The flooding of the Yellow River not only caused the displacement of people, but also caused great trouble to the Manchu court and the southern provinces, among which the southeastern provinces that can be passed by sea are better, and the communication channels can basically be regarded as unimpeded, and several provinces in the southwest and the hinterland of the Central Plains are too troublesome and troublesome to contact the capital, the waterway is blocked by the Taiping army, and the land route is blocked by the flood of the Yellow River, and the delay between the transmission of official documents is simply commonplace, and there is even a strange scene that the official document sent late is sent to the capital before the official document is sent early. There are a lot of jokes because of this. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

During this time, the first person in Hubei to make a joke turned out to be Wu Chaoyue, who reported that he had taken precautions and personally led the army to Tianjia Town to defend this fold, because the road was not delayed, and was successfully sent to the capital to present to the Xianfeng Emperor, and then before the Xianfeng Emperor praised Wu Chaoyue's intentions, there was no foreman, the military aircraft was a little chaotic, but Wu Chaoyue was delayed on the road before, and reported that the autumn grain in the northwest of Hubei was successfully harvested and put into the warehouse, so the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Emperor Xianfeng didn't pay attention to the date of the excerpt for a while, so he couldn't help but wonder: "This Wu Aiqing, why is the excerpt also upside down and contradictory?" Just said that the people of Hubei are in danger of being overhanged, why did they immediately say that the people of Hubei live and work in peace and contentment, and they are full of praise? Is this the truth of Hubei? ”

Of course, Wu Chaoyue's political enemies will not miss such a good opportunity to slander, at least Wang Mianyu of Huilao County, who has always seen Wu Chaoyue unpleasant, took the opportunity to slander him, accusing Wu Chaoyue of being ineffective, derelict in his duties, and failing to do a good job of not even maintaining the least smooth communication with the capital, which is really incompetent. Emperor Xianfeng, who made a joke, was also a little angry in his heart, and he became more and more dissatisfied with Wu Chaoyue's performance after acting as governor of Hubei.

Fortunately, this is just a trivial matter, even if Emperor Xianfeng is dissatisfied, he will not remove Wu Chaoyue's post, but soon, Wu Chaoyue's political opponents have a better opportunity to come again - Zeng Guofan's impeachment of the disobedient protégé Wu Chaoyue connived at the soldiers to beat the alternate magistrate Li Yuandu, and Wu Chaoyue's greed for merit and the battle of ignoring the safety of the ten prefectures and one state in Hubei, finally crossed the Yellow Flood area where the yellow waves were monstrous, and evaded the pursuers sent by Zeng Guofan, and was successfully sent into the capital by the fast horse, and quickly transferred to the military plane. It also happened to be the first to be seen by Mu Yin, the Minister of Military Aircraft, who had always hated Wu Chaoyue.

It is naturally not a small matter for the teacher to kill his relatives and impeach his protégé, and after seeing this excerpt, Mu Yin of course laughed as much as he could. And what is even more coincidental is that Mu Yin also knew that Wen Qinggang, who was newly on duty in the military aircraft department, sent the good news of the Taiping Army's capture of Yizhou Mansion to the Yangxin Palace, and Emperor Xianfeng must be in anger, so Mu Yin was reluctant to delay even a minute, and immediately ran to the Yangxin Palace with this excerpt in his hand to ask for a meeting.

"Message! Chong'en, the governor of Shandong, was ineffective in pursuing and suppressing the bandits, which caused the bandits to recur rampantly, and he was immediately dismissed and questioned, and escorted to the capital to discuss the crime! Zhang Liangji, the governor of the river, concurrently served as the governor of Shandong, and together with Yuan Jiasan, the governor of Anhui, he made every effort to encircle and suppress the bandit Jiwen Yuanbu! We must not let the bandits in Shandong merge with the bandits in Anhui and Jiangsu! ”

Outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, he heard the angry roar of Emperor Xianfeng, of course, the corners of Mu Yin's mouth were full of smiles, and then there was another happy event, that is, after Mu Yin's request to see and plead was approved, the first thing was to see that Mianyu, who was unable to get past the carriage and horses, happened to be in the hall, and Su Shun's current opponent, the co-organizer of the university, Bai Ye, was also there, and there was also a servant of the Ministry who had just been pardoned and reactivated-Qingliu leader Weng Xincun! However, Wu Chaoyue's two hardcore backers in the imperial court, Su Shun and Zaiyuan, didn't know why they happened not to be here.

