After attacking the city for a day, not only did it not take it down, but more than 80 people were killed and wounded, including a general. Xu Naizhao was exhausted, and when he returned to Xingyuan, he sat down paralyzed.

Qiao Songnian originally planned to submit the investigation of Han Si to Xu Naizhao for a look, but seeing that Xu Naizhao was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to speak, he simply went to the horse lantern and read it to Xu Naizhao.

accepted bribes from Wu Jianzhang and ran for Wu Jianzhang to get rid of his crimes, but there was no evidence; Accepting bribes from Yingyi and colluding with Yingyi to embezzle taxes is not only groundless, but also a big joke.

There is no evidence for the purchase of real estate in office.

It is true that he is ineffective, but there is a reason for the incident, first, Yang Nengge, as a sub-patrol Su Songtai, should have negotiated with foreigners, but he was afraid of foreigners, avoided them, and pushed all the negotiations to Han Si; Second, Han Si was born as a donor, and he had never read a few sage books, so it was expedient for him to act as the governor of Songjiang Prefecture and the governor of Haiphong and Jiang Customs, and ordering him to negotiate with foreigners was to drive ducks to the shelves. As for the damage to the national body, although there is a suspicion of losing power and humiliating the country, there is no fact of losing power and humiliating the country, at least in the negotiations with foreigners, there is no private permission to foreigners, let alone land and compensation.

After reading it, Qiao Songnian put down the excerpt and asked: "Zhongcheng, Han Zhixing has and made contributions in my Songjiang Mansion Tongzhi, do you want to write his credits in the excerpt?" ”

Xu Naizhao weighed it and shook his head: "If it is written in the excerpt, it will be an impeachment of Gil Hang'a and Yang Nengge. What's more, we are only ordered to find out those crimes, and as for how to investigate them, we can refer them to the ministry. Whether the merits are higher than the faults, or the merits and demerits are offset, it is not your turn to talk about it. ”

"But if we don't speak up, who will speak for him?"

"Jianhou, I know that Han Zhixing fell into the field where he was dismissed and investigated, and you don't want to go, but we really can't open our mouths about those words, we can only wronged him."

Xu Naizhao knows very well that it is no longer just Yang Nengge who let Han Si take the blame for self-protection, from the moment Yang Nengge co-signed Gil Hang'a on the excerpt of impeaching Han Si, it was aimed at him, the acting governor of Jiangsu. Thinking of the current fight of the great enemy, Xu Naizhao felt very uncomfortable, and was silent for a moment before saying: "Then Han Zhixing doesn't have to worry about the relief, let him hand it over to Wu Xu and Sun Feng to Zhang Luo." ”

"Zhongcheng ......"

"Jianhou, I know what you want to say, but now it's better to have more than less. As far as I know, those people are talking about Yang Nengge behind their backs, and those gentry even plan to give Han Zhixing an umbrella. Think about it, if these things reach Yang Nengge's ears, will he be annoyed and angry? ”

Qiao Songnian reacted, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Xu Naizhao stood up, looked at the twists and turns on the case, and muttered: "Didn't you say the day before yesterday that Han Zhixing was disheartened and had the intention of retreating, this busy Xiang Rong couldn't help, Guo Peilin not only couldn't help, if he knew that Han Zhixing was impeached, he had to hurry up to the fold and ask for guilt, after all, Han Zhixing was the person he protected." ”

"Zhongcheng, you mean ......"

"If you and I hadn't let him be ordered to be in danger, he wouldn't have ended up in the field where he was dismissed and arrested, so we should fulfill him."

"How?"

"He is now guilty of sin, and it will not be so easy for him to return to his hometown unless he is dismissed from his post and never replaced. You go and ask him where he wants to go, and after you think about it, I will help him send a letter to the same year in Jingli to see if I can help him find a demote and transfer. ”

In the same year that Xu Naizhao mentioned Jingli, Qiao Songnian suddenly remembered someone, if that person helped, it would not be difficult for Han Si to return to his hometown, and he couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "Han Zhixing Xie Zhongcheng in the Song Era!" ”

"Don't thank you, if you don't even make this little thing happen, it will not only chill Han Zhixing's heart, but also the hearts of Xue Huan, Liu Cunhou, Hu Songlin and others."

