There is still half a month to pass in the year of Renchen, the new year of the year is coming, and the long and seemingly never-ending year of Kangxi will also change a little, from fifty-one years to fifty-two years.

In the north, this is already a cold wind and howling weather, and in Guangdong, even Yingde in northern Guangdong is just wearing a jacket, wrapping a collar, and putting down the horseshoe sleeves. And in the lively place, it is even more difficult to see that this is winter.

In the west of England and Germany, there is a two-storey wooden building on the wooden fence and the bank on the river, the sound of the staggered cups is far away from the river, it is a new restaurant, in the noise, you can faintly hear the sound of women singing, and there is the startling sound of the storyteller.

"Saying that the second prince of Long Live has confirmed the thoughts of your elder brothers. Everyone in the world is looking forward to which elder brother will win the emperor's heart......"

In the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant with the plaque of "Yunshuijian", the storyteller had just opened the words of the palace power struggle, and was interrupted by everyone: "We don't care which elder brother sits on the dragon chair and talks about the facts of the court!" ”

The storyteller coughed and changed the subject: "But it was said that the Jiangnan Kechang case ......"

"At the beginning, the two lords of Kazhang were dismissed from their posts and judged, and many merchants in the south of the Yangtze River were boycotted, and the soldiers and civilians of Jiangning closed the city, blocking the Kali official office, and not allowing the Kali to send away the governor's seal. Tens of thousands of people in Yangzhou surrounded Governor Zhang's yamen, crying loudly, and they also knew that Governor Zhang Qingtian was incorruptible, and they were afraid that the period of waiting for trial would be difficult, so they sent melons, fruits and vegetables. Where was Zhang Qingtian willing to accept it, the people cried on their knees, and he accepted a piece of tofu...... It's so troublesome that people in the world can't tell who is right and who is wrong. ”

"This is the beginning of the year, and Lord Zhang, the head of the household department, said in June that Zhang Qingtian's participation in the Kali is not true, and he does not say anything about the fault of the Kali. Long live Lord Shengjian, not recognized by this, and sent the Ministry of Household Shangshu Mu and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhang to Jiangnan for trial, and also summoned the six departments and nine Qing to meet in Beijing. In October, Master Mu reported that Zhang Qingtian's participation in the Kali was false, and that the Kali and Zhang Qingtian were all real, and that Zhang Qingtian should be dismissed. Long live the Lord said, 'Uncle Zhang is the first in the world, and he must not participate', but he rejected their agreement. ”

The court panicked, and the officials finally concluded that both of them should be dismissed, long live the wise and arbitrary cadres, and asked Zhang Qingtian to stay in office, Kali dismissed, Zhang Qingtian ...... After all, it is a blue sky, and it is also a loss to Long Live Lord Shengming, not to be deceived by villains! ”

Speaking of this, the storyteller snapped and knocked on the startled wood, shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, I am a Qing Dynasty...... Through the ages, the benevolent monarch is in charge of the world, the villain is frightened, and all the people in the world are finally happy, and the minister is the Qingtianjun is the saint! ”

The storyteller read most of the limericks he had written, raised his head and held his hands, and waited for everyone to cheer, but there was silence in the lobby.

"Bullshit! I know how to take our businessmen! Zhang Boxing directly arrested Zhang Yuanlong and killed him, and killed dozens of ship owners, this is the foundation of the Kechang case! ”

A shout with a Hunan accent jumped out, and the person who shouted was wearing a fur silk jacket, presumably a businessman from Hunan.

"Zhang Yuanlong used Kali's warship to transport Jiangnan rice out of the sea, causing the price of Jiangnan rice to rise sharply, can't he be killed!? Zhang Yuanlong's younger brother is Kali's son-in-law, and they are one official and businessman! Poison the weeds! ”

The other person resisted, looking at him in a Confucian shirt and jacket, he should be a scholar.

"Uncle Zhang bends the law with his power and cares for people's lives!"

"Kali protects business with officials, and harms the people for bribes!"

