Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1205 Seeking the Lord
Early the next morning, the wind and snow were blowing outside.

"Since the beginning of winter, it has snowed several times." Chu Yu stood in front of the window, looked at the hazy snow scene outside the window, turned and said to her husband.

Cao Yong just washed up, standing beside his wife, looking at the faint snow outside.

Although it is said that Lidong is in October, there will be a little sunshine after Lidong, and the serious snowfall is mostly in the winter month and the twelfth lunar month.Even if there is occasional snowfall in October, the amount of snow is small and it melts quickly.

This year is abnormal, not only a few snowfalls, but also a lot of snow.

There have been nine droughts in the Zhili area in ten years, but if there is enough rain and snow this winter, Zhili will not be troubled by the drought in the spring of next year.

The farming plan between him and Tang Zhiyu is also easier to produce results.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong couldn't help but frown. Could it be that he really wants to make Li Fu cheaper?

In Cao Yong's heart, there was some injustice for Tang Zhiyu.

If the emperor's general Li Fu hadn't been promoted, Tang Zhiyu would be able to go to the "administration" and supervise Zhili next year if the farming business is good.

At this time, I saw Le Ju picking up the curtain, and Le Lan and Le Gui came in with food boxes.

Chu Yu stepped forward and took Le Lan and the others to set the table.

Because of the cold weather, meat porridge and meat buns are served, which is very cold and hungry.

Cao Yong ate four mutton buns and a bowl of chicken and spinach porridge before putting down his chopsticks.

At this moment, Chu Yu had already sent someone to find a big woolen dress.

"Is it early?" Cao Yong asked.

Most of the previous years, I started to change into woolen clothes when I entered the ninth grade. Now it is half a month before I enter the ninth grade.

"This year, you don't have to wear it as usual. It's better than freezing." Chu Yu said, "Speaking of the woolen clothes, there is one thing I need to ask the master. My sister’s dowry woolen clothes are not rich, so I want to borrow a few leathers from here. I agreed. It’s meaningless to borrow or not. It’s just that we can add makeup to the fourth sister. It’s just that the leathers in the house are mostly old, sir. Let's see, is it possible to send someone to Shengjing to buy some leathers and come back. When Niu Niu goes out, she can also exchange for new leathers."

Cao Yong has always been in charge of these housework by his wife.

Besides, as for his second aunt, he also knew her temperament, saying it was "borrowing", it was just asking them for money in disguise.

Since it was for the fourth sister's dowry, it's meaningless to care about it.

"Second sister and the prince sent the steward back to Beijing to deliver birthday presents a few days ago. They probably haven't returned to Shengjing yet. Let Cao Yuan arrange for someone to go to Shengjing with the steward after the Longevity Festival to buy. It just so happens that they also buy more mountain products. Wild game comes back as a New Year gift." Cao Yong said.

Yongzheng was different from Kangxi. He had been on the throne for more than four years, all of them were in Beijing, and he never toured the north to escape the summer heat.

The Mongolian princes always come to Beijing in shifts or send their children to Beijing to meet his majesty.

The first emperor would go outside the pass to escape the summer heat almost every year, and the mountain products and game outside the pass spread all over the capital.

In the past few years, the emperor has not been out of customs, and the mountain products and game in the world have become scarce.

Chu Yu agreed, Cao Yong changed into big woolen clothes, and put on men's clothes. The husband and wife came out together, and went to Lanyuan to greet Li.

After talking a few words with Mrs. Li, it was getting brighter outside, and it was almost time, so Cao Yong went out.

Today was Hubu Yuqian's shift, so he was not allowed to go to the official office first, so he rode directly to the palace gate.

Except for Zhang Tingyu, several other servants have arrived and are waiting in front of the gate of Taihe.

Seeing Cao Yong, several people rushed forward to see him.

Cao Yong cupped his hands, paid back a half salute, and then stood in front of several servants.

In addition to a few servants, outside the Taihe family, there are also some governors from other places who have handed over signs to see them.

Cao Yong knew most of them, including Tang Zhiyu and Li Fu.

These two people are both Zhili officials and superiors and subordinates, so they stand together.

According to the rules, after the emperor had breakfast, he would pass on the officials who handed the sign to see first, and finally it was the turn of the bachelor and the six officials.

Just when Cao Yong bowed his hands in salute and met several governors, they walked past two people in the distance.The leader was dressed as a servant, followed by Tian Wenjing with his chin raised and the corners of his mouth drooping.

For a moment, everyone looked over, but their eyes were different.

He has a long face, purple complexion, deep forehead lines on his forehead, narrowed eyes, a bit harsh face, wearing a loose and boastful mending suit, looks very flimsy, does not have any official authority, but looks like a stubborn man old farmer.

Walking out of the Supreme Harmony Gate, his footsteps paused, and seeing Li Fu snorted coldly, he bowed his hands to the others and strode away.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was a little speechless.

