Zhao Liewen's case is not only in Huguang, but also in the capital, in fact, it has caused a lot of sensation and controversy, Wu Chaoyue's opponents and political enemies have not used this matter to make a fuss, and brought his own dry food to help Teacher Zeng rectify Wu Chaoyue's right-hand man Zhao Liewen, thinking that as long as the basin of Hubei's first bad scene is forcibly detained on Zhao Liewen's head, Wu Chaoyue will not be able to escape the charge of ignoring people and neglecting government and delegating power, and it will be much easier to kill Wu Chaoyue step by step. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

With the help of countless well-wishers, Wu Chaoyue's political enemies soon got a lot of charges against Zhao Liewen, first of all, almost all of the excerpts played by Wu Chaoyue were ghostwritten by Zhao Liewen, which is ironclad evidence that Zhao Liewen controlled the yamen of the governor of Hubei; The second is that Zhao Liewen's style of acting is indeed a bit problematic, when he was debauched in his hometown, he did not do much to tease Xiao Xiaoli and harass the eldest girl's lack of morality, and there are also a lot of arrogant words in the poems and lyrics - fortunately, there is no anti-Qing and Ming restoration words. And after these things were processed by the Yushitai and Hanlin Academy, which were full of food and nothing to do all day long, they quickly changed the real charges and submitted them to the military aircraft department, and then they were transferred to the Xianfeng Emperor through the hands of people with a heart, which made the Xianfeng Emperor, who had been unfavorable for many years, lose his temper very much, and had a very bad impression of Zhao Liewen, who had never met.

There are very few officials who are unjustified and helpless, and there are very few officials who directly intercede for Zhao Liewen, there is only one Lin Ruzhou, and there is only one Zaiyuan who directly says good things for Zhao Liewen in front of Emperor Xianfeng. As a result, what surprised the anti-Zhao faction was that the voices made by these two people just suppressed the thunderous cries of the anti-Zhao faction, and Lin Ruzhou, who had Lin Zexu's aura protector, said conclusively, insisting that with the talent and ability of his nephew in the world, there was absolutely no possibility of being manipulated by others, and Zhao Liewen was wronged with his life; Zaiyuan, who once served as a supervisor for Wu Chaoyue, directly told Emperor Xianfeng about all the things he had with Zhao Liewen, and tried his best to praise Zhao Liewen's outstanding talent, and proved that at least when he was getting along with Wu Chaoyue, he never found the slightest sign that Wu Chaoyue was overtaken by Zhao Liewen.

In addition, there is also a heavyweight who also gave Zhao Liewen a guarantee, Wu Chaoyue's old boss former Ministry of Rites Lang, the new Xi'an general Ruilin brought his own dry food on the fold, and stated Zhao Liewen's outstanding talent when he fought hand in hand with Wu Chaoyue, the importance of Wu Zhao's platinum partner to the Manchu Qing court, and directly shouted that Wu Chaoyue's ability would never be overlooked, even if Wu Chaoyue was really set aside by Zhao Liewen, with Zhao Liewen's ability and ability, it was enough to assist Wu Chaoyue to appease the people in Hubei. Good governance inside and long hair outside!

It is precisely because of the dissuasion of these heavyweights, coupled with Su Shun's flattery and continuous exculpation of Zhao Liewen and Wu Chaoyue's recent military performance that Emperor Xianfeng is quite satisfied, the mediocre Emperor Xianfeng did not rush to order Zhao Liewen's head to be cut off, and missed this great opportunity to cut off the right-hand man of the careerist Wu Xiaocomprador, and was determined to wait for Fu Aji and Yan Jingming's investigation to come out.

