Hua Lao Fox this time is really sick again, in addition to the serious water and soil adaptation and heat poison invagination, but also played up the pendulum malaria symptoms, fortunately Wenge has been the matter, do not want to kick the legs too early The old fox no longer insists on supervising the teacher in person, without the persuasion of others obediently returned to Changsha to recuperate, and then waited for Chong'en, who has the ability to govern the government, to rush to Hunan to take office, the old fox hurried back to Hubei by boat to recuperate, and did not dare to stay in Hunan where the climate and environment are difficult to adapt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After receiving the news, in order to curry favor with the seller, Wu Chaoyue of course personally ran to the Luoshan Wharf at the junction of Hubei and Hunan to welcome the return of the old fox. As a result, when they met, Wu Chaoyue was really taken aback, he hadn't seen him for a few months, and the old fox who was originally a little chubby had already lost so much weight that he had to fight with himself, his face was full of wrinkles, and his spirit was even worse, lying on the bed and dying, and he might lose his breath at any time.

Stopped Dai Wenjie and others from waking up the old fox, and waited by the old fox's side until the evening, Hua Shana, who had to take medicine, woke up leisurely under the call of the soldiers, and then saw Wu Chaoyue holding the medicine in front of him, and the dying Hua Shana came to some spirits, and said with a strong smile: "I didn't expect to arrive in Wuchang so soon, Weiting, this is not your job, let the next people come." ”

"Yuzhong, we have just entered Hubei." Dai Wenjie next to him hurriedly reminded: "Wu Futai received the news that you had returned to the province and personally went to the Luoshan Wharf at the junction of Hunan and Hubei to greet you, and we only left Luoshan not long ago." ”

"Oh." Hua Shana's obviously cloudy eyes showed emotion, and complained: "Comfort Ting, you are really, as a governor, how can you leave the provincial capital lightly for such a trivial matter as welcoming me?" Let the Yanguan Imperial History know, maybe I will refer to you again. ”

"Grandpa Flower......." Wu Chaoyue shed tears, choked up and said: "It's me who is not good, I forgot that you, a Mongolian, will not adapt to the water and soil when you go to Hunan with a hot and humid climate, and persuade you to personally go to Hubei to preside over the counterinsurgency, but I didn't expect it to harm you like this." It's my fault, it's all my fault. ”

"Stupid, how can I blame you? At that time, without your persuasion, the old man had to decide to conquer Hunan in person. Hua Shana scolded with a smile, coughed again and said: "The old man is the governor, and the old man is responsible for the military affairs of the two lakes. ”

Coughing, Hua Shana also showed a painful expression, Wu Chaoyue and Dai Wenjie hurriedly beat his back and rubbed his chest for him, and finally let him breathe, and after feeding him the decoction with his own hands, Wu Chaoyue wanted to help Hua Shana lie down and rest, but Hua Shana waved his hand and refused, and asked Wu Chaoyue with a smile: "Comfort Ting, if the old man can't hold on and is forced to step down, do you want to replace the old man as the governor of Huguang?" ”

Hearing this question, Wu Chaoyue, who has always been strangely thick-skinned, was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Hua, don't say that, you will definitely be able to get better, and the position of the governor of Huguang can only be sat by you, so that the court and the emperor can rest assured, and the younger generations can also be convinced." ”

Hua Shana laughed when she heard this, and said with a smile: "In your words, one thing is right, it is true that only when the old man sits in the position of the governor of Huguang, the court and the emperor can rest assured, you can understand this, it means that you have also been trained in the officialdom and can figure out the emperor's true thoughts." ”

Smiled and praised Wu Chaoyue's growth, Hua Shana smiled and said: "But you have also seen the old man's current situation, he is sick like this, don't talk about you, even the old man himself knows very well, I, the governor of Huguang, am afraid that I am about to come to an end, and when it really comes to that time, do you want to take over the position of the old man?" ”

Wu Chaoyue squirmed and didn't speak, and Hua Shana didn't force Wu Chaoyue, but smiled and said in a weak voice: "If you want, then the old man will give you a little guidance, through the line between Su Zhongtang and you in the palace, give the emperor an idea, let the emperor promote you to the governor of Huguang, take over the position of the old man, and send a man to be the governor of Hubei." In this way, you will have a much greater chance of being promoted to the governor of Huguang. ”

Although he didn't want the Manchu court to send another Manchu to spy on him, Wu Chaoyue still respectfully thanked Hua Shana for his guidance, and Hua Shana patted Wu Chaoyue with his thin old hand, and said in a weak voice: "Don't worry, Su Zhongtang has a famous saying that shocks the government and the opposition is that there are many flag people and bastards, this sentence The old man agrees with it, but the flag people are not all bastards, for example, Su Zhongtang and the old man are definitely not bastards in your eyes, right?" ”

