Everyone was talking happily, and the right flower hall, which was temporarily converted into a dining room, was still patronizing and talking, without moving a few chopsticks and dishes, and the wine was also tasted. Although he didn't eat much, Duan Dazhang was still full of praise, saying that he hadn't eaten such authentic hometown dishes for a long time.

After eating lunch and sending Huang Zhongyin and the three away, Duan Dazhang was not in a hurry to go back to the room to rest, first sent those officials back to Shaanxi, so as not to cause trouble at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and then asked his family Wang Gui to bring fifty taels of silver.

"Master Duan, what are you doing here?"

"This is my hall fee and donation," Duan Dazhang looked back at the statute of the guild hall on the wall, looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said: "As the saying goes, there are no rules, there is no circle, since there are rules, they must be implemented according to the rules, otherwise how can such a large guild hall be maintained?" ”

"Thank you, Master Duan." Han Xiufeng reacted and hurriedly got up to thank him.

"It's all said that this is the way it should be, what are you doing here." Duan Dazhang motioned for Han Xiufeng to sit down, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Zhixing, your affairs Yonghuan and Bowen have told me, although I am not a Beijing official now, and I can't come to the capital once a year or even a few years, but when I think that you will have to take office after filling the vacancy, I always feel a little regretful and even worried." ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Master Duan, what are you worried about?" ”

"I'm worried about the hall," Duan Dazhang looked up and looked around, and said with emotion: "I think I came to Beijing to take the exam back then, but I came too late, not only did the provincial hall have no room, but even the inns were full, so I could only rent one with a friend in Luzhou, the house was low and small, and the roof was leaking, and I was embarrassed when I thought of those days."

It wasn't until Mr. Gu stood up to advocate the construction of the guild hall that the candidates who came to Beijing to take the examination and the candidates who came to Beijing to meet and alternate officials from the 14 prefectures and counties of Chongqing Prefecture had a place to stay. Time flies, this blink of an eye is more than ten years, Master Gu has returned to his hometown early, and the new museum has become the old hall, which is really a thing. ”

"Yes, time flies so fast, sometimes I can't believe that I've been in the capital for almost a year, if you count the time on the road, it's been more than a year."

"There are people who do nothing and waste their time. In the past year, your time in Han Zhixing has not been wasted, if it weren't for your hard work and hard work, how could there be such a big and magnificent hall? ”

"Master Duan has an overreputation, if it weren't for the seniors such as Master Gu who laid a good foundation, if it weren't for the generosity of your fellow township officials and the gentry of your hometown, I, Han Xiufeng, wouldn't have been able to rebuild it even if I have three heads and six arms."

"Zhixing, I don't have a reputation, and you don't need to apologize, your personality, everything you have done for the guild hall is obvious to all." Duan Dazhang put down the teacup and said regretfully: "Yonghuan and Bowen are reluctant to let you go, I am worried that after you leave, it will not take a few years for the good guild hall to be abandoned again, but people go to high places and water flows to low places, and you can't delay your future because of the guild hall, after all, being an official for a term is even just a nine-grade inspection, which is directly related to whether your Han family can get rid of your cold nationality, and whether your Han family's children can take the right path in the future." ”

"Let Master Duan smile, Xiufeng is really forced to donate this official."

"What's so funny about this, young people should be self-motivated." Duan Dazhang smiled, and continued: "Yongzhuo and Bowen said when they left just now, if you don't make up for it, the official will do it after you make it up, but after you leave, the guild hall will only be on duty, and there will be no more first things except for you Han Zhixing, and this first thing will be kept for you." ”

Han Xiufeng never thought that Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen and other Beijing officials would actually make such a decision, thinking about it, he was a little moved, and he didn't know what to say, Duan Dazhang said again: "As for the matter of filling the vacancy, Yonghuan and Bowen said that you have asked the Provincial Pavilion to go through the door of the Ministry of Officials, and the Director of the Provincial Pavilion Zhang is still reliable, not to mention that you should have some personal relations with him as the head of the Provincial Pavilion." ”

"Master Duan, I'm still bothering you about this matter......

