? I also decided not to be with the law? Although I am a little lenient now, it is not the amount or the last. Li Shiyao was told to be executed by the prison. After the autumn, I will be executed. I will be the original plan of the Nine Ministers of the Grand Secretary!"

Since there are "so many" people plead for Li Shiyao, I will no longer hold on.      The deadline for the execution of the prisoner this year has passed, so I will let him go temporarily?                                                                                                  

Now the court and the people all understood the emperor's meaning completely.

Heshen, who had experienced this, saw more? He also felt more at ease.

Did he understand completely? The national law is nothing.

The governance of Daqingguo? In the final analysis, it depends on people, imperial power, not on law or legal power.

The existence of imperial power covers the sky and the sun. If all other powers, including legal power, conflicts with them, will no longer exist.

As long as he can win the favor of the emperor like Li Shiyao, even if he makes a big fuss, the emperor will try his best to protect himself.

Moreover, Heshen also claimed that his favor was not inferior to Li Shiyao at all.

Li Shiyao has been in trouble for most of his life and has never been a military minister. He has already joined the military office at a young age.

At the same time, his son also made a marriage with the emperor's favorite princess, which is really Fengshen Yinde (Fuyu).

The emperor hopes that his son can stay in good fortune and bring good luck to his favorite little daughter.

Then are you still missing?

After Qianlong gave the marriage, he waved his hand and rewarded Heshen with all the gold, silver, and soft materials that were seized by Li Shiyao's family. The impact on Heshen was no less than a huge bomb explosion, which shocked his soul.

When Li Shiyao's property was investigated and dealt with in southern Yunnan, Heshen was shocked by the wealth of the latter's family. So many gold, silver, wealth and rare treasures were far beyond his imagination.

You should know that in the past twenty years, as the initiator of tribute to the emperor, Li Shiyao has paid more than a hundred tributes to Qianlong. Half of the reason this person is so keen on to prepare tributes is to please the emperor, and the other half is to include it in his private pocket.

Because the gifts paid to the emperor must be of the first level of rare treasures, and after this title, Li Shiyao was able to openly seize the powerful merchants and households, and he could have gained a lot of benefits for him. In addition, the emperor would not accept all the gifts he gave. Emperor Qianlong was a particular person and would more or less symbolically return a few items, and the returned treasures naturally entered Li Shiyao's private pocket.

So this time, the loss of Li Shiyao was absolutely huge. The value of the rare treasures he had accumulated in his family for twenty or thirty years was immeasurable.

Who knew that with a wave of his hand, all the assets that Li Shiyao had accumulated over the years had become Heshen's.

This did not make Heshen feel satisfied and immersed in the 'get rich overnight', but instead opened up the shackles of "greed" desires deep in his heart.

Just like the rich man just wants to be richer after he has money.

Just two months after Zhao Liang went outside the pass, Heshen's relationship with the governor of Qilu Guotai became much closer again.

That is not because Cathay Pacific is his brother-in-law and Lin’s brother-in-law. There is a inherently close political ties between the two sides, and it is also because Cathay Pacific’s bold moves after entering Beijing.

Not to mention it elsewhere, just coming to Heshen's mansion gave him a gift of no less than tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This is the most generous door-to-door gift Heshen has received so far.

Zhao Liang didn't count, and the "big gifts" Zhao Liang sent him were not worth measuring at all.

...

"Master, what are you thinking?"

The second aunt of Chang handed a cup of fragrant tea to Zhao Liang who seemed to be in a daze.

"I miss Heshen and Zhizhaihe."

"I think about this gift from me today. In two years, will I not be able to show off my actions in He Mansion?"

Although I think this is just a repeat of history, I still feel very...then I feel very...then when I see a very good official suddenly changing.

The second aunt of Chang was amazed in her heart.

Zhao Liang's gifts today were all treated by her own hands, and that was clear.

In addition to two centennial ginseng worth thousands of gold, there are also many leather materials with high-quality textures such as mink, tiger skin, bear skin, deer skin, fox skin, etc., plus pheasants, venison, wild boars, honey, honey tips (royal jelly) and other Northeast "special products".
Chapter completed!