Although it has just entered May, the weather in Taipei is getting hotter and hotter day by day, but while the weather is getting hotter, the rain in Taipei is falling from time to time.

In the afternoon, the weather is even hotter, and the old man, who has always been the most able to endure hardships, can't stand the sultry weather at this time, and hides in the shade of the trees and does not dare to come out.

However, despite this, a few hawkers' shouts can be occasionally heard on the streets of Taipei Prefecture, and although the shouts made by the vendors seem to be weak, they are faintly transmitted from the back wall of the governor's yamen into the wings on both sides of the back ya, and the snorting of the muddy old men in the room makes the air in this area seem more and more dull.

There are more than 10 wings on the east and west sides of the governor's yamen, it should be said that it is the best house in the back door, the east side is naturally lived by Liu Mingchuan, the governor of Fujian and Taiwan, as for the west side is lived by friends and domestic servants.

"Nourishing ......"

Every time he breathed, Liu Mingchuan, who was lying on the bed, made a hoarse breathing sound in his throat, and Sun Xunze was sitting on the edge of the bed. At this time, he looked at Liu Mingchuan, who was sitting on the bed, looking at Liu Mingchuan, who was full of sick faces, and looked at the sour tears in his eyes when he looked at the official documents, and sighed in his heart.

"Yunli, you are in this coal mine, is it really impossible to achieve it?"

Dropping the official document in his hand, Liu Mingchuan was speaking, and there was a strong dissatisfaction in his dim eyes, Keelung iron ore is simply a piece of his heart, since he became the governor of Taiwan, he has believed that coal is necessary for shipyards, warships, railways, and locomotive bureaus, not only Taiwan, but even the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau all need coal produced in Taiwan, so the coal mine that was originally blown up during the French war cannot be abandoned.

Since then, the Keelung Coal Mine has been full of twists and turns, which has become a piece of his heart, first the Taiwan Governor Yamen, the Liangjiang Governor Yamen, and the Shipping Administration Bureau have pooled together 60,000 taels of silver, and then 60,000 taels of investment and private shares, and the government and businessmen have jointly raised funds to restore production, and then later recovered the government-run coal mine, and after operating for a period of time in a dilemma, the government-run coal mine encountered two thorny problems: first, it suffered heavy losses, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Governor of Liangjiang; Second, the original mine coal quality has been mined, there is no investment value, if you want to continue mining, you must invest in a new mine.

In the face of the complaints of the Governor of Liangjiang and the limited local funds in Taiwan, which had been losing money before, it happened that some British businessmen were willing to raise funds to undertake the mining of new mines. The reason why the British businessman wanted to "contract" the Keelung coal mining right was that after some consideration, Liu Mingchuan decided to let the British businessman undertake the new mine. Under the recommendation of the British consul in Taipei, Mr. Bandre, Liu Mingchuan appointed Zhang Shiyu, a member of the Keelung Coal Mine Committee, to negotiate with Fan Jiashi of the British businessman Qichang & Co., and signed the "Proposed Contract for the Undertaking of the Coal Mine by the British Businessman Fan Jiashi" with the British businessman in June last year.

As a result, he did not expect it, but this caused an uproar in the government and the opposition, and this contract was just submitted to the imperial court, and immediately received an "edict appeal", which was reinstated, and severely reprimanded him for being stubborn and reckless, and gave him a charge of "three suspicious people, five unfeasible ones", and gave him the punishment of "dismissal and retention".

Since then, Liu Mingchuan, who has been in Taiwan for four years, can't help but feel disheartened, and his body, which has been suffering from hard work for many years, is becoming worse and worse at this time. Unexpectedly, Fang An, who had dysentery here, was sick and numb in his hands and feet, and the pain was not stopped, and his hearing in both ears was not as good as before, so he went to medical treatment, and his right eye was red and swollen.

"My lord, if this court really doesn't let it go, we won't do it!"

Sun Xunze's tone was full of dissatisfaction, and his words immediately attracted Liu Mingchuan's rebuke.

"Yunli, how can you do state affairs! If the official mine does not come out, it will be worth hundreds of thousands of taels before...... Ahem......"

Before Liu Mingchuan's words fell, there was another violent cough, and Sun Xunze hurriedly patted him on the back when he saw it.

"My lord, you lie down and rest first, don't talk too much!"

"No, if you don't say it again, you won't be in a hurry!"

Liu Mingchuan insisted on stubbornness,

"Again, please coal mines...... Ahem, ahem......"

The originally smooth breath choked and rushed over, and another severe cough was more historical than just now, and after a violent cough, he suddenly snorted, and then lay on the edge of the bed and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of black blood...... Sun Xunze was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly called someone to call the doctor, and after coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood, Liu Mingchuan suddenly sighed as if he was disheartened.

"The princes mistook me!"

After this sigh, thinking of the five years of Futai, the people in the capital have tied him up, and Liu Mingchuan, whose face was dead gray, said to Sun Xunze.

"That's it, it's ......"

