Zeng Guofan couldn't be silent about the "deep worry" of his successor relayed by Prince Xuan, but he couldn't say that he had already acknowledged it, just like a joke, and asked knowingly: "Jiang Ning's situation, I am already estranged, please show the prince, why is it different?" ”

After a slight pause, "Where does the worry of bamboo come from?" ”

"Public security!" Guan Zhuofan said, "The security in Jiangning is not as good as when Di Weng is here!" Zhao Zhusheng said that Jiangning is the Jiangsu Provincial Government and the Jiang Governor's Office, and he is in charge of Jiang Governor, but Jiangning's public security has been corrupted during his tenure, and he feels deeply guilty! I wanted to be impeached, but ...... Ahem. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He coughed lightly twice and stopped.

Although Zhao Jingxian acted as the governor of Jiang, he did not stay in Jiangning for a day, and if he "blamed himself", it would be equivalent to impeaching General Jiangning, Jiangning Domain, and Jiangning Prefect; However, the situation in Jiangning is too special, and if the cause of "the corruption of public order" is investigated, it must be traced to the former governor of Jiang.

What kind of person is Zeng Guofan, how can he not know this layer? At the moment, it was like sitting on pins and needles, and when it came to this part, he couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Zhusheng is delayed in salt affairs, and he has never been to Jiangning's original post, and Jiangning's public security can't be asked to be responsible-"

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "I know that Zhusheng is saving face for me!" I feel both heartfelt and ashamed of myself -- well, is the corruption of law and order in Jiangning because of ...... Stragglers? ”

Guan Zhuofan's expression seemed to be a little surprised, he groaned for a while, nodded, and said, "I really can't hide anything!" ”

paused, "In the Jiangning area, there are a lot of stragglers, and when Di Weng was in charge of the two rivers, this generation did not dare to act nonsense; Di Weng went straight to the river, this generation is like a wild horse off the leash, and he began to harass the place! In the beginning, it was just 'harassment', even if there were some excessive demands, the local area could barely cope with it, but recently, it has gradually developed into an open fire - this is a bit of a soldier and bandit! ”

Zeng Guofan's face was gloomy, and he said in a hoarse voice: "This can't be tolerated!" Caught, the rod of the staff, the flail of the flail, the canonical punishment should be cleared, the canonical punishment should be clarified! ”

Guan Zhuofan sighed and said, "I can't get this hand!" -- After all, they are all people who have contributed to the country! ”

"Lord Wang, merit is merit, and passing is excess, and it can't be mixed up!"

"What Di Weng said, isn't it right?" Guan Zhuofan said, "But...... Alas! There are hateful ones in this group of stragglers, but there are also pitiful ones! Among them, there are many people who have exhausted their savings, have poor food and clothing, and wear red tops and blue tops to live in the rivers and lakes, which can be regarded as pitiful! ”

Zeng Guofan's face became more and more gloomy.

"One more point," Guan Zhuofan continued, "It's my worries-if it's too tight, after Zhao Zhusheng goes to Jiangning's current post—"

After a pause, he swallowed slowly: "I'm afraid that someone will be unfavorable to him." ”

Zeng Guofan's eyes jumped, "The prince is saying-"

"The dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry," Guan Zhuofan said calmly, "If you force it too tightly, if you can't keep it, someone will take risks and follow the blow of Bolang." ”

"No, I can't!" Zeng Guofan said in a lost voice, "What is the night? The world has long been peaceful, where can anyone dare to do such a thing without a father and a king, destroying the family and destroying the family? ”

Guan Zhuofan said coldly, "The world is so big, there are always a few people who have no father, no king and are not afraid of death in their eyes, what if there is a homeless and clanless behind here?" ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, Guan Zhuofan had already continued, and his tone was cold: "Di Weng, don't say that the governor of Liangjiang, don't say that the governor of Jiang Yamen, that is, the prince, that is, Da Nei, there are people who dare to do the story of Jing Ke and Nie Zheng!" ”

Zeng Guofan opened his mouth slightly, unable to speak.

It was like a boulder pressing down on his heart, and he felt a little out of breath.

Guan Zhuofan slowed down his tone slightly, "This may be my worry, but, hehe, I was bitten by a snake once, and I was afraid of the well rope for ten years!" ”

Zeng Guofan thought to himself, Zhao Zhusheng's rectification of salt affairs can be regarded as a drastic and resolute move, but also sinners and murderers, why didn't I see you "worrying"?

