Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1394
The land in the suburbs of Beijing can still be bought for ten mu or eight mu. If you want to buy a large piece of fertile land, you always have to inquire about it for three to five months. Only two years are suitable.

Mrs. Li didn't bother her son with these things, but called Chuyu and gave her a land deed.

This land deed is located in Fangshan, a small village of the Cao family, directly settled under the name of Changsheng.

It's not that Mrs. Li is partial to the youngest son and bought property for the youngest son. This Zhuangzi was bought by Cao Yong and his wife in the early years.

It is true that when Cao's family separated from Erfang, the public property was really weak.Now the properties under the name of Cao’s parents’ house are not Chuyu’s dowry, but Cao Yong’s imperial gift, inheritance, and early gifts from sixteen elder brothers and others.

The public property is mostly dominated by sacrifice fields, which cannot be divided.

In this way, when they grow up, there will be nothing in the family property to divide, and they can only wait for gifts from their brothers and sisters-in-law.

After discussing with his wife, Cao Yong bought a piece of private property for Changsheng one after another.

There is a large village of fifty hectares, one small village of twenty hectares, two houses with three entrances, and two pavements outside the front door.

In this way, regardless of whether Changsheng is an official or not, he can be a rich man without relying on his brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews to live.

The husband and wife handed over the house deed and the land deed to Li Shi. Although Li Shi was a little embarrassed, she still accepted it with great satisfaction.

As parents, we all have the same thoughts.

Although she would not brazenly ask the eldest son to share his private property with the younger son, the dilemma of the younger son having no property to divide has always been her heart disease.

Although her private house is rich, she had already planned to distribute it equally to all her children a hundred years ago, even her adopted daughter Cao Yi was among them.

It's not like she didn't think about giving the youngest son a big head in a thick-skinned manner. After all, the three brothers and sisters are living a good life, but they can't get over the barriers in their hearts, and they are afraid of hurting their flesh and blood because of money and other things. point.

Now that the arrangement of the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law is sincere, she accepts it without hypocrisy.

Now that I'm buying property for the Li family, if I buy a new one, I don't know how long it will take; looking at Li Xu's situation, I don't know how long it will last.

Mrs. Li thought of this small village under the name of Changsheng.

But it was bought by her son and daughter-in-law, and she always had to make it clear.

"I went to see your uncle yesterday, and he asked me to come forward to buy some fertile land for the Li family, but I can't find a proper one for a while, I mean...or transfer this small village to the Li family first, and then call People inquired carefully, and then bought a small village to make up for this." Li said.

After hearing this, Chu Yu hesitated, and said, "Second brother owns this small village, which is only a few miles away from the big one, and it was cheaper to take care of it and inspect it in the past... If you make up again, it may not be so safe to find a place... My daughter-in-law just bought a Zhuangzi at the beginning of the year, no more, no less, also [-] acres, but the Zhuangzi is in Shunyi, which is farther than the Zhuangzi in Fangshan. If the old lady uses it, should I use that Zhuangzi first..."

Mrs. Li was taken aback when Chuyu said that she had just bought Zhuangzi, then she shook her head and said, "No, you are buying a field at this time, is it for Hui girl's make-up field? Move it out, and then you can't find a proper one. ?”

Chu Yu shook her head and said, "Tianhui's make-up field has long been put down... This is the daughter-in-law who bought a second room and two nieces. After all, the sister-in-law is married. Since Jinghui is gone, the daughter-in-law must do her best..."

Although he was grateful for his daughter-in-law's benevolence and righteousness, Li Shi did not quite agree with her move.

She thought for a while, and said: "Although you have a good heart, there are more than two sisters in the second room...Brother Song and his brothers are still young, and there will be children in the future..."

However, Chu Yu insisted in a rare way: "The others have both parents, why do I need my aunt to be troublesome? In this world, women are not easy at all, and Tianwang is young, so he can't rely on him for a while. If you have more things around you, The nieces can also suffer less grievances after going out..."

Li didn't say any more, and said: "Their little sisters still have two and a half years of filial piety, even if they buy it again, they will still be rich in time, so let me use it first..."

Chu Yu accepted with a smile, and ordered the servant girl to fetch the land deed.

Cao Yong's name was written on the Tian Deed, and Li Shi sent people to call Cao Fang and asked him to take the Tian Deed to the Yamen to transfer ownership.

But within half a day, the corresponding procedures were all handled properly.

Mrs. Li took out the key again and asked someone to take 5000 taels of silver from her private room. In addition, she wrote a handwritten letter to Li Nai.

She stated in the letter that she "gifted" the twenty hectares of land to the Li family in order to repay Li Xu and Li Han's "nurture".

Although the Li family is not as good as before, the incense offerings of the Li Han family are indispensable.In addition, seeing that Li Xu is currently bedridden with illness and life is difficult, he couldn't bear it, so he donated the farm as a gift, which made the Li family gain something.

