scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 130
When Fatty Lu began to further poison the little demon king of the An family in the city of Nanning, the news that he resigned angrily and left Qujing had spread through various channels. , Governor of Pianyuan (Governor of Hunan) Lu Zhen, Governor of Sichuan Huguang Cai Yurong and other local governors were the first to hear the news, and their first reaction was:

"Quick! Send someone to find Lu Yifeng immediately, and we must bring him back! Tell him, as long as he comes to work with Ben Du (Ben Fu), he can agree to any conditions! Ben Du (Ben Fu) can also be in Guarantee for him in front of the emperor, and guarantee that he will be safe and sound under the rule of this governor (Ben Fu)! If he wants to recover in the future, this governor (Ben Fu) will definitely protect him from the imperial court!"

There is no way, Fatty Lu’s reputation as a cash cow is too great. In less than three years, the whole of Qujing was reborn, and by the way, he also helped Wu Sangui completely solve the huge problem that Yungui couldn’t support himself. indivual?Is there another place in the world where the governor can't be jealous?Can you hope that there will be such a capable minister under your rule, who will not only gain benefits for yourself, but also gain a good reputation for benefiting the people for yourself, leaving a strong mark in the history of the ages?Now that there is such a glimmer of hope, how can the local governor not try his best to fight for it?

The ones with the greatest hopes are of course the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangxi, Ma Xiongzhen, and the admiral of Guangxi, the old general Ma Xiongma. After receiving news that Fatty Lu not only went to Guangxi, but also went to Nanning to join the father and son of Lin Guoan and Ma Xiong, who was stationed in Guilin. Zhen and Ma Xiong, the admiral of Guangxi, didn't even bother to exchange a message with each other, and immediately led their entourage to Nanning to kill.There is also Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who also set off from Guangzhou immediately, and came to Nanning in person to persuade Fatty Lu to leave the mountain and work for his shogunate.

To Governor Jin's surprise and not at all, when his team arrived in Wuzhou, they ran into two teams sent by Pingnan Palace. The first team was sent by Pingnan Prince Shang Zhixin, and Shang Zhixin His half-brother Shang Zhijie personally led him, and he was also planning to rush to Nanning to persuade his brother-in-law to settle down in Guangdong; Shang Kexi’s autographed letter, requesting his son-in-law and daughter to bring their grandson back to their parents’ home in Guangzhou to settle down—whoever dares to go to Guangzhou to trouble their daughter and son-in-law, the old prince Shang personally chopped them off!
Some people laugh while others cry. The princes and governors in Southwest China and South China have seen a glimmer of hope to win over Fatty Lu. The new governor of Yunnan, Zhu Guozhi and Zhu Zhongcheng, scolded his mother on the way to take office in Yunnan. Zhu Guozhi, the number one corrupt official, and Zhu Zhongcheng went south to take office this time with the intention of earning a lot of money. As a result, before he officially took office, the number one money-making expert under his rule had already resigned and left the country. The disappointment and anger in Zhu Zhongcheng's chest were natural One can imagine.

At first, Zhu Zhongcheng thought it was because of his bad luck that he happened to catch up with Fatty Lu’s resignation, but when he visited Gan Wenkun in Guiyang, he learned from Gan Wenkun that the reason for Fatty Lu’s resignation was because Kong Sizhen and his gang forced him to do so. Kong Sizhen was nominated by the party to be able to come back. He completely forgot about it. In front of Gan Wenkun, he scolded Kong Sizhen, Xiong Cilu and others bloody, and vowed to find out the truth after taking office in Yunnan. Fatty cleared his grievances and tried to get Fatty Lu back to work in Yunnan.

Facing Zhu Zhongcheng's oath, Governor Gan, who has been in a state of distress for the past few days, could only smile wryly, and said, "Zhu Zhongcheng, then please, I have worked with Lu Yifeng for two years. Excuse me, maybe the imperial court will think that the governor has received some benefits from Lu Yifeng. You have never met or had any contact with Lu Yifeng. The imperial court should pay more attention to your objective evaluation. By the way, Zhu Zhongcheng, you How many followers did you bring?"

"How many entourages did you bring?" Zhu Zhongcheng was stunned, and then said coyly after a long while: "Don't blame the governor, Yunnan and Guizhou are remote, thieves and Miao Yi are rampant, so I brought a little more entourage this time, maids and masters. There are nearly 300 people in the book office and long-term guards."

