scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 134
Discussed with Zhu Fangdan the strategy of returning to Yunnan with the help of the enemy, and carefully calculated the general details of the plan. The next morning, Fatty Lu, who had not slept all night and had thick dark circles on his face, found Line Guoan and Line Yuxuan and his son, I implore the line family to come forward, and in their name, invite Jin Guangzu, Monk Zhijie and others who are in Nanning City, to the banquet, and repeatedly emphasize that Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiongzhen, Ma Xiong, Shang Zhi Jie, Huang Zhangsi and others were invited to the scene at the same time so that they could act on their own.

Originally, Fatty Lu could of course invite him in his own name, and Jin Guangzu and others who were asking for Fatty Lu would not refuse to give this face, but Fatty Lu's official status is too low, and at the same time he invited so many dignitaries. , even if people give face, it is not easy to say this, so I have to ask the line father and son for help.Of course, the Line family father and son would not refuse such a small request from Fatty Lu, and immediately sent out invitations in the reputation of Line Guoan, inviting Jin Guangzu and others to come to the house for a gathering. We spent money to kill pigs and sheep, and Zhang Luo entertained Jin Guangzu and other dignitaries with banquets.

The face of the old admiral of Guangxi, Lan Guoan, is obviously better than that of Lu Fatty. Just after the time passed, Shang Zhijie was the first to rush to the Lane's mansion for a banquet excitedly - in addition to the gift, he actually carried a stick in his hand. The rope made a gesture of tying his brother-in-law back to Guangzhou. Immediately afterwards, Huang Zhangsi and Ma Xiongzhen were welcomed into the Lane Mansion one after the other. Ma Xiong went directly into the Lane Mansion without notifying him, dragging his old comrade-in-arms, Lan Guoan, laughing and reminiscing about the past, and finally Jin Guangzu, the highest official, was welcomed by Lan Guoan and his son all the way home from the street.

Although Lan Guoan's old face is indeed useful, but Jin Guangzu and others obviously did not come for the meal of Lan Guoan. When they entered the mansion, they looked around to find Fatty Lu, the living god of wealth, and Fatty Lu didn't let them Disappointed, it was rare for him to personally guide Line Qiyu to read the "Three Character Classic" and then came to the living room to entertain these wolves and hungry tigers with Line's father and son.

While drinking tea, he talked nonsense about how Yu Xuan was getting more and more beautiful through his parents' short line. Jin Guangzu put down his teacup, and was the first to ask Fatty Lu with a smile on his face: "Master Lu, if I remember correctly, you resign." It seems that the memorial of the magistrate of Daxing County has not been approved yet, right?"

"Go back to the Jinbutang, no." Fatty Lu replied honestly: "According to the distance and time, the resignation papers of the grassroots should be sent to the capital for a few days. For those who are not, the Ministry of Officials not only approves it immediately, but also records it as a major demerit or never uses it, so the grassroots estimate that the Ministry of Officials should approve the low-ranking Zhe Zi.”

"That's not necessarily true." Jin Guangzu laughed and said, "Your talent and ability, Mr. Lu, and your performance in Qujing for the past three years, even if you really handed in your resignation letter, the Ministry of Officials may not approve it. Reject the reply, let you continue to take up the post in Daxing, or give you another job."

"Even if this is the case, Caomin still insists on resigning. It's a great thing to add a thank you and ask for resignation." Fatty Lu said firmly: "The grassroots have made up their minds, and they are even more disheartened about the official career. And I don’t plan to leave Guangxi at the moment, I want to stay in Guangxi, a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers, for a longer period of time.”

"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about?" Shang Zhijie was in a hurry, and said quickly: "Even if you don't want to be an official anymore, you don't need to bother Ma Zhongcheng, Ma Junmen, and Old General Line in Guangxi, and go back to Guangzhou with Sixth Uncle. That's your home. Also, bring my sister and my nephew with you, my father and mother miss them every day."

