From the first step of Zhu Fuquan into the barracks, the entire Shaoguan barracks began to stir, although the new town guard envoy had completed the procedures, but the riot outside the city still made these Shaoguan soldiers feel a little uneasy, especially the news that the entire barracks had been blocked within ten steps of the news caused suspicion in the army, and the sense of distrust of the new town guard envoy gradually increased. If it weren't for a few upper-level officers who helped stabilize the morale of the army after verifying that the seal was correct, I am afraid that it would have become a mess long ago. But even so, Shaoguan Bing has no good impression of Huazhongtian, after all, Zhu Fuquan's prestige is too high, and he is an old chief who has worked together for many years, that feeling is tantamount to the old man next door, you are new again, and you can't erase this emotion in a short time, not to mention that I didn't hear that there was a plan to change the town guard, and suddenly a new town guard was lowered to make some middle and low-level officers full of vigilant hostility.

Chang Zhenbang, Tang Baichuan, and Li Tingyu stood in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, watching those soldiers, whether they were on duty or on leave, surging over like a tide of children who no one wanted to see their mothers.

Chang Zhenbang's face was gloomy, and he said very unhappily: "Can Zhu Fuquan stay?" ”

Tang Baichuan said lightly: "If it is like this in the army, it is like this in the city, it is really difficult to kill, seventh brother, you should see if you can take it for your own use!" ”

Li Tingyu was overjoyed and said: "My lord, I think this person is rare and useful!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "Talents are rare! The official will give him a chance! It can't be used in the army, I don't know if he can do a good job as the governor of Qingxiang in Guangdong! ”

Tang Baichuan smiled faintly and said, "It seems that the seventh brother has already thought of a move." ”

Li Tingyu said: "In this way, it can be regarded as making the best use of people's talents and making the best use of things!" ”

Zhu Fuquan walked in front of Chang Zhenbang and the three of them from the Shaoguan soldiers, his bright eyes swept the faces of the three people from left to right, and finally stopped on Chang Zhenbang's face, and said with a faint smile: "You are the mastermind of this time!" Don't know the chief's surname? ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly, and said slowly: "The boss has admired the name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name. ”

Zhu Fuquan's eyebrows tightened for a moment, only feeling that the name Chang Zhenbang was very familiar, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Lord Chang of the Jiangxi Protector Army, the Lord came from afar, and he never greeted him from afar, and he hoped to atone for his sins!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "The boss is polite, the wind is cold in March, and I invite the boss to talk about it in the camp." ”

Zhu Fuquan happily went, and many cronies and Shaoguan soldiers nearby wanted to stop him, but Zhu Fuquan turned around and said: "Wait for a good student to run an errand, don't act rashly, don't worry about me, go!" Although Chang Zhenbang appointed him to replace Zhu Fuquan as the guard of northern Guangdong, he was still an outsider in the eyes of these Shaoguan soldiers, as long as Zhu Fuquan gave an order, he could still let these Shaoguan soldiers bow down and blow himself away. If there is one word to describe his current feeling that it is a dove occupying the magpie's nest, it will be embarrassing.

Wang Dewang smiled at him very embarrassedly, commanding Chang Zhenbang's Ma Ben to guard the Chinese army's big tent layer by layer, although he can use more than one battalion of Ma Ben, but this little bit of troops sprinkled in this military camp, like a drop of water sprinkled in Poyang Lake, disappeared and did not work, don't look at his official position, but he can also feel the hostility and the smell of gunpowder in the entire military camp, but Chang Zhenbang The three adults actually came to the Chinese army tent here single-handedly with Ma Ben, which really made him a little unacceptable, If you were afraid that you would have sent troops to disrupt and replace these troops, no matter how bad it was, you wouldn't have seen Zhu Fuquan here. But after all, he is a soldier, and obedience is his first duty, and he can't control what he does, but what he asks him to do, he can only do the relevant security work with fear.

The large tent of the Chinese army in the Shaoguan barracks is quite simple, if it is not large, it is almost inferior to the military tent of the soldiers outside. It's so shabby that it's hard to believe that it's actually a town guard in Guangdong, a wealthy province in China, who has been using it for a long time. But if it weren't for this, how could Zhu Fuquan be able to guard northern Guangdong, endure the hearts of the army, the people, and the government here, and maintain a clean life in northern Guangdong for ten years?

"Senior, this military tent has been used for a long time!" Chang Zhenbang stretched out his hand and touched the patch on the military tent, and said very sadly.

