scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 86 The Governor is Coming
When Fatty Lu was still instructing the people in the farmland of Qujing County to carry out spring plowing work, on February 25, Xianyu reincarnated as Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing's team finally arrived at Shengjing Pass at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou.This is a rather large team. In addition to the three hundred elite soldiers who escorted Lin Tianqing to take office, there are also hundreds of motley teams composed of maids, masters, book offices, long-term followers and servants, surrounding Lin Tianqing's green The big sedan chair and the four small sedan chairs for the family members boarded the Shengjing Pass on the top of the mountain in a mighty way.

This is a very magical pass. There are two pairs of stone lions under the Guanming Memorial Archway. The stone lions on the Yunnan side are covered with dry and thin soil for many years, while the Guizhou side is covered with lush moss. The distance is less than three feet. However, there is a clear distinction between Wei and Wei, but at the foot of the stone lion, there is a naturally formed and more distinct soil boundary. The Yunnan side is red soil, and the Guizhou side is cinnamon soil. Stretching for hundreds of miles, it neatly separates the two provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The uncanny workmanship of nature is really amazing.

Along the post road from Pingguanbazi to the only low-lying Shengjingguan on the ridge, Lin Tianqing, who was riding a horse in a sedan chair, saw at first sight that there was a long queue in front of Shengjingguan, led by himself Li Suizu, an old friend of the prefect of Qujing when he was the governor of Yunnan last time.Looking at the familiar old subordinates and the familiar landscape of Yunnan, Lin Tianqing couldn't help feeling proud and emotional, "It's been four years, I'm back, I'm back at last! I thought there would be no more chances."

"Play music! Play "Triumph of Triumph"!" Li Shizu, who came to Shengjingguan from Qujing Fucheng to flatter him, couldn't wait to shout, and the bands on both sides rushed to sing together, playing a joyful movement to warmly welcome Lin Zhongcheng's return.Li Shizu led a large group of civil servants and military generals from Qujing Mansion to come forward, kneel down under the Guan Ming Memorial Arch respectfully, and shouted in unison: "Big ranks, I respectfully welcome Mr. Zhongcheng Lin of this province to take office."

"Suyuan, please get up quickly, and my lords, please get up quickly." Lin Tianqing got off his horse and helped Li Suzu himself, and said with a smile: "Su Yuan, you and I are old acquaintances, why are you so polite? Come to Shengjing Pass to meet me in person? Qujing City is not close to Shengjing Pass, it’s more than 100 li.”

"Lord Zhongcheng, you are welcome." Li Suzu said hypocritically: "Lin Zhongcheng once again served as the governor of Yunnan, and shepherds the land of Yunnan. Holy Grace, benefiting the people, this is also the supreme blessing of the humble, so is there any reason not to go far to the border?"

"Hehe, Suyuan is still so good at talking." Lin Tianqing smiled happily, looked up at the Qujing civil and military officials behind Li Suzu, and found a lot of old ministries from that year, but he couldn't see the newly acquainted Wangnian friends, so Lin Tianqing asked casually Said: "Suyuan, where is Lu Yifeng? Why didn't he come?"

"Why did old man Lin take the initiative to ask Lu Yifeng?" Li Suzu was taken aback. This time, in order to flatter Lin Tianqing, he specially brought Qujing civil and military officials for more than 100 miles to meet Lin Tianqing. , and was planning to find an opportunity to put some eye drops in front of Lin Tianqing, saying that Fatty Lu was so arrogant and conceited, which made Lin Tianqing dissatisfied with Fatty Lu, and then acted cheaply.It's just that Li Shizu never expected that Lin Tianqing, the head of the province, would take the initiative to ask such a small county head as Fatty Lu, and his tone was so kind.

"Report to Lin Zhongcheng." Liu Wenjin, the chief soldier of the Qujing Green Battalion under Lin Tianqing's direct command, stood up and said honestly: "When he left the city, Lu Yifeng reported to Zhongcheng with his humble post. Now is the season of spring plowing, Master Lu is busy organizing and supervising the people to carry out spring plowing, so he will not come to Shengjingguan to welcome you, please forgive me."

"Lin Zhongcheng, don't listen to that fellow Lu Yifeng." Li Suizu took the opportunity to prescribe bad medicine and said, "Speaking of this Lu Yifeng, he is not only crazy, he has always been defiant. How could you come so far to greet you even if you refused to pay your respects to your boss? According to the officer, this Lu Yifeng doesn't take others seriously at all."

