Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei knew that Han Xiufeng was tired and sleepy, and after greeting each other in person, they asked the old carpenter to hurry up and fetch water, urging Han Xiufeng to take a bath first, and at the same time asked the shopkeeper Wen to call the cook he had just found in the hall this year to hurry up and cook rice.

When Han Xiufeng took a shower and changed into clean clothes and returned to the flower hall, two plates of stir-fry had already been placed on the table, and Shopkeeper Wen felt that it was not necessarily too late to steam rice, and was asking the cook to cook noodles. Gu Jinyan had never seen the old man Yushi, he was nervous and didn't want to be rude, so when the noodles were cooked and served, he simply took a few chopsticks and dishes to the inner courtyard to eat.

Han Xiufeng was really hungry, so he gobbled it up while listening to Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen and other fellow villagers ridiculing.

"With the Tongzhi on the south bank of the Yongding River transferred to the General Administration Department, there are really not many like you. Those of us who are mixed in Beijing can only slowly boil up our seniority, and we have to pay attention to what 'Nine Turns Dancheng'. It's good for you, you can become a Dan after going out of Beijing for a circle, and you don't need to suffer like us like this. ”

"Brother Bowen, don't make fun of me anymore, what kind of 'Cheng Dan' am I. Before, it was the fifth grade, and it was still the fifth grade when he was transferred back to Beijing, and there were still so many officials, but the honest silver was gone, and the expenses were too much, and he even had to reward the officials, soap subordinates and servants in the yamen, which was really a bit of a loss. Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing.

Ji Yunfei glared at him, and scolded with envy: "Can this positive fifth grade be the same as the previous positive fifth grade, don't be in the blessing and don't know the blessing!" ”

"What's different?" Han Xiufeng asked knowingly.

Without waiting for Ji Yunfei to speak, Huang Zhongyin, the superintendent of Huguang Province, said: "In July of the first year, Luo Xuanyan, the then general political envoy, was sent out to Fujian Township to take the main examination; In September of the first year, Wang Qingyun, deputy envoy of the General Administration Department, moved to Zhan Shifu; After returning from presiding over the Fujian Township Examination, Luo Xuanyan was promoted to the left deputy capital of our Imperial Palace. Immediately afterwards, the general envoy Hethega was the deputy capital, and the minister of Kuqa was released! ”

"Brother Yongzhu, what you are talking about is either the General Administration Department or the Deputy Envoy of the General Administration, and I am just a senator."

"What's wrong with the Senate, the Senator's official fortune is just as prosperous!" Huang Zhongyin smiled, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "In the first year of Xianfeng's Manchurian Township Examination, Yucheng, a co-organizer of the university scholar and household department, was the main examiner, and the general political secretary and counselor Ushi Hubu was the deputy examiner; Immediately afterwards, the emperor ordered the Minister of Political Affairs to be the first-class guard and the minister of Aksu. ”

"You're saying they're full."

"The same is true for Han officials, your predecessor Qi Chengyan is now the secretary of Honglu Temple, and even Zhuo Zhongtang has been a counselor of the General Political Department. Let's put it this way, as long as you have been the deputy envoy and senator of the General Political Department, except for the Zachdan who is obsessed with chatting, there is one who is almost all promoted. Huang Zhongyin was happy for Han Xiufeng in his heart, thought about it and said with a smile: "Zhixing, let's not talk about entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister, after all, if you are not Hanlin, you will not enter the cabinet, but as long as you can do this senator, you will definitely not be able to run away from the fourth grade." ”

Maybe he took a bath, or maybe he was full of food and drink, Han Xiufeng was sleepy, put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Borrow three auspicious words, if there is really such a day, I must put wine to thank you." ”

"You don't have to wait until that day, you can set the wine now." Xi Tongchen laughed.

"Okay, isn't it just a drink, it's mine tonight."

