Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1173 Falling (please ask for a guaranteed monthly pass)
Qingyuan, Governor's Mansion, official residence.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Hearing the matter of the chastity archway bestowed by the emperor, Cao Yong only felt very refreshed.

He has been in office for more than ten years, and he has been impeached several times without pain or itch.For those imperial envoys who claim to be "upright", he really doesn't like many of them.

Either lackeys of the rich and powerful, or people who are seeking fame, when "rumours play a role", they are more likely to "make use of the topic" or "much ado about nothing".

The impeachment of Tang Zhiyu in front of them is very lively, and even the big label of bad morality has been put on.

However, Yongzheng gave Tang Zhiyu's widowed aunt a "chaste memorial archway", conferred the title of married woman, and gave them a big blow in the face.Cao Yong was very curious about their faces when they stood in front of the imperial court.

Neither Jiang Jian nor Song Hou expected such a result.

"It seems that the emperor wants to protect Mr. Tang. Mr. Tang is very lucky." Song Ren stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Master Tang should also feel relieved that the emperor will rectify his name himself."

Jiang Jian shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. At other times, it is a family honor to show a chaste woman; at this time, Mr. Tang may be even more embarrassed. Looking at his words and deeds in the past two years, he does have a bit of character."

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Fei Lin is right. Tang Zhiyu acts old-fashioned and has the style of an ancient gentleman, so he may not be happy about it. However, he is a sensible person, and he should be able to understand the emperor's caring heart..."

The three of them were talking when they heard hurried footsteps coming from the yard.

Immediately, someone said outside the door: "My lord, I have to report something urgently!"

It was Zhang Yi's voice.

Cao Yong's expression froze, he stood up and said, "Come in!"

Song Hou and Jiang Jian also stood up and looked towards the door.

Seeing Zhang Yi come in from the door with an anxious expression on his face, he said: "My lord, Master Sixteen is here and has already entered the door."

After hearing this, Cao Yong took Song Hou and Jiang Jian to welcome him out without hesitation.

As soon as he reached the third hall, he saw Elder Sixteen coming towards him with his guards.

Cao Yong stepped forward, just about to give the sixteenth elder brother a gift, but he was stunned.

Behind Elder Sixteen, there were two familiar faces.One is Heng Sheng with an admiring face, and the other is the prince Hongli who looks at him with long eyebrows and narrow eyes and a smile.

These two teenagers were dressed as Lan Ling's bodyguards, with knives on their shoulders, they looked a lot like that.

This is the prince's micro-clothes?

Cao Yong only felt a pain in his head, his eyes slipped past Hongli, and he knelt down to Elder Sixteen: "Cao Yong has seen the prince, please give me peace!"

Elder Brother Sixteen supported him, not letting him kneel down, and said with a smile: "This king came in a hurry, I'm afraid I'm going to disturb Master Cao, please don't blame Master Cao!"

In Cao Yong's mouth, he hurriedly said, "Don't dare, dare not!"

Sweeping over with the corner of his eyes, Hang Seng and Hongli had already retreated from behind Brother Sixteen, but they had no intention of going forward to meet each other.

When Cao Yong saw this, he didn't care about the two little ones, bowed to Elder Sixteen and said, "Your Majesty is here to convey his will?"

If you have brought the imperial decree, you have to lead it to the lobby to receive the decree, so that you can show your respect.

Elder Sixteen waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty is not an imperial envoy, he just came here because of his errands."

After Cao Yong heard this, he stopped talking. He first introduced the second aide of Jiang and Song to Brother Sixteen, and then led Brother Sixteen to the official residence.

When we arrived at the mansion, apart from Brother Sixteen, only Hang Seng and Hongli followed the house.

Only then did Cao Yong flick his horseshoe sleeves to give Hongli a gift.

The sixteenth elder brother is not honored by Cao Yong, let alone Hongli?

When Cao Yong saw him help him up, he also got up.

