Chapter 195: Mrs. Xu's Death and Lin Laohu's Waste (I)
There have been too many things recently, which made Yang Meng a little irritable, and time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is November, and Ding Canting, a plaintiff in the Yongchang case, has been sent to Yunnan, and above the lobby of the Governor's Palace, Lin Laohu and Lin Qingtian of the Qing Dynasty personally inquired about the entire case.
Ding Canting's case involved a small number of people, and although Ding Canting entered Beijing with Du Wenxiu, the grievances of the two are still very different, Ding Canting was only robbed of some property, he was not like Du Wenxiu, not only killed his relatives, but even his fiancΓ©e was robbed.
Lin Zexu also did enough homework and worked hard in dealing with the Yongchang case, first tried Ding Canting, helped him recover his property, appeased the return of the Yongchang area, and then tried Du Wenxiu's case after it had an effect, so that step by step, even if there was something inappropriate, he could come back at any time.
As far as Yang Meng knows, Du Wenxiu is also on his way to Yunnan, and it is expected that in more than a month, Du Wenxiu will also be sent to Yunnan, and the Yongchang case will be regarded as the real beginning.
Since Lin Zexu took office in July, it has been more than four months, and the delay in the trial of the Yongchang case has also been forced by the situation in Yunnan, and the large-scale drought has caused famine.
If it weren't for the porridge of the Yang family, the cottages in western Yunnan would not be so peaceful, and in Lin Zexu's expectations, the best time to try the Yongchang case would be one or two months after the New Year.
The autumn harvest has been avoided, and the land boundaries of Yunnan with a harvest will settle down, and the time of spring planting will be related to the people's rations for the next year. No one wants to rebel even if they are busy.
But nine times out of ten, things are not as good as they should be. Lin Zexu made a good calculation. But it was destroyed by an edict of the imperial court, and Yunnan's return to Ding Canting and Du Wenxiu have been pressed in the capital for nearly two years, just such a delay method, in case Lin Laohu is transferred elsewhere, who will deal with the bad things in Yongchang?
The military planes worked together to persuade Emperor Daoguang to issue an order to interrogate the Yongchang case, but Lin Zexu delayed it in every way. finally got the opportunity to try Ding Canting first and then Du Wenxiu, no matter what, the beginning and end of the Yongchang case will be postponed until the beginning of next spring, this is Lin Zexu's bottom line.
Officialdom has been up and down for decades, Lin Zexu also knows the ferocity of officialdom, what he lacks most now like Yang Meng is time, and how to deal with the Yongchang case is definitely a big test for Lin Zexu.
Yongchang's tens of thousands of whistle training, looking forward to the return of western Yunnan, these two are not good kinds, and the Han people's boards are heavy. Sentinel training will cause trouble, and the handling of things back is unfair. The chaos in western Yunnan is a quagmire.
If you want to suppress the chaos in western Yunnan, it is not enough to rely on fairness and reasonableness, he Lin Yuanfu also needs a hard knife handle, otherwise it will not be enough to deter the people of western Yunnan. But Yunnan's green camp is in ruins, half of the dignified superintendents are smokers, although Yang Laosan has a good way to train soldiers, but time is on himself and Yang Laosan, the same ruthlessness, neither of them has enough time.
When Yang Laosan was training, Lin Zexu also hurriedly went to Guizhou and met Zhang Bilu, a veteran who had good martial arts in the Qing Dynasty, but this former fierce general was also an old man!
The two old ministers who were deeply valued by Emperor Daoguang in the past, after meeting, also sighed and sighed, sighed the ruthlessness of the years, sighed the chaos of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou soldiers were not better than the Yunnan soldiers, although Zhang Bilu took out all his strength, but in nearly a year, the available soldiers raised were only more than 4,000, and the combat power is not yet known.
There is also a piece of news that makes Lin Zexu helpless, Zhang Bilu still sent a fold to the imperial court, and he was going to beg for bones, and he planned to work together with the two tigers to calm the chaos in Yungui, but now it seems that he can only Lin Yuanfu alone, and he can support the crisis alone!
