In order to report the victory, Hu Linyi sent dozens of horsemen, who really rushed to the capital at a speed of 800 miles a day, from Wuchang to the capital for nearly 3,000 miles, this journey took only six days.

The emperor received the good news, and sure enough, the dragon's heart was happy, and he sent a decree to reward Hu Linyi for wearing the top product, and actually awarded Hu Linyi as the governor of Hubei!

As soon as the news of the long-haired infighting spread, Hubei had good news, from the princes and ministers to the peddlers' pawns, all of them rejoiced. In addition, it has reached the end of the year, and all the large and small yamen have been sealed, except for the Lang officials who are studying and walking in various ministries and institutes, they are all busy with group worship and preparing for the New Year. The sound of firecrackers can be heard everywhere you go, and the atmosphere of festivity is everywhere inside and outside the capital.

The large and small guild halls were decorated with lights, and the princes and ministers such as Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Su Shun, Seng Greenqin, Peng Yunzhang and Bai Ye were even more crowded, and Han Xiufeng also prepared a few New Year's tributes, but the princes and ministers were too busy, and it was impossible to wait for a day like other officials, so they simply handed over the gift and the envelope containing silver tickets ranging from fifty taels to two hundred taels to Menzi.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the Yamen of Taifu Temple worshipped.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the government hall worshipped.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the provincial pavilion worshipped.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve, on Chinese New Year's Eve, I accompanied the interpreters in each room to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the bookstore.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a wine banquet was held to invite the big heads, pillars, and Yu Tie locks who came to pay New Year's greetings, and gave the babies New Year's money.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I was invited to Ao's house to have a drink.

On the third day of junior high school, Ji Yunfei feasted at his family.

You have to be on duty on the fourth day of junior high school, and you can't go anywhere!

The seal of the Spring Festival in the yamen in Beijing does not mean that there is no need to be on duty, and the imperial court is set up with eight flags, and every eight days is a cycle. Because there are too many yamen that are difficult to remember, a "three-character order" has been formed over time.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the Ministry of Officials, the Cabinet, and the Hanlin Academy, referred to as "the Ministry of Officials"; The second year of the first year is the household department, the general administration department, and the Zhan affairs office, referred to as "household through Zhan"; The third day of the first month is the Ministry of Rites, the Zongren Mansion, and the Qin Tianjian, referred to as "Lizong Qin"; The fourth day of the first month is the military department, Taichang Temple, and Taifu Temple, referred to as "Bingchang Servant"; The fifth day of the first month is the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple, referred to as the "Criminal Capital...... All of them omitted the three yamen into three words, which are familiar and easy to understand.

Whichever yamen is on duty will be on duty, and which yamen will be able to present the recital. Shangshu, Shilang and other court officials also have to hand over the sign early in the morning to ask for peace, and the emperor will leave the sign if he wants to summon him. If you don't keep your cards, it means that the emperor doesn't want to summon him.

Although Taifu Temple is a small yamen, although Han Xiufeng is only a Shaoqing of the fourth grade, he is also a hall official.

rushed to the palace early and handed over the sign with the two top bosses to say goodbye. The fold will not be delivered, after all, the emperor is also going to celebrate the New Year, unless there is really a hundred thousand urgent things, otherwise it will make the emperor annoyed.

Chen Fuen, the secretary of the military department, came earlier, Han Xiufeng and Wen Xiang, who followed closely, handed over the sign, and hurriedly stepped forward with the two officials to greet the old man and greet him. Just after a few words of greeting, Man, Han Taichang Temple Qing and Man, Han Taichang Temple Shaoqing arrived, seeing that Chen Fuen was also hurriedly coming over to confess, and then came to his old man's house to pay New Year's greetings, after all, he is the largest official and has the highest grade.

After a few words of greeting, Han Xiufeng and Wen Xiang couldn't interject, and stepped aside very familiarly, letting Yulun and Zhang Xigeng, the two officials, talk to them.

Don't look at them talking and laughing, in fact, they are all polite words, and their eyes look at a few guards in the external performance office from time to time.

Han Xiufeng covered his mouth and asked quietly: "Brother Bochuan, how many brands does the emperor usually leave behind?" ”

Wen Xiang turned around, pretending to enjoy the snow scene in the distance, and said in Han Xiufeng's ear: "We want to celebrate the New Year, and the emperor wants to celebrate the New Year." As far as I know, the emperor left at most two or three signs and summoned two or three people. Sometimes not even a single sign is left, and not a single one is summoned. ”

"So even if the emperor summons, he will only summon those few."

"This is not necessarily, the emperor sometimes leaves the sign of the waiter, but does not summon Shangshu."

Just when the two were whispering, Chen Fuen was talking and laughing on his lips, but he was up and down in his heart. Since he returned to Beijing, he was summoned to see him alone once before he took up the post of secretary of the military department, and the time for playing it right was very short. felt that today was an opportunity, and was worried that the emperor would not keep his brand.

The same is true for Yu Lun and Zhang Xigeng and others, all suffering from gains and losses.

