scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 127
After receiving the news that Fatty Lu was transferred to Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, Gyeonggi Province to serve as Liupin County Magistrate, Gan Wenkun, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty, was shocked at first, and almost doubted whether his master, Emperor Mazi, was crazy and would make such an intimate act. The act of self-destruction of the Great Wall that hurts the enemy and quickens the enemy?But after opening Xiao Mazi's second secret decree, and seeing Xiao Mazi secretly ordering him to keep an eye on Fatty Lu and the reaction of the Pingxi Palace on Fatty Lu's transfer, Gan Wenkun soon realized that he had been doing it for a long time to further test Lu Fatty.

To be honest, Gan Wenkun fully approves of Xiao Mazi’s probing move—since ancient times, double-faced agents like Fatty Lu have always been the most effective and dangerous. If used well, they can gain countless The enemy's core secrets, which cannot be touched by ordinary secret agents, can also accomplish countless tasks that ordinary secret agents can basically complete; I have to leave it in Yungui!Especially when Fatty Lu controls the local government and the local army in Qujing at the same time, the issue of Fatty Lu's loyalty is even more crucial.

However, although the method and purpose are very reasonable, Gan Wenkun is a bit reluctant to agree with Xiao Mazi's probing methods. Now that Xiao Mazi and Aobai are restraining each other and dare not offend Wu Sangui to death, Gan Wenkun is Absolutely no guts to immediately relocate the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Yamen back to Qujing.At the same time, the current Kangdong Tibetan bandits, Kaili chieftain A Rong, and Zhencai chieftain Afu are all very violent, often making troubles to harass the Qing army. Instigated), Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, dared not leave Guiyang City, the capital of Guizhou Province, which was surrounded by enemies at will.

Faced with such a bad situation, Gan Wenkun, who was almost unaccompanied in Yunnan and Guizhou, was unavoidably worried. If in the process of testing Fatty Lu, it proved that Fatty Lu was indeed completely loyal to the Qing Dynasty and the imperial court, then it would inevitably take a lot of effort. It hurt the hearts of loyal ministers, and made those neutral officials in Yunnan and Guizhou more afraid to be loyal to the imperial court; at the same time, in the process of testing, it was equivalent to giving Wu Sangui a good opportunity to intervene in Qujing's military and civil affairs again. The gain outweighs the loss.

Worried and worried, Gan Wenkun dared not listen to Xiao Mazi's imperial decree. In desperation, Gan Wenkun had no choice but to send his confidant brother Gan Wenjiong to go to Qujing to deliver the transfer order to Fatty Lu in person—and monitor Fatty Lu's response to this matter by the way. reaction, and spying on Pingxi Palace's reaction to this matter.

When Gan Wenjiong came to Qujing City with the transfer order, it was already February [-]th, the tenth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, but when he successfully saw Fatty Lu in the backyard of the Qujing County Government, Gan Wenjiong was shocked. I haven't seen him for a month. Fatty Lu has lost a lot of weight compared to the last time. His face is unshaven as if he hasn't washed and shaved for a few days, and his rat's braids are also a little messy. After entering the study, he sat opposite Gan Wenjiong without saying a word. The decadence and ashes on his face formed an extremely sharp contrast with the high-spiritedness of the previous few meetings.

Seeing Gan Wenjiong's surprise, Fatty Lu's confidant Xiao Erlang hurried forward to explain, and whispered in Gan Wenjiong's ear: "Don't blame Mr. Gan, my young master has been like this for several days and nights since he learned that he was about to be transferred. Don't eat or drink, don't talk, and don't even care about business affairs."

"Lord Lu already knows that he is going to be transferred?" Gan Wenjiong was taken aback, and then immediately realized that it must be the news from Wu Sangui.

"Understood." Before Xiao Erlang could reply, Fatty Lu spoke first, and said weakly: "I already knew about it four or five days ago. Prince Pingxi sent someone to inform me."

"Then what else did they say?" Gan Wenjiong asked quickly.

"What else can I say?" Fatty Lu smiled bitterly, and said, "Ask me to resign from the official position and stay in Yunnan. If I just resign from the official position and stay in Yunnan, I will be guaranteed to be safe and sound. Long, if you make something similar to the Eight Banners drug ointment and glass mirror for Prince Pingxi, it will definitely guarantee a bigger future for me in the future."

"Then what is Master Lu's plan? How about Prince Pingxi?" Gan Wenjiong asked nervously.

