In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and the Chongqing Hall and even the entire Xuanwai were lively again.

As soon as the Zhili Township Examination ended, people from all over the country came one after another to prepare for the next year's examination. The Chongqing Guild Hall not only welcomed more than a dozen people, but even Wu Fuxiang, who had never been to the Guild Hall or even the Provincial Pavilion before, came uncharacteristically. Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen accompanied him to worship Emperor Wenchang and the sages, and then set wine for him to "catch the wind".

Before leaving, he not only agreed to participate in the group worship of the government hall and the provincial hall, but also left 500 taels of silver for the renovation of the hall or to subsidize the students who came to take the exam.

No matter how lively it is, it is also a matter of scholars and civil officials, the big head doesn't think Wu Fuxiang is anything great, and follows the two "uncles" to have a meal, and was pulled by Ding Zhu and Yu Tiesuo to Guan Xiaohu's newly rented courtyard to continue eating and drinking. Qin Ruguang, Gu Tenon and Zheng Yuanbao also followed, and Guan Xiaohu's new daughter-in-law, Qin Ruguang's sister Gui Ying, was very busy.

Seeing the busy appearance of his brother and daughter-in-law, Datou couldn't help but ask: "Xiaohu, is your mother-in-law really here with Ren He and them?" ”

Without waiting for Guan Xiaohu to speak, Qin Ruguang put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "What's the matter, how could you remember to ask this?" ”

"The surname Ren is not a good person!" Big Head muttered.

"What do you mean by that, turtle son?" Qin Ruguang was unhappy, and pointed at him with chopsticks and said, "My sister came with Ren He and them, otherwise how could she go to a girl's house after such a long journey?" Besides, he is not a lonely man and a widow along the way! ”

"Who else?" The big head thought about it and couldn't help but ask.

"Do you really don't know or don't know, Ren He came with his mother-in-law!"

"The woman surnamed Ren is married?"

"It seems that you really don't know," Qin Ruguang realized that there was no need to be angry with a person like him who had a tendon in his head, and picked up a piece of skin jelly and said patiently: "Not only did I marry my mother-in-law, but I also married a woman from a big family in Chengdu." Didn't he come to take the exam twice before, and take the exam again next year, if he can be Chinese, he will naturally be good, and if he falls first, he will be able to participate in the big challenge, so this time he came with his family. ”

"His turtle son went to Chengdu to marry a mother-in-law!" Big Head was surprised.

"No matter what people say, they are still masters, and it is not easy to marry a mother-in-law." Zhuzi put down his chopsticks, looked up and said with a smile: "I heard that his father-in-law's family has money, not only gave him money to take the exam, but also gave him money to rent a house in Beijing." He now has seven or eight family members, and there are only three of them! ”

"What's the matter if you're rich, he's not as good as my fourth brother if you're rich!"

"Isn't this nonsense, don't say it's not as good as the fourth brother, he's not even as good as you now."

As soon as the pillar's voice fell, Yu Tiesuo said enviously: "Brother Big Boss, why did you rise so quickly as an official, you just became a third-class guard last year, and now you are already a second-class guard." If you work for a few years, you can be released, and even if you can't be a deputy general, you can be a general! Look at us again, until now it's just the total, it's really more popular than the dead! ”

"There's nothing to envy about this." The big head grinned and said: "The fourth brother explained before leaving, just be a down-to-earth errand, don't always think about being promoted." This official is not so easy to promote, and it is not so easy to do, and it is not a good thing if he can do it. ”

"Your turtle son doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks!" Guan Xiaohu muttered.

"I'm not kidding you." The big head put down the wine glass, stared at Guan Xiaohu and said: "Do you remember Gu Qianzong when he was in Gu'an before, he was promoted and became the capital division, but he died in battle before he became the capital commander for three months." Those brothers who went to Shandong with him, after cutting the long hair, they had to go to the bandits, and I heard that Master Wang said that more than 200 people died in the battle in Henan, Shandong this year! ”

Guan Xiaohu was taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "What about Jiang Liu and the monkey, is there any news about them?" ”

"Yes, he just asked someone to bring me a letter last month, he is now serving under the command of the monk king, and he has just become a thousand presidents, and the monkey is the same as you."

"They've been promoted, too!"

"In exchange for his life, he didn't say it in the letter, but I heard Master Wang say that he really didn't want to die when he started a war, once chased a group of twisted bandits, chased and killed dozens of miles in one go, and the result was to catch up, but the team did not keep up, he and more than 60 brothers under his command were besieged by 400 bandits, he and the monkey were covered in blood, and there were dozens of wounds on his body, and his brothers were almost dead, and the team arrived."

