Chapter 148: Eliminate tigers for the people

Cheng Lu did not doubt that he was there, so he went to the meeting in plain clothes excitedly, and only brought four guards with him with foreign guns. Master Xingming had already made arrangements in secret. When he was welcomed into the water pavilion of the Houyuan Garden, a familiar servant invited the four guards to have tea and rest and was isolated on the side.

At the same time, the drummer was secretly reported to him and took over the king's orders, secretly cared for the third and sixth rooms and the executioner, waiting for the fate of the rebellion.

The swords were tense outside, as if facing a great enemy, but the water pavilion inside was very lively. When talking about the red sun sinking to the west, the number of levies was determined, and suddenly I heard the firecrackers, followed by the sound of the suona playing ‘Mi Li’.

Cheng Lu was stunned for a moment: "What is this for?"

He Mu naturally understood that Longting, which was worshipping the "King's Order Flag", had already been carried into the lobby. A stone in his heart fell to the ground, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "Perhaps something is wrong, I'll go and please sit down."

He was talking nonsense, but Cheng Lu was blocked. After waiting for a while, he saw a close listener, hurried over, and said, "I asked Mr. Cheng to sit in the flower hall. A distinguished guest wanted to meet Mr. Zhang."

"Oh?" Cheng Lu asked in a hesitant voice: "Is that?"

"I heard it was a distinguished guest from the middle of the capital."

He was a distinguished guest and came from the capital again, so Cheng Lu followed him.

Before Cheng Lu arrived, Zeng Guofan had already waited in the flower hall. Because he received the king's order, he was wearing a public uniform, a coral top, a peach feather with a peachy, and a yellow jacket. However, this is not surprising. The most powerful is the registered general, who is actually missing the general, and the military officer with a red top is also the military officer who is standing for him. Under the general of Jin Gang is Hu Linyi, the prefect of Tianjin, and below is He Mu, the county master, who also changed his public uniform to serve the mission.

"Cheng Lu brought it to" a military policeman who was accompanied by General Jin Gan entered the hall to report.

When the words came to the corridor, Cheng Lu's expression changed. He was taken into the hall and looked up. It was Zeng Guofan who had dealt with him, sitting alone on the kang bed, looking at him with bright eyes.

Zeng Guofan came to Tianjin this time to handle the imperial envoy for official duties, so although Cheng Lu knew that there would be a major change today, he would also greet him first, "I have met the imperial envoy."

"Cheng Lu" General Jin Gan said coldly, "The imperial envoy has something to ask you, and you must answer the offer accordingly."

"Yes, yes" Cheng Lu kowtowed and reported his title and name.

"Cheng Lu," Zeng Guofan asked, "How long have you been transferred to the admiral of the Tianjin garrison?"

"If you go back to me, it will be less than March."

"It's less than March." Zeng Guofan nodded to himself, paused for a while and asked, "How many women do you have?"

This question not only showed a look of suspicion and fear, but also was very surprised by General Jinzan. Only He Mu knew in his heart that in this sentence, the reason for killing Chenglu was enough.

"Say it." Zeng Guofan looked at Cheng Lu with bright eyes, "I want to listen to what you said."

"I...," Cheng Lu said with great difficulty: "I have four women."

"Listen," Zeng Guofan said to Hu Linyi, who was on the way to the trial, "I have just kept four families in less than three months of my tenure."

“I can’t eat so much even if I eat enough.”

"That's what I said." Zeng Guofan looked at him and asked again: "I'll ask you again, where are your four women from? How did the youngest one come from?"

Cheng Lu's face was gray, probably he knew he was going to be in trouble. "Yes, it was bought with money."

"I know you bought it for money, too." He asked tightly, "Are they willing to sell it?"

This time Cheng Lu couldn't say it anymore, but just kowtowed like pounding garlic. "The imperial envoy gave him kindness," he said, "As soon as I go back, I will dismiss my four women."

"Discondolence do you think this is a scammer?" Zeng Guofan sneered, "I like it easily. If I don't want it, I won't do it. If I don't want it, I'll give it a few dollars. There is such a free thing in the world."

"Then please ask the imperial envoy to show me what should I do?" Cheng Lu lowered his head and said, "I know I'm wrong, please ask the imperial envoy to punish me."

"It's enough to just cure you, a woman who is forced to buy a private woman, to kill me. Do you know what the people in Tianjin County think of you? You want to eat meat when you sleep." At this point, he turned around and shouted: "General Jin Gan"

"Zha" Jinhu Mountain responded solemnly.

"What did the Governor Na tell you?"

"You said you were asked to take charge of your position. The officers who will harm the people will not need to ask more questions."

"Okay," Zeng Guofan said: "Please give me the king's order."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lu suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Zeng Guofan, I am a first-rank military officer in the court. Without the emperor's imperial edict, do you dare to kill me?"

