Chen Zhiting didn’t dare to make the decision. Let Fu Lillai make the decision. Fu Li was very busy. He was an aide to the governor. Xin’ an, of course, was the magistrate of a county.
He didn’t dare to make the decision, but he had to report it to Baigui, who also felt trouble.
It’s not trouble if Zhu Jinglun isn’t here, it’s trouble.
Bai Gui immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Fu Li to explain that Fu Li must appease foreigners in Xin ‘an and not break the court draw.
Fu Li got angry at that time when he received the letter. Oh, my God, this is to make him do something, but where did he do such a thing? Isn’t it irritating?
At that time, Fu Li rolled his eyes, then sealed the letter again, and then stuffed it back into the messenger’s arms, threatening him that the letter had not been delivered. Then he rewarded a few taels of silver and rode off on a fast horse and ran back to Guangzhou. After seeing Bai Gui, he didn’t receive the letter, saying that the road had gone wrong.
Unexpectedly, he was scolded by Bai Gui for letting his horse return to Xin ‘an.
Bai Gui is angry, rich in courtesy and angry with Zhu Jinglun, but he can’t be angry with Zhu Jinglun. He can be angry that people are dead at this time. Old Niang is still angry that people shouldn’t worry about it. This is the ancestral system. Who dares to destroy it? However, if you say that Bai Gui has lost his face, Zeng Guofan has lost his feelings. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out for his mother, Zeng Guofan formed a Xiang army, which is a mountain. But Zeng Guofan was already a court official. Zhu Jinglun was also going to lose his feelings. This is a scandal!
And even if Bai Gui wants to seize the affections, it’s either he who has the final say in the imperial court system or he, the governor, who can’t change it. He must tell the emperor to discuss it at different levels by the Ministry of Economy and Trade before he can decide whether to seize the affections or not. The imperial court’s help of lordliness and a long journey have not come for half a year, even if it can’t be decided.
Moreover, Bai Gui still has a dissatisfaction. It seems that he can’t do the foreign affairs without Zhu Jinglun. He doesn’t believe what he told Fu Li to appease foreigners. As a result, he sent a letter to Fu Li with his front foot and came back with his back foot, saying that he didn’t receive the letter.
It’s not that Bai Gui didn’t do anything during this period, but he was as big as a bucket when he killed an American in Xinhui Township. He didn’t dare to hide this kind of thing. Although he was likely to be punished by the court, he reported it to the court in detail. At that time, the British and French Coalition forces had arrived in Dagukou in the north and were arguing with the court about the incident in Beijing. As a result, Guangdong fell in love and killed foreigners in another country. He immediately ordered him to try his best to appease the incident.
On Bai Gui’s side, it sent official documents to Xinhui and Heshan county magistrate, asking them to investigate as soon as possible and arrest the first culprit who killed foreigners. As a result, these two county magistrates sang a big drama for Bai Gui, and the Xinhui county magistrate replied that people had already run away and probably ran back to Heshan, and asked Heshan county magistrate to arrest people. Heshan county magistrate said that people were still in Xinhui county and had been wrangling in front of Bai Gui.
However, in the investigation of foreigners, Xinhui and Heshan county magistrates immediately reached an agreement. They strongly opposed foreigners’ entry into their county territory. Both magistrates said that the fighting between foreigners and foreigners had just subsided, which would make foreigners come again. Who knows what will happen?
The attitude of the two county magistrates made Bai Gui think that Zhu Jinglun was good. If Zhu Jinglun were here, he would never find so many reasons. If he had the conditions, he would have done it. If he had the conditions, he would have done it. But Zhu Jinglun was worried about it.
At this time, Fuli also ran back and lit the fire in Baigui’s heart. It’s really hard to find anyone.
Being scolded by Bai Gui for going back to Xin ‘an Fuli is also full of anger. Did the foreign personnel let him do it? Isn’t this difficult? He can’t even speak foreign language. Why didn’t he send Hengqi? Isn’t Hengqi jealous of the new security bureau? Let Hengqi do a good job. Why bother him with his gift?
If you are dissatisfied, you can’t walk fast. From Guangzhou to Xin ‘an, Fuli walked abruptly for five days.
Once and for all, it’s almost a month.
Americans are going crazy, saying good things, signing all the love words, saying that they will change their minds, saying that they will not be allowed to investigate, and whether there is a king’s law, John Eliott Ward is making three troubles every day, threatening to go to Beijing today, threatening to come to Guangzhou to argue, and later saying that they will send troops.
Fu Li was able to explain that Zhu Jinglun was not here and asked Chen Zhiting, who said that Zhu Jinglun no longer sent someone to take care of it and asked the governor’s envoy.
John Eliott Ward is really full of battleship Nisuda, which has just been repaired in Hong Kong, and has arrived in Xin ‘an. Today, it wandered around the Xin ‘an pier. The cannon wandered around Xin ‘an City and knocked over several fishing boats near Chiwan Port, but it just didn’t go to Humen fortress.
This has already frightened Fuli, but the latest battleship in the United States has a displacement of more than 3,000 tons. Not to mention the dark cannon alone, there are 120 huge hulls squatting on the river like a small town. The cannon has to be waist-thick. If a gun comes, will it still be alive?