The other 5000 taels of silver, apart from improving the old man's life and seeking medical advice, the rest is for Li Xu's funeral.

Li Xu was born in a family of eunuchs, except for a few years of unhappiness in his later years, he has enjoyed wealth and glory almost all his life.

Even if it is not appropriate to make a fuss about the last major event, the old man cannot be wronged.

She also stated in the letter that as long as he knows about this matter, he doesn't need to tell the old man.

This gift is really too heavy.

5000 taels of silver is still a small amount, and the current market price of those twenty hectares of fertile land is nearly 3 taels.

Li Nai read Li Shi's letter three times. Apart from gratitude, there was only worry in the letter.

After all, Li's identity has long been revealed. Apart from an ignorant housewife like Wang, who also considers Li to be her cousin, Li Nai, like Li Xu, knows Li's identity as a "golden branch and jade leaf".

It is a good thing that Mrs. Li is willing to take care of the Li family, but it is hard for Li Nai to feel at ease by presenting so much property all at once.

If this causes Cao Yong and his wife to be dissatisfied, it will make the already alienated relationship between the two worse.

After much deliberation, Li Nai did not dare to accept this "gift" in private, so he went to the upper room and told Li Xu about it.

Li Xu read Li Shi's handwriting, was silent for a while, and then said: "Since it's my aunt's wish, please accept it...don't forget to go over and say thank you, just say what I said, and let my aunt worry about it... "

This kind of human relationship is not a big deal in Beijing.

But because it was related to Cao's family and the transfer of ownership in the Yamen, there were some commotions.

That night, this was written in the newsletter on the sticky stick. Li's handwritten letter was copied word for word and attached to the news.

When Yongzheng saw the news, his face showed a bit of sarcasm, and he said to the thirteenth elder brother: "Li Xu was known as 'Li Fo' in the south of the Yangtze River in the early years. He is a troubled person of three religions and nine streams. He only asks to come to Li's house, and he can get help... ...Secretly kept the royal family's money, how many favors were sold out. When the Li family was indicted, except for those who came out to make trouble, never saw anyone show their heads... If Mrs. Li didn't care about the old love, I'm afraid she would be really poor to beg for food..."

Although the Li family was miserable, they were in-laws of the Cao family, and now the granddaughter of the Li family was in Fujin's eyes again, and she often came to the palace to pay her respects.

The thirteenth elder brother didn't want Yongzheng to attack the Li family, so he diverted the conversation: "In the final analysis, the Li family has 'raised favor' to Mrs. Li, let alone Mrs. Li, it is Cao Yong, even if you don't want to see the Li family, After all, we can't break the relationship..."

Yongzheng threw the booklet on the imperial case, snorted coldly and said: "In the end, it is cheaper for him..."

Although he was a little unhappy, he didn't mean to care about it. Brother Thirteen was secretly relieved when he saw this...

In a blink of an eye, it was the fourth day of March.

Tianyou has already asked for leave at the guard's office, and the wedding shed and account room of Cao's mansion have also been set up.

The family of the Minister of the Household Department married the eldest daughter-in-law, and the families of the Six Departments and Jiuqing who had contacts with the Cao family all began to make people pay respects.

It's just that those with high status should hold on to their identities and not show up until the official day.Most of the people who came here today were low-ranking Beijing officials, or relatives in-laws who were not far away, and the money accompanying the gift was limited.

This is also expected. The cashier took a note and packed the silver ingots in boxes according to the size of the silver ingots.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, the accountant received a huge gift.

There is only one line on the gift list, the gold is 500 taels, and the signature is only four words "Xuzhou Li Wei"...

500 taels of gold is nothing to the Cao family.

But as a wedding gift, it is too heavy.

Even the close relatives of the Cao family would not give such a heavy gift.

The accountant was afraid of taking responsibility, so he didn't dare to accept it directly, so he reported to Zhang Yi, the general accountant of the wedding.

Zhang Yi was aware of the grievances between the Li family and the Cao family, and knew that the relationship between the Cao family and the Li family had been somewhat awkward since the second wife passed away.

But he also knew that since the Li family sent the gift Jin Mingmian, even if his master and wife were unhappy, it was not easy to refuse.Otherwise, it will not only tear faces with the Li family, but also become popular when it spreads.

It's just that he is a servant, so it's not easy to make decisions directly, and he has to spread the word and report this matter to Chu Yu.

Sure enough, Chu Yu finally sent someone to pass the word, ordering to accept the gift money.

Zhang Yi came out in person, ate half a cup of tea with the steward of the Li family, and explained the reason for the delay in the accountant's office.It's nothing more than that my master is incorruptible, and he doesn't want to accept heavy gifts for weddings and funerals. The staff in the account house don't know the relationship between the Li family and the Cao family, so they dare not accept it directly, and so on.

Then he asked someone to take the high-quality silver seal before serving tea to the guests...

