Chapter 31 The 31st Round of Confucian Ambassadors Eloquently Discipline the Headstrong General Yue Zu

It was the third day of March when Fu Heng arrived in Taiyuan.During his tour of the south, he made a memorial every three days, and made a report every five days.Therefore, this young uncle of the country has already made a head start before arriving in Shanxi.The governor, Karjishan, ordered the capital of Taiyuan to re-pad the road with loess three days in advance, and build a colorful square every fifty steps along the road.During the term, Kaer Jishan and the newly appointed political envoy Sahalang led the civil and military officers with a full set of ceremonial guards, and went out to Liushuzhuang, ten miles away, to wait for the driver.Ka Erjishan ordered people to fight the scene, and at the same time ordered people to go to the front station to inquire about Fu Heng's itinerary, and the scout horse shuttled back and forth like shooting stars to report:

The last fast horse came back, and Geshha rolled off the saddle and pointed with his hand: "Fu Zhongtang has reached the corner!" When Kaerji Shan set up a pergola to look at it, he saw a green cloth official sedan chair carried by eight people at the corner of the post road not far ahead.It's just that there are surprisingly few ceremonial guards in the halogen book. The first eight soldiers with swords and six-rank military uniforms are the forerunners, and the eight guards behind the sedan chair are all five-rank officials. Row.Kaer Jishan was stunned for a moment, and ordered: "Fire the cannons and play music!"

In an instant, there were three cannon sounds and drum music.Amidst the music, the sedan chair slowly landed. A soldier had already raised the curtain of the sedan chair, and Fu Heng stepped out of the sedan chair.He was wearing a nine-python five-claw python robe, a yellow mandarin jacket, and a peacock feather with two eyes on the top of the flowering coral. Standing outside the sedan chair, he flicked the corner of the robe lightly, and walked towards Karjishan. . "Slave Kar Jishan, lead the officials of each department and government office in Shanxi Province to respectfully greet Long Live Sheng'an!" Kar Jishan kowtowed deeply.

"Saint Boon!" Fu Heng raised his face and agreed, bent down and took Kar Jishan with one arm.Pulling Sahalang up with one hand, he said, "Are you two brothers safe?" He then sized up the two of them.Karjishan was an official in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi. He is an old-fashioned Jinshi. He is already fifty-four years old. His face is full of wrinkles, and he has a half-gray beard on his slightly raised chin. He is serious and unsmiling.Sahaliang was only in his early forties, with two sword-shaped eyebrows raised on his face in Chinese characters, a black braid hanging down to his waist, and a bow tied with beige wool, and he didn't say much—the two were equally deep and introverted, it was Yongzheng used his personal style - Fu Heng couldn't help but smiled again, and said: "The year before last, Emperor Shizong Yanjia, you went to Beijing, and you were all busy with each other, so you didn't have a good talk together!" Before leaving Beijing this time, Qianlong said that the two people in Shanxi Karl committed a crime and asked him to pay attention to coordination.

"The last time I went to Beijing, I met outside the Donghua Gate." Kaer Jishan said, "You came to promote the government affairs and military affairs of Jin Province. We can meet each other day and night. Please give me some advice." Sahalang also said: "Six I have read the memorials written by my master on a mission in the south, and I have read them one by one. They are very incisive and have benefited a lot. There are many things in the feudal clan that have not been done well, so please come and rectify them." He bowed and said: "Please Meet the officials."

Fu Heng nodded with a smile and stepped onto the platform, the military and civilian officials in the audience fell silent immediately. "Everyone," Fu Heng said solemnly, "Brothers came to Bingzhou to do business under the holy order. The name of the punishment is to make up for the shortfall. When your Majesty resigned, the emperor earnestly instructed that the government affairs in Shanxi should still be handled by the original officials, and the imperial envoys were only to supervise and investigate. Therefore, there is no intention to embarrass you. You can rest assured that when you return to the government, you will continue to handle the government affairs as usual. Make a detailed list of gains and losses, and hand them over to the Governor's Yamen, and I will discuss with the third department of the province. As long as officials who have made mistakes, as long as they know their mistakes and repent, they will never intentionally embarrass them. .Although I am young and do nothing, I take the emperor's heart as my heart and the emperor's will as my purpose. Everything must be lenient, and lenient but not harsh, so that the officials and officials will live in harmony and the officials and the people will live in peace. The royal salary is enough to support one’s life and one’s life. I have come clean and will leave clean. Please watch over me, elders and officials. If there is corruption or corruption, please impeach me, the emperor will not forgive me!” he said Before he finished speaking, the surrounding people cheered and applauded like thunder.Fu Heng's face turned red, and he clasped his fists and bowed to the surroundings.Ji smiled and said slightly: "Fu Heng is impatient with the excitement. Just now, he was accepting the gift on behalf of the heavens. Now the gift has been completed. Please elders and adults, please do your own thing. I have important matters to discuss with Ka Zhongcheng and Sa Fangbo." Let go of your hand and walk off the platform.

