"This official never holds grudges, unless the revenge has not been avenged!"

In history, it was because Li Hongzhang impeached Master Weng's brother Weng Tongshu for abandoning the city and running away, and sent Weng Tongshu to Xinjiang to eat cantaloupe and grow grapes, Master Weng spent 33 years to repay this blood feud, and Li Hongzhang, who betrayed the division in everything and made it difficult everywhere, did not allocate a copper plate for the military expenses of the Beiyang Naval Division for six years after serving as the head of the household department, and then instigated the Guangxu Emperor to force the Beiyang Naval Division, which had only two shells in its main gun, to go to sea and fight a decisive battle with Japan. helped the Japanese Empire completely annihilate the Beiyang Naval Division formed by Li Hongzhang himself. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because his brother was impeached and exiled, he took revenge like this, because of the affairs of the old Wu family, when he personally accompanied his father and brother to Xinjiang to dry raisins, Weng Tongyi of course hated the old Wu family to the bone marrow, and his dream was to skin and cramp the people of the old Wu family and execute Ling Chi. He prayed to heaven every day, and he also sincerely hoped that the old comprador Wu who was corrupt and perverted the law would be beheaded if the incident occurred, and the whole family would be exiled to Ningguta and the people in armor as slaves, and they would not be pardoned for life.

It's a pity that Weng Tongyi waited for one bad news after another in Xinjiang, because he helped the devil six to negotiate, and the big corrupt official Wu Lao comprador was reinstated and promoted to the council of the political secretary? Wu Chaoyue, who is like a clown who jumps off the beam, was even personally named the head of the six products by Emperor Xianfeng, and he entered the official career directly without participating in the imperial examination or donating?

Hearing these two news, Weng Tongxiao's first reaction was to roar at the sky, "Cangtian, you don't have long eyes!" ”

It made Weng Tongyi feel that God was a short-sighted man who was still behind, Wu Chaoyue, who was as thin as a monkey, could still lead troops to fight, and actually performed well on the battlefield, Qingpu counterinsurgency emerged, defending Jiangning shocked the government and the opposition, and Jiangyin twice pumped the Taiping army to find teeth, and went north to Qinwang to move the world, returned to southern Jiangsu and fought even victories, and Su Shun, a big celebrity in the capital, also promoted Wu Chaoyue as if he had taken the wrong medicine, and finally pushed Wu Chaoyue to the high position of governor of Hubei.

Every time he hears similar news, Weng Tongyi feels that he heard it wrong every time, and every time he hopes that fake news is true rumors, Wu Chaoyue is not so good, and the long-haired head cut off on the battlefield is just a good killing.

Or after being pardoned and returning to the capital with his father and brother, Weng Tongyi was desperate to find that all this was true, and he was even more desperate to find that the old Wu family, who had been crawling at the feet of the old Weng's family, had overtaken in a curve, and in turn trampled the old Weng's family under his feet. There is also a question to be asked whether He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, and Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu, who relied on the protection of Wu Chaoyue's old department, will agree.

Weng Tonggong hates, hates the injustice of God, has no eyes in the sky, and hates Wu Chaoyue, who is a clown jumping off the beam, not only has not diluted the hatred in Weng Tonggong's heart for nearly five years, but also let this kind of gnashing hatred brew and ferment, and it will go deeper and deeper into the bone marrow.

It was precisely under the drive of this bitterness that Weng Tongyi, who had the opportunity to stay in the capital to serve, insisted on going south to Anhui with his father and brother to handle the regimental training, and was determined to use ethics and morality and the Four Books and Five Classics to arm an invincible Anhui regimental training, and to have a long and short battle with Wu Chaoyue on the battlefield. It is precisely because of the obsession of competing with Wu Chaoyue that Weng Tongyi desperately persuaded him to donate and lose in Anhui, and practiced in an armed regiment, hoping to show his strengths on the battlefield as soon as possible, make meritorious contributions and become famous, and trample Wu Chaoyue under his feet again.

The cruel facts soon shattered Weng Tonggong's dream, even if he relied on the relationship between his protégés, disciples and colleagues, and quickly pulled up thousands of well-equipped Anhui regimental training, Weng Tonggong still won few victories and lost many times in front of the Taiping Army's partial divisions, and his struggle has not improved for many years, and his performance on the battlefield is somewhat inferior to that of another enemy, Li Hongzhang. And when Shi Dakai's main force developed northward, the group training that the Weng family father and son had worked hard to pull up could only dare to hide north of the Huai River, relying on Yuan Jiasan to charge in front of him, so as to barely maintain the Huaishui defense line.

