Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1112
Cao Yong first received the residence newspaper, and the next day he received a letter from Cao Song's family.

As for the release of Cao Song, it was not surprising because they had already prepared, but they did not expect that they would leave Beijing years ago.In this way, the time is too rushed, and I don't know how Cao Song is preparing.

Although the cousin is over [-] years old, he was seen by Cao Yong. He was brought up by his nephew, so he is very concerned about it.

He calculated the distance. Although the road from the capital to Jiangning passed through Zhili, it went to Bazhou and Wen'an, and did not pass through Baoding Mansion.

Brothers, if they want to meet each other, it may be too late.

Although the job of a military officer is not as cumbersome as that of a local civil servant, Jiangning is an important town, and Jiangning's general army has more than 5000 officers and soldiers, so the job is not easy.

Although Cao Song served as an official in the Northwest Army, he was only entrusted with the account of the Central Army and had never managed military affairs. Cao Yong was worried.

Just at the end of the month, on the [-]th, Zhili civil and military officials who had no shifts to meet with their new bosses arrived in Hejian Mansion one after another.Among them, Fan Shiyi, the commander-in-chief of Malankou, was the uncle of Li Yu's husband-in-law, and he was also related to the Cao family.

Hearing that he went to the governor's mansion to hand over the invitation card, Cao Yong invited him into the mansion to speak.

Fan Shiyi was in his forties, with a square face and a slightly affluent figure. He wore a martial artist's men's uniform, giving him a bit of a heroic air.

The two had met in Beijing in the early years, but they were not very familiar with each other.

But to get to this level, they have all been experienced in the officialdom, so they won't be left in the cold.

Seeing that Cao Yong did not shy away from Li's family, and even asked people to call Li Cheng to meet him, Fan Shiyi also knew the elegant meaning after hearing the strings, he lost the formality of the opposite superior, and gained a little more acquaintance with old in-laws.He also made a special trip to mention his nephew, who has now been released to Ren Zhizhou in Shandong, and so on.

Cao Yong made the final calculation in his mind, dozens of people from the three generations of the Fan family became officials, this is the real family.Since Wen Chenggong, the descendants of the Fan family have not entered the cabinet, and have not been involved in the battle for the reserve position, and have gone through the five dynasties in peace.

Cao Yong looked at Fan Shiyi thoughtfully.

Over the years, he has been thinking about how the Cao family should develop.It is difficult to be safe without power, and it is difficult to be safe with power.Now it seems that following the example of the Fan family and practicing the golden mean will make it easier to be stable for a hundred years.

Seeing that Cao Yong had no voice, Fan Shiyi also gradually stopped talking, hesitating in his heart.

Cao Yong has come to his senses, put aside the matter of the Fan family, and asked about the increase of the Eight Banners soldiers in Malankou.Malankou was originally composed of 60 Eight Banners soldiers, with 40 missing.

Baoding Mansion originally had 99 Zhenghong and Xianghong Banner soldiers, with [-] missing.The Eight Banners soldiers in other places in Zhili are also missing.

After Cao Yong arrived in Zhili, he drew up a booklet, asking for an order to fill the shortage of Zhili Eight Banners soldiers, and the emperor has already agreed.

These Eight Banners soldiers are all under the rule of Cao Yong.

Cao Yong is now asking for an order, but it is just for everyone to see.

There are not many Eight Banners soldiers under the governor of Zhili, only a thousand or so, and the rest are green battalions.Therefore, it is better to take these people to find out.It is also a reminder to the admirals and commanders in Zhili that Zhili's military affairs are going to be rectified, so everyone take it easy.

It's not Cao Yong's meddling, but the thirteenth elder brother's letter, saying that the emperor has no intention of sending people down for the time being, but will send people to inspect Zhili's military affairs around the Dragon Boat Festival next year.

That means, in the past six months, Cao Yong will be the main trainer himself, and he has to come up with some achievements to let the emperor take care of him.

