Yang Hongzhang did not immediately report to the household department when he left the palace, but went to the temporary military camp outside the city. There are also thousands of people and thousands of refugees he brought from Gaoyang, Hejian and other places.

To Yang Hongzhang's relief, when he came to the temporary camp, the atmosphere was not tense, and it seemed that these people did not make trouble because of his sudden departure. When he came to the tent of the Chinese military camp, he found that Xia Dongwei, Zhang Hu and others were chatting with a eunuch, and only after introducing him did he know that this person was actually Fang Zhenghua, the commander of the Beijing camp.

When Fang Zhenghua saw Yang Hongzhang coming in, he laughed loudly: "The good soldiers brought by General Yang, this time our family has picked up a big bargain." The emperor's holy decree let these people stay in the capital camp and obey the orders, general, you can choose a thousand people to enter the city, but these thousand people still have to be under our command. Hehe, as for firearms, the general can take away all the muskets, but the artillery must be left, and our family will not take it in vain, asking the emperor to ask for 30,000 taels of silver is considered to compensate the general, which is also the emperor's consideration for the general, these firearms are sold to the imperial court, and it will not work for anyone to attack the general with these firearms in the future. ”

The corners of Yang Hongzhang's mouth twitched, and he resisted the urge to go up and strangle the eunuch to death, but he also knew that this Fang Zhenghua naturally had no courage to call the shots, and everything was arranged by Emperor Zhu Youzhen. It is very unreasonable for him to leave a flintlock pistol and a thousand people, and I think that in the future, those ministers will definitely write to participate in their own plays, and the emperor will face a lot of pressure.

Yang Hongzhang was not dissatisfied with the other party's Zhenghua, but felt sorry for those artillery, but when he saw Yang Sheng on the side grimacing at him, he felt a little better, thinking that Yang Sheng must have done something about the number of shells. It is estimated that most of the cannonballs must have been quietly transported by Yang Sheng to the sea ship when Dolgon left that day. This kid has been messing with himself at sea for more than a year, and he is completely enlightened, and Yang Hongzhang feels a little better when he thinks of this.

It is already very good that the court is willing to pay for it, although the price is pitifully low. In Fang Zhenghua's view, this is purely the emperor's favor, rewarding Yang Hongzhang in disguise, and ordinary people have long been out of the treasury. These are prohibited items, and there is no place to cry out. Therefore, Fang Zhenghua's attitude towards Yang Hongzhang is also extremely enthusiastic, a little more polite than Gao Shiming, who took him out of prison, and it is not at all like a big boss who is in charge of the Beijing camp alone.

"General Yang, although it is the first time that our family and the general have met, we still have something to say. Our family still thinks that a man as majestic and strategic as the general should serve as the chief soldier or governor of a town, and in a few years, he will definitely be able to become the pillar of Lu Xiangsheng, Yuan Chonghuan and even Sun Gelao. Therefore, you people and horses will give you an independent camp, looking forward to the day when this general will be promoted. ”

"Thank you, Gong Fang." Yang Hongzhang arched his hand towards Fang Zhenghua, compared with Yang Sichang and others, this eunuch looked much cuter.

Then the two were polite for a while, Yang Hongzhang brought nearly 10,000 people from Hejian, most of them were Minzhuang or even ordinary people, but now there is a shortage of personnel everywhere near Gyeonggi after a big war, so the military department has no intention of letting go of these people, and they are all recruited into the army.

On the issue of Xia Dongwei and Zhang Hu's departure, Fang Zhenghua still fully respects Yang Hongzhang, and the two have been promoted to general managers because of their merits, but neither of them is willing to leave Yang Hongzhang's side. Yang Hongzhang couldn't resist them, so he had to select the people they brought to each of them into the team of 1,000 people. Then Sun Fei heard the news and came to join. Yang Hongzhang felt that the rest of the team could not be led by no one, so he recommended him to Fang Zhenghua.

After the arrangement was completed, Fang Zhenghua personally led Yang Hongzhang and others into the city, and the soldiers were separated after the soldiers were settled.

Xia Dongwei and Zhang Hu were left in the barracks by Yang Hongzhang to lead the troops, Yang Sheng selected 20 people as his entourage to follow Yang Hongzhang to buy houses, furniture, etc., and it is very likely that he will live in this Beijing city for a period of time in the future. Fortunately, I got the cost of the artillery from Fangzhenghua, so at least for the time being, I don't have to worry about it.

In the next two days, Yang Hongzhang still did not go to the household department or go to the court, which was a holiday specially approved by the emperor.

In the afternoon of the next day, when the newly bought house was finally cleaned under Yang Sheng's supervision, it was ready to move in. Not long after Yang Hongzhang and the others entered the house, someone came to the door, and the other party was a middle-aged man in his forties, who respectfully handed over the prayer post.

Although the new chief butler Yang Sheng knew a few words, it was the first time for him to feel that the other party's status was not low. So he also learned from the other party's polite appearance and asked who was coming to visit Lord Yang.

As a result, I found out that the other party was the housekeeper of the current Guozhang Tian Hongyu. Tian Hongyu is the father of the emperor's favorite concubine Tian Guifei! Yang Sheng heard that Lord Tian had invited the young master of his family, where did he dare to be lazy, and hurriedly ran in to find Yang Hongzhang.

Yang Hongzhang is admiring the plants in this yard, every inch of land is expensive in the harmonious era, and there is no way to buy a house in such a prosperous area of the capital with tens of millions of family assets, let alone gardens and courtyards.

