Zhuzi and Yu Tiesuo arrived after hearing the news. Fei Erye and Yu Youfu knew that the emperor would have an order soon. They were afraid that the ministers or guards who were sent to the imperial edict would see that it was wrong, so they quickly asked them to go to the guild hall to wait for news. As a result, as soon as they went to the guild hall, Huang Zhongyin and Ji Yunfei and other fellow villagers also knew about it one after another, sighing and regretting.

Han Xiufeng didn't know that all the fellow villagers gathered in the guild hall, so he accompanied Cao Yuying and Wenxiang from the study to the main hall, watching the boxes in the yard waiting for news from the palace.

As night fell, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from outside.

As soon as the three of them stood up, three imperial guards in yellow jackets walked into the yard in a striking manner, shouting "The emperor's oral order, the general secretary Han Xiufeng, the chief military officer Zhang Jing and Cao Yuying, and the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, received the order", and then crossed the threshold and walked to the incense table.

Han Xiufeng hurriedly brushed his sleeves and knelt down and said, "I am Han Xiufeng, please give the holy peace!"

"My minister Cao Yuying respectfully invites the Holy One!"

"My servant Wenxiang respectfully invites the Holy An!"

"Sage," the imperial guards who sent the order looked carefully and confirmed that they were these three. They said in a slight and slight manner: "I ordered the Senate of Tongzheng Department, the head of the Military Machinery, the head of the Ministry of Works, and the head of the Ministry of Works, and the grace of the parents, the great heavens did not repay them. The Chief of Tongzheng Department, Han Xiufeng, the chief of Tongzheng Department, and the honor of the post horse, and allowed them to return to their hometowns to be mourned. The Chief of the Ministry of Works, and the head of the Military Machinery Department, was ordered to report to the ministers of the Military Machinery Department, and the rest of the matters were ordered to step down as the Chief of Tongzheng Department, and Han Xiufeng, the chief of Tongzheng Department, and explained it clearly."

"I obey the order, and I thank the emperor for his kindness!"

"I obey the order!"

...

The imperial guards waited for Wen Xiang to thank Wanen, and then said, "Please ask for help, Mr. Han, please let me talk with you."

"Okay, please come here." Han Xiufeng reacted and hurriedly invited the imperial guards who were delivering the order into the inner courtyard.

As a result, before he arrived at the study, the imperial guard stopped walking and said, "Master Han, I only have a few words, no need to go in."

"Speaking."

"The emperor allowed you to report the matter to you at the mercy. You are ordered to explain the official matter to Lord Cao and Master Wen, and I will order Mr. Wen to hand in the sign to meet you tomorrow morning."

Han Xiufeng realized that this was the emperor's oral order and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I obey the order."

The imperial guard took out three silver notes from his sleeve and said with some envy and sympathy: "Master Han, these three hundred taels are rewarded by the emperor. The emperor originally wanted to directly reward 100 taels of silver for you to return home. The silver reward 200 taels of silver will make you go back to your hometown for funerals, but I thought that it was not appropriate to do so, so I could only take out these three hundred taels of silver to reward privately."

The Grand Secretary was given a thousand taels of silver to mourning after he died. A small fifth-rank senator, who was going to return to his hometown to Dingyou. If he gave both money and silver to mourning, Han Zhan Kedao would definitely advise and advise him when he knew about it. Although these three silver notes were sent last time, Han Xiufeng was still moved and tears of gratitude.

"Mr. Han asked me to come back to the palace and report my life first. You should also quickly explain the business to Lord Cao and Master Wen."

"Okay, I'll send you there."

"Stop sending it, you want to mourn. The emperor is still waiting for you to return to Beijing to serve after serving the mourning."

"Well, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. When Xiufeng finishes his filial piety, he will definitely come back to serve the emperor."

...

Cao Yuying, who had just sent away the imperial guards who had been sent away, confirmed that he would do what he had to do in the future. He bowed his farewell when he saw that it was getting late.

Although there was nothing to explain to him, Han Xiufeng still bowed to the Forbidden City and said seriously and sincerely: "Mr. Cao, the emperor has approved it. From now on, you will be the shopkeeper of Han Da of the 'Houyi Hall'. Xiufeng has stepped down. Please ask you and Brother Jianchuan for everything in the hall in the future."

