Chapter 55 Section 55 Live in Hubei governor's office to handle the case

Neither the governor of Huguang nor the governor of Hunan was in office.Yutai, the chief envoy of Hunan, acted as the governor of Hunan, and the governor of Huguang was temporarily protected by Niu Jian. Let me talk about the history of Yutai first. Yutai, a man from Zhenghongqi in Manchuria, was awarded the cabinet secretary by officials and students, and was promoted to be a servant of the Imperial Academy.At the end of Jiaqing, it was Longmao Road in Chengmian, Sichuan.Since then, he has been an official in Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui and other places.In the eleventh year of Daoguang's reign, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in Shengjing, and the Ministry of Rotation and Engineering was also in charge of the Yin affairs of Fengtian Mansion.In the fifth year of Fengtian, he was transferred to Jiangxi, and less than a year from Jiangxi to Hunan, he was appointed as the chief envoy of Hunan.The governor of Hunan is vacant, and he will temporarily take care of the governor's seal.This year he is already sixty years old, and he is a well-known official.

Niu Jian, a native of Wuwei, Gansu Province, with the word Jingtang and the name Xueqiao, was born in two lists.In the 21st year of Daoguang, the Qing Dynasty exchanged fire with England due to the ban on smoking. Qishan, a scholar and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was dismissed from his post. commander.Unexpectedly, he fought against Yingjili twice, but failed twice, and was beaten by Yingjili.Thanks to his long legs and small stature, he was able to escape so well that he saved his life.In a rage, Emperor Daoguang demoted him from the governorship to the chief envoy of Guangdong.But after all, he was a governor, and when the governor of Huguang was vacant, he came forward to protect the seal.

Hunan is nominally under the control of the governor of Huguang, but because both of them have been in the officialdom for a long time, and they both know that Emperor Daoguang can't put the real shortage on his own head, so no one cares about the other, and no one sees the other. It was all right.Yutai worships the Tao, and Niu Jian looks at the Buddha. Yutai is so fascinated by Taoism, he claims to belong to Qiu Chuji's school, he not only knows how to practice Taoist Tai Chi, but also alchemy.The scale of his alchemy is larger than that of Qiu Chuji. He has a separate alchemy room and keeps dozens of pretty virgins all year round. It is said that they will be replaced in thirty days.Obviously it was a daughter, but he insisted that it was a furnace, and every night he put his five or six inch long thing in and out of the furnace, which was called burning fire.This fire was burned in Fengtian Shilang's tenure, in Jiangxi, and in Changsha's governor's yamen.After more than ten years of burning, the bullshit pill was not refined, but the nickname "Yu Laodao" was refined.

Niu Jian Buddha is even more evil. In the prison room of the governor's office, there is only a meditation room for homework, which is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha with a big belly. Apart from eating, the military will kneel in this meditation room and chant scriptures every day.When you are in a good mood, come out and talk about Buddhist affairs with your subordinates. If your subordinates report some official business at this time, he will listen to them, but never express their opinions, and let you do it.When I was in a bad mood, I just sat in the meditation room for a while, but I didn't see a single shadow.Hubei gave him the nickname "Second Maitreya", and he was not annoyed.

Zeng Guofan invited Wang Ming's flag, brought official documents and twenty guards, and came straight to Wuchang, Hubei.Because Zuo Zongtang wanted to meet a friend, he was delayed in the capital for two more days. He left the Zeng Mansion two days later, and went back to Xiangyin while visiting the mountains and rivers. According to common sense, Zeng Guofan should first go to Wuchang to meet the governor of Huguang, and then the governor will send a special person to accompany him to Changsha to deal with the affairs of Hunan. The governor is a temperate governor, so Niu Jian has no reason not to cooperate.

