Chapter 423: Troubled times use heavy code
If the Taiping years were put under the Taiping era, the fourth-rank official position of Huaiyang Road could not be compared with the third-rank Lianghuai Salt Transportation Envoy. However, today it is not peaceful. The Taiping Army occupied Jiangning, Yangzhou, Yizhen and other places. The Yangtze River water transportation was blocked, and Huai salt would be difficult to transport to Huguang to the same extent as before. The salt affairs of Lianghuai were abandoned. It would be better to be the Huaiyang Road, which is "mounting the horse and controlling the people" than to be the Huaiyang Road. Moreover, Guo Peilin not only acted as the Huaiyang Road, but also acted as the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Envoy!
More importantly, Guo Peilin is not a doutai who is a "selling chickens" who is a donor-giving platform, but a Hanlin official who has served as an editor of the Hanlin Academy and Zuo Zanshan of the Zhanshifu. He not only holds two positions but also has a noble status. He learned that he was transferred to Taizhou again as an agent of Huaiyangdao. Yangzhou Pass Supervisor, Yangzhou Prefecture Professor, Taizhou Xuezheng and the new Taizhou Camp Guard and other civil and military officials went to visit him one after another.
The next day, Yangzhou magistrate Fuzhulang'a, Gaoyou, Jiangdu, Ganquan, Yizhen and other prefectures and counties flocked to the main halls. Immediately afterwards, the generals of Huaiyang Town rushed to Taizhou to pay their respects... The Tianhou Palace was full of cities, and Guo Tong and Guo Da's brothers were very happy to collect the door bags, but they did not dare to accept the door bags of Xu Ying, the main hall of Taizhou.
Zhoucheng said it was small, but it was not big. Every time Xu Ying asked to see Lord Guo, who was rejected, spread wildly. The civil and military officials and gentry who had planned to follow Xu Ying to worship the City God, made excuses to shirk the excuses. Even the gentry responsible for rebuilding the City God Temple made the excuse that the City God's golden body was not shaped well, and the Wenzhou Yamen planned to go to worship the City God another day.
Xu Ying was puzzled, not sure what he did wrong, not know where he offended Lord Guo. Just when he was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, Hu Haiping, a juren from Shunde, Guangdong, who had seen him at the Fairy Temple more than once, took the official document with the seal of the Yangzhou prefect.
Handover is not just as simple as handing over the official seal, but also transferring official documents, tax books, tax bills, tax receipts, and approvals for official silver and receipts for various expenses. When it comes to money and grain, it is a confusing account, but Hu Haiping dared not be a confusing official, so that the accompanying friends would carefully take stock and calculate each transaction carefully.
Xu Ying naturally would not do this by himself, nor would he be in the mood to do it by himself, so he simply let Master Hu, who had just recovered from the butt, and he would go to deal with it. He lived in an inn not far from the state yamen to drink wine.
"Brother Yingchen, it turns out that you are drinking by yourself here, so I can find a meal!"
"So it was letting Zhi. If he didn't dislike him, sit down and have two drinks together?"
"What are you talking about?" Wu Xizai, a famous scholar in Yizhou who was avoiding disaster, took the corner of his long gown and sat down, took the wine glass and advised: "Brother Yingchen, life is not satisfactory, let alone you are still the Tongzhi, the general chief of the Qing army of Yangzhou Prefecture, and you have neither been deprived of the post nor been demoted. You are just no longer in charge of Taizhou affairs."
"Let me, I just can't figure out why Lord Guo treats me like this?" Xu Ying put down his glass and said angrily.
Wu Xizai left his hometown because of the war. Not only did he hate the Taiping Army, but he also hated the unruly people who committed rebellion. He held a completely different attitude from local gentry such as Wang Qianli in the matter of inviting troops to suppress the villagers of Thirteen Liwang. Seeing that Xu Ying had not figured it out, he couldn't help but say hatefully: "Mr. Guo must have believed the villain's slander."
"How do you say this?" Xu Ying asked subconsciously.
