Chapter Forty-Third: Imperial Appointment, Holding Power (1)
Because the incident happened so suddenly, the prefect was still confused and wondered why he ended up in such a situation. He stood by the window and saw the housekeeper being helped out and huddled with the people from Guo Xiang. He felt very uncomfortable.
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He later learned that Kuang Chang had even released the Taipingqiao widow, and threatened that "the prefect has brought trouble to Yangzhou, and is particularly poisoning Jiangdu. Now he is arresting innocent people without authorization and falsely accusing good people. It is extremely hateful. The imperial court has proposed to remove him, so don't do anything like this."
Worry, I will show my great righteousness to the world.'
Several soldiers who had been treated favorably by the prefect were questioned by him, so they secretly explained the matter to the prefect. It turned out that the woman was a half-hidden woman who was deeply loved by the governor and had contact with her at that time. Now she has been captured
When she came, the governor was afraid of being blamed, so he was imprisoned here. After hearing this, the prefect regretted it and became even more depressed than before.
A few days later, the envoys sent by the imperial court arrived at the gate of Jiangdu. The governor, who had gone out of the city for several miles, welcomed him happily. He placed the incense case and paid homage to the emperor's edict. The edict was nothing more than describing how the prefect acted illegally.
, should be deposed immediately, but the candidate for the new magistrate has not yet been mentioned, so he was temporarily replaced by a fellow magistrate. Kuang Chang brought the edict and saw that it was indeed the handiwork of Yan Wen. He was secretly happy and took the envoy to the city to discuss it again.
After the envoy had eaten in Jiangdu, he said goodbye to the governor and hurried back to the capital. After the envoy left, Governor Kuang summoned his confidants and discussed: "This Chen Tongpao has an inexplicable relationship with the Wan Dang Party. I will hand over all the power to him."
, I’m not at ease. I don’t know who else to choose?”
The confidant said: "Although Chen Tongpao has been guilty of colluding with Nanjing, he has a careful mind and a thorough plan to stabilize the overall situation. He has always been popular in Jiangdu. If he is to establish an outsider, he may not be trusted."
, Jiangdu may be about to change."
Kuang Chang nodded: "That's right. However, Jiangdu needs to clean up a group of officials to prevent the prefect from making a comeback. In this case, Wan and Lu parties don't rush to clean up now. You can transfer some people from Zhenjiang and ask them to help."
"Yes." The confidant took the order and went down, but then came back: "The edict...can it be read out in public?"
"No need," Kuang Chang replied, "Just show it to the prefect. Don't forget to take off his official uniform."
The prefect raised his head and saw that the wooden door was slightly open, and a ray of white light came in from outside the house. A man walked out of the light, holding an edict in his hand. On both sides stood officials holding sticks, with serious eyes.
"Yangzhou Magistrate... listen to the decree." The man shouted.
The prefect knelt down timidly. After listening to him read it loudly for a while, he rolled up the edict, handed it to someone else, and then pointed at the prefect's head: "Since the holy will is here, quickly hand over the official uniform, seal and ribbon!"
While the prefect was still hesitating, the government officials stepped forward to hold his arms, searched for the official seal on his body, roughly took off his official uniform, and put it in a box.
The prefect was left in his civilian clothes, and was kicked out of the Yamen, and then stumbled out of Jiangdu City. No one knows what happened after that.
Chen Tongpao temporarily took over the affairs of the yamen. He did not dare to make any noise. He honestly followed Governor Kuang's arrangements and cleared out all the officials appointed by the former prefect and replaced them with new ones. It must be said that these Liu Party members are quite
To be honest, the storm ended quietly in just two or three days.
But Guo Jia was still unwilling to give up. No matter how they looked at it, Guoxiang people thought that the name Chen Tongpao, who had the power to know Yangzhou Prefecture, was too awkward. In order for Mr. Chen to ascend to the throne of the prefect as soon as possible, he had to call Wen Zhong over to discuss the matter together.
Plan for great things.
After the ceremony, the people from Hunan said first: "Master Chen is too close to Nanjing. As for the governor, he is still afraid of himself and will never choose a candidate. It is said that Brother Wen has some connections and is familiar with officials, so he asked for him."
Wen Zhong smiled and said: "Sixing thinks too much. If you can fully support him in playing house, Chen Tongpao, what else can't you do?"
The Xiang people frowned, still puzzled: "Why is this?"
"Governor Kuang cares about this because he feels that there are many disadvantages and few benefits. If you can make a good relationship with Kuang Chang and firmly support Chen Tongzhi at the same time, thus safeguarding the Liu Party's interests in Yangzhou, even if you promote a 'ten thousand party'
It’s not a big deal. Besides, due to the lockdown,
Regarding the gentry matter, we have some foundation in the countryside. With a little money, the gentry can win over him! If the local sages, the government, the people, including you all support him, Kuang Chang will have to pay back such a big battle.
If you want to win the hearts of Jiangdu, you must agree."
The people who passed through Hunan couldn't help but clapped their hands and said: "What a good idea!"
Wen Zhong continued: "But Chen Tongzhi is a cautious person and has never been willing to get involved in party struggles. His opinion should be asked on this matter."
The people from Guoxiang pondered for a while: "Now that he is appointed magistrate, it is a time when everyone is paying attention. It would be rude if I rush to see him."
Wen Zhong hesitated for a while, then slapped his forehead and said, "How about this? Wouldn't it be best if you send someone to ask for the invitation tomorrow? When you go to the government office to wait for the approval, it would be best to take the opportunity to have a few words with Master Chen."
When the people of Hunan heard this, they were overjoyed and ordered the steward to make preparations and go to receive the invitation tomorrow.
The next morning, Tongpao Chen was reading official documents when the library office came to report: "The playboy has handed over the submission and I beg you to approve it."
After the clerk said that, he just stared at Chen Tongpao's face to see how he would react. Chen Tongpao, however, nodded indifferently as if nothing had happened: "Let him in." This made the clerk unhappy.
As soon as the housekeeper came in, Tongpao Chen put down his pen and paper and raised his eyes: "Master housekeeper, are you healed?"
The housekeeper touched the blue scar on his face: "I've applied a few patches of medicine...it's still not clear."
"How brave, Mr. Butler."
"Master, you have to work hard." The butler walked to the table while chatting and took out the submission in his arms, "No, there are still big things waiting for me to do."
"There's always more than one." Chen Tongpao wrote on the submission.
As soon as the housekeeper heard this, he looked around at the doors and windows, then supported the table with one hand and leaned towards his face: "Do you want to be a prefect..."
Tongpao Chen showed no reaction and seemed to be lost in thought, "Continue talking."
"Our master wants to help you please Governor Kuang, and then use Shopkeeper Wen's relationship to win over the squires and get the entire Jiangsu to support you. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which cannot be ignored."
Chen Tongpao said nothing. After handing over the submission, he calmly said: "You guys have to do it."
When the housekeeper saw that he had expressed his attitude, he was very happy. He bent down a few times with a smile, thanked him ten thousand times, and then left.
The steward took his approval document and went to the governor's Yamen to ask for a post. The people in the Yamen were not verbose. They wrote a post and came out with a few instructions before letting the steward go.
The people from Guoxiang selected the land yesterday and negotiated with the owner of the land. Now that the pawn was taken, they bought the land, built brick walls ten feet high, and set up a shop. In less than ten days, the pawn shop was
After the construction was completed, a plaque was immediately hung up with the inscription "Guo Jia Pawn Shop" and it has been open ever since.