Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1127 Lotus Academy

Capital, Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

There are lanterns and festoons inside and outside the palace. Today is the day before the second elder brother Hongpu gets married.The people in the capital have seen what is Shili Hongzhuang.

Early in the morning, several elder brothers from the thirteenth elder brother's mansion, together with a few collateral children of Prince Zhuang's mansion, went to the uncle's mansion to urge makeup.

Marrying a daughter in the uncle's mansion is extraordinary in style, no less than the marriage of a clan girl.There are hundreds of people in the wedding team, and there are two Zhuangzi to accompany them, and there are more than a dozen houses and shopfronts in the city.There are dozens of maids and servants in dowry.
Because the makeup delivery team was too eye-catching, many people stopped to watch.

Except for the complete set of furniture, the rest of the decorations and daily necessities are either silver or golden.Seeing everyone, drooling.

Only those officials, who have some experience, know that this is a makeup gift from the uncle's house, and they feel a little weird.

It stands to reason that even if a family with status like the uncle's mansion gives their daughter a generous dowry, they will spend more time on valuable and decent things such as antiques, jewelry and jewelry; Buy gold and silver things.In addition to Yaofu, in order to make it easier for her daughter to spend at her in-law's house in the future, she directly used gold and silver to command her.

However, thinking of the "famous" wife in the uncle's mansion, I felt that buying such a dowry was only "according" to that person's background.

On the side of Guojiu's mansion, there are few powerful and powerful people who come to join in the fun. Most of them are small officials in Beijing who cling to Tong's family.

From three days before the first day of the first day, the Uncle Guo's Mansion has set up a flowing water mat.Even if there is no post, as long as it looks clean and decent, you can come and have a meal.This made the Uncle's Mansion more lively, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was really rich and prosperous.

No matter what the usual relationship with Li Si'er is, the female family members of the Tong family are well-equipped, but it's just for the sake of Prince Zhuang's mansion.

Although Shiliu Fujin is pregnant, whether she can give birth to an elder brother and whether she can stand still after giving birth to an elder brother are two matters.This Yu Min who married into the palace might be the future prince and concubine.Even if they look down on her biological mother, no one is willing to offend anyone at this time.

Besides, Yumin was taught by her aunt in the early years, and her words and deeds are good.Even if everyone picks on her biological mother, they will not speak ill of her without conscience.

There are two elders who have been around for many years, seeing Yu Min's character, they both felt a little regretful.If Yu Min came out of the stomach of the first one, let alone the elder brother of the palace, even the elder brother in the palace would be a match.But being dragged down by the identity of the biological mother, there are some deficiencies after all.

Front yard, side hall.

Longkodo rubbed his forehead. He spent a lot of time with guests these days. He was so hungover that he felt nauseated and his head was heavy.In addition, seeing the eldest son Yue Xing'a standing in front of him with cold eyes, he only felt that his head hurt even more.

I wanted to say a few soft words, but my strict father was so used to his arrogance that he really couldn't let it go.

He cleared his cough and said, "You have worked hard these few days."

A bit of sarcasm appeared on the corner of Yue Xing'a's mouth, and he said: "It's just a decoration, I dare not call it hard work. But my father is good at drinking. People say that drinking to relieve sorrow is even more worrying. Even if life is not easy, father will be Just take care."

Obviously it was a happy event at home, but this was mentioned.

Long Kedo's expression was fixed, his heart was already burning, and he stared and said: "I'm afraid I can't fulfill your wish, I won't be able to die for a while!"

Yue Xing'a frowned, turned away from looking at Longkodo, and said coldly: "Father should have a long life, and he has fulfilled his son, and the son is going to meet the guests!" While speaking, he didn't wait for Longkodo to answer, He has turned and left.

Longkodo looked at the back of his eldest son, his face turned blue and red for a while, and finally turned into a long sigh.

If ten years ago, the eldest son dared to disobey like this, he would have asked someone to ask for family law and discipline him; now he is full of exhaustion, knowing that he is old.

After a while, he said bitterly: "You bastard, I'm afraid you won't be able to fulfill your wish. Even if you stick your hooves on, you still have to wear sackcloth and mourning for me..."

Thinking of his son's expression of filial piety and stubborn standing in the mourning hall, he couldn't help laughing several times, until he burst into tears...

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The Forbidden City, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

In front of Yongzheng, there was an open small box.He opened the folder inside and looked carefully, his face became ugly.

Looking at it, he snorted coldly, put down the booklet, picked up another booklet from the left hand side, became more and more annoyed, and said softly: "It's not good to marry a wife, after all, it's from Guo Luoluo's family..."

He pondered for a while, raised his head, and said to himself, "Cao Yong, has he started collecting money in Zhili..."

What he was thinking about was the "Zhili Development Plan" that Cao Yong handed over years ago. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already sent several officers to Qingyuan City.Two years is not too long, and Cao Yong has no time to delay.

But he guessed wrong. The first thing Cao Yong started after the year was not civil affairs, but military affairs.

Qingyuan City, Governor's Yamen, official residence.

Several admirals, chief soldiers, and deputy generals in Zhili were summoned by Cao Yong to gather in the Governor's Yamen.

Cao Yong, who sat high in the hall, did not have the warmth of the crowd when they first came to see him, and his expression was somewhat solemn.

"Everyone should also know that the emperor sent this governor out of Beijing. In addition to supervising a place, there is also a plan for military training. Regarding this matter and how to do it, the governor has already made a decision, and I ask you to work hard." Cao Yong said, So the scribe came over with a stack of documents and distributed them to everyone.

There were only a few thin pages, but everyone's face changed after reading it.