Fatty Lu's eyes were empty, he looked up at the beam without saying a word, but Zhu Fangdan, the last person in the study and another confidant of Fatty Lu, spoke angrily, "Master Gan, how can our lords answer? Our lords If it was really just for the sake of being wise and safe, it was really just for the sake of glory and wealth. When Prime Minister Ao allowed him to patrol the salt road in the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, which was the most fat in the world, he had already betrayed the court and failed the holy grace, and now he is still greedy for Yunnan and peace. Broken officials in a poor place like Guizhou?!"

"Lord Lu, Master Zhu, don't worry, speak slowly." Gan Wenjiong knew that Fatty Lu was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything serious, but comforted him in different ways: "As for the decision of the court, to be honest, the Governor Your Excellency and I are also very surprised, because before this, the Governor-General has already made an appointment to guarantee that you will take over as the prefect of Qujing on the spot, but I don’t know that there was an accident there, and the Ministry of Officials decided to send you, Mr. Lu, to make up for the one in Daxing. Missing. But it doesn’t matter, the magistrate of Jing County is the sixth grade, and you, Master Lu, have been promoted two levels in a row this time, which is already very rare for a donated official. And this may be just an excess, I believe it won’t take long... ...."

"Master Gan, you don't need to say anything, I understand." Fatty Lu interrupted Gan Wenjiong's eloquence, and said in a depressed mood: "Your official understands everything, and I really can't blame you, Mr. Gan, let alone dare to blame you for this matter." Governor, if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself, blame me for being too pure and self-respecting."

"Blame yourself for being too pure and self-respecting?" Gan Wenjiong was a little confused and didn't react for a while.

Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and slowly said: "If I didn't clean my body and love myself back then, rejected Si Gege's seductive temptation, and completely offended Si Gege, how could this happen?"

"Master Lu, have you said that? How could Si Gege be such a person?" Gan Wenjiong also smiled wryly, but Gan Wenjiong also knew very well in his heart that this time Xiao Mazi tried Fatty Lu again, and it was probably because of Fatty Lu. The reason why the arch-rival Kong Sizhen fanned the flames in front of Xiao Mazi.

"Is Si Gege not such a person?" Zhu Fangdan laughed loudly, and said angrily: "If Si Gege is not such a person, then at the beginning, the master asked the emperor to issue an order through the secret station of the Thirteen Yamen to collect the seeds of the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment When it was state-owned, why did they disappear together with the memorials? Why did the people of the four divisions and one party make things difficult for our boss when our boss was in charge? Why did our boss and Li Suzu complain to each other? Si Gege would suddenly appear in Qujing City to help Li Suizu frame our boss?! At that time, if the imperial court hadn’t sent the person who happened to be Wang Xu Wang Zongxian, our boss would have been ransacked long ago?!”

Gan Wenjiong was speechless, completely speechless, while Fatty Lu waved his hand, and said weakly: "Master Zhu, don't talk about it, you don't blame Lord Gan for this matter, what's the use of you venting to him? "

"Boss, the student is not venting." Zhu Fangdan said unconvinced: "The student is just not worth it for you. You are so loyal to the emperor and the court. You tied your head on your trouser belt and monitored Prince Pingxi for the court and the emperor in Qujing. The unlawful vassal struggles under the prince's command are trembling every day, and their lives are in danger at any time, but in the end they end up being framed and attacked by the villain. The students are not worth it for you! The students also have no intention of venting against Mr. Gan, just hope Mr. Gan and Mr. Governor can speak up for you, and report your grievances to the emperor and the court! Your hardships!"

"Don't say it, don't say it." Fatty Lu was dying, shaking his head in pain and said: "Maybe it was because he didn't do well enough to satisfy the court and the emperor, so he ended up like this."

"Alas!" Speaking of this, Fatty Lu sighed and murmured: "But it's okay, the family has [-] acres of fertile land, twelve shops, and even if you resign and return to your hometown, you won't die of hunger."

"Lord Lu, are you planning to resign and return to your hometown?" Gan Wenjiong was taken aback - Fatty Lu's hometown is Dali, Yunnan.

"If you don't resign and go back to your hometown, what else can you do?" Fatty Lu smiled more and more bitterly, and said, "I offended the entire Li family, Lord Kang, and Si Gege in the Li Suizu case. In Dingnan Prince's Mansion, their disciples are old and their relatives are of the same age. One person can drown me by spitting! In Yunnan, I can temporarily avoid their revenge and wait for the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and show my loyalty to the emperor, but When we arrive in Gyeonggi, isn’t it easier for them to kill me than to crush an ant? Daxing County, do I dare to go?”

