The Founding of the Red Chamber

When Governor Zhang died, not to mention the Jiangnan officialdom, even the imperial court caused an uproar.

People have a very strange emotion, or in other words, a common perception in society, that is: if you die, everything will rest.That is to say, no matter what crimes or evils you committed in your life, if you are dead, forget it, don't care about it.

This speaks of the death of the wicked.

And Governor Zhang is the No. 1 military exploit in the south of the Yangtze River!

It is said that when news of Governor Zhang's death reached the cabinet, Kong Guogong questioned him three times before he believed that Governor Zhang committed suicide.

Kong Guogong's hands were so trembling that he couldn't even catch Governor Zhang's will, so Lin Yi took it first and put it in Kong Guogong's hands solemnly.Lin Yi stared at Kong Guogong's tear-filled old eyes, and believed that Kong Guogong was not sad for Governor Zhang's death, but he was probably sad for his position as chief assistant.

Because Governor Zhang committed suicide, the court must give the world an explanation!

And there is no one else in the cabinet who can take on this responsibility except the Chief Assistant!

After Chen Qibao saw Governor Zhang's legacy, he sent Kong Guogong off without saying anything, and he only said four words to Lin Yi, "I didn't expect that." Then, Chen Qibao's eye circles also turned red suddenly .He cannot say that he has no selfish intentions. If he had no selfish intentions, he would not have transferred Governor Zhang from Zhejiang and Fujian as soon as the Jiangnan War ended, and placed him in the position of Governor Sun, the former Zhili Governor who had a rift with Governor Zhang.However, what Chen Qibao was thinking made Lin Yi say that Chen Qibao asked Governor Zhang to defend himself, and he was noncommittal about the papers written by the governors of Zhejiang and Fujian, probably with the intention of weakening the prestige of Governor Zhang.However, Chen Qibao didn't want Governor Zhang to die. After all, if Governor Yizhang's military exploits were forced to death by the court, then what kind of reputation would Chen Qibao have?Chen Qibao must know better than anyone what the minister's thoughts are.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be of any use?

This is the most useless language in the world.

Lin Yi felt that there was nothing to say, so he said softly, "If your majesty has no order, I will leave."

Chen Qibao sat on the dragon couch, he said, "Lin Qing, do you know what it's like to sit on this dragon couch?"

Lin Yi hurriedly said, "I'm terrified."

"Everyone in the world thinks that this is the supreme position in the world, but when I was sitting, I looked at the Zhaode Hall full of ministers, surrounded by countless palace servants, they figured out my likes and dislikes, and made me happy. By my side, There is the loyalty of a subject and the joyful face of a maid, but in my heart, sometimes I always feel empty and extremely lonely." Chen Qibao looked at Lin Yi, "Exactly what I say today, who else can do it except Lin Qing? What do you mean? I feel that Governor Zhang’s prestige in Jiangnan is too high. The generals in Jiangnan are all former officials of Governor Zhang. Said, I have the heart to order Governor Zhang to commit suicide, if I have this heart, the world will perish!"

Lin Yi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! Don't say such things, I know that Your Majesty is not that kind of person."

"Zhen, it hurts so much." As Chen Qibao said, tears rolled down his face.

How could Lin Yi step back at this time, persuading him, "Your Majesty still needs to find a way to deal with it."

Chen Qibao said, "It's all my fault. Lin Qing reminded me at the beginning that I should inquire privately first. I don't know that Governor Zhang is so violent."

On that day, Lin Yi had to return home late at night.

Shu Jingyun was still waiting for Lin Yi in the study. Seeing him come back, she hurriedly said, "I heard that Governor Zhang..."

"The news spread really fast." Lin Yi looked tired.Shu Jingyun felt that this news could not be faked, so she couldn't help saying, "It's actually true."

Lin Yi sighed.

Shu Jingyun said, "How will the imperial court explain it?"

Lin Yi snorted coldly, "It depends on how Kong Guogong explained it. He is the chief assistant of the cabinet. At the beginning, he was the one who strongly advocated questioning Governor Zhang about this matter."

