At the end of the nine years of Dongxing (1659), Nikan finally returned to Beijing.

At the same time, the other people who returned to Beijing were Sun Dejing, the governor of Anxi, Luo Jizhi, the governor of Eastern Europe, Sun Deen, the governor of Yingzhou, North America, Sun Dexin, the governor of Pisachek (the eldest son of Sun Xiujie), the governor of Venezuela, South America, Li Xiaoyan, the governor of Uruguay, and the governor of Japanese, Jingyun, Yanagawa.

A strong wind and sand with a strong cold had just hit Beijing. In the early morning, when the gate of the outer city had just opened and the manure trucks transporting manure from all over the inner and outer cities to farmland outside the city first drove out, outside Chaoyang Gate, Ouyang Jiong, a deputy commander of the inspector's office, brought more than a dozen people into the city from outside.

Since Wang Wenhui, the commander of the Censorate and the commander of the Tongzheng Office, was wandering outside with the Emperor of the Daxia Kingdom for a long time, during the period when the prince was in charge of the country, the former Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei Qianhu, the Dongchang commander Ouyang Jiong, had jumped from the original small leader of the gray-robed guard and became the deputy commander of the Censorate.

Appointments like this naturally cannot avoid Nikan and Wang Wenhui, but what is beyond the reach of this is that both of them agreed.

Being able to gain trust in the eyes of Nikan, Sun Dean and Wang Wenhui shows that Ouyang Jiong can't help but have excellent emotional intelligence and IQ online, so he must be able to do things well.

Ouyang Jiong was appointed by the prince not long ago to inspect the provinces in Jiangnan. He originally had to wait until next summer to return, but after receiving the news that His Majesty the Emperor returned to the capital, he quickly returned.

Since the Kingdom of Daxia has adopted Beijing as its capital, it has only slightly repaired the inside of the capital, which has simply paved the dusty dirt roads with cement and added bathrooms and toilets to the palace, rather than using toilet buckets all night as before.

However, if such a large city wants to be transformed into a new city with complete underground drainage and sewage discharge facilities that are close to later generations, even the Daxia Kingdom has not yet been able to catch it. In the early morning, it still needs to use a manure truck to transport the manure from the city. Unlike in the past, the royal family only allowed part of the city gates to transport manure from outside. In the past, there was no such issue when the Daxia Kingdom. Each city gate could enter and exit, so there was a situation where heavy places like Chaoyangmen that could also transport manure buckets to the outside.

Of course, in order not to be "obstructed", as before, I still did this thing very early.

After passing Chaoyangmen Street, I came to the near the inner city wall for a long time. Then I went south along the inner city wall and finally arrived at the southern part of the Forbidden City where the former government offices of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei, and the five army governor's offices were concentrated. When Ouyang Jiong appeared near the yamen that had been changed to the "Daxia Censorate Office", I saw the deputy envoy Zhang Qi and the Gari son who was actually in charge of the former Censorate Office, and the Siteku who followed Amba to the lower reaches of the Ob River, also came.

Zhang Qi was single and touched the area west of Sazhidge Mountain, and then pretended to be the Samoyed, sneaking all the way south, and finally arrived at the gathering place of the Bashkir people. In such a place, there were naturally gray-clothed guards, so Zhang Qi successfully returned to Qincha Province. Of course, half a year had passed since he went south alone.

After returning to his own territory, because Anba stayed in Anxi, Zhang Qi was transferred back to Beijing and appointed as the deputy envoy behind Wang Wenhui, Ouyang Jiong, and Anba. Currently, the chief envoy of the Censorate is Wang Wenhui, and the first envoy is Anba. Since he stayed in Anxi for a long time, in fact, the second envoy of the domestic affairs Ouyang Jiong was in charge. After Zhang Qi became the deputy envoy, he was the third in the ranking, and Gari's son Xiteku was just an ordinary record officer in the Censorate.

Zhang Qineng predicted Ouyang Jiong's arrival in advance and brought Xi Teku to the main gate of the yamen to greet him, showing that after more than ten years of experience, he, a former Yuyuan thief, was no longer the simple Hanhai cavalry reconnaissance leader.

"Mr. Ouyang"

"Mr. Zhang"

Ouyang Jiong was a little surprised. How did Zhang Qi come out to greet him in person?

According to the division of labor of the Censorate Division, Zhang Qi was born into the Hanhai Army's reconnaissance cavalry, and he was responsible for the operation team of the Censorate Division, but Ouyang Jiong was still responsible for the supervision and general affairs.

Ouyang Jiong is 45 years old this year, and Zhang Qi is only 39 years old. Both are young and strong and experienced gray-clothed guards. Naturally, they have developed a look of not being as good as the mood. After a greeting, the two walked into the yamen hand in hand.

Just as they walked into the yamen, the former Five Army Governor's Office was located only one street from the yamen of the Censorate. Someone was exercising on the second floor. When they saw this scene, their eyes lit up.

Huangfu Duan, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture and Censor of the Censorate, was the mayor and director of the Public Security Bureau of Beijing. It was the Gansu famous scholar who pretended to join Li Zicheng's camp with Yang Tingyu and Yue Zhenbang, and finally used a trick to earn a famous scholar in Gansu. After taking over Beijing, he served as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the right assistant minister of the Privy Council, and finally transferred to the position of Shuntian Prefecture.

It cannot be said that his position has not been promoted. In the past, Amba was the commander of the military commander of the Five Cities of Beijing City, but in fact he was the head of the Public Security Bureau. After Amba was transferred from the capital, His Highness the Crown Prince placed Huangfu Duan as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and even allowed him to serve as the inspector of Shuntian Prefecture. In fact, he also served as the chief of the Public Security Bureau of Beijing City. He is very powerful.