There is another opportunity for the whole Zhao to reverse the Wu faction, that is, when Fu Aji sent the excerpt of impeachment of Zhao Liewen for accepting bribes and a hundred taels of silver to the capital, as long as the Wu faction worked hard, there was great hope that Zhao Liewen would be sent directly back to Changshu's hometown to continue to tease the village girl, but the reverse Wu faction thought that this crime was too clear, and even more so that Fu Aji failed to get the ironclad evidence that Wu Chaoyue was directly involved, so even Weng Tongshu, who hated Wu Chaoyue so much, secretly instructed the imperial historians in the court to be patient for the time being, and not to be in a hurry to make a fuss about this matter and ferment things. At the same time, several ministers of military aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department also thought that Fu Aji was making a big fuss, and they couldn't wait to play the impeachment for a mere hundred taels of silver, and they were not in a hurry to transfer the excerpt to Emperor Xianfeng, and also chose to wait for the further development of the matter.

Only a few days later, when Yan Jingming, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, impeached Fu Aji for accepting bribes from Li Yuandu, the alternate magistrate, to frame Zhao Liewen and kill people and return the stolen goods, and sent them to the capital, not only completely reversed all the charges, but also completely alarmed the Manchu court like a thunderbolt. And when Peng Yunzhang and other military ministers trembled and handed over the fold to Emperor Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng also exploded immediately like a powder keg touching Mars.

"Dog minion! What a guts! What a guts! Accepting bribes and framing doesn't count, but they dare to kill people and kill people! I gave him the power to do this! Do these! Spread the decree and take Fu Aji on the spot! Escorted to the capital to discuss the crime! From the reconsideration of the sin! ”

Tremblingly sang the promise, Peng Yunzhang said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this case is not only related to Fu Aji alone, Fu Aji has already confessed that it was Hu Linyi, the general of the Hunan regiment who led the rank of political envoy, who planned this matter behind his back, and instructed Li Yuandu, the alternate magistrate, to bribe him and let him frame Zhao Liewen, and also strive to pull Wu Chaoyue into this case." In addition, Yan Jingming also pointed out that Wang Xun, the governor of Yuezhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, was suspected of deliberately falsely accusing Zhao Liewen, and requested a detailed investigation. ”

"Check! Give it all to me! No matter who is involved, we will find out to the end! "Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that he rarely said a reasonable word," Wu Aiqing and Zhao Liewen led the Hubei soldiers to charge for me in front, from death to life, but these young people were falsely accused and framed behind their backs, and if they were not investigated, how could I explain to the Qing soldiers in Hubei?!" ”

Seeing that Emperor Xianfeng was indeed very angry, Peng Yunzhang and the others spoke more carefully, first sang the order, and then Peng Yunzhang took out another fold and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Chaoyue, the acting governor of Hubei, also made an excerpt to protect Hu Linyi. ”

"Guarantee Hu Linyi?" Emperor Xianfeng was stunned and asked suspiciously: "Hu Linyi instructed Li Yuandu to buy Fu Aji to frame him, and Wu Aiqing still guaranteed Hu Linyi?" ”

Wu Chaoyue said in the excerpt that he and Hu Linyi once resisted Changmao side by side on the battlefield in Hubei, and knew that Hu Linyi's temperament was upright and upright, and he felt that Hu Linyi would never do such a small thing, and suspected that there was another hidden story behind it, worried that Li Yuandu was acting without authorization under the banner of Hu Linyi, and there was another mastermind behind him. In addition, Hu Linyi is fighting with the long-haired bandits on the battlefield in Jiangxi at the moment, so Wu Chaoyue will guarantee Hu Linyi on the table, and ask the imperial court not to remove Hu Linyi from his post for investigation for the time being, and it will not be too late to deal with it after the truth of the case is ascertained. ”

After listening to the cautious explanations of several military ministers, and seeing with his own eyes Wu Chaoyue's intercession for Hu Linyi, Emperor Xianfeng was moved, and sighed with a ridiculous emotion, "The minister of the humerus is really the minister of the humerus!" If there were a few more ministers like Wu Aiqing in my court, how much less worry would I have to worry about?! ”

While hurriedly pleading guilty with the ministers, seeing that Emperor Xianfeng's anger had subsided, Su Shun took the opportunity to say: "Master, the slave thinks that although Yan Jingming first accused Fu Aji of taking bribes, although he is selfless, he has already been involved in the case and needs to avoid suspicion, plus he is only a six-grade master, and his official position is a little too low, so to investigate this case, it is best to ask the emperor to send another Qincha." ”

"That makes sense, who to send?"

