scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 48 Fame
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On the morning of the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, the second day after Fatty Lu and his party arrived in the capital, it was snowing heavily. On such a freezing morning, Fatty Lu, who has not officially taken office yet, of course slept until he woke up naturally. Fatty Lu reluctantly climbed down from the warm kang to solve his physical problems until he could no longer hold on to his inner urgency.

After slamming on the chamber pot for a while, the fat man, who was determined to lose weight so that he could soak in horses, gave up the idea of ​​going to the kang to continue sleeping, wrapped his fur coat tightly and walked out of the bedroom to take a look, only to see Xiao Erlang and the three brothers of the Liu family sitting around the charcoal basin to write and draw. He was painting something, but Fang Shiyu was nowhere to be seen.Fatty Lu was curious, and asked a few scumbags: "What are you writing about? Where is Fang Shiyu, where did he die?"

"Back to young master, Fang Shiyu went to practice, and he said that he must practice until Sishi before stopping." Xiao Erlang replied, and subconsciously hid the list full of ghostly symbols behind his back.

"Then what are you writing about?" Fatty Lu asked.

"Master, we are discussing how to manage the yamen for you in the future." Xiao Erlang hesitated for a long time, and finally replied honestly: "Yesterday we asked the third housekeeper in the family of the eldest son, and learned from him how to be a housekeeper in an official's house." Experience, so let’s discuss it when you have time today, and formulate the charging standards for door respect, tea, delivery calls, litigation and prison visits in our yamen in the future, so that everyone does not receive the same amount of money, and let others say that the young master is your yamen Unreasonable, arbitrary charges..."

"Hey, you guys..." Fatty Lu laughed back angrily. He couldn't do it anymore if he wanted to scold him, so he could only smile wryly: "Even if you have a bit of foresight, you know how to plan for the rainy day and be prepared for the future, which is rare."

"Thank you for your compliment, young master. You guys will definitely be prepared and won't embarrass you, young master." Xiao Erlang smiled all over his face, and said that his fat young master had finally regained his senses and learned how to scrape the ground after taking office.

In the end, it was Liu Xu who reminded Xiao Erlang that he remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Young master, there is one more thing. The son of the world sent someone to inform you just now. He went to the palace to pick up Princess Heshuo back to the mansion. It may take You didn’t come back after lunch in the palace, so you don’t need to greet him, young master. You are willing to warm up at home, young master. If you need anything, feel free to ask the servants in the mansion. If you want to go out for a walk, young master, by the way Report to the Ministry of Officials, Prince Pingxi's official affairs can be discussed after you come back."

"It's rare to come to the capital, so let's go out for a walk, bring all the things we should bring, call Shang Shiyu, taste the local flavors in Beijing, and then take the time to report to the official department." As a fat man Of course, Fatty Lu is not afraid of the cold, so he said casually: "It's almost Chinese New Year, I'll take you out and buy a new set of clothes for each of you, so that you won't mutter behind your back that I'm stingy, young master."

"Thank you, Young Master!" Xiao Erlang, Liu Zhen and others were overjoyed. They hurriedly helped Fatty Lu wash and dress up, packed up his official uniform and official documents for Lu Fatty, and then called Fang Shiyu who had finished practicing. The two old servants who managed to escape their lives in Fujian, surrounded Fatty Lu, left Wu Yingxiong's mansion, and rushed to the capital street in a mighty manner.

This year, if you want to visit Beijing City, Tiananmen Square of the Forbidden City and so on, Fatty Lu will definitely not be able to go, but fortunately, at least Wangfujing and Qianmen Dashilan, which were still called Wangfu Street at the time, are already very lively now, so I came out. After the Wu Mansion, Fatty Lu and his entourage went straight to the front door, and started to visit the busiest and busiest Qianmen Street in Beijing in this era.During this period, Fatty Lu kept his word, and really added a new set of clothes to each of the servants. The poor and used to Liu Zhen and others were naturally not very happy, and thanked them repeatedly.

