Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1163
Elder Seventeen's words seemed to mean something, Cao Yong's heart moved, he lowered his volume, and asked: "Could it be..."

Elder Seventeen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's not far from ten, the emperor summoned Cai Ting this morning. The decree has been issued for several days, and it can't be dragged on like this."

In the past six months, with the fall of Nian Gengyao's power, Cai Ting's status in the capital has also risen.

When the two of Cai Nian met, they didn't know whether to say that Nian Gengyao was unlucky or Cai Ting was sad.

Speaking of these two people, their backgrounds are very similar and their ages are similar.Both were from the Banner of the Han Army, and their parents were all governors. Both of them were Jinshi, both served in the Imperial Academy, and both served as governors of Sichuan.

Because of Nian Gengyao's impeachment, Cai Teng lost his post as governor of Sichuan, and ended up beheaded and imprisoned.If it hadn't been for Yongzheng's kindness to reopen it, grass would have grown on the grave.

He took the lead in the case of Nian Gengyao, and he also collected and sorted out the 92 major crimes.

Today, he is not only the left governor of the Inspectorate, but also the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the governor of the capital.Rumors have already come out that he has finished the Nian Gengyao case and will also lead the military department.

Among the Beijing officials, apart from a few clan princes, Cai Ting was the only one who was so highly valued, he was the hottest celebrity.

It's just that he didn't know how he offended Elder Seventeen, so that when Elder Seventeen mentioned his name, he had the meaning of gnashing his teeth.

Interrupted by this episode, Elder Seventeen was a little depressed.

The two found a restaurant near Xihua Gate, and after casually eating some food and wine, they put down their chopsticks.

"By the way, there will be an auction in the Ministry of Internal Affairs tomorrow night, do you want to go?" Elder Seventeen asked.

Zuo Zhu, Zuo Cheng and Niu Niu's marriage has been decided, and they will leave Cao's mansion in one or two years, Cao Yong wanted to buy some properties for them, so he nodded and said: "I just want to find a bargain, so I will naturally go."

Elder Seventeen glanced at him and said: "You have become the governor, and you are stealing from the big guys, it's really outrageous."

Cao Yong smiled wryly and said: "It's hard to be a foreign official. Why is there less filial piety in Beijing? I thought that Baoding Mansion is close to the capital. It would be good to have the opportunity to go back to Beijing twice. But now I know, why not go back to Beijing once?" It's easy, where can this ice respect and charcoal respect fall?"

Brother Seventeen laughed unkindly when he saw this, and said: "The capital is not easy to live in, and there is no place to scrape land. If there is no filial piety from you governors, wouldn't everyone go to the northwest wind?"

Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "To be honest with you, how much money did you lose this year when the governor came down? It is said that Nian Gengyao's family wealth is rich, and it does not count land property, house, only gold, silver, jewelry, The total price of antique calligraphy and painting is several million. His family lives in luxury, and he has so many confidantes and subordinates, you may not be able to save money."

This truth cannot be said.For some things, it is one thing to speculate outside, but another to admit it personally.

With such a decision in his heart, Cao Yong showed contemplation on his face, and then said: "Except for the two filial piety in Beijing, there are still five or sixty thousand taels of silver left."

This is not a lie, because the others are antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gems, jade and other valuable objects.

If it were someone else who said this number, Elder Seventeen would not believe it.

Three years of Qing Dynasty prefect, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.

Governor Cao Yong is naturally not comparable to a magistrate.

But Cao Yong is cautious, and his family is rich, so he will not take the initiative to make money, which is different from those people.

"Five to 6 taels of silver is equivalent to my ten-year salary. You, the governor, are really nourishing." Elder Seventeen smiled and said, "See you next time, Beijing, not to mention Bingjing and Tanjing, you should bring more canned food Some. My family’s Fujin loves this, and I eat a bowl every day.”

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help being surprised, and said: "There is still a lack of this in the Seventeenth Lord's house? Didn't the House of Internal Affairs also build a small workshop in the Gonggong Palace?"

"Since it is under the banner of the inner court's exclusive tribute, even if it can be distributed to the palace below, it is still limited." Elder Seventeen said casually: "It's not worth a few dollars, why bother to make a mess?"

Cao Yong didn't ask much, but said: "A few days ago, the minister sent people to Beijing to buy a shop, just outside the front door, and specially transported some Zhili earthen instruments to Beijing for sale, enriching the lives of the people in the capital. Turn back to the Seventeenth Lord Give me a sign, Master Seventeen will send someone over to get it..."

The seventeenth elder brother was going to enter the palace, so the two of them didn't sit for long, they went out of the restaurant and dispersed.

Cao Yong didn't have to go to the Yamen, so he rode back to the house.

As soon as he entered the gate, the housekeeper came to report, Chun Wang Mansion and Ping Wang Mansion both sent people to invite them, and now they are all waiting in the hall.

When Cao Yong heard this, he was amazed.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday were fine, he had already been to his father-in-law's house and brother-in-law's house.

I have met everyone who needs to be seen, and communicated with what needs to be communicated. I don't know why these two came to look for him together today.

Prince Chun's mansion is the home of his father-in-law, and his father-in-law summoned him, so it is not easy to delay.

Cao Yong said hello to the steward of Prince Ping's mansion, and asked him to send a message to Naersu, and he went to his father-in-law's house first, and then went to Prince Ping's mansion later.

