Chapter 9 Anti-corruption: the most powerful killer in the officialdom

Just when everyone gave in to each other and refused to take the lead, Cen Chunxuan, who was bombarded vigorously in Guangzhou, suddenly received the order and was transferred to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.Although it is a transfer at the same level, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong and Guangxi are not at the same level. The reason for the transfer is high-sounding, the border between Yunnan and Guizhou is not peaceful, the British are watching over it outside, and the bandits inside are ready to move, so it is necessary to send a veteran to sit in charge.Cen Chunxuan is a good player in training and fighting, and his methods are ruthless, and his father, Cen Yuying, has been the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou for a long time, and it is logical that his son will inherit his father's career.

However, an edict the next day aroused Cen Chunxuan's suspicion.According to the usual practice, when a local governor assumes a new position, he has to travel to Beijing to listen to the "lessons" taught by the empress dowager and the emperor.But this time the edict told him to leave as soon as possible and not to come to see him. Things are strange, and the reason is not simple. In fact, the reason is very simple, it was Yikuang's idea to send Cen Chunxuan far away, and go to the ravine to support education. Of course Cen Chunxuan guessed it. After completing the handover procedures, he was not in a hurry to take up his post. He traveled all the way north to Shanghai when he suddenly became "ill".

what to do?If you are sick, you need to write a leave note, the highest standard leave note: Dear Empress Dowager, Your Majesty: At the critical moment when I was preparing to go to a new job, I suddenly felt dizzy, dazed, and flustered.It is estimated that it is a systemic multifunctional disorder induced by andropause syndrome.The humble minister really wanted to work for the Empress Dowager while sick, but he was afraid that his illness would weaken him and hinder his work.I beg the queen mother and the emperor to approve the holiday, I am very grateful, and I kowtow and kowtow on the hospital bed.

Cen San was courageous enough, absent from work without reason, pretending to be sick, and even bargaining after pretending to be sick. Others can't, but Cen San can, he can pretend to be ill, for no reason; Yikuang was in a hurry. Instead of going to Yunnan and Guizhou, let’s change to a place closer, but it can’t be too close to Beijing, so he changed to the governor of Sichuan.The land of abundance, the leisurely Chengdu, is suitable for recuperation, drinking tea, listening to operas, and soaking in baths. But Cen Chunxuan still lingered in Shanghai, waiting while sick, waiting for an important message.

The wind of the Huangpu River blew and blew, Cen Chunxuan waited and waited, and finally a message came, a few simple words: The third master is coming, a good show will be staged. Finally, there was a good show to watch, Cen Chunxuan was in a good mood, his appetite was good, and the food was delicious.The purpose of eating is to replenish physical strength, because Cen Chunxuan is about to travel a long distance. He traveled westward along the Yangtze River, arrived in Hankou, and sent a telegram ashore: Empress Dowager and Emperor, I miss you so much after a year of separation.These days, Wei Chen has been suffering from lovesickness.Weichen's illness is serious, and he fears that he will never have the chance to go to Beijing again.Therefore, we must race against time, race against time, and race against life, and look at your kind faces and listen to the latest instructions as soon as possible.

Obviously knowing that lovesickness is hard, but I still worry about you. After a lot of thinking, I finally figured out to go to Beijing. As soon as the telegram was sent, Cen Chunxuan immediately headed north, taking the train north along the Beijing-Han Railway.This trick was taken by surprise, and Cixi, Yikuang and Yuan Shikai were deceived.Only one person knew, Qu Hongxuan, because it was all arranged by him.The Yang Cuixi case in Beijing had already become a turmoil, and Yikuang and his son had been tormented enough that Qu Hongxuan felt that it was time to use the knife. When the car arrived in Baoding, it was dark and raining heavily. Jiang Chunlin, the president of Mitsubishi Corporation, had already been quietly waiting there, entrusted by Qu Hongxuan.As soon as Cen Chunxuan appeared at the station, he greeted him and boarded the carriage together.

Drive, the coachman yelled, and the carriage galloped away, splashing countless water. The time is right, Cen San, show your sharp knife. Don't worry, the sharp knife needs to be sharpened more.It’s hard to come to Beijing, first give a gift, and take the game to Beijing.Cen Chunxuan carefully prepared two big gifts. The local specialty game in Guangxi's hometown is something that can't be seen or bought in the capital, so it is very precious.Cen Chunxuan doesn't like money, but he is not short of money, and he pays for it out of his own pocket. One is given to Empress Dowager Cixi every year, and this year is no exception.This is not bribery, but filial piety.

