After a month and a half, the sluggish imperial court finally reacted, and sent a condolence group and a messenger, and the eunuch sent the edict was the great eunuch Hong Gonggong of the celebrant eunuch, and this father-in-law belonged to the wall-riding faction between the queen mother and the Huang Jinrong faction.

Gonggong Hong took a figure-eight step, paced behind the incense case, coughed dryly, and said: "Xuzhou is the commander of the envoy Yuan Chonghuan and his subordinate generals to receive the order~~" Suddenly hulala knelt down, Yuan Chonghuan was in front of the leader, the generals, deputy generals, and guerrillas followed closely according to their ranks, Liu Ziguang, who had no formal grade, was half-kneeling and half-sitting at the back, and everyone listened to the holy decree with their ears pricked up.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict ......." Hong Gonggong's tenor voice was subdued and frustrated, impassioned, with a lot of whining and mournful tones, the holy decree was very long, Liu Ziguang could not understand the esoteric ancient text, was made drowsy by the long speech, and suddenly heard his name, he cheered up

"Liu Ziguang, a righteous man who investigated the people, was brave and resolute, and he took the camp and the imperial court, recited his merits, and was promoted to the Shandong Provincial Military Preparation Regiment to train the general Xiu Wu Zuo lieutenant." Put the total... Why does this official name sound so awkward?

Liu Ziguang was still wondering if the holy decree had been recited

"Yuan Shaobao still doesn't receive the order to thank you?" Gonggong Hong rolled up the holy decree with a smile and said to Yuan Chonghuan.

"Thanksgiving!" Yuan Chonghuan's face was serious, and he couldn't see whether he was happy or not, and after taking everyone to bow three times and knocking nine times, he took the holy decree and said: "There is Lao Hong's father-in-law, please rest in the pavilion and wash the dust for your father-in-law at night." ”

"It's good to say, it's good to say that Yuan Shaobao will forget about our family when he reaches the end in the future. Although in Jinan Shaobao is the master, our family is a guest, but after all, our family is on behalf of the court, on behalf of the emperor to come up, in the evening in Guihelou, our house to do an east banquet, invite the generals, and please appreciate the face. With a harmless smile on his face, Gonggong Hong took a few Royal Forest Soldiers back to rest.

Yuan Chonghuan, who had sent away Gonggong Hong, turned around and frowned: "The imperial court wants to... Alas......".

The generals talked about it, and Liu Ziguang understood that the imperial court promoted Yuan Chonghuan to the crown prince, Shaobao, senior doctor, and Zuo Shilang of the military department, but the position of the commander of the Xuzhou army was gone, that is, he was promoted and surrendered secretly, and was robbed of military power.

The rest of the generals have their own rewards, and they are basically all promoted to the next level. As for the money and food reinforcements that everyone is looking forward to, there is still no shadow at all, and the holy decree says that the imperial court is busy with the war in Fujian and the northwest, and the money, food, and soldiers are close to running out, so they have to give up this opportunity to go straight to Huanglong, and the recovered Shandong prefectures and counties, the imperial court has arranged for officials at all levels to come over to take up the territory that the Xuzhou army has worked so hard to fight, and they have not gained any benefits, only the promotion of that level with insufficient gold content and the hundreds of jars of imperial wine sent by the condolence group, as for Yuan Chonghuan's report on Cui Chengxiu's collaboration with the enemy, the result of the court's handling is to let Hong Gonggong bring people back to the capital to carry out the punishment department, Dali Temple, Jinyi Wei Santang will be tried, because Cui himself is also the position of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so there is no Metropolitan Procuratorate in the trial unit, which sounds like it is very fair, but in fact, everyone can see that the nine thousand years old still have to protect his godson.

The person who succeeded Yuan Chonghuan is Ruan Dacheng, who is currently the right attendant of the Ministry of War, this person is known for his talent, he is especially good at lyrics and songs, and he is also a member of the Donglin Party in his early years, and now he is a member of the Queen Mother's party, and the eunuch who came to supervise the army is a nine-thousand-year-old descendant, it seems that the imperial court has made a lot of considerations about the personnel arrangements in Shandong.

These newly appointed officials have arrived in Jinan and are waiting to build a new yamen for them. Everyone was indignant, the court didn't want to recover their homeland, they knew how to play these political methods, the military general had a little merit, and he would take away his military power, so he transferred Yuan Dashuai, who knew the soldiers, to the capital as a waiter, and made a boring literati who could only compose lyrics and music to be the commander.

They all said that they would resist Ruan Dacheng's succession, and they also collectively wrote to retain Yuan Chonghuan, and some people even said that they would not be affected by the orders of the monarch abroad, and simply ignore the imperial court, collect taxes and grain in Shandong, and be self-reliant.

