Master Chen got confidential information from the second master of the old mansion of Gu Ge, and kept returning to Jiaxing Mansion to see Governor Hao. After meeting, Governor Hao hurriedly asked what the result was. Chen Fuzi didn't say anything about the nonsense, but only handed over Gu Ge's old reply.

Hao Zhifu hurriedly took the letter and opened it, read it carefully, and saw that the disaster was gone, the boulder in his heart finally fell to the ground, and a smile appeared on his cloudy face. But in a moment, he remembered the tens of thousands of silver that he had broken for nothing, and he couldn't help but feel distressed, and he cursed the man who pierced the skylight.

Seeing this, Chen Fuzi told Governor Hao about Hu Zhaocha's confidential matter.

Hao Zhifu didn't know, he was only sullen there, but now he knows that the dark air has already changed into an open flame, and he rushed straight to his head, and at the moment, he didn't care about the style and style of Si, and he jumped to visit the eight generations of Hu Zhaocha's ancestors, and he was still angry.

Chen Fuzi saw that the more Hao Zhifu scolded, the more he scolded, he was afraid that the subordinates would hear it and spread it, and his face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly persuaded the villains and persuaded him, and finally persuaded him.

Although Governor Hao didn't scold, he was especially puzzled, and said: "I have no grudge against him Hu someone, but he hurts me so much, sooner or later I will fight this lawsuit with him, so that he knows my methods!" ”

An old master who was called to discuss the matter next to him said: "This matter still needs to be considered, I heard that the military master entrusted him with an errand to beg for thieves again, and at this time, the constitution is very long, and it is not good to fight with him." ”

Hao Zhifu said angrily: "In this way, do you want me to swallow this bad breath?" ”

Master Chen hurriedly said: "Lord Futai sent a lot of silver to Gu Ge Lao, why don't you beg him to go out of the mountain, and just follow the inspection envoy, wouldn't he get rid of it with his backhand?" ”

Hao Zhifu said: "The door of the Prime Minister's Mansion is as deep as the sea, how can you ask for each other at will?" ”

Master Chen said: "My lord doesn't know, although Xiang Ye is not an ordinary person who can be seen, but Xiang Ye's affairs are all in the hands of his henchmen and second masters. This time I entered Beijing, and the late life and this second master had a very good relationship, so it was better to beg him, and blow the wind in Xiangye's ears sooner or later, and it wouldn't take long for things to be harmonious. ”

Governor Hao listened to it, thought for a while, and had no other good way, so he had to allow it. So he gave Chen Fuzi a hundred taels of gold and silver, and ordered him to go to the capital.

Master Chen took the gold and silver, went to the capital again, and asked to see the second master of the Gu Mansion, gave him fifty taels of gold and silver, and asked him to help.

The second master was happy to get this hundred taels of yellow and white things, so he naturally responded with his mouth. After finishing his business, Chen Fuzi still returned to Jiaxing to resume his life.

Governor Hao got a reply, and waited for news from Jingshi every day to avenge him. But left and right, but there was no news. This waited for several months, and in the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627 AD). An urgent report from the imperial court arrived in Zhejiang—the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who had reigned for seven years, had died. Because the crown prince was shocked to death in the previous explosion of Wang Gongchang, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse had no other heirs, the throne was inherited by the emperor's younger brother King Xin, who was Emperor Chongzhen.

At this time, although the eunuchs from Wei Zhongxian to the eunuch party were quite restrained, the foundation of Emperor Chongzhen was not stable and he was still forbearing, so the situation was not very clear.

It is difficult to express two things with a pen, and the affairs of the Hao Governor's Mansion and the eunuchs will be pressed for the time being, and we will talk about it later. Here, let's talk about Li Xianzhi, who has been a county magistrate in Pinghu for three years.

It is said that Li Xianzhi borrowed Hu Zhicha's hand to participate in a book of Hao Zhifu, and took the opportunity to exempt 8,000 taels of ancestral hall salary. Li Xianzhi also learned some of the style of virtuous officials and honest officials, emphasizing education and light punishment, and in the past three years, he has made the people in Pinghu County live in peace, and the people are simple.

On this day, there was no official business in the yamen, Li Xianzhi and He Tai'an were sitting and chatting in the side hall, and suddenly Zhao Wenhui walked in, holding a newspaper from the prefect's yamen.

Li Xianzhi hurriedly took it over and opened it, and inside was the transcribed edict of the death of the first emperor and the new emperor's enthronement and amnesty for the world. After looking at it, he handed it to He Taian and Zhao Wenhui casually.

The two couldn't help but be shocked when they saw it. turned his face to look at Li Xianzhi again, but saw that he had a calm expression, and everyone was suspicious. Zhao Wenhui blurted out: "On the occasion of this great change, adults don't seem to care?" ”

Li Xianzhi realized that he was too calm, so he covered it up: "I don't care, it's just that I haven't shown my face." ”

The two understood, and He Tai'an gossiped: "The new monarch ascends the throne, the two adults might as well guess where the court will go?" ”

Zhao Wenhui said: "The momentum of Manchukuo can no longer be controlled, and there are eunuchs in the court to control the government, and current affairs have been eroded to this point, which is irretrievable. ”

If these words were spread, it would be a capital offense of great rebellion, and it was only because the three of them had worked together for a long time, and they had already referred each other to each other as confidants, so he dared to speak so bluntly.

