Chapter 699: Fellow Villagers

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and according to Xiao Shandong, the city is becoming more and more "lively", but the palace is becoming more and more "deserted".

Han Xiufeng didn't go to the summer palace again, he didn't even go to the school today, because Ji Yunfei, the registered imperial historian, actually accompanied Zhuo Zhuo, the squire of the military department, to Nanyuan.

At first, I saw that they were wearing coarse cloth robes, and only brought one or two family members, I really thought that they thought that the city was too noisy, and wanted to come out to relax, but after a few chats, I found that it was not. Thinking that the two of them were here for their fellow villagers, Han Xiufeng simply asked Zhuzi to invite Ren He over, and accompanied the two people who came to Nanyuan for a rare time to go around, chatting about a few fellow villagers as they walked.

Jiang Guolin sent a letter to his family, saying that the civil and military officials of all the yamen in Guangzhou were like puppets, and that they had to listen to foreigners no matter how big or small, and that even those who patrolled the streets and alleys were foreign soldiers. He is struggling now, he can't sleep at night, and he has long had the idea of retreating, but he doesn't dare to tell the sick at this juncture, so I want to ask Brother Yunmu and Brother You to help him get an idea. ”

Jiang Guolin is a native of Dazhu, Sichuan, not only a fellow villager in Sichuan, but also in the same year as Duan Dazhang, both of whom are Jinshi in the eighteenth middle school of Daoguang. He has served as the Shuntian Township Examination Palace, has been the main examination in Jiangnan, the assistant in the National History Museum, the teaching of Shu Jishi, and has been a scholar in Hubei, and then has been an official in Guangdong, so Han Xiufeng has never seen him, let alone has any friendship.

Thinking that when Guangzhou was occupied by foreigners, Jiang Guolin was the political envoy of Guangdong, and was arrested by foreigners like Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, and now he has become a puppet of foreigners, Han Xiufeng sighed secretly, stopped and asked: "Brother Yunmu, what do you think about this?" ”

Zhuo Lu was stunned, and said helplessly: "As a Xinjiang official, it is the responsibility to defend the land, and he Jiang Guolin is wrecked in the front, and he is in the back." The ancients said that 'death is small, and failure is big', I thought that he couldn't do it for a few days, and it would be good to be able to get out of the way. ”

It is rare for a fellow villager to be a political envoy, Ji Yunfei really didn't want to see Jiang Guolin lose his official position or even be prosecuted, so he couldn't help but say: "Zhixing, Brother Yunmu, as far as I know, Jiang Guolin's official reputation in Guangdong is good. He even went to Qiongtai Academy to give lectures, and raised funds to encourage diligent teachers and students, so Qiongzhou became more and more studious.

In the appointment of the inspector, he worked tirelessly and slack, and the official documents on the desk, several feet a day, were all seen one by one and carefully reviewed. He knew that the Liangguang Salt Administration was corrupt, and that it would offend people if he rectified it, but he still strictly cracked down on smuggling, eliminated corruption and advocated honesty, ordered his subordinates to make sure that their orders were carried out, and it was strictly forbidden to prevaricate and procrastinate, so that the Liangguang Salt Works could be rectified! ”

"Brother Bowen, I believe what you say, but what's the use of believing it? The matter has come to this point, and I can only blame him for his bad luck and meeting a foreigner. Not to mention him, the political envoy, even Bai Gui is no longer the governor of Guangdong in the emperor's heart. If it weren't for the fear of angering foreigners, the court would have dismissed him and arrested him. “

Han Xiufeng paused, thought about it and said with a wry smile: "Brother Bowen, this time is different from the past, everyone used to say 'for official music', that is because it is not difficult to be a good official, as you just said, after taking office, Corporal Lixian, rewarding cultivation and weaving, advocating good-neighborliness among relatives and friends, resolving disputes, promoting education to promote education, and donating more or less money to fund students or build bridges and pave roads, that is a good official, and a few umbrellas for the people must be indispensable when he leaves office."

