Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1162 Decree
Knowing that Cao Yong is back, the happiest thing is Hang Seng.

After the father and son had dinner, they sat together and chatted.

Nian Gengyao's sacking had the most profound impact on the fourth elder brother Hongli besides the Nian family.

Among the several princes today, only Hongli's biological mother was a Manchu, and she was taught by the late emperor himself. She was originally a popular candidate for the crown prince.But a "secret reserve" makes everything full of variables.

When the family is beautiful in the new year, it is inevitable that some people will ponder the old saying "Mother is more expensive than son, and son is more valuable than mother".

Since there is no son-in-law, it is not impossible for the emperor to want to have love.

In addition, an adult brother Hongshi, because of his age, made good friends with the eldest son and eldest son of his uncle's palace, and was very popular in the clan.

In this way, the situation in Beijing and China has been rather strange in recent years, and it has faintly become a pattern of three contending for power.

As a result, in the past year, Nian Gengyao was convicted, and the patriarchal family's application for Brother Hongshi's request for a seal was rejected, which hit the morale of the two parties and made everyone warm to Hongli again.

"Nowadays, there are endless people trying to curry favor with the fourth master. Because the fourth master is in the palace and can't get on outside, these days, there are many people who try to trick his son. They send posts to his son every now and then, and there are Many of them asked their sons to have dinner and listen to the theater at night, but they were often pushed away by them." Referring to the movement in the palace, Hang Seng said: "It would be nice if I worked with Master Wu, it would be much cleaner and more comfortable."

Invite a 13-year-old to drink and listen to a play?
When Cao Yong heard the words, he was annoyed.

Put it in the palace or in the prince's mansion, it may be unusual for it to be stained with wine on the [-]th and [-]th.But in that case, it is harmful to the body.

The 13-year-old Hang Seng is almost as tall as Cao Yong. Thinking about the bad habits in the palace, Cao Yong couldn't help but look at Hang Seng with some worry.

Hang Seng blinked and whispered, "Father..."

Not to mention the present, even in later generations, there is no Laozi to teach his son how to solve and understand men's desires.

But people's desires are most irresistible to temptation. If Hang Seng is confused, he will inevitably be instigated and seduced by others.

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and said, "How many gege are there on the fourth elder brother? Where is the fifth elder brother?"

"There is a fifth aunt from the fourth master. It seems that there is also Gege. The fifth master is almost as good as the fourth master. It is said in the palace that the empress is the most fair in dealing with things, and she treats all elder brothers equally. There are differences in this kind of matter." Although Hang Seng was puzzled why his father would ask such a question, he still replied honestly.

"In the next year, you will be fourteen, and you will be placed in someone else's house. At this age, you may be taken in. In our house, being a father does not approve of you and your brother's early contact with the bed. It is not a moral preaching, It is because of the premature ejaculation of yang, which is bad for the body. The body is hairy and the skin is affected by the parents. If the body is injured because of the youth's greed for pleasure, and the parents are worried, it is unfilial." Cao Yong said.

Hang Seng went to and from the palace, he had seen more than children of the same age, so he didn't understand the meaning of Cao Yong's words.

He blushed, got up quickly and said: "My son obeys the order, and he will definitely not do such unfilial deeds, causing parents to worry."

Cao Yong saw that his little face was tense, and he was afraid that it would be too late, so he waved his hands and said: "You and your brother are both sensible, and your mother and I have always been at ease. There are entertainments outside, and I am afraid that some unrestrained people will take you to have fun, so I told you this in vain."

Seeing that his father trusted him, Hang Seng's embarrassment faded away, and he nodded vigorously and said, "Son, I made it down..."

This training son, seeing his son's embarrassment, has attracted Cao Yong to give birth to a bad heart.He rubbed his chin, wondering if he would also explain to Tianyou after returning to Qingyuan, to see how embarrassed Tianyou was.

My family has a son who has just grown up, and he is no longer as cute as a child...

The father and son were talking, when they heard footsteps coming from the yard, and then saw Le Mei came in through the curtain and said, "Master, Second Master, Fourth Master is here..."

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Please come in."

After a while, Cao Xiang came in from the outside.He was still wearing a make-up suit, and he felt cold all over his body.

Cao Yong glanced at the window, it was already dark outside, and then looked at the clock, it was already Xuzheng (eight o'clock in the evening).

"I just came back from Yamen, why is it so late?" Cao Yong asked when the two brothers met.

At this moment, Hang Seng had already greeted Cao Xiang and withdrew.

"There are two books in the Imperial Academy, which were to be edited a few years ago, and now they are about to finish work, which is the busiest time." Cao Xiang said, "I don't know if my elder brother will come back, or else I should take half a day off to welcome my elder brother."

Cao Yong said: "this time I will stay in Beijing for a few days, and it's not bad for me."

Although the two brothers and four brothers of the Cao family have already taken up official duties, but now the three are released, and only Cao Xiang is in Beijing, so it is somewhat difficult.

Now I can't wait to see Cao Yong, and I have something to ask him to make up his mind.

"Brother, the Patriarch of the Bai family in the back street died of illness, his sons and grandchildren struggled for property, and the family fortune is falling. They are trying to sell the old house. My brother asked someone to ask. Although his house is four deep, it is composed of two houses. One is one and a half as big as the East Mansion... As long as the connected doors are closed, there will be two independent courtyards..." Cao Xiang thought about it, and said: "In the past two years, although Xiao Wu bought two houses , but it’s still a bit far from the mansion here.”

