He Jiehao led the township soldiers to go out of the city overnight, trekking through mountains and rivers, and marching all the way without stopping, even if their feet were worn out. There were even some soldiers who couldn't walk and rested for a while, and sometimes in the middle of the night, when it rained heavily and the wind blew from time to time, they wore hats and rushed through the wind and rain. Crossing the plank road, the river is flowing endlessly, hand in hand and carefully moving forward, who accidentally stepped on the slip and was about to fall when he pulled up and continued to move forward. Izukawa went deep into the tiger's den, in order not to startle the snake, they hid behind the hillside and changed into the enemy's clothes, disguised themselves to avoid the door card check and went deep into the enemy's rear, and then suddenly launched an attack, taking the enemy by surprise.

"Sect Master, it's not good, there are officers and soldiers," a sergeant came forward to report.

"Where did these officers and soldiers come from?" The sect leader was very surprised when he heard the news.

The sect members next to him said in unison: "Sect Master, run away, keep Qingshan without fear of no firewood, here we are blocking the officers and soldiers." ”

He Jiehao stood aside and watched the battle, took a bow and arrow, and shot a sect member to death, before the enemy put down his weapons and surrendered, but only one sect leader escaped from the encirclement and interception of the officers and soldiers. At this time, He Jiehao was thinking that the bandit leader must not have left the city in a short period of time, and must be hiding in the city. Officers and soldiers rotated on duty during the day, guarding the gate of the city to strictly check the passing merchants or people, and those who resisted arrest were all killed. The sect leader couldn't hide in the city, so he escaped from the city in the middle of the night when the officers and soldiers were changing, but he didn't expect that there were ambushes outside the city, just when he was proud, the officers and soldiers outside the city rushed out, raised the torch in their hands, and illuminated their faces, He Jiehao walked out and said: "You have been arrested." "The sect leader was captured by officers and soldiers outside the city, and the flying pigeon passed the message to General Sheng Zhu.

After General Sheng Zhu received the flying pigeon's summons, he opened it and wrote: "The bandit leader has been captured, and the general can launch a general attack." After reading it, General Sheng Zhu laughed and said: "Haha, General He is really a noble soldier and attacking." ”

The Qing army suddenly launched an attack on the enemy barracks, so that the enemy troops were confused, and fled in all directions in a hurry, and the spears lined up and opened fire, killing and wounding most of the enemy soldiers. The Qing army was like a bamboo, attacking the city and pulling out the fortress, causing the enemy army to retreat one after another until it was annihilated.

Sheng Zhu and He Jiehao escorted the bandit leader to triumph, and the army marched into the capital in a mighty manner. Emperor Jiaqing went out of the city to greet him, and the soldiers stood outside the Bauhinia City to kneel and worship three long live, and then sent the bandit head to the West City to be beheaded to show the public. The next morning, Sheng Zhu, He Jiehao and many other civil and military officials entered the Qianqing Palace to worship the emperor. Emperor Jiaqing sat on the top of the main hall and said, "General Sheng, you have made great contributions to the suppression of bandits this time, and I have named you the first Baturu of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"The minister hereby thanked the emperor, the emperor, the victory of this suppression of bandits mostly depends on the assistance of He Jiehao and General He, it is he who led the rapid march day and night into the tiger's den to annihilate its lair in the thieves to win precious time for the army, launch a counterattack, the enemy army will be defeated with one blow, if there is no plan for him to capture the thief and capture the king first, I am afraid that the war will be protracted."

Then He Jiehao stood up and looked at Emperor Jiaqing and said: "The minister does not dare to be greedy for heavenly merit, the first is that the emperor has a unique vision, is good at employing people, knows people well, and is wise to the emperor; The second is that the cooperation between the two sides is appropriate, and the cooperation between the inside and the outside can have today's triumph; The third is that the soldiers fought bloodily, and the power of the ministers was minimal. ”

"Victory without arrogance, this is the character of the general, but also the model of the official, and it is the merit that I will remember. He Aiqing used thunderous means to find out corrupt officials, recruit new recruits to be diligent in drills, and the victory will be a thunderbolt, you are a capable minister, and I will reuse those who are talented, as follows, the prefect of Zhejiang is vacant, so I will make you the prefect of Zhejiang. ”

He Jiehao knelt down again and said, "Thank the emperor for the seal." ”

"He Aiqing is exempt," He Jiehao stood up, and Emperor Jiaqing said: "He Aiqing is from Sichuan." ”

"Exactly."

"There is a house in Chengdu, Sichuan, which is the original Heshen's garden, and I will give it to you, that is the house of you and your family, and I will also inscribe a plaque for you." The emperor said to the eunuch beside him: "Bring pen and ink." Then the eunuchs put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the emperor's desk, and Emperor Jiaqing waved the red pen, and the two big characters of "He Yuan" were completed, and then they were unfolded. He Jiehao looked at these two big words, knelt down and said very movingly: "Thank the emperor for the kindness of the heavens and the earth, even if the ministers are smeared with their livers and brains, it is difficult to repay the emperor." ”

"I don't need you to repay me, I just need you to be loyal to the court and share my worries."

"The ministers are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, the court, and the emperor."

