Chapter 209 Yingtai Sunset (12-1)

It turns out that after Yang Chongyi was sent to the Hanzhong Mansion in Shaanxi Province before the Xinyou Rebellion, he intended to be the first to invite Empress Dowager Cixi to teach him the credit, and he would definitely be quoted by Ronglu.Unexpectedly, Lu Chuanlin, who was also the Minister of Military Affairs in Xi'an, looked down on this man and said some unpleasant things about him. Rong Lu realized it and alienated him from then on. At that time, just as Li Hongzhang was ordered to come to Beijing from Guangdong to negotiate a peace, Yang Chongyi, as a close relative of the Li family, was transferred to Beijing as an attache.As a result, Li Hongzhang was forced by the Russians, exhausted physically and mentally, and died of hatred. "The tree fell and the monkeys scattered." Although Yang Chongyi was promoted to a Taoist priest and distributed to Zhejiang, he still failed to fill the vacancy.Last year, Ding You, who was vacant, returned to his hometown to keep the system. He is from Changshu, but he lives in Suzhou, the provincial capital. All dirty money.

A month ago, at the beginning of August, there were two prostitutes in Shantang, Suzhou, who could not bear the abuse of their "family". They fled to the city and complained to the officials.Cases like this are handed over to the family members as usual. If there are no family members, the officials will choose a match.There are many famous places here. Gentlemen in the local area can volunteer to make a leader and choose a good match.It's a good thing to say, but after taking it back to serve as a maidservant or concubine, no one will know. Therefore, Wang Asong, the "family" who opened the kiln, asked Yang Chongyi to help him and promised him a reward of two thousand oceans.Yang Chongyi lived in the provincial capital and was wearing mourning clothes, so it was inconvenient for him to come out, so he asked one of his close relatives to write a letter to Wu Xi, the acting prefect Yuanhe County, hoping to lead the two prostitutes here.His closest relative, surnamed Wu, was also from a Suzhou family, the grandson of Wu Yanchen, the number one scholar in Renxu in the seventh year of Jiaqing, named Wu Shaosheng.Although I have only served as a county school instructor, his elder brother Wu Yusheng was born in the Imperial Academy and is currently a cabinet bachelor. He is released as a high official in the frontier, so Wu Xi will buy this face and let Wu Shaosheng's family lead these two prostitutes went back.

Yang Chongyi sent his family to wait in front of the Yuanhe County Yamen, and when he saw something happened, he flew to report to his master.At this time, Wang Asong was listening to the letter at the concierge of Yang's house, with a banknote of two thousand oceans in his pocket, waiting for the transaction.Yang Chongyi called him in and said that he could lead someone. "Where are people?" "He's at Wu's house, and he brought it when he left." "Master Yang," Wang Asong took the village ticket and raised it, "Here are the two thousand yangtians. As soon as the person arrives, I will give it to you immediately."

Yang Chongyi thought to himself, bringing the two prostitutes here, and then Wang Asong leading them away, it would be indecent for others to see them, and people who don't know the inside story may misunderstand the Yang family's prostitution, which is even more embarrassing.It's better to write a business card and order the family to take Wang Asong to the Wu family to lead the person, and bring back the banker's note, and the money and the goods will be paid. Wouldn't it be clean and neat. But when Wang Asong showed up at Wu's house, it would be a disaster!The servants of the Wu family recognized him, so they had to report to the master. Wu Shaosheng was very surprised!Because when Yang Chongyi asked for entrustment, he said in a high-sounding way that these two prostitutes each had benefactors, and they were all poor scholars. He just took advantage of the invitation of these two poor scholars and entrusted them to lead them on their behalf to fulfill their good relationship.Then I thought it was entrusted by Wang Asong!

When he was at a loss, the girl came to inform and said, "Please, old lady." When Wu Shaosheng got to the room, he saw the two prostitutes kneeling in front of the old lady, weeping uncontrollably.It turned out that they also got the news, and they had nothing to do, they could only come to beg Mrs. Wu, expressing that they would rather be "rough girls" in Wu's family than go back with Wang Asong. "You originally accumulated meritorious deeds, but now you take people who escaped from the fire pit and push them into the fire pit, isn't this a crime?" "Mom!" Wu Shaosheng rushed to say: "You don't need to talk anymore, old man! Where would I do such a shameful thing?"

Wu Shaosheng replied without hesitation and refused, saying that it was inconsistent with the original proposal and that it was difficult to follow orders.Yang Chongyi didn't want to have such a result, and was furious, his face was as purple as a pig's liver.The festival account that should be paid before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I told people categorically: "There must be after the festival!" It is because of the assurance of the two thousand oceans.Who knows that things that are sure and sure will change!In Yang Chongyi's mind, it was actually Wu Shaosheng who deliberately made things difficult for him.Why not avenge this revenge?

