Duan Jiqing packed a few changes of clothes and hired a jack to carry a pole as soon as he went out, and the Huguang Guild Hall, which was next to the Han family, received the news.

"Although this little man Du who just came back is the first time I have seen him, I have heard it many times in the past few years. He went to the capital with Master Han to confess, and his relationship with Master Han was not ordinary. In the past two years, those military attaches and soldiers of Chongqing Town who have been quelling the turmoil outside the country have bravely gone home to carry letters and silver, and Duan Jiqing has handled it on the Ba County side, and the Liangjiang side has been handled by the Du master who has just returned. ”

The guy who inquired about the news raised his head and peeked at the new Huguang guest Jiang Zonghai and Shaanxi guest Guan Yunzhong, and then said: "The tea gang porter who helped carry the coffin said that three people did not go to visit the town with Master Du after getting off the boat, but took advantage of the chaos to enter the city. The little one felt strange, and it wasn't until Li Liu said that Master Han was a guest just now, and quietly chased after him to take a look, and then he knew who those three people were. ”

Jiang Zonghai put down the teacup and said, "Don't sell Guanzi, if you have something to say, hurry up." ”

"Master Jiang, the small one is not a seller, the small one is to say, the person in the lead looks a little familiar, a bit like Master Han's long-term follower Pan Er. However, it has been several years, and the little one is not sure in his heart, until the person went to 'Tongxingdang' and hugged Pan Changxi and cried, and the little one was sure that he was Pan Er. ”

"He's not Pan Er, he's also an official now!" Guan Yunzhong touched his chin and sighed: "Du Weifang became the Sipin Division, Pan Er became the ambassador of the Salt Division, and the Gua Wazi who fought with the tea gang and killed people became the president of Qian, and it is said that even Ding Zhu, who later went to defect to Han Xiufeng, and Yu Tiesuo, the son of Yu Youfu, not only became the commander, but also served as an errand in the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army. ”

"Not to mention these few people," the guy couldn't help but add: "I heard that Zhou Changchun, the nephew of Zhou Jingcheng of the military department, and Wang Guisheng, the third eldest of the county Yawang in the mountain family, also became officials and went to Guangdong to do inspections together. He Jiangong, the nephew of He Yong, the general manager of the right camp, also made up for the vacancy, and it seems that he was sent to Xuanhua Town to be the general manager of Qian, anyway, one of the people who went to join Master Han later was counted as an official! ”

"It's really a person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven!" Guan Yunzhong smiled, thought about it and said, "Brother Jiang, you said that we had some plants and trees before. ”

Jiang Zonghai motioned for the guy to step back, and asked with a smile, "Why did Brother Guan say this?" ”

"I don't think the gentry of Ba County are monolithic, Han Xiufeng is not only a donor background, but also has no intersection with Gong Ying, Cui Huanzhang, Yang Yiqing, Wu Xinyuan and others before going to the capital to confess, and he may not even look down on Han Xiufeng, who was still in the yamen at that time."

"What about Gu Zhongzheng?"

"Gu Zhongzheng only got close to Duan Jiqing before his death, and he also had some correspondence with Han Xiufeng."

Guan Yunzhong thought for a while, and then said: "In my opinion, the gentry of Ba County can be divided into four types, one is those who do not listen to things outside the window, and devote themselves to teaching or reading the books of sages, such as the Sun family in Ciqikou; One wants to mix everything and manage everything, that is, Gong Ying, Cui Huanzhang, Yang Yiqing and others; One wants to mix everything but is not qualified to mix, that is, those prison students and martial artists who run regiments in the countryside. ”

Jiang Zonghai felt a little interesting, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "What about the fourth type?" ”

"The fourth type is a rising star like Han Xiufeng, none of them are scholars, and most of them came out of the yamen, some have been scribes, some have been government officials, and some are from the army. These people say that it is easy to deal with and easy to deal with, and they will give some benefits. It's really difficult to deal with, because there are no bends in the officialdom that they don't know, not to mention that there are people from the county government to the provincial department, including all battalions in Chongqing Town, and the so-called little ghosts are difficult! ”

"What about Lord Duan, what kind of person is Lord Duan?"

"What is Lord Duan's identity, how can he care about such messy things, let alone don't you have a brother!"

"The bigger the official does, the less he will care about these messy things." Jiang Zonghai nodded slightly.

Speaking of the big and small officials, Guan Yunzhong muttered again: "Speaking of which, Han Xiufeng's official work is not small, not only has he been a 'small military aircraft', not only is he already from the top of the fourth grade, but he is also the Segu Batulu given by the emperor. The higher this person stands, the farther he should see, and it stands to reason that he should not care about such messy things like Lord Duan. ”

"It stands to reason that Han Xiufeng shouldn't care, he is in the emperor's heart, the saint is thick, and he is not very old, as long as he finishes the funeral, he can go back and continue to be an official, anyway, although he can't be a governor, it is not impossible to be a probationary envoy or even a political envoy in the future."

"Yes, he can't ruin his future because of those scholars."

"But I think Han Xiufeng will definitely take care of it!"

"Brother Jiang, where did you start with this?" Guan Yunzhong was confused.

Jiang Zonghai sighed lightly and explained helplessly: "Brother Guan, although I haven't seen Han Xiufeng, I've heard Master Duan mention it. I don't know what he's like back home, but he's a 'timely rain' character on the outside! It is said that the Beijing officials of the prefectures and counties of Chongqing Prefecture not only remembered his righteous deeds, but also agreed that the Chongqing Hall would only have a duty and no director in the future. ”

"Why not have a curator?"

