Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1083
The news that Li Wei was called back to Beijing to meet at the end of the year reached Cao Yong's ears within a few days.

Cao Yong knew that Li Wei was going to be promoted again.After all, Yunnan is thousands of miles away from the capital. If there is no transfer of posts, let alone Li Wei, a chief envoy, even the governor and governor may not be able to get the favor to visit your majesty in Beijing.

The news came from Elder Seventeen. He already knew Li Wei. He had dealt with Li Wei when he went to Yunnan last year. After hearing the news of Li Wei's return to Beijing, he told Cao Yong after a big court meeting. .

According to later novelists, Li Wei was the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, and his subordinates subdued the gangster Huang Tianba in the south of the Yangtze River.Although there are many fictional elements in these stories, it should be true that Li Weixian was in the south of the Yangtze River.

Witnessing the rise of a generation of famous ministers, Cao Yong can only be happy for him.

On the other hand, Elder Sixteen was very unconvinced, and privately said to Cao Yong: "This kid has a good life, he will be promoted twice in three years, and if he is promoted again, he will be the governor."

When Cao Yong heard this, his heart moved and he said, "Jiangnan?"

Elder Sixteen glanced at him and said, "Furuo thought about it too? How can the emperor rest assured that the important land in the south of the Yangtze River will be handed over to others? Li Wei is the old man of his hidden residence. He has done a good job in the salt administration. Served as the governor to lead the Liangjiang Salt Administration, and he is also famous as a teacher."

Cao Yong didn't expect it, but casually said it was based on the fuzzy memory of later generations.

Based on his memory, Li Wei spent most of his time outside the Yongzheng Dynasty, otherwise he would not have been praised by Yongzheng as a "model governor".

Seeing that Cao Yong didn't answer, Elder Sixteen said: "Are you envious? Hehe, even if that kid is better than others, I don't believe that he will beat you. It's just that you suffer because of your age. Experienced in Beijing. It’s almost the same now, so you don’t want to go to the ruling party?”

Cao Yong listened, could not help some heart.

In his thirties, he has already reached the second-rank servant, and he really doesn't have much ambition in his official career. He just waits for a few more years.

But on his birthday, chatting with everyone made him know that he had become a stumbling block in Cao Xiang's official career.He can choose to get seniority and wait for retirement, but in that case, Cao Xiang's promotion will be blocked.

For thousands of years, no family can last forever, but there are many people who can stand for a hundred years.

The rise and fall of the Cao family cannot be tied to Cao Yong alone.If Cao Xiang can survive, it will not only reduce Cao Yong's burden, but also allow the East Mansion to stand on its own and get rid of the situation of being attached to the West Mansion.

Calculating the time, Cao Xiang's academic and political errands will be ready next year. When he returns to Beijing to enter the Imperial Academy, the best way is to join the cabinet.He came from a professional background, and it was not difficult for him to enter the cabinet from Hanlin.

On my own side, if I can be released to the outside world for a few years, apart from being free, it can also leave Cao Xiang with the opportunity for promotion.

When Cao Xiang passed his thirties and was qualified to release local officials, he could return to Beijing to "care for the elderly".

When Cao Xiang returned to Beijing, he, as the elder brother, could become an official.

If you want not to affect Cao Xiang's official career, it is the most appropriate way for the two brothers to cross out of Beijing like this.There is still one person in the court, and the brothers rely on it for aid.

Cao Song is a military officer and has nothing to do with civil servants.Here Cao Xiang, as the eldest brother, wants to fulfill, but he also has to come up with an idea.

Cao Yong has been an official for more than ten years, and he only let go of one foreign official, who was stationed in Daotai in Shandong.At that time, although he was only a fourth rank, but because the place of administration was not in the provincial capital, he lived extremely comfortably.

It's just that he is different from Li Wei. Li Wei was only a fifth-rank doctor the year before last, but he was promoted to Daotai, chief envoy, and then governor.

Cao Yong was the second-rank minister as early as Xiaoman was restored. Now he has worked hard for four or five years, and he can only be the governor of the same level, or the governor plus the title of minister.

Although the world is big, the shortage of governors is limited, not counting water transport and river channels, the nine governors are in charge of the side.Although both are genuine second-rank, but due to the different provinces under their jurisdiction, the status of the governor is also different.

If the governor-general enters Beijing, the imperial line will be headed by the governor-general of Zhili, followed by the governor-general of Liangjiang, then the governor-general of Huguang and Guangdong-Guangdong, then the governor-general of Fujian, Zhejiang and Sichuan, the governor-general of Shaanxi-Gansu, and the governor-general of Yunnan-Guizhou at the end.

Now, Nian Gengyao can rank first in the world's governors because he holds the dual positions of governor of Sichuan and governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he was also named the Taibao.

Cao Yong thought about these places, and there really was a place he wanted to go to.

Zhili is an important place, and Yongzheng will definitely use his confidant ministers; Liangjiang will be avoided, and the Cao family finally escaped from Jiangnan, so how could they fall into the trap of themselves; Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan are Nian Gengyao's territory, and now Nian Gengyao and Yongzheng are still During the honeymoon period, the location is still secure; Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan and Guizhou are both tough and uneven territories.

Huguang and Guangdong are not bad places.The Governor’s Yamen of Guangdong and Guangxi, governing Guangzhou, has Guangdong Customs, and has made great achievements; the Governor’s Yamen of Huguang, governing Wuhan, is also a place of outstanding people.