Qiao Songnian realized that Han Si was doing this favor, Xu Naizhao had to help if he didn't help, otherwise he wouldn't expect Xue Huan, Liu Cunhou and Hu Songlin and other Sichuan civil and military officials to use their lives, but he still thanked Han Si on his behalf, and then led his family to the Sichuan Hall on the other side of the river overnight with lanterns.

……

When he came to visit late at night, Han Xiufeng was taken aback, asked them if they hadn't eaten dinner yet, and hurriedly asked Datou and Cuihua to go to a table of banquets.

Master Xu insisted on not entering the table as usual, Han Xiufeng could only let Su Jueming, who had just eaten and drunk, go next door to accompany him, while he himself sat in the main hall with Qiao Songnian while eating and chatting.

"Do you have a relationship with Lord Wu? Lord Wu's cousin is on his way to Wuchang to help you intercede? ”

"What is the identity of Lord Wu, and what is my identity, I just have some friendship with Lord Wu's cousin, by the way, I have a relationship with Lord Wu's brother, that is, our Sichuan salt tea ceremony Wu Wenxi." Han Xiufeng smiled, put down the wine glass again, and said, "Wu Wenming didn't go to Wuchang just to help me. ”

"He plans to go to Wuchang to join his family?" Qiao Songnian asked curiously.

"The Wu family's family members are all in Taizhou, and even if he joins his family, it is impossible for him to bring only a few family members. What to say, he went with negative energy. ”

"What are you angry about?"

Thinking of the letter that Liang Liu helped Wu Wenming bring from Taizhou, Han Xiufeng explained solemnly: "Zhang Yiguo doesn't know if you have heard of it, he was originally the alternate salt governor of the Lianghuai Transportation Division, and when Changmao committed Yangzhou at the beginning of the year, Yang Dianbang ran away, Liu Liangju ran away, but Minglun ran away, and almost all the civil and military officials in Yangzhou City ran away, and he and the deputy general Zhu Zhanao did not run, and they also intercepted Changmao in the Changchun Bridge area west of Yangzhou City.

After Zhu Zhanao's martyrdom, he was repeatedly defeated and fought, and he fought more than a dozen battles with Changmao, and the only victory was to defend Wanfu Bridge with me, and Wu Wenming was also there when he guarded Wanfu Bridge, so it can be said that he had a lifelong friendship with Wu Wenming. As a result, Zeng Lichang, who had been besieged for more than half a year a few days ago, not only ran away from Yangzhou, but also killed Qi Shan and Lei Yicheng together with Changmao, who responded to them, and was caught off guard.

spent so much money and food to recover only an empty city, so that the long-haired man who had been besieged for more than half a year ran away, how could Qi Shan explain to the emperor, and he folded bullets to impeach Zhang Yiguo and other civil and military officials under Lei Yicheng, isn't this reversing black and white? Wu Wenming naturally wouldn't watch Zhang Yiguo being questioned, so he went to Wuchang in a fit of anger, intending to ask his cousin to protect Zhang Yiguo. ”

"By the way, ask his cousin to protect you?"

"Almost."

Qiao Songnian put down his chopsticks and said: "Zhixing, Lord Wu has a square personality, does not invite merit and does not hide it, and is an honest official." Everywhere I went, I cleared up the accumulated evils, calmed down the bandits, provided disaster relief, and rectified the rule of officials, which can be called a model for my generation. It is precisely because of this that no matter whether it is Zhang Yiguo's affairs or your affairs, Lord Wu can't help, after all, he is not in his position and does not seek his own politics, and as the governor of Huguang, it is difficult for him to ask about Liangjiang. ”

Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that although Wu Wenrong and Wu Wenxi were brothers, they were completely different from each other as people or officials. It is said that Wu Wenrong is so honest that he patches his official uniform, but Wu Wenxi is very extravagant, and the money that should be collected is all according to the order. Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng muttered, "It seems that I have thought things simple. ”

"Although it's simple, it's better to have a friendship with the Yizhen Wu family than no friendship after all, don't you want to go to Huguang first, and then find someone to return to your hometown? It's hard to say, and it's easy to say. Before coming, Lord Xu said that he would ask the same year in Beijing to help you think of a way. ”

"Who are you going to ask Master Xu to help me find a way?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"Master Peng Yunzhang of the Ministry of Industry."

