Chapter 111     Borrowing power (3)

He blasted Weng Xincun out of the warm pavilion in the mirror, and the emperor also stood up and stood in front of Zeng Guofan. "Do you know that Weng Xincun's mansion is taking advantage of the power to oppress the good people?"

Zeng Guofan immediately shook his head, "I don't know if you say something to the emperor."

The emperor's voice came from the top of his head, "It would be fine if I don't know." He said, "I still said the same thing. If I cause trouble for the subordinates in the mansion and implicate my master, I cannot care about his master's guilt or not, it is a fault of misunderstanding and will definitely not bypass it."

"Yes, the emperor's teachings are always taught by heaven, and I will never forget them. For many years, I have always managed my subordinates with the way of a gentleman, and never slacked off at all." Zeng Guofan replied, "In the future, I will also follow it and follow it without any contradictory."

"Weng Xin is old, so there is no need to mention it. For example, you, Yan Jingming, Weng Tonghe, Zhu Guangdi, Peng Yulin, and Chongshi, I have all promoted and used it. I value you and others, and I am different from others. Therefore, protecting your face is to protect my face." He thought for a while and said slowly, "When doing things in the future, think about it, don't make things difficult for me, and don't wait for you to cause trouble for you, do you understand?"

"Yes. I understand." Zeng Guofan touched the head a few times and said loudly, "The emperor is willing to be the minister with the opportunity of the king and his ministers for thousands of years. How dare I not be brave and die to repay the king and father?"

"It doesn't have to be said so seriously." The emperor asked him to stand up, looked at his eyes, and suddenly asked, "I remember, you and Weng Xin have a friendship with each other, right?"

"Yes." Zeng Guofan said his relationship with Weng Xincun's junior brother, and finally did not forget to say a few good words to his teacher, "I think that Lord Weng has been burdened with the emperor's kindness. Last year, there was a lesson from Bai Wei's past. How dare he indulge his servants and be rampant?"

"I know, so I have only demoted him to a few levels and imposed a little punishment. Do you think if he really dares to be inconsistent with the law, I will let him go so far?"

Zeng Guofan only saw the emperor's emperor's mind. He didn't dare to think too much and knelt down again, "The emperor has no wiseness."

"I remember, Weng Xin has four sons, right? Where are they except Weng Tonghe?"

"Yes, Lord Weng originally had four sons, the eldest son was the same as the secretary, and served as the left minister of the Ministry of Justice; the second son Yinbao died early; the third son was the same as the title of the cousin, and served as the Taidao of Hui, Anhui; the fourth son was Tonghe, who inherited the sage order and served as Shanxi scholar-officials."

The emperor nodded and expressed his understanding, "All the families are full of talents." He said, "Weng Xin has been living in Hengwen for a long time, and his disciples are all over the world, right?"

Zeng Guofan did not take the emperor's words to heart at the beginning. At this moment, his mind turned around and a very terrible thought flashed through him. His breathing was not stable. "This... I don't know anything."

"Why don't you know? Aren't you also Weng Xincun's student?"

Zeng Guofan was not the kind of scholar and official who was very energetic. He felt even more frightened when he heard this, and even said something was unfair. "Although I am... Master Weng's student, I am an official of the court. I just thought about the king and father in my heart. I definitely did not dare to have the legacy of the Eastern Han Dynasty! Please observe clearly!"

Seeing Zeng Guofan was so scared, the emperor felt a little unbearable, but the party disputes with clear barriers in the court were becoming more and more obvious. He was still young, so these people dared to think about the same party and attack different things all day long. What would happen in the future? If it was really too big, even if the emperor was above the emperor, he would probably not take these people seriously? Isn't it? For the dispute between the north and the south, I have issued edicts and criticized them many times in a row. What's the effect?

Thinking of this, he firmly felt his heart again and continued, "You can have this kind of thought, not only your own blessing, but also your family. I hope you will be more diligent and take care of yourself."

From these few words, Zeng Guofan knew exactly what the saint was. He replied, "I understand. From now on, we should focus on the court's major plans and dare not have any slightest favoritism."

"That's it, you can go down too."

Zeng Guofan was a little lost and left the Nine-Turning Quqiao, and he was unaware of it. So, there was only one section that was very clear: the emperor had already reached the point of being unable to bear the disputes between the north and south in the court. It seemed that he had to take action against Weng Xincun first. What should he do? He always had to find a way to rescue the teacher so that he could enter the friendship of his colleagues and have a little bit of a junior brother's relationship? Standing in front of the military office's Zhilu, thinking seriously, and making up his mind: Instead of waiting for someone else to write a note, it is better to take the lead!

When I entered the main hall, Weng Xincun had already returned to the house. This was just right, so I had to ask my junior brothers to have a close conversation. I immediately passed the sedan chair and left the palace and arrived in Chenghuai Garden not far from the Old Summer Palace.

