The Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, since the Yongzheng period, has been located in Baoding, until the ninth year of Tongzhi, the Governor of Zhili concurrently served as the Minister of Trade Affairs of Niuzhuang, Tianjin and Dengzhou, and then began to be stationed in Tianjin. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, according to the requirements of the imperial court, the governor of Zhili and the minister of trade of Beiyang should return to Baoding to handle official business after the ice was frozen in Tianjin Port every winter. But at the same time, there is also a saying that if Tianjin has important official business to deal with, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang trade can still stay in Tianjin. Since then, the province of Zhili has had two capitals.

The architectural layout of the Yamen of the Governor of Tianjin Zhili is basically inherited from the style of the previous government, but it is also somewhat influenced by the imperial palace in Beijing and the architectural system of the northern dwellings. Zhili Governor's Yamen sits in the north and faces south, 134.4 meters wide from east to west, 224 meters long from north to south, covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters, has the gate, the instrument gate, the lobby, the second hall, the official residence, and the large courtyard of the upper room five entrances, after the five entrances, there are also a large number of side rooms on both sides of the main hall of the Governor's Yamen Treasury, here is the place where the officials at all levels of the Governor's Yamen handle official business.

In addition to the gate of the Governor's Palace, there are also the gates, the walls, the flagpoles, the music pavilion and the drum pavilion, the east and west class rooms, and the fort outside the west gate for the daily time signal and the worship and performance. If it is bounded by Yuanmen, the entire Governor's Yamen is equivalent to a semi-enclosed structure.

The gate of the Governor's Mansion of Zhili is actually a tall and heavy stone archway, and there is no barrier on both sides. It's just that in principle, with this gate as the boundary, it is not a place where ordinary people can set foot at will.

Entering from the gate, there is a small square, and there are many wings on both sides, which is the so-called east and west class room, which is a place for the officials of the governor's yamen to handle general official business. Facing the gate, is standing on the one-meter-high stone steps of the governor's yamen tall and big three-bay black heavy gate, just above the gate hangs a plaque, on the book "Zhili Governor's Department" six gold lacquer characters. The two flagpoles outside the gate stood tall, and they were more than 20 meters high.

Looking over the tall walls, you can see dozens of tall cypress trees in the governor's palace that are still full of greenery, and for some reason, there are many owls perched on top of this ancient cypress. Qin Chuan has heard that this ancient cypress group of eagles has always been called a scene in the house.

Looking at the towering ridge of the house, the heavy courtyard of the governor's yamen, and the two huge white marble lions squatting on both sides of the high stone steps, ordinary people can't help but feel awe-inspiring in their hearts.

Qin Chuan took Chu Yunfei's battalion and escorted the Sheng Army horse team through the gate to the square in front of the Governor of Zhili's yamen, under the stone steps in front of the governor's yamen, three columns of the governor's palace governor's house had already been lined up, and Li Hongzhang's commander's soldiers were carefully selected by each battalion, not to mention the tall and burly figures, the weapons were all the same color Manlixia fast guns, and everyone still had waist knives hanging on their waists, staring at Qin Chuan and his party with murderous spirit.

After traveling to this era for so long, he still hasn't stepped on this stone step for half a step, and Qin Chuan has always felt a little regretful about this.

When he arrived at the governor's yamen, Qin Chuan naturally had no reason to detain Sheng Jun, but only asked Sheng Jun to form a team of its own, and twenty-five sentinels formed a column alone in front of the queue. The officers and soldiers of the Sheng Army, although they were arrogant and domineering outside, but when they arrived here, no one dared to make a mistake, and according to Chu Yunfei's arrangement, they stood in line.

The four battalion commanders of Chu Yunfei, Wang Xiping, He Ruhuai, and Fang Weijun, Shi Feng, Xu Tong, Du Baozhong, Li Yutian, Qiu Qinghe, Liu Weifa, and Zhang Jingfang, as well as the twelve company commanders in the four battalions, were also lined up behind Qin Chuan, and Chu Yunfei's first battalion also stood solemnly with guns behind the battalion and company commanders at Qin Chuan's request.

