Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1193 Happy Landing ([-])

When Cao Yong and his wife arrived in Beijing, it happened to be September [-]th, the day when the Guibang was released.

Although the Cao family's current status does not require children to add flowers to the cake, but Chu Yu loves her son very much, and still cares about Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng.

Although the Zhu family is now the Marquis of En, Zhu Zhilian, like Ma Jun, was born as a Jinshi.If you want to be the son-in-law of their two families, even if you can't win the Jinshi, you have to win the Juren, so that you look good.

Therefore, after entering the city, Chu Yu felt a little urgent to return home.

According to the usual practice, Cao Yong first went to the Old Summer Palace to deliver the sign.

After waiting for a long time, Yongzheng did not summon him, but only ordered the thirteenth elder brother to meet him.

Cao Yong was secretly surprised when he heard the call from the servant.

Since Yongzheng ascended the throne, he had to do everything by himself, let alone a second-rank official like Cao Yong, even a seventh-rank Zhengyin official sent to the emperor, and he had to read it before he could use it with peace of mind.

Although Cao Yong was "exempted from office", he still had the title of Shangshu. Yongzheng should also understand in his heart that such pressure is only because Cao Yong is young and it is not easy to reward him.

Cao Yong has been running Zhili for two years. On the surface, it seems that there are no drastic reforms. In fact, spring breeze turns rain, which has a profound impact on Zhili.

Let’s just talk about last year and this year, although Zhili also had prefectures and counties affected by natural disasters, they did not ask the court for a cent of money. This alone saved the court tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Cao Yong has already rated himself as the governor in his heart. Even if it can't be a perfect score, it can be regarded as a middle-of-the-road.After all, the development of agricultural water conservancy has a cycle, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

If so, the emperor would still be picky and dissatisfied, so Cao Yong could only be speechless.

According to what he thought, since the emperor transferred him to leave Zhili in the form of "removing officials", he must be appeased after arriving in Beijing.

What is the situation today?
Cao Yong didn't know the reason until he saw Elder Brother Thirteen.

"The emperor is in poor health. He has been resting in bed for the past two days, and has not summoned his courtiers. It is because I heard that you are back, and I am worried about it, so I ordered my master to come to see you." The thirteenth elder brother said with a haggard face.

It's about the body of the dragon, and it's not for the courtiers to inquire about it, otherwise it's a crime to face the scene, Cao Yong can only say: "Looking at the look of the prince, he is also very tired, and the prince needs to take care of himself."

Brother Thirteen rubbed his brows and said: "I've been in the garden for the past two days, so I'm a little tired. The emperor's side, with the queen guarding him, can take a good rest for a few days. Presumably it won't take more than two days. Return to normal. I just hope that the emperor will sleep well in the past few days. In the past few years, I have been resting for less than two hours a day, even my iron body can't stand it."

These words seem to be a casual complaint, but they are also telling Cao Yong.

The emperor's dragon body is not in good shape, but it's not a big deal. You can hand over the sign in two days to see you.

Cao Yong knew what was going on in his mind, and he probably mentioned a few words about Zhili.The thirteenth elder brother was busy with errands, so he gave a few compliments and asked Cao Yong to leave the garden.

After this delay in the garden, when Cao Yong returned to Cao Mansion, it was already Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon).

Before reaching the gate, I saw the front of Cao's mansion, which was bright red, and there were firecracker debris all over the floor.

Upon seeing this, Cao Yong was both happy and worried.

Before Tianyou and Zuozhu brothers went to Beijing, Cao Yong had a sincere talk with Mr. Feng about the studies of the third primary school.

According to Mr. Feng, among the three, Tianyou has the best qualifications and the most solid homework, Zuocheng is the second, and Zuozhu is the worst.

This time in Qiuwei, Tianyou and Zuocheng are not a big problem, but Zuozhu is in between.

"The master is back..." The young man at the door saw Cao Yong and his party, cheered loudly, and came forward to meet him.

Immediately, Cao Yuan, Wu Mao, and Wu Sheng also came out of the gate, welcoming Cao Yong back to the mansion with joy on their faces.

Cao Yong got off his horse and asked Cao Yuandao, "How did the three young masters do?"

Cao Yuan bowed and said: "Master is overjoyed, all three young masters have won. Uncle won No.9, Second Master Bai won No. 42, and Uncle Song won No. 130."

Cao Yong listened, and his face could not help showing joy.

There is a fixed quota for the admission of candidates in Shuntianfu Township Examination. In the early years of Shunzhi, there were 160 eight candidates for each subject. In the 35th year of Kangxi, it was changed to 140 candidates.

The 130 who lives on the left is the fourth from the bottom, which can be said to be quite lucky.

"Have you sent someone to Ma's house and Zhu's house to announce the good news?" Cao Yong asked with a smile.

"The wife gave orders earlier, and sent someone to go." Cao Yuan replied.

Cao Yong nodded, asked a few more housework matters, and then returned to the inner courtyard.

Lanyuan went to the room, beaming with joy.

Chu Yu and Tian Shi are both here, Li Shi looks at Tian You and Zuo Zhu brothers with a smile, and is very happy in his heart.

The three children are off at the same time, and they are most afraid that there will be ups and downs. In that case, even if there is one in the middle, it will not be too lively.

Now, there is no regret.

Brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng had "double happiness", and Tianyou's Zhongju also "icing on the cake" for the Cao family.

Tian's eyes were wet, with tears in his smile, he kept wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

Seeing Cao Yong coming in, everyone stood up except Mrs. Li.

Cao Yong invited Mrs. Li, met Mrs. Tian, ​​and praised the children a few more words, then went back to Wutong Garden first.

