Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1392 Human Head (Two in One)

From Xizhimen to Yuanmingyuan, due to the connection of the imperial road, there are no giant trees on both sides of the road, and more locust trees are planted.

It not only shades the sun, but also prevents people from hiding inside.

It's just that the pagoda tree grows teeth a little later than the willow, and it's only green now.However, there are two or three sticks of apricot pink and pink in it, which is more suitable for spring.

Cao Yong was riding on the horse, looking at such a beautiful scenery, it was very leisurely.

Seeing this, Elder Sixteen couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said with a sneer, "Is it good to see the scene now? If the master hadn't pulled you out by force, you would still be suffocating in the car. It's not that you are seven or eighty, you have to use The car is walking..."

Cao Yong "coughed" twice and said, "Isn't it because I'm exhausted..."

Under the stare of Brother Sixteen, Cao Yong felt guilty and his voice became lower and lower.

Elder Sixteen snorted coldly and said, "Fake it, just keep pretending, let's see how long you can pretend!"

Cao Yong showed a bit of helplessness and said: "It is said that deep love will not last long, and wisdom will be hurt. I have suffered many disasters and illnesses these years, and I am not adulterated. I still want to live a long life, so I naturally take care of it earlier."

After hearing this, Elder Sixteen was neither annoyed nor laughed, and said with a stern face: "I didn't see it, I just saw that your skin is getting thicker..."

Cao Yong laughed "haha" twice, and said jokingly: "I dare not praise you as the sixteenth master, but it's mere."

It's rare to see him in such a happy mood, Elder Sixteen immediately followed with a smile: "I still don't listen to Master's persuasion, and keep it in my heart..."

Cao Yong listened and laughed very happily.

No wonder Cao Yong was in a good mood. It was really good news after Xiaochao today.

Prince Guo Yunli was ordered to go south to inspect Yunnan and Guizhou.

On the surface, it was because Yunnan and Guizhou came out of Darui during the Longevity Festival last year to reward the civil and military forces in the Southwest. In fact, it was a secret order to inspect the cultivation and sale of opium.

The cause of opium is somewhat due to Cao Yong. Cao Yong naturally hopes to start well and end well.

If the harm to foreigners has not yet been accomplished, and it spreads in the country, then he is also a guilty person.

Since Yongzheng was able to send a prince to supervise the matter, it can be seen that he took care of it, so Cao Yong didn't have to worry anymore.

Brother Sixteen saw Cao Yong like this, and couldn't help but feel a little sour: "The opium is obviously returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, why didn't the emperor let the master go out of Beijing..."

The envy in the words is all over the place.

Seeing this, Cao Yong could only remain silent.

The imperial court has a generous salary for the clan, but also has many restrictions, and if there is no purpose to go out of Beijing for a hundred miles, it will be executed.

During the Kangxi Dynasty, that person was uneasy. He had to go out of Beijing once or twice a year, and the clan and the prince elder brother were still able to drive around. .

Thinking of this, Cao Yong could not help but sigh.

Not to mention the clan, even he is not allowed to be free.

Coming out of the Fengrun branch back then saved the Cao family from the troubles of the clan, but it also allowed the Cao family to settle in the capital, and their actions were all under the emperor's nose.

If he "resigns due to illness", then he can only "receive" for the rest of the day.

Once I was reincarnated, could it be that I worked hard in the first half of my life, and wanted to be lazy in the second half of my life, so I could only stay behind closed doors and be an otaku?

Always think of a way, which can not only relieve the errands, but also go out of Beijing in a legitimate way.

Elder Sixteen complained a few words, but he also felt that it was boring. He remembered something and said, "Does Furuo have any success in the matter of the emperor asking the imperial envoy to serve as a coercion? If there is still a shortage, I will give you two rewards. "

It turned out that Yongzheng sent many people to the south for relief of money and food.

By now, the relief errands had almost been arranged, and when it was time for spring plowing, Yongzheng thought about checking the money and grain owed in Jiangnan.

As a result, the manpower sent in the early years was not enough.

Yongzheng then ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to discuss and send additional staff as appropriate.

After entering the Ministry of Household Transfer Department meeting, a note was issued, and the order was requested to increase the number of sub-inspectors from five to nine; the number of assisting investigators was increased from 23 to 49.

The emperor has already approved the documents, except for the sub-inspectors who are appointed by the emperor, if the number of co-investigators is insufficient, the ministers will recommend them.

