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Chapter 872

Things came to light very quickly.

Two delegations came from Zhejiang this time.

It's all official.

One is a delegation sent by General Chengde of Hangzhou. The head of the delegation is Marda, the deputy commander of the Eight Banners Garrisoned in Hangzhou, so it is called "Ma Tuan".

One is a delegation sent by Zhejiang governor Wang Danwang, headed by Bai Weixin, the procuratorate of Zhejiang Province, so it is also called "Baituan".

The "Ma Tuan" set off three days earlier than the "Bai Tuan", and the two delegations took similar routes, so it was two days after the "Ma Tuan" arrived in Xiangyang that the "Bai Tuan" arrived.

In terms of specifications, "Ma Tuan" is higher than "Bai Tuan".

Because the general of Hangzhou is a first-rank official, and the governor of Zhejiang is only a second-rank official.

In addition, the generals stationed in the Eight Banners will work together with the governor, and the general will be the leader. Although the real power is not as good as the governor, the status is higher than the governor, let alone the governor.

When it comes to the leaders of the two delegations, one is the deputy governor of the second rank, and the other is the inspector of the third rank, obviously they cannot be compared.

According to the principle of "Eight Banners leading the Qing Dynasty", the horse regiment is definitely more important than the white regiment.

But there is a problem, that is, Jia Liu did not send any official documents to Hangzhou General Chengde, and the relevant documents about the Hundred Officials Clan Meeting were sent directly to the Governor's Yamen in Zhejiang.

Therefore, the Ma Tuan's arrival was uninvited, without any warning, which made people suspect that something major happened in Zhejiang.

In order to find out what happened in Zhejiang, Li Shijie, Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister, held a closed-door consultation meeting with the "Ma Tuan" on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor.

In the open and honest talks between the two sides, the matter was roughly sorted out.

The "Horse Tuan" indeed came to Xiangyang on behalf of Zhejiang General Cheng De, but it was Cheng De who learned about Prince He Shuorui's convening of the provinces to attend the Hundred Officials Clan Meeting through the insider of the governor's office, so he decided to send an envoy ahead of Zhejiang Governor Wang Danwang. The delegation came to Xiangyang to participate in the conference.

The fundamental reason that prompted Chengde to send a delegation was that he obtained Qianlong's paternity test report.

The report was also delivered to Jia Liu immediately.

It is more like a case file than a report.

Zhejiang governor Wang Quanwang's secret interrogation records of the late scholar Chen Yuanlong's nephew, daughter, daughter-in-law, and members of the Chen clan.

During the interrogation of Chen Tingyan, the son of Chen Bangzhi, the son of Chen Yuanlong, Chen Tingyan confessed that his father had said in the early years that his grandfather had a son when he served as the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the 50th year of Kangxi. The son died unfortunately, and his grandmother was ill in bed for two years. Yu Yu complained very much to his grandfather, and since then he was depressed and died of illness within a few years.

Qianlong was born in the 50th year of Kangxi.

According to Chen Bangyan, Chen Yuanlong's nephew, Qianlong lived in the Chen family's garden four times, and met with descendants of the Chen family all four times.

During this period, there was no airs of the emperor, but he cared for the brothers of the Chen family like relatives, and even liked the descendants of the next generation of the Chen family, and bestowed them with valuables in the palace, just like elders.

In the case file, Chen Bangyan said: "At that time, I only thought that the emperor thought that his uncle had made meritorious service in the court when he was alive, so after favoring the old ministers, he showed special love to us. Now that I think about it carefully, there are many things wrong."

Chen Bangzhi's daughter-in-law Wei Shi recalled that the emperor had two secret talks with his father-in-law in the Chunhui Hall, and at that time no servants were allowed to serve in the hall.

During the period, I went in to serve tea, and vaguely saw tears in the eyes of the emperor and my father-in-law, as if they had said something like brotherly love.

Every time Qianlong left, his father-in-law felt reluctant to leave.

