followed the big head to the Qinzheng Palace, and saw that the emperor, Prince Zheng Duanhua and Su Shun were preoccupied, and Han Xiufeng realized that it must be a matter of the exchange of contracts between the British and the Buddha.

Just as he was about to dust off his horse's hooves and bow down, the emperor said coldly: "Don't kneel, take a look at the Tianjin newspaper first." ”

Seeing Su Shun handing over an excerpt, Han Xiufeng hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

When I opened the fold, I saw that the British and Buddhist warships had arrived, but the envoys who exchanged the treaty had not arrived, and I didn't know who translated the name of the commander of the army.

When He Bo saw that the forts on both sides of the Haikou that had been destroyed had not only been built again, but also built tall and sturdy, and that the water surface of the Haikou had been blocked by several iron chains, which could be called heavily guarded, he even sent people ashore to hand over a note with extremely rude wording, demanding that the barrage facilities be removed as soon as possible, and that the "village warriors" on the forts be removed, otherwise they would "uproot" themselves.

Han Xiufeng didn't know what to say, so Prince Zheng Duanhua asked in a low voice: "Brother Han, you have been to Tianjin more than once, and you should know everything about the fort. ”

"Lord Yu, as far as the lower officials know, all the officers stationed in the fort are officers and soldiers, not Xiangyong, but they are wearing the clothes of Xiangyong."

"This monk Grinqin, such a big thing is not reported."

Letting the officers and soldiers change into the clothes of the townsmen to paralyze the foreigners is really not a big deal, Han Xiufeng was speechless, Xianfeng suddenly asked: "Han Aiqing, Seng Lingqin and Hengfu said in the newspaper that there were more than 20 gunboats of all sizes and no more than 3,000 soldiers. You have led troops to fight in battles, and you are familiar with coastal defense, do you think that if we really start fighting, can we win this battle? ”

"Your Majesty, the last time the minister went to Dagukou was a month ago, only in the three days of the 23rd, 27th and 29th of the last month, the monk and the king personally sat in the fort, supervised the soldiers on both sides of the strait to defend the Taiwan and practiced three artillery battles, with the sand boat laid down down the river as the target, the first time a total of 19 cannons were fired, and two cannons were targeted; The second time, a total of 28 guns were fired, and three guns were accurate; In the last time, a total of 31 cannons were fired, and four cannons were accurate. ”

"How many cannons have been fired?" Xianfeng asked subconsciously.

Han Xiufeng hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, it is difficult to hit the ships on the river, even if Xiyi's gunners go ashore to cast them, the minister thinks that this accuracy is already very high, and it is not easy to hit two or three cannons in a round of cannonballs." ”

"According to Aiqing, their artillery is quite accurate?"

"The Emperor Mingjian." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, then bowed down and said: "The rewards and punishments of the monk king are clear, every time they practice, the aiming and ignition hands of the quasi-cannon will be rewarded with one or two pieces of silver, and the rest of the gunners of the cannon will be rewarded with a string of money." It is precisely because of the clear rewards and punishments that the morale of the soldiers defending the platform is high, and all this is seen by the ministers. ”

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"So, can this battle be fought?"

"The monk is a veteran of the battlefield, and the minister thinks that if he really starts fighting, we will have a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning this battle."

Hearing Han Xiufeng's words, Xianfeng's mood was much better, but thinking that Xiyi only came with more than 20 gunboats this time, and less than 3,000 soldiers came, he said expressionlessly: "It's easy to start a war, but it's hard to rest the army." It is better not to start a war or not to start a war, and it is always necessary to stop the army. ”

"Your Majesty."

"Duanhua, the proposed purpose, the monks Greenqin, Hengfu, etc., quickly sent Minggan members to meet the outside of the barrage and sand, and told Caiyi to wait for Guiliang to return south. If the Yi insists on not equaling and is more deferential, he can be allowed to come to Beijing. It is also necessary to walk from Beitang to Tianjin by waterway to Beijing. ”

Xianfeng thought for a while, and then said: "And tell me that the peace treaty made in Tianjin last year was all Gui Liang and other first-hand managers, and no one here knows the bottom line, even if he enters Beijing on time, he must wait for Gui Liang to wait in Beijing before they can be exchanged, and it is not too late." If the chieftain refused to wait outside the barrage, he was escorted by inland ships and landed from Beitang to Tianjin, where he waited in Tianjin. ”

"Huh!"

Prince Zheng didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly stepped aside to draft the decree.