At the beginning of the year, Li Wei submitted the booklet and begged His Majesty to see him, and he got the decree of grace. He set off from Hangzhou half a month ago, and he is only in the capital today.

Before entering the city, he stayed outside the city for one night, and he handed over a sign to see you this morning.

When returning to Beijing this time, the monarch and his ministers are discussing confidential matters.

The people in the south of the Yangtze River, no matter how much the court showed their favor, would never forget the blood debt committed in the south of the Yangtze River when the Eight Banners entered the customs.

In the final analysis, the change of dynasty is not terrible, but many people will die, and hatred cannot be resolved by one or two generations.

On the imperial side, the people in the south of the Yangtze River have always been jealous and guarded.

After Li Wei went to the south of the Yangtze River to "hunt for robbers", he went to the Secret Book and told Yongzheng about the private associations of the common people to join the religion.

The Luo religion, which was once banned by the imperial court, has revived in Jiangnan.

Although Li Wei led people to destroy several nunneries and captured many backbones of Luojiao, they could not curb the spread of Luojiao in the south of the Yangtze River.

The two monarchs and ministers discussed this matter secretly in the early years, and Li Wei believed that "blocking is worse than sparse".

That is to say, the government cannot curb the spread of Luojiao, so it supports the folk forces to sort out Luojiao.

As the emperor, Yongzheng had the right to check the secret documents of the previous dynasty. After seeing the records of the collapse of the Hongmen, he had the idea of ​​​​firefighting, and wanted to attack the arrogance of the Luojiao from the root.

This time Li Wei's paper was approved for this purpose.

In the Qinzheng Hall of Yuanmingyuan, the monarch and his ministers discussed secretly for four hours.

Even Chen Fu, the chief eunuch who had been accompanying the imperial court, was sent out.

Chen Fule had no choice but to rest his feet in the duty room, squinting his eyes, lying on the recliner, enjoying the little eunuch's foot massage.

It's not easy for him to be the chief eunuch. He looks like a beautiful person, and he often serves in front of the imperial court, but he has to stand for most of the day every day, and his life is not easy.

Even though he knew that Li Wei was a high-ranking official in the frontier who was highly valued by the emperor's master, Chen Fu didn't take him seriously.

This Li Wei is the same as that Tian Wenjing, but he is a lackey of the emperor.

Although Chen Fu hadn't read any books, he had been a poor job for half his life, so he had some knowledge.

Isn't there an old saying, "The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks"?

With the support of the emperor, those two "harmed" so many people, it's no wonder they ended up well.

As he was slandering in his heart, he saw the little eunuch come to report that Li Wei had already come out of the hall.

Chen Fu hurriedly got up, flicked his clothes, and hurried to the entrance of the main hall to wait for orders.

Li Wei was in a trance, and walked in a hurry. He didn't see Chen Fu, and went towards the garden gate.

In the eyes, his behavior seemed to be arrogant, treating Chen Fu, the former chief eunuch, with contempt.

You know, even the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother, the princes, should be polite when they meet Chen Fu.

The little eunuch behind Chen Fu was not angry, and muttered: "This man is so rude."

Chen Fu looked at Li Wei's back, his eyes were already cold...

Li Wei is not in a good mood, he is not a bloodthirsty person, although he has been "suppressing bandits" in the south of the Yangtze River for a few years, but he has caught those who are mostly bullies and bandits, who deserve to die.

Therefore, even if his hands were stained with blood, he felt that it was for the court and the people, and he had a clear conscience.

It was originally his proposal to support civil forces and sort out and manage Luojiao believers. His original intention was also to stabilize the place, save violent suppression, and intensify the conflict between the government and the people.

I don't want to, when he came to the emperor's side to make some arrangements, his kindness became "malicious".

If it continues to operate, although it can hit Luo Jiao's arrogance, but how many people will die.

So far, apart from obeying the order, how can he have any objection?
Li Wei was terrified.

When he returned to Ci Zhai, he sat on a chair in a daze.

It seems that he has entered a dead end.

The more the emperor "valued" him more and more, the more people he offended.

Although he had concerns earlier, but because he had no regrets in his heart, he also had no fear.

Now, he was finally afraid.

So, there is this important gift from the Cao Mansion...

Originally, he thought that since the Cao family had a grudge against him regarding the death of Dong E's illness, then he would have self-knowledge and stop adding obstacles.

After all, it's time for him to apologize and apologize, and it's meaningless to say anything else.

But now, he has to make plans for his children.

He can be the "running dog" of the emperor's family and the "boning knife" in the hands of the emperor, but he has to arrange a way out for his children.

See you today, what you are talking about is business.

He has already made up his mind, before leaving Beijing, when His Majesty sees the Emperor, he will make an engagement between the Cao and Li families.

If the Cao family thinks that the Li family's second son's proposal to marry him is a high bid, then he will propose to the eldest son... Even if the eldest son has to wait for three years, as long as he can get more protection, he will admit it...

(End of this chapter)