Guan Xiaohu asked curiously, "How did Master Wang know?" ”

"Most of the brothers in Heying are people from Gu'an and Wanping, who died in the war in Henan, Shandong, and the living villagers always have to help bring a letter to their families. Master Wang is now acting on the north bank of the Yongding River, can he not know these things? ”

"That's right," Guan Xiaohu nodded, thought about it and muttered, "Jiang Liu and the monkey are promoted, there is nothing to envy." ”

Yu Tiesuo didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and suddenly changed his words: "Big head, is there any news about the fourth brother, how is the fourth brother now?" ”

"The fourth brother is also fighting, but the fourth brother is different from Jiang Liu, the fourth brother is the commander of the army, and he doesn't have to go into battle in person."

"Didn't you say that the fourth brother set up a group in Qijiang to train against the bandits in Guizhou, could it be that the bandits in Guizhou killed us in Sichuan?"

"Not really, but it's hard to say if the fourth brother isn't there."

"What do you mean?"

"Listen...... I heard that there were bandits in those places next to us in eastern Sichuan, attacking this county seat today and that county tomorrow, and even wanting to attack the fourth brother's Songkan camp and rob the camp of money and grain. The Miao people in the southeast of Guizhou also followed suit, and it is said that they captured several prefectures and halls, and killed several prefectures and counties, and even more military attachés. ”

"Fourth brother's camp is alright, right?"

"What can happen with the fourth brother in charge, I heard that the bandits were defeated by the fourth brother."

……

Just when Datou was drinking and chatting with Ding Zhu, Yu Tiesuo and other brothers in Ba County, Xianfeng was listening to the report from the foreman and the minister of military aircraft, Wen Qingyu, who was the foreman of the Yuanmingyuan, in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qinzheng Palace.

The people in Beijing only know that Huguang, Liangjiang and other places are making trouble, but they don't know that Liangguang, Henan and Guizhou are not peaceful.

The remnants of Changmao rebelled in Liangguang, coupled with the dispute between the Turks, Lianzhou, Zhaoqing, Guangning, Qingyuan and Sihui fell one after another, and were recovered by the official army one after another. But after these places were recovered, other places fell again, and Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, reported success in three days, but he was actually tired of running for his life to quell the chaos everywhere.

The bandits in Anhui and Henan are getting more and more ferocious, and the situation in Guizhou is even more out of control.

"Since the beginning of Xianfeng, floods, droughts, locust plagues, etc. have come one after another. Local officials turned a blind eye and continued to levy and consume grain. The Miao people were desperate, gathered in Taigong Hall City to petition for temporary exemption, and after being rejected, they made a bloody alliance, committed rebellion, besieged Taigong Hall City, and Wu Fu, the state official, was martyred.

Yanmen is the Tusi genus of Huangping Prefecture, the terrain is dangerous, and the seedling situation is the most opposite. On the sixth day of the seventh month, the Miao change had been completed, and the governor of Guizhou, Jiang Feiyuan, still hoped to settle the matter, and sent Shao Hongru, the governor of Pingyue Zhili Prefecture, Peng Ruwei, the alternate governor, and Chen Yushu, the acting governor of Longli County, to Yanmen to pacify. The reverse seedlings were not cared for, and the attack was urgent day and night, Jiang Fei ordered Shao Hongru to sign the Taigong Tongzhi, until August 12, the city fell, Peng Ruwei was killed at the east gate, and the thief got Chen Yu's tree bound by the book, and the salary was burned ......"

Wen Qing peeked at the emperor and cautiously continued: "On September 18, Yang Yixi and Zou Chenbao rebelled again, besieged Tongzi City for seven days and nights, and relied on Loushan Pass to curb and obey. In the township, the head of the township was ordered by Zhu Youzeng, the prefect of Zunyi, to gather more than 1,000 braves, capture Loushan Pass, win many battles, and then go deep into Sigang. Teraoka is a thief's nest, the dangerous peak accumulates thorns, often clouds and mist, does not see the day, the soldiers go straight up, take the lead, suddenly encounter an ambush, the forward 400 people are defeated by the thieves, Jian Ge led more than 20 people to fight, and the thieves are coming, the outnumbered are suspended, and they are not in the battle! ”

The Miao people rebelled, killed so many officials, and even besieged the provincial capital Guiyang with bandits.

Yang Yixiyu's party in northern Qianbei besieged Tongzi, Suiyang and other county seats, not only in the township chief, but even Xiangfu, the deputy general of the Zunyi Association, was killed in an ambush in a place called Wangcao, and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers under his command and Lian Yong suffered heavy casualties.

