Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1174 Experience (seeking guaranteed monthly pass)

Governor's Mansion, Yin Hotel.

Brother Sixteen came out of the bath and changed clothes, and Hongli was already waiting in the yard.

He changed out of his bodyguard's clothes and wore royal blue clothes, his figure was a little thin.

Brother Sixteen glanced at him, and said: "You are tired all the way, and you don't rest? I will visit Mrs. Li first, and I will let Cao Yong welcome us when I come back later!"

Hongli leaned forward and said with a smile: "Uncle Sixteen, my nephew will go with Uncle Sixteen! A few years ago in Beijing, my nephew also went to Cao's Mansion and met Mrs. Li. Now he is in the Governor's Mansion , always have to say hello."

Elder Sixteen frowned slightly upon hearing this.

When he went to visit the Li family, there was no need to preface the national etiquette; Hongli was a prince, and if the members of the Cao family did not treat each other with courtesy, it would be considered disrespectful.

Hongli had a clear mind and understood Elder Sixteen's scruples. He said, "Uncle Sixteen, not only you are related to the Cao family, but your nephew is also related to Mrs. Li Tai. She is the mother-in-law of the cousin and the aunt of the Cao family. ... If you really want to talk about it, maybe it is closer than these, and my nephew will stay in the Governor's Mansion for a while, so I will meet you in the past, and it is also a courtesy."

Brother Sixteen saw that he gave a series of reasons as soon as he opened his mouth, so it was not easy to stop him, he just said: "The first emperor and the emperor treated Mrs. Li Tai differently, you should be more polite, don't be an ordinary wife. "

Hongli hurriedly agreed, followed Brother Sixteen, and went to the mansion to find Cao Yong.

Hearing that Hongli was going to see Mrs. Li, Cao Yong was slightly taken aback and didn't say much.

With Chuyu around, Hongli came over to see Cao's family members as relatives, which made him happy.If this is not the case, Cao Yong must stop it, otherwise, wouldn't the whole family have to kneel down to greet and send off.

On Li's side, Chu Yu had already heard about Elder Sixteen's visit to Qingyuan.

"Master Sixteen likes to eat stewed meat. The stewed wing tips that Tianyou brought back from the outside a few days ago are delicious. Master Sixteen will definitely like to eat them. I sent someone to buy two packs and brought them back. Although they are not as meticulous as the dining room in the palace, they are still delicious. It has a special flavor." Li said to Chu Yu in a good mood.

Maybe it's because Elder Sixteen is younger than Cao Yong, or maybe it's because he and Concubine Mi are good friends in the boudoir, even though he knows that the two are close relatives, but more often, Li still treats Elder Sixteen See them as children and nephews.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, and the person Cao Yong sent to pass on the message had arrived.

Hearing that Elder Sixteen was coming, although Mrs. Li didn't dress up according to her class, she also changed into a visitor's clothes, and added two jade flat hairpins on her head, and Chu Yu accompanied her out to meet her.

At this moment of time, Cao Yong has brought sixteen princes and Hongli over.

Li's eyes fell on Elder Sixteen, and he didn't see Hongli for a moment.

But Chu Yu saw it, hurriedly dismissed all the maids, and welcomed them into the house.

See you again.

Seeing Hongli, Li's face showed nothing, but he was already worried.

Being in a family of officials, even if she didn't care much about the current situation, she knew that Hongli's status was beyond words.In the early days, when the concubine Nian was there and the concubine's son was there, Hongli's limelight was not yet apparent.

As soon as the Nian family collapsed, Brother Hongli became a popular candidate for the crown prince again.

When the emperor went on tour, he disturbed the entire Jiangnan; if the prince descended, even if not the entire Zhili, the governor's mansion would not be safe.

Seeing Li's kindness and Chuyu's affection for him, Hongli was satisfied.

He also had self-knowledge, knowing that he was not that close to the Cao family, so he excused himself from the exhaustion of the journey and left first.

There was only one elder brother sixteen left, and everyone chatted with him about the daily life.The one who talked the most was of course Concubine Mi.

"So, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, we will be able to welcome the empress dowager out of the palace?" When mentioning Dowager Mi, Li Shi was very concerned.

Elder Sixteen nodded, and said: "That's right, the yard has been tidied up for Er Niang. It's on Brother Shiwu's mansion. I watched over the construction and built a small garden according to the style in the south. Wait." When are you going back to Beijing, you must be a guest there."

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "As long as I am in Beijing and don't send me a post, I will go to pay my respects to my empress. Amitabha, my empress has been looking forward to it for so many years, and finally this day has come."

Brother Sixteen felt sad when he heard this.

He has always been close to the emperor, no less than the seventeenth brother's relationship with the emperor. If he hadn't inherited the prince's mansion, he would have been a county king at the very least.

Even if it wasn't a hereditary succession, without those lucrative properties, but being the master of the house, she might have welcomed Eniang out of the palace long ago.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit sad, Cao Yong interjected: "Master Shiliu, didn't you say that you plan to show filial piety to the imperial concubine with the good team you raised in your house? How about it, but what new drama has been arranged?"

"I've learned a few new plays, Er Niang is impatient and noisy, if you want to hear it, let them sing for a few days after your birthday," Elder Sixteen said.

After hearing this, Cao Yong waved his hands quickly and said: "I accept it with good intentions. Don't be in a hurry. It's not too late to wait until you return to Beijing."

This interruption, on the contrary, dissipated the dullness just now.

The sixteenth elder brother said a few words with Li Shi, and then followed Cao Yong back to the mansion.

