The Hadith of the First Emperor was compiled by several scholars and officials over a period of six years.

The chronicle is a simple and concise book, with a total of 476 volumes, and a continuation of the 130 volumes of the Hadith.

In order to prepare for the Gongjin ceremony, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Taichang Temple and Honglu Temple and other large and small yamen were busy for more than a month. Not only civil and military officials above the fifth rank want to enter the palace to celebrate, but even the people who enter the book to report are filled by the prince and the county king!

Some poor Beijing officials not only live far away, but they don't even have the money to hire a car, so they don't dare to sleep that night. Before he arrived, he stumbled to the Forbidden City with lanterns and walked to the Forbidden City overnight.

The civil and military officials who rented in Xuannan did not dare to pinch a little, and as soon as the time came, they got into the carriage or mule cart and rushed to the imperial city.

Su Shun, as the imperial history of the left capital, naturally will not miss this opportunity to supervise hundreds of officials.

Rushed to the gate of the palace early, first counted the fifteen imperial histories and six departments to give things, and then sent errands with a gloomy face when everyone came, and ordered the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate to check whether all the civil and military officials from the various ministries and courtyards had come, and at the same time inspected whether there were any people who were disheveled or standing on the wrong shift, if they found that all the registrations were made, and then they would be named after the ceremony!

Mu Yin also came very early, as the Minister of Military Aircraft, he didn't need to worry about not being able to see his feet clearly, as soon as he arrived at the palace gate, there were guards with lanterns to lead the way. Seeing that it was not yet dawn, he was about to go to the military aircraft office to bake a fire for a while, when he saw Su Shun walking out of the shadows, looked at him with a smile and said, "Qingxuan stays." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Yuting, why did you come so early?"

"The emperor's order is here, if you don't come, you won't be able to do it sooner." Su Shun called him aside, looked at the crowd in the square, and said casually: "Qingxuan, I heard that Han Xiufeng, the young secretary of Taifu Temple, has arrived, is there such a thing?" ”

Mu Yin didn't expect him to ask this, and hurriedly said: "This is true, he also went to my house last night, saying that he had been in office for two days, and he had been waiting for the emperor to summon him in the Taifu Temple in the summer palace before. said that before filial piety, he could only serve as a counselor, and it was inconvenient to go to the military aircraft to meet him in the next three months, so he took the liberty to come to the door to confess. ”

"He's still keeping filial piety to his father?" Su Shun asked knowingly.

"Twenty-three months are routinely worried, and if you count from the day you hear the obituary, twenty-three months are almost full. He was worried about other people's gossip, so he didn't dare to count the two months on the way to the funeral. Speaking of this, Mu Yin asked curiously: "Brother Yuting, before leaving my house, he said that he planned to visit Peng Zhongtang and Du Han, and even wanted to go and talk to Cao Yuying, didn't he go to the house to meet you?" ”

"He was there yesterday, and I happened to be not at home, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered to ask this."

"That's right, you take care of him so much, he finally returned to Beijing, how could he not go to see you."

Su Shun smiled and nodded, and didn't ask any more.

There were more and more people in the square, and when I saw that there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, it seemed that a prince or a scholar had arrived, and those who were struggling to squeeze up to meet him, Su Shun's face immediately changed, and he was about to walk over to see who was making a loud noise, and a royal historian led Cao Yuying out of the crowd.

Mu Yin knew that he had something to say to Cao Yuying, so he hurriedly surrendered.

Yushi also bowed and went on patrol.

Cao Yuying waited for Mu Yin and them to go away, and was about to bow down to meet them, Su Shun asked straight to the point: "Master Cao, I heard that Han Si is back, have you seen him?" ”

"My lord, Han Xiufeng has not only returned, but has been back for two or three days, and has been staying in the duty room of Taifu Temple waiting for the emperor to summon him. It wasn't until yesterday afternoon that I went to my house and told me that he had returned, saying that the emperor had ordered him to take charge of the 'Houyi Hall', that he was still under control, and that he could only serve as a counselor, and that it was inconvenient to go to the military aircraft department to be on duty, and that this was the emperor's favor. ”

Su Shun realized why Han Si went to meet Wen Qing, Bai Ye, Mu Yin, Du Han and others yesterday, because Han Si was not only the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, but also a "small military plane" who walked extra on the military plane Zhangjing, and he should hurry to meet Shangguan after he arrived at the post as usual.

Thinking of what happened last afternoon, Su Shun pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "It turns out that you only knew that he came back last night." ”

"Yes, who would have thought that as soon as he came back, he would stay in the Taifu Temple and wait for the emperor to summon him, and I haven't been to the bookstore for a while."

"Ziyu, no matter what, you are the same as the big shopkeeper of the 'Houyi Hall', you still have to go."

