Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1061: A Blessing in Misfortune
The phrase "rich nourishes people, expensive nourishes energy" is really puzzling.

Compared with the arrogance of a few years ago, Nian Gengyao is more domineering after taking control of the three provinces.In addition, when people reach middle age, they are much richer, and they look like hills.

He is no longer as happy and angry as he was in the capital, but his eyes are higher than the top, and he no longer puts Cao Yong in his eyes.

But after three years of hard work, the situation of the two of them has been reversed.

Whether it is an official position, a title, or a holy favor, Nian Gengyao is already the head of the emperor's relatives and ministers; Cao Yong is stagnant, his title has not been promoted, and his official position is still from the second-rank servant.

He looked at Cao Yong, not as if he was looking at his colleagues who were officials in the same dynasty, but as if he was looking at ants, with a stern look in his contempt.

Cao Yong only thought that he was narrow-minded and hated the friction in the capital two years ago; only Nian Fu, the second son of the Nian family who stood behind Nian Gengyao, knew that his father hated Cao Yong not for nothing.

That year, Nian Gengyao had a dirty relationship with Cao Yong in the capital. In the final analysis, it was just that Nian Gengyao looked down on Cao Yong and didn't like his rapid fortune.Although Cao Yong's identity suppressed him, he just regarded Cao Yong as a dude and didn't take it to heart.

I didn't expect that I would pretend to be an old man, but because I was afraid of being favored by Cao's mansion, I dragged my old age and went to Cao's mansion to apologize; home.

Even if he is a governor, the old man is not uncommon, and he stays with the eldest son who was dismissed from office to take care of him.

Those who know the details are lucky, after all, it is the old man who decides, and there is no room for his children and grandchildren to object; those who don't know, think that his young Gengyao is unfilial, enjoys wealth all by himself, and abandons his father and elder brother.

Pushing him to the point of being unfilial and disrespectful, Nian Gengyao would not resent his old father, but hated the Cao family, thinking that it was the Cao family who bullied others.

Feng Shui took turns, and now the two have changed places, Nian Gengyao looked at Cao Yong like a clown.

Although Cao Yong was reluctant, but due to his grade, he still took the initiative to salute.

Nian Gengyao received the full salute, but he didn't intend to return the gift. After a long while, he smiled and said, "I heard that someone from the capital is coming, but I didn't expect it to be Mr. Cao. Could it be that Mr. Cao has received the grace to serve in the army?"

Before serving in the army, they were all criminal officials. Nian Gengyao seemed in a good mood, playing Cao Yong like this.

Cao Yong smiled faintly, straightened his waist, and said: "You can't compare to the young man, Sheng Enzhenglong, so you can think about things."

When Nian Gengyao heard the words, he smiled instead of anger: "Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a few years, Mr. Cao is still as courageous and articulate as ever. I hope Mr. Cao can maintain his true colors in the northwest."

Cao Yong knew that no matter how arrogant Nian Gengyao was, he would not seriously deal with him as an "imperial envoy".But in order to vent his anger, maybe he should arrange something to humiliate him.

This is Nian Gengyao's territory, Cao Yong will not be so stupid as to confront him head-on, and really try to provoke him, but he can't just accept it.After all, if I bring my son here, if I am too embarrassed, let alone I can't bear it, even if the child sees it, I can't bear it.

"I heard rumors earlier, and Cao didn't believe it. I saw him today, and I realized that Mr. Nian is indeed more and more powerful!" Cao Yong said: "Before leaving Beijing, when the emperor summoned the officials, he also told me to go to the northwest Listen and watch more later. The emperor's favor for Mr. Nian is really enviable!"

With just a few words, Nian Gengyao's face turned gloomy.This is a threat?
The intention of Cao Yong's visit was already in his guess.At the beginning, he thought that the emperor sent Cao Yong here to take charge of the food and grass affairs of the Northwest Army.Nian Gengyao didn't believe anything about patrolling the military settlements on the surface.

There are less than a thousand cups of wine every confidant, but a few words are not speculative.

The two hated each other, so they broke up unhappy.

"Hateful Lizi!" Back in his tent, Nian Gengyao said bitterly.

Nian Fu followed, and said: "Father, since he doesn't know what is good or bad, how can the son make people live well and let him have a long memory?"

Nian Gengyao gave him a sideways look, and said, "Nonsense! Although he doesn't walk in front of the army, he came here for orders. How can the imperial court explain this embarrassment?"

Nianfu curled his lips and said: "Although he is also a relative of the emperor, he is just a son-in-law. How can he be more respectable than his father? My son sees that he is talking big. If the emperor's uncle really thinks highly of him, he will be called here once. Why not?" Let him be famous in front of the army? According to the court rules, those who have no military merits are not allowed to be ennobled. Even if he is a Beijing official, even if he spends his whole life, the title may not be promoted."

After hearing this, Nian Gengyao remained silent, and then Nian Fu continued: "Isn't he inspecting the military camp? Then arrange for him to go to Hami..."

