Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1168 People come and go

In a blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve.

In the main hall of the upper room, the ancestral genealogy was hung up and various tributes were placed.

Cao Yong took Changsheng, Tianyou, etc., and Li took his wife and granddaughter to worship in front of the ancestral genealogy, and completed the simple ancestor worship ceremony.

Then everyone moved to Li's room and had a reunion dinner.

One table for women and one table for men.Even Tianbao, the youngest, was taken to the table under the care of Tianyou and Hengsheng.

After all, Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Li are old and impatient with big fish and meat. Looking at half of the table with all kinds of vegetables, their appetites improved a lot.

Among them, there are two dishes that Niuniu and Tianhui made by themselves.A dish of shrimp and rapeseed, and a dish of melon slices in soy sauce, although not comparable to the chef's craftsmanship, they still have a bit of appearance.

Everyone used it, and they had to praise their aunts and nephews.

On the man's side, Cao Yong looked at the half-table boy, quite relieved.

After the reunion dinner, Cao Yong took a few children to set off fireworks in the yard. They were all prepared to be colorful flowers, and everyone watched intently.

After the fireworks were set off, Mr. Gao was old, so he went back to rest first, and the rest stayed at Mrs. Li's side to watch the new year.

When it was late, Cao Yong and Chu Yu took the children to kowtow to Mrs. Li to pay New Year's greetings.

Mrs. Li has already prepared lucky money, each with a purse, which contains a small gold box.

The children invited Cao Yong and Chu Yu to sit down and kowtow to celebrate the new year.

After worshiping in a circle, the big guys dispersed to rest.

Early the next morning, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year. Fortunately, others said that Cao Yong got up early and received local officials who came to pay New Year's greetings at the mansion.

In Qingyuan City, the only people who can communicate with the Governor's Mansion are the Zhu's, except for the ten princes of the Yin Hotel, so there are only these two places where the children need to walk around to pay New Year's greetings.

At the Zhu Mansion, they are all familiar with the young masters of the Governor's Mansion, so they are naturally hospitable; for Hang Seng who is entering the door for the first time, they are even more cordial.

In the Yin Hotel, Chu Yu sent two boxes of silver ingots over a few years ago, as a reward for ten princes.The banquet and new clothes are also complete, making Elder Brother Ten seem a little less lonely and shabby.

After visiting these two New Year's greetings, the children came down quickly and visited several temple fairs in Qingyuan City.Bought back a lot of gadgets, presented treasures in front of Mrs. Li and Chu Yu, added a lot of childishness...

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Jiangning City, General Military Mansion.

Just celebrating the New Year with the eldest son's family, Zhao Jia felt deserted.Even with the name of Mrs. Tai of the General Military Mansion, but when it comes to New Year's Eve, it is still a matter of closing the door.

She misses the days in the capital, especially her youngest son who is an official in Shanxi.

When the youngest son wrote home, mentioning that the youngest daughter-in-law was pregnant, Zhao Jia's concern turned into joy.

Because of her son's "declining prosperity", she has lost confidence in front of her younger daughter-in-law all these years, for fear that her daughter-in-law will make trouble and make her son lose face.

For the virtuous eldest daughter-in-law, she is critical from time to time; for the cold-tempered younger daughter-in-law, she is only polite.

Unexpectedly, this time the release, the youngest son actually had a turning point.

She was so happy that she made arrangements for it herself and prepared two carts for delivery to Shanxi.

Originally, she happily picked two servant girls, and wanted to send them over with the things, so that Su Xin would not be pregnant and no one would wait around her son.

After thinking about it, she still gave up on this idea...

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The days of reunion always pass quickly.

Classes start on the [-]th day of the first lunar month in the study room, and Hang Seng cannot spend the [-]th day in Qingyuan.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, he will set off for Beijing.

Along with him to Beijing, there are Zuozhu brothers, they also have to go to Ning's house, Ma Jun's and Yongqing's house to pay New Year's greetings before the fifteenth day.

Fortunately, others said that Tianyou and Tianhui had the best relationship with Hang Seng, and they hated him very much.

Tianyou pulled him to talk about it several times, told him to get along with the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother, and be careful, if he was wronged, don't bear it.If you are bullied in Beijing, and you don't have time to contact this place, if you can't find someone else to make the decision, you will go to the third aunt.

Hang Seng listened with a smile, now that he is older, he also understands why his relatives treat him differently from his elder brother.

If it were someone else, Xu Shi would feel aggrieved, but he didn't take it to heart.People in the world pay more attention to blood. Like fathers and mothers, how many of them can regard their adopted sons as their own?

Relatives are bound by blood, and they have nothing to criticize when they treat themselves as alienated.

Ai Wu Ji Wu sincerely regards him as a junior, and he is also grateful from the bottom of his heart.

Hang Seng has always loved Tianhui the most, and Tianhui is also close to this brother.

Seeing that he couldn't even spend the Lantern Festival with his family, Tianhui felt that the second brother was very pitiful, so she went to the kitchen to wrap dozens of Lantern Festivals and freeze them for Hang Seng to take to Beijing.

After Hang Seng and Zuo Zhu brothers left, the mansion suddenly became deserted.

Chu Yu was a little bit listless, and only said that if she left this, if she left this, she was afraid that what she brought to Hang Seng would not be complete.

When Cao Yong saw this, he concealed the fact that Khalkha wanted someone to pick up Hang Seng. There are still a few months to go, and we will talk about it at that time.

It's not just Chuyu who is reluctant, Cao Yong is also somewhat reluctant, but not only for Hang Seng, but also Zuozhu brothers and Niu Niu.