Just as he was chatting without saying a word, a guard walked out with a wooden plate neatly placed with green head cards, and shouted in a low voice as he watched everyone: "The emperor has a decree, and Han Xiufeng, the young secretary of Xuantaifu Temple, will meet you!" ”

Han Xiufeng was stunned, and a smile appeared on the corner of Wen Xiang's mouth.

Zhang Xigeng coughed dryly, walked over and poked him with his elbow, Han Xiufeng reacted suddenly, and hurriedly stepped forward in his official uniform and said, "Minister Han Xiufeng obeys the order." ”

"Lord Han, please."

"I'm tired of dude." Han Xiufeng hurriedly crossed the threshold and followed the other guard inside.

The guards who announced the decree saw Chen Fuen stupidly pestle there, and reminded: "If the adults have nothing else to do, then please go back." ”

Zhang Xigeng didn't look down on Chen Fuen, and in his opinion, the emperor didn't leave the brand of the military department and the official of the Taichang Temple, only the brand of Han Xiufeng, he, the servant of the temple, not only did not lose points but had a lot of face, and couldn't help but point to the wooden plate held by the guard, and reminded with a smile: "Lord Chen, please!" ”

Chen Fuen relieved himself, he could only dust off his horseshoe sleeves and bow down, which was regarded as inviting the emperor to pay a farewell to the New Year, and then walked forward stupidly to pick up his own brand, and walked away quickly without looking back.

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Han Xiufeng didn't expect the emperor to summon him on such an occasion, and while following the guards, he secretly thought about what the emperor would ask, and was nervous, only to see the guards leading the way stop. Han Xiufeng realized that he had arrived, and hurriedly took out a silver ticket and stuffed it into the guard's hand, and then walked to the front of the hall under the guard's signal.

"Minister Han Xiufeng respectfully invites Saint Ann!"

"Come in, come in."

"Obey."

Han Xiufeng crossed the threshold and was about to bow down, Xianfeng, who was sitting on the wooden kang and eating snacks, raised his head and said, "For the New Year, don't kneel, stand and talk." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Han Si, do you know why I only keep your brand?"

Han Xiufeng, who was going to say a few auspicious words to the emperor to greet the New Year, hurriedly said, "The minister doesn't know." ”

Xianfeng picked up a towel to wipe his hands, and said half-lying: "The reason why I didn't keep Chen Fuen's brand is because their wives and children are all in the capital, and they have lived more comfortably than me this year." You are different from them, you returned to Beijing from the front of the Wuchang Battle, your wife and children are not around, you have lived a lonely and miserable year, and I can't bear it. ”

"The emperor is so considerate of the ministers, the ministers are afraid, and the ministers are ......"

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business." Xianfeng sat up suddenly, picked up the teacup and asked, "Han Si, you haven't handed over the sign for a few days, what have you been busy with these days?" ”

Han Xiufeng thought to himself that he hadn't handed over the sign to see him for nearly a month, and the emperor was not happy. But if I hand over the sign twice in three days and ask to see me, then others will be unhappy. However, these words could only be put in his heart, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, in the days before the seal, the ministers went to the yamen to be on duty during the day, and went back at night to do the errands assigned by the emperor. In the past few days after the seal, I have been patronizing and socializing during the day, so I can only go back to run errands at night. ”

Xianfeng didn't get angry because of the entertainment, after all, who doesn't have three friends and four friends, not to mention that it was the New Year, so he asked in a low voice: "What's the difference?" ”

"The minister thinks that the matter of Xiyi should be based on the rest of the army, but he can't be unguarded. Therefore, the ministers sent additional personnel to Guangdong and Shanghai to inquire in detail about the movements of Yingfomi and other Yi, and ordered Xin'an, Xiangshan, and Shanghai to inquire whether they could buy new foreign cannons, and to collect maps of Tianjin, especially the Dagukou area, so as to familiarize themselves with the mountains and rivers in that area. ”

"That's all?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is planning to wait for the New Year's excerpt to go to Tianjin, but the minister is not going to take a walk, and he is not sure if he doesn't see it with his own eyes."

Xianfeng thought that when Wen Xiang was in charge of the "Houyi Hall", in addition to inquiring about Yiqing, he knew about the books that translated Xiyi's customs and customs, and he only knew how to disassemble and imitate those objects that imitated Xiyi, but he didn't know what priority was.

Seeing that Han Xiufeng had already begun to make a two-handed plan, if Xiyi was unreasonable and had to provoke, he could only fight, Xianfeng nodded slightly: "I am ready, after the New Year, I will send an errand to Tianjin to accept the grain, and then I will give you a secret order to inspect coastal defense." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Xianfeng thought for a moment, and then said: "I know your loyalty, I know that you are a solid errand worker, but there are some things that you can't do alone. It's the fourth year of junior high school today, so don't patronize socializing anymore. I had time to go and visit the monk Grinqin and tell him about Xiyi. As for the monk Grinqin, I will send someone to deliver the decree, and he will listen to you and will not turn you away. ”

"Obey."

"And these things are just prepared, and they must not be opened."

"The minister understands, and the minister understands the difficulties of the court better than anyone else."

"It's good to understand, kneel down."

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PS: Today's state is not very good, only a short chapter, please forgive me.