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On the Mid-Autumn Festival the next day, Cao Yong was notified that tomorrow the military officials here will take Cao Yong to Hami for inspection.

Cao Yong knew that there was something tricky about it. The military colony near Ganzhou was to supply the Northwest Army with food and grass, but the Hami military colony was small in scale and mainly self-sufficient. There was no need for inspections.

Hami is [-] miles away from Ganzhou, and the round trip takes at least [-] days.If it's not weird, Cao Yong doesn't mind making a trip to avoid Nian Gengyao's edge.

If God wants to make him die, he must first make him mad.

Cao Yong was unwilling to sacrifice his dignity to achieve Nian Gengyao's "prestige".

But he faintly felt that things were not that simple.

Sure enough, when I went back to my room at night, I saw Tianyou and Hongpu mysteriously handing over a note with only four characters on it: "Bandits of Hami".

According to Tianyou, the boy who delivered the sober soup just now secretly stuffed it into his hands.

Cao Yong suddenly understood that in the west of Ganzhou, there are no people, except for the military station, there is a vast grassland, and bandits are also common.

He felt a chill in his heart, feeling unbelievable.

Nian Gengyao is really unscrupulous, dare to use means to get rid of him?If it was really to frighten him, it seemed a bit of a joke?

Tianyou and Hongpu felt that the atmosphere was not right, and they looked at Cao Yong with solemnity.

"Someone wants to kill brother-in-law?" Hong Pu asked first.

Tianyou couldn't help asking, "Is it Nian Gengyao who came to the station yesterday?"

Cao Yong sent the note to the candle and lit it, watched him turn into ashes, and then said: "It's nothing, don't be surprised."

Hong Pu said with a sullen face: "The son of a daughter is not going to sit down, and it involves a major safety issue. Brother-in-law should investigate strictly or not, why don't you take it to heart?"

Cao Yong said: "It's true that I was ordered to inspect the farmland, but the emperor didn't arrange for me to inspect where or not. If I don't want to go, who can drive me to Hami?"

After hearing this, the two children breathed a sigh of relief, became curious, and asked who "sent the warning message".

Cao Yong knew something in his heart, but he didn't say it out. He just blurted out a few sentences and then diverted.

He already regretted that he shouldn't have brought his two children here.

This Ganzhou is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is Nian Gengyao's world.If there is any disaster involving the two children, then Cao Yong will regret it too late.

Without further ado, he wrote a letter, which mentioned the "bitter cold in the Northwest", and will arrange for people to send Hongpu back to Beijing in the near future.

After writing it, he looked at it, and felt that it was too "subtle", so he burned it and rewritten it.The meaning has not changed much, but it mentions Nian Gengyao's "enthusiastic arrangement" and Northwest's "Frost Sword and Wind Sword".

Nian Gengyao didn't know that his good son wanted to stab Cao Yong in order to please him, but his plan failed, and Cao Yong's black hand was attracted instead.

That's right, Cao Yong did it on purpose, saying that his situation in the northwest was extremely dangerous.In addition to mentioning that Hongpu and Tianyou will be sent back to Beijing, the letter also has a faint "meaning to ask Gu".

Just because he knows that the "urgent" letter from Congjun Post will be delivered to Yuqian before it is handed over to Brother Sixteen...

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Capital City, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Looking at the frightening words, Yongzheng felt angry, patted the table vigorously, and said: "Absurd, really absurd!"

The thirteenth elder brother who had just entered the room was thinking about whether to report to the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of War first, and was taken aback by Yongzheng's anger.

Yongzheng held the tea angrily, took two sips, and then saw Elder Thirteen, and asked someone to pass the letter paper in his hand to Elder Thirteen.

The thirteenth elder brother was taken aback when he saw this, it was not a book, but a "secret letter to complain"?
Unexpectedly, it was just a letter.

Brother Thirteen let out a long breath, and looked at it quickly, but the more he looked, the more he frowned.

After finishing reading, he loosened his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, maybe Cao Yong has too much prejudice against Nian Gengyao, thinking wildly. Although Nian Gengyao is a bit arrogant, he is also a person who knows good and bad. Even if Nian Gengyao is borrowed Courageous, I am afraid that I would not dare to kill the imperial envoy arbitrarily!"

He unconsciously accentuated the word "imperial envoy".

Yongzheng only felt that his temples were "touching" and jumping, and his anger was even greater. This time, it was not the "making a fuss" of anger Cao Yong, but the rebelliousness of Nian Gengyao.

No matter what personal grievances he has with Cao Yong, it should not happen at this time.In this way, it is the face of the court, his face as the emperor.

Not to mention that this not only involves the court officials, but also Hongpu, the elder brother of the prince's mansion.

