The little fellow is good, but it's just a small episode for Duan Dazhang.

He has been away from Beijing for too long, although Jingxin and Bing Jing Tan Jing have never been broken, but Hanzhong Mansion is too far away from the capital, and the news is not well-informed, compared to Han Xiufeng, an insignificant little fellow, he wants to know more about the affairs of the court.

Ji Yunfei had already prepared, and even brought a note, as soon as Duan Dazhang opened his mouth, he said worriedly: "Brother Zhuoyun, it is really not the right time for you to come back in the eyes of the junior brother. Guangxi's Hunan military affairs have not been peaceful, Fengbei Hegong's mouth has not been closed, Jiangsu and Shandong have rained heavily, and Gyeonggi Zhili has lacked rain since the beginning of spring, and there is a great flood in the south and a great drought in the north. A few days ago, the emperor had issued a special edict to ask for advice, and a few days ago he had issued an edict to the internal and external ministers to perform the work of the ministers, and all the things that could be taken have been put into practice, and the internal and external affairs have not been able to cheer up. The ministers of various ministries and institutes, Jiuqing Kedao, etc., witnessed the difficulties and should share the weal and woe with the country. ”

"Lord Du is not in the disaster relief mission, right?" Duan Dazhang asked in a low voice.

"Well," Ji Yunfei nodded, and sighed lightly: "Since the second day of the first month of June, heavy rain has fallen in Jiangsu and Shandong, and more than 30 prefectures and counties such as Binzhou have been affected. Shandong is the hometown of Lord Du, thinking of the flood and hunger in his hometown, Lord Du cracked his liver and intestines, and begged the emperor to let him organize relief.

As soon as he received the gend, he rushed to Shandong in the starry night, ignoring the heat and humidity, eating and closing, inspecting the people's conditions, asking about the suffering, and agreeing with Shandong officials to appease the victims. After completing the relief work in Shandong, he went to Jiangnan and braved the summer to go on a campaign. Unexpectedly, due to the fatigue of the day and night, I felt the heat and humidity, and I suffered from liver disease.

On July 8, he reported the situation of the relief service in Jiangnan to the imperial court, and said that he was not sick in the performance. Unexpectedly, his illness took a sharp turn and his medicine was ineffective, and he died in Puyitai, Qingjiang, Jiangsu Province on July 9. The emperor was very sad, the coffin arrived in Beijing, went to Du's house to pay respects, wept bitterly in the coffin, gave the Dhara Sutra to be attacked, rewarded with five thousand taels of silver for funeral, and posthumously presented Lord Du as a scholar of Taishi University, nicknamed 'Wenzheng'! ”

"Wenzheng" is the dream of the world's scholars, and "Taishi University Scholar" is the highest canonization among the ministers, since the Jiaqing Dynasty Hanchen was posthumously awarded the title of "Taishi University Scholar" only Du Shoutian alone.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhongyin couldn't help but say: "According to the rules, whether the minister should be given a lecture or not, should be invited by the Ministry of Rites first, only Lord Du is different, Lord Du's nickname is appointed by the emperor!" On the fourth day of the first month of this month, the emperor not only gave a jar of sacrificial wine, a gold pickaxe, and a jade shovel, but also ordered King Gong to send! ”

"Emperor, ......" Duan Dazhang sighed and muttered, "The deceased is gone, and the deceased is like this." Bowen, let's talk about the latest personnel. ”

"Oh," Ji Yunfei reacted, and hurriedly said: "The Ministry of Officials should be invited by He Diange with the amount of the University Scholar Ner, and he will be a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion; The emperor ordered Chengjun Wang Zairui to be the Minister of the Interior, Prince Zheng Duanhua was the Minister of the Military Parade, and Dingjun Wang Zaiquan was the commander of the infantry army. ordered the secretary of the household department and co-organized the university scholar Xien to manage the affairs of the domain; ordered the university scholar Qi Liaozao to manage the household department; Ordered the cabinet to serve the bachelor Wen Qing as the Dali Temple, and the Taifu Temple Secretary Liao Hongquan as the Taichang Temple. ”

Duan Dazhang asked, "What about the Military Aircraft Department?" ”

"The emperor ordered Shao Can, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and Lang Linkui, the right attendant of the Ministry of Households, to walk on the Minister of Military Aircraft......" Talking about these, Ji Yunfei is like a treasure.

At the time, the banquet was prepared.

Han Xiufeng walked into the flower hall, saw that they were talking about business, didn't dare to disturb, picked up the kettle to help them refill the tea, and then stood quietly aside.