The two scolded each other, each bringing a group of supporters, and the lobby was even more noisy.

"Alright, alright! That's all about Jiangnan, what do we have to do with it! It's going to be the New Year, and everyone wants to be in harmony when it comes to reunion. ”

A local man spoke out to persuade him, and the noise gradually subsided, and the merchant and the scholar looked at each other, snorted, and lost their desire to be inquisitive.

"Sir, let's talk about Guangdong, we just came from Hunan, and we don't know what is happening on the ground in Guangdong this year."

Someone else beckoned to the storyteller.

It didn't resonate, but it started an argument, and the storyteller was depressed, and when he heard this, his face suddenly lit up again.

"Hey! Speaking of our Guangdong, this year is very lively......"

The storyteller snapped and knocked again.

"This year, the biggest thing in our Guangdong is the Yang Chun Rebellion! Ladies and gentlemen, you can sit tight, this Yang Chun...... It was the Anglo-Germans! The place in front of us was burned and plundered by Yang Chun half a year ago, and it almost became an underworld on earth! Look at the east of the city, it's still smoking. ”

Of course, this is an exaggeration, everyone looked at it, and only saw a ruined wall, but no one laughed at the storyteller, and many people still had a sound in their mouths, and there was a faint fear on their faces.

"But today the world is the world of Kangxi's benevolent rule, then Yang Chun rolled up 100,000 bandits, and our Shi Junmen in Guangdong attacked with 3,000 tigers, and in an overnight, the chaos was peaceful."

The storyteller's words drew another burst of spitting, and I don't know whether he was spitting on the first half or the second half of the words. Seeing that his topic was controversial again, he quickly turned away again.

"This second major event is the case of Zheng Qi, the family of Qincha, and this matter is also in our Yingde, speaking of which, our Yingde County is the eye of the whole Guangdong this year!"

This topic aroused the interest of outsiders, and the storyteller's little companion was holding an iron fist in his hand, and a crisp sound sounded in the clanging sound, urging him to continue.

"At the beginning of the Guangdong Prefecture case, the two county lords were involved, which is not a big deal. Long Live Lord sent the Manchu Han Qin to Guangdong for trial, but was delayed by Yang Chun's rebellion. After Yang Chun was pacified, Manqin sent his family to inspect our mines in Guangdong. ”

"The family member who walked this way in northern Guangdong was called Zheng Qi, and he also took six Guangzhou soldiers, and when he arrived in Yingde, he thought about visiting privately and obtaining evidence. But he didn't want the six Guangzhou soldiers to make trouble all the way...... Ladies and gentlemen, Yang Chun was in turmoil before, and the Huizhou soldiers under Shi Junmen tried their best to suppress the bandits, but the Guangzhou soldiers who supervised the standard were acting on our British and German people, and our British and German people have long been dissatisfied with the Guangzhou soldiers. These six Guangzhou soldiers acted recklessly, and even robbed the people's daughters, causing the villagers to attack them and beat them all to death! ”

"Well killed!"

Someone slapped the table and screamed.

The storyteller nodded and continued: "This is just a trivial matter, the Guangzhou soldiers were killed, and the Qin cha family named Zheng Qi quit, and all the villagers should be punished, at this time, ......"

The storyteller arched his hand to the east: "Our Yingde Li Qingtian Li County Master has stood up, Li Qingtian is wise, he directly said that your Qincha family is fake!" It's really Qincha's family, how could they condone his subordinates to do that bad thing!? Then Zheng Qi was put in a cell, and that Zheng Qi was a rich and noble man, where could he stand this toss, and he died of hemorrhoids in the cell within a few days. ”

"Good death!"

The merchant who had quarreled before shouted.

"What a blue sky! This Li Qingtian really has the wind of Zhang Qingtian! ”

The scholar also shouted in unison, and the two looked at each other, and although they immediately looked away, they no longer had the hatred of the quarrel just now.

"Oh, this is a slap in the face, aren't you Li County Master going to suffer?"

