How do you have to take a look at the situation in the capital, it is very sad for Luo Lao Futai that although the mistake of privately bringing foreigners into the interior is not strictly speaking, there have been governors who have done such things before and have not been held accountable, but this time the timing is really unfortunate, just in time for the British army to attack the city of Guangzhou, the military conflict between the Manchus and the British resumed, and the capital is shouting and shouting at the foreigners, and the matter that is by no means a big thing has become a small thing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 So on the day that he received the impeachment fold from Kui Zhen, the Military Aircraft Department hurriedly sent this fold into the Heart Cultivation Hall and presented it to Emperor Xianfeng.

"This Luo Aiqing, how can she be so confused? even took foreigners to Changsha to swagger through the market, ignoring the law of the country as nothing! I remember, it seems that the governor of a province did the same before, right? What was it done at the time? ”

Luo Lao Futai is also lucky, Emperor Xianfeng has always had a very good impression of him, even if he saw the excerpt of impeachment of him, he still called Aiqing, and immediately pointed the finger at the previous initiator, and there was no intention to punish Luo Bingzhang in his words.

Of course, none of the people who could answer with Emperor Xianfeng in the Palace of Cultivating the Heart were not human spirits, and they all heard the voice of Emperor Xianfeng, and Peng Yunzhang, the current chief of the military aircraft, also immediately bowed down and replied: "Back to the emperor, Wu Chaoyue, the governor of Hubei, also made such a mistake before, and the punishment given by the emperor at that time was to let the then governor of Huguang be reprimanded orally. ”

"Is it Wu Aiqing who took the lead?" Emperor Xianfeng paused, recalled it for a while, and quickly thought about it, and said: "Yes, there is such a thing, but it's strange, how could I give such a light punishment at that time?" ”

Back to the emperor, Wu Futai defended himself at that time, saying that he hired foreigners to transport weapons to the front line for urgent use, and did not carry foreigners into the interior to wander at will, and did not violate national law. My lord is like the grace of heaven, so he took Wu Futai lightly. ”

Before Peng Yunzhang's answer fell, Su Shun's sworn enemy Bai Ye immediately stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Wu Chaoyue is a typical loophole, taking advantage of the subtle loopholes in the treaty to deduct words, flouting national law, and despising the majesty of the imperial court, and the circumstances are far more serious than Luo Bingzhang. Luo Bingzhang privately brought foreigners to the hinterland of Hunan this time, precisely because Wu Chaoyue set a bad precedent, and Wu Chaoyue was the first to set a bad example, and the crime was unforgivable. ”

"Bai Zhongtang, is this over?" Su Shun immediately retorted: "The punishment given to Wu Chaoyue has already been given, do you want to let the master give Wu Chaoyue an additional punishment after the next few years?" Besides, Wu Chaoyue hired foreigners to send arms to the front line to kill bandits, and he also won a big victory, but Luo Bingzhang took foreigners deep into Hunan but the purpose is unclear, how can it be generalized? ”

"Su Zhongtang, when did the lower official say that he would ask the emperor to impose additional punishment on Wu Chaoyue?" Bai Ye also immediately retorted and said: "Xia Guan just said that Wu Chaoyue set a precedent and was the initiator who caused foreigners to become unbridled in the mainland, why should Su Zhongtang be so anxious? ”

"Okay, okay, don't fight, you can quarrel over trivial things at every turn, you guys are not annoyed."

Very impatiently interrupted the habitual quarrel between Su Shun and Bai Ye, Emperor Xianfeng thought about it a little and said: "In this way, let Huguang Dao Inspector Yin Gengyun investigate this matter, and after finding out the specific details, it is not too late to deal with it." ”

At this time, Luo Bingzhang, who was not involved in the internal party dispute in the DPRK, chose a big bargain, and no one wanted to help him with special efforts, so naturally no one made special efforts to rectify him. Su Shun, who attaches great importance to Hanchen, has a good impression of Luo Bingzhang, but he refuses to go all out to rescue Luo Bingzhang like Wu Chaoyue, and he obviously does not pay enough attention to Luo Bingzhang in his words. And since Su Shun didn't want to help Luo Bingzhang in a special way, Bai Ye certainly wouldn't take the wrong medicine to rectify Luo Bingzhang ruthlessly.