Revenge is still secondary, the person who wants to pay has already come to the door, how to deal with it is an urgent matter.After much deliberation, the only way to get the two prostitutes is to exchange money without losing "face".Of course, if you can't negotiate softly with Wu Shaosheng, you won't be able to say anything in the first place. Even if you say it out of shame, the Wu family will definitely refuse to agree. Why bother? Soft ones are not good, so we have to come to hard ones.Since the Ming Dynasty, the power of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River has been very heavy, and the local tyrants have bullied others. It used to be the custom to lead their families and destroy their enemies. Dong Qichang did such heinous things. Yang Chongyi is no better than Dong Qichang, why can't he do it?

So at around ten o'clock that night, Yang Chongyi sat in a plain sedan chair with a foreign gun in it, and led his family on the moonlit street, passing by like a gust of wind. Door.Looking out from the crack of the door, I happened to see Yang Chongyi holding a foreign gun in his hand, frightened out of his wits, rushing in in a panic, shouting: "It's not good! It's not good! Master Yang beat you!" Coming to the door!" "Why? Why?" Wu Shaosheng put down his pipe, got up and asked. This is tantamount to knowingly asking the truth, and there is no time to investigate the reason after the fact.Hearing the clamor outside, the only way to go out to negotiate is the top priority, but Wu Shaosheng is cowardly by nature, at this time he was trembling with fright, helpless.

Because the master didn't dare to show his face, Yang Chongyi's arrogance was further fueled. Standing in the hall of Wu's house, he shouted sharply, "Search for me!" The search was of course the two prostitutes.The old housekeeper of the Wu family was afraid that people from the Yang family would break into the upper room and frighten the old mistress, so he deliberately shouted: "Be careful in the lower room!" This is clearly pointing to the residence of the two prostitutes.The close relatives of Yang and Wu's two families are also familiar with many servants, knowing where the servant's house is located, they rushed in and found the person they were looking for without any trouble.A pair of young prostitutes who were frightened out of their wits were dragged away.

After leaving the gate of Wu's house, Yang Chongyi became wary, because the neighbors were alarmed, and they all went out to watch the excitement.Yang Chongyi was deeply afraid that someone would intervene, and his family would not be able to handle it, and his success would fail, so he didn't even bother to sit in a sedan chair, and escorted the team on foot, and cut off the queen himself. When they arrived at the residence, they found a strange thing. Wang Asong, who had been to Wu's house with the crowd, suddenly disappeared everywhere, and the reason was unknown.Yang Chongyi's urgency was no small matter, and he sent people to the mountain pond overnight to look for it, and waited for an answer.

At dawn, when there was an echo, Wang Asong said that he was gone!Admitting the bad luck, I will send a hundred oceans as a reward to "Master Yang for his hard work"! Yang Chongyi was furious, and he threw the thing he received hard, only to hear a "clang clang" sound, and the ground was covered with white money. "What a bastard!" Yang Chongyi jumped up and scolded, "I'm going to shoot him!" The family members who were sent there also benefited from Wang Asong, so they had to explain to him: "Speaking of which, my lord, I can't completely blame him..." It turned out that Wang Asong thought that after getting the two young prostitutes because of Yang Chongyi's face, he could beat and scold them as he wanted, but it didn't go well, and what was even more unexpected was that Yang Chongyi came up with such a hard way to grab them.The Wu family is also a big country gentry in Suzhou city, so they suffered a short-term loss, so how can they not take revenge?It seems that their relatives will become enemies.Initiate a lawsuit and investigate the cause. If you can't get rid of it yourself, it's better to get out as soon as possible. It's not bad to think about it.Wang Asong is just a commoner, and he is engaged in this kind of low profession. If he is detained in the court, the county magistrate must give him a slap and beat him first.No wonder he was scared.Yang Chongyi thought for a while and said: "Go and tell him, you will never go to court, forgive the Wu family for not dare!" "My lord," the family murmured, "I'm afraid he won't believe it." "How can I believe it?" Yang Chongyi broke his heart, "You tell him to see, I have to go to Wu's house to fight today! See if Wu's family dares to sue me?" Sure enough, Wang Asong had a different idea.But what about the Wu family?Are you really afraid to file a lawsuit?No one dared to say this.However, the result of keeping silent turned into an invisible support for the master's proposition. In addition to the rumors of this news, everyone said that Yang Chongyi was not only a gentleman, but also a rascal!It made him even more angry. "Call me a rascal, and I am a rascal! The Wu family is settled today. Hire 'thugs' for me!" He slapped his chest hard, "I'm the one who gets into trouble!" The master is like this, how dare the servants disobey him?What's more, there is such a custom, Sanxiao's "Aunt Lu" beats "Zhu Ahuzi"; Jade