Feng Jian entered the back hall of the state government under the guidance of Fang Zengwei, the governor of the state, and several big people who were chatting in the back hall in a low voice immediately turned their eyes to Feng Jian and Fang Zengwei.

Fang Zengwei walked a few steps quickly, with the most humble smile on his face, greeted the four people in the seat one by one, and finally said to the young man in the unicorn suit: "Father-in-law Gao, this is Feng Jian, the righteous man who surrendered to Daze Mountain." ”

At this time, Chen Suowen, who was sitting on the chair of the first master on the lower right, stood up and said directly to Feng Jian: "Feng Jian, this official is here to introduce you to a few masters in the hall, don't lose your courtesy!" As he spoke, he motioned to Fang Zengwei to introduce the adults to Feng Jian himself. Fang Zengwei hurriedly nodded and stepped aside

Chen Suowen first turned to the young man sitting on the seat with a white beard on his face and introduced: "This Gao Binggao Gonggong is the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, who was ordered by the emperor to come to read the holy decree and supervise the dredging and management of the Jiaolai River. ”

Feng Jian couldn't understand how high the official position of the eunuch in the hall was, and only looked at Chen Suowen's solemn introduction, so he knew that he must not be lazy, so he walked a few steps directly past Fang Zengwei and kowtowed to this Gao Bing and Gao Gonggong who looked at him with a smile and said: "The villain Daze Mountain Huluyan Feng Jian knocked on Gao Gonggong. ”

Feng Jian didn't know the status of the eunuchs in the hall, all the civil officials here were clear, the eunuchs with the palm seal were one eunuch, one eunuch with the pen, and eight eunuchs with the hall, and the eunuch had the right to approve the red seal, which was almost equivalent to another cabinet, and the eunuch with the hall was also a person who stomped his feet and shook the ground three times. Therefore, even a third-grade member like the governor of Denglai must be careful.

Gao Gonggong, who was originally sitting still, stood up and helped Feng Jian with his hand, and said in a soft voice: "You are Feng Jian Feng Zhuangshi!" Well, it's not what the miscellaneous family imagined. Unexpectedly, it was a leader of such an age. Tsk, you've had a great reputation these days. Today, the emperor praises you very much! ”

Thanks to Chen Suowen who had told Feng Jian about what happened in the court in advance, Feng Jian would have really been confused about the words of this high father-in-law.

Feng Jian kowtowed and said: "Gao Gonggong Mingjian, the villain Huluyan gathered more than 20,000 people of old and young (Chen told Feng Jian in advance to change the population of Huluyan). They are all some people who have no food and clothing, because of the life forced to start to rob the house for the disaster in the township, since the villain is in charge of the gourd rock, they will teach them to be loyal to the monarch for the country, everything wants to share the worries for the emperor, coupled with the repeated enlightenment of Lord Chen of Zhizhou, is now my Huluyan everyone knows the righteousness, so that he repented and decided to return to the court, and do some modest efforts for the emperor. The villain's actions are not worthy of the emperor's praise at all, and there is also a high father-in-law's praise. ”

The soup that he said was exquisite, not only was this Gao Binggao father-in-law surprised, but even the third-grade high-ranking official standing beside him also looked moved, this Feng Jian had a very slippery mouth!

Chen Suowen, who was introducing Feng Jian on the side, showed a look of satisfaction on his face, his hairy son-in-law behaved extraordinary!

So he immediately introduced Feng Jian to the senior man wearing a three-grade official uniform next to his father-in-law: "Feng Jian, this adult is Sun Yuanhua, the governor of the right capital of the Imperial Shi Denglai." Master Sun is grateful for your righteous act of leading the displaced people to repent and return to the imperial court, and I specially came to Pingdu to meet you this time, so I don't hurry up to meet Lord Sun! ”

Feng Jianxin said that his old father-in-law did not know that this Governor Sun was about to be framed by Wen Tiren's faction after Kong Youde's rebellion, and was wrongfully escorted to Jingshi, and was ordered to be executed by Emperor Chongzhen.