These two masters who don't share the sky have stopped, and of course others will not spend their efforts to target Luo Bingzhang as if they were full, and read that the silver of the two respects in the New Year Festival of the Hunan Governor Yamen is quite rich, and there is no need for anyone to say hello, Yin Gengyun, the imperial historian of Huguang Dao, who was ordered to investigate the case, has already made up his mind, and he wants to make big things small and small things as much as possible. - More crucially, it is not worth offending a governor of real power to die for no reason.

From Emperor Xianfeng to the investigation of the imperial history, he didn't want to deliberately rectify Luo Bingzhang, and the second pass submitted by the poor Hunan Zhentai Kui Zhen certainly did not stir up any storms, and after hearing that Kui Zhen had seized the foreigner and the official ship of the Hunan Governor Yamen in Yuezhou, several bigwigs in the Military Aircraft Department also agreed that Kui Zhen was looking for something - Luo Bingzhang sent someone to send the foreigner back to Hankou, obviously he was already afraid and did not dare to provoke bees and butterflies again.

Therefore, the Military Aircraft Department simply withheld this fold, and was ready to wait for Yin Gengyun to find out the results before deciding whether to report it, and the lucky old Governor Luo also escaped a catastrophe again.

In the end, when Hua Shana reported the case and asked for Luo Bingzhang's temporary suspension, the Military Aircraft Department presented Kui Zhen's second excerpt and Hua Shana's excerpt to Emperor Xianfeng, but Emperor Xianfeng seemed to be a little complaining about Hua Shana in the future, and muttered: "This Hua Aiqing, for such a trivial matter, Luo Aiqing should be suspended as a governor, is it too harsh to control it?" Anyway, Luo Aiqing is also a rare pillar of talent? ”

"Approve Hua Aiqing, Luo Bingzhang still stays in his original post to be involved, and there is no need for him to personally investigate this case, and tell me that I have sent Yin Gengyun, the imperial historian of Huguang Province, to handle it."

Even Emperor Xianfeng opened his mouth to deal with Luo Bingzhang lightly, and the old governor Luo, who had done a lot of good deeds and accumulated a lot of virtue, naturally passed the third hurdle again. In the end, when Kui Zhen's third piece of music about Luo Bingzhang was sent to the Military Aircraft Department, Mu Yin, the tumbler of the Military Aircraft Department during the Xianfeng period, was already angry before he could read the content carefully, "This Kui Zhen, did he take the wrong medicine?" For such a little thing, one after another, is it really the post station of the imperial court that does not need money and food to support? ”

"Kui Zhen is on the fold again? Or is it about Luo Bingzhang again? Peng Yunzhang, who heard the complaint, raised his head and asked casually: "What content?" It's about foreigners, so it's better to be careful. ”

Mu Yin, who didn't put Peng Yunzhang in his eyes at all, didn't answer, just looked at the folds, but looking at it, Mu Yin's face gradually began to change, and finally he couldn't help but say in disbelief, "The people from the Hubei Governor's Yamen bribed the official with 1,000 taels of silver to intercede for Luo Bingzhang?!" ”

"Hubei Governor's Yamen?!"

In the Military Aircraft Department, no one is more sensitive to this term than Bai Bai Zhongtang, and after looking up in surprise, Bai Zhongtang immediately asked, "Mu Zhongtang, what did you just say?" What happened to the people of the Hubei Governor's Yamen? ”

Glancing at Bai Ye, who was incompatible with Wu Chaoyue's backer, Mu Yin, who also hated Wu Chaoyue in his heart, opened his mouth and replied: "Kui Zhen said that Wu Chaoyue, the governor of Hubei, sent his staff member Guo Songtao as an envoy to visit the detained foreigners to visit Kui Zhen in Yuezhou, Hunan, and sent Kui Zhen a thousand taels of silver, saying that it was a Hankou foreigner who asked Kui Zhen to take care of the three foreigners on behalf of Kui Zhen, but the silver was all official silver with the fire seal of the Hubei Domain. ”

"Also, the people sent by Wu Chaoyue are all asking Kui Zhen to let Luo Bingzhang go, and don't go to the table to impeach Luo Bingzhang for privately leading foreigners into the mainland! Kui Zhen thought things were strange, so he fell for it. ”

Before Mu Yin's words were finished, Bai Ye had already put down the work in his hand and trotted in front of Mu Yin, took the fold and took a closer look, and the other two military aircraft ministers in the Military Aircraft Department, Peng Yunzhang and Du Han, also felt that the situation was wrong, and also got up and came over to take a look. Although the rest of the military aircraft Zhang Jing was not qualified to watch the excerpts with the Minister of Military Aircraft, they all pricked up their ears and listened to this big case involving the two governors of Huguang.

