Shi Zanqing and Wang Qianli not only came to reimburse the Yongding River Yamen for this year's river work, but also to submit the budget to apply for the next year's river bank. These things should have been done by the river in person, but Wu Tingdong is now not only the river channel, but also the acting direct subordinate to the inspector, so it fell to Shi Zanqing.

Thinking that it was not easy to reimburse or apply for silver, and then thinking of the two strings of pearls that he had just received today, Han Xiufeng helped write an invitation, and together with the famous post, asked Xiao Shandong to find Rong Lu and invite Rong Lu to go to the Chongqing Hall for dinner and wine in the evening. And asked Yu Youfu to accompany Wang Qianli to Nanying to find Yongxiang, and shouted that Yongxiang would go to the Chongqing Hall at night to accompany him, after all, he was the same person who came out of the Yongding River Yamen, and he couldn't sit idly by when the River Yamen encountered difficulties.

When Han Xiufeng made all the arrangements, Shi Zanqing couldn't help but ask: "Zhixing, as far as I know, Rong Lu is only eighteen or nineteen years old, although he relies on his father's shadow to be the head of the Ministry of Industry, but after all, he is too young, and he doesn't seem to be able to say anything in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and he can't be the master." ”

"Nine times out of ten, he won't be able to help him with anything else, but it's just right for him to be reimbursed for this kind of thing."

"Are you saying that he is more convenient to talk to than others?"

"Uncle Shi, isn't it because those officials want silver, and it's impossible to give it at all, so I can only ask someone to bargain with them and give as little as possible. And bargaining with a group of officials, do you think it is appropriate to ask those Langzhong principals who were born as jinshi to come forward, or is it appropriate to ask Rong Lu to come forward? ”

Shi Zanqing reacted: "He is not from a Jinshi, he is not very old, and he is still a banner man, so it is more appropriate to ask him to come forward than to invite others to come forward." ”

"So no matter what you do, you have to find the right person first."

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As Shi Zanqing said, Rong Lu, who has been in charge of the main work for less than two years by relying on his father's shadow, can't manage anything in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry because of his "hairless mouth". At the beginning, I came to Yamen every day to order Mao, but now I come every three or five times. If it weren't for Wen Xiang, who is also the top boss of Guaerjia's family and has just been promoted from director to foreign lang this year, he would not be too lazy to come, and no one will care if he doesn't come anyway.

He didn't expect it to be a real coincidence today, he walked around the yamen, said hello to his colleagues, and was about to go back to talk to Wen Xiang for a while, when the porter came to report that someone asked to see him.

It was the first time that he was asked to see him in the Yamen, walked to the door, took the name post from Xiao Shandong, who looked a little familiar, and couldn't help laughing: "Go back to your master, I'll be there at night." ”

"Master Xie Rong appreciates the light." Xiao Shandong bowed down and said respectfully: "Master Rong, my master has prepared a car for you, let the little one wait here, and let the little one wait for you to leave here." ”

"Your master is really thoughtful, so let's wait here, and I'll go with you when I'm done."

"Master Xie Rong."

Thinking that the top boss was poor, and the Ministry of Industry was a Qingshui Yamen, even if he had a little oil and water, he couldn't take his turn as a foreigner, Rong Lu walked into the Yamen, walked quickly to Wenxiang's public house, and asked: "Brother Bochuan, are you done, go to eat and drink after you are busy." ”

"Who am I talking about, it turned out to be Zhonghua, why are you free today?"

"Brother Bochuan, are you laughing at me or scolding me?"

Among so many colleagues in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Wen Xiang and Rong Lu are the closest and have the best relationship. First, although Rong Lu is young, he is not vigorous, and he never gets involved in the intrigue and power struggle in the yamen; Second, Rong Lu's family is well-off, he is bold, and he is generous, not only often inviting him to eat and drink, but also changing the law to help him when he encounters problems at home.

Because of this, Wen Xiang, who had just been promoted to a foreign officer, never regarded Rong Lu as a subordinate, but as a younger brother of the same clan, put down his pen and said with a smile: "No kidding, I just said that I was drinking, what is the happy event today, where are you going to eat?" ”

"There is a happy event, but it is not mine, but a friend's, and he is the east today."

"Friend, do I recognize?"

"You don't necessarily recognize it, but you've heard of it."

"Who?"

Rong Lu glanced back and said with a smug smile: "Han Xiufeng, the new counselor of the General Political Department." ”

Wen Xiangleng was stunned and asked in surprise: "Zhonghua, aren't you joking?" ”

"Why am I laughing?"

"Do you know Han Xiufeng, you still have a friendship with him, and you are still friends with him?"

"It's a recognition, it's some friendship, what's wrong?"

Wen Xiang felt that this was not a trivial matter, so he immediately got up and walked around the public case to bring the door, and turned around and said, "Zhonghua, do you know who he is?" Do you know how many people now look at him unpleasantly and want to impeach him? ”

Rong Lu was happy, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Bochuan, you mean Su Shun, right?" ”

"You know why you're so close to him!"