"Sanhao is not such a person." Lin Tianqing shook his head, and said with a smile: "I know Sanhao well, I may be a little arrogant about his talents, but he treats his elders and superiors with respect and respect. And what he said is right, right now It's time for spring plowing, as the county magistrate of Qujing, he should put organizing the people to open up wasteland and sow seeds first, and it's only natural that he doesn't come to welcome me."

Li Shizu was stunned, Liu Wenjin was tongue-tied, and fellow acquaintance Zhang Gaomo secretly wiped his sweat, secretly glad that he had never provoked Fatty Lu, the god of plague.Lin Tianqing then said: "Suyuan, Wenjin, you two are officials in the same city as Yifeng, and you are also his boss. You should help him a little. If you have any mistakes, you should point them out in time and help him correct them. Even if he offends you For the sake of this old man, please be patient. Of course, if he really goes too far, you can rest assured that this old man will uphold justice for you."

Li Shizu continued to be dumbfounded, while Liu Wenjin saw the wind and said: "Master Zhongcheng's instruction is correct, and I have remembered it carefully. In fact, I don't need to say that, I also did the same thing. A few days ago, several of my subordinates manipulated me. Ma Tumiao, the humble officials immediately tied them up and sent them to Mr. Lu for treatment—if Mr. Zhongcheng doesn’t believe it, you can do it for Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang, they all witnessed it with their own eyes.”

"Really?" Lin Tianqing was very happy, and said: "Wen Jin, you can let go of your identity to protect the law and order. This old man is very happy. It seems that I haven't seen you for four years. Wen Jin, you have grown a lot. You are no longer Wuxia Amon. In the future This old man can save a lot of worry about the military affairs of the Qujing Mansion."

Hearing this, Liu Wenjin laughed so hard that his eyes almost narrowed. Zhang Gaomo and the rest of the civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and all of them warned themselves in their hearts—don't provoke that plague god Lu Yifeng!Li Shizu almost vomited blood, and couldn't help asking: "Lin Zhongcheng, Lu Yifeng, Master Lu, are you your disciples?"

"None." Lin Tianqing shook his head and said casually: "Although he has always served me as an elder, the old man treats him with forgetfulness." After that, Lin Tianqing looked at the sky again and urged: "It's not early, everyone Don't be dumbfounded, those vain rituals should be avoided, and if you delay any longer, you won't be able to spend the night in Pingyi before dark."

"Follow Zhongcheng's order." All the officials agreed together, and hurriedly surrounded Lin Tianqing to pass through the pass, scrambling to be the first to flatter, with great enthusiasm.Only Li Suizu stood still, motionless, and his mind was overwhelmed, "Who is this Fatty Lu? Why is Lin Tianqing so biased towards him, that he warned us to be more patient with Fatty Lu when we first met? Me and Isn't it too irrational for him to turn his face and break up?"

At this point in the matter, although Li Suizu regretted the quarrel between his brother-in-law and Fatty Lu so much that his intestines were green, he also scolded his brother-in-law bloody in his stomach-if he hadn't been for dozens of acres of land, Push yourself to the opposite of Fatty Lu, what will happen?But there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and Li Suzu had no other choice but to go all the way to the dark, ready to fight Fatty Lu to the death.Thinking up to this point, Li Shizu gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and caught up with Lin Tianqing to flatter him.

Fortunately, before it was getting dark, Lin Tianqing's team finally arrived in time in Pingyi (now Fuyuan), which had not yet established a county at that time. The banquet entertained Lin Tianqing, Li Suzu and others, and arranged a lot of beautiful girls to dance and drink for these officials.During the banquet, Chieftain Longkuo even brought up the topic of Fatty Lu, and asked Lin Tianqing curiously: "Master Lin, what happened to Lu Yifeng, the county magistrate of Qujing, a Han Chinese?"

"What's wrong with Lu Yifeng? Did he offend Chieftain Longkuo?" Lin Tianqing was a little nervous. Chieftain Longkuo is not a good person. Someone has a knife and territory, and they have stuck Yungui's throat. If Fatty Lu fights with him If there is a conflict, it is really inconvenient for me to mediate and favoritism.

"I'm not offended, and the messenger he sent was quite kind." Chieftain Longkuo was very straightforward, and said directly: "I'm just wondering, why would he send someone to persuade me to plant a lotus? He also sent me fifty acres He said that as long as I plant these drugs like wheat, after half a year, he will buy them back with so much money that I can't imagine. Mr. Lin, is Lu Yifeng right? Are you bragging? Are these things smaller than sesame seeds really so valuable?"

"Oh, so that's the case." Lin Tianqing heaved a sigh of relief.