I heard that Tian Hongyu invited him to come over to talk about it, and Yang Hongzhang was not good at putting up a fight in front of this kind of person who had no friendship. So he hurriedly followed Yang Sheng to the outside of the gate. The other party had obviously prepared for a long time, and even the carriage was stocked. Yang Hongzhang didn't twist and took Yang Sheng into the carriage, and the middle-aged housekeeper got into another carriage to lead the way in front.

Yang Hongzhang's newly bought mansion was in the south of the city, and Tian Hongyu's mansion was in the northwest. Yang Hongzhang got out of the carriage, looked at the courtyard wall, and then looked at the tall stone lion in front of the door, after all, his heart was the capital, and the courtyard wall of the official's mansion was much more magnificent than the Yamen of the Hejian Prefect's Mansion. But when I thought of the identity of the other party, I was relieved.

What surprised Yang Hongzhang a little was that the emperor's father-in-law was more polite than Gao Shiming, Fang Zhenghua and others, and personally came to the door to greet him. When he saw Yang Hongzhang, he didn't see anything outside, and walked in directly with his arm, like an old friend who hadn't seen him for many years.

Tian Fu had already prepared a banquet, and only Yang Hongzhang's master and servant were invited, Tian Hongyu and the middle-aged housekeeper were accompanied, and the singer had prepared a lot, and at a glance, he knew that this national abbot was also a romantic figure.

Tian Hongyu waited for Yang Hongzhang to sit down and then said directly: "Lord Yang is young and promising, and the old man will not beat around the bush." The old man's beloved daughter is the favorite concubine of the emperor today, and the adult is the courtier trusted by the emperor today, so you and I are not outsiders, and we need to be closer and closer in the future. How old is the old man, if you don't dislike it in the future, you will call you big brother. Although the old man has never made a difference, he is still familiar with the city of Beijing, especially the dignitaries in this city, and the old man knows a lot. ”

Yang Hongzhang listened carefully with a smile on his face, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Tian Hongyu, according to common sense, Tian Hongyu had a good reason to invite Yang Hongzhang, his daughter was the emperor's favorite concubine, Yang Hongzhang was the emperor's favorite minister, everyone should be regarded as their own people!

But when I heard the back, it was a bit like I wanted to be a lobbyist for those nobles, because Yang Hongzhang was ordered to sort out the tax rate, and the next tax rate reform is likely to be led by Yang Hongzhang, as the father of the emperor's favorite concubine, it is also appropriate for him to come forward to make peace for the nobles.

However, Yang Hongzhang found that Tian Hongyu was only up to the point, and did not talk about Yang Hongzhang's official position and responsible matters, but just kept persuading him to drink, and then introduced him to the customs of Beijing City, as well as the preferences of Emperor Zhu Youzhen. It really looks like an eldest brother is introducing the younger brother who has just come to the capital to be an official.

Seeing Yang Hongzhang's appearance of not pouring a thousand cups, Tian Hongyu wanted to talk a few times and stopped, and finally found that he had almost drunk it, and if he drank it again, he might have to lie down, so he sent those singers away, and then moved closer to Yang Hongzhang, took the wine and drank it all again, and then said to Yang Hongzhang with a little alcohol: "Don't hide it from your brother, eldest brother, I also want to contribute to the court, but the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty regard the old man as a flood beast, and his relatives interfere in politics, and his relatives interfere in politics, this is always it, hey......"

"Why does Lord Tian need to be like this, the concubine is favored, people like Hongzhang who have come to the capital for the first time have heard of it, and the adults in this Beijing city naturally want to be windy and rainy, so why care about those sour opinions."

"Brother, you only know one thing and don't know the other, the old man is most envious of you in his life, you are a hero who can settle the country and settle the country. 10,000 against 60,000 outside the capital, the first battle scared off Dolgon's army, and after fighting in the dungeon for several days and nights, he actually came up with a deafening statecraft, and the old man really admired it from the bottom of his heart. I invited my brother over today, just to ask if there is anything you can do to help the court today, brother, just ask. ”

Tian Hongyu said very sincerely, but the more Yang Hongzhang listened, the more confused he became, this is not for the nobles of the court, this is obviously his own personal invitation. This old one is even more weird, he Tian Hongyu can just say hello to the lady in the palace if he wants to be old, and he doesn't even need to go to the palace, as long as he releases the wind outside, there will naturally be a lot of people to help him do things. When did he, a four-grade outsider, get into his eyes? Isn't this guy trying to turn a blind eye to his industry when he collects taxes in the future?

It's just that his dignified emperor's father-in-law, if he really pleads, he can't get his turn as a four-grade outsider, so it's a big deal to tell the emperor directly, and he can be exempted without how happy the emperor is. Yang Hongzhang still can't understand Tian Hongyu's mood now.

Tian Hongyu also seemed to see Yang Hongzhang's embarrassment, so he sat closer: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, brother, Tian was poor when he was young, and he was fortunate to have raised a good daughter, but he ...... It's just that...... She didn't have a good time in the palace, although the emperor favored her, she would naturally attract the jealousy of other concubines, as well as the attacks of those boring literati, the old man was even more careful everywhere, walking on thin ice, for fear that the emperor's favor would no longer be there that day, and the old man would fall from this family and even be settled by those courtiers......"

Yang Hongzhang believed most of this, saying that it was inevitable that Tian Guifei would be favored and jealous of other concubines, and then it was also possible for other relatives and ministers to guard against Tian Hongyu, saying that it was normal for him to worry about the concubine being left out in the cold, but to say that this guy was cautious and walking on thin ice, Yang Hongzhang did not believe it.