Chapter 67 Section sixty-six

"The plot of this case is different. Whether the participation is too harsh or not is negotiable." Yikuang continued, "However, the kindness comes from the superior, and the ministers dare not draw it up. The empress dowager and the emperor think that punishment should be severely punished, so I ask Zhu to criticize it." Do it, or hand it over to the Ministry for discussion." "A plot like this is really rare! Yang Chongyi is really disgusting like this, of course he should be handed over to the local officials to strictly control him. I'm afraid I'm going too far on the booklet. "The Empress Dowager Cixi asked: "There are many capital officials in Suzhou, have you inquired about it?" "

"Yes!" Yikuang replied, "Let Shixu play with the Empress Dowager." So Shixu took half a step on his knees, raised his head and said to Chen Zou: "Wu Shaosheng's elder brother, Wu Yusheng, is currently a Ge Xue. The slave asked him yesterday, but he refused to talk about it. He only said that they are close relatives, and they grieved over trivial matters. Enemies should be resolved rather than knotted, because it is inconvenient to talk more about his situation." "What else? Have you asked any other Suzhou people?" "I asked Lu Runxiang first, and he said that the matter was discussed in the family letter, but not in detail. The servant asked him who was right? He said, of course it was Yang Chongyi who was wrong."

"Yang Chongyi is wrong. Everyone knows that. Otherwise, the governor of Jiangnan would not be so strict." I will approve it. If it is strictly discussed by the Ministry of Communications, everyone discusses it and handles it, so that people will not be wronged there. Now I will finalize the case with me. Either it will be played or it will be lightened. There is no room for maneuver. If it is allowed to play, Yang Chongyi's life will be over! If the Ministry of Communications says that it can't be stricter, it must be reduced. If it is not guaranteed, Yang Chongyi is guilty of the truth. Think, can I be careless?"

Even Yuan Shikai admired this declaration from the bottom of his heart, and his subjects could see it from the bottom of their hearts.However, there is one person who is not convinced by the sentence "you are afraid of offending others", and that is Zhang Zhidong who went to court this day. "Jiangsu Governor Su Fuhui will play a severe impeachment of Yang Chongyi. The minister will know what happened today. I think that regardless of the governor and governor, there is no exception. In terms of Yang Chongyi's actions, he once served the Qing Dynasty. Ban, and made a remonstrance, and when reading the rites behind closed doors, interfering in such despicable and dirty foreign affairs will not only insult scholars and shame the court? It can be said that there is no king, no father, and lawlessness! This will not be severely punished. Proverbs, the morals of the world, where can they be rectified? From my point of view, it has never been reduced, just as Jiang Governor Su Fu asked. Resignation and handing over to Changshu local officials to strictly control it is still the way to preserve it. I invite the Empress Dowager , Your majesty is arbitrary and will do as you please!"

After hearing Zhang Zhidong's words, all the monarchs and ministers were moved. The Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while and said: "I think the emperor also advocates strict punishment, so let's approve it like this!" As she said, she picked up the ink brush and passed it to the side. This is the meaning of asking the emperor to personally write Zhu Zhu.His spirit was very languid, but he was still able to write a few words. He took the pen and wrote eight words: "According to the request, the Ministry knows!" "The Ministry" refers to the Ministry of Officials.According to the regulations of military aircraft, in addition to consulting the cabinet to make a notice, the Ministry of officials must be notified first.That day Lu Runxiang happened to be in the yamen, and he was horrified when he saw the original music copied by the military plane. Then he ordered someone to copy a copy, took it with him, and took a car to visit Wu Yusheng.

Wu Yusheng lives in Yanwangmiao Street outside Xuanwu Gate, which was originally Yue Zhongqi's former residence. Although the garden pavilion is small, it has an exquisite structure.His family was originally sealed, and the places where the examiners were placed were all good places, so he was in a good situation, and in his spare time, he rubbed antiques, tasted calligraphy and paintings, and enjoyed a lot of happiness.But for a while, he was in a bad mood, just because Yang Chongyi harassed him for no reason, making his close relatives enemies, and fearing future troubles. At this time, he heard the report from the door, Lu Runxiang visited him, and rushed out to meet him. Looking at his face, he knew that something serious had happened.

