When Han Xiufeng returned to his hometown two years ago, he routinely cancelled the waist card that was forbidden to enter and leave the palace.

Without a waist card, even if you still walk extra on the military aircraft Zhangjing, you can't go to the military plane's duty room in the Old Summer Palace. But when I returned to Beijing, I couldn't help but report it, after all, as long as I walked on the military aircraft Zhangjing, I was a person from the military aircraft department, compared to the current Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, which is more like a part-time errand.

couldn't go to the duty room of the military aircraft department, so Han Xiufeng could only draft a submission and ask Feng Xiaowhip to bring a foreman of the military aircraft, Zhang Jing and Cao Yuying. As a result, he waited for another day, but not only did he still not get a summons from the emperor, but he also did not wait for the news from the Military Aircraft Department, but waited for Su Shun.

Su Shun's face was full of red light, and his demeanor was still the same, and as soon as he saw Han Xiufeng, he complained: "In the morning, I was still thinking about the day, and you should come back, but I never thought that you had been back for two days." Why don't you send someone to bring me a letter, you have to wait here and there! ”

"My lord didn't know, as soon as I received the order, I rushed to the capital non-stop. When passing by Gu'an, I heard Wang Qianli say that the emperor was in the Old Summer Palace, so I went straight here. I was going to go to see the adults when I handed over the invitation, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was not appropriate to leave after handing the invitation, so I waited here for two days in a daze. ”

"Staying here at night?" Su Shun looked at him with a smile and asked.

"Let the adults laugh, but compared to before the battle, this place is already very good, at least the wind can't blow and the rain can't get wet."

"Eat and drink Lazar?"

"Just eat a bite outside, aren't there several stalls outside, the taste is okay, but it's a little expensive."

Looking at Han Xiufeng's casual appearance, thinking that Han Xiufeng had led the Eastern Sichuan Regiment to bravely prevent and even assist in suppressing bandits in Guizhou in the past two years, and then led the Eastern Sichuan Regiment to gallop to the aid of Hubei to help suppress Changmao, Su Shun sighed: "Zhixing, Zhixing, that is, a person like you who came back from the front of the battle, only then does he know how difficult it is to live a peaceful life for a few days!" ”

"Your Excellency has lifted Xiufeng, compared to Xiufeng, it is not easy for you." Thinking of the man in front of him who not only had just investigated a big case and punished more than 70 households, but also offended a large number of people, and because of the repeated reuse of Han officials such as Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi, and the important ministers such as Bai Ye, Peng Yunzhang, Zhou Zupei, Jia Zhen and Weng Xincun, Han Xiufeng smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that Xiufeng doesn't know how to lift, if he has a choice, Xiufeng would rather serve in front of the battle than return to Beijing." ”

Su Shun couldn't hear the meaning of Han Xiufeng's words, and couldn't help muttering: "Although the battle on the battle array is dangerous, it is also painful. ”

Han Xiufeng hurriedly said: "Xiufeng only dares to say this to adults, if it is spread out of context and taken out of context, it will really be shameless." ”

Su Shun nodded slightly, and then changed his words: "When it comes to letting you go back to Beijing, I think of something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"You have merit in helping to suppress long hair, but you have forgotten when you are rewarded for meritorious deeds. The emperor was furious and asked Bai Ye what was going on, Bai Ye was speechless, the emperor saw that he couldn't say why, so he simply asked him and Peng Yunzhang to go back to draft the decree, planning to promote you to Honglu Temple, but he and Peng Yunzhang were discouraged, from a good Honglu Temple Qing to Taifu Temple Shaoqing, you say you are not angry! ”

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, thinking that I am different from you, if I really become a Honglu Temple, it will be equivalent to being roasted on the fire, and I don't know what to say, Su Shun said hatefully: "And Master Cao, I obviously know that you are back, I obviously know that you are waiting for the emperor to summon you here, and you didn't even mention it to me when you saw me at noon." If I hadn't met Jiao Youying just now, I really thought you were still on your way back to Beijing. ”

"He has a lot of official business, so he should have forgotten about it."

"He is the same as the big shopkeeper of 'Houyitang', you come back for such a big event, how can others forget him, I don't think it's that simple."

"My lord's words are serious, why is it such a big deal for me to come back, and you treat Xiufeng as a person, what am I Han Xiufeng in the eyes of others?"

"Zhixing, you are now a four-grade Jingtang, you can't be presumptuous anymore," Su Shun looked at the sky outside, and muttered: "In my opinion, don't wait here, the emperor will not be free to summon you today, and tomorrow will not be free." ”

"The emperor is busy?"