He waved his hands full of old lines, looked at Sun Xunze, his words were full of endless sorrow, and his eyes were full of deep disappointment.

"Please open the vacancy if you fold it!"

Weng Tongyi's study is like a book stack, full of books. At this time, Weng Tonggong sat on the Taishi chair and read the book silently, the book is the "Prosperous Danger" that has been popular in China recently, and his protégé Wang Bogong is sitting on the side and waiting, since the return of North Korea, he has been idle in Beijing, today the teacher invited him to come, but he lost a problem to him.

How to choose?

The question given to him by the teacher is very simple - one is to go to Taiwan to co-organize the new policy, and the other is to recommend him to the Liangjiang Salt Transport Yamen, although both are small officials, but the small officials are different from small officials, the former is not only possible to achieve fame, but also has the danger of ruining his reputation, as for the latter, although he is a small official, but the fat of the salt official is very daring to think.

For Wang Bogong, this is indeed a dilemma, why did the teacher give this dilemma? Is it to test yourself? Obviously not, although the official luck is not good, Wang Bogong knows his status in the teacher's heart.

I don't know how long I thought about it, Wang Bogong looked up at the teacher.

"Teacher, students are willing to go to Taiwan!"

"Yizheng, you have to understand that Taiwan has the danger of the people everywhere, and the threat of miasma, that is, Liu Mingchuan was born in the military, and he has only been in Taiwan for a few years, and he is still inevitably infected with miasma, and he lies on the couch for several months every year!"

Whether in the eyes of Weng Tonggong or others, although Taiwan has been established as a province, it is a place to turn evil into a foreign country, and it is by no means a place for officials; as many as half of the successive commanders of Taiwan provinces and counties have died in office, and for many years, officials have regarded going to Taiwan as a daunting path.

"Students are willing to go!"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Bogong said as he met the teacher's gaze.

"The teacher sent students to Taiwan to co-organize the new policy, which will be of great use to the country, and the students will live up to the high expectations of the teacher."

Wang Bogong's words, Weng Tonggong nodded from time to time, Wang Bogong in front of him is his proud protégé, the reason why he arranged for him to go to Taiwan, is also because of his selfishness, in the past month, every time he looked at Tang Haoran's trial of the new policy in Taiwan, his mind floated and did not know the risks, and because of this, he has changed from the initial tendency to recommend Tang Haoran to preside over Taiwan's new policy to agree with and support.

Running a new deal is not only a bad luck, but also an errand that offends people, and even has to lose his head, thinking about it, among many candidates, only Tang Haoran is the most suitable, to be precise, he is the most suitable to lose his head and lose his official position.

"Yizheng, you can think so, I'm very happy for the teacher!"

Weng Tonggong nodded slightly, stroking his beard while showing a smile on his face, looking at Wang Bogong and said.

"This trial of the new policy in Taiwan will be the most important thing since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, if the trial is successful and implemented throughout the country, the court will definitely be of great use to you!"

"Students can have today's cultivation thanks to their teachers!"

Wang Bogong hurriedly got up and bowed, and when he sat down again, he asked with some doubts.

"It's just that the students don't know a little."

"Huh?"

Weng Tonggong glanced at Wang Bogong.

"Now the governor of Taiwan is Liu Mingchuan, and Liu is the first governor of Taiwan, who has been repeatedly ...... by officials during the years of Taiwan's new government."

Wang Bogong naturally did not dare to say that just last year, the mentor in front of him still criticized him for the coal mine incident, and if it were not for the fact that there was no one to use and Li Hongzhang as a guarantor, how could he be "dismissed from his post and retained", and I am afraid that he would have been "dismissed from his post and treated for crime."

"Could it be that the imperial court is doing something?"

The student's question made Weng Tongyi smile, and he stroked his beard and said.

"This establishment of foreign affairs is the most important thing today, but the establishment of foreign affairs cannot damage the interests and rights of the country, and the interests and rights of the Liu family in Taiwan are the first to damage the interests and rights of the country, how can the teachers and friends of the DPRK and China endure it?"

Even in front of the students, Weng Tonggong still looks righteous and awe-inspiring, without a trace of "personal grudges", in fact, whether it is Liu Mingchuan's first idle endowment, or his shackles in Taiwan, the source of it is Weng Tonggong's body, the old grudge between the two is just because of a treasure, but it has long made Weng Tongrong hold a grudge, not to mention that it is still Li Hongzhang's old department.

"Student understood!"

Although the teacher did not explain the words, Wang Bogong still heard what the teacher meant, it seems that the governor of Taiwan is going to be replaced, but who is the governor of Taiwan going to be replaced?

"Yizheng, you can take a look at that "Prosperous Crisis", if there is no accident, in the next few days, the DPRK and China will have a conclusion!"

Weng Tongyi was speaking, with a slight hint of smugness on his face, after Tang Haoran's manuscript was delivered, he presented it directly to the emperor, and then he waited for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to pull Liu Mingchuan down, but this Liu Mingchuan is also interesting, this is not this time, he handed over "Ask for Vacancy Due to Illness", now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!