Gradually strolling to Zhengyangmen Gate, and then walking in, it is the inner city of Beijing where Han people are not allowed to live in this era. Looking at the soldiers and civilians going in and out of the Zhengyangmen Gate, Fatty Lu suddenly felt a feeling of gnashing his teeth. It is the essence of the Chinese nation!For hundreds of years, the Chinese people spent countless painstaking efforts to build the inner city of Beijing, but now the Chinese people other than the barbarians are not allowed to live. The people who live in it are all the Eight Banners of the Barbarians whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese nation. They are also like mites and parasites. They do not work, do not farm, do business, do not work. They only know to suck the blood and sweat of the Chinese people every year, devouring the flesh and blood of the Chinese people!The pride of the Chinese nation has now become the shame of the Chinese nation!

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Erlang approached and asked flatteringly, "Why do you keep staring at the city gate? Are you still looking murderous? Did someone offend you there? If so, then tell me, Master?" Who is the little one, the little one took Fang Shiyu and dragged him into an alley, and beat him hard."

"In this city, there are indeed many people who have offended me, but you can't beat them yet." Fatty Lu said meaningfully: "But it doesn't matter, we still have time and opportunities, let's wait slowly until the opportunity comes , let’s settle the old and new accounts with them again! Double the calculation!”

"Well, when the time comes, I will definitely vent my anger on behalf of the young master!" Xiao Erlang flattered, and finally asked curiously: "But young master, it seems that you have come to the capital for the first time, what is going on in the inner city of Beijing?" Will so many people offend you?"

"You'll find out in the future." Fatty Lu replied ambiguously. After finishing speaking, Fatty Lu ordered again: "Let's go, let's go to the official office to report and give our name, and then go to have lunch." .”

Xiao Erlang and others agreed together, and hurriedly surrounded Fatty Lu to kill the yamen of the Ministry of Officials outside Tiananmen Square. After arriving at the gate of the Ministry of Officials, Fatty Lu found a teahouse and borrowed a room to change into a seventh-rank official uniform. Xiao Erlang and the others drank tea and warmed themselves by the fire in the teahouse, and they brought the official documents and identity certificates of Pingxi Palace granted by Wu Sangui to the door to ask for an audience.Before leaving, Xiao Erlang grabbed Fatty Lu again, and reminded him in a low voice: "Master, do you want to bring some bank notes or cash in? Without money, it's not easy to do things."

"No!" Fatty Lu, who was originally unhappy with the Qing court, flatly refused, and said with a sneer, "Your young master is as clean as water and as clean as a mirror, how can I send them the money?"

After all, Fatty Lu ignored Xiao Erlang's good intentions to persuade him, and left the teahouse with a lot of official documents in his purse, and handed them over to the official department.And the result is of course, because there is no money to send the kid who is the gatekeeper of the official department, Fatty Lu squeezed together with a large group of officials from other places who came to Beijing in front of the gate of the official department. He waited for nearly an hour until those who stuffed the money After all the officials from other places went in and reported for duty, a servant finally came out from the door, and he yelled fiercely, "Where is Lu Yifeng, the new county magistrate of Qujing from Yunnan? It's your turn to kowtow."

"The next official is Lu Yifeng." Fatty Lu went up to meet him, and said with a smile, "This official, please show me the way."

"It's natural to lead the way..." The guard prolonged his voice on purpose, and his small eyes glanced at Fatty Lu who didn't move.Fatty Lu understood, but he tried his best to pretend to be stupid on his fat face. He just nodded and bowed and said, "Please excuse me, I have prepared everything that I should prepare, and there is nothing missing."

"Damn, unlucky, why did you meet a poor iron rooster again?" The guard cursed secretly, and shouted angrily, "Come with me!"

After finishing speaking, the guard turned around and left, Fatty Lu followed closely.After entering the official office, Fatty Lu discovered that the scale of this official office is relatively small. Whether it is the official servant or the doctor, they all work in the official lobby. The large official lobby is not only full of tables, chairs and bookshelves, but also crowded with officials from the official department and officials from all over the country who go to the official department to work, which is quite lively.But the yamen servant was probably angry that Fatty Lu was reluctant to pay respects, so he deliberately just led Fatty Lu to the entrance of the lobby and said, "Go in, Mr. Qian is waiting for you."

"Thank you officer." Fatty Lu thanked him and stepped into the hall.But after entering the hall, Fatty Lu discovered the insidiousness of the guard—there are so many officials in the hall, so many desks, who is Mr. Qian that he should visit?
In desperation, Fatty Lu could only act on guesswork. When he saw that there was a lot of excitement before a public case, there were three or four fourth- and fifth-rank officials lined up, so Fatty Lu tentatively walked over.I never thought that as soon as I got to the back of the line, a pen stick next to me would drink up, "What are you doing? This is the place to pick officials above the fourth rank. What do you want to do as a seventh-rank official?"

