Hubei Censor Li Qinggu has always been unable to understand why he could not be promoted. It would be fine if he was a younger generation of Wu Chaoyue, but Li Qinggu recognized it because he was a backer, talent, and reputation, Wu Chaoyue did indeed steadily kill Li Qinggu. Li Qinggu lost in front of Wu Chaoyue and did not dare to have the idea of ​​replacing Wu Chaoyue.

What Li Qinggu didn't understand was why he couldn't even be promoted to a half-level governor? In terms of qualifications, Li Qinggu had been a censor in Hubei for longer than Wu Chaoyue's governor. Since the prefecture, no official has been older than Li Qinggu.

In terms of political achievements and official reputation, although Li Qinggu is not a spotless honest official, he at least does not care about human life, nor does he do the unethical things of filling in the white ducks in order to make money. Hubei has been in harmony in politics and peace in the past few years, and even Wu Chaoyue and Hua Lao Fox have to admit that he has a contribution to Li Qinggu. Regardless of the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and the reputation of the officialdom, Li Qinggu is qualified to be promoted to a more powerful governor!

Li Qinggu once thought that it was just a Han identity that hindered his promotion. However, it was not until he saw the auspicious secret written by Emperor Xianfeng that Li Qinggu finally realized that the reason was not just a simple Han identity. He also suddenly understood why even his backer, Zhou Zupei, the Minister of the Han Dynasty of the Ministry of Personnel, was not very keen to promote himself because his personality was indeed flawed and he only cared about the benefits in front of him, and even forgot an iron rule in the officialdom!

This iron rule of officialdom is that the smartest choice is not to know what you don’t know. The more you know, the more trouble you will be!

"What should I do now? Keep investigating this matter deeply and pursue Jixiang's crime of leaking secrets. Then the content of this secret letter will be made public? Can the emperor let me go? Return this secret letter to Jixiang, turning it into small things, and small things? But I can't dig it out in my eyes. The emperor knew that I had read this secret letter. How could I not worry that I suddenly missed the secret letter that day and someone else knew about the content of this secret letter? Trouble, it's really a big trouble."

While the poor Li Nietai kept complaining, Zuo Rui was proud in the hall and said, "Lord Nietai, the student is right, are you regretting it now? If you regret it, maybe you still have time. Hurry up and invite our Ji Fantai to discuss with him how to deal with the aftermath."

After glanced at Zuo Rui, who was successful in the villain, Li Qinggu was a little moved for a while, but after calming down, Li Qinggu immediately gave up this idea and dealt with this secret secretly without hiding Wu Chaoyue and Jixiang. It was equivalent to boarding Jixiang's pirate ship. Not only was it threatened by Jixiang to control him, but he had to be forced to become enemies with Wu Chaoyue, who was backing with a tough backer. From then on, not only was it even more difficult to stand out, but it was also possible to be slapped to death by Wu Chaoyue at any time!

"Calm down! Calm down!" Li Qinggu's heart was fighting with the gods and said quickly in his heart: "The emperor made it clear in the secret letter of auspiciousness. He just was worried that Wu Chaoyue would be the governor of Huguang to control all the Huguang army, but he did not say that he did not want to use Wu Chaoyue. It seems that Wu Chaoyue's position as governor will have any adjustments in the short term. Wu Futai's backer Su Zhongtang covered the sky with one hand in the court. I offended him to death!"

"How about offending Jixiang? The advantage is that Wu Futai will definitely regard me as his right-hand man and will protect me no matter what. The disadvantage is that the emperor will be dissatisfied, but I didn't take this matter into consideration. Jixiang's own mind was flooded with water and asked a master to bring out such an important secret fold. If there is a wrongdoer, he will have a debt. As long as I don't shake this fold to the court, even if the emperor wants to vent his anger, he should be looking for Jixiang. The possibility of implicating me is not too great."

