scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 97
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"Am I being too reckless in the matter of Li Shizu? Before I was sure of killing him with a single blow, I broke up with Li Shizu and declared war openly. Wasn't it too light on the enemy and too reckless?"

Lying face up on the beach of the Jiaoshui River Stone Bridge, looking at the tens of thousands of poor people on both sides of the official road behind, and seeing them spontaneously coming here with the old and the young, dragging their children and daughters, and waiting for the imperial envoy team under the scorching sun, Fatty Lu was both moved and guilty.Wiping off the oil and sweat from his forehead, and then turning his eyes to look at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, Fatty Lu began to self-examine and self-examine his own merits and demerits in the decisive battle with Li Suzu.

It was also at this moment that Fatty Lu began to realize that in a head-to-head confrontation in the officialdom, having the hearts of the people and having evidence is not an absolute advantage. Throughout the ages and dynasties, there are only two words that can defeat the enemy in a head-to-head confrontation in the officialdom—— —I like it!
No matter how much evidence you have, no matter how much evidence you have, no matter how much people support you, and no matter how great the aspirations of the people are, as long as the people above are not willing to see your enemy lose or see your enemy die, Defeated by you, these things are just two words - bullshit!
It's as if a certain county erected a monument to the devils. After committing such a great public outrage, the people of the country said that the person who erected the monument should be killed, but what happened to the person who erected the monument?Who would dare to touch a hair on him without nodding his head?
The case of Li Suzu is also clear evidence. Li Suzu has been doing evil in Qujing and poisoning the people for so many years. Is it true that no one in Yunnan and Guizhou official circles knows?No one wants to bring down Li Suzu?Even if these people really don't know, and they don't want to bring down Li Suzu, then Wu Sangui, who was disgraced by Li Suzu, wouldn't want to take revenge?But after so many years, what did the powerful Wu Sangui do to Li Suzu?Is it because Wu Sangui is afraid to attack Li Shizu because he is afraid of being suspected of revenge, or is there someone above who doesn't want Li Shizu to fall?An obedient, filial and loyal running dog like Li Suzu, who also shoulders the heavy responsibility of monitoring Wu Sangui's every move, is the Qing court willing to move him casually?
Before that, Fatty Lu was not without scruples about Li Shizu's background, but seeing the people in Qujing accusing Li Shizu of numerous crimes, and considering that he would not let go if he did not bring down Li Shizu. Wu Sangui encouraged acquiescence behind his back, Fatty Lu became a little hotheaded, and declared war on Li Shizu before he had a firm foothold in Qujing, determined to fight this old man to the death and get rid of this hardcore traitor, tartar eyeliner, and Chinese scum !

Another important reason for making this decision is that Fatty Lu was dazzled by the series of victories before, and felt that he had defeated Shi Lang, Fu Honglie, Tu Hai, Yue Shenglong and Zhao Liangdong one after another. A good general, playing with celebrities such as Xiaozhuang, Xiaomazi, Aobai, Suo'etu, Wang Xu, etc., in the palm of his hand, isn't it easy to deal with a notorious and humble official Li Suzu?How difficult can it be?

But until today, Fatty Lu suddenly realized that the reason why he was able to win consecutive battles in the past was entirely because he had mastered the history, knew the secrets of these celebrities and great people, and was able to pinch their seven inches, and he was hiding behind his back and stabbing him with a cold arrow. Knives, arrows, arrows, knives, and knives hit the vital point, forcing their superiors and masters to attack them. Only by not following the official routines can they succeed again and again-but in the case of Li Suzu, he and Li Suzu Openly fighting, head-on decisive battle, everything is done according to the routine of the officialdom, not to mention the serious lack of experience, and what fatal trick did Li Suzu get?
Corruption?To poison the people?Shit!If these crimes can bring down the enemies in the officialdom, then there will be no more officials in this world, and all of them will be dead long ago!
It’s okay to be hot-headed, but what’s more terrifying is to underestimate the enemy and be careless. After Lin Tianqing just arrived in Yunnan to take office and openly expressed his partiality and protection towards Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu had already predicted that Li Suzu would do anything to make things worse in order to protect himself And created an opportunity for backstage backers to intervene, but Fatty Lu did not seize the great opportunity of Lin Tianqing standing on his side to give Li Shizu a fatal blow, and because he was about to rush to Kunming to officially get married, he gave Li Shizu a chance to breathe , It also gave the rivals Kong Sizhen and Zhou Chang the opportunity to intervene, which brought endless troubles.

