It is normal for officials to be summoned again, but most of the people who are re-summoned are foreign officials above the rank of probation, and some feudal officials are even summoned five or six times before taking office. Knowing that the emperor not only asked Han Si to continue handing over the sign tomorrow, but also gave a "honest, usable" comment, Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei and other fellow villagers who had been waiting for news all morning were very happy, and Ao Xixian even said enviously that Han Si was envious.

It was precisely because Han Si was going to meet again tomorrow that as soon as they finished eating and lunch, they sat in the Zuohua Hall, racking their brains to figure out the holy will, wondering what the emperor would ask tomorrow, and how Han Si should play it right at that time. With so many fellow villagers helping to make moves, Han Xiufeng was grateful, and he really understood what it meant to have someone in the DPRK who was a good official.

At the same time, shopkeeper Wen and other Sichuan villagers who were doing business in Beijing were busy helping Datou and Cuihua Zhang Luo get married.

The big head is now the top belt of the sixth grade, and Peng Yunzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has already spoken, and after he and Han Si arrive, they will be able to find a decent errand. And marriage is a matter of being a good person, Ao Tongchen actually offered to recognize Cuihua as a righteous sister, let Cuihua and Ren Yu move to his house first, and then let the big head go to his house to marry, so the Ao family is also busy putting on the lights at this time.

Looking at the boxes of dowries brought from Shanghai and purchased in the capital in the past two days, and then looking back at the brand-new wedding dresses and phoenix crowns, Cuihua felt like she was dreaming, and sat stupidly in front of the dresser a little overwhelmed.

Ren Yu'er sent the two Jinshi ladies of the Ao family out of the door, walked up to her and said with a smile: "Cuihua, what do you think, tomorrow is your happy day, you should be happy." ”

"I ...... I miss my dad, I miss my mom," Cuihua's tears burst out of her eyes, and she raised her head and choked up, "It would be nice if my father and my mother were here, if only they knew that I recognized an old brother from Hanlin, if only they could watch me marry the big head." ”

Ren Yu'er secretly thought that your father and mother had already sold you for a thousand taels of silver, and you were still thinking about them, but she still comforted: "The capital is so far away from Hai'an, how can you let them come?" Besides, they have never been far away, and it seems that they have never even been to Taizhou. ”

"I know, I just want them ......"

"Otherwise, I'll help you write a letter to your family, telling your father and your mother that you are now the righteous sister of Lord Hanlin, Lord Hanlin and Mrs. Hanlin are good to you, the fourth brother is good to you, and the big head is better for you, so that your father and mother can rest assured." Ren Yu'er thought for a while and said, "If your father and mother knew this, they would definitely be happy for you." ”

"It's naturally good to write a letter, but even if you help me write it, who can I find to bring it back?"

"Looking for Rishengchang, Rishengchang has a semicolon in Taizhou, and there is a semicolon in the capital."

"How much silver does it cost to find a letter from Rishengchang?"

"I don't know about this, but even if it costs a little money, it's worth it, otherwise there won't be a family letter worth a thousand gold."

Compared with Ren Yu'er, Cuihua can be called a little rich woman, not only has she saved more than 20 taels of private money, but also the majority of the silver is now all with her. But she had endured hardships, and she knew that it was not easy to save some money, so she hesitated for a while and then muttered: "I have to discuss such a big matter with the big head." ”

"It's just a letter to my family, it's a big deal." Ren Yu'er was made laughable, sat down and said: "I miss your parents and your mother, I also miss the third aunt a little, I don't know how she is doing now." Otherwise, I'll write one for you, and I'll write one myself, and I'll send it back in two days. ”

"Send two letters, just give the foot money of one letter?" Cuihua asked subconsciously.

"Well, in an envelope, who knows how many letters are in it."

"Half of the money for the foot of the letter, don't tell the fourth brother about this, the fourth brother is so good to me and the big head, I and the big head can't take advantage of the fourth brother anymore."

"Okay, listen to you."

The two of them whispered in the room, and Ao Tongchen's wife's dowry girl Lotus was doing female red in the room opposite, while muttering to Ao Tongchen's wife Ao Xu and Ao Xixian's wife Ao Ding: "That Cuihua is not only illiterate, but also clumsy, and the third master doesn't know what he thinks, not only does he recognize her as a righteous sister, but also helps to buy a dowry, and he is not afraid of people's jokes when she spreads it!" ”

The Ao family is a real scholarly family, the children of the Ao family not only study, but even marry a wife to marry a well-informed woman, although Ao Xu's reading is not as many as Ren Yu'er, but he is also a sensible person, and immediately glared at her: "What are you talking about, the master thinks that Sister Cuihua is a righteous sister, and naturally there is a reason for the young master, and you are not allowed to chew your tongue again." ”

"But ......"

"Don't be," Ao Dingshi, Ao Xixian's wife, put down the needle and thread, and explained with a smile: "Lotus, the third master recognizes Sister Cuihua as a righteous sister, not only to help Master Han and Yuan Qian save face, but also to help our Ao family repay their kindness." ”

"What's the reward?" Lotus asked subconsciously.

"Master Han has a great kindness to our Ao family, if it weren't for Master Han's help, how could the portrait and tablet of the old lady be offered to the Xiangxian Temple? You haven't been to the guild hall, but you'll know if you've been. ”

"There's a portrait of my old lady in the hall?"