But now, some places make trouble with long hair, some places make trouble with bandits, some places make trouble with bandits, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangjiang, Zhili and Heilongjiang not only have bandits and bandits, but also have to deal with foreigners from Britain, Buddhism, Mi, Russia and other countries, and it is not so easy to be a peace officer! ”

Zhuo Lu couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Bowen, Zhixing's words are reasonable, and now this official is really getting more and more difficult to do." ”

Ren He, who had been cautiously accompanying him in the back, suddenly realized that Han Xiufeng's words were not only for Ji Yunfei, but also for him, after all, compared to Ji Yunfei, he Ren He was more obsessed with his career.

Just thinking about what he would do when he met Changmao, and what should he do when he met foreigners, Han Xiufeng suddenly changed his words, pointed to the dilapidated temple in front of him and said: "Two, this is the most noble Deshou Temple among all the royal Taoist temples in Nanyuan." ”

"The most honorable?" Seeing that Deshou Temple was broken like that, Zhuo Lu was suspicious.

"The most honorable!" Han Xiufeng nodded slightly, and introduced with emotion: "This Deshou Temple was built at the same time as Lord Shunzhi when he repaired the old palace, and it is said that it has a great relationship with Lord Shunzhi's devotion to Buddhism, whether this matter is true or not. But here, Shunzhi Ye and Kangxi Ye successively summoned the 5th and 6th Panchen Lamas of Tibet, which was a grand event for the country. ”

Listening to Han Xiufeng say that Lord Shunzhi and Lord Kangxi had summoned the 5th and 6th Panchen Lamas of Tibet here, the word "opening up territory" suddenly popped up in Zhuo Lu's mind. Thinking of the Qing Dynasty, which was subdued by the Siyi and came to the dynasty by all countries, was now being bullied by a group of Xiyi, Zhuo Lu couldn't help but murmur: "Really noble, really noble!" ”

Ji Yunfei is just a registered imperial history, he cares more about his fellow villagers than the major affairs of the country, and said with a bitter face: "Zhixing, Yongzhuo really didn't have to say anything about you when he was alive, he is not dead now, but he is not blind to death, you and I can't sit idly by." ”

Han Xiufeng knew very well that he was not saying this for no reason, but because Huang Zhongyin's son Huang Wanqian rushed to the capital from his hometown with Duan Dazhang's letter to sue the royal court!

Thinking of what Zhu Zi and Yu Tiesuo had said before, Han Xiufeng frowned tightly and said, "Huang Wanqian's baby is too calm, I didn't have time to see him a few days ago, but this doesn't mean that I, Han Xiufeng, don't care about his father's affairs." “

Ren He couldn't help but ask: "My lord, what did Huang Wanqian do?" ”

He not only went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to beat the drum and voice his grievances, but also sued Guangxi Governor Lao Chongguang for sitting back and watching the danger, resisting and not helping, and when the thieves fled to Wuzhou, he was helpless. said that the crimes of his father listed in Lao Chongguang's fold were all based on the words of Chen Ruizhi, the prefect of Wuzhou, and his father was really falsely accused. It is also hearsay that although Shen Bingyuan, a scholar in Guangxi who has been gracious, died at the hands of thieves, he was not martyred, but greedy for life and afraid of death and cut his hair into Xizhu Temple, and was taken captive by thieves to be killed. ”

He ...... It's just that he sued Lao Chongguang, why did he bring Shen Bingyuan? ”

"Maybe I think his father is wronged, so I want to be sincere for his father." Han Xiufeng sighed and said helplessly: "He doesn't want to think about it, Shen Bingyuan is different from his father, Shen Bingyuan has no responsibility to defend the land as a scholar, even if he is greedy for life and afraid of death and wants to flee for his life, there is no need to escape into the empty door." Even if Shen Bingyuan has 10,000 no, what does it have to do with his father, he has to bite a person who is already dead, what is the difference between him doing this and Chen Ruizhi, the prefect of the reformed mansion who is greedy for life and afraid of death? ”