"No trouble, no trouble." Ma Xiong Ma Junmen was more anxious than Shang Zhijie, and rushed to say: "Nephew Yifeng, since you want to stay in Guangxi, then you are welcome, go back to Liuzhou with my uncle, where the The scenery is better than Nanning."

"Ma Junmen, the scenery in Liuzhou is of course good, but the scenery in our Guangxi is not good?" Ma Xiongzhen took the conversation, turned to Lu Fatty and said: "Master Lu, since you don't want to be in the cold north Officer, how about you go to work in the picturesque Guilin? Guilin has the most beautiful scenery in the world. When you get there, you can choose any official position in Guilin Mansion. I will definitely recommend you with all my strength. I don’t know what Lord Lu’s plan is for you to settle down in the official’s shogunate for the time being.”

"Ma Zhongcheng, Liuzhou is also under your management. Liuzhou is fine, isn't it your achievements?" Ma Xiong retorted and asked, "As long as Nephew Yifeng is willing to stay in Guangxi, is it the same for you in that state capital? Let's talk about it." , you don’t know that Si Gege and Nephew Yifeng have some misunderstandings, does he dare to go to Guilin?”

"Of course I know this, but I believe that the misunderstanding should not be serious, right?" Although Xiao Mazi and the Qing court sealed up many deep inside stories, Ma Xiongzhen really didn't know that Fatty Lu and Kong Sizhen were already irreconcilable The mortal enemy just asked curiously and kindly: "By the way, Master Lu, can you tell me, what misunderstanding did you have with Si Gege? Why did Si Gege's slave, Dai Liangchen, send someone to Nanning to arrest you? Let me take a look, can I resolve it for you?"

"Yeah, auntie, what kind of misunderstanding did you have with Si Gege? Can you tell us?" Huang Zhangsi was also confused and asked, "We only heard that you and Si Gege had a relationship in Guangzhou. There are some misunderstandings and conflicts, but what kind of misunderstandings and conflicts, even Prince Pingnan is still confused, can you tell us and see if we can help you?"

"Let's not talk about it." Fatty Lu shook his head and refused, and said, "In a word, Si Gege and I are already at odds."

Fatty Lu refused to answer this sensitive question. Of course, Ma Xiong, Ma Xiongzhen, Huang Zhangsi and Monk Zhijie did not agree. He stood up to smooth things over for Fatty Lu and said: "My lords, since Lord Lu refuses to say it, then don't force him. And as far as I know, there are some things that Yifeng is really inconvenient to say, but it's his fault. It's definitely not on Yifeng, and Yifeng's resignation this time has something to do with these things."

Jin Guangzu opened his mouth, and of course everyone didn't dare to continue to press, Shang Zhijie took the opportunity to say: "Brother-in-law, don't be afraid, isn't it just offending a Si Gege from the Dingnan Palace? As long as you return to Guangzhou, we will have a big deal." The Pingnan Palace will be taken care of by you, so no one needs to be afraid! And it can help you get all justice back!"

Fatty Lu lowered his head and did not answer, secretly brewing his feelings, while Jin Guangzu said again: "Lord Lu, the words of the sixth prince are not rough, but right now you'd better follow us back to Guangzhou. You are the master, and all your grievances and grievances will naturally be resolved. At the same time, you can also help your father-in-law, Prince Pingnan, and Ben Du to benefit the people of Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, you will have done your filial piety to your father-in-law and assisted him to become a generation Wouldn’t it be wonderful for a virtuous king to be able to show his strengths to the fullest and become famous?”

"Well, when you arrive in Guangzhou, what kind of official position do you want to take up in Guangdong and Guangxi? Just ask, the governor and your father-in-law jointly signed the guarantee, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Jiaping Nanwangfu jointly signed the guarantee. How can the court not give such a big face? I'm afraid you It’s not too difficult if you want a job as a chief executive, right?”