"Because those Beijing officials feel that no one is qualified to be the director except Han Xiufeng, which means that he, Han Xiufeng, will always be the director of the Chongqing Hall." Jiang Zonghai took a sip of tea, and then said: "What's more, when he was the governor of Songjiang Prefecture and the governor of Jiangjiang Customs, he also spent money to build the Sichuan Guild Hall, so that the fellow villagers who went to Songjiang Mansion to be officials or went to Songjiang Mansion to do business could have a place to stay. You can't believe it, although he is not an orthodox scholar, his prestige in Ba County and even Chongqing Mansion Shilin even overshadows Lord Duan and Huang Yushi. ”

Guan Yunzhong was taken aback: "So he is the backbone of the Ba County gentry!" ”

"Not only is it the backbone of the gentry of Ba County, but also the minister of group training sent by the emperor to help organize the group training, do you say that he will take care of this group training after he comes back or not?"

"According to what the old man said, he has ten ** guild halls."

"Yes, so I can't sleep at night these days, for fear of disappointing your trust."

……

At the same time, Cui Huanzhang and Yang Yanqing, who had been making trouble for a while, were complaining to Gong Ying at Gong Ying's house.

"Longyin Tuanzheng Sun Dasheng and Tuanzheng Zou Yuanyi went to the county government yesterday to complain, one sued the former Tuanzheng Tong Yishun for embezzlement of four taels of silver on the public account, and the second sued Tong Yishun as a tuanzheng said that the money apportioned to the neighborhoods in the town did not seriously settle the accounts, and the third sued Tong Yishun as a rich man in Longyin only knew how to collect group fees from the neighbors in the town, but he himself could not pay a penny, and implored the county lord to preside over justice and ordered Tong Yishun to explain the accounts clearly. Master Gong, tell me, it was the time of unanimity with the outside world, and they actually started internal strife for four taels and one money, which is really embarrassing and thrown home! ”

"What did the county master say?" Gong Ying asked in a low voice.

"The county magistrate said that Tong Yishun's control and hegemony are true, which is very hateful, so let him wait for the signing and interrogation." Cui Huanzhang paused, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhili Liujia Realm is connected to Maoxia, and the road leads to Tongzi, which is a key point to prevent blockage, but at this juncture, the stone dragon group of Zhili Liujia has also caused infighting. ”

Gong Ying muttered: "Who is the current prison of the Stone Dragon Regiment? ”

"The current prison is Chen Tianru, and the group is Qin Zhengyi, they also came to the county government a few days ago to hand over the complaint, suing Baishatuo Wusheng Chen Zhankui not only bewitched the flower households in Baishatuo to not be in order, but also bewitched the flower households to refuse to pay the group fee. Chen Zhankui argued that Baishatuo was ten miles away from the Shilong Regiment, and it was better to run a group by himself than to go back and forth every day, and he really set up a cultural and economic group in Baishatuo. ”

"If I remember correctly, Chen Zhankui's family and Chen Tianru's family are feuds, and it is not appropriate to force them together."

"The two of them do have enmity, so Chen Zhankui didn't say anything about the county master of Wenjingtuan, who ran his own Wenjing Group in Baishatuo. But Tongzi didn't have traitors to make trouble, the county lord ordered Chen Zhankui to lead the Wenjing group to Mao'er Gorge to prevent the stone dragon group together, but the result was not with Tongzi's bandits, the two of them actually fought first, it is said that Chen Zhankui's horse coat was torn, Chen Zhankui's son Chen Yizhi was injured, Chen Tianru countersued Chen Zhankui to smash the Shilong group's guns and cannons, each insisted on the word, the county master didn't know what to do! ”

Yang Yiqing couldn't help but say: "Jiang Zonghai and Guan Yunzhong must be watching our jokes." ”

"But what can we do, even if we come forward to say a few words, Sun Dasheng, Zou Yuanyi, Chen Tianru, and Chen Zhankui will not listen." Thinking of the prison students and martial artists in the countryside who had been fighting at both ends for three days, Gong Ying sighed helplessly: "It's really the world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient!" ”

"It seems that I can only wait for Zhixing to come back, and I estimate that Zhixing can cure them."

"Do you think they can convince Han Zhixing?"

"It should be convinced, as far as I know, they used to have a good relationship with Pan Changsheng, Pan Changsheng is only Zhixing's head, and they will definitely give Zhixing some face. What's more, they spent money to donate literature and martial arts supervisors, at first they may have felt that they could be majestic in the township after donating, but if they listened to Zhixing, it would be different, since Zhixing could promote Pan Changsheng as an official, he could also promote them. If you can really be an official, then you will be the real glory of your ancestors, and you will be better than being the supervisor and head of the township regiment in the countryside. ”

"That's right, but Zhixing hasn't come back yet, will it really not come back as rumored."

"You can rest assured, I just received a letter from a fellow villager from the capital yesterday, in which he said that Zhixing had returned home from a vacancy before the beginning of the year. As for why I haven't arrived home until today, I guess it's because something was delayed on the road. ”

At the mention of Han Xiufeng, Gong Ying couldn't help muttering: "Duan Jiqing is really true, he actually avoided us!" ”

Yang Yiqing entered Beijing last year to take the exam, although he couldn't see Han Xiufeng, but he had heard about Han Xiufeng's personality from his fellow villagers in Beijing, and knew that Han Xiufeng valued the friendship of his fellow villagers, so he said confidently: "Master Gong, Duan Jiqing is Duan Jiqing, and Zhixing is Zhixing, which cannot be confused." ”