"So, when you meet a Manchurian governor who is not a jerk, get along with him amicably. If you run into a bastard Manchurian governor, you will fight him to the end, and fight to the death! Anyway, now the court and the emperor can't do without you sitting in Hubei, and your backer is tough and powerful, you won't suffer a loss when you fight, just let go and fix the whole person. ”

Whispering heartfelt thanks to Hua Shana for his guidance, Wu Chaoyue's heart was somewhat contradictory, he wanted to replace Hua Shana to preside over the military of the two lakes, but he was also a little reluctant to give up the current situation - if he really ran into a bastard flag governor, Wu Chaoyue would never be more comfortable than now, even if he had become the governor of Huguang.

After saying these words, Hua Shana, who was seriously ill, was also a little difficult to support, and took the initiative to ask to lie down, Wu Chaoyue hurriedly helped Hua Shana to lie down, persuaded Hua Shana to rest and get up to say goodbye. Hua Shana nodded, but when Wu Chaoyue stood up and was about to leave, Hua Shana suddenly opened his eyes and beckoned, "Comfort Pavilion, wait." ”

Wu Chaoyue hurriedly stopped and turned around and asked Hua Shana what else to explain, but Hua Shana closed his eyes and muttered: "When you are fighting for the position of Governor of Huguang, if you have any questions or problems, you can come to me." Before the old man took office in Huguang, he was a secretary in the imperial court, and he presided over the Jingcha plan related to the fate of Beijing officials for several consecutive years, planted a lot of flowers in the court, sold a lot of favors, and could help you a little. ”

"Grandpa Flower......." Wu Chaoyue called softly, and tears flashed in his eyes............

In fact, not only Hua Shana is optimistic that Wu Chaoyue can succeed him as the governor of Huguang, but the civil and military officials of Huguang basically think that Wu Chaoyue, who is excellent in military and political affairs, is the most likely to succeed Hua Shana as governor, so that the Manchu court has not yet decided whether to let the seriously ill Hua Shana step down, and the civil and military officials in Hunan and Hubei have begun to curry favor with Wu Chaoyue as the future governor, and even the newly appointed Hunan governor Chong'en also admits that he will never be able to compete with Wu Chaoyue. Early on, in a private letter, he instigated Wu Chaoyue to fight for the position of governor of Huguang, and took the initiative to express his willingness to wait for Wu Chaoyue's horse.

Next, when Huashana was seriously ill, Wu Chaoyue actually took up the position of governor of Huguang, dispatched troops to suppress the Hunan Taiping Army for Huashana, promoted and mobilized the army generals of Hushana and Guangzhou, and actually took charge of the Qing army of the two lakes under the sign of Huashana. While tasting the sweetness of the Governor of Huguang in advance, Wu Chaoyue naturally did not forget to follow Hua Shana's guidance and use his two most precious connections to make every effort to officially take over as the Governor of Huguang. However......

However, Wu Chaoyue still underestimated the difficulty of his ascension, and even underestimated the degree of suspicion of the Han people by the Wild Boar Pi IX Xianfeng Emperor, even if Huguang was popular with the people, even if some Manchu Qing officials in the capital who were not Su Party thought that Wu Chaoyue was the best choice to take over as the governor of Huguang, but the Xianfeng Emperor still refused to rest assured that Huguang military power would be handed over to a Han Chinese, or wanted a Manchurian and Mongolian governor to be in charge of Huguang military power.

Of course, here we must also shout a word of injustice for Emperor Xianfeng, no matter who stands in his perspective and position, I really dare not worry that Huguang's military power will be handed over to a Han Chinese. Because with the continuous development of the war, Huguang's Qing army training has long unconsciously grown the strongest in the Central Plains, the Qing army in the surrounding provinces is not to mention the strong restraint of the Huguang Qing army, on the contrary, it has to rely on the wings of the Huguang Qing army to protect itself, such a powerful military force, the ancestor named Wild Boar Pi Xianfeng Emperor of course did not dare to hand over to the Han people no matter what.

What's worse for Wu Chaoyue is that his rival party, Bai Ye, has also learned well, knowing that it is difficult for ordinary Manchu and Mongolian governors to fight against the meritorious Wu Chaoyue, so he deliberately found a very strong competitor for Wu Chaoyue, and pushed this candidate out to compete with Wu Chaoyue.