"Brother Yingchen, you made a quick decision to invite troops to Taizhou to suppress those villains who commit rebellion. In addition, it may be a waste of human life. Lord Guo must have believed the slander of those rats, otherwise Hu Haiping would never have allowed to handle Taizhou affairs."
"Let me, do you mean that Lord Guo doesn't think he should be suppressed?"
"Is this still necessary to ask?" Wu Xizai put down his wine glass and said, "When I came, I heard a few news. It is said that Hu Haiping ordered the yamen runners to take down all the heads of the rebellion hanging on the city tower and show their public opinion. He also summoned the gentry to discuss the aftermath of the Thirteen Liwang, saying that the weather was hot and the rebellion could not be allowed to rush the wilderness again, and planned to help restrain themselves."
Xu Ying didn't expect that Guo Peilin would be in trouble with the traitor, and asked in his wine glass, "Is there any?"
"It is said that Lord Guo not only ordered the new Taizhou camp garrison to recruit soldiers immediately, but also planned to transfer the Miaowan camp to Taizhou. When the troops from Miaowan camp arrived, let the officers and soldiers outside the city who you invited from Jiangbei camp back."
"Hahaha, it turns out that I was dismissed from my official position because I asked troops to suppress the traitors who committed rebellion. It's ridiculous!"
"Brother Yingchen, why are you laughing at?"
"I laughed at him as a third-rank official who did not know the reason why tolerate evil will raise traitors and raise tigers will cause trouble!" Xu Ying slapped his desk with a snap, walked to the window and looked at the direction of the Tianhou Palace, and said heartbrokenly: "After the fall of Jiangning, Changmao, who was entrenched in Jiangning, frequently sent spies to move around. In March this year, Jiang Jisong, a native of Xihenglin, Changzhou, and Jiang Huaifen, colluded with Changmao Zhenjiang, bewitched nearly a thousand villagers in the local area to follow the thief. The villagers nearby also formed cliques and used nunnies as a "home to gather" to discuss the crime of rebellion.
Liang Changbao in Shanyang, Wang Zhaohong in Xuyi, Huangfu Tang in Feng County, Xuzhou, Chen Weilin in Xiajiaqiao in Yancheng, Li Heilan in Xixu, Shuyang... Which of these bandit leaders who took advantage of the situation and committed rebellion did not start from the anti-tax and food resistance? If you don’t need to pay serious punishment in troubled times and just tolerate traitors, you will only raise tigers!”
"Brother Yingchen, you are the chief inspector of the Qing army. You know these things, Lord Guo doesn't know!"
"No, I want to remind him that you must not be kind to those traitors, and you must not tolerate or tolerate evildoers."
"Brother Yingchen, Lord Guo is angry and can't go."
"It's my business whether to go or not, whether to see or not is his business. Whether I can listen to Zhongyi is also his business. I, Xu Ying, just ask for a clear conscience!"
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Just when Xu Ying was angrily planning to persuade Guo Peilin, Wang Qianli, who had just returned to Hai'an, had not had time to upload Lord Guo's orders, but was taken to worship Ren Yaen's coffin, who had just been transported from Jiading to Hai'an.
Yu Sangu lost weight a whole circle and knelt in front of the spirit and cried heartbrokenly. Ren Yu'er's tears had already dried up. She knelt on one side with mourning clothes and lit paper while knelt like a puppet to thank the people who came to worship.
After only a few days of separation, a living person disappeared. President Gu was in a particularly heavy mood. After the worship, he asked his nephew Gu Jinyan to come and help with the funeral. Then he asked Pan Er to go to the Baojia Bureau. Looking at the letters written by Han Xiufeng to these gentry, Pan Er talked about the ins and outs of Ren Yaen'en's death.
"It's so lucky, it's all fate!"
"I knew this a long time ago, he might as well go to Dongtai at that time." Wang Qianli said solemnly.
President Gu put the letter aside and stroked his thighs and said, "It is useless to say this now. The most urgent thing is to settle the third aunt and Yu'er. After all, the living people still have to live this life."
