Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1092 The Boys
In the first game, Tianyou and Zuozhu played.

The difference between the two is a few months, they are about the same height, short, fat and thin, and they are evenly matched.It's just that both of them are accustomed to reading, and there are elders watching, even wrestling and playing, they are a bit cautious.

When Cao Song saw this, he called out that he was bored, and sometimes he called this one to be more agile, and another time he called that one to work hard, but he was very busy.Because of him leading, the atmosphere on the field became lively.

Cao Yong and Cao Fu sat next to each other, watching the excitement, could not help but smile.

Although they are similar in age, in the past two years Tianyou has studied in the banner and has lessons in riding and archery; Zuo lives in the official school, mainly focusing on the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Six Arts are just a name.Therefore, in the first game, God blessed the victory.

In the second round, it was Wei Wenzhi and Hang Seng who came forward.

Wei Wenzhi was older than Hang Seng, but Hang Seng was taller and stronger than other children of the same age. The two were evenly matched. After fighting for a quarter of an hour, Hang Seng won a small victory in the end.

When Wei Wenzhi started to leave the court, he was embarrassed to use all his strength because of his age.It wasn't until Khan came off the court that he realized how arrogant he had been in the past.When I won the martial arts exam, I underestimated the people in the world. Now a urchin in Beijing can throw himself to the ground.

He drooped his head, looking a little depressed.

When Cao Yong saw him, he called him to the front and said, "Did you lose your energy?"

Wei Wenzhi said awkwardly: "Uncle Cao, my nephew is sorry. When I was in Jiangning, I thought I was strong enough to compete with adults. Unexpectedly, I was so self-righteous. It's really embarrassing."

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It is good to remember that there are people outside the people and heaven outside the sky, but you don't have to be too discouraged. Now that you have lost to Hang Seng, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are not as strong as him, but that the people in the north and the south are different. People in the south are gentle, and their children are more respectful. Mainly study, rarely practice martial arts. Even if I hired a martial arts instructor to teach you, you have mostly practiced basic skills, and there are only a handful of opportunities for actual combat. The folk customs in the north are tough, and the bannermen have always attached importance to martial arts. I often wrestle with my brothers and friends, and if you win, you are just proficient in your skills."

When Wei Wenzhi heard his words of reassurance, he felt warm in his heart. He looked at Cao Yong with a bit of admiration.

Cao Yong didn't feel anything, Cao sat beside him, watching the second brother who still had a childlike innocence and a few nephews cheering in front of him, and the mature and steady cousin started to "preach" again, he raised his head helplessly, looking Bright moon to the sky.

My two elder brothers are really not interesting people.

At this moment, the winner of the third game has been decided.

Tianhu defeated Changsheng, Changsheng was not annoyed, he smiled and praised Tianhu for being stronger than before.After the scene, Tianhu, the nephew, also returned to his obedient appearance, treating Xiaotangshu with respect.

In this way, with two wins in three rounds, Hang Seng won the victory, and happily divided the lottery prepared by Cao Yong and Cao Fu.

The last game was to win Cao Song's dagger.

Only Wei Wenzhi and Hang Seng can compete for strength.

Wei Wenzhi was thinking that it would be better if he had many "actual combat" opportunities, so he could be more competitive in front of Uncle Cao, otherwise he would let Uncle Cao teach him for nothing;If the second uncle is reluctant, he will give it back to the second uncle.

Therefore, these two people were a little more serious than before.

Cao Song yelled at the children for a while, his voice was dry, and he sat on the left side of Cao Yong, took some watermelon, ate it in two bites, and then said: "Brother, Hang Seng has a lot of tricks, it's much faster than we used to throw people. That is to say, Wen Zhi, a kid with two hands, would have fallen down a long time ago if he were someone else. With Wen Zhi's current appearance, it is not easy to take the martial arts test. If it is a few years later, maybe there will be Hope. However, a military officer is not as good as a civilian officer, how can it be so easy? If Wen Zhi really goes this way, I am afraid it will be difficult."

He and Wei Xin are also young friends, not as deep as Cao Yong and his friendship, but there is also some old friendship, so he pays more attention to these children of the Wei family.

"The left and right are still young, so wait and see. If you fail the imperial examination in two years, you will make up for the military vacancies in Beijing." Cao Yong said.

Seeing that his elder brother had plans, Cao Song put the matter aside and said, "By the way, elder brother, before the shift change yesterday, Marcel asked me to talk. He rambled a lot, but he didn't say anything."

The Marsai he was talking about was the minister in charge of the guards and the boss of Cao Song's guards.

Cao Yong and Cao Fu listened and looked at each other, knowing that there was something weird about it.

Before he could speak, Wei Wenzhi was defeated by Hang Seng again.

Cao Song gave the dagger to Hang Seng, and asked the children to play in the yard by themselves, and followed Cao Yong and Cao Fu to the study room to talk.

"What did you say? Second brother, let's listen carefully. Ma Gong is the emperor's confidant, who knows if he came here by order?" Cao Fu was a little anxious, seeing that Cao Yong was still in deep thought, he opened his mouth and said.

Cao Song thought for a while and said: "I really didn't say anything, just a few words... Oh, yes, I also asked a few words about Jiangning's past... Marcelle also knew about the fact that I went to Shandong with my elder brother. "

"Jiang Ning, can't you?" Cao Fu couldn't help frowning.

"Nothing?" Cao Song was still in chaos, looking at his younger brother and then at his cousin.

"Eighty percent is." Cao Yong nodded and said.

Cao Fu smiled wryly and said, "The change of the Sacred Heart is beyond our imagination. As soon as today, why did you uproot Sun and Li?"