secretly screamed that God help me, Mu Yin hurriedly pretended to be nervous, and hurriedly said while making a slave salute: "Master, the big thing is not good, I'm afraid something big will happen in Hubei!" Zeng Guofan, the squire of the military department, impeached Wu Chaoyue, the acting governor of Hubei, for making trouble in the army, greedy for merit and wasted war, and ignoring the safety of Hubei for personal gain, Hubei is in danger! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Xianfeng, who was worried about the rapid erosion of the situation in Shandong, was of course taken aback, Mianyu was directly happy, Bai Ye and the newly revived Weng Xincun rolled their eyelids together, and then quickly lowered their heads. And when the eunuch in the palace turned the impeachment recital in front of Emperor Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng opened it and only looked at it a few times, and sure enough, his face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "Bold Wu transcendence!" He dared to connive at the soldiers to beat the alternate magistrate, almost fatalizing the alternate official, is there still me and the court in his eyes? Is there still a national law? ”

When Mianyu and the others were happier in their hearts, Mu Yin hurriedly added oil and vinegar, and said: "Master, the slave thinks that this matter is not the most important, the most important thing is the war in Hubei, Zeng Guofan is obviously ready to go all out to help Tianjia Town, Hubei, Wu Chaoyue knows that the Hubei Sailor is far from being the enemy of the Long-haired Sailor, but he wants to force the battle for the sake of greed!" Once the Hubei Naval Division is defeated, and the Long-haired Naval Division drives straight into the Yangtze River waterway, Hubei will be completely eroded for the third time! ”

With a bang, Emperor Xianfeng slammed his fist on the pseudo-dragon case, and his thin face, which was a little uglier than Wu Chaoyue, was also full of indignation, and he couldn't help but say to himself, "It was a mistake to let him act as the governor of Hubei in the first place!" ”

can make Emperor Xianfeng say this sentence angrily, Mu Yin's hard work is certainly worth it, but Mu Yin still refuses to give up, pretends to be a good person again, and says: "The master doesn't have to be too anxious, this excerpt may just be Zeng Guofan's momentary angry words, and the situation in Hubei may not be as critical as the master is worried about." ”

"Master Mu, then what you said is very wrong!" Mianyu, who had been holding back uncomfortably for a long time, finally jumped out and said loudly: "Master Mu, you may not know yet, right? Zeng Guofan, Zeng Shilang, is Wu Chaoyue's mentor! Being able to force the teacher to impeach the student and ignore the safety of Hubei is enough to prove that the situation in Hubei is more critical than the master fears! ”

"What? Zeng Guofan is Wu Chaoyue's teacher?! Mu Yin and Emperor Xianfeng exclaimed at the same time, and the expressions on their faces were still vivid, as if they really didn't know that Zeng Guofan was actually Wu Chaoyue's teacher.

"Your Majesty, the slave can testify that Zeng Shilang is indeed Wu Chaoyue's teacher, and Wu Chaoyue's word comfort pavilion is still a gift from Zeng Guofan."

Bai Ye, the former head of the Hanlin Academy, stood up to testify to Mianyu, and then Bai Ye, who was fighting to the death because of the lack of military aircraft and Zaiyuan, couldn't help but fall into the ground, and said hatefully: "Heaven and earth are the king's teacher, the relationship between teachers and students is second only to the father and son of the monarch, and the teacher can be forced to impeach the student, Wu Chaoyue's misdeeds in Hubei are perverse, which can be seen from this!" ”

was originally quite dissatisfied with Wu Chaoyue's performance in the appointment of the governor of Hubei, and then listened to Bai Ye's downfall, Emperor Xianfeng's face became even more ugly, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered that someone impeached Wu Chaoyue for conniving at the inferior Zhao Liewen to control the yamen of the governor of Hubei, and under the increasing anger, Emperor Xianfeng also quickly made up his mind and said: "It seems that I made a big mistake in the original decision to promote Wu Chaoyue to be the acting governor of Hubei, he is still too young and lacks experience!" ”

"What the emperor said is extremely true." Mianyu hurriedly helped, and said: "It is too appalling to be the acting governor of Hubei before the age of twenty, and it is best to appoint an experienced and qualified senior official like Zeng Guofan. ”

"Passing the decree, acting governor of Hubei Wu Chaoyue ......."

