Han Xiufeng rushed to the Old Summer Palace, did not stupidly hand over the sign to ask to see, but showed the "Little Military Machine" waist card and went straight to the duty room of the Ministry of Rites, and inquired about Su Shun's whereabouts with the director of the Ministry of Rites on duty, and then found Su Shun in the Admiral's Office in Jixian Yuan (now the Spoon Garden of Peking University).

Jixian Yuan is the same as a yamen, and has a long history, it is said that it has been passed down from the Tianlu Pavilion, Wende Hall, Wenlin Hall, Lintoe Hall, Guanwen Hall and so on since the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, the official edict changed the "Lizheng Palace" to the Jixian Academy, with a bachelor's degree, a straight bachelor's, and a bachelor's degree, which had the responsibility of writing and reading while collecting books.

In the Song Dynasty, the History Museum and the Zhaowen Museum were founded, and the Jixian Institute was called the "Three Museums", and there was a secret pavilion to collect rare books. The Yuan Dynasty books belong to the secretary and superintendent, although there is still a Jixian Academy, the rank is from the second grade, but it is no longer a place to collect books. In this dynasty, Jixian Yuan was even more vain, and it became a place for the emperor to retire from the palace when he was in the Old Summer Palace.

And Su Shun obviously thought that the duty room of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court was too small, and it was inconvenient to speak and do things, so he simply used the Admiral's Office in the courtyard as a temporary office, and Prince Duanhua of Zheng and Prince Yi Zaiyuan would also come to sit and sit in their spare time, and Chen Fuen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Mu Yin, Du Han, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and Cao Yuying, the foreman of the military aircraft, Zhang Jing, Cao Yuying, and others were "frequent visitors" here.

Coincidentally, Prince Zheng Duanhua happened to be there.

After Han Xiufeng reported the news brought back by Wang Naizeng, he found that Prince Zheng and Su Shun only felt a little surprised, and did not show even a trace of panic, as you can imagine, they had already prepared, and even thought about how to deal with it.

Sure enough, when he went into the inner court with them to see the emperor and reported the ins and outs of the matter, just when the emperor was so angry that he got up, Prince Zheng said cautiously: "The emperor is angry, the slave thinks that this news is a little sudden, but it has not yet reached a situation where it is out of control." It is not the first time that the Yi people have invaded the city of Guangdong Province. What's more, the Yi people are different from the long hair, what they want is nothing more than the small profits of trade. The reason why he made a big move this time was because Ye Mingchen was stubborn and self-serving, and he was appointed! ”

Seeing that the emperor was a little angry, Su Shun lost no time in saying: "Ye Mingchen reported the festival times, and it seems to be safe to handle it, just half a month ago, he also said that 'the two chieftains of Britain and Buddha submitted a note, and they have replied according to reason, and Fang Ji has changed from now on, and he can be at peace as before'." Your Majesty, you have no doubt about employing people, so you naturally believe in his report, and the servants believe it to be true.

Who would have thought that he would have the grace of God, and who would have thought that he would dare to deceive his superiors and subordinates, saying one thing and doing another. Yi people please see, he should have tried to enlighten, together with the generals, governors, etc., to properly plan the way to soothe. But Yingyi sent several notes from the general, the superintendent, the deputy general, etc., but he would not discuss it. The plot in the note was not announced, but ordered the gentry not to go to the ship without permission. It is an unforgivable sin to delay for a long time, so that the people will be angry and rush into the provincial capital! ”

Could it be the first time I knew that Ye Mingchen's recital was all untrue?

In front of Han Xiufeng, the big shopkeeper of the "Houyi Hall" who specializes in exploring the feelings, although Xianfeng hated Ye Mingchen as much, he really couldn't scold, and stared at Prince Zheng Duanhua and Su Shun for a long time before he said coldly: "Ye Mingchen bullied the king, naturally he has to be handed over to the ministry for strict punishment, and the top priority is how to deal with the aftermath in Guangzhou." ”

Prince Zheng Duanhua raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, because of the matter of Xiyi, the servants have been racking their brains for the past few months, and they can't sleep at night. It wasn't until a few days ago that I read the record of the Hadith of the First Emperor that I suddenly became enlightened. ”

Xianfeng was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Why is it suddenly enlightened?" ”

Han Xiufeng was also very curious, and couldn't help but peek at him.