"Presumptuous!" The more Yuan Chonghuan listened, the more unspeakable he became, and he couldn't help but slap the table

"Are you going to rebel? The court has its own reason for arranging this way, the court is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is also forgivable that the border generals are afraid of sitting big, we used to guard a corner of Xuzhou, but now the whole territory of Shandong is under the control of my Xuzhou army, and the court does not dare to supply money and food, and I am afraid that raising tigers will be troubled, so I will go to Beijing, and when Ruan Shilang takes over, you must obey the orders of the generals and not slack off! The generals were very unconvinced, and some said: "The meaning of the court may not be the will of the emperor, who doesn't know that it is the eunuchs and relatives who are in charge of the government now." Yuan Chonghuan was silent for a while when he heard this, and said: "After the emperor's wedding, he will be in power, the emperor is wise and wise, and the Ming Dynasty is in front of him. In the meantime, you must not act rashly and make false accusations to others. The generals dispersed stupidly, and Yuan Chonghuan left Liu Ziguang alone, and the two sat in the back hall to discuss secretly.

"It seems that the struggle between the Queen Mother and Huang Gelding this time is evenly matched, a unified army and a supervising army want to seize Yuan's military power, but also not let the other party sit and hum, if these people use their energy to deal with foreign enemies, the original territory will be restored early tomorrow, needless to say, the number of officials in Shandong Province is the product of the compromise between the two factions in the DPRK and China, poor Shandong fathers have just been liberated from the harsh government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they will be cut by these people!" Yuan Chonghuan sighed and continued.

"If Yuan occupies the seat and doesn't leave, the situation is bound to worsen, the imperial court will send troops to encircle and suppress the Manchus, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, then Shandong will ignite the flames of war again, and the families of the soldiers are also in Xuzhou or Jiangnan, so you must not openly turn your face with the imperial court, General Liu, you say yes or no?"

"What the marshal said is very true." Liu Ziguang replied that he didn't understand the complicated politics, but he knew that it was definitely not a good way to rebel now, and the strength of the Xuzhou army was not enough to fight against the imperial court

"What's the best plan for the marshal?"

"I heard that the day of the emperor's wedding is not far away, after the wedding, the queen mother can no longer listen to the government, since the power of the queen mother is going to shrink, then she will not tolerate the power of Huang Gelding, take the opportunity to grow, and will inevitably try to weaken the power of Huang Gelding, so that the cranes and mussels compete for the benefit of the fisherman. The emperor is a fisherman, and we, the loyal ministers, want to help the emperor gradually gain power, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Hu Lan case, the Jingyan War, and the cannibalism are too many things, so it is not a last resort, or do not raise swords and soldiers. I still have some old friends in the capital, and this time I am appointed as a squire in the military department, and I will definitely move around to help the emperor contact some forces, and collectively write a petition, I don't believe that there are no loyal people in the Ming Dynasty. It turned out that Yuan Chonghuan was going to make a peace petition, and Liu Ziguang suddenly felt very bored, but seeing his impassioned appearance and worried about the country and the people, he couldn't bear to be hit, so he had to make a few perfunctory remarks and pull the topic to his new official title.

"Shuai, what kind of officer is my commander of the military preparation regiment and the captain of the martial arts brigade? How many people can you bring? ”

"Well, General Liu cares about these false names, hasn't the emperor secretly awarded you the title of general, don't mention such a trivial position." Yuan Chonghuan snorted and didn't give a positive answer.

In the last recital, he gave a detailed account of Liu Ziguang's merits, but the court actually gave him such an official position, which really made him embarrassed to face Liu Ziguang.

The two discussed for a long time, but they couldn't come up with anything, and Liu Ziguang returned home with the official uniform rewarded to him by the imperial court.

Shuyu in the center, Liu Ziguang changed into an official uniform, turned out behind the screen, and he was still very excited when he was an official for the first time, wearing a black gauze hat on his head, two short hat wings fluttering behind his head, with white on black official boots under his feet, a black belt on his waist, and a wat board of acacia wood in his hand, a wide green round-neck repair uniform was worn on his body, and the majestic official uniform was brand new, and it also had a long-term overlapping imprint, and the little girl who was waiting for the master to change his clothes was not flattened for a long time。

Peng Jingrong smiled on the side: "The imperial court is an official, oh, it's really amazing, didn't you say that the emperor made you a general who protects the country and rebels?" What's wrong with a green robe embroidered with seahorse patches? It turns out that this strange animal on the chest is a seahorse, why doesn't it sound so pleasant, Liu Ziguang took out his letter of appointment and showed it to Peng Jingrong

"Look at what grade this is? Why do I always think this general name is so unpleasant. Peng Jingrong took the letter of appointment, swept her eyes, and smiled even more

"Xiuwu Zuo Lieutenant is the lowest grade, from the ninth grade, the military preparation road is a kind of position in the border provinces, usually by the deputy envoy of the judge, the duty is to undertake the order of the governor, to urge the government and county officials to select and train the people, to be strong, diligent in repairing war preparedness, to provide the army with materials, grain and grass, and to supervise the training of the army. There is also a directly subordinate army called regimental training, which is generally recruited on the spot and trained slightly, and there are also bandits and pirates who recruit An, or something, and the petty officials in the regimental training can't manage many people, anyway, they are far less than the status of the imperial forbidden army, even if they are all the same, your seahorse is not as noble as the seahorse of the forbidden army. "After a long time, I was the commander of the reserve militia company, Liu Ziguang was suddenly furious, I said, why do you think something is wrong, everyone is in a red robe, I am a green robe, it turns out that the grade is too low.