When Li Xianzhi heard this, he couldn't help but say: "I don't think so, although the saint is young, he is a very smart person, and he can't be compared to the emperor of Daxing." Besides, when I heard that the Holy Lord was in the hidden mansion, I was jealous of the eunuch party like a grudge, and now although there is no action, it is just a temporary forbearance, and when the time comes, I will definitely start. ”

He Tai'an said: "The eunuchs are all over the government and the opposition, and they are intertwined, and they may be difficult to deal with. ”

Li Xianzhi said again: "Although the eunuch party is arrogant, it is just a group of minions in the end, but with a piece of paper edict, it can be wiped out." ”

When He and Zhao saw that Li Xianzhi said so easily, they couldn't help but be stunned again.

Li Xianzhi saw that the two of them had different faces, and said with a smile: "The second prince doesn't believe it, you can wait and see, within three months, the eunuch party will be destroyed." ”

The two became more and more shocked, looking at each other, and they all thought that Li Xianzhi was talking wildly. At this time, an errand officer suddenly came in to return to business, and it was inconvenient to say more. He Tai'an and Zhao Wenhui both got up to say goodbye.

Li Xianzhi sent He and Zhao away and asked what happened to the errand. The return of the errand was just a routine reimbursement of the expenses of the county government's carriages and horses, and Li Xianzhi signed and ordered him to go to He Tai'an for verification. The officer took the order. This is all trivial, so I won't mention it for the time being.

In this way, after another February, to the end of October, Qian Jiazheng, the prince of the country, wrote a letter of impeachment against Wei Zhongxian's ten crimes, and issued the first sound of rape. Emperor Chongzhen saw that the time had come, so he summoned Wei Zhongxian into the inner court to reprimand him. In November, an edict was issued to send Wei Zhongxian to Fengyang, the central capital, for resettlement.

At this time, although the Wei clan had lost power, they still did not know how to restrain themselves, and they were raising their lives along the way. Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he heard this, and ordered Jinyi Wei to arrest him and go to Beijing for trial. When Wei heard the news, he knew that he could not escape death, and hanged himself with his henchman Li Chaoqin in the Keshi Hotel in Nanguan, Fucheng.

As soon as Wei died, the news spread quickly, and it spread all over the world in a few days. When the news arrived in Pinghu, He Tai'an and Zhao Wenhui believed that Li Xian's ability to predict things was in advance, and they couldn't help but doubt that they could communicate with the gods.

The eunuch party has fallen, and the old ministers of Donglin will be reused. By December, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the Donglin leader to become a scholar Han Ge and Wei Zhongxian to rebel against the case.

Han Ge got the edict, so he naturally wanted to use a group of confidants to help, and others didn't need to say much, just that this Zhou Langzhong was also among the reuses. At this time, Zhou Langzhong has been transferred from the household department to the Ministry of Literature and Selected Division, thinking of the friendship between teachers and students, he will naturally not forget Li Xianzhi who is far away in Zhejiang.

At this time, it was Donglin's power, and it was easy to use one or two people. Zhou Langzhong didn't take much trouble to ask for a ministry letter, summoning Li Xianzhi back to Beijing to report on his work, and he was promoted to the next level. He also appointed someone else to take over as the magistrate of Pinghu.

When the ministry arrived in Zhejiang, he went to Pinghu, Li Xianzhi followed, He Tai'an, Zhao Wenhui and a group of officials came to congratulate him. However, it was said that Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhushu had been very unwillingly since Li Xian got off the car, and they simply hated it. Now that he has been promoted and is finally leaving the county, the two of them are naturally overjoyed and have come to offer their courtesy.

It is inevitable to set up a wine congratulatory line, and after a few days of such a circle, the gentry and people in the city also know about it. Subsequently, the people of the four towns also spread the disturbance.

Let's say that although Li Xianzhi is not as good as Bao Gong and Hai Gong, he has also done some love for the people, so he is very popular with the people. When the people heard that he was leaving office, they went to the county government to ask him to stay in office.

Li Xianzhi's daily explanation was the order of the imperial court, and he couldn't either. But the people always did not listen, and they came back day by day, which made him extremely tired.

Back at the back office, He Tai'an half-jokingly said: "Envy Weng is so loved by the people, he should go to the court and stay for another term." ”

Li Xianzhi thought: "At this time, it is still difficult to protect the Jiangshan Society, even if you stay for one more term, what is the use of this county for three years?" But although he thought so, after all, the words were too mean, and he did not say it, and he was silent for a while. After a while, he said: "It's not that I don't want to stay here, it's just that after three years of hard work, I deeply feel that officialdom is hypocritical and tasteless, and I have the heart to retreat." This entry into Beijing must be a kindness from Mr. Zhou, and I don't want to be categorical. When I enter Beijing, sooner or later, I will have to say goodbye in person. ”

He Tai'an heard this, and said gloomily: "The three of us have been working together here for three years, and we get along very well, are we going to be separated as soon as we say goodbye today?" As soon as these words came out, they couldn't help but draw out the feelings of the three of them to say goodbye.

