On the way from the capital to Rehe, Concubine Yi, who had been reprimanded for persuading the emperor not to leave the capital, had been depressed, and the queen was not in a good mood. Staying with them was like a year, and Ren Yu'er really didn't want to be with them

I stayed around for a long time, so I found an opportunity and asked to go back to Miyun first.

Concubine Yi was half leaning on the "Beauty Rest", looking at the dilapidated garden, and asked quietly: "You can stay well here, why are you in a hurry to go to Miyun?"

"Your Majesty, Yu'er is worried. Yu'er wants to go to Miyun to have a look."

"What are you worried about?"

Before Ren Yu'er could speak, the queen raised her head and said, "Other than Han Si, who else can she worry about?"

Ren Yu'er was afraid that they would misunderstand, so she quickly said: "Mother, my sworn brother is different from other officials. Not only does he not bring his family with him, he doesn't even have a maid to serve him. His clothes are not washed when they are dirty, and whether they are torn or not."

People are sometimes so busy that they don’t even bother to eat. Now that they are guarding Miyun according to the order, they must be busier than before, and they must be even less concerned about themselves than before.”

After wandering all the way to such a dilapidated palace, Concubine Yi was really lonely. She really couldn't bear to let her go. She couldn't help but muttered: "You are an official lady, a lady from Jiangnan, not Han Si's maid!"

"Mother, my sworn brother is guarding the entrance to the palace for the emperor. Not only is there no one around to take care of him, he doesn't even have many soldiers under his command. Yu'er is really worried. What's more, without my sworn brother, Yu'er wouldn't be where he is today. Yu'er..."

After this hunting trip to Beijing, the queen's impression of Han Si was greatly changed.

After all, everyone knows that the errand of the queen is the most dangerous, so Han Si actually took the initiative to ask Ying to be the queen of the palace. Now that the holy driver has arrived safely at the Rehe Palace, it is the time to reward him for his merits. As long as the driver and the civil and military officials who came to escort him in time are all

There was a reward, but Han Si took the initiative to ask for troops to guard Miyun, the gateway to Gubeikou.

Thinking of the relationship between Ren Yu'er and Han Si that was constantly being resolved and messed up, the queen whispered: "If you want to reunite with your fourth brother, you can go, but you can't leave today, and the fastest is tomorrow."

leave."

"Thank you, empress!"

"It's a chaotic situation outside. You have to be careful along the way. When you get to Miyun, remember to send someone to deliver a letter to me."

Seeing that the queen was so understanding, Ren Yuer was very grateful. Just as she was about to kneel down to thank her, Concubine Yi suddenly asked: "Yu'er, it's hundreds of miles from here to Miyun, especially on the road outside the mouth. You can't even see a few families. How can you lead me like this?"

I am as worried as the Queen about going with Lian'er."

"My dear, Yu'er won't leave just like that. Yu'er plans to ask Mr. Ronglu and Mr. Yongxiang later to see if they can help Yu'er find a car, and then send a few family members to take Yu'er to Miyun.

.”

"I almost forgot, although your fourth brother is not here, there are your fourth brother's subordinates here."

"I don't know what I know, Master Ronglu and Master Yongxiang are no longer my fourth brother's subordinates."

"how do I say this?"

"I heard from people outside that on the way from the capital to the palace, the emperor first rewarded Mr. Ronglu with the fifth rank of Jingtang. Yesterday afternoon, he ordered Mr. Ronglu to serve as a fire weapon camp and a wing commander. Mr. Yongxiang also moved from the previous Nanyuan Garden.

Commander-in-Chief, promoted to the rank of Assistant Commander of the Army Guard, in charge of leading the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction to stay in the palace, and to guide the retinue."

"The Wing Commander of the Firearms Battalion, this is a third-grade official position, and he was promoted very quickly."

"So Mr. Ronglu is young and promising."

"Your fourth brother is not very old either." Concubine Yi paused, and then changed the subject: "Since they are both officials in charge of the imperial palace, then please send a message to me and say that I want to meet you.

them."

Before Ren Yu'er could speak, the queen couldn't help but said: "Sister Lan'er, this isn't appropriate."

"Sister, this is a palace, not an imperial city. There are not so many rules." Concubine Yi turned back to look at Ren Yu'er and continued: "This girl's heart is not with us. She has to go to her fourth brother, but we can't

Stop me, but if you go hundreds of miles here and don’t explain clearly to Ronglu and that Yongxiang, sister, can you rest assured?"

"That's true. If that's the case, let's meet."

…

Han Xiufeng didn't know that Ren Yu'er was coming to Miyun. He only knew that the emperor had just issued an order to appoint him as the imperial envoy to supervise the defense of Huairou, Miyun and other places. He had been sent to Tongzhou before, and on the way he ordered Wu to go to Rehe to escort him.

More than a hundred Shanxi soldiers and more than 300 Eight Banners cavalry from Xi'an, as well as the Zhili army that retreated to Miyun these days, are all under the control of him, the minister of the Ministry of War, who has the title of Minister of the Ministry of War!

In other words, the area from the capital to the Rehe Palace was divided into four defense zones.

The Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian cavalry in the capital area were under the control of Seng Gelinqin, and the nearly 10,000 defeated troops gathered in these days were under the control of Shengbao; the officers and soldiers in Huairou and Miyun were under the control of Shangsiyuan, who had the title of imperial envoy but did not have imperial envoys.