Although no one detains them anymore, in front of the governor's yamen, no one dares to be presumptuous, but when they come here, these people have the bottom in their hearts, and they have the mind of not blaming the public, and these cavalrymen who were frightened are completely relaxed, and the team is naturally scattered and crooked.

On the other hand, the ranks of the Salt Regiment were very different, in a battalion of more than 500 people, the soldiers all stood solemnly with their chests upright, and the ranks were all lined horizontally and vertically, even the rifles with bayonets still on their sides, and the brilliance refracted in the sunlight was all neatly aligned. There is also a military uniform, covered with a tight black leather coat, with white fine flannel gloves deliberately on both hands, and Qin Chuan, who generally stands at the forefront of the team with a javelin, which makes the salt regiment's extraordinary military posture very abrupt.

Because on the way here, Qin Chuan has seen a newsboy holding a few numbers all the way to sell the Sheng army to smash the East Street, along the way the people saw Qin Chuan's salt group escorting the dejected Sheng army, they were even more surprised, there were many good people began to follow the onlookers, this way, people gathered more and more, to the governor's yamen, the onlookers have gathered thousands of people. At this time, the military posture of the salt regiment attracted bursts of applause from the onlookers.

Qin Chuan estimated that this voice was enough to reach the depths of the governor's yamen on the roof, but he didn't know how Li Hongzhang would feel about it at this time.

As soon as Qin Chuan stood still for a while, Zhang Shiheng hurriedly ran out of the gate, took a look on the stone steps, and saw Qin Chuan standing in front of the queue awe-inspiringly.

Zhang Shiheng, who looked anxious, gasped slightly and stopped in front of Qin Chuan, and complained angrily about Qin Chuan before he could stand firmly.

"I said Minghong, although the people of the Sheng army robbed the horses first, and then bullied the weak to hit your door, and even took the opportunity to rob the people's property, but you also beat it, Lu Daosheng was also humiliated by your good life, and even the face of Zhongtang was damaged a lot by you, these are just that, you should have accepted it when you saw it."

Zhongtang also said that as long as the sentinels on both sides are admonished, the meaning can not be clearer, that is, let you and Lu Daosheng save some face for the two of you. But it's good that you actually brought people to bring all the stolen goods to the governor's yamen, but Hann's short-sighted newspaper also participated, and also sent an extra issue, isn't this adding fuel to the fire. Don't say that the entire Tianjin Wei will know about it tomorrow, even the government and the opposition in the capital will be vibrated by you tomorrow. This matter is so troublesome, and now even Zhongtang can't handle it lightly. ”

Zhang Shiheng rubbed his hands anxiously: "Ming Hong! Ming Hong! You personally brought people here this time, saying that you don't save face for Zhongtang, that is, it is not an exaggeration to say that you force the palace, so act, how do you let Zhongtang think? ”

"Hey!"

Zhang Shiheng stomped his feet heavily with a sense of anger: "There are many people in the court and the middle hall who can't get by, don't say that those Qingliu who have nothing to do all day long, that is, Sun Yuwen and Weng Tongxi, the two ministers of military aircraft, have to make a big fuss about this matter." ”

Qin Chuan originally arranged this way because he was angry, and he didn't think much about the original situation and the possible consequences, after listening to Zhang Shiheng's words, thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but feel that this matter was indeed done by Meng Lang.

Although Li Hongzhang is said to be in a high position, it is precisely because of this that he must consider the feelings of his subordinates, and it is okay to say that he beat the people of the Sheng Army Horse Team, but after all, Lu Benyuan is a subordinate who has followed Li Hongzhang for many years, and it is not unreasonable to be a little biased. It's just that he made a fuss, but he put Li Hongzhang on the stove and roasted it.

If he does not deal with Sheng Jun and Lu Benyuan, that is, Li Hongzhang is public and selfish, favoring his own subordinates; disposed of Lu Benyuan, and was afraid that his subordinates would be cold, and even separated from him.

And the disposal of the salt group, not only the Sheng army was stolen by everyone, but also made Qinchuan full of turmoil, if there is really injustice, Li Hongzhang will have a bad reputation, and even give the political enemies in the court a mouthful, which still really blocked Li Hongzhang's retreat.

Although Qin Chuan was a little annoyed in his heart, since he had already come, he had to grit his teeth and sing this play. (To be continued.) )