Hubei Province, Jingzhou Prefecture.
In the Jingzhou General Yamen, the three "big monsters", Seng Gelinqin, Guan Wen, and Zeng Guofan, were gathering together to discuss "father matters" - discussing sending Zeng Guofan's father to Beijing to Xianfeng
The thing about being a slave.
"Desheng, your wish to carry the flag has been approved by the emperor. Not only can you carry the flag, but your father will also carry the flag with you. What a great favor from the emperor!" "Desheng, how is your father's health? He can travel far away.
Really? If it is convenient for me, I will take your father with me when I return to the capital this time."
"It's great to be a bannerman in Beijing! The government yamen allocates houses, land, and hard-core crops. It's easy to get an errand. By the way, it's also easy to take the imperial examination. Isn't your father a scholar who took the exam seventeen times?"
This is your Changsha Prefecture's college examination. It's too difficult. If you go to Beijing to take the exam, your father's knowledge is enough to pass the examination!
"Yes, yes, it's easy to be a Beijing Bannerman. It doesn't matter even if you don't pass the exam. There are still opportunities to choose Tang's, guards, pens and tips.... Your Majesty, just tell me what you want to choose.
Even the Blue Ling Guards can keep it and pick it up.
Seng Gelinqin, who was singing along with Guan Wen, was telling Zeng Guofan about the benefits of being a slave. The benefits are obvious!
Beijing's household registration is divided into courtyards and dozens of acres of farmland outside the second ring road. It is particularly easy to pass the exam. It doesn't matter if you fail the exam. You can also choose Tang's, guards, and pen tips. As for Zeng Linshu's knowledge, people
His character and appearance were mediocre in Hunan, but when he went to Beijing and became a member of the Banner people's circle, he was truly "double first-class".
It's not unreasonable for Seng Gelinqin to say that he can choose bodyguards - Seng Gelinqin himself is the minister in charge of the bodyguards, and it is up to him to choose the bodyguards! As for the disadvantages of being a bannerman, for Zeng Linshu, it is probably the same.
not easy
However, at Zeng Linshu's age, there is no need to marry another mother for his son, so there is basically no disadvantage.
But the problem is that Zeng Guofan kept squinting his triangular eyes and said nothing. No matter how much Seng Gelinqin said in the official document, he would not let go.
He is now "missing a father"!
His father was holding it in Luo Yaoguo's hands, so what could he take to Beijing?
He told Xianfeng about this before, just to show his loyalty. As long as Xianfeng knew his loyalty, it didn't matter whether it was accurate or not.
But he never expected that Xianfeng not only agreed to carry him into the banner, but also directly made him a slave of the three banners - such an honor! He also made his official-obsessed father a slave of the three banners!
If his father hadn't been held captive by Luo Yaoguo, how happy he would have been when he heard the news!
It is very easy for the Zhenghu Banner of the Shangsan Banner to get a job, not to mention Seng Gelinqin’s guarantee. The old man can really carry a knife on his shoulder and go to the Old Summer Palace to guard the gate and protect the emperor!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Zeng Guofan clasped his fists helplessly, "Your Majesty is very kind to me, but my father... has never left Hunan in his life. I'm afraid that he won't want to go to Beijing. How can I accommodate him?"
I'll go back and discuss it with my father."
He can't refuse Xianfeng's kindness on Zeng Linshu's behalf now... that would be shameless!
I had no choice but to make an excuse to go back and discuss it with my father, and then go to Huang Shijie, Zeng Guoquan, Zhu Yisun, Luo Zenan and Guo Songtao to discuss it and see where I could find a father to send it to Xianfeng?
"We should discuss it, but we have to do it quickly..." Although Seng Gelinqin complained in his heart that Zeng Guofan was not doing things well, he was still very polite and said, "By the way, Disheng, the emperor still has six hundred miles to rush it. A batch of blank official certificates are all alternate county magistrates and President Qian. I, the President, make the decision and divide them into three parts for you, Zuo Jigao and Jiang Minqiao. How about it?"
"Then it's all down to you, Your Majesty."
Zeng Guofan quickly handed over his hands and thanked Seng Gelinqin with a smile on his face. Of course, he was not very satisfied in his heart.
These blank official certificates are tools for him, as the minister of regimental training, to control the leaders of the regiment training under him - isn't the purpose of becoming a regimental training leader just to be an official? These blank official certificates are their credentials for being an official!