To Han Xiufeng's surprise, Huang Zhongyin suddenly changed his words: "Zhixing, you can do this senator, Wen Zhongtang and Master Su Shun can help a lot." If you count on Master Peng, you will never be able to do this senate. ”

"Brother Yongzhuo, today is a happy day, why mention this." Ji Yunfei said hurriedly.

Han Xiufeng couldn't help asking, "Brother Yongzhuo, did you hear any news?" ”

Huang Zhongyin felt that Han Si was now a Beijing official, and he couldn't know anything about the affairs of the court, so he put down the teacup and said with a wry smile: "There are strange things every year, especially this year, you may not believe it, but now the Han people are the most unreused." At the beginning of the year, Zeng Guofan had hoped to be the governor, but because of Qi Zhongtang's sentence, 'Zeng lived in Luli as a puppeteer.' As soon as it swooped up, more than 10,000 people followed, and I am afraid that it was not a national blessing. Later, when Jinggang was defeated, Zeng Guofan surrendered his guilt, if it weren't for Wen Zhongtang and Su Shun's big manpower, it would definitely not be as simple as dismissal. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that Qi Liaozao, the elder brother of the late Jiangning political envoy Qi Suzao, would harm Zeng Guofan's affairs, and muttered: "Didn't Qi Zhongtang report illness? ”

"He returned to his hometown after illness, but his old man suffered from heart disease."

Han Xiufeng realized that Qi Liaozao was most likely angry because the Han people did not help the Han people, so he thought about it and asked: "Brother Yongzhuo, so although Qi Zhongtang has returned to his hometown after illness, there are still many adults in the court who can't see Han officials being reused?" ”

"There are indeed a lot, and all of them are high-ranking and powerful," Huang Zhongyin sighed lightly, and said with a wry smile: "If you think about it carefully, you can't blame them, after all, the bigger the official is, the more cautious they must be, and the more they must avoid suspicion, and only in this way can they show their loyalty to the emperor and the court." ”

"Who are they?"

Huang Zhongyin looked up at the door and saw that there were no outsiders, so he said helplessly: "After Qi Zhongtang returned to his hometown after he was sick, those people all looked at Peng, Zhou, and Weng, although Jia didn't say anything about Zeng Guofan, but he could see that his old man's thoughts were similar to Qi Peng and Zhou Weng. ”

Thinking that Peng Yunzhang's expression was not quite right when he met him in the morning, and then thinking of what Huang Zhongyin said that Jia, Zhou, and Weng should be Jia Zhen, a university scholar and a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy, Zhou Zupei, a bachelor who is also in charge of the affairs of the three libraries of the household department and the affairs of the criminal department, and Weng Xin, a servant of the ministry, Han Xiufeng realized that in the future, he could only rely on Su Shun and Wenqing, whom he had just met in the morning.

Ji Yunfei didn't know what the emperor did when he sent Han Xiufeng into Beijing, let alone that Han Xiufeng would often enter the palace to face the saint in the future, and felt that those disputes in the court should have no impact on him as a five-grade senator, so he smiled casually: "Zhixing, you just know these things in your heart, and Lord Peng should go to see him." If it weren't for him, how would you have been on the south bank of the Yongding River, let alone have an audience. ”

"Understood, I'll go see you when I'm done with the moment."

"Why wait until you're done?"

"Brother Bowen, I really can't pull away," for fear that Ji Yunfei would misunderstand, Han Xiufeng explained: "I saw Master Peng when I met the saint in the morning, he knows what I'm busy with, and he shouldn't be unhappy if I go to see him later." ”

"Zhixing, what are you busy with, and what is there to be busy with the General Administration?" Ao Tongchen asked puzzled.