"Too few." Zhu Zhongcheng was taken aback by Gan Wenkun's answer, Gan Wenkun frowned and said, "How about this, the governor will lend you another five hundred green battalion soldiers to guard you full-time when you take up your post in Kunming."

"Bring another [-] green battalion soldiers from the humble rank to escort the humble rank to take up his post in Kunming full-time?" Zhu Guozhi was stunned and asked in surprise, "My lord governor, is the road to Kunming so uneventful?"

"You'll know when you get to Qujing." Gan Wenkun sighed, and said, "I won't tell you now because I'm afraid to scare you. Anyway, you have to be careful after passing the Shengjing Pass."

With a head full of questions, Zhu Zhongcheng set off from Guiyang to Kunming to take up his post. As a result, after entering Yunnan, the bewildered Zhu Zhongcheng quickly understood the painstaking efforts of Governor Gan—the team had just passed the Shengjing Pass. The team was stopped by thousands of people of all ethnic groups in Pingyi, all holding papers in their hands to appeal for Fatty Lu, asking the Qing court to transfer Fatty Lu back to Yunnan. Zhu Zhongcheng, who abandoned his official position and fled overnight, is both jealous and envious. It's even more strange-isn't Fatty Lu the magistrate of Qujing, and this Pingyi has never been under his control. How can there be so many people complaining for him?

After careful inquiry, Zhu Zhongcheng was even more stunned. It turned out that among these people were not only the people in Pingyi and Qujing, but also the people who came here from Luoping, Xuanwei and Luliang hundreds of miles away to complain to Fatty Lu. It is said that Fatty Lu was framed by a traitor in the court, so he was forced to leave Qujing, and the people of Qujing whose life had just started to improve, asked Zhu Guozhi to plead for the people and let Fatty Lu return to Qujing as an official.

The number of people complaining of grievances in front of Shengjing Pass was still small. Zhu Zhongcheng put on airs and talked about the situation, but he could temporarily appease these people. But when Zhu Zhongcheng's team passed Jiaoshui Pass and officially arrived in Qujing County, Zhu Zhongcheng finally It is completely unbearable.On the road, thousands of people in Qujing were blocking sedan chairs and horses and shouting for grievances. They were extremely excited and angry. Zhu Zhongcheng had just said a few words to believe in the imperial court and Xiao Mazi's nonsense, and the overwhelming rotten vegetables and rotten eggs had already They smashed it over, and some people even shouted slogans to get rid of Zhu Zhongcheng in public, and smashed them with weapons of mass destruction such as stones and tiles, causing a civil uprising on the spot.

When Zhu Zhongcheng, who was covered in vegetable leaves, was finally protected by the army and fled into Qujing City, he was greeted by the empty streets where the doors were closed and the city was protesting, as well as local officials such as Zhang Gaomo, the prefect of Qujing, and Chen Dou, the magistrate of Qujing County, who were grimacing. .But when Zhu Zhongcheng was furious and scolded Zhang Gaomo, Chen Dou and others for their ineffective governance, Zhang Futai immediately took out the letter of pleading guilty and resigning from office, and comforted him with a mournful face: "Master Zhongcheng, you are actually very lucky. You have to come here a month later." , it is estimated that you will be surrounded until tomorrow, and you, Mr. Zhongcheng, will not be able to enter Qujing City."

"Is that an exaggeration? Isn't this the land of the Qing Dynasty?" Zhu Zhongcheng asked furiously.

"Back to Mr. Zhongcheng, this is of course the land of the Qing Dynasty." Zhang Gaomo said helplessly: "But Mr. Zhongcheng may have forgotten that this is Yunnan, where Han and Yi live together, and the folk customs are tough. One sentence is wrong. Those Miao and Yi people But dare to draw a knife to judge people. To tell you the truth, the governor, since Mr. Lu resigned from office, more than a dozen servants sent by the humble officials to collect taxes have been killed, and up to now not even a single murderer has been caught."

"There are so many turmoil just because a county magistrate resigned?" Zhu Guozhi felt a little unbelievable, and shouted: "Even if Lu Yifeng has really benefited the people of Qujing countless times, won the hearts of the people, and is a rare upright official, but he was bigger than Jackie Chan in the past. Why didn't the people in Luocheng make such a fuss when Luocheng resigned?"

