Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1213
Han white jade phoenix and bird-shaped town, Tang painted gold plate with water chestnut and silver clasp, qin and chess picture, Song cuo Jin cuo animal head lifting beam pot, Yuan red peony pattern plate, Ming ivory eight treasures Ruyi ganoderma ornaments...

The antiques and curios dazzled Su De's eyes.

The county king Bobei also squinted his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

"This...is all assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Su De hesitated, and asked the official of the Lifan Academy who accompanied him.

If this is the case, it is really "the emperor's grace is mighty".

Anyway, Master Hang Seng, no, it should be called "Master Monk" now, and it is a foregone conclusion that Master Monk will be stationed in Beijing.

The emperor attaches so much importance to it, even if the palace really has other plans, it must be carefully considered.

The official of the Nali Fan Court heard this and said with a smile: "Lord Su is really joking. If every palace should be equipped with such antiques and curiosities, then the House of Internal Affairs would have been empty long ago. As far as I know, there is only this house in this house." The set of sandalwood and cloisonné enamel furniture was built internally, and these furnishings should have been brought by Brother Monk himself."

Su De took a long breath when he heard this.

The county king Bo Bei nodded with a smile, and said: "Ge Ke Yan Pi Le is really lucky, I didn't worry about it, and picked up such a good son for nothing..."

He smiled strangely, and Su De looked at him coldly, knowing that he had no good intentions, what was called "the son of nothing", as if he was saying that Master Monk's background was unknown.

Su De didn't bother to argue with him, no matter whether Master Meng Ke was a concubine or a son of adultery, since he was given the name and status by the emperor's golden words, he was the eldest son of King Khan's mansion.

Bobei wanted to make use of this topic to criticize King Khan's palace, but he had to weigh it himself.

The secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who followed seemed to have thought of this too, glanced leisurely at Bo Bei, and said with a smile: "What the prince said is exactly, the King Khan is indeed very lucky. Brother Monk is the emperor's mother." Accompanying reading, the adoptive father is an important minister of the court, and the adoptive mother is He Shuo Gege, with a bright future, and there is no need for Khan Palace to worry about it."

Bo Bei's smile froze. He came to Beijing this time not only to take advantage of the death of the old Khan King, but also to take advantage of his son's marriage.

If the son can become a princess, or a noble daughter of a prominent family, even if the current throne of Khan is taken by Gelanke Yanpi, when he dies, he can win again.

But after several meetings with His Majesty, the emperor promoted him to the title of title, and the marriage was a bit unsatisfactory.Gege, who was meant to be married, was the emperor's own niece, but because her father's title was not high and she was a concubine, she was only granted the title of "Gushan Gege (County Lord)".

While these few people were talking, I saw Hang Seng coming in from the door, cupping his hands at the crowd, and said: "A distinguished guest came down just now, and the boy came out to greet you. You have neglected the prince and the two adults. Please don't blame me." .”

Bo Bei hurriedly laughed, and said: "It's nothing, nothing, and you're not an outsider, you don't have to be polite, brother Monk."

Su De and the officer are low-status, let alone the theory of blame.The two of them have already started to feel anxious, because there are several people behind Hang Seng, besides Tianyou, the eldest son of the Cao family whom they have already met, there are also two teenagers with yellow belts around their waists.

Hang Seng had already turned sideways, and introduced to the two young men behind him: "Fourth Master, Fifth Master, this is the King of Bobei County from the Left Banner of the Zhasaktu Khan Department, and this is Mr. Su from the Khan Palace. This is Mr. Cui from Lifan Academy..."

Having said that, he turned his head and said to the three of them: "My lord, my lords, these two nobles are the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother."

There is no mention of which palace, and the identities of those two people are self-evident.

The three immediately knelt down and greeted the two princes.

Hongli glanced at the three of them, walked up to Bo Bei, gave him a hand, and said, "My lord is very polite, please get up quickly. I have heard that my father praised my lord for his bravery and ancestral style. Seeing him now, it is really true." Well-deserved reputation.”

Bo Bei had been in Beijing for a month, and he was not deaf or blind. Although he had never met Hongli, he knew that the man in front of him was the prince of the Qing Dynasty, the future emperor.Hearing this praise, his face flushed with excitement, and his beard twitched accordingly.

Hongli didn't seem to notice his gaffe, turned his eyes to Cui Langzhong of Lifan Academy, and said: "The palace is well cleaned up, it can be repaired to this appearance in such a short period of time, it can be seen that it has been put into practice, very good."

Cui Langzhong kowtowed and said: "It's all the duty of a slave, I dare not be unsatisfied."

In the end, Hongli looked at Su De and said warmly: "I heard that you are an old man in Khan's mansion. If there are any deficiencies in Monk in the future, please mention more. He is a lonely companion and a lonely friend. Guzi is looking forward to his well-being."

Su De's smile was uglier than crying, and he felt that his head weighed a thousand catties. Under the eyes of everyone, where there was no choice, he could only nod his head honestly, and said: "The minister will follow His Highness's instructions."

Having seen each other like this, Hongli and Hongzhou had no intention of exchanging greetings, and the three of Bobei also knew what was going on, and bowed to say goodbye and left.

In the living room, only the two princes, Tianyou and Hang Seng were left.

Hong Zhou stood on the Bogu rack and began to look around.

He and Hongli both know goods, so they can see that these items are of great value.

Hongli had already sat down, and said with a smile to Hang Sheng: "The decree of the eldest son of Ce County King will be issued in a few days. This time it is really a blessing."

Hang Seng blinked, a little confused: "Sanxi?"