The disciples worshipped the teacher and entered the side door according to the rules, and went out from the middle door, which was called "soft in and hard exit". However, Zeng Guofan had both a title and a military aircraft seat, and could also be called "the highest-ranking minister". When he arrived at Weng Xincun's mansion, the subordinates opened the middle door to greet him, and the housekeeper first went to the sedan chair to return to the Ming Dynasty, "no need to lower the carriage". The sedan chair was carried to the dripping eaves of the second hall, and became "hard in and hard exit".

This time, the incident caused great trouble for Weng Xincun. He retreated in a hurry from the Mirror Palace. As soon as he returned home, an angel issued an order, not only to take away the reward, but also to denounce it - this is a very, very bad punishment measure - all those sent to denounce it were eunuchs.

As we all know, eunuchs have psychological unhealthy due to physical intact. When they say something else or not, they really ask themselves the second one, and no one dares to be the first one. When they come to the government to scold them, they are also under the hat of being ordered to do something bad. How can they not scold them happily?

Of course, it can also be avoided, that is, spending money. There is no eunuch who is not fond of money. When the money is spent, everything is safe. The eunuch who is deposed by the order enters the mansion, drinks a few cups of tea, collects the silver notes, says, "Declare by the order," and turns away. If you don't give it according to the rules, or don't give it enough, the person who is deposed will be miserable!

The eunuch opened his mouth and cursed, and there were all kinds of ugly words! Those who could curse could curse for hours and kept talking, and those who were kneeling there fainted on the spot. This kind of thing reached its peak in the Renzong Dynasty. The eunuch made great efforts to make money from it. The vicious words and ruthless words were really outrageous. The officials who were criticized had no choice but to be scolded because they were scolded and had to praise the saints in their mouths.

When Emperor Xuanzong Dynasty, Emperor Daoguang was loyal and honest. Except for the time when he ascended the throne, he treated Liu Fengzhao and Cao Zhenyong with the matter of overthrowing Tujin and Dai Junyuan in order to gain the throne, he rarely issued an order to rebuke. When he arrived in the Xianfeng Dynasty, he had never heard of this order for a long time. In the emperor's opinion, this was an extremely humiliating act. He would rather scold his subordinates in person than give them to the eunuchs below to do it. He knew that these people could not do it, but just took this opportunity to make a few cents.

But this time, he was really angry. In addition to the eternal rebuke of the metaphor, he ordered people to go to Weng Xincun's mansion to upload the rebuke. This time, the Six Blessings came to the spirit.

The mansion was sent out, and Weng Xincun hurriedly asked someone to take 3,000 taels of silver to Prince Yi's mansion, asking King Yi to relax from it, only asking for money to spend it, so that he could avoid the pain of humiliation of face. Unexpectedly, the reprimand of the reprimand was gone for a long time, and he was unbearable. The silver offered by King Yu Yi did not take any penny, but said, "A slave was ordered by the emperor and did not dare to disobey the saint's order."

King Yi thought he thought he had little money and kept saying good things for Weng Xin, "Eunuch Lu, why bother? Every day when you look up and bow your head, you always have to leave him a face. Well, for my sake, you are a master, bypass him this time. You can keep this little money to buy tea."

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't give you face, but this time the errand was told by the emperor in person. If the slave takes your money and spares the old central hall, I will find out for the emperor in the future. Should you bear the charge of resisting the order or should I bear it?"

Zaiyuan glared at him and cursed in his heart: Have you done less to resist the orders over the years? Of course, you can't say that in terms of face, so you have to say good things. Liufu wanted to taste the pleasure of scolding people, so no matter what Zaiyuan said, he just refused to accept it.

The two of them were entangled with each other and arrived at Weng Xincun's house. The latter didn't know yet. They thought that the silver was spent, so they were fine. They knelt down in the hall to receive the order. After looking at the thanks for their kindness, Liu Fu suddenly raised his voice, "I'm scolding me with the order! Weng Xincun, what kind of bastard are you?..."

He cursed for half an hour. Weng Xincun was sobbing that he cried and cried, but he still had to sob and thank him, because the thunder and rain were the emperor's kindness.

As soon as he left, Zeng Guofan arrived at the mansion. Seeing that the people in the mansion were all full of expressions, he didn't know what was going on, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

After hearing the servants in the mansion say this, Zeng Guofan frowned. The emperor actually sent eunuchs to the mansion. It can be seen that the emperor hated this matter in his heart! Fortunately, he came in time, or could help the teacher to save it back a few times. Hehe, fortunately, fortunately!

"Then, can the old central hall meet guests?"

"Mr. Zeng wait for a moment, I will go back to you."

Soon, the servant went back and returned, "Sir, the master said, please come to the study."

Zeng Guofan is very familiar here, and there is no need for servants to lead the way. He goes through the hall and goes directly to the study. In addition to Weng Xincun and Weng Tongshu and his son, there are also maids and servants who are serving the master to wash their faces and faces. It can be seen that Weng Xincun had just cried and his eyes were swollen.

