Master Han was dismissed and investigated, which may seem like a big deal to others, but it is not only not a bad thing for the heartless head, but even a great joy!

After coming out for a few years, he not only became an official, earned money, and soon married his mother-in-law, but what is the point of setting up a banquet in Shanghai, how can he go back to his hometown to manage the scenery. So as soon as he heard that Han Xiufeng had been dismissed, the big head made up his mind to wait until he returned to his hometown to marry Cuihua.

Liang Liu, Chen Hu and Ji Daji's two brothers felt that it was nothing, first, the imperial court would not easily kill the heads of civil officials, and second, they would not lose their jobs because of this, they could continue to follow Master Zhou to set up cards, or they could go back to Taizhou and continue to work for Lord Guo, or even go to Sichuan with Master Han.

On the contrary, the two women, Ren Yu'er and Cuihua, felt as if the sky was falling, and felt that it was not appropriate to move from the mansion behind Qichang Foreign Bank to this courtyard next to the horse race hall at this time.

Cui Hua peeked outside while raising the stove, and the big head was anxious for her, so she leaned over and said, "Don't worry, the fourth brother will be fine!" ”

"Is it really going to be okay?"

"I'll lie to you about what to do, it's really going to be fine."

"But Miss Ren said that everyone has already impeached the fourth brother for buying real estate in office, that is, impeaching the fourth brother for building the current bungalow, and we just moved in, isn't it just a crime to sit on this charge?" Cuihua asked with a sad face.

"Whether you sit down or not, the fourth brother is not afraid, what are we afraid of. Hurry up and boil the water, which pot of water is cold just now. ”

"Oh."

……

At the same time, Qiao Songnian, who had just been ordered to hurry from Songjiang to assist Xu Naizhao in investigating Han Xiufeng, was sitting in the main hall deliberating one by one the charges against Han Xiufeng jointly impeached by Gil Hang'a and Yang Nengge. Han Xiufeng drank tea like no one, and Master Xu sat on the side to write a note.

"Accepting bribes from 'selling chickens' and running for 'selling chickens' to get away with the crime is obviously false, but it can't be written like this on the fold, it can only be found without evidence."

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but ask: "Yes is yes, no is no, what is it if there is no evidence?" ”

Qiao Songnian raised his head and said: "Although you haven't interceded with the 'Selling Chicken Shuang', you have said good things about helping the 'Selling Chicken Shuang' in front of Lord Xu, and Gil Hang'a and Yang Nengge were both present that day, how can it be so easy to get rid of it, so it can only be found without evidence." ”

"Well, if there is no evidence, there is no evidence."

"The matter of buying real estate in Rendi, the time is not right, you really didn't take care of my Songjiang Mansion and Haiphong when you bought the land and built the house, but let the emperor know that you are a Sichuan person who actually went to Jiangsu to buy real estate after all, so this house was built by you but not yours."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Before coming here, I looked for Xue Huan and Liu Cunhou, they knew that you were impeached by Yang Nengge, and they also knew about the crimes that Yang Nengge had woven about, so they specially asked me to bring you a roster and two thousand taels of silver. Knowing that you are now disheartened and don't want to do anything, Uncle Xu turned around and helped you fill in the charter, donation list and credit list for the establishment of the Sichuan Guild Hall, in short, if anyone asks again, this courtyard is not your Han Zhixing's, but your fellow villagers who saw that there was no Sichuan Guild Hall in Shanghai, so they funded the construction together. ”

"The guild hall will be a hall, everything is up to you." Han Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh.

Qiao Songnian nodded slightly, and then said: "Accepting bribes from the British and colluding with the British to embezzle taxes is purely groundless and false. Not only Lord Xu and I can testify for you, but even Lord Liangtai can testify for you. ”

"What about the other crimes?"

"You mean dealing with foreigners?"

"Hmm."

Qiao Songnian put down the official document and said helplessly: "Zhixing, we have a witness, and everyone else has a witness, so you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open in this matter, you can only be wronged." However, justice is in the hearts of the people, how can it be so easy to negotiate with foreigners? Especially etiquette, who can do it all? ”

"Will those clear streams in the capital hold on?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"What can I do with you if I hold on, except for me, I don't have to deal with foreigners anymore." Qiao Songnian took a deep breath and said hatefully: "If you are punished for these crimes, who will dare to negotiate with foreigners in the future?" Don't look at the clamoring of those empty talk and misleading the country, in fact, their hearts are like mirrors. ”

"Then how do you think the emperor will send me down?"

"It's up to you."

"What do you mean?" Han Xiufeng asked puzzled.

Qiao Songnian looked back behind him, and saw that the big heads were all outside, and said straight to the point: "Zhixing, before I came, Lord Xu said that as long as you are willing, he will ask the imperial court to let you wear your sins in the Jiangnan camp." If you want to go back to Taizhou, then hurry up and send a letter to Guo Peilin, asking him to ask the imperial court to let you go to Jiangbei to serve. ”

Han Xiufeng said without thinking: "I want to go back to my hometown." ”

"When you go back to your hometown at this time, what are you kidding!"

"I've been dismissed, and I can't go back to my hometown?"

"You have been dismissed, but you are also guilty, if you go back to your hometown like this, how can you atone for your sins?"

"Can't go, can't go back?" Han Xiufeng asked with a bitter face.

Qiao Songnian nodded with a wry smile, and said with an embarrassed face: "Zhixing, all this is because of me, you are suffering for me." If I could go back to my hometown, I would definitely try my best to let you go back, but it's really inappropriate to go back now, and the emperor will mistakenly think that you are resentful. ”

Think about it, too, since you are wearing a sinful body, you have to atone for your sins.