There is also a game, Cen Chunxuan wants to give it to a special person, who will it be? This special person is about to duel with Cen Chunxuan: Yuan Shikai.Cen Chunxuan sent people to deliver the game to the governor's yamen in Zhili, Tianjin. Yuan Shikai was inexplicably moved that Cen San, who never gave presents, unexpectedly traveled thousands of miles to send big presents.The next day, I returned a thank you letter with a very sincere and humble tone: Mr. Cen, thank you for your game, good people are better, and thank you for the brotherly affection you brought from the border of the motherland thousands of miles away.This is the most precious gift I have received over the years. Whenever I am hungry, I will think of the game you sent and your deep affection.Welcome to Tianjin as a guest, take the whole family to see, feel the new style of the ancient city.

The door of the Yuan family is always open, and the whole family welcomes you.Yuan Shikai sent a sincere invitation.Along with the reply letter was sent a lot of wild game from the north. It looks like the two are going to shake hands and make peace? is it possible?It's a polite gauntlet, just a message: are you ready?I'm ready. What are you waiting for?Let's eat game first, if you don't eat it for nothing, don't eat it. Yuan Shikai was eating a pheasant leg, while Cen Chunxuan had already entered the Forbidden City. Just three days after Cen Chunxuan arrived in Beijing, Cixi summoned her four times in a row, which is indeed a deep love between mother and child.

What did the mother and son say?Cen Chunxuan has a complete record: Empress Dowager Cixi: Third child, let's chat about family affairs, have you recovered from your illness?How is your body? Cen Chunxuan: The servant is not seriously ill, but the imperial court is seriously ill. Cixi: Why? Cen Chunxuan: Because there are too many patients in the court, most of them are difficult and miscellaneous diseases, which are difficult to treat.Especially Yikuang, who was already terminally ill and still struggling to leave. Cixi: I know what you want to say. He is honest and has been fooled by others.Now that you are old, you have worked hard for so many years without credit. Isn't it great that you two join hands to help each other, love each other, and make progress together?

