If the Taiping years are aside, Huaiyang Dao, the official position of the four products, can not be compared with the two Huai salt envoys from the third grade, but now it is not peaceful, the Taiping army occupies Jiangning, Yangzhou, Yizhen and other places, the Yangtze River water transport is obstructed, Huai salt is difficult to arrive at Huguang as before, the two Huai salt affairs are deserted, and it is really better to do the Huaiyang Road of "getting on the horse to manage the army and get off the horse to manage the people", not to mention that Guo Peilin is not only acting Huaiyang Road, but even the two Huai salt envoys are acting together!

More importantly, Guo Peilin is not a Taoist who "sells chickens", but a Hanlin official who has served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Shifu Zuo Zanshan, not only holding two positions but also having a noble status, I learned that he moved to Taizhou again as the acting Huaiyang Dao, and the civil and military officials such as the Yangzhou Customs Supervisor, the Yangzhou Mansion Professor, Taizhou Xuezheng and the new Taizhou Battalion Garrison went to visit.

The next day, the prefect of Yangzhou, Fuzhu Lang'a, Gaoyou, Jiangdu, Ganquan, Yizhen and other prefectures and counties flocked to the main hall. Immediately afterwards, the general army of Huaiyang Town rushed to Taizhou to meet ...... Tianhou Temple is like a market, Guo Tong and Guo Da brothers are very happy to collect the door bag, but they dare not accept the door bag of Xu Ying in Taizhou Zhengtang.

The civil and military officials and gentry who originally planned to go with Xu Ying to worship the city god have excused themselves, and even several gentry who are responsible for rebuilding the city god temple have excused themselves on the pretext that the golden body of the city god has not been molded, and the Wenzhou government plans to go to worship another day.

Xu Ying was puzzled, he didn't know what he had done wrong, he didn't know where he offended Lord Guo, just when he was in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot, Hu Haiping, a man from Shunde, Guangdong, who had seen him more than once in the Fairy Temple, arrived with an official document stamped with the seal of the prefect of Yangzhou.

The handover is not as simple as handing over the official seal, but also handing over the official documents, the tax book, the tax booklet, the tax bill stub, the approval of the official bank, and the receipt (receipt) of various expenses. When it comes to money and food, it is a confused account, but when it comes to the future, Hu Haiping does not dare to be a confused official, so let the accompanying friends take stock carefully and calculate them carefully.

Xu Ying naturally wouldn't do this kind of thing himself, and he didn't have the mood to do it himself, so he simply let Master Hu, who had just healed from the injury on his buttocks, and other friends to deal with it, while he lived in an inn not far from the state government and drank alcohol.

"Brother Yingchen, it turns out that you are pouring yourself a drink here, let me find a good meal!"

"It turned out to be a let, if you don't dislike it, sit down and have two drinks together?"

"That's what you're talking about." Wu Xizai, a famous Yizhen who avoided trouble in Taizhou, lifted the corner of his robe and sat down, took the wine glass and persuaded: "Brother Yingchen, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, not to mention that you are still the chief arrester of the Qing army in my Yangzhou Prefecture, and you have neither been deprived of your post nor demoted, but you are no longer in charge of Taizhou affairs." ”

"Let it go, I just can't figure out why Lord Guo treats me like this?" Xu Ying put down the wine glass and said indignantly.

Wu Xizai left his hometown because of the war, not only hated the Taiping army, but also hated those people who committed rebellion, and had a completely different attitude from Wang Qianli and other local gentry in the matter of inviting troops to suppress those villagers in Shisanliwang, seeing that Xu Ying hadn't figured it out yet, he couldn't help but say hatefully: "Lord Guo must have listened to the villain's slander." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Ying asked subconsciously.

"Brother Yingchen, you immediately decided to invite troops to come to Taizhou to suppress those Xiaoxiao who committed rebellion, in other eyes, it may be a matter of carelessness, Lord Guo must have listened to the slander of those rats, otherwise he would never let Hu Haiping take charge of Taizhou affairs."

"Let it go, do you mean that Lord Guo thinks it shouldn't be pressed?"

