Chapter 7 Section VII

The Minister of Fengjiang has made another big move. At the beginning of the transfer, because Xu Yingtao, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was involved in corruption of ginseng, Zhang Zhidong, acting governor of Liangjiang, was ordered by the court to thoroughly investigate.The reunion exonerated Xu Yingtao, but his writing was like a standard secretary, and Wu was like a deputy general in the Chinese army. He had more or less dereliction of duty, so Xu Yingtao was still vacated, and was succeeded by Xi Liang, who was the governor of Shanxi. . Xiliang has not yet arrived, but something happened in Guangxi.It was originally bandits who robbed homes, but because of the mishandling of the governor Wang Zhichun, it gradually turned into a rebellion.As early as October last year, Wang Zhichun sent a telegram to the Military Aircraft Department, saying that apart from Wuzhou, Guilin, and Pingle, there were almost no bandits anywhere in Guangxi.However, the imperial court had no other good plan except for a telegram ordering Wang Zhichun to do his best to suppress the government.Wang Zhichun had nothing to do, and he planned to use the French soldiers to quell the chaos.When the news spread to Shanghai, the fellow villagers in Guangxi were in an uproar.The imperial court also felt that Wang Zhichun's move was tantamount to attracting wolves into the house, which was too absurd, so they were strict not to act rashly, and at the same time considered sending another officer to Guangxi to suppress the bandits.

After careful study, it is most appropriate to transfer the governor of Sichuan, Cen Chunxuan, to take up this post. It turned out that Cen Chunxuan had been tempered by King Geng Ziqin for thousands of miles, and had a lot of experience in military affairs. He was transferred from Shanxi to Guangdong last spring, but he had not yet taken up his post.Cen Chunxuan traveled 200 miles a day, and arrived in Chengdu from Shanxi within 20 days. He immediately sent troops to encircle and suppress the bandit leader "Living Guanyin", and asked the king to kill him in the downtown area.It took only three or several months to clear up the whole territory of the report.In addition, Guangxi is Cen Chunxuan's hometown, not relying on prestige, only talking about fellowship, and bandits should also be caressed.

The original governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Deshou, was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.This fat vacancy among the governors has always been the imperial palace, so many people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs fill this vacancy.It doesn't matter if the official voice is not good, as long as the "handling of the matter" can be done as expected and the internal affairs people are perfunctory, it will be fine.Deshou's official reputation is not too bad. Although he has few talents, he can be cautious, but he offended the Empress Dowager Cixi.When the two officials were hunting west, all the provinces paid tribute incessantly, some generously, some gifted, such as Zhang Zhidong's tribute, even when they were traveling, they were afraid that there would be no books to read.The tribute of Deshou alone was relatively meager. Li Lianying "borrowed" 20,000 silver from him, but she declined it politely.In this way, even if there are no bandits in Guangxi, it will be difficult to be at ease.

However, Deokshou has no bad deeds after all, and he cannot be dismissed without reason, let alone downgraded, so the governor is still the governor, only transferred to manage the water transportation that has existed in name only. Cao is highly rewarded by Ronglu, and Chen Kuilong, whose holy family is also quite prosperous, must at least find a vacancy for him as a governor.As for the transfer of the governor, the first thing to consider is Guangdong. The governor of Guangdong is Li Xingrui, a native of Liuyang, Hunan. He was originally a scholar, but he started out with military exploits.He once ran a food platform for Zeng Guofan for many years, and his character is not bad.It is conceivable that such a governor who is willing to do things with sincerity, and the mighty Cen Chunxuan "in the same city" will inevitably become a fire and water. In the end, Li Xingrui will be destroyed, and it may not be good for Cen Chunxuan.

Therefore, Li Xingrui had to be transferred, and Cen Chunxuan was given an honest and good-tempered governor.This person picked Zhang Renjun, governor of Henan Province.Zhang Renjun is Zhang Peilun's nephew, his personality is similar to that of Deshou, but he has much more ink in his belly than Deshou, and he was born in the Imperial Academy. This can make him less bullied by Cen Chunxuan. Now, Chen Kuilong has a way out.The governor of Henan is not a very fat vacancy, but it is a well-known one. Generally, there is a "mother-in-law" on the governor-the governor is in charge, there is no "mother-in-law", only the governors of Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan, but Shanxi and Shandong are still Inevitably it depends on the color of the governor of Zhili, but the governor of Henan, since Wenjing, has not been restrained by any governor.

As for Li Xingrui's origin, it has something to do with Xiliang.He is a Mongol, born in two ranks, honest and industrious, and a talented person among the banner people. He was originally the governor of Hedao, but he was abolished and transferred to the governor of Rehe, and then succeeded Xu Yingtao as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. People are good at military affairs, and Li Xingrui has a way to rectify taxation. He chooses people for the matter, transfers Sichuan with Xiliang, and Li Xingrui acts as the agent of Mindu, so everyone gets what he wants. This permissive and careful arrangement came from Qu Hongji's single-handed plan.But on the day of the announcement, just after Yikuang was in charge, he invisibly plundered the beauty. Everyone said that Jiang was old and spicy after all, and it was refreshing when King Qing entered the military plane.This unexpected reputation is naturally undoubted in Yikuang.Unfortunately, the disappointment came soon after.