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that everyone had handed the threatening note ashore, and now there were only two ways, either let them come to Beijing, or hurry up and send a decree to the monk Greenqin to prepare for the fight, there was no third way to go, what was the use of issuing such an ambiguous edict?

was secretly anxious, Xianfeng suddenly changed his words: "In the first month of my year, I have ordered Heilongjiang, Jilin, Chahar and the two wings of the Beijing Banner to prepare 1,000 troops each; Guihua City, Suiyuan City, Rehe, Miyun, Jianrui Battalion, Patrol Battalion, and Internal and External Firearms Battalions each had 500 troops. Thinking that there are already a lot of soldiers in Tianjin, instead of ordering the above-mentioned soldiers and divisions to go to Tianjin, it is better to order them to go to Tongzhou and Nanyuan at any time to garrison them, so as to be in order. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Han Xiufeng hurriedly said.

Xianfeng's most annoying thing was that the courtiers always talked about Shengming, glared at Han Xiufeng, and said unhappily: "Prince Hui leads all the armies, and it is inevitable to take care of one or the other." Jiangnan Province Imperial History Xu Haoran participated in your excerpt, although I stayed, but the matter is not over. In short, you can't go to Tianjin, so let's go to Prince Hui from Ming'er. ”

Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that the emperor was not only worried that Seng Lingqin would not be able to stop those foreign soldiers, but also worried that He Bo, the Yi chief who had arrived at Dagukou, had reinforcements, after all, no one knew about the sea, and the foreigners had ships, and a large number of reinforcements would come as they were said, so he planned to set up a second line of defense in Tongzhou and Nanyuan to ensure that nothing went wrong.

As for the charges of Xu Haoran's impeachment, it is just a reason.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister Ming'er will go to the minister of the patrol king early in the morning to listen to it." ”

"Kneel down, hurry back and prepare."

"The minister retired."

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As soon as Han Xiufeng walked out of the main hall, Su Shun caught up, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Zhixing, I helped you explain to the emperor about Wang Qianli and your two fellow villagers, and the big head seems to have explained it to you." The emperor didn't mean to blame you, but that Xu Haoran didn't play after the wind, so the emperor could only hand you over to the ministry as usual. ”

"I know, I'm not complaining."

"It's good that you don't complain, by the way, do you still have a record of leveling, I remember you seem to have brought several levels with you."

The ordinary record of promotion is that when he made outstanding achievements in office, he added or recorded it when he was in Beijing, and it disappeared after the transfer. The accompanying upgrade record is donated in silver, and it will not be written off regardless of promotion or transfer, so it is called accompanied.

Thinking that Su Shun would not ask this for no reason, Han Xiufeng muttered: "I haven't been impeached for a long time, and I haven't made any mistakes in the appointment of Shaoqing of Taifu Temple and Fengchen Yuanqing, and there should still be a record of the increase in the donation in Taizhou back then, anyway, I remember that it seems that it was only discounted once." ”

"I can't even remember how many records I have, and you're too confused, right?"

"I've been busy with this and that all day, how can I remember this."

"Okay, I know you're busy," Su Shun smiled and said lightly: "As long as there is a boost, it's fine, I didn't hurry up to donate a few levels, and I turned around and used an increment to offset the crimes of Xu Haoran's impeachment, so as not to gossip about others." ”

Han Xiufeng had expected this result, and couldn't help asking, "What about Wang Qianli and Ding Zhu?" ”

"What does this have to do with Wang Qianli, he has done it under you, but he has violated the royal law in Nanyuan Langzhong. If you want to talk about the old department, the protégés of those university scholars are much older, so can't they be officials in the same dynasty as their protégés? That Yu Tiesuo is easy to say, after all, you and him are just fellow villagers, in the final analysis, it is not appropriate for your brother-in-law to be an errand in Nanyuan. Dismissal first, I'll see if there's a suitable vacancy, and help him find another errand. ”

"Thank you, Lord for your care."

"As a human being, if you say this, you will see the outside."

Su Shun didn't want to talk about these trivial things anymore, and suddenly his face turned straight: "Zhixing, I asked you to go to the patrol office to assist Prince Hui, no matter how important Tianjin is, it is not as important as Beijing!" Prince Hui does something else, who will rest assured that he will lead his troops to fight? I can't believe others, I only believe you, go to the patrol office and keep an eye on it, if there is a war, it's all up to you! ”

"But ......"

"I know what you're worried about, Prince Hui has nothing to worry about, if there is really a war, if the war really erodes to that point, even if the boss of my family doesn't go, Prince Yi will go to the patrol office to support you."

"Okay, then I'll go and see Prince Hui first."

"I'll go with you."

"My lord, you go with me, it's not appropriate!"

"I'm not with you, don't say goodbye, I'm afraid you won't even be able to enter the door."

Thinking that Prince Hui's mansion was not easy to enter, and he had no friendship with Prince Hui, Han Xiufeng could only smile bitterly: "Xiufeng is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, so he can only bother adults." ”