Chapter 39 Section thirty-eight

"Who is this Zhigui?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked. "According to Prince Qing, he is a man of merit." Qu Hongji repeated Yikuang's words and added his own opinion: "But if you don't use it in the right way, I'm afraid it will open the door to luck, and the relationship is not shallow. " "You said that you did not follow the law, but did you mean that Duan Zhigui really paid a bribe?" "No! I don't dare to say that." Qu Hongji replied, "Duan Zhigui did not make up for the real vacancies, nor did he send for introductions, so he was appointed governor. There is no such case in the past."

"Yes!" Empress Dowager Cixi said: "If there is a vacancy, Taoist priests must be introduced first. Now there is a governor whom neither I nor the emperor have seen. Isn't it surprising? If so, he should be withdrawn first. " "Yes!" Qu Hongji asked: "Zhubi's 'thorough investigation', according to the rules, at least Jane sent a prince and a bachelor to ask the empress dowager and the emperor's will." The prince and Sun Jianai are ready." Qu Hongji withdrew according to the decree, and drew up two edicts in the wooden house specially used for military planes to rest in the west of Qianqing Palace.One is: "Duan Zhigui has withdrawn the title of chief minister, and there is no need to act as the governor of Heilongjiang." Catering, there are some sayings such as presenting singing girls to Zaizhen, and borrowing 100,000 gold from Tianjin Wangzhulin as a gift to celebrate the prince's birthday. When the truth comes out, we will repeat it according to the facts."

After writing it, I checked it again, and when I was about to put it in the box and hand it over, the eunuch came to call and appointed Qu Hongji to be alone.It turned out that the Empress Dowager Cixi was careful, and remembered that since Duan Zhigui was no longer appointed governor of Heilongjiang, he should find another replacement if he was missing. This is what she wanted to ask. Of course Qu Hongji also thought of this.Originally, I wanted to ask Xu Shichang, and made a list of "one official and two escorts" according to the regulations, waiting for Zhu Bi to delineate.Now that the Empress Dowager Cixi has asked the question, she can't help but think that this is a good opportunity to add prestige to herself, so after thinking about it for a while, she replied: "Cheng Dequan, the governor of the Jiangxi feudal clan, once served as the governor of Binjiang Road in Jilin. Quite, the people and the place are suitable, can you please request the Jian School?"

"Cheng Dequan?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Are you from Sichuan?" "Yes, he is from Yunyang, Sichuan." "What origin?" "I remember that he was born in Linsheng. He has been a foreign official for a long time, and he can do things with sincerity." Qu Hongji said immediately: "He was in the Binjiang Road. It was during the two years of the Russo-Japanese War. Japan chased the Russian army and planned to fire. Cheng Dequan was afraid. Injured the civilians, blocked the muzzle with their bodies and refused to let go, the Japanese army had no choice but to follow him."

"Speaking of it this way, he is really a good official. Rare! Rare!" Empress Dowager Cixi admired endlessly: "Send him." So he made up another decree to use Cheng Dequan as the acting governor of Heilongjiang, and issued it immediately.Yikuang saw Duan Zhigui's punishment, and said with a sneer, "Fortunately, it's not about dismissing him for inspection." As soon as the words came out, I couldn't help but regret it, why should I have such an injustice tone for Duan Zhigui?It was so good that Qu Hongji was not in front of him, so there was no need to complain anymore, he got up and left, and rushed back to the mansion to find Natong and Xu Shichang to discuss.

"There won't be any disturbances, please rest assured, my lord!" Na Tong said comfortingly, "Old Xie is peaceful, and Prince Chun will never have any objections. The matter is not difficult to handle, but the lord's face is a bit ugly." "At this time, I don't care about face!" Yikuang asked: "Sun Xiechen, shouldn't we say hello?" "Yes! I discussed it with Juren, and it's best for him to go!" "By the way, Chrysanthemum has a hard time. You will leave no traces. Please! Please!" "My lord's words are serious." Xu Shichang said: "It's a matter of duty. It's just how to say it, you have to ask the lord for instructions first."

This was a bit of a deliberate embarrassment, and Yikuang couldn't help being embarrassed.Logically speaking, since there is something you want from others, you should treat each other openly and honestly. However, it is ashamed to say that it is a huge bribe of one hundred thousand.So he blushed old Zhang's face in a nonchalant manner. Seeing this situation, Natong rescued him, "Chrysanthemum man," he said, "a gentleman can deceive him with methods." This means that in front of Sun Xiechen, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion Sun Jianai, he will not admit to anyone.But Xu Shichang would not be so stupid, he nodded in agreement on the surface, but he had already thought about the explanation in his heart, when Sun Jianai asked about the case, he only replied "I don't know what happened".

"There is one more thing, alas!" Yi Kuang sighed heavily: "How much trouble has this bastard caused me!" "Animal" is of course scolding Zai Zhen, and "there is one more thing" that is Zai Zhen's love affairs.Natong replied: "You don't need to bother about this, it will be fine if you send him away." "Oh," Yikuang asked, "Back to Tianjin?" "yes!" "But……" "My lord," Natong knew what he meant, "Of course there will be proper arrangements, which can cover people's eyes and ears."

"That's good! It's really troublesome." Yi Qiang said sadly: "In the seventy years, I have suffered such a strange humiliation. Thinking about it, I really can't swallow it. Qin Xuan, just watch it. There's a lot going on." "Not necessarily!" Natong said indifferently: "Riding a donkey to read the libretto, just wait and see!"