I submitted the medical certificate, but it took me nearly three months to get the next step.

As Wang Qianli expected, the emperor did not grant permission, but instead rewarded him with a bunch of nourishing medicine and ordered Enjun, who had just been transferred back to Beijing from Xinjiang, not to go to Rehe for an audience, but to come directly to Miyun to help with military affairs.

The day after Enjun rushed from the capital to Miyun, the emperor issued an order to appoint Enjun as the deputy commander of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. He also appointed Enjun's brother, Enjun, the deputy commander of the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mian.

Sen, is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!

The person who came to deliver the decree was actually Kuang Yuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was walking on the military plane. What is even more incredible is that Kuang Yuan did not return to Rehe after announcing the decree. Instead, he claimed to have asked for leave from the emperor and returned directly from Miyun.

In the capital, he consulted the vacated Minister of Civil Affairs, and Du Han, the Minister of Works, who also served as Minister of Military and Aircraft, concurrently signed the letter.

Enjun, who had been traveling almost all the time in the past year, found it strange. As soon as he sent Kuang Yuan away, he returned to the house where Han Xiufeng was "recuperating". He walked in and looked at Han Xiufeng who was lying on a wicker chair and taking a nap and asked: "Fourth Master,

It’s fine that the emperor has no time to summon me to see you. Why did he allow Kuang Yuan to take leave and allow Kuang Yuan to return to Beijing at this time?"

Han Xiufeng opened his eyes, sat up, and asked him to sit down while reminding him: "Xincheng, you have already become the official and vice-captain, so you can't talk about the fourth master like before!"

"There are strangers here."

"It won't work without outsiders."

"Okay, okay, I'll call you my lord."

"I am recuperating, and you are the grown-up now. I will ask Qianli to accompany you to the government office later, to look at the official documents and money and food records of these days, and to say hello to Wu Tingdong. If I hadn't been thinking about you traveling all the way.

After traveling thousands of miles, I plan to ask Wang Hedong to accompany you to various camps."

"Sir, you are fine, why are you complaining?"

Han Xiufeng did not answer his question, but shook his fan and said worriedly: "Ruilin, you should remember that the bachelor was dismissed due to poor defense before. Logically speaking, he will not be able to turn over for a while.

But a few days ago, the emperor actually ordered him to handle the auspicious land project with the fourth grade top belt."

Enjun was shocked. He was stunned for a while and then asked in a low voice: "Fourth Master, you mean the emperor's dragon body..."

"I don't know if the emperor's dragon body is in bad shape. Anyway, I not only went to court to report my illness, but also asked for medical treatment every three days. I even begged for an audience more than once. But all the reports I received were like nothing, let alone an audience.

.”

"Isn't Datou working as an errand for the emperor?"

"I haven't seen Datou for several months. Not only have I not seen him, I haven't even heard from him."

"Where are Ronglu and Yongxiang?"

"Same thing."

I thought that my brother who stayed in the capital would not be promoted for no reason, that the emperor would not let Kuang Yuan return to the capital for no reason, and that the emperor, who had never been very concerned about the auspicious place for ten thousand years, actually ordered the dismissal of the great scholar Ruilin with four

Pinding was in charge of the auspicious land project, and Enjun realized that the situation at the Jehol Palace was not good.

Just when he didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng continued: "You should have met your elder brother in Jingli, and your elder brother should have told you about some of the things that happened in Rehe and Jingli in the past six months. If I hadn't been in a dilemma, I would have been in a difficult situation.

, and you won’t have to file a medical complaint.”

Enjun is very aware of Han Xiufeng's current situation. In the battle between the imperial court and the foreigners at Bali Bridge last year, although only more than 3,000 soldiers died in the battle, if those who fled and did not return to camp were included, the number of officers and soldiers who actually died may have been

There were only one or two thousand, so the loss was really not that big, but the last bits of energy of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the cavalry of the Mongolian tribes were wiped out.

In addition, as foreigners invaded the capital, the bandits became more and more violent. From Anhui, Henan, Shandong to Zhili, there were hundreds of large and small groups. When they picked up their swords and guns, they became bandits. When they put down their swords and guns, they became ordinary people. It was difficult to

Screening, and most of them can ride horses, come and go like the wind, are more difficult to deal with than Shaggy.

Seng Gelinqin finally managed to gather some cavalry, and then went out to suppress the army from Zhili to Shandong and even Henan. In the Gyeonggi area, there were only 8,000 soldiers under Shengbao, more than 4,000 Eight Banners and Mongolian cavalry stationed at Gubeikou, and

There are nearly three thousand soldiers stationed in Miyun. And in everyone's opinion, among these soldiers and horses, the only ones who can really fight are the officers and soldiers stationed in Miyun. To be precise, only the more than 400 soldiers in Heying.

The emperor, Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Sushun and other princes and ministers who accompanied him previously relied on Heying to intercept the foreigners, but now they looked to Heying to deter the capital and prevent changes in the capital.

Thinking of this, Enjun suddenly regretted that he should not have rushed back in such a hurry.

At this point, Han Xiufeng didn't want to hide it from him, and continued: "I originally planned to hand over the military power, then resign and return to my hometown. But I don't know if the people in Rehe suddenly thought of replacing me in the garrison.

Miyun’s candidate still intends to use me to contain the newly established Prime Minister’s Office, but since he has never agreed, he will just wait until you return to Beijing."

"Through you to contain the Prime Minister's Yamen?"

"Xincheng, are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know?"

"Fourth Master, I really don't know!"