Karjishan rushed up to meet them, looked at the people who were scattered and left, and said with a smile: "Six Lord, it's not at this moment. The people in the city are still waiting to admire the imperial envoy's demeanor. According to me, it's still a Go back to the city, don't let the people's admiration and love go away." "What kindness do I have to my elders in Shanxi?" Fu Heng said with a nonchalant smile, "I feel uneasy to be so loved by them as soon as I get off the bus. Besides, I'm still thinking about important military affairs, so I'm not in the mood." Sahalang Said: "There is also a reception banquet prepared at the reception hall. After working hard on the pommel horse all the way, it is always right to wash the dust for you. lest everyone be disappointed."

"If I don't eat banquets, I will lose my official reputation; if I don't move mountains and shake into the city, I will cool the hearts of the people. The customs of Shanxi are really interesting." Both of them were startled when they heard this.The two looked at each other without daring to persist.Sahalang hurriedly went to order: "All the officials should go back to the city first, and each go back to the yamen to do business as usual." Fu Heng waited until the people dispersed, but instead of sitting in a sedan chair, he stepped on his horse and said, "I want to listen to you, Wouldn't it be disappointing to have such a great spring?"

"Your Excellency is quite refined." Only then did Sahalang and Ka'er Jishan suddenly realize that the imperial envoy cared not about drinking but about the mountains and rivers, so they each got on their horses and ordered their followers to follow from afar.Saha smiled and said, "There are many scenic spots in Taiyuan, and Jinci Temple is a good place. If you are free, you can go to Jiexiu, where there is Zitui Temple." Fu Heng casually glanced at the surrounding scenery, and said, "Let's talk about it after I've been busy for a while, now I only have thieves in my heart." After saying that, he laughed.It took a long time before he said: "Fu Qingzhu (Fu Shan) is from Shanxi. The master often mentions it. Unfortunately, he has passed away for many years. I am afraid I will forget it. Here is a reminder to you. I heard that his family has fallen, so I want to help you. Otherwise, I will ask the master when I go back. It's hard to answer."

"Yes." The two hurriedly bowed and replied. "When it comes to the scenery, I'm naturally very interested." Fu Heng said again, "There is Lan Village on the outskirts of Taiyuan, have you been there?" Karjishan said: "I have been there. The scenery there is very good! There is Taihang on the left , there is Luliang on the right, and the Fen River winds and turbulently flows down under the cliff..." "That's not what I'm talking about." Fu Heng smiled and said, "I'm talking about Doctor Dou's Temple." "There is a small ancestral hall." Kaer Jishan recalled, "That ancestral hall is nothing to look at. There is a spring called 'Hanquan' in the north of the ancestral hall. Even in midsummer, the water is as cold as ice, which is somewhat interesting."

