As a result, the British public opened an underground gambling room outside the city.
This was a matter of losing his head. Li Hao was unwilling to go at first, but later one time when Li Hao drank too much, he provoked him with words, and Li Hao quietly went to the underground gambling house.
After the first time, there will be countless times.
Under the secret arrangement of the British public, Li Hao won more and lost less. Gradually, Li Hao became more and more addicted to gambling and played more and more.
After the five princes worked hard to provide disaster relief last year but were scolded by Sheng Hong, Mr. Yingying discussed with Dong Kunrui and Concubine Dong Guifei and knew that it was time to give Li Hao a thumbs up.
Under the control of the British public, Li Hao began to lose more and win less.
At first, the British prince was willing to lend Li Hao money.
Later, after Li Hao lost 50,000 taels in one night, he excused himself because he didn't have that much cash at home - at that time, everyone knew that his duck shop was not doing well, and the gambling shop in Shengjing City had also been robbed of business. .
He encouraged Li Hao to embezzle military pay.
The Forbidden Army's military pay is paid out once every three months. The lowest-ranking ordinary soldier only gets one tael of silver a month. If someone like a squad leader or battalion commander has a position, he can get even more money every month.
Li Haodeng immediately turned his face, knowing that he had been deceived by the British father.
How could a dignified British man not be able to come up with 50,000 taels of silver?
However, Li Hao did not dare to let others know that he was gambling heavily in the underground gambling house.
Li Hao couldn't find anyone he trusted enough to borrow 50,000 taels of silver.
Li Hao did not dare to stir up the matter and end up with the British Duke. In addition, the fifth prince came forward and guaranteed that if the fifth prince defeated the third prince in the future, Li Hao could choose any position in the army at will.
So, after Li Hao fell out, he finally agreed to embark on the fifth prince's ship.
Anyway, the ministers in the court were beginning to take sides, and he would have to take sides sooner or later, even if he chose the fifth prince. He really didn't like the behavior of the third prince.
After winning over Li Hao, the British duke was stabbed in front of Sheng Hong in the underground gambling house in his hometown. The British dukedom was taken away, and the fifth prince lost an arm. In addition, Xu Ying was framed and was punished instead, so many of the fifth princes took sides. The officials began to waver.
The fifth prince was very worried.
The British Duke, who had been deprived of his title, was not convinced and began to instigate the fifth prince to rebel.
Now that Li Hao is here, as long as proper arrangements are made, it is possible for the rebellion to succeed.
The Dong family, including Concubine Dong Guifei, was also worried that the fifth prince's situation was getting worse. After careful consideration, they also encouraged the fifth prince to rebel.
The fifth prince had been hesitating, but when he learned that Sheng Hong would start checking the military's accounts next month and wanted to change some of the current rules of the Forbidden Army, Li Hao panicked.
In order to show his determination to side with the fifth prince, he actually embezzled his military salary to pay off his gambling debts, which was considered as taking the initiative to give the fifth prince a pigtail.
Now Sheng Hong wants to investigate the military's accounts. What if he is found?
Although he made good arrangements that time and paid back the 50,000 taels of military salary in time, there is no impermeable wall in the world.
Li Hao panicked.
In addition, Sheng Hong was living in Dingchun Garden instead of the palace at this time, and the security of Dingchun Garden was not as good as that of the palace. Therefore, multiple factors combined, and finally the fifth prince decided to go against it.
Li Hao had a wide network of contacts in the army, and he used the sweat medicine and laxatives when needed, enough to make most of the forbidden troops outside the city lose their combat effectiveness.
And Li Hao had 10,000 men, which was enough to control the situation.
But who knew that it would be the scholar Li Qiao who turned the situation around!
Moreover, the Guards were only pretended to be lured away, and Tang Dian got involved!
The seventh prince presented this interrogation report to Sheng Hong. After reading it, Sheng Hong felt even worse.
Sheng Hong really didn't know about Li Hao's misappropriation of military pay before. He only knew that Li Hao had contacts with the British Duke, and that Li Hao had been to the underground gambling house in the British Duke's mansion outside the city.
However, Li Hao was indeed brave. He could not find anyone who could replace Li Hao for a while. In addition, he was tolerating the British duke at that time, so he never touched Li Hao.
He only found out that the fifth prince was planning to rebel that morning because someone tipped off both Zhou Zhengye and the seventh prince at the same time.
This informant revealed the fifth prince's detailed plan to Zhou Zhengye and the seventh prince, so the two men hurried to Dingchun Garden.
However, who the whistleblower is has not yet been discovered.
However, no matter who the informer was, he was confident that the Fifth Prince's rebellion would not succeed.
What can we do with only 10,000 people?
He and the members of his father's Royal Guards are each the best among the best selected from the Forbidden Army. One against ten is absolutely no problem.
Coupled with the terrain, even if the Imperial Guards at Tang Dian and Zheng Jiapo camps were really defeated, the Fifth Prince was not absolutely sure that he would be able to defeat the Guards.
However, the rebellion of his fifth son turned out to be such a big joke, this...
Headache.
Although it is a headache, what should be dealt with should still be dealt with, and what should be rewarded should be rewarded.
The specific process of Sheng Hongyin's stay in the palace at the time, only generally stated in the imperial edict that Li Qiao had made great contributions, and therefore Li Qiao was directly promoted from an attendant bachelor of the fifth rank to the head of the household department of the third rank.
Yes, the head of household department.
This is the position of the fifth prince. It does not occupy the original establishment of the user department and has no specific rank. It is a position specially created by Sheng Hong to allow several princes to gain experience.
Now that the fifth prince was going to be imprisoned for life, Sheng Hong directly promoted Li Qiao to be the head of the Household Department, which was not in the imperial establishment, and gave this position a grade: from the third grade.