In front of countless others, Zhang Gaomo of course did not dare to explain the real reason to Zhu Guozhi, he just looked around until Zhu Guozhi understood what he meant and turned away from the left and right, then Zhang Gaomo leaned into Zhu Guozhi's ear and whispered: "Zhong Cheng My lord, of course there is someone behind this. Someone deliberately spread rumors among the common people, saying that the high-ranking officials in the imperial court took money from corrupt officials, so they deliberately drove Mr. Lu away, and planned to exchange the money. The common people have the private planting rights of the Eight Banners Fushou Gao, so the common people are of course going to make a fuss."

"Also, there are rumors that Mr. Lu was deliberately transferred to the north because he refused to take bribes from the people, and because he overthrew Li Suzu and offended the big corrupt officials in the court. Do it, and then kill him, the people of Qujing will have more reason to make trouble."

"Who spread the rumors? Have you found out?" Zhu Guozhi asked in surprise.

"Master Zhongcheng, why should you ask questions knowingly? Who else is there?" Zhang Gaomo asked with a wry smile: "The people of Qujing are now desperately opposing the imperial court to appoint another official to govern Qujing, and insisting that only officials selected from the west come to Qujing to be officials. Who is more beneficial? After Lord Lu left, the Qujing green battalion that Lord Lu managed so hard to build was immediately controlled by the generals from the Pingxi Palace, so who is more beneficial?"

"Him?!" Zhu Guozhi shuddered, and finally understood why Gan Wenkun wanted to appeal to the Qing court and insisted that Lu Yifeng stay in Qujing.However, our Zhu Zhongcheng is not only a well-known corrupt official but also a famous sycophant. When he first arrived, he naturally did not dare to shoot at the high-ranking Wu Sangui. Let me tell you what the lord means about this matter."

"Master Zhongcheng, do you plan to report the current situation of Qujing to the court truthfully?" Zhang Gaomo asked again.

"Benfu has already said it, and we will talk about it when he arrives in Kunming." Zhu Guozhi replied impatiently.

"Lord Zhongcheng, this matter cannot be delayed." Zhang Gaomo, who is usually so honest that he can't beat a fart with three hammers, was in a hurry, and he mustered up his courage to say: "Master Zhongcheng, please forgive me for saying a heart-wrenching remark-- Right now, the more chaotic the people in Qujing, the more unfavorable it will be to the court, and the more beneficial it will be to the prince, Lord Wanwang Zhongcheng think twice."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Guozhi asked suspiciously.

"Lord Zhongcheng, you should have heard of the saying "raise thieves to be self-respecting?" Zhang Gaomo said in a low voice, "Right now the prince is secretly expanding his armaments. I believe Lord Zhongcheng has already heard about it. If the turmoil in Qujing If it continues and expands, isn’t it just an excuse for the prince to expand his army and train his troops openly? When the court and the emperor pursue it, can Lord Zhongcheng afford it? Moreover, Qujing is the only state capital in Yunnan that allows the private cultivation of Eight Banners drug cream , During the turmoil, the production of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment has been reduced, and the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment grown in the prince's field is more valuable?"

Our Zhu Zhongcheng's character is that we can't find a shining point even if we are wearing lanterns all over the body. The only thing worthy of praise is our loyalty to the Qing court.It was precisely because of this that after thinking about it again, Zhu Zhongcheng quickly changed his original intention, gritted his teeth and said, "Well, you write me a report on the truth about Qu Jing, and I will report it to you, and ask the emperor to make a decision. "

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Yunnan was too far away from the capital city, and there were no trains, planes or telephones at that time. Governor Gan’s first memorial to Qujing was still running slowly through the post station on the road, and Zhu Zhongcheng’s memorial could not be sent to the capital immediately. Hand it over to Xiao Mazi who is looking forward to it.I believe that friends will definitely not be interested in how these memorials are delivered on the road, so let’s ignore it for the time being. Let’s turn our attention back to Guangxi and Nanning to see whether Fatty Lu is in Nanning. Did some illegal activities of stealing chickens and dogs.

In fact, it is said that Fatty Lu likes to do some stealthy things, this time I really wronged Fatty Lu-it is true to be lazy and sabotage, since he subdued the youngest son of the Rong Guoan family, Rong Qiyu, Fatty Lu basically let go He no longer disciplined him, and let Lin Qiyu learn martial arts from Hong Xiguan and literature from Zhu Fangdan. The reason is to let him learn to crawl first and then learn to fly from himself.In the spare time, Fatty Lu rejected many invitations from the Line family, his father and son, Han Zhang and others, and just took Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu to visit the mountains and rivers every day, wandering east and west, as if he had already changed his ways and made up his mind to return to the right. Don't go on a leisurely look like doing illegal activities such as anti-Qing and Fuming.