On the contrary, even though he was already in charge of the civil affairs of Hubei and had not made many moves on the battlefield, Wu Chaoyue still fought beautiful battles such as the victory of Tianjiazhen, the great destruction of Shi Dakai and the recovery of Jiujiang, which made the Taiping army hear Wu's color change and dare not look west at Hubei. also made Yuan Jiasan and Zhang Guoliang and other Qing army generals constantly lament, "It would be nice if Lord Wu could send troops to help us, with him, Changmao will never dare to cross the Huaishui half a step!" ”

Desperate to find out that he could never surpass Wu Chaoyue in military affairs, Weng Tongyi could only re-attack his idea on political tricks, relying on the power in his hands and his father's network of people all over the world to desperately collect evidence of the enemy Wu Chaoyue, hoping to take revenge with impeachment.

After changing the method of revenge, Weng Tongyi was soon ecstatic to discover that the great enemy Wu Chaoyue had so many tricks to grasp on the issue of foreigners, and under the protection of Wu Chaoyue, foreigners from various countries who were absolutely not allowed to leave the treaty port could wantonly visit the Hubei Prefecture, preach and preach, do business and travel, and be as free as if they were in their country.

In ecstasy, Weng Tongyi of course collected enough evidence at the first time, and then couldn't wait to write down the impeachment note and submit it to his father for viewing and playing. However, Weng Xincun stopped him and said, "The time is not ripe yet, we have to wait a little longer." ”

Wu Chaoyue connived at foreigners to visit and preach in Hubei, and his father had heard of it for a long time, but his father never sent personnel to the imperial court to check it, because the time was not yet ripe. Wu Chaoyue's position in Hubei is too stable, and the credit for the previous establishment is too great, the emperor is reluctant to move him no matter what, and now that he is impeached, even if the court sends someone to investigate, the punishment given to him will not be too heavy, maybe a punishment of three years can let him pass the test in confusion. ”

"Wait, wait, wait! Wait for Wu Chaoyue to make a mistake, wait for the situation to change, wait until the emperor and the court want to deal with him, and then send this fold up, so that he can win in one fell swoop and seal his throat with a sword! ”

Still hearing his father's words, Weng Tongyi knew that his father had not forgotten the previous hatred and humiliation, and he was patient and waited for the opportunity to appear. As a result, what made Weng Tongyi ecstatic was that it didn't take long for Huguang to come to Huguang that Luo Bingzhang was deprived of his post as governor of Hunan because he went deep into the mainland with foreigners. After worshipping his father so much, Weng Tongyi once again suggested that he play it immediately, but Weng Xincun once again refused.

"The time is not ripe, Luo Bingzhang is very strange this time, and he privately took foreigners into the mainland, but it is just an excuse for the imperial court to dismiss him, and the real reason is definitely not because of this incident. Wu Chaoyue can't be defeated with such a thing, and the imperial court has just moved the governor of Hunan, and it is impossible to move the governor of Hubei immediately! Wait! ”

In the end, when Wu Chaoyue's three-year term was about to expire, Weng Xincun asked Weng Tongyi to rewrite an impeachment note and send someone to the capital. When Weng Tongyi carefully asked his father why, Weng Xincun finally showed some smiles and said: "Wu Chaoyue's three-year term has expired, and Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi are in full swing, and the court and the emperor must have the intention of transferring him to Liangjiang to take up a post. ”

"Also, the old man received accurate news that Bai Ye coveted Hubei's taxes and gold, as well as the power to mint silver yuan in the Qing Dynasty, and was jumping up and down to instigate the emperor to transfer Wu Chaoyue out of Hubei and replace him with their people. At this time, taking this excerpt is equivalent to handing the knife to Bai Zhongtang and them, and Bai Zhongtang will know how to use our excerpt. ”

"Well, I can't defeat you for the time being, it's not bad to transfer you out of Hubei, a Taiping province, first, and when you go to Liangjiang, a few provinces that have been beaten by long hair, it will be much easier to clean you up. Little crumbs, wait! ”

With this idea in mind, Weng Tongyi happily personally sent someone to send the impeachment to the capital, patiently waiting for the great news that Wu Chaoyue was demoted and transferred. However, waiting left and right, the father and son of the Weng family waited for the amazing news that Wu Chaoyue was retained as the governor of Hubei!