"Wei Ruo!" Lu Runxiang handed over the copy, "Look!" Wu Yusheng picked it up and finished it, and sighed repeatedly, "It's bad, it's bad!" He said, "It's an indissoluble feud!" "This must be Duan Taozhai's idea! Although Uncle Yang Xin is hateful, the punishment is too harsh." Lu Runxiang said immediately: "Wei Ruo, we Suzhou people still have the idea of ​​staying from the Ming Dynasty, and we only want to be "official officials." The authority of officials is extremely great! Then we know that there are military planes and queen mothers, and the original performance has not been handed over, and the official department has no idea about it. I am afraid that we Suzhou people will misunderstand. I can't make it through, and even Yang Xinbo himself may have a grudge, thinking that I stand by and watch his jokes. In short, we are both in a place of suspicion, and we are closely related. We should discuss and discuss how to resolve the misunderstanding. What do you think? "

Wu Yusheng felt that his concerns were superfluous, but it was inconvenient to object to the words "we are closely related".So I nodded and said: "We must eliminate misunderstandings, we must eliminate misunderstandings. Now it's all up to me. " "That's right. For the current plan, I can only do my best. The matter is a foregone conclusion, and there is no way to save it. I think I should send a message to Yang Xinbo as soon as possible so that he can make preparations." "Then telegraph back." "Of course!" Lu Runxiang asked, "Do you think you should call me directly, or ask someone to tell you?"

Wu Yusheng thought for a while and replied, "Of course it's better to ask someone to tell the story. But this person is not easy to find." Count each other's relatives and friends in Suzhou in detail.Finally, I found a person named Yao, who had frequent contacts with Uncle Yang Xin, and was also very familiar with Wu and Lu, so I decided to ask him to tell the story. So Wu Yusheng went to the back of the desk and sat down, opened the ink cartridge, took a piece of plain paper, took a pen and wrote the address of Yao in Suzhou, pondered for a while, and wrote the text of the telegram: "If you are troubled, tell Yue Gong, and join the case." I will serve you a vermilion pen, and you will be punished like a bottle.” The signature below is “Feng Wei”.

"Yuegong" is a hidden word. In the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su was granted the title of Yueguogong, which refers to Yang Chongyi. "Pingzhai" is Weng Tongyan's alias. "Punishment like Pingzhai" means that Yang Chongyi was severely punished just like Weng Tonghe was in those years. "Bong Zhu Bi" means that it has not been submitted to the ministry, and it is not unwilling to help Lu Runxiang, but it is not helpful at all.Finally, the word "Fengwei" looks at a name, and it is actually Lu Fengshi and Wu Weiruo.This telegram is read by outsiders, and they don't know what to say, so they have no way of guessing.Lu Runxiang felt that it was appropriate, and immediately sent his followers to the telegraph office to send it. It was handled in the same way as the urgent official telegram from the Ministry of Officials, and he was limited to Suzhou before evening.

"What happened on that day?" Wang Zhao asked. "It's today! The news just came out." "No wonder!" Wang Zhao said with a smile, "By this time tomorrow, the whole country will know about it." "Jiangnan, I'm afraid only Shanghai knows about it." "No!" Wang Zhao shook his head: "The interviewer of "Shenbao" will copy the telegram to Shanghai today, and it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow morning, and Suzhou will know about it by noon at the latest." "At that time, what kind of face did Uncle Yang Xin have?" Shanqi smiled and toasted: "This piece of news deserves to be clarified!" "It's so worth it!" Wang Zhaoman drank a cup, changed the subject and asked, "Is the emperor's condition improving?" "Alas!" Shanqi suddenly sighed heavily, "Don't ask this! Have a drink." Wang Zhao did not give up.The emperor couldn't ask about his illness, so he asked, "Where's the queen mother?" "I always have a stomachache, good or bad, no one can figure out what's going on." "The Empress Dowager's dysentery started in summer, since it has been bad, why didn't the Internal Affairs Office give the Empress Dowager a prescription. Could it be a taboo disease? " "You know, why bother to ask?" "The queen mother's longevity is coming soon!" Wang Zhao also sighed, "The emperor has offended again!"