A few years ago, everyone squeezed their heads in order to help the imperial envoy candidates, but Cao Yong did not follow in order to avoid suspicion.

Now the transition from relief to the investigation of the money and food owed in Jiangnan is nominally a job of the household department, but judging from the fact that the emperor has added investigations and sub-investigations to officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the candidates for the investigation are not limited to the household department.

You know, the officials who went to the south of the Yangtze River years ago, the prime minister and the minister each provided 3000 taels of silver for each person, 1000 taels of silver for each person in the sub-inspection, and 400 taels for each person in the co-investigation.

For low-level Beijing officials, this is definitely a fat job that can gain both face and face.

The Prime Minister in charge of Jiangnan is Wang Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of household affairs, and Yin Jishan, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangsu, who was originally commissioned.

A few days ago, Yin Jishan took off the hat of the commission, and was actually appointed the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangsu, and the governor of Jiangnan rivers.

Those who are qualified to recommend assistant investigators, except for Yin and Wang, who are the Prime Minister, are the few officials of the household department and the thirteenth elder brother, the prince in charge.

After listening to Brother Sixteen, Cao Yong made a calculation in his heart.

According to official practice, there are mostly established rules regarding the recommendation of ministers and workers.

Yin Jishan is a local official, and Wang Ji is a Beijing official with the status of an imperial envoy. Both of them are prime ministers who are responsible for checking Jiangnan's money and food. Yin Jishan cannot surpass Wang Ji, and most of them are equal.

Wang Ji is one of the four servants of the household department. Since he got an errand and took advantage of it, the number of recommenders cannot exceed the other three.But everyone is at the same level, so it's not good to be short for nothing, just treat it as the same.

For several servants, two ministers should be reduced.

The two ministers want to reduce Prince Yi's rank.

Although Prince Yi acted cautiously and was not very involved in recommending courtiers, the vacancies that should be left should still be left.

A total of 26 heads need to be recommended. Cao Yong estimates that the number of people he gets is around four.

Therefore, Cao Yong nodded and said: "There is no problem with the two, no matter how much I am afraid it will be a lot of effort... It is rare to have an errand to go out of Beijing. I want Yuan Song to go out and see..."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "His official status is also suitable, Furuo still wants to raise other people? If there is, I can say hello to Brother Thirteen..."

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "There are no candidates for the time being... I still have one vacancy, which is enough..."

Speaking of this, he thought of Li and Sun's family.

Let alone the Sun family, Sun Wencheng has already recovered, and Sun Li has also become an official. Even if he can't stand up immediately, he can live well.

On the side of the Li family, Li Xu is a person with more crimes. Apart from his fame, Li Nai only has his grandchildren as servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It's just that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Sixth Ministry are far apart, and it's not easy to mix up errands, otherwise Cao Yong really wanted to pull his brother.

"Over there at the Li family, our old lady always misses... If the two Li Nuo brothers can be dispatched, please ask Master Sixteen to take care of them..." Cao Yong said.

Mentioning this, Elder Sixteen got a little impatient, and said, "Could it be that the Li family is only Furuo's relatives, not Lord's? It's just that old lady in his family, it's really out of the question... Lord, there has been a lot in the past few years. Take care of the Li family, otherwise the two criminal ministers will not stand firm in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Who has treated them badly? But they are not satisfied. In front of the fifth sister-in-law, even the master panicked with embarrassment..."

Every family has two such relatives.

What Elder Sixteen said was about Li Xu's stepwife, Wang Shi.

Wang Shi and Concubine Mi are cousin sisters, it is not stupid to raise a shrewd son like Li Ding.

It's just that she died of her own son, and she was not very close to the two twin grandchildren who later returned to the clan, and she only loved money.

Not only did he go to the Fifteenth Baylor Mansion to find the secret concubine Daoku, but even on the Cao's side, there was no less nagging.

Mrs. Li thought she was getting old, so she didn't care about it. Every time she came back, she didn't tell her to empty-handed, and she meant to help the Li family.

I don't want to, the Wang family got money and property, and built a private house after returning home, and didn't let go of half of the money.Not only did he treat Li Nai's children and grandchildren with no affection, even he treated the two brothers Li Dao and Li Zheng without showing any kindness.

After coming and going, Mrs. Li felt impatient, so she ordered the juniors from the Li family to come directly to say hello.

