Wuchang.

Lao Zhang has been very busy these days, mainly because of the affairs of Huguang Province.

The provinces are not drawn on the map, this side belongs to Hunan, and that side belongs to Hubei.

Instead, it involves all aspects, especially the original three governors' yamen and two governors' yamen, and there are as many as 100 officials who need to be adjusted.

In the area of personnel adjustment, Zhang Changgeng, as the governor of Huguang, must have the right to speak and make suggestions, so there are many officials who have been running to Wuchang these days.

In line with the principle of retiring anyway, Lao Zhang also took the trouble to meet with the officials who asked for it, and collected a lot of money before and after.

The provincial administrative plan submitted to Yanjing was finally approved by the Qing court.

That is, the Huguang Right Political Envoy Department originally located in Wuchang was moved to Changsha as the Hunan Political Envoy Division;

Zheng Duan, the first political envoy of Hunan, was the former political envoy of Huguang and Guangzhou, and this adjustment was a transfer at the same level, but the subordinate officials of the left and right provinces under the jurisdiction of the governor became the lord of the domain who led the civil affairs of a province alone, and his power was definitely much greater.

Therefore, Zheng Duan, who was overjoyed, gave two famous paintings to the Governor-General, who was very powerful.

After Lao Zhang took a look at the two famous paintings, he asked the housekeeper to sell the paintings to the largest calligraphy and painting shop in Wuchang City.

It was sold for 34,000 taels.

The former political envoy of Huguangzuo is still stationed in Wuchang and is the political envoy of Hubei.

The first political envoy of Hubei was Yu Yangzhi, the imperial historian who was airborne from Yanjing, and belonged to the direct selection of the imperial court, and Lao Zhang failed to get money from this position.

I heard that this Yu Yangzhi was born in the Yuanli Prince's Mansion, and it should be the result of the operation of Prince Kang's Jieshu who went south to serve as the general of Jingxi.

This hat king is not very old, and he still has a hand in playing with power.

The first governor of Hubei was Hu Quancai, who was reappointed as the governor of Yunyang, and the first governor of Hunan was Han Shiqi, the former governor of Biyuan.

Hu Quan is a Han official, Han Shiqi is a banner man, subordinate to the Han Army is the Red Banner, four years ago from the Shuntian Governor to the Biyuan Governor.

These two are also the first governors of Hunan and Hubei.

According to the system, Hu Quancai should move his residence from the current Yunyang to Wuchang office, but due to the Xishan War, the governor of Hubei still needs to stay in Yunyang Mansion.

Before Prince Kang Jieshu came to the future, Hu Quan was the de facto director of the Xishan Bandit Suppression Camp.

The military and the government are in charge of it with one hand.

Due to Hu Quancai's "overhead", Lao Zhang could no longer get involved in the Xishan War, so he wrote to Yanjing that Qianfanfang County, Baokang, Zhuxi and other places were occupied by Ming thieves, and they were all border dangerous places in Chu Province.

It seems that the governor is dedicated to building the place, but in fact he is digging a pit for Hu Quancai.

It was just sent out yesterday, but today I received a fast horse message from the "Huguang Office" in Yanjing.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

The Yanjing court has been fighting.

If the previous battle between Ao Bai and Suke Saha belonged to a cultural fight, or a staged struggle, and neither side could kill with one blow, now it is a posture of directly slapping the table to kill you.

The recent assassination of the general Wang Yaowu in Jingzhou has become a sharp weapon for the Aobai party to deal with Suke Saha.

The deputy capital of Yanjing, who was sent to Yanjing, admitted that the assassination was instigated by Suke Saha, and the purpose was to force the rebels in Jingzhou to surrender troops, sabotage Kangxi's appeasement of the Xishan bandits since the first year, and force more generals to rebel again.

As a representative of the two white flags and an auxiliary minister of the Qing Dynasty, Suke Saha, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to do such a thing.

But the vast majority of the courtiers thought it was possible for Sukh Saha to do so.

Because once Jingzhou's surrendered army rebelled again, the first thing to bear the brunt of was to hold the power of the government and try his best to promote the work of appeasement.

Especially Wang Yaowu, the fierce general who made the Eight Banners of Jingying bring filial piety, was even more successful in soothing the Aobai brothers.

What is the difference between being suddenly assassinated and beating Aobai's face?

Once the surrender of troops is chaotic and causes erosion in Jingzhou, no matter what the reason, Ao Bai will have to bear unshirkable responsibility for this.

Resignation is the best choice for Aobai.

Otherwise, you will bear the wrath of the court and beyond.

This young security lord has no face to hold on to the government anymore.

Lao Zhang suspected that either the tower was beaten into a trick, or Ao Bai promised the tower some conditions, so that the veteran of the Taizong period bit the "master" Su Ke Saha behind the back.

