Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1113 Green Camp Plan

"Second Master!" Zhang Yi stepped forward, rubbed his eyes exaggeratedly, and said: "Could it be that the little one is dazzled, and the Bodhisattva must have seen the sincerity of the little one's longing for the day and night, so he lured the Second Master over!"

Cao Songben held back his anger, but when he interrupted him, he laughed and scolded: "What the fuck, I'm not your friend, so you need to worry about it?"

Zhang Yi shyly said: "I'm not talking in vernacular. Since the master got the letter a few days ago and heard that the second master was released, he has been talking about the second master all day long. The villain is also thinking about the second master. I heard that The master wanted to send people to Bazhou to wait for the second master, so he squeezed his head to grab the errand. I thought in my heart that it is cold now, whether the second master should ride a horse or a car, don't freeze..."

Cao Song couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this chatter, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I haven't seen you for a few days, my lips are so broken, I really admire you..."

Zhang Yi checked his words and saw that the anger in his eyes had disappeared, so he stopped making jokes and said hello to Wei Wenjie who was standing next to him with a smile.

Wei Wenjie knew that he was a useful person around Cao Yong, so he avoided and refused to accept the gift.

"Second Lord, Uncle Jie, please hurry up, the master knows that your second master is here, he must be very happy..." Zhang Yi glanced lightly at the doorman, not in a hurry, and smiled to Cao Song and Wei Wenjie. lead the way.

The gatekeeper looked at the backs of the crowd in horror, with a mournful face, only hated himself for offending others for no reason, and slapped himself hard.

Cao Song was thinking about his elder brother and sister-in-law. He walked all the way, and he didn't stop talking. He only asked the magistrate if he had any pricks, whether the old people in the governor's mansion were easy to use, and those aides and clerks who followed Did you mess around with errands?

Zhang Yi agreed one by one, but he was secretly amazed in his heart, he didn't expect that the second master, who was always careless, now talked about the affairs in the yamen in a clear and logical manner.

When he was approaching Huaqiang, Zhang Yi remembered that he hadn't congratulated Cao Song yet, so he hurriedly said: "I'm confused, I haven't thanked the second master yet, but I congratulate the second master for the double happiness, the sky is going straight, and Lin'er was born early."

Cao Song glanced at him, and said: "I'm still wondering, why are you so sensible that you didn't ask for rewards, so you are here waiting for you." Although the words were reproachful, they smiled from ear to ear. He took out an ingot of silver and threw it into Zhang Yi's arms.

Zhang Yi thanked the reward with a smile, led Cao Song directly across the flower wall, and said to the boy at the door: "What are you doing in a daze, go over and tell the master, the second master and Uncle Wei Jiajie are here..."

Seeing this, Cao Song slowed down and said, "Is the eldest brother busy? If the eldest brother is busy, it will be the same when I see you later."

Zhang Yidao: "In the future, the governor's mansion will be promoted to Yamen. In the past two days, civil and military officials from all over Zhili have arrived in Baoding mansion. Now the master is meeting in the mansion with Chang Deshou, a road inspector in Zhili. He took about two cups of tea. I don’t know if I’ve seen it or not.”

When Cao Song heard this, he was a little hesitant. Although his brother was the governor, he had official duties, so he went on the rampage because he was not good.

Just as he was hesitating, two people had already come out from the main entrance of the mansion, the one in front, judging from the grade of the make-up clothes, it should be the road patrol that Zhang Yi had just mentioned; the one in front wearing the stone blue make-up clothes was exactly Cao Yong.

When Cao Song saw this, he couldn't help being taken aback, wondering what the identity of the platform was, and he let his brother send it out in person.

Not to mention him, even Chang Deshou had no idea, and didn't understand the reason why Cao Yong treated him so courteously.

He got the decree and was promoted to be the chief minister of Jiangxi Province. He came to bid farewell to Cao Yong today, and he will set off to return to Beijing tomorrow to see his majesty.

