Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1349 Ministry Affairs (Two in One)

Kuiyuan, go to the room.

The big maid, Cheng Ye, brought the tea and placed it in front of the young masters, then bowed her head and retreated.

Both Tianyou and Zuozhu brothers all looked at Hang Seng in unison.

These three people have been like this since they came out of the study in the front yard.Even if Hang Seng wasn't careful, he didn't feel right now.

He raised his head and asked puzzledly, "Why do brothers keep staring at me?"

Looking into his dark eyes, Tianyou hesitated for a moment, and said, "Second brother, why do you think father is so good that he wants to teach us a lesson?"

Hang Seng raised his voice and said, "What else could be the reason? My sister will make an appointment in half a month, and my father feels uneasy... It's not like the brothers don't know that my parents love my sister the most. There are only a few... Just like what my father said, if my sister has any grievances in the future, we, the brothers, have to stand up for my sister. In order to be more confident, we should also keep ourselves clean..."

Tianyou and Zuozhu were relatively silent, and Hang Seng's words were not wrong, but who was his father (adopted father)?Don't you know how to act, and Tianhui has to think about godson before making up his mind?
Seeing everyone like this, Hang Seng realized later that he was not stupid after all, he got up from his seat, stared and said: "Don't you guys think that I have made a mistake, which caused my father to be annoyed and troubled you?" be taught a lesson together?"

Zuo Zhu sneered and said: "After all, you are young, and you live alone in a mansion... In the guard class, there are many people who are playful..."

Hang Seng blushed, turned his head to look at Tianyou, and said angrily, "Brother is also in the guard class, is it possible that Brother is the only one who is stable, and I am the only one who is not sensible..."

God Blessing also thought that his father would specially teach them a lesson and tell them to "self-cultivate themselves and keep the family in order", "restrain oneself and return to courtesy", which should not be targeted.

Perhaps one of the brothers acted indiscriminately, and the father was an old man, so he couldn't directly talk about his son's room, so he gave such a general warning.

The twins are already married, and they are not ignorant yellow-haired boys, but the second brother lives alone in the same house, without the control of elders around him.

After seeing Hang Seng's reaction, Tianyou knew in his heart that he had guessed wrong earlier.

He is the eldest son and grandson, even though he works in the palace every day, he doesn't know everything about the family affairs.

That is, it is not related to the second brother, that is... because of the grandmother?
Tianyou already knew about Lan Yuan's anomaly yesterday.

Yuan also guessed whether today's family banquet had something to do with grandma, but seeing that Li's expression was normal today, and his father taught him the principle of "self-cultivation and family harmony", he thought of Hang Seng.

After all, Hang Seng is no longer a descendant of the Cao family in name. If his father disciplines him alone and spreads the word, the Cao family will appear frivolous.

Unexpectedly, he thought left.

Thinking of this, Tianyou said: "Second brother, don't be upset, it's not that we think second brother is ignorant, it's just that I'm under the eyes of the master and wife...the two of them have younger brothers and sisters guarding them, even if I want to imitate others. It's not easy to mess up...Only you live alone in the house, and no one can restrain you...I misunderstood you just now, but the brothers are also worried about you..."

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng also understood that they had misunderstood Hang Seng, and they all got up to annoy him.

Hang Seng is not a stingy person. Seeing that his brothers were all sorry, he waved his hands and said, "It's fine to talk about it, it's not a big deal..."

Although the brothers didn't understand the reason why Cao Yong taught them a lesson, they obviously listened to the truth.

So Zhu, who was eight months pregnant, saw her husband staring at her belly and muttering to herself.

In order to fear that their husband and wife are too young to know what is important, Zhu's nanny has advised the couple to separate rooms, and Zuo Cheng has already moved to the study.

On the night of returning from Cao's mansion, Zuo Chengcheng ordered people to move the bedding out of the master bedroom.

Facing his wife's puzzlement, Zuo Cheng stroked his wife's belly and said, "I want to spend more time with my son, but I can't let him only get close to you..."

Listening to her old-fashioned husband talking about the child who is almost fighting for favor, Zhu couldn't help but giggled; but thinking that the delivery date was approaching, she also had a slight worry, and whispered: "What if it's a girl?" Woolen cloth……"

Zuo Chenghun said indifferently: "My daughter is better... My daughter is well-behaved, and she is even more loving. The adoptive father and adoptive mother will love the granddaughter more..."

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In the left room, Ma Shi also stared wide-eyed.

The wife is anxious about seeking a child, and Zuo Zhu is not ignorant, but after persuasion is a bit futile, she can only keep silent, which saves the wife's thoughts even more.