After Duan Dazhang asked about the personnel changes in the center, he glanced up at Han Xiufeng, and then asked about the war in Guangxi and Hunan. Huang Zhongyin had just returned from an errand in Huguang, and he talked about the war like Ji Yunfei just now.

"On July 28, the Taiping rebels rushed from Liling to Changsha, approached the south gate, and occupied the Miao Peak and the area of Aoshan Temple. The emperor ordered Sai Shang'a to lead the troops, quickly go to Changsha to help, and ordered Xu Guangjinxing to go to Chu to supervise and suppress it. However, Saishana was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he stopped. On the 29th, the rebels opened their guns to the city, and they were all repulsed......"

Some time ago, he was busy renovating the guild hall, and Han Xiufeng didn't know until this moment that Huang Zhongyin had gone to Huguang before, and it turned out that he was ordered to investigate and deal with those officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death.

Guangxi Governor Xiang Rong boasted of deceit, pretending to be wise and deceiving others. When the Taiping bandits captured Yong'an, he hid in Pingnan, and later couldn't get out of illness, and the emperor was so angry that he scolded him for losing his conscience, dismissed him, and sent Xinjiang to serve to atone for his crimes.

A soldier bears a nest of bears.

Just thinking that Du San seemed to be working under Xiang Rong, Xiang Rong was greedy for life and afraid of death and didn't dare to fight hard with the Taiping bandits, Du San shouldn't have anything to do, Duan Dazhang suddenly asked: "Yonghuan, what you said was all a few months ago, how is the battle situation now?" ”

"I don't know this," Huang Zhongyin thought about it and said with a wry smile: "If you read the report, you will win the battle at two ends in three days, and ask for rewards every three or five times, and the Taiping bandits should have been wiped out by them a few times." Yesterday transferred 2,000 troops from Guizhou, today from Sichuan, tomorrow from Henan 3,000 soldiers, and even from your Shaanxi to transfer thousands of troops, I really don't know if there are any soldiers to adjust! ”

"If you want to know the situation of the war, you don't need to read the report." Ji Yunfei raised his head and said.

"Bowen, what else can we read without reading the reports of Guangxi and Hunan?" Huang Zhongyin asked subconsciously.

"Just look at this!"

Ji Yunfei opened the notes and read: "I don't read it far away, I will read it for these two months, at the beginning of last month, the emperor gave Zhejiang the dead thousand general Zhou Debiao and Wang Rulin, and the general Shen Baolin, Zhou Yuqing, Tang Ningtai, foreign commissioners Gao Qixiang, Yu Xianglin, and Xu Tingbao were buried in the world;

In the middle of last month, the emperor gave Guangxi the death of Zhizhou Lin Guangqian, Zhixian Liang Shichao, garrison Yang Xi, Ma Zhankui, Qian General Wang Yunwei, Miao Fengen, and the general Yang Yingbiao, Pu Zhengrong, Yang Tongrui, Ma Shengguo, Lv Dabiao, Foreign Affairs Fan Wei, Li Chunlin, Zhang Desheng, Hou Dengyuan, and funeral duties!

At the end of last month, Cao Xiepei and Ruilin, the martyrs of Guangxi, and Yang Yinghe, the general of Guangxi, were buried in the world, and the ancestral hall was established in the place of origin. Yu Xuezheng Nong Xiantuo, Du Si Wu Changxian, garrison Yu Liansheng, Qianzong Tian Qinghua, Ma Ruilong, and the general Lu Xianzhen, Huang Zhilin, Han Dadian and other funeral positions. ”

So many people died, not only military attachés but also civilian officials!

Duan Dazhang was secretly frightened and couldn't help asking, "What about Hunan?" ”

Ji Yunfei flipped through his notes and said solemnly: "At the beginning of this month, the emperor gave Liu Xinghuan and the funeral of Liu Xinghuan in Jianghua County, Hunan; To the martyrdom of Zhizhou Li Qizhao, Sun Enbao, Ouyang Fu, sacrifice and burial. To the Hunan fallen general officer Fucheng, deputy general Yin Peili, general Sabao, Du Si Taqin, funeral duties! The day before yesterday, the emperor gave 75 people, including Fu Cheng, the chief soldier of Hunan who died in battle, Yin Peili, the deputy general, Sa Bao, Xiao Fengchun, Ren Dagui, Du Si Taqin, Ji Shengmai, Cheng Dazhen, Ge Tuken, Guo Jincheng, and Zeng Zhengchuan, who were stationed in the guerrillas. ”

Duan Dazhang knew that the battle situation was worrying, but he didn't expect it to be so serious, and muttered: "Guangxi and Hunan are eroded, and Hubei is in danger!" ”

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