Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1019 Tiger Bone

Due to Kangxi's death, Jiang Jian's wedding was postponed until March this year.

Today is the day of the wedding.

He has been in the Cao family as a curtain for six or seven years, and gets along very well with everyone in the Cao family.Following Cao Yong as an errand in the household department, there are also a few colleagues who are closer to each other.In addition, the fellow from the Jiangxi Guild Hall, and the old friends from the Shanxi Guild Hall, when he got married, he sent a lot of posts out.

Cao Yong came back from Yamen early to attend Jiang Jian's wedding.

He is in a high position and is Jiang Jian's proprietor, so it is not easy to overwhelm the guests. Before the auspicious time, he went to the new house in the back street of Cao Mansion to congratulate him in person. After a while, he will return to Cao Mansion before the guests fill the door.

On Cao's side, besides Cao Yong, Cao Song Xiumu, Wei Hei, Zheng Hu, Zhang Yi, Cao Yuan and others also went to have a drink.Cao Fu was stumbled in the Yamen, and he had already sent someone to bring congratulatory gifts, saying that he would come over later for a drink.

Cao Yong's wedding gift to Jiang Jian was prepared by Chu Yu, in addition to gold, silver and silk, there was also a jar of tiger whip wine.

Jiang Jian was over forty years old, and he was still in the room. Cao Yong had nothing but admiration for him.

A few days before the wedding, Zheng Hu and Zhang Yi wanted to take Jiang Jian to have sex, but Jiang Jian declined.He is a vegetarian and not a womanizer. Everyone calls him "monk Jiang" when they laugh, and there is no doubt about whether he has hidden diseases in private.

Among the crowd, Wei Hei and Zheng Hu, who are full of quagmire, have always had the best friendship with him. The two of them sent people to Qianmen's popular place to draw a lot of erotic pictures and drugs for fun, and prepared to give them to Jiang Jian. On the night of his bridal chamber, he showed timidity and neglected the bride.

When Cao Yong heard about it, he also made fun of it. In addition to the congratulatory gift that had been prepared before, he also sent a jar of tiger penis wine.

Jiang Jian thought it was tiger bone wine, and only said that he was strong and didn't need this kind of thing.

Wei Hei and the others made fun of him, the bride was just like a flower, and he, an old boy in his 40s, really had to take care of his bones.

He usually changes his words very quickly, but today he is a groom, but he is a bit shy.

Only Cao Song, after hearing what Cao Yong said, knew that the wine was not soaked in tiger bones, but half of a tiger penis, so he smiled "hehe", forcing Jiang Jian to agree to use this wine as a cup of wine in the bridal chamber tonight.

Jiang Jian knew that the wine in Cao's wine cellar was all made by Changping Zhuangzi, which was better than the wine bought outside.Therefore, hearing what Cao Song said, he didn't think about anything else, and nodded in response.

After a short time, guests came to the door one after another. When they saw Cao Yong, they knew his identity.

When Cao Yong saw this, he greeted Jiang Jian and went back to Cao's mansion first.

Jiang Jian also knew that he was uncomfortable, so he sent it out in person, saying: "Thank you for the gift from the old lady and the wife, and I will take her there tomorrow to greet the two of you."

Thinking of the jar of tiger penis wine, Cao Yong held back a smile, coughed, and said, "The spring night is short, so Fei Lin doesn't need to worry about getting up too early, just catch up and have dinner tomorrow."

Jiang Jian saw that he was joking, so he didn't answer. He just said, "Isn't one month's vacation too long? It's not practical. After three or five days, I can go to the Yamen."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "What's the rush? There is nothing important in the yamen these days. It is a one-time marriage in a lifetime, and it should be a month's rest. My sister-in-law traveled thousands of miles and left her hometown to go to Beijing to be married, and she caught up with the national funeral. It's been a long time, and it's not easy. Taking advantage of this late spring season, when it's neither hot nor cold, it's good for Fei Lin to take his sister-in-law to take a good look around the capital."

Jiang Jian thought of his little wife who was about to enter the door, and his eyes became more tender, and said: "Since this is the case, these days, I will be lazy and make adults suffer."

Cao Yong smiled and sent him back to entertain guests, while he strolled back home.

Passing by Lanyuan, I saw a few women entering with big food boxes.Looking at the food boxes, they don't look like the ones that are common in the mansion, but they look like the ones outside. Each one has three layers and is more than two feet high.

Cao Yong was curious, and moved to follow.

Walking down the corridor, I heard Li Shi's voice coming from the room: "It's really too expensive, and it's not someone else. But with his light, we are also lively today."

At this moment of time, some maids have seen Cao Yong, and they have to bend their knees to see him and raise their voices.

Cao Yong picked up the curtain and went in. He saw a row of food boxes in the hall. When he entered the back room, Mrs. Li was holding a list and looking at it with Chu Yu.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, Li said with a smile: "Let's have a wedding wine today."

After hearing this, Cao Yong knew that Jiang Jian had ordered a table from the restaurant and sent it over.