After listening to his adoptive father's admonition of "self-cultivation and family harmony", Zuo Zhu felt that he could not let his wife's only son bear the pressure on his heirs.

He dug out "Zhou Rituals" and pointed out to his wife the passage "Men marry at thirty and women marry at twenty": "It is not a bad thing to be born a few years later... Wait until you are twenty, if you are not pregnant, Please ask the imperial doctor to take a good look. It may not be because of you... At that time, the fifth uncle was married for three years, and the fifth aunt was also infertile. Later, I asked someone to look at it. The fifth aunt is fine, but the fifth uncle is not healthy. The lack of health is my problem. ..."

Madam Ma listened to her husband's reassurance, and thought about it in her heart, but at the end, she was panicked: "How can you say that about your stature? I would rather it is because of me than that I am not bad..."

A woman has no children, although she lacks confidence in her husband's family, but as long as she relaxes her mind, she can take two concubines for her husband, give birth to a son, and adopt her under her own name, that's all.

A man has no children, even if he is adopted, the family can continue, but his own blood is cut off.

Looking at his wife who was full of worries, Zuo Zhu felt warm in his heart, and said: "That's not scary, there is a prescription at home, doesn't Fifth Uncle have a parent and child now..."

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Yuanmingyuan, Qinzheng Hall.

Yongzheng sat behind the case, put down Cao Yong's booklet, and put some smiles on his heavy face.

The title of "statistical official warehouse" is good, but I was still negligent. I was worried that the local official warehouse would be unstable, but I didn't want to wait to send people down to take a look.

If the flood situation over there is unstable this summer, it is better to be aware of it in advance than to be in a mess by then.

Cao Yong has always been diligent in his actions, but restrained and cautious; now he has the courage to take the initiative to take a step, and he has always had the seal of the Ministry of Households in his hand, and he has more confidence in his heart.

It seems that the appointment of Cao Yong as the Minister of the Palm is indeed the right move...

Yongzheng picked up the imperial pen and wrote the word "Zhun Zou". Thinking about Zhang Tingyu's rectification of the officials' department to his own liking, he wanted to show him some kindness, so he added a sentence after that: "Officials who go out of Beijing, you can be with them." Zhang Tingyu selected after the discussion "...

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On the morning of the second day, not only when he arrived at the Yamen, Cao Yong saw the excerpts written by Zhu Zhu, the imperial pen.

Even if Yongzheng didn't add the phrase "discuss with Zhang Tingyu and choose a faction", Cao Yong would not be self-disciplined in the selection of candidates to leave Beijing.

After all, Hubu is in the hands of two ministers, even if the seal is in his hands now, he will not become arrogant, thinking that he can speak his mind.Not only because of Zhang Tingyu's status overwhelmed him, but also because of the delicate balance in the government office.

Even when Zhang Tingyu served as the head of the household department as a bachelor last year, most of the government affairs were finalized after negotiations with Cao Yong.

Cao Yong is not a fool, how could he turn the household department into his own back garden under the eyes of the emperor.

In the morning, Zhang Tingyu is usually on duty in front of the imperial court, and only in the afternoon, he works in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households on odd or double days.

Today is Double Day, which happens to be the household department.

Zhang Tingyu usually sits in the back seat of Weizheng (two o'clock in the afternoon), and has to wait for two hours.

Cao Yong thought for a while, then asked someone to send Zuo Cheng.

He didn't speak first, but motioned Zuo Cheng to read the scriptures.

After Zuo Cheng looked at it, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Your Excellency, you want to arrange a humble job?"

In the government office, no matter who came before or after, he has a unified address.

Otherwise, if the population is called a mess, not only will he appear arrogant, but even Cao Yong will be accused of nepotism.

Cao Yong raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't want to go?"

For Cao Yong who arranged this matter, this is an errand that offends others; but for those who are ordered to execute it, although it is a bit annoying, there is a big tree like Cao Yong on it, and the wind and rain cannot rain on their heads. , and more opportunities to be named in front of the imperial court.

Zuo Cheng nodded without hesitation, and said: "Huguang is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it will take several months or even more than half a year to go there...The lowly job came to the household department to assist Mr. Jiang and serve the adults..."

Cao Yong was also worried that he would say that he was worried about his wife whose delivery date was approaching. Although he taught the children to "self-cultivate themselves and keep the family together", he just wanted them not to be seduced by pornography, dominated by desires, and make the family noisy. It's not that I want to see my sons become "wife slaves".

