Chapter 231: Guangzhou (First Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
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Panic!
At the end of the third year of Xianfeng, when the wind blowing from the north brought a little winter cold, the land of Lingnan was full of panic, not to mention that the world in this place would have an incident, and there was a tendency to rekindle the old fire, that is, the news from the north was enough to make the gentry and people in Guangzhou panic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Surrounded by 100,000 "Cantonese bandits" in the capital!
The emperor's "northern hunting" left Beijing, and such news made people's hearts sink, and they only felt that the situation of the Qing Dynasty was in a precarious situation, and there was no hope at all.
Even in this city of Guangzhou, some people began to wonder whether the world would really be taken seriously by them in the future, that is, the Hong Tianwang in Tianjing City, and naturally there were some people who tried to find out if they could have a relationship with the kings and generals of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the relationship that they had avoided in the past seemed to have become a kind of psychological comfort for everyone.
Maybe the Cantonese people became emperors and presided over the government, which is not bad for them Cantonese.
For ordinary people, they may be so fantasizing, but for Ye Mingchen, who is the governor of Liangguang, his mood is extremely heavy, and it must not be complicated. As the governor of Liangguang, he has not been able to sleep soundly all night, and since the news of the siege of the capital by bandits came out, he had been strictly ordered to hunt down and kill the congregations of heaven and earth as much as possible, but he has become more and more uneasy.
He was afraid, afraid that the "bandits" who were based on Jiang Ning would take over the world, and when the time came, they would settle accounts with him.
If the capital had not been surrounded, he would not have such a "great rebellion" idea, but now, he had to think, Guangdong is different from other places, these two wide places are all heaven and earth, when the Guangdong bandits originated here, now these two wide heaven and earth will have a resurgence of the momentum, at this time by the situation in the capital bewitched, how can this people be as serious as the bandits, if the bandits are not successful, then what?
Not only that, but even the Hunan side...... Thinking of getting the secret report recently, Ye Mingchen's mood was even more nervous. The tension of the current situation made him not know how to deal with it.
There were some things he couldn't think about and didn't dare to think about, but the deterioration of the situation affected his actions, and in the past, he would work with the governor of Guangdong to order the yamen of all prefectures, prefectures and counties to kill the bandits. But now, he only glanced at such official documents from the governor's yamen, and then kept them in the yamen.
Although he is the governor, in fact, the governor is not under the jurisdiction of the governor, not to mention that the current governor of Guangdong cannot be controlled.
"Your Excellency, the Governor asks to see you!"
When the official handed over the name thorn with "Guangdong Governor Bai Gui" written on it, Ye Mingchen, who was signing the documents in the detention room for approval, was taken aback: Why did this Manchurian official come directly to the yamen without saying hello in advance? Besides, what is the intention of Bai Gui to visit now?
Could it be because of those official letters that I have left in recent years? Ye Mingchen didn't have time to think about it, so he ordered the middle door to be opened to welcome the VIPs. Although he is the governor, the other party is only the governor, but the other party is a banner man, although it is the Mengba Banner, but he is also a banner man, and he is also a level above him, the rule of the Qing Dynasty has always been "Han avoids the flag".
What's more, isn't the reason why the imperial court appointed him as the governor of Guangdong precisely to restrain him Ye Mingchen? If you don't even understand this truth, I'm afraid you will be an official for so many years.
"My brother came to visit this rashly, but he didn't notify him before. You're trying to make me bear a charge of faux pas! ā
When Ye Mingchen walked out of the second gate dressed neatly, his white and chubby body formed a stark contrast with the black and thin Bai Gui, and Bai Gui had already entered the gate at this time. Ye Mingchen greeted him from afar, with a friendly attitude, as if he was a close friend.
"Oh, Brother Kunchen, look at what you said, you are the governor of Liangguang, where do I dare to bend your drive to greet you."
Although Bai Gui's attitude seemed extremely affectionate, and he stepped forward with a spring breeze on his face, as if he was an old friend standing in front of him, but the words of others still made Ye Mingchen's heart beat a drum.
"Look at you, Yutian, how can you and my brother be governors and governors?"
After sitting down, Bai Gui said with a smile:
"In the past few days, the little brother has seen that there are fewer and fewer documents on the bandit in this place, from the governor's yamen to the governor's yamen, the contemptible people see that the city of Guangzhou is even calmer from the sedan window, and all industries are revitalized, Brother Kunchen really has great talents, and it is not easy to do it at this time!"
The more Bai Gui praised, the more cautious Ye Mingchen became, and he said carefully.
"Yutian praised it falsely, and I want to say, this is Yutian's credit, and this Guangdong matter is still dominated by you."
Bai Gui heard Ye Mingchen say this, and thought:
This Ye Kunchen is really an old fox, when he speaks, he doesn't leak, originally this governor and Fu were in charge of military administration and official governance, and this place was indeed his governor's business, but he wanted to draw out this sentence, but Ye Mingchen directly vaguely passed.
Since you don't mention it, then I'll bring it up!
Thinking like this in his heart, Bai Gui said with a smile.