The things she prepared here no longer passed through Wang's hands, and they were directly named to nephews and grandnephews.

Seeing that elder brother Li Nuo and Li Yu brothers were all angry, Cao Yong could only say: "The old ones are confused, but the young ones understand... Li Nuo is filial, he went north to serve the sick in his early years, and left the root of the disease ... Li Yu has inherited my old lady's house, and the young couple are both honest and honest... Our old lady will inevitably worry about it..."

The sixteenth elder brother heard the words, his expression gradually eased, and he said: "It's not easy, how many people stretched out their hands in the House of Internal Affairs...The two of the Li family were born in a wealthy town, and their family circumstances suddenly fell... They all said that from thrift to extravagance It's easy, it's hard to change from extravagance to frugality, and if you are someone else, since you've lived a poor life, you're afraid that money will be your lifeline... These two, but they are divided according to their duties, and they haven't discredited the Lord..."

When Cao Yong clicked so far, he stopped talking, and just diverted from the conversation...

When he returned to Yamen, Cao Yong called Jiang Jian and talked with him about recommending officials to go south.

Cao Yong doesn't form a party, and there are countless nephews and nephews who have reached the age of official career, and there is no one who wants to support him.Of the two recommended places, one was reserved for Zuo Zhu, and the other was planned to be reserved for Jiang Jian.

Jiang Jian is from Jiangxi, and if he goes south to do business, he can be regarded as returning home.If Jiang Jian has been away for a while and has the heart to become an official, Cao Yong can also repay one or two.

Cao Yong always felt that for Jiang Jian, who was proficient in criminal law, it was a waste of his strengths not to be an official.

Jiang Jian thought for a while, then shook his head: "My lord's kindness, the student's understanding... It's just that this kind of opportunity is more beneficial to young people, and students won't waste this head... When will the adults really be able to rest, It will not be too late for me to bring my wife and children back to my hometown..."

Cao Yong had no choice but to give up.

He has already made up his mind that when Jiang Jian leaves Beijing, he must donate a high-grade top hat to him.

After all, this world is an official world.

Jiang Jian, as the master of the staff, is fine by his side, but apart from him, he is nothing...

When it was time to fall into the Yamen, Cao Yong sent someone to send a message to Zuo Zhu, asking him to come and go home with him for dinner.

Zuo Zhu came here obediently, thinking that his adoptive father had something to tell him, but he didn't expect to say that he was going to Beijing on business.

He couldn't help being a little excited, but also a little hesitant: "Father, when will you leave Beijing?"

"We're only discussing candidates now, and we have to prepare for a few days to catch up with your elder brother's wedding." Cao Yong said with a smile.

Zuo Zhu listened, and then grinned: "It's good to go to Jiangnan, if there is a chance, I can still go to see my second brother..."

The two twin brothers landed in the same place, and it was the first time they had been separated for such a long time, so it was inevitable to panic.

Seeing this, Cao Yong felt better.

With the qualifications of Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, if they didn't catch up with Jiangnan's opportunity, they would probably have to wait for the full number of years before they could be promoted.

I spent a lot of my mind on the matter of Jiangnan, and repaying it to Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, is it good or bad...

Unfortunately, his good mood only lasted until he returned home.

"My lord, the old lady of the Li family is here... She arrived in the morning, and she hasn't left yet... She also brought two young cousins, and the uncle will accompany you in the side hall..." After Jin Cao Yong got off his horse, Cao Fang stepped forward to report.

When Cao Yong heard the words, he couldn't help looking at the sky.

Although it is mid-spring, the sky is long, but now it is almost Youzheng (six o'clock in the afternoon), and the sky is going to be dusk.

To be a guest at someone's house, if you can stay until this time, you must go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

When he was about to reach Jiuruyuan, Cao Yong turned his head and told Zuo Zhu: "You haven't come back for a few days, first go to Fuyuan Hall to greet the old lady... If you ask me, just say that I will go back to change clothes first, and I will go there later... "

Zuo Zhu leaned over to answer, watched Cao Yong enter the yard, and then turned around the corner gate and went to Fuyuan Hall...

Back in the upper room, Chuyu was sitting on the edge of the kang, holding a list in his hand.

Seeing Cao Yong coming in, she put down the list in her hand and got up to serve Cao Yong to change clothes.