Prince Zheng Duanhua was obviously prepared, and said slowly: "The slave thinks that Ye Mingchen deserves death, but Ye Mingchen's words still have some truth. ”

"What do you mean?" Xianfeng asked.

The slave remembered that he once played a report on an excerpt, Xiyi is afraid of the people, and the people are afraid of officials. This made the slave think that Yingyi invited into Guangzhou City for the first time, and led the army and ship into the provincial river to threaten him. Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang at the time, summoned nearly 10,000 people from the society to gather on both sides of the strait, waved spears and threw stones, and the sound of killing shook the sky, forcing Yingyi to retreat. For this reason, the first emperor once issued an edict to praise the merchants and people there, who understood the righteousness and donated funds to resist insults...... Don't break a soldier, don't let go of a arrow, let Xiyi tame, without the slightest reluctance! ”

Han Xiufeng laughed when he heard it, and secretly wanted to say that it was still the same as "recruiting people to practice and gathering people". To put it bluntly, he ordered the Guangdong officials to instruct the local gentry to come forward and summon the young and strong to fight the foreigners, and it would be good if they could beat the foreigners away. If you lose the battle, you can push it all away, and when the foreigners ask, they will say that it is not about the imperial court, and it is a big deal to investigate one or two local officials and give an explanation to the foreigners.

But what we need to discuss now is not how to deal with the aftermath of the Guangzhou incident, but to quickly think about how to deal with foreigners if they invade Zhili in the north or even in the capital!

However, with Prince Zheng and Su Shun here, it is not his turn to speak as the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, and even if he lets him speak, he can't say a perfect solution.

Just when Han Xiufeng was secretly anxious, Xianfeng felt that Duanhua's words had some truth, and asked: "But the Yingfo Eryi has already occupied Guangzhou, and Mukdena, Bai Gui, Jiang Guolin and others have all become prisoners of the Xiyi ......."

Without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking, Duanhua arched his hand again: "Your Majesty, the Yiren only invaded Guangzhou, not occupied Guangzhou. What's more, even if Guangzhou falls, it will not fall on this day. If you want to say that the provincial capital has fallen, Wuchang has also fallen, and it has been lost several times, but it has not been recovered by the official army. The slave thinks that he can't take it seriously, and he can't take it too seriously, otherwise it will only make people panic. ”

"Yuting, what do you think should be done to deal with the aftermath?"

"The slave thought that he should be quiet first, wait for the performance of Guangdong to report to Ye Mingchen, and then change Ye Mingchen's post, and select the minister to go to Guangdong to deal with the aftermath." Su Shun paused, and then said cautiously: "Send people to Guangdong, but don't enter Guangzhou City, only outside the city can you deal with it calmly." ”

"What about Mukdena, Bai Gui and Jiang Guolin?"

"The Ministry of Communications and Deliberation should be handed over to the Ministry of Deliberation, but they cannot be dismissed, and even if they are reformed, they must be allowed to stay in office, and even before the new Minister of Commerce and Commerce of Wukou and the Governor of Liangguang arrives in Guangdong, Bai Gui will be appointed as the Governor of Liangguang for the time being, so as to stabilize the people of Yiren first, so as not to cause any more trouble."

Prince Zheng Duanhua wasted no time in saying: "The slaves thought that they were just greedy for life and afraid of death, and if they wanted to talk about fornicating with Xiyi, they didn't dare to borrow a few of them, so the servants asked the emperor to secretly tell them to atone for their sins, and they were dealing with Xiyi first." ”

"That's the way to go, that's the only way to go." Xianfeng nodded slightly, then looked at Han Xiufeng and asked: "Han Aiqing, the officials in Guangzhou can't be counted on now, and the matter of running a group depends on the local gentry after all, you are most familiar with the situation in Guangdong, tell me if there is anyone available." ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are patronizing to inquire about the situation, and they are not familiar with the gentry of Guangdong, and they only know that the former household servant Luo Xuanyan, the former servant Siqing Long Yuanxi, and the former engineering department Su Tingkui. ”

"I remembered this, they are all Cantonese, and they are all worried about returning home."