Hearing Emperor Xianfeng's rhetorical question, Mu Yin's eyes lit up, and he almost wanted to open his mouth to recommend Weng Xincun, but unfortunately Su Shun had already prepared, and immediately replied: "The slave thinks that Jing Shou, the former minister of the imperial court, is worthy of this position." ”

"Okay, just him."

Emperor Xianfeng agreed, and Mianyu and Mu Yin and the others over there were in a heartbeat together-Jing Shou is Su Shun's sworn friend, and letting him investigate this case is not equivalent to handing the knife directly to Wu Chaoyue and letting him take revenge as much as he wants? Under the secret hatred, Mianyu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Lord Jing is suitable, he is young after all, it is best to send him another deputy, and the old minister will recommend ......." ”

"No need!" Emperor Xianfeng interrupted angrily and said, "Jing Shou is my brother-in-law, I can trust him!" I think he is young, then I am younger than him, do you think I am also young? Do you want to arrange a deputy for me? ”

"Wechen doesn't dare."

Mianyu closed his mouth with a pale face, Emperor Xianfeng still didn't feel satisfied after thinking about it, and said: "Decree, Hubei Acting Governor Wu Chaoyue has lost long hair in a row, and he has made meritorious contributions to protecting the land, and he will be officially appointed as the governor of Hubei, and he will be promoted to the first class, and he will be given a yellow coat!" Zhao Liewen was wronged and falsely accused, but he was still able to take into account the overall situation, and fully assisted Wu Chaoyue to break the bandits, and made great contributions. ”

After being unhappy to kowtow to the Wu faction with Su Shun and others, and even more so that Mianyu and others were still behind the Wu faction, Hu Linyi, who had been considered by Emperor Xianfeng to be appointed as the governor of Jiangxi, was out of the list of candidates for the governor of Jiangxi on the spot because he was innocently lying on the gun. After discussing with Su Shun and others for a while, Emperor Xianfeng decided to let Wen Jun, who had just made up for the shortage of political envoys in Hubei, serve as the governor of Jiangxi - that is, let Wen Jun, who was notoriously tricky and harsh, no longer focus on Wu Chaoyue's tip, but instead stare at Zeng Guofan's tip. The newly vacated post of political envoy to Hubei will continue to be temporarily acted by Duoshan, the prefect of Wuchang, who has cooperated with Wu Chaoyue quite happily.

By the way, a few days later, when Jingshou set off to Hubei to continue the investigation, he didn't know who he had received, and Su Shun assured Emperor Xianfeng that Yang Wending, the former governor of Jiangsu, who had been pardoned not long ago, to come back, and strongly recommended Yang Wending to serve in Jiangxi.

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During this period, Wu Chaoyue finally waited for the second large-scale British fleet to come to Hubei for business, which not only brought Wu Chaoyue the Pudelin steelmaking furnace, mining equipment, small and medium-sized metal forging presses and a batch of ammunition and weapons that he had ordered before, but also brought Wu Chaoyue's other favorite concubine, Fu Shanxiang, and a good good news - Yang Yuru had given birth to a daughter to Wu Chaoyue in mid-July this year.