Fatty Lu is so idle every day, not only is the line father and son and others confused, but even Xiao Erlang, who has been with Fatty Lu since he was a child, is a little confused. Finally, when Fatty Lu led Xiao Erlang and others into the almost When wandering around Dayao Mountain in the primeval forest, Xiao Erlang couldn't help asking, "Young Master, you told Old General Line that you were looking at the scenery, but every day you took us to drill some deep mountains and old forests, what are the beautiful scenery here? "

"Stupid, of course I'm not looking at the scenery." Fatty Lu glared at Xiao Erlang, very dissatisfied that his hard-core dog legs didn't understand his own thoughts, and explained: "I'm looking for something."

"What are you looking for?" Xiao Erlang asked.

"Looking for a tin mine." Of course Fatty Lu would not hide it from Xiao Erlang, and said, "According to my research, there must be a big tin mine in the Nanning area. I want to find it out and see if it can be used."

"Tin mines?" Xiao Erlang scratched his head and said, "Master, isn't there a lot of tin mines in Yunnan? Why did you go to Nanning to look for them? What's the use of this thing? When you were in Yunnan before It seems that you are not interested in Xi?"

"The tin ore here is of good quality. Sixty to seventy percent of a piece of ore is pure tin, which is easy to refine." Fatty Lu said casually, "However, as you said, the tin ore is really not very useful to us. I want to make tinplate cans, but I can’t do it with the current craft. I just want to find it casually to pass the time. If I can find it, it can be regarded as a repayment for the father and son of the Line family for taking us in.”

"I agree with this." Xiao Erlang raised his hands and said, "I have inquired about it for the past few days. Since the imperial court cut Guangxi's military pay in the seventh year of Kangxi, Kong Si bitch passed most of the losses on to the old general. On the other hand, the veteran general Line’s salary has been cut the most, and the army has also been dismissed the most. I heard from Hu Tongchun and Bao Dacheng’s subordinates that the old general Line’s life is almost difficult.”

"That's right, that's right." Fang Shiyu also nodded foolishly, and echoed: "I have eaten in their barracks twice, and the food is much worse than our Qujing Green Camp."

"Of course I know this." Fatty Lu nodded, and then sneered narcissistically: "The more idiot Kong Si is, the better. Who is Lan Guoan, the only famous general in the Pingnan Palace who has defeated Li Dingguo! He trained him The army, isn’t it absolutely elite? I don’t want such an army, but I want it.”

"Master, what do you mean, sell a huge favor to Old General Line and the others?" Xiao Erlang's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Master, what do you mean, find that big tin mine and give it to Old General Line? Third General He Line and the others helped them solve their immediate urgent needs, not only repaying their kindness for taking them in, but also selling them a big favor—in the future, will there be a chance to draw them over?"

"Smart, I have been with me for so long, I finally learned a little bit of my skills." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and then said in a low voice: "But please don't make it public, firstly, I am not very sure to find that The big tin mine, and the second is that even if you find this tin mine, you have to wait until the father and son of the Line family can’t hold on anymore or beg me hard, and then I will sell it.”

"Understood." Xiao Erlang, who had been completely taken away by Fatty Lu, smiled knowingly, and agreed without hesitation.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to find the mine, especially since Fatty Lu is not good at mining, and he doesn't know whether the famous big tin mine is an open-pit mine or a deep-buried mine. Observing the cliff faults and the scouring surface of the stream to find the ore veins, but unfortunately, Fatty Lu and others have been wandering in Dayao Mountain for a day, but they have not found anything that looks like tin ore. In desperation, Fatty Lu and others I had no choice but to go out of the mountain angrily before dark.

On the way back to Nanning City, Xiao Erlang suddenly had an idea, and said to Fatty Lu: "How about we ask those local people who like to go to the mountains to collect herbs and hunt? See if they have found anything like tin ore. If we can find a little clue, it will be much easier for us."

"It's a good idea." Reminded by Xiao Erlang, Fatty Lu immediately nodded in agreement and said, "It just so happens that tomorrow is the day to go to the market. Let's go to the market and ask these people to see if they have any clues."