"My lord is right, Yuying will go when she is done with this while."

"Don't talk about that, let's go to the station first, I should go around too."

"Yuying sends your lordship."

Looking at the back of Su Shun leaving, Cao Yuying thought to herself that even if Han Si became the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, he would not do the same errands as before. It really can't be compared with other secretaries and officials, what's the use of you paying attention to him?

Su Shun secretly thought as he walked, and it was understandable that Chen Fuen looked down on Han Si, after all, Chen Fuen was not only born as a Jinshi but also an official residence in the military department, in Chen Fuen's opinion, Han Si, the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple who was born in donations, was really insignificant. And why don't you Cao Yuying look down on Han Si, and why didn't you report it when you knew that Han Si was back.

Just when Su Shun was thinking that Master Cao was too ghostly and could only be used but not reused, Qingxian hurried to the Chongqing Hall with Wang Naizeng with a freshly translated urgent report.

Han Xiufeng, who had just finished washing, beckoned the two of them to sit down, and looked at the urgent report and asked, "When did you collect it?" ”

"What was collected at night was a big deal, and Brother Naizeng and Brother Qingxian didn't dare to delay, so they rushed over to report to the adults as soon as the translation was done." Wang Naizeng said excitedly.

This urgent report was that Ren Yuer and Su Jueming hired an American merchant ship and sent someone to Tianjin. As soon as Han Chen, the deputy envoy of the Changlu Salt Transportation Division, received the urgent report, he ordered someone to ride a fast horse to the capital overnight, and he could imagine how much silver was spent on the light transmission.

Han Xiufeng looked at it carefully again, thinking that if this news was true, it would be worth it no matter how much money it spent!

"Brother Qingxian, what do you think?" Han Xiufeng put down the urgent report.

Qingxian hurriedly said: "As far as we know, Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, reported it a month ago, but he is not sure whether it is true or not, so he does not dare to say it to death. ”

"So he can't be sure of himself, and the emperor and the civil and military ministers of the court don't dare to believe it?"

"This is natural, after all, how many times have such jokes been made, who dares to take it seriously!"

Qingxian thought about it and said: "However, your friend Zhang Dejian, who served under Zeng Guofan, mentioned in the compilation of thieves compiled last year that 'Yang Thief and Changhui are suspicious of each other, and it seems that there will be annexation soon', and then I think that Qin Rigang and Shi Dakai will not defend the army for no reason one after another, so Yun Qing and I think that this news should not be fake." ”

There are all kinds of signs that this news should be true, but this news is so appalling that Han Xiufeng really can't make up his mind for a while.

Wang Naizeng felt that this was an opportunity to turn over the "Houyitang", and asked eagerly: "Fourth master, I haven't seen Zhou Xingyuan, and I haven't dealt with him. You have met him, and you have an unusual relationship with him, do you think he is unreliable, can his words be trusted? ”

"Zhou Xingyuan has some ability, I don't know him well, he not only worked under Xiang Shuai, but also served as Lu Jianying's friend, stayed in Jiangning, and is more familiar with Jiangning. And he was born in a lifting person, he has been rolling in officialdom for so many years, and even squatted in the prison of the Criminal Department, so he should know the severity. ”

"Since he knows the severity, then this news must be true!"

"Don't worry, let me think again."

"Fourth master, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again!" Kyunghyun couldn't help but remind.

Han Xiufeng didn't dare or felt that there was no need to take this news to ask for merit and reward, but thinking that when he met him yesterday afternoon, the emperor's attitude was much colder than before, and he felt that Qingxian's words had a certain amount of truth, so he weighed it and got up and said: "Then take a gamble, and finally verify that this news is true, it is naturally good, if it is fake, the emperor will not really punish us, after all, we are doing an errand to find out the news, not to mention that Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang, has already reported it before us." ”

"That's what Naizan thinks, too."

"It's not appropriate to go into the palace at this time to hand over the sign and ask to see me, even if you go to the emperor, you don't have time to see me, you go back to the bookstore first, and I'll go after lunch."

"Okay, then let's quit first."

As soon as Wang Naizeng and Qingxian were sent away, the pillar arrived with his sister and baby.

Han Xiufeng saw his little nephew for the first time, not to mention how happy he was, he was holding his little nephew and asked Xu Jiu to hurry up and get the red envelope prepared last night, and Datou and Cuihua arrived with a girl baby alone. Followed by Yu Tiesuo and Guan Xiaohu, all of them dragged their families with their mouths, and the hall suddenly became lively.

My sister pestered and asked her mother how she was doing in her hometown, and she burst into tears when she asked.

Cuihua always felt that she couldn't raise her head in front of the big head because she gave birth to two daughters in a row, and when she saw that Han Xiufeng seemed to have a backbone, she no longer worried that the big head would bully her, and she cried with joy.