Zhu Fuquan's eyes narrowed, thought for a moment, and said: "It's been a long time, it was given to me by Yu Lian, the governor of Hunan in the 26th year of Guangxu, when he appointed me to recruit soldiers to serve as the regimental defense training band, and now I think about it for fifteen or sixteen years, I asked Lord Yu at that time, and I said, 'My lord, I am just a small training pipe belt, how did I use such a big military tent. At that time, of course, he smiled and said, "You kid is a talent, I'm afraid that a small pipe band won't be able to stop you, and I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll be a chief military officer in the future." Now give you such a big military account, you don't have to toss back and forth for the military account in the future, I only hate that I don't have a superfluous daughter to marry you, but I still want you to be a good official, although a good official is hard, but the people are not bitter, it is better than the people suffering themselves to be happy to be a corrupt official. From that time on, this military tent has followed me from north to south, and some people have advised me to change it. It's just that every time I see this military tent, it reminds me of Lord Yu and his earnest teachings, I'm afraid that this military tent will accompany me to see Lord Yu below, but it's okay, when I get to the bottom, when Lord Yu asks me how I am an official, I can also pat my chest and say, I will be a bitter haha town guard, but I will let the people of Shaoguan in northern Guangdong live a clean life, I believe that Lord Yu will not blame me. ”

Chang Zhenbang praised sincerely: "The boss Wen Wu Shuangquan will take care of Shaoguan in northern Guangdong in an orderly manner, but what is even more commendable is that he loves the people like a son, and he is honest, and the younger generation is confident that he can love the people like a son, but he can't be honest, and he is really ashamed in front of the boss!" ”

Zhu Fuquan said: "When the adults were the town guards in Jiujiang, they also rested with the people, and they had quite a lot of political achievements, so that Jiujiang City became one of the richest places in Jiangxi, and restored the status of Jiujiang as a north-south transportation artery, which is also a great achievement." Among you young people, he is also a leader, but since ancient times, there has been no perfect person, so why should adults ask for full blame? It is already commendable to let the people live a good life for a few days, as for whether it is honest or not, is it really important? ”

Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "Honesty is the easiest business card for the people to believe, although behind honesty may be cowardice and incompetence." But for the people, they are more willing to accept a clean official who can't improve their lives or even make them more destitute than a capable official who can make them live a good life. ”

Zhu Fuquan said: "Since honesty cannot make the people live a good life, what is the use of this integrity?" The Chinese people are not stupid, they will be grateful to you if they can live a good life without worrying about food and clothing, even if you are a corrupt official, they still support you, but the capable ministers and officials are too rare, and the remaining bastards are useless people in addition to harming the people, and honesty and corruption are useful for these people. ”

Standing on the side, Tang Baichuan couldn't help but laugh: "This kind of incorruptibility is just such a thing, I can't live a good life because of your incompetence, but you don't have a good life, and even your life is not as good as mine, so I feel comfortable, this kind of incorruptibility is approved by the people, corruption is that you harm others, but you live a good life yourself, which makes me feel uncomfortable, so you are a corrupt official, and the old men will stink you!" But you let Lao Tzu live a good life without worrying about food and clothing, be greedy, anyway, if you don't come out of Lao Tzu's head, Lao Tzu still appreciates you very much. That's not what the old man meant. ”

Zhu Fuquan smiled awkwardly and said, "What this adult said is very reasonable, but it is a little explicit." ”

Tang Baichuan said coldly: "They can do this, can't Lao Tzu say this?" ”

Zhu Fuquan said: "Everyone in the world loves face, if you expose this skin, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to others, and it will not be beneficial to yourself!" Why do you bother? ”

Li Tingyu said: "What Master Zhu said is that this Chief of Staff Tang is young and vigorous, you must not mind." ”

Zhu Fuquan shook his head and pleaded with Chang Zhenbang: "If my incorruptibility makes the adults unhappy, I am willing to accept any disposition from the adults, but I just hope that the adults can promise me to treat the people here well, then the people here in Shaoguan will also respect you as much as the people of Jiujiang." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Honesty is a good thing, if I kill you because of this, I am afraid that I will be the enemy of the entire northern Guangdong and even the entire southern China, even if I have more soldiers and horses, there is no chance of winning, so not only do I not kill you, but I want to appoint you as an official?" ”

Zhu Fuquan was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "The adults don't kill me, they still want me to be an official, I am really grateful, as long as the adults promise that I will not be difficult for the people of Shaoguan, it is also necessary for me to be the city gate manager of Shaoguan!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "A city gate is too wronged by the old man, what do you think of the position of the governor of Guangdong-Jiangxi Qingxiang below?" ”

Zhu Fuquan smiled slightly and said: "My lord is really exalting me as a useless person, I am really ashamed to be in such a high position, if you have the heart, you might as well let me manage the bandits on the border of Guangdong and Jiangxi, but my strengths are also harmless to adults." ”

