A few days after Wen Yu, the governor of Zhili, passed by Miyun and went to Rehe to knock on Zi Palace, the palace issued a message "On September 23, I will return to Beijing with Zi Palace." All the way through. To repair roads and bridges, we must scramble to be the first", and "Chengde Prefecture and its subordinate prefectures and counties, through Wanping, Shunyi, Huairou, Miyunchang, and Pingzhou counties in Jinnei, should levy money and grain next year, and all the banks will be exempted". And building bridges and paving roads is not something that can be held in your hands, if you hadn't prepared before, it would have been too late to do it now.

Wu Tingdong was so busy that Han Xiufeng was not idle, so he hurriedly made a break and asked the Shanxi soldiers stationed at the two passes along the way to transfer Miyun to the deputy capital of the assistant military affairs, and he led the river camp to the junction of Shuntianfu and Chengdu Mansion to welcome the holy driver and the Daxing Emperor Zigong.

As it should be, on the third day of the excerpt, the emperor gave permission.

When he arranged the defense of Miyun and led the river battalion to Changshanyu, he received the news that Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Su Shun and others thought that they had too much time to take care of their official duties, and asked for the vacancy of the Minister of the Guard, the Minister of the Imperial Front, and the management of the affairs of the domain. As soon as I settled down near Changshanyu Palace, I received the news that the emperor had allowed Prince Gong to go to Rehe to knock on Zi Palace!

Wang Qianli felt very strange, Qingxian also felt that something was wrong, but Han Xiufeng felt that this was not bad news, because it meant that Prince Zheng, Su Shun and others realized what it meant to be a son of heaven and a courtier, and asked for the removal of military power, to show that they did not have the intention of arbitrarily exercising power and disorderly government.

I waited in Changshanyu for nearly half a month, and finally waited for the exact news of the corresponding arrangements made by the emperor on the way back to Beijing from Emperor Daxing's Zigong, and it was the big head who accompanied Master Cao to announce the decree.

“…… I was deeply gracious to Emperor Gu Fu of the Emperor's examination, and returned to Beijing with the spirit of the Emperor's examination, which has a precedent, how dare I disobey, how can I endure not comply! However, the king's ministers and other affectionate words are sincere, if they do not work hard, they will not be able to look up to the emperor's soul in the sky. On September 23, I knelt outside the main gate of Li and sent Zigong to the throne. First go to the Kara River Tun Palace, kneel to welcome the spirit, and Feng Anlu Palace, still perform the memorial ceremony.

On the 24th, after the memorial ceremony, he returned to the palace on the 29th. All matters along the way of the Azusa Palace, respectfully handle the funeral of the king and ministers. On the day of Zigong to Beijing, I waited outside the Desheng Gate first, and knelt down to greet him when the Ling arrived, and knelt outside the Donghua Gate to receive him from the idle road, and sent to the Qianqing Palace. ”

"Commander Han Xiufeng!"

"Lord Han, please get up."

The emperor and Emperor Daxing's Zigong walked separately, which made Han Xiufeng a little surprised, but thinking that the emperor was young and really couldn't withstand the toss, he felt that there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement.

Han Xiufeng got up, took the edict, and beckoned Cao Yuying to sit down with tea, while asking curiously: "Xiufeng still doesn't understand something, I beg Brother Ziyu to give advice." ”

"If Lord Han doesn't understand anything, just ask, the lower officials will know everything and say everything." Cao Yuying smiled with a smile.

"The edict only said when the Holy Driver and the Daxing Emperor Zigong would leave, but it didn't say what Xiufeng should do next, whether to escort back to Beijing, or to honor the Daxing Emperor Zigong to return to Beijing."

"Brother Zhixing, Brother Fool knows that you have been deeply gracious, and you want to return to Beijing in the Zigong Palace of Emperor Daxing, but since the foreigners invaded the capital, bandits have risen in the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and the security is not as good as before. The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, and Lord Su Shun are worried about the emperor's safety, so they plan to order you to lead the river camp to escort them. ”

Troop mobilization is not a trivial matter, especially at this juncture.

Before leading the river battalion to come here to welcome the holy car, they all had a fold first, until the emperor issued an edict, and then led the troops to rush here to meet the car.

Han Xiufeng didn't dare to make a decision easily based on Master Cao's words, and was looking for how to ask him if there was an edict or secret decree that was more appropriate, when the big head suddenly said: "Fourth brother, I know about this, the Queen Mother also discussed with Lord Su Shun, and Lord Su Shun said that this arrangement is the most appropriate." ”

"Who will send the Emperor Zigong of Daxing?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"Lord Sushun led the civil and military officials to send it off, and Rong Lu and Yongxiang led the firearms battalion and the guard battalion to escort it." Cao Yuying paused, and added: "There are horse guards led by the Rehe Dutong outside the mouth, and in addition to the firearms battalion and the guard camp, there are more than 300 guards to escort the mouth. ”

"Okay, Xiufeng is here to welcome the holy driver."

"That Yuying will go back with the big head first."

"Brother Ziyu, it's getting dark, and it's not too late tomorrow morning."

"My brother's kindness Yu Ying has received it, and Emperor Yu Ying's life is in his body, I really dare not delay!"

It's rare to get together with the fourth brother, and the big head really doesn't want to go like this, but thinking of the explanation of the former queen mother, he can only say with a bitter face: "Fourth brother, I should go back too." ”

"Let's go back first, anyway, the emperor and the two queen mothers have already set off, and we can meet again in a few days."