Yungui's green battalion general, Lin Zexu really can't believe it, Zhang Bilu disarmed and returned to the field, he lost a great arm, Lin Zexu also roughly inquired about the situation of the Yungui green camp from Zhang Bilu, the result is worrying, in Zhang Bilu's eyes, there is no one available in the Yungui green camp.
In the gossip, speaking of Yang Laosan in Kunming, Zhang Bilu said a fair word for Yang Meng.
"Lin Gong, the third son of the Yang family can be used to level the thief, but not to be overindulgent, the thief is a trivial matter with him, but this person has a black heart and poisonous hands, so he is afraid that there will be no restraint and cause a military disaster.
His heart is not above the military affairs, but the law of unifying the army is very vicious and clever, the soldiers of Yungui, the three sons of the Yang family can be temporarily controlled, but they must not give him too much authority, otherwise they will definitely kill and injure countless people! β
Kunming Yang Laosan, who can be regarded as a junior admired by Zhang Bilu, a veteran, is ruthless, that is, where Zhang Bilu admires Yang Meng, and regards the lives of tens of millions of people as a mustard, which is undoubtedly a shortcut to the army in troubled times, but admiration is admiration, Zhang Bilu is not very supportive of Yang Meng.
"Pei Zhai's words are good, but I have to do it when it comes to it!"
The trip to Guizhou did not give Lin Zexu much good news, and when the matter came, the pressure from the imperial court disrupted Lin Zexu's steps, and the long-term hectic situation made this 60-year-old Qing Huchen also a little powerless.
Zhang Bilu can't use it, Yungui's green battalion generals, they don't dare to use it in front of him, and Yang Meng, who supervises the bidding of the Chinese army, has become Lin Zexu's only choice.
While procrastinating on the trial of the Yongchang case, Lin Zexu's eyes were also on Yang Meng's supervisor. Zhang Bilu is right, and Lin Zexu can also see that Yang Meng is a good leader of soldiers.
Not to mention anything else, just by looting opium Zhuangzi and caravans in Guizhou, Sichuan, Lin Zexu could see how powerful Yang Laosan was, killing thousands of people, and the Sichuan government couldn't even touch his heels, which was called a good command of the army.
Where is the looted opium, Lin Zexu has not explored, but there is no news at all, which is also a good way for the emperor.
Although Yang Laosan is available, there is one Lin Zexu who is also extremely disdainful, that is, the killing is too heavy, the opium caravans in Sichuan and Guizhou are better, and the dead are all men, but those Zhuangzi who grow opium are a little miserable to say.
Old and young women and children, chickens, ducks, dogs and geese were all slaughtered, and the village was also burned to the ground, this Yang Laosan's heart is too poisonous, the intestines are too black, the old and weak women and children should not be killed, but Lin Zexu can't catch his heels, there is no way to beat it!
According to Liu Cunren's report, the West School is also in full swing training now, and there is a shouting and killing every day. It never stops from morning to night. Half of Kunming can be heard. The Governor's Mansion, which is far away from the West Campus, can often hear the shouting and killing over there, which also aroused Lin Zexu's interest.
Lin Zexu also wanted to take this opportunity to relieve his fatigue, although he took the method of downplaying all the things in Yunnan, but Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have accumulated too many evils over the years, and they need to be calculated and cleaned up one by one. But Lin Zexu can't see it!
Dealing with these messy affairs is extremely laborious, plus it is necessary to calculate and pay attention to Yongchang's affairs from time to time, if he goes back ten years, he can handle these errands at will, but the years are urging people to grow old, and sixty years old is still not an age to sell death.
Unfortunately, his wife Zheng, who has followed him for decades, has also fallen ill recently, and she is worried about family affairs, national affairs, and everything in the world. Every morning, Lin Zexu felt stuffy in his chest and his ears roared. When I was trying cases and dealing with official business, I was often dizzy, but there were too many things to do, and I didn't have the slightest time to spare.
Taking time to watch the training of the supervising standards has become an extremely rare pastime for him.
Dong Weng is not in good health, Liu Cunren also sees it, he has asked several times to replace Dong Weng and help him deal with the messy affairs of Yungui, but the major affairs of the court need to be done by himself, and Liu Cunren's request was also rejected by Lin Zexu.
"Dong Weng, it is also a matter of urgency to go to see Vice General Yang's training, if the supervision standard is not available, then the matter of western Yunnan cannot be decided, and now the third child of the Yang family is also the key among the keys!"
