There are three barracks in the river camp, one is in the metropolitan office, one is the original South Bank Garrison Office, and the other is more than 20 public houses on both sides of the lobby of the South Bank Hall and two rows of houses later built in the courtyard.

The first group only recruited more than 400 soldiers, and it was originally planned to let the left and right battalions be stationed in the garrison office and the barracks behind the garrison office, and let the middle battalion be stationed in the front yard of the south bank hall, but because of the arrival of Su Shun, all the soldiers of the middle battalion could be crowded into the garrison office.

Su Shun wanted to see the excitement and was unwilling to move the capital office, so Han Xiufeng and Chen Chongtong could only ask the clerks to quickly move the things in the inner house to the front yard, and clean up the inner house for Su Shun to stay.

The banquet is naturally to be Zhang Luo, and Su Shun's entourage must also be settled, but I didn't expect Cui Hao to prepare the banquet, Han Xiufeng was about to invite Su Shun to the banquet, Wu Tingdong arrived in a hurry, followed by Shi Zanqing, the same knowledge of the North Shore Hall, and Wu Tao, the county governor of Gu'an.

They all came, and Su Shun naturally wanted to meet them, not only summoning them, but also letting them sit down and eat wine. It seems that the guests and hosts are happy, but in fact, Wu Tingdong was not happy to eat this wine, and Chen Chongtong's heart was even more unpleasant, because as he ate and ate, he suddenly found that he seemed to be moving a stone to his own feet, and it was likely that he would not be a person inside and outside in the future.

Shi Zanqing was too lazy to care about Chen Chongtong's life or death, but he didn't want Han Xiufeng to offend Wu Tingdong to death because of this, he felt that it was better to find out about this matter, so he put down his chopsticks and half-jokingly complained: "Brother Han, Lord Shilang has come to such a big event, you are so bad that no one can tell you about it, this thing is not authentic!" ”

Su Shun is so shrewd, how could he not guess that the news of his coming to Gu'an was sent by Chen Chongtong to report to Wu Tingdong, and looked at Shi Zanqing with a smile and said: "Brother Cizhen, this matter is really no wonder Zhixing, I didn't let him alarm you." ”

The more Wu Tingdong thought about it, the more depressed he became, he glanced at Han Xiufeng, and said: "Your Excellency is coming to Gu'an, and you won't let me know that we are adults who are sympathetic, but I can't stop coming to see your lordship because of this." What's more, in any case, the river camp belongs to the river, and the camp is the same as the river business, and the lower official, as a Taoist, should come to visit him, and he should report the river affairs to the adults. ”

Seeing Han Si's embarrassed face and wanting to speak, Su Shun raised his cup and laughed: "Brother Yanfu is reasonable, I can only be blamed for this strange matter, blame me for not thinking it through." Come on, come on, I'll do it first as a respect, and use this glass of wine from Brother Zhixing to make amends to you. ”

"Why did the lord say this, the lord is coming to Gu'an, and the lower officials are not welcomed, it should be the lower officials to make amends to the adults." Wu Tingdong stood up again, raised his glass and drank it down.

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Han Xiufeng didn't really forget to send someone to the Provincial Department to report, but deliberately did not send someone to report, after all, as a battalion officer of the River Battalion, the relationship with the Provincial Department is very delicate, and it is not a good thing to get too close to Wu Tingdong. It's just that I didn't expect Wu Tingdong to be so breathless, and while eating, he expressed his displeasure because he was hiding from him.

What made Han Xiufeng even more unexpected was that Wu Tingdong gave his hand after toasting: "My lord, how many words does the lower official have that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Su Shun had heard that he was a person who was not even afraid of Shengbao, not only was he not unhappy but felt that he was a capable official, and he couldn't help laughing: "There are no outsiders here, Brother Yanfu said that it doesn't matter." ”

"The lower officials think that Brother Han's strategy of practicing courage is very inappropriate, and please think twice."

"What's wrong?"

"Although the lower officer has never led a soldier, he also knows that since ancient times, what he has been most worried about leading soldiers is the camp Xiao, and the camp Xiao is not a child's play, not to mention that God knows what hurtful things those soldiers will do after they escape from the camp, even the local government can't withstand such a disturbance."

Wu Tingdong looked at Su Shun's thoughtful appearance, and said righteously: "What is the place under our feet, it is the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it is the important land of Gyeonggi!" If the people are disturbed, they will flee in panic. The people fled to Gu'an County, and Gu'an was in chaos! Flee to Yongqing, Yongqing chaos! If you flee to the capital in one go, the people in the capital will be panicked, and even disturb the emperor! If those ill-intentioned people take advantage of the fire to make trouble against the robbers......"

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, he didn't expect him to buckle such a big hat, and was about to get up to refute, Shi Zanqing groaned: "Brother Han, think carefully about your courage training strategy is not considered, in my opinion, you might as well postpone it, and wait a few days to find a remote place that will not disturb the people." ”

Will there be so much time for the river camp to be implemented in a few days?

Su Shun really wanted to see if the more than 400 soldiers he had just recruited by the river camp were of great use, and at the same time felt that Wu Tingdong's worries were justified, after all, no one knew whether those soldiers who were scared away would burn and loot the scourge place, let alone whether the people in the village would flee in a panic after being frightened.

Now it is not as good as before, the news that Changmao killed Jinghai a few years ago reached the capital, and the people in the capital were panicked, and more than 30,000 households with a total of more than 100,000 people fled from the capital overnight, so that there were not a few people in the most lively places in the vegetable market and Xuanwai on weekdays in broad daylight.

Thinking of this, Su Shun proposed: "Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, military orders are like mountains, since Brother Han has already arranged them, then they can be implemented as they should be implemented, and they can't be changed overnight." As for Brother Yanfu's worries, the official thinks that it is not unreasonable, and the matter has come to this point and can only be prevented. ”

"How to prevent it, please show me!" Han Xiufeng hurriedly got up and said.