After Cao Yong finished grooming and changed into homely clothes, Chu Yu took Tianyou and the others to Wutong Garden.

"The children want to go to Liulichang to prepare for tomorrow's teacher appreciation ceremony. I think teacher appreciation is a big deal. It's hard to distinguish the good and bad of things outside, so it's better to prepare from the house." Chu Yu said with a smile.

"That's right." Cao Yong nodded.

Seeing Tianyou hesitated to speak, Cao Yong said: "Tomorrow will be busy, if you want to leave the mansion today, you can leave the mansion, just remember not to come back too late."

Tianyou hurriedly replied: "I would like to follow my father's instructions. The sons went out, not to wander around, but to promise a few classmates in the academy to buy teacher appreciation gifts together. Even if they are prepared by themselves, I am afraid that they will have to go away. Those classmates will come to Beijing Afterwards, I buried myself in studying hard in the guild hall, and was very unfamiliar with the city, so my sons always wanted to do their best to be landlords.”

As the children grow up, in the future, in the official career, they will manage contacts.

As long as they are not friends who eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, of course Cao Yong will not stop him, and said: "People come and go in the guild hall, it is not cheap after all. Regardless of whether you are in the middle or not, if you have a good relationship with your brothers and want to stay in Beijing, you can ask Settle in the mansion." Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Before leaving the mansion, I will go to the accountant to pay 100 taels of silver. If there are poor scholars who don't want to come and live, you can help me a little bit."

The three boys agreed in unison, and happily retreated.

Between husband and wife, the mind is figured out.

When the children went out, Chu Yu smiled and said, "This time, the master doesn't have to worry anymore, and he can happily prepare Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng for their marriage."

Cao Yongdao: "Ma Jun is already the fourth grade. Xiang Jun's grandfather released Anhui Chief Envoy last year. If Zuo Zhu is a scholar, Ma Jun will not say anything. The relatives over there must be picky."

Chu Yu said: "Yes, people in the world have a pair of eyes of wealth and honor. Instead of marrying as a scholar, it is more dignified to donate one's family background."

While the husband and wife were talking, a servant girl came back and said, "Master, madam, the fourth master of the East Mansion is here, and is waiting in the living room of the front yard."

After listening to Cao Yong, he looked up at the clock, and it was only Shenzheng (four o'clock in the afternoon), and it was not yet time for Luoya.

Surprised, he went to the front yard and saw Cao Xiang in official uniform, sitting and drinking tea.

Seeing Cao Yong come in, he stood up and said, "Brother."

Cao Yong nodded in return, and the two were seated separately.

Cao Xiang took a closer look, Fang heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "I heard that the elder brother will return to Beijing, and the younger brother will not be able to make it to Luoya. Come back one step earlier, the elder brother looks good."

Hearing that he was relieved, Cao Yong felt very relieved, and said: "For two years outside, the life is very nourishing, and it can be regarded as carefree. In the past two years, Hang Seng and the fourth brother here in the mansion have worked hard to take care of him. Fourth brother."

Cao Xiang waved his hand and said: "My nephew is sensible, and the housekeeper is capable, so I really don't need my younger brother to do anything." Speaking of this, he added a smile and said: "I haven't congratulated my brother yet, there are three more people in Cao's family today. , as an uncle, I think it's glorious. This time, it's going to be easy to manage, and it happens that the house is also lively."

Cao Yong's removal from office this time is not clear. Those who are well-informed know that he will be reused when he returns to Beijing; Cleaning and the like.

Cao Xiang was depressed, fearing that too much gossip would cause the elders to worry, so he thought of taking advantage of the fact that his nephews had won the election, so that he could invite a visitor and dispel the rumor.

Although Cao Yong usually does not like to show off, he does not object to this proposal.

He didn't think about dispelling rumors or anything, but wanted to let the children make an extra appearance in front of relatives and friends.

Although before, some familiar relatives and old friends also know that Cao Yong has two nominal sons besides his biological son and adopted son.But because Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng were young at the time, they rarely showed up in front of people.

Now that the date of Zuozhu's appointment has been set, Tian's mother and son will move out of Cao's mansion soon, let their brothers appear in front of relatives and friends, in the future, in Cao Yong's face, they can take care of one or two.

After talking about this, let's talk about the worship of the house teacher and the guest teacher tomorrow. The house teacher is okay, he is a colleague of Cao Xiang Hanlin Academy;

Although Cao Yong, in addition to the governor of Zhili and the governor of Zhili, also has the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

In addition, since he is in Beijing, it is likely that he will join the household department, and he will be colleagues with Zhang Tingyu, so it is not appropriate to take Tianyou and them out to thank the teacher.

Cao Xiang took the initiative to invite Ying, saying: "Brother, let me take my nephews to thank the teacher tomorrow?"

Cao Yong said: "I just want to trouble my fourth brother, so please."

Cao Xiang said with a smile: "It's a very honorable thing for a son or nephew to be successful in the family, and it's exactly what you can't ask for."

Seeing that Cao Yong's face was pale, Cao Xiang didn't sit down for a long time, and left after discussing business matters...

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Zhang Jia's house, go to the room.

Mrs. Ning sat on the kang, with a look of surprise on her face, and said: "That's right, those two have won?"

Standing on the ground was a steward in his fifties, who bowed and replied, "I've looked at it three times. Master Yuan Song has 130 seven Juren, and Master Yuan Bai has 42 Juren."

Mrs. Ning nodded, and ordered the maid who was waiting in front of her to reward the steward with a dime and send it away...

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Khan, I thought I would be able to come back from the hospital at noon, but I didn't expect to stay until the afternoon, and it was delayed until now. .

(End of this chapter)