I don't know if Liu Cunhou is still on the way to Xiang Rong's camp, he has been dismissed at every turn in the past two years, and he was reinstated in a few days, Xiang Rong, who can be called "three ups and three downs", has sent his family to send 20,000 taels of silver to the hall!

These 20,000 taels are really like a gust of timely rain, Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei, Ao Tongchen, Jiang Haoxuan, He Heng and other officials in Beijing all have a share, and they have a lot of money on hand, and they don't have to live so hard anymore. But this silver can't be asked for in vain, these days everyone not only "eight immortals across the sea to show their magical powers" to help run, but also "each performs its own duties", each has its own division of labor.

Huang Zhongyin was responsible for the officials, and invited the six departments to the affairs and the imperial history of the two heads in three days, asking them to be merciful, and not to impeach Xiang Rong at every turn as before; Ji Yunfei, Jiang Haoxuan, and He Heng were in charge of inquiring about the news, and a "small military plane" who had just joined the military aircraft department a few years ago and several directors of the official department and the military department became frequent visitors to the Chongqing Guild Hall.

The Hanlin Academy reviewed Ao Tongchen and Ao Youxian, who was selected by the Hanlin Academy, was responsible for Qingliu, and invited a group of Hanlin officials to go on a spring outing or come to the hall to chant poems every once in a while, taking the opportunity to praise Xiang Rong who was far away in Jiangsu was not only brave and good at fighting, but also a great loyal minister, and his reputation was more important than anything else in these years, and it was useless to be brave and good at fighting without a good reputation.

It is worth mentioning that everyone is a civil official of the Qing Dynasty, and they can't just go around running for Xiang Rong, a military attache born in the army, otherwise they will be laughed at when they spread out, so every time they talk about the war situation first, first mention the "Wanfuqiao Victory", and first say that Han Si, the head of the guild hall who only made up for the vacancy and went to Yangzhou to take office a few years ago, is really angry, and then naturally talks about Xiang Rong.

Most of the Beijing officials who were good friends with everyone had come to the hall before, and they already knew Han Si, and they thought that Han Si was a good person, not only was they elated when they chatted, but they also naturally talked about Han Si when they talked to others about the battle situation after they went back, and the "Wanfuqiao Victory" became the most impressive victory among the many "Great Victories" in word of mouth.

Zhou Wenjie, a foreigner who walked in the ministry, was the same year as Ao Tongchen, and he had just talked about Han Si at the wine table of the Chongqing Hall the night before, and he overheard the news of Han Si when he was eating and chatting with a few pen posts of the Gong Si at noon today, and he was sure that Ao Tongchen must not have known, and hurried to the Chongqing Hall as soon as he left work (after work).

Unexpectedly, not only Ao Tongchen and Ao Zhuxian brothers were there, but also Huang Zhongying, the imperial history of Huguang Road, and Ji Yunfei, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, were also there, Zhou Wenjie didn't care about greeting the two, and as soon as he walked into the flower hall, he smiled and said: "Master Huang, Master Ji, Brother Ao, Zhou has given you a few good news, and your pavilion is going to hold a banquet to celebrate!" ”

"Brother Zhou, what's the happy thing?"

"A great event." Zhou Wenjie sat next to Ao Tongchen, looked at Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei with a smile and said: "Master Huang, Master Ji, didn't you two say that Zhixing won a big battle and made a great contribution, but the reward did not come down for a long time. You two said it casually, but I kept it to heart and helped keep an eye on it. ”

"So there's news?" Ji Yunfei asked eagerly.

"Well, there's news." Zhou Wenjie took the tea from Xiao Shandong, tasted a small sip, and then put down the teacup and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Master Ji, the reason why there was no news about Zhixing before was that he only arrived a few years ago, and this official has not been in office for a few days. In addition, Jiangning fell, and the officials did not receive the submission of the Liangjiang Governor, the Jiangning Domain, and the Jiangsu Judge, only his resume and a 600-mile expedited Wanfuqiao victory report, which stumped the Examination Department and the Qing Officials Division. ”

"Think about it." Huang Zhongyin couldn't help but laugh.