"Why did Wu Chaoyue send silver for Luo Bingzhang? Are they in a gang? ”

Bai Ye quickly calculated in his heart, and said secretly: "Well, it's not that there is no such possibility, I remember that the last time the official document fell, it was because Luo Bingzhang and Zeng Guofan first went to the joint impeachment, and then Wu Chaoyue went to the fold to make up for the knife, and the master didn't want to see Huguang and the governor of Huguang were incompatible, and he was forced to remove the official document with tears." ”

"There were already clues of joining forces last time, this time Luo Bingzhang committed the crime, Wu Chaoyue privately bribed Kui Zhen to get a witness to intercede for Luo Bingzhang, which is enough to prove that Wu Chaoyue and Luo Bingzhang's little barbarian are actually the same dog, and there are signs of joining forces to overhead Huashana to control Huguang!"

"What a chance! As long as this opportunity is grasped well, not only can you hit the arrogance of that bastard in Sushun, but also knock on the incompetent Hua Shana by the way, and avenge him for snatching the power of the official silver dollar minting! ”

When Bai Ye was nervously calculating, Peng Yunzhang, Du Han and Mu Yin also had uncertain faces, and their thoughts were similar to Bai Ye's, and they all suspected that Wu Chaoyue and Luo Bingzhang might secretly join forces to set aside Guanwen and Hua Shana to serve two terms as the governor of Manmeng. And Peng Yunzhang, who was not prestigious enough but had a deep heart, even saw a deeper layer, and said secretly: "Hua Shana's previous excerpt and please suspend Luo Bingzhang's post, it seems like a bitter ploy......?" The water in the lake seems to be more important than expected. ”

At this time, Bai Ye had already spoken, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that although this matter seems to be small, in fact, the background is very complicated, and this excerpt should also be submitted to the imperial review immediately, I don't know what you think?" ”

With the analysis of his toes, he also knew that Bai Ye was Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword and intended to be Su Shun, but Peng Yunzhang and Mu Yin were not Su Shun's hardcore friends, so they naturally didn't want to offend Bai Ye in order to please Su Shun, so they all nodded in agreement, and they were very generous to give this opportunity to Bai Zhongtang. Bai Ye did not hesitate, and immediately rushed to the Heart Cultivation Hall to hand over the sign to ask for a meeting, and presented this amazing song to Emperor Xianfeng in front of Su Shun.

"In order to exonerate Luo Bingzhang, Wu Chaoyue actually used the official silver of the Hubei Domain to bribe Kui Zhen? This ......, this ......, I can't believe that the relationship between Wu Chaoyue and Luo Bingzhang can be so harmonious? ”

When Emperor Xianfeng opened his mouth, Su Shun secretly complained in his heart, and kept scolding Wu Chaoyue, who he was vigorously promoting, for getting his head into the water, doing such a stupid thing, and letting people get stolen money and physical evidence. But it's okay, after carefully begging for a closer look in front of Emperor Xianfeng, Su Shun breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Did the emperor misunderstand?" Kui Zhen said in the excerpt that the silver given to him by Wu Chaoyue's staff was given by the Hankou foreigners in order to ask Kui Zhen to take care of their own foreigners, and Wu Chaoyue's staff only passed it on his behalf. ”

"I'm not mistaken!" Emperor Xianfeng said angrily: "Kui Zhen said that the 1,000 taels of silver are all official silver with the fire seal of the Hubei Domain, and it is the silver that is handed over to the treasury and distributed to officials, even if foreigners can occasionally rely on trade to obtain it, it is impossible to have so much!" said that this thousand taels of silver had nothing to do with Wu Chaoyue, but I didn't believe it first! ”

Su Shun obediently shut up, and scolded Wu Chaoyue in his heart for being stupid, leaving such a big handle for his political enemies to catch. And Bai Ye saw Su Shun being trained, of course, he was smiling happily in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Kui Zhen is just a three-grade envoy, Wu Chaogui is the governor of Hubei, the official is bigger than Kui Zhen, and the lord is higher than Kui Zhen, but in turn he gave gifts and bribes to Kui Zhen, which is enough to prove that this matter is just seemingly simple, but in fact it is not trivial." The slave thinks that it is best to send a minister to Hubei with the emperor's decree to investigate the case thoroughly! ”

"Yin Gengyun has already been sent, why bother sending Qin again?" Su Shun said stiffly.

