Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1099

Into the forest, avoiding everyone's sight, Cao Yong's hand was lowered from his stomach.

Seeing this, Li Wei said with a smile: "It seems that my lord is on the same mind as me, impatient to kneel down to Nian Gengyao, let's have a pee."

The two are familiar with each other, and there are no outsiders now, so Cao Yong didn't hide anything, and said: "Okay, why is there another problem, adding kneeling to welcome this one?"

"Your Excellency was not there just now, so I didn't hear any gossip. I heard that Nian Gengyao came to Baoding Mansion three days ago, and asked the officials from Jiaoying to kneel down to greet him. Perhaps the emperor wanted to treat him with dignity, so he also made this arrangement in Beijing. "Li Wei said.

Cao Yong listened, very speechless.

Nian Gengyao's arrogance and dominance in the northwest was something he had witnessed with his own eyes, and there were various rumors in Beijing, but it was after all in the northwest, where the sky was high and the emperor was far away.

Now in Zhili, at the foot of the emperor, Nian Gengyao still came and went out like this, it can only be said that he wanted to die.

The two deliberately dragged past the point of "kneeling to welcome", and wanted to watch the play, so they walked half way up the mountain along the foot of the mountain.

It was late autumn, and the forest was already dyed with autumn colors, adding a bit of bleakness.

Cao Yong and Li Wei walked for a while, looking for a place to stand under a tree with a wide view.

"It's really not easy to be a minister. To this day, Li Weifang understands why your lord has been hiding his clumsiness all these years, and he doesn't want to be high like others." Looking at the princes and ministers who were picking up on the official road at the foot of the mountain, Li Weichang heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "Success is easy, It’s hard to start well and end well.”

Seeing that Li Wei was deeply touched, Cao Yong turned his head, looked at him and said: "You can wait for the blue sky. The achievements in the past may not be inferior to Nian Gengyao. We should also remember the scene today. It is good to use it as a lesson."

Li Wei looked a little stunned, and murmured: "Why is it so? Is it not good to leave three points? Today's kneeling will cost Nian Gengyao half his life. No matter how unruly he is, it is true to be a Jinshi on the imperial list. It is true to comfort Sichuan, and it is true to counteract the Northwest. Even if there is a fault, even if the merits and demerits cannot be offset, the crime is not worthy of death."

Although it took two years of hard work, he was promoted from a fifth-rank doctor to a second-rank minister, but Li Wei's success did not lie in his grasp of the court and the emperor's heart, but his hard work.

As for the situation in the court and the emperor's schemes, he saw nothing in the fog.Just like today, he didn't know why the emperor would choose to "praise and kill" a hero.

Although his little Li Wei is not in the same weight as the powerful young general, he still has the feeling of hurting himself and others, which makes people feel terrified.

Nian Gengyao was the emperor's servant, and he, Li Wei, was also the emperor's servant.Nian Gengyao was trusted as a confidant, and he, Li Wei, was also regarded as a "private minister" by the emperor.

"Nian Gengyao governor of the three provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi, and the general of Fuyuan who controlled the military affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou. This adds up to the land of the five provinces. In addition, Nian Gengyao sent people into the officialdom of Jiangnan and Zhili. If he does not die, how can the emperor Can you feel at ease?" Cao Yong said lightly.

Li Wei has been in Yunnan for the past two years, so he knows Nian Gengyao's influence on the Southwest, but he still frowned and said, "Isn't it the emperor's decree to control the soldiers and horses in Yunnan and Guizhou? It's just for Qinghai affairs, so as to save troops and logistics Procrastination, delaying the war, is under the control of Nian Gengyao... Zhili and Jiangnan officialdom, there are indeed many Northwest officials to fill the vacancies, even if there are people recommended by Nian Gengyao, the emperor has the final say... If the emperor does not If you want, don't hold Nian Gengyao like this from the beginning, it's fine, what are you doing in a circle like this?"

