The Founding of the Red Chamber

Right now, not only Governor Zhang, Mr. He, is talking about the appointment of the two giants in Huaiyang, but also Lin Jing, who has raised his eyebrows slightly about the appointment.Tu Xiaosan is naturally an expert in fighting, but although Tu Xiaosan is a high official, his time in the officialdom is too short. For example, Huaiyang's appointment in the officialdom is Lin Jing's study of the residence newspaper, and Tu Xiaosan's study of Lin Jing .

Tu Xiaosan doesn't know much about people in the officialdom, Zheng Quan and Xia Sanlang, he just doesn't know any of them.But, Tu Xiaosan knew Lin Jing well, seeing Lin Jing frowning, Tu Xiaosan thought, what's wrong with this report?However, Tu Xiaosan had other thoughts. Although he didn't recognize these two high-ranking officials, Tu Xiaosan had a sensitive temperament. When he saw someone surnamed Xia, he couldn't help thinking about it. Xia's, it couldn't be that his family's Ah Jing thought of his ex-wife when he saw Xia's word.

Thinking of this, Tu Xiaosan felt jealous for a while, but was thinking about how to release Lin Jingfang, after all, people cannot be resurrected after death.

Tu Xiaosan was about to speak, when Lin Jing suddenly said, "That's not right."

"What's wrong?" Tu Xiaosan asked quickly.

Lin Jingdao, "This man surnamed Zheng was originally a member of the Imperial Academy when Emperor Dezong was in power. I remember that he studied in the Imperial Academy for more than ten years. He has no foreign experience at all, how could the court send such a person to Huaiyang as governor?" From this sentence, it can be seen that Lin Jing's familiarity with the officialdom is no less than that of He Zhang and the other two.Speaking of which, Lin Jing has stayed away from the capital since he left home. However, he has a good habit over the years, as long as it is reported by the imperial court, he will always study it carefully.Therefore, when he saw Governor Zheng's name, although he had no friendship with this person, Lin Jing actually gave a rough account of this person's resume.

Tu Xiaosan said, "To be an official depends on the grade, and a bachelor is also from the first grade. If the grade is enough, His Majesty values ​​it, so he sent someone here."

It has to be said that Tu Xiaosan's words are quite in harmony with Governor Zhang.

But Lin Jing said, "Jiangnan is in the autumn of many wars. In recent years, the Japanese bandits seem to be mentally ill, and they like to run to Zhejiang and Fujian. But Huaiyang is also a place near the sea, so it may not be peaceful. Taiping In the past few years, it was nothing more than to send a governor of Taiping, when is this, what is the use of sending such a governor with a bachelor's degree? It's getting more and more dizzy!" The last sentence is completely a comment on Chen Qibao.

But Tu Xiaosan said, "No one has seen this Governor Zheng before, so it's hard to say. He is a bachelor after all, don't they all say that a bachelor is very knowledgeable, it can be said that he is a real person who does not show his face."

Lin Jing has always been mean, and snorted softly, "This Governor Zheng is 65 years old. He has not shown his face for most of his life. When he comes to Huaiyang suddenly, he can show his face? Brother Xia has some military experience, but, a general Incompetent, exhausted to the death of the whole army, he is just a governor after all, not the one who has the final say."

When Tu Xiaosan saw that Lin Jing really knew the Governor Xia, he couldn't help asking, "Are you familiar with the Governor Xia?"

"Yeah, we used to play together when we were young." Speaking of Xia Sanlang, Lin Jing couldn't help but recall his youth, and felt a little disappointed.After a long time, Lin Jingfang said, "Xia Sanlang has always had outstanding aptitude, but he was a bit rough when he was young. He won the Juren very early, but Chunwei failed in many trials. Later, he left home and went to Jinzhong, where he was under the command of my elder brother-in-law. It wasn't that Duan Feiyu, who killed a thousand knives, hurt the elder brother-in-law, and the elder brother-in-law could not leave the army. The elder brother-in-law returned to his hometown to recuperate, and soon, Third Brother Xia also left the army. A few years ago, he was awarded a Jinshi. I don't want to, short In just a few years, he will be able to serve as the governor of Huaiyang. He has always been first-class in his ability."

Lin Jing sighed, and Tu Xiaosan said, "That governor Xia, wouldn't he recognize you?"

