Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1386
October [-]th is the Longevity Festival, which is also Li's birthday.

Needless to say, at this time in previous years, even if the Cao family did not make a fuss, relatives and friends would still have fun.

This year, because of being in the service, it really can't be lively, and even the banquet is avoided.

Now that Jinghui has passed the funeral, the funeral has come to an end, and everyone in the Cao family has resumed their lives.

Cao Yong's book on relief was kept, and then it was the emperor's will on the convenience of relief, which was more detailed than Cao Yong's book.

Although it blocked the corrupt hands of officials, it also pointed out a golden road.

That is, after making relief results, the rewards are too generous.

After seeing such a decree, everyone knows that as long as anyone who can accept the relief work, as long as he is not a fool, it is like a golden career.

After all, fishing for money in relief is like taking charcoal from a fire. If you are not careful, you will burn your own family; there are some people who claim that their conscience has not been lost, even if they stretch out their hands, they will feel uneasy in the end.

It's different now, even if you can't get money in relief, it's good to get seniority.

In this way, there is no need to murmur that the emperor is stuck, and those who cursed Cao Yong's short life earlier in their hearts can't take care of Cao Yong at this time.

Who can achieve the position of Jingtang, who does not have two brushes.

Although Cao Yong's excerpts were not disclosed, everyone who should know knows that the emperor's new regulations were first discussed by Cao Yong, the Minister of the Household Department.

For this result, Cao Yong was actually somewhat surprised.

Although he is not the emperor, but by comparing his heart with his heart, he can more or less figure out the mentality of the Ninth Five-Year Venerable.That is not to be afraid of courtiers fighting, only to be afraid that courtiers will not fight.

It is like an emperor's method to make Cao Yong's excerpts clear and give Cao Yong a few enemies.

Now it seems that there is an intention to preserve Cao Yong...

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, but to no avail, he could only conclude that he was under Cao Song's favor, and the emperor softened his heart for a while.

After all, in the eyes of the world, Cao Song fell a little bit worse this time.

For the nobles of the Eight Banners, the ups and downs in the officialdom are nothing, but the loss of their wives and children is a major event.

Even if Cao Song continues to marry, filling the house is filling the house, how can it be compared to having a wife and son?

Regarding the Jiangnan relief, Cao Yong has drawn a big frame and is not going to intervene any more.

He is the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and although he is in charge of relief, it is justifiable, but now that all the courtiers are sharpening their heads and want to join forces, it is best for him to stand on the sidelines, otherwise, who knows who will offend secretly.

That's right, the imperial court has already begun to seething. From the Jingtang to the Siguan, everyone wants to participate in the relief.

Before the Longevity Festival, the court rewarded a group of officials who had performed outstandingly in the north-south flood control.

An official who died in flood control even made an exception and got a posthumous title, and his children were also imprisoned.

This movement can be big.

After all, according to the legal system of the imperial court, after the death of an official of the first rank, it is reported to the emperor, and the emperor decides whether to give him a posthumous title; officials below the first rank, unless there is a special order, do not have a posthumous title.

Not to mention those who are mourning after death, those officials who are alive, even if they are not promoted immediately, their names have reached the imperial court. What a great opportunity.

There are some things that Cao Yong can't just hide from if he wants to. For a while, through Jinghui's funeral, many people have prepared a condolence gift and went to Cao Yong's side to make a living.

Then, because of Li's birthday, even though the Cao family did not hold a birthday banquet, they received [-]% more congratulations than every year.

Even if the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs are low-ranking and can't climb up to Cao Yong alone, they have joined forces and prepared heavy gifts.

Cao Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he didn't let go of all kinds of people who were knocking on the sidelines in all directions.

Since the emperor used the method of heavy rewards to turn the relief errand into a fat job, how could he let his ministers sell favors?
These people are really crazy about wanting to be promoted, but they can't see this.

The more crazy they are, the more sober Cao Yong will be, and the more calm he will be in dealing with government affairs...

To be worthy of the emperor, to be worthy of the people, to be worthy of oneself must be taken into account... If you really can't do everything, then you have to be worthy of the emperor first, and then yourself, and the people can only postpone it...

If you are worthy of the emperor, you can save the lives of your family; if you are worthy of yourself, you can feel at ease in your heart; words like caring for the common people in the world are not empty words, but the premise is that you have a good life...

Now, the primary issue Cao Yong thinks about is Zuo Cheng's arrangement.

Since Fan Shiduo was escorted back to Beijing, there was Zuodu Censor Shi Yizhi as governor of Liangjiang. Since Jiangsu governor was dismissed along with Fan Shiduo, Yin Jishan, who had just been promoted to Hunan procuratorate, acted as governor of Jiangsu.

Yin Jishan was transferred from Huguang, and Zuo Cheng followed him to Jiangnan.

Due to the dispute between the two governors in the Jiangnan officialdom, more than a dozen vacancies were vacated at once for the officials implicated, from the governor to the county magistrate.

It is said that Jiangnan is the burial place of officials, but why do everyone still squeeze their heads to go to Jiangnan? In addition to the prosperity of Jiangnan, it is also because Jiangnan is easy to achieve results.