"Your Majesty, Jiangxi Military Intelligence Report, six hundred miles urgent!"

The sudden emergency report from outside the hall interrupted the punishment of Emperor Xianfeng to demote Wu Chaoyue, and he was concerned about the military situation and war, and Emperor Xianfeng could only temporarily put Wu Chaoyue's matter aside, and ordered to summon Peng Yunzhang, the minister of military aircraft, who sent the highest urgent report for six hundred miles. However, it is also a pity that the news sent by Peng Yunzhang is still bad, and he said with a panicked expression as soon as he entered the hall: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Jiangxi Governor Chen Qimai just sent a report with an expedited report of 600 miles, and Zeng Guofan, the squire of the military department, suffered a big defeat at Poyang Lake, and the Hunan regiment training division was almost wiped out by the long-haired sailor!" The Hunan regiment trained the land division for hundreds of miles and fled directly to Wucheng! Afterwards, Zeng Guofan closed the camp and could not come out, the long-haired sailor ran rampant in Poyang Lake, and the water and land connection between Nanchang and the outside world may be completely cut off by long-haired at any time! ”

Although he had long been accustomed to hearing bad news, but suddenly hearing such big bad news, Emperor Xianfeng still stood up, and his yellow teeth were almost crushed! However, Peng Yunzhang wiped his sweat and said: "Also, Chen Qimai also impeached Zeng Guofan for extorting localities, forcing Jiangxi Domain to take 200,000 taels of silver, privately setting up bureaus, and setting up checkpoints on various roads in Jiangxi without the permission of the imperial court and the Jiangxi Governor Yamen, and forcibly collecting money for goods. In addition to this, Chen Qimai also impeached ....... ”

"Enough!" Unable to bear it, it was another heavy shot of the pseudo-dragon case, and Emperor Xianfeng roared angrily: "I don't want to hear it anymore!" I just want to ask one thing, a few days ago, Zeng Guofan was still repeatedly on the table, Jiujiang can be broken with a snap of his fingers, how could he suddenly fight such a big defeat?! How could the Hunan regimental water trainer, who had won many battles, suddenly be almost wiped out by the long-haired sailor? ”

Thousands of miles away, it was suddenly impossible for the minions in the Heart Cultivation Hall to know the real answer, but because of this, the minions had more room to play, Mianyu immediately jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suspects that this is related to Wu Chaoyue, and the appropriate Zeng Guofan impeached Wu Chaoyue for greedy merit and wave warfare, knowing that the Hubei Navy Division is far inferior to the Long-haired Sailor, in order to embezzle military merits, he insisted on a decisive battle with the Long-haired Sailor without waiting for the Hunan regiment to train the sailor to come back. It must have been a big defeat for him, which affected the Hunan regiment trainer! ”

"Lord Hui is right." Bai Ye also said arbitrarily: "Xiang Rong has also reported to the imperial court many times, saying that it is the most difficult to train the water division, and Wu Quanmei, the chief soldier of the water division, has trained the water division for a year and a half, and only then did he train the Qing Yangtze River water division for the imperial court that can compete with the long-haired water division in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River." If the slave is not mistaken, Wu Chaoyue has been training the Hubei Sailor for less than half a year, how can such a weak army meet the long-haired Tiger and Wolf Sailor, how can it ....... ”

Bai Ye said in a word, Emperor Xianfeng's face was ugly, but Peng Yunzhang, who had just been sent to Jiangxi for six hundred miles to expedite, became more and more confused the more he listened, and finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Lord Bai, wait, Lord Bai, Lord Mian, who said that the Hubei Navy lost the battle?" There is another article in the last 600-mile expedited by Chen Futai in Jiangxi, impeaching Zeng Guofan, who was jealous of his ability to send troops in time to intercept and kill the defeated troops of the Changmao Naval Division after the Changmao Naval Division was defeated by the Hubei Naval Division, which was suspected of deliberately delaying the fighter plane. ”

"What?!"