Su Shun smiled: "Brother Han, you are busy with you." Brother Yanfu is here to take precautions, so you don't need to worry about it. ”

Wu Tingdong didn't expect Su Shun to say this, so he could only stubbornly say: "Xiaguan will make preparations." ”

"Then bother Brother Yanfu, this official is waiting for news here, and when everything is ready on your side, this official will let Brother Han fire his gun and cannon."

"Yes!"

Shi Zanqing and Gu'an Zhixian knew very well that it was not enough to rely on the 100 officials of the Provincial Department alone, so they hurriedly got up and asked for orders to prepare together, Su Shun wanted to see the excitement but also didn't want to make a mess because of the excitement, not only agreed, but also asked them to send someone to inform Wanping, Yongqing and other prefectures and counties overnight, so that the surrounding counties could also take precautions.

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that they would make such an exaggeration of the big thing, so he could only send Wu Tingdong and the others out of the yamen, and then come back to accompany Su Shun to eat and drink.

"Don't take it to heart, Wu Tingdong is making a little fuss, but as I said just now, his worries are not unreasonable. An enterprising and unsuccessful official like him, although he can't lead troops and can't fight, he is a good hand at letting him govern the river, and only people like him and Shi Zanqing can handle river affairs well. ”

"My lord is wise, and when I think about it, Xiufeng is not considerate."

"Young people should be sharp and sharp, if they are as sleek as them, they are so timid, and what soldiers will they lead to fight!" Su Shun smiled, and continued: "It is said that the old man is seeking the country, but now I have too few civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty and the old man seeking the country. If everyone is stable, what can be done? It is precisely because the twilight is too heavy that the emperor made up his mind to use the newcomers and refresh the rule of officials. ”

"The lower official is ashamed ......"

"Brother Zhixing, you are a solid errand worker, you don't need to be ashamed. It should be ashamed of the unfortunate Tong Chun, the people who Baoju Tongchun and Guan Pengcheng who took a beating from you in the afternoon. You may not know that Tong Chun was not only dismissed, but also never used! As for the one surnamed Guan, when you present the fold, the end will not be much better than Tong Chun. ”

Tong Chun has only been ill for a few days, and the emperor already knows, otherwise at most he will be dismissed and will never be used.

Han Xiufeng realized that the ten ** was the secret fold on Yongxiang, and he didn't know what to say, Yongxiang strode in wearing a cotton armor, and as soon as he came in, he bowed down and reported: "Lord Shilang, Master Han, everything is ready, when to release the gun, please show Lord Shilang!" ”

"It's still early, we'll talk about it later."

"Huh!"

Su Shun motioned for Yongxiang to retreat, ordered Gu Dehui and others to stay outside to prevent idle people from approaching, and then put down the wine glass and stared at Han Xiufeng, and said very seriously: "Brother Zhixing, in fact, I have another thing here. It's just that the stakes are high, you just know it, and you can do some preparation in advance, but you must not leak it out. ”

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "My lord, please speak, the lower officials will never dare to leak half a sentence." ”

Su Shun sighed lightly and said helplessly: "As a rule, as soon as the emperor ascends the throne, he should choose an auspicious place for ten thousand years, and he should repair the mausoleum after a hundred years, but this matter has dragged on to this day, and I don't even know how long it will last." ”

"My lord, can you put off other things, can you delay this matter? Even if the rebellion asks for silver, the court can't delay this matter because of the rebellion! ”

"It's not just about money." Su Shun took a chopstick dish and said slowly: "In addition to silver, there is a more tricky matter, that is, should the emperor be buried in Dongling or Xiling after a hundred years?" Is it according to the Zhaomu system set by the Fa Tian Longyun Zhicheng Xianjue Ti Yuan Liji Fu Wen Fen Wu Qin Ming Filial Piety Divine Pure Emperor (Qianlong), or is it rearranged according to the previous emperor after the disrupt? Fortunately, this matter has been debated for nearly a year, and it has also troubled the emperor for nearly a year, and finally came to an end a year ago. ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked: "Then the emperor decided whether it was Dongling or Xiling?" ”

The emperor decided to choose both sides, first sent Wang Zaiquan of Dingjun, Peng Yunzhang Peng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry at the time, Ji Pu, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and Lu Yingjun, the governor of Jiangxi, to go to Xiangdu, and then ordered Yucheng, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and Yixiang, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, to investigate. At the end of February and mid-September last year, I personally visited several alternative locations. ”

"Have you settled down?"

"Not for the time being, but the emperor twice said that the emperor felt that Ping'an Yu in Dongling could be used as a burial place for the future." Su Shun finished eating the food in his mouth, put down his chopsticks and said: "The emperor wants to go to Tanglin again to see for himself, but it is not a trivial matter for the saint to drive out of Beijing, especially at this time, so you and I have to prepare early." ”

Han Xiufeng reacted and said with a bitter face: "My lord, even if the soldier is trained quickly, it will take four or five months before he can really become an army, and it is a matter of the emperor's safety, and it may be difficult for the river camp to take on a big responsibility." ”

"You can rest assured, it is not trivial for the Holy Driver to leave Beijing, even if it is four or five months sooner, it will be difficult to make the trip, and I estimate that no matter how fast it is, it will be in the second half of the year. However, you have to prepare in advance, and it is best to take the opportunity of training to take reliable soldiers to inspect and familiarize themselves with the terrain. ”

Escorting is a more important errand than quelling chaos, and no fault is a success!

Han Xiufeng realized that this was an opportunity to soar, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The lower official receives the order, and the lower official has started to prepare since Ming'er. ”