Chapter 69 Section 69 Rewarded for running errands while sick

Zeng Guofan entered Xingyuan, and Wen Qing had rushed back one day earlier.The two of them exchanged information about the situation of the rescue, and they were both satisfied.Zeng Guofan especially praised Huang Liang, the old magistrate, and called him a top figure in the Qing Dynasty.When it came to the festival where the two of them supported each other's sedan chair, Wen Qing couldn't stop laughing. Finally, Wen Qing suddenly asked: "The Huang Liang mentioned by Disheng just now is the father of Huang Yizhou and Huang Yuantong, the supervisor of Fenshui County, Zhejiang Province? The textual research of the father and son can be called my Qing Dynasty's best."

Zeng Guofan asked Li Bao to take out the stele rubbings of Prime Minister Wen presented by Huang Liang, and the two talked about Wen Tianxiang's words for half a night. Wen Tianxiang's handwriting is not as elegant as Yue Wumu's, more square, round and less handed down.The literati at that time all knew its "Plaque of Loyalty and Filial Piety", but they didn't know that there was also "Inscription of General Caozhou Temple". Back in the bedroom, Zeng Guofan played with "The Inscription of General Caozhou Temple" for half the night before letting Li Bao put it away.

After breakfast, Li Bao informed Li Yanshen, the deputy magistrate of Wenshang County, to ask for an interview.Zeng Guofan was sipping tea alone in the small living room at that time, and hurriedly heard about it after hearing the news. After Li Yanshen came in and gave the salute, he said: "As per your lord's order, I have asked Ai Yi, the former county yamen master Ai Yi who had resigned, to come back from Fengtian, and he is waiting outside the door." Zeng Guofan was overjoyed and said, "Li Guan, thank you for your hard work! Have you ever confronted him?" Li Yanshen said: "Responding to my lord's words, Ai Yi asked all the questions and didn't know anything, and pushed all the doubts in the book to the late Zhang Dianshi. I can't do anything about it."

Zeng Guofan asked back: "Ai Yi's point is clearly a denial! Why don't you use punishment?" Li Yanshen replied: "Responding to my lord, Ai Yi is a person in the banner, and the subordinate officials dare not torture him indiscriminately." "Hmm..." Zeng Guofan nodded, and was about to speak when Li Bao suddenly walked in and said, "Master Wen, please come to the hall to receive the order." Zeng Guofan had no choice but to say to Li Yanshen: "Li Guan, please wait a moment, I will come as soon as I go to the hall." After finishing speaking, he walked out excitedly and went to the official hall to receive the order, but unexpectedly received two imperial orders.

One decree said: According to the performance of Wen Qing and Zeng Guofan, the ministers of investigation and relief, Ye Zisong's violation of the law can be forgiven.Continue to act as the county magistrate of Dongping County.According to the investigation by the Ministry of Officials, Li Yanshen was indeed a Jinshi in the seventh year of Daoguang.It is not necessary for this member to act as an agent in Wenshang County, but to Jinan Road.Hong Cai sent officials from the governor's office to escort him to Beijing for a joint trial by the three judicial departments.This is it. The second decree said: Wen Qing and Zeng Guofan, the ministers of investigation and relief, will return to Beijing immediately from the date of receiving the decree.I have sent another minister to handle the matter of relief in Shandong.This is it.

Just as Zeng Guofan was about to tell Wen Qing about Li Yanshen's arrest of Ai Yi, he had just sent away the passers-by, when He Chun strode in.The two hurriedly stood up and sat down. After He Chun sat down, he said: "The Headquarters has come to bid farewell to the two adults, just received the order." Zeng Guofan said: "Could it be that Mr. He has been promoted to governor?" He Chundao: "The war in Guangxi is tense, and bandits are in chaos. The imperial court assigned me to lead troops to suppress bandits. I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. The headquarters came here on horseback. How could I be able to do the governor's job? of?"

Wen Qing hurriedly said: "Congratulations if you are as tall as an adult!" He Chundao: "It's not a matter of being high. The emperor rewards the headquarters, and it's the second-rank top wearer, and the rank of general." When Wen Qing and Zeng Guofan heard this, they were taken aback: Where is this high school?Obviously demoted!Although the emperor rewarded him with a second-rank Dingdai, the participating general is a third-rank military officer. Zeng Guofan asked: "Who did Lu Fu release?" He Chun said: "For the time being, the chief envoy will act."

Several people talked for a while, and Chun happily resigned, and within a few days, he was appointed as a general in Guangxi. Wen Qing and Zeng Guofan also packed their bags and set off for Beijing.The officials below the Shandong chief envoy were sent outside the city to return, and Shandong Fubiao sent a team of personal soldiers to escort them. After returning to the capital, Wen Qing was conferred the title of Bachelor of the University and Minister of the Military Aircraft Department to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of "Shandong's daring to take responsibility for the relief work in Shandong, and his ability to seek the country". The Ministry of Officials Xuyou.

