Han Xiufeng is not only the first time to come to the military aircraft department, but also the first time to enter the Forbidden City.

In order to prevent water walking, the Forbidden City is not allowed to light up at night, so the road from Xihuamen to Longzongmen is pitch black, stumbling, if it is not for Liu Gonggong is familiar with the road, I don't know how many heels to fall. It is said that several Beijing officials rushed to attend the court meeting before dawn, but because they couldn't see the road clearly, one accidentally fell into the imperial river and drowned.

However, Gonggong Liu could only send him to Longzongmen, because further inside was the military plane.

Han Xiufeng was about to thank him, when he heard the guards guarding the gate shouting in the shadows and asking, "Who is coming!" ”

"Qin Ci Segu Batulu Tong Political Envoy Department Senate Named Military Aircraft Zhang Jing on the Military Aircraft Zhang Jing extra walk Han Xiufeng on the military aircraft Zhang Jing, come to meet Peng Yunzhang Master Peng!" Han Xiufeng hurriedly took out the "Hefu" he had received when he applied for a waist card in the Internal Affairs Office in the afternoon, and presented it with both hands as he had passed through the palace gates before.

The waist card is forbidden to enter and exit the palace during the day, and it is a voucher for entering and exiting the palace at night.

The matching talisman is composed of two fans, which are respectively written with the words "holy decree" in yin and yang scripts. When there are civil and military officials who are ordered to enter the palace at night or have urgent official business, they must take one of the Yang Wen to the guards to check the Yin and Yang two doors before they can pass.

However, this is the Longzong Gate, not the Xihua Gate or the Donghua Gate, and the guards guarding the door did not have the Yin Wen talisman in their hands, so a guard came out of the shadows and took the talisman, and stretched out his hand to ask: "Where is the waist card?" ”

"Oh, here's the waist card." Han Xiufeng hurriedly took out the waist card on the top that indicated the yamen, official position and the characteristics of the body, white face, and beard in Manchu and Chinese and presented it.

The guards couldn't see clearly, and they were probably even illiterate, so they glanced at Han Xiufeng up and down, confirmed that Han Xiufeng, who entered the palace late at night, did not carry weapons, and arched his hand: "I'm sorry to wait for Master Han, so I'll go and report to Master Han." ”

"There's Brother Lao." Han Xiufeng bowed back, and then turned around and thanked Gonggong Liu, who he had sent all the way here.

This is not the place to speak, Gonggong Liu bowed and returned the salute, turned around and left without saying anything. Seeing that Gonggong Liu was not long gone, the guards went and returned, returned the talisman and waist card, and immediately turned sideways and said, "Master Han, Lord Peng is invited." ”

"Thank you."

He followed the guards over the high doorframe and came to a row of low houses, and finally saw a little light, which was not only all lit up, but even many figures could be seen.

Seeing that the guards were sent to the bottom of the steps and retreated, Han Xiufeng didn't dare to go in like this, so he bowed down again and said: "Qin Ci Segu Batulu Tong Political Envoy Department Senate Named Military Aircraft Zhang Jing Extra Walk on the Military Aircraft Zhang Jing Han Xiufeng came to meet Master Peng!" ”

The rules of the Military Aircraft Department are that the business of the day is completed on the same day, so Peng Yunzhang had to stay up late for a while. He didn't expect that even Prince Gong's advice to the emperor would not listen, so he rewarded Han Si with the named military aircraft Zhang Jing, and ordered Han Si to walk "extra" on the military aircraft Zhang Jing. I didn't expect that it was so late, and Han Si would enter the palace to ask for a meeting.

People are coming, and they are swaggering in, and it is impossible to say that they are not seen. Peng Yunzhang sighed helplessly, took off his reading glasses and looked up and said, "Come in, come in and talk." ”

"Master Xie." Han Xiufeng straightened his official uniform, stepped up the steps, lifted the curtain and walked into the public room.

When I came in, Peng Yunzhang was sitting cross-legged on the wooden kang and cleaning up the official documents on the small table. Han Xiufeng was about to dust off his horseshoe sleeves and salute, Peng Yunzhang waved his hand: "It's so late, there is no need to be polite." ”

"Adult ......"

"Let's talk about it, what's the urgency of entering the palace so late?"

"My lord, I forgive you, the lower official entered the palace so late to ask for a meeting, and there was neither any urgent matter nor any important official business, but he thought that he had just taken on an errand of extra walking on the military plane Zhangjing, and felt that he should come to meet his lord quickly."

As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, not to mention that the senator of the General Administration Department in front of him who is so good that his official luck is outrageously good has just done the deceased a big favor, Peng Yunzhang really can't pull his face and criticize Han Xiufeng for entering the palace late at night, and muttered: "Since you are here, let's get familiar with my colleagues first, and then leave the palace together when the official is done." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"Cao Yuying, this is Han Xiufeng, the new Senator of the General Political Department, I bother you to take Senator Han to familiarize yourself with it first."