Zeng Guofan ignored it and waved his hand hard, "Take it down"

As soon as Jinhushan whispered, someone came up and pulled Cheng Lu out of the screaming. He Mu also rushed out quickly and nodded heavily to Master Xing Ming who was on standby outside the hall, indicating that he had begun to take action.

So, the page of "serving the king's order" was delivered to the lobby. There was a dragon pavilion in the middle of the lobby, which contained a two-foot-6-inch blue satin rectangular flag and a seven-inch-five-foot-sized round basswood plaque. The flags and plaques had a golden "Ling" character that combines Manchu and Han, with a large seal of the Ministry of War. This was the "king king's order" specially brought from Baoding from Jinhu Mountain.

After Zeng Guofan finished the ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to Longting amid the drum and music, he stood up. The Tianjin County Criminal Office had brought a case with the servants. In addition to the four treasures of the study, there was a notice of the Nar Que and Zeng Guofan's title and a beheading sign.

Zeng Guofan stood and hooked Zhu, threw his pen, and then set off a cannon outside the gate, followed by the sound of "Woo Dudu, Woo Dudu" blowing the trumpet, mixed with the crowded voices, it seemed that the quiet Tianjin County had never been so lively.

The executioner was Jinhushan. He had discussed with Mr. Xingming, who was afraid that the soldiers under Cheng Lu would cause trouble. Mr. Xingming told him not to worry. Since the emperor got angry about military affairs, he paid special attention in the military camp discipline. At the same time, he had sent three squads and six wings to be more vigilant in the execution ground. Besides, the common people were happy to see Chenglu being killed. Even if they really had a close confidant, they wanted to cause trouble, and they had to worry about the anger of the public and not dare to act rashly. When Jinhushan heard that he was right, he came to the execution ground with confidence and boldness and followed the mission.

Zeng Guofan was still accompanied by Hu Linyi and He Mu, and returned to the flower hall to rest, waiting for Jin Chan to come and pay the order. As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw the gentlemen from Tianjin County kneeling on the ground, thanking Zeng Guofan for eliminating the harm for the people. His gratitude was overwhelming.

"Thanks to the prefect Hu." Zeng Guofan intended to recommend the beauty, "Prince Hu didn't know about lawless behavior like Cheng Lu. If he had known, he would have ordered it to be strictly carried out."

"Watering water and thinking about the source is entirely up to the imperial envoy, Lord Zeng, to take charge of us." The old gentleman in charge said, "I hope the imperial envoy, Lord Hou Wandae."

The local gentry was really sincerely grateful, so when Zeng Guofan went to the lobby to pay tribute, he had already made some discussions and wanted to stay with him for three days, and went to Beijing to invite the opera troupe to act and give thanks at night. He also wanted to collect the public share, create a gold medal, and pay tribute. Of course, General Jin Chan and He Mu also expressed their interest.

How was Zeng Guofan willing to accept it? After a long time of ties, the two sides finally asked him to reject everyone's kindness. Then Zeng Guofan submitted a memorial and reported the errands in Tianjin to the emperor one by one. Finally, he asked the emperor to pick up other wise men and serve in Tianjin.

The emperor had read the memorial and called Bai to the imperial court and asked him who would take over.

Bai? It was a very unlucky to be the Minister of War. There was a Sushun in the capital, and there was Zeng Guofan outside the capital, who did not take himself seriously at all. Zeng Guofan only relied on the verbal complaint of the gentry of the Tianjin County verbally, but he dared to ask the king for the order and kill a first-rank military officer?

He knew that these two emperors were in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed. When he heard the emperor ask about the candidate for successor, Bai's eyes turned and replied, "Your Majesty, I think that the soldiers of the Green Camp have become exhausted. Even if they are transferred from other provinces, they will be difficult to bear the heavy expectations. Why not order Lord Zeng to rectify the Yangcun military camp first and then talk about other things?"

The emperor thought Bai? These words were wrong and were thinking about them. Bai then said, "I think that instead of transferring one to Tianjin, I will have to supervise the training in the future. Why not order him to clean up the army now? When the military appearance and discipline have improved greatly, I will pick up someone who has good morals from it and then be appointed by the court and serve on the spot?"

"Okay." The emperor's words to Bai were so thoughtful. Zeng Guofan was one of the ministers he valued the most and was a little decisive. Such a temperament was really suitable for dealing with the group of Qiu Ba. And if someone was sent to another, he would not know if he could get along with Zeng Guofan? If he could not get along with him, he would not listen to the order everywhere, should he change it or not?