Even if you rack your brains hard, what kind of flowers can you come up with in a poor land?
Jiangnan is different, money and food, trade, scholars...

But where is Zuocheng and qualifications? No matter how many shortages there are in Jiangnan, the only two options that can be obtained are Qipin Zhixian and Liupin Prefecture.

Like Yin Jishan, it is not even a thought to be promoted from the fifth rank to the second rank within a few months.

The same is young, Yin Jishan is young and promising in his 30s from official to governor; Zuo Cheng is 17 years old, even if he is a county magistrate, he seems a bit reluctant.

After all, in the eyes of the world, people in their 30s are the prime of life, and even if they start a family at the age of 17, they are still half-grown children.

The magistrate of Qipin County sounds like a small official position, but after all, he is a Zhengyin official, which is related to the livelihood of the people in the county.

Even if the magistrates of the counties that the imperial court has gone down over the years, some of them were awarded officials at a young age, they have to go through several months of "training" by the officials before they can be released to other places.

Zuo Chengcai is 17 years old, and he is not a Jinshi. If there is something wrong, it will affect his future career.

The state is just an auxiliary official, and what needs to be taken care of is money, food, civil affairs and other affairs within its jurisdiction, which is better managed.

As for the plan to let Zuo Cheng follow Yin Jishan and lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade, Cao Yong had already put it out.

Having learned a lesson once, I want to do it a second time without opening my eyes. Isn't that stupid?
Zuo cost is Qipin pen post style, and it is in the list of awards before the Longevity Festival, so Cao Yong didn't make much effort to make up for Zuo Cheng's lack of Liangjiang Cong Liupin prefecture.

If Zuo Cheng only worked as a clerical staff in front of Yin Jishan, with Zhang Yi by his side, it would be enough for him to take care of the official contacts.

Now that the vacancy is officially filled, Zhang Yi, the chief executive, is not enough to look at.

Cao Yong asked Jiang Jian to hire two masters who were good at money, food and civil affairs in Beijing, and sent them to Jiangnan.

As for Zuo Cheng's family member, Zhu Shi, Cao Yong and Chu Yu both felt that it is better for young couples to have a small farewell, not a long separation, and hope that Zhu Shi will go to the south of the Yangtze River to reunite the young couple sooner.

It's a good idea, but now the child is only four months old, and the weather is cold, how dare he make trouble?We can only wait until next February, when the weather is warmer, before we can make the trip...

No wonder Cao Yong became more calm and calm, because Cao Song's punishment finally came down.

Not to mention Cao Song, even Fan Shiduo, who almost caused civil unrest in Liangjiang, is doing well, there is no such "storm" that everyone guessed before.

Although it was discussed by the Ministry that Fan Shiduo's delay in flood control missions made the flood season critical, and he regarded people's lives as worthless, and he should be imprisoned and executed; system.

The big ones were released, and most of the other officials who were escorted to Beijing were dismissed and demoted.

As for Yongzheng's clear temperament of loving monks, he actually made such a trick of "lifting high and falling low", which really shocked the eyeballs all over the place.

Even Brother Sixteen couldn't help muttering to Cao Yong in private: "Could it be that the emperor has really changed his vegetarian diet? I thought that except for your little second, everyone else would lose a layer of skin, but I didn't expect it to be treated like this." Or is it that Fan Shiduo is obedient and secretly donated his family property?"

Anyway, he didn't believe that the emperor really forgave Fan Shiduo, and he always felt that there was something inside.

In Cao Yong's heart, he didn't believe that Yongzheng really cared about the "Queen of the Honorable Minister".

Speaking of it, the rise and fall of officials' honor and disgrace are all due to the emperor's thought.Even if the current whereabouts are in the eyes of everyone, it is the emperor's extrajudicial mercy, waiting for Fan Shiduo to forgive him, but who can guarantee that he will not turn over the old score tomorrow?Rewards and punishments are doubled.

It's just that the emperor acts differently.

Not to mention other things, just say that the reward regulations in the relief statement are finally enacted too broadly, and I always feel that the punishment has not been alleviated, and the rewards are a bit heavy.

On this matter, Cao Yong had a special discussion with Jiang Jian.

In the end, the two people came to the conclusion that the emperor now holds great power, and both the local government and the court are unstable, so their actions have changed from "strict" to "soft".

It has been six years since Yongzheng ascended the throne, and there has not been a year of peace.

All kinds of twists and turns, all kinds of New Deals.

It can't be said that all officials are frightened birds, they are all like quails with their heads shrunk, as clever as they are.

Even the occasional actions of the same party to attack dissidents are all within a small range, and no one dares to violate the imperial power.

Now that the reform has been promoted, there are fewer corrupt officials, the household department has money, and the strategy of the emperor and his servants has become milder, and it is also in the past...

Only Brother Thirteen is anxious.

Outsiders looked at it, but the emperor was lenient; the thirteenth elder brother often accompanied the imperial court, and he was the most able to find that the emperor was not only lenient, but also lenient with himself.