Qing commanded; later he was transferred to Gubeikou to garrison Jilin, Heilongjiang and Mongolian tribes and returned to Rehe to command Chunyou Jiedang;

One of Ronglu and Yongxiang was promoted to the wing commander of the firearms battalion, and the other was promoted to the assistant leader of the guard army. The Nanyuan vests they led were incorporated into the firearms battalion, and the gate army was organized into the guard camp. They were controlled by several leading guards and ministers. They were no longer

From now on, his subordinates, Han Xiufeng, will be responsible for the defense of the palace under the leadership of Sushun and other ministers in charge of the bodyguard.

Layers of defenses were deployed, seemingly foolproof, but everyone knew that the more than 400 soldiers in Heying were the only ones who could really compete with the foreigners. Because of this, the emperor ordered Wang Hedong, the commander-in-chief of Heying, to be the deputy general of Xuanhua Town, Zhili. Xu

Nine, Zhang Xiaobao and others were transformed into Commander-in-Chief Qian, and the officers and soldiers of the retinue were rewarded with rewards for their bravery in the river camp.

After reading the edict sent by the Military Aircraft Division, Wu Tingdong, the Zhili Inspector who had just arrived in Miyun, quickly bowed and said: "I congratulate you on your promotion to Imperial Envoy!"

"It makes Brother Yanfu laugh. He doesn't even have imperial envoys to guard against him. What kind of imperial envoy is he?"

"The country is in a difficult situation. I think it's not that the emperor doesn't want to grant imperial envoys a defense, but that it doesn't matter what the palace wants. Even if you want to build an imperial envoy's defense, you can't."

Han Xiufeng looked at his respectful look and couldn't help but think of the time when he was an errand under him. He thought to himself that it was really three years in Hexi and three years in Hedong. While asking him to sit down, he said helplessly: "Brother Yanfu misunderstood, Xiufeng is indebted to you."

Shen Zhong, how can you be angry because there is no guard, but so many officers and soldiers poured into Miyun, how can Xiufeng give them orders without guard? "

Wu Tingdong reacted: "What your Excellency said is absolutely true. As the saying goes, 'the people rely on the clerks and the officials rely on their seals.' If there is no customs, how can we give orders to the military officers? This official document cannot be issued."

"So Xiufeng plans to stamp all official documents with the official seal of Si Yuanqing and the seal of the inspector of Brother Yanfu. I wonder what Brother Yanfu wants?"

"I'm just here to serve as an inspector. How dare I jointly use the title and seal with the Lord!"

"In urgent matters, this is all we can do now. What's more, brother Yanfu, you are the official who is ordered to handle the grain platform. If you don't use the seal together with Xiufeng, where is the majesty of the grain platform?"

Wu Tingdong did not expect that Han Xiufeng not only ignored the previous suspicion, but also did not even regard him as a subordinate, but actually proposed to use the seal on all official documents. The uneasy heart before finally fell away, and he quickly bowed and said: "Since you think it is appropriate to use the seal together, then

If you are an official, you will be bold enough to jointly hold the title with your lord."

"That's right, Yu Gong, we are doing this all to complete the errands assigned by the emperor. Yu Si, we are not outsiders. Brother Yanfu, if you don't believe me, go to the city wall later, Wang Hedong and others

Brothers from Heying, I am very happy to hear that the emperor has ordered you to take care of the food table."

"And this matter, do they still remember me?"

"How can this be false?" Han Xiufeng's face straightened, he stared at him and said seriously and sincerely: "One cannot forget his roots. Brother Yanfu, you were not only my boss, Han Xiufeng, but also their boss.

How could they forget you and how dare they disrespect you!"

"My lord said that, Tingdong is really ashamed."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, brother Yanfu, let's talk about business first, and then I'll get back to you after that."

"Yes, yes, yes, let's get down to business first. If you have any orders, please tell me."

"Here we go again, brother Yanfu, are you treating Xiufeng as an outsider?"

"grown ups……"

"Stop talking like an adult and call me Zhixing like before." Han Xiufeng emphasized and returned to the topic: "Brother Yanfu, this is what I think. Foreigners don't have long hair, and Miyun's defense does not have more soldiers, the better.

I plan to ask Wang Hedong and others to see how many soldiers and horses have arrived in the next few days, and send those who cannot be used, especially those who fled to Miyun, to Shengbao for help."

"What if they don't want to leave?"

"This is easy to handle. We just need to make it clear to them that we don't have that much food and salary. They have to figure out what to eat and drink when they stay in Miyun. If anyone dares to burn, kill, loot and harm the place, then don't blame us for treating them like

The bandits have been wiped out!"

Thinking that the more people there were, the more difficult it would be to build the food platform, Wu Tingdong couldn't help but ask: "Will the emperor grant permission?"

"Soldiers are more valuable than their numbers. I will submit a request to your Majesty's side."

"My lord, this is also understanding of Tingdong's difficulties. As long as the emperor gives permission, how can Tingdong object."

"Then the matter is settled." Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "Furthermore, the former Heavenly King Qianli sent a letter. When the foreigners invaded Nanyuan, he happened to be away on business. He and Te Mulun were waiting for him.

All the principals in Nanyuan and Yuan Cheng are fine. I plan to ask the emperor to transfer him to Miyun to help run the grain store. I wonder what brother Yanfu wants?"
Chapter completed!