Tian Wenjing is currently only the governor of Henan, and there are rumors that he will be named governor, but after all, he has not been named.

That is to say, the people in front of the door, except for Tang Zhiyu and another governor Hou Jian, are all of higher rank than Tian Wenjing.

Tian Wenjing's overreach really aroused everyone's attention.

Tian Wenjing turned a blind eye to it, and after a while, there was only one figure left.

Everyone looked at Li Fu, and Li Fu couldn't help showing a wry smile.

It seems that the emperor has already settled his dispute with Tian Wenjing.And this conclusion is still biased towards Tian Wenjing, otherwise he wouldn't be so complacent.

He can think of this, so naturally some people think of it, and some people discuss it in a low voice with the intention of watching the excitement.

The servant who brought Tian Wenjing out really "didn't bear the heavy burden", and summoned Li Fu to see him.

Li Fu followed the servant into the Supreme Harmony Gate, his back was straight and straight, which was a bit tragic.

Cao Yong glanced at Tang Zhiyu, who was looking at Li Fu's back with a bit of worry on his face.

Cao Yong blinked his eyes to confirm that he was not mistaken, and he was indeed worried.

If you were someone else, Cao Yong would be suspicious of his attitude. After all, Li Fu is now the governor of Zhili, and it is Tang Zhiyu's immediate boss.

But the person in front of him is Tang Zhiyu who has known him for more than ten years, and Cao Yong believes that this worry is true.

After thinking about it, he also understood why Tang Zhiyu was worried about Li Fu.

The dispute between Li Fu and Tang Zhiyu is not just a dispute of loyalty between the two, but also a dispute between a regular official of the subject and a miscellaneous official who accepts and donates.

Tang Zhiyu is also a regular official who was born as a Jinshi. It is only natural to hope that Li Fu can win this imperial lawsuit.

In recent years, Cao Yong has also noticed that Tang Zhiyu treats miscellaneous donations and his subordinates who are born in the right way are similar on the surface, but in fact they treat them differently.Take precautions against the former, and pay more attention to the latter.

He did so, Cao Yong can understand.

Those officials who came from the imperial examinations were influenced by the sage books when they were young, and most of them were covered with a fig leaf, cherishing their reputation like a feather; , There are few successful people.

Li Fu went there for a quarter of an hour, but when he came back, his footsteps were still firm, but his face was a little pale.

It was already the second moment of Maozheng (06:30 in the morning), and Zhang Tingyu was still missing.

Cao Yong knew that Zhang Tingyu was probably in front of the emperor now.

After Li Fu left, Yongzheng passed on two more officials, and it was Tang Zhiyu's turn.

By the time Tang Zhiyu retreated from the imperial front, it was almost Chenzheng (eight o'clock in the morning).

Because Cao Yong took several servants to the front of the imperial court, just in time to catch up with him.

Tang Zhiyu retreated to the side, but his expression was a little dazed, half worried and happy.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was surprised.

After a while, I arrived outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

A servant came out to call, and several officials from the household department entered.

After entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yongzheng was sitting on the dragon chair, with several bachelors and thirteen elder brothers standing in front of him, and Zhang Tingyu was among them.

Cao Yong and several servants stepped forward two steps, knelt down to ask Sheng'an, and then stepped aside.

Regarding the opening of the sea ban and the development of sea trade, Cao Yong personally handed in the papers and reported the matter. Yongzheng had already seen it, and now it has been discussed by the Ministry, and it has naturally passed smoothly.

Next, the two servants reported several other political affairs to the household department.

It took only half an hour for the whole court meeting to come down.

This is the blessing of Zhang Tingyu, a great scholar. He is in charge of the household department and also serves as the secretary of the household department. He puts more energy on the household department, so that there are few pending official affairs in the household department, and the court proceedings are naturally much smoother.

When retreating from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhang Tingyu did not come out with the crowd, but still stayed in front of the imperial court.

Outside the hall, the two ministers of the official department did not know when they would arrive and were waiting.

It's not that the official department takes turns, and the two ministers of the official department arrive together?
Cao Yong was puzzled, stopped in his tracks, bowed his hands and met the two ministers, and then took several servants out of the palace and back to the yamen.

There are three days left before the Wanshou Festival. If it was the will of Jia En to promote him, he would not have summoned the Minister of the Ministry of Officials at this time.

Cao Yong had some guesses faintly in his heart, but he felt incredible, so he buried it in his heart and watched the changes.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jiang Jian went to Cao Yong and relayed the big news he had just heard: Li Fu moved to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and Tian Wenjing was promoted to the governor of Henan.

The dispute between Li Tian and the dust settled.

Tian Wenjing was victorious, but Li Fu was defeated.

The governor of Zhili and the right servant of the Ministry of Industry are both top-ranked second-rank, but they are incomparable.

The former is the head priest of the world, and the latter ranks the last among the six departments.

One is hot and hot, and the other is the deputy capital of the cold yamen.