This candidate Wu Chaoyue knows and has seen it, and it is quite a bit related to it - Gui Liang, the former governor of Zhili and the current scholar of Dongge University, has a little relationship with Wu Chaoyue because Gui Liang has a son-in-law named Guizi Liu, whose qualifications, official position and blood are enough to compete with Wu Chaoyue. What's worse is that Gui Liang, who has the title of Zhongtang, is still very interested in taking over as the governor of Huguang, the reason is, of course, that it is a hundred times easier to make money as a magistrate than a Beijing official.

Suddenly such a powerful competitor appeared, even Wu Chaoyue's backer Su Shun was a little unbearable, several times recommended Wu Chaoyue to the throne was rejected by Emperor Xianfeng shaking his head, on the contrary, Bai Ye and others proposed to let Gui Liang go to Huguang to take office, Emperor Xianfeng showed a shaken look, if it wasn't for Hua Shana's self-requested dismissal of the excerpt had not been sent to the capital, Gui Liang might have become the governor of Huguang.

Before he completely overthrew Bai Ye and allowed his power to reach its peak as in history, Su Shun had no choice but to write a letter to Wu Chaoyue, telling him what was happening in the capital, and asking Wu Chaoyue to stop Hua Shana from resigning and buying time for himself to be elected to the throne.

After Su Shun's letter was sent to Hubei, after reading Su Shun's letter, Wu Chaoyue, who had a sparse history, greeted the eighteenth generation of the six wives and ancestors of the devil, but also somewhat doubted Su Shun's request, and did not understand why Su Shun asked himself to stop Hua Shana's request to resign. Fortunately, Yan Jingming, who was next to him, immediately broke through the maze and said: "Lord Futai, this is an unwritten rule of my dynasty, if an incumbent official is sick, unless he asks for dismissal and return to the field, the imperial court will generally not take the initiative to withdraw this official's errand, until the official recovers or dies of illness, or something goes wrong to give the court a handle to withdraw the errand." ”

"Also, the background of the flower platform is not simple, his grandfather won the trust of the Qianlong Emperor, Jiaqing, Daoguang and the two dynasties were favored by the grandfather and father of the flower platform, and the flower platform himself also won the trust and favor of the Daoguang Emperor and the current saint, if it were not for the official department Shangshu could not concurrently serve as the minister of military aircraft, he had already entered the military aircraft department a few years ago. Therefore, if you don't go to Huazhitai for a day to say that you are sick and beg for a day, the emperor will not take the initiative to issue an order to remove him, and Gui Liang will not be the governor of Huguang for a day, and Su Zhongtang will have the opportunity and time to suppress Gui Liang and bring you forward. ”

After finally understanding Su Shun's intentions, Wu Chaoyue also began to be a little worried, and hurriedly asked Yan Jingming again: "Danchu, then how can I stop Hua Zhitai from asking for dismissal?" It's not easy to say that, right? ”

"It's not hard." Yan Jingming offered a plan: "As long as you tell the flower system platform about Bai Zhongtang and their push for Gui Liang to take over as the governor of Huguang, the flower system platform will understand what you mean, if he is determined to help you to take the position, he will definitely grit his teeth and insist on not begging for rest, and buy time for Su Zhongtang." ”

Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly led Wu Dadao and other personal soldiers out, and went straight to the governor's palace on horseback, asking to meet Hua Shana under the banner of visiting his illness, and he was soon led into the back room where Hua Shana was recuperating.

After returning to Hubei Province, after careful recuperation, Hua Shana's condition has improved somewhat, at least the spirit is much better than when he was in Luoshan, after seeing Wu Chaoyue's arrival, Hua Shana also smiled and said to Wu Chaoyue: "Coincidentally, I was about to send someone to invite you, but I didn't expect you to come first, what's the matter?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to come and visit Grandpa Hua." Wu Chaoyue casually talked nonsense, took out the cinchona cream he brought with him, and said: "Grandpa Hua, the juniors gave you the cinchona, I don't know if you finished eating, by the way, I brought some more, if you need to, you can send someone to pass the word at any time, and the juniors will send it to you immediately." ”

"The old man has long stopped playing around, and he doesn't need to take this medicine anymore." Hua Shana shook his head, suddenly smiled again, and said: "I almost forgot to congratulate you, there is news in the court, the emperor intends to let the Dongge University scholar Gui Liang Gui Zhongtang pick up the old man's errand, he is your old acquaintance when he was in Zhili, and his son-in-law Prince Gong has also carried you, I think you will definitely get along happily in Huguang." ”

