lied to Kangxi

Chapter 245

Departing from Guide Mansion, after passing through Bozhou, Mengcheng and Huaiyuan, Yuzhu and the fourth child arrived at the famous Fengyang Mansion.

Fengyang Mansion, because it was Zhu Ming's Longxing land, once governed eleven prefectures, including almost half of the territory of Anhui Province.

Even after Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, the status of Fengyang Mansion was still second only to Beijing and Nanjing.

After entering the current dynasty, the status of Fengyang Mansion plummeted, only governing the land of thirteen counties in five prefectures, belonging to Fengying Liusi Road in Anhui Province in the south of the Yangtze River.

After staying in the post house, after dinner, the fourth child held a cup of tea in his hands and said with a smile: "Huaiyuan County under the jurisdiction of Fengyang is the ancestral home of young workers."

To be honest, Yuzhu didn't notice that Nian Gengyao was from Huaiyuan, Fengyang, even if the fourth child didn't take the initiative to mention it.

This is the nth time that the fourth child mentioned Nian Gengyao in front of Yuzhu.

Yuzhu knew it well, the fourth child was still ruthless, and wanted to lure him into the fourth master's party.

The fourth child deliberately mentioned Nian Gengyao face to face repeatedly, just to arouse Yuzhu's competitive heart.

However, Yuzhu is not a reckless 17-year-old boy, but an old bureaucrat. How could he be fooled?

"Congratulations, cousin, for accepting such a capable disciple." Yu Zhu deliberately pretended to be stupid.

The fourth child sighed inwardly. After sharing hardships together on the Yellow River embankment, he became less hypocritical and more sincere towards Yuzhu.

It's just that Yuzhu always talked about other things, avoiding the invitation of Yanlan, what should I do?

The fourth child had already calculated that at Yuzhu's age, he must be a minister of the prince, not a minister of the emperor.

That is to say, no matter how much Kangxi reused the jade pillars, it was impossible for him to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, which led to the embarrassing situation for the next monarch to be sealed.

There is no way, Yuzhu is only 17 years old, and he is already a third-rank noble and fourth-rank official, how can he be promoted?

In fact, the fourth child knows the Tong family very well.The Tong family's father, son and brothers are all from different parties.

Longkoduo is the Fourth Master Party, Tong Guowei and Elundai are the Eighth Master Party, Yuzhu wants to be a pure minister, and Qingtai is the fifth master's disciple.

Keep cutting, and the reasoning is still chaotic!
It can only be said that the Tong family's routine is too deep!
In Tong's family, as long as they don't want to rebel, no matter who loses, there will be relatives who will help them talk and beg for mercy, at least they can save their lives.

This is the same as Zhuge Liang's family and relatives, who are actually divided into three groups of Wei, Shu, and Wu, which has the same effect!
Forget it, after returning to Beijing, let the old thirteen help La Yuzhu join the group.

The fourth child felt a little powerless, so he put down his thoughts for the time being, and said with a smile: "The plum white fish that I used just now is white in color and tender in flesh, with a strong fragrance, and there is milk overflowing from the tail of the fish. It's absolutely dead."

Yuzhu likes to enjoy himself, especially to eat specialties from all over the world. The fourth child is wronging himself and wants to win Yuzhu's favor.

"Cousin, I think that the salt water goose dish is plump, bright yellow in color, and has a slight herbal smell. It is very tasty, especially with wine."

As soon as he talked about food, Yuzhu couldn't stop talking, and by the way, he praised Fengyang Yong Tofu.

"It tastes like a cherry, crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, refreshing and delicious..."

The fourth child was speechless for a while, his life was actually very simple, every meal was at most eight dishes and one soup.

In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", the fourth child was deliberately elevated, so that every meal for him was not enough for four dishes and one soup.

In fact, this is too exaggerated!

According to the records of "Shizong Shilu", there are [-] dishes in each meal, and Yongzheng can't miss one.

With so many dishes, I definitely can't eat them.However, the emperor's style must be carried.

Moreover, the fourth child especially likes to keep dogs, and often orders to make kennels, clothes and so on for the dogs.

However, objectively speaking, Yinzhen, who is still the fourth elder brother, really doesn't pay much attention to food and drink.

Moreover, the fourth child, like the old Shanghainese, likes to eat rice with vegetable juice.

Eating Paofan is just the fourth child's personal living habit.

The old Shanghainese eat pickled rice, which is due to their frugal personality, and they are reluctant to throw away overnight dishes.

In the TV series, there is a scene of Yongzheng eating rice, which is indeed true.

In the morning, after getting up, the hotel arranged a hearty breakfast.

Crispy pancakes, shredded chicken noodles, large intestine noodles, tofu nao, and so on. There are dozens of them.

Yuzhu saw that there was actually a plate of meat he didn't know on the round table, so he asked Yicheng to wait on him.

"What is this?"

Yicheng bowed his waist and said respectfully: "Master Huiyu, this thing is called Laxiang dog meat, and it is a local specialty."

Oh, Yuzhu doesn't eat dog meat, so he didn't move his chopsticks.

Unexpectedly, the fourth child became angry and said angrily: "Why don't you quickly withdraw?"

Yu Zhu thought about it again, the fourth child loves dogs very much, and he hates people eating dog meat the most.

Yi Cheng originally wanted to take out special products, flatter him, and please him.Who ever thought that the flattery actually hit the horse's hoof.

After breakfast, the group continued on their way.

Going to Jiangning was no longer so rushed, Yu Zhu refused to ride a horse, but got into the carriage instead.

