Chapter 103 Section 103 Jointly Signed Up to Kill Criminals

Speaking of which, although Zhao Er has been doing business in Datong for two generations, he didn't earn much money, just making ends meet. The imperial court wanted to set up a donation bureau in Shanxi, so he used his brains.In the past, the government begged businessmen to persuade them to donate and do good deeds. This time, in order to win this job, he actually spent 10,000 taels of silver to Zeng Wangyan, and got the title of Disaster Relief Committee and a document stamped with the governor's official document. At the beginning of persuading the donation, he really worked hard, and soon handed over the 400,000 taels of silver he raised to the governor's yamen, and was recommended by Zeng Wangyan as a fourth-rank title.But as the income increased, he refused to settle down any longer, and he didn't want to hand over the money he raised.Privately embezzling and afraid of being traced by the government, he created a false account privately, and the credit and expenditure in the account were exactly equal.

But at this time, the officialdom in Shanxi was the most chaotic. No one could remember to send a committee member to check how much money the Disaster Relief Bureau had persuaded.Zeng Wangyan was busy going to Beijing to meet the saint, and the new bureau Fu Chang Dachun was a good man, but the fake accounts he prepared were not used.No one checked and no one asked him, which made his ambition to make money bigger and bigger. Later, he simply engraved his seal privately and sold his official credentials, and he couldn't close the shop. But in the end he was still guilty of being a thief, afraid that the government would really pursue him and make a bamboo basket to fetch water in vain.He is unreliable in the government, and he doesn't know any of the great scholars in Beijing.After much deliberation, only relying on foreigners can keep him safe.But foreigners also know about money, and if there is less money, it may not be effective.So he took the initiative to find Father Aguli, proposed to join the church, and donated 100,000 taels of silver to the church as a meeting gift, and then he became a church member.Zhao Er knew that the government was most afraid of foreigners, as long as he could get acquainted with foreigners, it would be more effective than the emperor's edict.After joining the teaching, he not only became more and more courageous, but also became more and more ostentatious.Every day, I have to sit in a sedan chair carried by four people to go to restaurants to eat big dishes, whore women, and throw a lot of money out, without feeling a little bit distressed.Zhang Tonglin, the magistrate of Datong, was poor and poor, and he never looked at him seriously. In a few months, he became a first-class figure in Datong.

Zhao Er finally said that there are not many people who persuade to donate without making a fortune.He was the only one who was unlucky.Zeng Guofan sleeved Zhao Er's confession, boarded a big green sedan chair, and went to the governor's yamen to visit Chang Dachun.After entering the governor's yamen, the copywriter old master invited Zeng Guofan into the upper room, and Chang Dachun was helped out by a young Goshha to meet Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan took his seat, looked at Chang Dachun, his face was ruddy, his eyes twinkled, he was not sick at all, he knew in his heart that Chang Dachun's illness was faking.

Not saying anything at the moment, he took out Zhao Er's confession from his sleeve, and said, "Chang Zhongcheng has become so ill, and the Headquarters shouldn't bother me. But this matter is related to the advancement and retreat of Mr. Zhongcheng. Qian Cheng, if you don’t come here, you’re afraid of being ashamed of your lord. Let’s take a look, lord.” As Zeng Guofan spoke, he casually handed over the confession. Chang Dachun smiled, and said: "Xie Zeng Youtang fell in love with you wrongly. Brother Yu's body is really unbearable." After speaking, he took the confession and looked at himself.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zeng Guofan quietly looked at Chang Dachun's upper room. This upper room is quite big, almost as wide as the lobby of the yamen, but Chang Dachun filled it to the brim.To the south is a book case, on which are placed the Four Treasures of the Study and a scrolled book.There is a large bamboo basket on the north wall, and a few mud cows and horses are randomly filled in it, which seems to be a private treasure.Next to the big bamboo basket is a row of painting jars of different sizes, on which forty or fifty calligraphy and paintings are inserted here and there, some with the top of the shaft, and some without the top of the shaft, I guess it will not be too precious.To the west is a small heated kang, covered with a Shanxi reed mat, presumably used for resting in Fuyuan.To the east are several wooden crates piled up. Although they have been painted, the color cannot be distinguished, which is probably caused by long-term wear and tear.

From the decoration of the upper room, one can imagine that Chang Dachun's conduct is good.In the current Fengjiang, who else is willing to use old wooden boxes to store things?It would be incorruptible not to gild the toilet bowl. Chang Dachun had finished reading the confession at this time, and seeing Zeng Guofan staring at the row of wooden boxes in a daze, he coughed hastily and said, "Disheng, I made you laugh. This is what I asked someone to do when I was the magistrate. It has been more than ten years, and I have been reluctant to throw it away. It is made of high-quality cypress wood. After a hundred years, it may be worth money! Disheng, let’s go to the signing room. The signing room Cleaner after all."