He turned around in fear, and just about to ask Cao Yong to stop, he heard Cao Yong say: "Second brother!"

Then, someone answered not far away.

Chang Deshou followed the voice and saw a tall and strong man striding forward, about thirty years old, wearing a royal blue leather jacket, unshaven, and dusty.

His heart skipped a beat, and he remembered that when he read the mansion newspaper a few days ago, several civil and military officials were newly appointed in the Jiangnan officialdom.

It is not difficult to guess that the "song" of Cao Song, the new general of Jiangning, and the "颙" of the governor of Zhili in front of him both come from the "Ye" department, and they are not cousins ​​of the same ancestor, but also cousins.

At this moment, Cao Yong had already introduced to him: "Master Chang, this is Cao Song, my younger brother, and he is going to Jiangning to take the post of general soldier." Then he said to Cao Song, "Second brother, this is Jiangxi's political envoy. Master Chang De Shou Chang is in the south of the Yangtze River, so we need to get closer in the future."

Jiangxi is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Liangjiang, and the government office of the governor of Liangjiang is in Jiangning. The two of them will never have the opportunity to meet in the future. Cao Yong said this.

When Cao Song saw his brother introducing his colleagues from Jiangnan, he restrained his expression and greeted him politely.

Chang Deshou just felt flattered and hurriedly performed the humble ceremony.Although civil and military officials do not belong to each other, the chief soldier is the second rank, and the chief envoy is only the second rank.

Cao Yong didn't come out to see off the guests. After meeting Cao Song and Chang Deshou, he ordered Zhang Yi to send Chang Deshou out.

After Chang Deshou left, Wei Wenjie stepped forward to greet Cao Yong.

Cao Yong looked him in the eyes, saw that he was much older, nodded in relief, and said: "Since you're here, stay here and wait until the day after work, and then go back with your uncle."

Wei Wenjie hesitated for a moment, then said: "Nephew thanked the old uncle for his kindness, but this time the nephew came with the clan uncle, so it's not easy to act alone, it's better to live outside."

Cao Song thought about it, and said, "It's okay to live outside. Your clan uncle is half of my hometown, and I met him in the early years. I'd better stay here for a while before leaving."

Wei Wenjie agreed honestly, afraid of delaying their brother's conversation, he said he wanted to see Tianyou, so he followed the boy to find someone.

Cao Yong and Cao Song brothers turned around and went into the room to talk.

"Doesn't it mean that the days to go south are these two days? Why do you have to come here?" Cao Yong asked.

Cao Song said "hehe" twice, and said: "The day before the departure is the day before yesterday. I didn't listen to my elder brother's instructions. I didn't know what to do, so I entrusted all the luggage to Li Wei, and went ahead... Li Wei also wanted to come. But it is inconvenient for me to be an official, so I made a special trip to say hello to my elder brother..."

In other seasons, traveling three hundred miles in two days is nothing, but now it is midwinter, and there is still snow on the road.

Cao Yong was moved with a bit of annoyance, and said: "Nonsense! How can you run a horse in such weather? Jiangning is not far from Baoding, just write more letters in the future."

Cao Song apologized and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my brother, my younger brother is in his thirties, and he is not a kid. Before he set off, he had people palmed horseshoes, so he is not afraid of snow and slippery."

The brothers gathered together, and Cao Yong didn't want to be too disappointed. Seeing that he was in the bottom of his heart, he stopped talking and just asked about his situation before and after he got an official.I also asked carefully about the scene of your majesty's meeting.

I heard that when he handed over the errand, he gave gifts to the guards and officials. Cao Yong said: "Even if there are many places to manage, do you still have enough money in your hand? If you are short of money, just talk, and I agree with you." Your sister-in-law is quite well off here."

"It's enough. This year, the harvest in the Zhuangzi was delivered early, just in time. My aunt thought I was a child, and she was afraid that I would be instigated by others when I went outside. She gave me 3000 taels of silver in private, saying that if I dared to If you are greedy for ink like others, you will disgrace the Cao family, and you will not recognize me as a nephew!" Cao Song said with a smile.