As long as you fill in your name and send the materials to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War, you can turn an ordinary white man into the parent of the Qing Dynasty. These blank official certificates should have been handed over to Zeng Guofan, the minister of regiment training in Hunan. Only he can control the team leader below!
But Seng Gelinqin came and divided it into three, giving them to him, Zuo Zongtang, and Jiang Zhongyuan respectively... Doesn't this make it clear that he wants to support the three big bosses of the regiment and let them bite each other?
"Ji Gao, have you got it?"
"Haha, of course I got it! How dare Senggelinqin refuse to give it?
In a mansion in Shashi Town, Zuo Zongtang, who had just returned from Jingzhou Fucheng, was smiling and talking to Wang Kui. He also took out a thick stack of official documents and placed them on the table, and said with a smile: "Look, this is what so many scholars want to get!"
"Can you give me three of them?" Wang Kui asked with a smile.
"Give you three?" Zuo Zongtang glanced at Wang Kuiyi and said with a smile, "Do you have any relatives or friends who want to arrange it? Tell me what your name is and what official you want to be, and I will fill it in for you."
"I have a good friend who is doing business in Guangdong. His surname is Luo and his name is Xueyan. He wants to be an alternate county magistrate." Wang Kui said with a smile. "There are also two old Daozhou officials, one is named Zhang and the other is Sanxiang. They want to be a county magistrate." President. Another one named Wang, named Dalong, also wants to be President Qian.
Ji Gao, I am not selling my position for money... these three can all do things for me! When I go to Shanghai this time, I will point to them for help. That Zhang Sanxiang has connections in the Jianghu community in Huguang. , can help me pass through the waters of Wuchang and Hanyang. Na Luo Xueyan can speak a little foreign language and a smattering of Cantonese. Many of the compradors in Shanghai are Cantonese now. Wang Dalong is from the Daozhou garrison and is my personal soldier. chief."
"I know, I know..." Zuo Zongtang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that you, Wang Bowen, are devoted to the country and have nothing to lose? If I didn't know who you are, I wouldn't be able to go back to Shanghai to buy foreign guns and cannons. I’ll leave it to you!”
"Don't worry, leave this errand to me and it won't be messed up!" Wang Kui assured him, patting his chest.
Zuo Zongtang smiled and nodded, and then asked: "Leave it to me to let Luo Xueyan, Zhang Sanxiang and Wang Dalong become officials... Just take these three official certificates and fill them in with their names. Set off quickly, preferably before the New Year. I'm worried that the Taiping Army will go down the river after the New Year, and you won't be able to get through by then."
"Well," Wang Kui said with a smile, "I'll leave tomorrow."
Zuo Zongtang then took out a note stamped with the seal of the governor of Hunan and handed it to Wang Kui: "Take this note and go to Su Songtao, Mr. Wu. He and the scholar are both fellow Guangdong people, so they should give him face. "
"I know, it's a donation class... I don't dare to offend Luo Ruweng." Wang Kui smiled and took away the note from Zuo Zongtang. "Would you like Yang Hou'an to bring a battalion of Xiangyin soldiers to protect you?" Zuo Zongtang is still a little worried about Wang Kuiyi's safety along the way.
"No need," Wang Kui waved his hand, "How are you going to cross the Hankou Pass with Yang Hou'an? Ji Gao, actually I have no problem going to Shanghai. The problem is how to send the foreign guns and cannons back after I bought them?"
Zuo Zongtang shook his hand and sighed: "There is no need to send them back... Xiang Yong must be going east or north. After you buy the guns, store them at Wu Daotai first. Then we will see where Gao Ziying sends troops. Bar!"
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"Teacher, why don't you find someone to pretend to be your father?"
In Shashi Town, in the Yingzi Camp of the Hunan Army, Huang Shijie, a good student of Zeng Guofan, saw his teacher who looked embarrassed, and actually thought of finding a fake father for the teacher... I have to say, it was really too high!
"Di Zhang, this is a good idea!" Guo Songtao immediately nodded and said, "Although your father is fake, your loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is real! What the emperor wants is actually your attitude!"
Zhu Yisun also nodded: "Desheng, follow the authority in urgent matters, that's it!"
Luo Zenan also said: "Desheng, this is the only way... We have reached this point. Thirty battalions have been set up below, all waiting to divide the land outside the customs and become officials of the Qing Dynasty. There is no way back!"
Zeng Guofan sighed and looked at the confidants who advised him to "find a fake father": "You are really hurting me..." He paused and asked again: "But where can I find one?" Fake.."
Chapter completed!