Yongzheng expressed his favor and support for Tian Wenjing in this straightforward way.

"There is also news that after the Longevity Festival, Mr. Tang's word 'Shu' will be removed." Jiang Jian lowered the volume of this sentence.

Previously, Tang Zhiyu missed the governor of Zhili, and Jiang Jian had also held grievances for him. The current situation is unlucky for Li Fu, but for Tang Zhiyu, it is another village.

Cao Yong passed the governor who came to Beijing to see him in a circle, nodded, and felt that it was the case.

On Tang Zhiyu's side, Xu's expression was so complicated because he got the word in front of the imperial court in the morning.

Before falling into the Yamen, Cao Yong explained again.

Tomorrow is the day when Prince Yu's mansion will go to and from the palace. Cao Yong will go to the east mansion, and he and Cao Xiang will wait for the guests from the mansion.

Back in the mansion, there are already "uninvited guests" waiting in the mansion.

Su De, the chief official of Zhasak Tuhan's palace, came and was waiting in the living room.

When Cao Yong listened to Cao Yuan's report, he picked up the corners of his mouth, and didn't mean to see the guest immediately.

He first went to the Orchid Court for a walk, then returned to the Wutong Court, changed into a make-up suit, and put on homely clothes.

"The guest has already left?" Chu Yu was quite concerned because Su De was from Khalkha.

"No, let him hang out first." Cao Yong said casually.

Seeing that he was confident, Chu Yu couldn't help but smile, and said, "Could it be that Uncle Sixteen and Uncle Seventeen got in touch with each other and stuck him in the Lifan Court?"

Cao Yong nodded, and said: "Ninety-nine are not far from ten, or else this Su De came to the door in such a hurry, he didn't even care about etiquette, and became a 'bad guest'."

Thinking of Elder Sixteen's enthusiasm for Hang Seng, Chu Yu couldn't help feeling a little sore, and said, "How do you feel that after taking care of Hang Seng for these years, Uncle Sixteen will take him away in the end?"

Pity the parents of the world.

Cao Yong was also a little uncomfortable, he still smiled and relieved his wife, saying: "You don't have to feel bad, we will grab a son-in-law and come back in less than two years."

Thinking of how many children are about to get married, Chu Yu couldn't help being stunned, the scene of herself getting on the bridal sedan with anxiety in her mind, and said, "It's better to let Tianhui marry later."

Even though Cao Yong decided to let Su De hang out, it was not good to let it hang out for too long, because it was already dark outside.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw Su De's worried expression, sitting on the chair in the living room in a daze, and didn't even notice that Cao Yong had arrived.

"Master Su." Cao Yong called out and walked into the living room.

Su De came to his senses, stood up hurriedly, and said, "Master Cao..."

The two met and the host and guest were seated. Cao Yong ordered the servant to serve tea again. Fang said: "I can't get away from the yamen. The delay is a bit late. I'm sorry to trouble Mr. Su to wait for a long time."

Su De hurriedly got up and said, "It's really presumptuous for me to come here without warning. I'm here to make amends to Mr. Cao." As he said, he had already bowed.

He is big and rough, and he is born with such gentle etiquette, which looks very clumsy and ridiculous.

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Master Su, there is no need to be like this. My mansion is not a noble place. With the origin of our two families, you can come here as much as you want."

Seeing that there was a sense of intimacy in his words, Su De hurriedly said: "That's right, that's right, if it weren't for this, our son would not have asked his subordinates to come and see Mr. Cao more often."

Cao Yong picked up the tea, took a sip, and said polite words in his mouth.

This time, Su De didn't go around in circles, and directly made a plea, explaining the purpose of coming.

It turned out that at the Lifan Academy today, the seventeenth elder brother met Su De and asked about the genealogy of King Zasaktu Khan's close branch. He also made a special trip to mention two people who were relatively close to the old Khan. The situation of Wang Sun.

In addition to the words, the information revealed, besides Su De, it seems that someone else has entered Beijing on the flag of the Kalkha Zhasak Tuhan Palace.

Su De was in a hurry. After seeing Elder Seventeen, he wanted to inquire, but he couldn't find a way. In desperation, he had to go to Cao's mansion again.

Cao Yong listened and said: "The matter of attacking the noble is not an overnight achievement. Mr. Su has only been in Beijing for half a month, so don't be too impatient."

Su De raised his head, seeing Cao Yong's calm expression, he couldn't help feeling annoyed.

Is it really necessary to wait for March, May, or even three years or two years?

"Lord Cao, don't look at other people's faces, only look at Young Master Lin. Our son loves Master Lin the most. This time, Master Lin went to Khalkha, and the days he stayed in Khalkha were too short. Our son still regrets it. After becoming a prince, it is imperative to go to Beijing, and then the father and son can be reunited." Su De said very "sincerely".

"Father and son"?
Thinking about the grievances Hang Seng suffered in Khalkha, Cao Yong raised his eyebrows...

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(End of this chapter)