"Master Lu, what are you talking about?" Gan Wenjiong hurriedly persuaded: "The current emperor is holy and mighty, and the candle shines thousands of miles away. When you arrive in Daxing, you are also at the foot of the emperor. How can the emperor sit back and watch you be framed and slandered by others? Also, the current Shuntian Mansion Yin Ji Zhenjiang has a very close relationship with my brother, and we will definitely ask him to take care of you and will never let you suffer any grievances."

"Master Gan, you don't need to say anything, I've made up my mind." Fatty Lu shook his head and waved to Xiao Erlang. My lord, this is my young master's resignation letter. Please accept it and hand it over to the governor. We will pack up tonight and go back to Dali to farm tomorrow. From now on, my young master will never be an official again. I'm an official."

"No, no." Gan Wenjiong became a little anxious, and quickly waved his hands away, and said, "Master Lu, I am also grateful for your help to my brother over the past year, so I only say something from my heart-you have considered it. No, if you resign and return to your hometown in Dali, won’t others have something to say?”

"Others have more to say?" Fatty Lu was stunned for a while, then came back to his senses, and said with a sneer, "Thank you, Mr. Gan, for your guidance, I almost forgot this. If I resign from my official position and return to my hometown Dali, others will There is more to say. ——I, Lu Yifeng, have been selected officials from the beginning to the end. I am a member of Prince Pingxi. I would rather not be an official. I would rather stay in Yunnan to serve as a running dog for Prince Pingxi and help Prince Pingxi fight against the court. .”

Gan Wenjiong didn't speak anymore, it was his tacit consent.At this time, Zhu Fangdan interjected and said, "Boss, Mr. Gan's words are justified. If you go back to your hometown, those treacherous villains will indeed have something to say. So according to the students, you must not go back to your hometown. You can only leave Yunnan, Yunnan and Guizhou." , to wash away your grievances.”

"Then where should I go?" Fatty Lu asked hesitantly.

"Young master, let's go to Guangdong." Xiao Erlang suggested: "Go to the young lady's natal family. Prince Pingnan has always recognized you as a brother-in-law. When you arrive in Guangzhou, he will definitely not treat you badly."

"No, I can't go to Guangdong." Zhu Fangdan became emotional, and said, "Prince Pingnan is also a vassal prince. When you come to Guangdong, my master, others will have more to say. Otherwise, if you don't dislike me, my master, you can go back to Hankou, the student's hometown. Go, it's close to Jingzhou where the governor of Huguang, Sichuan is located, the governor of the three provinces, Cai Yurong, Mr. Cai, has also contacted you by letter, admires you very much, and has the intention of soliciting you. When you get there, there may be hope for a comeback."

"Master, Huguang is not as good as Jiangnan." Xiao Erlang made another suggestion, "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. With your talent, young master, you will be in high demand wherever you go!"

Xiao Erlang's words are not an exaggeration at all. Ever since Fatty Lu became famous in Qujing with two money-grabbing weapons, Eight Banners Fushou Ointment and Glass Mirror, all governors in the world have dreamed of getting a super like Fatty Lu. Talent, let Fatty Lu create a few sources of income for himself. Basically, no matter which province Fatty Lu goes to, the governor of that province will visit him as soon as possible. under the effect.

After all, there are too few officials in this world who don't love money. Even an upright official who doesn't love money at all hopes that the people under his rule will become rich. Fang's good name.

Having said that, even though Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang talked enthusiastically, Fatty Lu never said a word, until Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang talked dryly and there was nothing to say, then Fatty Lu slowly stood up and said slowly: " No, I don’t go there either, I only go to one place, and only when I get to that place can I tell the emperor, the court, and the whole world that I, Lu Yifeng, was born in the Qing Dynasty and died in the Qing Dynasty ghost!"

"Boss, what place are you talking about?" Zhu Fangdan asked curiously.

"Guangxi!" Fatty Lu suddenly slapped the table and shouted hysterically, "I'm not going there either, I'm only going to Guangxi!"

"Lord Lu, are you crazy?!" Gan Wenjiong was the first to scream in shock.

"Of course I'm not crazy!" Fatty Lu slammed the table and yelled, "Didn't she want my life, Kongsi? Life is a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and death is a loyal ghost of the Qing Dynasty! It was only because of that bitch that I left my hometown and sent me to my door to be killed by her! History——!"

