lied to Kangxi

Chapter 382 Come, take it down

Hunan Chief Envoy Wan Yanlu arrived at the provincial border yesterday.

Liu Lin, the procurator, arrived at the Jieguan Pavilion in front of the provincial border three days in advance.

The admiral of Hunan is just a private name in Changsha official circles, and its official official name is actually the admiral of Huguang.

Huguang Admiral Erente didn't want to come.He was afraid of Yuzhu's impeachment because of the riots caused by the soldiers in the township (gān), so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.

In order to maintain the authority of the big officials in the feudal area, as usual, as long as the governor releases bullets and impeaches lower-level officials, the court will approve them all.

Erente is a bannerman, and Yuzhu is a great nobleman among the bannermen.It is conceivable that Yuzhu will be given the rank of admiral.

The military rank of admiral can only be controlled by officers of the general and below, and it cannot be controlled by Erente.

It's just that Erente never dreamed that Jinshang gave Yuzhu the military power to control the provincial military officers, including him.

Not only that, but Yuzhu was also rewarded with a terrible thing: the Yebilong knife.

To put it bluntly, with this knife in hand, the lives of Erlente's generals, lieutenants and generals are all in Yuzhu's hands.

When Yu Zhu was in a bad mood, he could find an excuse for the military emergency and kill a disobedient general to stand up. Who could bear that?

Just when all the officials were waiting impatiently, they suddenly rushed to Wan Yanlu on a fast horse, got off the horse, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Master Fantai, Lord Futai, the guard of honor has passed the sheep." Loudong is about to cross the provincial border."

"Look at the reward. Report again." Wanyan Lv couldn't help but cheer up, Yu Zhu finally came.

Regardless of the Huguang admiral being a first-rank military general, his actual status is far inferior to that of the governor Wanyan Lv and the inspector Liu Lin, let alone the governor Yu Zhu.

To put it bluntly, when Wanyanlu and Liu Lin were present, it was not Erente's turn to speak freely.

After waiting for more than half an hour, "Dang..." suddenly heard the sound of thirteen gongs.

Wan Yanlu quickly tidied up his clothes, and stood beside the official road very politely.

The inspector Liu Lin glanced at Wanyanlu who was pretending, but she didn't say anything, and silently stood beside Wanyanlu.

All the officials in Hunan were lined up neatly according to their ranks, welcoming the arrival of their immediate bosses.

"When..." Accompanied by the crisp sound of gongs, on the official road, after eight pairs of evasion and silence cards, a tall horse appeared, and Goshha on the horse held up a gilded official title card high up.

Liu Lin's eyes were not good, and Wan Yanlu not only saw clearly, but also read aloud: "In the 45th year of Kangxi's Bingxu Enke Palace Examination, No. 1 was awarded Jinshi and rank, alas, this is the right way of the examination hall It's a good background."

Liu Lin was so angry that her lips trembled, how could he not know that Wanyan Lu was deliberately using Yu Zhu's outstanding fame to belittle him secretly?

Alas, there is no way, Liu Lin is an inspector who was born in Juren, so she is naturally a lot shorter than Yuzhu, who was a regular Jinshi in the imperial examination.

I haven't seen the shadow of the eight sedan chairs yet, and the appearance of the prominent official title plates one after another is dizzying.

I saw that under the warm sunshine, wearing double-eyed feathers, the third-class Marquis of Courage, the right servant of the Ministry of War, the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of Pianyuan, these gilded official title cards are dazzling.

After more than half of the guard of honor passed, a large green woolen sedan chair with eight loads appeared in front of everyone, surrounded by personal soldiers Geshha.

"Get off the sedan chair." With Wu Jiang's long shout, the official sedan chair slowly settled down.

The door curtain of the official sedan chair was raised, and Yu Zhu stepped out of the official sedan chair and stood on the ground.

"The chief envoy of Hunan Province, Wan Yanlu, who is in a humble position, led all the provincial officials and gentry to pay homage to Lord Futai." Wan Yanlu bowed to the ground and saluted respectfully.

Liu Lin also saluted with a long bow.

Erente originally wanted to imitate their appearance, salute with a long bow, and perfunctorily fool around, that's all.

It's a pity that Ma Rui, the commander-in-chief of Yueyang Town standing behind Erente, had particularly sharp eyes, and he had already seen the Ebilong knife in Zhou Quan's hand.

"Chief officer of Yueyang Town, mark Ma Rui, and ask for the peace of the army." Ma Rui wisely chose Zha Qian to salute.

According to the practice in the officialdom, civil and martial arts have different ways, and each has different address rules.

Civil officials in Hunan Province, on formal occasions, must follow the name of the chief minister Wan Yanlu and call Yuzhu Master Futai.

Under normal circumstances, Ma Rui, an officer like Qiu Ba, would respectfully address Yuzhu as Lord Fujun.

Erente just hesitated for a moment, Wanyanlu had already approached Yuzhu, and said affectionately: "Master Futai, the pommel horse was tired all the way, it was really hard work."

With this delay, Erente was immediately squeezed out of the crowd, making him seem particularly out of place.

At this time, the jade pillar is like the sun, tightly wrapped by countless sunflowers.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, no matter who Yuzhu looks at, he is greeted with a bright smile.

Amidst the sound of saluting blunderbuss, Yu Zhu stood in the middle facing south and facing north. Officials from Hunan Province, led by Wanyan Lv, knelt down in front of Yu Zhu.

Logically speaking, Yuzhu should have announced his will in public when he arrived in front of the receiving official pavilion outside the Changsha Mansion.

However, Yuzhu doesn't have that much time, and he goes around in circles with the bureaucrats.