"I can't say it," Han Xiufeng scratched his neck and smiled helplessly: "I'm not pretending to be mysterious, nor am I not believing in the three of them, but I really can't say it." ”

I saw Wu Zhaoling in the morning, Wu Zhaoling also talked about him left and right, Huang Zhongyin realized that Han Xiufeng did have something unspeakable, and immediately waved his hand: "If you can't say it, don't say it, whether you were a Tongzhi on the south bank of the Yongding River before, or now you are a counselor of the General Political Department, aren't they all serving the imperial court, aren't they all doing errands for the emperor." ”

Ao Tongchen reacted, and hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, yes, since we can't say it, we won't ask again." ”

Han Xiufeng didn't know how to apologize to the three fellow villagers, an old friend who was too familiar to be familiar with him walked into the courtyard bypassing the Yimen, and when he saw Han Xiufeng and the others sitting in the flower hall, he trotted forward to beat Qian'er: "The fourth master is auspicious, the fourth master is auspicious, the old man Huang, the old man Ji, and the old man Ao are auspicious, and the wealth is late, please forgive the four masters!" ”

"Who did I say, it turned out to be an old neighbor." Ji Yunfei didn't know that Fugui was called by Han Xiufeng to Xiao Shandong, so he looked at him with a smile and asked, "Master Fu, how did you know that Zhixing had returned to Beijing, and you are too well-informed about this news." ”

I went to Yangzhou for more than a year, and I didn't make a penny but posted a few hundred taels of wealth, and said with a sneer: "Master Ji is really good at laughing, how can I have any news, if it weren't for the fourth master to send Xiaoshan to spread the word, I don't know that the fourth master not only returned to Beijing but also became a counselor of the General Political Department." ”

"Really?" Ji Yunfei turned around and asked.

Han Xiufeng stood up and said with a smile: "I asked Xiao Shandong to invite it." ”

"Fourth master, is there something wrong with you asking Xiao Shandong to call me, if you have something, you can open your mouth, as long as I am rich and can do it, I will never shirk!"

"There is indeed something I want to discuss with you," Han Xiufeng bowed back, then turned around and said embarrassedly: "Brother Yongzhuo, Brother Bowen, why don't you two talk to Brother Jin Fu first, and I will go inside to talk a few words with the rich man?" ”

I asked just now what I was busy with, and now I have to avoid talking to Fugui, which makes me chatter, Huang Zhongyin felt a little funny, and simply raised his finger and pointed to the door leading to the backyard: "You are busy, leave us alone." ”

"I'll go back as soon as I go."

Han Xiufeng bowed down and apologized, and then led Fugui into the backyard.

After waiting for about two sticks of incense, the two came out, rich and happy, and bowed down to thank them, Huang Zhongyin, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen were dumbfounded, really wondering what a good thing it was, Cui Hao, who had worked in Heying, came, Han Xiufeng apologized with an embarrassed face, and led Cui Hao into the backyard with a chattering look.

"It's obviously just a general secretary and counselor, but he actually makes it look like the minister of military aircraft." Ji Yunfei shook his head and smiled.

Thinking that Han Si would be summoned as soon as he returned to Beijing, Ao Tongchen couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Bowen, I estimate that there is a chance that Zhixing, the Minister of Military Aircraft, will not be able to do it in his life, but it is not impossible to enter the Military Aircraft Department and walk on the military aircraft Zhangjing." ”

Ji Yunfei was about to speak, but a few more uninvited guests came.

Yongxiang led Wang Guisheng and Zhou Changchun, two children of Ba County, to arrive, thinking that Yongxiang is not what it used to be, and now it is a patrol battalion guerrilla in charge of the defense of Nancheng and the security of Nancheng, Ji Yunfei and Ao Tongchen hurriedly got up to greet each other.

Although Yongxiang was in power, he didn't dare to offend these two Hanlin officials, let alone offend the old man Yushi, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted. The three of them exchanged a few words, and as soon as Han Xiufeng was mentioned, Huang Zhongyin couldn't help but say: "Master Han is meeting guests inside, and the three of us are now his porters." Brother Yongxiang, I'm sorry, I have my responsibilities, and I can only bother you to wait. Come on, come on, use tea first, hahaha! ”

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