After saluting the teacher, Weng Xincun waved his hand and signaled him to sit down for the time being, "Teacher, don't you worry?"

Before Weng Xincun could speak, Weng Tongshu said, "Disheng, what do you think this is a matter? It's just a slave who caused trouble. He actually sent someone to the house to scold him like this insultingly? This is really not the time when he was not yet stable in his foothold. He turned his head and attacked the old man..."

Before he could finish his words, he was slapped by Weng Xincun in the face, "Bastard! Thunder and Yulu, is it Jun's kindness that you, a villain, can you make arbitrarily comment? Go out!"

Weng Tongshu didn't dare to speak anymore, but looking at his expression, he couldn't hide his dissatisfaction and resentment. He knelt down in front of his old father, "Son is wrong, dad, don't be angry, be careful of your body."

"You still know that you are worried about my body. You should say less disrespectful words to your father! This is the greatest filial piety."

After this moment of storm, Zeng Guofan secretly gave Weng Tongshu a wink. The two of them supported the old man and sat on the seat. "Actually, it's no wonder that this matter is a pharmacy brother. Although the teacher has failed to control it, the emperor's attitude of such a way of not raising scholars is also contrary to the expectations of the subjects of the world."

"I have been an official for 30 years, but my face has been ruined." Weng Xincun looked heartbroken, "After this matter, I will also resign from the emperor."

Weng Tongshu was shocked, but Zeng Guofan smiled disapprovingly, "The teacher asked the students not to agree with this. Since ancient times, famous ministers such as Yang Wenru and Zuo Yizhi have a spirit of mercy and ambition to not change. The teacher used his predecessors to show his own sages, so how can he be the first to be slandered and blamed by the king and father, keep it alone and leave his body to go far?"

Weng Xincun was stunned when he said something to Zeng Guofan, "What... what about Disheng thinking?"

"Students think that now the situation is like this, I really should learn from the teacher's first book."

The sword was so sharp that the Weng family and his son were stunned. Weng Xincun's face was also very unnatural. "Disheng," he said, "You are right. As a parent, I can't escape any guilt. But what responsibility should I bear? Please advise me. You know, I have been very humble in the past few years. As long as you are right, I will admit my mistake."

"Teacher doesn't have to be serious," Zeng Guofan smiled, and he said, "It's just a shocking word, thinking it's just a boredom."

"Disheng, this is your fault. When is this? Are you still in the mood to joke?" Weng Tongshu muttered.

Zeng Guofan closed his smile and said seriously, "It's not a joke." He said, "The most unfavorable thing for Teacher Yu now is that Brother Shuping is not in the capital. Otherwise, even if Shuping's holy family members were scolded, they would never have made such a big deal. The emperor's most nostalgic love... is because he would have turned a big deal out of nothing for Brother Weng's face."

"However, it's a good thing that Shuping is not here." Zeng Guofan changed his tone and said, "Teacher, there will be some changes in the Holy Heart of the Chaozhou Bureau. Even if it's not a trauma, it will definitely cause great trouble."

Weng Xincun was moved. After meeting in the Mirror Hall today, the emperor sent him out, leaving only one Zeng Guofan. No one knew what the monarch and minister said. What does it mean to say such things to him now?

He didn't say anything, just looked at Zeng Guofan, "Teacher, do you still remember that Emperor Gaozong's letter of impeachment of Zhang Tingyu in response to Liu Yanqing's letter of impeachment by Neqin?"

Weng Xincun's face changed drastically. Liu Yanqing was Liu Tongxun, who was promoted after Qianlong ascended the throne to fight against Zhang Tingyu, Neqin and other old ministers and royal relatives of the previous dynasty. After the eighth year of Qianlong, Zhang Tingyu and Neqin's family had many children in the court, and they had become a big deal. It was at this time that Liu Tongxun submitted a memorial to impeach the two court officials. For a moment, ten thousand horses were silenced, waiting for the emperor's decision.

Qianlong did not take this opportunity to destroy the Zhang clan's power in the court, but instead comforted him. However, after this incident, he gradually eliminated his old ministers in the court until the tenth year of Emperor Gaozong, and drove Zhang Tingyu back to his hometown in Tongcheng, Anhui. Later, he even used the reason for his ineffective military force to kill Ne Qin in front of the army, and completely took over the power to his own hands.

Thinking about the past, thinking about the unprecedented reprimand condemnation I encountered this time, Weng Xincun probably understood, "I understand."

Weng Tongshu also understood, "Even so, how can I only attack my Weng family? Zaiyuan has become greedy for many years, but he has given the emperor a lot of compassion. What's that?"

Weng Xincun was confused and didn't even pay attention to the disrespectful words that his son said frequently. Zeng Guofan explained to him, "In fact, it's not about paying homage to the teacher, it's just a waste of time."

Weng Xincun thought seriously, "Songshu, you go out first, dad and Disheng have something to say."

"father?"

"You go out!"
Chapter completed!