For men, it is better to focus on their careers.

I heard that it was for his own sake. Cao Yong not only appreciated his filial piety, but also blamed him for his stubbornness: "This summer, the weather in the south is abnormal, and there may be serious trouble... If I don't ask a reliable person to take a look, I will not be at ease. Come down...is it important to help me with the paperwork, or to be my eyes and ears to check Huguang Grain Storage, think about it for yourself? If you really don't want to go, I will choose someone else."

Zuo Cheng had already understood, and hurriedly said: "My lord, go to the lowly position, the lowly level Dingzai will check the official warehouse, don't let them fool you..."

Cao Yong pointed to the square stool in front of the case and told him to sit down, Fang said: "Zhu's delivery date will be next month, it's really embarrassing to ask you to go out of Beijing at this time."

Zuo Cheng shook his head and said, "No embarrassment. I haven't heard of a woman giving birth to a child, and a man doesn't care about errands? How can family affairs compare to state affairs."

Cao Yong was quite relieved when he heard the words, and said: "It's not bad that you can think so, but Zhu's side needs to be relieved... You don't have to worry too much when you are outside, I will let my wife visit more often."

Zuo Cheng nodded, hesitated for a year, and said, "Then what about Mr. Jiang? Not everyone can write a summary of government affairs."

He said this not because he boasted of his literary talents and felt that no one else could compare with him, but because this "government abbreviation" was originally prepared for Cao Yong's effort.

If you are not a truly reassuring person, don't let others write it at will.

Otherwise, if Cao Yong is misled by "avoiding the most important and taking the lightest" on important matters, then Cao Yong will probably be "absurd" when dealing with it.

Although Cao Yong is careful, he will study the original text of the dossier for major government affairs, but it is difficult to guarantee and omit.

Brother Thirteen also knew this, so he specially transferred Zuo Cheng to give Cao Yong orders. Otherwise, the Ministry of Households still lacks a pen and paperwork?
Listening to Zuo Cheng mentioned this, Cao Yong didn't have a suitable candidate in his heart.

But the assignment of Zuo Cheng to Huguang this time was not Cao Yong's temporary idea.

Brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng have been in office for almost a year, and everything they do falls in the eyes of Cao Yong.

It's not that he prefers Zuo Cheng, Zuo Zhu's talent and knowledge are indeed not as good as Zuo Cheng.

But no matter how good Zuo Cheng's qualifications are, he is still a fledgling in the officialdom and needs to be practiced.

It would be a waste of time to bury my head and write abbreviations by his side for a few years.

After all, after a few years of post-doctoral service, the transfer examination also depends on political performance.

In addition, these teenagers in my family are more closely guarded by me, and I still have a little less knowledge.

Cao Yong has long intended to arrange for them to go out to see the world, but has never had a chance...

At the beginning of the engraving, when Cao Yong asked people to see and inquire, he knew that Zhang Tingyu had arrived, so he adjusted his clothes and went to Zhang Tingyu with the imperial batch.

Zhang Tingyu had already received the news in the morning before the emperor, so he was not surprised by this matter.

He didn't think much about it, after all, Cao Yong's resume was there, except that the minister of the household department did not work as a palm-printing officer, Daotai, Taipusiqing, and Zhili governor were all Zhengyin officials.

After taking charge of the household department, it is not uncommon for Cao Yong to have his own views.

It can be seen that Cao Yong is a pragmatic person if he can start from Huguang, which is known as "the granary of the world".

Zhang Tingyu's mind has been on the Ministry of Officials for the past half year, and he has to counsel other government affairs in front of the imperial court, so he is indeed unable to take care of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Cao Yong was in his prime of life, and he was still physically and mentally exhausted once every three days; he was [-] years older than Cao Yong, nearly sixty years old, and he was naturally more tired every time he worked in front of the imperial court.

If someone else was in charge of the household department, he would not be so at ease.

Only because he knew that Cao Yong's temperament was the most cautious, he could devote all his thoughts to the officials.

Although this matter of inspecting the granary was somewhat aggressive, Zhang Tingyu did not object in his heart.

He is in Yuqian, and his hometown is in the south, so he knows more details about the abnormal rain last year and this spring than others.

Therefore, when he knew Cao Yong's arrangement, he understood Cao Yong's intention.

If there is no food in Huguang, we can transfer food from Guangdong and Guangxi to the north as soon as possible to prepare for the floods this autumn.

Otherwise, when the floods come, the refugees gather together, and there is no food to relieve, there will be great chaos.