Kong Guogong simply stepped down in the silence of all the officials. Fortunately, Kong Guogong has a queen mother's daughter. Kong Guogong said to Chen Qibao, "Although I don't know much about government affairs, think about it. As for Governor Zhang's tenure, shouldn't you ask him? Governor Zhang is so fierce, it is a pity to mourn the family. But there are seven people in the cabinet. Could it be that the old man insisted on ordering Governor Zhang to defend himself? "If she stepped down because of Governor Zhang's affairs, the Queen Mother Kong would be very upset about her family.

Chen Qibao said, "Then according to what the empress wants?"

The Empress Dowager Kong sighed, "The old man is about to turn eighty, and he should go home to take care of his old age." The Empress Dowager Kong also knew that there must be someone responsible for Governor Zhang's death, but , I want to change my name so that my father will retire because of old age.

Seeing that the Queen Mother Kong did not make any rude demands, Chen Qibao said, "That's also good."

Because of Kong Guo's official seal as governor, the stepmother and son were not very interested. After a few words, the Empress Dowager Kong said she was tired, and Chen Qibao left the Palace of Mercy.

However, Kong Guogong resigned from office due to old age, and when he resigned, he did not forget to take Xie Guogong home together.Kong Guogong said, "The old man is old, and he is about 75 years old. If he is not worried about the court worrying about His Majesty, according to the rules, he should retire at [-]. Why, old Xie, you are the same age as the old man."

Xie Guogong was so embarrassed.

However, this idea is embarrassing, and according to Xie Guogong's face, it is not a big deal.However, Kong Guogong, who always kills thousands of knives, retired in such a disgraceful manner, he actually gave the imperial court an excerpt, and the content of the excerpt is: On the rules of becoming an official.There is a big book about the key to becoming an official at the age of 75, because, according to Kong Guogong, once you pass 75, people's energy, physical strength, etc., can't keep up. Therefore, it is very important for a senior official to become an official at 75 Reasonable.Now that he understands this at the beginning, he only regrets that he didn't take office earlier, so that he can eat a vegetarian meal in his corpse. I'm sorry for the court and for your Majesty.

This made a lot of trouble, Xie Guogong really didn't want to retreat, if he didn't retreat, wouldn't he become the person who loved the corpse and vegetarian meal in Kong Guogong's mouth.

Xie Guogong retreated with a mouthful of old blood in his throat, wishing he could just spray Kong Guogong to death!

Xie Guogong submitted the application for official appointment, Chen Qibao tried to persuade him to stay, but Xie Guogong still insisted on accepting his official position.Xie Guogong said privately, "Kong Guogong and I both know the 'shame' so much, it depends on whether Governor Meng and Governor Liu of Zhejiang and Fujian know the 'shame'?" He understands Chen Qibao's eagerness to take power, so he wants to see How did His Majesty the Emperor arrange for his two confidants?

As for Meng and Liu, who made Xie Guogong suspect that they were in love with the inn, they had already packed the salute, and the resignation note was sent out in [-] li in a hurry. They waited for His Majesty's approval, and they hurried back to the court with the salute!Because, Jiangnan military generals now hate these two people to the bone, and these two people are worried that when they will let someone enter the mansion, they will be slaughtered with one knife!

Once Kong Xie and Xie retreated, Chen Qibao would naturally not protect Meng and Liu. However, he did not directly dismiss their officials, but asked them to go back to the court to talk about the situation.Therefore, upon receiving the order from the imperial court, the two of them didn't want to stay in Jiangnan for a moment, and immediately set off to return to Beijing.

Nowadays, most people travel by water from south to north, or from north to south.

The two also made an appointment to return to Beijing together, and Governor Liu of Fujian came to Hangzhou to return to Beijing by boat.When other officials leave office, unless they are criminal officials, they must be sent off by local officials and gentry. These two people, well, these two people are also sent off by many officials, gentry and common people, but most of them have bad eyesight.

Both of them were worried that they were pushed into the water and drowned without getting on the boat.

What's more, General Zhuo, if it wasn't for General Xu to hold him back, he might have to step forward to repay him with gratitude!

