Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1250

When the news of the Seventeenth Fujin's safe birth was sent to Tianjin Wei, several imperial envoys had not yet returned.

Originally scheduled to leave the next day, but at the moment when he got the news, Elder Seventeen was overjoyed and couldn't even wait for half a day. He greeted Cao Yong and Sun Zhu, and brought a few guards back to Beijing casually. , The king of the county can't take care of his car.

Niuniu's wedding is coming soon, and Cao Yong is also anxious to return to Beijing, but there is an old man, so he has to walk with him patiently.

The seventeenth elder brother is not here, so the king's car can only be empty.

Although Cao Yong's car is not as tall and gorgeous as the seventeenth elder brother's, it was used by Cao Yin in his later years, and it is more comfortable than ordinary cars.

Sun Zhu was invited by Cao Yong to go with him from his own car.

In addition, the temperature has dropped a bit in the past few days, and clouds often float across the sky, but it is a bit cooler than when I left Beijing.

Cao Yong cared about Sun Zhu's body, even though he was in a hurry, he still told the coachman to drive slowly. Fortunately, it took four or five hours a day, so the speed of the return journey was not too slow.

The only bad thing is that since he invited Lao Shangshu to come and talk, Cao Yong would not be able to ride a horse by himself.

Speaking of the two, it is really not familiar.

The opponent is a cabinet minister, and Cao Yong's qualifications are too shallow compared to him.

What Cao Yong can do is to "respect the elderly".After all, the other party is an ancient and rare old man, so he should only treat him as an elder, respect where he should, neither fawning nor indifferent.

Sun Zhu was the main driver when driving every day. Seeing that he was tired, he made people stop; when he got off the car with energy, he accompanied him for a few steps.

When staying at the post station, he also ordered people to prepare soft and chewy meals for Sun Zhu.

Sun Zhu looked at it for a day, and after dinner, he said slowly, "I'm getting old and useless. I've written a begging booklet, and I'll be old when I get back."

Cao Yong just smiled and didn't say much.

He was not surprised by Sun Zhu's decision.Those who can survive to the cabinet ministers, who is not the best of the best, have already been rejected by the emperor, and if they don't leave early, they will seek their own death.

The emperor didn't want to lose the reputation of "neglecting old ministers", so assigning Sun Zhu to go out of Beijing this time was just to give him a step down.

If Sun Zhu didn't know what to do and loved power, the emperor would probably hate him even more, and he might not be able to retire safely by then.

The next day, Cao Yong was still the same, and everything was arranged to pay respect to Sun Zhu.

Sun Zhu sighed, and said to Cao Yong: "Master Cao has a kind heart, and he is not as old as an old man." When he said this, he felt a little disappointed.

In fact, Cao Yong was somewhat confused.

I don't know, okay, why did the emperor dislike this old minister?

As a veteran minister left by the Kangxi Dynasty, Sun Zhu is also considered cautious, otherwise he would not have survived several days of court changes and stayed until now.

Cao Yong hadn't heard the news before, and he guessed in his heart whether the emperor wanted to change his cabinet ministers, and there was no shortage of bachelors, so he tossed Sun Zhu.

The reason why Cao Yong respects Sun Zhu is that he is accustomed to respecting the elderly and has no intentions, so he will be consistent.

Sun Zhu is used to guessing people's hearts, so he regarded this as Cao Yong's "kindness", and couldn't help telling him a few words.

Sun Zhu suffered a lot in his heart after suffering all his life, unable to be well-off, but only ended up begging for a rest.

When he said the reason, Cao Yong realized that it had nothing to do with the government, but something else hidden.

The secret turned out to be due to the personal grievances of the Sun family in the same year.

That's right, it was the Nian family where Nian Gengyao was.

Nian Yaling was seriously ill, and the emperor was kind enough to pardon the exiled descendants of the Nian family to return to Beijing to serve the sick.

No one would have imagined that before this, the emperor would come down to Nian's house to personally visit the seriously ill old man.

Such Long En, entering the family of the criminals, the young father and son have nothing but gratitude.

The emperor was a little reluctant, and took the initiative to ask Qi Nian Xia Ling what other wishes he had.

He thought that the old man only cared about his children and grandchildren, either pleading for mercy for the exiled sons of Nian Gengyao, or speaking for elder brother Fuhui.

Unexpectedly, Nian Xialing neither mentioned the grandson who was exiled nor the grandson who lost his mother in the palace, but took the hand of the eldest son Nian Xiyao, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the eldest son of this servant, has never borrowed light years. His family is so bright, but he has suffered a lot of grievances. He is upright and will not come to trouble. The servant is worried, and he is the only one. The servant is only afraid that after the servant leaves, he will not be able to stand up..." In the end, it was already an old man. Tears freely.

Nian Xiyao, a general in his sixties, once held the position of a governor, and he is not a child at an early age, so why should he worry about standing up?
Nian Yaling was crying and couldn't tell the truth, so Yongzheng summoned the two butlers of Nian's family and asked the old man why he said so.

Only then did I learn that since he was bedridden years ago, the old man has always been worried, worried that after his death, the eldest son would be dragged down by Nian Gengyao and be persecuted and retaliated against.

Although Nian Gengyao had already passed away, he had been entrenched in the Northwest for more than ten years and offended many people.Many of those people are still in the officialdom, but the Nian family has sunk down.

Because the emperor treats the old man with courtesy, those who want to take revenge are also afraid; if the old man dies, the children and grandchildren are afraid that they will die with him.

In the second branch, Nian Gengyao took it upon himself; the eldest, Nian Xiyao, has always been honest and filial, and never competes with others.