Although Wu Chaoyue didn't care much about whether his eldest wife gave birth to a man or a girl, Wu Chaoyue knew very well in his heart that his comprador grandfather, who was seriously poisoned by feudal toxins, must have been a big disappointment, so Wu Chaoyue was very worried and asked Fu Shanxiang: "After Yuru gave birth to a daughter, what did grandpa say?" ”

"What else can I say?" Fu Shanxiang sighed softly: "On the surface, he forced a smile, sighed behind his back, and asked me to bring you a message, telling you to hurry up and give him a great-grandson as soon as possible, so that he can die blindly." After a while, when Sister Yuru's health has recovered, and there is a reliable fleet to Hankow, he will send someone to bring Sister Yuru and your daughter. ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Wu Chaoyue, the unfilial grandson, remembered to inquire about the comprador grandfather's physical condition, but Fu Shanxiang still shook his head and said: "It's not very good, sand gonorrhea (urinary stones) is committed again, listening to the little grandmother, grandpa said that grandpa has been in pain for a few nights and can't sleep, but his old man still refuses to tell the sick, and insists on going to the customs every day to personally take care of business." ”

If it weren't for the fact that he still needed the financial support of the comprador grandfather, Wu Chaoyue would say that he would be reluctant to let the comprador grandfather work so hard anymore, but there was no way, Wu Chaoyue had to spend money with silver everywhere, and at the same time, he couldn't persuade the workaholic grandfather to return to his hometown, Wu Chaoyue could only silently pray that this comprador grandfather, who was closer than his own grandfather, would recover from his illness as soon as possible and live a long life. (Wu Jianzhang: Do you want the old man to live a long life?) Or do you want the old man to be a blood transfusion cow for you for the rest of your life? ）

The industrial equipment is in place, and the ship has been unloaded early in Daye, the twisted army in the north has been driven away again, and the Taiping army in the east is like taking the wrong medicine to storm the Hunan army, and Wu Chaoyue, who is completely carefree, has also put his main energy on the establishment of Daye Industrial Base, and threw all the things about replenishing troops and training the new army to his subordinates, and went to Daye early to supervise the construction of the factory, personally helped foreign technicians to debug and install equipment, and went to the concentrator to supervise ore mining and dressing, and tested ore and coke with technicians. used his modern knowledge of physics and chemistry more than once to scare the foreigners, technicians and Rong Hong and others.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, the first furnace of molten steel was finally successfully baked, poured into the model to cool, and the first qualified steel ingot was produced, and then the first firing pin gun made by Wu Jun was forged. Prior to this, the Daye Arsenal, which was established under the banner of the Hubei Gun and Artillery Bureau at the same time, had also produced the first Wu Jun's self-made firing pin gun bullets, and it had been able to produce them in small batches.

Holding China's first self-made modern rifle at this historical level, Wu Chaoyue was full of emotion, and said in his heart: "The industrial foundation has finally been laid, and the next thing is to develop and grow, further expand the armament war, and then ...... and really start the army at the right time!" ”

It is still too early to raise an army against the Qing Dynasty, especially when Wu Chaoyue does not even have complete and real control over Hubei, but if he wants to truly turn Hubei into the world of the Wu family, Wu Chaoyue must first pass the official document of the governor of Huguang. What annoys Wu Chaoyue is that although he has already designed to provoke the relationship between Guanwen and Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang, and let them fight and lose both, he will take the opportunity to profit from it, but more than half a year has passed, but Guanwen and Luo Bingzhang still try to maintain restraint with each other, and there is never the slightest sign of rebellion.

When he received the news that Jing Shou came to Hubei to investigate the case, although Jing Shou, who had a good relationship with Wu Chaoyue, did not ask Wu Chaoyue to return to the provincial capital to meet the Qin Cha, but considering that the small boat of friendship needed to be maintained, and the matter on Daye's side had come to an end, Wu Chaoyue still continued to entrust Daye's affairs to Rong Hong and others, and immediately returned to the provincial capital by boat, and invited Su Shun's sworn friend Jing Shou to have a banquet in the governor's yamen, and invited the official document to accompany him by the way.

