In the lobby of the Suzhou Governor's Yamen, it was full of officials and children who rushed over from Jiangning City.

Liu Kunyi, the former governor of Liangjiang, took a boat to the north as if he had burned his buttocks, and he was unwilling to meet Xu Yifan when he was killed. Xu Yifan, the Great Qing Yue Wumu + two hundred and five, is a matter of things, and I don't know how many troublesome things are involved. No matter how prestigious you are, if you can not deal with him, you will not deal with him. can take away the cronies who are planted in Beiyang, or the officialdom in Jiangning can reach the door to talk, Liu Kun took a fine light and clean, and everyone played a roll in Jiangning City. The rest of the unlucky guys, such as Liu Kunyi, who valued the ministers and elders, were hiding from Xu Yifan as if they were hiding from the plague, and they were doubly panicked in their hearts, and rumors were even more numerous. Xu Yifan has a Praetorian Guard under his hands, a large team of tens of thousands of people, how many people have to be placed? Some people know about him and the court, and some donors don't know at all, these guys know that they take money as officials, eat and play with concubines. Xu Yifan and the court are round and flat, everyone has to do with it!

But if it ruins everyone's jobs, it will be a big deal! They are so worried that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth. Suddenly, Rong Zhongcheng, the new governor of Suzhou, who is regarded as a well water and does not interfere with river water, suddenly came to consult, saying that he would invite Jiangning's big guys to discuss a charter on how to run a bad deal with Xu Zhijun, although he didn't know what medicine was sold in this Rongzhong Cheng's gourd, but it was like a life-saving straw, and he flew over by boat and carriage, and there were many people who came out of the various bureaus in Jiangning City, the members of the Red Bureau, and even the prefectures and counties in northern Jiangsu!

As a result, now in the lobby of the Suzhou Governor's Yamen, there is now a living record of officialdom.

Most of the officials from the banner people are big, and no matter how confused they are, they can't fall down the grandfather's shelf. Besides, who can go to Jiangnan to find a real shortage of flag people, who doesn't have a background to take care of? Whether it is a Taoist class or a prefecture and county class, the complements are all flat gold, the four major pieces on the waist are all foreign goods, and the wrenches on their hands are green one by one. Waiting for Rong Lu to wait anxiously, he couldn't stop telling the Yamen Patrol to fill cigarettes and tea, and when he spoke, his voice was loud, and the surrounding team was a little smaller, and he couldn't insert a sentence if he wanted to.

"I said, this new Xu Zhijun, even if he wants to grab food, he can't all be round, right? When you are such a big official, you should still know the truth, right? ”

"Pull it down! A group of subordinates who have eaten kimchi in North Korea and their eyes are green, can they still have a good child when they get here? When people reach the position of Xu Zhijun, it doesn't matter, and the appearance will not be too ugly. But Hades is good, and the little ghost is difficult! The brother is desperate, and if he wants to list the evacuation envoy, he will do whatever he wants...... Can the wind keep blowing in one direction? Wait for a change of army, are you afraid that you won't be able to eat? ”

"Your brother has signed several donation bureaus, all of which are lacking, and the entertainment is light, we can't afford to wait! The surname Xu is going to mess around, there is Rongzhongcheng in Suzhou, who came down wearing a big hat in the capital, and Jiangning has our Manchurian general, it's really not good, the lord will go back to the capital to fight a lawsuit! Is there still no place in the world to be reasonable? In this world, it's still not our flag people? ”

The flagmen were talking about it, but the surrounding Hanguanzhou County teams looked at each other with sad faces. These small groups in the prefectures and counties all have a characteristic, there are many donor classes, and there are many older people. Compared with the general change of officials in various bureaus and counties in the provincial capital, most of these local states and counties are old teams, and the governors pay attention to the use of old states and counties, which is also a method of not passing on the heart of a big official. These people have been in the place for a long time, and they are really in harmony with the local gentry, and they can suppress everything, and they will not find the slightest trouble for Shangguan. However, these old counties are also heavily entertained, although there are tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, but there are mansions and roads above, and there are three divisions in the provincial capital that should be in charge of the yamen. Added a little happy event like Miss Childe.,It's not included.。 In addition, all kinds of members who checked the land, money and grain, water conservancy, Cao rice, and Baojia were sent to the party...... The whole year is spent socializing. In the past ten years, most of the states and counties have been in deficit, and there are not a few people who have died in the old states and counties or have been dismissed, and their families have been defeated immediately.