Cao Yong listened, such as enlightenment, his mind became clear all of a sudden.

Because later generations talked about Yongzheng, they all said that he was "moody" and "unkind and mean". Although there were slanders from the scholar class who had their interests violated, it was not groundless.

This made Cao Yong take extra care from the first time he saw Yongzheng. Even though he knew that he would become a great treasure, he didn't make do with him, because he was afraid of his "moodiness".

But if he is really a "moody" casual person, how can he become a great treasure after many princes in the Kangxi Dynasty played games?

In the early years, he felt that Yongzheng's honor and favor for Nian Gengyao was not right, it had surpassed the relationship between monarch and minister, even if it was because of his foreign relatives, he still felt that it was a bit too much.

Now after listening to Li Wei's words, Cao Yong reacted.

From the moment he ascended the throne, Yong has shown kindness to Nian Gengyao step by step in front of him. In the eyes of others, Nian Gengyao has become more and more powerful.In fact, when everyone was staring at Nian Gengyao's power, the emperor sorted out the northwest and southwest, and then in the name of promoting Nian Gengyao's old department, he sorted out the officialdom in Jiangnan and Zhili.

It seems that Nian Gengyao's power has already affected nine of the thirteen provinces of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the new emperor used thunderous tactics to replace more than half of the officials in the nine provinces.

Even if the local officials are dissatisfied with the transfer, after all, most of them grew up reading the books of sages, pulling the fig leaf of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism", few of them will directly resent Yongzheng. Gengyao.

Afterwards, Yongzheng dealt with Nian Gengyao again, which not only shocked the world, but also resolved the grievances of the officials, making them return to their hearts...

At this moment, there was already the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and bursts of smoke and dust were raised.

The princes and ministers who were waiting to be greeted by the suburbs also saw people coming from a distance, moving in line, accompanied by the sound of ritual and music.

"Here we come..." Li Wei whispered.

Cao Yong didn't answer the words, but squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. He had already made up his mind that when he saw Yongqing, he would stay in Beijing no matter what, and get out of the muddy water in the northwest as soon as possible.

Hundreds of soldiers, all riding horses, looked quite imposing.

As these people gradually moved from far to near, these people had been divided into two groups. The clan princes got off their horses and stepped out of their sedan chairs, and stood in front of the crowd; the civil and military ministers lined up behind the princes.

Although separated far away, Cao Yong and Li Wei could still see clearly.

When they were more than ten feet away from the princes and ministers, the soldiers stopped, and then the leader rode his horse slowly towards the suburbs to meet them.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, who was standing behind the prince, was cut in half.It seemed that the person riding forward was Nian Gengyao, the host of the suburban welcome.

Ordinarily at this time, when Nian Gengyao got off his horse, besides thanking the emperor for his kindness to Miyagi, he also had to pretend to be humble.

But Nian Gengyao didn't intend to get off the horse, he still rode on the horse and stopped in front of the crowd.As for whether he opened his mouth to speak, it is unknown whether Cao Yong and Li Weishi are far apart.

After a while, Nian Gengyao turned the rein of the horse and returned to the soldiers.

Then, when he rode out again, more than a dozen soldiers followed behind him.The remaining soldiers, according to the rules, are not allowed to enter the city, and can only be placed in Fengtai Camp or Nanyuan Camp.

After watching this "Jiao Ying" sitcom, the sympathy Cao Yong and Li Wei had for Nian Gengyao disappeared in smoke.

"This is too crazy. Not to mention receiving all the official ceremonies immediately, and seeing these princes, they still won't get off the horse." Li Wei said dumbfounded.

Cao Yong thought for a while and said: "Perhaps it was on purpose. At this point, if he is too respectful to the clan, it may not be a good thing."

The good show ended, and when the two came down from the mountainside and walked out of the forest, the princes, ministers, Nian Gengyao and others had already faded away.

Li Wei and Cao Yong's servants were waiting by the side of the official road with their horses, already full of anxiety.Next to him was Yiduri and his entourage.

