Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1286
On the day of the Great Court Meeting, "fighting for the way" on the official road is not something ordinary people can do.

Cao Yong was puzzled in his heart, although he didn't want to be troublesome, it's not good to order someone to turn the sedan chair around immediately, in that case he would also become a talking point for others.

After thinking for a while, he said to Cao Man, "Go and ask which family's sedan chair is in front of you?"

Cao Man bowed in response, and went forward to inquire.

Cao Yong put down the sedan chair curtain, guessing the identities of the two parties in this "struggle".

Most of them are high-ranking officials above the third rank, and officials below the third rank will not bring so many entourages when they go to court.

After a while, footsteps came from outside the sedan chair, Cao Man came back, and said through the curtain of the sedan chair, "Master!"

Cao Yong opened the curtain, and before he could ask, he saw a person standing beside Cao Man, who looked familiar under the light.

The man was in his 30s, with a square face, slightly taller, and wearing a blue cloth robe.

"Guard Li?" Cao Yong asked with doubts.

The man took a step forward, knelt down and said: "It's the villain Li Zhong, who has met Mr. Cao, please be safe, Mr. Cao."

This Li Zhong is no one else, but Li Wei's necessary companion.

After Li Wei donated officials to the Sixth Ministry in Beijing, he had no one around him who could be used.Li Yun, the uncle of his family, sent Li Zhong's family to Li Wei.

Compared with those old servants in Xuzhou's countryside, Li Zhong is the long follower of the official family. He has followed Li Yun for many years, so his vision is naturally extraordinary.

This Li Zhong was reused by Li Wei, and he was often brought by his side.Therefore, Cao Yong has also seen this person.

Surprised in Cao Yong's heart, he called out, and then hesitantly asked: "The sedan chair parked at the intersection ahead is your lord's sedan chair?"

Li Zhongdao: "It is my lord. I just met Cao Guanshi and knew that Cao lord is here. My lord has retreated to the side. Please Cao lord get up and go first."

This is not because the acquaintances gave way. The governor of other places, without the title of minister, is the second grade, but Cao Yong, the minister of the household department, is the first grade.

Cao Yong didn't talk too much, just nodded and said: "If so, I will be tired."

Li Zhong resigned and returned to his life.

Cao Yong put down the sedan chair curtain and had no intention of greeting Li Wei at the intersection.

After a while, the bearer lifted the sedan chair again and walked forward unsteadily.

It wasn't until outside the Meridian Gate that the sedan chair stopped that Cao Yong called Cao Man into the sedan chair.

"Can ask, who is it that is contending with Li Wei?" Cao Yong asked.

Looking at the pattern just now, Li Wei's sedan chair was originally in front of Cao Yong, and there was a T-shaped intersection in the north of the road. The sedan chair competing with Li Wei came from the intersection.

In this way, it cannot be said to be Li Wei's fault.

After all, Li Wei was going straight, but the sedan chair came from the side.

"It's the sedan chair of Fan Shiyi, governor of Liangjiang." Cao Man replied, "Listening to Li Zhong's words, the one coming out from over there suddenly, the black light on fire, and almost bumping into the people here, that made Mr. Li annoyed. Unwilling to back down."

Cao Yong nodded and sent Cao Man out.

With the identities of Li Wei and Fan Shiyi, it is impossible to start a "fight of loyalty" simply for the sedan chair at the intersection.

Cao Yong was puzzled. One of these two people is the governor of Zhejiang and the other is the governor of Liangjiang. They do not belong to each other. What contradictions will there be?
If Li Wei's job of "in charge of robbery cases in the seven prefectures and five states in the south of the Yangtze River" affects the Liangjiang area, Li Wei should not be blamed.After all, it was arranged by the emperor, and Li Wei just followed the order.

Cao Yong looked at his pocket watch, waited for another quarter of an hour, estimated that the time was about the same, then got off the sedan chair, and went to the front to arrange shifts.