"Well, I believe you," Emperor Jiaqing said to the ministers, "Retire from the court." ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zuodu Yushi Guangxing deliberately approached He Jiehao and said: "Congratulations to Lord He on his promotion." ”

He Jiehao replied: "Tongxi, Tongxi, in the future, we need to rely on the majority of talents." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, tonight I will invite Lord He to the official mansion to narrate," Zuodu Yushi Guangxing smiled meaningfully, which was difficult to understand. Guangxing's smile is really chilling, it is better than He Shen back then, with a big toad mouth, a skimming on both sides as high as a tiger's whiskers, slanted eyes and deep eyebrows, the top of the bare head is so oily, and the big belly. Looking at his face, this person must be a ruthless lord who eats people and does not spit out bones, and he did not hand over the list of these bribed officials, and if he offends these powerful people, he will die without a place to bury. At this time, He Jiehao realized the sinister nature of officialdom, and he was like walking on thin ice, walking on thin ice! I'm scared, too. When the previous Hanlin Academy was compiled, he had not been in contact with this Zuodu Imperial History, and at that time he was a lowly official, and he may not be able to harm his eyes, but now he has made great contributions to the imperial court, and he has a preliminary understanding of this Zuodu Imperial History. This laugh is very scary, so I feel it and feel it! Therefore, He Jiehao smiled reluctantly: "It is a blessing for us to be appreciated by Shangguan, and Xiaguan will definitely come to visit tonight." ”

He Jiehao returned to his mansion, sat down in the lobby, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. The maid brought the tea and said, "Master, please use tea." ”

"Well, I know, you go down first," He Jiehao breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of the teacup, looked at the sky, the sky was about to darken, and suddenly called the next person: "He Cai, prepare the sedan chair, let's go through the back door." ”

The subordinate was a little puzzled and asked, "Master, why do we go through the back door?" ”

"None of us can afford to be an official in the capital, unless you have some political background, so if you come to the capital for the first time to be an official, be careful, and if you are not careful, you will be impeached by the imperial historians, and the emperor will fall to the ground if he blames it."

He Jiehao walked out of the back door, got into a sedan chair and left his mansion, and landed in front of the gate of Guangfu. In the lobby of Guangfu, there are many important members of the imperial court, they are the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion, all of which are members of the imperial court. They gathered in Guangfu like this to wait for someone, and this person was He Jiehao. He Jiehao entered the lobby and looked at these dignitaries, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is too late for you to wait," He Jiehao stood in the middle of the hall and bent down to salute.

Master Li, the secretary of the military department, stood up, pinching his beard with one hand, his eyes half-closed and half-open, it seems that this person must have been in the officialdom for a long, long time, and has some qualifications. Master Li said in a deep voice: "First of all, the old man's congratulations to Lord He on his promotion, Lord He is young and promising, the old man is already old and mediocre, it is time to let the virtuous, Lord He should sit in the old man's position, come, come, come, Lord He, please sit." ”

As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, how can you dare to trespass your lowly position."

"Look at what Lord Li said, let Lord He smile, Lord He, please take a seat," Zuodu Yushi Guangxing sat on the lobby and said with a smile.

"Thank you for your seat," He Jiehao sat down under the adults, and the Lord of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works, Lord He, discussed: "Lord He can be literate and martial, and he is a capable talent," and then the adults said in unison: "Yes, yes." ”

"Let's see that Lord Ha He has been in office for a few days, killing corrupt officials and rectifying military discipline, and leveling the bandits in one fell swoop, so vigorous and resolute I am afraid that we can't reach it," He Jiehao heard this praise, although he was happy, but also worried, this may be the honey sword we can be familiar with, often many people will get carried away because of this honey-like words, and do some outrageous actions, which is what he is worried about.

"Thanks to the love of all of you, the humble position is just to stand on the right time, General Sheng Zhu has fought with the bandits many times, and the humble position took this opportunity to attack his tired division and won the victory by luck, so the main credit is still General Sheng Zhu, and the humble position is just a chance to get wet."

"Victory without arrogance, arrogance without indulgence, this is what we should recognize, and the character of Lord He, we all present are very appreciative."

"How dare you, how dare you, there is a small gift for the humble position, and please accept it with a smile."

"It's the duty of being an official to be honest and honest, and I ask Lord He to take it back," Zuodu Yushi Guangxing pretended to postpone it.

"Yes, yes, Lord He, do you want to bribe me and wait, we will resolutely not accept the gift and ask Lord He to take it back," all the adults present postponed.

Master Li, the secretary of the military department, couldn't sit still, stood up and accused: "Lord He, what do you think of us, are we corrupt officials who accept bribes?" ”

"It's not any gold and silver treasure, it's not the people's fat and people's ointment, this is a small gift from the humble duty to the adults, and it is also the humble duty to show your heart to the adults, I hope you can understand the humble duty," After speaking, He Jiehao ordered his subordinates to take a wooden box, and then put this wooden box in front of the eyes of the left capital Yushi Guangxing.

Zuodu Yushi Guangxing looked at the wooden box in front of him, and said with some curiosity: "What is in this box?" ”

"This is what the lowly position wants to show to all of you, and this box should be opened after the lowly position leaves, and you will know it at a glance."

"Lord He, are you leaving?" The adults looked at He Jiehao, who was about to leave.

"I'm busy with lowly affairs, and I'm out of company."

"Lord He, this official has prepared a feast for you to celebrate Lord He's ascension, please Lord He will give this official a face no matter what," Guangxing looked at He Jiehao and said.

"It's a long time coming, and there will be a lot of people to deal with in the future, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you, my lords," He Jiehao bowed to all the adults, took a few steps back, saluted and turned to leave, and walked out of the mansion of Yushi Guangxing, the left capital. This time, He Jiehao felt a lot more relaxed, the stone in his heart was finally put down, he sat in the sedan chair and breathed a sigh of relief, ordered his subordinates to leave immediately, returned to his mansion, entered the hall, took off his court clothes and crown, and sat down.