Lin Jing said, "We're far away in Fujian, and we won't go to Huaiyang. Besides, I'm not an official. Even if we meet, you may meet."

Tu Xiaosan said, "How could I meet him?"

Lin Jing's heart suddenly moved, and he wanted to say something, but he felt that he was thinking too much, so he didn't say any more.

After the New Year, the entire Fujian region seemed to usher in a time of peace and tranquility. Even if life was mostly mediocre, people who had gone through wars would understand that peace is so precious.Even if the time of this day is mediocre, as long as it is under the sunshine of peace, no matter how mediocre the time is, it seems to bring a touch of peace and comfort.

After the first lunar month, Tu Xiaosi and Xiao Niuzi were about to leave and go back to the outside of the pass. They came here because Tu Xiaosi had missed his brother and came to see him.Seeing and seeing, men's emotions are mostly careless, at least in Tu Xiaosi's opinion, seeing his brother and Lin Jing were both good, so he sold some goods and went back outside the customs.After all, outside the customs is also a mess of business, because his brother has been in the south of the Yangtze River for the past few years, most of the people outside the customs are worrying about it.

Tu Xiaosi and Xiao Niuzi were about to return to the customs, Mr. He just happened to come over.Seeing the two of them, one is tall and mighty, with a square face and big eyes, with a strong aura, but with pure and direct eyes, one can tell that this is a straightforward warrior.On the other hand, Xiao Niuzi has a fair skin, refined and capable, and a handsome character, but his charm is light and not very enthusiastic.However, the two of them look at their actions, and it is very easy to make people feel good about them.Mr. He smiled and said, "The general has a distinguished guest here." Saying this, he gave a deep salute to Tu Xiaosan.Tu Xiaosan quickly supported Mr. He, and replied, "Sir, Mr. Mo is like this, I'm really uncomfortable."

Mr. He smiled, "Courtesy should not be neglected." Since he was appointed as a general by a junior official, even Mr. He would never lose his manners in front of him.

Tu Xiaosan introduced Mr. He once, "I used to live outside the customs. This is a little brother I knew before. They came from outside the customs years ago. It's rare that they still want to come and see me." And with Tu Xiaosan Fourth, Xiao Niuzi introduced the identity of Mr. He.

The two saluted Mr. He, and Lin Jing told them to go down and prepare to go back to the things outside the pass.

Mr. He asked casually, "Both of them are merchants?" Both of them are extremely capable, and even their overall aura is unmatched by ordinary merchants.

Tu Xiaosan smiled, "Yes, it was not easy to make a living outside the pass. They were all urinating outside the pass, and it was not easy for them to survive in the land outside the pass."

Mr. He has also heard about the tough folk customs outside the pass, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The guard served tea, and Tu Xiaosan sent the guard down, saying, "Sir, you are here, but you have orders from the Governor."

Mr. He said, "It's nothing. From the very beginning, the Japanese bandits are easy to make trouble. This is an official document from the Governor's Mansion. I was free and free, so I sent it here." Passing the official document to Tu Xiaosan, Tu Xiaosan glanced at it Look, it's no different from previous years.Lin Jing came back soon, and Mr. He started to talk about Huaiyang. Mr. He chatted casually, "The new governor of Huaiyang has taken office, and now he is starting to investigate the case of last year's imperial envoy and Mr. Xie's son. Mr. Zheng is a high-level official in Beijing. He was born as a scholar, no matter how knowledgeable he is, he will definitely be able to investigate the case clearly."

Lin Jing interjected, "Yes, if Master Duan's death was strange, it would be outrageous. Hey, although I didn't see Lord Duan very often, when he was in Fujian, he was a very personable person. my lord."

Mr. He thought to himself, looking at your regretful face, those who don't know can think how much this kid regrets the death of imperial envoy Duan.Basically, Mr. He just came here to remind Lin Jing that they were safe.But please don't do it again. Fortunately, Governor Zheng is a nerd at the moment, so he just checks. It's been half a year, what can he find out.It can also be seen from this that Governor Zheng is really an idiot. Which governor is not the third fire when he takes office, and the seat under the prison first.As for the governor, he insisted on investigating these two fatal cases, but he didn't even think about it, not to mention that his new official arrived, and everyone in Huaiyang was very unfamiliar. After many years of operation, he has not been able to find any clues, not to mention that he is a new official!