And what made the Weng family's father and son even more stunned was that about the case of their impeachment of Wu Chaoyue for conniving at the Westerners of Hubei, Emperor Xianfeng actually handed it over to the Governor of Huguang Hua Shana for investigation on the spot - he also lives in the capital of Hubei Province, Hua Shana pretended not to see Wu Chaoyue's connivance with foreigners, this will ask Hua Shana to investigate this case again, what ghosts can Hua Shana find, that is really a ghost!

"Lose his mother! Thousands of calculations, but I forgot to count this old Mongolian tartar! This old immortal is not inconspicuous, and he is actually better than anyone else! He also monitored Wu Chaoyue in Hubei for the imperial court, and knew more inside information than anyone else, the emperor refused to transfer Wu Chaoyue out of Hubei this time, and nine out of ten were behind his back! ”

Under the anger of abandoning all the previous achievements, even Weng Xincun, who was old in the city government, couldn't help but swear words, but Weng Tongyi couldn't help but feel a little frightened in addition to being disappointed, and asked Weng Xincun: "Father, we failed to impeach Wu Chaoyue at a critical moment this time, after he successfully stayed as the governor of Hubei, will he retaliate against us in turn?" That little traitor is not a big-minded person. ”

"Revenge? What will he take revenge on? Weng Xincun snorted coldly: "He may be a little bit of a businessman in the war, and he is still too tender in the officialdom!" The old man's sleeves are clean, and you can still be as honest as water, what will he take to retaliate against us? Planting slander, he is not afraid that the Manchu Dynasty Qingliu will attack him in groups? ”

In Weng Xin's words, in the case of not being able to catch any handle of the Weng family's father and son, there was really no news from Hubei that Wu Chaoyue was furious and determined to take revenge, and then when Weng Tonggong's heart was a little calmer, another opportunity quietly came to the front of the Weng family's father and son - Han Qifeng, the main force of the Blue Banner of the Twisting Army, suddenly flowed to the territory of Guangzhou, Henan, which borders Hubei, and once again threatened the security of the densely populated northern Huangzhou of Hubei.

I have heard that the Twist Army once stirred up a big mess in northern Hubei, and I also know that if this big twist enters Hubei again, even if it can't shake Wu Chaoyue's foundation in Hubei, it will definitely be able to greatly disgust Wu Chaoyue. So after a little calculation, Weng Tongyi, who had been fighting on the battlefield for a year or two and had accumulated some experience, found Weng Xincun again, and suggested that he find a way to bring this extremely powerful twist into Hubei, so that the twist army would be as disgusting as Wu Chaoyue in the first half of last year.

"Bring the twist into Hubei? How easy is it to say? Weng Xincun was also a little self-aware, and said: "Our strength is insufficient, and we may not be sure to drive the twist into Hubei." Moreover, Gwangju borders Lu'an, and the regimental training was sent to Gwangju to suppress the twist, if the twister takes the opportunity to kill Lu'an, then we will be in big trouble. ”

Weng Tongyi was disappointed again, and was about to give up, but Weng Xincun suddenly asked, "Where is the main cavalry of the monk and the prince now?" ”

"Rest in Xihua County, Chenzhou." Weng Tongyi replied: "I heard that it was because it was difficult to raise food in Henan, the monk and the prince were short of food and salary, and the army was too tired, so he had to temporarily stop the pursuit. ”

"Oh, what a coincidence, it's not too far."

Weng Xincun nodded with satisfaction, and after thinking about it a little, Weng Xincun instructed: "Shuping, for the honor of my father, send a letter to the monk and the prince, report to him the movements of the twisted bandits, and suggest that he send troops south to pursue this twisted bandits. ”

"Father, will the monk follow our advice?" Weng Tongyi asked with some worry: "Regardless of the official position, he is a cut above you, how can you beat him, will he listen to your suggestions?" Besides, he is already short of food and salary, and it is unlikely that he will start such a big war? ”

"It stands to reason that with the arrogant temper of the monk and the prince, he will not easily listen to the old man's advice." Weng smiled and said, "But this time, he may not listen." Don't forget, to the south of Gwangju is Huangzhou, Hubei, and there are more than one or two feuds between the monk and Wu Chaoyue. ”

Weng Tonggong suddenly realized, and hurriedly followed his father's instructions to pick up the pen to make a book, Weng Xincun saw that the letter was correct and the writing was not bad, so he signed the letter with a seal, and then handed it to Weng Tonggong and instructed: "Send someone to the monk and the prince immediately, and by the way, let the messenger bring a message to the monk and the prince, saying that the old man is looking forward to reuniting with the monk and the prince in Gwangju and discussing poetry and calligraphy with him." ”