Jin Guangzu had already spoken to this point, Fatty Lu still bowed his head and said nothing, the father and son of the real owner, the Line family, who had been left out for a long time, were worried, for fear that Fatty Lu would not be able to withstand the temptation and really let go and leave Yunnan.It was not until a long time later that Fatty Lu slowly raised his head and asked in a heavy voice: "My lords, elders, and sixth uncle, I appreciate your kindness. But, I cannot accept it. "

"Can't accept it?" Shang Zhijie slapped the table and shouted: "I am your sixth brother-in-law, how dare you not listen to me?"

"Uncle Six, don't worry, just listen to me." Fatty Lu shook his head with a painful expression, and said, "Actually, what adults and elders want me to do most, I know in my heart, and I can do it. It's like the large-scale planting of the Eight Banners Fushou Gao that you want. This is easy for me. As long as I do a field survey, I can know whether the Eight Banners Fushou Gao can be planted in that place. The seeds are also for me. It’s not a problem, I was the one who found the seeds in Yunnan, and it’s not easy for me to find them again?”

"Besides, I have been studying the refining process of Baqi Fushou Gao for the past few years, and I have achieved results. It can be said that as long as I am willing, the Baqi Fushou Gao grown in Guangdong and Guangxi will be able to produce as long as I refine it with my new technology. Snatch out the Eight Banners drug business in Yunnan."

"And brother six, according to my research, the silver mine in Phoenix Mountain in Nanning is the second largest silver mine in the Qing Dynasty, but the largest silver mine in the Qing Dynasty is in such a place? Do you know?... I don't know, Then let me tell you, it is in Guangdong! Just give me a period of time to search and search, and I will definitely find it!"

"Ma Zhongcheng, if I remember correctly, Guangxi's self-sufficiency in grain was less than [-]% last year, right? If I want, I can help you turn Guangxi from a grain-importing province into a grain-exporting province! You don't have to believe it, but I I have absolute confidence in myself!"

"Ma Junmen, Uncle Ma, your residence in Liuzhou is full of limestone and dolomite. Although these things are worthless, I know that Western countries have a way to turn these things into treasures. There is already a man called Sun Dianying is working on it, and I will do this too, as long as you can figure it out there, then relying on Liuzhou's well-developed waterway wharf, you can directly sell it to Western merchants for huge profits."

After blowing endlessly here, Fatty Lu looked up at the salivating Jin Guangzu and others, and said slowly: "These things are really not difficult for me, but I just don't want to do it! Everyone My lord, seniors, if you want me to help you with these things, can you promise me a condition?"

"What condition?" Shang Zhijie couldn't wait to say: "My brother-in-law has the condition, hurry up and say it, my family doesn't need to be polite."

"I want something." Fatty Lu said solemnly: "Lu Yifeng has the guts to exchange this knowledge for something. That adult or that elder gave Lu Yifeng this thing, and Lu Yifeng entrusted his life to him Already!"

"Lord Lu, what exactly do you want?" Jin Guangzu asked curiously.

"I want—." Fatty Lu said word by word, "Kong Sizhen's head!"

"What did you say?" Father and son including Line Guoan and Line Yuxuan stood up in shock, and Shang Zhijie exclaimed in shock: "Brother-in-law, are you crazy? You want Si Gege's life, you want our Pingnan Palace Follow you and be chopped down!"

"Brother Liu, you misunderstood." Fatty Lu shook his head and said, "I don't want you to assassinate or assassinate Kong Sizhen, I just want you to follow the court rules and impeach Kong Sizhen for his numerous crimes. Let the imperial court punish her by beheading her! Give justice to the Guangxi people who have been tortured by her, and give me justice too!"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu looked around at the people present again, and said solemnly: "My lords, seniors, I believe you have a lot of criminal evidence of Kong Sizhen's perverse behavior and lawlessness in Guangxi, right? In my hand There is also a part, if you can make her crimes public, ask the court to punish her, exterminate her family and ransack her house, and give me justice, then my life will be yours! If not, Lu Yifeng would rather I will never work with people like Kong Sizhen once again in the mountains and forests!"

There was no sound in the hall, and after a long time, Jin Guangzu tried to say in a calm tone: "Master Lu, between you and Si Gege, has it really reached a point where either you die or I live?"