Cao Yuying and Datou said to go, looking at their backs riding fast horses and leaving, Wang Qianli muttered: "Fourth master, Lord Sushun respectfully sends Emperor Zigong to Daxing Palace, how to deal with the major military aircraft on the way back to Beijing, who will approve the excerpts on the governors of various places?" ”

Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Qingxian turned around and said: "Didn't Master Cao say that Prince Zheng and Prince Yi will return to Beijing with the holy car, and Prince Zheng and Prince Yi will naturally handle the major military aircraft on the way back to Beijing." ”

"I can't leave the Daxing Emperor Zigong, and it will take a month and a half to rush to the capital. In this way, wouldn't Lord Su Shun have to have a month without asking about political affairs? ”

"He's not just a minister." Kyunghyun muttered.

Wang Qianli didn't mention it, this mention Han Xiufeng also felt a little incredible, after all, there are eight ministers who take care of their lives, but in fact, one of the eight people who is really assertive is Su Shun, not to mention that Jiao Mazi is far away in Tianjin to run a group practice, Kuang Yuan has already taken leave and returned to the capital, and the few people who accompany him are all mediocre ministers who do nothing.

But he nodded as if he was going to go separately, and thought that he had even taken the initiative to resign from several part-time jobs before, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After all, they have to return to Beijing after all, and after all, they have to face those princes and ministers who stayed in the capital before, and they take a step back and show weakness, which is far stronger than being as aggressive as before.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng sighed lightly: "If you are not in your position and do not seek your own politics, let's do our own errands." ”

"What the fourth master said is, why do you care so much!"

……

Return to the small courtyard where you are staying. Ren Yu'er had already sorted out the news that Wang Qianli sent someone to the post station to investigate, but these news had nothing to do with the holy car's return to Beijing, and it was all the news of Han Xiufeng's hometown in Sichuan, which he was most concerned about.

Two years ago, Lan Dashun, the leader of the thieves who committed rebellion at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan, actually raised the banner of long hair, and went all the way to the western Sichuan Plain through Daguan County. The number of subordinates has also changed from tens of thousands of people before, like snowballing, to two or three hundred thousand now!

If it's just this group of bandits, there's nothing to worry about, after all, Lan Reverse is not really hairy.

What is really worrying is that the newly arrived governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Fuji 600 li, rushed to report that Shi Dakai's real long hair led by Shi Dakai had fled from Guizhou into eastern Sichuan, and the emperor had ordered Lu Youxiong to take the whole army and gallop to eastern Sichuan. At the same time, there was a resurgence in Shaanxi and Gansu, and it spread to northern Sichuan!

What is even more worrying is that at this 100,000 urgent juncture, the new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Fu Ji, did not know what medicine he had taken wrong, and actually folded his bullet to impeach Chengdu General Chongshi, who was handling the blockade in northern Sichuan.

It was called a major military event, and Chongshi actually entrusted it to a private person, so that the greedy and impostorous people abused the provincial capital. The general who is caught in the battle and charges the battlefield; It is said that Zhantai moved to Luojiang County's soap corner shop, and was besieged by bandits, and Chongshi actually supported the troops and was killed. It is also said that Songpan Panyi is making trouble, for nearly a year, the civil and military officials of the Song Fan Hall are trapped in the dangerous city, and ask for help with blood letters, but Chongshi is regarded as Qin Yue, and does not send a soldier under the pretext that the road is not passable, resulting in the fall of the Song Fan Hall City, the Song Fan Town and the Song Fan Hall and other government offices were burned down, and the chief military officer Zhang Zhongyin and other civil and military officials were martyred.

Chongshi didn't know if he didn't save Han Xiufeng when he saw death, but he only knew that the road from the provincial capital to Songfan was really not easy to walk. What's more, there are priorities, compared with the blue rebellion that broke into the hinterland of Sichuan, the long hair that ran into eastern Sichuan from Guizhou, and the more and more fierce the rebellion, Chongshi, who was the acting governor of Sichuan at the time, obviously had to focus on the most threatening force.

"Fourth brother, will Lord Chongshi be condemned?" Ren Yuer put down the "palace gate copy" she sorted out and couldn't help asking.

"Isn't it written very clearly, Luo Bingzhang is clear and clear, according to the facts, there is no need to protect it." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "What's more, whether it is Prince Zheng or Su Shun, they are not ignorant of those bad things in Sichuan officialdom, Chongshi was temporarily appointed as the governor of Sichuan at that time, and what he took over was a mess, and it was already very good to be able to barely maintain it, and how much can he be expected to do." ”

"Don't worry about that?"

"There's nothing to worry about, it's normal for an official to be impeached for his job. If it is so easy to be overthrown, then the court will not have to do anything else, and it will not be able to change the feudal officials. ”

"Long hair has entered eastern Sichuan, this is not a trivial matter, do you want to quickly send a letter to your sister-in-law and let her go somewhere else to take refuge?"

"There is a bandit army in the south, a blue rebellion in the west, and chaos in the north, where do you let her take refuge?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, thought about it and said: "Let's talk about the big east of Sichuan, which governs Chongqing, Kuizhou, and Suiding, Zhong and Youyang, and Shiyan Zhili Hall, and Changmao wants to kill Chongqing, and wants to kill my hometown Ba County, it's not so easy." ”

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what happens, fourth brother, it's about the safety of your sister-in-law and Shi Changshi Road, you can't take it seriously." Ren Yu'er said worriedly.

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "I won't take the safety of the whole family as a child's play, if I guess correctly, the long hair that Fuji called is a small long hair, and it may even be a fake long hair under the banner of long hair, there is really nothing to worry about." ”

"How do you know?" Ren Yuer couldn't help asking.

"This is not simple, last month Lao Chongguang reported that Shi Dakai was besieging a county seat in Guangxi, I forgot which county it was, anyway, even if he wanted to enter Sichuan, he didn't do it so quickly."