Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 182 Impeachment
Cao Yong has always been thinking about the matter of letting go. He originally thought of the provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, which are not far from the capital and Jiangnan, so they are relatively suitable provinces.After Mr. Zhuang showed him the materials of these provinces, he couldn't help but have a headache.Floods in Henan are notorious, and droughts and locust plagues in Shandong are also extremely frequent.

After the epidemic in Beijing, Cao Yong became more and more aware of the limitations of this era.

Mr. Zhuang pondered: "Why don't you just think of a way and go to Huguang!"

Cao Yong thought for a while and asked: "What is such a good thing! If Henan and Shandong..." Speaking of this, he fell into deep thought.

A hint of surprise flashed in Mr. Zhuang's eyes: "Yong'er, couldn't it be that he was addicted to the epidemic prevention in the capital a few days ago, so he came up with the idea of ​​fighting the disaster?"

Cao Yong nodded slightly: "If it's within my ability...it's not difficult..." He said what he said from his heart. , there is always something to do.

In the past two months, the fourth elder brother was busy with epidemic prevention. Although he was busy and tired, he was very happy to see the epidemic gradually contained and the lives of the people returned to peace.

Mr. Zhuang shook his head in disapproval: "Although you are kind, it is not as simple as you think. These two provinces are often hit by disasters, and the money and food are frequently reduced. The fire consumes less money, but the disaster relief has more money!"

Although Cao Yong has been in the officialdom for less than a year, he also understands what he means when he hears Mr. Zhuang say this.I'm afraid that the officials in these two provinces are not clean, and they all play the idea of ​​disaster relief money.If you go to such a place to be an official, if you refuse to let go of your body to accept the "good intentions" of your superiors and subordinates, and follow the crowd, how can they tolerate you with peace of mind?If you put down your dignity and join forces with them, then what will be divided up will be the relief money of the people, how can you live with your conscience?
Thinking of Kangxi's connivance to corrupt officials, Cao Yong couldn't help being a little bored, and secretly hoped that Kangxi Dynasty would pass soon, and Yongzheng Dynasty would come earlier, so that those corrupt officials could also eat and drink.

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In a blink of an eye, at the beginning of August, Brother Sixteen came back.

Cao Yong didn't get the letter before. He only knew that the [-]th elder brother and the [-]th elder brother came back from Rehe, and the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother went there. He didn't hear anything about the sixteenth elder brother.

On the day of returning to Beijing, Elder Sixteen went to Cao Mansion.

Because the household department is catching up with the settlement of the disaster relief accounts in the first half of the year in Fujian, it is a bit busy. Cao Yong came back from the household department in the afternoon.I haven't seen him for more than half a year, but I miss him a little, so I don't go to the inner courtyard to change clothes, and go directly to the east courtyard.

Brother Sixteen has grown stronger again, probably because he often hunts on the grassland, his complexion is much better than when he walked in spring.

Seeing Cao Yong coming in, except for the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Song, Hong Shu, Hong Zhuo, and Hong Xin all put down their bows, and greeted each other as "big brother" and "brother-in-law".

Brother Sixteen pointed to Cao Yong's mended clothes, and said with a smile, "Look at you, it looks good in official uniforms!" : "It's okay, it's okay, although it looks a little less clear, it still looks the same as before. I heard that you were working with the fourth brother a few days ago, and I was still worried. I was afraid that you would stay with him. Dyeing his air-conditioning makes people feel panicky!"

Cao Yong saw that Cao Song and Hongshu were sweating profusely, so he called a boy to prepare some melons and fruits for them to eat.Hong Shu thanked her with a smile, Hong Xin, the youngest, raised her head and said eagerly: "Brother-in-law, I want to go and see my sister!"

Hong Zhuo couldn't help agreeing: "Yes, yes, I want to go too, the sweet water in my sister's yard is the best!"

Seeing the greedy appearance of the two younger brothers, Hong Shu couldn't help scolding in a low voice: "Second brother, fourth brother!"

Hongzhuo thought he had made a mistake, looked at Elder Sixteen, then at Cao Yong, scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: "Hehe, Uncle Sixteen, my nephew didn't lie, but it was my sister's yard. The food here is good, my nephew and younger brother are thinking about it!"