When he quickly weighed the pros and cons, news suddenly came from outside the door that Wu Chaoyue was coming. Li Qinggu, who was more inclined to Wu Chaoyue, dared not neglect. He quickly left everyone and went out of the gate to greet Wu Chaoyue respectfully. Wu Chaoyue, who already knew some things had happened, did not hide it. While helping Li Qinggu with his own hands, he whispered: "Li Nietai, don't worry, I know you were involved in by accident. You won't be blamed for this big blame."

Li Qinggu breathed a little relieved when he heard this, and quickly invited Wu Chaoyue to the lobby to take the seat. He handed the secret note to Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue was hesitant after taking it, but he still couldn't help but feel curious. He opened the note to watch it. After reading it, the doubts in Wu Chaoyue's heart were immediately resolved. Finally, he understood why Emperor Xianfeng said on the secret note that he could not be the governor of Huguang.

This memorial was also related to Shanxi Governor Wang Qingyun and Shanxi Governor General Xu Jiyu. Jixiang wrote this secret memorial to Emperor Xianfeng when he left Shanxi governor, reporting on the exchanges between Wang Qingyun and Xu Jiyu, as well as the military force in Xu Jiyu's hands. He also slandered that Shanxi was relatively peaceful, and Xu Jiyu's regimen was obviously a bit too much. Moreover, Wang Qingyun also obviously favored Xu Jiyu in terms of money and food, and suggested that Emperor Xianfeng pay attention to it.

The second paragraph is the most important. Jixiang expressed his attitude to Emperor Xianfeng when he took over as the governor of Hubei. Before he took office, he expressed concern about Wu Chaoyue's excessive authority. He said that Wu Chaoyue controlled Hubei's civil affairs and finances, and actually controlled Hubei's army because Hua Lao Fox was seriously ill. At the same time, most of the officials in Hubei's Taoist government were recommended by Wu Chaoyue, and almost all of them were Han people. Therefore, Jixiang was worried that he would be undermined by Wu Chaoyue after taking office in Hubei, and could not actually control Hubei's finances and vassal treasury, and could not always monitor Wu Chaoyue's every move, and asked Emperor Xianfeng to provide assistance.

Then there was the Zhu Biyu of Emperor Xianfeng. In order to cheer up Jixiang, Emperor Xianfeng not only comforted and encouraged him, but also clearly told Jixiang that he would send a Manchu Governor to take over Hua Lao Fox to control the Huguang army. He wanted Jixiang and the new Governor to work together, one in charge of the troops and the other in charge of money, and jointly support Emperor Xianfeng to be optimistic about the two provinces of Huguang.

After closing the note, Wu Chaoyue had no expression on his face, and was constantly greeting the 18th generation of Xianfeng's ancestors. Li Qinggu on the other side kept wiping his cold sweat and asked, "Wu Futai, what should I do about this? How to deal with the aftermath?"

"Let's talk about it when the auspiciousness comes." Wu Chaoyue replied calmly.

While Li Qinggu nodded quickly, Wu Chaoyue called Zhang Dejian to the front and whispered to ask clearly the situation. Not long after, Jixiang's arrival report came from outside the hall. After Li Qinggu ordered an invitation, Jixiang, who had no time to change the official uniform, rushed to the hall quickly. First, he took a rough look at the situation at the scene, and suddenly saw the secret note in Wu Chaoyue's hand. Jixiang's face changed first, and then said viciously: "Wu Futai, are you too much? Although your official position is higher than that of the lower official, the secret note in your hand has been written by the lower official. Why do you watch it without the consent of the emperor and the lower official?"

"Then Ji Fantai, please explain it." Wu Chaoyue asked coldly: "Since this secret letter is so important, why did you want your master to bring him into the prison and let a prisoner watch?"

"You don't care about this!" Jixiang roared: "I will naturally explain to my master about this matter! Now, Lord Wu, please return the secret letter to me!"

"You can't return it." Wu Chaoyue refused and said, "Not only can't return it, Lord Ji, I also want to ask you, what do you mean by trying your best, racking your brains, and forging such a secret letter from the emperor's red pen and imperial stamp, what do you mean by?"