Dragonfly's "Ms. Shen beats Shen Junqing", as long as the beating is reasonable, it doesn't matter. This is not to find a rogue.Hooligans in Suzhou can be divided into two types, civil and military. The civilized ones are called "broken boot gangsters", because they wear long gowns and boots, and pretend to be a man in clothes. Skills.Wu's are the ruffians scattered in the downtown area, with raised eyebrows, waving their arms, and selling their ruthlessness. If they are looking for "thugs", this generation is them. At dusk, all twenty thugs were found, and Yang Chongyi rewarded him first with good wine and meat, while he was half asleep and half awake on the opium bed, closing his eyes and resting his mind.The bell struck nine times, and he got up from his knees. Holding his foreign gun, he led twenty thugs and seven family members, and ran to Wu's house for the second "killing". This momentum is different from the previous day!Twenty thugs were dressed in short clothes and legged trousers, with braids around their necks, and they all had weapons in their hands, either iron rulers or three-section cudgels. It was obvious at a glance that they were going to fight in groups. Therefore, as soon as this group of people entered Wu Chaofang, they caused a commotion.Undoubtedly, someone went to Wu's house to call the police, and hurriedly tried to close the door, but it was already a step too late! Yang Chongyi rushed forward, rounded the spear, and knocked away the door lamp of Wu's house, and then swept in like a gust of wind, hitting anyone and smashing things.The male and female servants of the Wu family begged for mercy and backed away, but Yang Chongyi stepped forward, looking at the foreign gun, and broke into the middle gate. "It's killing people!" The old butler of the Wu family shouted, risking his life to grab the spear from Yang Chongyi's hand. Even if the old housekeeper was like this, no matter how hard the Wu family's healthy servants backed down, they turned their backs to sumo, rushed forward, and hurriedly helped them hand over their guns.Of course Yang Chongyi wanted to resist, and grabbed the barrel of the gun tightly and grabbed it back. With too much force, he punched himself with a big bump on his forehead. At this moment, the sound of ping-pong-pong smashing things outside suddenly decreased, and then someone shouted: "Master Wu is here, Master Wu is here!" Everyone in the Wu family let go, Yang Chongyi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly roared: "Okay! You fight, you fight! The evil slaves are rampant and lawless. I want Master Wu to give me justice!" As he said that, he staggered and ran out, and when he was about to enter the hall, he suddenly remembered that there was something wrong with the gun in his hand!So he flicked his hand to the side, lifted the hem of the jacket, and flashed out from behind the marble screen with only one empty shelf left. "Old Patriarch," Yang Chongyi said angrily, "please have your injuries checked! Wu's evil slaves, lawless, insulting gentry, please be strict with the old patriarch." "Old man," Wu Xi said coldly, with a livid face, "what's the big deal? You're making too much noise!" "Old grandfather, you can't listen to one-sided words. I came to judge. The master avoided seeing each other, ordered the evil slaves to beat me up and wounded me. No matter what, I must ask the old grandfather to uphold justice." "Okay, okay! They are all respectable people in the local area, why teach people to read jokes?" "That's something that can't be helped! I'm going to accuse the Wu family's evil slaves, and I'm going to run amok, please forgive me, old grandpa!" "Don't say such things! I advise the old man to ask himself, it's better to let things go. If you really want to investigate, 'entering someone's house at night with a gun', what should be the crime? There are clear rules! Come on, don’t you understand?” "What?" Although Yang Chongyi's voice was harsh, he already looked a bit introverted, "Could it be that the old grandfather wants to treat me like a robber?" "How dare, how dare!" Wu Xi raised his face and asked, "Where are the people from the Yang family?" "Go, go!" A guard pushed a family member of Yang Chongyi forward: "My lord has something to say." The family had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward. Wu Xi said with a sullen face, "It's all you bastards who pushed the master to come forward and caused troubles. How can you be sorry for your master. Why don't you hurry up and send your master back." "Yes, yes!" The Yang family members turned around and dragged Yang Chongyi, winking again and again as a warning: If you don't know what's going on, there will be no "falling position"! "Okay, okay!" Yang Chongyi stepped forward, but turned his face backward, and said loudly: "Wu Zihe! Be careful! We scratched my face, you wait to see my color!" "Zihe" is Wu Shaosheng's alias, he waited for Yang Chongyi to leave the gate before he dared to meet him, he was very respectful and thanked repeatedly, but his body was still trembling. "He Weng," Wu Xi comforted him and said, "You don't have to do this either! Please fill in the complaint, I will always handle it impartially!" "No, no! The old grandpa's kindness, I am very grateful. However, I and Yang Xinbo are close relatives, so I really don't want to get involved in the lawsuit." Wu Xi sighed: "He Weng, you are so honest! However, you don't want to get involved in a