Roaring, Fatty Lu grabbed the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table, threw them and smashed them, and finally flipped the desk over. He looked like a madman, frightened Gan Wenjiong, Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang, all of them were out of their wits. Fatty Lu held it down, and repeatedly comforted him, "Young Master, Young Master, calm down." "Boss, you can't do this, even if you are angry, you can't make fun of your own head." "Master Lu, you must not do this, our brothers failed I am already very sad for leaving you in Qujing, if you continue like this, our brothers will be even more sad."

"Lord Gan, I've made up my mind." Fatty Lu suddenly grabbed Gan Wenjiong's wrist tightly, and said with tears in his eyes, "Please report back to the governor, Qujing county magistrate, I'm no longer a magistrate! Daxing county magistrate, I'm no longer a magistrate." Prefect of Qujing, I am not greedy anymore! I want to go to Guangxi, I want to show the emperor and the governor-general, and see what kind of person I am, Lu Yifeng! Please tell the governor-general, tell the emperor, I Lu Yifeng, you have given your allegiance to the Qing Dynasty! All your allegiance——!"

Yelling, Fatty Lu couldn't help crying, while Gan Wenjiong was in a hurry, wiping his tears for Fatty Lu and comforting him, "Lord Lu, calm down, please calm down, don't get angry, let alone take I am angry with my family and life! As you said, Si Gege did have some misunderstandings about you, and she is not so broad-minded. If you really want to go to Guangxi, I am afraid that there will be some danger. Please calm down. Wan calm down."

"No!" Fatty Lu cried and refused, turned to Xiao Erlang and Zhu Fangdan and asked, "Erlang, Master Zhu, I have already made a decision. I want to go to Guangxi. If you want to go with me, go with me. If you don't want to go, I will never Don’t force it. Tell me, will you go or not?”

"Boss, what are you talking about?" Zhu Fangdan said seriously: "Since I, Zhu Fangdan, have been treated by you as a national scholar since I came to your shogunate, of course I will repay you as a national scholar. If you are determined to go to Guangxi, of course I will If I want to go with you, at worst I will lose this old life in Guangxi."

"Master, I grew up in your family. Although I am your servant, you have always treated me like a brother." Xiao Erlang cried and said, "Master, if you are going to Guangxi, of course I will follow you." , What’s so great about having a bowl-sized scar on your head? But I just ask you one thing, please leave the young lady and the young master, let the uncle and master take care of them, and leave a root for our Lu family... .”

Speaking of this, Xiao Erlang could no longer restrain his sadness, and cried with Fatty Lu in his arms, and Zhu Fangdan was also in tears, crying together with Fatty Lu and Xiao Erlang. At this time, Shang Wan's voice came from outside the study Yan's crying sound, soon, everyone inside and outside the study became a crowd of crying.Gan Wenjiong, on the other hand, never dreamed that the matter would develop to this point. He stood there at a loss, not knowing whether to try his best to dissuade him, or to agree on behalf of Gan Wenkun to Lu Fatzi's act of committing suicide to prove his loyalty...

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So, in a fit of anger, Fatty Lu refused to listen to Gan Wenjiong's kind dissuasion, and the good intentions of Zhang Gaomo, the prefect of Qujing who came to receive the news, resolutely stuffed the resignation paper into Gan Wenjiong's paper, and decided to give it the next day. Leaving Qujing, went to Guangxi to voluntarily die.And those who are determined to go with Fatty Lu are also Fatty Lu's two dog legs, Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan. Originally, Li Tianzhi and the Liu brothers also wanted to go with Fatty Lu, but Fatty Lu firmly refused, and agreed with tears Fatty Lu begged—stay in Yunnan, stay in Qujing to take care of and protect Fatty Lu's family.

On February [-]th, when Fatty Lu left Qujing, the whole city of Qujing was a sensation, and all walks of life went on strike to protest. Countless people flocked to the official road from Qujing to Luoping, crying to see Fatty Lu such a rare man. The good dog official left Qujing, crying to protest against the shameless crime of the court treacherous framed Fatty Lu.The people on both sides of the official road looked like ants, and the crying was loud. Countless people held Fatty Lu by the corners of his clothes reluctantly, kneeling down and begging Fatty Lu to stay. Their emotions and emotions were so intense that they almost caused a civil uprising on the spot.

Seeing such a scene, Gan Wenjiong was moved, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit of chest-beating—Fatty Lu is so popular among the people, if Fatty Lu sticks to the city and guards at the critical moment, it must be the unity of the army and the people, and the people are united. With an army of ten thousand horses and perfect martial arts, it is bound to be difficult to surpass Qujing by one step!It's all right now, the people's hearts of one mind are completely gone!