There are too many people under the new Xu Zhijun, even if you are an old state county, most of them can't keep this position, so they have to move. Thinking of the scene of losing the messenger, everyone was sad. In addition, most of these small teams have a heavy addiction to smoking, and they have been waiting for a long time all the way, and the tears and snot are about to come down. A few words of lethargic conversation with each other, and most of them ask about each other's shortcomings.

“…… Brother, it's difficult, last year's office was smashed, and I posted almost 20,000 yuan, and now it adds up, almost 50,000 yuan in deficit, if you withdraw the mission office, how can this be handed over? There is only one rope...... Alas, the previous life was not good, and this life knows the county! ”

"My brother is good, but my brother's deficit of 100,000 yuan is not much. There is a defect in the body, and it can be moved. Xu Zhijun wants to withdraw the envoy, and he can't drag it anymore, it's just a family closing the door and hanging himself, what's the matter? ”

"There is no way to heaven, and there is no way to enter the earth! In the past, the governor came over, but with a hundred big hats, this Xu Zhijun brought tens of thousands of people! What kind of sin have we done? The handover of the gentry is to undress and push food, and it is cautious to serve the officials, but they run into such a broom star! ”

"I hope this glory is ......"

There is a lot of discussion, when the miasma of black smoke is in full swing. I heard the patrol officer shouting: "Rongzhong Cheng has arrived!" ”

The officials were busy putting down the cigarettes and tea in their hands, and stood up one after another to stand up and stand according to the grade. As soon as the shouting fell, I saw Rong Lu wearing a suit and walking out with a smile on the pearl, he was already white and elegant, and the wind and frost that led the big head soldiers in Xi'an had already retired in the past two years, and he really had a Shangguan appearance when he came out. There is a lack of the flag people and the princesses have made a move, and the team is a little smaller, and they hurry up to the court, the place is not big and there are many people, you touch me and I touch you, and it is so chaotic. A magistrate is old, and his addiction to smoking is too heavy, so he can't stay up, and when he comes down with a big salute, he squeaks in his throat, and pouts with foam.

Looking at the chaos in front of him, Rong Lu was so anxious that fire appeared on his head, and for a while, he wished that Xu Yifan would come over early and shoot these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods in line for five minutes. But he had to keep the smile on his face, and hurriedly beckoned the patrol officer to carry the county magistrate out for treatment. It took a while to sit down.

"Everyone, rise to the crown! To the brothers, it would be good for the brothers to take off the instrument...... The place is not big, and I am anxious to invite all the brothers over, my brother really has a sin, it's okay to come all the way? ”

In the Qing season, the rules of officialdom are Shangguan is his parents. Hearing Rong Lu's words, with a bang, everyone took off their big hats and put them aside. Look at each other, look at me, I look at you, everyone is full of thoughts, but they don't know what to say for a while. In the end, there was a banner man with good eloquence and a good identity: "The lower officials should serve Zhongcheng, who doesn't know that Zhongcheng is thinking of us who are not successful?" Just after receiving the instruction to train us, what instructions Zhongcheng has, the officials all listened, if you can do it, you have nothing to say, and if you can't do it, you have to do it for Zhongcheng! ”

Rong Lu smiled and knocked on the table: "Brother is too polite!" Originally, I Rong invited you over, even if it was a violation of the rules, but the orders of the imperial court, can my brother not do it? The goods are dead on the ground, we don't have to go around in circles, singing such a group of heroes today, to put it bluntly, it's not for this newcomer Xu Zhijun! ”

