I don't know if I haven't begged for an audience for a while, or if the emperor is in a good mood today, and the sign is not very good, and the imperial guards will come out to announce that Han Xiufeng and Eun Jun will meet him.

The two of them followed the guards to a courtyard and heard singing in the distance. When the guards finished reporting and walked in, they found that the emperor did not sing today, but sat on the dragon chair and listened while shaking his head and humming along.

"Minister Han Xiufeng, respectfully invite St. Ann!"

"Slave Eunjun, please St. Ann!"

"Don't kneel, get up and listen to the play together, and talk about it after listening to this play."

"Your Majesty."

The two of them hurriedly got up and respectfully stepped aside.

I don't know if the drama on the stage feels that there are two more ticket holders, and they sing harder, and the emperor also enjoys listening to it more enjoyable.

As a rule, when summoning civil and military officials, idle people should be avoided.

The actors took the silver bounty, thanked the kindness, and then retreated with the little eunuch. Xianfeng looked at the backs of the actors leaving, and actually picked up the cup and muttered meaningfully: "What kind of sin have I done, I can't live in peace if I want to listen to the drama for a while." ”

Han Xiufeng chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister disturbed the emperor's Yaxing, and the minister deserved to die." ”

"Forget it, hurry up and say, what's the matter with handing over the sign so late to ask to see?"

"The minister has the courage to beg for an audience and has two things to report to the emperor, one is that the minister has just received an urgent report from the South China Sea Branch, and there are people in the territory of the Yingyi East India Company who have committed a rebellion ......"

This is definitely good news, Xianfengle said: "So they have to quickly transfer troops to that East Indies to quell the rebellion?" ”

"If the news is true, Yingyi will quickly dispatch troops to suppress the thieves and quell the chaos."

"Is this news true or false?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that such a big event should not be fake, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the minister has ordered the Shanghai branch to quickly verify."

Xianfeng didn't bother to care where Yingyi's East India Company's territory was, nor did he bother to ask how big the East India Company's territory was, and confirmed that Yingyi had traitors like the Qing Dynasty who committed rebellion, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "What about one more thing?" ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "Then Prince Gong went to the bookstore today to inquire about the situation in the past few months. ”

Xianfeng was stunned, and then put down the teacup and said casually: "I am allowed for him to go to the bookstore, let him go if he wants to, and wait carefully." ”

"Obey."

Eunjun didn't expect Han Xiu to report this, and when he saw that the emperor really took it seriously, he suddenly realized that this was really not a trivial matter! is secretly reminding himself to stay away from Prince Gong in the future, and must not be punished by the emperor for being confused about this matter, the emperor suddenly asked as if he remembered something: "Han Aiqing, you led the eastern Sichuan regiment to Wuchang to help suppress Changmao, did you see Jiang Yili when you were in Wuchang?" ”

Han Xiufeng thought that the emperor would ask Zeng Guofan, but he never expected the emperor to ask Jiang Yili, so he hurriedly said: "The minister has seen it, but he has only seen it once." ”

"This person is not honest, is he a solid errand?"

"Your Majesty, Jiang Yili is two years younger than Chen, and because he is young and a little vigorous, although he is a student of Luo Zenan with Li Xubin, he is not very convinced by Li Xubin. It was precisely because he didn't deal with Li Xubin that he returned to his hometown in Hunan in a fit of anger after repelling Shi Dakai. Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "According to the minister, he has a good relationship with Wang Xin in Hunan, and the minister estimates that he should go back to Hunan to join Wang Xin." ”

"Wang Xin is also a student of Luo Zenan?"

"Yes."

"Then does he accept Zeng Guofan?"

"As far as the minister knows, he is not convinced."

"Why not?" Xianfeng asked.

Han Xiufeng hurriedly explained: "The emperor didn't know, when Changmao smuggled into Hunan from Guangxi, Luo Zenan saw that Changmao smashed the statue of the saint and burned the sage book everywhere he went, so he led Wang Xin, Jiang Yili and other students to hold a group exercise. They recruited brave soldiers to help the same officials and troops attack and suppress bandits, only a little later than Jiang Zhongyuan, Zeng Guofan Zeng was ordered by the emperor to supervise the regimental training was a later thing, so he was not very convinced by Zeng Lord. ”

"That's all?"

"When the minister heard that Lord Zeng held a group exercise, he promised Wang Xin to recruit three thousand brave men, but because of the lack of money and food, Wang Xin dismissed those brave men who had been recruited on the spot, because the two fell out because of this matter, and then Wang Xin served under Luo Bingzhang Luo."

Confirming that Jiang Yili and Zeng Guofan were not all the way, Xianfeng nodded slightly.

Han Xiufeng was confused, and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, how could you ask about Jiang Yili?" ”

"Guangxi Governor Lao Chongguang asked Xiangyong to go to Guangxi to assist in suppressing the remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society, and Luo Bingzhang recommended Jiang Yili, the named prefect, to lead 3,000 Xiangyong to Guangxi to assist in suppression. The first general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies, so I had to ask Jiang Yili if he was honest and whether he would lead the troops to fight. ”

"The minister thinks Jiang Yili is a strong general."

"Even you say that he is a strong general, then I will pass on the decree to Luo Bingzhang to play."

