Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1116 Cold Wave
As the saying goes, "three nines, four nines, pigs, sheep and old dogs will be frozen to death", this saying is not true at all.

Even pedestrians walking on the road must wear hats, cover their faces with their sleeves, and pant for breath, not to mention galloping on horseback.

However, none of the five soldiers who escorted Cao Yong back to Beijing complained.

They are all from the Third Battalion of Supervising Standards, and they got the chance to return to Beijing this time only after drawing lots among hundreds of people.They are all born in Shuntian Prefecture, and their hometowns are the counties of Shuntian Prefecture.It is extremely difficult to go home.

This time, instead of talking about "business trip", it is more about grabbing a family leave.

The governor has already issued a message that everyone will have a seven-day holiday after entering Beijing.

From Baoding Mansion to the capital, they are all official roads, under the rule of Taiping, there is no disaster of bandits and road tyrants, and the supervision of the standard is just to look good.After all, Cao Yong came to Beijing by order, so there is no need to hide it.Even if you are not ostentatious, you should not be sloppy.

Therefore, Cao Yong took the opportunity to return to Beijing as a benefit, and he was kind to the supervisor.

It is said to be the supervisor, but in fact it is just the original Fubiao, with only two battalions of soldiers and horses, and the highest-ranking military officer is just two guerrillas, controlling [-] soldiers.

In terms of supervising bids, there can be three to five battalions of troops, and the highest military officer can be a general or even a deputy general.

However, Cao Yong didn't mean to expand. These are the governor's personal soldiers. There are no bandits in Zhili. They are only stationed in the governor's mansion and guarding his family. Two battalions are enough.

Fortunately, although the green battalion is unbearable, Fubiao is the best paid in the green battalion, so when Cao Yong took over the two battalions, less than 280% of the men were missing, and most of the remaining soldiers were young and strong, with [-] horses .

The two guerrillas, one is 36, surnamed Xie, surnamed Tianlai, from Datong, Shanxi Province, and was born as a donated official; the other is 42 or [-] years old, but a Han army, surnamed Liang, surnamed Chuanfu, a native of the capital, and used to be a striker in Beijing in his early years Can lead, when the fourteenth elder brother went out to fight, he used to accompany him as a lieutenant general, but he was dismissed for some reason and stayed at home.

It was not until the 60th year of Kangxi that Liang Chuanfu recovered, but he did not enter the Eight Banners, but made up for guerrilla warfare and entered Zhili Fubiao.

Before Cao Yong arrived at Baoding Mansion, he felt puzzled when he saw Liang Chuanfu's resume.

In the 57th year of Kangxi, Liang Chuanfu was a deputy general at the age of 35. He was either born in a family, or if he had outstanding abilities, he had a master behind him.

There are ups and downs in the officialdom, and setbacks are not uncommon.For such a person, if the background is strong, it is not difficult to regain the high position; if the background is not strong, it is not uncommon to be suppressed to the end.

Liang Chuanfu's background is covered in clouds and mist, and nothing can be seen.

Working in Zhili, how many people have no background?

Just like Xie Tianlai, he followed the old Prince Zhuang's family, and was distantly related to a housekeeper in Prince Zhuang's mansion.

But if he really had a background, he wouldn't have stayed in the place for four years without moving.If he had no background, he would have been squeezed out a long time ago.

It wasn't until Yongzheng didn't send a military officer down that Cao Yong realized that Liang Chuanfu belonged to the emperor.

It is enough to know these, and Cao Yong has no intention of exploring the specifics.After all, he has no ambition to lead the army, and he has nothing to say to others.

When he returned to Beijing this time, the military attache who came back with him was Liang Chuanfu.

Because the green camp will be mobilized after the beginning of the year, Cao Yong talked about the details of the green camp with Liang Chuanfu along the way, and it was not a waste of time.

The highest supervisor can be a general, and now there is a vacancy. Instead of waiting for others to remember, Cao Yong would rather recommend someone from Liang Chuanfu and Xie Tianlai.

But which one to recommend, he is still hesitating.

Two people are in the same rank, one is promoted, and the other stays in office. It is inevitable that there will be grievances in the heart, and it is best to find a way that satisfies both of them.

Without a word all the way, I went to the capital.

A group of people entered the city from Chongwenmen. The tax official of Chongwenmen heard that it was the governor of Zhili who came to Beijing, and looked behind the team eagerly.

After entering the city, Cao Yong explained a few words to Liang Chuanfu, and even he took the fifty soldiers on vacation.

Before telling them to disperse, Cao Yong sent Zhang Yi to give Liang Chuanfu two packages of silver, one for Liang Chuanfu and one for all the soldiers.

Then, Cao Yong went directly to the palace to hand over the sign.

After these few days of precipitation, Yongzheng also calmed down, seeing the inadequacy of Cao Yong's development plan, and began to be picky.Discussed with several academicians, negated several of the plans.

When he heard that Cao Yong was coming, Yongzheng told him to meet with His Majesty in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and reprimanded him: "Absurd, outside the pass is the place where dragons of our dynasty roam. Can we set up prefectures and counties? Didn’t I let you go down to serve as an errand? Didn’t I let you be whimsical and talk nonsense? Knowing that you are not capable enough, I have never expected you to be popular. I only hope that you will abide by your duty and not disgrace me. Think twice about everything in the future. How can it be child's play for a governor to shoulder the responsibility of the people of the whole province?" At the end of the speech, he was already somewhat stern.

Cao Yong was stunned by the scolding, could it be that his thinking was ahead of his time?
He clearly remembered that Chengde later set up a magistrate's yamen, he had been to Chengde in his previous life, and he had heard the legend that the prefect of Chengde participated in Cixi's seizure of power.

