Nanyuan is big enough, and the training and accommodation places selected for the river camp and the Eight Banners Horse Armor Gate Army are remote, and the Eight Banners Horse Team and Chahar Horse Team stationed in Nanyuan have never seen Rong Lu, Wang Hedong and others. And the civil and military ministers of the court didn't care about the affairs of Nanyuan, and the same was true of the officials of Shuntianfu, and only the people of the Internal Affairs Office knew that Han Xiufeng was "building a big project" in Nanyuan.

The river camp and the troops stationed in the Eight Banners and Gate Army, because they were not allowed to leave the barracks and school grounds without authorization, did not know what was happening outside.

It is worth mentioning that as a soldier here, they eat food, and they are tired from training, but they have food and drink, and if they are injured during training, Mongolian doctors will help treat them, even if they are driven away, they are not willing to go.

Time flies, and six days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Although he can receive a lot of bad news every day, Han Xiufeng still trains like no distractions, only today he didn't go to the school field, because the big man who doesn't have to be on duty today came back with a blue nose and a swollen face.

Han Xiufeng realized that he was in trouble, and as soon as he saw the big head, he asked coldly: "Why did it become like this, did you fight with someone, how did I explain to you before?" ”

What made him itch his teeth was that the big head not only didn't know what was wrong, but said heartlessly: "Fourth brother, don't blame me for this." Those dog days looked down on me, laughed at me, and said that Cuihua must have someone outside, otherwise she wouldn't have taken the baby back to her hometown, do you think they should fight? ”

Isn't it just that you make fun of me and I make fun of you when a bunch of guards get together? It's just that you don't fit in, and you can't afford to make jokes!

Han Xiufeng didn't know what to say about him, so Wang Qianli couldn't help asking: "Then you did it with someone, and then you were beaten by others and your nose and face were swollen?" ”

"Master Wang, what are you talking about? I took a few punches, but I didn't suffer. There were many of them, and I beat six of them one by one, and rolled them all over the ground, crying for their father and mother. One dog tried to draw a knife, and I kicked him far away, and I heard that his arm was broken. ”

"You injured someone in the palace, and your turtle son can still laugh, is he tired of being alive?" Han Xiufeng gritted his teeth in anger.

What made him even more crying and laughing was that the big head actually grinned and said, "Fourth brother, don't be angry, they provoked me first." Besides, the emperor knows about this, and the emperor also said that I played well! ”

"It's all the guards of the Qianqing Gate?"

"Well, it's the dogs on duty together."

Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked, "What else did the emperor say?" ”

"The emperor dismissed those turtle sons, promoted me to be a second-class guard, let me learn to walk on the imperial guard, and rewarded me with the name of Baturu." The big head peeked at Han Xiufeng, and said with a sad face: "It's not bad to be a second-class guard, but then you have to change the top, I inquired before coming, and it costs one hundred and ten taels to change it." If you make an official uniform again, you won't be able to come back without four or five hundred taels! ”

Wang Qianli thought that he was really a lucky general, for fear that Han Xiufeng would scold him again, so he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Fourth master, it is reasonable for the emperor to deal with him like this." ”

Han Xiufeng knew very well that it was useless to talk to him no matter how much he said, so he simply got up and said, "You ...... first You go to the school first to find Wang Hedong and them to catch up with the old days, and I will send someone to help you do the top thing. As for the official uniform, you don't need to buy it anymore, anyway, you can only wear a yellow jacket when you are on duty. ”

"Okay, that one went to Wang Hedong and they went to play."

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……

Seeing the big head away, Wang Qianli couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, it's a fool who has a fool's luck!" ”

"Don't talk about him, I'll be angry if I say it." Han Xiufeng beckoned Wang Qianli to sit down, and said worriedly: "The situation in Tianjin is not good, the foreigners occupied the fort, sat on the ground and raised the price, not only insisted on sending envoys into Beijing, but also opened their mouths to increase the compensation from the previous two million taels to four million taels for a family. ”

"That's eight million taels, how can the imperial court have so much silver!"