This sentence is in the hearts of the officials, who came so far away. It's not just for Rong Lu to say this! Everyone is well-informed, who doesn't know that Rong Lu and Xu Yifan were rivals in North Korea back then, and the imperial court would send him over for no reason? Among the Manchu governors, this division of power was originally an unclear dog meat account. It is said that the governor is mainly in charge of the army, and the governor is mainly in charge of the people, but the governor also has pacesetters, and the governor can also check the officials and serve as officials. Originally, the intention of the central government was to let the localities contain each other. However, in the years of the Qing Dynasty, there has been a tacit understanding of the division of powers and responsibilities between the governors.

For example, in Liangjiang, the governor of Liangjiang claimed to control the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi, but he never cared about the affairs of the governor of Anhui and Jiangxi. In order to balance, the province's donations and the control of Shanghai Province are also the authority of the Governor of Liangjiang. Everyone is considered to be well water and does not interfere with river water, and they almost do not interact with each other for old age. At the beginning of Rong Lu's getting off the bus, his ass was not yet hot, so he invited everyone to come with such a bad rule, so that even a pig's brain could figure it out!

The big guy's heart was hot, and a few of the leaders shouted out: "Everything is based on Zhongcheng's orders!" Zhongcheng let us go east, we will never face west! ”

Rong Lu smiled, his face became more kind, and he shook his hands continuously: "Brother, it's not for everyone to go against Xu Zhijun!" Xu Zhijun is a member of the Jue Pavilion, a first-class uncle of Weiyuan, his status is higher than that of his brothers, not just a chip or two, but also a great hero of the dynasty, that is, a brother, and he was also sent by the imperial court to assist Xu Dashuai in governing the two rivers of the imperial court! After all, Xu Dashuai has never been a pro-people official! The two ministers of Beiyang and Nanyang are the foundation of the imperial court, and if they are slightly shaken, it will hurt the good intentions of the imperial court to reward the meritorious heroes......"

Having said that, Rong Lu also felt a little unsustainable, for no other reason, it was so fucking disgusting! When he was in North Korea and Xu Yifan, he copied bricks from each other and even took pictures of his brains, but now when he says this, Rao is officialdom has a deep cultivation, and he also feels like vomiting for a while.

He took a breath, and finally brought out the drama meat, and said word by word to the Jiangning officials who were listening carefully with their mouths wide open below: "Brother is under the order of the imperial court, first take up the messenger of the inspector, as long as I Rong is in one day, the green battalion of the training army in the province and the Praetorian Guard brothers of Xu Dashuai can't take care of it, but the envoy is listed and the envoy is evacuated, this kind of thing, someone Rong has to wait for Xu Dashuai for a few days!" You all have a foundation in the place, this imperial court has to go back to the countryside to publicize it widely, Xu Dashuai's subordinates are all tigers and sharp people, in North Korea against the small said that this is invincible, but in Liangjiang, a land of humanities, how to settle the people, or to learn! ”

His smile gradually retracted, and he raised a finger, the hall of the governor's yamen was so quiet that he could hear even a needle falling, and everyone held their breath for fear of missing a word.

“…… The rules of the imperial court are originally a century-old law, and they can't be moved casually! The land of the two rivers was originally ruled by court officials and local gentry, and after the Hongyang Rebellion, it recovered so quickly. The local squires have many descendants of the Hunan and Huai armies who quelled the chaos and Hong Yang back then, how can such a good situation be lightly moved? The brother took on this burden, but also for the sake of Xu Dashuai, and when it slowly stabilized, it is not certain that the brother will either be sick or ask for a vacancy, and it is not a good thing for the world to have such a handsome tiger minister in Liangjiang? Brothers, after you go back, even if you do something, if there is any trouble, I have brothers! ”

