Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1319
Cao Yong's earnest words, I don't know how much Changsheng heard.

However, he has a correct attitude and an honest and teachable appearance, which makes Cao Yong, the eldest brother, feel more fulfilled.

Cao Yong recalled the appearance of Cao Song when he was young. Among his cousins, Cao Song was the only one who grew up beside him.

Cao Quan's character is timid, he is attached to his elder brother, he only knows how to enjoy himself, how can he raise his children.

Cao Song, the eldest son of the East Mansion, would not have known what he would have become without Cao Yong's teaching.

At that time, Cao Yong looked about the same age as Cao Song, but in fact he was taught as a nephew in his heart, teaching him by precept and example, and teaching him a little bit of human principles.

The same is true for the current Changsheng.

However, compared with Cao Song's reckless youth, Changsheng has more ideas.

Even though he listened to his brother's lesson honestly, he didn't hesitate and get confused, easily changed his decision, and still said that he planned to end next year.

Seeing this, Cao Yong became more and more satisfied.

Not only because Changsheng told Tianyang that to keep a word of "faith", the most important thing is that Changsheng has self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge is the most important thing in a person, so that he will not be reckless, blindly follow, or easily put himself in danger.

In this regard, Changsheng is much stronger than Cao Song back then, and he is faintly like Cao Fu in his early years.

Cao Yin once said before his death that among the Erfang brothers, Cao Fu is the most spiritual.If he is interested in an official career, he will be the one who has traveled the farthest among the Erfang brothers.

It's a pity that Cao Fu didn't take power too seriously. If it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have left the Imperial Academy to make room for Cao Xiang.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong looked at Changsheng's eyes carefully, and his eyes were solemn: "It's better to sit down and talk, that is, you have planned to take the six-book-style examination to become an official like Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, so is there any Have a longer-term plan? You can’t always be in the post office, what will you do in the end, and where you want to be promoted, have you thought about it?”

Changsheng couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words.

In the final analysis, he is just a 14-year-old boy with some sporadic thoughts in his mind, and he can't think about them thoughtfully.

He blushed slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't think about those far away, I just thought that my parents would not travel far. Like the second brother and Tianyou, the second brother needs to support the Dongfu family, and Tianyou is the eldest son and grandson, and he has heavy responsibilities. I just want to have a serious job, so as not to embarrass my mother and elder brother. I can't let others say, this He's an ignorant and uneducated rascal. Those dandies in the Banner School shout and yell and follow like a cloud, and they seem to be in a decent position, who will look down on them behind them?"

Such a real plan, Cao Yong could hardly believe it.

My little brother, who was raised so pampered, has grown up quietly without knowing it.

"Then have you ever thought that among brothers, others are high-ranking officials, but you are not high-ranking. In the future, you will also have a family, start a business, and raise children. Now you care about the eyes of your classmates and friends. Not necessarily no snobbery. At that time, not only your own size, but also you, have you thought about this problem?" Cao Yong said.

Changsheng shook his head honestly, and said: "Our Cao family is different from those Eight Banners surnames. Those Eight Banners surnames were all attached to the family when the country was founded, and there are ten or so generations that have been passed down to the present, and there are five or six generations at least. In such a family, only two or three out of ten descendants are successful. Even if there are a few more high-ranking officials, the reputation of "Tong Banchao" and "Shi Banchao" will still be spread. Always be careful whether you are jealous of the emperor. Like us Cao With such a family without foundation, how many brothers can live in the clan hall? There are elder brothers and second elder brothers who support the family at the front, and fourth elder brothers who are not of high rank but have a bright future. Naturally, there are fifth elder brothers who are attached to me like this A few brothers are fooling around."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he was inexplicably horrified.

Where is this what a 14-year-old child can say, where is this insight that a 14-year-old child can have?

But Cao Yong had to admit that Changsheng's words were correct.

In the early years when Cao Fu was released to other places, he had said similar things.

Cao Yong also agrees with this view. He and Cao Song occupy high positions, and Cao Xiang is slowly rising. Cao Fu has no intention of official career, so there is no need to think too much.

It's just that he didn't regard Changsheng as their cousin, after all, where is the age difference between brothers.

He regards longevity as God's blessing, and Hang Seng as a wave.

When the Cao Yong brothers are getting old, Changsheng and Tianyou are in the prime of life and can support the family.

Changsheng's ability to say these words is not only a matter of knowledge, but also reveals his disdain and indifference towards official career and fame.

This makes people wonder, how could he think so clearly if he was not guided by someone who was raised in a wealthy family.

Cao Yong was silent for a while, and said: "I heard that you often go to the old study recently, but are you watching "Bai Mao Tang Ji"?"

Chang Sheng's eyes lit up, and he said, "Eldest brother has also read that set of books? Mr. Huang is a great talent, with brilliant pens, and younger brother almost forgets to eat and sleep."

Cao Yong nodded, heaved a sigh of relief, just found the source: "During his lifetime, Mr. Huang was a famous Confucianist with great talent, so it goes without saying. But do you know where the descendants of the Gu family are now?"

Although he didn't become an official, but because his elder brother was a minister, Changsheng could also count the surnames of the other capitals.

