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On this night, the person who felt chills in his body and even in his heart was definitely not only General Pryushenko. However, among these people, Lin Kui should be the first person who beats his chest and stoms his feet with both cold heart and chagrin.

Lin Kui, there is a very poetic word, "Meigu", he is a man with a white flag in Manchuria. In the sixth year of Daoguang, after winning the first place in the second class, he was selected as a Jishi. From then on, he went through the positions of the head of the Criminal Department, the bachelor of the chamberlain, the Zhan Shi, the political envoy, the left deputy capital Yushi, the Shengjing Criminal Department waiter, the criminal department waiter and the deputy commander of the Han Army with the Red Banner, the waiter of the warehouse, the minister in charge of the internal affairs department, the governor of Shandong, etc., and sat in the high position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Hanlin Academy.

Unfortunately, perhaps because his "Plum Valley" is too poetic, fate should not be so flat. A few days before he sat on the throne of the scholar of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Hanlin Academy, something inexplicable happened. Many years ago, when he was still the governor of Shandong, he had accepted bribes from his subordinates more than once, and even he forgot about this matter, but the remoteness was excavated by the imperial historians.

Fortunately, it was entrusted to the emperor's Hongfu, although the case was not small, Lin Kui was even scared that the tea and rice were not fragrant for several days, and he was even more sleepless at night, but in the end, he only got a three-level downgrade and was given the title of deputy commander, and he immediately took up the post of minister of Wushi.

Finally hit the new emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, and it happened that the long hair in Guangxi began to make a big noise, and Lin Kui, who had been "lying on salary and tasting guts" for several years, suddenly found a good opportunity to turn himself over. He lost no time in giving Xianfeng a note on current affairs, "...... Guangxi rebels, hard work. It was just a spark at the beginning, and at that time, officials everywhere were afraid of things and kept secret; After a long time, it spreads and becomes a huge problem. The Holy Majesty is wise, please ask the officials of the feudal territory to strictly inspect the place, if there are bandits, bandits gathering and robbery, they will be investigated at any time, and the diligence of arrest will be regarded as persuasion and punishment. Recently, the donation case was a last resort of the imperial court, and the provinces were cleared and repeatedly ordered. It is advisable for the ministers to pay detailed explanations on time and implement the rules for rewards and punishments, so as to be ashamed. Otherwise, the name is cleared and investigated, the matter is still perfunctory, the national reserve is not abundant, and the official discipline is short, which is not even the intention of the imperial court to clarify the rule of officials. ”

In this article, he not only attacked the incompetence of Guangxi officials, but also showed the emperor his proficiency in governing the country. Trapped by the "bandits", Xianfeng, who always felt that the young ministers in the court, were naturally "Longyan Dayue" after carefully watching Lin Kui's performance. Not only did he immediately forward it to Yousi Suspeed according to his statement, but he also issued an edict immediately, and also gave him the deputy capital of Chahar, and returned to the capital to become a household servant. Only a year later, he began to walk again as Minister of Military Aircraft, and at the same time was promoted to the rank of Secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Good luck seems to be back.

It's a pity that this time he may be too excited that he can turn over so quickly, so much so that when he went to thank the emperor, he actually lost his inspection, and the official position that he had just obtained was in the soup again. Fortunately, the emperor was only "Long Yan was displeased", not "Long Yan was angry" or "Long Yan was angry", at least he still read the good impression he left in the past and gave him the position of a squire in the criminal department.

Xianfeng died, and the young Empress Dowager Cixi listened to the government, Lin Kui originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the old master to leave and the new master to come again, and find a good position for himself again. What he didn't expect was that this is not what it used to be, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't come up with the kind of grand argument of "saving the country by curves" like Li Hongzhang and Du Han. In desperation, he can only honestly be a man with his tail between his legs.

It's strange to say, this time Lin Kui didn't want to fight for anything, and within two years, the door of official fortune was still open to him. The Forbidden City once again alternated powers, and the vitriolic and bold young empress dowager was driven into the Old Summer Palace, the new master was too young, and the king of parliament controlled the court. Soon, a holy decree came to his hands, and he was released to the governor of Shanxi.