"My lord, should I report to that lord?" Fatty Lu said helplessly, "This official is the new magistrate of Qujing County in Yunnan, and he will come to Beijing to meet and receive his seal as usual."

"The magistrate of Qujing County, Yunnan Province?" The post angrily pointed to an official who was knocking on Erlang's leg in the corner, and shouted: "Did you see that Mr. Qian, the member of the Wenxuan Cleaning Department, is here to receive you Southwesterners?" Officials, go and kowtow to him, don’t meddle here.” After that, the sticker hummed again: “After all, he is a country bumpkin from other provinces, and he doesn’t know any rules. Mix it up, just because of your appearance, do you want to be the Daoist of Lianghuai Salt?"

Fatty Lu knows the reason why this post mentions Lianghuai Salt Law Road—because of the shortage of Lianghuai Salt Law Road, at least eight of the ten officials who lined up outside the official office just now are aimed at the world There were countless vacancies, but Fatty Lu's qualifications were too far behind, so Fatty Lu didn't bother to pay attention.At that moment, Fatty Lu thanked the post, and holding the official document, he came to Mr. Qian, the Yuanwailang who was knocking on Erlang's leg, bowed and said: "The next official, Lu Yifeng, the new county magistrate of Qujing, pays his respects to Mr. Qian."

Mr. Qian was even fatter than Fatty Lu. He leaned against the fire dragon built into the wall and closed his eyes to keep warm. He didn't even bother to open his eyelids. He hummed, "Excuse me."

"Thank you, my lord." Fatty Lu thanked him, held the official document in front of him again, and said respectfully: "Master Qian, this is the official document issued by the Pingxi Palace to the humble official, as well as the identity certificate, please have a look."

Mr. Qian still didn't move, he just said lazily: "Lord Lu, I checked your resume just now. You seem to be born as a scholar, right? You said that you are a scholar who didn't even have a family background. What do you mean?" Was he selected as the seventh-rank county magistrate?"

"Because of the wrong love of Lord Pingxi, the lower officials are very terrified." Of course Fatty Lu understood the implication of Mr. Qian, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid, saying nothing to imply other filial piety, or hinting that there was a bank note in his official documents.

After waiting for a long time, Fatty Lu still refused to open his mouth to hint. Then Master Qian became a little angry, opened his eyes and sat up straight, looked at Fatty Lu and said: "Master Lu, do you know that in our Wenxuan Cleaning Department, other than the officials in charge In addition to appointment and selection, there is another important duty to screen out the background and status of officials to see if they are suitable for this position—Master Lu, although you have been selected and appointed by Prince Pingxi, you still have to pass this test."

"Thank you for your guidance, my lord, I understand." Fatty Lu said neither humble nor overbearing: "Then please Sir Qian to screen and see if this official is suitable to be the magistrate of Qujing County?"

"Damn, is this fatty an idiot or a fool?" Mr. Qian became even more angry, thinking that those seventh-rank officials with connections and backgrounds or Jinshi backgrounds don't give money. I might not dare to make things difficult for you. Selecting officials, putting on such a big air without giving money, how can I not deal with you?
Thinking up to this point, Mr. Qian snorted: "It's very regrettable, Mr. Lu, I think it's not suitable for you to be the county magistrate of Qipin directly as a scholar. You can go back for now and let me discuss it with Mr. Yan, my doctor. Afterwards, we will decide whether to grant you an official seal, you can go back and wait for the news."

When Mr. Qian talked so far, he would have been paralyzed by fright if he wanted to change to ordinary officials, and it was even worse for the officials selected in the west. Maybe the money he gave earlier would be in vain.Fatty Lu had no fear, so he bowed directly and said, "Okay, I have a lot of work, and I will resign from my humble position."