Entering the ground in Hubei, Zeng Guofan became strange first.According to the time calculation, the governor's office should have received the decree issued by the Military Aircraft Department long ago, but why didn't I see the officials who received the imperial envoy?After entering Wuchang City, there was still no official to greet him. This time even the official documents, which are known for their smoothness, couldn't hold their breath. "My lord, could it be that the governor's yamen didn't see the decree?" Guanwen asked curiously.Although the top son of the official document is as bright blue as Zeng Guofan, but because he is a doctor in the household department, and he is also a military officer, he has always respected Zeng Guofan, who was born in the two rankings, and his tone of speech is also humble.

Zeng Guofan smiled, and took a while to answer: "My lord, how is it possible? No matter how we calculate, the imperial decree should be ahead of us. My lord, let's go to the governor's office first and then talk about it." Zeng Guofan was extremely careful when talking to the Manchu nobles, lest one mistake would lead to death.This is true for Changshun, and even more so for official documents.Guan Wen was a bit more cunning than Chang Shun, and Zeng Guofan didn't dare to take it lightly. There was no word in the official document, and he shook his head, somewhat regretting taking this imperial envoy.

A group of people approached the governor's yamen, and first saw two superintendent soldiers with foreign guns walking back and forth outside the gate.Zeng Guofan and Guan Wen left the hired sedan chairs and sent away the bearers first. Zeng Guofan said to Guan Wen: "Your Majesty, please wait here for a while, and let the head of the Ministry go inside first to find out what's going on." Guan Wen nodded and replied: "Your Excellency, please do as you please. If anything happens, we will definitely go in and rescue Your Excellency." Zeng Guofan took Li Bao and Liu Heng and strode inside.The two sentinels seemed to be used to this situation, they didn't stop or ask questions, they let Zeng Guofan, Li Bao, and Liu Heng go in.

As soon as Zeng Guofan entered the hall, he saw officials all over the room gossiping here and there. Seeing Zeng Guofan walk in, they all looked at him coldly, and continued to talk as usual, neither surprised nor surprised. Zeng Guofan couldn't help asking: "Where is the army?" A person who looked like an alternate Taoist rolled his eyelids and said, "I've been in Hubei for almost a month, and I haven't seen Mr. Zhijun yet! You just wanted to see Zhijun when you first came here? Just come and wait every day! We also have a companion." Zeng Guofan looked up and saw a man wearing a bright blue top sitting on the kang dozing off, probably not with the rank of inspector but also a third-rank alternate way, so he walked over and asked, "Mr. Woolen cloth?"

The man didn't move, and said casually, "I'm doing my homework! I haven't seen any guests for thirty-two days." Zeng Guofan asked curiously, "What about business?" The man's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he shouted like thunder: "You bastard, you ask me, who should I ask? You ask the army!" Zeng Guofan was ashamed.Li Bao, who was beside him, was about to explode, but Zeng Guofan stopped him with a wink. Zeng Guofan walked out of the official hall, read the anxious official document, and briefly explained the situation inside. After hearing the official document, he was so angry that he cursed: "The emperor has just been ill for a few days, and this is not the case. Master Zeng, what should we do? We can’t be wasted like this, can we?”