If it had been in the past, Lin Kui would definitely not have been so excited that he almost passed out as he is now. You must know that although the current territory of the Qing Dynasty is not small, there are only five places left that may be governors and governors. Among these five, Shaanxi is an empty shelf, not to mention, Henan and Shandong can only govern less than 30% of their previous territory, even the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is not good, and his rule has turned the sky upside down. What's even more rare is that the provinces that can now be called the pillars of the Qing Dynasty are Shanxi in addition to Zhili, and Zhili has been made into a miasma by the Russian allies, and the Qing Dynasty can only count on Shanxi if it wants to revive. Only Shanxi can still squeeze out a little millet to maintain the huge grain demand of the Qing Dynasty.

Although Lin Kui knew very well that he was actually "being a man with his tail clipped" this time, and he did not have the benefit of following Li Hongzhang's gang of young Zhuang to go through troubled waters, he was still very grateful to Prince Gong. Not only will there be no old mistakes of misconduct in front of Prince Gong, who is the king of the council, but he also specially donated part of the silver in his private collection, and repeatedly said that he will live up to the expectations of the king of the council, stabilize the political situation in Shanxi, especially the economic shape, and contribute to the alliance millet plus foreign guns to curb the arrogance of the chaotic party. He firmly believed that as long as everyone was closely united around the Qing government, which was actually headed by the king of Yizheng, good luck would always be there.

That's what Lin Kui said, and that's what he did. He worked very hard, at the beginning of his tenure, he grasped the government, military, and economy, for fear of missing the king's major affairs, of course, picking up grass and rabbits to get some benefits for himself, that is another matter. When the Pujin Pass was lost, and Admiral Kong Guangshun asked for the dangerous pass that he would not lose several times, Lin Kui was anxious. He understood the importance of Pujin Pass to him, if the Taiping Red Army was allowed to be stationed there leisurely, maybe Taiyuan would be gone one day, then wouldn't the millet plus foreign gun plan he assured the king of Yizheng become an empty cannon? In order to facilitate negotiations with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he went to Puzhou in person.

As soon as Lin Kui arrived in Puzhou, he had just sent a letter to the Taiping Red Army opposite, explaining a large number of reasons why Pujin Pass must be returned, and Lin Shaozhang, commander of the Red 21st Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, soon came. In the letter, Lin Shaozhang said that since the governor of Linkui had agreed to compensate for part of the losses caused to the Red Army of the Celestial Empire due to the conflict at Pujin Pass, in order to ensure that the peace talks between the two sides in Jinan could proceed smoothly, and the Red Army of the Celestial Empire did not want to be too difficult for the Manchu side, the Red Army was willing to endure the humiliation and give up the Pujin Pass, and hoped that the Manchu officials would negotiate with the Red Army of the Celestial Empire on the handover matter.

Do you say that Lin Kui's good luck is strong?

However, in this case, Lin Kui didn't blame Kong Guangshun and others who had been working hard in Puzhou for many days, after all, they had no money or anything in their hands, and of course no one wanted to listen to just talking empty-mouthed.

On the day he received the letter, Lin Kui quickly dispatched the general soldiers of Puzhou Town to Pujin Pass as a representative of the Qing Dynasty. The next day, after a whole day of busyness, after compensating the Taiping Red Army with 10,000 taels of silver and hundreds of taels of millet, the Taiping Red Army announced that it would begin to evacuate Pujin Pass the next day.

Lin Kui is happy, and the etiquette cannot be forgotten when he is happy, since people have lowered their demands for compensation on the face of their old face, and those who are ready to evacuate are so happy, then we have to express it. Therefore, he sent out an invitation to a banquet for the Red Army generals stationed at Pujin Pass in Puzhou that night. In fact, he did this for another purpose, that is, to take this opportunity to get close to these fierce characters. After all, he still has the rank of deputy commander of Chahar, and if the two sides fight again in the future, he will always know that he knows who he is. However, he was just worried that people would not come, just as he himself did not want to go.

To his surprise, the Taiping Red Army actually accepted his invitation happily, and as soon as it was dark, the commander of the 81st Red Division, Lian Yekun, the commander of the 81st Red Division who was hated by Kong Guangshun, arrived as soon as it was dark. Puzhou is close to Pujin Pass, and Pujin Pass is only four miles away from the west gate of Puzhou, which is simply under the nose of Lin Kui.

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