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days is a while, and the minister has never regarded himself as a young secretary of the Taifu Temple, and the minister has always helped himself as the emperor's soldier. The minister asked the emperor to let the minister go to Guangdong with the new governor of Liangguang! ”

Xianfeng didn't expect Han Xiufeng to take the initiative to invite Ying to Guangdong, thinking that letting him go might really help a lot, but he was hesitating whether to be sure or not, so Su bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Han Shaoqing is better to stay in Beijing." ”

"Yes," thinking that Zhili was more important than Guangdong, Xianfeng turned around and said: "Han Aiqing, I know your loyalty, but 'Houyitang' can't leave you." ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"That's it, you kneel down first."

"Obey."

……

Han Xiufeng bowed down and withdrew from the main hall, but did not rush back to the bookstore, but went straight to Jixian Courtyard, and waited in the Admiral's Mansion for nearly an hour, until Prince Zheng Duanhua and Su Shun returned from the inner court.

Su Shun didn't expect Han Xiufeng to wait here, looking at Han Xiufeng's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he immediately realized why Han Xiufeng was waiting.

"Zhixing, I know what you want to say, but there are some things that can only be seen step by step." Su Shun took a deep breath and continued: "In advance of Guangzhou, the emperor intends to order Huang Zonghan, the right attendant of the Punishment Department, to be the governor of Liangguang, and award it to the minister of Qincha Guan Fang. As soon as the report from Guangdong arrived, he ordered Huang Zonghan to go to Guangdong to handle the affairs of razing. ”

Prince Zheng Duanhua said even more meaningfully: "Brother Han, this king knows that you are worried that Yingfo Eryi will come to Zhili to complain about grievances, in fact, this king is just worried, but what's the use of just worrying!" ”

"Lord Wang, forgive the officials for their courage, the officials think that whether it is war or peace, there must be a decision."

"Who said that the emperor is indecisive, the elder brother is not an outsider, this king can reveal one or two, the emperor has made up his mind to order Huang Zonghan to inspire team training after he arrives, encourage public indignation, boldly fight, and attack with strength. At that time, it will be ordered that the matter of attacking and suppressing the Yiren will be handled by the resident squire Luo Xuanyan and others, and Huang Zonghan will act as an outsider mediator. As the so-called Shu can make people poor and cares, knowing fear is beneficial to knowing and feeling! ”

Seeing that Han Xiufeng wanted to speak again, Su Shun said in a low voice: "Brother, don't worry, the emperor has already thought about it, and when the time comes, he will order Huang Zonghan to train the strength of the group and decide to stop." If the strength is insufficient and the victory or defeat is not yet known, it is not easy to try, so as not to be peeped into by Xiyi and lose the wonderful use of accumulating the people's prestige to control the razor; If the team's training strength can be won and nothing is lost, then listen to its attack, not to determine. ”

In the final analysis, it is still "gathering the people", and in the final analysis, it is better to take one step at a time.

Han Xiufeng secretly thought that it was five or six thousand foreign soldiers, not five or six hundred, and expecting the regiment to practice to attack was tantamount to an egg hitting a stone, but seeing that their "tricks" had been adopted by the emperor, he didn't want to say anything anymore, because no matter what he said, it would be useless.

Just as he was about to bow down and retire, Su Shun suddenly said: "I almost forgot, the matter of Yiren infiltrating Guangzhou must not be publicized, it is now the New Year, and it can't make people panic." Moreover, the emperor has ordered the imperial guards to summon Huang Zonghan, the servant of the criminal department, to meet you, and after the summons, he will order Huang Zonghan to go to the bookstore to find you. ”

"What are you looking for me to do?"

"You are most familiar with the situation in Guangdong, if you don't let him look for you, who else can you let him find, you can't let him go to Guangdong with a black eye." Su Shun paused, and said: "It's best to send a few people who are familiar with Guangdong to accompany him, I have been so busy in the past few years that I have not had time to go to the bookstore, and I only know one Wang Naizeng." You say hello to him and ask him to hurry up and prepare, and you look at the rest of the arrangements. ”

"The emperor ordered Xiufeng to send a few people to accompany Lord Huang to the post?"

"The emperor didn't say how many to choose, but there should be three or four, after all, Huang Zonghan was ordered to be in danger, and there were few people around him who were familiar with both Guangdong and Yiqing."

"Okay, I'll go back and do it."

(End of chapter)