The consequences of being hot-headed and underestimating the enemy are of course a painful lesson. Kong Sizhen suddenly intervened halfway to exert pressure, and immediately suppressed Bian Sanyuan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou who was neutral and slightly biased towards his own side, so that he dared not move and did not dare to press the case. Being dealt with in Yunnan and Guizhou also forced the important ally, the old fox Lin Tianqing, to avoid suspicion and dare not interfere in public, and even made plans to keep a pawn to protect the car.Then Li Suzu's backer, Prince Shankang, made an unexpectedly strong appearance, forcibly putting pressure on Li Suzu to stand up, adding an important bargaining chip to the already heavily favored Fatty Lu, and immediately reversed the situation , The balance of victory gradually deviated from Fatty Lu's side.

"Oh, underestimating the enemy and being careless." Having summed up his recklessness and mistakes, Fatty Lu couldn't help but sighed, and blamed himself in his heart: "I'm ashamed of my seniors, if seniors such as Qin Hui, Lai Junchen and Li Linfu know that I am a student I have learned from them for so long, and there are still so many mistakes and missteps in doing things. I will definitely crawl out of the grave in anger. This is also a bloody lesson. If I can get away with it, I must learn from it in the future All the lessons in this incident!"

"Master, it's the second quarter." Xiao Erlang's voice interrupted Fatty Lu's self-examination, and Xiao Erlang said worriedly: "Zhanyi is not far from Jiaoshui Pass, even a tortoise should come here, why? The imperial envoy's team hasn't come yet, will they not come today?"

"It's probably the work of that bitch Kong Sizhen and that bastard Li Shizu." Fatty Lu also noticed this situation a long time ago, and said, "I heard that the people of Qujing spontaneously came to Jiaoshuiguan to greet them, and they were going to stop their horses and cry for grievances." To sue Li Suzu, we will definitely try every means to keep Yu Chenglong in Zhanyi City, so that the common people will not have the opportunity to sue Yu Chenglong."

"Then what should we do now?" Xiao Erlang wiped his sweat and said, "The weather is too hot. There are already more than [-] old people and children suffering from heat stroke among the common people. If we go on, there will definitely be more elderly women and children suffering from heat stroke."

"Then don't wait." Fatty Lu made a decisive decision, stood up and said, "It's useless to let the common people wait here any longer. Since Kong Si bitch and Li Suzu don't want Yu Chenglong to come into contact with the common people, It is useless for the common people to wait here, they will use all means to keep Yu Chenglong in Zhanyi."

"Then shall I take someone to persuade the people to go home?" Xiao Erlang asked tentatively.

"Well, advise them all to go back." Fatty Lu nodded, and then ordered: "Also, ask Shen Xin to boil more medicinal materials for relieving heat and cooling down at the medicine booth at the gate of the city, and invite the common people to go and get the medicine."

Xiao Erlang took the order to go, and Li Tianzhi also started to take the yamen servants to pack up the drum instruments, and even sent yamen servants to go deep into the crowd to persuade the people who spontaneously came to stop the sedan chair to file a complaint to disperse and go home, but the effect of these persuasion was unexpected The effect is not great, only a small number of people disperse according to law, most of the people still refuse to move, insisting that Jackie Chan's team arrives, and then stop the horse in front of Jackie Chan to file a complaint, accuse Li Suzu of all kinds of evil deeds, and try his best to protect him. Fatty Lu is such a rare good official—of course, at least for now, he is still a good official.

