Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 41 Ru, the prostitute

He Zhongtang smiled all over his face, blinked his dead fish eyes, and replied: "Back to the words of the Lord Long Live, the servant thought that no matter whether Ming Xing had the ability to lead troops, at least his loyalty to the Lord Long Live was obvious. of."

"Think about it, Mingxing didn't completely shift the responsibility to other people, but took the initiative to take the responsibility, and Mr. Fu took the initiative to excuse Mingxing. This shows that we Manchurians are still united."

Speaking of this, He Zhongtang's face was full of sighs and emotions: "I remember that there is a story on the grassland that says that one chopstick is easy to break, but ten chopsticks can't be broken. Closely surround the Lord Long Live, then, no matter how loud the noise of these rebels is, they are just acting as heroes for a while, and they will not be successful."

"As for Zhu Ni and Chen Tailai reported by Ming Xing, and the Eight Diagrams Sect reported by Uncle Fu, in fact, the relationship between the two is one and two, two and one. The slave thinks that there is no need to distinguish so clearly."

Qian Deaf Old Dog hummed, and said, "Why do you use an unnecessary method, let's talk about it?"

He Zhongtang replied, "In my slave's opinion, whether it's Zhu Ni, the Bagua Sect, or the local farmers' associations, they're just a bunch of mud-legged people who can't survive trying to fight each other. It’s just a way to survive, and this can be seen from the notes of Uncle Fu and Ming Xing.”

"As for Chen Tailai, the governor of the river, it may not be that he had colluded with the rebel bandits as Ming Xing said. It should be that he failed to suppress the bandits one after another. He was worried that the court would hold him responsible for his ineffective suppression of the bandits, so he recklessly raised his hand. against the flag."

The old dog Qian Deaf hummed once again, and asked, "Then according to your opinion, what should we do with this Chen Tailai?"

He Zhongtang said: "According to this slave, it's best to appease first and then kill."

Qian Deaf Old Dog hummed, did not respond to He Zhongtang's proposal, but slowly calculated gains and losses in his heart, while Ji Yun and Ji Xiaolan, who were also waiting beside Qian Deaf Old Dog, laughed and smacked He took two puffs of cigarettes and taunted: "He Zhongtang is really a good suggestion. First appease the governor of Hedao who raised the flag of rebellion because he was worried about the court's punishment. You are planning to let other officials in the world follow Chen Tailai. Once you make mistakes one after another, as long as you hold up Can you wait for the court to appease you if you raise the flag?"

"It's fine if it's just like this, but why did you kill He Zhongtang again? Aren't you joking about the court's reputation?"

Speaking of this, Ji Xiaolan turned to Qian Deaf Old Dog, bowed and said: "Qi Zou the emperor, I think it's inappropriate to speak with your lord."

The old dog Qian Deaf still hummed lightly, glanced at Ji Xiaolan imperceptibly and asked, "In your opinion, what should we do?"

Ji Xiaolan bowed and said: "Qizou the emperor, I thought that since Chen Tailai dared to rebel, he should send a large army to suppress him. If he is to appease him, wouldn't everyone in the world follow suit?"

"There are also the Yanzhou Zhu Ni case and the Caozhou gossip teaching case. As He Zhongtang said, it is the people who can't survive that will rebel. Therefore, I think we should send imperial envoys to Yanzhou and Caozhou to investigate those officials who forced the people to rebel. If not, I am afraid that my Qing Dynasty will not know how many corrupt officials like them, who are doing harm to the people!"

Speaking of this, Ji Xiaolan took two more puffs of the cigarette pot, and then continued: "They have been greedy for money, but what they have ruined is the reputation of the Qing court and the country of the Long Live Lord. If they don't kill them, I'm afraid they won't be enough." Let the people be outraged!"

The old dog Qian Deaf still hummed lightly, and said: "Okay, I have my own opinion on this matter."

After finishing speaking, the old dog Qian Deaf turned his head to He Zhongtang again and said: "The decree is to order Grand Master Fu Heng to lead the Eight Banners Army and 3000 people from the Firearms Battalion to Caozhou to put down the rebellion of the Bagua Sect first."