After the official decree was issued, Yuzhu could justifiably take over the military and political power in Hunan, and this is the key point.

"The cabinet entrusts the decree..." Yuzhu finished reading the decree of appointing him as the governor of Pianyuan, and ordered people to hold out the silver seal newly cast by the Ministry of Officials.

Wan Yanlu and Liu Lin are both old officials. When they saw the brand-new silver seal, they knew one thing: Hunan's officialdom was about to experience a major earthquake.

Veteran officials all know that the new governor usually takes over the official seal from the previous governor.

If the imperial court casts a new official seal, it means that the imperial court is very dissatisfied with the officials in Hunan, implying that it will change blood.

After the official welcome procedure was completed, dozens of Juren from Hunan surrounded Yuzhu.

"My lord, since Huguang was divided into provinces, all my scholars from Hunan have to go to Wuchang to take the college and township examinations. Not only is the journey far away, but also the burden is huge, which makes the scholars in the whole province miserable."

"Yes, yes, Master Futai, you don't know something. I, a scholar in Hunan Province, have suffered from Wuchang Mansion for a long time."

After hearing this, Yuzhu couldn't help laughing.

Originally, Yuzhu thought it was just an ordinary squire's petition.

Unexpectedly, dozens of Juren lords knelt down to him at the same time, and handed over Wan Yan's letter of love.

Yu Zhu didn't read the love letter, but he already understood it in his heart.

In the third year of Kangxi, after Huguang was divided into provinces, the number of scholars and candidates in Huguang was not admitted by province, and they were still mixed together.

That is to say, Pianyuan and Huguang have been divided into two provinces, but scholars in Pianyuan who want to take the examination of scholars or raise people have to go to Huguang Gongyuan in Wuchang Prefecture.

Juren's petitions and requests are actually very simple.It is to build a new Hunan Gongyuan, apply for the imperial court to send Hunan to study politics, and let scholars from all over the province go directly to Changsha Mansion to take the exam.

It's just that, in the hands of Yuzhu, things that seem to be taken for granted by Hunan people are almost impossible to do.

You must know that Yuzhu is the governor who holds military power, and he will return to the capital sooner or later in the future.

Holding the jade pillar of an elite soldier in his hand, if he did such an act of inviting fame, he would be praised as the living Buddha of Wanjia by the scholars in Hunan.

Hey, what would Kangxi think of him?

You can't have both fish and bear's paw.Fame and military power, there is always a trade-off.

It's just that Yuzhu knew in his heart that it was one thing, but on the surface, he still needed to be perfunctory.

Even if this can't be done, Yuzhu can't get angry.

If the scholars in Hunan think that Yuzhu is unwilling to help, then there will be big trouble.

The so-called good things do not go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles.

Public opinion in this era is actually in the hands of scholars.

The so-called common mouth makes money, in the circle of scholars, after word of mouth, even a gentleman will become extremely stinky.

Yuzhu can't try to make a name for himself, but his reputation is too bad, and it will indirectly affect Kangxi's opinion.

The end of offending a scholar, look at Yongzheng, who has a lot of money, what else do you not understand?
As soon as Yuzhu entered the provincial border of Hunan, he was surrounded by Ju people.Obviously, behind this matter, there must be the support of the high-level officials in Hunan Province.

To put it bluntly, without the support of the chief minister, Wan Yanlu, the people would not even be able to see Yuzhu's face, let alone surround Yuzhu to submit a petition.

Yuzhu calmed down the gentlemen with a pleasant face.After all, he hasn't officially taken office in Changsha yet, so it's understandable.

After re-boarding the sedan chair, Yu Zhu's eight-carrying sedan chair, surrounded by his subordinates, headed for Changsha mansion in a mighty way.

It is about 360 miles from Linxiang County on the border of Hunan Province to Changsha Prefecture.

However, since he is in Yuzhu's territory, he will execute the order once he has the power in his hand.

Due to the accelerated speed, it took only eight days for Yuzhu to arrive at Changsha Mansion.

The governor's yamen of Pianyuan is located in the Youth Palace of Youyi Village, Kaifu District.

As usual, when the governor came to Changsha to take office, he had to enter through the Zodiac Gate.Zodiac Gate is the south gate of Changsha Old City.

Unlike other governors, Yuzhu has many titles.

According to the bad habits in the officialdom, in order to play the official prestige, as many titles as there are, there must be as many official titles.

When Yuzhu entered the city, the pedestrians and vendors on the street were all unlucky.They were either dispersed or knelt down to the side of the road.

In this era of cannibalism, the governor of a province can definitely decide the fate of any official or grassroots in the province.

Pan Zongluo, the former governor, believed that he had a backer in the court, so he didn't pay attention to the young man Yuzhu.

Therefore, Pan Zongluo didn't even go to greet him outside the city.

After Yuzhu got off the official sedan chair, he met him face to face, and Pan Zongluo greeted him in front of the governor's yamen.

Since Pan Zongluo looked down on Yuzhu, why should Yuzhu be polite to him?
After Yu Zhu bowed his hand and returned the gift, he shouted sharply: "The sinner Pan Zongluo accepts the order!"

Pan Zongluo didn't expect that the big backer in Beijing didn't keep him, so he was dumbfounded and panicked on the spot.

Yuzhu didn't bother to talk to Pan Zongluo, who was dizzy from the fright, and walked straight to the lobby of the governor's office, facing south and facing north, standing in the middle.

"Come here, take off the hat of the criminal Pan Zongluo, put it in a prison car, and take him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the capital." After Yu Zhu issued the decree, he pretended not to see Pan Zongluo's pleading eyes, and directly ordered the arrest.

"Hey." Niu Tai waved his hand, and the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers rushed forward, and captured Pan Zongluo in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)