Brother Sixteen patted Hong Zhuo's forehead with a smile, turned around and said to Cao Yong: "Okay, are you still hiding something? I have been in your house a few times, why don't you bring me food?"

Cao Yong felt wronged in his heart. Although Elder Sixteen had been here several times before, except for the wedding, which time did he come and leave in a hurry?
Because he had to deal with a few brother-in-laws first, Cao Yong said to Hong Zhuo and Hong Xin: "It's not someone else's house, so you can go if you want. Your sister is bored in the house all day long. I'm glad to be able to talk to you." Yes!" At this point, he said to Hong Shu: "You go with me, your sister was still talking about you two days ago!"

"Yes!" Hong Shu replied a little bit shyly.He also likes those who eat food in his heart, but as an elder brother, he is getting older, so he always has to look like an elder brother.

Cao Song took a few younger elder brothers to wash their hands. Cao Yong accompanied the sixteenth elder brother to the living room and sat down. Because the official uniform was uncomfortable and he was sweating all day, he asked him to wait for a while and went back to Wutong Garden Change clothes and come back.

Because we just talked about eating, Cao Yong asked Chu Yu to pick out two plates of refreshing and not too sweet, and bring them to the front yard.

After the servant served tea and left, Elder Sixteen's expression turned serious immediately, and he asked straight to the point: "You are working well in the Ministry of Accounts, how did you get involved in the epidemic at this time?"

Cao Yong heard that he asked strangely, and knew that there must be a reason for it. He was afraid that it would not be a good thing, so he didn't answer directly, and asked instead: "Why? What's wrong with this?"

Brother Sixteen nodded, and said seriously: "Although I don't know what you did in the capital, but by Huang Ama's side, listen to the inside and outside of the words, the papers for impeaching you are not one or two !"

"Impeachment?" Cao Yong sighed in his heart, and it seemed that Mr. Zhuang had really said it.Although I knew that the matter of the epidemic at this time could not be put on the table, and I didn't expect to get any rewards, but I went out early and returned late every day for two months, risking the risk of getting sick to do this and that, but when I came back, I only changed a few Zhang "impeachment", who will feel at ease?
"Impeach me for what? I was only ordered by the fourth master to do my duty. Where is the fault?" Cao Yong forced a smile.

Elder Sixteen couldn't help shaking his head and said: "Who told you to go to Fourth Brother's side! Fourth Brother has made such a great contribution this time, you won't be jealous when you are someone else? You dare not go directly to Fourth Brother, no Who are you participating in? This fourth brother is also, who is not easy to use, why did you come out? Let alone risking the risk, how can you get a good job?"

Speaking of this, Brother Sixteen suddenly looked at Cao Yong with some doubts, and said seriously after a while: "Tell me the truth, you, don't you have any thoughts about Brother Four? We have said it before Yes, these things are not something that can be freely participated in!"

Cao Yong didn't want to worry the sixteenth elder brother, so he told about the accidental discovery of the epidemic at the end of April, and mentioned that he was in a panic, and he didn't know who to tell, so he went to the thirteenth elder brother's mansion. It's over there too.

As for why the fourth elder brother asked him to come out, Cao Yong said with a wry smile: "This inner city is full of dignitaries, ordinary officials have gone, and some gates can't be opened! Prince Cheng is sick, and fourth master has to be busy with government affairs and the outer city. The admiral is a smart man, so he doesn't care about such thankless things. He almost gave up his pick halfway, and insisted on asking the fourth master to send someone to sit in the town. There are many princes in this city. Weight, but who is willing to suffer? I saw that Fourth Master had no choice but to use my knowledge to arrest me and put me on the tank!"

Although the sixteenth elder brother knew something about the current epidemic in the capital, he didn't know the truth. Hearing what Cao Yong said now, he knew the danger and all kinds of secrets, and he couldn't help complaining to the fourth elder brother: "Fourth elder brother is really, thanks to your usual days. I still respect him, why are you so inconsiderate? I can’t blame you for clearing up, it’s only strange if you don’t clear up after being so busy for two months!”

After saying this, Elder Sixteen suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked again: "What about the matter of surrounding the Dun Palace?"