These are three strategies for training troops. One is simple soldiers. Go back and test the strength of the green battalion. It is nothing more than pulling bows and lifting stones. For logistics, those who fail to meet the third-class standards will be resigned as citizens.

These weak veterans who have retired to the people will be sent back to the place, and those who are from Zhili can give priority to renting official land; those from other provinces will be given a certain amount of money.

The time given to Jian Bing is one month, and at the beginning of March, people from the Governor's Mansion will go to inspect it.If any malpractice is found, it will be punished as a crime of violating military orders.

The second is recruiting troops.Because of the Taiping Festival, the common people don't like to send their children to join the army. The local government will subsidize a certain amount of subsidies to collect idle young and strong from the local area, and the staff will be full before the end of the year.

If the recruitment is dissatisfied, or there are still people who are empty-paid, no matter what the reason is, they are "disadvantaged", "mediocre and incompetent", and will be reported to the court by the Governor's Mansion for punishment; Please reward me before writing to the emperor.The loss of relevant officials will be subsidized by the local Yanglian Bank.

The third is to strengthen the army, strictly discipline, and train soldiers according to certain actions.Veterans will be inspected in June this year, and recruits will be inspected in June next year.Those who are double excellent will be rewarded, and those who fail to pass the two inspections will be punished according to the unqualified ratio.

After that, various battalion assessment contents were written, ranging from the military strength of individual soldiers to the military strength of the entire battalion, and they were written in great detail.

These people in front of them are the leaders of the Green Camp in Zhili, so they have a better understanding of the disadvantages of the Green Camp than Cao Yong.

According to the standard set by Cao Yong, the existing green battalion soldiers must be reduced by at least [-]%.Originally, the gap was large, so the gap for each battalion would be more than half.

Everyone just felt their scalps go numb, holding this document, they felt both a little apprehensive and a little excited.They have already seen that the governor is going to make a big move.But it is forbidden to eat empty pay, which cuts off their money.

Not to mention the emperor's order, even if there is no emperor's order, the new officials have three fires when they take office, and they have no intention of arousing the fire.

Cao Yong saw that they were struggling, and knew that they were reluctant to eat the money.But if you can't put an end to empty pay and want to strengthen your army, that's nonsense.

"As the saying goes, if you do a good job, you can make money by being an official for thousands of miles, especially in the military position. Life is harder than that of civil servants. There is less filial piety outside, and you have to spend money in various official exchanges. But now it is not the governor who is staring at Zhizhi. Li, it is the emperor who is looking at Zhili. The emperor has no dust in his eyes, what is the last thing he wants to see, don't need to be nagging. You adults also know it in your heart. Since it is the emperor's grace that the local government has set up money to support honesty, you adults should also feel at ease Accept the emperor's favor." Cao Yong said methodically.

Several military officers looked at each other, and finally an admiral took the lead, stood up and said: "Since it is the commander-in-chief, the humble officer will take the order!"

The others stood up and responded respectfully.

At this point, even the military officers are all human sperm, not as honest as they seem.

One side responds, and the other side talks about suffering. "Simple soldiers" and "strong soldiers" are easy to say, but "recruiting soldiers" is difficult.

Even if there are idle young laborers in the family, almost none of them are really willing to send their children to serve as soldiers.Go out to carry jobs, or do odd jobs in the city, and you can earn a few taels of silver a year.

Complaining like this is just to ask for more money from the Governor's Mansion.

Cao Yong knew it well, took a sip of tea, and said: "The recruits must not be over 35 years old, and they must meet the standard of second-class soldiers. Every recruit will subsidize soldiers with five or ten taels of silver. This article will be introduced by the governor this autumn." Order to announce it to the people of the whole province."

Listening to the front, everyone was joyful, but when they heard the back, their expressions became strange.

Not only did they cut off their money, but they also had to do white jobs. All their hopes were placed on the so-called "rewards", and everyone felt a little tired.

Military training is the emperor's will for the governor, not for them. No matter how good the errands are, the chief credit goes to the governor.

I heard Cao Yong go on to say: "After all, the recruitment of soldiers is hard work. Every time a qualified recruit is recruited, the Governor's Mansion will give a "carriage fee" of one tael of silver. It is up to you to decide how to allocate this money. The Governor does not interfere."

When everyone heard this, their originally evasive eyes lit up again.

The Zhili green battalion has a full quota of nearly 3 people. Excluding the lack of staff and the "simple soldiers" who have retired, at least more than 1 people must be recruited to fill the quota.

Although this "carriage fee" is not such a huge amount, it can also comfort everyone's hearts.

In addition to being secretly happy, everyone felt a little strange in their hearts.

Cao Yong doesn't care what they think in their hearts. After all, he has no skills at all, he can't be stationed in the green camp, and he doesn't have time to stare at these things every day, so he can only send all the errands.

Seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, Cao Yong asked someone to send a pen and ink, and asked all the adults to sign.

Everyone couldn't help being shocked, they all knew that there was no regret in writing this document, and this document became a military order that was not a military order.

But the governor patiently explained to them one by one before, they all nodded, and there was no excuse for questioning.What's more, only the Governor's Mansion has the support in place, and the three items in this document are not difficult to complete.So everyone signed their names.

It wasn't until we left the Governor's Mansion that one of the lieutenants complained in a low voice: "Money can turn ghosts around, this is treating us like little ghosts!"

Another person said: "I can see that Master Du Shuai came from the household department, and he kept his mouth shut. I just hope that the old man will not go back on his word, and can truly sympathize with the big guy..."

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Khan, the title name is a bit off topic, I will pay attention to it later.

(End of this chapter)