Seeing that the emperor never asked Zeng Guofan, Han Xiufeng realized that he was not allowed to allow Zeng Guofan to return to his hometown with his younger brother Zeng Guohua, and the emperor already had an idea. Thinking that it was not easy to meet again, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister went to Nanyuan with the monk this morning to parade the army, and happened to meet the person who led the yamen of the infantry army to handle the case, and I heard that Jing Qingzhai recruited a thief. ”

When Xianfeng mentioned this matter, Xianfeng was angry, and said hatefully: "There is indeed such a thing, Chen Yuanqing Zaiyu, Wulehong are incompetent, and the garden is forbidden, so it should be serious, but they are deeply favored by the emperor but careless, and they don't know anything about the theft of the furnishings in the palace." Until the commander of the infantry army, the Yamen, took the thieves and seized the stolen goods, they were still in the dark, and I had already issued an order, and the eagles and the Wulehong were handed over to the ministry. Fengchen Yuan Yuan is of good quality and handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs! ”

The emperor was angry, and the minister felt that this matter could not be blamed entirely on the two adults. It is their duty to prohibit the garden and repair it in time for the emperor's luck. But there are so many gardens in Gyeonggi, there is always a priority for everything, you have to close to the Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden and West Garden first, and Nanyuan can only be ranked behind, not to mention that Nanyuan is so big......"

"Han Si, did you accept their benefits to help them intercede?"

"The emperor misunderstood, and lent ten dares to the ministers, but the ministers didn't dare to come to help them intercede, and the ministers didn't recognize them." Han Xiufeng calmed down, and then said, "Minister...... The minister knew that he couldn't hide it from the emperor, and the minister actually wanted to take this opportunity to protect himself. ”

The civil and military officials who were sent out to investigate the situation three years ago can't be counted, in Xianfeng's impression, Han Xiufeng seems to have protected a Wenxiang, and he can't help asking: "Who do you want to protect?" ”

"The minister wants to protect the north bank of the Yongding River, and Tongzhi Wang Qianli is the chief of Nanyuan."

"Why do you want to hold Wang Qianli?"

"Your Majesty, the reason why the minister protects Wang Qianli is because he doesn't want to watch the river camp fall into ruin. The river camp was rebuilt by the emperor on the south bank of the Yongding River, and from the day of the restoration, the soldiers of the river camp knew that they were responsible for defending Gyeonggi. Now there are only more than 40 people left who have been transferred, and Yongding River has not applied for river work for several years, and the Zhili Grain Road has been in arrears for nearly a year. ”

Xianfeng reacted, stared at Han Xiufeng and asked, "Do you want to recruit young people and rebuild the river camp?" ”

"The minister didn't think about it, he didn't seek his own politics if he wasn't in his position, and the minister didn't dare to think about it. The minister just thinks that those who can persist to this day are all loyal people who are dedicated to serving the court. If you take this opportunity to transfer them to Nanyuan, you can not only give them a way to live, but also let them patrol day and night, in case Xiaoxiao sneaks into the forbidden area of the garden to steal again. If there is a war in the future, they can even recruit young men for the skeleton to rebuild the river camp. ”

"It's okay to let them go to Nanyuan on an errand, it's just ...... It's just that they are all green battalion soldiers. ”

"The emperor doesn't know that although they are brave soldiers in the green battalion in Gu'an, the errands they do are actually similar to those of the government service. As long as the emperor can reward them with food and give them a way to live, they will be grateful and will not care about their reputation. ”

"Are you saying that Wang Qianli, the Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River, will be the head of Nanyuan, and let the dozens of remaining soldiers in the river camp follow Wang Qianli on an errand in Nanyuan first?"

"Minister...... The minister couldn't bear to see them displaced, and the minister didn't want to watch the soldiers who had spent so much money and food on the court disperse like this, so the minister dared to protect it. ”

"This is reasonable, they have eaten my food for so many years, they can't just let them disperse." Xianfeng weighed it, got up and said, "I'm right, this matter is decided." ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

"Don't thank you, get down to business." Xianfeng thought of Han Xiufeng's invitation in the first month, and then thought that Enjun had been practicing in the "Houyi Hall" for three years, and muttered: "In a few days, I will order you to go to Tianjin to accept the grain, Enjun, you will also go together." ”

"Slaves obey!"

"After listening to me," Xianfeng sat down and said slowly: "It will take two or three months to come back at the earliest, and I have to explain the matter to Cao Yuying as soon as possible." Then after inspecting the coastal defense, if you find any omissions, you should not only have a fold, but it is best to go to Baoding. ”

Tianjin is under the rule of Zhili, whether it is repairing and reinforcing the fort, or raising silver to cast cannons, in the end, it is still necessary for the governor of Zhili to do it, thinking of this, Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "The minister understands." ”

"And then you must not be emperor."

"The minister understands, and the minister obeys the order."

"It's good to understand, kneel down."

……

Receiving the order and thanking him, he bowed down and exited the house, and Eun Jun was so excited that his blood boiled.

Han Xiufeng also realized that when the "acceptance of the grain" was completed, Eunjun was about to be promoted, and as soon as he walked out of the palace gate, he turned around and smiled: "Xincheng, our colleagues can't do it for a few days." If nothing else, after returning from Baoding, you will have to go to the northwest to be the leader of the team. ”

"If it weren't for the Fourth Master, how could I be here today!" Eunjun arched his hand, thought about it and said with a smile: "Besides, I haven't even scratched the eight characters, even if the emperor really asks me to go, when I think of Xinjiang and Tibet so far away, I really don't want to go." ”

"Don't be ignorant, this opportunity is not available to everyone."

"The fourth master is right, if you don't go to Rong for a few years like me, you really won't be productive. Whether it is Xinjiang or Tibet, as long as the emperor decrees, no matter how far away, I will immediately receive the decree to thank you, pack your luggage, and go to work. ”

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