"University scholar Agui transferred the imperial envoy to Guanfang, and went from Tianjin to Shandong to supervise the division; then ordered the forehead Nawangdorji and Zuodu censor Asiha to lead 2000 soldiers from the Second Battalion of Jianrui Firearms to Yizhou to suppress Zhu. inverse."

"As for Chen Tailai..."

After pondering for a while, Qian Deaf Old Dog said, "Let's do it according to your wishes."

He Zhongtang responded with a hush, but Ji Xiaolan said anxiously: "Long live Lord, think twice! If you follow He-sama's wishes, everyone in the world will dare to imitate Chen thief, if..."

Before Ji Xiaolan finished speaking, the old dog Qian Deaf suddenly opened his half-closed eyes and shouted angrily, "Get out!"

Ji Xiaolan was taken aback by the scolding, but he and Zhongtang stopped Ji Xiaolan and bid farewell to Qian Deaf old dog together.

After leaving the dormitory of Qian Deaf Old Dog, Ji Xiaolan frowned and said to He Zhongtang: "Master He, Long Live Lord..."

He Zhongtang laughed, and said in a strange way: "Ji Xiaolan, Ji Xiaolan, you think you are the only smart person in the world, don't you? In your eyes, the majestic Lord Zhongtang is just a lucky jester, and can't compare to you Mr. Ji Da is learned, isn’t he? You are the only loyal minister in the world, and the rest are all flattering villains like me, right?”

Ji Xiaolan frowned and said, "My lord, I didn't say that."

"Okay, okay, you didn't say that, that's what you meant," He Zhongtang said impatiently, "I admit that you, Mr. Ji Da, are well-learned and upright, except that you have to find women five times a day. Other problems, it's like a saint reincarnated, Er and I are treacherous villains, okay?"

Ji Xiaolan was furious immediately.

Damn it, they say you don't slap people in the face when you hit them, and you don't expose your faults when you swear. Why are you and Gentleman so insignificant?
When He Shen saw Ji Xiaolan, he was anxious, so he raised his hand, pointed at Ji Xiaolan and said, "Don't blame me for talking about you, because you really should talk about it!"

Ji Xiaolan suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "Would you like to hear more about it?"

He Shen snorted and said, "Then let me ask you, what does Chen Tailai do?"

"Rebellious traitor," Ji Xiaolan said, "Before the rebellion, he was just a river governor. Could it be that you and Zhongtang can't cure him?"

He Shen sneered again, and said: "Let me tell you Ji Dayandai, neither you nor Liu Guozi who got up from the literary prison are actually not in the eyes of me and Er, let alone him as the governor of the river. .”

Ji Xiaolan was slightly angry in her heart, but she also knew that what He Shen said was the truth, so she could only snort, and quickly took two puffs of the cigarette pot, and asked, "Since you and Zhongtang are so powerful, why do you need to appease them first?" Chen Tailai, and then kill him? Why can't we just send troops to suppress it?"

He Shen snorted disdainfully, and said: "How else can you say that you are stupid in reading? Oh, you Mr. Ji only saw that Chen Tailai was just a mere second-rank river governor, but you didn't see that his subordinates still There are millions of watercraft workers?"

"Millions of water workers, Mr. Ji! Millions!"

He Shen stretched out a finger in front of Ji Xiaolan and dangled it back and forth several times before continuing: "In addition to the millions of water workers, there is also water transportation. Do you know where the grain in the capital comes from?" of?"

Speaking of this, He Shen suddenly slapped his head: "By the way, you, Ji Dayandai, will definitely say that the food is grown by the hard work of the common people, and it is true to say so."

Ji Xiaolan said angrily: "It wasn't grown by the common people's hard work, so could it be that you and your lord spent money to buy it?"

Heshen was not angry, but smiled and said, "Buy? No matter how rich the gentleman and I are, how can we still afford to buy the grain that supplies the entire capital? Let me tell you about Ji Da's cigarette pouch, which is the million-dollar grain of our Qing Dynasty. Workers, through water transport, one ship after another, transported to the capital!"