In fact, Lin Jing wouldn't make any further moves without Mr. He coming to remind him.

Imperial Envoy Duan must die because he actually extorted 20 taels from the General's Mansion. Someone dared to extort Lin Jing's money. If Lin Jing couldn't get the money back, he would be suffocated to death!Xie's son must die because the hands of Xie's family are too long.After the death of imperial envoy Duan, except for Governor Dianzhang, the rest of the money, in Lin Jing's view, belonged to him and Tu Xiaosan.In the end, Imperial Envoy Duan died, and Xie's family actually wanted to move the money. Is this the money of Imperial Envoy Duan?This is definitely to move Lin Jing's money!Can Lin Jing tell them to move?

Therefore, in Lin Jing's view, these two cases were all to protect his legal property, not to commit crimes, let alone commit crimes.

It's just that it's not easy for people to know.

Mr. He lingered a lot in Quanzhou Mansion, but before returning to Hangzhou, the governor of Huaiyang, Zheng Quan, Mr. Zheng, set off a thunderstorm in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is the news that Lin Jing got first.

When Mr. He heard about this, he didn't even bother to ask Lin Jing how he got the news. First, he couldn't believe it, "Is this true?"

Lin Jing handed Mr. He an official document from Governor Zheng to Huaiyang officials written in small script. This document only recorded one thing, that is, Governor Zheng, besides Duan Xie who was investigating, In addition to his case, he promulgated his second decree for coming to Huaiyang, that is, banning the sea and resisting the Japanese.

Anti-Japanese war is not surprising. In the past few years, Jiangnan has been promoting the anti-Japanese war even if there are fewer wars in Huaiyang.However, because the Japanese invasion in Huaiyang is not serious, there is a sea ban in Zhejiang and Fujian, but there is no such thing as Huaiyang.As a result, when the Governor-General arrived in Huaiyang, he actually wanted to ban the sea.

Mr. He looked extremely serious. He even read the official document three times from beginning to end. Fang said softly, "Something is going to happen."

Lin Jing is so astute. If in the past, he might not have known Mr. He liked what he said, but since he was dismissed from imperial envoy Duan and got the secrets of imperial envoy Duan, Lin Jing understood that the reason why Huaiyang has very little Japanese trouble is because Huaiyang There are quite a few big merchants who have fornicated with Japanese bandits.Like Mr. Huo's family, this is a well-established big merchant from Huaiyang.Because of the smooth private trade with the Japanese bandits, as long as the merchants in that area have enough benefits and supplies, they don't necessarily have to go ashore to snatch them.On the contrary, one of the sad reasons why Zhe and Fujian were seriously affected by Japanese bandits was because there were relatively few big merchants in Zhe and Fujian who had fornicated with Japanese bandits, and they really couldn't handle the number in Huaiyang.Of course, this has a lot to do with the economic differences between the three places.Therefore, the Japanese bandits who came to Zhejiang and Fujian were relatively scattered, and most of them were small groups of Japanese bandits with limited power.This is also easy to explain. The meat is always reserved for the big households to eat. For the rest, those who can drink soup can drink some soup, and those who don’t even have soup have to go ashore to grab it.

In the end, the imperial court couldn't bear the Japanese bandits, so they ordered Zhejiang and Fujian to fight against the Japanese.

The sea ban was proposed by Governor Zhang when he was in office.

You must know that the radiation range of the ban on sea is only in Zhejiang and Fujian.

Because Governor Zhang is still considered a capable minister, under his auspices, Zhejiang and Fujian abruptly stabilized the situation.Although the losses in Zhejiang and Fujian were not small, the Japanese bandits did not take advantage of it.

However, Huaiyang and Zhejiang and Fujian are completely different things!

In Mr. He's view, there is no need to enforce the ban on seas in a boundary like Huaiyang where there are very few Japanese infestation.Not to mention, as soon as the ban on the sea comes out, many fishermen who depend on the sea for their livelihood will lose their livelihood.

But this is not the most important thing. What Mr. He is more worried about is that once the sea ban is issued, if the dark line of trade between Huaiyang rich merchants and Japanese bandits is cut off by Governor Zheng, then, driven by interests, Huaiyang I don't know what kind of bloody storm will be set off!

As for Huaiyang, whether it is life or death, does it really have nothing to do with Zhejiang and Fujian?