Huguang is different from Liangjiang. Liangjiang has a prosperous literary style, and the court has educated for many years, and the people are still obedient;

And Huguang is the "granary of the world", so we are not afraid of floods delaying for a year; if after the floods, civil unrest delays spring plowing for another year, the impact will be great.

Maybe the food grain will be affected, and the Jingcang will be turbulent.

Therefore, when Cao Yong came to discuss candidates with him, Zhang Tingyu asked Cao Yong to choose a candidate.

Cao Yong said three candidates, one is Tang Bi Tie Shi Zhang Jia Yuanbai, one is the hall master Li Kuangshan, and the other is Henan Secretary Yin Jishan.

Needless to say, in terms of grade alone, Yin Jishan is also the leader.

And the hall master, Li Kuangshan, worked beside Zhang Tingyu. He was the son of one of his senior brothers, and he was regarded as his direct descendant in the household department.

Looking at this candidate, Zhang Tingyu had nothing to say, and he admired Cao Yong's watertightness even more in his heart.

He is already the Minister of the Palm, but he can still be so cautious. No wonder his subordinates have always been critical of the emperor, and they value Cao Yong a lot...

Because it is related to people's livelihood, don't delay. After discussing with Zhang Tingyu, Cao Yong and Zhang Tingyu set the date for the three of them to leave Beijing three days later.

On Li Kuangshan's side, he was warned by Zhang Tingyu, telling him not to rely on being from the capital outside, so he lost his stability; look more and talk less, and everything is based on Yin Jishan.

Zuo Cheng's side, after all, was on a business trip for the first time, both Tian and Zhu were worried and prepared a lot of things, but Zuo Cheng stopped them.

Zuo Chengyuan was still thinking about how to comfort his wife, saving her from feeling resentful. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhu didn't mean to complain at all, but was just concerned about her husband's upcoming trip.

When Zuo Cheng asked her why she didn't complain.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhu was surprised: "National affairs are the most important thing, so why should I complain? Even the child in my womb knows that Ama is busy with state affairs, so I can only be proud of him... I have married the second master as my wife, She is no longer a sweet girl in a deep boudoir, does she have to rely on the second master to take care of her everywhere? It's just that the second master wants to go safely and come back safely... The concubine does not ask the second master to make meritorious deeds, but only hopes that the second master will finish his errands Return early afterwards, and the whole family will be reunited..."

She was originally a gentle person, but when she said these words, Zuo Cheng felt that they were sonorous and powerful, and every word fell into his ears, as if they were knocking on his heart.

Zuo Cheng looked at his wife's slightly swollen full moon face due to pregnancy, and felt it was very pleasing to the eye, and understood the meaning of the words "wife, Qi Ye" in his heart...

When the officer came out of Beijing, he was serving a ministerial job, so he didn't need your majesty's speech at all.

But Yongzheng paid attention to this matter, and when he knew that there was a candidate from the household department to go to Beijing, he sent someone to Cao Yong and ordered him to take a few people to the Old Summer Palace to meet his majesty.

Yin Jishan was fine, he had met the emperor before he ascended the throne; after the emperor's rank, he was a Jinshi in high school, and was directly selected by the emperor as a daily life commentary officer to serve as an attendant. It means adding seniority; after taking him out of the library, he was a lecturer for the servant, and he also entered the study of the servant south.

Although Li Kuangshan was born as a Jinshi and was in charge of the sixth rank, but there were hundreds of officials in the capital, he was only at the end of the courtiers during the Jinshi Banquet and the Great Dynasty, and saw a bright yellow shadow from a distance.It is inevitable to be terrified to see His Majesty today.

Zuo Cheng followed behind the first two, with panic on his face, but much more at ease in his heart.

The emperor?Also two eyes, one nose.

When he was a child, he also saw it at the Thirteenth Lord's mansion...

After Cao Yong took the three of them in Qinzheng Waihou for a while, a servant came out to call everyone to see him.

In the hall, besides Yongzheng, the thirteenth elder brother is also there.

In addition to Cao Yong, the other three were kneeling to see.

It seems that Yongzheng had a good impression of Yin Jishan. In addition to asking him about a few things about Henan's administrative affairs, he also asked about his father's recent situation.

Yin Tai, Yin Jishan's father, was in charge of General Fengtian's military affairs as the censor of Zuodu. In recent years, he was not in the capital, but outside the pass.

According to this time, when the emperor asked about Lao Tzu, he should thank his son first, and then honestly tell him about his father's recent situation.

But when he arrived at Yin Jishan's place, he sweated all over his head and didn't respond.