Another asked worriedly.

"Yes, so Li Qingtian went out, took the villagers who were killed by those Guangzhou soldiers, and went straight to Guangzhou Mansion to shout grievances, he took his family name to make decisions for the people!"

The storyteller's words made the outsiders in the lobby breathe lightly, and at this time, there were many people crowded in the corridor, and the sound of cups on the second floor also stopped, and the guests above probably listened carefully.

"This made the entire Guangdong official master blow up the nest, and I didn't know how to deal with it for a while. The soldiers in Guangzhou are bad, but the people in Guangzhou are good, they learned about this, and the villagers who came with Yingde surrounded the mansion of Naqin Cha Saltai, and threw eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, dead rats or something, and Saltai was so frightened that he didn't dare to go out for half a step. ”

The local who persuaded the fight before sneered in a low voice: "This Guangzhou soldier is not the Guangzhou soldier ......."

Another person at the same table also chuckled: "This is Li Qingtian's version, and now there are many outsiders, so only let him talk about this version." Besides, even I can't tell the mystery inside...... Except for the official master, who cares? ”

The persuasion person smiled: "Brother Liu already knows deeply, I'm afraid that even Li Zhushou hasn't understood the trick inside, and only the fourth brother knows the whole story." ”

Both of them have local accents, and there are three people at the same table, although the clothes are not conspicuous, but they do not look like guests who can live in the lobby of a restaurant. Hearing the words "Fourth Brother", the three of them glanced at each other, and one of them spoke out in the most wealthy state: "With the support of the Fourth Brother, our glazed businessmen in Hunan have improved, I thought he had something to do with maritime businessmen, but I didn't expect it...... Brother Peng and Brother Liu, you can give us a little more words, so that we can get closer to the fourth brother. ”

The two locals at this table are very young, and the previous persuaders still have a restrained bookish atmosphere, it is Peng Xianzhong, and another Zhang Yang surnamed Liu is outside, it is Liu Xingchun, who laughed lightly when he heard this.

"Whether there is much time depends on whether the fourth brother is busy."

Liu Xingchun took a sip of wine and said lightly, and his words were already a little too popular.

"It's almost the New Year, and the fourth brother seems to be getting busier and busier, and he is becoming less and less interested in foreign affairs."

Peng Xianzhong did not fall behind, and in the ears of those three people, it seemed that his relationship with the "fourth brother" was not ordinarily close.

"Guest officers should remember that there are two Qincha who came to Guangdong, in addition to Saltai, and one is Lord Tang Youzengtang. When he learned of this, he didn't care about continuing to try the case of the prefecture, so he asked Kyori to Saltei, saying that he connived at his family to cause trouble. Saltai didn't do it, he also wanted to be in charge of the trial alone, and deliberately caused trouble. ”

The storyteller was talking about the crux of the case, and the people at the table listened quietly.

"Over there in the south of the Yangtze River, there are two adults from the Manchu and Han dynasties, but I didn't expect that we would come out of Guangdong again, and now the court has become a pot of porridge. At that time, the Lord's heart should have been determined, and he would send out the Kali. And the evidence of Sartai's letting his family go out for favoritism is conclusive, and the long-lived lord is very angry, and he directly summons Sartai back to ask for the guilt. ”

The storyteller is talking about the "facts" on this side, and on the other table, Peng Xianzhong is talking about the "facts" on the other side.

"It is clear that Li Zhushou planted the black pot of the rebellion in Guangzhou during the previous Ping Yang Chun to Saltai, if Zhao Zhitai does not cooperate with this matter, he Li Zhushou will exhaustively cite the disaster of the governor of Taiwan, and there is also Shaozhou Prefecture and County behind him. Zhao Zhengtai weighed the benefits and harms, and simply used Li Zhushou's ladder to go down the wall and harm Saltai together. ”

Liu Xingchun added: "There is a plan for making Taiwan, and Futai Manpi is not clear about this matter. The six Guangzhou soldiers who died were the soldiers of the Guangzhou general, but he didn't dare to come out to fight a lawsuit. They all had to push along, Salté...... At all, they were regarded by the officials and masters of the entire Guangdong as a poor worm who reconciled their internal filth and carried the black pot for them. ”

Everyone at the table chuckled lowly, and the lobby laughed heartily.