Also, in history, Chen heard that Sun Yuanhua died earlier, and the two were brothers and sisters, and they were both killed by Kong Youde's rebellion.

Feng Jian knelt down and kowtowed to Sun Yuanhua again, and said respectfully on his face: "Although the villain is a small villager. However, it has long been heard that Lord Sun built a platform to make cannons in Ningyuan City, and the cannon cast killed Nurhachi, the leader of the slave chieftains. Lord Sun boldly recruited Xishi to develop the Hongyi cannon for our imperial court. ”

Sun Yuanhua had a good face at the beginning, and even the rural people knew his reputation. Suddenly, when he heard that Feng Jian even knew about his own acceptance of the Luoxi people to develop the Hongyi cannon, he couldn't help but start to look at Feng Jian with admiration.

Sun Yuanhua said in a soft voice: "Feng Yishi, please hurry up, no wonder the Holy Lord and the courtiers appreciate you." This insight alone does not allow you to be treated as an ordinary person. This time, Benfu accompanied Gao Bing and Gao Gonggong to Pingdu, which also preached the meaning of praising Feng Yishi's loyalty to the country and benefiting the locality. Now it seems that Feng Yishi's fist is loyal to the monarch and his desire to serve the country is very strong. People with such insight as Feng Yishi are rare in the mountains and wilderness. Ben Fu hoped that Feng Yishi would give full play to his strengths and continue to educate the surrounding thieves, so that they would repent as soon as possible and solve the suffering of the local people. ”

After Sun Yuanhua finished speaking, Chen Suowen pointed to the middle-aged man in a four-grade official uniform beside him: "This lord is Lord Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, and he is my direct boss in Pingdu Prefecture, so I don't come forward to meet him!" ”

Feng Jian raised his head and glanced at this Zhu Governor, who was in his forties, with a thin face and resoluteness, and three long whiskers on his chin, looking at him with blazing eyes at this time.

Feng Jian remembered this Zhu Wannian in history, in the face of tens of thousands of Kong Youde rebels besieging Laizhou City, leading the soldiers and civilians in the city to hold on for several months, Kong Youde's rebels did not capture Laizhou City by all means, and became one of the few cities that Kong Youde's rebels did not conquer. This Lord Zhu is absolutely indispensable, compared to Pingdu City and Pingdu Zhizhou Chen Suowen After the rebels came, it only took one day and night to break through Pingdu City and slaughter the local people, it was a world of difference! Therefore, Feng Jian still has deep respect for this Lord Zhu.

turned around and knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Wannian, Zhu Wannian just said a few words of encouragement, hoping that Feng Jian could do more to benefit the local people.

Chen Suowen introduced several important people in the hall to Feng Jian one by one, and the next thing was to wait for Gao Binggao to read the holy decree and issue rewards.

When Chen heard that Feng Jian introduced a few people in the hall, Gao Bing had been carefully observing Feng Jian's actions, and ordinary people suddenly couldn't help but shrink in the face of high-ranking and powerful people, but he didn't see this phenomenon in this bandit leader, but instead talked freely, Gao Bing suddenly had a good impression.

Gao Bing walked forward slowly, walked up to Feng Jian and said, "It's really a hero out of a young man, and the miscellaneous family has seen it this time." Feng Jian, kneel to receive the holy decree! ”

Feng Jian secretly smiled bitterly, he was about to become a kowtow worm today, so he had no choice but to kneel on the ground again and kowtow and say, "Xiaomin knocks on the holy decree." ”

Gao Bing turned around and took the brocade box wrapped in bright yellow satin from the table, and after opening it, he took out the holy decree with black horns as the shaft and bright yellow silkworm satin as the face.