"Gui Liang didn't dare to report it, this news was sent by Chonghou and sent by someone. Gui Liang only euphemistically mentioned in the excerpt that the foreigners hoped to send envoys to the capital, and the court blew up. The six books of Shangshu and Han Zhan Kedao have written one after another, and they must not let the envoys enter Beijing. If you really agree, Xiyi will be able to quickly know the movements of the imperial court, Xiyi will build high-rise buildings to peek into the palace, will demolish private houses, and make the gentry and people uneasy, and if the Minyi mixed house is committed, it will not be able to break it, and once you agree, Ryukyu Korea will look down on us because of this. ”

Looking at Wang Qianli's thoughtful appearance, Han Xiufeng continued: "What I can't believe the most is that Prince Gong actually went to the Tao, saying, 'Recently, he has been going back and forth to the public office, roaring and coercing, all of which were instigated by Li Guotai and conspired for him. Hearing that Li Guotai was a citizen of Guangdong, he was a general envoy and a scoundrel in the market, and he dared to meet with the ministers...... When I plan to ask Gui Liang to wait for his rudeness and wantonness, I will take it down immediately, or correct the law on the spot, or punish the crime in Beijing! ”

"Prince Gong is talking about that Yingyi's consular officer?" Wang Qianli asked subconsciously.

"Just because the name sounds like my Qing people, the princes and ministers in the court thought that the interpreter of Yingyi was Cantonese, and he said it with a nose and eyes."

"Fourth master, according to my place, Prince Gong has not been to the bookstore before, and it is just that others don't know, it is impossible for him not to know."

"So it's a bit strange, and he's pretending to be confused nine times out of ten. But then again, now the civil and military ministers of the DPRK are excited, and everyone says so, and he can only second. ”

"What does the emperor mean ......"

"Although the emperor has no reputation, the implication is very clear, none of the conditions proposed by the foreigners can be agreed, and if it is really not possible, Xiyi's tariffs will be exempted."

"How can tariffs be exempted!" Wang Qianli was taken aback.

"We don't have to worry about this, first, even if the imperial court is really exempt from customs duties, Erjin will not agree. I bet he doesn't trust Gui Liang at all. The second is that the princes and ministers in Beijing are confused, and they are confused if they do not agree to the governors of various places, at least if He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, knows, he will definitely go to the emperor to ask the emperor to retract his fate. ”

"He Guiqing is not confused?"

"It's not that he is not confused, but he wants to attack and suppress Long Mao, and he can't be without military salary. If there is no tariff, which is a big source of income, what will he use to raise troops, and what will he use to recover Jiangning. Han Xiufeng paused, and then changed his words: "Actually, what I'm worried about is not this, but another thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Qianli couldn't help asking.

"Yesterday, the emperor summoned Prince Hui, Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Su Shun, Peng Zhongtang and Bo Chuan to discuss countermeasures, and Prince Hui, Prince Zheng and Peng Zhongtang were asked by the emperor so that they had no choice, and they actually joined forces to play a 'outstanding, Ji Chang Kuang Shi' talent."

"Who?"

"Gyeonghyun's Amma, a scholar of the University of Enlightenment! Say that Qiying is familiar with Yiqing, and I implore you to give up the flaws and hire you. ”

Wang Qianli realized the seriousness of the problem and muttered, "Didn't they roast the elders on the fire!" ”

"It's a pity that I only received this news last night, and the emperor not only allowed him to leave, but also summoned Qiying to see him. And Lao Zhongtang didn't know if he had forgotten the previous incident, but he still felt that this was an opportunity to turn over, although Brother Bochuan reminded him that it was not a good errand when he entered the palace, he still took the errand in a hurry. Fortunately, the dialogue was not full, saying that he was 'deeply gracious, and in this situation, he had to leave it alone, and it was difficult to determine whether it was effective or not'. ”

"What did the emperor say?"

