Chapter 185: Zeng Guofan's Temporary Judgment (9)

On February 18, Zheng Dunjin arrived in Jinling, and the news was held for 14 days, but to no avail.

On the same day, Ma Yuzhen, the son of Ma Xinyi, bowed and bowed, and said: My father has no such thing as a friend, and I still hope that Lord Zheng will clear his father's injustice.

Zheng Dunjin hurriedly helped him and said: Ma Xian's nephew, please hurry up, the rumors are full of loopholes, and it is not worth it. In the fourth year of Tongzhi, Ma Xinyi was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, and he has left Hui, so how can he bow to Zhang Wenxiang and Cao Erhu! The virtuous nephew thinks that Master Ma was assassinated, who was the mastermind?

Ma Yuzhen looked around and stopped.

Zheng Dun retreated left and right, and said: The general Kuiyu, the Cao Governor Zhang Zhiwan, and the former direct governor Zeng Guofan were tried and succeeded, but they were all uncertain, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces was very angry.

Ma Yuzhen said: When my father was dying, he repeatedly told him not to go to Beijing to file a complaint; Swallow your anger to protect yourself.

Zheng Dun said solemnly: Master Ma may know who is behind the scenes.

Ma Yuzhen said: In the sixth year of Tongzhi, my father was appointed governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he was ordered to go to Beijing to see His Majesty for training, and the Queen Mother of the West Palace was summoned more than ten times. Returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors is even more trembling; After going to Fujian, he was transferred to the two rivers halfway, and he died in a foreign land for two years.

Zheng Dun said solemnly: Master Ma got on the horse to arrest thieves, got off the horse to manage the government, worked on public affairs, and knew everything about salt administration, river engineering, coastal defense, etc., but it was a pity that the day was not a holiday, and it only accumulated 50 years. Zheng is not talented, please rest assured, Zheng will handle it impartially and return Lord Ma to justice.

Zheng Dun would like to bid farewell to Ma Yuzhen, urgently summoned Yan Shizhang of the Criminal Department, and said: I have found out that the assassination of Governor Ma was definitely not caused by personal grudges. Governor Ma died, and the only beneficiary was the Hunan people. At that time, Zeng Cheng was busy dealing with the Tianjin teaching case, and when he was anxious and exhausted, he may not be able to take care of the affairs of the two rivers; Moreover, Zhili and Jinling are thousands of miles apart, and even if Zeng Gong gives orders, he is beyond the reach of the whip; Who dares to risk the world's great power and strike fiercely?

Yan Shizhang said: People are cunning and abnormal, and they don't tell the truth, why not punish and serve, under the hand-to-hand combination of sticks, who can endure it?

Zheng Dun said solemnly: Throw a mouse taboo! If you preside over the trial, do you dare to use torture? Bending into tricks, gibberish; Or kill with one blow, the stakes are great, and I can't afford it.

Yan Shizhang stopped talking and retreated. When Zheng Dun was thinking about it, Yuan Baoqing, the head of the Jiangning Camp Office, asked to see him.

Zheng Dunjin hurriedly said: Please!

Yuan Baoqing finished the ceremony and said: There is a matter under his subordinates, report it to the adult, or solve the mystery of the assassination of Lord Ma Xinyi.

Zheng Dun said solemnly: Please speak!

Yuan Baoqing said: When the Tianjin Church case occurred, foreign warships swarmed in and cruised in Haikou, Tianjin; Master Ma Xinyi asked the Yangtze River Sailor to transfer the defense of Shanghai to be prepared. On June 25, Huang Yisheng received the decree of the defense of the people, and on June 26, he was assassinated in the school parade. All this is pure coincidence, and there is no causal relationship.

Zheng Dunjin sighed and said: The wind and clouds will meet, the cause and coincidence will be endless, and the reverie is endless!

That night, Jiangning General Kuiyu came to visit, and after some politeness, Kuiyu said: After the assassination of the former governor of Liangjiang, within three days, the imperial court issued four edicts, three of which were issued clearly, and one was a secret letter to Yinghan, the governor of Anhui, to strengthen the defense of the Yangtze River and prevent the Liangjiang mutiny. The merits are clear at a glance.

Zheng Dun said cautiously: Now that you know the right and wrong, why don't Kui and Zhang Er enforce the law impartially and eliminate the peerless disaster for the imperial court!

Kuiyu said: Lord Zheng is laughing! I am a dull person, beyond my power, and dare to be strong! Zhang Zhiwan is even more so, it is rumored that Cao is handsome and flattering, and the guards have two hundred elite soldiers, which has become a joke.

Zheng Dun said cautiously: Rebelling against China has killed tens of millions of people; Xiangchu Yongding, ten years of fierce battles, turned the tide in both the collapse of the building and the general tilt. Now in the south of the Yangtze River, the life of the city is full of sheng songs; The fields are not cluttered, and the fallen flowers are colorful. Master Ma Xinyi is dead, but he is also smiling.

Kuiyu smiled and said: That's it, that's all!

After Kuiyu's farewell, Zheng Dunjin visited Zeng Guofan overnight.

The national domain was flattered, made fragrant tea in person, and gave it away.

Zheng Dun turned a blind eye to it, and only said: What does Lord Zeng mean in the case of the assassination of the former Jiang Du?