It's rare to get together, Han Xiufeng just hugged the babies of each family, and started a family routine with a few brothers and brothers' daughters-in-law.

Just when he accompanied everyone to eat and drink enough, and was about to go to the flower hall to drink tea for a while, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen came back from the celebration, and talked about the palace as soon as they saw him.

"The emperor's palace receives the book, only the solemn ceremony is completed, the hundred bureaucrats are congratulated, the clouds are colorful, and the mist is colorful. The auspicious event is auspicious, the emperor is happy, the eunuch is ordered to proclaim, the supervising president and the following members, and the deacons in the hall, etc., are respectively grateful! ”

Looking at Ji Yunfei's elated appearance, thinking that Ji Yunfei seemed to have participated in the revision, Han Xiufeng asked with a smile: "Brother Bowen, who has been rewarded by the emperor?" ”

"That's a lot."

Ji Yunfei put down the teacup, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Wenzhongtang is the president of supervision, the holy family is the most engraceful, the grand ceremony is completed, the title is the first rank, and a royal robe will be rewarded, and a level will be rewarded; The president of the military department Shangshu Alinga, the vice president of the military department Shangshu Zhou Zupei, and the servant of the Ministry of Officials and the commander of the infantry army Rui Chang, respectively, were rewarded with the title of prince and young protector.

Zhou Zupei's son Zhou Wengong was originally a prisoner, but this time he was exposed to his father's great light, and the emperor not only rewarded him for his background, but also ordered him to take the test; Rui Chang's son candidate pen post style Wende, with six main things; Zhu Fengbiao, the president of the household department, has been in the museum for six years, and has been rewarded with the title of prince and young prince;

The vice president of Mongolia is the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, and he has been compiling and repairing and promoting, and he has been in the museum for many years, and he has been appreciating the flowers. Zhao Guang, the president of the criminal department, has been in the museum for three years, and the reward is three levels; Hua Shana, the president of the Ministry of Officials, and Peng Yunzhang, the vice president of the Ministry of Industry, who have been in the museum for two years, will be rewarded with two grades; Mu Yin, the vice president's servant, was rewarded by one level and the case was punished;

The supervising president of the departing museum gave the university scholar Qi Ningzao, and appreciated the whole food; Jia Zhen, a former university scholar, was rewarded with one level and recorded twice; The former president and vice president of the Ministry of Shangshu Weng had been in the museum for four years, and rewarded his grandson Weng Zengyuan, who was born in a person, and he would take the test as one;

Hubu Shangshu Baiye, in the museum for three years. The Ministry of Industry is still in the museum for four years, and all of them are rewarded with three levels; The former household servant Luo Xuanyan, who has been in the museum for two years, has been rewarded with two grades; All the princes and princes of the county who have written and reported to the present have been blessed four times; The deacons below Baylor, the civil and military officials of the clan, and the ministers and officials of the deacons were all recorded twice.

read out the speech and answer each member, and they all added a record of grace twice; The rest of the civil and military personnel, large and small, all wrote a record of their benevolence; The soldiers of the Eight Banners, each of whom was rewarded with half a month's money and grain, to show the meaning of Qingcheng Xifu and Minze Qinfu; Even those few salutes were admired because of their loud voices! ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked: "The rest of the civil and military personnel, big and small, all have a record of giving grace once, so as long as they go today, they will all be rewarded?" ”

"yes, I didn't do anything, so I was rewarded once." Ao Tongchen couldn't help laughing.

"I knew there was such a good thing, so I went, although the records can be donated with silver, but who will think that there is more silver, and who will think that there are more records."

"So you are at a loss," Ao Tongchen looked back at Ji Yunfei, and said with a smile: "Brother Bowen has been in the museum for a year, and the reward is added to the first level, and the first level has several records!" ”

"Brother Bowen, you have to have a treat!"

"Please, please, please, Ji Yunfei laughed.

Thinking that the emperor was in a good mood today, otherwise he would not have rewarded so many civil and military officials at once, Han Xiufeng decided to add icing on the cake, put down the cup and said half-jokingly: "Two, I, Han Xiufeng, am both Beijing officials, why do others have rewards but I don't have my share, I plan to go to the palace to see if I can also make a record." ”

"What are you kidding, only those who go will be rewarded, how many people went to which ministry, who went and who didn't, the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all registered."

"It's not too late for me to go!"

Seeing Han Xiufeng standing up, Ao Tongchen asked with a smile: "Zhixing, you don't really plan to go, do you?" ”

"This can still be fake," Han Xiufeng looked down at the clothes on his body, and muttered: "It's not appropriate to wear this to enter the palace, I have to go in first and change into the official uniform." ”