Fu Li is really anxious like a cat on hot bricks, but there is nothing he can do about it. He wants Chen Zhiting to send a sea arrest message to Xinhui and Heshan to arrest people, but even the governors of the two counties dare to fight hard at this time, and they will not sell new accounts. Moreover, the two counties wrote back to Xin’ an to appease foreigners and warn Xin’ an that they will not be responsible if something happens to foreigners in their county.
The two counties continue to exaggerate the danger of fighting between local people and foreigners. Frankly speaking, they can hide in the county magistrate and dare not leave the city. It is simply impossible to protect foreigners without five decrees.
Fuli kept reporting to Baigui when she couldn’t make up her mind. She was also very "kind" to recommend Hengqi, saying that Hengqi was always familiar with foreign affairs and could say a few words in foreign languages. If she didn’t send Hengqi to Xin ‘an to handle foreign affairs.
Baigui wanted Hengqi to be a horse, but Hengqi was "ill" at this time, telling the truth that he was very ill and was afraid of infecting others, and no one came to see him.
Everyone knows that Xin ‘an people sank the foreigners’ warships, and foreigners are looking for officials everywhere. Who will drill in Xin ‘an at this time?
Finally, let Fuli ask Zhu Jinglun if everything is undecided. Anyway, it is convenient for Xin ‘an to contact Xiangshan across a river.
After a lot of tossing, when Fuli came to Xiangshan again and found Zhu Jinglun in Shiqishan, it was the end of December and Zhu Jinglun had been in mourning for the third month.
Zhu Jinglun sighed after hearing the rich gift question.
"How can foreigners be so ignorant of Heshan and Xinhui when they want to investigate whether they can’t stop hiding or not?"
Fu Li sighed, "You don’t know that these two county magistrates are clever. They don’t want to offend Xiang Yong. You don’t know that the local officials are fighting hard. Even if there are soldiers in their hands, they may not be able to beat those Hakka people!"
In the fighting between the natives and foreigners, the local government in Guangdong has always held a reckless attitude, asking the two families not to interfere with the government without rebelling. After the founding of New China, historical experts said that it was decadent and evil, and the Qing government deliberately killed each other to profit from it.
It is ridiculous to say that this is a conspiracy of the Qing government. In fact, the government also invited the squires of both sides to discuss it face to face. However, as soon as the contract was made here, they fought again. Seeing that they could not persuade Jiazhen to have no troops to mediate the suppression, they turned a blind eye and asked both sides not to fight the county town and fight whatever they wanted.
In Zhu Jinglun’s view, the local government is responsible for improper response, but it is not intentional. Because two ethnic groups have killed each other and it is not in the interest of the government, no one will pay taxes to the government. How can the government go to the government?
Because the local government is unable to suppress the place, no one dares to arrest people and can shirk it.
"It’s very difficult. If foreigners go to investigate the government, it will be even more troublesome if they are killed again."
Zhu jinglun sighed
"Yeah, but give me an idea. What do you say that Meiyi is noisy in my ears every day? It’s annoying. You can’t beat, scold or drive away?"
Fu Li angrily said
Zhu Jinglun sighed, "In the final analysis, it is caused by my Xin ‘an. Although Ding You, if the governor has an order, let me Dai Xiao and accompany foreigners to walk around. It is to be safe and ask adults to allow me to take Xin ‘an soldiers."
Fu Li was stunned. "Do you want to take love?"
Zhu Jinglun shook his head. "How can the imperial ancestral system be taken away? I wore a mourning shirt and waited for this case, and I came back to keep the system! "
Fu Li sighed, "It’s really hard for you."
Then I’ll go back to foreigners’ words and you can leave when you have to give me a letter of approval.
Zhu Jinglun said, "You have to tell the Governor’s adult first, and you have to send a letter to Xinhui and Heshan counties to inform them of this matter. The two counties will cooperate with me, and I can write a letter for them. The two counties will do it on your side, and then let the foreigners pick me up at Nanhai County when they are finished."
Section 139 The rumor has escalated
Fuli and the Guangdong government finished everything in three days with extremely high efficiency.
Fu Li first wrote to Bai Gui to express Zhu Jinglun’s attitude, and sent Zhu Jinglun’s written guarantee when he left to Guangzhou for Bai Gui to pass on to Heshan County in Xinhui, and then informed foreigners to pick them up in Xiangshan County without forgetting to inform Zhu Jinglun to leave.
In January, 16, Zhu Jinglun took a boat to Xiangshan County, where Cheng was located, and the later Zhuhai foreigner ship had been waiting here.
This is a 200-ton steam ship. Besides some foreigners, Hou Jin and fifty Xin ‘an passengers will follow their bodyguards all the way.
The foreigners’ investigation team consists of seven people. The first one is JohnSrongNewberry, translated as John. His real identity is an American botanist who came to investigate the criminal case, but he sent a botanist. It is self-evident that among the other people, there are Qi Chang Foreign Firm, Qiong Ji Foreign Firm employees, tea teachers, Cai and others, and of course there are legal experts, detectives and geologists. This is always a compound investigation team.
The Americans repeatedly urged Xin ‘an County to issue a defense and sent them to investigate together.
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