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After Hongyao ascended the throne, Hongqing and Hongjun both graduated from the Shangshufang and began to serve in the court.

Brothers fight tigers together, fathers and sons fight together in battle. Hongyao has just ascended the throne and it is time for him to need the support of his own people.

The two brothers Hongqing and Hongjun felt obliged to do so and ran around for Hongyao all day long.

The new emperor has ascended the throne, but his foundation is still unstable and he does not have enough staff under his command. The old hands in various departments all want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

The late emperor was a man of swift and decisive actions, but he was known as the "Emperor of Confiscating Property".

Today's officials are relatively honest, but after the death of the previous emperor, some people are ready to make trouble as the young current emperor seems to have a good temper.

Especially the Ministry of Revenue, which is in charge of the purse, is a mixed bag of good and bad people.

Just then the two brothers went to court, and Hongyao asked them where they wanted to go.

Hongjun immediately volunteered and said that he wanted to go to the Ministry of Revenue to serve his brother.

Hongqing said he wanted to go to the Ministry of Industry.

After thinking about it, Hongyao felt that they were suitable, so he made the same arrangement.

As it turned out, this arrangement was correct.

Hong Qing is honest and simple. He does his job meticulously. He does not put on airs in the Ministry of Works and studies very seriously. He learns about various projects such as military farming, craftsmen, water conservancy, and transportation. During this period of time, he has been seriously observing the people's sentiments and investigating the actual application of the projects on the spot.

Most people may not have the patience to go deep into the grassroots, nor the patience to learn step by step from the most basic, but Hongqing is different. Hongqing has been a patient child since he was young.

When he was young, Hong Qing was slower than others in memorizing and understanding things. His slow reaction meant he had to stay up late to study hard, but he could sit still for the entire day without any impatience.

The work in the Ministry of Industry is just right for him, as he is willing to work hard and do meticulous work.

At first, the officials of the Ministry of Industry only flattered Hong Qing, asking him to look at some superficial things, and just treated him as a big boss to coax him.

This precious prince, who has been raised in a wealthy environment since childhood, is the one giving orders and having others carry them out, isn't he?

It is very likely that they know nothing and just give random orders. This is what annoys those talented and knowledgeable people in the Ministry of Industry the most.

They were not even afraid that the prince would work hard for three days and rest for two days. What they feared most was that the prince wanted to prove himself and make achievements, but instead gave orders blindly.

But as time went on, these officials gradually changed their views on Hongqing and began to look at him with new eyes.

I didn't expect that this master, it was rumored outside that he was mentally retarded since childhood and that he would be unlucky in every department he went to, but this was not the case for the Sixth Prince.

If you are willing to work hard and put in some effort, you will learn in a good way and gradually be able to put forward your own opinions.

After a few more years of hard work, I am sure I will be able to achieve great things in the Ministry of Industry.

Moreover, Hongqing was secretly investigating corruption in the Ministry of Industry.

Which project doesn't cost money? And there are a lot of money that can be missed in this construction project.

Substituting inferior goods for good ones, making false quotations...

There are many ways.

But Hongqing had worked in the Ministry of Industry for a few months and had a thorough understanding of all of this. He knew what materials to use and how much money to spend, but nothing could fool him.

With him in control of the Ministry of Works, the amount of money that had to be approved by the Ministry of Revenue was reduced on a daily basis.

The situation on Hongqing's side was fine, but the officials from the Ministry of Revenue on Hongjun's side were complaining bitterly.

Originally, the people in the Ministry of Revenue were quite welcoming to the Eighth Prince, who was known for his talent.

They also thought that the Eighth Prince had just come to the court, and if he wanted to build up his own power, he had to win over some officials in the Ministry of Revenue and take advantage of this opportunity to make some money from the Ministry of Revenue.

Look at the brothers of the late emperor at that time, they were all trying every means to build up their own power in various departments.

Soon, everyone was hoping that the emperor would transfer Hongjun away as soon as possible.

I really don't know what's wrong with this young man's eyes?

Not a single error or omission could escape being found in those account books.

Dare to cook the books?

He could go through all the account books overnight and redo all the accounts.

If any mistake is found, the entire Ministry of Revenue will be in trouble.

The Minister of Revenue had originally turned a blind eye to the people under his command.

But seeing Hongjun like this, he had no choice but to cooperate.

I wanted to find a few scapegoats and take the blame for this.

It can also give both parties a way out.

After all, no matter how noble Hongjun's birth was, he was still a young and inexperienced man. His power was not strong enough, and his position was not stable enough. He should at least give some face to the senior officials of the Ministry of Revenue, right?

At the beginning, everyone thought so.

But soon, they found out that they were really wrong.

The Eighth Prince is always finding faults with everyone and he wishes he could find everyone's faults.

Scapegoat? He didn't care who was behind it or who had said hello.

That means getting to the bottom of things, following the clues, and never letting people off easily.

No corrupt official can escape.

Those low-level officials in the Ministry of Revenue were so frightened that they hid their fox tails tightly.

Middle and high-level officials have also become more restrained.

Hongjun criticized the current ills and tried his best to catch the parasites in the Qing Dynasty.

Having discovered a mistake today, he immediately wrote a memorial overnight and went to the palace in person the next day to deliver it to his brother Hongyao's desk.

This is how I do it day after day, and I keep writing every night.

Even now, all the officials in the court are wondering, does this kid not sleep every night?

He looked through the accounts during the day, occasionally checked the accounts, went out for visits, wrote memorials at night, and went to court in the early hours of the next morning. It seemed that he had no time to rest every day.

Isn’t it said that the Eighth Prince is in poor health?

But looking at this gentleman with a pale face and occasionally coughing, he is still vigorous and efficient every day.

At the morning court, he was even more passionate and debated with the scholars in front of the emperor.

Looking at that spirit, there is no one more energetic than him.

Because the Eighth Prince submitted memorials too frequently and offered suggestions too diligently, the Emperor would even keep him alone for half an hour every day to talk to him.

You have to know that Prince Hongqing only stayed in the Yangxin Palace for half an hour every few days. If he saw her more frequently, he would only stay for a quarter of an hour at most.

Besides, Prince Hongqing is more gentle, while Prince Hongjun...

You have to know that now people are being killed in batches, their homes are being raided one after another, and the people in prison are being replaced wave after wave.

If it weren't for Hongyao who had only been on the throne for less than a year, and the court situation was implicated, some of which were difficult to deal with now and could not be dealt with too hastily, there would be more officials who would have been dismissed.

Hongjun even considered this matter and proposed to his brother that in order to show the new emperor's kindness, the families of corrupt officials could be spared from the death penalty and made into official slaves or exiled to conscription and farming.

The population in the bitter and cold areas is small and most of the fields are barren. By transporting a large number of laborers there, more grain can be produced.

It can be considered as atonement for the sin.