"Li Qingtian's move, Long Live Lord saw it, he remembered another Qingtian of our Yingde more than ten years ago, that is Uncle Tian Congdiantian. Now Uncle Tian is an important minister in the court. Seeing that there was another Qingtian in his original place, he also handed some good words to the emperor, so ah......"

The storyteller showed the highlight tone of Qingtian's good retribution: "Li Qingtian has the Sacred Heart's direct permission, and he will go straight to the Shaozhou Mansion!" ”

Then the tone turned gloomy: "It's a pity that there will be villains in the end, Li Qingtian couldn't go up, and he only got a prefect to take charge of Yingde County." ”

Someone else shouted, "That's not good! Such a blue sky, if it is changed in our place, he will not be allowed to go! ”

The crowd roared in response.

"Cut...... It is obvious that Li Zhushou is timid, and he has to pull Shaozhou Mansion to do this together, he has to be ruthless and bear it alone, not to mention the title of prefect, there is no problem in becoming the second Tian Congdian. ”

Peng Xianzhong shook his head and said, hearing that the three Hunan businessmen also laughed.

While talking, the sound of gongs sounding outside the restaurant to open the way, I saw a group of errand officers holding a sign of avoidance and quiet, holding a sedan chair passing through the restaurant, towards the city, the flag is displayed, "the household department is in charge of the Taiping banknote Guan Yingde Hun Huan factory affairs, the internal affairs of the government member Wailang, Jiang" The official flag is clearly visible.

This group of people passed, and the restaurant was suddenly silent, all staring at the flag, and their faces turned pale.

"It's finally here......

Peng Xianzhong said coldly.

"Look at whether he's a wolf or a dog."

Liu Xingchun didn't seem to care much.

"Oops...... This is...... The commissioner of the Hun Hyun Factory!? Only at this time? ”

The fat merchant trembled at his fat face, and his words carried some trepidation.

"Of course, we have to rush to the end of the year......"

Another merchant sighed.

"Previously, Xun Xun was plagued by Yang Chun, and those cowardly guys never dared to take office."

Peng Xianzhong sneered.

"How is this a good ......?"

In the lobby, the drinkers who should have been businessmen from other places came back to their senses.

"Go and inspect Liu! I heard that he is a talker here. ”

Someone shouted, and in the corner of the lobby, Liu Xingchun quickly lowered his head.

"Inspector Liu doesn't care about this, he has to go to Tao Guanya!"

The other, like a merchant who was familiar with the road, shouted, everyone else should be right.

"Isn't Li Qingtian still in the county? Let's go to Li Qingtian to say hello jointly to prevent this guy from being ruthless! He must have not eaten in half a year! ”

There are also bottomless businessmen screaming.

"The tax customs is not about the county master, I heard from the people of the boat gang that there are two big and small Li in this Yingde, the big Li is Li Qingtian, and there is a small Li, nicknamed ...... What's it called? ”

"Li Banxian!"

"Oh, yes, Li Banxian, he said that he is a very capable strongman, go find him?"

Hearing this discussion in the lobby, the three businessmen at the table looked at Liu Peng and the others again.

"This Li Banxian...... Isn't that saying...... Fourth brother? ”

Liu Xingchun and Peng Xianzhong looked at each other and smiled.

"Although it's a little biased, it's the fourth brother."

Liu Xingchun said as he arched his hand to everyone.

"Since that guy has entered the Hun Xuan, let me go and find out the bottom first, and you will go with Brother Peng."

Peng Xianzhong nodded, then smiled.

"You don't have to care about this committee member, if you are in trouble, look for Li Ban...... Immortal. ”

(To be continued)