“Forgery?!”

Jixiang and Li Qinggu were stunned at the same time, and then came to their senses together, Li Qinggu was ecstatic and calm. Jixiang laughed wildly, and even raised a thumbs up to Wu Chaoyue and said wildly: "Wu Futai, Gao! Gao! No wonder you can block the border in such a young state. You are indeed Gao! You insist that this secret fold is forged, which not only preserves the emperor's face, but also forces the emperor to kill me. You Gao! You are cruel enough!"

"But you are too cruel, right?" Jixiang suddenly roared: "I have no grudges with you in the past and no grudges recently. Why do you have to kill me? Where did I offend you?!"

Wu Chaoyue was silent and knew that Jixiang was indeed a little unfair, but Wu Chaoyue had no choice but to say calmly: "Ji Fantai, you did not offend me. On the contrary, you and my father were still able to bow to me. I am a little ashamed of this. But there is no way, Ji Fantai, when things have come to this point, I can only report to the court truthfully and ask the emperor and the court to punish you for forgery of the red criticism. I have no choice but to do so."

"You can suppress this matter!" Jixiang also blushed and shouted: "Just just pretend that this matter has not happened, and also think that this secret letter does not exist. This matter is enough! Wu Futai, Li Nietai, I Jixiang is not the kind of ungrateful person, I can assure you!"

Not to mention, Wu Chaoyue was really a little shaken, and he almost wanted to let go Jixiang, who should not be damned. However, considering the major event of his promotion to the Governor of Huguang and the major plan to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, Wu Chaoyue shook his head again and said, "Ji Fantai, sorry, the matter is too big and there are too many people who know it. I dare not let you go."

Jixiang was completely desperate and vaguely guessed Wu Chaoyue's real purpose to force Emperor Xianfeng to prove his innocence and get the opportunity to take over as the governor of Huguang. So Jixiang no longer begs, but just stretched out his hand and said, "Okay, please, things have come to this point, I will admit defeat."

"Come, take down the Jixiang who forged the Emperor Zhu Cipin's pen."

Wu Chaoyue gave an order in disguise, but the Niesi yamen officer present did not hesitate and immediately took Jixiang off and tied him up. Wu Chaoyue then gave Li Qinggu a wink. Li Qinggu understood and hurriedly entered the back hall with Wu Chaoyue to discuss separately. Then Wu Chaoyue was not polite and asked directly: "Li Nietai, how about you come to this memorial?"

With a plop, Li Qinggu knelt down to Wu Chaoyue on both knees and begged to Wu Chaoyue with a pitiful face: "Wu Futai, please spare Xiaguan. Xiaguan is so brave that he dare not submit a memorial or submit a secret memorial to Beijing!"

Of course, Wu Chaoyue knew that Li Qinggu was afraid that Emperor Xianfeng would take revenge afterwards. Even if Emperor Xianfeng had insisted that the secret letter was forged for the sake of face, he would lose his car and protect the coach and cut off the good luck, and would even give Li Qinggu some rewards. But after the limelight, Emperor Xianfeng would never spare Li Qinggu, who made him lose face.

Wu Chaoyue was not clean in this matter, so of course he couldn't force Li Qinggu into a hurry, but when things got to this point, it was obviously unrealistic to find someone to take the blame. So after a little calculation, Wu Chaoyue ordered: "Then Li Nietai, you write a memorial with my reputation, I will sign it with my seal, and I will send it out with my reputation."

"Thank you, Lord Futai, thank you, Lord Futai." Li Qinggu kowtowed repeatedly, and then reminded carefully: "Lord Futai, but you should think twice. Your future is even greater. If you issue this note, it will be nothing in a short time. If you make any mistakes in the future, the consequences may be unimaginable."

Wu Chaoyue was silent and knew that he was also very risky to do this. If the Second Crow War failed to force Emperor Xianfeng to death, or the Second Crow War was delayed for a few years, as long as he made a slight mistake, Emperor Xianfeng would never spare him easily! What's more, Wu Chaoyue had a ready-made handle under his command, the King of Kingdoms.