Speaking of such a ** naked, what else do the officials present not understand? The imperial court is nothing more than using this method to restrict Xu Yifan's hands and feet! In North Korea or Northeast China, Xu Yifan may dare to mess around. The court is also empty under this guise, not to mention Rong Lu, Rong Qi can't restrict him. But this place in Jiangnan is individual, first of all, the tradition of this place is extremely powerful, and it is difficult to move an inch without the support of the gentry. What's more, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Rebellion, a large number of soldiers of the Xianghuai Army settled down in Liangjiang, these people have silver and military merits, and they almost use Liangjiang as their fiefdom, which is reserved for their children to be officials. The so-called Jiangning has more than three bitches, and there are many bitches, and that is the Qinhuai River. There are many donkeys, and Jiangning has the largest mule and horse market in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiang Donkey has become a wealthy man in the country by doing this livestock business. Daotai is because of these gentry from the Xianghuai Army, the children just fell into the grass and donated the Daotai, waiting to grow up and be placed in the vicinity as officials, everyone took care of each other, the gentry and officials were combined in one, almost became an unbreakable force, the successive governors of the Liangjiang were mostly the old men of the Xianghuai Army, and they tolerated and took care of the unique phenomenon of the two rivers. The imperial court took away the personnel power in other places, which could not restrict Xu Yifan, he would play tricks and rob him, but in the land of these two rivers, the gentry and officials combined to resist softly and hard, and most of the important ministers in the world were the relics of Xianghuai. Xu Yifan doesn't care about the imperial court, but also about these local powerful factions...... Maybe it's a good show! Let's fight with Xu Yifan...... Didn't Rong Zhongcheng pat his chest, something happened, there was him!

For the sake of the rice bowl, let's fight!

The big guy's chest was full of fighting enthusiasm, and they all stood up and saluted: "Xiaguan and others, thank you Zhongcheng for taking care of me!" In the future, if there is anything to do with the lower officials, only the first to look forward to it! ”

Rong Lu smiled slightly, just nodded reservedly. I don't know why, the corner of his eye suddenly jumped, and he couldn't help but look south again. In this second game, can you deal with Xu Yifan?

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Rong Lu was not the only one who was beating in the corner of his eye, Han Zhongping and Old Man Han also slowly pressed his right eye, and said with a wry smile: "The left eye jumps wealth, the right eye jumps disaster, this time I came to see this Xu Dashuai, the old man's right eye jumped jubilantly, Zhang Da Protector, the omen is not good!" ”

Zhang Yuzhang, the chief steward, dressed in a green coat and a small hat, stood behind Old Man Han with a gloomy expression. At that time, this thin middle-aged man had no expression on his face. For the people of Xu Zhai, Zhang Yu just left in the morning and came back in the afternoon. Everyone in the inner house knows that Zhang Yu has high skills and hard hands. It is said that he also saved the life of the handsome, arranged things in the inner house, never overstepped, and did not rely on the old qualifications to follow Xu Yifan to ask for this and that. In front of Li Xuan, Du Juan, and Luo Shi's three main mothers, no matter how respectful they are. When there is nothing to do, he quietly goes back to his small courtyard and never comes out.

This chief steward has a very low sense of presence and never moves his voice. But now standing behind Old Man Han, although his face is still gloomy, he can't stop rubbing his hands on his gray cloth pants, and in a blink of an eye, sweat stains are printed on the side of his pants.

Old Man Han is still the old fox who is calm and breezy, and before the sky really cools down, he already has three layers of skin inside and out. Zhang Yu took the old man straight to Xu Yifan's study, the old man sat here very leisurely, looking at the small bed in the study for a while, and looking at the books around him for a while, he didn't look like he couldn't hold his breath at all.

Xu Yifan didn't know if he deliberately hung the two of them, saying that they were meeting in the study, and he didn't see anyone for half an hour. The study has been quiet and quiet, until Mr. Han's words broke the embarrassing atmosphere of the two of them.