Cao Yong pointed to the north and said, "Why did that guy come? He stayed here for a long time..."

Chu Yu said: "It is said that it is for the two grandsons to enter the official school... Somehow I heard that the Xianyang Palace official school has a lot of money, and I think it is more decent than being a servant, so I came to beg the old lady..."

Cao Yong frowned and said: "Xianyang Palace official school recruits either the internal management leaders, or the top students of Jingshan official school, which one does the twins of the Li family fit into? This old lady's behavior is becoming more and more unreasonable."

Chu Yu said: "Who says it's not? The old lady doesn't know what's going on outside, so she came here to ask me for more details...Because I heard my aunt talk about it twice, I knew something about it, and told my uncle and old lady to listen...she didn't Blindly obsessive, only saying that people from the Sun family can go, but people from the Li family can't go, it's still from the Li family..."

Cao Yong listened, can only be speechless.

Cao Ying's temperament became more and more nagging, but her sons and daughters were up to date.Not only the legitimate son Sun Li entered the Imperial Academy, but also the concubine Sun Chu also strived for success.It is true that he entered the official school of Xianyang Palace, but he did not borrow any strength from the Cao family. He entered the school dignifiedly by virtue of his own status as the top five in Jingshan official school.

Li Jiao and Li Zheng are both mediocre in their studies.

Sun Chu passed the boy's test last year. The Li family's twins participated in the county test with the Cao family's uncle and nephew a few days ago. All three of the Cao family's uncle and nephew passed, and the two Li family brothers failed.

You know, the county test is the first test for a boy.The twins of the Li family are a few years older than the uncles and nephews of the Cao family, this achievement is really unbearable.

With such grades, he still wants to enter the official school of Xianyang Palace, isn't it an idiot talking about what a dream is?
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Fuyuan Hall, Xiwai Room.

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Wang stared fiercely at Zuo Zhu's seventh-rank supplementary clothes, with a bit of envy on her face.

It's not that she doesn't see the market, and hasn't seen the seventh-rank supplementary clothing, but that Zuo Zhu is young, not a few years older than the twins of the Li family, which makes her a little moved.

For this reason, after Zuo Zhu invited Ann, she put on the profile of her elders and began to ask: "Brother is young, he already has a top hat, really promising... When did you start working? Is it because of my nephew? I think so, he is a first-rank official, whoever he wants to praise is just a matter of one sentence."

Hearing these words, Zuo Zhu felt sour, and for a moment didn't know how to answer, so he looked at Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li shook his head and said: "We Yuansong took the six-part written examination the year before last as a Juren, and got the first class in the exam, so we got the seventh-rank top wear and entered the Ministry of Industry as an errand..."

Mrs. Wang said awkwardly, "Since I won the Juren, why didn't I take the Jinshi examination, but the pen post examination? Could it be that the livelihood is difficult? To say, the nephew and nephew's daughter-in-law are too cruel. Come on, what can I do if I help you with a few taels of silver? Why bother to go out early and let my brother come out to work and suffer at a young age?"

What he said became more and more out of line, even Zuo Zhu, who was so good-tempered, couldn't help being annoyed.

It's just for Li's sake, it's not good to talk back to her.

Taking into account the Li family's face, Mrs. Li stayed with Mrs. Wang for an afternoon, and even after hearing a pot of bitter water, she still tolerated it with a good temper.

Now hearing her slandering her son and daughter-in-law with the intention of belittling and provoking, Mrs. Li couldn't help but frowned and said: "Sister-in-law, you need to be careful. Yuan Song landed in Cao's house. I treat her as my own grandson." Yes, whether you are wronged or not, it is not the turn of others to talk about it."

Mrs. Wang was choked, but Zuozhu couldn't stay to watch the two elders quarrel, so she hurriedly said, "Old lady, my grandson will go to the front yard to see elder brother first..."

Mrs. Li nodded, and said: "Go, go... Your eldest brother will have a good life in a few days, maybe he still has something to tell you..."

Zuo Zhu went down without mentioning it. Seeing that the two of them really got along like grandparents and grandchildren, Wang's heart became more and more annoyed, and said bitterly: "My aunt is really kind, and she treats her grandchildren so kindly...don't forget about the grandnephews of the Li family. , is my aunt's own flesh and blood..."

This compass talk has been chanting all afternoon, Li Shi was very impatient, so she called the servant girl and said: "Send me to the kitchen and go to the table early, the old uncle and wife will go home later..."