Li Tianzhi led the yamen servants to persuade the people not to go away even though they were dry. In desperation, he had no choice but to ask Fatty Lu for help. Fatty Lu had no other choice but to come to the ranks of the people in person, clasped his fists to salute the people, and shouted loudly: "Fellow folks, folks from Qujing, Lu Yifeng appreciates your kindness and kindness to Lu Yifeng! But no need, some people don't want to give you a chance to complain in front of the imperial envoy. It's useless for you to stay here, and it's so hot, if you continue to sunbathe like this, you will only get sick, so go back, go back."

"Lord Lu, it's okay, we're not hot!" Luo Leisheng, who had been favored by Fatty Lu before, took the lead and yelled, "We have to wait here, let the imperial envoy see the aspirations of our people in Qujing, and let him know what Li Heixin really has. What a black heart, how kind you are to our common people! We will not leave!"

"Don't go, we won't go, we have to wait for the imperial envoy!" Countless people shouted and insisted on continuing to wait.

"Fellow folks, folks from Qujing, don't need to be like this." The crowd was so angry that Fatty Lu could only comfort the people and himself at the same time, and shouted: "Don't worry, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court this time is called Yu Chenglong, He is an upright official, he will not cover up and favor those corrupt officials, his elder brother from the same clan is also named Yu Chenglong, he is a well-known upright official in Guangdong and Sichuan, the imperial envoy will not embarrass their Yu family! Also, I am Prince Pingxi Those who are promoted, with Prince Pingxi around, will not watch me being killed by those corrupt officials!"

"Thank you all, but the imperial envoy has something to delay in Zhanyi today, and he can't come to Qujing for the time being, so you all go back, don't let the poisonous sun shine here, go back! Also, I have already sent people to come to Qujing. The old place boils the medicine to relieve summer heat, and if you feel uncomfortable, you can go and get a bowl of medicine to drink, so as not to cause the root cause of the disease! It is the prescription prescribed by Master Zhu. You all know that his prescription is the most effective, so you all go back Bar……!"

In any case, most of the remaining people dispersed one after another. Fatty Lu, who was sweating all over his body after being sunburned, also took his henchmen back to Qujing City. There were only a handful of people who were unwilling to give up or lived nearby. The people still stayed at the scene, chatting and waiting under the shade of trees, hoping for a miracle.Among them, there was the middle-aged beggar who appeared at Shengjing Pass three days ago, and the little Xuanwei beggar who begged with him.

"Uncle, let's go." The little beggar said to the middle-aged beggar very regretfully: "I thought, if I stand here for a long time today, I can get another five cents."

"Heh, if everyone here gives out five Wen, then the county magistrate surnamed Lu will be miserable. He will have to send out at least tens of thousands of Wen today." The middle-aged beggar smiled, turned to a local beggar in Qujing and asked He said: "Brother, let me inquire, what does the county magistrate mean when he said that we will apply medicine in the old place?"

"Apply medicine at the gate of the city." The local beggar said lazily: "After Master Lu became the magistrate of the county, he opened a medicine shed next to the north gate of Qujing. Go to the medicine shed to sit in the church and treat us for free. Thanks to this blessing, we in Qujing have no plague this summer. Otherwise, in previous years, wouldn’t dozens or hundreds of people be poisoned by miasma that summer?”

"Does the county magistrate distribute medicine frequently? Or once in a while?" the middle-aged beggar asked.

"It's issued once every half a month, and it's given out for ten days in a row in summer. It's a special medicine for treating plague." The local beggar yawned and said, "Some time ago, the magistrate of the county asked people to put medicine in sacks. Throw a bag in the well, saying that drinking the well water can cure the plague and prevent diseases. Anyway, the county magistrate is in charge of collecting taxes, and there are plenty of silver, so let’s toss hard.”