Zeng Guofan said: The horse case involves a wide range of cases, and it is very difficult to close the net if you are not careful. I will, according to the gourd to draw the scoop, still according to the Kui, Zhang Ergong original method of the end.

Zheng Dun said solemnly: Zhang Wenxiang once rebelled and reverted to the pirates, because Ma Xinyi punished the Nantian pirates and killed many of his gang and thieves, so he took revenge. I and Lord Zeng, Kuiyu, Zhang Zhiwan, etc. all present this theory, and the two palaces are helpless!

Zeng Guo Fan Dao; Re-arraignment offender?

Zheng Dun said solemnly: The confessions are complete, and there is no retraction, so there is no need to do more.

On March 19, 1871, Zeng Guofan and Zheng Dunjin jointly recited: The ministers and others will review the cause of the assassination, and please still follow the original charges and the perpetrators in the case to be separately drafted. The culprit, Zhang Wenxiang, was instructed by the pirates to commit the assassination with personal grudges, but there was no other mastermind or accomplice with knowledge.

The offender had fought with the rebellion, and dared to assassinate the senior member of the Jianqi Dynasty, which was extremely vicious, and he was really rebellious, and he should be asked according to the law of rebellion and rebellion, and he was to be executed by Ling Chi and sacrificed from his heart.

Alternate Dao Sun Yiyan was originally under the command of Ma Xinyi, although he participated in the trial, but he did not dare to say much, and privately called his friend Yan Shizhang said: The thief is fierce and cunning, and he can't be true without torture, and the rebellious widow, assassinating my minister, is not owned by the law, it is advisable to use the scriptures and heavy codes to make the world fearful. And the prison has been concluded, and the clothes are not promised. Alack! The reason why Yiyan fought hard for Ma Gong was that he was not alone.

Yan Shizhang said: The horse assassination case is related to the Hunan army, and there are big people behind it, so we can only understand it. Zheng Qingtian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was ashamed of the guilt of the gods, and before the holy decree arrived, he wanted to leave Jinling, and he had a guilty conscience!

Zheng Dun, the minister of the Qin Mission, did not wait for the holy judgment and insisted on going north; Zeng Guofan was very embarrassed, and he couldn't persuade him with good words repeatedly, so he sent Cheng Yi 500 according to the routine.

Zheng Dun carefully accepted 500 pieces of silver, and without thanking him, he distributed all of them to Yan Shizhang, Yiletonga, etc., and then boarded the ship and set off and left.

Zeng Guofan sighed: Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March, and Lord Zheng can't wait!

Zhao Liewen, the curtain guest, said: Qi Yu Di Shuai, Lord Zheng is angry, and the assassination of the former Ma Du is also! Zheng Qingtian's name was ruined here, An Neng is not angry!

Zeng Guofan said: Lord Zheng doesn't know what the country is, he only focuses on the details, and the small belly and chicken intestines are also. Stationed in the straight for three years, the sorrow is infinite. The two houses are ordinary, and there is no important word to meet; The emperor is silent and unpredictable; The current situation is all in the military aircraft, Yixun, Wenxiang, and Baojun. Prince Gong is extremely intelligent, but he can't stand on his feet; Wenxiang is decent and narrow in scale, and he doesn't know how to find someone to help; Baojun is more than loyal, but his prestige is insufficient, and his foundation is still shallow.

Zhao Liewen said: The change of Xiangxiang, the two palaces only investigated the first offender, and then assisted the saint with Prince Gong to control the chaos and danger, which can also be regarded as complementing each other; Now that foreign affairs are rising, the common people have a job, and the dynasty is gradually becoming prosperous.

Zeng Guo Fan Dao; Huifu don't speak, although I look forward to death day and night, but I am worried that the living soul will be destroyed again. As a top priority, the Northwest has not been pacified, and Xinjiang has been invaded by outsiders, the only thing I can do now is to raise more food and materials to help Zuo Gong achieve the great cause of the Western Expedition. My illness is difficult to recover, and in the future, the only state affairs can rely on Zuo Gong and Li Shaoquan.

Zhao Liewen said: Qi Yu Di Shuai, the Jin case and the Ma case are all closed, Zuo Gong is effective in suppressing Wei Wei, the state affairs of the Qing Dynasty are gradually decided, and Di Shuai does not need to worry anymore; Now in the south of the Yangtze River, mixed peanut trees, kites fly and grass grow, if the heart is as calm as water, it will definitely live longer than that Nanshan.

Zeng Guofan said: Huifu said again. People say that I have a high merit in killing thieves, and I am a true blessing for the rest of my life; He Rong is a big sin, and he died three years early is a perfect person. The handling of the Tianjin teaching plan, I have accumulated years of Qingwang almost swept the floor to the end, and the fellow villagers in Beijing and Hunan, such as Zheng Dunjing, are especially cited as the great shame of the villagers. However, Li Shaoquan took over the Tianjin case, but it was also smooth, why not?

Zhao Liewen, a guest of the scene, said: Qi Yu Di Shuai, Li Shaoquan, Di Shuai often said that his eyes are clear and spicy, especially good at public affairs, and foreign affairs.

Zeng Guofan said: The previous year was twisted, the Qin seal was converted, and Li Shaoquan only sent a scene of guest handover; Yesterday's Jin case, Li Shaoquan moved flowers and trees, went to stay properly, and killed decisively, I can't either! Li Shaoquan is desperately an official, and he is indeed sharp-eyed!