Seeing that Li Shi's expression was not good, Mrs. Wang looked out of the window and said with a smile: "Why hasn't my nephew come here yet? The old woman still has serious business to ask her nephew for help..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Cao Yong enter the yard, Wang's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice and said: "Amitabha, finally we have waited for the Lord."

Mrs. Li knew that her son didn't want to see the Li family, but she still couldn't bear to think that the current situation of the Li family was not well-off.

Cao Yong entered the room, met Wang Shi, and asked about Li Xu's recent situation.

After all, Li Xu was getting old and suffered a stroke years ago. Although he survived in the end, his movements were no longer flexible.

Mrs. Wang wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and said: "What else can I do... The ingredients have already been prepared, let's boil it..."

Forget about the people in the Li family, for Li Xu, Li always felt grateful and guilty.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li couldn't stand it any longer, her eyes turned red and she said: "Prepare some supplements, I'll visit your uncle tomorrow..."

Cao Yong knows his mother's heart knot, and the Li family has a kindness for the Li family.

Li's heart was kind, but he was hindered by his son. For the sake of the peace of the Cao family, he didn't reach out when the Li family was in trouble, and he was always sorry.

Cao Yong sighed in his heart, and said: "Well, my son happens to take a rest tomorrow, and he will visit his uncle with his mother."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li's eyes became brighter, she nodded and said: "Okay, okay, Yong'er will go too."

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "Nephew, my wife is here today..."

Cao Yong put on a serious face and interrupted Wang's words: "Even if my uncle and old lady can't come here today, I still want to talk to my uncle and old lady."

Wang Shi was taken aback when she heard the words: "What did the eldest nephew say when he was looking for his wife?"

Cao Yongdao: "After today's court meeting, Prince Zhuang asked me to talk, looking at his appearance, I am very unhappy..."

Wang said with a bit of guilty conscience: "Well, it's because I don't want to be an old woman..."

Cao Yong sneered and said: "Anyway, the lord said that the concubine is resting when she leaves the palace. If someone comes to make trouble, then the lord will not be polite..."

Wang's face turned blue and pale for a while, and muttered: "It's not a fool, it's the concubine, who dares to add trouble..."

After Cao Yong showed his face, he came out from Fuyuan Hall after doing all the courtesy...

Mrs. Wang was stabbed by Cao Yong for a few sentences, and she no longer mentioned what the Lord begged. She thought that Li's mother and son would go home tomorrow, and it would not be too late, so after dinner, she honestly took her two grandchildren back.

After returning home, she told Li Xu about the arrival of Li's mother and son tomorrow, and also talked about the future of the twin grandchildren. She thought that Li Dao and Li Zheng brothers were grown up, and if they couldn't go to the government school, they might as well So I asked Cao's family to make up six strokes.

Hearing this, Li Xu shook his head and said, "Nonsense, Wulang and Liulang haven't even passed the county test, so what do they need to pass the written test?"

Wang said anxiously: "I can't wait for nothing... If you come out earlier to work on errands, you can also subsidize the family..."

Li Xu said: "It's not yet sixteen, what's the rush? Study hard for a few years, get solid grades, and just take the examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Mrs. Wang wanted to say more, but Li Xu had already closed his eyes, unwilling to say any more...

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On the Cao's side, after Mrs. Wang left, Mrs. Li asked her maid to invite Cao Yong.

What she was worried about was what Cao Yong said to Wang Shi.

"The Sixteenth Master really annoyed your aunt? Your aunt is getting old, and her mouth is indeed broken, and she doesn't have any bad intentions." Li said with a little worry: "You also have to help say good things. That's good, your two cousins ​​and nephews need to be taken care of by Master Sixteen."

"Every time my aunt goes to pay her respects to the concubine, she always cries poorly. She doesn't care about the concubine's face at all. After all, there are fifteen Fujin here... It's no wonder that the concubine is happy in her heart. The sixteenth master has always been filial..." Cao Yong said: "Mother will go over tomorrow, and I will also mention it to my uncle, don't make good relatives enemies... The concubine has been worthy of the Li family all these years..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li felt the same way.

When Mrs. Wang complained to her, she was also in Chu Yu's face.

It was Chuyu who knew the fun and immediately avoided it, thus saving her old face...

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Khan, Didn't Get Married, next chapter. . . . .

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