"There is no Gu surname in the hall, but Huang Gong left the ancestral precepts, only allowing descendants to farm and read the family heirloom, not to be an official?" Chang Sheng asked a little curiously.

"After Huang Gong passed away, his descendants were unworthy, his family was in decline, his property was scattered, his descendants withered, and heirs were almost extinct." Cao Yong said lightly.

After hearing this, Chang Sheng frowned and said, "It's because of the decline of the family that these books from the Gu family's collection came to our house?"

He was admiring Gu Jingxing, and after hearing what his brother said, he didn't think about anything else, but thought about his own book collection.

Although Changsheng was still young when Cao Yin died of illness, he didn't remember clearly, but he didn't want to damage the image of his father in his heart.

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "The collection of books was a gift from Huang Gong. When Huang Gong was alive, the ruins of his family had already been exposed. Don't worry about these books, he gave them to his father before he passed away."

As for the "Bai Mao Tang Ji", which is well-known among scholars, it was compiled and published by Cao Yin when he was in Jiangnan in his early years.

Changsheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "How could such a precious collection of books be given to father for nothing... But because of Mrs. Xian..."

Even though no one in the Cao family mentioned the Gu family, and even many outsiders didn't know that Cao Yin had a wife and his first wife, the Cao family tree remembered it clearly.

Just a few days ago, on New Year's Eve when offering sacrifices to ancestors, Chang Sheng offered incense in front of Mrs. Gu's coffin, so I remember it clearly.

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It's not just the origin, but also because the father is the nephew of the Gu family, and the father's biological mother is the sister of Huangshi Gong's sister Gu."

Just like Cao Xiang's situation when he heard about this relationship in the Li family, Changsheng was also a little excited amidst doubts.

He really didn't expect that he had such a relationship with the most respected Confucian.

Regardless of Changsheng's ignorance, even Cao Yong spent a lot of effort to know clearly.

Like Mrs. Gu, as Cao Yinfa's wife, even if she has no children, she still has to eat a piece of incense from the Cao family.

Old Aunt Gu has no title, she gave birth to a son and recorded it under Sun Taijun's name, and she is not even eligible to enter the family tree. The younger generation of the Cao family naturally don't know the reason.

The topic was turned around the relationship between the Gu family and the Cao family, and it was swept away in a rather heavy atmosphere.

Hearing that Gu Na, who is about to go to Beijing, is the great-grandson of Gu Jingxing, Changsheng has some expectations.

The topic has gone too far, and some things may be slowly realized in Changsheng.

Cao Yong stopped talking and waved his hand to send Changsheng away...

The leisurely days passed quickly, it seemed that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed in a blink of an eye.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the six ministries opened their offices.

Cao Yong went to the Yamen in a sedan chair. Although he had already recovered, since it was a well-known serious illness, it was not easy to appear alive and kicking in front of the world.

Pretending to be weak, maybe he can still split up some of the errands in hand.

Cao Yong thought very well, and he has already planned to distribute the rights of several tedious tasks under his jurisdiction to several servants.

Among the six films, there has never been a shortage of people who eat and care for the elderly.

In the past, he was trembling and didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, not because he didn't want to be lazy, but because the Cao family was not strong enough, so he didn't want to be criticized.

Now, with the help of this recovery, maybe he can really relax.

Unexpectedly, Cao Yong was shocked when he entered the Yamen of the Ministry of Households.

This "surprise" may seem like a surprise to others, but to Cao Yong who has decided to "care for the elderly" in the household department, it is a shock.

There was also a crack in his originally calm expression, he hesitated and asked: "My lord, Mr. Zhang, I'm an official... an official..."

He wanted to say that he was "poorly talented and unfit for great responsibility", but then he realized that this kind of thing is definitely not up to Brother Thirteen, nor Zhang Tingyu.

Only the one in the palace...

After groaning twice, Cao Yongfang respectfully said: "The next official will receive the order."

Brother Thirteen nodded and said: "Although Mr. Zhang and I also take care of the household department, but I have other errands, the focus of Mr. Zhang will also be transferred to the official department. The household department will need more attention in the future." You bother."

Looking at a small square box with a red face in front of him, Cao Yong really didn't know what to say.

Previously, the thirteenth elder brother recommended him to the Ministry of War because he wanted to avoid Zhang Tingyu's edge and become an official in charge of the Ministry.

I didn't expect that I didn't go to the Ministry of War, and I still carried it with the Ministry of Households, but I got the official seal.This means that he is the head of the household department, and he will be the last to decide most of the affairs of the household department in the future.

This is unintentionally inserting willows, but Cao Yong can't be happy.

What is the emperor thinking about?
If it were someone else, they would have been ecstatic to have gained this benefit for nothing.

Cao Yong was not happy, this matter really violated his original intention.

Besides, even if Zhang Tingyu is not the Minister of the Palm, he is still a Bachelor of the Palm.

Tossing around is nothing more than handing over the chores of the household department that need Zhang Tingyu to be the master, to Cao Yong's side.

It seems to be more decent, but in fact it is a disadvantage...

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Only then did I realize that Valentine's Day is here, and Xiaojiu wishes everyone sweetness. ^_^
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