The seventh prince was already the head of the Criminal Department and could not be promoted, so Sheng Hong rewarded him with a Shangfang sword, as well as a lot of gold, silver, property and land.
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Those who have made meritorious deeds have all received their due rewards.
Li family.
Because the seventh prince's vigorous interrogation uncovered all the associates of the fifth prince, Shengjing only maintained martial law for five days before normal order was restored.
Li Qiao, Meng Yue, Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, including Xin Zhi, rushed to Li Qiao's house as soon as martial law was lifted and wanted to ask what happened.
Sheng Hong's imperial edict did not explain the specific process, and Li Qiao was naturally unwilling to talk about it. Of course, he had to help Sheng Hong cover up the embarrassing things that happened to the Sheng family.
If you can't explain the specific process, all you can do is celebrate.
In the summer, no one wanted to eat barbecue or hot pot around the stove, so they set up two ordinary banquet tables to celebrate Li Qiao's promotion.
He jumped directly from the fifth rank to the third rank. From now on, Li Qiao can also be called a third rank official.
This is a great joy!
"Come on, Master Li, I have to give you a toast. From now on, I will have to live under your hands."
Xu Ying held a bowl of rice wine and said to Li Qiao with a smile.
He called Mr. Li just for fun.
Li Qiao picked up his wine bowl, touched it with him, and nodded with a smile: "Brother Xu, you have to be careful in the future, I will check the accounts of your bank account from time to time.
"Okay, then I'll wait for Brother Li at the rice bank." Xu Ying said, drinking all the rice wine in the bowl.
"Tsk, Brother Xu, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to see Brother Li in the future. Brother Li is getting the Sacred Heart. We won't be able to see him when he is in the Hanlin Academy. If he goes to the Ministry of Revenue, we will most likely not be able to see him. "
Meng Yue said slowly while picking up vegetables with chopsticks.
"That's right." Xu Ying also tutted, and couldn't help but raise her hand to pat Li Qiao's shoulder: "Brother Li, it's really difficult to see you on weekdays."
Xin Zhi also sighed, these words touched his heart.
Li Qiao was originally an official of the Hanlin Academy, but as a result, he, a member of the Hanlin Academy, found it difficult to even meet Li Qiao.
However, Brother Li is worthy of being the number one scholar in their class who has won six yuan in a row. He is very good at what he does. He can also make great achievements in situations where he can lose his head at any time, such as rebellion. If Brother Li was really born in the time when the Supreme Emperor conquered the world In the era, he would definitely be able to become a state official.
"Come on, brother Li, I respect you." With this thought, he picked up the wine bowl and spoke to Li Qiao with respect.
Zhuang Wen also picked up the wine bowl with a smile: "Here, I'll have one with you too. Brother, behave well in front of the Holy One and don't let down the Holy One's grace."
"Brother Wen, don't worry, I will do my best to share your worries for the Lord."
Li Qiao said solemnly.
To be honest, before Sheng Hong's imperial edict came down, he really didn't expect that Sheng Hong would give him such an exaggerated promotion. He was originally receiving a fourth-grade salary. He thought that Sheng Hong would upgrade him two levels and give him a full fourth-grade salary. The official.
But who knew it was from the third grade!
Although there is only one level difference between the fourth grade and the third grade, in fact, there is the Himalayas in between.
Fourth-rank officials can only be regarded as middle-class in Dasheng's officialdom system. Except for Zhao Cun, who holds a special position as captain of the Guards, the remaining fourth-rank officials, not counting local magistrates but only Beijing officials, are not responsible for important positions. , not much real power in his hands.
But at the third level, one really has real power in his hands, and he has stepped into the center of power in Dasheng.
Liubu Shangshu is the second-rank official, and Liubu Shilang is the third-rank official. He is second only to Shangshu and Shilang among the Six Bubu.
Sheng Hong probably thought that he was too young, so he didn't let him directly jump to the third level. However, it was amazing to go from the third level, and he had truly stepped into the center of power of Da Sheng.
Becoming a third-grade official at a young age is an honor, but also a pressure, and even more of a responsibility.
He would never let Sheng Hong down.
Moreover, in addition to being promoted, Sheng Hong also rewarded him with 500 acres of first-class farmland!
He and Brother Zhu also have real property in Shengjing.
This time the fifth prince rebelled, he was sure that Sheng Hong would have a backup plan, so he stood up to avenge his personal hatred and perform meritorious service. Now Sheng Hong has promoted him and rewarded him with land. If he doesn't work hard in the future, his conscience will be ruined. It will be uneasy.
After seeing off a few friends, the sky also darkened.
Li Qiao drank too much rice wine and was about to go to the toilet to drain the water, but Meng Yue's voice sounded again in the front yard.
He couldn't help but stop.
Sure enough, Meng Yue left and came back to find out about the Seventh Prince.
This time, the whole city was under martial law for five days. Meng Yue stayed at home and was not able to see the seventh prince at all.
Although the imperial edict was now issued and he knew that the seventh prince was safe and sound and had made great achievements, he still couldn't help but come to Li Qiao to find out what happened at that time.
Li Qiao originally wanted to help Sheng Hong cover up the family scandal, but Meng Yue is the seventh prince's concubine. Since Meng Yue will be a member of the Sheng family sooner or later, it doesn't matter if he knows sooner or later.
Besides, he also hoped that Meng Yue could get Sheng Hong's specific arrangements from the seventh prince.
So, Li Qiao told Meng Yue what happened that night, and he also pointed out the seventh prince's state at that time:
He held two swords in his hands and was covered in blood.
After hearing this, Meng Yue couldn't hide the distress on her face.
How much hardship does it take for a little guy to develop such a skill?
