Liu Xunjiao's words made Guan Zhuofan wake up suddenly-Li Hongzhang wants to raise the Huai Army, so he naturally has to find a way to get money. At that time, if he comes to make a donation as the governor of Jiangsu, there will be no room for his own interference! There is a big difference between one positive and one negative. What's more, even the customs, Li Hongzhang can manage it, although the military expenses of the Xuan army are not to be given, but it is expected that there will be some difficulties.

Li Hongzhang's word is Hefei, and "Shaoquan" is his number. Listening to Liu Xunjiao's tone just now, it seemed that he not only knew Li Hongzhang, but also became quite familiar with him, so Guan Zhuofan pretended to ask casually: "Mr. Liu, have you dealt with this Li Shaoquan?" ”

"Not only have I dealt with him, but I am the same year as him, and we are both Jinshi in the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang. However, his luck was good, and after the hall was dispersed, he entered the Hanlin Academy, and later joined the door of Lord Zeng, and now he is about to lead his own troops and stand alone. I can't compare myself to him. ”

"Mr. Liu, you don't have to be too humble, and the time is also fate, as long as the time comes, with your talents, you will naturally have to prosper." In this era, the same year is a very close relationship. Now that Li Hongzhang has not yet become famous, Guan Zhuofan would like to hear his evaluation of Li Hongzhang, "But since you can worship under the door of Zeng Commander in the same year, you must also be a character?" ”

"Hey, 'Who has written history for 10,000 years, and wants to be a marquis 3,000 miles away'!" Liu Xunxuan said with a smile, "In front of Xuan Shuai, I might as well say bluntly that Li Shaoquan's ambition can be seen from his poems alone: talented, but the foundation of a famous person, and his teacher's uprightness and prudence, not the same way-"

Li Hongzhang of today's Chinese New Year's Eve nine. He is a native of Hefei, Anhui Province. When he was a teenager, he had a literary name. He successively worshipped the famous scholars Li Fangxian and Xu Ziling as teachers and studied scriptures and history. The first time he went to Beijing to take a scientific examination, he failed to make the list, and when Zeng Guofan suffered from lung disease and lived in Baoguo Temple in the south of the city, Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan "lived day and night, emphasizing the study of righteousness and reason". Zeng Guofan not only repeatedly called him "only useful", but also let him live in the mansion and personally tutor him. Until he was admitted to the Jinshi in the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang.

As for the Taiping Army, Lu Xianji, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, went to Anhui to handle the regimental training and anti-suppression matters. Lu Xianji was originally from Anhui Province with Li Hongzhang, familiar with the hometown, and asked the battalion to help do everything, so he was ordered to return to his hometown to run regimental training, and led the troops to fight against the Taiping Army many times. At that time, Zeng Guofan was leading troops in Hunan, and he sincerely wrote to Li Hongzhang about his experience in organizing and training the Hunan army, which shows his high expectations. In the eighth year of Xianfeng, he simply summoned him to his shogunate. Run a camp.

"This time, Governor Zeng sent him to Shanghai to train the Huai Army, firstly, because the Hunan Army really couldn't draw generals. Second, it is also the cultivation of Shaoquan - I heard that the 'dowry' alone gave him a full nine battalions. Liu Xunjiao said, "Xuan Shuai, just imagine, with such strength and such backing, how can Li Shaoquan not be ambitious and do a big job when he arrives in Shanghai?" It's just that for some reason, the trip was delayed for three months, and finally couldn't catch up with this big battle. ”

Guan Zhuofan knows some of these things, some don't know, as for Li Hongzhang's delay, it is his own doing, not to mention that Liu Xun has no need to let him smell it, just nodded and said in a deep voice: "Only in this way, Xuanjun can't be descended." Mr. Liu, this matter of donating money should be handled in accordance with the regulations you mentioned, not only to do it, but also to do it quickly -- the name of the "Shanghai General Bureau of Donations" should be called. When you set up the shelf and cook the raw rice to maturity, I will make up for it to the imperial court, and Li Shaoquan will have no choice but to take me. ”

"Yes!" Liu Xunji excitedly agreed. His talent can be appreciated by the peak, which is much stronger than "not meeting talents". However, there is one more thing that needs to be clarified first, so he cautiously asked: "Please show Xuan Shuai, who should be in charge of this Shanghai General Administration of Donations?" ”

"Hmm......" Guan Zhuofan hadn't thought about it yet. This position is very important, and the oil and water are also very large, and I can't think of who to do it for a while.

"If Xuan Shuai doesn't have a predetermined candidate, his subordinates are brave, but there is a recommendation."

"Which one?"

"Golden Rainforest." Liu Xun said respectfully.

Reasonable. Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, Jin Yulin was promoted from the position of Shanghai magistrate, and there was naturally no problem with his ability, and his ethics were also good, so he could rest assured. What's more, he has been helping him with government affairs in the past few months, doing his best, working hard, and he should be given a transfer, which can be regarded as a reward for him.