Although the emperor is still in the hands of the government affairs here, he no longer has to do everything himself, but is assigned to the thirteenth elder brother and several university scholars.

When the emperor placed it, it was no longer Zishi...

And Yuqian also began to enter the green head card, and for half a month, the emperor ordered the card...

It's not about remembering the old love and ordering the concubines to serve him, but mostly the young people's promise and constant presence.

The emperor is not lustful, what are you doing now?
Is it because of the loss of a son, wanting another little elder brother?

The emperor already knows the year of destiny, how can his body bear it?
Elder Brother Thirteen is full of words in a hurry, but he knows how to measure. No matter how good the relationship between the two brothers is, the monarch and the minister are the monarch and the minister after all.

As a brother, if you are worried about your elder brother's health, you can persuade your elder brother to restrain himself in sex; but as a courtier, there is no reason to talk too much about the reason why the emperor favors the harem.

But watching helplessly like this, the emperor can't bear it, what should I do...

Fortunately, what he was worried about didn't happen.

Yongzheng didn't hurt his body, on the contrary, he had the meaning of "collecting yin and nourishing yang", and his complexion improved a lot.

His body seemed to be full of vitality, and he looked several years younger.

Since ancient times, the harem has been connected to the former dynasty, and the emperor started to order the green head card. It didn't take long, and everyone who should know knew it.

I don't know if it's because the image of the emperor as "not good at women" is too deep in everyone's minds. No one thinks that the emperor has become lustful for a while and started to enjoy the harem; they all feel that there is something inside.

What is the inside story?
Everyone "followed the clues" and found out that the emperor's change was after Fu Hui's death, and they all felt that they had found the "truth".

Although the emperor passed away elder brother Fuhui, he still has two sons, the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother. Why did he still seek a child in the harem?

What does this mean?It shows that the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother are not in line with the emperor's mind.

Forget it, the fifth elder brother, because of his stubborn nature, didn't see how the emperor treated him; the fourth elder brother... Although he didn't have the name of the prince, he was regarded as the prince...

This, is there a change?

Since the first year of Yongzheng, the emperor announced the establishment of a "secret reserve" system, and sent an imperial edict to "upright" and sealed it up. The speculation about the prince has never subsided.

Everyone guessed that the candidate was between the fourth elder brother and Fu Hui elder brother.

Earlier, because of Nian Guifei's favor and Nian Gengyao's power, no one had guessed that the name on the imperial edict was Fuhui.

After all, there is a custom in Manchuria that "a son is more valuable than a mother." As for whether it is of Manchu blood or Han blood, it is a bit nonsense.After all, starting from Emperor Shunzhi, the blood of the royal family was impure.

No matter what the Eight Banners nobles think, anyway, many Han officials think so.

Even though the Nian family was defeated and the concubine Nian passed away, the speculation that elder brother Fuhui was the reserve has not stopped.

It wasn't until the fourth elder brother pointed out that he would marry the Fu Cha family, those who wanted to be fools did not give up.

Compared with elder brother Fuhui, the fourth elder brother already has an advantage in age and has a powerful wife; if the emperor wants to support elder brother Fuhui as his heir, it will be another turmoil.

The emperor is not confused, how could he do such a thing?
Naturally, it was because the fourth elder brother was tacitly accepted in his heart that he was assigned such a powerful wife clan to make up for the weakness of his mother clan...

Since the ministers believed that the emperor wanted a son because of blessings to elder brother Zhiyang, it overturned the previous guess that the fourth elder brother was the heir.

After some brainstorming, the "truth" that the emperor used the fourth elder brother as a guise to actually prefer elder brother Fuhui was discovered by many people.

With a conclusion, the process is easy to explain.

The purpose of eradicating Nian Gengyao is to prevent his relatives from getting too big; pardoning the descendants of Nian's family and re-enabling Nian Xiyao is to keep Fuhui's elder brother at his mercy... Whoever chooses the Fucha family as the fourth elder brother's wives can guarantee it is grace, Didn't he want to use his son to completely break out the Fucha family and avenge the beginning and end of the Fucha family in the early holy ancestor dynasty?

The fourth elder brother has been on duty for two or three years, and he is more or less a confidant. Hearing these gossips, he is really sick to death.

At first, he thought these words were ridiculous, but after hearing them once or twice, he began to feel uncertain.

It's just that he has always been scheming and knows what the royal family is most taboo about.

If it is really reckless and the father and son are at odds, will it only benefit others?

As soon as these gossips came out, he became more wary of the fifth elder brother, for fear that the fifth elder brother would be behind the scenes to fuel the flames, trying to draw their father and son into discord in order to reap the benefits.

After careful observation, he realized that he really didn't do anything about Hong Zhou.

They were a few nobles who competed with the Fucha family for the position of the prince's heir Fujin in the early years. Because the family has a daughter of the right age to be drafted next year, they always pay attention to the movement in the palace.

Originally, they wanted to go to the position of Fujin on the side of Xier, but now because of the change of the emperor, they began to have a higher vision, and they came to the position of the prince, mother and concubine...

(End of this chapter)