A young man stood beside Huangfu Duan, his adopted son, Xin Longzi, the only son of Xin Sizhong, a general of Dashun Kingdom. Originally, Xin Longzi was sent to the Dashun Army that withdrew from Beijing. However, with the repeated defeats of the Dashun Army, Xin Longzi finally returned to Huangfu Duan. A few years have passed in a flash. Xin Longzi is already a student of the Beijing Military and Political School under the guidance of schools at all levels in the Daxia Kingdom. He will graduate next year and is just on vacation at home. Coincidentally, Xin Longzi also studies intelligence majors. No wonder Huangfu Duan is so concerned.

“There’s a lot of changes”

After walking to his room, Huangfu Duan and Xin Longzi started breakfast together. Huangfu Duan had no son and only two daughters, and they were both married. He had already regarded Xin Longzi as his own birth. The three meals were used by the father and son.

Huangfu Duan sighed that if it were placed in the past, if the Jinyiwei had a secret edict or a handwritten eunuch in the East Factory, he would have to wait until the manure truck was in and out in the morning before he could enter and exit the city at any time. Now Ouyang Jiong happened to come in when the bells and drums sounded in the city for the first time, so he must have been waiting outside the city for a while. It was December now, and the weather was cold and the ground was frozen. As a real power figure in the Censorate, Ouyang Jiong could do this very well.

He was sent out by the prince to do business, and he must have the prince's secret order in his hand, but he did not take it out. It can be seen that although the rule of the Daxia Kingdom is not as peaceful as the sea and the rivers are clear, it is certain that the atmosphere has changed drastically.

The breakfast between the father and son was soon finished. When the servants were packing the dishes, Huangfu Duan smiled and said, "Longzi, I will come to pay homage to Your Majesty later. This is the first time that Your Majesty will hold a morning court in recent years. You will definitely meet Ouyang Jiong. Do you want to say hello to your father?"

"Don't," Xin Longzi waved his hand quickly, "I don't want to do things under him. I still think that the former Lord Ambaan was better. When doing things under Ouyang Jiong, the child always felt a little uneasy."

"Oh? Why is this?"

"Father, Ouyang Jiong used to be an Jinyiwei, and the child felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this scene."

"Oh, so that's it, it's not your fault. In terms of style of conduct, although Ouyang Jiong is the leader of the gray guard in Daxia, he has always expressed the style of the Jinyiwei in his bones. Although there has been nothing wrong in the past few years, if you stay in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, you will still feel it. Since that's the case, then forget it."

"Father, just wait for the distribution. As long as it is not Beijing, it is fine in other places, preferably overseas."

"You, you"

Huangfu Duan knew his thoughts, and he wanted to go to America or Europe, so that the European language he learned would come in handy.

In the Censorate Office, Ouyang Jiong, Zhang Qi and Xiteku also sat together to eat breakfast.

"Brother Ouyang, this is the first bun to be released from Liuxianju. I knew you would come in when the city gate was just opened, so I quickly prepared it."

"Brother Zhang is in love, thank you for your thanks"

The few people finished their meal soon, and Zhang Qi wiped his mouth and said, "Brother Ouyang, after the emperor returns to the capital, he will have morning court today. It's a coincidence that he originally asked the Ministry of Justice to attend the court meeting. Since you are back, I'll have a good rest."

"No," Ouyang Jiong suddenly became serious, "Brother Zhang, it's not that I'm relying on my seniority. According to the rules of the inspector, I should go to see Lord Wang immediately, but the inner city must have not opened at the moment, but if the inner city is about to open, the court meeting has begun. It has been three months since I left the capital. Although our country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, as a gray-clothed guard, I have a responsibility after all. Your Majesty is in the early court in Qinzheng Hall today. It's no problem to install hundreds of people there, and there are not many of you and me. Let's go together. If the emperor asks about some recent situations near the capital, it's best if you and I are here."

Zhang Qi said: "Since that's the case, then I'll lick my face and follow you."

Ouyang Jiong spat and said, "You and I are both deputy envoys, and they are also deputy envoys of the fourth rank. How can you 'lick your face'? Brother Zhang doesn't treat me as his own person!"

"Okay, okay, it's me, it's me, it's me, when the business is over today, I will be the host and invite Lord Ouyang to dinner in Liuxianju. How about it?"

"Then it's better to obey your orders than to be respectful"

When Ouyang Jiong and Zhang Qi put on their court uniforms, they walked to the Jinshui Bridge at Chengtian Gate on Chang'an Street and waited for the inner city gate to open, a large group of civil and military officials had gathered there.

Most of these people have not seen the emperor for many years. They are all wearing new court robes. Although it is still early, they are still standing in full spirit in the cold wind.

There, Ouyang Jiong also met Prince Yi Sun Deen, Prince Zhi Sun Dejing, Emperor's eldest son-in-law Li Xiaoyan, Emperor's cousin Sun Xiutao, and his important minister Harhatu. Only then did he realize that they were a little negligent and quickly found a place with a lot of people to hide it.

However, at any time, people like them are unpopular, so when they go, the crowd shrinks to the side. However, Huangfu Duan, the prefect of Shuntian, had dealt with Ouyang Jiong before, and Harhatu was also familiar with Zhang Qi. They both did not bother with meat and vegetables and talked with them openly.

"Dongdong..., clangqiang..."

After eight consecutive bells and drums sounded, it means that eight o'clock in the morning has arrived.

"boom……"

Chengtian Gate is tall and the thick gate is slowly opening.
Chapter completed!