Zhang Yu raised his head and glanced at the old man quietly, but did not speak. Old Man Han smiled: "Or, shouldn't I call you Zhang Da Protector, it's time to restore your identity as the number one master of the Song family of the four families of Xingyi?" Now it's time to call you the Great Protector of Song? ”

Zhang Yu smiled reluctantly at this time, and a trace of bitterness rarely appeared on his face: "I can't change it, old man, I am Zhang Yu, me and the Song family...... It doesn't matter anymore. ”

"It's nothing more than that you made trouble in your family back then, the eldest brother thinks that your kung fu is too high, and he is afraid that you will take over the position in the family, and the six masters of the family ambush you, you are seriously injured and run away, and your eldest brother also robbed your daughter-in-law. You saved people, nested in the township, and couldn't hide your skills, first became a master brother of an altar, and then climbed up in the incense sect...... In the eighth year of Guangxu, when the Xiangjiao Zhili uprising, your revenge should be avenged by the opportunity. Now following Xu Yifan, Youdao is a seven-grade official of the prime minister's family, and he has the face to retire in peace in the future, why do you still follow the Xiangjiao? Who can trouble you in front of Xu Yifan? The tens of thousands of foreign guns of the Praetorian Guards are not vegetarian! ”

"Didn't report the clean ......" Zhang Yu replied lightly, but turned his gaze away, and no one looked at him.

"Only your eldest brother is left to hide as the head of the sect in the palace, do you really want to make your Song family extinct?" Old Man Han changed his easy-going attitude and asked Zhang Yu unrelentingly.

Zhang Yu's body shook and turned his head violently: "Old man, the Xiangjiao can have today without your guidance and help." Why are you not stable as your god of wealth in the north, and you have to follow us who practice boxing and burn incense in the countryside? Aren't you still unable to forget your loyal prince? Lord Xu is going to Jiangning, why don't you see him in Jiangning, but you have to be in Shanghai, is it the nightmare that you followed Prince Zhong to break through from Tianjing, and you haven't woken up yet? ”

Old Man Han's face darkened, he looked at Zhang Yu fixedly, stretched out a hand, trembling slightly, wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it for a while, and finally he sighed: "...... Zhang Da Protector, don't blame me for being aggressive today, I am forcing you, and I am also forcing myself to ask myself, why can't I take a step back? But we can't take this step...... You haven't forgotten that one of the six people ambushed you that night, and the hatred of taking your wife. My old man will always remember the day Tianjing fell thirty-one years ago!

…… A big hole was blown open in the dragon's neck, and the Jizi battalion of the Hunan army poured in like a group of madmen, and we couldn't fill it...... They're crazy, but we're done. So many brothers and sisters were slaughtered cleanly. I followed the young king and the loyal prince to break through, the blood on the street has not reached the feet and neck, passing by the women's hall where my little daughter is, a hall of sisters, there is not a single person left! It's just a waste of it, and if you kill it, you will kill it, why do you have to toss the corpse like that? My little daughter, she's only nine years old! Lord Zhong gritted his teeth and didn't dare to look at it, but I swore that one day, as long as I struggled to get out of my surname, I would take revenge! If my old man has been in a dream, then this dream is not a nightmare, but a dream that will drown Yanjing City in blood and water! ”

Old Man Han's tone was terrible, and the entire study seemed to be miserable. At this time, where does the old man Han Zhongping still have the rich and dignified appearance when he interacted with Xu Yifan!

With Zhang Yu's ability and bearing, he quietly took a step back!

Xu Yifan's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "One is a broken family, and the other is a broken family and country...... Old man, Steward Zhang, you have endured until now, aren't you just waiting for me Xu Yifan to take advantage of the situation? Old man, our meeting on the grassland of Inner Mongolia, for me, is the foundation for a life, for you, is it watching me Xu someone go upstream, you are also grateful to God countless times, let you pick me up on the grassland? ”

(To be continued)