Yongzheng's face drooped, and the atmosphere in the room became depressed.

Cao Yong looked at Yin Jishan who kowtowed to the ground, thinking about the rumors about the Yin family.

It is rumored that the old lady of the Yin family has a cruel temper, and she is especially harsh on the sons and daughters of the concubine.His family's pro-sons were not up to the mark, so he treated Yin Jishan the hardest, who had worked hard since he was a child, and the daughter-in-law he married was also a daughter of a small clan.

Later, although Yin Jishan became a Jinshi and made great progress in his official career, his situation at home was not much better. His wife and children lived in a remote part of the mansion, and he had to look at his servants and servants.

It is not difficult to guess the situation in front of him. It is probably because Mrs. Yin does not want to see the concubine and cuts off the contact between father and son, so that Yin Jishan does not know the details of Yin Tai outside the pass.

Although it is said that as the emperor, he should not interfere with the courtiers' housework, but I don't know if it was because he was stimulated by the eight elder brothers and the eight blessings in the early years, the emperor hates his courtiers being ruled by the inner house.

Because of similar things, he reprimanded the ministers at the court meeting.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Brother Thirteen said, "Your Majesty, apart from Yin Jishan, there are two kneeling behind."

Only then did Yongzheng move his gaze away from Yin Jishan, slid over Zuo Cheng's make-up clothes, and landed on the top of Li Kuangshan: "Li Kuangshan, Jinshi in the 57th year of Kangxi? Tongcheng?"

Although Li Kuangshan didn't know how the emperor mentioned his parentage, he still kowtowed to the ground, only saying yes.

Yongzheng snorted softly, ignored it, and looked at Zuocheng instead.

Zuo Chengcheng knelt behind the two adults, what could Yongzheng see.

But even if he couldn't see Zuo Cheng's face, Yongzheng knew his identity.

It was his instruction to transfer him to the Ministry of Households as an official post.

Although Cao Yin was in Jiangnan in his early years, he was ordered to act, but he was too close to the scholars in Jiangnan. Although Cao Yong was not born in the imperial examination, he became an official at a young age.

In Yongzheng's heart, he had long been concerned, and when Cao Yong's eldest son Tianyou served in the imperial court for a few years and was promoted to the first-class bodyguard and could no longer be promoted, he was released into the military service.

It's not that he doesn't trust the Cao family, it's just that the emperor's mind always has to look farther.

The adopted son of the Cao family, Heng Sheng, as the heir of the Mongol Khan, also wants to take up military duties.

Cao's parents were already thin, and Cao Yong's younger brother and youngest son were young. Yongzheng transferred the thirteenth elder brother Zuo Cheng to the household department. In addition to sympathizing with Cao Yong, he also had the intention of cultivating Zuo Cheng.

Yongzheng also knew Zuo Cheng's role in Cao Yong's side.

Seeing Cao Yong arrange him to go south now, we know that Cao Yong attaches great importance to this matter.

The depression originally caused by the Yin family's housework is now forgotten, and the three of them are seriously admonished, nothing more than "diligence in errands, don't be negligent, and so on."

The three kowtowed to take orders, Yong Zhengfang ordered the three to "kneel down", but Cao Yong was left behind.

Thinking of the recent sunny and rainy notes in the south, Yongzheng's face was very heavy: "Cao Yong, why don't you take a good look at the south?"

Naturally, Cao Yong couldn't say that because Li Wei went to Zhezi to build the dam, he thought about the matter of money and food, so he thought about it and said: "This spring, my brother once went to the south of the minister's mother to pay homage to the Buddha. In addition to Jiangning Qingliang Temple, I have to go to Lingyin. As a result, not only was Jiangning constantly cloudy and rainy, but Hangzhou was rarely cleared after the new year, and finally the trip could not be made... After the younger brother returned to Beijing, he made a special trip to mention this matter to the minister... The minister was disturbed, so he asked people to check the household department The case files of the past 30 years...every year of famine, there are early warnings, and the weather is abnormal..."

Yongzheng nodded as soon as he heard it, but didn't think much about it.

He knows Li's itinerary in the south.He is also fully aware of Li's restoration in Qingliang Temple and repairs of the Shanmen Temple.

After all, he has used the Buddhist incense from Qingliang Temple for more than ten years, and he has a good impression of Qingliang Temple in his heart.

Fan Shiduo, governor of Liangjiang, connives at the Taoist sect and squeezes the Buddhist sect, and he also feels angry...

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Falling asleep before finishing coding in the early morning, the two-in-one of yesterday and today.

(End of this chapter)