He took the menu and looked at it. It was the first-class swallow's fin banquet from Lu Fengtang. Several big dishes were hibiscus jelly, grilled preserved swallow, three shredded shark's fin, braised shark's fin in yellow, sea cucumber with green onion, phoenix fish maw, and toad. Abalone, braised bear's paw, money hump, etc.

Even people like the Cao family don't eat these delicacies often.

"It's a waste of money for Feilin. A table like this costs 20 taels of silver." Cao Yong often socializes outside and knows the market, so he said casually.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li smiled and said, "This Jiang Jian is really a heretic. It seems that when the new bride comes tomorrow, we have to prepare a big seal, otherwise we will be ashamed to take it."

Cao Yong said: "It's just that the old lady likes it, but it's just a new taste. This Lufengtang, just beside Haizi, is a good place to eat Lu cuisine. Their family is different from ordinary ones. The master who is in charge of the spoon is Qufu Confucius. The dishes from the mansion are the most authentic, and they are clean, and my colleagues and I have been there twice."

Mrs. Li sent people to pick up Zhaojia's mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and children from Dongfu, and then Mrs. Gao, and used the noodles lively.

For a while, Li's mood was quite high, it seemed that the haze of the Li family's treatment of crimes was gone.

When Cao Yong and Chu Yu saw this, they felt relaxed and worried.

During the banquet, Li Shi drank a few more cups of wine, and when the crowd dispersed, she was already a little drunk.

Cao Yong and Chu Yu waited for her to lie down, she let out a long breath, and said to Cao Yong: "How is the garden? In April, I will take your grandmother to live there. Eight blessings came to post twice , I'm afraid I'll come to the door directly next time."

It has been more than two months since the Li family inquired about crimes in the first month, and it will not be long before the investigation of the case is almost complete, and everyone in the Li family will be punished.

At that time, there will be a lot of disturbance, and I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it.

At the beginning of the month, Li asked Cao Yong to tidy up the Haidian garden, and wanted to take Gao to avoid it.

"Mother, let's wait until Shengjia moves to Changchun Garden. At that time, my son will also go there, and we will spend the summer there, saving the heat in the capital city." Cao Yong said.

Mrs. Li shook her head and said, "It's better to go there earlier, it's quieter than the city, and your grandmother also likes to stay there..." At this point, she turned to Chuyu, hesitated, and said, "If you don't want to Child, I will leave Tianbao behind..."

Seeing her mother-in-law's tone of reluctance, Chu Yu said, "What is there to be reluctant to be with the old lady? It's just that Tianbao wants to 'catch the week' in April, whether to do it in the garden or in the mansion, please ask the old lady to do it. Wife show me?"

"It's done in the mansion. The garden is not far from the city, and it only takes an hour or two to come back. But Changsheng is now at a naughty age. It's up to you to stay here to study with Mr. Brother and sister-in-law are too worried." Li Shi said: "The embroidered parrot in my house is not very old, but she is honest and stable, so let her serve in the Changsheng courtyard."

Changsheng now has his own yard, next to Li's.

Cao Yong agreed with Chu Yu, Li Shi said a few words, got drunk, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Cao Yong leaned over and smoothed the corners of the quilt for her, and put down the curtain with Chu Yu, then walked out of the orchid courtyard lightly.

The full moon is in the sky, and it is shining brightly on the ground.

Cao Yong and Chu Yu went back to the Wutong Garden side by side under the moonlight without carrying a lantern.

After grooming, neither the husband nor wife felt sleepy.

"Li family, what's going to happen?" Chu Yu asked softly, "Although the old lady didn't say anything, she must be feeling uncomfortable..."

She is also a married daughter. Thinking of her concern for her natal family, she can somewhat feel the helplessness and bitterness of her mother-in-law.

"There are some clues, let's start with the weaving mansion's deficit. On the face of it, it won't be too serious a crime. Although Li Nai is not on the roster of the weaving mansion, but Li Xu has grown old these years, and as his son, he must help I'm afraid it's hard to get rid of the crime. The stewards are a little dirty, and they will ask the crime. The family members and children are bound to be implicated. For the specifics, we have to wait and see... If The amount of deficit is too large, and the emperor is offended, it is not as simple as stealing the family property..." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

"Aunt Eight is asking for help everywhere. But now, Uncle Nine has gone to Xining, Uncle Ten has gone to Mongolia, and Uncle Fourteen is in Jingshan. Apart from our family, she can't find anyone else." Chu Yu said.

"Since you have posted twice, you should take a look on behalf of the old lady. Tell her, don't let her mess around and hurt the emperor's eyes. This kind of trouble will only make the emperor hate the Li family even more. It's better to wait for the southern side to finish the review. Besides," Cao Yong said.

"Well, I'll go for a walk tomorrow. Eighth Aunt loves her adoptive daughter, it's certainly pity, but speaking for the Li family in such a big way, it seems that we are deserted, which makes the position of the old lady and the forehead embarrassing." Chu Yu road.

"Ba Fujin is a person with true temperament, I am not as good as that." Cao Yong said.

Compared with him, Bafu Jin, who dares to love and hate, and is not afraid of imperial power, is more like a person who is 300 years later.