"Speaking of which, Lin Zhongcheng, regarding this matter, I should also impeach Lu Yifeng." Li led his ancestors to take the opportunity to say: "After Lu Yifeng took over Qujing County, he also vigorously encouraged the people of Qujing to plant hibiscus, advocating that planting hibiscus can help Qujing The common people get rid of poverty and get rich and make a lot of money—the common people refused to grow them, and he forced them to grow them. It’s nothing to grow medicinal materials, but things like Afurong have always been imported from the West. No one in the Qing Dynasty has ever grown them. If the soil and climate are not suitable, wouldn’t the common people lose all their money? When a civil uprising happens, it will be a big deal.”

"Lu Yifeng really forced people to plant drugs?" Lin Tianqing puffed up his eyes, staring at Li Suzu seriously and asked.

Of course Li Suizu wanted to say that Fatty Lu forced the people to plant, and he even wanted to say that some people were unwilling to plant, but he was arrested and beaten to death by Fatty Lu.However, considering Lin Tianqing's friendly tone when he mentioned Fatty Lu, Li Suizu swallowed these nonsense, and said vaguely: "I guess there is, right? I don't know the specifics because I also listened to the reports from the yamen servants."

"Then you go and find out, if Lu Yifeng forces the people to plant A Furong, then of course the official will not let him go lightly." Lin Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief again, and said: "But if the people listened to his persuasion and voluntarily planted A Furong Furong, I don't care about that."

"Master Lin, you haven't said whether this drug is worth money." Chieftain Long Kuo protested.

"Don't worry, chieftain Longkuo, this thing is not only valuable, it's even more expensive than gold!" Lin Tianqing said with a smile while twisting his gray beard: "As early as the Tang Dynasty, this drug was a good medicine for curing diseases, but it's not produced in China, only The price can be purchased from foreign vassals, and the price is ridiculously high, and it is said that Western countries are also very popular with the use of hibiscus to treat diseases, and the price has risen again and again. So you can rest assured that Long Kuo Tusi, first plant a little less, If it really grows well on the land of Qujing, then Longkuo Chieftain, you can wait to get rich, and it will be several times more cost-effective than growing food for you."

"Really?" Chieftain Longkuo was overjoyed, and said, "I thought so too. Anyway, what I have is land and children, so I planted all the [-] acres of drug seeds, just thinking that if I can really get so many Yinzi, next year, I will plant some more, or even plant all of them with drugs!"

"It can only be planted with spare land, not all of it." Lin Tianqing was calm and reminded: "No matter what, we must ensure that the food we grow is enough for the people to eat. If too many drugs are planted, the food If there is not enough to eat, then there will be big troubles."

"That's for the future. We'll talk about the future." Chieftain Long Kuo laughed, not taking it to heart at all. ——Of course, if Chieftain Longkuo knew that his offspring would be killed countless times by the offspring of Fatty Lu who encouraged him to plant this thing in order to grow this thing, and would ransack his family and destroy his family, he would definitely take Lin Tianqing's advice to heart .

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The happy banquet was over, and the beautiful girls who presented dances and wine went down to rest with the help of officials, big and small. Lin Tianqing had a family member and held his own identity, so he declined Chieftain Long Kuo's kindness, and led his confidant Yang Ruqi to return alone. Arrived at the room arranged by Long Kuo and rested there overnight.But when Lin Tianqing was still drinking tea to hangover after returning to his room, someone knocked quietly on the door of the room, "Lin Zhongcheng, has Mr. Zhongcheng rested yet? Li Suzu, the humble prefect of Qujing, has some small matters that he wants to report to Zhongcheng alone." grown ups."

"I knew that when Lu Yifeng arrived in Qujing, he would definitely face off with Li Suizu, and that's true. It seems that this old man should be a peacemaker." Lin Tianqing sighed and muttered in a low voice, and made a gesture to Yang Ruqi With a wink, Yang Ruqi understood, and hurried out to open the door of the outer room.Li Shizu, who was outside the door, couldn't wait to bow his hands to Yang Ruqi, and then waved to the back. Master Bi Yibin immediately led four servants, carrying a heavy box, and followed him in. He carried it all the way to the inner room where Lin Tianqing was, put down the box and kowtowed to leave , leaving Lin Tianqing, Yang Ruqi, Li Suzu and Bi Yubin to talk secretly in the room.

"Humble post, Li Suzu, please greet Lord Zhongcheng." Li Suzu knelt down and kowtowed, then got up and opened the box, revealing a large box full of white money, and said flatteringly: "Mr. Zhongcheng is back to his post. Serving as the governor of Yunnan again, a humble position is not respectful, and the silver tattoo is 2000 taels, which is not a respect, but I hope Mr. Zhongcheng will accept it with a smile."