Cen Chunxuan: I wanted to have a good relationship with Yikuang, but I couldn't get in.If you want to enter the door, you can bring red envelopes. I am not short of money, but I will never encourage this kind of unhealthy trend. Empress Dowager Cixi: Is there any good candidate you can recommend. Cen Chunxuan suddenly had tears in his eyes: Empress Dowager, this time I dragged my sick body to far away Sichuan. I don’t know if I can come back in the future. I really want to see you again.In fact, I don't want to leave, but I really want to stay, to stay with you through every spring, summer, autumn and winter. Cixi was very moved: "My third child, then you should take a look, but you are also needed outside." Cen Chunxuan: Outside, it is just pruning and pruning of branches and leaves. The court and the Queen Mother are the root, the root of the big tree. I want to guard it every day, so that the roots are deep-rooted and the branches are flourishing. Cixi was silent, as if thinking about something. Suddenly, Cen Chunxuan made an astonishing move, uttered an astonishing word, and threw out his trump card, a deadly trump card. Cen Chunxuan knocked down with a heavy bang, hard enough, loud enough, and powerful enough, the bang echoed for a long time in the empty palace, when he raised his head, traces of blood were already seen on his forehead.Immediately he uttered the most blatant soft words in his life: I will stay here and be a housekeeper for the empress dowager and the emperor. Everything was for love, and Cixi was so moved that she even changed her address: Saner, you are too serious. If my mother and son hadn't been taken care of by you, they would have starved to death long ago. How can we still be here today?Although you are really good at hunting, I have never regarded you as a dog. I have always regarded you as a family member.I let you out because you are indispensable outside, you have to understand my painstaking efforts. Cen Chunxuan did not speak, but wept silently. Blood flowed, tears flowed, and soft words were spoken. I gave this deadly trick a nice name: spoiled. Men can act like a baby too? This can, really can.It's not that men can't act like a baby, but they haven't reached the critical moment.A man acting like a baby can fully inspire a woman's great maternal love. Now that we've talked about it, can Cixi bear to refuse this once-in-a-thousand-year act like a baby?Then stay in Beijing and be the top leader of the newly established postal department.The postal department is in charge of railways, mining transportation, telecommunications, oil and water yamen, very oily yamen, but Cen Chunxuan doesn't want to be oily, he just wants to get rich, and wipe the oil off Yikuang. The queen mother is wise enough and courageous enough. In fact, the queen mother is a very talkative person. Didn’t I just cook her a few free lunches, work a few night shifts, and stand on guard for a few days? The biological son is still close.But good people are bullied by others. Greedy and stupid people like Yikuang and Yuan Shikai acted mischievously all day long and deceived the old lady.Tomorrow, I must use my perseverance to stand on the side of the Qing emperor and protect the court. On the day Cen Chunxuan took office, he impeached the vice minister (Yuan Shikai's confidant), saying that he is a villain with corrupt morals and only knows how to exploit, and he does not want to work with such a person. What about the evidence?Sorry, not yet. Cixi was a little hesitant, and she always wanted to find some high-sounding reasons for dismissing officials at the vice-ministerial level. Cen Chunxuan said confidently, without reason, it was Cen San who impeached him. As soon as Cen San came out, whoever would fight for the top, the deputy head went home obediently. Cen San's knife is fast, and officials suffering from depression should be careful. This sentence became popular in the capital overnight. But now Cen Chunxuan has replaced the shotgun with the cannon. It is no longer a machete, but a bomb.Sun Baoxuan, a civil servant of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, recorded in his diary: "Cen Shuai's sudden arrival, using the thunderbolt method as a blow to the government, isn't it cute and respectable? Cen Shangshu is a living bomb, which flew out of the sky for no reason. , so that the political circles will be changed, and the bureaucrats will be terrified, far away from those hidden in Wu Yue's arms!" Wu Yue is a killer of the Revolutionary Party. He once assassinated the five ministers who went abroad for inspection at the Beijing Station with a bomb in his arms.Cen Chunxuan was actually more terrifying than the killers of the Revolutionary Party. This living bomb would blow up whoever was caught, and he remained unscathed. Of course Yuan Shikai didn't think he was cute at all, because to him, this killer was Osama bin Laden.When encountering such a terrifying killer, Yuan Shikai must be careful.He found Yikuang, and the only and best way now is to hide our strength and bide our time, and take three steps to defend and counterattack. The first step is an active foul and a red card sent off. All the root causes are caused by Zai Zhen, he must take the initiative to resign and reduce the firepower attack point. Zai Zhen thinks about it carefully, the two women related to him have both entered the imperial decree and created history, and it is worth it.He wrote a resignation letter, sincerely admitted his mistakes, and reflected deeply.The whole parallel prose is catchy, and the gorgeous sentences made Cixi admire. Among them, the sentence "Don't be a son, don't be a person" is amazing. But I was wondering, I am neither worthy of being a son nor a man, so what is that?brute? The second step is to create offside tactics. Cen Chunxuan can play the family card, and of course Yikuang can too, since they are genuine relatives after all. Yikuang's daughter, Sigege, is smart and well-behaved, and is quite favored by Cixi, chatting with Cixi every day in the palace.In the past few days, Si Gege has been praising Cen Chunxuan, saying how loyal Cen San is, his heroic deeds have been spread all over the