"Brother Bochuan, things are not what you think, the rumors outside are all false." Rong Lu smiled and patiently explained: "Those people outside, including many colleagues in our Ministry of Industry Yamen, think that Han Xiufeng is a Sushun person. Actually, no, let's put it this way, when I got acquainted with Han Xiufeng, Su Shun didn't know him or even heard of Han Xiufeng! ”

"Not then, but now!" Afraid that Rong Lu would be careless in making friends, Wen Xiang reminded again: "If it weren't for Su Shun helping to say good things in front of the emperor, why would he Han Xiufeng, who was born as a donor, be transferred to the General Political Affairs Department to serve as a senator, and why would he walk extra on the military plane Zhang Jing!" ”

"Brother Bochuan, believe me, he wasn't a Sushun person then, and he's not the same now." Rong Lu pulled Wen Xiang to sit down, and said with a flutter of eyebrows: "Yongxiang, do you remember, it is the guard who just became a guerrilla in Shangnanying, he came to look for you before, and he went to my house to find me." He would like to find a better errand, where can I help with this, and later I heard that I could only go to Heying to be the capital, and the emperor ordered Han Xiufeng to rectify Heying, so he asked me to go to Han Xiufeng together, and wanted to ask Han Xiufeng to take care of him. ”

"Yongxiang, I remembered, what happened later?"

"Later, he went to Gu'an with Han Xiufeng to train troops, at the beginning of the lack of money and food, the emperor seemed to ask Su Shun to help the river camp raise some food, but the river camp was targeted by Su Shun, and he planted people in the river camp at two ends in three days, and used the river camp as his private army, and then you know what happened later, the good 1,500 soldiers were broken up like this."

"Are you saying that Han Xiufeng was originally able to lead his troops into battle to make meritorious contributions, but because of Su Shun's sideways intervention, he ran out of soldiers?"

"It's almost, but as far as I know, the emperor didn't plan to let him lead the river camp to quell the chaos after the soldiers were trained, but planned to let him and Yongxiang lead the river camp to garrison Gu'an and defend Gyeonggi. Besides, Han Xiufeng was already a positive five-grade person before he became a member of the General Administration Department, and he was simply in the emperor's heart. Yongxiang knows these things best, the emperor gave him a lot of military books, and they are all military books that the prince read when he was the prince, so that Han Xiufeng can learn by heart, and Han Xiufeng gives the emperor homework almost every month. ”

"So the emperor and Han Xiufeng really have teachers and students, and he didn't pretend to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven?"

"Has someone impeached him?"

"You don't know?"

"I don't know that."

Wen Xiang couldn't help but smile: "Since you have a relationship with him, how can you not even know this." It has been spread outside, and many people have impeached him in the past two days, and it is said that the emperor has ordered the military aircraft department to investigate and deal with it. If I hadn't heard you say that, I really thought that he would not be able to do this 'little military plane' for a few days. ”

Rong Lu smiled and asked, "Impeach him for pretending to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Not only is he impeached for falsely claiming to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven, but some people also say that he connived at his subordinates to marry widows and impeached him for violating morals and customs."

"The crime of falsely claiming to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven must not be impeached, and as for the immorality and customs, I estimate that there must be a reason for it. Besides, he has now become a 'small military machine', and the emperor actually ordered the military aircraft department to investigate and deal with it, instead of the criminal department or the metropolitan procuratorate, it can be seen that the emperor has not thought about what to do with him. The reason why the order was issued to investigate and deal with it nine times out of ten was because it was annoying, and it was to make those people who looked at him uncomfortable stop. Rong Lu paused, and then asked rhetorically: "Brother Bochuan, think about it again, although Han Xiufeng's official is not big, he has been impeached many times in the past year or so, and in the end, it is not all over." ”

"In that case, he is truly a saint!"

"It's enviable to think about it, but he can have it all with his life today, working hard with private lords in the inspection office, and acting Taizhou Prefecture and Changmao at the same time. In the deputy post of Lianghuaiyun, he was ordered to go to Shanghai to run grain, and when he caught up with the rebellion of the Heaven and Earth Society, he worked hard with the Heaven and Earth Society, and he was honest and honest for the officials, and it was reasonable to be able to be simple in the emperor's heart. ”

Hearing Rong Lu's explanation, Wen Xiang couldn't help but ask: "Since he is not a Sushun person, then whose person is he?" ”

"The emperor's man!"

"I mean, before he acted on the south bank of the Yongding River. Zhonghua, as far as I know, he is only twenty-four or five years old, you think. If it weren't for someone to support him, he would be able to become a five-grade official in just three or four years? ”

Rong Lu raised his arm and pointed in the direction of the lobby with a smile.

Wen Xiang asked in surprise, "Master Peng?" ”

"What are you lying to, he can act on the south bank of the Yongding River, and the same knowledge is guaranteed by Master Peng." Rong Lu smiled and continued: "As for the past, it was not only on his own, but also on the support of his fellow villagers. You must have heard of Duan Dazhang, the former political envoy of Gansu, that Han Xiufeng is Duan Dazhang's nephew, and Guo Peilin, who acted as the two Huai Salt Envoys and Huaiyan Dao, was in the same year as Duan Dazhang, and Qi Suzao, the former political envoy of Jiangning who had been martyred, was the same year as Duan Dazhang. ”

"I see, I said how can his official fortune be so prosperous, it turns out that although he was born as a donor, he still walks the path of a civil official."

"He is also angry on his own, I heard Yongxiang say that he is really a person who can train and lead troops," thinking of marching and fighting, Rong Lu sighed again: "Brother Bochuan, I don't hide it, speaking of which, I not only have some friendship with him, but also have some origins." Xiang Rong, the minister in charge of the military affairs in Jiangnan, was a fellow villager of Ba County, and I, Amma, was martyred when I went to Guangxi with Xiang Shuai. ”

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