Now the fact is that Sukh Saha is very passive, and he can't be caught by the Aobai party, and he can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the Aobai party and the doubts inside and outside the government and the opposition, Suke Saha reluctantly wrote to the court to ask the court to approve his resignation as an auxiliary minister and go to the filial piety tomb of the first emperor to guard the tomb.

This trick is actually to retreat into advance.

Sukh Saha hoped to avoid the blows of the Aobai party for the time being, and wait for the emperor to take over the government.

However, Ao Bai did not give Sukh Saha any chance at all, and directly fabricated the 24 major crimes of Sukh Saha, saying that he was treacherous, had dissenting intentions, and disregarded national affairs for his own selfish interests, and personally planned to kill Sukh Saha and his eldest son Chakdan, and beheaded the rest of his descendants, and had no family property.

Sony, the head of the auxiliary, was noncommittal.

To not speak is not to object.

There are no other reasons, one is that Sony originally looked down on the villain Suke Saha, and also wanted to fight the two white flag forces.

The second is that Sukh Saha wrote against his granddaughter as the queen, which made Sonny angry, and now Ao Bai caught Sukh Saha's pigtails, of course he Sony will not bring the overboard Sukh Sahara ashore.

Another auxiliary minister, Kubilong, exhaled from one nostril and shouted at Sukh Saha, a villain with a white flag, how could he intercede for him.

Just when both inside and outside the court thought that Sukh Saha was going to be killed by Aobai, there was a decree from the empress dowager in the palace that she did not agree to execute Sukh Saha.

How could Ao Bai let go of this opportunity to solve Sukh Saha in one fell swoop, and immediately mobilized his henchmen to write to Sukh Saha.

The Empress Dowager issued two edicts in the name of the little emperor, but they were not allowed to be played.

The matter is still at an impasse.

The turmoil was very big, and as the "fuse" of the turmoil, Wang Wu, the victim of the assassination case, kept appearing in various twists and turns.

In these twists and turns, Wang Wu's image is not only positive, but also pathetic.

got the sympathy of ninety percent of the Han officials and generals, after all, everyone used to be officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Sixing, the son of Li Dingguo, the former king of the Ming and Jin dynasties, who was also awarded the Han military capital by the Qing court, also gave the Qing court an excerpt, to the effect that he hoped that the court could investigate the truth of the case and severely punish the murderer, and at the same time, he could issue an order to comfort the "bitter master" who was assassinated.

At this time, Aobai's granddaughter regretted her marriage, and Aobai, who knew that she couldn't help it, instructed Kubilong to write a letter, requesting that the young daughter of Prince Su Haoge be married to Wang Yaowu and awarded the title of third-class viscount.

Shaobao's granddaughter can't get married, so he will change to a granddaughter of Taizong as compensation, and then promote Wang Wu's title from a third-class light car captain to a third-class viscount, and he has all his face.

The palace agreed to the invitation of Kubilong, and asked the Zongren Mansion to prepare for the marriage.

"Uncle, so Wang Dutong can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

Lao Zhang's nephew, Zhang Aqing, is the first-hand contractor of the Jingzhou Mancheng boundary wall project, but he has only been to Jingzhou once since the project started.

Because at the suggestion of Wang Dutong, he subcontracted the project to three other contractors.

Just sit at home and count the silver, and you don't need him to be there at all.

This time, the officials of the Huguang branch were transferred, and Zhang Aqing also sought a real shortage of the county under the activities of his uncle, and he could take office as long as he was approved by the ministry.

So these days, I have been touring in Wuchang City, and the groom is not happy every night.

For his nephew, who is a little unlucky, Lao Zhang actually hates iron and steel, but there is no way to let his mother be his own sister.

When you are an uncle, who can be ruthless and not bring your nephew.

In order to let his nephew have a county magistrate after taking office, so as not to be fooled by a blind and deaf official called the yamen, Lao Zhang deliberately pressed him to his side and taught him hand in hand, and even how to read the official documents of the imperial court and how to analyze the content of the Tang newspaper, he took the trouble to give instructions one by one.

Wang Wu changed from Aobai's grandson-in-law to Emperor Taizong's grandson-in-law, the cousin-in-law of the current emperor, whether it is a blessing in disguise, Lao Zhang is really hard to say.

Because Lao Zhang knew that Wang Wu's kid somehow became Wu Sangui's son-in-law.

You can't have it both ways.

became Aixin Jueluo's son-in-law, and he definitely couldn't be Wu Sangui's son-in-law anymore.

These two heads, who originally intended their daughter to make your fifth king smaller?

"You don't care about this matter, you can take a look at these past documents and your uncle's instructions today."

Lao Zhang still had an important meeting to attend here, and when he was about to get up to go to the meeting, Wang Haishan, the deputy general of the Governor's Biao Battalion, rushed into the Governor's Yamen with a panicked face.

That person was the deputy commander of the garrison who escaped from Jingzhou.