Wu Chaoyue stopped talking, knowing that Hua Lao Fox had actually seen his intentions, and he was embarrassed to continue to open his mouth. Hua Shana smiled even more happily and said: "Don't worry, Gui Zhongtang is not bad in other aspects except for some who love to put on a shelf and some who love silver, as long as you feed him with silver, he won't deliberately embarrass you." ”

When Wu Chaoyue nodded helplessly, Hua Shana suddenly said: "By the way, I forgot to ask you one thing, I heard that when you went to Beijing to report on your work as an envoy in Jiangsu, Prince Gong once tried to win you over, but you prefer to let Su Zhongtang be your backer in the court, so you refused, is there such a thing?" ”

"Grandpa Hua, how do you know these things?" Wu Chaoyue asked in surprise.

Hua Shana smiled and didn't answer, just smiled: "Then I have to congratulate you again, you are in big trouble this time." Prince Gong and Su Zhongtang have always been at odds with each other, and they seem to be a little dissatisfied with Su Zhongtang's excessive power, you are the most trustworthy person in Su Zhongtang in the local governor...... ”

"What's even worse is that Prince Gong has also been the chief ...... of military aircraft for a lot of time."

"Hehe, so many things come together, Prince Gong's old Taishan is the governor of Hubei, it's hard for you to think of something without any story."

Wu Chaoyue's expression was crying, and he didn't know how to answer Hua Shana's ridicule, but fortunately, Hua Shana didn't continue to ridicule, and after holding back his smile, he suddenly said lightly: "Don't worry, the old man won't go up and call himself sick and begging." ”

"Grandpa Flower!"

Wu Chaoyue was immediately overjoyed, and couldn't help but pounce on Hua Shana's thin old hand, Hua Shana smiled again, and said with a smile: "Although the old man is not sure whether Gui Zhongtang will deliberately target you because of Prince Gong, or force you to change the court, but the old man can't take this risk." In the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty, only Hubei was the only stable province, and the situation in Hunan was also rapidly improving, and the old man could not risk the civil strife in Huguang to give up the position of governor to Guiliang. ”

Speaking of this, Hua Shana raised his hand and patted Wu Chaoyue's head, and said with a smile: "So don't worry, whether it is for the sake of the Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty, for the officials and people of Huguang Province, or for you, the old man will never go to the fold and call himself sick and begging, even if he dies of illness in office!" ”

Wu Chaoyue was moved to tears, and Hua Shana patted Wu Chaoyue's head, and suddenly said: "There is another thing, it may be unlikely, but it cannot be ruled out that Prince Gong suddenly made a mistake and decided that his father-in-law Gui Zhongtang would definitely take over as the governor of Huguang, and he would contact you in private." If you really have such an opportunity, don't hesitate to submit Prince Gong's book credit to the emperor immediately! Remember, fold with the Governor Secret Fold! ”

"Why?" Wu Chaoyue asked curiously.

"Of course, it completely cuts off the possibility of Gui Liang taking over as the governor of Huguang." Hua Shana smiled and said: "It is a taboo for the prince to make friends with foreign ministers, and now Prince Gong is guilty again, he contacts you in private and is known by the emperor, the emperor will be furious, and his father-in-law, Lao Taishan, will never have the opportunity to be an official in the same province as you in this life." ”

"And you, you just offended a prince who studied behind closed doors, but you gained further trust from the emperor, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, understand?"

Wu Chaoyue nodded and thanked him, and said many words of thanks and some official duties to Hua Shana before he got up to leave. As a result, after Wu Chaoyue left, Dai Wenjie, who had been waiting on the side, smiled and asked Hua Shana, "Yu Zhong, the hint is too vague, right?" What if Wu Futai can't understand it? ”

"If he can't comprehend, then he is not qualified to sit as the governor of Huguang." Hua Shana said lightly: "This position is too important and too powerful, even if you really sit on it, because of your Han identity, you will soon be killed by those Eight Banner princes in the court." ”

Dai Wenjie was purely worried about nothing, and although Wu Chaoyue, who was full of bad water, didn't know Hua Shana's true intentions, he had already thought of a bad idea in Hua Shana's prompts, and he couldn't wait to think of a bad idea on the way back to the governor's yamen......

"Devil Six, you don't have much chance of taking the initiative to contact me, so I can't find a way to contact you first? As long as I get the ironclad evidence that you tried to buy me, see how your straw bale brother kills you! ”

"Although Lao Tzu has no grievances with you, who called you so much stronger than your straw bag brother? If you really make a comeback***** Lao Tzu will be in big trouble, rather than leaving you this hidden danger, it is better to solve it as soon as possible! (To be continued.) )