Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, I have both retired, but they are old officials of Han officials, so Shunzhi specially ordered them to maintain their old age in the capital so that they could call each other at any time when they have any problems.

Before Shunzhi left the capital, Fan Wencheng submitted a memorial, proposing that in view of the decrease in Dingkou of Manzhou, he was specially ordered to reward the Han army to carry Manzhou and the Green Camp to carry Han army to solve the problem of serious shortage of Manzhou population. Shunzhi was a little moved by this suggestion, but considering that this move might shake the foundation of Manzhou and make Manzhou's Chinese policy unfavorable to Manzhou's colonization of China, it was not adopted. It was only approved by Fan Wencheng's other suggestion to restore the "continuous positioning method".

The core content of the method of silence is to allow ministers above the third rank of the Ministry and the Court, regardless of Manchus, Mongolians and Han dynasties to be known, if the person who was elected was qualified after being appointed as an official, he would be rewarded and recommended; on the contrary, if he was not qualified, he would be judged according to the size of the crime. Fan Wencheng believed that once the "arrangement method" can be implemented, he would be able to obtain true talents inside and outside, and there would be no one in the world who would be incompetent.

Shunzhi recognized the "continent positioning method" very much, and specially issued an order to implement it. He also appointed Fan Wencheng as the young security guard and the prince's grand guarantor. He also specially asked the painter in the palace to paint a portrait of Fan Wencheng and placed it in the palace to watch it from time to time. He was promoted to Fan Wencheng's eldest son Fan Chengyin as the Minister of Rites, and his second son Fan Chengmo was a bachelor's attendant in the Hanlin Academy. He was also given a title, which made the Fan family grateful to the emperor's grace.

When people came to the palace, Fan Wencheng Zheng and his third son Fan Chengxun and 15-year-old eldest grandson Fan Shichong were in the garden.

Fan Chengxun was a member of the Imperial Heaven Supervision a few years ago. He told his father and nephew about a strange celestial phenomenon observed by the Imperial Heaven Supervision a month ago.

"The Sui Star, the Ying Huo Star, the Filling Star, the Taibai Star and the Chen Star appeared in the southeast. The Imperial Heaven inspected ancient books and recorded the records of the Grand Historian, saying that the five stars divide the sky into the sky, accumulate in the east, and China benefits; accumulate in the west, and foreign soldiers benefit. The five stars all gather in one place from the Chen Star, and the country they abandon can lead to the world."

"In this way, is this astrology beneficial to my Qing Dynasty?"

Fan Shichong has been close to Uncle San since he was a child. Those who are close to Zhu are Chi and those who are close to Mo are black. In the past few months, he has been running to the Imperial Heaven Supervisor a few days ago. A few days ago, he asked Uncle San to take him to see the emperor's Mafa Johannon. When Uncle San said that there was such a strange scene, he couldn't help but be curious and complained that Uncle San didn't tell him earlier.

Fan Wencheng pondered for a moment and said to his son and grandson: "The heaven and earth turn, the sun and the moon pass, and the five stars are difficult to gather. However, in October of the first year of the Han Dynasty, the five stars gathered in Dongjing, which is recorded in "The Book of Heaven", "The Book of Han", and "The Record of Han". The ancients divined that this star was beneficial to the east, and the Qing Dynasty came from the purple qi to the east, and it was the beginning of the founding of the country, which was in line with this celestial phenomenon."

After hearing his father's explanation, Fan Chengxun couldn't help but nodded and said, "What my father said is that the colleagues from the Imperial Heaven Criminal also said that, and Johnson Chan also wrote a five-star out of the Oriental Li in China." After that, he hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something.

"At home, what can I say?" Fan Wencheng frowned slightly, and he was a little unhappy with his son's hesitation.

Fan Chengxun dared not hesitate anymore and hurriedly said, "My father didn't know that the stars were shining last night, the Milky Way was clear, and the night was very clear, but the Emperor Star in Ziweiyuan was a little shaken."

