Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1293
How can Cao Yong feel good when Li Wei pays such a big gift?
He hastily got up, dodged to avoid it, and said: "If you have something to say, just say it, it's not like that."

It is obviously not easy to make a straightforward person like Li Wei groan.

Sure enough, when Li Wei opened his mouth, Cao Yong felt a headache.

After more than half a month in Beijing, Li Wei already understood the reason why Cao Yong specially asked him to "send the eldest son to Beijing" that day.

This is considered an official practice, and the governors and governors from other places always have relatives staying in Beijing.

It is really that Li Wei's foundation in the officialdom is too shallow. Although he has an uncle who has been a Beijing official, because of his low grade, he still cannot get in touch with this level.

In addition to Cao Yong, no one thought of saying this to Li Wei.

Cao Yong reminded Li Wei of this sentence only when he thought of himself.

While Li Wei is very popular, he has also become the target of many people.

He carried out various new policies in the south of the Yangtze River. Although he implemented the holy will, he violated the interests of the local gentry.

Under the imperial power, no one dared to resent the emperor, and all that was left was to vent their anger on Li Wei.

Half of the Jinshi in each subject come from Jiangnan. Which of the well-known families in the land does not have relatives and children in the court?

Even if Li Wei was instructed by Yongzheng himself, everyone's words can make money.

Sending his son to Beijing is not only to show his loyalty to the emperor, but also to give the emperor a chance to favor Li Wei; in addition, it makes Li Wei have an official spokesperson in Beijing, so that those who want to cling can find opportunities to cling to him.

In this way, Li Wei is no longer a duckweed in the officialdom.

It was his eldest son Li Xingyuan who Li Wei entrusted to Cao Yong.

He has already decided to send his son to Beijing immediately after the new year.

If you take the time to take care of him once or twice, as Cao Yong, it's just a matter of saying a word, but it is definitely a thankless task to discipline someone else's son for several years.

Although Li Wei was several years older than Cao Yong, his eldest son was about the same age as Tianyou. According to Li Wei, he struggled with his studies and hadn't taken the children's test yet.

When Li Wei was in Beijing in his early years, his wife and children did not go to Beijing, but stayed in his hometown in Xuzhou.

When Li Wei arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, the old lady of the Li family insisted that Li Wei take his family members to take office.

Therefore, Cao Yong has not seen Li Xingyuan.

As a friend of the father's generation, controlling a grown-up boy, some names are not correct, and the words are not smooth.

Given the identities of Cao Yong and Li Wei, if they directly accept Li Xingyuan as a student, it will attract attention.

Even if the two are innocent, it will inevitably lead to rumors and speculation outside.

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and said: "If you want your nephew to take the imperial examination again, let your nephew worship under the fourth family of my family."

When Li Wei heard this, joy immediately appeared on his face.

Among the brothers of the Cao family, Cao Xiang's official position was not obvious, but he was a bachelor from the Fourth Rank Imperial Academy.But he was born in Tanhualang, and he was an academic and political student in the local area, and all the scholars he interacted with were leaders in the scholarly circle.

"That's it, I really want to thank you, sir. But..." Li Wei hesitated as he spoke, "Is it because I'm going to visit the fourth master in person today, please?"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Forget it, and you are in a high position. There are many people staring at you during the action, and there is too much movement. It is better to wait for my nephew to come to Beijing, let him take your handwriting, and go directly to my fourth son. post there."

Since Cao Yong made such an arrangement, Li Wei felt nothing inappropriate.

The day he leaves Beijing is set for tomorrow.

In addition to entrusting the eldest son who is about to arrive in Beijing to Cao Yong, he also said goodbye to Cao Yong in advance.

As for going out of the city to see off or something, when it comes to their relationship, it is not suitable for those fake tricks.

Since he will leave Beijing tomorrow, Li Wei has a lot to do today, so he didn't sit in the household department for a long time, and left after drinking half a cup of tea.

Being interrupted by Li Wei, Cao Yong's original restless mood also calmed down.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are beyond the control of manpower, not only the thirteenth elder brother, as the years go by, the relatives and friends he knows are getting older and have to face aging and death.

When Luoya came home, Cao Yong sent someone to Dongfu to invite Cao Xiang to come over, and told him about introducing a student to him.

Hearing that his cousin introduced a student to him, Cao Xiang was quite moved: "Brother, how is Li Xingyuan's homework, has he ever graduated?"

He had been in the Hanlin Academy for several years, and he had also worked as an academic and political scholar in the local area. He was used to seeing young men with outstanding literary talents, and he was quite fond of talents.

The sad thing is that most of the talented people have a teacher; those who want to worship under Cao Xiang's family mostly want to take advantage of the Cao family's influence. There are no outstanding talents, and Cao Xiang is not rare.

Cao Yong was drinking tea and almost choked upon hearing the words.

He put down the teacup, and said with a sneer: "I'm afraid the fourth brother will be disappointed, as far as I know, Li Xingyuan's child trial also failed."

"Ah?" It was Cao Xiang's turn to be surprised: "Who is this Li Xingyuan? Could it be a relative from my aunt's family?"

"If that's the case, I don't have to turn around and arrange it under the name of the fourth brother. He is the eldest son of Li Wei. He will go to Beijing in the next year and entrust it to me to take care of him. I can't show up, so I asked the fourth brother to accept him as an apprentice. For the sake of justice and good discipline." Cao Yong said.

When Cao Xiang heard this, he couldn't help being dumbfounded: "Li Wei is in his forties, how old is his eldest son, and he hasn't taken the boy's test yet?"

"In the same year as Tianyou, because I was in the countryside in the early years, I was delayed for two years. But according to Li Wei, I was a little struggling with my homework." Cao Yong said truthfully.