"The Deputy Transportation Office has been built. Why don't they be allowed to temporarily stay in the Deputy Transportation Office?" Li Zhiyong said with a look up.
"Not suitable," Yu Qinghuai pondered: "Otherwise, let them live here. Anyway, Mr. Han won't come back, and no one lives in the Deputy Commission for Transportation, so he might as well convert the Deputy Commission for Transportation into the Baojia Bureau."
President Gu weighed the matter and looked up and said, "Personal Office of the Yun Dynasty should be empty first, and convert the Dusi Office into Baojia Bureau. From now on, we will all go to the foot of Fengshan to handle official duties and give them the current yard."
"It's good, or you'll move in the afternoon."
Pan Er didn't have that time and time to take care of Yu Sangu and Ren Yu'er, so he couldn't help but bow and said, "Director Gu, Sangu and Miss Ren will entrust you a few of them. I have to go back to Taizhou to report to Lord Guo."
Thinking of what Lord Guo assigned, Wang Qianli hurriedly said, "Changsheng, don't rush to leave. There is something I almost forgot to say, Xu Laogui is disregarding human lives and actually brought troops from Jiangbei camp to kill innocent people. Lord Guo was very angry and ordered Hu Haiping, a juren from Shunde, Guangdong, to take over the official hall of Taizhou. However, it is not so easy to drive Qiu Ba who killed good and made great contributions. He had to quickly transfer a battalion of troops to Taizhou, otherwise Mr. Guo would not be able to speak with Qishan and Lei Yicheng."
"Half Xu has been dismissed from office?" Dean Gu asked anxiously.
"Mr. Guo hates Xu Laogui, but Xu Laogui is a Jinshi, and in the eyes of Qishan and Lei Yicheng, not only does Xu Laogui not be considered to be completely conscientious, but even uses heavy sanctions in troubled times. What's more, Yangzhou cannot be conquered for a long time, so they are unable to explain to the court, and maybe they have already reported the matter of Thirteen Liwang to seek credit and reward. With Qishan and Lei Yicheng here, Guo can only take Xu Laogui's position, and cannot dismiss Xu Laogui's office, and cannot cure Xu Laogui's crime."
"It's hard for Lord Guo." President Gu nodded, and then asked again: "Mr. Guo plans to transfer the salt capture camp to Taizhou?"
"Mr. Guo wants to transfer the first battalion of troops to Taizhou, but he doesn't want to transfer the salt battalion."
"Where will the troops from the salt camp be dispatched if it is not adjusted?" Pan Er asked in confusion.
"Now Lord Guo is not only the salt transport envoy of the two Huaihe Rivers, but also the division of Huaiyang troops who also manage the grain service. Not only is Huaiyang Town under the jurisdiction of Lord Guo, but several battalions of Caobiao are also under the jurisdiction of Lord Guo. Most of the soldiers in Huaiyang Town were transferred to Jiangbei Camp to quell the chaos. Those who were not transferred had to stay in the flood land, so the soldiers in Huaiyang Town could not be transferred, so they could only transfer Caobiao troops."
Thinking that before the former governor of Cao Transport, Yang Dianbang, had already escaped from the city and fled, the soldiers of Caobiao's green camp had already run away. Pan Er asked with a bitter face: "Master Wang, do Caobiao still have soldiers?"
"So Lord Guo asked us to rebuild Miaowan Camp quickly and ordered us to lead a battalion of troops to Taizhou within three days."
"Why don't you transfer the salt capture camp to Taizhou?"
"Changsheng, Lord Guo has the consideration of Lord Guo," President Gu pondered: "Qishan consumed so much food and money in the court, but he was unable to capture Yangzhou for a long time. If he knew that Lord Guo had a battalion of elite troops, he would definitely be transferred to attack the city. It is a matter of serving the court, but his subordinates cannot be allowed to serve Qishan as cannon fodder, so the salt capture camp can only station in Hai'an, and will never move to Taizhou unless it is absolutely necessary."
"But how can a camp be rebuilt within three days?"
Chapter completed!