The voice was not hurried and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I recently heard that the small people of Pingdu Prefecture under the rule of the governor of Denglai gathered a crowd. However, he was influenced by local officials and repented and returned to the imperial court. The Jiaolai River in the south of Pingdu Prefecture City used to be a shipping waterway, has been in disrepair for a long time, the people Feng Jian is willing to use his own resources to dredge the river to resume shipping, I remember the meaning of the country for the people, so his heart of fist, determined to complete. I hereby hold the edict and have a division to describe the merits, in order to show that I am virtuous and seek governance, and the country is only pure and affectionate. Feng Zhenxu's merits and special rewards can be given as five grades, and he is promoted to the post of garrison of the flood camp in Pingdu Prefecture, and those who dare to disobey the edict by internal and external officials, such as military and civilian monks and laymen, will be punished with serious crimes, as we all know, so it is edicted. January 1 of the fourth year of Chongzhen. ”

Feng Jian kowtowed and took the holy decree in Gao Bing's hand with both hands, and his heart was overjoyed, with the official body, the Zhenshan Camp would have a legal coat in the future, and he could let go of his hands and feet to develop and grow!

Gao Bing, Sun Yuanhua and other adults inevitably congratulated and encouraged a few words, and Feng Jian naturally thanked them one by one.

Gao Bing saw that everyone in the hall had finished greeting Feng Jian, so he smiled and said: "The holy decree has been issued, the reward has been completed, and the miscellaneous family is ready to return to Beijing to resume their lives!" ”

Chen Suowen hurriedly said: "Father-in-law Gao has worked tirelessly for thousands of miles, and the lower officials have already prepared a banquet for Gonggong Gao and Governor Sun to wash the dust, how can they leave!" ”

Gao Binghaha laughed and said: "Since you are sincerely invited, the miscellaneous family is not hypocritical, and it just so happens that the miscellaneous family also wants to get close to a righteous person like Feng Jian." Please! ”

This sentence startled Feng Jian, who was standing aside, this guy is close to Lao Tzu! Suddenly got goosebumps all over his body, and subconsciously took a step back.

Chen Suowen turned his head to Feng Jian and said, "Now that you have an official body, you should go down and change into your official uniform and drink again." ”

Feng Jian saw that Gao Bing, Sun Yuanhua, and Zhu Wannian on the side also nodded in approval, so he confessed, and withdrew with both hands holding the imperial gift. Looking for Chen Fu, who was waiting outside the hall, Chen Fu led him to find a side room, and instructed Feng Jian to change into a five-grade military attache uniform.

"It's really a person is a clothes, a horse is a saddle, as soon as Feng Gongzi put on this official uniform, he immediately seemed to be a different person, from the first time he saw Feng Gongzi, the villain knew that you were extraordinary, and now it is really good, the villain said hello to Feng Gongzi again!" Unconsciously, Chen Fu's tone of voice to Feng Jian changed, Feng Jian could hear it, but he also felt that he should be the uncle of the Chen family in the future, and now he still has a five-grade official body. After all, Chen Fu is just a housekeeper, and it is natural for him to take the initiative to lower his status and speak to himself.

And Chen Fu took the initiative to inform Feng Jian of some etiquette rules between the upper and lower levels of officialdom, generally speaking, civil officials are not directly subordinate to the mountain, unless there is a difference of more than three grades, they must bow down, and the rest is only a salute.

In this era, military attachés were excluded and had a low status, and military attachés of the same rank saw civil officials of the same grade or even civil officials of a lower rank than themselves, and agreed to kneel and salute, which was not what the military attaché himself wanted, and the main reason was that the salary, equipment, and supplies of the military attache and his subordinate generals were completely controlled by the civilian officials.

For example, if a second-grade general soldier is stationed somewhere, and the supply of food and grass on weekdays, and the right to pay military salaries are in the hands of a third-grade soldier who prepares the road, then the second-rank general soldier will kneel down and salute when he sees this third-grade soldier preparing the road, this phenomenon is now commonplace in the officialdom and has become accustomed to it (to be continued......