"Hehe, if the magistrate of the county dared to touch Ku Yin casually, then your magistrate would have gone crazy with joy." The middle-aged beggar smiled to himself, pulled the little beggar who was a beggar to stand up, and said : "Come on, little vest, let's go to the place where the medicine is distributed, and I'll get you a bowl of medicine as well."

"Uncle, we don't want food anymore? I'm hungry." The beggar protested.

"Haha, don't worry, I won't make you hungry. Uncle still has a few copper coins with him, and he will buy you meat buns soon."

Jiaoshui Pass is not far from Qujing City, less than twenty miles away, so even though the middle-aged beggar brought a half-grown child, he rushed to Qujing City before the sun set and found the free medicine stand.Fortunately, most of the people who received medicines in front of the medicine booth have dispersed, only a few dozen people are still queuing up to receive medicines, and there are two older girls and daughters-in-law sitting on the side of the medicine shed, receiving Master Zhu's pulse diagnosis ——As we all know, Master Zhu is always extremely slow when he diagnoses the pulse of the older girl and the younger daughter-in-law.

When it was the turn of the two beggars, one big and one small, to receive the medicine, the Qujing county government servant who administered the medicine brought two bowls of summer medicine to the two beggars, but the middle-aged beggar shook his head and said, "Master, one bowl is enough. Be strong enough to withstand the heat, and leave the rest to others."

"Heh, it's rare to meet a reasonable one, not bad." The drug applicator smiled, and actually handed another bowl to the people behind in line, and the remaining bowl to the little beggar, urging him to take advantage of the heat. After drinking, he looked at the two beggars, one big and one small, and said, "The little one is your son? I see that you have hands and feet. Why do you want to beg for food? Do you want to rely on your own hands and feet to earn food?" Yes, Lord, I have a good job for you, do you want to do it?"

"Master, please tell me." The middle-aged beggar said calmly, "But this child is not my son. His parents died of starvation last year, and he joined me as a beggar."

"Orphan? Poor." The drug applicator shook his head and sighed, and then said, "But this way you will have nothing to worry about. Do you want to work in the Liuli workshop run by our county magistrate? There is a shortage of manpower and apprentices there. You are old. I can go to do some odd jobs, and the younger one can be an apprentice, learn a craft, and have a way out in the future, the craftsman will never die of starvation."

"Oh? How much is the salary?" The middle-aged beggar asked curiously.

"Take care of food and housing, two meals a day, and a salary of three renminbi a month." The yamen servant replied casually, and added: "It will be great if you learn a craft, and your salary is higher than ours. The tallest one There are twelve in a month."

"Really?" The little vest was very tempted, and asked timidly: "Master, is it true or not? Will it be like the head catcher at Shengjingguan, who said that the ten Wen became five?"

"Little guy, do you even dare to doubt my words, master?" The yamen servant was a little angry, and raised his hand to scare him. He never thought of reminding the other yamen servants behind him: "Xiao Bao, have you forgotten how Catcher Li explained? Do you want to Learn from old Chen and take the punishment from our master?"

"Teasing him, such a small thing, I beat him with a wrench?" The drug applicator smiled awkwardly, put down his hand, changed into a kind smile, touched the little beggar's head and said: "Little Things, our Qujing county government is not a government government office, so we won’t bully you, understand? If you want to learn a craft, hurry up to the school to register tomorrow. Registration is being made over there. We like to recruit half-grown children like you who have no father or mother. I don’t care about your food, I also care about your housing, I won’t deduct your wages, and when you grow up, I will find you a wife, understand?”

The little vest nodded half-understood, but the middle-aged beggar had tears in his eyes, and he said softly, "Seeing the small things, knowing the small things."

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On the second day, Fatty Lu, who knew that Kong Sizhen, Li Suzu and others would never let the common people get close, was determined to mobilize the masses, so he simply got involved in public affairs and government affairs, and even spared time to give technical guidance at the Liuli construction site. Develop and produce two important chemical raw materials, nitric acid and sulfuric acid, step up the production of glass bottles and jars to hold acid, and send yamen servants to instruct the people to prepare special tools such as thick needles, awls, and knives for the upcoming juice cutting , very busy.

