Chapter 415: The Decisive Battle (4)

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After receiving an urgent report from the Yamen of the Dezhou General Judgment, Weng Tongshu, the Shandong inspector who had been "sick" at home for many days, had to drag his "sick body" to the scene of Ma Xinyi's murder, which had been closely protected.

Since he got a jinshi at the age of thirty, Weng Tongshu was secretly proud of his smooth sailing in the officialdom. Maybe it's because of the old man Weng, who was an official and became a scholar of Tirenge University early, and was also a famous man in the Qing Dynasty, after a few years of editing and revision of the Hanlin Academy, he began to rise all the way, and it didn't seem to take long to put on the top of Guizhou Xuezheng. But since then, he has felt that his fate has been somewhat unfortunate.

The "Jintian Banditry Rebellion" broke out in Guangxi and soon spread. At this time when the Qing Dynasty was in crisis, all the officials in the court with a little ability could not help but be remembered by the emperor in the Forbidden City one by one, and Weng Tongshu after the famous family would naturally not be excluded. He was hand-picked to be sent to the newly built Jiangnan camp outside Yangzhou City to assist the ministers Qi Shan and Tuo Ming Axiang in military affairs.

At first, he really didn't take the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in his eyes, although he had already set the capital of Tianjing. Although he has never been engaged in affairs related to knives and guns, this does not prevent him from looking down on those mud-footed poles in Jinling City, nor does it affect his military affairs. He is a master of collecting books, and there are a lot of masterpieces in his home, just flip through them, and there is no art of war in ancient and modern times. Not to mention, even though it is a grinding gun, there is always a difference between the learned and the unlearned, and after a year, whether it is the Lord Qishan of the Qincha or the Tuo Ming'a who is known as being born in the army, they all admire him, the person who used to play with the pen. Many people with good deeds in the Jiangnan camp also gave him the name of "Little Zhuge ".

It's easy to talk about it if you don't really fight, it's just a matter of moving your mouth, imagining the present, and then mentioning some futures, and no one will die. But this is really a fight, that is to say, nothing works. However, after all, the name of Xiao Zhuge did not come for nothing, and Weng Tongshu keenly felt that the problem was serious after seeing that Tuo Ming'a's countless attacks on Yangzhou had been frustrated. Not only is the Taiping Army not at all as incompetent and rustic as he imagined, but it is also a variety of "various demon methods" that emerge in endlessly, and they will suffer from it if they can't attack it for a long time. Sun Tzu said, thirty-six plans are the best policy, if you don't go, when will you stay? On the issue of the promotion of the previous career, he really didn't give up his face to tell Lao Tzu to help him, this time it didn't work, he deceived his Lao Tzu Weng on the grounds that his body was difficult to adapt to the humidity of Jiangnan, and finally ran back to the capital before the Jiangnan camp was completely annihilated.

Returning to the capital, Weng Tongshu first aggrieved himself in the military department for a while. is a third-grade official, but he can only get mixed with fifth- and sixth-grade foreigners and principals like his brother Weng Tongjue, and he is not even as good as others, and he doesn't even have a name, just like a "miscellaneous servant". In fact, he didn't know that in order to get him back from the front line in Yangzhou, the old man Weng Xincun took the path of Concubine Yi, who was the hottest at that time.

Although Concubine Yi really helped Weng Xincun in front of Xianfeng in the face of face, what kind of person is Concubine Yi, who can be fooled by this little trick of your Weng family? Hmph, not used to the humidity of Jiangnan? It's just stupid! If you Chang Acquaintances can't adapt to the humidity in Yangzhou, those banner people in Manchuria will not be rotten in Jiangnan for a long time. Concubine Yi is just confused with understanding.

In any case, at this time, the old man Weng, who had already led the Ministry of Industry with the title of university scholar, had a big face. Shandong lost a large area, and the high-ranking officials were either captured and killed, or they ran fast, in order to save the Qing Dynasty, the minions of those who had a good foundation had to be sifted and used. It was the old man Weng who came forward again, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was the dominant power and hung the curtain, sighed, "When I was idle, it was nothing more than trying to hold back his morale, they are all their own children, who else does not need to use them at this time." I know he's not a good military guy, so let's do what I can......"