"The subordinate obeys."

Han Xiufeng noticed that there was still a person in the corner, and then thought of the situation introduced by Gonggong Liu on the way to the palace, and suddenly realized that the Cao Yuying who had just gotten up was actually the foreman Zhang Jing, the military machine, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Cao Yuying returned the salute perfunctorily, threw down the sentence "Brother Han, please", and opened the curtain and walked out of the duty room of the "big military aircraft". Han Xiufeng saluted Peng Yunzhang again, and then hurriedly followed.

The office of the military aircraft Zhang Jing is divided into a full house and a Han house, and the full house of the Manchu military machine Zhang Jing mainly helps the Minister of Military Aircraft to draft Manchu edicts and official documents, and at the same time assists the Minister of Military Aircraft in charge of the replenishment of officials in the Beijing Flag Camp and the garrison of various provinces and the military camp in the northwest, and is responsible for the preparation of reward lists for the tributaries of Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia, the vassal department and lamas, as well as some internal affairs of the Military Aircraft Department.

Han Zhangjing, who was on duty in Hanwu, mainly assisted the Minister of Military Aircraft in handling the supplementary release orders of various ministries and institutes in Beijing and the civil officials of various provinces and the military attachés of the Green Battalion, the reward lists of the ministers of the princes and the foreign tributary envoys, and the errands that should be checked and handled by the emperor, as well as the official documents sent and received, cleared, and sealed by the Military Aircraft Department and various yamen.

Now that Liangjiang, Huguang, and Shandong are making trouble, and Xiyi's warships have arrived at Dagukou again, the military planes and Zhangjing have to collect maps of various places from the Yamen such as the Household Department, the Military Department, and the Lifan Yuan, and consult the records of the Jiangnan Daying, Jiangbei Daying, Liangjiang, Huguang, and other places to supervise and appease the relevant military affairs, and even the inscriptions of various provinces, and find out the topography of the mountains and rivers in various places, the soldiers and horses, money and grain, and so on.

In short, Zhang Jing, the two Manchu and Han military planes on duty at night, was busier than the other, and the official documents on the case were simply piled up. After Cao Yuying's introduction, they just said hello briefly, and they didn't even have the skills to greet each other, they were obviously officials, but their work was similar to that of a scribe.

Han Xiufeng could even see that these colleagues in the Military Aircraft Department were full of envy in their eyes, not because they were envious of him how strong Han Xiufeng's holy family was, but because they were envious of him, Han Xiufeng was also walking on the military aircraft Zhangjing, but he didn't have to work like them.

This situation reminded Han Xiufeng of the days when he was idle in the Yamen, and he was often busy all night like them at that time. The only difference is that they are all busy with state affairs, and they are busy at that time because the county magistrate hurriedly compiled the transcribed yellow book of household registration or money and grain account book in order to cope with the verification of the government and even the provincial office.

was secretly sighing, and Peng Yunzhang's voice came from outside: "Senator Han, the official is done, let's go out of the palace with the official." ”

Han Xiufeng realized that Peng Yunzhang should have something to say, and hurriedly said goodbye to Cao Yuying, who had just led him around. When I walked out of the public house of Zhang Jing, a Han military machine, I found that the treatment of the "big military aircraft" and the "small military aircraft" was different, and a guard actually walked over with a lantern, and at a glance, I knew that the guard was preparing to send Peng Yunzhang out of the palace with a lantern.

There may be guards leading the way with lanterns in front, and it is not very convenient to speak, Peng Yunzhang just walked in front of him without saying a word, and Han Xiufeng could only follow behind without saying a word.

It wasn't until he walked out of the Donghua Gate that the Peng family, who was guarding outside the palace gate, carried the lantern and led the sedan chair man to carry the sedan chair forward to greet him, that Peng Yunzhang turned around coldly and asked: "Zhixing, the autumn is high and cool, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, are you willing to accompany the old man to walk around?" ”

"The adults invited, Xiufeng dared to disobey his fate."

"If you don't want to go, don't force it."

"Being able to accompany adults to visit the imperial city at night is a blessing that Xiufeng has cultivated for eight lifetimes."

"Then let's go."

Peng Yunzhang motioned for the sedan chair man to follow, Han Xiufeng saw that the family member who played the lantern wanted to step forward but didn't dare, so he simply walked over and took the lantern, returned to Peng Yunzhang's side and said respectfully, "My lord, please." ”

Peng Yunzhang secretly thought that he was really a discerning person, and said lightly as he walked: "Dezhong saw the old man last night and said that you plan to promote him to Fujian to be a county minister." ”

"Dezhong is not only the person recommended to Xiufeng by adults, but also a colleague of Xiufeng. He not only helped to cross the river camp, but even went to Fucheng to serve in front of the formation, what kind of person Xiufeng is very clear. And the errand that the emperor ordered Xiufeng to do had to use people, and he had to use people who had both ability and political integrity and knew the roots, so most of Xiufeng's promotions were alternate candidates like Dezhong who had worked hard in Heying. ”

"So it has nothing to do with the old man?"