"It's already reached this point." Fatty Lu sneered, and then said with a gloomy expression: "After Lu Yifeng resigned this time, he left his father-in-law's Pingnan Palace instead of defecting, but he chose to go to Nanning, Guangxi Old general, the real purpose is to wait for her, Kong Sizhen, to kill her! Also, to collect more crimes of her, Kong Sizhen, in the hope that one day these crimes can be presented to the imperial court, and the emperor will bring her to justice. , Ming canonical punishment."

Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiongzhen and others were all tongue-tied and dared not speak. Originally, with Kong Sizhen's virtue, there would be a lot of evidence for her crime of beheading and ransacking her house. It was effortless, but for Fatty Lu to fight Kong Sizhen, Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiongzhen and others had to weigh the consequences.

"Oh, I knew that was the case." Fatty Lu smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "My lords, seniors, and brother-in-law, by now you should know the reason why I didn't go to Pingnan Palace, right? It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I'm afraid of hurting my father-in-law's family."

"Who's afraid that you'll be hurt?" Shang Zhijie rushed to say, "As soon as you arrive in Guangzhou, if she, Kong Sizhen, dares to touch a single hair of your hair, Uncle Six will give you her head!"

"Since this is the case, does the sixth uncle dare to go to the court to impeach her for Kong Sizhen's numerous crimes, and ask the emperor to punish her?" Fatty Lu asked back.

Shang Zhijie was speechless, and after a while he reluctantly said: "It's not that I dare not, it's just that she, Kong Sizhen, has a special status. If you want to touch her, you must first obtain the consent of your father."

"Oh." Fatty Lu smiled wryly again, and said, "Sixth Uncle, Uncle Huang, then I would trouble you to tell Father-in-law and First Uncle that their son-in-law, their brother-in-law, was cornered by Kong Sizhen. I can only go to Guangxi to die! If they still want me as son-in-law and brother-in-law, then I ask them to uphold justice for me and clear up my grievances! Otherwise, I don’t want to go to Guangzhou to implicate them, please They forgot about me as a relative."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, and then said: "Also, please tell Lao Taishan and my uncle by the way, before I came to Guangxi, I had already arranged the ownership of Wanyi's mother and son, and my family has [-] acres of fertile land. , Twelve shops, their mother and son will not worry about making a living. I just ask Lao Taishan for the sake of father and daughter, and ask the uncle for the sake of brother and sister, give them a little protection, and don't let them be bullied by Kong Sizhen again Just do it."

"Brother-in-law, what you said..." Shang Zhijie was so bullied by Fatty Lu that he didn't know what to say, so he could only say embarrassingly: "If you have anything to say, go back to Guangzhou, and you can say no to your father and brother." Okay? Speaking of which, you don't have to worry about anything."

"I will never leave Guangxi." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said decisively: "I just want to die here, so that everyone in the world can see Kong Sizhen's true face. One day, my grievances will be punished, and she, Kong Sizhen, will have another infamy. Now, you can rest in peace!"

"This kid is really crazy, and he is going to fight Kong Sizhen desperately." Everyone was shocked, knowing that Fatty Lu is blatantly declaring war on Kong Sizhen this time, and he will never give up until he fights to the death!

"My lords, this is Lu Yifeng's memorial to the impeachment of Kong Sizhen." Fatty Lu took out a sealed envelope from his sleeve, held it in front of Jin Guangzu and the others, and said in a deep voice, "Lu Yifeng has now resigned as a People, you are not qualified to send this memorial to the capital through the post station, and to the emperor—Lu Yifeng has the guts to ask an adult to deliver it on his behalf, but who can help Lu Yifeng with this favor?"

Jin Guangzu, Ma Xiongzhen, and Ma Xiong, the three officials who were qualified to send the performance directly to Xiao Mazi, all swallowed a mouthful of saliva. They all hesitated and dared not make a sound. How far, and Fatty Lu was already prepared for this, he sighed hypocritically, and said: "Since all the adults are unwilling to help Lu Yifeng, then Lu Yifeng dare not force it, it doesn't matter, I will find another way That's it."