Seeing that Lin Zexu had the heart to go to the military parade, Liu Cunren also made a statement of encouragement, Dong Weng's mental strength was already insufficient, and if he continued to work so hard, he was afraid that his mental strength would be exhausted and he would fall to Yungui.
Although he voted for the Yang family, Liu Cunren still couldn't give up, and his emotions for more than ten years and the heart of protecting the Lord also reached its peak at this moment.
"Yes! The affairs of western Yunnan are indispensable for military affairs, He Changling and Li Xingyuan have all used soldiers in western Yunnan, and the green camp is so slack, it seems that their previous excerpts are not small!
Zhang Bilu said that Yang Meng can be used to pacify western Yunnan, then Yang Meng can be used, but his murderous temperament is a cover door, Yungui's cover door, once there is no restraint, I am afraid that the chaos he will cause will be greater than the matter of Yongchang!
Governor, Yang Meng, Yongchang, the imperial court, it's difficult! β
Banning opium in Guangzhou, and leveling knife bandits in the northwest, Lin Zexu didn't feel that it was so difficult as Yunnan, and the accumulation of malpractices and chaotic cases made people breathless!
"Then I'll inform Vice General Yang and let him wait in the West School."
was surrendered by Yang Meng, Liu Cunren was somewhat unwilling in his heart, but it was impossible to reverse the water, the mother and son at home, and the houses in Kunming and Fuzhou were all his own dead ends. He could only use Lin Zexu's power to suppress Yang Meng, so that he could have a little balance in his heart.
"It doesn't have to be like this, let's just pretend to be over! You informed him in advance, but I was afraid that he would deceive your superiors and subordinates! β
Deception and concealment, how many disadvantages are caused by this, Yunnan's accumulation of disadvantages is too deep, the use of supervision is too great, in the matter of supervision, Lin Zexu is also very careful.
There is no need to deal with official business, walking on the stone road of Kunming City, Lin Zexu's burden in his heart is also a lot lighter, this city built by Mu Ying in the former dynasty, there are still many good places to go, but since he came to Yunnan, Lin Zexu has not had the opportunity to walk around this spring city.
Lin Zexu and Liu Cunren, who were in civilian clothes, came to the door of the West School Field, the shouts and killings inside were deafening, and the two were just about to step in, but they were blocked by a big knife.
"Be bold, supervise the school field, and don't trespass! Quickly retreat! β
"You are bold, this is the Governor, General Liu Cunren is bright, and he ignores the guards who guard the door, and he is about to break into the west school yard with Lin Zexu!"
"Stand back! The superintendent does not recognize the official certificate, only knows the military order, and there is no general order, you take another step forward, beware of your life! β
The guards were originally mountain people and illiterate, and Liu Cunren wanted to show off his majesty with his official certificate, but he obviously took the wrong way.
"Jiongfu, let him report it! This is not badly done. β
After the guards entered, Lin Zexu also nodded silently, he walked a lot, there can be such a spirited soldier, Lin Zexu has only occasionally seen it in Ganshan, this Yang Meng is not bad.
"Yang Meng, the superintendent of the Chinese army, has seen the governor."
"Xingdou, why are you so untidy!"
Yang Meng, who rushed out in a hurry, was half-open on his body, revealing his body full of horizontal meat, and the lower official visited the upper official, and his appearance was untidy, which was a contempt for the upper official.
"The Governor came suddenly, his subordinates were training just now, and they were negligent in hurrying to pick up the driver."
"You personally went to the field to train the troops?"
"Yes!"
"Good! Lead the way, and the old man will see how you train! β
The word old man, Lin Zexu doesn't often export it, these days he is exhausted, and then look at Yang Meng, who is full of tiger spirit, he has to obey the old man.
As soon as he entered the gate of the West Campus, Lin Zexu's old face drooped directly, and the strong smell of wine rushed straight to his nose, and drinking in the military camp was a big taboo. Look at the new recruits who are fighting shirtless!
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you will be startled when you see it, the fighting superintendent has something in his hands! You hit it, I hit it, it's all fighting for your life, where is there a trace of the atmosphere of the military camp in this west school field! (To be continued......)