"Listen to me." Duan Dazhang took a sip of tea, looked at him with a smile and said meaningfully: "Zhixing, if you just want to be an official and let your Han family get rid of the cold nationality, you might as well ask Director Zhang in a few days how long it will take to make up for this shortage." If you have to wait for a year and a half, you might as well ask him to help you think of a way to see if the officials can send you out to Gansu for a probationary trial. ”

Han Xiufeng asked puzzledly: "Go to Gansu?" ”

"There's something I don't need to hide from you, I can't hide it if I want to," Duan Dazhang put down the teacup and said with a smile: "I can't hide it, I got the Governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi Shu Shu half a year ago, and I was blessed by the emperor to make up the political envoy of Gansu. ”

He was promoted from the prefect to the post of political envoy, which was two consecutive promotions.

Han Xiufeng reacted, hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Congratulations to Master Duan, no, congratulations to Master Duan, congratulations to Master Duan!" Lord Duan, you will be a feudal lord from now on! ”

"What is there to congratulate?" Duan Dazhang motioned for him to sit down, and sighed: "Compared with those in the same year, my Duan Dazhang's career is really not smooth, Zeng Guofan should have heard of it, a fold of "Jing Chen Shengde Three Ends to Prevent Fraud and Sparseness" is famous all over the world, and now he is already the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, if it is not for his mother's funeral to go home to worry, he should be on the way back to Beijing after presiding over the Jiangxi Township trial.

Linggui is already the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yun Guangchen is already the political envoy of the Jiangxi Provincial Procuratorate. Ding Jiabao has been dead for several years, but when he died, he was already a bachelor at the Hanlin Academy, and even served as a scholar in Guizhou for a term. Wu Jiaxun had no intention of being an official, returned to his hometown after illness, and taught at Pingjiang Academy, and his articles and poems are famous all over the world, especially the poems have become a school of their own. ”

Looking at Han Xiufeng's surprised look, Duan Dazhang continued: "Today, I only learned that Guo Peilin, the right of Zhan Shifu, will also go to Jiangsu to make up for it in a few days. ”

His same years are different from Ji Fei's, and now they are really in a high position.

In comparison, his career is really not smooth.

Han Xiufeng didn't know how to persuade him, and Duan Dazhang's words changed: "Zhixing, these days before the introduction of the leaders of the Ministry of Officials, I want to meet Prince Gong, who has just joined the Military Aircraft Department, and I want to meet Qi Liaozao, Peng Yunzhang, Mu Yin and other military ministers, and I want to meet the six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the six squires and the Tongzheng Division, Dali Temple and other officials.

In the same year, I really couldn't care about the colleagues at the Hanlin Academy, who should I visit, and Mr. Xu's gang had a roster. Seeing that it is winter, not only do you want to send some local products from Shaanxi, but you also want to send them together. Gifts and charcoal to my family Wang Er has been prepared, and Mr. Xu has also prepared the name and letters, one of them is inconvenient to come forward, and the other does not know the rules and is not very good at speaking, so I bother you to help me run from house to house. ”

How could Han Xiufeng not know Duan Dazhang's good intentions, and couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "Duan Dazhang, is it appropriate to leave such a big matter to me?" ”

"What's inappropriate?"

Duan Dazhang not only wanted to repay Han Xiufeng for helping him spend less money to enter the city, but also wanted to do something for the hall, after all, Han Xiufeng is still the head of the Chongqing hall, and he knows a few more adults who may be able to help the fellow villagers who came to Beijing to take the exam and the alternate candidates, got up and said with a smile: "You are a few years younger than my Xiaoshan, if my colleagues in the same year ask, you will say that it is my nephew, and they will definitely treat each other differently." ”

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