The statements of other members of the Chen clan in the case file are roughly the same, and they all say that the emperor treated the Chen clan extremely favorably.

In addition, there is also a suspicious thing in the Chen family tree, that is, the son of Chen Yuanlong who died in the 50th year of Kangxi was also written on the genealogy, and he was not named according to the generation of the Chen family, but named Jia. lo.

"Home means family, and Luo originally refers to Luoshui. It originated in Shaanxi and flowed in Henan. The word Jialuo means that Qianlong is the son of the Chen family, but it means the descendants of Aixinjueluo."

Lao Li is already convinced.

The old Bo put forward another opinion: "This Luo may not mean Luoshui, or it may be connected. It is intended for Qianlong to communicate with his family. In fact, Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River six times and lived in the Chen family four times. It is really a lot. Got in touch."

Jia Liu didn't say a word, and looked carefully at the back of the case file, including the various evidence listed, and always felt that this report was a report for the report's sake, not a report for the report's sake.

That is, it is also a fake material.

Jia Liu knew the answer to why Wang Danwang wanted to create fake materials to frame Qianlong.

Le Erjin and the others jumped out to oppose Qianlong, and Zhejiang didn't show anything, no matter which side wins, there will be no good fruit for him.

Coupled with the obvious advantage of Jia Liu's side, Wang Danwang naturally did it to the end.

But he would definitely not tell the two presidents that the report was false, so he thought for a moment and asked President Li to talk to the "horse group".

Cheng De took the initiative to come to the door to show his favor. He, the reforming emperor, must not chill the hearts of the people.

How to put it, there are 10,000+ Eight Banners soldiers and civilians in the whole city of Hangzhou.

As long as Chengde puts national interests first and does not make excessive demands, the Restoration Court welcomes the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou to join the righteous army in the crusade against Qianlong.

After all, if Chengde does not recognize the Restoration and Qing Dynasty, it will be a trouble after all.

What Jia Liu meant was that Li Shijie, on behalf of the reforming court, signed an agreement with the "Ma Tuan" to establish a comprehensive cooperative strategic partnership between the two parties.

Translated, it means that Zhejiang General Cheng De will lead the Zhejiang Eight Banners officers and soldiers to fully obey the command of the Restoration Emperor, and jointly attack Chen Jialuo, the thief who usurped the throne and seeks power.

For this reason, Chengde can be given certain preferential treatment.

However, after a long and heated debate, the two sides could not reach an agreement.

The reason is that Marda, the deputy commander of the "horse regiment", hoped that Prince He Shuorui could make Chengde the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and become the military and political leader of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian and Zhejiang.

There is no delegation from Fujian, and it is facing military pressure from Yang Yuchun, so it is not impossible to make Chengde the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

However, since Wang Danwang, governor of Zhejiang Province, sent a delegation to attend the conference, it showed that he supported the reform. If Chengde was appointed governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Wang Danwang refused to accept it, then the power of Zhejiang Province would be divided. It would certainly not be a good thing for the Restoration Court if the Fang forces fought again.

Jia Liu decided to wait for a while to see what the people sent by Wang Danwang had to say.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the "Baituan" arrived, Bai Weixin, the leader of the Zhejiang Provincial Inspectorate, took out a treaty similar to that of the three provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, hoping that Prince He Shuorui could sign and recognize it.

At the same time, Wang Danwang, an old fox, also made the same request as Cheng De. This guy also wanted to be the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Bai Weixin was even more vaguely threatening that if Prince Rui refused to sign the contract, the army and civilians in Zhejiang might remain neutral in the subsequent development of the situation, and the possibility of continuing to recognize the Qianlong regime in the capital could not be ruled out.

"What do you mean, can there still be two Great Qings in this world!"

Lao Bo, who was negotiating with the "white group" on behalf of Jia Liu, immediately slapped the table, and his will to safeguard the sovereignty and integrity of the Qing Dynasty was as firm as a rock.

(End of this chapter)