It is still far away from Fujian, but Huaiyang is close to Zhejiang!

When Mr. He thought of this, he couldn't stay in Quanzhou Mansion for a moment. Mr. He got up and said, "I'll go back to Hangzhou immediately!"

Lin Jing said, "I'll prepare a carriage and horse for Mr. He." Mr. He has come from a long way, but the horse is tired, so it's natural for him to get a new horse when he's heading to Hangzhou.

Mr. He didn't even stay in Quanzhou Mansion overnight, and returned to Hangzhou in the afternoon.

Governor Xie Zhifu of Kong knew the news of Mr. He's hasty arrival and departure. Neither of them was stupid, and they both thought to themselves: There must be something big!So he sent someone to the general's mansion to inquire about it.

Tu Xiaosi and Xiao Niuzi are here, Tu Xiaosan also said to them, "Jiangnan is going to be unrest again, hurry up and clean up one or two, you can go tomorrow too."

Tu Xiaosi quickly asked, "What's wrong? Brother, then I'll stay with you and fight a battle or two before returning. You also have an arm."

Tu Xiaosan said, "It's not that we're fighting here, I'm afraid Huaiyang will be uneasy, if you don't leave now, I'm afraid I can't rest assured if you want to leave in the future."

Seeing that it wasn't his brother who was going to fight here, Tu Xiaosi no longer insisted on staying.On the second day, the carriages and horses were prepared, and the two returned to the customs with their subordinates.

The two of Kong and Xie haven't found out what happened from the general's mansion, the three towns near the sea in Huaiyang were raided by Japanese bandits within a day, and the situation was horrific.Even, the Japanese bandits ran amok all the way, waiting for Jiangning Town, only to be stopped.If Jiangning Zhenning hadn't defended the city to death, the Japanese bandits would have invaded Jiangning Town and approached Jinling City!

And in such a complete defeat, the Japanese bandits had no more than a thousand people.

This disastrous defeat, even Lin Jing could not help being a little shocked when he heard about Huaiyang.He expected that the Huaiyang soldiers would be no better than the Zhejiang and Fujian soldiers, but he didn't expect the Huaiyang soldiers to be so weak.However, what is more shocking than this fiasco is the court's treatment of Governor Zheng.

It turned out to be——

Without any action, the court magnanimously stated that Governor Zheng encountered Japanese bandits when he first took office, which shows the wisdom of Governor Zheng's sea ban.However, you need Governor Zheng to fight against the Japanese with all your strength, and you must not disappoint the expectations of the imperial court and the people of Huaiyang!

That's it, it's an understatement.

If they are not familiar with the inside story of Huaiyang, even if people in the officialdom saw the result of the disposal of the governor of Huaiyang, they would have to say, yes, the governor just took office, or why did the governor implement the sea ban? Be safe.Look, the Japanese bandits have gone ashore.Moreover, the Governor-General has not been in office for more than two months, the Japanese bandits raided, and the officers and soldiers were incompetent, which is indeed unexpected!

Moreover, look at the death of three lieutenants, five thousand households, and eighteen hundred households. It can be seen that everyone is fighting hard against the Japanese.

Most people who don't know the inside story think so.

But people like Lin Jing, who have always wanted to change the court, saw how the court treated Governor Zheng in this way, and couldn't help swearing!

However, Lin Jing did not expect that Governor Zheng was not all fools. After receiving the magnanimous understanding of the court, Governor Zheng immediately wrote a book to the court. The reason why Huaiyang’s soldiers are weak, afterward, Governor Zheng put forward a very constructive idea. He said that soldiers are not made in a day. He is a civil official, and he doesn't know much about military generals.But now the Japanese bandits are rampant, and it is too late to choose generals and train soldiers now.Therefore, Governor Zheng requested that the imperial court transfer generals from elsewhere to settle in Huaiyang.

Moreover, Governor Zheng is optimistic about this general.

It was none other than General Lin - Tu Xiaosan.

After receiving the order from the imperial court, Lin Jing couldn't help saying, "This man named Zheng really deserves to be a sour official from the Imperial Academy!"

Tu Xiaosan was a little embarrassed, "Let's go now."

Lin Jing wanted to laugh but it wasn't funny, so he finally shook his head, "I know why Chen Qibao transferred him to Huaiyang to serve as governor?"