"Do you still need to ask," Wu Xizai put down his glass and said: "I heard a few news when I came, it is said that Hu Haiping ordered the officials to take down all the leaders of the chaotic party hanging on the city tower early this morning, and also convened the gentry to discuss the aftermath of the thirteen miles of Wang, saying that the weather is hot, and those chaotic parties cannot be allowed to storm the wilderness again, and plan to raise money to help converge. ”

Xu Ying didn't expect Guo Peilin to be kind to a woman in the face of traitors, so he clenched his wine glass and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

It is said that Lord Guo not only ordered the new Taizhou battalion garrison to recruit soldiers quickly, but also planned to transfer the Miaowan battalion to Taizhou. When the soldiers of the Miaowan battalion arrive, let the officers and soldiers you invited from the Jiangbei camp outside the city go back. ”

"Hahaha, it turns out that I dismissed my official and took my post because I asked soldiers to suppress the traitors who committed rebellion, it's ridiculous!"

"Brother Yingchen, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at him, as a dignified member of the third grade, he doesn't know the truth that appeasement will raise adultery and raise tigers will cause trouble!" Xu Ying snapped the case, walked to the window and looked at the direction of Tianhou Temple, and said bitterly: "After the fall of Jiangning, the long hair entrenched in Jiangning frequently sent spies to move around, in March this year, Jiang Jisong, Jiang Huaifen, a native of Xihenglin, Changzhou, colluded with Zhenjiang Changmao, bewitching nearly 1,000 local villagers to be thieves, and nearby villagers also formed a party, and used the nunnery as a 'gathering hall' to discuss the trouble.

Liang Changbao of Shanyang, Wang Zhaohong of Xuyi, Huangfutang of Fengxian County, Xuzhou, Chen Weilin of Xiajiaqiao of Yancheng, and Li Heilao of Shuyang Xiwei...... Which of these bandit leaders who took advantage of the fire to rob and commit rebellion did not start from resisting taxes and grain? If you don't use heavy canons in troubled times, and blindly tolerate and nurture adultery, you will only raise tigers! ”

"Brother Yingchen, you are the chief arrester of the Qing army, you know these things, Lord Guo doesn't know!"

"No, I'm going to remind him that there must be no woman's kindness to those traitors, and there must be no appeasement of adultery."

"Brother Yingchen, Lord Guo is angry, so he can't go."

"It's my business whether I go or not, it's his business whether I can see it, and whether I can listen to loyalty is also his business, I Xu Ying but I have a clear conscience!"

……

Just when Xu Ying was about to persuade Guo Peilin angrily, Wang Qianli, who had just returned to Hai'an, had not had time to upload Lord Guo's order, and was pulled by Dean Gu, Yu Qinghuai and Li Zhiyong to pay homage to Ren Yaen's coffin, which had just been transported from Jiading to Hai'an.

Yu Sangu lost weight and knelt in front of the spirit and cried heartbreakingly. Ren Yu'er's tears had dried up, and she knelt on the side of the paper while lighting the paper, and thanked the people who came to worship like a puppet.

It's only been a few days apart, and a big living person is gone, Dean Gu is in a very heavy mood, and after worshipping, he asked his nephew Gu Jinyan to come over to help handle the funeral, and then asked Pan Er to go to the Baojia Bureau, looked at the letters written by Han Xiufeng to these gentry, and listened to Pan Er talk about the ins and outs of Ren Yaen's martyrdom.

"Fubo, this is fate!"

"If he knew this, he might as well go to Dongtai at that time." Wang Qianli said solemnly.

Dean Gu put the letter aside, rubbed his thighs and said: "It's useless to talk about this now, the top priority is how to settle the third aunt and Yu'er, after all, the living people still have to live this life." ”

"The transport counteroffice has been built, why don't you let them temporarily live in the transport counteroffice first?" Li Zhiyong looked up and said.

