The term "governor" began when Taizu of the Ming Dynasty ordered Prince Zhu Biao to "governor" Shaanxi. Since then, the capital has sent officials to the local areas every year to patrol the local areas. [] The nature of the governor is equivalent to that of "imperial envoy". It is not an official title and has no rank. When something happens, it will be done.
Returned to Beijing. In the second year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, due to local unrest, permanent governors were established, and a governor system with "province" as the local government began to exist. The powers of the governor continued to expand, not only in charge of government, but also in charge of the military. In fact, he was the head of local military and political affairs.
However, his nature as a central official is not that of a central government official, and he must often report to Beijing on local military and political affairs. Generally, officials who serve as governors of various provinces have concurrent titles at the central government, such as the title of governor of Zhili and right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, starting from the second rank, if added
If you hold the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, you will be a senior official of the second rank.
Zhao Benchang, the former governor of Zhili, was a Jinshi in the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he stayed in seclusion. In the sixth year of Shunzhi, he was appointed as an official by the prefect of his hometown. Zhao Benchang could not resign, so he changed his family and went to Beijing to serve as a household minister. Shunzhi
At that time, there were many officials like Zhao Benchang who did not want to be honest but did so out of necessity, so it cannot be said that they were traitors. After all, compared with Qian Qianyi and other former Donglin Party members, Zhao Benchang still had a few
It is divided into popularity and integrity. No matter how hard the knife is on the neck, in order to save his life, he has no choice but to be an official. Zhao Benchang served as an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs for nearly ten years. In the second year of Kangxi, he was promoted to the prefect of Fuzhou, Fujian, and later promoted to the chief secretary of Shaanxi. In Kangxi
He did not become governor of Zhili until he was eighteen years old. During his six years as governor, he was able to calm the people and manage the river well, so his official reputation was very good. Li Guangdi originally planned to take Qi Zhuang directly to the governor's Yamen to kill Zhao Benchang first, but he did not know until after he arrived.
Zhao Benchang suddenly suffered from wind disease four days ago and was unable to speak. He is now lying down and unable to see anything.
Naturally, a deposed governor was not worth mentioning, so Li Guangdi led his men to the admiral's office, and with an imperial edict, Jin Guozheng was coaxed into following him to the capital. As a result, the largest official in the province was naturally the governor and admiral.
They were all strong, and as for Zhao Benchang, who had been dismissed from his official position, no one cared to pay attention to him anymore.
Therefore, when they heard that Mr. Futai was coming, all the officials stood up to greet him with a very respectful attitude. Regardless of whether they were convinced or had doubts, they did not dare to show it at this time. Not a moment later, they saw a man wearing the uniform of an admiral.
The martial artist appeared from the back hall with great satisfaction. As soon as he arrived in the hall, he didn't even greet the officials. He just sat there and handed him a roster, and then called out names from the roster.
Why, just check the number of people without saying a word?
All the officials were a little stunned, but no one dared to speak, and Lord Futai did not say anything, so they could only continue to stand there, not daring to sit down. The atmosphere in the hall was a bit tense, and none of the officials could figure out what the new Lord Futai, who seemed very rude, was doing.
What kind of person he is, and what kind of plan he has for this? I have never heard of any official holding a roster and naming people first as soon as he takes office. Most of them stay in the yamen for a few days, waiting for the people below to pay their respects.
, and then took action.
Strange, really strange. Just as I was wondering, Master Futai spoke: "Is Zhao Fantai, Chief Secretary's Yamen here?"
"The official is here!"
A very fat official of the third rank was honored when Master Futai named him first. He hurriedly went out to greet him. The chief envoy is the official second only to the governor in a province, and generally
It is called Fantai. Zhou Huai'an, the chief envoy of Zhili, was born as a Jinshi in the third year of Shunzhi. It is said that he is a veteran. He still has Suo Xian to rely on in the capital. He usually speaks with great weight in the province. Governor Zhao Benchang spoke to him.
It was also very respectful. But Zhou Huaian knew that the imperial court had inexplicably sent a warrior to be the governor of Zhili. Something big must have happened to the imperial court. Maybe Mingzhu and Suo were fighting each other, or the emperor had something to do with him.
The new government is about to come out. Could this new Lord Futai be a former imperial guard? While Zhou Huaian saluted respectfully, he secretly looked at the unpredictable-looking Lord Futai in front of him.
I thought that Master Futai wanted to say a few words to me, even if there was no friendship, he would still say something to show off. These are also the customs of the officialdom. Unexpectedly, the Master Futai who was sitting just said "hmm" and didn't care about Huai'an.
He glanced at it, without even raising his eyelids, and shouted again: "Is Qin Zhitai from the Inspector's Office here?"
Zhili Inspector Guo Qingyun did not dare to neglect, and after hearing this, he also came out of the queue. After a while, Zhou Huai'an knelt down and saluted, saying: "I have met Mr. Futai!"
Similarly, Qi Zhuang ignored Guo Qingyun. This time he raised his eyelids, but soon lowered them, and shouted again: "Has the Admiral Academic Affairs Master arrived?"
"I have met Mr. Futai!"
There are two admirals in a province. One is the admiral who supervises the academic affairs of the province. He is in charge of school affairs, is responsible for year-round and subject examinations, and examines the merits of teachers and students. Therefore, it is also called academic administration or academic platform. According to the system, usually
On major events in the province, the admiral has the right to participate in discussions with the governor and the governor. The other admiral is the admiral, the general military affairs officer, that is, the admiral, the general military affairs officer of the green battalion. It is the first rank, the same rank as the governor, and is higher than the governor and the vassal state.
, the rank of the two major constitutions in Taiwan is higher. The surname of the governor of Zhili is Peng, whose only name is Feng. He is in his sixties, but he looks like a man in his forties, and his voice is strong.
