The Gongjin ceremony is over, but Xianfeng can't just go back to the Old Summer Palace.

It is necessary to enshrine the Hadith of the first emperor to the Qianqing Palace, salute before the incense case, and then read it at the auspicious time when the Qintian supervisor has calculated.

Prince Zheng Duanhua, Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Zuodu Yushi Sushun, who had been busy all morning, knelt on the side to serve, although they had already prepared, they had cushions tied to their knees, and there were soft pads on the ground, but they were as uncomfortable as kneeling for a long time, not to mention that they hadn't even eaten lunch until now.

The three of them were anxious for the emperor to see when to see it, and the former minister said cautiously outside the palace: "Your Majesty, Han Xiufeng, the young secretary of the Taifu Temple, begged to be seen." ”

Daoguang Ye reigned for thirty years, working hard, but he didn't have a few good days, Xianfeng looked at Daoguang Ye's actual record of the hadith, and then thought of the things he had encountered since he ascended the throne, his heart was not good, he raised his head and asked coldly: "Didn't you see me reading the hadith of the imperial examination?" ”

"Your Majesty, Han Xiufeng said that there are 100,000 urgent military intelligence."

Prince Zheng Duanhua really didn't want to kneel, so he couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that state affairs should be the priority. ”

Xianfeng weighed it, put down the record and said, "Biography." ”

"Huh!"

……

Su Shun felt very strange, and was thinking about Han Si only taking over the "Houyi Hall" yesterday, what kind of urgent military situation could he have, when he heard Han Xiufeng say outside the hall: "Minister Han Xiufeng, please Saint An!" ”

"I'm here, come in and talk."

"Your Majesty." Han Xiufeng crossed the threshold, walked into the main hall and peeked at Prince Zheng and the others, then dusted off his horseshoe sleeves, and said with a little excitement while kneeling: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the minister has just received an urgent report from the Shanghai branch, and the Shanghai branch has been investigated and verified a great news!" ”

Xianfeng paused, stared at him and asked suspiciously, "What good news?" ”

"Two months ago, Wei Changhui, the king of the long-haired north, led three thousand thieves to rush back to Jiangning, and that night outside the city to meet with Qin Rigang, the king of long-haired Yan, the thief Chen Chengying opened the city gate to respond, after entering the city, raided the East Palace, Yang Xiuqing, the East King, was killed, and thousands of men and women in the East Palace. Subsequently, Wei Changhui booby-trapped Yang Xiuqing's subordinates in the name of searching for the 'Dongdang', and the civilians in the city were not spared, and it was reported that more than 20,000 people were slaughtered. Among them, most of them are old thieves in Guangxi! ”

Xianfeng frowned immediately after hearing this, even Duanhua and Su Shun felt that the "great news" that Han Xiufeng had found was not only not good news, but it was even very likely to be fake news.

Han Xiufeng had expected that they would not hear from him, and continued: "Immediately afterwards, Shi Dakai, the long-haired winged king, returned to Jiangning, went into the city alone to meet Wei Changhui, blamed him for his indiscriminate killing, and broke up unhappily, and escaped from the city overnight with the help of his old department. Wei Changhui saw that he could not arrest Shi Dakai, so he killed his family and subordinates.

After hearing the news, Shi Dakai returned to Anqing to convene the old department, prepared to raise troops to attack Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang, and begged Hong Xiuquan to kill Wei Changhui to thank the world. Seeing that most of the long-haired people outside Jiangning supported Shi Dakai, Wei Changhui was in a hurry to attack the Tianwang Mansion of the thief leader Hong Xiuquan, but was defeated by the thieves loyal to Hong Xiuquan and the remnants of Yang Xiuqing. ”

"And then?" Xianfeng asked suspiciously.

Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "In the end, Wei Changhui was killed, and his head was sent to the Anhui Shida Kai camp for acceptance, and Qin Rigang, the king of Long-haired Yan, and Chen Chengying were also executed soon, and several pseudo-kings who committed rebellion with the thief Hong Xiuquan are now only one Shi Dakai!" ”

Prince Zheng Duanhua couldn't help but get up and asked, "Han Xiufeng, do you know what the crime is to be guilty of lying about the military situation?" ”

"Lord Wang, Xiufeng understands."

"Then why do you dare to talk about hearsay!"

"Lord Wang, what Xiufeng played was not hearsay, but a person from the Shanghai branch of my 'Houyitang' who risked his life to infiltrate Jiangning City to find out." Han Xiufeng paused, bowed again, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that the imperial court has already received the report from Liangjiang, and my Shanghai branch is just a verification. ”

Thinking that Han Xiufeng was an honest man, and there would be no need to ask for merit and reward with this, Xianfeng couldn't help asking: "Who is the person who inquired about the news, was it you who sent it back then?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a long story."