"It's not suitable," Yu Qinghuai muttered, "Otherwise, let them live here." Anyway, Master Han won't come back, and there is no one to live in the Transport Counteroffice, so he simply changed the Transport Counteroffice to the Baojia Bureau. ”

Dean Gu weighed it for a while, raised his head and said: "Let's leave the deputy office empty first, change the capital department to the Baojia Bureau, and in the future, we will all go to the foot of Fengshan Mountain to handle official business, and let them live in the current courtyard." ”

"That's fine, or move in the afternoon."

Pan Er didn't have the time and time to take care of Yu Sangu and Ren Yu'er, so he couldn't help but give his hand and said: "Dean Gu, Sangu and Miss Ren will entrust you with a few, I have to hurry back to Taizhou to report to Lord Guo." ”

Thinking of the things assigned by Lord Guo, Wang Qianli hurriedly said: "Changsheng, don't be in a hurry to leave, there is one thing I almost forgot to say, Xu Lao Ghost Cao disregarded people's lives, and actually moved troops from the Jiangbei camp to kill innocents, Lord Guo was very angry, and had ordered Hu Haiping, a person from Shunde, Guangdong, to act as the main hall of Taizhou, but it was not so easy to drive those Qiu Ba who killed good people and took great credits, so I had to quickly transfer a battalion of soldiers to Taizhou, otherwise Lord Guo would not be able to open this mouth with Qi Shan and Lei Yicheng." ”

"Old Ghost Xu was dismissed?" Dean Gu asked eagerly.

"Lord Guo hates and hates Old Ghost Xu, but Old Ghost Xu was born in Jinshi, and Old Ghost Xu did those things that lost his conscience, in the eyes of Qi Shan and Lei Yicheng, not only was it not a loss of conscience, but it was even a heavy code in troubled times. What's more, Yangzhou has not been able to attack for a long time, and they can't explain to the imperial court, maybe they have already reported the matter of Thirteen Li Wang to ask for merit and reward. With Qi Shan and Lei Yicheng here, Master Guo can only take the position of Old Ghost Xu, and he can't remove Old Ghost Xu's official, let alone cure Old Ghost Xu's crimes. ”

"It's hard for Master Guo." Dean Gu nodded, thought about it and asked, "Master Guo plans to transfer the salt fishing camp to Taizhou?" ”

"Lord Guo wants to transfer a battalion of soldiers to Taizhou, but he doesn't want to transfer salt to capture the camp."

"Where will the troops be transferred from the fishing camp if you don't transfer salt?" Pan Er asked puzzled.

"Lord Guo is now not only the two Huai salt transport envoys, but also the sub-patrol Huaiyang Soldier Preparation Road, not only Huaiyang Town is under the management of Lord Guo, but also several battalions of Caobiao are under the management of Lord Guo. Most of the soldiers in Huaiyang Town were transferred to Jiangbei Camp to quell the chaos, and 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 the soldiers of Caobiao. ”

Thinking that before the former Caoyun Governor Yang Dianbang abandoned the city and fled for his life, Caobiao's green battalion had run out, Pan Er asked with a bitter face: "Master Wang, do Caobiao still have soldiers?" ”

"So Lord Guo asked us to quickly rebuild the Miaowan camp, and ordered us to lead a battalion of soldiers to Taizhou within three days."

"Why don't you transfer the salt fishing camp to Taizhou?"

"Changsheng, Lord Guo has Lord Guo's considerations," Dean Gu muttered, "Qi Shan spent so much food and salary on the imperial court, but he has not been able to capture Yangzhou for a long time, if he knows that Lord Guo has a battalion of elite soldiers, he will definitely be transferred to attack the city." Serving the imperial court is an internal matter, but he can't let his subordinates be cannon fodder for Qishan, so the salt fishing camp can only be stationed in Hai'an, and will never move to Taizhou unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

"But how can you rebuild a battalion in three days?"

"There are group exercises in the town, and each village has also held group exercises, and it is not easy to gather two or three hundred people. As for the military attaché, Lord Guo can be drawn from Lieutenant Colonel Xiangyong of the Baojia Bureau, or from the salt fishing camp. Anyway, this battalion is for Qi Shan and Lei Yicheng to see, and they are not going to defend the city, let alone attack the city! ”