lawsuit, that's not what people think. I have to explain this dispute in business, unless the two of you reconcile, there is a written I'll file it there. Otherwise, he'll beat him up and say that I'm protecting He Weng. Do you think so, or not?" This is a necessary concern, and for Yang Chongyi as a person, it is also inevitable.Only by grabbing a plaintiff and gaining the upper hand first can we avoid future troubles.But Wu Shaosheng is too cowardly, no matter how encouraged by Wu Xi, he just refuses to file a lawsuit. "He Weng suffers voluntarily, and has nothing to do with others! However, He Weng also needs to think about it for his brothers, how to explain it in business affairs?" "Yes, yes! Of course the old grandpa can't be burdened. Apart from litigation, there should be some other way, but please tell me, I will obey you." "So," Wu Xi thought for a while and said, "Please He Weng write an abridgement of the cause and effect of this matter, and finally declare that he and Yang are close relatives, do not want to be involved in the lawsuit, and reconcile with each other. I have this abridgement in my hand." , Uncle Yang Xin came to see me, and I have something to deal with him." In this way, Wu Shaosheng was afraid that if Yang Chongyi's bad deeds were written down, he would offend others.After hesitating for a while, seeing the county magistrate's face was very ugly, he finally had no choice but to make an abbreviation lightly, and rewarded the guards' sedan chair class before sending Wu Xi away. On the second day, when Wu Xi was hesitating whether the case should be reported, a corner of the official document was sent by the vassal office. On the 6th and 17th, there was Ding You’s ex-Zhejiang alternate Taoist Yang Chongyi, armed with a gun, led the crowd, and went to Jiangning County at night to learn and discipline Wu Shaosheng’s family before he was banned from the third rank. There is no need to hesitate!Wu Xi immediately passed on the palanquin, and took the abridgement written by Wu Shaosheng to see the feudal chief. There are two vassals in Jiangsu province, one is the Jiangning vassal, which is a subordinate directly under the governor of Liangjiang, and the other is the Jiangsu vassal, which is stationed in Suzhou and under the command of the governor of Jiangsu.His name is Ruicheng, and his style name is Xinru. He is the grandson of Qi Shan, who lost his teacher and humiliated the country, after Lin Zexu was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he was mediocre, just like his ancestor.Just to marry Zai Ze's sister as his wife and get married, so she was released from the ministry and became a supervisor in a few years.At that time, he heard Wu Xi's face-to-face report. After reading the summary, he understood the facts of the case, but he couldn't come up with a solution. "The Wu family is a great gentleman, and Uncle Yang Xin is not easy to mess with. His son-in-law Li Guojie went to Beijing to pay respects to the Empress Dowager on her birthday. Maybe the Empress Dowager will summon him, and maybe he will mention this matter. We have to guard against this. .” "Yes!" Wu Xi replied, "However, it can be asserted that the song is in Yang. If your lord is concerned that Uncle Yang will not repent, or that there will be other incidents, it is better to explain it in detail." Rui Cheng thought for a while and said, "That's the only way!" So the feudal secretary applied for the governor.When the case reached this point, it had to be dealt with!Because the responsibilities of the big officials in the borderlands are different, if such a lawless matter can be ignored, then what is the so-called "comforting the people and improving the government and punishment"?Officials who correct and participate according to the facts will be severely condemned.Therefore, Chen Qitai, the governor of Jiangsu, sent a telegram to Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang, to ask for a solution. The telegram sent at noon received a reply before dinner, calling Ruicheng to Jiangning to discuss the matter face to face. ※ ※ ※ "Xin Ru," Duan Fang asked after hearing Rui Cheng's statement, "Do you want to give him a big limelight?" Ruicheng didn't know the meaning of his words, so he just replied with a smile: "If you can be in the limelight, why don't you want to?" "Okay! You listen to my method, and you will be in the limelight. Not only will you be in the limelight, but the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely praise you. You, a Jiangsu feudal official, will be safe!" If this is the case, it will be more in line with what he wants, but he doesn't understand how to make "scholars in the south of the Yangtze River praise each other"?So he responded with a confused look on his face.Duan Fang could see it naturally, so he immediately asked: "Uncle Yang Xin participated in Wen Daoxi back then, do you remember?" "Hmm, um!" Rui Cheng replied, "I remember, but the inside story is not very clear." "Let me tell you!" It turned out that Wen Tingshi ranked second in the rankings in the 16th year of Guangxu, and was famous as a public official. Li Hongzhang's career was prosperous at that time, but Sangyu was in a difficult situation, and he felt that there was no successor. He had placed his hopes on Zhang Peilun earlier. , all in vain.Nowadays, Wen Tingshi is a talented man, and he has the support of the imperial concubine inside and the appreciation of "Master Weng" outside. No matter