Although I know that I will have to kowtow and kneel to this kid in the future, but if I can save one time, it is better to have one less time.

That's why it's good to go out of Beijing. Apart from returning to Beijing to meet and receive imperial edicts, he can stand up and talk.

After seeing the national ceremony, it was the family ceremony's turn. Hang Seng came forward to greet Cao Yong.

Cao Yong invited the sixteenth elder brother and Hongli to sit down, and made people serve tea before he said: "The son of a thousand gold, can't sit down in the hall. The sixteenth master and the fourth elder brother are of high status. When they descended to Qingyuan, the minister was terrified."

Elder Sixteen took two sips of tea and said, "It's not that someone wants to make a fuss. This old man with old arms and legs really can't stand the road, and he's half dead from exhaustion. Fortunately, it's not too hot. If it's another half a month, No matter what I say, I will not move my nest."

Although I don't know the details, after hearing these words, Cao Yong also understood that Brother Sixteen came here to "accompany the prince to study", and Hongli was the host and guest.

Hongli had already got up, bowed to brother sixteen and said, "it's all my nephew's fault, which made uncle sixteen suffer!" Then he explained to Cao Yong why they came to Qingyuan.

It turned out that after Yongzheng was determined to promote winter wheat in Shanxi, Shandong and Henan, he wanted to arrange to go to Zhili to specialize in harvesting wheat seeds.I can also take the opportunity to inspect the various prefectural roads in Zhili to see the harvest of winter wheat.

Hongli happened to be in front of the imperial court at that time. After hearing about this incident, he took the initiative to ask for orders to come to Zhili.He is 16 years old. Although he is still attending lectures in the study, he has also started to study government affairs.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the new wheat seeds are related to farming in the four northern provinces, and it is also a matter that the emperor values. As his son, Hongli also wants to do his best.

When Yongzheng was so old, he had already started working on errands. He was naturally happy to see his son making progress.

But Hongli's status is different, he was afraid that the news of the prince's departure from Beijing would spread, and the villain would be in trouble, so he handed over the errands on the bright side to Elder Sixteen, and asked Hongli to accompany him in disguise.

In this way, after some experience, you can still not attract attention.

Looking at Hongli's smiling face, Cao Yong could only praise the words of "youth and promise".

After exchanging pleasantries, Elder Sixteen flicked the invisible dust on his body, and said: "I will stay in Qingyuan for a while, and I have enough time to talk. First arrange a place for Master and Fourth Elder Brother to wash off the sweat Wash it, and then go to pay your respects to Mrs. Tai."

The fourth elder brother also got up after hearing the words.

After hearing this, Cao Yong led them to Yin Hotel in person.The best courtyard is where the tenth elder brother used to live, please sixteenth elder brother to stay.Please ask Hongli to lead people to live in the courtyard behind him.

After the two uncles and nephews were settled, Cao Yong sent people out of the city again, and brought the five hundred guards who came with the sixteenth brother to the superintendent's camp.

The fifty palace guards and twenty palace guards who accompanied the sixteenth elder brother into the city were placed in the empty courtyard around the residence of the sixteenth elder brother and Hongli.

After arranging these, Cao Yong ordered Liang Chuanfu, the superintendent and general, to increase the [-] garrisons in the Governor's Mansion to [-], increase the strength of the guards, and make sure the Governor's Mansion is guarded like an iron barrel.

From the moment these two masters left the capital, not only the accompanying guards and soldiers were responsible for their safety, Cao Yong, the governor of Zhili, could not escape; now that they entered the governor's office, the responsibility of guarding the safety of the two nobles fell entirely to Cao Yong body.

In addition to arranging the safety of the governor's mansion, Cao Yong sent people to the magistrate's yamen and the guard's yamen to invite Zhu Zhilian and Xie Tianlai.

Hang Seng followed his father, watched him make arrangements one by one with a serious face, and said with shame: "When my son heard about this, the fourth elder brother had already asked for the imperial order. If he had known about this earlier, his son would definitely I'll try to stop it."