Hey, being too dedicated in front of the fourth child is definitely not a good thing.

The side that should be enjoyed must be seen by the fourth child.

After leaving Fengyang Mansion and passing through Chuzhou, it is Jiangning.

After they arrived in Jiangning, they asked a leader of the Eight Banners at the gate of the city, and found out that Kangxi had once again lived in Jiangning's weaving mansion, that is, the Cao family.

Kangxi was sitting with Cao Yin and Qingtai, drinking tea and chatting.

Hearing that the fourth child and Yu Zhu had returned, he smiled and said, "Call them in."

"Hey." Norob responded and went out.

After the fourth child and Yu Zhu came in to salute, Kangxi asked about the specific situation of the Yellow River embankment in Lanyang, and the fourth child answered in detail.

"Well, this errand was well done. The fourth brother rewarded Baylor with a double salary, and Yuzhu rewarded a cloud cavalry captain." Kangxi gave the reward generously.

After the fourth child and Yuzhu thanked each other, when they stood aside, they all looked at each other and smiled.

The fourth brother is short of money and short of money.The double salary is not much money, but fly legs are also meat.

Yuzhu was originally a third-class Adahafan, that is, the title of third-class captain of Qingche, and now adding a captain of cloud cavalry, it can be regarded as a first-class qualification.

According to the regulations of the Great Qing Huidian, only when two Yunqiwei are added to the title can he be promoted to the second-class Adahafan, and so on.

"Yuzhu, you came just in time. I'm listening to your Ama and your Amaha discussing your marriage. Stand and listen." Kangxi was very excited and asked the fourth child to stand with Yuzhu listen in.

In this era, whether it is the son of an emperor or a nobleman, as long as there are elders present, he can only stand and has no right to sit.

Unless it is, the elders have spoken in person before they dare to sit down.

"Oh, where did you talk about?" Kangxi was old after all, his memory was not as good as before, and he easily forgot things, so he asked Cao Yin.

When the old emperor asked this question, even the fourth child understood that Kangxi was partial to the Cao family.

"Returning to the emperor, my slave Shicai and Qingtai, it's time to get married." Cao Yin replied respectfully.

"Well, according to my opinion, choosing a date is worse than hitting a date. When I return to Beijing, you will send your daughter to Beijing to get married, right?" When Kangxi said this, he was looking at Qingtai.

The emperor had already spoken, so Cao Yin dared not object, he quickly knelt down and said, "Your servant is in command."

Qingtai also knelt down, and said respectfully: "I would also like to ask Lord Long Live to show you when you will get married, so the servant can prepare in advance."

Kangxi ordered someone to find the perpetual calendar, checked it carefully, and said with a smile: "Then get married on New Year's Eve on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month?"

Well, since the emperor opened Chrysostom, that's the only way to decide!

Next, Cao Yin and Qingtai began to discuss the dowry in front of Kangxi.

Although Qingtai is not as greedy as Longkodo, he has been an official for many years, and his eunuch pocket is extremely rich.

"Brother Ziqing, the betrothal gift is 20 taels, and the seniors in the Shilang's mansion will enter a single courtyard." Qingtai didn't know that the Cao family was actually empty, and he was afraid that it would be less, so he added, "If it is too little, I will Gritting your teeth, 30 taels will do.”

Cao Yin was in a difficult situation. The huge Jiangning Weaving Mansion looked resplendent and magnificent, but it was actually an empty frame among the ruins.

The little Cao Jia family is just a concubine daughter of Aunt Zhao, and it is far less expensive than the big Cao Jia family.

Moreover, Dacao Jia's married the Prince of Pingjun, and Yuzhu is only a third-class Adahafan so far, and the status is very different.

Kangxi knew better than anyone else that Cao's house was empty long ago. Seeing that Cao Yin had been embarrassed and dared not speak, he couldn't bear it and said, "20 taels is too much, how about 10 taels?"

"Hey." Qingtai could only bow his head obediently.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi turned his head to look at Cao Yin, and said gently: "Although Yuzhu is not as high as Naersu's title, he is also my junior. I can't treat him badly, 10 taels, no less. If If you don’t have enough money, you can write a report, and I will lend it to you from the internal treasury.”

After the fourth child witnessed this scene with his own eyes, he couldn't help but feel deeply, Khan Ama really loves Cao's family!

Yuzhu doesn't care about dowry and bride price.

To put it bluntly, the more Cao Yin treats Cao Chun less, the easier it will be for Yu Zhu to get rid of the Cao family's oil bottle in the future.

Others don't know the background of Cao's family, how can Yu Zhu not understand?

After the final decision, at the end of this year, Yu Zhu will be the groom again!
When everyone went out, Kangxi suddenly stopped Yuzhu.

At this moment, the fourth child fully understood the important position of Yuzhu in Kangxi's mind.

Obviously, Kangxi reduced the dowry to help the Cao family save money, because he was worried that Yuzhu would lose his temper.

When Kangxi and Yuzhu were the only ones left in the house, Kangxi sighed and explained: "The Cao family took over many times and ran into a big deficit. They really can't afford that much money."

Yu Zhu had long wanted to separate himself from the Cao family, and now, he finally had a good time.

"Old man, since you have said something, I will not say anything. However, I also feel wronged." After Yuzhu finished speaking, he invited Kangxi to go out, found a few special places in the weaving office, and turned in a circle.

After returning, Kangxi's face was ashen, and he was no longer as calm as before.

(End of this chapter)