Han Xiufeng said goodbye to Wenxiang and rushed to the Chongqing Guild Hall without stopping. It happened to be dinner time.

Nowadays, not only are the food prices getting higher and higher, but the iron-to-large money circulating on the market in recent years is becoming less and less valuable. In order to save expenses, candidate officials only eat two meals a day, each meal of half a kilogram of steamed buns, add some scallion sauce side dishes, and drink some boiled water that doesn't have to spend money, and deal with it in one day.

Manager Chu didn't dare to let Han Xiufeng eat steamed buns with pickles, so he hurriedly asked the guy to arrange wine and food.

Han Xiufeng was neither in the mood nor in the appetite, so he told him not to make trouble. He ordered a few steamed buns like those fellow villagers who lived in the guild hall. He ate the pickles while asking him to send someone to invite Ji Yunfei.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the guy ran out of the guild, the shopkeeper Chu walked in with the boiling water and said, "Second Master, if you come back a few days later, you may not be able to see Master Ji."

"Why can't you see me?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"Didn't Lord Xue be the governor of Liangjiang? Master Ji plans to serve in Jiangsu. But where is Jiangsu? How bad is Changhai? I heard that Zhenjiang, Changzhou, and Suzhou were occupied by Changhai. There are also many places in Zhejiang next to Jiangsu that were occupied by Changhai. The young man was worried, so he dared to advise him not to go, but do you know what he said?"

"What did he say?"

"He said wealth and honor were in danger, and although Jiangning, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou and Yangzhou were lost, there were many vacant things. As long as he was willing to go to Jiangsu, Lord Xue would definitely take care of him. When those places are recovered, it would not be a matter of Lord Xue's words."

"If those places can be recovered, if Lord Xue, the Governor of Liangjiang, can be firmly accused, with his qualifications as an editor of the Hanlin Academy and a registered censor, it would not be difficult to act as a prefect, not to mention a prefect, even a prefect is it."

"Second Master, why do you say that too!"

"Am I wrong?" Han Xiufeng picked up a pickle and said helplessly: "It's a pity that the fallen places are not so easy to recover. Lord Xue can't handle the Governor of Liangjiang for a few days now."

"I'm scared. I thought you would also think it's better to go to Jiangsu." Manager Chu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bitter face: "There are so many fellow villagers in Beijing, and only the Fourth Master can persuade him. I have persuaded him these days, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Wang have also persuaded him, but Mr. Ji not only couldn't listen, but also sent his little family back to his hometown. Today, he was busy cleaning the yard and planning to sublet the yard with a lease term of more than half a year, so he submitted a memorial to ask him to serve in Liangjiang."

"He can go if he wants to?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"Second Master, don't you know that the court has changed a lot in the past few months. Master Jiang and others said that officials from various departments and courts in Beijing are almost completely up to the emperor who is willing to serve in front of the army. But how dangerous the war is, there are not many people who are really willing to serve in the army."

"Yes, after all, if you really go to the army to serve, it is not only dangerous, but there is no real lack. When you arrive in the army, you can only wait for the trial of the commission."

"Others are worried that they won't get a job in the army, but Mr. Ji doesn't have to worry. He is probably attracted by this."

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The yard where Ji Yunfei rented was not far from the guild hall. As soon as Han Xiufeng finished eating, Ji Yunfei arrived excitedly. The shopkeeper Chu did not dare to say anything, so he hurriedly helped make a tea, found an excuse to bow and leave.

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"What happened later?" Ji Yunfei asked with a bitter face.

"Later, Li Xiucheng invaded Zhejiang and attacked Hangzhou. Luo Zun Palace had few soldiers under him and could only ask for help from the Jiangnan camp. After receiving a letter asking for help, He Chun immediately ordered our fellow villager Zhang Yuliang to lead his troops to help. As a result, when he passed by Changzhou where He Guiqing heard that he was stationed in Changzhou, He Guiqing was allowed to stay on the way to help Hangzhou for a few more days. Hangzhou was lost, and Luo Zun Palace also sacrificed his life for his country when the city was broken."

"There is such a thing. How could he... not save him? How could he take his personal revenge at this critical moment?"

"He was afraid of being investigated, so he had already hid in the foreign concession. What could he do if a shameless villain like him could not do? In short, Luo Dianzun died like this. With the help of him and his friend, Military Minister Kuang Yuan, his confidant Wang Youling, became the governor of Zhejiang."

"Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and continued, "If he just refused to help him, he would just kill someone with a knife. After all, this is something that the husband said that his wife was right and could not be verified at all. Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi hated him, but he would not give up. He was a loyal minister like Luo Zun Palace should have been favored according to the rules, but his confidant Wang Youling actually reported that Luo Zun Palace had no way to defend the city, and he could not help but miss the people', which made the court withdraw the Luo Zun Palace's compassionate scripture!"

"I know this. People have sacrificed their lives for their country, and Wang Youling still holds it back... but I didn't expect it to be instructed by He Guiqing."

"It's not too late to know now. In short, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and the Hunan Army soldiers under them will not let He Guiqing go, and they will deal with Wang Youling sooner or later. The relationship between Jin Tang and He Guiqing is extraordinary. At least in the eyes of Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi, it is absolutely impossible to use it, so I said that he, the governor of Jiangsu, will not be appointed for a few days."

"But……"

"Don't let it go," Han Xiufeng didn't want to keep it in a silence, and bluntly advised him that if he wanted to make achievements, he might as well go back to his hometown in Chongqing to help with the group training.

Hearing that he was going back to his hometown to lead a group to fight against Shi Dakai, Ji Yunfei looked embarrassed and wanted to speak but stopped.

How could Han Xiufeng not know what he was worried about? He said confidently: "Brother Bowen, believe me, Shi Dakai is no longer the invincible Shi Dakai back then, and it is not as difficult as others think."

"Why isn't it difficult to deal with?"

"First, since Jiangning left, he has become an isolated army. Although there are many people, the only ones who can really go into battle are the old subordinates he took away from Jiangning. The refugees he later gathered and the Citi army he was recruited were vulnerable. Otherwise, he would not have been chased by the government army all the way to Guangxi. Not to mention that he could not even besieged by the tens of thousands of people, Baoqing City, which had not many officials and bravely defending."

Looking at Ji Yunfei's thoughtful look, Han Xiufeng continued: "Secondly, Changmao has been in trouble for ten years, and local officials and gentry who have not been affected by the war have also been wary of Changmao for ten years. At least the people in Sichuan are worried that Changmao will be invaded. It can be said that they are not only unwilling to the people, but also unwilling to the bandits in Guizhou to change their courses until today, nor are they willing to use their banners."

"Zhixing, what you said makes sense, but I don't understand military affairs and can't fight!"

"I will make arrangements in my hometown. You don't need to take the troops, and you don't need to fight. After you go back, you just need to unite the gentry and help Pan Changsheng, Jiang Zonghai and others raise food and military funds. As for why you only recommend you to return to your hometown to help the Sichuan East train, rather than supervising the Sichuan East train, it is because only Lord Duan can supervise the training in the East train."

"So I will only assist Lord Duan after I go back?"

“That’s right.”
Chapter completed!