Emperor Daoguang summoned Wen Qing first, and then Zeng Guofan.During this summoning, Emperor Daoguang had left his sick bed and gained some weight.Zeng Guofan seemed to have fallen to the ground like a stone, and his spirit improved a lot in an instant.Emperor Daoguang said: "Zeng Guofan, things in Shandong are doing well. I have let Hechun go for the bandits in Guangxi. In this autumn of banditry, I can't bear to blame people like Hechun. The emperor is not blessed." If the people suffer, I will not be blessed, and let the people of the world suffer together!" Zeng Guofan hurriedly said: "Natural disasters were not caused by humans. The emperor can do what he is doing now, and the people of the world are so grateful! The emperor blames himself so much, how can the ministers feel at ease!"

Emperor Daoguang didn't speak any more. After a long time, he waved his hand.Zeng Guofan quietly withdrew. Back at the mansion, it happened that Li Hongzhang came to visit.From Li Hongzhang's mouth, I learned that Mei Zengliang had been resigned from his post, Shao Yichen had also left Ding Jian in the capital, and Liu Chuanying, a student at the Imperial College, had taken sick leave, and the emperor rewarded him to return home to recuperate. Zeng Guofan couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when he saw that he had fewer and fewer friends around him. That night, he left Li Hongzhang to eat a meal of tofu, then took out Wen Tianxiang's "Temple of General Caozhou" written by Huang Liang, and played with Li Hongzhang word by word.Zeng Guofan watched and explained to Li Hongzhang with great interest.

It was very late, and Li Hongzhang returned to Li's Mansion in the capital to rest. After breakfast, Zeng Guofan was just about to go to court in a sedan chair when an obituary post was delivered.Zeng Guofan's heart skipped a beat, and he took over anxiously to take a look, tears streaming down his eyes unconsciously: Liu Chuanying, who was just forty years old, is gone! Although Liu Chuanying was only an eight-rank student of the Imperial College, she was a first-class eccentric in the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, he participated in the children's test when he was six years old.His father carried him into the examination room.The examiner saw him and asked him: "You little naughty boy, why did you ride your father as a horse?" He replied loudly: "Father hopes that his son will become a dragon." The examiner nodded and said: "Well, that's right. How many years have you studied Books?" Liu Chuanying said: "Twelve years." The examiner was surprised: "Ah, you are only six years old, how can you say that you have studied for twelve years?" Liu Chuanying smiled and said: "I have studied for six years by day and six years by night. , isn't it twelve years?" Liu Chuanying specializes in ancient literature and classics, is proficient in textual research, and is good at drawing maps. She can accurately map the locations of mountains, rivers, capitals and Jiajia in a province.Liu Chuanying was a Juren in the 19th year of Daoguang. In the next year, she entered the Imperial College as a student and majored in geographical surveying and mapping. Only then. When Zeng Guofan was recuperating at Baoguo Temple in the south of the city, he had many in-depth discussions with Liu Chuanying on Sinology and Song Studies.The two learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths, and become close friends.Hearing that Ruanying had passed away, Zeng Guofan's regret was understandable and reasonable. That night, Zeng Guofan set up a coffin in the mansion to pay homage to Liu Chuanying, and sent a bodyguard overnight to Liu Chuanying's hometown to pay tribute to Liu Chuanying's hometown with an inscribed scroll.At the same time, he wrote a letter to Liu Chuanying's family, asking Liu Xuezheng what else was on his mind. The guards tidied up and were about to go out when they were suddenly stopped by Zeng Guofan and asked Tang Xuan to pay one hundred taels of silver to Liu Chuanying's family.Zeng Guofan knew that Liu Chuanying had been living in poverty and had no savings, so the Liu family's funeral must have been very difficult. The guards came back from the funeral and brought back a large bag of manuscripts written by Liu Chuanying and a personal letter written by Liu Chuanying to Zeng Guofan before his death. Zeng Guofan read the letter while sighing.As I read it, tears flowed. When Liu Chuanying left Beijing, Zeng Guofan was looking for relief in Shandong, but Liu Chuanying knew that she would never return.Years of surveying terrain and drawing atlases exhausted Liu Chuanying from hemoptysis; staying up late writing made him restless.He hopes that Zeng Guofan can publish his manuscript, which can be regarded as an account of himself to future generations.At the end of the letter, I hope Zeng Guofan can write an epitaph for himself. Zeng Guofan put the letter aside, took the pen and paper, pondered for a while, and began to write; the epitaph of nearly a thousand characters was written almost in one stroke. Early the next morning, Zeng Guofan took another look at the epitaph and saw that there was no change, so he sent his guards to set off to deliver the epitaph to Liu Chuanying's family. Zeng Guofan wrote at the end of the epitaph: "In my world, on the shore of Jianghan, there is only one person who is interested in a scholar! His body is hidden in this soil, and his spirit descends, and he will travel to the gate of the great Confucians in the sky. Dare to sue Sanguang, fortunately take care of Huzi's grave." After the guards left, Zeng Guofan began to sort out Liu Chuanying's posthumous works.