"Because the Sun and Li families were uprooted, the emperor was relieved to allow the Cao family to return to Jiangnan. There may be major changes in the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor uses the Cao family to escort someone." Cao Yong said, thinking Li Wei's name appeared on the screen.

Although Li Wei is highly valued, he really has no foundation.This is his advantage, which makes him gain the trust of the emperor and make him rise to the top; but it is also his disadvantage, which makes him isolated and helpless in the officialdom, making it difficult for him to move forward.

Even if he bears the sacred mandate, it would be foolish to try to shake the Jiangnan officialdom by himself.

The Cao family, however, is a valuable foreign aid.

If Cao Song is released to the south of the Yangtze River, the officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will have to weigh whether they can offend the Cao family.

Not to mention, Cao Yin was well-known in the south of the Yangtze River before his death, and most of them were rich and old. Bullying his nephew is easy to be criticized; if there is Cao Yong, the head of the Cao family, how can he make his cousin feel wronged? ?
Seeing what Cao Yong said firmly, Cao Song widened his eyes and said: "Brother, Jiangnan is going to change the governor? Is there any news, who is it?"

He also knew about the hustle and bustle of the capital in the past two months, and said with a little curiosity.

The matter of Li Wei's release to the south of the Yangtze River seems to be inseparable, but Cao Yong did not speak out to Cao Song.This little brother of mine doesn't stick to trifles, if he leaks his words, it will still be troublesome.

Therefore, Cao Yong said: "It doesn't matter who he is, as long as the second brother remembers, you are working for the emperor, and you can protect whichever the emperor asks you to protect."

Cao Song nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, I listened to the emperor." While speaking, he said with a little excitement: "It would be great if I could go back to Jiangning, and I must go back to Zhizao Mansion to take a good look. These years Fortunately, I wanted to go back in my dreams a few years ago."

After Cao Fu heard this, he also looked forward to it: "It would be great if I didn't become an official, and I could go to the south of the Yangtze River with my second brother. I have lived in Jiangning for more than ten years, and I have never seen the prosperity of the Qinhuai River and the beauty of Yangzhou. It's really sad."

Seeing the two cousins ​​talking lively, Cao Yong said: "Even if you know what you know, let's pretend you don't know it. Even if you go to the south of the Yangtze River, you don't enjoy the blessings. I don't know how many troubles are waiting. The second brother also thinks about it. If you don’t want to go, let’s think of another way.”

When Cao Song heard the words, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "If the emperor really chooses me, can I not go?"

If Yongzheng wanted to tie the Cao family behind Li Wei and use the old connections of the Cao family in the south of the Yangtze River to build momentum for Li Wei, the most suitable person for the Cao family to be pushed to the front would be Cao Song.His official position is here, and his rank will not be too low; if it is Cao Si and Cao Wu, although they can also be sent to Jiangnan, but their seniority is there, even if they are under the banner of Cao's children, they will lose weight.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong made a decision and said: "Since this is the case, if the emperor wants to order you, go. You are a military officer, and it is only a shock to go to the south of the Yangtze River. When the new governor is hindered, he will help you. Most of the time Just watch from the wall."

At this moment, Cao Song also understood that the emperor wanted to let go, not him, but the Cao family behind him, and couldn't help worrying: "The officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River has always been dangerous, will it affect the family?"

In the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, half of the taxes in the world come from the south of the Yangtze River.The officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River has never been peaceful.

Unless Cao Song has been a bodyguard all his life, he will always be alone.Going to the south of the Yangtze River, there is Li Wei, a popular man in the imperial court, Cao Yong is a little relieved.

"As long as you remember the few things I said in the early years, you will be fine." Cao Yong said: "Don't be greedy or lustful, practice the golden mean, abide by your duty, even if there are villains attacking you, you can still stand firm... "

As for other matters concerning officialdom and interpersonal relationships, there is no need for Cao Yong to be long-winded.Cao Song is in his thirties, and there are many strife and disputes in the bodyguard office. He is not a stunned young man who has just entered the officialdom.

Seeing his brother teaching, Cao Song listened carefully.

Cao Fu thought about the lack of bodyguards on the second brother, and said to Cao Yong: "Brother, if the second brother is really released, the guards will be vacant. Do you plan this for Tianyou?"

Now that there is a shortage of guards in Beijing, it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is still priceless.

If the Cao family didn't make plans early, it might be too late when the news of Cao Song's release comes out.

Tianyou is the son of the princess, the young master of the uncle's mansion, and it is more promising to serve as a guard in front of the imperial court than to be an official through the imperial examination.

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "The minimum age for a bodyguard is 16 years old. Even if God Bless wants to make up a bodyguard, he has to wait until the next year."

The 16 years old here refers to the false age. When Cao Yong was serving as a guard in Beijing, he was sixteen virtual years old, fourteen and a half years old.

Cao Fu's mind was the most active, and in a flash, he had an idea, saying: "Since God is not old enough, then make a deal with Ma Gong, and leave the second elder brother's vacancy to him, and let him promise to make up for God in two years. Guard."

As Cao Song's current status as a first-class guard, he is qualified to speak about filling the vacancy.

After all, the first-class guards he vacated are enough to be favored by the ministers above.Then, the second class is promoted to the first class; the third class is promoted to the second class.This leaves a vacancy for a third-class bodyguard, who can fill in for a newcomer or be promoted from Lan Ling's bodyguard.

Cao Yong said: "You can leave favors to him, just promise. He has served as a minister of the guard for three years, and he may change places at any time. He is a close minister of the emperor, so it's good to have a good relationship. Wait until God bless you." , let's talk about other..."

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Start filling the hole.Ho Ho, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)