After finishing speaking, Fatty Lu turned his head and left.Master Qian was stunned, thinking that Fatty Lu is crazy?He became a county magistrate directly as a scholar, and he didn't know how much money he had stuffed in Yunnan. How can he say that he doesn't want it now?And the director of Wenxuan Department, Bi Tie Shi, Jing Cheng and several provincial officials next to him were all dumbfounded, thinking that this fat man is really handsome, and if the Qipin magistrate said no, he would not?Not to mention that mosquitoes are also meat, this seventh-rank magistrate holds the power of a county, after all, he is also a real lack of real power and good fortune!
Not long after Fatty Lu walked out of the official hall in a big and handsome manner, when some officials in the lobby were still discussing why Fatty Lu was so chic, Du Lide, the current Shangshu of the official department who had participated in the early court, suddenly rushed in in a hurry. He yelled: "Wen Xuan, a member of the Langzhong Yuanwailang, put down their errands and come out for me."

"Cover." Several Wenxuan department clerks and Yuanwai Lang present, including Mr. Qian, stood up and bowed respectfully in front of Dolittle.

"Listen up." Du Lide wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Today, a seventh-rank magistrate named Lu Yifeng is likely to come to our yamen to report. If he comes, you can bring him to see me directly. Don’t forget it. Also, for the vacancy in the Lianghuai Salt Dharma Path, don’t choose a candidate for now, let’s wait for a few days before discussing it.”

"Lu Yifeng?!" That Lord Qian's fat face changed, and he screamed out.

"Qian collar?" Du Shangshu shifted his attention to Mr. Qian, and asked pleasantly, "Master Qian, do you know Mr. Lu?"

"I don't know Humble Job." Qian Ting murmured in despair, "But he just came to report to Humble Job, and Humble Job drove him away."

"Did you drive him away?" Du Shangshu almost strangled Qian Kuan to death, and roared, "Why did you drive him away? Do you know who he is? I think you, Yuanwailang of the Wenxuan Department, are considered When it's over!"

"Damn the humble job! Damn the humble job!" Qian Ting's legs softened, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, begging: "Master Shang Shu, please forgive me, I really don't know who he is, I just think that he is just a scholar, so I will become Qu Jing directly The magistrate is not suitable, so I said that I need to discuss it with my doctor, Mr. Yan, and ask him to go back and wait for news."

"Master Shangshu, I am wronged." Yan Guangmin, the secretary of the Qing Dynasty, hurriedly put aside the relationship with extreme disrespect, and cupped his hands and said: "Master Shangshu, please check clearly, the humble staff has been selecting candidates for Lianghuai Yanfa Dao just now, and there is no Participate in the reception of Lu Yifeng, Master Lu."

"Don't be so wordy, send someone to chase after him." Du Shangshu yelled angrily, "Hurry up, and I must invite Lu Yifeng, Master Lu back!"

"Lu Yifeng has come?" Before Du Lide and Du Shangshu could finish his words, the voice of A Siha, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the governor of Manchuria with a white flag, sounded outside the hall. A Shangshu also rushed in, frowning as soon as he entered the hall, he asked, "Where is Lu Yifeng from Yunnan, Magistrate Lu? I want to meet him personally."

"Why don't you talk?" Seeing that everyone was dumbfounded and silent, Asha A Shangshu became furious and shouted: "I heard you talking about Lu Yifeng just now, where is he?"

"Go back to A Shangshu, he was driven away by Mr. Qian Tingqian." Several officials of the Obai Party around said cautiously: "Because Mr. Qian Tingqian thinks that Mr. Lu is not qualified to be the seventh-rank county magistrate."

"Qian collar?" Asha raised his eyebrows thickly, and quickly turned to Qian Yuanwailang, who was already pale, and said through gritted teeth: "I'll give you a stick of incense time, go and find Master Lu right away, I want to personally See him! Otherwise, pack your bags and get out of the bureaucracy!"

"Shi, I'm going to find Mr. Lu right now." Qian Ting's legs softened, he knelt down and kowtowed again, got up and rushed out, chasing the seven-rank Lu county magistrate who was born as a scholar. I was just thinking quickly, "What is this Lu Yifeng, Master Lu? Why does the emperor's confidant Du Shangshu want to see him immediately? Ao Zhongtang's confidant A Shangshu also wants to see him immediately in person? Damn, how did I offend you? Such a person? How can I mess around in the future?"

"Is there a good person missing from Lianghuai Yanfa Road?" A Shangshu's roar sounded again in the hall of the official department, "If you haven't chosen well, don't choose for now. If you have already chosen, give me the list, and wait for me to talk to you." Prime Minister Ao discusses it and then decides who to send it to!"