It takes only one month to celebrate the New Year. Before the year, I was in a hurry and I couldn’t move. After the year, it will only be five months. Time waits for no one.

After discussing with Jiang Jian and Song Hou, Cao Yong handed over the booklet of the Eight Banners patch.

They are all on errands for the emperor, and they mainly focus on running the errands well. There is no reason to make enemies of the military attachés in the whole province and make enemies for themselves.Since it has already been reminded in front, Cao Yong will not be polite if there is someone who does not show face.

Hearing Cao Yong's question about military affairs, Fan Shiyi paused for a moment, and said: "After all, they are transferred from the Eight Banners in the capital. The procedures at the Ministry of War may be cumbersome. According to the usual practice, it will not be easy to make up for it in the first month of next year."

Cao Yong heard the words, could not help frowning.

There are several Eight Banners vacancies in Zhili, and the total number is less than 300. Why is it so hard?

It's not because there is a new year in the middle, Banner Ding is unwilling to go out of Beijing, and the Ministry of War has to delay for a while, waiting for the reaction of the Governor Cao Yong.If it's so cheap, it will be done properly, so why use Kacao Yong's oil and water.

Cao Yong's face darkened when he thought that in the future, he would continue to "honor" money to Beijing.

Then he thought of what he had received a few days ago, and he calmed down.Forget it, just treat it as a backhand, as long as you don't let yourself pay the money.I didn't realize it when I was in Beijing, but I didn't know why those governors and governors scattered a lot of money to the capital until they went to the local area.

"The first month is the first month, the Eight Banners soldiers make up, and then the Green Camp." Cao Yong nodded and said.

When Fan Shiyi heard this, his cheeks twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Cao Yong was about to use his mouth to spread his meaning, even though he didn't ask, he went on to say: "The green camp in Zhili is exhausted, and the emperor is very dissatisfied. Letting this governor down is also for the military affairs of Zhili. Look at the emperor. The meaning is to make a big move, and I am afraid that there will be some changes next year."

Having said this, Fan Shiyi is not allowed to pretend to be confused again.He stood up, clasped his fists in the direction of the capital, and said: "Since the emperor has a decree, the next official must follow the constitutional decree of the superintendent!"

Cao Yong was very satisfied to see him know the truth.

There are still many officials waiting to be summoned, so Cao Yong will bring tea to see off the guests...

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Governor's Mansion, outside the main gate, the gatehouse on the west side.

Wei Wenjie followed his cousin Wei De, watching his uncle bowed his body and handed the silver seal to the doorman of the governor's mansion, he couldn't help frowning.

The silver seal was prepared by his uncle, and 50 taels of silver were sealed inside.Unexpectedly, it was just to manage the gatekeepers of the Governor's Mansion.

This is "Men Jing". In the magistrate's office in Mancheng, there is also "Men Jing", which is eight taels of silver.

Wei Wenjie's heart was heavy. In his pocket, there was still 300 taels of silver bills. It was the "Zhi ceremony" prepared by his uncle for this visit, that is, the "meeting gift". See the "Regulations for Arriving at Appointment" given at the time.

Wei Wenjie remembered clearly that just half a month ago, his uncle had sent his cousin to prepare a gift worth 300 taels of silver for the governor's wife's birthday.

It's only been a month's work, and a single county magistrate sent a gift of 700 taels of silver to the governor.

How many county offices are there in Zhili?

Although he knew that these were official customs, but thinking that his uncle only had a salary of a few tens of taels of silver every year, Wei Wenjie felt heavy in his heart when he thought that his uncle's salary was only a few dozen taels of silver, but his various filial pieties were thousands of taels.

I always feel that what I have seen and heard this month does not match the etiquette norms I have learned from reading sage books.

The door clerk collected the door respect, took Wei De's name card, sent someone to pass it to the governor's mansion, and invited Wei De to serve tea outside.