As always, Jing Shou accepted Wu Chaoyue's invitation without hesitation, and also had a very happy conversation with Wu Chaoyue, when Wu Chaoyue casually asked about the investigation of the case, Jing Shou also directly told Wu Chaoyue: "Fu Aji has recruited all the recruits, but Li Yuandu is dead, and Hu Linyi is leading the army to fight with Changmao in Jiangxi, so there is no way, I can only wait for the battle over there to be over, settle down a little, and then I will send Hu Linyi to Hubei to ask for a confession." ”

"What about Wang Xun?" Wu Chaoyue asked casually: "The first person who falsely accused Huifu of Yuezhou Mansion is the same as Wang Xun, Lord Jing, what are you going to do?" ”

"It has already been taken on the spot in Hunan, and the official Taiwan has already asked Luo Futai to send someone to escort him, and when the escort arrives, I will ask him carefully if there is anyone behind him." Jing Shou replied casually.

"Comfort Ting, don't worry." The official document also said: "The official also told Luo Bingzhang in the official document, telling him to be careful to escort him, and never let the criminal Wang Xun escape or die halfway." ”

Wu Chaoyue's favorite thing is to mention the matter of Luo Bingzhang with the official text, and Wu Chaoyue sighed at the moment and said: "Thank you, I hope that after this Wang Xun is arrested, he can ask who is the mastermind behind him." Lord Jing's official system must also know in your hearts that Wang Xun is ostensibly accusing Zhao Liewen this time, but in fact he is coming at me, I just want to find out, who did I offend, and who wanted to harm me with such a clear conscience? ”

The wine was already half-drunk, and he had a good relationship with Wu Chaoyue, so Jing Shou asked casually: "Weiting, then who do you suspect?" ”

"Without evidence, I dare not make random identification." Wu Chaoyue shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "I can only hope that the two of you can help find out the real culprit behind the scenes for me." ”

It didn't take much effort to say a word, of course, Guan Wen and Jing Shou immediately patted their chests and made a promise to Wu Chaoyue, and after Wu Chaoyue thanked him again, he suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said to Guan Wen: "Uncle, the little nephew has to apologize to you here, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

I didn't expect Wu Chaoyue to use his private name in front of Jing Shou, the official text was first stunned, and then saw that Jing Shou didn't care at all, so he asked suspiciously: "What is the crime of the virtuous nephew?" ”

"That Wang Xun is a Hunan official." Wu Chaoyue explained: "The accident of the Hunan officials has nothing to do with the little nephew, but uncle, you are the governor of Huguang, and the officials of Hunan and Hubei are all your subordinates in terms of reputation, he was questioned and convicted, uncle, you have to eat some melons, and this matter is because of the little nephew, so the little nephew has to confess a crime to you first." ”

"Virtuous nephew, you are too careful, you are also a victim of this matter, can the old man blame you?" Guan Wen smiled, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, and couldn't help but add, "It's really weird, and I have to blame Luo Bingzhang for not saying hello to the old man first, and directly forwarding the fold to Beijing, otherwise this matter will be like this?" ”

The provocation worked, Wu Chaoyue was of course secretly happy in his heart, and nodded again and again and said: "Yes, last time, I also lost the little nephew to listen to your uncle's kind advice and persuasion, and did not rush to ask for instructions, otherwise this matter may not be so easy." If you encounter such a thing in the future, I hope that uncle, you will not hesitate to give advice, and the little nephew will definitely obey his words. ”

I have always felt that Wu Chaoyue is far more well-behaved and obedient than Luo Bingzhang, and I will hear Wu Chaoyue's sigh from the bottom of my heart, of course, the official text is more satisfied with Wu Chaoyue, and he is also more and more dissatisfied with Luo Bingzhang, who has always done his own thing--Do you still put the Governor of Huguang in your eyes?

These words are just adding branches and leaves, and they are destined to not play much role, Wu Chaoyue didn't expect to make Guanwen and Luo Bingzhang turn their faces directly, but to Wu Chaoyue's surprise, only one day later, there was a relevant news from Hunan, and I don't know if the escort was intentionally indulgent or unintentionally negligent - Wang Xun, who first falsely accused Wu Chaoyue, actually escaped on the way to Wuchang Mansion City! (To be continued.) )