"The governor is in charge of the military, the governor is in charge of government affairs, I am Brother Kunchen's deputy, in the final analysis, this Guangdong can have today, isn't it still the credit of Brother Kunchen......"
"Alas, look at what you said, brother, if it weren't for your brother, how could you go to sit on the painting boat, listen to the music, and enjoy the joy of this world!"
After that, Ye Mingchen even laughed. At this time, he even did not hesitate to defile himself, as we all know, this Ye Mingchen and his original partner Li died early, did not give birth to children for him, and later continued the string of Wang is the daughter of Wang Tingzhen, the master of the study at the Jiaqing Dynasty, Wang has a virtuous temperament, only gave birth to three daughters, he has been persuading Ye Mingchen to take a concubine, but he Ye Mingchen has not agreed. To say this is obviously self-defilement.
Regarding Ye Mingchen's self-defilement, Bai Gui also laughed and said:
"Ye Zhongtang has this interest, and the lower officials will definitely accompany him, but now the situation is not calm, if we are addicted to the twists and turns, I am afraid that we will lose the court."
Bai Gui said this, and immediately only changed the atmosphere in the room, and Ye Mingchen was not only annoyed, but also not angry, just quietly picked up the teacup, drank the tea without a mouth, and handed it over at all, his silence made Bai Gui stunned, originally the reason why he came to the door was to probe his tone, after all, his behavior has been too abnormal recently. But now seeing that the other party is pretending to be confused, he has no choice but to curse in his heart, "Han official treacherous slippery", and then laughed.
"However, from the point of view of the younger brother, Brother Kunchen must be just joking when he says this!"
After laughing for a while, Bai Gui immediately changed the topic and took the atmosphere back at the same time.
"Joking! Joke ......"
Ye Mingchen also smiled.
"I don't know Brother Kunchen, what do you think the current situation is?"
"Uh, this ......"
Holding the teacup, Ye Mingchen knew that he would not be able to pretend to be confused anymore, but he was not out of the question.
"Hey, every time I think of the situation in the capital, I can't eat the sun and can't sleep at night!"
Saying that, Ye Mingchen hugged the north again.
"The capital is trapped by thieves, and the safety of the monarch is still unknown, so I can only hate me Guangdong thousands of miles away, otherwise we will be the courtiers and we will be the best soldiers, thinking that the king of Qin!"
Seeing that Ye Mingchen was worried about the safety of the capital thousands of miles away, Bai Gui had no choice but to echo.
"It's a pity that we are in the Lingnan land of Guangdong!"
Bai Gui also looked sad and indignant,
"Otherwise, if you send elite soldiers to the king and sweep away the rebels, wouldn't it be the time for us to be slaves and serve the monarch as courtiers! However, if we are slaves and now govern the local government, we will be greatly credited to the imperial court! ā
"Yutian is not only good at governance, but also good at using soldiers, and will definitely be able to stabilize the place for the imperial court."
Ye Mingchen said with a sigh.
"Guangdong can have today's situation, all because of Yutian's work, Mingchen is just a civil official, stretching out his hand not to take four taels, let alone talking about the use of soldiers, but Yutian can govern the people when he gets off the horse, and he can take charge of the troops on the horse, if it is not Yutian, how can Guangdong be quiet today!"
was praised like this, Bai Gui was quite useful and said:
"Brother praised, if there is no support from my brother, how can I be determined to be Guangdong by Yutian alone, besides, do you know that the Han rebellion in Hunan has already taken action, and may want to offend me in Guangdong?"
"Offend me Guangdong?"
Although he had known this time for a long time, Ye Mingchen still looked surprised, but he continued.
"However, there are rainy fields in Guangdong, so you don't have to worry about it."
Ye Mingchen was extremely wary of Bai Gui's uninvited arrival, and he vaguely felt that the reason why Bai Gui came to him was to inquire about his own thoughts. At this time, instead of pretending to be confused, he had to have an extremely clear attitude, afraid that any trace of ambiguity would arouse the suspicion of the other party.
"If Yutian needs Mingchen to do something, even if he speaks, the current situation is like this, for the sake of the imperial court, Mingchen will definitely support Yutian!"
When Bai Gui heard this, he increased his suspicion of Ye Mingchen. What "the situation is like this", to put it nicely, is obviously in a state of confusion; "Full support", doesn't that mean that there is no idea of "giving full strength" now?
The small talk in the living room, on the surface, is relaxed, praising each other, in the bones you guess I am jealous, each with a ghost; The preparation in the kitchen is hectic and solid. The wine in the flower hall was eaten happily. After the meal, when Bai Gui was sent out of the Governor's Palace, almost at the moment when Bai Gui got into the sedan chair and left, Ye Mingchen's face changed, although he deliberately served Bai Gui at the banquet, even to the point of stammering, but he could still feel the other party's distrust of him, no wonder, who let ...... The Ye family is in Hankou!
Thinking of the situation in his hometown, which had fallen into the hands of thieves, he looked towards the north, and his face changed for a moment. At this moment, a servant from the house came and whispered beside him.
"Master, Mrs., please go to the back house!" (To be continued.) )