"Let's put it this way, the people working in the Prime Minister's Yamen now are all people from our Houyi Hall. Wan Shixuan and Wang Naizeng became the general manager Zhang Jing, and Te Mulun and Yun Qijun became the deputy assistant Zhang Jing. Before that,

The translators from each room and those who were sent out before are all walking on Zhangjing."

Enjun came to his senses and couldn't help asking with a grimace: "Sushun must think that as long as you, Fourth Master, are here, the newly established Prime Minister's Yamen will not be able to create much trouble?"

"To be precise, I think that as long as you and I are here, the newly established Prime Minister's Office will not be able to create much trouble."

"I?"

"How do you think you got the position of Deputy Governor? How do you think your eldest brother got the position of Minister of Internal Affairs?" Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and continued: "Bochuan was not idle either, several times.

I jointly reported to Prince Gong that the foreigners agreed to sell us guns and even gunboats, asked us to set up a Shenji Camp, and even asked me to be transferred back to Beijing to organize it."

"Has the Emperor approved it?"

"I only gave half permission. They only allowed them to prepare for the establishment of the Shenji Camp. Not only did they not allow me to return to Beijing to organize it, they were not even allowed to transfer officers from the Heying Camp."

Enjun murmured: "Master Wen had no friendship with Prince Gong before, how come he is so close to Prince Gong now!"

"We all go through adversity together, not to mention that for the sake of the country and the country, everything they are doing is not inappropriate."

"Fourth Master, according to what you say, my eldest brother and Prince Gong can be considered to have gone through adversity together?"

"It's natural. Let's put it this way. The civil and military officials who stayed in the capital on some important matters can be said to be of one mind. Sushun and the others should be aware of this, otherwise they would never let Kuang Yuan return to the capital."

"Prince Zheng, Prince Yi and Sushun are afraid?"

"It's not such an exaggeration. After all, Prince Gong and the others were only ordered to handle barbarian affairs. Other government orders still came from the Military Aircraft Department and Rehe. It's just that their words were not as effective as before. Those civil and military officials who had swallowed their anger before also

I’m not as afraid of them as before.”

While they were chatting, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside.

The two of them just turned around and saw Wang Qianli hurriedly walking in with Ji Xiang who was supposed to be on duty in Rehe. Looking at the common people's clothes Ji Xiang was wearing, Han Xiufeng realized that something big had happened and stood up suddenly.

.

"Fourth Master, Your Majesty... Your Majesty has passed away!"

"What?"

"The emperor passed away!" Jixiang didn't bother to salute Enjun, so he said eagerly: "When I left the capital last year, my mother told me that if something big happens, don't worry about anything, and come and report to you quickly. As soon as I heard about it,

With this news, I quickly found two horses and came over to tell you the news!"

Han Xiufeng had already guessed that the emperor's dragon body was in bad shape, but he never expected that the emperor would die like this. He held his arm tightly and asked, "When did it happen?"

"What happened yesterday morning!"

Jixiang wiped his sweat and said breathlessly: "I heard from the father-in-law who was on duty in the inner court that the emperor was in much better spirits the past few days. Not only did he summon the young prince to attend, he not only reviewed more than a dozen papers, but also finished his work.

Later, it was also announced that "Ruyizhou's flower singing will continue as before"; the day before yesterday was the Hungry Ghost Festival, and the emperor reviewed many poems and ordered the civil and military officials in Beijing to go to the imperial mausoleums to offer sacrifices, but Ruyizhou's singing and opera continued as before.

Everyone was very happy that the emperor's dragon body recovered. Unexpectedly, the emperor's dragon body felt uncomfortable again in the morning before. He forced himself to eat some food and did not go to Ruyizhou to listen to the show. In the evening, he actually passed out.

I heard that he didn't wake up until three o'clock in the morning. He summoned Zong Ling, Zong Zheng, the imperial minister, and the military minister all night to write the Zhu Yu and make the emperor's eldest son the crown prince.

, Sushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying, assisted the emperor wholeheartedly and supported all government affairs."

"What happened next?" Han Xiufeng asked distractedly.

"We worked until dawn, and the emperor wanted to drink sugar water and stew the bird's nest, but before he could deliver it, the emperor... passed away!"

"I understand. You should go back first. At this time, you cannot leave your post without permission."

"Fourth Master..."

Enjun could understand Han Xiufeng's mood at this moment and said quickly: "Stop lingering and go back quickly!"

"嗻!"

As soon as Ji Xiang left, Wang Qianli said eagerly: "Fourth Master, what should we do now?"

As if his soul had been suddenly taken away, Han Xiufeng slumped down on the wicker chair and said weakly: "Wait for the edict. As soon as the edict arrives, it will be announced. If you should wear plain clothes, wear plain clothes."

"Fourth Master, what should we do in the future?" Wang Qianli looked back at Enjun and said cautiously: "Your Majesty ordered Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, Muyin, Kuangyuan and Duhan.

, Jiao Youying and the other eight ministers assisting the crown prince, not only did they not mention Prince Gong, they did not even mention anything about Lord Wen, the Minister of Military and Aircraft. This is too... too unreasonable."

"What are you thinking about? Just hurry up and get ready."

"I obey my orders."

Wang Qianli left, and Enjun also sat down.

He stared at Han Xiufeng for a long time. Seeing that Han Xiufeng's eyes were dull and he was hesitant to speak, he couldn't help but remind him: "Fourth Master, Fourth Master, when the mourner arrives, will you please tell me to go there?"

Going to the Rehe River?"
Chapter completed!