Chapter 18 The beginning of Emperor Xianfeng's reign

At the beginning of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, he thought about revitalizing the discipline and issued an edict: Where Jiuqing Kedao, those who have the responsibility to do things, all matters in the employment and administration of the people, must be directly stated, sealed and secretly played, so that the affairs of the general affairs will not be unreasonable, and the people can hide the above news. All ministers must be cautious and prudent, impartial and selfish, and those who are helpful to the government and the people's livelihood should express their views, discuss them in earnest, and use them to gather wisdom and wisdom.

Dali Temple Qing Wuren sighed that Mu Zhang'a took charge of the government, the court was in the twilight, and the sparse: My Emperor Mingjian. Administration does not precede the employment of people, and the employment of people does not precede the argument of gentlemen and villains. It is difficult for the husband and the gentleman to hide in the heart, but it is easy to see it in the deeds.

Most gentlemen are clumsy, villains are clever; The gentleman is determined, and the villain is competitive; Gentlemen cherish talents, and villains crowd out aliens; The gentleman is ambitious and takes the country's vitality first, and the villain is currently focused on gathering and being mean.

Those who are upright and indomitable, and have nothing to do, are also gentlemen; Those who follow the two and work to avoid the villain. Those who admonish Kuang Bi, enter into the discussion of danger, and move the vigilance of the Lord, are also gentlemen; He likes to talk and is not afraid of changes, and he is a villain.

Today's opportunity to control the rise and fall of chaos is turned to the advance and retreat of the gentleman and the villain, and the gentleman grows up, so as to choose the virtuous and virtuous in the world, so that he can accompany the law; Not only that, the world is in chaos, the prime minister, if the court assists in winning people, the world can be governed.

Emperor Xianfeng watched the performance and sighed: "Although the name is very good, it is really difficult to do." “

The official department is still the book, and the emperor Du Shoutian said: "Wuren is proficient in science, and he likes to be from a high position; My emperor's outline is clear, and he is broken in one word. “

Emperor Xianfeng said: "It seems to be a high-rise building, but in fact there is no place; Crumbs are trivial and confusing. Yingyi's note was forwarded for a long time, and he went to Tianjin to submit it. Mu Zhang'a replied that the warship had already returned to Guangdong. Mu Zhang's restraint strategy, how? “

Du Shoutian said: "Look up to people and snort, and seek perfection." “

Emperor Xianfeng said: "Mu's war and wandering, the legacy is still to this day; Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang, used the people to control the country, although it was quite effective, but it was not a long-term strategy. Lin Zexu is once again appointed as the commander of the frontier, the sword is not old, and I am really comforted; Hearing that Guangxi's singing and dancing was leveled, Zheng Zuchen could be described as doing his best. “

Du Shoutian said: "Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, eats fasting and recites Buddha, he is kind-hearted and can't bear to kill, so Guidi is in order. “

Emperor Xianfeng said: "The first emperor Yan drove, and the reason was raised. I will be subdued and Chen will come with me, and the smoke will be extinguished forever! “

Zheng Zuchen, the governor of Guangxi, believed in Buddhism, and his strength was hidden, and he did not succeed in playing, so that the tide of bandits in Guidi was surging and unstoppable; Zu Chen could not cover it with one hand, and urgently consulted Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang.

Xu Guangjin replied: The affairs of Guangdong are complicated, and the doppelganger lacks skills.

Zheng Zuchen also consulted with Pan Shien, Minister of Military Aircraft.

Pan Shien warned: Don't use thieves to get into the game.

Zheng Zuchen consulted with the same Jinshi Mu Zhang'a again.

Mu Zhang'a said: "Flood and drought thieves, don't be sued at the right time, and worry about the saints." There are many national funds, and it is not allowed to use them because of fine hair. “

Zu Chen couldn't help the news, and sighed in despair: "I am in a dilemma, I don't dare to beg, how can I kill a thief empty-handed?" “

Zeng Guofan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, observed the disadvantages of the times, was very worried, and said: I am a pilgrimage to the saints, and most of them are corrected because of the world's mistakes.

At the time of Shunzhi, the sores were first recovered, and the people's will was undecided, so the holy ancestors followed him with leniency; At the end of Kangxi, the officials were safe for a long time, and the people stole the mistakes, so Shizong saved him strictly; On the occasion of Qianlong and Jiaqing, people are still talented and ambitious, so Emperor Daxing collects it to calm down and change his exaggerated habits. At one time, among the talents who follow the rules and standards, there is no one who dares to be intelligent and self-defeating. However, there are many defenders, and those who are promising. Fearful and cautious, and gentle and flattering.