"Then let's talk about the important ones."

"Obey."

Wen Xiang and Wang Naizeng are sometimes very bold in doing things, and sometimes they are very cautious, such as in the matter of Zhou Xingyuan, they are too cautious. Han Xiufeng felt that there was no need to hide it, so he simply ordered Zhou Xingyuan to go to Shanghai to raise money before Xiang Rong's death, and later Xiang Rong died and was targeted by others.

As Han Xiufeng expected, Xiang Rongdu is already dead, and no one will worry about a dead person, Xianfeng pondered for a moment, and while motioning for Zaiyuan and Su Shun to get up, he muttered: "In this way, although Zhou Xingyuan has suffered an injustice, he still wants to atone for his crimes, and in order to verify whether this news is true or false, he made a special trip to Jiangning to risk his death to investigate?" ”

"Your Majesty, although the Jiangnan camp was broken by Changmao, but the Jiangnan official army, especially the generals who led the troops, did not all die in the country, Zhou Xingyuan was ordered by Xiang Rong to go to Shanghai to set up a card to draw a card, and many people should know the inside story of raising salaries for the Jiangnan officials and soldiers. It's just that most of the generals who led the troops were outside Jiangning City, too far away from Shanghai, and they couldn't even bother to justify his sesame-sized county. ”

Looking at the emperor's thoughtful appearance, Han Xiufeng took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and made a special trip to the "Houyi Hall" to get it, and respectfully presented it: "When he was dismissed from his post and investigated, he was worried that the 50,000 taels of gold that he didn't have time to hand over to the Jiangnan camp would be corrupted by the officials who investigated him, because this kind of thing has never happened. So he transported 50,000 taels of gold into the concession and handed it over to her sister, and then went to Jiangning without hesitation to inquire and verify the news of Changmao's infighting! ”

"This Xiang Rong, why don't you tell me if you don't have enough military salaries, you dare to ...... Dare to ......" Thinking that Xiang Rongdu was already dead, Xianfeng sighed lightly halfway through his words and didn't say any more.

Su Shun realized that a loyal minister like Zhou Xingyuan should not tell lies, so he couldn't help but bow down and say: "Your Majesty, when Qin Rigang suddenly withdrew his troops and Shi Dakai suddenly withdrew his troops from Hubei, the servants wondered why they didn't fight while fighting, and now it seems that they are really in internal strife!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's really wrong to blame Yiliang for thinking about the slave now!" Duanhua exclaimed.

Zaiyuan said happily: "Long-haired infighting, there is only one of the few pseudo-kings left, it is really good news, it is really great news!" ”

Looking at the first emperor in front of him who recorded the hadith, thinking of all the auspicious signs during the morning ceremony, and then thinking of the loyal minister who almost suffered an injustice and wanted to serve the court, Xianfeng not only felt that this news was true, but also felt that this was the manifestation of the first emperor, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "God bless me in the Qing Dynasty, God bless me in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is good news, this is a great joy, you have to take care of the dragon body!"

"Well, I'm happy." Xianfeng wiped away his tears, bypassed the imperial case, walked in front of Han Xiufeng, and while motioning for Han Xiufeng to get up and speak, he clenched his fists and said excitedly: "Han Si, you are really my lucky general!" I should have ordered you to be loyal and return to Beijing to serve. But it's not too late, hahahaha! ”

"The minister does not dare to be greedy for the merit of heaven, the minister ......"

"Okay, okay, I said you are a lucky general, you are my lucky general!" Xianfeng patted Han Xiufeng's arm, turned around and picked up the urgent report under the silver ticket, and said to Su Shun: "Yuting, hurry up and circulate this urgent report to the Military Aircraft Department." ”

"Wait." Xianfeng thought about it and said: "The cabinet played yesterday, Emperor Wenchang presided over the cultural movement, blessed the country and blessed the people, the most famous miracles, and worshiped at home." The recital is the same as that of the Emperor Guan Sheng, and it is allowed to be included in the ceremony. I thought so, yesterday I was just gracious, and today I received this great news. The military aircraft department was ordered to draw up a decree, Emperor Guan Sheng has been promoted to the middle worship, and the emperor of Wenchang should be promoted to the middle worship as a whole, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple have prepared all ceremonial sacrifices to show sincerity and respect, all ceremonies. The yamen duly discussed the instrument. ”

"Huh!"