Fortunately, after all, the two governors are senior officials of the second rank, and there are quite a few retinues around them.Because of this imposing manner, the followers also guarded the two of them on the boat very carefully.Zhuo Xu and other generals naturally had to restrain themselves because they were officials, but the common people didn't think so.Seeing these two people, many people cursed directly, and some people came directly with a basket of rotten eggs, and threw them directly at the two people's positions. Of course, in addition to rotten eggs, there are also stones, bricks, etc No matter how many retinues there are, these retinues don't care about suppressing the people right now, and hurriedly protect the adults from being smashed, but in the end, they stink from being smashed by themselves. The boat set off at a high speed, and a hundred meters away from the shore, I could still hear the people on the shore yelling and cursing.

When they arrived in Jinling, Fang made the two governors feel a little better.

Because Master Zheng, Governor of Huaiyang, came to visit his friend in person.Governor Zheng said, "Hey, the matter of Governor Zhang is really regrettable. However, although your memorial is an introduction to this matter, it is Governor Zhang who is too hot-tempered. It is good to be clear about this matter. How can you get angry? And suicide."

Governor Meng sighed, "I would rather die myself than have anything happen to Governor Zhang."

Governor Liu also said, "Brother Zheng judged us, and the subordinates complained of grievances. Why don't we go and investigate? It is true that there is such a thing. He was originally a well-off and wealthy family, but he was asked to run on him. He has a hundred hectares of land and wealth. Wan Guan, now he has nothing and his family is ruined. Since I know this, can I not go to court?"

Governor Meng was silent for a while, and then said to Governor Zheng, "Even my memorial, I dare to tell the truth. Governor Zhang did exploit the people in Zhejiang and Fujian."

Governor Zheng said to the two of them, "When you go back to Beijing, you still have to talk to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the most reasonable." They felt that their two friends were really out of luck.The two said, "Both Dukes Kong and Xie have retired, so we can't be shameless. Hey, it's fine to resign and return to your hometown. It's clean to learn."

The three of them were talking, when a manager came to report, saying that it was Mr. Mu who came to visit.

Governor Zheng asked, "Master Mu, is there something wrong?"

The steward said, "Master Mu said, we need to talk to him face to face."

Meng and Liu said, "Since Brother Zheng has something to do, let's take our leave first."

Governor Zheng said, "It's okay, it's Miss Mu. Didn't you say earlier that such a strange woman, you just want to see her?" So instead of addressing her as a girl, she called her Master Mu very politely.

Meng and Liu don't have the heart to see strange women, but Governor Zheng has ordered the steward to invite Mu Rong in.Mu Rong wore a green robe, a black belt around his waist, and a silver crown on his hair. Although he was dressed in men's clothing, he had a sense of gallantry.She walked in and bowed to Governor Zheng. Governor Zheng smiled, "Ms. Mu is here, is there something wrong?"

"I heard that the two governors-general of Zhejiang and Fujian have arrived in Jinling, so I'll come over to have a look." The two of them didn't have the heart to see the strange woman, but the strange woman came to see them specially.

Mu Rong said this calmly, Governor Zheng also said, "Miss Mu is so polite." Introduced by the two, both of them bowed their heads in greeting, Governor Meng said, "Young lady's name shocked the world, we met today, Well-deserved reputation.”

"It's good that you know me." Murong said, "But, do you know where I come from?"

Without waiting for the two to answer, Mu Rong said, "I escorted Governor Zhang's family back to my hometown. As soon as I returned to Jinling, I heard that your two adults have arrived in Jinling City. Since you recognize me, that's great." After finishing speaking, Mu Let everyone slap twice, knocking them to the ground.

Governor Zheng screamed out in shock and reprimanded, "How can Miss Mu be so unreasonable?"

"I'm unreasonable?" Murong looked at Governor Zheng with cold eyes, and said coldly, "Does the Governor remember the kindness of Governor Zhang leading the army to help Jinling? This kind of people talk and laugh, come and go, really shameful!"

Murong's voice was like broken gold and jade, and the room was silent at the moment. Governor Zheng sighed, "Hey, hey, they also have difficulties. Hey, you are a girl, you don't know these things."

Murong sneered, "I'm a woman, so naturally I don't know what you high-ranking officials are thinking? Governor Zhang has passed away, and I don't know if the Governor-General has someone to offer a stick of incense and ask someone to ask you?" Murong asked Zheng The governor's face was extremely embarrassed, she said coldly, "Your faces are really enough!"