Now that the clan is not stable, it's too late to appease him, so what's the matter?
He was filled with anger, but the thirteenth elder brother showed some distress, and said: "But just in case, if the emperor agrees, I will allow my younger brother to send this letter to Xiaoliu as soon as possible. He always takes Hong I'm going to be your son, if something happens, I don't know how to make a fuss..."

Yongzheng snorted coldly and said, "Could it be true that you really want to send out troops and horses to bring back the elder brother of the Wangfu from the northwest with great fanfare?"

Elder Brother Thirteen kept silent, his anxiety was still hard to hide on his face.

Seeing this, Yongzheng couldn't help frowning, and said: "Could it be that the thirteenth brother actually believed Cao Yong's nonsense and thought that Nian Gengyao would act recklessly?"

Elder Brother Thirteen thought for a while, then hesitated and said: "Although Nian Gengyao was born in the imperial examination, his temperament is more like a martial artist. The two of them have some old grudges. If there is a real quarrel, I'm afraid it will be..."

He only said half of what he said, and there is no need to say the rest.

Yongzheng narrowed his eyes, shook his head vigorously, and said, "Why, Thirteenth Brother thinks too much..."

It turned out that Brother Thirteen was right about some things.

After the letter was delivered to Elder Sixteen, Elder Sixteen couldn't wait for a moment, so he rushed into the palace to ask for an order. He wanted to take the guards of the palace to the northwest to pick up his son, but was reprimanded by Yongzheng.

The sixteenth elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and everything is complicated, so he can't get out easily.Besides, there is no reason for the clan to leave Beijing easily.

The sixteenth brother was scolded out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but he didn't give up, and went directly to the Queen's Palace to see the Queen.

This tearful begging, listening to the empress empress bitterness.Although the sixteenth elder brother didn't criticize Nian Gengyao in a word, he "painfully stated" that Nian Gengyao bullied his colleagues by taking advantage of his status as the brother of a noble concubine.

It is difficult for the empress to say anything about matters related to foreign ministers; it is even more difficult for her to come forward because the matter is related to the elder brother of the most favored concubine Nian, so she can only invite the emperor to come over.

The capital is singing and dancing, but Yongzheng is restless day and night, thinking about how to calm down Qinghai.

After being invited by the Queen's people, he saw that Elder Sixteen was still arguing about disappearing, and he couldn't help being furious; but when Elder Sixteen talked about Hongpu's infant appearance, he was also a father, and he followed suit in his heart. a soft.

"What are you talking about? You're not good at what you're doing, and you're messing around? If you don't feel at ease, ask someone to pick it up. Who will stop you?" Yongzheng said coldly.

"Ah, ah!" Brother Sixteen begged, "Your Majesty, should I go in person?"

Yongzheng didn't speak, his face was already ugly, Elder Sixteen didn't dare to push further, so he quickly stopped talking.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, the queen hurriedly said: "Since the sixteenth brother was worried that the second elder brother was outside, he hurriedly arranged for someone to pick him up. I haven't seen him for a few days, and it's getting colder this day, so I have to wait before winter comes." Just take it back."

Brother Sixteen nodded after hearing this, and couldn't stay any longer, hurriedly got up and asked to resign, and couldn't wait to go back and arrange staff.

"A worthless thing!" Yongzheng looked at his back, hating iron for not being strong, and said: "People who are all in their thirties still need to be worried about!"

Seeing that he didn't look really annoyed, the queen smiled and said: "It's not because of the good brother the emperor, who is used to it, that he develops such a tired look. If the emperor is annoyed by him, beat him more. "

The widow is lonely, and as the emperor, Yongzheng is willing to be close to his younger brothers.

But even the thirteenth elder brother with the closest relationship abides by the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and he is like a great guest in front of him. One can imagine the loss in his heart.

Brother Sixteen kept his previous appearance, relying on his identity as a younger brother, playing tricks and teasing others, it made Yongzheng think that he had really conquered this brother...

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Elder Sixteen, who was out of the palace, was still anxious on the surface, but thinking in his heart.With Cao Yong's wisdom, it is absolutely impossible to put himself in danger, let alone bring two children by his side.

But I wrote a letter on a special trip, what is the picture?
He didn't really intend to please Cao Yong in his heart, but he was very happy to "companion".

So, there was going into the palace and crying.

Regardless of whether Nian Gengyao really wanted it or not, it was not good for Cao Yong. Only dozens of attendants from the Prince's Mansion were sent to the northwest, and Nian Gengyao would not be clean even if he was really clean.

Of course, such a trivial matter could not bring down Nian Gengyao, but it could give him eye drops in front of the emperor.

What Cao Yong is trying to do is just to protect himself.

He didn't want to swallow his anger in the northwest, and he didn't want to commit his life to Nian Gengyao's mood, so he could only plan one or two things.

At the beginning of September, he finally got the result he wanted.

Cao Yong, the minister of the household department, is stationed in Ganzhou, and the prime minister is the food affairs of the Northwest Army...

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On the last day of the month, ask for a monthly pass. . . . .

(End of this chapter)