………………

It was also the luck of Mr. Qian Qianqian. After Fatty Lu left the official office, he first went to a teahouse not far away to call out his dog legs to eat, but when he came out of the teahouse, he was immediately stumbled out of the official office. Mr. Qian Ting saw that - there is no way, Fatty Lu's physique is indeed a bit eye-catching.Then Mr. Qian Qian rushed to stop Fatty Lu, bowed and apologized, and almost slapped himself in the street, and finally pulled Fatty Lu back to the official office.But in this way, Fatty Lu is faced with a difficult choice...

"Lu Yifeng, Master Lu, I have admired your name for a long time." Du Shangshu affectionately took Fatty Lu's left hand, and cordially invited: "Master Lu, I just returned to the Yamen when I went to court, and now I know that you have been made things difficult by officials." Please rest assured, my lord, I will deal with them severely. Come, come, please come to my special study, Lord Lu, let's have a good talk."

"Lu Yifeng, Master Lu, I have heard of your name for a long time." A Shangshu took Fatty Lu's right hand more affectionately, and invited him more cordially: "Master Lu, I just returned to the Yamen when I went to court, so I know Don't worry, brother Lu, about you being made things difficult by officials from the official department. , I will take you to meet Prime Minister Ao Bai, and Prime Minister Ao has heard of your name a long time ago, so today he appointed me to lead you to meet him."

"Master Shangshu, please forgive me, the hand of the humble official is about to be broken by you...!"

A celebrity once said that the problem with most men is that even a sow, if there are two men vying for her at the same time, then every part of the sow's body will become beautiful, but if one of them The man suddenly abstained, and the other man would suddenly realize: "So she is a sow, but she is just a sow."

Relying on our own efforts, but also because of some erratic coincidences, and the intentional or unintentional attention and praise of some mite bosses, our seventh-rank sesame official Lu Yifeng Lu Fatty suddenly became the Kang Mazi who was fighting to the death in the capital. The party and the Ao old man's party are both popular items, how should our Fatty Lu choose?Kang Mazi?Or old man Ao?

Anyway, after this incident, our Fatty Lu has finally become famous in the capital. Although this has brought a lot of inconvenience to our Fatty Lu, it has also made our Fatty Lu more convenient. ——At least, those Beijing officials with eyes on their foreheads no longer dare to make things difficult for our Fatty Lu.

The gossip is far away, let’s get down to business, he was kicked out of the official department and invited back, and at the same time he was valued and wooed by the two ministers of the official department, Manchu and Han. Fatty Lu was confused at first, but Asiha reported that he was Fatty Lu soon came to his senses after Aobai gained the name of the party—needless to say, Dolittle must belong to Kang Xiaomazi!He suddenly became a popular item of both the Kang Mazi Party and the Ao Old Man Party. Fatty Lu quickly thought nervously, unable to bear a wry smile.

"I have to see old man Ao. Yesterday old man Ao's confidant Bumbleshan sent someone to pick me up outside the Chaoyang Gate. I didn't pick him up. I had already offended old man Ao indirectly. If I refuse Asiha's invitation today, then what would happen?" I just offended old man Ao to death—that old man Ao is not a good-tempered character."

"Dolittle is not well-known in history, so he probably isn't Kang Mazi's absolute confidant. If I follow him, I probably won't see Kang Mazi. Asiha is different. He just invited me to Oboi Mansion, saying that if I follow him, Immediately, I will meet the famous old man Ao Baiao in history. And I am not afraid of thieves stealing, but I am afraid that thieves will think about it. Old man Ao attaches so much importance to me as a seventh-rank sesame official. There will be countless troubles and dangers."

"There is another advantage to meeting old man Ao. This old man is notoriously discriminating against and suspicious of Han people, and he is cruel and simple-minded. After meeting him, maybe he can use his hands to kill several famous traitors! Yes , see old man Ao, it’s worth it!”

Thinking up to this point, Fatty Lu quickly smiled at Asiha and said, "My lord, how can I dare to ask you to invite me? It's just that I had a little conflict and misunderstanding with the housekeeper of Lord Bumbleshan yesterday. Thinking of going to the door to apologize, if Lord A can introduce Mr. Wang Ban for Beizhi, then Beizhi will be very grateful."

"Haha, easy to say." Asi laughed loudly, pulled Fatty Lu from Dolittle's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Bumbleshan must be at Prime Minister Ao's house now, and I will lead you to make amends for him." go."

(End of this chapter)