"Yuying is deeply favored by the emperor, and serving the court is a matter of duty. Brother Han is so sincere." Kong was happy. Cao Yuying really didn't want to be here for too long. He bowed and replied, then turned around and said, "Brother Jianchuan, Brother Yu, let's go first, come back after get off work tomorrow."

"The Lord is honored to send me off."

"Stay here, Brother Han must have many things to explain to you. I can't delay Brother Han's return to his hometown for funerals."

Cao Yuying said he would leave, but Wenxiang was embarrassed. Han Xiufeng didn't care about so much. He invited Wenxiang into the study in the inner courtyard again and closed the door: "Brother Jianchuan, the emperor ordered you to help with the patrol department's camp affairs, which is a good intention."

The Patrol Department was set up last year when Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang led the bandits to invade Zhili in the north, so as to uniformly dispatch the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Green Camp in Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi and outside the pass to set up defenses and block the Changmao in the capital, Zhili and Shandong prefectures and counties, and planned to block the military and food and pay for the required military, food and wages, train the regiment defense, arrest and even tried Changmao spies and prisoners, etc.

Prince Hui was the general of the Patrol Department, Senggelinqin, Huashana and Dahonga were the patrol ministers, and four seal officials were appointed, with several wing chiefs and eighteen officials in charge, all of whom were special servants of the emperor.

It has a document office dedicated to the transfer of troops and horses and handling memorials and documents, a battalion office dedicated to patroling and escorting weapons and gunpowder, a trial of various cases and case trials related to Changmao, as well as a grain station responsible for the branch office and the government and military money and grain. Not only did it rob the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of Revenue, and even the Ministry of Justice can examine cases like the Ministry of Justice. Shuntian Prefecture and the Infantry Commander's Office became its subordinates. It can be seen how powerful this temporary yamen is!

The reason why the Heying camp was dismembered was because the Heying camp was obviously stationed in the capital but did not listen to the patrol department. One mountain could not accommodate two tigers. The Manchu and Mongolian princes in the patrol department naturally would not let Sushun sit on the ground.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng continued: "The emperor obviously has several considerations for this part-time job. First, if you don't have a part-time job, you have to go to the Ministry of Works every day to investigate, sort out and verify the situation; second, you are now just a fifth-rank official. If you want to really entrust important tasks, you can't lose some qualifications. You can get some military merits by doing a job in the patrol department; second, if you are asked to walk on the military machine and Zhangjing like me, you will become Cao Yuying's subordinate like me, and the official duties in the hall will be not very easy to handle."

"I know, I..."

"Brother Jianchuan, I know what you want to say. Now is not the time to say that, let alone the reason why I recommend you is not selfish." Han Xiufeng did not want to waste any more time, so he took out a stack of letters written in the afternoon and made a few lists, and explained: "Although you have never seen my friend Wang Naiteng, you should have heard from Qingxian that he is just a friend I have been recruiting and is also a military advisor to our "Houyi Hall". I hope you can continue to recruiting."

"Zhixing, I have seen urgent documents and letters he sent back. It can be seen that he is really a talented person. Even if you don't mention it, I will continue to postpone the recruitment."

"This is the silver bill sent by Wu Jianzhang a few days ago. Wu Jianzhang is very greedy. Many people impeach him and want to scatter him. But we are not censors, and the errands we do are not either white or black. So such people not only need to be used, but also need to be protected, otherwise we will become deaf and blind." There are a total of 6,000 taels. Han Xiufeng left two thousand taels and gently pushed the remaining 4,000 taels to Wenxiang: "I leave some to maintain the livelihood of the whole family. You can leave these for the renewal of Wang Naizeng next year and the next year."

Wen Xiang knew very well that nothing could be done without money, so he took the bill and said, "Zhixing, then I'm ashamed to take it."

