Time flies, and three months have passed in a blink of an eye.

If you put aside previous years, it should be the end of September now, but this year is a leap year, and after July, there is a leap July, so the weather is already very cool before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wu Zhaoling had helped Su Shun pass the word before, saying that the emperor planned to go out of Beijing to patrol in the autumn weather, but instead of waiting for the Beijing to send someone to summon him, he waited for the news that the emperor and the queen mother, the queen, and the concubines had "moved" and moved back to the Forbidden City from the Old Summer Palace.

Thinking that the Three Law Divisions should be reviewing the major cases of the provinces that are going to be sentenced to be sentenced to be imprisoned, executed, and even Ling Chi, and after the review, they will petition the emperor for a decision, Han Xiufeng feels that it is unlikely that the emperor will go out of Beijing to see the auspicious land of Wannian, at least this year, it will be difficult to make the trip.

Thinking of the tacit rule in the current officialdom, most officials, especially foreign officials who are not from Jinshi Hanlin, have to move people after one year of acting, and it is not so easy to change from acting to acting, and Wu Tingdong has long seen that he is not pleasing to the acting south bank, Han Xiufeng can't help but feel a little anxious.

It's not that I'm worried about being dismissed from office, but I'm worried that I'll just give you an errand, and when the errand is done, I'll let you wait for the probation of the commission in Zhili like those alternate officials, and if you want to be an official, you can't go back to your hometown, so you will be consumed there, and then it will be really a dilemma!

However, thinking that he had made more or less money before, as long as he was frugal, he would not have to worry about his livelihood for the next ten or eight years, Han Xiufeng felt that there was no need to worry about these things, so he shook his spirits and took Fei Erye, Qin'er, Goudan and Datou, and began to eat happy wine one after another.

Dean Gu and Yu Qinghuai were the most reliable, and as soon as they received the letter, they were approved by Guo Peilin, and asked Lu Daming and Liang Liu and more than a dozen brothers from the old Taiyong camp to send Wang Qianli's family and the families and new daughters-in-law of Chen Hu, Wang Hedong, Ji Daji, and others! Dean Gu's nephew, Gu Jinyan, felt that there was no future in Hai'an, so he came with him, and he didn't plan to go back.

The flood land of Ji Erfen is not far from the Yamen of Zhuozhou Prefecture, and Han Xiufeng returned to the State Judgment Office where he was temporarily staying after eating Ji Er's wedding wine.

As soon as he sat down and took a few sips of tea, he was joking with Wang Qianli that he had eaten so much wedding wine this year, and that he would have full moon wine to eat next year, when he heard Su Jueming and Gu Jinyan whispering outside.

These days, he was busy settling down his family, busy eating and drinking, and he didn't care about Gu Jinyan's words, Wang Qianli realized that Gu Jinyan must be in a hurry, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Fourth master, do you say it's better to let Shenzhi stay with me, or let him follow you?" ”

Han Xiufeng weighed it and said in a deep voice, "Although it is most appropriate for him to stay with you, this time he is here to join me." If you really let him stay with you, what face will you have to see Dean Gu in the future, let him follow me." ”

"It's better to follow you, it's better to follow you than to stay with me."

"Follow me to have a future, don't be kidding, I don't know what will happen next, I'm really worried about his future," Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, thought about it and said: "Among those descendants of Hai'an, Shen Zhi is the most sincere and the most reliable. Dean Gu really has high hopes for him, otherwise he would not have donated his life to him before he came, and he would have donated ten percent of his life. ”

"Fourth Master, what are you talking about, we people are all pointing at you, you may not be discouraged."

"To tell you the truth, I'm not discouraged, but a little discouraged." Han Xiufeng put down the teacup and said with palpitations: "I received a letter from my family at the beginning of the month, and my father-in-law said that my father fell when he went up the mountain three months ago, not only broke his leg, but also fell unconscious, and woke up after two days of fainting. ”

Wang Qianli was taken aback: "How is the old man now?" “

"I don't know what happened now, but my father-in-law said in the letter that there was nothing serious, so I could rest assured."