from which point of view, he will stand out, so he deliberately wins over Wen Tingshi and asks for leave to return to his hometown. When passing through Tianjin , I regard him as Beiyang's honored guest, the courtesy is high, and the gift is even thicker. I hope to accept him as a helper. In the future, I will see the situation and pass on the mantle. In the spring of Guangxu's 20th year, Wen Tingshi returned to Beijing on vacation, just in time for the big exam, and because of Concubine Zhen's advice, the emperor personally decided that Wen Tingshi was the number one.Han Zhan's big exam and the department's Jingcha, three years in one fell swoop, won the first place and must be promoted immediately. Wen Tingshi was promoted from editor to bachelor's degree, which is a rare promotion.The official system of the Hanlin Academy is different. From the review of the seventh rank, the editing of the seventh rank is followed by the revision of the sixth rank, but there has never been an example of editorial inspection, promotion and revision, because this is the full-time of the champion.On the top are the lectures and readings from the fifth rank, the bachelors from the fourth rank, and the bachelors from the fourth rank.The editorial inspection can neither be promoted to write, nor can it be promoted to be a lecturer or a lecturer of the fifth grade. Therefore, when the salary is full and promoted, if it is not released or changed to a minister, but still works in the clear shift, it will be the official of the East Palace. Go to Zhan Shifu, which belongs to it, and its name is "Kaifang". "Fang" is the left and right Chunfang of Zhan Shifu. There are three official positions under him, all of which are divided into left and right.There is also an official position in charge of books, classics and records, called "Xing Ma of the Bureau of Economics and Economics", which is notoriously difficult to be promoted. Someone once laughed at himself with Du's poems, calling it "a wash of all horses and eternal emptiness". Since Daoguang, Shu Jishi left the museum and stayed in the museum. There were more and more appointments and editors, and there was a shortage of people. Therefore, it was common for them to fail to open workshops for more than ten years.After opening a workshop, if you want to jump out of the workshop and be promoted to the capital, it is not enough for ten years, so there is a saying of "Nine Turns of Dancheng".Now that Wen Tingshi has been editing for four years, half of the time is spent roaming around the provinces, taking the double title of second place and celebrity, as the governor's guest, and returning from a leisurely escape, "Dancheng" overnight, but because of the citation of the palace, Naturally, it makes people envy, envy and hate! Among them, Yang Chongyi is the most gnashing of teeth in Wen Ting style.He is the Imperial Academy of Gengchen in the sixth year of Guangxu, and he has never opened a workshop until now. The younger generation who was ten years late suddenly became the upper official of this yamen, and he couldn't swallow his breath.In the next year, Yang Chongyi became the censor, and felt that it was time to vent his anger. Although the state affairs at that time were only a year apart, great vicissitudes had already been experienced. Li Hongzhang was particularly responsible for the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War.When the negotiations between China and Japan were serious, Weng Tonghe didn't know that Beiyang was just an empty shell with a lot of corruption inside. He only wanted to run a large navy and spent huge sums of money every year. There would always be some achievements, so he insisted on the main battle.And the senior brother of the door, the group seconded, and Wen Tingshi once specially impeached Li Hongzhang, accusing him of being afraid of embarrassment and self-respect.At the death of his master in Huanghai, Li Hongzhang was defeated. Li Hongzhang was pulled out of the three-eyed feather and handed over the seal of the direct governor, almost ruining his reputation.After learning from the painful experience, he believed that his life was ruined by Weng Tonghe. First, with the qualification of Minister of the Household Department, after he became the emperor, the court ruled that Beiyang was not allowed to increase troops and pay.In a word, it was intentional to make things difficult for him. Of course, he not only hated Weng Tonghe, but also vented his anger on Weng's children, and he was especially dissatisfied with Wen Tingshi.So Yang Chongyi, under his instruction, took advantage of the opportunity that the concubine Zhen had fallen out of favor, and played Yan Yu, "Wen Tingshi, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, often gathers similar people in Songyun Nunnery and flaunts each other. , Discuss current affairs, enter into a joint play, and have a brotherly relationship with the eunuch Wen surname, please depose immediately." As a result, Wen Tingshi lost his official position and was expelled, never to be used.In Yang Chongyi's case, he naturally let out a bad breath in his chest, but he has since despised Shilin. After listening to Duanfang's detailed talk about the past, Ruicheng realized that his intention was to curry favor with the literati in the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't know that Duanfang also used this to take revenge on the Li family. regarded as enemies. That was two