After Xianfeng listened to the six-hundred-mile urgent report sent back by the new Guidong Dao Fulian, he asked coldly: "What was Han Si doing when the bandits besieged Tongzi?" ”

Wen Qing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Huang Zonghan, the governor of Sichuan, sent an urgent report for 600 li, and Yang Yixi and Zou Chenbao not only seized Loushan Pass to curb the aid, but also divided 3,000 troops to attack Songkan in the north. Han Xiufeng, the registered prefect, ordered Wu Kuixiang, who was stationed in Songkan, and Chen Hu, the named capital, to lead the eastern Sichuan regiment to defeat it, beheaded more than 600 thieves and bandits, and attacked Tongzi City in one go, not only relieved the siege of Tongzi, but also preserved the 230,000 stone grain of Sichuan Xieji Guizhou. At the beginning of the banditry rebellion, the villages along the Songkan River were also attacked and harassed by bandits, and in order to ensure that the waterways for the transfer of grain and wages would not be obstructed, 232 people were killed in the battle of the eastern Sichuan regiment stationed in Baishagang, Buffalo Pond, Maliutan, Gaokan, and Zhaosigang. ”

"It's good if you don't save you if you don't die," Xianfeng thought about it and asked, "Is there any excerpt from Han Si?" ”

"No, the minion estimated that the war should be too tight, and he is in charge of the ...... It's like a plate of loose sand in the east of Sichuan to practice, and there is really no time to fold the report. Wen Qing paused, and then said in a low voice: "What's more, he is just supervising the group training, helping to prevent blockage, and it is inevitable that he will be suspected of inviting merit and rewarding him." ”

Thinking that others had killed more than a dozen bandits and were busy reporting their successes, and Han Si not only defeated thousands of bandits, but also kept the food and salary of Sichuan Xieji Guizhou, relieved the siege of Tongzi, and blocked the Guizhou bandits from escaping into eastern Sichuan, but he didn't even get on the fold as if he hadn't made an inch, Xianfeng couldn't help but murmur: "If it weren't for the fact that no one in eastern Sichuan could sit in to prevent the blockade, I really wanted to order him to be filial piety and loyalty, and let him go to the acting prefect of Zunyi or Guiyang." ”

Wen Qing also felt that Han Si could be of great use, but he thought that he must not be at this juncture, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Chuandong must not lose. Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang just reported that the north and south roads of Hunan were all tight. The number of anti-suppression soldiers is more than 20,000. There are those who owe salt and grain to each battalion, and there are those who have been in arrears for more than one month to two months. The treasurer and the treasury have no deposit, and the situation is really urgent. In order to improve the provincial division, Sichuan should raise funds on behalf of the government, and asked Sichuan to borrow 120,000 taels quickly, and the committee members went to Hunan to help the urgent need. Hunan donated money and grain, collected the money, and immediately returned it one after another. ”

"Well, Sichuan can't be chaotic, and eastern Sichuan can't be blocked without one."

Xianfeng nodded slightly, then looked at the excerpt and said: "The proposed decree is to give Guizhou the deceased deputy general Xiangfu, Zhizhou Peng Ruwei, Zhixian Chen Yushu, acting guerrilla Sheng Xiuzhi, garrison title Huang Shi, Qianzong Chai Yunen, Xing Lianke, Huang Lianyuan, the chief Tang Dingkui, the acting general Zhou Guoshun, Tusi He Hualong, and the foreign commissioners Liu Yingbiao, Wang Yunlong, and Liang Zhanao to sacrifice and bury the world. ”

"Huh."

"To protect the Guizhou provincial capital, reward the prefect Huang Fuchen, Hua Ling. Taoist Wang Yue and others, the promotion is poor; In order to defend the Guizhou provincial capital, and to handle the grain platform to contribute, reward the prefect He Guanying, candidate Dao Fuer Guochun, Hua Ling. Guerrilla Dejun and others, Lan Ling, and Yu Jia's promotion are poor. ”

"Hey, the minion will go and draw up the order."

"Wait." Xianfeng thought about Han Si's performance some time ago, and then said: "In order to deal with the anti-blocking efforts in eastern Sichuan, reward Han Xiufeng, the registered prefect, is the top belt of the fourth grade, add the rank of Taoist, and reward the yellow jacket; He ordered Cao Shuzhong of the Eastern Province of Sichuan to be appointed as an envoy to Sichuan, and ordered Du Xingyuan, the prefect of Chongqing, to stay in front of the Qijiang Formation, and to atone for his crimes. ”