There is already a magistrate from other places and a magistrate from Zhizhou sitting outside, all of whom have handed out greeting cards and are waiting to be summoned.

The people met each other according to their ranks and began to chat in low voices.

Before coming to the governor's mansion to meet him, Wei Wenjie and his uncle went to the prefect's yamen in Baoding to pay their respects, and saw the majesty of the magistrate.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the governor's mansion, the magistrates of the same level would have to be careful in front of the gatekeepers, waiting in the gatehouse for Hou Jian not to speak out.

Wei Wenjie was in a complicated mood, feeling very depressed, so he greeted his uncle in a low voice, and went out to wait.

In front of the Governor's Mansion, no one dared to stay at will.

Wei Wenjie walked to the opposite side of the Governor's Mansion. There was a lotus pond, which was already frozen, and some withered stems and fallen leaves were exposed under the residual snow. Looking around, there were a few urchins playing in the distance.

He turned his head and looked at the majestic gate of the governor's mansion, only to realize that his uncle Shi, who had always treated him so lovingly, was a real master.

Compared with this gentle and refined uncle, the uncle who despises his regretful marriage is like an official clown.

It's just that all the glory belongs to the Cao family and has nothing to do with him.

If he wanted to be filial to his aunt and protect his siblings, he, the elder brother, had to be responsible.

Thinking of this, Wei Wenjie puffed out his chest, feeling a little proud.

At this time, the sound of "da da" horseshoes was heard not far away.

Wei Wenjie followed the sound and saw a group of cavalry galloping from the east.

"Woo!" In an instant, a group of people had already rushed to the gate of the governor's mansion, and the leader reined in the reins and stopped the horse.

But he was an acquaintance, Wei Wenjie rushed forward to greet him, and called out with a bit of surprise, "Second Uncle Cao!"

That's right, the person who got off his horse was Cao Song in ordinary clothes.

"Wenjie!" Cao Song also looked at him with joy, and said: "Wearing this robe, it adds a bit of sophistication! Didn't you mean to go to Mancheng? Why are you here? It's the elder who transferred you here?"

Wei Wenjie shook his head and said: "No, my nephew's clan uncle came to participate in the Shishu today, and my nephew thought that he should also come to pay his respects to his uncle and aunt, so he followed.

Cao Song had worked with his elder brother in a foreign office in his early years, and he knew the rules of the concierge. Wei Wenjie's uncle was only the county magistrate of the seventh rank, and it took him a long time to see him at the governor's mansion.

Because he was staying in front of the governor's mansion, some officials had already stepped forward to inquire.

He was wearing ordinary clothes, and there were no more than three or four entourages, but the tone of the gatekeeper lost respect, and his chin was raised high, a bit repulsive.

Cao Song was annoyed when he saw that his words were ugly, but he didn't want to get angry here and let people see the joke, suppressed his anger, and said: "I am the cousin of the governor, and I come from the capital. Who is the head of your concierge? Ask him to come out to see me?"

When the gatekeeper saw him speak, he was a relative of Governor Chen, half-believed, looked at Cao Song and refused to move, and said: "This master, can you hand over the name card first, and then let the younger one pass it on."

Cao Song's face turned dark immediately, this time he was not angry that he was neglected, but angry that the doorman had no winks.

I am not an outsider, so naturally I won't get into trouble with my brother because of these trivial matters.But if one day, relatives and old friends arrive, they will be stopped outside the gate of the governor's mansion because they are not wearing official uniforms. That would be to offend people.

"Zhang Yi, Wu Mao, Zhao An, Cao Man, one of them must be your leader, right? Go and spread the word that Cao Song is here and wants to go to the mansion to see his brother and sister-in-law." Cao Song held back his anger and said in a deep voice.

Hearing the familiar names, the gatekeeper's face changed. Before he could speak, he saw a person running out of the east gate room. It was Zhang Yi...

(End of this chapter)