When he was hesitating, Wu Dasai's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the back hall, saying, "Young Master Sun, you are in a hurry. Master Dai from the Taiwan Mansion sent someone to send an urgent letter, asking you and Li Nietai to go to the Taiwan Mansion immediately, and said that the faster the better!"

"Is Grandpa Hua so bad?" Wu Chaoyue was shocked and quickly called Li Qinggu out with him. He didn't even dare to sit in the sedan chair. He took a few people and headed straight for the Huguang Governor's Office in the Wangshan Gate.

What surprised Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu was that when they hurried into the ward of Hua Lao Fox, Hua Lao Fox, who was usually in a coma, not only had he woken up, but also rarely sat up and was drinking a bowl of ginseng soup. When Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu rushed forward to salute, Hua Lao Fox nodded first, and then asked with a smile: "Weiting Ting, Decheng, I heard that you caught Jixiang, why?"

"Return to Grandpa Hua, Jixiang forged the emperor's criticism, and the younger generation and Li Nietai had to arrest him."

Wu Chaoyue answered respectfully, and at the same time, he quickly observed the expression of the old fox Hua and found that his skinny cheeks were covered with two abnormal flushings. A thought flashed through Wu Chaoyue's mind, "Is it a return to the scene?"

"Oh, did he bring the fake Zhu Pi? Let me see."

Hua Lao Fox ordered that Wu Chaoyue quickly took out the secret fold from his sleeve and presented it to Hua Lao Fox with both hands. Hua Lao Fox took it and looked it over and quickly said, "Yes, it's indeed a forgery. Long live my emperor Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Decai Wenjing, how could he be so suspicious and beware of his subordinates?"

After laughing, the old fox of Hua casually ordered: "Wenjie, write an impeachment memorial for me, impeach Jixiang forged the emperor's criticism, and distracted the emperor's ministers, and the crimes are not to be punished. In addition, I sent someone to the Nitai Yamen to take Jixiang over and ask the emperor to give me the king's flag to behead Jixiang in public in front of the gate of the governor's office!"

"Grandpa Hua!"

Wu Chaoyue quickly held the skinny hand of the old fox Hua, and the old fox patted Wu Chaoyue's head and said in a low voice with a smile: "Remember, you can't hesitate to do this kind of matter involving the emperor. Kill first. Leave a living thing and will only cause trouble for yourself."

"I'm not this, I mean you." Wu Chaoyue said anxiously: "You can write this memorial, the emperor..."

"At most, the posthumous title is not good, it's nothing great. Anyway, I can't hear what posthumous title the emperor will give me, and I can't know if the emperor will give me a posthumous title. It doesn't matter."

The old fox of Hua smiled and interrupted Wu Chaoyue and said to Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu: "You are still young and still have the future. You cannot do this kind of thing that touches the dragon scale and offends the emperor."

"Grandpa Hua!"

"Flower platform!"

Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu knelt down and cried together, but the old fox of Hua shook his head and smiled, urging Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu to help Dai Wenjie write a memorial, and then asked his son to continue feeding ginseng soup to himself, enduring the huge pain, gritting his teeth and persevering, waiting for the final end of the matter.

The impeachment memorial was quickly written. After Hua Lao Fox signed the memorial, he could no longer hold on. He could only lie on the hospital bed and breathe. Then, after a while, when Wu Ben came to report that Jixiang had been executed, Hua Lao Fox struggled to say something and asked, "When Jixiang died, what did you say?"

Wu Ben hesitated a little, but at the urging of Dai Wenjie, Wu Ben replied: "Return to Master Jiantai, Jixiang kept calling for justice, calling you a scumbag of the Eight Banners, a traitor of the bannermen, and calling you an old Mongolian who pleased the dogs... Tartars..."

Hua Shana smiled and murmured: "He was not wrong, he died wrongly, but I did this to repay the country's kindness for the Qing Dynasty, and for the country..., society..., Ji......"
Chapter completed!