"The emperor said, 'A person has a person's idea, and a person has a person's way.'" Since you have a way, you might as well show yourself and don't have to be attached to Gui Liang to be a little stubborn.' Then rewarded him with the title of squire and ordered him to go to Tianjin to handle the affairs of the slaughter. As soon as I received the news, I hurriedly asked Qingxian to go back, but Qingxian rushed home in a hurry to see that Lao Zhongtang had set off with his family overnight. ”

Wang Qianli groaned: "Fourth Master, I know what you are worried about, but in my opinion, Lao Zhongtang has the reason for taking over this errand. After all, he has been wronged for so many years, and he has even almost ...... several times almost lost his life, and finally waited for such an opportunity, he naturally wanted to go out and fight, even if he didn't think about himself, he had to think about his eldest son who was still working as a drudger in Heilongjiang and those grandsons who had no way to get in. ”

"But at this time and at that time, foreigners have been fooled for so many years, and they are deeply impressed by him, so how can they believe his words again."

"Even if you can't fool the foreigners, this board can't just beat him alone at that time, aren't there still Gui Liang, Hua Shana, and Tan Tingxiang in Tianjin, and there are only five or six ministers in Qincha."

"It's come to this, we can only think about the good."

"Where's Kyunghyun?"

"He wanted to go to Tianjin, but I stopped him, first, he couldn't just chase him without the emperor's will, and second, he ...... Second, if something really happens to Lao Zhongtang, he can't get in again. Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "I asked you to come over because of this, I locked him in, he must not be happy in his heart, you go and help me persuade him, talk to him." ”

"And what does he think about it?"

Although he knew very well that this was not a good errand, and knew very well that his Amma being enabled did not mean that the emperor did not care about his previous suspicions, but he listened to the tone that he thought about the same as his Amma. He has suffered so many grievances in vain, and he has suffered so many sins in vain, the so-called fame and fortune are moving! ”

"Why is he so confused?"

"That's why I didn't give him a good look in the morning, and scolded him for being a bloody squirt, and he can't figure out what to think at this time."

"Okay, I'll go in and see."

……

The big head stayed in Nanyuan for an afternoon, and then returned to the city happily with the new top that Han Xiufeng sent someone to buy for him. Only Zhang Deyu and others were left in the bookstore, which was not as lively as before, and he was a person who liked to join in the fun, so he moved to the hall early.

I slept in the champion room of the hall, got up before dawn and changed into a yellow coat, and rode to the Old Summer Palace to be on duty.

After a fight, he changed from the guards of the Qianqing Gate to learning to walk on the imperial guards, getting closer to the emperor, and the relationship with his colleagues was even less harmonious. No one taught him the rules of being a royal guard, so he was asked to guard at the door of the Qinzheng Palace.

But in his opinion, everywhere he is on duty, he is the goalkeeper.

As a result, he was on duty outside the palace from morning to afternoon, and no other guards came to change shifts with him, and just when he was hungry and thirsty, and was about to find someone to ask when he would be on duty, the emperor came over surrounded by a group of eunuchs.

After so many years in the bookstore, he still knew some of the etiquette, and hurriedly learned to kneel down and greet St. Ann like Han Xiufeng did when he received the order.

The inner court guards didn't need to be like this at all, looking at his stupid appearance, Xianfeng was both surprised and felt a little funny, and while motioning for him to get up, he didn't look back and said, "Come here, I have something to ask you." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The big head hurriedly got up and followed the hall in the surprised eyes of a group of guards and eunuchs.

"Wronged, your injuries are okay, right?"

The big head was asked, and asked with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, what is the big problem?" ”

Xianfeng frowned suddenly, thinking about how to let such a rammed goods be the guards of the imperial front, and then thinking of Han Si, Wen Xiang, including Enjun, who had been released back to the border of Jiangrong, said more than once during the audience that this tamping goods in front of him only had brute force, which was really useless, and he felt that as the Son of Heaven, he couldn't deal with him. He simply asked, "I'm asking if there's anything wrong with your injuries?" ”

"It's okay, it's just swollen, it doesn't hurt if you don't touch it, and it's not even a flesh injury!" The big head thought about it, and subconsciously touched his face and said: "Yesterday I went to Nanyuan to find my fourth brother, and my fourth brother also asked Miss Ren to cook a chicken and help me put it on it, saying that he had a blue nose and swollen face and was on an errand beside the emperor, which hindered something." ”

"Unsightly?"

"My fourth brother seems to say so, Your Majesty, how do you know?"