"Master Peng seems to be also the Minister of Military Aircraft!"

"I thought you didn't know, Master Peng joined the military aircraft department three years ago, and he walked in the military aircraft department." Qiao Songnian smiled, and continued: "When our excerpt is submitted, the emperor will hand you over to the ministry for discussion, no matter what the result of the discussion between the criminal department and the ministry of officials is, you must first submit it to the military aircraft department." Master Peng and Lord Xu are the same year, and Lord Xu is not easy to ask for help, this favor Lord Peng will definitely help, and it is not difficult to help you ask for a demote and transfer. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect Xu Naizhao to have such a big backer in the capital, and couldn't help laughing: "Great, I have donated several plus records." Despite the drop, after the drop, I was sent to Huguang for a standby trial. ”

Looking at Han Xiufeng's happy appearance, Qiao Songnian was not as apologetic as before, looked at him with a smile and asked, "The lake is vast, have you thought about it, should you go to Hunan or Hubei?" ”

"Hunan and Hubei are fine, as long as they are close to home."

"If you want to say that it is close to home, Guizhou does not seem to be far from your hometown."

"Let's go to Huguang, after all, I don't just want to be close to home, but to go home! Demotion and transfer to be an alternate officer is just a springboard, I can still ask Lord Wu to find a random excuse to let me return to my hometown, who can I ask to go to Guizhou, not to mention the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, even the governor of Guizhou I don't know. ”

"Okay, just Huguang, I'll go and report to Lord Xu early tomorrow morning."

……

At the same time, the brothers of the old Taiyong Battalion, such as Datou, Chen Hu, and Ji Daji, were outside to inquire with Liang Liu about Zhang Yiguo.

"I didn't expect him to be impeached, whether he was impeached, it was better to be dismissed and never be used, otherwise I don't know how many brothers will be killed by him!"

"It's beautiful to think about, it's only Qi Shan who impeached him, and other adults are not only not impeached, but they are still trying to protect him."

"Which adult wants to protect him, what does he do, he is not good at fighting, he has never won a battle!" The big head asked puzzled.

Liang Liu smiled bitterly: "He doesn't know how to fight, and he hasn't won a few battles, but in the eyes of the lords of the domain, Zhentai and Daotai, he at least dares to go out and fight with Changmao, which is much stronger than those battalion officials under Qishan and Huicheng, and the gentry such as Master Wu think that he is a good official and a loyal minister, so they are trying to protect him." ”

Thinking of the brothers who had worked under Zhang Yiguo, Chen Hu sighed: "It's over, I don't know how many brothers will be killed by him." ”

Speaking of this, Liang Liu said helplessly: "Listen to Master Pan's tone, if Zhang Yiguo can pass this hurdle, there is a chance that Lord Guo will let him return to the Yamen of the Yunsi to serve as a crime, either let him be the battalion officer of the salt fishing camp, or let him be the battalion officer of the Miaowan battalion." ”

In Datou's mind, whether it is the salt fishing camp or the Caobiao Miaowan camp that was later rebuilt, the soldiers in the camp are all his brothers, and he can't help jumping up and asking: "What does Master Guo think, how can he be a battalion officer and a battalion officer of the salt fishing camp?" ”

Liang Liu pulled him down and said with a wry smile: "If I were Lord Guo, I would arrange it like this." After all, whether it is the salt fishing camp or the Miaowan camp, after all, they have to go into battle. If the battalion officer is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can this battle be fought? The fourth master won't go back, Jinghua is just a decoration, who else can Master Guo use without Zhang Yiguo? ”