Cao Yong had said these words to him before he left Beijing, so he didn't say more now. He only said a few words to Cao Song about the personal abuses of the general town that he heard from Cheng Wenyi.

Hearing that in Zhili General Town, the Eight Banners soldiers are short of more than [-]%, and the Green Battalion is short of more than [-]%. Cao Song widened his eyes and said, "Why are these people missing? I heard that 'civilian officials eat fire, military officials drink soldiers' blood' , didn’t expect it to be serious to this place?”

Cao Yong said: "there are more than these private disadvantages. Good men don't serve as soldiers. Eight Banners soldiers are military households. They are recruited as soldiers, and there are not enough soldiers. Green battalion soldiers are recruited. Except for the people who can't survive, who will join the army? Even if The remaining [-]% and the old and the weak accounted for [-]% to [-]%, but they are just making up the numbers. For those who can truly be regarded as soldiers, [-]% of them are not bad."

After hearing this, Cao Song asked in confusion: "The imperial court throws out a lot of money every year. Is it to raise soldiers, or to raise corrupt officials and traitors? The green camp is so weak, why hasn't the imperial court responded at all?" Then he thought of his brother's errand. , said: "By the way, big brother's errand... training soldiers... is the local green battalion going to make a big move?"

At the end, his eyes were sparkling, and his face was full of excitement: "So, can I also be in Jiangning?"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "No. There are Eight Banners in Zhili, and the number of green camps is far weaker than that of the Eight Banners. Even if the green camp is mobilized, it will not affect the stability of the place; Jiangnan is different. Although the Eight Banners are stationed, it can deter local stability. The only ones are the green battalion soldiers, without the emperor's order, don't act rashly."

When Cao Song heard this, he said angrily, "Then brother, if he goes down, he can only join forces with those black-hearted guys?"

"Picture it slowly, don't fight for the day and night." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

"Brother, please teach me!" Seeing that his elder brother didn't say anything to death, Cao Song said with some hope.

"Just go down, don't tear yourself apart easily, so as not to offend the villain and trip you up; when you are stable, try to find ways to increase the number of staff, and control the number of vacancies in the green camp to less than [-]%. Others, don't move for now. .If the emperor allows you to submit a secret decree, then you should follow the decree in everything." Cao Yong said.

Cao Song braved the severe cold and came galloping, just to ask his elder brother to make up his mind.Now listen to Cao Yong's instructions and keep them in mind carefully, only then do I feel that I have the backbone.

After talking about the affairs in the officialdom and saying a few more homely things, Cao Song felt tired, so he went to see Chu Yu first, then went to the guest room, and asked for hot water to take a bath.

Cao Yong was a little worried, fearing that he would catch a cold, so he told Chu Yu that he made ginger soup boiled and sent it to Cao Song.

After Cao Song took a bath and drank ginger soup, Tianyou had already come.

The uncle and nephew met, Tianyou circled around the uncle, stomped his feet and said: "If I knew that the second uncle would be released, my nephew should rely on the second uncle."

Seeing his appearance, Cao Song couldn't help but laugh, and said: "The General Army's Mansion is not as grand as the Governor's Mansion, so why regret it?"

"What's the use of style? In addition to receiving and giving presents, the social gatherings are thick official documents, and the nephew is a target, so he can't leave the house at all. Seeing the master busy from morning till night, mother also socializes. My nephew feels distressed just looking at this and that." Tianyou recalled the life of this month, and said with a bitter face: "It's better to be in the barracks, everything is easier!"

Seeing him complaining, Cao Song patted his forehead and said: "Since you know how to love your parents, you should learn to do things early, share more for your father, and want to avoid it. How can you be a son like this?"

Tianyou immediately stopped talking, and said embarrassingly, "I didn't want to avoid it, but I just saw my second uncle and said a few words..."

(End of this chapter)