After a while, the ceremony and music sounded, and everyone entered the palace gate.

Today, Shengjia is in the imperial court of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

At this time, no matter whether it was the governors or ministers who came to Beijing to meet, most of the reports were good decisions, voices of gratitude and praise, and auspicious signs in the Ministry of Rites newspaper.

Different from the continuous "Jiahe" auspiciousness in spring and summer, the auspiciousness reported by the Minister of Rites is varied.

There are goshawks in Gansu, red geese in Heilongjiang, and white animals of various colors in various places, such as white wolves, white deer, white foxes, white swallows, white doves, etc. These are living creatures; Yangbo and Hunhe Zaiqing are geography; dead wood regenerates, cows grow upper teeth, dogs grow gizzards, cows grow juicy stones, bird-shaped front reds, and land-grown lotuses are visions of wood, stone, and livestock.

In addition to "Jiahe" and "Zhicao" in the southern provinces, there are also some flowers and trees that are rare in the north, and they are also sent to Beijing as auspicious.

In addition, some bronze tripods and bronze bells were unearthed, which also became auspicious objects.

There are more than a dozen provinces in the Qing Dynasty, and several generals governed the land, but there is no place without auspiciousness.

Many people present are no strangers to such a scene of thanking Songde.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi's 60-year-old longevity and Daqing of the 60th year of his accession to the throne, there were concentrated auspicious signs.

Cao Yong remembers clearly that even Yongzheng reported auspiciousness in that year, and it seemed to be a "sweet spring springing from the earth" in Wangzhuang.

There are many auspicious signs, as if the one on the dragon chair is the number one sage in all ages.

It took more than half an hour for Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites to report auspiciousness, and at the end of the reading, he was already shouting at the top of his voice.

Cao Yong raised his head and looked at Yongzheng on the dragon chair.

But with a solemn face, no joy or anger.

Cao Yong secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, Beijing officials don't need to make auspicious tricks, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

Some of those auspicious signs may be true, while others are clearly "fake".

Not only does it sound like a joke, but when the emperor is in a bad mood, there will be future accounts to settle; but if there is no auspiciousness, the emperor may also be dissatisfied.

The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and that's what he said.

After the Ministry of Rites reported the auspiciousness, it was the turn of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zhang Tingyu reported money, food and taxes from various places, which were much more than before.

After the Ministry of Households is over, it is the Ministry of Industry again, and it is also how many miles of river embankments have been newly built, how many miles have been dredged, and so on.

This great dynasty, summed up, is that the emperor is holy, the world is peaceful, the weather is smooth, the country is rich and the people are safe.

The censor, who is more active in every court meeting, is now honest.

No matter how "iron and strong", he is not an official idiot, and of course he will not say those disappointing things in the last court before the emperor's 50 birthday.

Amidst the praises of all the officials, the court will last from Maozheng (six o'clock in the morning) to early noon ([-]:[-] noon).

Cao Yong only felt that his legs were about to stand straight.

Several adults who are old have already been supported by their disciples.

After a few hours, not only was it tiring to stand, but the Hall of Supreme Harmony was only opened a limited number of times, which was very cold.

Even though Cao Yong's official uniform was made of small woolen clothes, the heat dissipated from his body after tossing around this morning.

When he arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, Cao Yong even poured half a pot of hot tea before he calmed down.

Before falling into the Yamen, Jiang Jian came in and told the new gossip in the Yamen.

The content of the gossip is the "struggle" between the two governors this morning.

Behind Li Wei's sedan chair, Cao Yong's sedan chair rushed over; behind Fan Shiyi's sedan chair, there was also an official sedan chair, in which was the Minister of the Taipusi, and behind him were several six officials on horseback.

Because of the dispute between the Li and Fan families, they were blocked at the intersection for a quarter of an hour.

The details of Li and Fan were naturally found out by everyone.

Although the status of the two is equal now, the weight is not the same.