Cao Yong was a little surprised when he heard the words, he looked at Cao Xiang and said, "Fourth Brother has made a decision?"

What Cao Xiang never forgot in his early years was the separation of his family.The house that Cao Wu bought at the tender of the Ministry of Internal Affairs a few years ago was also for the purpose of dividing up the family in order to complete his concubine brother.

If Cao Xiang bought the house in the back street of Cao Mansion, of course he wouldn't be able to live as comfortably as he could.

Cao Xiang nodded, and said: "The location of the house is very good. If you miss it this time, you don't know when you will have such an opportunity."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Cao Yong said, "Then buy it. You don't have to worry about the money. I'll let Cao Yuan arrange it tomorrow."

The price of the house in the inner house has remained high in recent years.There is nowhere to buy cheap houses like those auctioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Since it is as large as Dongfu, the price is also high.

The income of the East Mansion is not much, even if there is some savings in the early years, Cao Wu can buy two houses, and Cao Song and Cao Wu will go abroad, and it will cost money.

Cao Xiang waved his hand and said, "No need, no need, there is still some money on the accounts of the East Mansion, if you add more money to my younger brother's hand, it will be almost the same."

Such a big house cannot be won with a few thousand taels of silver.Although the cousin has good intentions, but the cousin is still there, Cao Xiang is not willing to take advantage of the cousin with the cheek.

Cao Yong frowned and said: "Don't be too wordy, your sister-in-law left a sum of money long ago, originally thinking of adding money to your family when you split up, but now it's just a day earlier, so what's the matter? "

Seeing that he was unhappy, Cao Xiang didn't dare to say anything.

Although the income of the two Zhuangzis has been sent to Dongfu for several years, there is not much money left because they have to send New Year's goods to Jiangnan, New Year's gifts to Qingyuan and Datong, and lovers in Beijing and China for the New Year.

There is not much money on the books.

Cao Xiang did have some money in his hand, but it was not enough to buy a house.

He originally thought of borrowing some money from the bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs first, and then wrote to Cao Song and Cao Wu to see if he wanted to sell the two houses he bought before.The remaining one is to be the dowry of the fourth sister.

After leaving Wutong Garden, Cao Xiang began to regret it.

He has never taken care of housework before, and when it comes to such a major event as property purchase, he always lacks confidence, so he said something to his cousin.

Sister-in-law prepared it?
Cao Xiang couldn't help laughing wryly, if there were no cousins ​​who treated the cousins ​​in Dongfu as their own brothers, how could the sister-in-law treat the cousins ​​who had already separated?

, Sister-in-law Tang is worried about these...

Cao Yuan, the big housekeeper, came forward, and the formalities in the back house were handled very happily.It was agreed on the same day and the transfer was made in the government.

The Bai family has been in decline, so everything that can be pawned in the house is pawned, and everything that can be sold is sold, and more people who cannot be sold are transported to the Bai family to a new home outside the city.

Therefore, the house was as clean as if it had been ransacked.

Cao Yong and Cao Xiang went for a walk, but they didn't care.

This house will not be moved in until three or two years at the earliest, but there is no rush to tidy it up.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Yong went to the Ministry of War and discussed with several officials and the Ministry of the University about increasing troops in Urumqi and Hami.The thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother are not there, only the seventeenth elder brother who is in charge of the military department is there.

The increase will definitely increase, and now there is no certainty, that is, where the soldiers will be transferred, how many soldiers will be transferred, and how many red-coated cannons and shotguns will be brought.

The Jungars bought muskets from Russia. If you use bows and arrows to deal with them, it is as dangerous and stupid as a child waving a tree branch to tease an adult.

Cao Yong was still the same as he was in Yuqian that day, most of the time he just listened instead of talking.

He had some understanding, and Yongzheng passed on the intention of calling him back to Beijing to participate in this matter.

It is not whether to transfer troops from Zhili, but how much military supplies Zhili can afford.

Although most of Zhili's development plans this year are at the initial stage, the money in the treasury has increased by [-]%.The thirteenth elder brother dredged the river, and the Zhili feudal chiefs also completed a lot of money.

Everyone was drinking tea, discussing back and forth, but they still made a decision.The number of people to go is up to the emperor; shotguns can go, but cannons can't.If it is snatched by the enemy, it is an enemy.

This ministry meeting took half a day.

After coming out of the Ministry of War, everyone was already hungry.Brother Seventeen saw that Cao Yong was fine, so he wanted to take him to the restaurant for dinner.

As soon as he left the Ministry of War, Elder Brother Thirteen came out of the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment with a tense face, and hundreds of guards and soldiers were waiting outside.

Seeing this, Cao Yong and the seventeenth elder brother walked a few steps quickly and walked forward to speak.

Brother Thirteen greeted them, got on his horse, and left with hundreds of soldiers.

Seeing this posture, Cao Yong felt weird, and asked the Seventeenth Brother: "Could it be that this is a new trend in Beijing, and the guards are acting as the guards of the palace?"

Elder Seventeen shook his head when he heard the words, looked at Elder Thirteen and his party with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Thirteen should have been issued an edict by the government last year..."

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Tears, begging for a monthly ticket, still in the seventh position, and the eighth behind will catch up. .

(End of this chapter)