Xianfeng was made ridiculous, thinking about it, he felt that this living treasure was a little interesting, and did not answer his heartless question, but asked lightly: "You went to Nanyuan yesterday?" ”

"I went, and I saw Wang Hedong, Master Ronglu, and many brothers who used to be errands together in Heying." Speaking of this, the big head was really a little excited, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Your Majesty, I was President Qian when I was on an errand in Heying, and there are more than a dozen of my subordinates when I was President Qian, and I went with me to kill Long Mao in front of the Jinghai Array!" I am happy to see them, and they are happy to see me, and if it weren't for my fourth brother's strict management, they would definitely invite me to eat and drink. ”

Xianfeng asked quietly: "What is your fourth brother busy with, what are your old subordinates busy with?" ”

"They were all practicing, they had to practice every day, they would run around the school yard at dawn, then they would eat, and then they would practice swordsmanship and marksmanship, and they would fight with wooden knives and sticks, and they would say that every day their brothers were injured, and several Mongolian doctors were too busy to do so."

The big head belongs to the kind of person who you can't talk about him, and as soon as you take care of him, he will talk endlessly, so he talks about what he has seen and heard in Nanyuan, and he dances every time he can't express it. I don't know if it's more interesting than listening to the play, Xianfeng actually listened to the gods, and forgot that he had ordered the imperial guards to summon a few princes and ministers in front of the Qinzheng Palace, and those princes and ministers could only wait outside the palace like this.

The big head said and remembered something again: "When I returned to the city, my fourth brother also asked me to bring a letter to the storekeeper of the guild hall. Your Majesty, you know, my father and mother died early, I couldn't even eat when I was a child, how could I have the money to study, I didn't know how to read, I didn't know what he wrote, and I didn't know what happened until I had supper last night. ”

"What's the matter?" Xianfeng asked curiously.

"It turned out that the guerrillas who defended Taiwan who were martyred at Dagukou, as well as those commanders, thousands of generals, and generals, were all protected by my fourth brother when he inspected coastal defense. They all died in battle, my fourth brother felt uncomfortable, said that he had promised them at that time, cast cannons for them, and help them repair forts, but none of the promised things were done, and he felt sorry for them, so he not only recorded them in the account book, set up the mourning hall to burn paper for them, but also took three thousand taels of silver tickets, and asked the shopkeeper to go to Baoding and give them their wives and children silver. ”

When it came to Dagukou, Xianfeng's mood was extremely solemn, and he was silent for a while before he asked in a low voice: "The guerrillas guarding Taiwan, Sha Chunyuan and the others are all protected by your fourth brother?" ”

"This can still be fake, Master Ronglu and Master Yongxiang both know, and I heard Master Yongxiang say that he knows everything."

"Your fourth brother is really good at knowing people." Xianfeng nodded slightly, thought about it and asked, "Why did your fourth brother write them down in the account book?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't you know, my fourth brother and I have been fighting since we went to Taizhou to be officials, and every time we fight, people die, many people die, there are military attaches and civil officials, and many brothers are not even officials. My fourth brother said that if the civil and military officials were martyred, the imperial court would pay for them, and some even built ancestral halls, but who remembered that those petty officials and brothers who were not even officials died in battle? He was afraid that he would forget, so he wrote down the names of those who died in battle, when and where they died in battle. ”

The big head paused, and then said: "Over the years, he has memorized six major books, and every time he doesn't let others write, he writes it all by himself. Every three or five times, take it out and flip it over like turning over the yellow calendar. Then write down the days and say who has been dead for a few years, and it's time to burn paper. If you are busy and forget, make up for it and burn more paper. ”

This is really a topic that makes people unhappy, and Xianfeng's face is becoming more and more ugly.

Although the big brain shell is not very good, it does not mean that he will not be able to observe words and feelings, and suddenly realized that he might have said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I ...... I can't speak, am I making you unhappy, I deserve to die, I won't talk nonsense again......"

"No, that's a good point. I am very pleased to have courtiers like your brothers. ”

"That'...... Then I'll go out on duty first? ”

"Go ahead, be on an errand, and don't fight with people at every turn in the future."