"My lord's forgiveness, this matter really has nothing to do with you, my lord."

"Tell the truth," Peng Yunzhang smiled slightly, and said meaningfully: "You are really virtuous and don't avoid relatives." ”

"My lord, if you change to another errand Xiufeng will definitely avoid suspicion, but now this errand Xiufeng can only be virtuous and not avoid relatives, and can only dare to use his own trustworthy person."

"Is the emperor approved?"

"The emperor has granted it, if everything goes well, Dezhong will be able to leave Beijing to take up his post within three or five days."

"Dezhong is really the right person with you." Peng Yunzhang sighed, and suddenly changed his words: "Zhixing, I can't hide it, today the emperor ordered you to walk on the military plane Zhangjing, and the old man felt that it was very inappropriate." If Prince Gong hadn't handed over the sign to ask for a meeting, and hadn't implored the emperor to think twice, the old man would have handed over the sign to ask for a meeting, and he would have begged the emperor to take back his fate! ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect Peng Yunzhang to not open any pot, so he hurriedly said: "My lord thinks that it is inappropriate for Xiufeng to walk on the military plane Zhangjing, so naturally there is a reason for an adult." ”

"You don't hold a grudge against the old man?"

"How can Xiufeng hold a grudge against adults, adults don't know, in fact, when the emperor ordered Xiufeng to walk on the military plane Zhangjing in Xiyuan in the afternoon, Xiufeng repeatedly asked for resignation."

"Why did you resign?"

"If it's any other errand, if it's just about seniority and ability, Xiufeng thinks that he is no worse than those cabinet secretaries and the heads of various ministries. But this is not another errand, this is the military aircraft Zhang Jing, the person is self-aware, Xiufeng knows that he is shallow in his knowledge, and he may not be able to take on this great responsibility, so he implores the emperor to take back his life. ”

Thinking about it carefully, Peng Yunzhang suddenly found that the young man next to him had done inspections and investigated smugglers; has acted in the state, led the township to kill the long hair; He has been a deputy of two Huaiyun and has rebuilt a salt fishing camp, and it is said that even the Miaowan camp was trained by him; Later, he acted as the governor of Songjiang Prefecture and the governor of the Jiangjiang Customs, not only dealing with Liu Lichuan and other chaotic parties, but also dealing with Xiyi; Later, with the acting Tongzhi on the south bank of the Yongding River, he was ordered to reorganize the river camp, and the 1,500 soldiers who trained in the Tongzhi on the south bank of the Yongding River came in handy.

Thinking of the errands he is doing now, especially those plans of the emperor, Peng Yunzhang suddenly stopped, raised his arm and pointed to the southwest: "The Yamen of the Ministry of Industry is here, and the Yamen of the General Administration Department is over there, and I haven't been there for a long time." It seems that through the West Chang'an Gate is the Dengwen Drum Hall, if I remember correctly, the Dengwen Drum Hall and the Luan Yiwei should be the closest yamen to the imperial city. ”

Han Xiufeng was confused, and he didn't know why he said this.

Peng Yunzhang glanced back at him, and said half-jokingly: "When you are as old, the old man is still doing a review in the Hanlin Academy, and you have already opened a mansion and built a yamen, and you are still the closest yamen to the imperial city, which really makes the old man envious!" ”

Han Xiufeng suddenly realized that he had something to say, and before he had time to think about it, Peng Yunzhang changed his words again: "Zhixing, it's been two days since you took office, have you ever met Shangguan and colleagues?" ”

"My lord, Xiufeng has seen it."

"What about Senator Qingxian, have you seen it?"

"I took a picture, but I didn't say a few words."

"The old man has some friendship with Qingxian's father, but Qingxian's father has encountered something, and the old man has been inconvenient to come to greet him all these years. You are now a Han senator, and you happen to be colleagues with Qingxian, you don't have so many scruples as the old man, if you want, you can do the old man a favor, and you have to go to Qingxian's house to visit the old man on your behalf. ”

"It's Xiufeng's blessing to be able to serve adults," Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked, "My lord, do you have anything to tell Xiufeng on your behalf?" ”

"Just greetings, greetings." Peng Yunzhang smiled slightly, then yawned and said, "It's too late, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow, and the old man should go back to rest." ”

"Xiufeng sends off my lord."

"Stay, everything is difficult at the beginning, you also have a lot of things to do, you should go back and rest early."