"The Emperor Star Shakes?"

Fan Wencheng's expression became serious. Although he did not believe in the unity of man and heaven and the response from heaven, he was still afraid of the celestial phenomena. He would hear his son say that the Emperor Star was shaken, and if he wanted the emperor to lead a large army to fight in person, he would have to be nervous. If the emperor had any accident, the Qing Dynasty would have really shaken the earth.

Fan Shichong shook his head and said, "Grandpa, the star looked like a grandson last night, but the grandson thought that the reason why the Emperor Star shook was because a big star appeared beside the Emperor Star, red and bright, shining and shaking, and was close to the Emperor."

When he heard that his grandson also saw him, Fan Wencheng was even more nervous: "It's true? He Xing is so terrifying?"

"I don't know this grandson."

"Father, don't be nervous. The Imperial Monitor observed that the newly appeared was a meteor, which had fallen to the northeast, leaving only a thin silver thread."

"Fallen?"

Fan Wencheng breathed a sigh of relief, then sighed again: "In fact, this meteor fell down and might cause disaster in the world. The meteor approached the throne, for fear of the fate of the country. It seems that as a father, he had to submit a memorial to the court, to see where there was a disaster, to provide relief earlier, and then to clear the prisons of prefectures and counties and pardon some prisoners."

Fan Chengxun said, "Father, the child has a different view on this matter."

Fan Wencheng glanced at his son and said, "Let me tell me."

"I think this meteor approaching the Emperor Star seems to represent the Ming army in the south. The siege of the siege of Jinling. Isn't it true that the Emperor Star is forcing him?" Fan Chengxun boldly expressed his opinion, which was also the explanation he and several colleagues who were close friends in private.

After hearing this, Fan Shichong said in surprise: "According to this, this star fell to the ground, which was a sign of the defeat of the pirates. This celestial phenomenon is really effective!"

"Thinking that, the news sent back by the South has confirmed that Zheng Sen was defeated and retreated under the city of Nanjing." Fan Chengxun said with a smile.

Fan Wencheng chuckled. When he learned that Nanjing was besieged by pirates, he was really worried that Nanjing would be lost. Fortunately, Lang Tingzuo, Liang Huafeng and others did not disappoint the court's expectations for them. The emperor is afraid that he is very happy at the moment. Taking advantage of the great victory of the pirates, the army went south to clear out the Guangdong bandits to half the effort.

After all, it was cold that day. Fan Wencheng was an old man in his sixties. After sitting in the flower hall for a while, he felt cold and wanted to go back to the house to rest. At this time, someone came to report that someone from the palace wanted to see the master.

Fan Chengxun asked the servant: "Who is here?"

The servant said, "It's the Queen Mother's side of the Queen Mother."

Fan Chengxun was stunned: "Hai Dafu is an old man brought by the Empress Dowager from outside the pass. His status with the Empress Dowager is second only to Su Malagu. What exactly does he have to come here to come in person?"

Fan Wencheng was also puzzled. He waved his hand to his son and grandson and said, "You guys go back and rest, I'll go and have a look."

The servant was supported to the living room. When Hai Dafu, who was anxious in the hall, saw Fan Wencheng, hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Hai Dafu has met Lord Taibao!"

"Eunuch Hai, don't be polite," Fan Wencheng stretched out his hand and helped Hai Dafu up and asked him, "I don't know what Eunuch Hai is doing?"

"Nanjing is lost, and the Empress Dowager urgently summoned the princes and ministers of the Manchu and Han Dynasty to the palace."

"Nanjing is lost!"

Fan Wencheng was shocked, and the snuff bottle in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang" sound and broke.

At the same time, Ning Wan, a few miles away from Fan Mansion, also came to the palace. I heard that Nanjing was lost. Ning Wan, 68, was slumped on a chair. I was so scared that the palace was so anxious that I thought the old tutor was silly.
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