Su Shun can't say that the emperor drank too much yesterday, it's hard to say that because Suzui has a terrible headache today, he can only touch his beard and say: "Emperor Xuanzongcheng's actual record of the compilation of the hadith has been completed, and the Wenzhongtang and other supervising presidents Ming'er will be congratulated early in the morning, and the emperor will move to the imperial city Baohe Hall to salute before dawn, and then move the Taihe Palace and the Taihe Hall to make a music announcement, and the prince, the county, Baylor, Beizi and the civil and military officials have to enter the palace to celebrate like 'shouting', and the civil and military officials who presided over and participated in the compilation after the ritual are rewarded. In short, the emperor has been busy these days. ”

The Qing Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the emperor was a filial son.

The compilation of the Hadith of the First Emperor is indeed a great event!

Han Xiufeng was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "All civil and military officials are going to enter the palace, should I go, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for an official like me who is still being restrained, right?" ”

Su Shun looked at the plain clothes he was wearing, and muttered: "If you go like this, those officials will definitely hold on." ”

"Then I'm not going."

"It's okay if you don't go, when Ming'er sees the emperor, I'll help you tell the emperor."

"Master Xie."

"Myself, what is there to be thankful for."

Su Shun smiled, and then changed his words: "Zhixing, don't be upset, you handed over the 'Houyi Hall' to Wenxiang, it's really a non-person." The errand was not done well, and it always made the emperor angry, if it weren't for the repeated comments of the Wenzhongtang, the 'Houyi Hall' would have been abolished long ago. may want to repay your kindness, and he also persuaded Wen Zhongtang with clever words, asking Wen Zhongtang to guarantee that you go to Guangdong to be a tide luck.

He doesn't want to think about who you Han Xiufeng are, and he needs him to go through the door of Wenzhongtang to help with this? So as soon as I heard about this, I handed over a sign and asked to see the emperor, and asked you to go to Lu Yuntong, the acting director of Tianjin Health, but you were edicted, and the emperor was really angry because of this, scolded you for having no conscience, and said that you shouldn't have been allowed to study so many books back then. ”

"My lord, what does this have to do with studying?"

"The more you think about it, the more pedantic it becomes," Su Shun glared at Han Xiufeng with hatred, and then said: "Fortunately, I came back this time, if I don't obey the edict again, I estimate that the emperor will never summon you again in this life!" ”

Han Xiufeng asked with a bitter face: "So the emperor saw me and asked for peace, but he was angry when he thought of what I didn't do before......

"I don't know if the emperor saw you, but the emperor was really angry that time."

"Xiufeng is ashamed, Xiufeng deserves death."

"Forget it, the past is over, and you can't be confused in the future," Su Shun took a sip of tea, stared at Han Xiufeng and said: "I estimate that the emperor will let you continue to take care of the stall of 'Houyitang', Guangdong is not very peaceful, this errand is not easy to do, you have to have a number in your heart." ”

Han Xiufeng was about to speak, when there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, I heard a eunuch shouting in a frustrated voice outside the door: "The emperor has a decree to pass on Han Xiufeng, the young secretary of the Taifu Temple, to meet you!" ”

"The minister's decree, the minister's Han Xiufeng's decree!"

Su Shun thought that the emperor would not see Han Xiufeng in three or five days, but he didn't expect that the eunuch who had just finished talking about the internal affairs office would come to summon him, and when he saw Han Xiufeng saluting apologetically, he followed the eunuch out of the alley, and was stunned for a while. It wasn't until he saw Chen Fuen, the secretary of the military department, walking over with a smile, that he relented.

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Face saint is a big thing, not only pay attention to every word and deed, but also have rules for dress.

Han Xiufeng was dressed in a green cloth robe, which was particularly conspicuous in the heavily guarded garden, and if there was an imperial historian patrolling nearby, he would definitely be included in a book by them on the grounds of "loss of honor in front of the king".

Fortunately, there was no imperial history nearby, and the road was unimpeded, and I arrived at the East Warm Pavilion of the Qinzheng Palace.

Three years ago, when he saw the emperor here for the first time, Han Xiufeng was full of emotion, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed and said, "Minister Han Xiufeng respectfully invites Sheng'an!" ”

Xianfeng had just woken up from a hangover, and he had a terrible headache, sitting cross-legged on the wooden kang with his right elbow supporting the small table, rubbing his temples, while looking at Han Xiufeng who was kneeling in front of him, and asked listlessly, "Are you back?" ”

Han Xiufeng took a peek and found that the emperor was thinner and haggard than two years ago, and he was full of alcohol, so he hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is back, the minister is back to serve the emperor and share the emperor's worries!" ”

"Last time, I ordered you to be filial piety and loyalty, Acting Director Lu Yuntong, why didn't you follow the edict, did you think I gave you a small official?"

"The minister is pedantic, the minister deserves death, ask the emperor for forgiveness."