On the other hand, his adopted son Nian Xi is weak, and his biological son is still young, so he is useless.

After the emperor returned to the palace, he ordered people to investigate the old enemy of the Nian family.

After checking and checking, Sun Zhu, a scholar of the University and Minister of the Ministry of War, is impressively listed.

The entanglement of the Sun family in the same year began more than 40 years ago.

At that time, Sun Zhu and Nian Xialing fought for the position of governor of Huguang, and Nian Xialing won in the end, which made Sun Zhu silent for two terms.

Before Nian Gengyao was released to Sichuan, he served as an imperial envoy to the Li Dynasty of North Korea to pass the decree, and Sun Zhu's nephew was with him.

Unexpectedly, there was a strong wind when crossing the river, a boat crashed, and several people fell into the water and drowned, including Sun Zhu's nephew.

This was a natural disaster, and Nian Gengyao should not be blamed. Coincidentally, before crossing the river, Sun Zhu's nephew had an argument with Nian Gengyao, so he left the imperial envoy's big boat and went to the small boat.

For this reason, the resentment between the two families deepened.

When Nian Gengyao dominated the Northwest, Sun Zhu's nephews and grandchildren also grew up and joined the Western Expeditionary Army.

After the war was settled, they also stayed in the northwest.

When Nian Gengyao was questioned, more than 100 crimes were involved in the army, and there was no lack of "credit" from their brothers; Nianfu was rampant in Sichuan, and their brothers were behind it.

When he saw this survey, Yongzheng was immediately annoyed.

He can plan things in a dark way, but he can't see others doing "conspiracy" things.

In his view, the so-called governor's dispute is a joke.Even if Nian Xialing and Sun Zhu wanted to compete, they might not be able to compete.The appointment of the local governor is all in the emperor's heart, where is it the turn of others to talk too much?

As for the drowning of Sun Zhu's nephew, it was just bad luck. The imperial court had already recorded it, and also rewarded him with money.

Sun Zhu's nephews and grand-nephews, with hatred, subdued the Northwest Army for more than ten years, and this perseverance made the emperor even more afraid.

The emperor was also a master of mood and anger, so he immediately sent someone to summon Sun Zhu, and scolded him head and face.

It would be a lie if the younger generation said that he didn't know anything about his actions; if he said he was "conspiracy and instigation", it would be wronged.

After all, Sun Zhu had been a bachelor for many years and had his own news channel. After he came down from the imperial court, he knew why he was reprimanded.

Before Sun Zhu could defend himself, he was appointed as an imperial envoy and went to Beijing for a military parade.

In the past few days, from the initial panic, Sun Zhu has calmed down.

He knew that whether it was him or his nephews and grandchildren, once the impression of "conspiracy" was left in the emperor's mind, his official career would come to an end.

Instead of clinging to power and waiting for the emperor to dismiss him, he might as well take the initiative to beg for rest and follow the emperor's wishes, so as to save the emperor from angering the entire family.

Cao Yong was speechless after hearing this.

This is the case in the officialdom, don't form a deadly feud, unless you can cut the grass and roots, don't tear your face apart.If you tear your face apart, in addition to harming others, you must also be prepared to be killed.

In fact, Cao Yong looked at it from the perspective of a bystander. What Nian Xialing said was not worried that someone would fall into trouble and murder the eldest son's branch;

After all, when the emperor dealt with Nian Gengyao, he still had the decree that "everyone from the clan should be dismissed and never be allowed to be an official".

For officials and eunuchs, "never allowed to be an official" is the most deadly.

If the emperor cared about his old love, Nian Xiyao would be expected to recover, and the rule of "clan members are never allowed to be an official" would be broken.

At that time, the scope of "not being allowed to be an official" was narrowed from members of the Nian family to Nian Gengyao.Although the future of the family is difficult, there is still a glimmer of life.

Sun Zhu's family, they were unlucky, they were unlucky, and they deserved it.

Whether it's under the banner of "revenge" or something else, after all, they have the intention of harming others.

Although Nian Gengyao and Nianfu are dead, Nian Gengyao still has other young sons alive, who knows whether the heart of hatred will make Sun Zhu's nephews and grandchildren want to cut grass and roots.

Nian Yaling's crying in front of the imperial court can also be regarded as lifting this hidden danger for the Nian family.

After Sun Zhu talked to Cao Yong about these things, his depressed mind became relieved.

Cao Yong can think of, where he can not think of.

But if it is called injustice, it seems that the confidence is not enough.

He had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "In an officialdom, you can have selfishness, but you can take selfishness too seriously. Self-cultivation and family rule are the same. Self-cultivation is also difficult. Children should not be indulged, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that one day the family will not be harmed... "

These are all experienced words, Cao Yong listened carefully, and said seriously: "Master Xie Zhongtang for teaching."

Sun Zhu waved his hand and said, "I dare not take it as an instruction, but just a few nagging words, Mr. Cao is not too old-fashioned..."

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Cao Mansion Back Street, Zheng House.

Zheng Hu stood at the gate of the house, staring at the person in front of him, and said with a sneer, "I didn't go looking for you, but you dared to come to the door, really deceiving me that there is no one in the Zheng family? We lowly people can't stand you, a high-ranking official." Visit, get out of here quickly!" Having said this, he called someone to close the door.

But the man was standing inside the threshold, refusing to go out, bowing and saying: "Brother, it is my mother's fault that caused Ruixue to be wronged, my younger brother will make amends to Ruixue on behalf of my mother..."

The person who came was none other than Wang Quantai, who had already been promoted to the second-rank vice capital...

(End of this chapter)