As a result, Weng Tongshu was sent out of Texas and became the envoy of Shandong Province, which only had more than 20 counties in two prefectures left. Ran away from the battle, not only was he not punished, but he was promoted after a short period of grievance, if others would be crazy. But after Weng Tongshu received this appointment, it was like eating a bunch of pig bitter gall, and the pain was indescribable. Today's Shandong is the tip of the knife and the muzzle of the gun, and it seems that he will never be able to break free from this unlucky operation.

For Weng Tongshu, Shandong's uncomfortable situation is far more than that. Ma Xinyi, the governor of Shandong, is a master who is addicted to official addiction, and he only hates that the place is too small to show his fists and feet.

Yuan Jiasan, the new political envoy of Shandong Province who also took office with Weng Tongshu, is known as having a resolute personality and daring to speak out. As soon as Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, Yuan Jiasan, who was the imperial historian at the time, was not afraid of retaliation, and wrote a letter to impeach the powerful Dingjun Wang Zaiquan for "showing off his power and acting as a prestige", and impeached Shuyuan, the servant of the Criminal Department, for being "greedy and sinister, and deceitful". After Xianfeng received Yuan Jiasan's recital, he immediately met him in person and "understood" Zaiquan's bad things in person. Under Xianfeng's intervention, after being verified by the Division, Zaiquan was dismissed from his post as Minister of Guards, and was punished with three years of service from the prince. This incident shook the government and the opposition. Not only that, but later Yuan Jiasan also impeached Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, for "causing chaos through kindness" to local mobs, and Chen Qian, the governor of Jiangxi, for "bribing traffic". The two governors were also doomed, and they were both summarily dismissed due to Yuan Jiasan's impeachment. This is not counting, that is, in order to cobble together money to enrich the empty treasury, or to raise troops to fight with the Taiping Army, after the Ministry of Household proposed, Concubine Yi nodded to restore the official donation system and issue Qing Dynasty treasure banknotes, Yuan Jiasan also wrote the same book. Although the imperial court still did not retract his order in the end, after all, no one has pursued him for half of his incompetence.

is such a powerful person who is guarded against every day by officials of all sizes in the Qing Dynasty, this time because of the impeachment of Ma Xinyi for "stretching out his hand too long and contemptuous of his colleagues", he was actually issued a decree by the imperial court and taught him a hard lesson. At this time when the Qing Dynasty is in crisis, you should be in the same boat, talk less nonsense, and do more practical things...... Thinking of Er, he is accustomed to chasing after the wind and shadows, and will not be held accountable for the time being, and if this is the case in the future, he will not be held accountable. Yuan Jiasan, who didn't expect this kind of ending at all, had to swallow his anger, reported to the court that it was difficult to have a back sore, and took Yuan Baoheng, the eldest son who was originally ready to be in the limelight on the future battlefield and to make up enough for the capital of officialdom in the future, and shrunk back to the capital. didn't stay for a while, and was afraid that the news of pretending to be sick might one day be revealed to the ears of the powerful queen mother, so the two of them simply hid in Baoding.

Weng Tongshu is different from Yuan Jiasan, the more Ma Xinyi likes to seize power, the happier he is. You say it's strange, there was nothing wrong when I was in the capital, and I just arrived in Texas, and things came immediately. His hometown has long become the control area of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, what will the family be like now, there has been no news of this grandfather outside, but as soon as he left to take office, the news came. What made him feel most strange was that his family had inherited the old man's countless precious collection of books, and had been reading hard to read the twenty-year-old younger brother Weng Tonggong, who was going to win his champion and list in this year's big exam, actually wrote the letter directly to Texas, as if he had known in advance that he was going to Texas.

“…… The family is fine, my brother should not read it. The world is unpredictable, and I hope that my brother will be good for himself and treat himself well......" chatted a few words, but Weng Tongshu was dumbfounded. Of course, not long after, the old man also flew in a hurry, "look up at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown", and the old man's letter was more concise.

Weng Tongshu was so sick, although he was "not lightly ill", he was not like Yuan Jiasan, who once again showed his ability to move, but still insisted on his post.

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