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With the lessons learned from Master Fantai and Master Nedai, Peng Feng did not expect the new Master Futai to look down on him and give him some words of encouragement. Moreover, he really didn’t have a good impression of Master Futai, who was a martial artist, and he did not like the imperial court.
The arrangement was a bit unpleasant.
"Where's Baoding Mansion?" Qi Zhuang asked his name again.
Jiang Shang, the prefect of Baoding, responded with a smile on his face: "Here, here, Xiaguan Jiang Shang has met Mr. Futai!"
Similarly, Qi Zhuang did not say a word to the Baoding parent official, and then named more than a dozen prefecture and county officials and political and advisory officials from major yamen in the province, and then compiled the list. All officials paid attention.
It was noticed that the new Futai Lord did not mention the names of those Green Camp officers. This move also made the Kingdom's waiting Green Camp generals more and more worried.
After Master Futai had finished taking the roll, a junior official came forward and said, "Sir, there are a total of one hundred and thirty-seven military officers and honorable officials in Baoding City. Except for more than ten people, the rest are all here!"
After saying that, he retreated and waited for Master Futai to speak.
All the officials also thought that Mr. Futai was about to speak, otherwise why would he have called so many people together? The new official appointed three fires, but they didn't know what the fire was burning. Some people were thinking that the imperial court suddenly took Jin Guozheng,
Forget it, Zhao Benchang sent this unknown warrior to patrol Zhili. He must have some purpose. I just don’t know what the court’s purpose is for this arrangement. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the new Mr. Futai to reveal his purpose.
Ming, but unexpectedly, Mr. Futai suddenly stood up, raised his hands, and said, "Everyone, sit down for a moment, I will come back when I go." Then he left without looking back.
As a result, the hundreds of officials in the hall were confused and confused: What? Just left like this?
Zhou Huai'an and Guo Qingyun are the two magistrates in the province, one is a vassal and the other is a state. In the absence of the governor, they are the two most respected people. Therefore, everyone looks up to them. However, Zhou and Guo are also Zhang Er monks who can't figure out the number one position.
Nao, I don’t know what kind of medicine this Mr. Futai is selling in his gourd. I wanted to ask, but he has already walked away, so I can’t chase him out. That’s all, that’s all, didn’t he just come as soon as he said he would go? Then just wait.
Zhou Huai'an gave a wry smile: "Everyone, please be patient. Mr. Futai has something to do. Everyone is waiting."
Lord Fantai had spoken, and the others naturally couldn't say anything, so they could only sit and stand and wait.
Wang Guozheng and Wan Shinian saw that the new Futai master ignored them from beginning to end, and they were confused and angry. Didn't this gesture clearly show that they did not take them seriously? But anger returned to anger, and anger returned to anger.
Before they knew what the other party wanted to do, they could only watch and act accordingly.
Not long after waiting, I suddenly heard the sound of armor coming from outside the hall, and along with the sound of hurried footsteps, hundreds of soldiers from the Xiaoqi Battalion broke into the Admiral's Yamen with swords in hand and headed straight for the lobby.
When these soldiers from the Knight Cavalry Battalion rushed into the lobby, they raised their swords and slashed at them without saying a word. An old man with a reputation as a civil servant couldn't get out of the way, so he slashed with his sword and screamed before falling into a pool of blood.
"What are you doing?"
Guo Qingyun was startled, stood up and shouted, "Is there any more royal law? The hall is full of imperial officials, how can you Eight Banners soldiers kill at will?"
"What?"
After hearing Guo Qingyun's call, an officer who looked like a lieutenant turned and glared at him, "I'm going to kill you!" Before he finished speaking, he stabbed Guo Qingyun in the neck. The sword was struck very quickly, with a "click".
, the dignified Zhili arrived in Taitai and rushed to hell.
Those Eight Banners soldiers went crazy and killed everyone they saw. In the blink of an eye, half of the hall fell down. The rest were panic-stricken, their faces turned pale with fear, and they didn't know what had happened.
Peng Feng, the prefect of Baoding, was so frightened that he urinated. He stammered and pointed at the Eight Banners soldiers and begged: "Master Futai, what are you doing! It's not the fault of the lower officials and others, why do you want to use such a killer?" Before he could finish speaking, the people were killed.
fell to the ground.
"My lord, I have an order to kill all these officials and leave no one alive!"
The soldiers were so furious that they killed one after another. All the officials in the hall were weak. How could they be the opponent of such wolf-like soldiers? They didn't even know how to escape. They were so scared that they ran around.
He ran, squatting on the ground and trembling. The generals in the green camp who were waiting for Wang Guo were also shocked by this sudden turn of events. Seeing that the Eight Banners soldiers were about to kill him, he subconsciously drew his sword. Unexpectedly, the sword had already been drawn when he entered the Yamen.
They were defeated by the defenders. It would be difficult for them to defeat them empty-handed. They relied on their good skills to hold on, but as more and more Eight Banners soldiers pounced on them, no matter how strong their skills were, they could not stop them.
Hardly survived.
The whole massacre lasted less than half a stick of incense, and the huge lobby of the Admiral's Yamen had already become a graveyard for the Qing Dynasty officials.
After everyone was killed, Qi Zhuang showed up and said to Ma Long, who had led his men to kill officials: "The commander-in-chief has left many officials in the capital, but I am different from the commander-in-chief. The officials under Baoding must be killed, otherwise why would we?"
The people who installed us. The Tatars are bastards, and they must have different intentions. These Han officials who work for the Tatars are not people with second thoughts. What is the use of keeping them here? They are in the way. We have to beware of them. They are so abominable.
, it is better to kill them all, and when the matter is clear, I will send someone to the capital to inform the commander-in-chief that I have killed all the officials in Baoding."