Because of this incident, Cao Yong mentioned it to Mr. Zhuang again and again, and they all felt that the reason was justified at that time, and there was nothing wrong with it.Therefore, Cao Yong was slightly taken aback when he heard sixteen elder brothers mentioning this.

Brother Sixteen looked at it, became more worried, hesitated for a while, and asked, "But...but did Fourth Brother tell you to do this?"

Cao Yong hurriedly shook his head, he didn't intend to let the fourth elder brother take the blame, if it got to the ears of the "cold noodle king" and made a small note in his heart, then he would not be at ease in the future: "Don't be the fourth master On that day, when counting the number of people who died of sudden illness in various mortuaries, I happened to see that a maid died suddenly in the dunjun palace in those two days. Master Shi temporarily restrains everyone in the mansion to prevent the spread of the epidemic!"

Brother Sixteen finished listening.Can't help but widen his eyes, pointing to Cao Yong, with a look of hating iron and steel: "It's like this! You, you, how do you tell me how you are?! Even if you are going to work, you don't have to be like this Seriously, this is offending Mynah and the others, I am afraid that in their hearts, they will put you in the fourth brother's group!"

Cao Yong remembered the two months of epidemic prevention and said in a low voice: "In one and a half months, a total of 840 people died in the inner city, and 360 people died in the outer city, a total of 2000, 16 people died! This is already the inner city and the outer city. Comprehensive epidemic prevention and containment. If the epidemic cannot be contained, I dare not think about it... At that time, it was so urgent, and the number of people who died every day was nearly a hundred, I really couldn’t think of anything else, and I couldn’t care about anything else!”

"More than two thousand people!" Elder Sixteen glanced at Cao Yong, with a bit of guilt on his face: "I don't know about this, and no one in Rehe mentioned it. I can't blame Huang Ama for being ill in early July. I'm afraid it's also because of this!"

Cao Yong shook his head, dispelling the gloom brought by the epidemic in his heart, and said with a smile: "It seems that I have really become a target! Originally, I thought that after two months of hard work, I could get some rewards, but I didn't expect it to be so exciting Surprise!"

Although Cao Yong was smiling, Elder Sixteen was already annoyed. He patted the table and said, "Those bastards, in order to curry favor with their masters, their consciences have been eaten like dogs! Those in Rehe don't know what's going on. The ones in Beijing don’t know yet? In order to obliterate the merits of the fourth brother, first use you as a raft, hehe, it’s not a thing!”

Cao Yong didn't speak, maybe this is a good opportunity, there are more people who don't like him, just let Kangxi consider whether to send him down; Go to the place, and let these bastards slander him in front of Kangxi.

Seeing Cao Yong's silence, the sixteenth elder brother thought he was sad, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "With me, what are you worried about? Besides, looking at Huang Ama's meaning, he seems to know it well. When I come back this time, Huang Ama also specially asked me to ask you to find out about the affairs of the Dun Palace, lest you be deceived by others and be used as a gunman! It seems that Huang Ama is worrying too much!"

Although this is a good word, it made Cao Yong startled. Look at the meaning, Kangxi is also wholeheartedly wary of these elder brothers staying in Beijing, but he doesn't know whether it is for the third elder brother or the fourth elder brother.Immediately, he felt that he was worried again. The Tian family has no flesh and blood. The third elder brother should be a little active. Although the fourth elder brother is deeply hidden, his age and ability are placed here, so it is no wonder that Kangxi can feel at ease.

"Don't worry, those villains will finally depend on Huang Ama's face! After probing twice, I know that I can't deal with you, so I will naturally find someone else to bite you!" Elder Sixteen smiled and got up: "Yeah , I feel relieved. Although you are not warm to ordinary people, you are a little too serious to acquaintances. I am afraid that you will suffer because of it! Think about it, if the fourth brother really has such a plan, he will not be like this Bad popularity! After doing all kinds of hard work, it’s just that he can’t make it at all, which makes him depressed!”

Seeing that Cao Yong was still sitting, Elder Sixteen smiled and waved his hands: "Don't stay like this, let's go, follow me to Dunwang Mansion. Although it was for his own good to guard against the epidemic, he is still a county king. We still have to round it up first!"
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