Emperor Xianfeng, Bai Ye and others screamed at the same time, Mu Yin almost stared out of his eyes, and then Emperor Xianfeng remembered to ask the eunuch to take Chen Qimai's six hundred miles to the front to take a closer look, and saw that the last article of Chen Qimai's dissatisfaction with Zeng Guofan was indeed completely consistent with Peng Yunzhang's oral statement, Emperor Xianfeng was inevitably even more dumbfounded, and said suspiciously: "Look at Chen Qimai's tone, Wu Chaoyue is like winning a battle in Hubei?" Why haven't I received Wu Aiqing's red flag report yet? ”

This time, no one dared to impeach Wu Chaoyue's misrepresentation, Peng Yunzhang also stood up for Wu Chaoyue's defense: "Your Majesty, it should be delayed by the flood on the road, after the Yellow River burst the embankment, the flood spread and changed, often blocking the post road, resulting in the post newspaper in the southwest provinces is often forced to detour into Beijing, if you are lucky, you can go to the capital first if you don't encounter the flood, and if you are unlucky, you can only change the route again and again, and even be surrounded by the flood and delay for a longer time, so there is also a joke that the report will go to the capital first, and Wu Futai's red flag has not been sent to the capital yet, It is likely to be related to the flooding of the Yellow River. ”

Suddenly enlightened and patted his head, Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly shouted at Peng Yunzhang: "Quick, go back to the military aircraft and wait, if there is Wu Aiqing's red flag to report success, send it immediately!" ”

Peng Yunzhang agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly rushed back to wait for Wu Chaoyue's good news, while Emperor Xianfeng was so excited that he rubbed his hands and said in a loud voice: "I hope it is a big victory, I hope it is a big victory!" Wu Aiqing hasn't surprised me for almost a year, I hope he won't be a hit this time! ”

Quietly exchanging glances, Bai Ye and Mianyu didn't dare to talk nonsense this time, but Weng Xincun couldn't bear it, knelt down on his knees, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to impeach Wu Chaoyue!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng, who was excited, first shook his head, and then immediately turned his suspicious gaze to Weng Xincun - Emperor Xianfeng was very aware of the grievances between the old Weng family and the old Wu family. But Weng Xincun was fearless, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows, you will definitely suspect that Weichen is taking the opportunity to retaliate, but external actions do not avoid revenge, and impeachment cannot avoid revenge!" Weichen's impeachment is a matter of facts, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty's country, it is by no means to vent personal grievances, please ask the emperor to investigate! ”

"Okay, you say, what crime do you impeach Wu Aiqing?" Emperor Xianfeng commanded.

"Don't save your allies! Sit back and watch the Hunan regiment water trainer being wiped out by the long-haired water division! Weng Xincun said loudly: "Judging from Chen Futai's report, the Hubei Sailor won the battle upstream, no matter how big this victory is, Wu Chaoyue should take advantage of the victory to pursue, or merge with the Hunan Sailor, or rescue the Hunan Sailor in time, but Wu Chaoyue did not do this, sat back and watched the destruction of the Hunan Sailor, and deliberately did not save the Hunan Regiment Trainer for the crime of not saving him, Wu Chaoyue could not escape no matter what!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng's face was a little ugly, and Mianyu over there also rushed out like a fly smelling blood, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that what Lord Weng said is reasonable, not to mention that Zeng Guofan and Wu Chaoyue have a teacher-student relationship, just for the sake of the Qing Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, after Wu Chaoyue wins, he should take advantage of the victory to chase down and join the Hunan Navy!" If so, then what about the defeat of the Hukou of the Hunan Water Division? Nanchang is in an emergency? ”

Emperor Xianfeng's face became even more gloomy, and he casually asked Mu Yin, "Mu Yin, what do you think?" ”

Mu Yin really wanted to accompany Weng Xincun and Mianyu in their dying struggles, but considering Wu Chaoyue's two tough backers and the favorite concubine in Emperor Xianfeng's harem, Mu Yin still dispelled this idea and replied honestly: "Master, this may have something to do with the strength of the Hubei Navy. The slave clearly remembered that Wu Chaoyue reported to the imperial court about the situation of the Hubei Naval Division, which had a total of more than 1,000 troops in two battalions, and only two old gunboats bought from foreigners, as well as 24 light gunboats rebuilt from civilian ships and 36 small manpower rowing boats, named the Hubei Naval Division, but the overall strength was less than 30% of the Hunan regimental training division. ”