In addition to what he saw in the early years, there are already many big towns on the hundreds of miles from the capital to Rehe.Even if there is no state and county system, the population of common people is not large.

Establishing prefectures and counties in Rehe is easier than establishing prefectures and counties outside the mouth, because there is no need to relocate the population.

Confused, but in the face of Yongzheng's reprimand, Cao Yong could only plead guilty on his knees.

Yongzheng Xu was tired of scolding, looked at Cao Yong and hummed twice, took a sip from the teacup, and said, "Be flat!"

As for setting up prefectures and counties and increasing taxes, the emperor of course agrees with both hands, but when it comes to matters outside the customs, he is not the emperor who has the final say. At that time, he will have to argue with the banner masters of the Eight Banners. This is what Yongzheng does not want. , can only give up this point.

He is angry, but not to Cao Yong, but think of those clans.

In addition, Yongzheng did not praise Cao Yong, but reprimanded him, and beat him on purpose, for fear that he would be arrogant.

Cao Yong was honestly waiting for the next article, and he was not lucky enough to pass all the development documents.

For example, about marine farming, it was written at the time that the people in Linhai counties were too poor, so they hoped that if they were lucky, there would be room for development.There is also the mining industry, which is just a good idea.

In this era, transportation is inconvenient, and coal has traveled long distances, so the price is not cheap.The poor can't afford it, and the rich think it's dirty, so they use charcoal directly, which is not easy to sell.

Unexpectedly, when Yongzheng mentioned marine farming and mining next, he only asked a few questions with a rather concerned look on his face, and then there was no further discussion.

Cao Yong didn't know what to do, and he was not sure whether he agreed or denied it.Yongzheng has put these two places aside, and talked with Cao Yong about Zhili's agriculture.

"Two acquaintances a year have lived in the south of the Yangtze River before, can they do it in Zhili?" Yongzheng asked.

In his previous life, Cao Yong had been to a classmate's house in Hebei, and he knew that winter wheat was interplanted with corn or soybeans in the countryside.In this life, although Cao Yong did not go down to the place to see it with his own eyes, he asked three magistrates and more than a dozen county magistrates about this question, and asked people to invite elders from several townships outside Qingyuan County to the Governor's Mansion for inquiries. came to this conclusion.

Seeing Cao Yong's affirmative answer, Yongzheng nodded and said: "I know that you are usually stable. If you are not sure about increasing grain production, you will not make suggestions to promote cotton and linen. Just be methodical and don't be in a hurry. Cotton and linen matters , you can wait for two years..."

While the monarch and ministers were talking, they heard a servant at the door say: "Report to the emperor, Prince Zhuang is in a hurry to see you!"

Yongzheng was excited to speak, but his interest was interrupted, he couldn't help frowning, and shouted: "Chen Fu!"

Before the words were finished, an eunuch came in at the door, it was the one who just told me: "Your maidservant is here!"

Yongzheng just wanted to reprimand him, but he felt it was wrong.Brother Sixteen is not a reckless person, and he would never make people ask to see him when he knew that he was meeting his courtiers.

"Pass!" The voice was cold.

Before Chen Fu could go out to pass on the message, Elder Sixteen outside heard the voice and hurried in.

His forehead was covered with sweat, his face was pale, and when he entered the Nuan Pavilion, he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Second Elder Brother is ill!"

Yongzheng raised his eyebrows and said: "I reported it a few days ago, didn't I order the imperial doctor to see it? Is it still not good?"

Because of the presence of outsiders, Elder Sixteen hesitated a little, glanced at the courtiers standing beside him, and when he saw Cao Yong, he said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this time, so the imperial physician just reported back and said that I will prepare for the funeral... ..."

"What?" Yongzheng stood up when he heard the words.

He only felt numb and numb in his heart, and a little bit of joy was faintly born.

Although that person was "abolished", he was still the eldest son, which was a thorn in his heart.

He didn't want to bear the crime of "killing his brother", so he was born to support him in Xian'an Palace.And Sun Hongxi, the most beloved emperor of the late emperor, also complied with the late emperor's will, and was named the county king and placed in the Zhengjiazhuang palace.

Now, this thorn in my heart is finally about to be removed.

He took a long breath and said, "Why is it an emergency? Can you tell me?"

"On the eighth day of the eighth day, I felt unwell. The imperial doctor just regarded it as an ordinary wind evil entering the body. I didn't expect that the condition became worse in the past few days. This morning, I became unconscious and couldn't take the medicine..." Elder Sixteen replied.

Yongzheng was silent for a while, his face gradually revealed a look of sorrow, and he said slowly: "I know, Prince Chuanyi, Prince Jian, Prince Li, Prince Chun...Gong Rongyu...Bei Zi Hongchun Tanji...Master Ming The hospital chooses a good doctor for treatment!"

"Your brother receives the decree!" The matter is of great importance, the sixteenth elder brother agreed and left in a hurry.

Yongzheng took his seat again, with a lonely look on his face, he was no longer interested in talking about government affairs, so he waved Cao Yong off to kneel down.

From Yangxindian, Cao Yong was relieved.

He didn't expect that when he returned to Beijing, it was just in time for him.

The emperor's arrangement of those clans was more like a testimony than an investigation.

There are too many twists and turns, Cao Yong has no idea.

If His Majesty has seen it, he can go back home.

Starting tomorrow, it will be the running department.Although there is no need to ask for six parts for the time being, this "charcoal respect" is indispensable.Among them, it is not necessary for him to go to the six yamen, but it is necessary to send people to send invitations to several great scholars and the palace halls.There are a few families that he has to visit in person...

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