The founding of a mansion is a joy, the title of a knight is a joy, what are three joys...

However, Tianyou came to his senses and said with a smile: "Fourth master, the second brother's marriage is also booked..."

Hongli nodded and said, "Exactly, exactly."

Hang Seng smiled "hehe", feeling a little embarrassed.

Hong Zhou had already finished watching the Bogu rack, and cast a dissatisfied glance at Hang Seng, saying, "Laughing, it will be easier for you then! He was supposed to be the nephew of the master, and he will become the brother-in-law of the master in the future. Forever."

Hang Seng just laughed, although the two princes didn't mention who he was engaged to, but everyone knew it in their hearts.

With Prince Zhuang around, no one else can snatch Hang Seng to be his son-in-law.

"There are only forty days left to celebrate the new year. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time for the year before. The wedding is set for next year?" Tianyou asked.

Hongli said with a smile: "Exactly, Empress Dowager is reluctant to marry the three princesses early, and seriously wants to stay for a while."

The three princesses he was talking about were Da Gege of Prince Zhuang's Mansion. Because he was adopted by the emperor and brought up by the empress of the middle palace, he was regarded as the emperor's daughter. She followed the rank in the palace and ranked third, so she was called the "Three Princesses".

Having said that, everyone understands that this is just rhetoric, and the real reason is that it is not easy to bypass King Khan's palace.

Even if the imperial court canonize the eldest son of the county king, and the emperor bestows a marriage on him, the new Khan's Xie En Zhezi has to go through the motions to make it look good.

However, the third princess is indeed not very old, she is the same age as Tianhui, and she will only be fourteen the next year...

*
Household Yamen, Cao Yong official office.

Hearing Jiang Jian's words, Cao Yong whispered in surprise: "Stop the Zhejiang Provincial Examination and General Examination?"

I can't blame him for being shocked. Half of the literati in the world come from Jiangnan; half of the literati in Jiangnan come from Zhejiang.Due to the fraud incidents in the Jiangnan provincial examinations, how many officials were trapped, the imperial court always focused on appeasing the Jiangnan scholars.

Only when the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are stable can people be stable.

In order to bridge the blood feud gathered when the Eight Banners went south, the imperial court has always been kind to Jiangnan for more than 80 years since the founding of the country.

Now the emperor just because he disliked the two Han officials, he blamed Zhejiang, where these two officials were originally from, which is too childish.

Among them, Wang Jingqi was beheaded as early as seven days after Nian Gengyao was put to death, and her head is still hanging on the flagpole at Caishikou.Not only was he himself convicted, but his wife and children were sent to Heilongjiang to serve as slaves to armored men. His brothers, uncles and nephews were exiled in Ningguta.

Speaking of which, it is an old case that has long been closed.

Another servant of the Ministry of Rites, Zha Siting, was regarded as "slandering the emperor" because he did not write proper questions when he was the chief examiner of the Jiangxi Provincial Examination in Jinke.

This incident is not "stopped by the Weimin" that has been passed down in history, because the word "Weizhi" was only questioned after the first Yongzheng was removed.

It was because the word "Zheng" appeared in the front and the word "Zhi" appeared in the back of the four mentions he made, which was exactly the same as Wang Jingqi's "On the Years of the Past Dynasties" saying "the image of a stop", so he was impeached.

Now not only Zha Siting was dismissed from office and imprisoned, but the Cha family in Haining was also investigated.

Haining Chajia, who was in charge of Jiangnan Shilin leaders, was born in large numbers until the end of Kangxi, and was known as "seven Jinshi in one discipline, five Hanlin uncles and nephews".

The four brothers of Zha Siting were all of Jinshi background, and among the generations of sons and nephews, three of them also passed the imperial examination.Except for the eldest brother, Zha Shenxing, who was old and took his children and grandchildren to farm and study in Haining, the remaining three households of the Zha family were all in Beijing.

Cao Yong paid a lot of attention to this Cha family, because the famous old man Jin Yongjin in later generations is the descendant of the Cha family in Haining.

Because the Cao family lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time in the early years, Cao Yin had a deep personal relationship with Zha Shenxing, the head of the Zha family.After Zha Shenxing retired and Cao Yin died of illness, the relationship between the two families weakened.

After all, Cao Yong is just an ordinary person, and he doesn't know much about the minutiae of history, because he didn't connect the Haining Cha family with the "literary prison".

Until now, when the case of Zha Siting came out, Cao Yong suddenly remembered this.

Jiang Jian was a bit worried, and said in a low voice: "Zhejiang Shilin is going to be in chaos, and Li Futai is in a dire situation... Will the second master be implicated..."

Cao Yong is not worried about this.

After all, Cao Song is the commander-in-chief of Jiangning, and his jurisdiction is in Jiangsu.On Li Wei's side, there was no danger. Maybe this was the opportunity for him to be promoted to governor.

"Li Weijian is in the emperor's heart, and his position is stable. He is stable, and there will be no major mistakes on the second side. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River can't be messed up, and Feilin is not too worried." Cao Yong said.

Seeing that Cao Yong said it firmly, Jiang Jian could not help asking curiously: "In the early years, because of the fraud in the imperial examination, the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River were very troubled. The road is completely cut off, they are afraid that they will make more trouble, why do you still say that there is no chaos?"

Cao Yong picked the corner of his mouth and said with a bit of sarcasm: "The literati have no bones, and they are most at the mercy of the wind. The holy ancestor is a benevolent king, and he has a reputation. Jiangnan scholars are like those children who can cry. For a game, there are always two pieces of candy to eat. Will I give them candies today..."

(End of this chapter)