It brought shocking news to Wuchang civil and military, including Zhang Changgeng - Jingzhou rebelled and the city was slaughtered!

Lao Zhang, who was frightened by the news, sat down on the chair on the spot, and only came back to his senses after the repeated calls of his nephew.

The news is unequivocal.

"What does the bastard want to do, he is qualified to rebel now! With just one Jingzhou City, he can still overturn the Qing Dynasty! He thought he was Zhang Shicheng or Zhu Wenzheng! ”

The angry old Zhang kept turning in circles in the study, so that his nephew was a little dizzy.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead the troops to Jingzhou immediately!"

When Wuchang "fell" before, Deputy General Wang led troops to suppress the Minfu uprising and was not in Wuchang City, so he had no fear of the Ming army rebelling again in Jingzhou, but felt that since Jingzhou rebelled, he should immediately send troops to suppress it.

Even if it cannot be suppressed, it is necessary to seize and contain the important place between Jingzhou and Wuchang to prevent the rebels from advancing eastward and approaching Wuchang.

The gods who escaped from Jingzhou have been arranged to rest, and if this old capital doesn't sleep again, I'm afraid that he will be able to stop his heartbeat on the spot.

Lao Zhang, who came back to his senses, asked Vice General Wang to immediately order the gate of Wuchang to be closed, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, and at the same time mobilizing no less than 10,000 young people in the city to stand by at any time to help defend the city.

This is to hold on, not to send troops to Jingzhou.

This arrangement also makes sense.

At present, ensuring that Wuchang, the provincial capital, is not lost, is what Zhang Changgeng, the governor, needs to do the most.

Secondly, Lao Zhang sent people to send the news of the rebellion in Jingzhou to various places as soon as possible, as well as Prince Kang Jieshu, who was on his way south, and then ordered people to immediately go to Yanjing for 800 miles to report the emergency.

The Governor-General's orders to Vice Admiral Wang naturally did not dare to disobey, and when he wanted to go down to make arrangements, the Governor stopped him again, and said very seriously: "In addition, all Taijun is not allowed to enter the city!" ”

"Tae-kun?"

Vice Admiral Wang was confused, what the hell?

"It's the Manchurians."

Zhang Changgeng didn't know why the bastard called the Manchurians by Taijun, it sounded weird and funny.

Why is Taejun not allowed to enter the city?

Because last time, Lao Zhang suffered Taijun's loss!

There is a group of Manchurian Taijun who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they sell their lives to Wang Wu's kid.

People, you can't fall twice in the same place.

No matter why this kid rebelled, and whether he had the intention of attacking Wuchang, Lao Zhang had to make sure that he was invincible first.

As long as Wuchang is not lost, the sky will not fall.

After Vice General Wang was ordered to go to deploy, his nephew Zhang Aqing said to his uncle with a puzzled face: "Good and decent, did Wang Dutong let lard blind his heart?" Uncle, is Wu Sangui the opposite? ”

As a nephew, Zhang Aqing of course heard his uncle say that Wang Dutong's original name was Wang Yongkang, and that he might be the son-in-law of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and he also heard his uncle's words reveal his concern that Wu Sangui might rebel.

Lao Zhang frowned deeply, he couldn't see any possibility of success in Wang Wu's rebellion now, even if he helped the other party buy some time, what was waiting for Jingzhou would inevitably be siege soldiers and horses gathered from all over the city.

Trapped in a lonely city and waiting for death, it is not like Wang Wu's style.

unless

Lao Zhang's heart "chuckled", suspecting that Wu Sangui was really the opposite, otherwise Wang Wu would not have been so bold.

But he can't confirm the matter at the moment, so he can only wait for further news to come.

In case Wu Sangui is also reversed, then he will have to seriously think about the future.

"Yikes!"

Zhang Aqing said suddenly, "If the king is against this one, won't Suke Saha be saved?" ”

Lao Zhang nodded, the Jingzhou rebellion would indeed have a huge impact on Aobai, but it was unknown whether Aobai could be ousted.

But he was really able to save Sukh Saha, because it proved that Sukh Saha had foresight, and Wang Wu's surrender was a fraudulent surrender.

After thinking about it, he asked his nephew to go to Jingzhou immediately to find out why Wang Wu rebelled.

Zhang Aqing was suddenly in trouble, and all the people and kings rebelled and slaughtered the city, wouldn't he be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger if he went.

"Don't worry, as long as your uncle is still the governor of Huguang, his surname Wang won't dare to do anything to you. After you go, you will ask about the matter, and whether there are still banner people in the city must also find out, whether the surname Wang really wants to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty or what is the hidden secret, you should ask them one by one, and let him write them down for me if he has any requirements."

Lao Zhang instructed his nephew, went straight to the desk, pondered for a while, and wrote a note to Yanjing, saying that the Jingzhou incident had a reason, and if Wang Wu was willing to repent and return to sincerity, he asked the court to continue to "take care of him for a long time".