Guan Wenming knew what to do, but he just didn't say anything, and just looked at Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan said: "It seems that the governor's yamen did not receive the order. We had to ask the king's order to force the army to come out." "Okay!" Guan Wen dusted off the dust with his hands, "I'll go in with you." He turned to a guard and said, "Let the governor's office accept the order!" The guard walked quickly into the governor's office and announced loudly: "Please Huguang Governor's Yamen accepts the order!" Zeng Guofan and Guan Wen walked into the official hall holding the Wang Ming flag in both hands. The people in the room were stunned for a moment, and then they knelt on the ground in unison, shouting at each other: "Your servant welcomes the imperial decree!" Zeng Guofan put the flag of Wang Ming on the table in the middle of the kang, and first kowtowed three times respectfully with Guan Wen and all the officials, then he rose to the kang and asked loudly: "Where are you coming, please come out of the army!" Welcome to the king's order!" Two guards ran in from the outside, the two who escorted Zeng Guofan and Guan Wenlai, and went straight to the inner room behind the official hall, shouting in one voice: "The imperial envoy Mr. Zeng and Mr. Guan are here. Please accept the order from Mr. Zhijun!" Five people knelt out of the signing room at once, four of them hurried to receive the decree, and a man who looked like a master went straight to the meditation room next to him. After a while, the fat-headed and round-headed superintendent Niu Jian rushed out of the Zen room.As soon as he entered the official hall, he saw the flag of Wang Ming on the kang, and there were two people with angry faces sitting on the left and right of the flag. Greetings to St. Ann, and then I greeted the imperial envoy, saying that "it was late to receive the order", and then I was about to get up. But Zeng Guofan said: "Niu Zhijun, you can't get up yet, you still have something to say." Niu Jian was taken aback and had to kneel down. Zeng Guofan continued: "Master Zhijun, don't you know that I'm going to Hubei on business?" Niu Jiandao: "This main hall knows about it. However, I forgot because I was busy with Buddhist affairs. Please forgive my sins." The governor is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, so it is also called the Ministry hall by habit. The official interface said: "The imperial envoy can naturally forgive your sins, but I am afraid that the Holy One will not forgive you." Niu Jian knelt silently, panting heavily. Zeng Guofan sneered and said, "You're so busy with Buddhist affairs! What about national affairs? What about Huguang affairs?" Niu Jian said calmly, "The emperor takes care of state affairs, of course governor Tao Shu takes care of Hubei affairs, and as for Hunan, there is Yutai." Zeng Guofan was about to refute him, when the guards came in and told him that Master Tao, Governor of Hubei, was waiting to see him. Zeng Guofan had no choice but to say please, and Tao Shu walked in boldly. Tao Shu stepped into the door, first knelt down to greet the king's order, and then greeted the imperial envoy, saying that "the pick-up is late", and then stood aside. Zeng Guofan, Guan Wen and others moved into the governor's office in Hubei that night. Normally speaking, when the governor of Huguang leaves office, one should be selected from Hunan and Hubei to protect the governor's seal. Why did Tao Shu, as the governor of Hubei, not have the guardian's seal, but transferred Niu Jian from Guangdong? Tao Shu is a capable member of the big officials in Fengjiang, and his official reputation has always been good.Just because Lin Zexu was convicted of banning smoking, Tao Shu defended Lin Zexu, which annoyed Emperor Daoguang;Zeng Guofan and the official documents are relatively clear about this level of details. But why did Zeng Guofan and Guanwen not live in the Supervision Office but the Fu Office?Aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you?This is because the Governor's Yamen of Hubei and the Governor's Yamen of Huguang are both in Wuchang, not to mention that the imperial envoys have the power to choose the office; it is more reasonable to live in the Governor's Yamen and then apply for the Superintendent Niujian. According to the meaning of the official document, I wanted to take off Niu Jian's crown at that time, and then ask the emperor for an order.However, after discussing with Tao Shu, Zeng Guofan decided that it is the best policy to ask for an order first.Once Zeng Guofan expressed his thoughts to Guan Wen, Guan Wen thought about it and found it reasonable, so he agreed. The document signed jointly by Zeng Guofan and the official document was distributed through the governor's office in Hubei. During the meal, Zeng Guofan smiled and said to Guan Wen: "My lord, it's funny to think about it now. The governors of the Qing Dynasty are like Niu Jian, and the Qing Dynasty is almost like a pot of porridge. A governor like this, Beheading is not an exaggeration!" Before the official could answer, Tao Shu said: "My lord Zeng, my lord, according to our department's speculation, the Niu Zhijun, not to mention beheading, may not even be able to question the crime. The Niu Zhijun was recommended by Mu Zhongtang. !" Zeng Guofan and Guanwen looked at each other, but neither said anything.