The emperor said that on the 22nd, he really went to Yucheng's house to give a memorial, and saw that his orphan was naïve, and he was very sad, and immediately rewarded him with 1,000 taels of silver for funeral.

After returning to the palace, he issued a decree to restore all the punishments in Yucheng's predecessor. Jia Enjin presented the Taibao, and was enshrined in the Xian Liang Temple. Yi Zi Kunlin, when he was still young, was led by the banner to show his remembrance of Xunchen and his benevolence! It can be said that although Yucheng is dead, he is more beautiful than when he was alive, and he can be said to be extremely honored, and the affairs managed by several ministers of the interior have also changed.

Han Xiufeng and the descendant of the fourteenth prince Yinyu in the Kangxi Dynasty were both Fengchen Yuanqing, but Han Xiufeng was not only stationed in Nanyuan, but only in charge of Nanyuan affairs, and Zaiying was in charge of everything except Nanyuan.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is definitely the largest yamen in Beijing, with nearly 100 yamen including the "Seven Divisions and Three Courts", and several ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have the same division of labor, Wen Feng, who was born in the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, not only succeeded Yucheng to become in charge of the access control, treasury and annual repair, audit and cashier of the Old Summer Palace and Xichun Garden, Qichun Garden, Changchun Garden, etc., and when the emperor entered and exited, he led the minister in charge of the Old Summer Palace who was on duty, and also took care of the affairs of Fengchenyuan.

In contrast, people are the real ministers of the Son of Heaven, not to mention that they are still the top bosses.

As a subordinate, Han Xiufeng naturally rushed to the Old Summer Palace to meet him.

I thought that I had just investigated the matter of private reclamation, and offended many people, but this time it was likely that I would not be treated by others, but I didn't expect Wen Feng to be not only extremely enthusiastic, but even under the pretext that there were several palaces and temples in the summer palace that were in disrepair, so that he had time to come and take a look, estimate how much money would be needed for repairs, and also ordered someone to hurry up to clean up a public house, so that he would have a place to stay and run errands when he came to the summer palace.

Han Xiufeng was confused, after all, although Fengchen Yuan was in charge of the ban, the Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden, Changchun Garden and Sanhai were not under the control of Fengchen Yuan because of the emperor's station. Even if there is a palace and temple in the circle, if it is repaired, Fengchen Yuan will only have the share of helping to work.

When he returned to Nanyuan, he had just finished talking to Rong Lu, Wang Qianli, and Yongxiang about the visit, and Rong Lu muttered: "It shouldn't be ordered by the emperor, even if the emperor really wants to order you to run to the Old Summer Palace more, you can let the big head summon him, and there is no need to let him, the newly appointed minister in charge of the Old Summer Palace, speak." ”

"Then what kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?" Han Xiufeng asked with a frown.

"Brother Zhixing, I guess it should have something to do with Qingxian, in short, it's not a bad thing!"

"What does it have to do with Kyunghyun?"

"To be exact, it should have something to do with Kyunghyun's Amma!" The more Rong Lu thought about it, the more he felt that he would not be wrong, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Zhixing, you are familiar with those Jinshi Hanlin, and you haven't had much contact with Wen Feng, so you don't know that these are normal." ”

"Don't sell Guanzi, what does he have to do with Qingxian and his Amma?" Han Xiufeng asked.

"He was originally just a pen post of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I don't know whose way he went, first he was sent to Zhejiang to weave in Hangzhou, and later he also did Suzhou weaving and Guangdong customs supervision."

"Zhonghua, are you saying that he walked the path of Qiying back then?"

"I don't know if he took the path of Qiying back then, but I only know that Daoguang's 23rd year of the "Five Ports Trade Charter" was negotiated with Yingyi with Qiying. Later, Qiying was dismissed, but he didn't do anything at all, and after returning to Beijing, he seemed to be the deputy superintendent of Chongwenmen. ”

Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful appearance, Rong Lu said again: "Brother Zhixing, isn't it like this to be an official, if something happens, if you can carry it down alone, then you can carry it down alone, if you are involved too much, not only will it not be beneficial at all, but it will make the road narrower and narrower." ”

Yongxiang reacted, and couldn't help but raise his head and said: "If something happened to Qiying, the fourth master, you risked the danger of angering the emperor to help run, he must have seen it all, that's why he is so good to you." ”

Wang Qianli asked in a low voice: "Let the fourth master have more time to run to the Old Summer Palace, this is good for the fourth master?" ”

"Brother Bailing, you are a fan of the authorities!"