Cao Xiang frowned and said: "But as the son of a supervisor, you can't always be white. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Although he hadn't met Li Xingyuan yet, Cao Xiang had already regarded Li Xingyuan as his disciple in his heart because of his cousin's arrangement, and knowing the origin of Li's family and his own, he had sincerely planned for him.

Cao Yong thought for a while, and said: "The road to the imperial examination depends on half of one's own talent and half of one's luck. Although luck is important, talent is the foundation. If Li Xingyuan's academic performance is really not good, and the road to Wenju is difficult, you can try it. Martial arts."

Cao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

There are three martial arts exams, the first two are bow and horse skills, and the third is about strategy.

The title of the policy comes from the three military books of "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi" and "Sima Fa", and the topic only starts from "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", which is much better than Wen Ju.

As long as you are not stupid, you can always come up with two well-regulated strategies and theories after three or two years of careful training.

But he is a Wen Jinshi, the first disciple of his sect, but he wants to take the road of martial arts, Cao Xiang has a weird look on his face.

Seeing this, Cao Yong felt quite guilty and said: "It's my fault, it's really not easy to retreat there, but it caused trouble for the fourth brother."

Cao Xiang quickly shook his head and said, "No trouble, Li Wei is not only old with the elder brother, but also takes care of the second elder brother in the south. I can do my best, and I can only be happy. It's just that the elder brother knows me, "The Analects" and "Mencius" The book is still understandable, but the three parts of "Sun Tzu" are a bit unfamiliar. The knowledge of literati is not the same as that of warriors. I am afraid that the interpretation will be biased and it will delay Li Xingyuan."

Cao Yong didn't think of this before. He only thought that Cao Xiang's knowledge is good, but he forgot that there are short and long inches.

"Yongqing was born as a Wu Jinshi, riding and archery kung fu, military strategy theory, you can ask him to teach." Cao Yong's eyes lit up and said.

Cao Xiang hurriedly nodded and said, "That's very good. Since Li Wei entrusted his son to come here, it's only good that he grows into a talent."

After saying this, Cao Yong thought of asking Cao Xiang to send the Li family south next spring.

Cao Xiang has already reported to the Imperial Academy, and will ask for a three-month personal leave from February next year.

"I forgot this one, one went south and the other went north, the two of you teachers and students happened to be staggered," Cao Yong said.

Cao Xiang hesitated for a moment, and said: "If Li Wei is not in a hurry, we can let Li Xingyuan come to Beijing with us a few months later. It will be more logical to accept disciples like this."

Cao Yong thought for a while, and it was indeed the truth, so he also felt that this arrangement was the best.

He called Zhang Yi over and gave him a few instructions to send a message to Li's house...

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With the successive departures of the governors of Chaohe, the festive atmosphere of the Longevity Festival gradually dissipated.

The eyes of princes and ministers in the capital were drawn to Prince Yi's mansion.

The emperor specially bestowed a plaque on the imperial book to Prince Yi's mansion, with the words "loyalty, respect, honesty, diligence, and honesty".

"Loyalty, sincerity, diligence, and honesty" are all the reputations of being a minister, and now they are gathered in Prince Yi.

Although there are many people who are jealous, but no one can say a few irony, Prince Yi is really well-deserved.

The emperor has long had the heart of adding favor to Prince Yi's mansion, the eldest son of Prince Yi concubine Baylor, and the eldest son has also become a daughter.

According to the rules of the clan, the eldest son of the prince's direct line usually only invites him to be crowned son when he is [-] years old. However, after Prince Yi's successive bereavements this year, the emperor deliberately registered Hong Tun as his son in advance, which can be regarded as a joy for the palace.

Hong Tun, however, was weak in health and was not conducive to the succession of the blood heirs of the royal family, so he had already given up the position of heir in front of his parents.

After Yongzheng knew about it, he decided to confer the title of King of the Thirteenth Age County, so that he could designate a son to inherit it.After all, although he lost two sons, there are still three sons standing down, of which only one son can inherit the title of prince, and the other two can only be named dukes as usual.

The thirteenth elder brother refused to grant it, and Yongzheng couldn't do it, so he had to add another 1 taels of silver to the thirteenth elder brother's prince's salary.

It has only been a few months since the salary was increased, and now a plaque is granted by the emperor, which can increase the prosperity of the holy family.

Unexpectedly, the plaque bestowed by the imperial court is not the highest grace, and along with the plaque, there is also a decree to set up a prince's seat at the court, so that Prince Yi can sit and listen to the government affairs.

Such an unrivaled kindness, it is not the civil and military officials, but the clan princes who are alarmed.

Even Elder Sixteen couldn't help but took the opportunity to look for Cao Yong, and said two sour words: "Although I am not as hardworking as Brother Thirteen, but I am also busy with two departments in the Clan's House of Internal Affairs." The back of the head, see how much I have reduced? It is also a director prince, a brother, why did you set up a chair?"

It's not that I'm jealous of the thirteenth brother, but people's hearts are not worried about being few but suffering from inequality.

Cao Yong only felt heavy in his heart, and he was silent for a while, Fang said: "Thirteen Master's chronic illness is afraid of relapse, and he can't stand for a long time at the court. This is probably the reason why the emperor set up a seat in front of the imperial court."

"What?" Brother Sixteen lost his composure in shock: "If that's the case, why didn't the case file of Tai Hospital be reported?"

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said: "There is an imperial physician resident in the palace. Why do you need to report to the imperial hospital when you usually ask for pulse? What will happen if the news of the relapse of the thirteenth master's old illness is spread? The thirteenth master has lied to others, and he has his own. Intention, but how can I hide it from the emperor..."

(End of this chapter)