years ago.Duan Fang went abroad with Zai Ze to investigate the constitutional government, and Li Jingmai was on a mission to Austria. At the banquet, Duan Fang expressed his dissatisfaction that Austria's supply was insufficient.The implication is that it seems to blame Li Jingmai for not getting in touch properly, so that the Austrian country will slow down the guests. Li Jingmai was born as a noble son, so he naturally didn't accept his words, and retorted, saying that his official was "ambassador-level", but his mission was not. It can't be blamed for Austria's lack of courtesy, and there was a quarrel on the spot. Afterwards, Li Jingmai was quite vigilant, knowing that Duanfang was narrow-minded, and he might "sue an imperial court" after returning to China, so he first explained the situation and explained it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Sure enough, he soon received a reply letter from Na Tong, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was Duan Fang who had mentioned this matter.It is conceivable that the enemy formed. In the second year, Li Jingmai returned to China and was transferred to Jiangsu Province. At this time, Duanfang was the governor of Liangjiang. Li Jingmai was afraid that he would still have old grievances, so he specially wrote a very respectful letter to pay his respects first.Who knows that Duan Fang ignored it!Seeing this situation, Li Jingmai, the standard secretary in Jiangsu, couldn't do it. When he summoned him, he detailed the history of his grievances with Duanfang, and asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to make the decision. "Dare he?" Empress Dowager Cixi said.However, an arrangement was made the next day, and Li Jingmai was transferred to Henan Standard Division. It's strange to say that after I sent an edict, I immediately received a congratulatory message from Duan Fang, and the words of love were very sincere.After a few days, Li Jingmai realized the truth of his arrogance and respect. It turned out that Duanfang's younger brother, Duanjin, was an alternate magistrate of Zhili Prefecture in Henan Province, and now serves as the general office of the Shanzhou Yanli Bureau.Henan does not produce salt, and supplies it to Lianghuai, Changlu, and Hedong, especially Luyan in Hedong. With Henan as the main source of salt, Shanzhou is the first to enter the country, and the tax revenue is extremely high.Therefore, this mission of Duanjin is known as "the first mission in the whole province". However, his good job is about to fail!Duan Jin's heir mother died, Ding You went to the errand as usual, Duan Jin was reluctant to let go, so he asked his brother to help.The Han army could have followed the rules of the banner people, only wearing filial piety for a hundred days, and did not have to observe three years of mourning.What's more, the Han army is still Han after all, and they can't do everything according to the rules of the banner people. They are the officials of the frontier. How can they openly write to the governor and vassal of Henan, asking for this brother who is greedy for money and forgets relatives? At this time, Li Jingmai changed his transfer to Henan, and Duanfang thought it was a good opportunity.Because first, I feel that Li Jingmai has done something wrong to him, so I should be able to use this to make up the report; secondly, if the new supervisory officer in the province speaks for Duanjin, the governor and the feudal secretary are always embarrassed to lose face for the first time.So immediately after the congratulatory message, he wrote a very sincere letter and entrusted Li Jingmai to mediate on his behalf, so that Duan Jin could "take his love" and stay in office.The letter also said: He spent a lot of money in Liangjiang, so he relied on Duanjin's job to support his family, with an annual income of 8,000 taels of silver.These words seem to be frank, but they are actually hypocritical. If he said that he would be the governor of Liangjiang, and his brothers should support his family, that would be something no one would believe. What can Li Jingmai do for "defeat" indecent assault?As a result, Duan Fang's grievance with him deepened.Now that the anger has been transferred to the close relatives of the Li family, Yang Chongyi has become more and more "sinful"! "Xin Ru!" Duan Fang took out a piece of paper from the drawer, "Your Shen Xiang's manuscript, it's true that the facts are laid out in the front, but the understatement in the back makes it top-heavy, which is very inappropriate. Take a look at this manuscript!" Duanfang has asked Muyou to re-write the detailed article for him: "This inspector, Yang Shen Chongyi, as a Taoist priest, is also in charge of guarding the system. He is a prostitute in the hall, intervening, and dared to provoke twice. Provoking trouble with a gun is really lawless and has no regard for reputation. And in the provincial capital, he dared to do such evil. It is because he was originally from Changshu, and when things happened, the villagers looked sideways, and his words were credible. Although Wu Shen Shaosheng is old and timid, and he is unwilling to ask deeply. Our investigation has been done in detail, and we dare not hide the tricks. Please refer to the case for details." It is a bit harsh to say, but since the governor is in charge, it doesn't matter if Rui Cheng feels that he offends Yang Chongyi.At that time, he nodded and said, "Very good, very good!" "Then, based