What made Gan Wenjiong even more unexpected was the speed of Pingxi Palace's response to this matter. On the day Fatty Lu left Qujing, Chen Dou, another candidate for the West, showed the official document that Wu Sangui had issued a year ago, and forcibly After taking over the seal of Qujing County Magistrate, Wu Sangui also sent a letter to the Ministry of Officials, asking the Ministry of Officials to write down the letter and ask Chen Doushi to make up for the lack of Qujing County Magistrate—this is the legendary right to choose the West.

At the same time, Wu Sangui also asked Zhang Gaomo, the current prefect of Qujing, to fill in the vacancy of the prefect of Hengzhou, Hunan, and reassign Hengzhou to the prefect of Qujing. Wu Sangui also asked Niu Tianshen, the prefect of Dading, Guizhou, to take over. Selecting officials as substitutes, he put on a ferocious posture to swallow Qujing Minzheng. ——No way, Qujing is the only state capital in Yunnan that allows private cultivation of Eight Banners Fushou Gao.

Of course, taking the power of civil affairs in Qujing alone cannot satisfy the greedy appetite of the Pingxi Palace. Pingxi has long coveted the control of the Qujing Green Camp. Just two days after Fatty Lu resigned, Wu Sangui asked the outgoing governor of Yunnan Lin Tianqing to cooperate with Yunnan Province. Admiral Zhang Guozhu wrote down together, and appointed Kong Fanlin and Luo Kedi, the former guards of the Pingxi Palace, as the thousand generals of the Yunnan Green Camp. They half-emptied Fatty Lu's cousin Qin Yong and his confidant Li Tianzhi, and stirred up the Qujing Green Camp carefully built by Fatty Lu from a single piece of iron. Loose sand.

What's more annoying is that Gan Wenjiong also found out that the soldiers of the Youzhen army stationed in Pingxi Wangfu in Qujing were still spreading rumors among the people, saying that the Qing court received bribes from corrupt officials, so they deliberately drove away Fatty Lu He is going to change some corrupt officials who gave money to Qujing fish and meat people, and he is also going to take back the biggest privilege that Qujing people have obtained under Fatty Lu's blessing - the only private planting right of Eight Banners drug in the country, so as to make huge profits!

As a result, it was natural that when the people in Qujing were already full of resentment, such rumors naturally completely stabbed the hornet's nest in Qujing. The fat man complained about his grievances, and the ban on the city became more and more violent, causing the whole Qujing city to be in chaos. The Western election officials played the slogan of Yunnan!
After Gan Wenjiong passed the news back to Guiyang, Gan Wenkun was so angry that he even ordered his master to write a memorial on the spot to scold Kong Sizhen. Civil and military, once corrupted!
But halfway through writing the memorial, Gan Wenkun suddenly ordered his master to stop writing, and personally tore up the memorial to pieces, Gan Wenkun's son Gan Guocheng who was next to him was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "Father, why did you tear up this memorial again? "

"I was confused just now." Gan Wenkun said helplessly: "Kong Sizhen and his group dared to do this, they must have got the emperor's order. I impeach Kong Sizhen like this, which is tantamount to slapping the emperor in the face, accusing the emperor of incompetent governance. Stirring up a civil uprising. Such a memorial will not only be useless, but on the contrary, for the sake of face, the emperor may really decree that Lu Yifeng will never be used."

"That makes sense, so what should we do?" Gan Guocheng asked.

"There are two memorials, light and dark." Gan Wenkun said in a deep voice: "The first memorial is published, the content is to plead for the people of Qujing, and ask the court to recall Lu Yifeng to be the magistrate of Qujing again, or take over as the magistrate of Qujing on the spot. On the second memorial Confidentially, report Qujing's current situation, Lu Yifeng's decision, and Wu Sangui's reaction to the emperor truthfully, the more detailed the better, but there must be no one word to blame Kong Sizhen and his gang."

"There must be no one word to blame Kong Sizhen and his gang?" Gan Guocheng was a little confused.

"Stupid!" Gan Wenkun cursed, gritted his teeth and said, "There is no one word to condemn that bitch, but to her is the greatest condemnation, the emperor will know better than anyone else, who is deliberately destroying the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou!"

Speaking of this, Gan Wenkun slapped the table again, and roared: "Kong Si bitch, Lao Tzu and Lu Yifeng tied their heads to their belts in Yungui, fighting with old Wu Sangui, and you are still stabbing in the back! Now you stab Come on, I want to see, how will you explain to the emperor this time? How will you explain to the court?!"

(End of this chapter)