Weng Tonggong comprehended and said with a smile: "Father really knows the monk king, although the monk prince is a Mongolian prince, but his attainments in poetry and lyrics are not under many famous Han literati, father, you take the initiative to ask him to discuss poetry with you, and the monk and prince must be overjoyed." ”

Weng smiled smugly and ordered, "Go ahead and do it." ”

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Taking advantage of the closer distance, Weng Xincun's father and son's letter was sent to Xihua before someone, and sent to the monk who was raising food and salary here. However, it is a pity that after careful consideration for a long time, the monk did not make up his mind to accept the kindness of Master Weng, and just let the messenger go down to rest and wait for his reply.

"Lord Wang, don't you understand what Lord Weng means?" The henchman of the marquis on the side asked curiously: "Gwangju borders Hubei, and the defense line in Hubei is long, so it is impossible to do everything, let's work harder here, and Lord Weng will work hard to cooperate, what happened last year, isn't there no chance to happen again?" ”

"Of course I understand what Weng really meant." Monk Lingqin shook his head and said, "But where is the food?" Even if we can supply some grain and fodder on the spot in Gwangju, what if we owe more than two months of military salaries? Can Weng Xincun give it to me? ”

Thinking of the listless appearance of the Manchurian cavalry, who had not received their salaries for nearly three months, Qingqi obediently closed his mouth. However, what the monk and Qingqi and others did not expect was that only a day had passed, and Wu Chaoyue, the monk and the prince's most hated colleague, did not know what medicine he had taken wrong, and took the initiative to send someone to send a letter to the monk and the prince, and put forward the same suggestion to the monk and the prince as Weng Xincun's father and son, and also brought fifty revolvers and five hundred matching paper shell bullets with the letter.

"Wu Chaoyue, that little barbarian, took the wrong medicine?" Qingqi, who knew the bad things about Wu Chaoyue and the monk and the prince, was extremely shocked and said, "Will you take the initiative to send a letter to the prince?" And send us weapons? ”

"The little barbarian is not taking the wrong medicine, he wants to be a yin person, and the yin man has a heart."

The monk saw Wu Chaoyue's true purpose at a glance, and said with a sneer: "At the end of last year, at the critical moment when his three-year term as governor of Hubei expired, Weng Xincun impeached him, almost threatening his major event of continuing to serve as governor of Hubei. With his villain character who has revenge, it's no wonder if he doesn't hate Weng to death! ”

"Then how is he yin?" Qingqi asked curiously again.

"It's the same as Weng's heart." The monk said casually: "Weng Xincun wants to use the hand of this king to drive the twist into Hubei to rectify Wu Chaoyue, Wu Chaoyue wants to borrow the hand of the king to drive the twist into Lu'an to rectify Weng Xincun, and get the excuse that Weng Xincun's father and son are ineffective in blocking the twisting bandits on the impeachment table, and revenge Weng Xincun for impeaching him!" ”

"Dog brute!" Qingqi scolded, and after a little calculation, Qingqi scolded again: "Dog barbarian, send it to Huazi?" I want to beg the prince to help him so much, and he only sent you such a small amount of weapons and ammunition, who do you and us treat as people? Come on, return the weapons and ammunition to the people in Hubei, and tell them to get out! ”

"Wait!"

Monk Lingqin opened his mouth to drink, and after a little calculation, the monk gritted his teeth and said: "Accept the gift, invite the people sent by Wu Chaoyue to be entertained, and tell him that this king will reply to him in a while to bring him back!" ”

"Lord Wang, ...... Wu Chaoyue offended you so many times by that little barbarian?"

"Don't say it, I know it all."

Qingqi's dissuasion was interrupted by the monk and the prince waved his hand, and then the monk and the prince said with a gloomy face: "That's all in the past, now for us, the most important thing is the grain and grass and military salary, these things Weng has no heart, but Wu Chaoyue has a lot there, at this time sell personal favors to Wu Chaoyue, we have the hope to get the grain and grass military salary from him, and we want to go to the imperial court to let Hubei bear the grain and grass military salary, and we can also ease the bad relationship with him and get his foreign guns and cannons." ”

"Then Lord Wang, ...... over there?"

"Who told him that he couldn't get food, grass, military salaries, and foreigners' guns?" The monk asked rhetorically, and said with a sneer: "If you talk about poetry and words, you want to buy this king, and he really treats this king as a flower child!" (To be continued.) )