A few days after Wen Yu, the governor of Zhili, passed by Miyun and went to Rehe to pay homage to Zi Palace, a decree was issued at the palace: "On September 23rd, I will pay tribute to Zi Palace and return to Beijing. All roads and bridges will be repaired and repaired." We must scramble to be the first," and issued an edict to "Chengde Prefecture and its affiliated prefectures and counties, passing through Wanping, Shunyi, Huairou, Miyunchang and Pingping Prefectures in the Kinei, will collect money and food next year, and all will be exempted." Building bridges and paving roads is not something that can be done just by talking about it. What you have in hand, if you hadn’t prepared before, it would be too late to do it now.

Wu Tingdong was extremely busy, and Han Xiufeng was not idle either. He quickly made a report and requested that the Shanxi troops stationed at the two passes along the way be transferred to Miyun and led by Enjun, the deputy commander in charge of military affairs, while he led the Heying camp. Go to the junction of Shuntian Prefecture and Chengdu Prefecture to welcome the Holy Master and the Daxing Emperor Zi Palace.

This is how it should be according to the rules. On the third day after the fold was presented, the emperor gave his approval.

When he arranged the defense of Miyun and led the Heying army to Changshan Valley, he actually received a petition from Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Sushun and others to open vacancies for the ministers of the bodyguard, the imperial ministers and the administrators of the vassal. News about the affairs of the hospital and other part-time jobs. Just after settling down near the Changshanyu Palace, I received news that the Emperor, Prince Enzhungong, went to Rehe to pay a visit to Zi Palace!

Wang Qianli felt strange, Qingxian also felt something was wrong, but Han Xiufeng felt that this was not bad news, because it meant that Prince Zheng, Sushun and others realized what it means to have an emperor and a courtier, and asked themselves to be relieved of military power. To show that they have no intention of monopolizing power and disrupting government.

After waiting in Changshan Valley for nearly half a month, we finally received the exact news that the emperor had made arrangements for his return to the capital in honor of Daxing Emperor Zi Palace, and it was Datou who accompanied Master Cao to announce the decree.

"...I have been deeply gracious to Emperor Gu Fu of the Imperial Examination and Daxing. It is a long-standing tradition for me to return to the capital in honor of his spirit. How dare I disobey it? How can I bear to disobey it! However, the king's ministers and other ministers expressed their sincere love. If I don't save a little effort, I can't do it." There is nothing I can do to comfort the spirit of Emperor Kao in heaven. On September 23, I knelt down outside the main gate of Li to send Zi Gong off to the Empress Zhi. I first went to the palace in Kalahe, where I knelt down to greet the spirit. After enshrining in the Anlu Hall, I continued. Afternoon memorial ceremony.

On the 24th, after paying tribute to the emperor, he returned to the palace on the 29th. All matters along the way to Zi Palace were handled respectfully by the king, ministers and other officials. On the day when Zi Palace arrived in Beijing, I We first waited outside the Desheng Gate, knelt down to greet him when he arrived, then went to the Donghua Gate on the Xian Road to knelt down to pick him up, and then walked to the Qianqing Palace. We informed all the yamen and local officials along the way, and admired this!"

"Your Majesty Han Xiufeng accepts the order!"

"Master Han, please get up."

Han Xiufeng was a little surprised that the emperor and Daxing Emperor's Zi Palace left separately. However, he thought that the emperor was young and could not stand the trouble, so he felt that there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.

Han Xiufeng got up, took the decree, and while asking Cao Yuying to sit down and have tea, he asked curiously: "There is one thing Xiufeng doesn't quite understand. Please give me some advice, brother Ziyu."

"If there is anything you don't understand, Mr. Han, just ask, I will tell you everything I know." Cao Yuying cupped her hands and said with a smile.

"The edict only stated when Shengjia and Daxing Emperor Zigong would set off, but it did not say what Xiufeng should do next, whether to escort the Emperor back to Beijing or to serve Daxing Emperor Zigong back to Beijing."