Lao Tzu was born and died, beheaded Fan Wencheng, captured Dolgon, and the flying army conquered Jinan, in exchange for a micro-end official position from the ninth grade, which is really unbearable!

"The court may feel that it is already a great favor, you must know that you were originally white, but now you have suddenly become an official of the court, and you must not be grateful to Dade. In their eyes, your military exploits are worthless. However, this idle errand is also suitable for you, if you are really appointed as a general of the forbidden army, I am afraid that there will be no freedom in the future. The eldest lady explained.

Liu Ziguang smiled, he didn't care if he was an official or not, making money was the most important thing, and what was the banquet set up by Gong Hong was placed in Liu Ziguang's industry, the first building in Jinan

"Guihe Crown Restaurant" inside the boiling + Teng + literature collection, this magnificent restaurant was originally the property of Songshou's brother-in-law, that kid was a clever ghost, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he fled from Jinan, resulting in such a large restaurant without a master, hundreds of cooks, small maids, maids, lost their jobs, or Liu Dashuai was good-hearted, and took out a few hundred taels of silver to build down the restaurant, and redecorated and accommodated some Manchu aristocratic ladies as service staff, making it the most luxurious set of catering, accommodation, A comprehensive restaurant integrating leisure and entertainment, those merchants who went north like to stay in Guihelou to enjoy the service of the former Manchurian aristocratic ladies and taste the unique Manchu and Han banquets.

Hong Gongcheng was just heard of the famous Manchu and Han banquets here, so he decided to charter the Guihe crown banquet for the generals, although the price was a little more expensive, a table of one hundred taels of silver, but the court still paid for it, and besides, this price was not a staggering price in the capital.

The people who were invited were all officers above the seventh grade, and as a minor officer of the ninth grade, Liu Ziguang certainly did not receive the invitation.

Liu Ziguang just wanted to take off his official uniform, and a personal soldier came over and said: "The shopkeeper of General Guihelou has sent a small servant to ask for it, saying that there is a big incident in the store, please come over." "The location of Guihelou is two streets east of Liu's mansion, and Liu Ziguang didn't have time to change his clothes when he heard it, so he rushed over with two personal soldiers.

The imperial court gave the imperial wine ceremony is being held in Guihe Building, the generals in the army, the dignitaries of the condolence group, and the gentry of Jinan all gathered in the building to push the cup and change the lamp, the atmosphere is very warm, there are joint guards of the Imperial Forest Army and the Forbidden Army outside, the guard is very strict, if it is not for the forbidden army to know Liu Ziguang, he is the boss behind the Guihe Building, and he can't even enter the door.

"What's the matter, who dares to make trouble on Lao Tzu's territory?" Liu Ziguang asked the little guy who led the way as he walked

"I don't know, there are guests in the housekeeping department, I have to see the shopkeeper, and after a while, I covered my face and came back, and I didn't say anything, just called me to invite the handsome." Xiao Xiao's authentic Shandong dialect is a primary school apprentice recruited by Zhangqiu.

"How many times have you said it, don't call me handsome, call me the chairman, and your official dialect should be intensified to practice, in the future, there will be more southern guests in our store, and the official dialect will not reach the standard level three, so you will wait to be laid off." Liu Ziguang walked into the courtyard on the delicate stone path and reprimanded the little servant.

Most of the service staff in the housekeeping department are dug up by other big inns, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't cause so much fire to the guests.

The little guy only promised to take Liu Ziguang to the housekeeping department of Guihe Building, here are exquisite and elegant small courtyards, where live are rich and powerful guests, rich businessmen in the south and new officials from the capital each account for half, this set is exactly the residence of the officials, these middle-level officials who came to the capital to take office do not have a suitable mansion to buy for the time being, so they have to live in Guihe Building.

The shopkeeper was waiting there for a long time, and the five finger prints on his face were clearly visible, and the little old man came up as soon as he saw Liu Ziguang, and said in a not very authentic Jianghuai official dialect: "The chairman is an official from Beijing, and the old man thinks that the maid is too hot to wash his face, and the temper is too hot, and the little old man can't suppress the scene, so he has to invite you to come old, it's really ashamed." Liu Ziguang snorted lightly, although this shopkeeper has opened an inn, but obviously has no experience in dealing with dignitaries, his legs are weak when he encounters those wearing official boots, and it seems that he has to consider replacing people.

A trembling maid at the door of an upper room was kneeling there, next to a copper basin, the carpet in the room was soaked with water, a large piece of fragrant concubine lying on the couch, a middle-aged man in a red robe was covered in wine, he was a little surprised, he was a little surprised, but after seeing the seahorse pattern on Liu Ziguang's chest clearly, he pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly contemptuously, and opened his mouth in a Nanjing accent: "You are the owner of this shop?" ”