Zhao Wenhui poured out freely and said: "Gathering is fate, scattering is also fate, it is impermanent." Besides, parting at this time, always thinking of goodbye to Bai Shou, it was also a joy at that time! ”

He Tai'an smiled: "You two are in the prime of life, I'm afraid my head will be white in the near future!" With that, the three of them laughed together.

After laughing, Li Xianzhi said: "I'm just resigning from office, not doing nothing." In my opinion, Jiangnan is always a gentle town, not a place for big husbands to set up things. The lifeblood of the country, when it is in the northwest, at this time the thief Fang Sheng, I resigned and returned to my hometown, and it is precisely for this reason. If the second duke is really interested, why not abandon the small wealth here and go to the northwest together to achieve great success. If it is done, it is inevitable that the territory will be sealed, and even if it is not successful, it will end up with blood and spill the territory, isn't it heroic? ”

Having said that, the two of them knew that Li Xian's ambition was far away, and they were stunned for a while. After a while, I came back to my senses. Zhao Wenhui was originally a heroic person, and he was dragged down by a family, so he immediately said: "Lord Meng Li is blue-eyed, whether he has made meritorious service or not is a later story, I am about to travel to the northwest, and it is not in vain to live this life." ”

He Tai'an is over forty years old at the moment, and since he came back from the northwest, he has only enjoyed a few years of family fun, and he was a little hesitant for a while, silent.

Seeing this, Li Xianzhi was not reluctant, changed his conversation, talked for some leisure, and dispersed.

In the next few days, Li Xian waited for the successor, while preparing the account books for the handover. From time to time, there are still common people and gentry who come to ask for stay, and naturally they are sent away one by one.

Fortunately, Li Xian has been in office for three years and has no communication in the officialdom, so he is free of a lot of hypocritical noise, and he is only waiting to leave office. In his spare time, he and He and Zhao had a good time, and they had a few days of good time.

Unconsciously seven or eight days later, the successor Xinzhi County arrived, and it was inevitable to check the accounts, check the library, and hand over the handover. After three or five busy days, everything was checked and correct, and the delivery was completed.

The new magistrate is about fifty years old, and he has been promoted from the Jiupin master book many times, and he looks very honest and old, but he has no way of knowing what his mental skills are. I can't help Li Xianzhi not hand over the seal of the county master, and then pack his bags and prepare to leave office.

Li Xianzhi went to the post without his family members, and he didn't have much furniture, except for the fact that he had collected 100 volumes of ancient and modern classics since then, and he had no long things. At this time, Han Chuan and Jin Shun had already taken the servants to bundle the books with oiled paper, and the rest of the clothes were also wrapped in a burden, and they moved out.

He Tai'an and Zhao Wenhui originally wanted to keep Li Xian's plate for a few more days. Zhou Langzhong sent another letter urging him, and Li Xianzhi was afraid that the people would know that he would come to detain him after leaving, so he immediately hired a boat to set off.

He and Zhao couldn't, so they had to send Li Xianzhi away. But it was said that this day was sudden, and few people knew, but before they arrived at the wharf, hundreds of squires and people gathered one after another, holding Wanmin umbrellas and weeping and kneeling.

Although Li Xianzhi has done some acts of loving the people, but due to the situation at this time, it is inevitable that he will have to be reluctant to do so, and he knows that he can't deserve such a special gift, so he returns the salute and helps everyone up.

How can the people be simple and kind, and with the rampant corruption of officials and tyrants in recent years, Li Xianzhi's little good governance is regarded in their eyes as Bao Gong and Hai Rui's rebirth. No matter how Li Xianzhi prayed, the people always couldn't afford it.

Li Xianzhi couldn't, so he had to hurriedly board the ship surrounded by He, Zhao and a group of officials. The captain plucked the oars, and the boat galloped offshore. Li Xianzhi stood at the stern of the boat, looking at the people who still couldn't kneel, thanking him for his kindness and worrying about his suffering from being bullied by evil officials. There was a lot of blood in his chest, and two lines of tears flowed from his eyes. On the board of the boat, he knelt down heavily while looking at the shore, and kowtowed three times deeply, until Han Chuan and Jin Shun stepped forward to pull him, and then got up.

Gradually, the boat was far away, and the shore could no longer be seen. Li Xianzhi sighed hatefully: "I regret that I shouldn't have cherished my future and life at the beginning, and I didn't dare to fight with Qian and Miao Zhiyi to get rid of them." Now that I'm gone, thousands of people in Pinghu are in dire straits, and my sin is great! ”

Han Chuan and Jin Shun both persuaded in unison: "Don't blame yourself, master, and today's officialdom is already dark, even if in addition to Qian and Miao, there are ten more such officials who have been released." is the new county master who took over, and who knows if it's good or bad? ”

After persuading for a long time, Li Xianzhi let go of this experience, and remembered that Shicai hurriedly said goodbye, but he couldn't say a word to He and Zhao. Let the sails gallop, the river breeze blows, and sail north.