on your original details, I will play a performance with Chen Zhongcheng. I invite you to write the manuscript." That night, Duanfang invited Ruicheng to dinner, and during the banquet, he handed over the manuscript.After narrating the original text, it was written immediately: "It is a bad habit for the ministers to rob women. It is said that Yang Chongyi has a bad reputation. This time, he is no different from a local hooligan. When resisting hastily, even if Being beaten and injured is also a matter of one's own fault, and there is nothing to cherish. According to the Secretary's details, I also heard that Wang Asong had promised to send two thousand taels, and entrusted him to take care of the affair. If it is true, it would be particularly shameless! Not only will it harm the village, but also embarrass the court. If he is not punished, he will become more and more tyrannical and do all kinds of evil. Correspondingly, Ding You, who is a registered member, and Yang Chongyi, a former Zhejiang alternate Taoist priest, will be dismissed immediately. , and intervene in all local affairs, that is, according to the bad deeds committed, we will be dealt with strictly to punish the fierce and maintain law and order. All the reasons for participating in the impeachment of the Taoists who are registered in the country, I would like to explain the reasons for the empress dowager and the emperor." After reading it, Ruicheng stuck out her tongue, thinking that the method of Duan Fang is so spicy!It's nothing to do with me, so I don't need to worry about it, so I folded the manuscript without saying anything, and put it in my pocket. "Xin Ru," Duan Fang solemnly urged, "keep your mouth shut and keep your secrets in your heart, especially don't let the newsprint interviewer know! If you see the newspaper, things will go bad." Ruicheng can't do things well, but he is very proficient in the tricks of being an official. He thinks in his heart and has many tricks. But you can't help but guard against it. So he thought for a while and said: "Marshal, I will never leak it in my hands, but it will be handed over to Chen Zhongcheng, and the draft will be sent back to Liangjiang for worship. There will be several hands in between. If something goes wrong , the responsibility will be unclear. How about the commander-in-chief telegraph this manuscript to Suzhou, inform Chen Zhongcheng, and send it to Chen Zhongcheng immediately, which is both cautious and fast. What does the commander-in-chief think, is this method useless?" "Yes, yes! I will follow your way." So Ruicheng handed in the manuscript again.Duanfang immediately handed it over to the telegraph room and sent it with a password. When he received the telegram at noon the next day, Chen Qitai asked to add a sentence: "This memorial is written by Liang Jiang." It was difficult for Yang Chongyi, so he did as he said.It was repaired and sealed, and the cannon was fired to pay homage, and he arrived in Beijing in early September. This is an encore, and it will not be released until the Empress Dowager Cixi reads it.When Yikuang saw it, he was startled and amazed, and couldn't help shouting: "Look and see, gentlemen! There is such a strange thing!" So except for the fake Zhang Zhidong, all the military ministers gathered around, Yikuang put on his reading glasses, and read the original book aloud.Everyone had different expressions after listening, some frowned, some shook their heads, some remained calm, and Lu Chuanlin always despised Yang Chongyi, so he sneered repeatedly. "How do you approve it?" Shi Xu asked. "No approval." If there is no approval, the military aircraft must formulate measures and ask for orders in person.Lu Chuanlin usually listens hard, but he heard these three words clearly, and said loudly: "'Nursing the village, embarrassing the court', these two sentences are true, and the request is natural and accurate. "Although he spoke passionately, no one seconded him. King Qing looked around and asked, "How is it?" "Yang Xinxin's troubles are a little outrageous, but Tao Zhai's words cannot be trusted." Shixu said: "What is the inside story, you might as well ask first." "Comfort," Yikuang asked by name, "What do you think?" "I have no objection." Yuan Shikai replied, but quickly winked. Yikuang understood, nodded and said, "It's always good to inquire more. If the superior asks what's going on, it's good to have an explanation." "I agree with Uncle Qing's words." Jin Wang Zaifeng said, "It's very convenient to inquire. If you go to Nanzhai and invite Lu Fengshi to ask, you will know everything." Lu Fengshi is Lu Runxiang. Although he is a minister, he still walks in the South Study Room.At that moment, Sura was sent to invite him, but he refused to enter the house.Because there was a special order from Yongzheng in the Military Aircraft Department: "The military aircraft is important, and you are not allowed to enter without permission." In the past, when Zhang Zhidong went to Beijing to discuss the education system, every time he went to the Military Aircraft Office, the Minister of Military Aircraft would accompany him to talk in the courtyard. Naturally, he also abides by the norms of his predecessors. So Yu Shixu went out to welcome him, and invited him to the "South House", where the military plane Zhang Jing was in charge of affairs, for an interview, and asked him if he had ever received a letter from Suzhou about the dispute between Yang