"Brother Zhixing, Brother Yu knows that you have been greatly favored, and wants to serve the Daxing Emperor Zi Gong and return to the capital. However, since the foreigners invaded the capital, bandits have been everywhere in the capital area, and the public security is not as good as before. The empress dowagers of the two palaces and Prince Zheng, Yi Prince, Lord Sushun and others are worried about the emperor's safety, so they plan to order you to lead the Heying camp to escort him."

Deployment of troops is no small matter, especially at this juncture.

Previously, when the troops from Heying came here to welcome the Holy Emperor, they all went through a series of preparations. It was not until the Emperor issued the edict that he led his troops to come here to greet the Emperor.

Han Xiufeng didn't dare to make a decision easily based on Master Cao's words. He was looking for a suitable way to ask him if he had any edicts or secret edicts. Datou suddenly said: "Fourth brother, I know about this matter. The Queen Mother has also discussed it with Mr. Sushun."

, Master Sushun said this arrangement is the most appropriate."

"Who will send you off to Daxing Emperor Zi Palace?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"Lord Sushun led the civil and military officials to send him off respectfully. Ronglu and Yongxiang led the firearms battalion and the military guard battalion to escort him." Cao Yuying paused and added: "Outside the mouth, there is a cavalry escort led by the Rehe Governor. When they arrive inside the mouth,

In addition to the firearms camp and the military guard camp, there are also more than 300 guards to protect us."

"Okay, Xiufeng will welcome the Holy Master here."

"Then Yuying will go back with Datou first."

"Brother Ziyu, it's almost dark. It won't be too late tomorrow morning."

"Yu Ying appreciates my brother's kindness. Emperor Yu Ying is on the verge of death and I really don't dare to delay it!"

It's rare to get together with Fourth Brother, and Datou really doesn't want to leave like this. But thinking of the Queen Mother's explanation before coming, he can only say with a bitter face: "Fourth Brother, it's time for me to go back."

"Let's go back first. Anyway, the Emperor and the two Queen Mothers have already set off. It won't take a few days for us to get together again."

Cao Yuying and Datou left as they said. Looking at their backs as they rode away on fast horses, Wang Qianli muttered: "Fourth Master, Mr. Sushun respectfully sends off Daxing Emperor Zi Palace, and there is a major military event on the way back to Beijing.

How to handle it? Who will review the documents submitted by the governors of various places?"

Before Han Xiufeng could speak, Qingxian turned around and said, "Didn't Mr. Cao say that Prince Zheng and Prince Yi will return to Beijing with the emperor? Prince Zheng, Prince Yi and others will naturally take care of the major military events on the way back to Beijing."

Handle it."

"I cannot leave the palace to send you my respectful greetings to Emperor Daxing. It will take at least one and a half months to get to the capital. In this case, won't Lord Sushun have to stay away from political affairs for a month?"

"He's not just a minister who cares about life." Qingxian muttered.

Even if Wang Qianli didn't mention it, Han Xiufeng also found it a bit incredible to mention it. After all, there were eight ministers who cared about life, but in fact the only one among the eight who really had an opinion was Sushun. What's more, Jiao Mazi was far away in Tianjin holding a team training.

Kuang Yuan had already taken leave and returned to the capital, and those who accompanied him were all mediocre officials who had done nothing.

But Sushun nodded as if thinking of leaving, and thinking that he had even taken the initiative to quit several part-time jobs before, he felt that there was nothing wrong with this. After all, they would eventually return to the capital, and they would eventually have to face the princes and ministers who had stayed in the capital before.

, taking a step back and showing weakness is far better than being as aggressive as before.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng sighed softly: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern yourself. Let's just run our own errands."

"What the fourth master said is, why do you care so much!"

…

Returning to the small courtyard where they stayed, Ren Yu'er had already sorted out the news that Wang Qianli had sent to the inn to find out. However, these news had nothing to do with Shengjia's return to Beijing. They were all news about Han Xiufeng's hometown in Sichuan, which he was most concerned about.