Bai Ye didn't answer, just patiently waited for Emperor Xianfeng's decision, and sure enough, after a little calculation, Emperor Xianfeng really said: "Yin Gengyun is not enough alone, he has a five-grade imperial history, he may not have the courage to thoroughly investigate two governors at the same time, and he must send someone else to investigate." ”

"Your Majesty, Cheng Tinggui, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Cheng Tinggui, the right attendant of the Household Department, is an honest and honest official, and the servants recommended him to investigate the case."

Bai Ye had already thought about sending an accomplice to investigate this matter on the way, and he naturally answered quickly, and after taking a step slowly, Su Shun also hurriedly spoke, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Jing Shou, the Minister of the Guard, can be in charge. ”

"Forget about Jing Shou, he is the minister of the guard, and it is not appropriate to leave Beijing easily." Emperor Xianfeng didn't give Su Shun face this time, and categorically vetoed Jing Shou, who was almost wearing the same pants as Wu Chaoyue, and then ordered: "Let the Ministry of Rites Lang Baojun go to investigate this case, He Tinggui is the deputy, and I can rest assured." ”

Hearing this, Su Shun's face suddenly elongated a little, and Bai Ye next to him was secretly happy in his heart, "Haha, although Baojun is not the official's person, he is not your person, He Tinggui is helping by the side, it is difficult for your lackey Wu Chaoyue not to be unlucky this time." ”

When Bai Ye was secretly happy in his heart, Emperor Xianfeng, who was very sensitive in this regard, also calculated in his heart, and said secretly: "Something is wrong, last time Luo Bingzhang and Wu Chaoyue secretly joined forces, and they have already brought down Guan Aiqing, who was too coercive to them. This time Luo Bingzhang went out on a business trip, Wu Chaoyue took out the silver to exonerate Luo Bingzhang, and gave favors to Luo Bingzhang. It seems that we have to think about making the Manchurians tighten their control over Huguang. ”

Fortunately for Su Shun, within a few days, Wu Chaoyue took the initiative to send a letter to report this matter to him, explaining that Baiyinzi was actually his own honest silver, and he wanted to pull Luo Bingzhang out of respect, and he didn't want to see Luo Bingzhang, who had both ability and political integrity, fall because of this, and swore that he had no interests with Luo Bingzhang, let alone a deep personal relationship.

It is indeed from the bottom of my heart to appreciate and love Wu Chaoyue, Su Shun breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly scolded: "Stinky boy, kindness is kindness, but the back of the second goods of Kui Zhen, I have to admit death." Well, it's not too easy to do, at least it's not too difficult to keep you. As for Luo Bingzhang, Lao Tzu is not very familiar with him, and the old man who is about to kick his legs is immortal, and there is no value in deliberately enveloping him. ”

On the same night, Emperor Xianfeng finally made up his mind to make major personnel adjustments to Huguang, the reason was that when Emperor Xianfeng went to spend the night on the bed of a beloved concubine, he didn't want to sleep after doing the piston exercise, so he told the favorite concubine about Huguang by the way. And the favorite concubine, who was ten times better than Emperor Xianfeng in terms of playing with power, quickly raised a question and said, "Your Majesty, don't you think that the flower system is also a little strange in this matter?" ”

"Huashana? He's weird there? Emperor Xianfeng asked suspiciously.

He asked for Luo Bingzhang's suspension from his post, which seemed like a bitter ploy. first deliberately pretended to punish Luo Bingzhang severely, blocked the mouth of the court and the emperor, and then took the opportunity to get the power to investigate, so that the court could not find an excuse to send someone to investigate thoroughly. And then, even if something is really found, he doesn't want the emperor to let you know, can you know, the emperor? Huguang is a governor and two strokes of the upper and lower hearts, although they are blended and intimate, but for the imperial court, it does not seem to be a good thing. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and suddenly realized, Emperor Xianfeng also nodded slowly, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Huashana is too soft, too fond of forbearance, Luo Bingzhang and Wu Chaoyue are too united, and they are secretly colluding too tightly, they must be dismantled!" (To be continued.) )