Of course, before Prince Xuan's assassination, Zhao Jingxian's two Huai salt affairs had been basically rectified -- could it be that Prince Xuan was really "bitten by a snake in the morning and afraid of the well rope for ten years"?

It doesn't look like it!

"I have to come up with a way," said Guan Zhuofan, "not only to rectify the law and order in Jiangning, but also to explain to all parties - the court, the locality, and the ...... Well, there are meritorious generals who have contributed to the country. ”

"Meritorious soldiers who have contributed to the country" is a euphemism for "stragglers".

Since Prince Xuan said this, he didn't plan to "catch it, the staff of the staff, the flail of the shackles, and the canonical punishment of the canonical punishment, and the canonical punishment should be cleared".

However, how can there be such a way to be all-encompassing and happy?

Zeng Guofan turned his mind: Could it be that Prince Xuan meant to ask me to return to Liangjiang? But it's impossible! He finally caught Liangjiang in his hands, and it was impossible to spit it out again!

Besides, even if I return to Liangjiang, it will be a symptom rather than a cure!

"There is another situation," Guan Zhuofan said, "I am also deeply worried, if we don't do it as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will really respond to what Di Weng just said, 'endless troubles'." ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned, "What do you say?" ”

"The stragglers not only harassed the locality," Guan Zhuofan said, "There are also many people who have joined the Huidaomen, including the Qinggang and the Hongmen, but the largest number of people is still the Elders' Association." ”

Zeng Guofan's heart jumped big.

"The Qing Gang and Hongmen are better," Guan Zhuofan said, "Although they are from the rivers and lakes, they are generally willing to listen to the court, but this elder will-"

Frowning, "I don't know when it came out?" ――It's about the second year after Xianfeng, right? So far, the imperial court has not been very clear about their doorways, and it is very secretive! Although it is a rising star, it has the tendency to catch up and surpass the Qinggang and Hongmen! ”

Zeng Guofan was silent for a moment, sighed, and said: "What the prince said is right, in the first year of Xianfeng, Hong Yang was in turmoil; In the second year of Xianfeng, half of China was in chaos, and the elders' association came out at that time! At that time, the imperial court was trying its best to quell the chaos, and it was too much to fear, where could I take care of this class of Taoists? They took advantage of the chaos and sat down! After that, the wider the scope of the war, the greater their power, and finally—alas! ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly, "Di Weng doesn't have to be too sad, in troubled times, people's hearts are the most susceptible to demagogy, but now that the country is ruled by chaos, I don't know how long this class of people will be able to make waves?" ”

After a pause, "I asked the people of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Qinghai Gang, did this elder brother club break up from them?" They all said no, they all said that this elder brother would come from the west; If you ask the people of Hongmen again, they all say the same. ”

"West?"

"Yes," Guan Zhuofan said, "The elders' associations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but in the last two or three years, they have really flourished, and the elders' associations in Hunan and Hubei seem to be ...... Earlier?

Zeng Guofan nodded, "Not bad." ”

After a moment's hesitation, I decided to tell the truth:

"Actually, it's not in the past two years that there are stragglers who join the Elders' Association, when Xianfeng was six years old, the Hunan army found the Elders' Brothers, although it was expressly forbidden, but in private, there were still many people who flocked to it. At that time, it was the time to employ people, and they did not clearly disobey military orders, and there were some things that they had to turn a blind eye to. ”

"If I'm not mistaken," Guan Zhuofan said, "Zhang Ping'an...... It's the Elders' Church. ”

Zeng Guofan was slightly shocked, and after a while, Mu nodded expressionlessly.

"However," said Kwan Zhuofan, "I guess he should have been impeached and removed from office before joining the Council of Elders." ”

Zeng Guofan was silent, and after a while, he said dryly: "I think it should be like this, otherwise, Huang Changqi will never be unaware - if he knows, he will never fail to tell me." ”

Huang Chang is Huang Yisheng.

Zeng Guofan knew that Prince Xuan said that "Zhang Ping'an should have been impeached and removed from office before joining the Elders' Association", in fact, he was relieving himself and Huang Yisheng of responsibility, the rise of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Elders' Association was after Zhang Ping'an arrived as the Yangtze River Naval Division's pre-standard management belt, if Zhang Anping joined the Elders' Association during the war, it is a person who will think, is the rise of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Elders' Association due to Zhang Anping's promotion?

If so, Zeng and Huang's "responsibility for negligence" is great!

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