Speaking of it, Yikuang is making fun of himself! Cen Chunxuan has a hobby. He likes to join and impeach subordinates.When the governor is newly appointed, after three months, the incumbent and alternate officials of the whole province must be evaluated once, and they will be asked to dismiss them, which is called "screening on arrival".When Cen Chunxuan took office in Sichuan, he planned to join 300 people, but after persuading him from behind-the-scenes friends, he still joined 40 people. At this time, Cen Chunxuan wanted to "get up" when he received a telegram to be transferred to Guangdong.Others fired their guns to fill in the vacancies, but he did the opposite.In the list of candidates for impeachment, there is an alternate magistrate named Tang Zhiyuan, and his father is Tang Wengeng, who was an admiral and has a close relationship with Yikuang.Tang Zhiyuan had been sent many good missions, but his reputation was not good. When he got the news that Cen Chunxuan fired a cannon, he was also one of the bombarded people, so he had to urgently call for help.

A few days later, a secret telegram from Yikuang to Cen Chunxuan arrived, saying that "Tang Zhiyuan is only available, and I look forward to it."This was enough face, so Cen Chunxuan had no choice but to write out Tang Zhiyuan's name from the impeachment list that he had already copied, and re-write it. It's just that Cen Chunxuan's temperament is extremely small, thinking that Tang Zhiyuan used a big hat to oppress others, it's really abominable!Because of this, he was brooding on his heart, and there was always a sense of injustice across his chest, which made him restless in sleep and food.When it was time to fire a cannon, he suddenly punched the table and said fiercely: "I don't want to buy it, what do you think?"

So while explaining to the shogunate that they still played according to the original list, he replied a telegram to Yikuang, pointing out Chen Tang Zhiyuan's various misdeeds, and at the end he said: "I received the order from Jun, and the impeachment has been issued", expressing my apology. Only after Yikuang touched such a nail did he realize that Cen Chunxuan is really not easy to mess with.Reluctantly, he was first the Empress Dowager Cixi's favored minister, but since the suppression of bandits in Sichuan, his reputation has gradually increased, and he has become an important town in the governor's office, so he had to tolerate it first.

In addition, there are many things that Yikuang is proud of. The most enviable thing is that Zai Zhen came back from Japan to visit the Expo and inspect the business. Shangshu.The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of railways, mining, industry and commerce, and all industries that are profitable. Everyone can see that it is a government office that is wider than the Ministry of Household Affairs. This was Yuan Shikai's strategy, using the Ministry of Commerce to take over Sheng Xuanhuai's power, and at the same time planning a large source of salary for his own military training. "You need to raise money for military training, and the money raised may not necessarily be used for military training." Yuan Shikai said to Yikuang, "Didn't the Empress Dowager want to build a Buddha Tower?"

Hearing the last sentence, Yi Kuang was refreshed.He took the charge of managing Fengchen Garden and the Summer Palace, and rebuilt the Summer Palace. If Natong was thinking of something, he could ignore it. The rebuilding of Xiyuan was instructed by Empress Dowager Cixi in person not long ago, but there was no funds.Just when the clever woman had no rice to cook, but she said that the neighbors had surplus food to help her, she was naturally overjoyed. "You didn't mention it, I never thought of it again. Li Shaoquan ran the navy back then because his superiors wanted to build the Summer Palace. Now that Xiyuan is going to be rebuilt, your soldiers will be well trained. " "Yes. But today's Beiyang is no different from Beiyang back then, when Beiyang had a 'Navy Yamen'..." "It doesn't matter!" Yi Kuang interrupted him and said, "It is still possible to set up a military training center now." "My lord is right." Yuan Shikai paused and said, "What I mean is to set up a military training office, and don't worry about raising wages. The concubine will almost avoid suspicion, and the name is justified." Yikuang thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. It's still a matter for the Ministry of Households to raise wages. In this way, Beiyang can not bear any responsibility for the funds transferred to Xiyuan. Is that right? " "You can't hide anything from the prince." Yuan Shikai complimented him with a smile. "You have a good idea, but it's not easy to do." Yi Kuang frowned slightly, "Lu Zixuan is getting more and more self-willed, and Chong Shouzhi can't talk to him." "Just change to someone who can convince him." Yuan Shikai said easily, "Isn't there a ready-made Naqin Pavilion there?" So, in less than three days, Hubu Shangshu Chongli was promoted from a co-organizer to a bachelor, and Natong was promoted to a missing person.Since then, the project of rebuilding Xiyuan has begun to take shape.