Chang Zhenbang shook his head and said: "I'm too wronged by you, since you are unwilling to supervise the Qingxiang activities in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, be the Qingxiang Governor of Guangdong over there, maybe you can see it, this time I want to seize the whole of Guangdong from Long Jiguang's hands, fight the increasingly rampant southwest bandits, and save the increasingly prestigious southeast state affairs, no matter how good it is, after all, it will inevitably be a war, and the chaos of the party and bandits will inevitably run rampant, this Guangdong can be regarded as half of the hometown of the boss, and the boss must protect the safety of the party in public and private, So you don't have to resign from this position. ”

Zhu Fuquan said with a wry smile: "My lord has already calculated, and I have nothing to say, so I have to work hard for my lord for the sake of the people of Guangdong, but I hope that my lord will make three chapters with me!" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "The two Guangxi patrols make Lord Long particularly rely on the boss, and recommend the boss to the rank of lieutenant general. ”

Zhu Fuquan said: "Long Jiguang has a great kindness to me, but what he did in Liangguang has long made the Cantonese people hate, even if the adults let him go, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape from Guangdong, but with the thoughts of the adults, I am afraid that it will not be too difficult for the dragon to patrol the envoys!" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said: "This is all in the future, don't say that Lord Long can't help fighting, anyway, Lord Long still has two divisions of descendant troops, plus the troops of five or six other town guards in Guangdong, no one knows what this battle will look like." ”

Zhu Fuquan said: "Your Excellency thinks that there is no way to cut down the Dao, Long Jiguang is not to worry, your Excellency is thinking about those town guards controlled by the reformers!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "The boss is as wise as a torch, but the official is indeed a little worried about the rebellion among these town guards, and he still needs the help of the boss, but the boss should talk about your three conditions first!" ”

Zhu Fuquan stretched out a finger and said, "First, wherever you go, you still want to restrain your troops and don't do anything that harms the people. ”

Chang Zhenbang nodded and said: "There is no way to cut down the way, so naturally I will not do such a thing that violates morality." ”

Zhu Fuquan stretched out his second finger and said: "Those revolutionary parties are fierce and cunning, and they are good at demagoguery of the people and the army. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Of course, these revolutionaries are now except for Sun Monkey, even Huang Xing can't buy Zhang, the reason why they are dormant is just that they didn't wait for the opportunity, once the opportunity is right, it is considered a peaceful and prosperous world, these people will also launch a rebellion, since their rebellion is a matter of time, the official will naturally not raise tigers for trouble, just a fire to burn over." Burn it clean! ”

Zhu Fuquan stretched out his third finger and said: "Since my lord has appointed me as the governor of Qingxiang, Guangdong, I can't do it alone, I hope that my lord will order the transfer of the Shaoguan army to my command and at the same time give me full authority to deal with the affairs of inviting the township!" ”

"No, my lord!" Tang Baichuan took a step forward, took Chang Zhenbang's arm and said, "Now that Lord Zhu has joined our rebel protector army, you might as well allocate some people from our rebel protector army to Lord Zhu, so that we can have a familiar process with each other." ”

Chang Zhenbang shook his head and said: "Chief of Staff Tang, I understand what you mean, but this official has always used to suspect people, and he is not suspicious, since this official has appointed Master Zhu as the governor of Qingxiang, Guangdong, these three conditions will naturally agree to him!" Don't say more, from today onwards, the Shaoguan Army will be transferred to the name of Governor Zhu and placed under his full command, and he can handle any matters involving the invitation to the township! ”

Zhu Fuquan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, for your support!" ”

"Humph! My lord, you really think of a woman~! After Tang Baichuan finished speaking, he angrily rushed out of the Chinese army's tent.

Chang Zhenbang glanced at Zhu Fuquan with a wry smile and said, "Don't worry about it, my lord, Chief of Staff Tang is not a bad person." With that, he chased him out.

When the Shaoguan army outside heard that they had been transferred to Zhu Fuquan's name, they couldn't help but let out a tsunami-like cheer.

Chang Zhenbang chased out of the camp, and Tang Baichuan turned around and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the seventh brother for getting another general." Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "It's still good for the third brother to calculate, but I'm afraid that this Shaoguan army is in his hands!" Tang Baichuan said: "What are you afraid of, as long as he accepts the appointment, in the imperial court, in the eyes of Long Jiguang, he is a fellow adult, no matter what he says or does, everything will be up to him, and the seventh brother can rest assured." Besides, hasn't the swallow already succeeded in gaining his trust? Even if he has a rebellion, Swallow will kill him at the first opportunity. ”

Later, Li Tingyu also chased out, and saw Chang Zhenbang and Tang Baichuan having a big quarrel, so he was busy comforting him, and after being busy for most of the day, he persuaded the two to return to the camp.

After Chang Zhenbang returned to the camp, according to the originally planned secret order, Wang Xifeng of Fuzhou hurried to Shaoguan in northern Guangdong, and at the same time, a small number of men and horses guarded the town, and after a short rest of the rebel army, they rushed to Guangzhou overnight.

This book originated from reading books