Let’s discuss, Fatty Lu and others went to the market early the next morning after resting for the night, and picked out those local people who like to go to the mountains to collect herbs and hunt carefully, but it’s a pity that Fatty Lu When people's mouths were almost dry, most of the herbal pickers and hunters shook their heads, saying that they had never heard of the tin ore that Fatty Lu described.It wasn't until the afternoon that Fatty Lu found out from two people who came late to collect medicines that they had seen a few times in the area of ​​Dingjintou near Fenghuang Mountain in the west of Nanning, a kind of silver-colored herbal medicine sandwiched in the middle. Stones of white metal.

Of course, the silver-white metal is very similar to tin. With great energy, Fatty Lu immediately decided to prepare tools and dry food. The next day, he went to the vicinity of Phoenix Mountain to conduct a field survey to see if he could find the legendary stone that was basically dug. What comes out is a large tin mine of pure tin.But just when Fatty Lu was leading Xiao Erlang and others to prepare tools, someone knocked on the open door of Fatty Lu's room, and then Yu Xuan's clear and pleasant voice that resembled a woman came in, asking politely Said: "Lord Lu, can Yu Xuan come in?"

"Third General Line, please come in quickly, this is your home, and the door is open, why be so polite?" Fatty Lu hurriedly turned his head, and saluted Line Yuxuan outside the door.

"Lord Xie Lu." Line Yu Xuan smiled sweetly, jumped into the room briskly like a woman, then turned to look at Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu who were packing their luggage in the room, and asked in surprise: "Lord Lu, How did you prepare so many dry steamed buns and bacon, as well as clothes, to go there?"

Speaking of this, Lan Yuxuan was so beautiful that any woman's inferiority complex suddenly revealed a tense expression, and asked cautiously: "Master Lu, don't you think that our Lan family didn't treat you well and are planning to leave Nanning?" ?”

"Of course not." Fatty Lu smiled, trying to stand far away from this handsome man who looked very dangerous, and explained: "That's right, I found out that there is a man who is about twenty miles west of Nanning City. A Phoenix Mountain has a very beautiful scenery, and it is also rich in very rare golden camellia tea, I plan to go there to enjoy some scenery, because the distance is a bit far, so I have to make preparations to spend the night there."

"Oh, so that's the case." Line Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief, smiled again, and said, "Master Lu is really amazing. He only came to Nanning for a few days and he knew the place where Camellia Camellia was produced. It's a good time to visit, if Lord Lu doesn't mind, how about Yu Xuan arrange some attendants for you and bring some tents so that you can visit with peace of mind?"

"In this case, then Lu Yifeng will not be polite." Fatty Lu was worried that he would not have enough people to find ore, so he naturally agreed.At the end, Fatty Lu asked again: "Third General Line, what are you doing here to find students?"

Line Yuxuan nodded, and then looked at Xiao Erlang and the others present, hesitant to speak, of course Fatty Lu knew that he wanted Xiao Erlang and the others to leave, but when he saw the picture of Line Yuxuan, it was more beautiful than flowers. Fatty Lu felt a little twitching about his delicate face, and the two ecstasy mustaches on Lan Yuxuan's cherry mouth, so he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb and said with a smile: "Third General Lan, please speak directly if you have something to say, Lu Yifeng is all ears."

"Master Lu, can you let the honorable servants avoid it for a while?" Line Yuxuan lowered his head and asked shyly with a reddish face.

"No..." Fatty Lu just wanted to refuse subconsciously, but he didn't think that several dog legs, including the idiot Fang Shiyu, would all bow to Yu Xuan on a conditioned reflex, and then they went out of the room together, and even held him from outside the door. The door of the room was shut tightly.Ever since, in the small room, only the poor little sheep Lu Fatty and the dangerous big bad wolf Lan Yuxuan were left.

"Third General Line, there is no one else, please speak if you have something to say." Fatty Lu said in fear.

Line Yu Xuan was not in a hurry to speak, but slowly raised his head, his big watery eyes were full of sincerity, staring at Fatty Lu, the cherry lips under the mustache were still trembling slightly, as if he wanted to say something The nervous appearance of psychological words.Fatty Lu's poor little heart couldn't help but tremble, for fear that this young master who was definitely as good as Longyang at first glance would open his mouth to woo him--then Fatty Lu really wouldn't be able to stay in Nanning.

Suddenly, Line Yuxuan took a step forward and walked straight towards Fatty Lu. Fatty Lu was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back, staggered, and even sat down on the ground...

"Third General Line, I really don't have that hobby!" Fatty Lu almost screamed in despair.

(End of this chapter)