Although Chunwang's Mansion and Pingwang's Mansion are both in-laws of Cao's Mansion, but Prince Chun's seniority is there, even though the stewards of Pingwang's Mansion are anxious to wait, they can only go back honestly and return to their orders.

The steward of Prince Chun's Mansion was waiting for someone, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Cao Yong asked why the prince called him, but he only said that he didn't know, and refused to reveal a word.But when Cao Yong wanted to change his body and make up his clothes before going, he hurriedly said no, and said that the prince was waiting, and so on.

When he arrived at Chunwangfu, the person in charge directly led Cao Yong to the study of the Wangfu.

Prince Chun had been sitting behind the desk for a while, his brows were tightly frowned, and his face was a little gloomy.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, he glanced at the mending clothes on Cao Yong's body, and said: "After the ministerial meeting, have you entered the palace?"

"No, the Seventeenth Master and I had dinner outside, and we only ate some when we returned home. Let the father-in-law wait for a long time, is it the son-in-law..." Cao Yong said.

"The emperor sent Qi Gege back..." Prince Chun stood up and said.

Cao Yong was taken aback when he heard the words: "That year Xi..."

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, although the royal family has been fighting constantly, there are very few descendants of Aixinjueluo who are directly put to death. No matter how big the crime is, it is mostly a circle.This is the case for the men of the royal family, and the daughters of the royal family have no reason for capital punishment.

Therefore, when the husband was convicted and sentenced to death, the clan daughters mostly sent them back to their mother's family.

Nian Gengyao's stepwife, the daughter of Su Yan, Duke of Fu, was sent back to her mother's home.

"The Nian Mansion has already been besieged, so no news can come out. According to Qi Gege, Nian Xi's old illness has relapsed and his health is very bad. What if this drags on?" Prince Chun said with some seriousness.

Nian Gengyao's case has come to an end. Except for Nian Gengyao, among Nian Gengyao's sons, only Nianfu was sentenced to death, Nianxing and Nianyao were exiled, and three younger ones were to be dispatched in turn after they turned 15.In addition, if the maids and concubines around Nian Fu and Nian Xing are pregnant, if they give birth to a male, they will be dispatched in turn when they are 15 years old.

Not only males were exiled, but descendants, even if they were pardoned, could not take part in the imperial examination.

Although Nian Xi was a legitimate son, he was exonerated because of his successor's family, but only took away his honor and title;

Although the old grandpa and Nian Xiyao were implicated and lost their titles and official positions, the family property was preserved, and it was not confiscated like Nian Gengyao's family property.

What happened to Nian's family, Prince Chun didn't care about it; Nianxi's life and death were related to Qi Gege's life.

In the past few years since entering the customs, the imperial court respected ethics, and the daughters of clans rarely remarried.Unless it is a noble daughter of Fu Mongolia, who is young and widowed, and has no children, the court will arrange for remarriage.

Prince Chun was in a dilemma, and Cao Yong didn't have any good ideas, so he could only comfort him: "Father-in-law, don't be too impatient. When my son-in-law came out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, he happened to see the Thirteenth Lord taking a lot of people away. Direction. The Thirteenth Master is familiar with the Old Master Nian and Nian Xi, and this time around, if there is something wrong with the two of them, he will never stand idly by."

Prince Chun shook his head and said: "Even if the thirteenth elder brother passes by, there won't be much trouble at this juncture... unless that...'confession', the dust settles..."

Cao Yong was silent for a while, and said: "Perhaps today, Nian Gengyao 'confessed'...Cai Jue entered the palace in the morning, and the Thirteenth Master brought people to the palace last year, and they all caught up together..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the door saying: "My lord, Guanshi Lu has something urgent to see..."

Prince Chun heard movement at the door, and was about to raise his voice to tell people to leave, but he paused when he heard the words "Guard Lu", and hurriedly called people over.

"My lord, the seventh son-in-law came out of the mansion of the Nian's family and was escorted by twenty guards to the yamen of the Dali Temple..." Manager Lu came in and said anxiously.

When Prince Chun heard this, he frowned even more, ordered Lu Guanshi a few words, and then said to Cao Yong: "After all, Nian Xi was involved, it seems that the emperor has even left behind his early upbringing..."

Cao Yong thought of something else, and said: "The second house of Nian's family is sealed off, and everyone is detained... If there is any movement in Dali Temple, only Nian Xi can come forward. Father-in-law, please rest assured.",
Prince Chun is only concerned about chaos, after listening to Cao Yong's explanation, he also understands a little bit.

However, he was very puzzled, since the emperor had no intention of executing Nian Xi, why did he send Qi Gege back.

For the sake of his daughter, now Prince Chun actually hopes that Nian Gengyao will end soon, so as not to procrastinate and make everyone suffer...

Coming out from Chunwang's mansion, Cao Yong rode to Prince Ping's mansion again.

As soon as he met Neersu, he got a letter of approval. Nian Gengyao had confessed his guilt and hanged himself in Dali Temple Prison today in Shenchu ​​([-]:[-] p.m.).

I heard that Cai Ting took the imperial decree to the prison early in the morning to supervise Nian Gengyao's suicide.

But Nian Gengyao refused to give up, and was still looking forward to the emperor's pardon, so he dragged on for several hours and refused to do anything.After procrastinating until the afternoon, in fact, he couldn't procrastinate, so he hanged himself to death...

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Fifteen years have passed, and the New Year's Day has also passed.The family also returned to calm, and Xiao Jiu tried to make as much as possible.I implore the monthly ticket to help, tears...

(End of this chapter)