capital.But Cen San is really good at talking, and he can talk for a few hours. It doesn't matter if he is in the prime of life, but you are already old, Queen Mother, and you can't bear to spend with him every day.Cixi was right when she thought about it, Cen San, an old man, talked a lot, and he couldn't finish talking. The third step is to defend and counterattack. This is the most powerful step, but it is also the most dangerous one. If not done well, the opponent will press the whole line, and you will lose everything. The defensive counterattack began. The son and the daughter went out one after another, and this last step, of course, was done by Lao Tzu himself.Yikuang found an opportunity to "confront alone" and held a closed-door meeting with Cixi alone. He showed Cixi a stack of emergency memorials, all sent from Guangdong.Recently, bandits, pirates, and revolutionaries have frequently appeared along the southern coast, disturbing the people everywhere.The current Governor-General is too old to take care of him, and urgently needs a capable minister who knows the soldiers to deter him. The military aircraft department can be counted, and only Cen Chunxuan is the most suitable. Cixi thought about it, Cen San was so enthusiastic that he came to the Forbidden City every day, and he couldn't stop once he came.He said every day that he wanted to fight tigers, but there were real tigers in the capital, and if he was not careful, he would beat his family members.Let him go back to Guangdong, continue to fight against corruption, and catch more insignificant South China tigers. Cen Chunxuan didn't want to leave Beijing so soon and enter the Forbidden City again, but this time he became persona non grata.Not only Cixi, but also Guangxu began to bother him.I was very enthusiastic when I first came here, but I come here every day, and I can't stop talking once I come.We are just a puppet, unable to get in the conversation, let me sit for hours, suffocated. This time when Cen Chunxuan just arrived, Guangxu was very angry. Didn't you ask for leave? Why did you hand over the sign to see him again?After talking for a few words, Guangxu suddenly said that his stomach ached and he couldn't sit still.Cixi also said, go to Guangzhou to take up the post, and write down what you have to say in the notebook.Cen Chunxuan is still dawdling there, and there are still many things in his heart that he has not confessed.Cixi yawned and waved her hands, you go down first. Cen Chunxuan finally left, Cixi let out a long sigh of relief, Cen San, if you don't leave, everyone will have to leave, and you won't be able to live a peaceful life. After 25 days as secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, Cen Chunxuan kissed Beijing goodbye again before the package of railway plans was implemented.All the way south, when I arrived in Shanghai, my old problem recurred, and I continued to get sick. By the way, I checked the housing prices in Shanghai, and planned to settle here in the future.He knew that the old lady still loved him, so he had to prepare for the next ingenious act of acting like a baby. It works every time when a woman acts like a baby, but will this old man's next time act like a baby? Cen Chunxuan was contemplating acting like a baby in Shanghai, while Qu Hongxuan was contemplating a solution at home. There will always be a way, Qu Hongxuan has given a deadly mission to all the censors of Mitsubishi Corporation, come on!It's not playing cotton or pipa, but playing Yikuang, writing articles to impeach Yikuang. Write every day, play every day, don't rush the quality, only catch the progress. Bouncing and bouncing, let Cixi see it, enjoy it, and make it upset. The time has come, now is the time to make the old lady cry. As expected, Cixi recruited Yikuang. With tears in her eyes, she said only one sentence: "You are the ear of wealth. If the country is destroyed, what is there for wealth?!" Yikuang's face was pale, sweating like rain, and he knelt on the ground motionless. Qu Hongxu felt that the old lady hadn't shed enough tears, so he wanted to go to the Forbidden City to release tear gas. Seeing Qu Hongxuan, Cixi shed tears silently for a while, worrying about state affairs and missing her son, but Qu Hongxuan still didn't say a word.Motto: After the storm, there is always a rainbow. Wiping away her tears, Cixi sighed and said, Yikuang, the father and son, have been tossing too shamelessly, and their reputation outside is too bad, so many people impeach them.He is old, and he should go home to enjoy his life. You will have to take more responsibility in the military aircraft in the future. Qu Hongxuan finally shed tears, which were complicated tears. The "fake son" who had been for so many years finally came to his head. Maternal love, great maternal love. Let's go, or I will cry again, Cixi waved. After returning home, Qu Hongxu made an exception and drank a few glasses of wine, gnawed a few pig's trotters, and hummed a few words about Hunan Huagu.The madam was very surprised: "My lord, what is the happy event, tell me, it is better to be alone than to be happy." Yikuang is about to step down, and the old lady wants me to do more work. The madam is also happy, happy with your happiness, the good news is hidden in my stomach and I can't hold back.The next day, the wife told her best friend, who was also very happy, and told her own best friend. Coincidentally, the husband of my best friend's best friend is a special correspondent for The Times in Beijing.Exclusive news, exclusive publication: "Special article by our newspaper's special correspondent in Beijing: According to official and reliable sources, the Chinese cabinet will be replaced again." It still abides by professional ethics and did not disclose Qu Hongxuan's name. The news came soon It spread to every embassy in Beijing. It happened that Cixi held a banquet for the wives of ministers from various countries.The talkative British envoy's wife asked curiously: "I heard that Prince Qing of your country is going to retire." Who said this? It was published in the newspapers, and everyone on the earth knows about it. Cixi wondered, am I a Martian?