Lan Dashun, the bandit leader who caused rebellion at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan two years ago, actually took up the banner of Longmao and invaded north through Daguan County and moved all the way to the plains of western Sichuan. His men also included tens of thousands of people from before and followed him.

It snowballed and turned into two or three hundred thousand today!

If it's just this bandit, there's nothing to worry about. After all, Lan Ni is not really hairy.

What is really worrying is that the newly appointed governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Fu Ji Liubaili, hastened to report that the real long hair led by Shi Dakai has escaped from Guizhou into eastern Sichuan. The emperor has ordered Lu Youxiong's entire army to rush to eastern Sichuan to suppress it.

At the same time, chaos broke out in Shaanxi and Gansu, and it spread to northern Sichuan!

What is even more worrying is that at this critical juncture, the new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Fuji, somehow took the wrong medicine and actually made a subterfuge to impeach General Chongshi of Chengdu who was in charge of preventing the blockade in northern Sichuan.

The report claimed that military matters were important, but Chongshi actually delegated them to private individuals, which led to those who were greedy for merit and pay to attack the provincial capital. The general who was trapped in the charge hated the battlefield. He claimed that Zhantai moved to Zaojiao Pu in Luojiang County and was besieged by bandits.

Chongshi actually supported the troops and refused to help, so he was killed. He also reported that Songpan Fanyi was causing trouble. For nearly a year, the civil and military officials of the Songfan Hall were trapped in the dangerous city and wrote letters in blood asking for help. However, Chongshi regarded Qin and Yue as the same and used the impassable road as an excuse.

, without sending a single soldier, the city of Songfan Hall fell, Songfan Town and Songfan Hall and other government offices were burned down, and the chief military officer Zhang Zhongyin and other civil and military officials died for the country.

Han Xiufeng didn't know whether Chongshi had risked his life and refused to save him. He only knew that the road from the provincial capital to Songfan was really difficult. What's more, things had to be prioritized. Compared with Lan Ni, who fled into the hinterland of Sichuan, he fled from Guizhou into eastern Sichuan.

As the rebellion grew more and more fierce, Chongshi, the acting governor of Sichuan at the time, obviously wanted to suppress the wave that threatened the most.

"Fourth brother, will Master Chongshi be punished?" Ren Yu'er put down the "Palace Copy" she had compiled and couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't it written very clearly above? I asked Luo Bingzhang to find out it in detail and report it according to the facts. No need to reply." Han Xiufeng thought for a while and then said: "Besides, Prince Zheng or Su Shun, they have no regard for Sichuan."

The bad things in the officialdom are not unknown. When Chongshi was appointed temporary governor of Sichuan at that time, he was appointed in a critical situation. What he took over was a mess. It is good to be able to barely maintain it. How much can be expected from him."

"So you don't have to worry?"

"There's nothing to worry about. It's normal for an official to be impeached in his job. If he can be brought down so easily, then the court doesn't have to do anything else. Just changing the feudal officials won't be able to replace him."

"The long hairs scurrying into eastern Sichuan are no small matter. Do you want to send a letter to your sister-in-law quickly and ask her to take shelter elsewhere?"

"There is the bandit trumpet army in the south, Lan Ni in the west, and chaos and war in the north. Where do you want her to go to escape?" Han Xiufeng asked in return, and after thinking about it, he added: "Besides, Eastern Sichuan is in charge, and Chongqing is under its jurisdiction.

, Kuizhou, Suiding three prefectures, Zhong and Youyang Zhili prefectures and Shili Zhili hall, Changmao wants to kill Chongqing, and wants to kill Baxian, my hometown, it is not that easy."

"If you're not afraid of ten thousand, you're afraid of the worst. Fourth brother, it involves the safety of my sister-in-law and Shi Chang's career. You can't take it seriously." Ren Yu'er said worriedly.

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "I will not take the safety of the whole family as a matter of course. If I am not mistaken, the long hair that Fu Ji reported is most likely small strands of long hair, or even the long hair."

Mao Qihao’s fake long hair is really nothing to worry about.”

"How did you know?" Ren Yuer couldn't help but ask.
Chapter completed!