"Bodhisattva bless, it's okay."

As soon as Wang Qianli's words fell, there was a commotion outside, and then Su Jueming ran in to report: "Fourth master, someone from the Provincial Department is here!" Lord Wu's family Wu Fu found this place from the River Hall and was anxious to see you. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't say anything in his heart, Wu Tingdong would definitely not have anything good to send someone to find him, but he still raised his head and asked, "What about others?" ”

"In the lobby."

"Got it."

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and got up to the lobby.

As soon as Wu Fu saw Han Xiufeng, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Congratulations to Master Han, congratulations to Master Han, the little one has come to report the good news to Master Han!" ”

"What's the joy of?" Han Xiufeng looked at him with a smile and asked.

"Master Han, do you really don't know or don't know?" Wu Fu asked subconsciously.

"You know, I really don't know anything." Han Xiufeng was confused.

Wu Fu looked at Wang Qianli, Second Master Fei, Datou and Su Jueming who had just followed up in the lobby, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Master Han, my family has just received an official document ordering you to return to Beijing immediately and be transferred to the general administration department to serve as a counselor, not an acting, but an actual grant, do you say that this is a high promotion, is it a great joy!" ”

"The General Secretary of the Council? Wu Fu, you're not joking with this official, are you? Han Xiufeng asked suspiciously.

"Do you dare to make such a joke with you?" Wu Fu wiped his sweat and said eagerly: "Not only is there an official document from the Ministry of Officials, but there are also people in Beijing, and the person who came to pick you up and return to Beijing is in the Provincial Department at this time!" ”

The General Administration Department is the yamen responsible for matters such as internal and external regulations, sealed appeals of subjects, etc., and if it is set aside, it will have great power. Even in the Shunzhi Dynasty and the Kangxi Dynasty, it was also a great yamen. If the provincial recitals want to be presented to the emperor, they must all be sent to the General Administration Department first. It will then be submitted by the Secretary for General Administration.

After Yongzheng Ye ascended the throne, he not only set up the military aircraft department, but also set up a concert office, and formulated: the ministers Chen Song, the common affairs are sparse, from the general political department, the cabinet to draft the purpose; Important matters are folded, and the military department drafts the decree from the upper and lower military aircraft departments, and pro-imperial vermilion pen wholesale", that is to say, the official documents such as money, grain, taxation and criminal noun lawsuits in various provinces are sent to the General Administration Department with the title book, and the General Administration Department reviews the format and confirms that it is correct before submitting it to the cabinet. The real major events were presented to the Military Aircraft Department through the Concert Office, and then the Military Aircraft Department was presented to the Emperor's Imperial Review, and the secret folds were directly presented to the Emperor's Imperial Review by the Concert Office, and the status of the General Administration Department plummeted like the Cabinet.

Although the General Administration Department is a fake "Shimizu Yamen", the left and right senators of the General Administration Department of the five grades, and even the lower grade of the General Administration Department and the governor of the General Administration Department are not what anyone wants to do.

The general political envoy is even more amazing, it is one of the nine Qings who are on an equal footing with the imperial history of the left and right, Dali Temple, Zongrenfu Zongling, and Taichang Temple. Today's general political envoy Meng Bao is not only born in the Han army with a yellow flag, but also has served as the deputy capital of Mongolia with the Red Banner, the deputy minister in Tibet and even the minister in Tibet, and his status is prominent!

Han Xiufeng never thought that he could be a Beijing official, let alone that he, a Han member with a donation background, could be a senator of the Shangtong Political Division, so he was stunned for a while.

"Master Han, it was the guards of the guard office who came to pick you up and return to Beijing, and the official document also said that you should return to Beijing immediately, you have to hurry up, you can't make people wait for a long time." Wu Fu cautiously reminded.

Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that although this was not as good as the Hanlin official, it was almost the same as the Hanlin official, and nine times out of ten it was Su Shun who helped him fight for it, so he didn't dare to slack off for a moment, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Qianli, I'll go to the Provincial Department first." Second master, please leave the affairs of the family to you when you are old. ”

Without waiting for Wang Qianli to speak, Second Master Fei said excitedly: "It's important to do business, you hurry up to the Provincial Affairs Department, there is me at home, I will call Qin'er to go back and pack my luggage later, and after packing up, I will take the baby to the capital together." ”

"What about me, fourth brother, what should I do?" Big Head asked eagerly.

"You stay in Gu'an honestly first, and then I will think of transferring you over when I gain a firm foothold in the capital."

"Then you have to hurry, you're all gone, what's the point of me being here alone."

"Big brother, isn't there still me?" Su Jueming knew very well that Master Han was most worried about the big head, so he grabbed the big head and said, "Fourth master, you go back to Beijing first, and I will stay in Gu'an to accompany the big brother." ”

Seeing that Gu Jin was about to speak and stopped, Han Xiufeng muttered: "Okay, you and Datou will go back to the ancestral house first." Be cautious, hurry up and pack your bags and go with me. ”

"Yes!" Gu Jinyan was overjoyed, hurriedly bowed down and made a move, and immediately ran to Ertang to pack up his things.

……

Han Xiufeng already had a horse, and Ji Er also got one when Heying "split up" for the third time, but the stinky boy thought that raising horses was too expensive and food-consuming, so he gave the horse to his current boss Wang Qianli as soon as he arrived in Zhuozhou. Wang Qianli is a horse lover, as early as when he was in Hai'an, he raised several horses collected by the villagers from Yangzhou, and Gu Jinyan, who has been working in the Baojia Bureau, also learned to ride horses.

Han Xiufeng took Gu Jinyan like this, one person and one horse, quickly whipped the horse, and hurried to the Provincial Bureau.

As Wu Fu said, not only did the official document come from the ministry, but there were also two guards from the guard office, and as soon as they saw Han Xiufeng, they asked when they could leave.

If some things are not clear, how could Han Xiufeng just leave, first surrendered his hand and confessed a crime, and then respectfully presented the official seal of the Tongzhi on the south bank, and asked without humility or arrogance: "Lord Wu, this transfer is so hasty, the lower officials have not had time to go back to the yamen to pack their luggage, and the family members such as Zunei and Dog have not had time to enter Beijing with the lower officials, can you give the lower officials a few days, so that the family members of the lower officials can make room for the new Tongzhi?" ”

Wu Tingdong has always wanted to let Han Si, who was "a vegetarian meal in the corpse", get out, but he never expected that the imperial court would transfer Han Si to Beijing and directly grant the political secretary to the council. And according to the official documents of the inspection envoy Yamen and the official documents of the Governor's Yamen and the political envoy Yamen, they must be submitted to the General Political Department, if the person in front of him holds a grudge, he is likely to pick bones in the eggs and deliberately make things difficult like those pen posts and officials in various ministries and courtyards in Beijing, and repeatedly call them back for you to redraft, and then the annoyance will also annoy you to death.

Thinking of this, Wu Tingdong suddenly regretted it, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Han, don't worry, I feel like you are in a hurry, and I haven't thought about who will act as much as I am." You can rest assured that you will take up your post in Beijing, and I will send someone to say to my younger siblings, so that they don't worry, everything will wait for you to gain a firm foothold in the capital. ”

"Master Xie Wu's shirt." Han Xiufeng bowed and made a gesture, and then arched his hand again: "Then there is the matter of handover, just handing over the official seal is not over, there is also the roster of soldiers and soldiers and the account book of money and grain......"

"Brother Han, don't worry about it, how much grain can Heying have left now? When I think about who will act as the governor of the South Coast, I will ask him to go directly to Xi Yibing. ”

"In that case, then the next official will retire first?"

"Zhixing, Zhixing, you really know how to laugh! What to say about retreat, you are ascending, go, I will send you! ”