The emperor nodded, but remembered another thing and turned to ask Jia Zhen who was kneeling beside him, "Where is Jiang Zhongyuan now?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, Jiang Zhongyuan has been recommended by Zeng Guofan after the emperor's request for talent and issued an order in the first year of Xianfeng, and distributed it to the Ministry of Personnel to hold a position in Shangnan Road, Jianchang, Sichuan. It has been more than two years since then."

"I waived this job and let him go to Tianjin," he paused, and said, "Jiang Zhongyuan was in charge of the rank of general and helped Zeng Guofan rectify military affairs."

"twitter."

After receiving the imperial decree from the court, Jiang Zhongyuan was amused and crying that he was named the magistrate of Xiushui in order to eliminate Lei Zaihao's bandits. However, his colleagues never looked down on him and believed that he was leading his troops as a scholar and could not escape the ridicule of the soldiers. Later, he was angry and resigned from office until the first year of Xianfeng that he took advantage of the emperor's intention to seek talents and resigned and resigned to Shangnan Road, Sichuan.

Although it is a third-rank Taoist, this job is not easy to do: Jianchang Shangnan Road is under the jurisdiction of Yazhou, Ningyuan, Jiading, and Qiongzhou. The yamen is in Yazhou. It is at the junction of Sichuan and Tibet. It is responsible for tutoring the chieftains. The place is hard, the mission is troubled and the service is troublesome. This is not bad. The most unfair thing is that the generals of the provinces do not care about civil affairs. They only have systemic magistrates and have no jurisdictional relationship with local officials. Only the generals of Chengdu can manage the Jianchang Road. This is because Jianchang Road manages the chieftains and has special responsibilities.

Due to this management, Jianchang Road had an extra boss out of thin air. Every time he went to the provincial government, he had to take some additional care of the general's yamen. The general's "three festivals and two lives" and the congratulations of other local officials, but to the end, Jianchang Road had to send him off according to the number of filial piety to the governor. Therefore, Jiang Zhongyuan thought it was a pain and took the opportunity to report his duties several times to go to Beijing to engage in activities, always thinking that he could mobilize him.

Who knew that after waiting for such a decree? Others were looking for a foundation for their own career from the military transfer in the court, but they actually did the opposite?

The highest rank of military officers in the Qing Dynasty was the first-rank admiral. The rank was the same as that of the governor and the generals who were stationed in the defense of the Qing Dynasty, but their status and position were not only not as good as the governor, general, and even the governor who was second-rank. Because the governor, the governor, as usual, led the title of Minister of War and the Minister of War, and was in charge of military affairs, he could control military generals. When the governor met a governor who was two levels lower than him, he also had to "consider", not even the governor.

As usual, the governor led the Right Censor and the Right Deputy Censor, and the identity is equivalent to the official of the Censorate. If the admiral does not obey the command and does not follow the arrangement of affairs, he can name and impeach. When the civil servants under the border are inappropriate, such as military generals, even if they are the admiral and general with a red head, they will be sure. For this reason, after an armed conflict in the middle of the Daoguang period, the four seas were slightly calmed down and the bandits were completely eliminated. The generals were dismissed one after another, because they felt that the military officer was too aggrieved.

This time I took the rank of general, which sounded very favored, but... Jiang Zhongyuan sighed and reluctantly called the head of the yamen and the yamen runners to sort out the documents of the exchanges over the past few years.

After handing over the errands, I went out of the province and went to meet a few old friends, so I delayed it to Tianjin.

Zeng Guofan also saw the imperial court's residence, and the emperor ordered Jiang Zhongyuan to come to Tianjin to help with military affairs, which surprised and happy. Compared with himself, Jiang Zhongyuan was considered the chief military affairs officer. When he was practicing troupes in his hometown to resist rebellious refugees, he had a profound understanding of the military system. He often talked about it when he wrote letters and greeted him many times.

The last time I drafted in Tianjin, many of the contents were also written from the correspondence with him. This time, he was able to come to Tianjin, and I believe that he would have great help to himself in the future.

Surprisingly, he knew everything about Jiang Zhongyuan back then. After finally abandoning Wu and following the article of Zhu Yu from the emperor, he sent back to the army. I think in Jiang Qiaoye's heart, even if there was an old friend's joy to reunite, it would be hard to resist the depression in his heart.

On the second day of July, Jiang Zhongyuan arrived in Tianjin and first went to the imperial envoy to meet Zeng Guofan. Hu Linyi was also there and was discussing with Zeng Guofan about the military supplies needed for the soldiers' exercises in the recent past. He heard from the servants that Mr. Jiang, who came from Sichuan, had come in. Zeng Guofan was overjoyed and greeted him in person: "Brother Qiaoye? I've been leaving for more than a year, can you always be good?"

However, Jiang Zhongyuan did not dare to lose his superiority and inferiority for his years of friendship. He respectfully knelt down and met, "Please pay tribute to the imperial envoy."

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