Lin Tianqing is a master with a serious buttocks in this regard, so he is accustomed to Li Suzu's actions, but his eyelids moved, and he said: "Li Futai, what are you doing? I have always been an upright official. , with a breeze in your sleeves, you don't accept these things, isn't it a bit too much for you to do this?"

"Damn it, if you really have a clean sleeve, when you were the governor of Yunnan last time, you wouldn't have taken more than 5000 taels from me back and forth!" Li Suzu roared in his heart, and said flatteringly: " What Lord Zhongcheng taught me is that the humble position has absolutely no intention of tarnishing Lord Zhongcheng's official admonitions, these inconspicuous little things are just a little care from the humble position to Lord Zhongcheng, and I hope Lord Zhongcheng will not refuse."

"Then... let's not take this as an example." Lin Tianqing snorted, and reluctantly accepted Li Suzu's kindness.

"Just accept it." Li Shizu heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that Lin Tianqing was quite loyal—at least, he didn't often take money and do nothing like himself.After secretly rejoicing, Li Suizu hurriedly said again: "Master Zhongcheng, I will pay a visit to Lord Zhongcheng, and there is one more thing, that is, I want to impeach a person..."

"You want to impeach Lu Yifeng, don't you?" Lin Tianqing interrupted Li Suzu, and said, "You still want me to invite the king's order to kill Lu Yifeng first, right?"

"Lord Zhongcheng, how do you know?" Li Suzu was taken aback, then suddenly came to his senses, and asked tremblingly, "Could it be that Lu Yifeng and Lord Zhongcheng have correspondence?"

"Not really." Lin Tianqing shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "It's just that I have already predicted that with your and Lu Yifeng's personalities, if you and Lu Yifeng are placed in the same city, they will inevitably fight with each other. Let's make a deal—you said bad things about Lu Yifeng in front of this old man twice today, and this old man will know, and the old man's prediction was right."

"Damn it, I'm scared to death." Li Shizu heaved a sigh of relief again, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhongcheng is really good at predicting things, this time I am really planning to impeach Lu Yifeng, and I want to ask Lord Zhongcheng to treat him more seriously. But the humble job is definitely not for personal grievances, but this Lu Yifeng is really too deceitful, it’s fine to contradict his boss, he also fabricates rumors to slander the humble job, beats the subordinates of the humble job in the street, and arrests the subordinates of the lowly government at will. He is arrogant and rampant Extreme! The lowly position can't bear it anymore, so I turned my face on him."

"Is it reasonable for him to do these things?" Lin Tianqing asked slowly.

Li Suzu had nothing to say, so he had to lower his head.Lin Tianqing sighed, and said: "I know that you can't answer this question. Lu Yifeng has always been impeccable in his work, and he will never take the liberty of doing things without taking full account of the principles of the law! He will do what he says and do to you." He got the real evidence, otherwise, he wouldn't joke about his head and top."

"But, but..." Li Suzu wanted to quibble.

"But what?" Lin Tianqing interrupted Li Suzu, shook his head and said, "Suyuan, I know what you want to say. Yes, I have the right to take off Lu Yifeng's top son, and you can also cut it first and then play it. Wang Mingqi please The card killed Lu Yifeng, but do you have any evidence? Do you have any evidence for this old man to do this?"

"I have, I have already buried the stone man by the Bada River in Qujing." Li Suzu whispered in his heart.

"Of course, you can also fabricate charges and forge some criminal evidence for him." Lin Tianqing continued: "But, do you know that Wu Yingqi is not the only backer behind Lu Yifeng? Let me tell you the truth, Lu Yifeng is coming to Beijing this time. Your Majesty, I live with the old man in Prince Pingxi's mansion, and Prince Pingxi really wants to keep Lu Yifeng in the capital as his helper. The emperor and Ao Zhongtang also want to promote Lu Yifeng by leapfrogging and let him be the post of Lianghuai. Xunyan said——that is one of the most fat jobs in the world, but Lu Yifeng declined."

"Think about it, for a person like Lu Yifeng, if you deal with him by fabricating charges and forging evidence, will you bring him down? Or will you bring yourself into trouble?"

After finally waiting for Lin Tianqing to finish speaking, Li Suzu's teeth were already chattering, and he said tremblingly: "Both the emperor and Ao Zhongtang appreciate him? They both want to reward him with the most fat man in the world who patrols the salt road in Lianghuai River? Then he Why do you still refuse?"