"Who opened the cold spring?" "have no idea." "Doctor Dou." Fu Heng smiled.He asked again, "Who is Doctor Dou?" "I don't know the humble job." "The vassal of Zhao Jianzi in the state of Jin," Fu Heng smiled again, "he was exhausted to dig a dike to divert water from the Fen River to irrigate the fields. People built a shrine for him to set an example for future generations. The cold spring was created when the canal was dug. That is the ancestral hall." It is also made in imitation of the Spring and Autumn fief regulations." Sahal had never been to Lan Village, and sighed beside him: "I have heard that the sixth master is knowledgeable and talented. It's really impressive." "Zhang Xi told me that." Fu Heng said with a smile on his face. "Jie Zitui cut shares and eats the king. He does not admire glory and profit. He is a loyal minister and virtuous man. Of course it is rare. A person who reads well, serves the king and people, and follows the way. This should be the case. But the most lacking thing in my Qing Dynasty is Dou A person like a doctor. He really does something for the common people and achieves some practical results without any attempt to make a name for himself. This is the real hero among husbands. Doctor Dou has not been enshrined by successive dynasties, but his incense has lasted for thousands of years. Isn’t the reason for thinking deeply?” At this point, Karjishan and Sahalang realized that this was the imperial envoy's instruction, and they had already cut to the chase before they knew it.They originally thought that although Fu Heng was capable, he was favored by virtue of his uncle status.Only then did I understand that this person did have a temperament beyond ordinary people.For a moment, I couldn't find the words to answer.When Fu Heng walked past a tall lottery, he praised the delicate tie, and at the same time talked about the difficulties of the common people's livelihood. A lottery can be used by a family for a year. A person's back is like a thorn.Fast forward to the city, the three of them each ate a bowl of sliced ​​noodles at a roadside shop. In order to prepare for the placement of Fu Heng, Kaer Jishan and Kaerqin originally changed the Provincial Academy of Tribute into an imperial envoy.However, Fu Heng only brought less than 20 people with him on this tour. After a visit, he said, "It is inconvenient to occupy the school palace, so the nearest post station in the East Gate will be changed to Xingyuan. Deacons and others draw from the treasury.Because Zhang Guangsi arranged for the deployment of troops at Yanmen Pass and had not yet arrived in Taiyuan, Fu Heng calculated that there were still a few days left, so he met with the chief officials of the provincial capitals in batches.He has no airs of being an imperial envoy, and all officials below the third rank just pretend to sit and talk, from the annual income and expenditure of money, grain, land and taxes to the number of scholars who have taken the imperial examination over the years, the number of people who have passed the exam, the income of state and county officials, local customs and customs...the sea and the sky are boundless. Peaceful and easy, like family.He also hangs out with local gentry and celebrities, gags, talks about everything, except for treats and dinners.Officials in Taiyuan used to be wary of his reputation, but after seeing him like this, they gradually got to know him, only Karjishan and Sahalang had learned from him, and they didn't dare to despise this young noble relative in the slightest. On the fourth day, the governor's yamen handed over the bill, and Zhang Guangsi, the governor of the four provinces of Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and Hubei, rushed from Yanmenguan to Taiyuan.The first messengers were two generals, leading dozens of Goshhas to dismount and line up in front of the narrow and low gate of the post station. Please see you when you sign up.Fu Heng was meeting with Shanxi Xuezheng Kaerqin, when he heard movement outside, he was about to ask, when the postman came in hastily, and said: "Lord Zhongtang, Zhang Junmen's messenger is here!" "Oh, here are two messengers first." Fu Heng's heart skipped a beat: This man is so majestic!After thinking about it for a while, he ordered: "Please wait in the west room, I am meeting Lord Ka Erqin." "Back to the middle hall, there are two generals." Ka Erqin had already stood up and said: "This is military affairs, the humble officer will retire first. When the middle hall is free, the humble officer will come to listen to the training." "Understood." Fu Heng said with a smile to Yicheng: "Let them wait a moment, Mr. Ka, please sit down, and we will continue to talk. There has not been a Jinshi in the counties of Yanbei for 20 years. Why?" Ka Erqin sat down uncomfortably, and said: "It is poor at the root, and people can only talk about it. You need money to study, and in a place of bitter cold, you can't get a penny or five cents of silver that is levied every year." Can you please sir?The annual salary of the teachers and teachers in each county is often in arrears every year, and there is no extra income at all. In three counties, there are simply vacancies, and there is no one to make up for them.I went to Datong Mansion this time, and some things were really dumbfounding. Some schools lived with monks and wandering Taoists; Meat.After that, it is still locked.When I went to Yanggao County, I asked someone to open the gate of the school to look inside. There were bird droppings everywhere, wormwood grew as deep as a person’s head, and wild rabbits and weasels ran around the courtyard..." "It sounds really frustrating for literati." Fu Heng said with a smile: "I went to see, and the provincial academy is still very good. I didn't expect it to be more than gold and jade." Not wanting to say more, he paused and said: "Zhongtang, what you see is the imperial envoy's office. It's not the county examination tribute courtyard. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you don't come, who would be willing to spend 100,000 taels of silver to repair my broken courtyard? Only then did Fu Heng know that he was in, and he smiled and said, "What I said—so that's it! They asked me to go, and I said that no matter which ruined temple, I would stay there after a little tidying up. I also did a good thing for you." As he spoke, he took a sip of tea. Ka Erqin also got up to take a sip of tea, bowed his farewell, and said with a smile: "Zhongtang Mingjian, this autumn and autumn, the rural test students will not be afraid of the wind and rain. The humble job is thanks to Zhongtang's blessing." But he backed out.Fu Heng was stunned for a moment, and then realized the deep meaning of letting himself be stationed in the Gongyuan: In the autumn township examination ceremony, this camp must be vacated, and there is absolutely no reason to build another camp. Beijing.There is no need to burn incense to send ghosts, Kaer Jishan is really cunning to the extreme!Smiling secretly in his heart, he walked out of the main room, and Fu Heng came to the west side room. He saw two military officers in third-rank uniforms sitting upright on the wooden poles. Although there was smoke and tea in the room, there was no one else. A man sits with his eyes wide open like a mud tire, neither smoking nor sipping tea nor talking.Fu Heng stepped into the door, and the two of them stood up in unison like a spring, knelt on one knee, got up and beat Qian'er again, and said, "Please pay respects to the imperial envoy!" "Okay, okay!" Fu Heng smiled all over his face, tapped the wooden sticks with his fan to signal the two to return to their seats, sat on the chair in the middle, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Zhang Guangsi is very good at governing the army, and the demeanor of the two generals is really different. "It was then that he looked at the two of them seriously.One is tall and strong, with a hunchback and a tiger back; the other is of medium build, with five beards, and looks like a majestic man. .Fu Hengdun felt good, and Wen Yu asked: "The two generals' names? Did Guangsi bring them from Sichuan, or the Shanxi garrison?" The big black man bowed slightly, and said, "Hu Zhenbiao, his name is Fang Jin. He was originally under the command of General Zhengxi. Later, when the general did something bad, he went to Yue Junmen again. The year before last, he went to work under Zhang Junmen. Under the command of Fan Gaojie, he was a member of the Biao Battalion, this time in Shanxi, Zhang Junmen brought Fan Junmen, and ordered the two of us to run and serve in front of your lord." "It's all old military affairs." Fu Heng pondered, and said again: "Which camp did Fan Gaojie come from? Before I left Beijing, I went to the Ministry of War to see the roster of officers above the rank and file. I seem to remember the names of the two of you." I don’t seem to have Fan Junmen’s name!” Seeing Fu Heng looking at him, Fang Jin hurriedly said, “Fan Junmen was transferred by Zhang Junmen from the Yamen of the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. I heard that Fan Junmen's battalion broke through the formation first." Fu Heng nodded silently, and then asked, "Where is Guangsi now? Why didn't you come together?" The two generals didn't seem to know what to say when they heard this, so they paused for a moment before Fang Jin said, "Responding to my lord's words, this is the rule of the Zhang Junmen. I'm afraid that the imperial envoy will be busy, so I made an appointment first. We don't understand imperial envoys either. Your Excellency rules. If you are rude, please be sympathetic. We are all warriors, and obeying orders is our rule." "That's good." Fu Heng waved his hand and said, "I just want to see Zhang Guangsi right now, you go back and invite him." Hu Zhenbiao and Fang Jin stood up bluntly, agreed "yes" and left go out.Fu Heng also left the west side room and went back to the upper room to wait quietly. The postman presented a stack of manuscripts. Fu Heng looked at them in reverse in his hand, handed them back, and said: "The master who should see I have met all the officials. Please go back and maintain your errands. From now on, I will specialize in military affairs." Fu Heng took out all the records of the conversations he had with the officials of the yamen in the past few days and handed them to a Goshha, and ordered: "Seal these and file them." Sitting and waiting, after a while Fang Jin strode into the post station, bowed in front of the court, and said loudly: "Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zhang Guangsi, governor of the four provinces who restrained soldiers and horses, pays a visit to the imperial envoy!" "Open the middle door and fire the cannon!" Fu Heng ordered loudly, got up and stood under the dripping eaves, and said, "Please!" The cannon rang three times while speaking, and Zhang Guangsi walked in recklessly.The first two lieutenants and the four generals all stood at the second entrance with their swords in their uniforms, and immediately the courtyard