"Why am I lost in the authorities?"

Rong Lu was rarely proud in front of Wang Qianli, and couldn't help but smile with his eyebrows: "Brother Bailing, you and I know Brother Zhixing's holy family Enlong, as long as you want to beg for an audience, you can almost see the emperor, but Wen Feng, who has just become the head of the Old Summer Palace, doesn't know. In his opinion, the closer the errand to the emperor, the better the errand, so he came up with such an idea to promote Brother Zhixing. ”

"The fourth master still needs him to carry him!"

"If you think about it, he can't be regarded as a support, but only a favor."

Han Xiufeng felt that Rong Lu's analysis had some truth, but he was not sure, so he simply smiled: "Does he have a relationship with Qingxian's family, go back and ask Qingxian in a letter, let's get down to business." ”

"Okay, let's get down to business." Wang Qianli hurriedly took out a letter and said with a wry smile: "There is finally news from Shanghai, Xue Huan and Liu Shanyang said in the letter that the three hundred and six foreign guns and the corresponding gunpowder and lead they bought from Citi arrived last month. As a result, because of the British and French coming to Dagukou, the American consular officer in Shanghai asked the foreign bank to detain the guns and refuse to deliver them. ”

"And now?"

"Didn't we sign peace treaties with Britain, Buddhism, Miao, and Russia, and the Citi minister and consul saw that the Russian minister was planning to send guns and cannons to us for nothing, and even planned to send someone to teach the officers and soldiers how to use them, and asked the foreign company to hurry up and deliver the goods, and said that as long as they were willing to pay the freight, they could send steamers to help transport foreign guns and gunpowder and lead to Tianjin."

"This heat, it's so good!" Han Xiufeng said with a gloomy face.

"So the worst is the United States, worse than England and France." Wang Qianli put down the letter and said hatefully: "This time in Dagukou, they didn't send a single soldier, they didn't put a single gun, England and France got it from Guiliang and Hua Shana, they actually got it all, it's really annoying to think about it." ”

"It's the same with Oyi." Rong Lu sighed and said helplessly: "In terms of cheapness, Russia occupies more, not only has it signed a trade peace treaty with Gui Liang and Huashana, but also plans to renegotiate the border with us." Hearing Bochuan say that the emperor had secretly instructed the Heilongjiang general, he was convinced by reason and handled it properly. ”

Yongxiang was not as pessimistic as them, put down the teacup and said: "Master Wen has said that this is just a delaying tactic, no matter what Gui Liang has signed with them, it can't be counted." ”

"Have you seen Bochuan today?"

"I saw it, but he was too busy and only talked a lot."

"What did he say?" Han Xiufeng asked.

Rong Lu hurriedly said: "He said that Gui Liang said that at this time, the peace treaty between Britain and Buddhism must not be used as real evidence, but if this is a few papers, temporarily retreat from Haikou warships." In the future, if you want to betray the alliance and abandon the good, you only need to treat the minions and others to deal with the crime of misconduct, and you can use it as waste paper. ”

"So the emperor is trying to disagree with the public, and he won't investigate Gui Liang?"

"I won't investigate him, and I ordered him to wait for the foreigners' warships to return to the south, and then go to Shanghai to negotiate with the foreigners for trade rules."

"Weng Xincun and Yin Zhaoyong, can they stop?"

"Brother Zhixing, you look down on them too much, don't look at them having a good time a few days ago, that's because the emperor didn't speak. Now that the emperor has spoken, he doesn't dare to jump anymore if he dares a few of them. What's more, the emperor is not without appeasement, this afternoon just issued an order Weng Xincun to be the chief master of the study, and ordered the left attendant Lang Kuangyuan of the Ministry of Officials to learn to walk on the Minister of Military Aircraft, and promoted Yin Zhaoyong to Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, and Jiang Zhizhang to make up the imperial history of Jiangnan Province...... Even Prince Gong has an errand, and the Han army with the yellow flag is unified! ”

Han Xiufeng was taken aback: "Kuang Yuan is in the value center? Yin Zhaoyong is among the four products of Jingtang? ”