"Why did you refuse? Don't you understand?" Lin Tianqing asked back: "If he didn't have a long-term vision, a big goal and certain confidence, he would give up that fat job? Tell yourself, if it were you, you would be more confident in the future. With a bright future, would you be willing to give up the world’s No. [-] fat and two-huai salt law of the fourth rank, and voluntarily go to Qujing to become a seventh-rank county magistrate? If you fight him, aren’t you seeking your own death?”

"My lord, Zhongcheng, it's clear that I didn't want to fight him on purpose." Li Suizu wept, and said honestly: "Be honest with Zhongcheng, the origin of the conflict between me and him is because of my brother-in-law. He didn't live up to his expectations, and coveted the people's more than [-] acres of fertile land, he enforced the law impartially, and wanted to save his brother-in-law, so he turned his face."

"In a situation like this, don't expect to save your brother-in-law." Lin Tianqing raised his head, looked at the roof and said, "Sentence as you like, don't be favourites, don't pervert the law, don't even kill him to save him. Suyuan, we It’s an old friendship, and I’m also doing it for your own good—to tell you quietly, Lu Yifeng’s excerpts can bypass you and me, and even bypass Liubu and Shangstufang, and send them directly to the emperor, and even directly to the emperor In front of the Queen Mother, Lafayette! Fighting with him on such a matter that he completely understands, unless you are tired of living."

Not only did Li Suizu's teeth start to fight, but his whole body trembled like chaff—in fact, this was considered good. If Li Zhifu knew about Shi Lang, the Admiral of the Navy, and Tu Hai, the University of Hongwen Academy, he would also be ruthless and merciless. If Fatty Lu is under the butcher's knife, then Li Zhifu can pee his pants on the spot.

Glancing at Li Shizu sympathetically, Lin Tianqing said again: "So, this old man advises you, just bear with Suyuan, don't fight with Lu Yifeng, he can do whatever he likes, even if he wants to When the Taishang Zhifu of Qujing tells you what to do, you have to endure it, because you are not qualified to hurt both sides with him! Anyway, with his own talent, and the appreciation of the emperor, Pingxi Palace and Aozhongtang, It won't be long before he will be promoted and leave, and then you will not only be able to be your Qujing Emperor again, but also inherit the good situation he left you, and get more, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

"Master Zhongcheng, I understand your painstaking efforts, thank you for your lowly position." Li Suizu almost didn't shed tears, and said with a mournful face: "Your lowly position doesn't have to save my brother-in-law, you can clean up as you want, and lowly level can also bow to Lu Yifeng ——Actually, I have done this before. However, Mr. Lu doesn't forgive me. These days, he has received dozens of complaints against me, and I have got a lot of real evidence. I went to give him gifts, climb up Relatives, but he used harsh words to humiliate the humble job, and it was clear that he wanted to fight the humble job to the death."

"So, Lu Yifeng has gone too far, it's too unreasonable and unforgiving." Lin Tianqing was not afraid of Li Shizu's sadness, so he said to himself in person: "No, after seeing him, I have to Scold this little fat man—if he does this, it will offend people in the officialdom, and it will be detrimental to his future."

"What about the humble job?" Li Suzu was about to cry—in Lin Tianqing's words, he didn't think about him at all.

"This old man will come forward and ask for a favor for you." Lin Tianqing said helplessly: "When we arrive in Qujing, this old man will bring you to his door to make amends. Considering this old man's face, I think he will let you go, no I will continue to fight with you. ——But the old man has something to say first, I don’t care about your brother-in-law, Lu Yifeng acts according to the law, even if you order your brother-in-law to be hanged, you don’t want to ask the old man to plead for mercy."

"Lord Xie Zhongcheng, Lord Xie Zhongcheng, for your kindness." Li led his ancestors to kowtow again and again, and said from the heart: "As long as Master Lu no longer targets the lowly job, the lowly job can not save my brother-in-law, and can stop interfering in all his government affairs, let alone If you dare to wear small shoes for him, even if he wants to be the prefect of Qujing, he can do it!"

"As long as you have the intention." Lin Tianqing was very satisfied with the effect of his intimidation, and said happily: "I guess you have guessed it, the relationship between the old man and Lu Yifeng is very close, if the old man comes forward, he will not give the old man this face."

Of course Fatty Lu has to sell the face of governor Lin Tianqing, but he must not overthrow Li Suzu, nor put this whistleblower and hardcore traitor to death. Fatty Lu does not dare to let go of many important matters. When Lin Tianqing arrives in Qujing City With Li Suzu to intercede, how should Fatty Lu respond?If you want to know what will happen next, please prepare starting point coins to subscribe to the next chapter, "It's okay to go when the governor is here"!
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