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "The fourth elder brother is very assertive, and he doesn't seem to be able to listen to it. It's none of your business, you don't have to blame yourself."

Hang Seng thought about Hongli's temperament, and it was true, and said: "Father, don't worry too much. On the way here, my son has already secretly begged the prince to ask him to restrain the fourth elder brother and not let the fourth elder brother move lightly, so as not to cause trouble. trouble your father."

Seeing that he had such a heart, although Cao Yong was relieved, he also taught: "Although the intention is good, there is a suspicion of abolishing the public for personal reasons. The fourth elder brother is the prince and the lord. You are his companion and belong to the courtier. Selfishness, interfering with the prince's actions?"

Hang Seng listened, his face flushed, he bowed his head and said: "My son is clumsy, he doesn't handle things properly, please punish him!"

Cao Yongdao: "No matter what you think in your heart, it's better to act in the same way. Take this matter as an example, it is also asking the sixteenth master to restrain the fourth elder brother. You can take it as reducing trouble for me, but you can also take it as a You cared about the safety of the fourth elder brother, and you were really worried, so you couldn't help but begged to the sixteenth master. Although you are behind the back of the fourth elder brother and begged in private, it is against the fourth elder brother's wishes. But you have a heart to protect the Lord, even if The fourth elder brother knew about this, and felt slightly annoyed, but he can't blame you, and he still accepts your affection in his heart."

It is not the first time Cao Yong has said similar teachings.

Hang Seng also understood, his eyes were bright, his small chest was straight, and he said: "My son knows, just like what my father taught in the past, when he is by the prince's side, his words and deeds must be in line with his own identity, don't forget A word of 'loyalty'."

Seeing his son's transparency, Cao Yong smiled and nodded, and said: "Go and greet the old lady and the wife. They will be happy when they know you are back."

Hang Seng agreed, but didn't go down immediately, he hesitated and said: "Father, do you want to tell the old lady and the wife about the matter of the fourth elder brother?"

Cao Yong said: "The old lady will keep it secret first, so as not to surprise the old lady, the lady will tell it quietly."

Only then did Hang Seng retire. At this moment, the prefect Zhu Zhilian and the guard Xie Tianlai also arrived.

Cao Yong said that Prince Zhuang descended to Qingyuan and would stay temporarily in the Governor's Mansion, and ordered the two to clean up the law and order of Qingyuan City, so as not to make any trouble.

The sixteenth elder brother brought seventy to eighty guards to the governor's mansion, and then five hundred guards entered the city. This is also something that cannot be concealed.

Zhu Zhilian and Xie Tianlai agreed, but their expressions were somewhat strange.

Seeing this, Cao Yong said: "Are you scared, my lords? I am scared by the governor. One day when Wang Jia is in Qingyuan, everyone will have to take care of it for a day. Fortunately, it won't be too long, a month or two at most. .”

Zhu Zhilian nodded, and said: "I'm really scared. In the past two years, there have been quite a few clans in Qingyuan..."

Xie Tianlai had a deep relationship with Prince Zhuang's mansion, his face could hardly hide his worry, and he said with concern: "My lord, is it, is it that the prince has encountered difficulties in Beijing?"

When the tenth elder brother "temporarily lived" in the Governor's Mansion, he did not hide it from the outside world, and Qingyuan's official circles knew about it; the ninth elder brother "temporarily lived" in the Governor's Mansion, although he was "low-key", he did not hide it from those who cared.

Now, Brother Sixteen has become the third emperor's younger brother to "temporarily live" in the Governor's Mansion, so it is reasonable for Xie Tianlai to have such doubts.

Even Zhu Zhilian looked at Cao Yong solemnly, waiting for his answer.

He is not concerned about the affairs of the clan, but he knows that Brother Sixteen is one of Cao Yong's backers, and he is worried that it will be implicated in Cao Yong...

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