The death of Fatty Lu mobilized the hearts of the people, but the people of Qujing were unwilling to lose such a rare and good dog official as Fatty Lu. Without any organization and agitation, thousands of people still rushed to Jiaoshuiguan to wait for the imperial envoy team. A large number of people went directly to Zhanyi City, hoping to express their grievances in front of Jackie Chan, the imperial envoy of the imperial court.But it is a pity and it is natural that Kong Sizhen and Li Suzu, who have rich experience in dealing with mass petitions, are destined not to give them a chance. The resolute Qujing people were imprisoned in Zhanyi Prison to make an example of others and to intimidate the petitioners.

The innocent people were arrested, and of course there were family members who came to the Qujing county government to file a complaint. Of course, Fatty Lu couldn’t ignore it. At the same time, he hoped to take this opportunity to contact Yu Chenglong directly, and immediately prepared an official document, sending Li Tianzhi to Zhanyi for negotiation. Li Suzu, the magistrate, was required to intervene and coordinate, clarifying the crimes of the Qujing people arrested in Zhanyi. If they are guilty, they will be punished according to law, and if they are innocent, they must be released immediately.But Fatty Lu's narrow-mindedness was immediately seen through by Kong Sizhen, Zhou Peigong, and Li Shizu. Li Shizu ordered Zhanyi Tuzhi Prefecture to investigate and deal with it according to law, which resolved Fatty Lu's counterattack. unlawful momentum.

For Li Shizu's move, Fatty Lu hated his teeth but had no choice, because these Qujing people were arrested in Zhanyi, and the people there were managed by Anmin, the prefect of Zhanyi. If Fatty Lu wanted to interfere, he had to ask Li Shizu to come forward Even if Li Suizu deliberately covered up and favored the Zhanyi government, Fatty Lu could only report to the government layer by layer according to the rules, such as the Yunnan-Taiwan yamen, the Yunnan governor’s yamen, and the Yunnan-Guizhou governor’s yamen. It's cold.

In addition, under the suggestion of Zhou Peigong, who is as careful as a hair, Kong Sizhen and Li Shizu also jointly bought Wang Fuchen, the commander-in-chief of Youzhen, Pingxi Wangfu, and asked Wang Fuchen to deliberately find an excuse to send Wang Jing, a loyal ally of Fatty Lu in Youzhen, to Tiansheng Guangong. Fuck, even though Wang Jing knew that Wang Fuchen deliberately transferred him to avoid lending a helping hand to Fatty Lu, Wu Sangui's army has strict military discipline, and Wang Jing did not dare to disobey orders from his immediate superior Wang Fuchen, so he had to repeatedly tell Fatty Lu to be careful. , Angrily went to Tianshengguan at the southernmost tip of Qujing Mansion to inspect military affairs.Without this strong support, Fatty Lu naturally became more and more isolated in Qujing City.

Just when Fatty Lu's attention was diverted by Qujing people's arrest in Zhanyi and Wang Jing's transfer from Qujing City, he also took advantage of the opportunity that Qujing people's momentum of complaints and grievances was paralyzed and suppressed. On the fifth day, Kong Sizhen And Li Shizu finally led Yu Chenglong's team into Qujing City—in order to avoid accidents, Kong Sizhen also asked his new friend Liu Wenjin and Di Sanpin to transfer a large number of green battalion soldiers, and escort Yu Chenglong's team with knives and guns into the city. Qujing City - still set off in the afternoon, enter the city in the evening, and then live directly in Li Suzu's magistrate's yamen.

Yu Chenglong finally entered Qujing City, and Fatty Lu had the opportunity to formally contact him. On the second morning when Yu Chenglong entered the city, Fatty Lu put on his official uniform and went to the magistrate's yamen to hand out a sign to ask to see him. He heard the news Many people in Qujing also came to the magistrate's yamen to appeal for grievances and demanded to meet imperial envoy Yu Jackie.But what made Fatty Lu angry was that Li Shizu actually dispatched [-] heavily armed green battalion soldiers to surround the prefect.