After Chang Dachun finished speaking, he didn't need anyone to help him, he took a step and walked out first, the guards who rushed over were stunned for a while. Zeng Guofan followed behind and jokingly said, "Master Zhongcheng recovered from his illness so quickly!" Chang Dachun blushed, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, my old friend brought me a catty of Tuocha from Fujian. It tastes quite good. Brother Yu, are you rushing to let me try something new?" Zeng Guofan thought to himself: "Before reading the confession, I didn't take a sip of boiling water. Now that I read the confession, I'm in a hurry to let me drink tea!"

Entering the signing room, Chang Dachun asked Zeng Guofan to change clothes, raised the kang by himself, and asked the guards to make a pot of strong tea. Chang Dachun personally poured a cup of tea for Zeng Guofan, and said: "Apologize to my brother first! I never thought that Zhao Er was recommended by his predecessor to be the fourth rank, and he dared to do such a bold thing! He even pulled foreigners out to scare us, How exasperating!" Zeng Guofan took the tea in his hand and said, "I don't know what else Mr. Zhongcheng can teach you?" Chang Dachun said: "But listen to the orders, Brother Yu will obey."

Zeng Guofan said: "The case of Zhao Eryi requires you and me to pay homage to the emperor. Zhao Erli was killed, his family members were exiled into the army, and all family assets and embezzled money were remitted to Shandong and Henan. The Disaster Relief Bureau must appoint another member to take over and sort it out as soon as possible. The notebook messed up by Zhao Er needs to be re-checked, and it can’t be because of a Zhao Er who missed the important event of donating!” Chang Dachun said: "Brother Yu will appoint someone to go to the Datong Disaster Relief Bureau tomorrow to pick up the seals. On Zhao Er's side, Brother Yu will let the inspector's yamen re-examine and put him in prison to wait for the holy will, how about it?"

Zeng Guofan let out a long breath and said, "That's very good!" He took out the drafted package, and said, "Master Zhongcheng, please think about it. It's best to send out this package today. The hall has signed it later. , just wait for Lord Zhongcheng to sign his name." Chang Dachun read it hastily, and saw that there were no words that hurt himself, so he mentioned the pen tool as a name. Twenty days later, the imperial decree was issued: Zhao Erli beheaded, his family was exiled to Heilongjiang, and Zhao Er's family assets and embezzled silver remittances were copied to Shandong and Henan for approval.Wang Shuangjiang of the Taiyuan Disaster Relief Bureau was very effective in persuading donations, and rewarded him with a top-five rank.The current acting prefect of Datong, Zhang Tonglin, was rewarded with a four-rank crown for his cooperation with the Minister of Donations, and was actually awarded the prefect of Datong.Chang Dachun has handed over to the Ministry of Officials Xuyou.After Zeng Guofan returned to Beijing, he was promoted by the Ministry of Officials.

On the second day after the edict arrived, Zeng Guofan and his party set off for Beijing. Chang Dachun took the capital and the first county straight to the city gate for a prescription ten miles away. Not long after returning to Miansheng in the capital, Emperor Xianfeng did not know who had listened to his advice, but suddenly ordered his ministers to "promote good people with words" in order to achieve "the hope of a rich country and a rich people at the bottom".All of a sudden, various memorials poured into the palace one after another, injecting some vitality into the dreary capital. Zeng Guofan also got 20% discount on "Ying Zhao Chen Yan Shu" and "Respecting Chen Shengde Three Points and Preventing Disadvantages".After the two notebooks were handed in to the palace, Zeng Guofan was exhausted due to the wind and cold all the way, and his ringworm had some attacks, so he took a leave of absence and wanted to recuperate for a few days, so as to sort out the diaries left behind and complete "The Shadow of the Gap". But Emperor Xianfeng said, "I know that Zeng Guofan has worked hard in the investigation and relief, but because of the busy affairs of the Ministry of War, and the Shangshu Baochang is critically ill, he will take a rest after the Shuntianfu rural examination", which is beyond Zeng Guofan's expectations.Zeng Guofan thought: Could it be that something happened to the two papers I submitted? The next day, Zeng Guofan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, was ordered to be the master examiner of Keshun Tianwu Township Examination, and sent it down to the ministries.Only then did Zeng Guofan feel relieved. It was Shen Beilin, the right servant of the Ministry of War, who was the deputy examiner of Keshun Tianfu Township Examination. Shen Beilin is a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province. His courtesy name is Chisheng and his courtesy name is Langting.Zeng Guofan didn't know until he arrived at the Ministry of War that Emperor Xianfeng originally planned that Mu Zhang'a was the main examiner of the Kewu Township Examination, Zeng Guofan was the deputy examiner, Shen Beilin was just a minister of inspection, and Mu Zhang'a had already started to prepare for the Wuxiang Examination. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly changed his mind and replaced Mu Zhang'a with Zeng Guofan. On the same day, Du Shoutian, a master in the study and a bachelor of attendant lecturer, issued an imperial edict to co-organize the Ministry of Academic Affairs and Works of the University to all ministries and colleges. Zeng Guofan concluded from experience that the emperor is going to attack Mu Zhang'a.He had predicted well that Mu Zhang'a's bad luck had really arrived.