"Because the fields are different, the water and soil are different, the harvesting time of this wheat is also different. The harvesting starts around the Dragon Boat Festival at the earliest, and the harvesting will not be until the end of June at the latest. Brother Si will not really wait until the wheat is harvested before returning to Beijing?" There are no outsiders, Cao Yong said bluntly: "I heard that the fourth elder brother started to study government affairs. With the emperor's attention to him, it makes no sense to be so 'overqualified'."

"In the few months since Nian Gengyao's death, the fourth elder brother just started to study government affairs, and many people became restless. The emperor was afraid of affecting the fourth elder brother and hurting the relationship between father and son, so he sent the fourth elder brother out. Of course, those people in the capital The news I heard is that the fourth elder brother is recovering from his illness. There is a substitute for the fourth elder brother in the palace, who occasionally shows up and can stand up for a while." At this point, the sixteenth elder brother sneered and said: Gong, is it so good? The emperor's patience is limited, how many times are you going to attack this time?"

Cao Yong thought about the recent news from Beijing, pondered for a while, and said: "Could it be related to the construction of the imperial mausoleum?"

Building an imperial mausoleum is a major event. When Yongzheng first came to power, officials from the Ministry of Rites mentioned this matter.Because the treasury has no money, let it go.

It's not to curse the emperor's early death. Kangxi's Jingling Mausoleum started construction in the 15th year of Kangxi and was completed in the 20th year of Kangxi.

It was only because when the emperor Shizu died, the emperor's mausoleum surrounded the place and there was no construction, which made the emperor's affairs behind him a lot.Taking this as a lesson, it is also necessary to build the imperial mausoleum in advance.

In the eyes of the world, the aftermath is the most important thing, and the emperors of all dynasties were not immune to the importance attached to the mausoleum.

Elder Sixteen nodded, and said: "Part of it is to fuel the flames, to see which prince the emperor will hand over the heavy responsibility; the other half is to focus on the silver in the treasury, but the emperor has already made a decree to set the upper limit for officials to borrow money. , not to exceed [-]% of the annual salary. If they don’t do something, how can they make money..."

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Hongli's identity was finally concealed.For fear of spreading the news, even God Bless and the others didn't know about it.

Hang Seng was able to return to Qingyuan, and he had a reasonable excuse.Hongli "recovered from his illness" and stopped studying in the study room. He also learned a lot as a companion, so he came here with Brother Sixteen as Lan Ling's bodyguard.

After Hongli rested in the Governor's Mansion for a day, he met Cao Yong again and mentioned that he wanted to go to the place to inspect the farming in Zhili.

Cao Yong didn't object, but he didn't feel at ease to let Hongli go down at will, after all, safety is a big deal.

It happened that Tang Zhiyu was going to Cangzhou to inspect the livestock market and cotton market there.In addition, he has to inspect several states and counties with more acres of winter wheat planting fields.

Cao Yong made an arrangement and asked Tang Zhiyu to take Hongli with him.

Of course, even if Tang Zhiyu didn't know Hongli, Cao Yong couldn't push Hongli down.If a boy of fifteen or six years old is treated with courtesy by Cao Yong, then other people don't need to think about it, but they can also know that Hongli's status is extraordinary.

On the surface, accompanying Tang Zhiyu was Meng Shan, the imperial first-class bodyguard.

He is a strong man of 36 or [-] years old, very brave.In name, he was on tour on behalf of Prince Sixteen, Prince Zhuang's mansion, so he was followed by dozens of palace guards and two hundred guards.

The posture of this tour is no longer weak for Tang Zhiyu, a local snake.

Although Tang Zhiyu felt that Meng Shan's score was too big, there was Brother Sixteen standing behind the other party, and these people were arranged by Brother Sixteen, so he had no room for doubt.

The other side is okay, but Hongli wants to take Hang Seng with him; Hang Seng also wants to go with him, not for playing, but because he wants to protect Hongli.In case something goes wrong, he can also stand in front, so as not to involve his father.

Hongli's identity has changed from the nephew of the sixteenth elder brother to the "nephew" of the sixteenth elder brother. He is a companion with Hang Seng, and now he is the fourth-class Lanling guard.

Tang Zhiyu naturally felt a little uncomfortable when the son of Shangfeng and the prince's "nephew" appeared in the patrol team.

But Cao Yong didn't say hello to him, and Hang Seng didn't act as a domineering and disruptive schedule because of his status as the governor's son. Tang Zhiyu just wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't do it.

Then, seeing Hang Seng and Hongli following behind Meng Shan peacefully, no different from the other accompanying guards, Tang Zhiyu blamed himself a little and felt that he was a villain.

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Governor's Mansion, Yin Hotel.

Brother Sixteen sat at the table in the corridor, picked up a peeled crab leg, dipped it in the vinegar sauce in front of his eyes, put it in his mouth, and ate it deliciously.

On the table, there was a big plate half a foot long, and there were a few red sea crabs in it.

Cao Yong sat opposite Sixteenth Brother, and couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and said: "It's so delicious? Sea crabs have always been inferior to lake crabs, and there are no such things in Beijing?"

Elder Sixteen put down the crab legs, took a sip of the rice wine, and said, "I've eaten twice in Beijing, but they were not as big. Sea crabs of this size are hard to find in restaurants in Beijing."

"Qingyuan built an official road between Tianjin Wei and Qingyuan, but this Qingyuan didn't have it in previous years." Cao Yong said.

Brother Sixteen nodded while eating, and said: "No wonder you have been keen on building roads in addition to farming for the past two years, so there are such benefits..." At this point, he paused, and said: "And One person, before you, mentioned the importance of road construction..."

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