Rong Lu smiled bitterly: "This can still be fake, it seems that Yin Gengyun has not been promoted, it can be seen that even if you make trouble, you have to master the heat, and you can't make too much trouble." He offended Prince Zheng and made it impossible for Prince Zheng to get off the stage in the court, and it was not so easy to be promoted. ”

Thinking that after Ji Yunfei was admitted to the Registered Imperial History, he was waiting to make up for it, and Wen Xiang also intended to help him find a vacancy, Han Xiufeng asked again: "Jiang Zhizhang made up the Imperial History of Jiangnan Province, why haven't I heard much of this person?" ”

"Jiang Zhizhang is a native of Leadshan, Jiangxi, Daoguang 25 years Yisi Enke second class sixth Jinshi, the gold list title after the museum was selected on the Shu Jishi, after the disbandment of the museum, he has served as the assistant of the National History Museum, Wenyuan Pavilion school manager, and then returned to his hometown Ding Wei, in his hometown to hold a group training, to help the same officers and soldiers to prevent the long hair, is just back to Beijing a year ago."

Rong Lu paused, and said meaningfully: "He is not only Chen Fuen's fellow countryman, but also the same year as Meng Chuanjin, although his qualifications are not enough, it is reasonable to be able to make up for the imperial history of Jiangnan Province." ”

How could Han Xiufeng not hear the meaning of his words, thinking that Chen Fuen was a Sushun person, he was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of eighteen, and Meng Chuanjin, who was known as "Meng Daring", was the same as Su Shun's person, Jiang Zhizhang and Chen Fuen and Meng Chuanjin either had a friendship with fellow villagers or had a friendship with the same year, and with Chen Fuen and Meng Chuanjin recommending, Su Shun, who was "thirsty for talent", would naturally help with this.

Although he clearly understood that Jiang Zhizhang was following the path of Sushun, Han Xiufeng still said lightly: "If it is really the same year, Bochuan is the same year as Meng Chuanjin and Jiang Zhizhang, and they are all Daoguang twenty-five jinshi. ”

"Yes," Thinking that the relationship between Han Xiufeng and Su Shun was too delicate, Rong Lu realized that it was inappropriate to say this in front of him, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Brother Zhixing, I almost forgot, Xu Naida also had an errand, and the emperor ordered him to be the secretary of Guanglu Temple." ”

Han Xiufeng thought he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously asked, "Guanglu Siqing?" ”

"The tea soup of Guanglu Temple, the prescription of the Tai Hospital, the optimistic prayer of God, the sword and gun of the Arsenal Division, the work of the Camp Division, the clothing and food of the Nursing Academy, the mother-in-law of the Teaching Workshop Division, the constitution of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the school of the Guozijian, and the articles of the Hanlin Academy...... I didn't expect that the emperor would order him to be the secretary of Guanglu Temple, he must be crying and laughing at this time. ”

The smooth slip that Rong Lu just said was the "Top Ten Ridiculous in Beijing" that the officials and gentry and the common people made fun of various yamen.

Guanglu Temple is responsible for the royal grand feast, the banquet is in charge of the feast, the wine and the food are ashamed, and the imperial court either does not set up the banquet, if you want to put it in the open air, and there are many tables at one time, which must be prepared in advance. After being prepared, it is necessary to go down to the cook, to the principal, to Langzhong, and even to Guanglu Siqing, to repeatedly check that there can be no mistakes, so that from the time it is ready to be put on the table to the time when the civil and military officials sit down to eat, it may take a day and a night or even longer.

In the winter, all the dishes are so cold that you can't eat them at all. Caught up with Futian, the dishes that had been covered for a night were all rancid and couldn't be eaten at all, so Guanglu Temple was jokingly called the first of the "Top Ten Ridiculous in Beijing"!

Thinking that for others, being able to be a Guanglu Siqing is really soaring. But for Xu Naizhao, who had been the governor of Jiangsu, it was really ridiculous to be this Guanglu Siqing, Han Xiufeng was silent for a moment and muttered: "Bochuan is really, if you can't help this favor, you don't need to help, it will only backfire if you make it like this." ”

"I asked Bochuan, and he said that it had nothing to do with him, not for him."

"It's good if he doesn't protect it, otherwise I really don't have the face to see Xu Naizhao."