"My lord imperial envoy is here, why can't I visit you?" In front of the magistrate's yamen, Fatty Lu yelled angrily at Li Shizu who was on the steps: "The laws of the Qing Dynasty clearly stated that when an imperial envoy enters the city on official business, the magistrate must visit him in accordance with the law. , obey the order, why do you not allow me to see the imperial envoy, Sir Yu?"

"Lord Lu, you don't need to memorize the laws of the Qing Dynasty. I am more familiar with you." Li Suzupi said with a non-smiling smile: "According to the rules, you should visit the imperial envoy, but the imperial envoy is tired from a long distance. On the way, I caught wind and cold occasionally, and your body is ill, so I refuse to meet guests, and I can see you only after he recovers."

"I'm a doctor, and I'm going to treat the imperial envoy!" Zhu Fangdan stood up and said loudly: "Please go in and inform the imperial envoy, and ask the imperial envoy if you have heard of Jinghu Zhu Ermei!"

"Master Zhu's name, of course the imperial envoy is very popular." Zhu Fangdan laughed more and more complacently, "But the imperial envoy said that there are many female relatives in the backyard of the magistrate's yamen, so I dare not trouble the divine doctor."

"Li Futai, it's not a joke to fabricate the orders of the imperial envoy." Fatty Lu sneered, "Master Li, don't forget that the imperial envoy is a protégé recommended by Mr. Wang Zongxian himself. You The method used to deal with other imperial envoy superiors may not work with him."

"Hehe, thank you Lord Lu for your advice. I have remembered it carefully." Li Suizu grinned and said, "Whether what I conveyed is the original words of the imperial envoy? You will know when you ask in the future. I'm too wordy with you, and I have to go back to visit the imperial envoy, so I won't send Master Lu back home."

After all, Li Shizu turned around and left, while Fatty Lu was puzzled, "Are these really Yu Jackie Chan's original words? This guy is a well-known upright official in history, how could he be with Li Shizu and Kong Si bitch?" People mingle? Could it be that I have been brainwashed by mite again, and being smaller than Jackie Chan is not a good thing in history at all?"

"Oh, by the way, let me tell Lord Lu one more thing by the way." Li Suizu suddenly turned around again, and said to Fatty Lu with a fake smile: "Prince Kang just sent someone to send an official document. Got permission from the Holy Father to visit relatives in the south, and you will arrive at Shengjing Pass in four days. At that time, officials from all over Qujing Mansion will go to greet you, and some officials from the province will also come to greet you. You should go too when the time comes—I will send someone another day Send the official document to your yamen, and you go to Shengjingguan to meet the prince, it will not be regarded as AWOL."

"Jie Shu Gou Tartar arrived at Shengjing Pass in four days? He came so fast! No wonder the old traitor Li Suzu is so proud!" Fatty Lu was startled, knowing that his pressure would be even heavier this time.But Fatty Lu did not lose, so he immediately replied loudly: "Thank you, the autumn harvest is approaching, and the officials want to organize the people to grab the autumn grain, and dare to ask for a leave of absence. I don't want to go to Shengjing Pass to meet the prince. "

"Success, I will allow you to do this." Li Suizu agreed with a smile all over his face, and looked into Fatty Lu's cloudy old eyes, but the ejaculation was full of resentment.

"Laugh, laugh as much as you want."

Among the crowd behind Fatty Lu, a middle-aged beggar pulled a little beggar, and looked at Li Suzu and Fatty Lu, who were at war with each other, with a smile on his face, and murmured in a low voice: "Laugh, let's take a ride!" Let's have a better laugh, let's see who has the last laugh! Prince Kang, if you don't want to be unlucky, you'd better be honest with me!"

(End of this chapter)