"Since the emperor has ordered the governors of the world to return to Beijing to meet, I am afraid that arrangements have been made long ago. Is it too late if you want to get involved at this time?" Elder Sixteen is not someone else, so Cao Yong didn't hide it. Ask directly about your concerns.

Elder Sixteen laughed and said: "If you really want to let go, the emperor only wants to be happy. He kept a low profile in the early years, and his disciples could count them out. Now it's time to employ people. If you are in the household department, you will be inferior. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a big accountant. Even if you do your job well, how can there be room for development? Look at you, in the past few years, besides worrying about farming, you are not as smart as the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Only if you are allowed to run the place, can you You have room to expand your ambitions."

Cao Yong was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he waved his hands and said: "Master Shiliu, what kind of grand plans can I develop? I just want to go out to catch my breath after staying in the capital for these years. The same is true Pin, being a governor in the local area is different from being a servant in the capital. I still remember seeing the governor of Liangjiang travel when I was a child. , even a four-person sedan chair, not everyone is qualified to sit in it."

Brother Sixteen saw that he was indeed interested, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you really have the intention, don't worry. It's a mess outside now, and there are too many people moving around, but it's eye-catching. Take a moment, I'll show you in front of Brother Thirteen , Let me give you a breath."

Brother Sixteen is willing to help, Cao Yong can only thank him.

He didn't pay attention to it before, and he didn't feel anything. When he paid attention, he found that there were many people in the capital officials who were staring at the governor and governor.

There are nine governors in the world and governors of eighteen provinces. This time, six governors, seven governors, and thirteen border ministers were summoned to Beijing to meet your Majesty.Even if all these gaps are not empty, as long as half of them are empty, it will be enough to arouse the enthusiasm of the capital.

In addition to the Beijing officials who wanted to be released, those governors and governors who wanted to go to Beijing or stayed behind also sent their staff and nephews to Beijing one after another.

Either I want to go further, or I want to transfer a big province.

Those who can make it to the governor of a province or the governor of a region in the officialdom are also veterans who have experienced it.What everyone in the capital can see, they can also see.

But they also understand that even if the emperor wants to clean up the place, he will not replace the governor and governor of the world all at once.

Dealing with government affairs is not a child's play after all, the most likely is three, three, four.Some of them were transferred back to Beijing, some of them were transferred to other provinces, and the rest remained unchanged.

After all, what the emperor wants is to serve guests from all over the world and smooth government affairs.Even if there are some courtiers who have been in power for many years and their power is deeply entrenched, as long as they change provinces, they will disappear.

Therefore, the big officials in these places also worked hard.Those who hope to be transferred to other provinces hope to choose a big province; when they are old and want to go to Beijing for 'honorary support', they are active to find a good job in the six departments.The same is the Shangshu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, but the difference is not a little bit.

All of a sudden, it became popular to eat in Beijing.Even Cao Yong, who was in the household department, was not immune.

It's only the beginning of July now, but whether it's the Beijing officials or the children of governors from other places, they are all starting to go around in the name of "Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony".

Although there is a system in the imperial court, foreign officials are not allowed to form courtiers, but in China, it is a time when human feelings are more important than etiquette.It depends on what reason you are looking for, the same year, fellow township, family connection, in-laws, teachers and students, all kinds of relationships.

People who hadn't even heard their names yesterday are "relatives and friends" who have to socialize today. There are many people with such a relationship.

Cao Yong was not born in the imperial examination, and this branch of the Cao family opened a small sect, but he did not come to the door with his clan members in the same year.

If so, there are many people who come to the door under the banner of fellow countrymen and family friends.

These are from Chen Tongxiang, Jiangning, Zhili, and outside the Guan. It is said that several generations of ancestors had friendship with the Cao family, and which girl they married came to the Cao family.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was really dumbfounded.Some of them are okay, they had contacts in the early years, and they still have some impressions, and some are purely looking for a banner to build relationships.

Cao Yong's current status is here. A young servant of the household department has no ability to interfere with the affairs of the official department, especially the selection of such local officials.

The reason why they came to the door was that they did not have connections to the sky, and they valued the important in-laws behind Cao's mansion.They also know that there is little hope, but they just want to cast a net and find it everywhere.

How could Cao Yong take this trouble? He didn't see anyone who could be seen. Most of them were treated by the big housekeeper Cao Yuan;

Small gifts are not rejected, and large gifts are not accepted.

Under the banner of family friendship, there are people from the old generation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as those who were colleagues or classmates of their fathers and grandfathers and Cao Yong's fathers and grandfathers.These people are not something Cao Yong can neglect, or they will be labeled as "forgetting their roots" and "frivolous".

For them, Cao Yong's attitude is also warm if he is close to Cao's mansion; if he has no contact with them, he still keeps a polite distance.

Among them, for some friendly people who urgently want to ask Cao Yong to pull the strings and make sure the sixteenth elder brother or the thirteenth elder brother, Cao Yongcheng also selectively fulfills it.That is the House of the Thirteenth Prince, who dared not agree to it; the House of the Sixteenth Prince, although he said it was "difficult", he tried his best...

Naturally, before this, he had already greeted Brother Sixteen.

With Elder Sixteen's intelligence, he will remind Cao Yongjing to wait and see what happens, how can he jump out by himself.It's just to help Cao Yong, and by the way, I will collect some courtesy and filial piety, so that I can have more money...

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Tears run, the category is fifth, and it is about to fall to sixth. Xiaojiu asks for a monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)