From the perspective of the ministers, there are two common problems of Beijing officials: retreat, trivial; There are two common problems of foreign officials: perfunctory and unscrupulous. Those who retreat push each other with officials, refuse to complain, ask for orders at every turn, and refuse to take the blame. The trivial ones, the profit analysis of the baht, regardless of the general situation, the investigation of the details, do not see the salary is also. Perfunctory, pretending to cover the face, but planning to cut the flesh and mend the sores at present, do not ask whether it is tomorrow. The outside is complete, and the middle has festered, the chapters are whitewashed, and the words have no home. With these four things, the customs follow each other, but if you want to be safe, you don't want to cheer up, and if there are great changes in the future, the country will be suffering from a lack of talents.

Emperor Xianfeng Zhu Pi: Zeng Guofan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, played Chen's strategy of employing people, and I added a detailed review, cutting and discerning, and cutting to the point, which is deeply worthy of Jiana.

Jintian regimental camp, the momentum is huge, and passers-by know it; Heaven and earth will rise, and eleven mansions will be destroyed. Zheng Zuchen didn't dare to hide it anymore and played it truthfully.

Emperor Xianfeng angrily reprimanded Zheng Zuchen for arson, nurturing trouble, cowering, cowardice, and incompetence! That is, the words of Du Shoutian, the master of Nadi, ordered Lin Zexu to be the minister of Qincha, the governor of Guangxi, and galloped to suppress the bandits.

Mu Zhang'a said: "Lin is terminally ill, and I'm afraid time is short. “

Emperor Xianfeng angrily reprimanded Mu Zhang'a: "What merit do you have? The former dynasty and the Yi and the war wandered, and the wall grass swayed; Now the position is greedy and honorable, hindering the virtuous and sick country. What is your intention? “

When the worshippers and the congregation of heaven and earth heard that Lin Qin was coming, they were all shocked and said: "If Lin Gong is here, he will quickly dissolve and join Lin Gong." What's more, they have died down and want to disperse.

Ze Xu went with illness, tired and coughing up blood, sighed three times in Xingdounan, and died on the way.

Emperor Xianfeng was grieved, and personally wrote to Zhu Yu: Ren Xian dispelled evil, and the first task of the honest monarch was also. If the evil is constantly dispelled, then Ren Xian is not specialized, and he is in ruin today's way, which can be described as extremely good. The rule of officials is getting worse day by day, and people's hearts are pouring day by day, which is my fault. However, if it is possible to replace it, Kuang Teng will not be caught, and the second and third ministers will also be in office.

Mu Zhang'a is a university scholar, and he is affected by the grace of transfer, and he does not think about common difficulties and common prudence, and works with one heart and one mind, which is to protect his position and be greedy for honor, and hinder the virtuous and sick country. Xiaozhong is a little talker, feminine to sell his treachery; Pseudo-learning and pseudo-talent, figuring out to meet the idea.

In the past, Mu Zhang's benevolence and indulgence were indulgent, and he expelled dissidents, and he never hesitated. Since the beginning of the first month of this year, Mu Zhang'a has been ambiguous and silent. After a few months, he gradually used his tricks, and repeatedly said that Lin Zexu was weak and sick, and he was unsuitable for hiring. and I sent Lin Zexu to go to western Guangdong to suppress the bandits, and Mu Zhang'a repeatedly said that Lin Zexu didn't know if he could go. False words and confusion have made me ignorant of foreign affairs, and this is the sin of it.

As for the elderly, they are born from the outside, and they are afraid and incompetent, which is very surprising. Mu Zhang'a is dark and difficult to know, and the elderly are obvious and easy, but they harm the country and are guilty of everything. If we don't enact the national law, how can we uphold discipline and correct people's hearts? And how can I live up to the weight entrusted by the emperor's examination? The first thought of Mu Zhang'a is an old minister of the three dynasties, if the heavy law of one day and night, I really can't bear it, and I will be relieved of my post leniently and never use it. Although Qiying is extremely incompetent, he is forced by the current situation, and he is also demoted from leniency to the top of the fifth grade, and is replaced by the sixth member of the foreign army. This proclamation is at home and abroad, and the salty envoy knows what it means.

Guangdong and Guizhou are in urgent danger, 100,000 are urgent, and they must not be postponed, so they summoned Li Xingyuan, the former governor of Liangjiang, as the minister of Qincha, and awarded Zhou Tianjue, the governor of Caoyun, as the governor of Guangxi, and Xiang Rong, the governor of Hubei, as the governor of Guangxi.

Li Xingyuan and Zhou Tianjue did not arrive, and the acting governor Lao Chongguang arrived in Xunzhou in person, and he was killed; I hope to annihilate the God worship religion in one go.

Li Dianyuan, deputy general of the Xunzhou Association, detected the camp of the Shanren Village Sect, and immediately led his troops to capture Siwangwei and block the way out.

Patrol Zhang Yong wants to attack.

Li Dianyuan said: "It's already a turtle in the urn, and I just have to close the door and hit the dog's ears." “