and Wu? "I've talked about it, but it's not detailed." Lu Runxiang replied, "Why don't Zhongtang ask Wu Weiruo?" Wu Shaosheng's older brother, Yu Sheng, whose name is Wei Ruo, is currently a cabinet bachelor, and Shi Xu knows about it, but there is only Lu Runxiang to ask. "It's too late!" He said, "We have to ask Feng Weng first, who do you think is right?" "Of course Yang Xinbo is too domineering!" "Where's Wei Ruo's younger brother? Nothing wrong at all?" "I dare not say that!" Lu Runxiang was suddenly alert, "Have you heard about it from Jiangsu?" "It's not just about playing and hearing? Duan Taozhai and Chen Boping will refer to Yang Xinbo's copy, and the wording does not leave room for it, it is very fierce!" "Oh," Lu Runxiang couldn't help being concerned: "What kind of cruel method?" Shixu also became vigilant, and it is not appropriate to disclose the punishment that has not been determined by the order, so he replied with a smile: "There is no room for wording! Go and think about it." "Resignation?" "I don't know yet. It depends on the meaning of the superior!" Shixu stood up and said: "Excuse me, excuse me!" After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and chased away the guest very politely. Lu Runxiang didn't let him go.He grabbed him and said, "Zhongtang, should this case be handed over to the Ministry?" Only then did Shixu realize that Lu Runxiang was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.Officials should be punished for dereliction of duty by the Ministry of Officials. The two parties involved in this case are his fellow villagers, and they may be related to each other. They have different origins. If he decides to punish them, it will be a huge problem that public and private cannot be balanced. , so there will be such a concerned expression. His difficulty is that he understands it, but he can do nothing about it. "I think it must be handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" Shi Xu replied: "Anyway, what to do with the case of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are clear regulations in the Code, and there is no way to go wrong." Seeing that his tone was tight, Lu Runxiang couldn't ask further questions.However, due to Lu Runxiang's attitude, Shixu came to understand that it is better not to hand over the case to the Ministry, because according to Lu Runxiang's situation, it may be difficult to deal with it fairly. However, this is what he thinks in his heart, and he doesn't want to say it out loud. He just thinks that this book should be suppressed, or that the truth of the dispute should be thoroughly clarified, and then it should be dealt with face to face. "Alright!" Yikuang accepted his opinion: "I think it's better to trouble you, and talk to Wu Weiruo in detail, and we can discuss it tomorrow morning." So on this day, when I went to see him, on the grounds that a thorough investigation was still needed, I played to the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Ming Dynasty and did not deal with it for the time being.When retiring, Yikuang asked Yuan Shikai to have a drink in the evening, and then had a private talk with Yang Chongyi. "I really don't understand. Tao Zhai seems to have a deep grudge with Yang Xinbo. Why?" "There is no need to have personal grievances. Tao Zhai likes to make friends with famous people, and famous people think that Yang Xinbo should be killed!" Yuan Shikai said: "That's enough!" "It would be too much to say that this tricky thing is done to please celebrities." Yikuang thought that Yang Chongyi had a close relationship with Yuan Shikai during the 1898 coup, and he might be willing to save him, so he asked, "I think it's better to be the Ministry of Communications." ?” "The Ministry of Communications is naturally expected to relieve Luo?" This is inevitable.It is clearly stated in the Notes that there are three grades of disciplinary action, the lightest is probation, the second is deliberation, and the most serious is severe deliberation.If the original senator requests a deliberation, the deliberation will be treated lightly, and the strict deliberation will be aggravated.Now, please ask Yang Chongyi to be dismissed from his post, never to be employed again, and sent back to his hometown to be strictly controlled by the local officials.Otherwise, it is possible to criticize Zhu directly, why bother to hand it over to the Ministry? "Yes!" Yikuang simply explained, selling him a friendship: "I just want to ask you what you mean first. Uncle Yang Xin, you also have friendship." "Thank you, my lord!" Yuan Shikai replied, "However, I don't have a deep friendship with Yang Xinbo. I was afraid that the superiors might have other opinions. " This refers to Yang Chongyi's meritorious service in asking for political training, and the Empress Dowager Cixi may have a sense of pity, so Yikuang nodded deeply and said: "Then ask Zhu to criticize it face-to-face!" "Yes! Look at his own creation!" "Having said that, if you ask the question, you can't answer without saying anything." Yikuang asked: "Look, don't we need to discuss it first?" "In my opinion, it's best to be consistent with what the prince and I said, and don't worry about other people." "Okay! What do you think should be said?" "The circumstances of this case are different, and it is not uncommon to discuss whether the involvement is too harsh." Yikuang nodded.It seems that Yuan Shikai still prefers Yang Chongyi, he knows it well.