As soon as Su Shun bowed down and exited the main hall, Xianfeng, who hadn't seen a silver ticket for a long time, picked up the silver ticket and looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile: "Han Aiqing, this is the 50,000 taels of gold that Zhou Xingyuan didn't have time to hand over to Xiang Rong?" ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly knelt down with a pout, and said cautiously: "The emperor forgives the sin, there are only 20,000 taels here, and the other 30,000 ministers have not brought." ”

"Didn't bring it?"

"The minister is preparing to report to the emperor that Guangdong is tight, and the matter of exploring the situation cannot be slackened, but it has been more than two years since the opening of the 'Houyi Hall', and the previous 30,000 taels have been almost spent, and I am planning to ask for 30,000 taels to be turnover."

Long-haired infighting, several pseudo-kings killed each other, and only one was left dead, Xianfeng's mood has never been so good, while signaling Han Xiufeng to get up, he smiled and said: "How can I do an errand if I don't have money turnover, leave 30,000 taels and leave 30,000 taels, I'm ready." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Prince Zheng Duanhua and Prince Yi Zaiyuan thought that this Han Si was too daring, first connived at his subordinates to take in and shield the criminal officials who were being investigated, and now they privately withheld a full 30,000 taels of gold that should have been handed over to the imperial court, and were thinking about what he didn't dare to do if he went on like this, the emperor actually said: "Since that Zhou Xingyuan was wronged, then let him reinstate his official position, and contribute to the investigation of thieves, add a level of grace, and reward Hualing." ”

"The emperor is wise." Han Xiufeng hurriedly said.

"I heard Wen Xiang say a long time ago, it is Ling Mei who is in charge of the Shanghai branch, this errand is done well, and sure enough, there will be a brother and a sister."

"The minister heard last night that she dared to take her in and shield Zhou Xingyuan, and he couldn't wait to go to Shanghai immediately to escort her back to Beijing and hand her over to the Criminal Division of the Internal Affairs Bureau! She is so bold that the ministers cannot escape the blame, and implore the emperor to punish her! ”

"If she hadn't taken her in and shielded her, a loyal minister would have suffered an injustice, why would she be guilty?" Xianfeng glared at Han Xiufeng, and then said, "This matter is here, I will pardon her innocence." ”

"Your Majesty, can't you indulge her like Wen Xiang!"

"What is connivance, can I still tolerate a woman in the Qing Dynasty? What's more, she is not only loyal and good, but also thanks to the court, as the so-called women do not let the eyebrows, Han Xiufeng knows the righteousness better than you! ”

"I'm ashamed."

"Since you know that you are ashamed, then give me a good errand."

Thinking that so many civil and military officials were rewarded in the morning, Ren Yu'er couldn't help but reward him for making such a great contribution, but a woman in the boudoir couldn't be rewarded, Xianfeng thought that it would be better to reward her brother-in-law Han Si for the grace that she dreamed of, and couldn't help laughing: "Although I and you don't have the name of a teacher and a student, we have the reality of a teacher and a student." Other people's students can enter the Shilahanlin, but the students I teach are prisoners, what is my face? ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect the emperor to say this, and hurriedly said: "The minister is stupid, the minister has failed the emperor's good intentions, and the minister deserves death!" ”

"It's your business that you don't learn or don't know how to do it, but I still have to be embarrassed." Xianfeng turned back sharply and said: "Prince Zheng, think about it carefully, and give me the edict of 'Prison student Han Xiufeng, reward the people, and try it as one'!" ”

Prince Zheng secretly thought that this edict was not easy to draft, and thought that although he had been rewarded to two people in the morning, he relied on his father's shadow or even his ancestor's shade, and although he was a prisoner, he did have some real talent. And what does Han Si have, Han Si has nothing, and he can't help asking: "Reward for lifting people, one will try?" ”

"That's what the One Thing Test says, just the little ink in his stomach, he can't pass the test ten times!"

"Even if it is only rewarded to the lifter, there must be a reason, the emperor, the slave has to be carefully considered."

"Kneel down, go back and think slowly."

"Huh."

Prince Zheng took on a tricky errand, so he could only bow down and retire stupidly.

Han Xiufeng was overjoyed, because he couldn't even think of this grace, and he could only pin his hopes on the two babies, thinking that no matter how this person came about, no one would dare to talk about his background in the future, so he hurriedly knelt down with a puff: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, thank the emperor for your favor......"

"Don't thank you, if you really thank you, thank your righteous sister, she doesn't hesitate to go deep into the tiger's den to find out the thief's feelings, I can't reward her, I can only reward you."