Xianfeng sat up straight, looked at Han Xiufeng's plain clothes, and sighed lightly: "Forget it, you are also a filial son, and I don't care about you for your meritorious work in preventing and blocking bandits in Guizhou and helping to suppress Changmao in Hubei." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Have you ever seen Hu Linyi in Hubei, I heard that he is stubborn and nepotistic, but is there such a thing?"

Han Xiufeng had expected that the emperor would ask Hu Linyi about it, but he never expected the emperor to ask like this, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen Lord Hu twice in Hubei, the first time was at night when he just led the group to Wuchang City, and the second time was the day before he left for Beijing. ”

Xianfeng didn't expect that Han Xiufeng had only seen Hu Linyi on both sides, and couldn't help asking, "You weren't with him when you were a gangster?" ”

"Your Majesty, at that time, Lord Hu was in the Wulidun camp, Li Xubin was in the Hongshan camp, and the minister led a thousand regiments to guard Luxiang, far away from each other, and the war was tight, so it was rare to see each other once."

"You just said that he has a problem, but you are talking about what he is suffering?"

"Lord Hu is a wartime governor, not a perfect provincial governor, and everything should be focused on suppressing bandits and quelling chaos and recovering lost territory. The march to war, the power of the matter is different, it is the taboo of the soldiers, and the Hunan army is not a monolith, its interior can be called a mountain forest, those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals are not subject to anyone. If there is no thunderbolt method, if you don't use trustworthy civil and military officials, let alone recovering lost territory, you will even have to worry about your life. ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but peek at it again, seeing that the emperor was thoughtful, and continued: "The minister has the courage to say a few lessons from the past, in the first year of Xianfeng, Wulantai and Xiangrong were not in harmony, and Yong'an fell, so that Changmao was able to escape from Guangxi; In August and September of the second year of Xianfeng, Changmao besieged Changsha, and the officers and soldiers gathered 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Green Battalion, and there were as many as a dozen leading soldiers, including one minister of military aircraft, two governors, three governors, three admirals, and twelve general soldiers. ”

"So to get rid of Jiang Yili, he also had to do it as a last resort?"

"Your Majesty."

"Have you seen the official documents?"

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't see Lord Guanwen."

"What about Li Xubin?"

"Your Majesty, Li Xu Binchen has seen it twice, the first time he just came down from the battle formation, covered in blood, and the trenches were full of the corpses of his subordinate Xiang Yong. The second time was the day when the minister left to return to Beijing, and he went to see off the minister. ”

"But I heard that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and fears the enemy like a tiger, otherwise Wuchang would not have been able to recover it until today."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that bandits are like a person getting sick, the illness is like a mountain, the illness is like a thread, and the suppression of bandits and chaos is really a matter of urgency. Moreover, when the minister returned, they were preparing for the siege, and the minister estimated that there would be good news soon. ”

"Are you saying that Guan Wen, Hu Linyi, and Li Xubin are preparing to attack the city?"

"When I came back, the minister asked Li Xubin, and he said that he would start fighting when the artillery, gunpowder and food needed for the siege were ready!"

Hearing that the Hunan army was not monolithic, and confirming that Hu Linyi and Li Xubin were preparing to attack the city, Xianfeng's mood was much better, and he thought about it and asked, "Did you see Wenxiang after you came back?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that the emperor was in the 'Summer Palace' (Old Summer Palace), so the minister went straight here, and he didn't see Wenxiang."

"Wen Xiang, you recommend this person well, he is honest and errand, but he is also a scholar. It's not that I'm not good at reading, but that people who read too much of this book are prone to pedantic. It's okay to let him do other errands, let him do those errands of 'Houyitang', it's really embarrassing for him. Xianfeng paused, and then said: "I ordered you to go back to Beijing, so that you can continue to take care of that matter, hurry up and meet him, and let him explain the official affairs clearly." ”

"Obey the order!"

"Before leaving, remember to go to the Internal Affairs Office to apply for a lower waist card, and I will let the minions outside take you there."

"Your Majesty."

Seeing that Han Xiufeng was about to bow and leave, Xianfeng asked again: "Han Si, did you bring your family with you to Beijing this time?" ”

Han Xiufeng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister returned to Beijing from the front of the Hubei Formation, and he didn't bring his family, but only brought twenty Tuanyong. Thinking that they had never seen the world, and if they were brought to the capital, they might make some trouble, and when they passed by Gu'an, they saw that there were only about 30 people left in the river camp, so they dared to let them stay in the river camp to serve. ”

"There are only thirty or so people left in the river camp?" Xianfeng asked subconsciously.

"Originally, there were more than 200 of them, but later more than 100 were transferred to Tianjin."

"Got it, kneel down."