Emperor Li Wei was a member of Shangqian's residence, who was born as a donated official. In recent years, he was fortunate to be promoted to governor; Fan Shiyi was the grandson of Yuanfu, the founding father of the family.

Not to mention the other places, just the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. In the early years, Fan Shiyi's father was the governor of Liangjiang, and his uncle died as governor of Fujian and Zhejiang during the Three Rebellions.

Logically speaking, these two people have different weights, so they shouldn't be able to fight, so why did they get into a fight?

There are really different opinions. Some say that Fan Shiyi was angry with Li Wei for not obeying the rules. unsatisfied.

There are all kinds of things, and they can be used for anything.

No matter what the reason is, it has become a well-known fact that the two governors of Jiangnan are at odds.

Although this book is not related to Cao Yong, there is still Cao Song in the south, so Cao Yong has to think more about it.Cao Song is an official of Liangjiang, but because of the matter of "catching robbers", he has to listen to Li Wei's call.

If Fan Shiyi vented his anger, he would inevitably not wait to see Cao Song, his subordinate.

After falling into the Yamen, Cao Yong went home and changed his official uniform, talked to his wife twice, and then took a few long entourages to "Fenghezhuang" near Xidan archway.

The dinner that Cao Yong and Li Wei made an appointment is here.

It is said to be a restaurant, but it is actually a private restaurant in a courtyard, and the taste is mainly Huaiyang cuisine.

When Cao Yong arrived, Li Wei was already waiting in the elegant room.

Without other people, there will be less politeness and greetings.

Because Cao Yong had been to Jiangning at the end of last year, the two hadn't seen each other for more than half a year.

Compared with that time, Li Wei became more delicate, and the dense pock marks on his face became more conspicuous.

But because he has been in the top position for a long time, he does not appear to be obscene.

The imposing manner is more vigorous, exuding a murderous air, not like a civil servant, but more like a military general with armor removed.

"What's the reason? Why did you have a quarrel with Fan Shiyi? Jiangnan is an important place for the society and people's livelihood. If you two disagree, the emperor might be annoyed." Cao Yong didn't talk nonsense, he said bluntly.

Li Wei rubbed his head, smiled wryly and said: "Where is it that I want to make trouble? There is really no way, it is Fan Shiyi who wants to catch my braid. He has already handed over the papers of impeachment to the imperial court. As early as just now When I went to Beijing and got off the Tongzhou Wharf, I fought for the road once. That time, I thought of his seniority, so I backed down a step. He didn’t say thank you, and today it got worse. If I retreat again, I will become a joke .”

Although Cao Yong and Fan Shiyi have been colleagues for two years, they are not in the same office, and the number of times they have met is limited.

In Cao Yong's impression, Fan Shiyi had the style of a Confucian general, which seemed to be the opposite of Li Wei's toughness.

I didn't expect him to act so domineeringly.

"What's the reason? It won't be because of your robbery. If he is dissatisfied with the emperor's arrangement, he will not be the governor with such a small temper." Cao Yong said.

Li Wei sneered twice, and said: "If you know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart, maybe adults really think highly of him. He told his staff that his cousin Fan Shijie dismissed the governor of Shaanxi not because he was implicated by Nian Gengyao, but because he committed a crime." Because of the villain, that villain is me. After I left Beijing, I went to the southwest first, then to the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away from Shaanxi, how can I have anything to do with Fan Shijie? It's just nonsense..."

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In the previous chapters, Cao Yong was said to be a second grade, wrong, it has already changed from a first grade, quack.

The monthly ticket has risen to the fifth in history, thank you everyone.However, the chase is too close, and I implore friends with monthly tickets to continue to help.

I went to the supermarket with my mother this afternoon, bought heavy things like rice and milk, and unfortunately, I carried them to the fifth floor twice. At that time, I felt dizzy like a fairy. Ten catties.Khan, Hercules Nine.

(End of this chapter)