"Yeah, although Aunt Eight has a bad reputation, she acts with great affection. Even though Uncle Eight is gone, Aunt Eight still does not forget to show filial piety to Concubine Hui. I heard that other royal residences have invited the concubines to take care of them. , Eighth Aunt also asked Brother Hongwang to write the booklet. Just saying this, it should be praised." Chu Yu sighed.

Cao Yong is not worried that the eight blessings will return to their mother's family during their lifetime as recorded in the history of later generations;

The eighth elder brother has died of illness for many years, and the grudges with Yongzheng are limited. Even if Yongzheng bears the grudge, he will not lose face and deal with his widowed brother and daughter-in-law too harshly.

The next day, Cao Yong got up early.

Today, although it was not the day of the court meeting, it was the Ministry of Household's turn to be on duty, so he rushed to the gate of Donghua early and entered the palace with several officials from the Ministry of Household.

In addition to the Hubu hall officials, there are also several university scholars who are on duty in front of the imperial court, as well as the two king ministers, the third elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.

Yongzheng was in a good mood, and he took a note in his hand, which was given by the governor of Henan.

Some prefectures and counties in Henan suffered severe drought last year, but last winter and this spring, the people were stable, with no bones frozen to death, and no refugees.There is no other reason, it is because of the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes in the past few years, so that the people have accumulated grain in their hands.Occasionally, there are places where the people are short of food, and they also transfer food from neighboring prefectures and counties.

On the market, grain prices are stable, and there is no phenomenon of rising grain prices in previous years.

Yongzheng held up the booklet in his hand and said in a loud voice: "The border of Henan is full of mountains and hills, and it is adjacent to the Yellow River. It is either drought or flood. In ten years, seven of them need relief from the imperial court. Now, it is because of the implementation of this The two kinds of crops enable the common people to have enough to eat in times of natural disasters. The former emperor’s benevolent government benefited all the people, and the country is very fortunate!" At the end, he was already a little excited.

He praised the former emperor, but everyone knew that he was in charge of the household department and the people's livelihood and economy at that time.Everyone was so obedient, and while echoing Yongzheng's words, they flattered Yongzheng and said what the emperor was wise.

At this time, there will be no one who is not open-eyed. Let me tell you that the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes in Henan is also due to Brother Jiu.Back then, when these two kinds of crops were first promoted, Brother Jiu went to Henan Province to take charge.Of course, he is mainly responsible for cigarettes, and the promotion of these two kinds of agricultural products is by the way.

Only Cao Yong, who is familiar with this passage, feels a little weird when he thinks about Brother Jiu who was forcibly escorted out of Beijing a few days ago.

In the early days, he still felt that among the sons of Kangxi, the ninth elder brother studied business and business affairs, which was not beneficial to the society and the people's livelihood.Now it seems that there has always been some contribution.

At this time, Yongzheng's eyes have fallen on Cao Yong.

Others don't know it, but he remembers clearly that the reason why corn and corn are popularized in Henan is the cause and effect of farming when Cao Yongding was worried.

Now, in the face of this meritorious service, Cao Yong's face is calm, and he is not half ashamed.

Willing to do practical things, but not greedy for credit, is indeed an honest and responsible person.

Yongzheng had a good impression of Cao Yong, but seeing him like this now, he didn't want to hide his credit, and said to everyone with a smile: "People in Henan, thank Cao Yong. If Cao Yong didn't pay attention, the corn and sweet potatoes wouldn't be there. Listen up to heaven."

Among the crowd, only Cao Yong and the thirteenth elder brother are slightly younger, the third elder brother is also middle-aged, the others are over half a hundred, and several university scholars are even gray-haired.

Seeing that Yongzheng praised Cao Yong so much, no one was jealous. He just looked at Cao Yong and envied Cao Yin for leaving such a good son who should be used.

This is a bit too exaggerated, Cao Yong dare not promise, or it would be wrong to look back at the scene.

He bowed and said: "I don't dare to covet the merits of the heavens. It is the late emperor and the emperor's kindness that made the people of Henan receive the blessing."

Yongzheng was even more satisfied when he saw that he was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and wondered if he wanted to be promoted to Cao Yong.But in the year Cao Yong was established, he jumped to the second rank, and he was already a prominent position, and he was promoted to a minister, but his qualifications were still insufficient: "Cao Yong's merits cannot be erased, and he was given the hereditary third-class light car captain .”

After hearing this, Cao Yong knelt down to thank him.

The third-class captain of light vehicles is nothing, he got this title when he was a child, what is rare is the word "hereditary".

In this way, apart from the eldest son Tianyou, one of his descendants can obtain the hereditary title.

Yongzheng has recently conferred awards on the Quartet, Longke has added more Taibao, Nian Gengyao has been awarded the third-class public and the Taibao, Nian Xia has been awarded the title of Minister, and the eldest son of the thirteen elder brothers has been granted the title of Gushan Beizi. The first elder brother to be knighted.

Therefore, Cao Yong was apprehensive and grateful for today's reward, but he was very calm in his heart...

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Tears run, tears run.What about the monthly pass?I only have one, vote for myself, everyone should also order monthly tickets, okay?
(End of this chapter)