"Don't be so polite, talk about the serious business." Han Xiufeng pointed to the letter he wrote and continued: "Xue Huan, who was quelling the chaos in Shanghai, is not only a fellow villager with me, but also a clean and honest official. He is not a pedantic person. You can find him about the matter in Shanghai. Before the day, Han Chen, the magistrate of the two Huaiyun, should step down. I ask Lord Sushun to help him find the deputy envoy of Changlu Yanyun Department. When he arrives in the capital, you can hand him the letter and then order him to set up a branch coin in Tianjin."

"I am also sent out by our 'Houyi Hall'?"

"I was not before, but he was very reliable. The reason why I wanted you to send him to Tianjin to set up a semicolon was that all the news, official documents and personnel had to be transferred to Tianjin. The second was that Wang Naizeng got a steamship from Wu Jianzhang. The pattern of the steam engine was something you had seen before, and you also know how powerful it was. Others regarded it as a strange skill, so we must take it seriously."

Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and then said, "I have always wanted to dismantle it and see how it was cast, but this matter is quite serious. Not to mention that I can't get the steamboat to the capital, even if I can get the capital, it will cause a huge uproar, so I can only find a place in Tianjin."

Wen Xiang subconsciously asked: "I asked the emperor to send the craftsmen from the construction office to dismantle them?"

"I'm thinking that, but these things can only be left to you." Thinking that a lot of things to do in the future are not a little difficult, Han Xiufeng stared at Wen Xiang's eyes and said seriously and seriously: "Brother Jianchuan, I know you want to do something, but the errands we are doing are really shameful, so you must not be anxious after becoming this big shopkeeper. The things we are doing and the preparations we are doing may not be used now, and may not even be used in the next three to five years, but I'm sure I can use them sooner or later!"

“This is nature.”

"Anyway, we have to be cautious and must slow down. We must never let the 'Houyi Hall' be strangled in the infancy by those pedantic people."

Han Xiufeng handed over the list of several listed items to Wen Xiang, and thought about it and sighed: "Although there are many things I want to do but didn't have time to do, I don't regret it. Because even if I continue to be this big shopkeeper, the things on the list are difficult to accomplish in my hands. Brother Jianchuan, you are different from me. Not only are you a Manchu and a few Jinshi in Manchu. You just didn't have the chance before, but now you will definitely not make a sound if you have the chance, you will make a splash. When you are the most powerful minister, you can do these things, not only do but also do it."

Wen Xiang could hear that this was all heartfelt words. He didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng continued: "Although the Heying camp was disbanded, the airs were still there, and there were more than 200 soldiers. Now some of them are in Gu'an, some in Zhuozhou, some in Wanping, and some in Yongqing. Qian Zong, all the military officers such as the general were brothers who had been through life and death with me, and all the soldiers were young and strong selected from Gu'an and other counties. Although they were stationed in different floods, they were just dispersed, and their spirits were not dispersed. Not only did they have no swords and guns to enter the warehouse, but their horses were released to the south mountain, but they still insisted on practicing."

Wen Xiang was secretly shocked when he heard this, thinking that you actually have so many soldiers in Gyeonggi!

How could Han Xiufeng not know what he would think? He quickly explained: "Lord Sushun knows this, and the emperor also knows that in fact these people were left by the Emperor and Lord Sushun when the Heying camp was disbanded. But if you still remember it, just talk about it, but we cannot forget it. A few days ago, Wu Jianchang sent someone to send silver notes to him and sent forty firebuzzers. I asked them to send the gun to the Zhuozhou Prefecture Sent Wang Qianli.

Add the previous shotguns and guns, and now I guess there are hundreds of firearms. I will give you all these people and these firearms. If Gyeonggi is peaceful, I will assume that it is not true. If Gyeonggi has something to do, you can use it. If you are not in the position and do not do the politics, I don’t care about how to use it. I just want to ask you to treat them well, because they are all brothers who have been through life and death with me."

Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang fled to Shandong, and many people really thought the capital was peaceful.

Wen Xiang didn't think so, because the foreigners' warships had just returned from Tianjin. He knew very well that all this was just the beginning. The foreigners had not got what they thought, and would return sooner or later with the foreigners' character. No one would know whether to fight or not. If they really want to start a war, they have to prepare early.

Thinking of this, Wen Xiang couldn't help asking: "Will they listen to me?"
Chapter completed!