was filled with Zhang Guangsi's personal soldiers Geshha, each standing upright according to his post. Standing in the courtyard, Zhang Guangsi stared at the handsome and elegant boy on the steps with undisguised contempt for a moment, and then bowed to pay homage to Sheng'an.Fu Heng didn't care, and answered Sheng'an politely.Going forward to help Zhang Guangsi, Zhang Guangsi has already stood up.Fu Heng originally wanted to enter the middle hall hand in hand, but seeing no response from him, he waved his hand and said with a smile, "General Zhang, please!" Zhang Guangsi then had a smile on his face, and walked in side by side with Fu Heng. hall. "Zhang Zhijun," Fu Heng and Zhang Guangsi sat down separately as guests and hosts, and they felt heavy in their hearts. Working with such an arrogant and domineering person, it is better to say something than to be polite. I heard that you came to Shanxi for a military parade. I am very grateful. I met Kaer Jishan the night I arrived in Taiyuan. Xi asked about the strength of the Yanmenguan Banner Battalion. Master Kaer said that he did not go into details, but only knew There are more than 10,000 people, and I am afraid that there are not a few people who are empty. Some battalion soldiers are very old, and some have families. This is no different from the situation of the Taihu Navy. Since you have visited it yourself, can you Let me show you, the students will be rectified immediately." Zhang Guangsi put his hands on his knees, sat upright, listened to Fu Heng's words with a calm expression, and said: "The camp here is really not good, but according to my opinion, it is better than the camp in Karjishan. Times. Originally, I wanted to come back to meet the imperial envoy, but after looking at them, I found that those soldiers were all local soldiers, and they couldn’t be used without rectification. Shanxi people are smart and smart, but the army is going to fight, how can it be loose and loose, like a group of mobs The sixth master has never led troops to fight, so I can't let it go. During the Yanmenguan military parade to rectify, I killed three thousand generals and more than a dozen ruffian soldiers. I have already rectified it for you. I will keep three more generals here to assist , you don’t go to Heicha Mountain, commanding in Taiyuan, those little thieves in the mountain will hardly escape!” Fu Heng just smiled when he heard him being so full of words, but he didn’t take it seriously in his heart. How is the situation around here? Is there a dish newspaper?" Zhang Guangsi said with a smile: "There is a system, and Lan County, Xing County, and Lin County all report every three days. Second, it is located at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and also at the junction of Lin, Xing, and Lan counties. It is not easy for the officers and soldiers to command in unison, so he can flee to Shaanxi at any time; , delivery of news, delivery of grain to the enemy, and long-term occupation. These are the actions of grassroots bandits with no ambitions. After the rectification of our army, the military discipline is strict, and the soldiers are well-equipped with food. If we send 3,000 troops and horses, we will be able to plow the court in half a month. A hole sweeper." "Zhang Zhitai has a good opinion." Fu Heng felt that Zhang Guangsi's estimation of the strength of the enemy and us was fairly fair, and he was single-mindedly planning for himself. The original disgust suddenly disappeared, and he cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what General Zhang is. When will the military power be handed over to me? Which general will lead the troops to the battle?" Zhang Guangsi said "uh" and shouted: "Fan Gaojie, the three of you come out!" As soon as Zhang Changsi finished speaking, a middle-aged general with five short stature came out with Hu Zhenbiao and Fang Jin, crossing his hands to listen to the order.Fan Gaojie's stature was about the same as Fang Jin's, only shorter and thicker. His black and red face was bruised, and there were seven or eight knife wounds glowing red, showing his unusual experience.Zhang Guangsi pointed at the three of them and said to Fu Heng: "His name is Fan Gaojie, my deputy general of the Zuoying camp. His name is Hu Zhenbiao, and his name is Fang Jin. They are both experienced and brave generals. You three listen. One is to take down Tuo Tuofeng, regardless of life or death, and get the heads of Piao Gao and that bitch; the other is to respect and protect Fu Zhongtang. If there is any mistake, I will kill you Fa-rectification before the three armies! I will leave Taiyuan and return to Sichuan tomorrow, waiting for your good news. Do you understand?" "clear!" "From now on, you are under the command of Fu Zhongtang!" "tie!" "If there is any difficulty, tell me now!" Fan Gaojie took a step forward, bowed his hands to Fu Heng's chest, and said: "There is no difficulty in a humble job. There are only a thousand bandits on Tuo Tuo Peak, and Zhang Junmen has ordered 5,000 troops at Yanmen Gate. If this mission can't be done, it just won't work." Gao Jie himself was ashamed of the military law. Just ask the Prime Minister to sit in Taiyuan, and the three of us will go to Yanmen Pass to lead the troops westward, and within half a month, we will level this Tuo Tuo Peak!" "So be it!" Zhang Guangsi stood up, took a sip of tea, and raised his hand to Fu Heng.Fu Heng hurriedly brought tea to pay his respects, and sent Zhang Guangsi to the gate of the post station, watching the general sweep away in dust