After making up his mind, he looked at Liu Xunjiao and knew that his proposal was actually reminding himself. Guan Zhuofan glanced at Liu Xunjiao, and thought leisurely in his heart, this Mr. Liu is really not ordinary, and his thoughts have been thoroughly eaten by him.

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Jin Yulin is naturally happy - the general office of the General Administration of Donations, which is scheduled to be the title of Wupin Prefect, can not only be promoted, but also the income is conceivable, so he is extremely energetic, and every day in Qibao Town to discuss various details with Liu Xunjiao, transfer people and materials, and hurry to support the situation within the month.

It's just that Guan Zhuofan is bitter - Jin Yulin is not there, so he has to provoke it himself. Fortunately, in the past few months, he has gradually been able to get started, and there is also a Huang Xiancheng who can be a powerful helper.

The county is the official of the eighth grade, and is called the "second master" in the yamen. Most counties do not have this position, and only a large county like Shanghai has one. Guan Zhuofan's "deputy county magistrate" is called Huang Defa, his name is cheesy, he is not a good person, he is very capable of doing things, and he is also very alert -- the last time Guan Zhuofan criticized the red desertion for the first time, he relied on his help to get off the stage.

Criticizing the red cha refers to approving the execution of death row prisoners in the court. Guan Zhuofan was inspired by Liu Xun's words "Little mercy is the enemy of great mercy", and he was determined to clean up the accumulated cases. And the first one to be killed is the bandit who didn't succeed last time and took four lives.

When the prisoner was brought to the lobby, the prisoner was very comfortable, anyway, he had inexplicably lived for three more months, and he only thought it was earned for nothing, but Guan Zhuofan was sweating on his forehead, as nervous as before. Finally picked up the pen, dipped it in cinnabar, and according to the pre-teaching of Master Ji, he dragged the pen forward on the criminal mark on the case, drew a long red mark, and shouted: "Take it to the execution ground, behead!" ”

After shouting, I was relieved, and I consciously completed a big thing, and since then I have crossed this threshold in my heart. The officials under the hall made a promise in unison, but no one moved, only the death row prisoner was determined, and they all looked at Master Guan.

This time, Guan Zhuofan was also stunned, and he didn't know what was wrong, so he only heard Huang Defa next to him remind softly: "Master Guan, throw, throw." ”

Throw? Guan Zhuofan snapped and threw down the criminal mark on the case. The officials looked at each other, but still no one dared to move.

Huang Defa saw that it was not the way, turned to the front of the case, covered the eyes of the officials, bowed down and said: "Yes, I am ordered, take it to the execution ground, and behead!" He took the pen in Guan Zhuofan's hand and threw it on the ground. Only then did the officials roar, took the marker and inserted it behind the prisoner's neck, rushed out, and took the prisoner to the execution ground.

This is the rule of the red chap -- the evil spirit of murder is all on the pen that is red and the pen is approved, and after the mark is approved, the pen must be thrown to the ground. As soon as the pen landed, the order was given, and the officials could take the death row prisoner away. Master Ji naturally taught this rule, but Guan Zhuofan was nervous, where did he think of it for a while? This shows that Huang Xiancheng is alert, not only handling things well, but also maintaining the face of his boss.

Although the magistrate is regarded as a "vulgar official", it is a position to be truly familiar with the knowledge of the world, and the functions are quite complex, there are always dozens of detailed items, which are roughly divided into six categories: taxation and grain payment, educating the people, persuading the people to farm, providing relief for disasters and famines, hearing lawsuits and breaking prisons, and promoting disciplines. Guan Zhuofan did not hesitate to humiliate his dignity and serve as the magistrate of Shanghai, in order to make himself familiar with the government affairs at the grassroots level in addition to the military. The so-called one thing is one thing, and one is wise, so he has a considerable understanding of every matter seriously. But you can't always do everything yourself, otherwise you will be entangled in mundane affairs, which is equivalent to being stuck here, how can you spare time to do other things?

So according to his own ideas, he set up a small committee, and assigned these things to the county Cheng, the teaching, the main book, Master Ji and Master Qin, and every ten days were summoned by Huang County, and they gathered once to make a report to Guan Zhuofan about the affairs of the past ten days.

The implementation of this method has been quite effective. Guan Zhuofan was overjoyed, thinking that these committee members seemed to be the Minister of Military Aircraft, Huang Defa was the foreman of the military aircraft, and he was like the emperor, the only regret was that the two mothers were not around, and no one was to serve them. But fortunately, there is Hu Qingqing, although he can't be a beast, but he is bright and pretty, gentle and lovely, occasionally flirtatious, and has a big mind, which can be regarded as a qualified interpretation flower.

*(To be continued......)