The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 67

Dong Shenxian said to Jiang Shibin: "When you and I parted, we said we would meet by the waterside twenty years later. It is exactly twenty years now, and this Huangjia Bridge is near the mouth of the river, isn't it right by the waterside?" He asked Jiang again that now How many sons do you have? Jiang said: "I originally had four sons, but now two have died." Dong said: "These two sons can be safe forever."

Wang Dianshang later donated to Tongzhi, but he died before he could wait for the vacancy. His family was in depression and could not recover from the fall. I asked Dong Xiangshi where he was from? He said he was from Anhui. But Jiang Shibin said: "Twenty years ago, I asked him where he was from, and he said he was from Fujian. Twenty years later, his appearance has not changed at all, which is strange!"

After seeing Mr. Zhang and Dong off, we sailed across the river. The sailing was smooth and we had traveled more than a hundred miles in a short time. We went to Changzhou to change ships, and it snowed heavily again.

Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, lived in Changzhou. Since he was an old boss from Fujian, I made a special trip to pay him a visit. Yiliang said to me: "All the grain stations in Xiangrong's army were originally transferred to Peng Yunchi. He heard that tens of millions of taels of silver could not be paid. Peng wanted to shirk it, so he asked Xiangrong to transfer you to prepare to transfer this money. I'll pass the blame on you. You must not take over the grain platform this time. This will bring disaster to your descendants." I said, "Last time I led the troops and was impeached at Linming Pass, even though Governor Guiliang complained that I was a waste. However, when the inventory was carried out, it was found that I had not spent one tael per tael. I did not handle any of the silver taels. I assigned committee members to disburse various funds, and there was no other matter except for soldiers' rations, military equipment and gunpowder. Said: "It is always better not to deal with money and food matters."

Yiliang added: "Mr. Deng Tingzhen's son Deng Erjin came to me and asked me to write a letter recommending him to join the army. Since I have no contact with Xiang Rong, I did not write a letter. I have told him that I will wait for you to come." I entrust this matter to you. I think this person has no talent. The reason why he is eager to serve in the army may not be because he is greedy for fame. When you see him, say that I have asked you to do it. If you can't use it, just decline politely. Okay. "I think Yiliang is really cunning! I try to be a good person, but let me be a bad person. Later, when I met Deng Erjin, I told him Yiliang's exact words without any politeness. Since Yiliang doesn't care about me, why should I hide it for him?