"The second is that the Chincha Lord Qishan said in his report that he was injured and that he was going to sue for illness. But in the end, the emperor did not give an edict, and the military aircraft department did not have a letter, which made it even more difficult for our officials. ”

Ji Yunfei couldn't help but smile and said: "That's right, after all, if he returns to his hometown after illness, he will have to be rewarded according to the practice of reporting illness, and if he stays in office or is promoted, he will be rewarded according to the practice of retention or promotion." ”

Zhou Wenjie nodded, and continued: "You don't need to ask in Jiangsu, you know that it has already become a pot of porridge, and the minister of Qincha, Qi Shan, wants to attack the bandits, recover Yangzhou, and then regain Jiangning with your fellow villager Xiang Rong." If you want to talk about merit, there are many civil and military officials who want to talk about merit, how can you take care of this thing! The governor of Liangjiang was far away in Changzhou, the governor of Jiangsu was in Jiangning, and the newly arrived Jiangsu envoy was far away in Xuzhou, so he neither cared about nor bothered to take care of the affairs of Zhixing, so whether it was the military aircraft department or our officials, until noon the day before yesterday, there was only the 600-mile urgent Wanfuqiao victory report. ”

"Do you have it now?" Ao Tongchen asked eagerly.

"Yes, but it is neither the Qincha Lord Qi Shan's, nor the Liangjiang Governor Yiliang's, nor the Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao's, but the acting Lianghuai salt transport envoy Guo Peilin's Baolu."

Huang Zhongyin subconsciously asked: "Has Guo Peilin arrived in Yangzhou?" ”

"Lord Guo has arrived, but he didn't go to Yangzhou, isn't Yangzhou occupied by bandits, and the two Huaiyun Divisions are now stationed in Taizhou. Master Guo hurriedly sent two folds in six hundred miles, and the saint was gracious! ”

"What fold is Guo Peilin?"

"One is the two Huai salt affairs, the other is to protect the Zhixing and follow the Zhixing to guard the Wanfu Bridge of those gentry and brave purposes, the emperor yesterday afternoon, with the acting state of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province and Han Xiufeng to prevent thieves and bandits, reward from the top belt of the five products, one hundred and fifty taels of silver, one white jade to move one, a pair of large purses, two small purses. Guo Peilin, the quasi-Huai and Huai Transportation Division, was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Liang Huai Salt Transportation Division, recuperating and training soldiers on the spot, rebuilding the salt capture camp, strictly arresting smugglers, and preventing leakage. ”

Zhou Wenjie smiled and continued: "Not only has Zhixing been promoted, but the gentry who trained the township with Zhixing and the Yongmu who guarded the Wanfu Bridge with Zhixing have also been promoted. Compared with officials in the economic system like Zhixing, the emperor praised those gentry and brave eyes. Reward those gentry are seven top belts, and the edict even says that those who are brave and brave and able to fight, do not fire guns in vain, always fight bravely, and make efforts to serve, can be pulled out to make up the campers, in order to show encouragement, and also 400 miles of edicts to know. ”

"There is a holy reason for the Holy One to do this." Ji Yunfei groaned: "Zhixing is the official of the imperial court, and it is right to serve the imperial court." Rewarding the gentry and the countrymen can boost the morale of the gentry and the people, and make the officials and gentry unite as one and unite as one. Only then can we put an end to the prying eyes of foreign bandits and stop the theft of bandits, which is enough to achieve practical results and strengthen people's hearts. ”

"What the blog post says is very true, but let's talk about Zhixing, a year ago, he was a nine-grade sesame official, and now he is the deputy envoy of the salt transportation department from the fifth grade, and it is a real award, not an acting, let alone a false title."

Ji Yunfei reacted and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Yongzhu, Zhixing's deputy luck (abbreviation of the deputy envoy of the Salt Transportation Division) is not just a real grant, but a special award!" There are so many officials in the world, most of them are selected by the ministry, and there are a few who are directly ordered by the saint like him. ”

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