"Well, there are more than a dozen portraits of the sages in the Xiangxian Ancestral Hall in the guild hall, including our old lady. To be able to enter the Xiangxian Ancestral Hall, not only will you enjoy the Spring and Autumn Festival worship forever, but also the civil and military officials who will take the exam in Beijing and the civil and military officials who are candidates for entering Beijing will also go to worship, think about it, what a big face! ”

"I really don't know."

"Now that I know, I can't chew my tongue anymore," Ao Ding smiled, and continued: "What's more, Sister Cuihua is about to marry Yuan Qianzong, and she will be the wife of the official soon. ”

"What can we take advantage of her, I've seen her man, she's just a melon baby!"

"Here you go again, what did you just tell you?"

Ao Xu glared at her, thought about it and explained: "Yuan Qian is actually not a melon at all, it's just ...... It's just a little ...... A little sluggish. Although he is only a sixth-grade military attaché, Master Han is a civil official, and Master Han regards him as his younger brother. You know Liu Juren in Jiangbei Hall, in order to be good friends with Master Han, they promised their sisters to Master Han's brother-in-law, our family just made a favor, do you say that this advantage is too big. ”

Lianhua realized that in the final analysis, it was to make friends with Master Han, and after a moment of silence, she couldn't help but ask: "The third master is a Hanlin official, the fifth master is a Hanlin Academy, and sooner or later he is also a Hanlin master, plus the old lady, our Ao family is a three-jinshi!" Anyway, I don't think we took advantage of Master Han. ”

"What do you know, the master is a Hanlin official, but the master's current official position is not as big as that of Master Han, and his grade is not as high as that of Master Han. What's more, Master Han not only has a wide range of friends, but also has a strong family membership, and the third and fifth masters may ask Master Han to carry them one day. ”

Ao Ding wasted no time in interjecting: "Master Han can act on the south bank of the Yongding River, Tongzhi is the co-organizer of the University Scholar, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Peng!" Lord Peng is now walking in the military plane, conferring the palace scholar, and it is a matter of time before he enters the cabinet to pay respects! ”

"My mother, so Master Han has a bright future!"

"So I can't chew my tongue anymore."

"I know, I don't dare anymore."

……

Datou and Cuihua's marriage doesn't have to worry about Han Xiufeng, he just needs to prepare for the second audience wholeheartedly.

I rushed to the Old Summer Palace again early the next morning, thinking that there would be a high-ranking minister to lead the introduction like yesterday, but I didn't expect to wait for the adults and members of the Ministry of Officials, but to wait for the military department and five military attachés.

The Ministry of War couldn't take care of the affairs of the Ministry of War, Han Xiufeng had no choice, seeing that the Ministry of War Shangshu and the Ministry of War were leading the five military attaches in, he could only walk to the gate of the palace and hand over the sign. The eunuch in the recital office took the sign and looked at it, accepted the silver he stuffed and let him wait outside, he never thought that this wait would be until noon!

Just when Han Xiufeng was standing with numb legs and hungry, the eunuch came out to announce his audience.

Just like yesterday, it's still in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qinzheng Palace.

The emperor had obviously just used the imperial meal, and his spirit was much better than yesterday, and when he finished bowing, he asked the eunuch to bring a low note, and asked the eunuch to bring pen and paper and a copy of the "Notes on the Book of Rites" engraved by the Wuying Palace in the fourth year of Qianlong and ordered him to transcribe it on the spot.

Yesterday I pondered the holy will with my fellow villagers in the guild hall for an afternoon, but not only did I not expect that the emperor would summon him alone, but also let him do this like the palace test. Han Xiufeng settled down, rolled up his sleeves, opened the "Notes on the Book of Rites", picked up the pen, and knelt in front of the wooden kang to transcribe seriously.

What I didn't expect was that as soon as I transcribed the third page, the emperor suddenly said: "The writing is neat." ”

Han Xiufeng reacted and hurriedly said: "The minister has read the book, but he doesn't read much, and he doesn't understand its deep meaning. ”

In recent years, it has been either a natural disaster or **, and the imperial court has made a lot of donations for disaster relief, so that some illiterate people have become court officials. Xianfeng thought that the person in front of him didn't know a few words, but he didn't expect that he was not only literate, but also wrote well, and muttered: "No need to transcribe anymore, this "Commentary on the Book of Rites" will be rewarded to you, if you don't understand it, please ask a gentleman to teach it well and learn it by heart." ”

"Thank the emperor for his favor, and the minister must study hard after he goes back."

"Get down to business, do you know what errands you will be going to do when you take office?"

"I know some, the minister visited Lord Peng on the day he returned to Beijing, and Lord Peng said that after the minister arrived, he didn't have to worry about anything else, as long as he trained the troops wholeheartedly and defended Gyeonggi."

"Where do the soldiers come from?" Xianfeng asked.

"The existing soldiers in the river battalion can be used, and they cannot be dismissed as many as they can, and they will be re-recruited for honest and reliable young and strong training."

"How long will it take?"

Although Han Xiufeng was only the second time to meet him, he knew very well that the emperor in front of him, who held the power of life and death, did not hesitate to reward a person when he valued him, and when he hated a person, he was terrible, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he pretended to ponder for a moment and said cautiously: "If the food and military resources can be supported, the minister can only train it in half a year." ”