Han Xiufeng weighed it, raised his head and said, "Since I can't go back to my hometown, then I'd better go back to Taizhou." ”

"You have to think about this matter, when you go back to Taizhou, you will be taken care of by Guo Peilin, but you can leave the same care for Lord Xu, not only Lord Xu and Xiang Shuai, but also so many fellow villagers!"

"I really don't want to stay in Shanghai anymore."

"Everyone has their own ambitions, so I won't force them to stay, but this matter has to be hurried."

"Okay, I'll write a letter to Master Guo later."

Thinking that in another month at most, Han Xiufeng would go back and forth from where, Qiao Songnian felt very uncomfortable, and was silent for a moment before saying solemnly: "Zhixing, if you don't listen to it, you are not wronged at all when you are dismissed and investigated." It's just that it shouldn't be just you who is dismissed, whether it's Yang Nengge, or I'm Qiao Songnian, as long as these officials in Shanghai, one of them is counted as having the emperor's grace, and all of them should be dismissed. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect him to say this, so he couldn't help asking, "Why did Brother Jianhou say this?" ”

"The reason why the consuls of England and France have delayed the return of the right to tax is actually to take advantage of the fire and robbery, and to take the opportunity to renegotiate the charter of the concession land. And the land is there, they can't take it away if they want to, so why not lease another three or five hundred acres to them? It's just about the national body, no one dares to nod their heads, and no one wants to leave behind the eternal infamy of losing power and humiliating the country, so everyone pretends to be confused, Yang Nengge really can't pretend anymore, so he can only push you out and take the blame. ”

"Brother Jianhou, according to what you say, I should agree to the conditions of the foreigners?"

"Where do I want to go, I just feel it. After all, 'I don't go to hell, who will go to hell' is easy to say, but not so easy to do. ”

Referring to these, Han Xiufeng asked curiously: "Brother Jianhou, I, Han Si, have been dismissed and investigated, but the matter of recovering the tariffs is not over, do you know who will replace me?" ”

"You know, the man who will replace you has arrived."

"Who?"

"Lan Weiwen."

Lan Weiwen has never been seen by Han Xiufeng, but Han Xiufeng has heard the name Lan Weiwen more than once, thinking of Lan Weiwen coming to pick up this hot potato, he can't help laughing and said: "Isn't he the Haiphong Tongzhi who was dismissed when Shanghai fell, it seems that he also served as the Shanghai magistrate before he was promoted to Tongzhi." ”

"It's him, who has just recovered, not only reinstated as an official, but also as the superintendent of Jiang Customs."

"Whoever is promoting, he seems to be from Zhejiang."

"A native of Dinghai, Zhejiang, like you, he was born as a prisoner." Xu Naizhao hesitated, and then said helplessly: "As you just said, the tariff matter is not over, not only do you have to continue to negotiate with foreigners, but you also have to quickly negotiate a result." ”

Lan Weiwen's reputation in Shanghai is as unbearable as "selling chickens", but she doesn't have the ability to deal with foreigners like "selling chickens", Han Xiufeng realized that he was good, and Yang Nengge didn't dare to agree to the conditions of foreigners before, Lan Weiwen would not hesitate to agree after taking office, anyway, the surname Lan cares if he can continue to be an official, and he doesn't care if he will leave a reputation for losing power and humiliating the country.

Just when he didn't know what to say, Qiao Songnian said solemnly: "Yang Nengge, in order to protect himself, actually dragged Gilhanga to jointly impeach you, and Gilhanga actually agreed, this matter is not so simple, so it is better for you to go back to Taizhou, you don't need to stay in Shanghai and wade in this muddy water." ”

As soon as he mentioned that Jierhang A Han Xiufeng was angry, he couldn't help but say: "I guess he is eyeing the governor of Jiangsu, but what is he, not only is he not from a Jinshi, but he was only a Langzhong in the Ministry of Industry a year ago." Lord Xu is different, not only is he a serious Hanlin official, but he has also been sent to Henan and Guangdong to do academic politics, why should he fight with Lord Xu! ”

Qiao Songnian looked down on Gil Hang'a, who not only fell into the well but also demolished Xu Naizhaotai behind his back, and said helplessly: "People are born with yellow flags, isn't this enough?" ”

Many people think that in the "Three Flags", it must be the Yellow Flag with the highest status, but in fact, the highest status in the "Three Flags" is the Yellow Flag!

The reason why the status of the Yellow Banner is higher than that of the Yellow Banner is that Taizu Nurhachi once assigned the Yellow Banner to the Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo commanders in his later years. He only kept the inlaid yellow flag in his own hand, so the inlaid yellow flag became the first of the eight flags.

Later, although Huang Taiji took back the Zhenghuang Flag, the Zhenghuang Flag could no longer be compared with the Yellow Flag. By the time of the Shunzhi Dynasty, the imperial court sorted the eight flags, and the yellow flag was still at the top of the eight flags, and the yellow flag was officially arranged after the yellow flag, followed by the white flag, the red flag, the white flag, the red flag, the blue flag and the blue flag.

thought that although Gilhanga was not a jinshi, he was born with a yellow flag. Thinking of Lian Jinghua, the gangster of the Forty-Nine City, who came out of Kyoto to be the capital of the salt fishing camp that can be the fourth grade, Han Xiufeng muttered: "If this city can't be attacked again, it will be Lord Xu's turn to be impeached next." ”

(End of chapter)