Emperor Xianfeng's brows finally slowed down, nodded, and said: "It's rare that you still remember it so clearly, yes, just like this, it's already rare for Wu Aiqing to be able to win a battle." It is really difficult for a strong man to ask him to continue to reinforce the Hunan Naval Division. ”

Glaring at the number one wall of the military aircraft with great resentment, Mianyu still refused to give up the dying struggle, and deliberately muttered to herself, "In this way, the Hubei Navy Division should not be a big victory." ”

When the face of Emperor Xianfeng, whose ears were as soft as cooked noodles, was gloomy again, Peng Yunzhang's request for a meeting came from outside the hall, and then Emperor Xianfeng had just issued an order to summon him, Peng Yunzhang rushed in with a rolling belt, and said with a smile while kowtowing: "Your Majesty, Wu Futai's red flag has arrived, and as Wei Chen guessed, the post guard did encounter a flood on the road and delayed the time, so it was just delivered." ”

"Oh, tell me about the battle." Emperor Xianfeng asked the eunuch to forward Wu Chaoyue's good news, and at the same time gave a casual order without much hope.

"Your Majesty, it's a big victory!" Peng Yunzhang said excitedly: "Wu Futai broke the crowd with outnumbered, won more with less, broke more than 800 long-haired sailors, sank and captured 369 enemy ships, and beheaded Shi Xiangzhen, the puppet national sect of the long-haired master!" ”

"What?!"

Finally, it was Emperor Xianfeng's turn to dislocate his jaw, and Mu Yin, Bai Ye and the others next to him were also in a dream, and they couldn't believe their ears at all. And when Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly took a closer look at Wu Chaoyue's victory, he exclaimed: "Organize a death squad and drive a small boat full of gunpowder to rush into the long-haired fleet to blast the enemy?" This Wu Aiqing, can he even think of such a desperate tactic? ”

The hall of heart cultivation was silent, so quiet that even a needle could be heard clearly on the ground, and after a long time, Mianyu snorted: "If you don't take the lives of the soldiers as your life, this Wu Chaoyue will not be very ...... to the people of Hubei." ”

"Shut up!" Emperor Xianfeng couldn't bear it anymore this time, and roared at Mianyu: "If you have the ability, the monk Greenqin who you strongly sponsored also trained such a male soldier for me, for the sake of my country, you can rush into the army of the long-haired twist thief with gunpowder, and die together with the long-haired twist thief!" ”

Mianyu finally closed her stinky mouth with a shameful face, but Peng Yunzhang, who was still kneeling on the ground, took out a fold from his arms and said: "Your Majesty, this is an excerpt sent by Wu Futai after breaking the long-haired water division, and this excerpt was not blocked by floods on the road, so it was sent to the military aircraft at the same time as the previous excerpt. ”

"What's the content?" Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly asked.

Peng Yunzhang's expression was extremely serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, after Wu Futai broke the long-haired sailor, Shi Dakai, the long-haired puppet wing king, in order to avenge his brother Shi Xiangzhen, the puppet country, personally led the long-haired army to enter Kou Hubei again, and fought a decisive battle with Wu Futai in Tianjia Town!" ”

"How did it turn out?!"

Emperor Xianfeng's heart suddenly rose to his throat again, and Mianyu, Bai Ye and Weng Xincun rekindled hope at the same time, wishing that Wu Chaoyue's entire army would be wiped out and the army would be defeated and die! However, Mu Yin, who had worked with Peng Yunzhang for many years, smelled a hint of danger, and when he saw a smile that could not be concealed on the corner of Peng Yunzhang's mouth, who was pretending to be serious, Mu Yin did not hesitate, and immediately knelt down to Emperor Xianfeng, and shouted: "Congratulations to the master, slave!" Congratulations to my lord! ”

"Dog's! It's really going to be a jackpot grab! Peng Yunzhang scolded in his heart, and then hurriedly kowtowed to Emperor Xianfeng, and said loudly: "Weichen congratulates the emperor!" Congratulations to the Emperor! ”

Looking at Mu Yin and Peng Yunzhang, who were kowtowing to him with happy faces, Emperor Xianfeng finally came back to his senses, covered his chest with one hand and swayed with the other, and said: "Don't say it, I see it myself, and if I listen to you sell it again, my heart won't be able to stand it." ”

"Fuck off! Dog minion! Wu Aiqing's twist, I want to take it personally! (To be continued.) )