"Now Chen Tailai, the governor of the river, is rebellious. What about the millions of waterworkers under him? You kill them all? Hmm? If you don't kill them all, how do you suppress Chen Tailai? Hmm? If you can't suppress Chen Tailai, the capital will soon be destroyed. You will face a situation of soaring food prices, and at that time, you will not be able to buy food with money! How many people do you want to starve to death? Huh?"

Ji Xiaolan was a little dazed by He Shen's series of rhetorical questions, and it took her a long time to react, and said angrily, "Even if you recruited Chen Tailai because of this, why did you kill him?"

He Shen sneered again with disdain, and said, "If you don't kill him, will all the officials in the world learn from him?"

Ji Xiaolan said again: "Then how do you and your lord know that you will be able to recruit successfully?"

He Shen smiled and said, "I know? What do I know? I only know that Chen Tailai raised the flag of rebellion because he failed to suppress the bandits repeatedly, because he was afraid that the court would be held accountable. His parents, wife and children."

"So, just tell him that he is the only one who died, and his son can still receive grace and can go to the Imperial College to study. If it were you, how would you choose?"

"Also, you said that you want to send the censor to Yanzhou, Yizhou, Caozhou and other places to conduct a thorough investigation, so let me ask you, what do you want to investigate? Who is to investigate for corruption?"

Ji Xiaolan said: "Shouldn't there be an investigation? This is an official coercion, my lord!"

He Shen snorted and said, "Officials force the people to rebel? There are a lot of corrupt officials in the world, can you find out? Also, there are so many people who can't survive in the world, how can you find them elsewhere? Didn’t the people rebel?”

Speaking of this, He Shen suddenly asked another irrelevant question: "Let me ask you, where are we almost now?"

Ji Xiaolan was taken aback, and replied, "Jinan Mansion."

He Shen slapped his hands and said, "That's right, Jinan Prefecture. Then let me ask you again, what is the surname of the prefect of Jinan?"

But this time, Heshen asked and answered without waiting for Ji Xiaolan's answer: "Mingxing, the prefect of Jinan, is surnamed Fucha. Then let me ask you again, what's the surname of Empress Xiaoxianchun? It's still Fucha, and She's the older sister of Grand Bachelor Fu Heng!"

"There is also Mr. Fukang Anfu. Even me and Er have to call him Mr. Fu. What's going on? You, Ji Xiaolan, are not deaf and blind. You should know what's going on, right? Long live Lord counted Why did you not enter Jinan? Then why do you want to go to Jinan this time? How dare you say to send someone to investigate Yanzhou Mansion?"

Ji Xiaolan was once again confused by He Shen's question.

Ji Xiaolan found that each of these questions seemed to be answerable, but after connecting these questions together, Ji Honglan found out in despair that she couldn't figure out the relationship at all.

After being dazed for a long while, Heshen figured out the answers to these questions himself: "Empress Xiaoxianchun followed the saint to tour the south, but unexpectedly collapsed on the way back to Beijing, and it was near Jinan. What is the reason for stepping into Jinan City again? Lord Long Live is afraid of seeing things and thinking about others, afraid of thinking of Empress Xiaoxian Chun!"

"And this time, Lord Long Live knows that this is his last tour to the south, so he has to enter Jinan, because Lord Long Live is still thinking about Empress Xiaoxian Chun!"

"You think Mingxing is just a Jinan governor? Huh? Think about his surname! Let me tell you, he is actually guarding the Jinan Mansion in place of the Long Live Lord, guarding the filial and pure queen, so, under his rule, there are What are a few rebels in the area? Check out Mingxing, who are you giving eye drops to?"

"Even if you don't mention this, just relying on Mr. Fu's face, can't you still keep a Fucha Mingxing?"

After finishing speaking, He Shen suddenly laughed again, and said: "Okay, okay, don't think about it anymore, it's time to go down to court, you should go find a woman again, right?"

Ji Xiaolan was sweating profusely from Heshen's talk, and couldn't help snorting, cupped his hands at Heshen, and said, "Farewell!"

He Shen smiled slightly and said, "No."

It was only after Ji Xiaolan left that Heshen gave a disdainful pooh, and cursed: "What the hell, it's just a whore with some literary talents, who can make Long Live Lord happy, and really treats herself as something!"

(End of this chapter)