After all, Fatty Lu put away the sealed letter bag, opened his clothes and tried to stuff it into his sleeves again. He never thought that a skinny old hand would suddenly reach out and take the letter bag. Fatty Lu looked up in surprise, But the person who received the envelope turned out to be the Guangxi veteran Long Guoan who was dying of illness.Line Guoan put one hand on Line Yuxuan's shoulder, held the letter bag in the other hand, coughed and said: "Master Lu, for the matter of Phoenix Mountain, I have nothing to repay you, so I will pass this memorial for you." You. Don't worry, no matter what method is used, even if it is to beat the drum to report to the imperial court, this old man will send this memorial to the emperor."

"Old General Line..." Fatty Lu was rarely touched—before that, Fatty Lu's final preparation was to ask Wang Xu to come forward and force Wang Xu to pay back the favor again, but he never expected that Line Guoan would take the initiative to help I am busy.

"Master Lu, needless to say, this old man is not just for you alone." Ling Guoan coughed and shook his head, and said with difficulty: "Kong Sizhen has lost all face of the old prince, and this old man should be disciplined by the prince because he has received the favor of the prince to know him." Discipline his unworthy daughter."

"Yu Xuan, call Master Chen." Line Guoan coughed again and ordered: "I also want to make a memorial to impeach the lord's unfilial daughter. I want as many charges and evidence as I want here."

"Yes." Line Yuxuan agreed with choked up sobs, knowing how determined his father was to declare war on Kong Youde's daughter.But at this moment, Jin Guangzu suddenly said: "Old General Line, wait a minute."

"Your Excellency, you don't need to persuade me, I've already made up my mind." Long Guoan shook his head.

"I'm not persuading you, I'm just reminding Old General Line that you have resigned from the post of Admiral of Guangxi, and your memorial must be made public, and it can only be forwarded by the General Secretary." Jin Guangzu stretched out his hand and took it from Line Guoan. Passing the sealed letter bag, he said, "So, let me pass on this sealed memorial from Lord Lu."

After finishing speaking, Jin Guangzu turned to Fatty Lu and said, "Lord Lu, you don't need to thank me. It's about Guangxi officials. As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, it should be like this. Also, Si Gege indulged his slaves Dai Liangchen and Wang Yongyuan in extorting money. The common people have stirred up civil uprisings in Guanyang, Gongcheng, Fuchuan and other places, and it is time for the governor to report to the emperor."

"Thank you, thank you, Governor." Jin Guangzu found out his conscience and decided to put pressure on Kong Sizhen. Of course, Fatty Lu was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed his hands to thank Jin Guangzu.Shang Zhijie and Huang Zhangsi discussed in low voices over there, and then said to Fatty Lu: "Brother-in-law, when we go back, we will report the truth to our father and try to persuade him to beat that Kong Sizhen too, no matter what. , we can't just watch you being bullied by others, as for success or failure, it depends on your luck."

"The old line doesn't care anymore, what else do I care about?" Ma Xiong, another veteran of Dingnan Palace, also said, "Nephew, don't worry, as an uncle, I have to help you a little bit, so let's do it later. In a few days, I will sort out the criminal evidence of Si Gege eating empty money and drinking soldiers' blood, and send it to you."

"I also have some evidence in my hand, and I will report it when I return to Guilin." Seeing that so many people have expressed their opinions, Ma Xiongzhen also had to express an attitude, and at the same time secretly made up his mind-just find a few small charges to suit the situation. No, there's no point really offending Kong Sizhen to death.

"Thank you, thank you gentlemen, thank you all generals." Fatty Lu cupped his hands repeatedly, thanking him constantly, but thinking in his heart, "These old slickers talk nicely, if you really want to expect them to bring down Kong Sizhen, don't even think about it. But this is almost the same, with their help to put more pressure on, Kongsi bitch will have to weigh the consequences of fighting me to the end. Next, how can I put more pressure on that bitch?"

(End of this chapter)