If there is no accident, Cao Yong's governor will also step down and return to Beijing this year.

The children's wedding date is set at the end of this year. When the time comes, those who marry wives and those who marry will leave Cao's mansion and set up their own houses.

In a few years, God Bless and their brothers and sisters will also marry one after another.

Cao Yong felt that his state of mind was old and gave birth to a bit of loneliness.

But right now, I really don't have the time to feel these things, because as soon as the yamen opened their seals, they started to get busy again.

Cao Yong wants to draw a satisfactory end to his term as governor, leaving some room for the emperor to reprimand him for his inadequacy; he also needs to put an end to those disadvantages so that he will not be blamed on himself after he leaves office.

Just a few days after the Lantern Festival, the Ministry of Household Affairs issued an official document stating that the types of grain stored in local granaries can be adjusted according to the different local crops.

Upon seeing this, Cao Yong praised the efficiency of Thirteenth Brother's work.What is even more gratifying is Tang Zhiyu, the chief envoy in charge of people's livelihood.

He had long wanted to rectify the local granaries, but he could not find an opportunity.Now that this official document has just come down, he can just let people find out the details of the local official warehouse.

Zhili vigorously developed agriculture and increased taxes. There was silver in the treasury and surplus grain in the official warehouse.

Even if Zhili is plagued by drought again, Zhili can solve it by itself without the court's relief.The premise is that the silver in the treasury has been embezzled and the grain in the official warehouse has not been emptied.

Cao Yong only supports Tang Zhiyu's actions.

Cao Yong spent more and more time with Tang Zhiyu. Every time Tang Zhiyu came to the Governor's Mansion, Cao Yong pulled him to stand in front of the map of Zhili, supplementing and supplementing the detailed rules for the development of Zhili.

Education, transportation, investment promotion, agriculture... Cao Yong described some of the ways to develop the local economy that later generations have seen and heard.

Tang Zhiyu began to listen with gusto, and asked for advice humbly like a student when he was puzzled and curious.

After hearing it, he felt something was wrong.

"My lord, you are..." He hesitated a bit and said, "I'm not in a hurry to teach the humble class. If there is anything you don't understand about the humble class, I will ask you later."

The two have worked together for many years, Cao Yong did not hide from him, and said bluntly: "I always want to go back to Beijing. The management here in Zhili still has to rely on merit and effort. These are important things that benefit the country and the people. If you give up halfway, Isn't it embarrassing?"

After hearing this, Tang Zhiyu thought about it and understood why Cao Yong said this.

The governor of Zhili is rarely a leader.

Tang Zhiyu has always been diligent and caring for the people. After listening to Cao Yong's words, he must have something on his mind.

If the governor is changed, can Zhili maintain this thriving momentum of development?
He became more and more determined, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and made up his mind to make some good achievements before Cao Yong was transferred.

Compared with the thirteenth brother, Na Ersu's efficiency is not low.

At the end of the first lunar month, in Hang Seng's family letter, it was mentioned that Prince Ping asked him to be the crown prince.Fupeng, the eldest son of the royal family, has been officially canonized as the eldest son of the prince.It was also mentioned that Prince Ping would take Fujin to Shengjing to worship the ancestors.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was relieved.

It doesn't matter if you stay away from the court, with Fu Peng in Beijing, even if Na Ersu retires, no one will dare to bully him.

In a few days, the letters from Naersu and Cao Jia's family also arrived.In the letter of the two, apart from greetings to Li Shi and Cao Yong couple, the rest are all good words, as if they just went out to worship their ancestors.

Cao Yong didn't have time to tell the truth from what his sister and brother-in-law said, because two distinguished guests came to the Governor's Mansion.

The fifth elder brother, Hong Zhou, and Prince Ping's eldest son, Fu Peng.

According to a secret order, the two came to pick up Elder Brother Shi back to Beijing.

This was really unexpected, although Cao Yong also hoped that the "big Buddha" in the mansion would leave early, but there was no news that the emperor would release him before.This sudden good thing made Cao Yong puzzled and felt uneasy.

But a prince, a prince, holding a shining imperial decree in his hand, can there be a fake?
Cao Yong looked for an opportunity, and asked Fu Peng privately: "I didn't hear anything about it before, how could the emperor think of suddenly ordering someone to pick him up?"

Fu Peng said: "Uncle, I don't know. Three days ago, the emperor sent someone to send me an audience, and the fifth uncle was there, and then the emperor explained the errand. After leaving the palace, he came to Qingyuan, not even the palace. back."

Things will not be so simple, Cao Yong frowned and asked: "Before you leave Beijing, is there any movement or rumors in the palace?"

"In the palace..." Fu Peng thought for a while, and said: "Brother Fuhui is sick again...the emperor gave the old man ginseng...and there are rumors that the fourteenth son has returned to Beijing..."

This is to clean up the clan after dealing with the foreign ministers?
Cao Yong looked for an opportunity to ask Hong Zhou a few more words, but Hong Zhou didn't know either.

The two of them stayed in Qingyuan for one night, and "escorted" Elder Brother Shi back to Beijing early the next morning.

Chu Yu, on the other hand, thinks more simply, thinking that the emperor can make a prince or a prince come to pick him up with his will, and it is also a respect for the ten princes.

Cao Yong knew that this decree was different from the secret decree, but the meaning was different.

After a few days, Cao Yong knew the emperor's intention to send people to take ten princes back to Beijing.

Brother Nine is here, escorted back from Xining, and will be resettled here in Qingyuan.

Even if it is an enemy that has already been defeated, the emperor does not want the two elder brothers to meet together, which shows the deep fear...

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