Seeing the two of them coming out, everyone led their horses to meet them.

Yi Duli turned his eyes on Cao Yong several times, and made sure that he was still whole and there was nothing missing, so he heaved a sigh of relief and said: "I've been here for a long time, it's a bluff, if I don't come out, I will go in and look for him." Furuo has gone."

Seeing that he was worried, Cao Yong felt a little embarrassed, and said: "After walking a few more steps towards the forest, I turned around a bit, and my work was delayed."

Yi Duli did not doubt that he was there, and said: "Just come out, there are so many people kneeling, and there is no shortage of one or two."

Jiao Ying's errands are over, Cao Yong and Yi Duli have to go back to the household department to be on duty, but Li Wei is on vacation, waiting for news from the official department.Therefore, after entering the city, Li Wei went home first, and the remaining two went to the sixth department.

Returning to the household department, Cao Yong saw the two ministers who had just been welcomed by the suburbs get off the carriage.

Because there were too many officials participating in the suburban welcome, the two of them didn't notice that Cao Yong had disappeared for a while, said hello, and entered the yamen of the household department.

Cao Yong took a slow step, and ordered Zhang Yi, who was accompanying him, to let him go to Yongqing's house.

If His Majesty Yongqing went home directly after seeing him, Cao Yong would go there after he fell into the Yamen; if His Majesty Yongqing went out of the city to return to the army after seeing him, let him have time to go to Cao Mansion later.

When it was time to fall into the Yamen, Zhang Yi came back to reply, and Yongqing had already come out of the palace and was waiting for Cao Yong to pass by at home.

When Cao Yong heard this, he brought a little eagerness, explained the errand at hand, and went out of the Yamen to Yongqing's house.

Qijin, the housekeeper of Yongqing's house, saw Cao Yong coming, so he hurriedly greeted him, and took him to the yard courteously: "Just now our master asked someone to ask about it, and by coincidence, Cao master arrived. Our master went to see the old lady first." , the second master came along and was talking to our master in the hall."

In the past few years when Yongqing was not here, the Cao family took good care of the house here, Chuyu would send people over to give gifts during festivals, and occasionally they would bring Grandma Qing, mother and son over to the house as guests.

Qijin also often goes to Cao's mansion, and he is a little more enthusiastic because he is grateful for Cao Yong's care for his master.

Turning around the screen wall, I heard Brother Yongqing's laughter coming from the living room.

Cao Yong went to the Northwest last year on a business trip and met Yongqing; on Yongsheng's side, he hadn't seen his elder brother for several years.

Cao Yong's footsteps were a little hesitant, and he was too impatient, even if he wanted to persuade Yongqing, it would take a day and a half.

"Master, Second Master, Master Cao is here..." Qi Jin's voice was full of joy.

Yongqing and Yongsheng were saying goodbye, when they heard the movement, they came out from the hall to greet them.

"Fu Ruo..." Yong Qing met him with a smile.

Yongsheng also met Cao Yong, saw the beeswax bead on Cao Yong's chest, and couldn't help but take a second look: "Brother Cao is also coming to welcome you? Just now I asked brother, but he said he didn't see brother Cao. "

After hearing this, Yongqing also looked towards Cao Yong.

Cao Yong said with a sneer: "People have three urgencies, and it happened that I went to the forest at that time..."

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In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yongzheng was sitting behind the dragon table, his face was livid, and he said bitterly: "I really have learned a lot. In front of me, if you sit down in front of me, do you still have the emperor in your eyes?"

The thirteenth elder brother bowed and stood in front of the case. Hearing these words, his heart was agitated; the sixteenth elder brother stood behind the thirteenth elder brother, his eyebrows were pleasing to the eye, but his heart was full of slander. Sit down, who can violate the order...

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Circles were drawn on the ground, the monthly pass fell to the fifth category again, biting the mouse, crying...

(End of this chapter)