Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 187 State affairs and family affairs
Cao Yong only met this cousin of his grandmother's family once when he was a child.It is the second time to invite their husband and wife to Cao's mansion today.After all, he is the eldest son. Although Sun Jue is only 23 or [-], he has a short beard and speaks little, giving the impression of being extremely stable.

Unlike the Li family's enthusiasm for the Cao family, Sun Jue was inexplicably distant.Among Cao Yong, Cao Song and Sai Shitu, only Cao Song is somewhat kind, but Cao Yong and Sai Shitu are very stiff.Of course, this is not because Cao Song is his brother-in-law, and Cao Yong and Seishtu are separated from each other.

This Sun Jue didn't seem to be a descendant of a noble family, but he was a bit sour as a scholar, and because he came to Beijing this time to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and his official position was lower than that of his brother-in-law Cao Yong, he felt a little uncomfortable.

On the wine table, he was afraid that he would be misunderstood as a flattery to the rich and powerful, so he said a few words to Cao Yong indifferently, and he refused to stay for a moment after eating, and told someone to send a message to Cao Ying to leave the house immediately.

This behavior made Cao Yong, Cao Song and Seishtu look at each other in blank dismay.Cao Song is the most straight-hearted. Seeing his sister coming in, he directly greeted her and complained in a low voice: "Eldest sister, why is brother-in-law so petty? Elder brother and I are fine, don't make third brother-in-law a joke!"

Cao Ying blushed immediately, and whispered, "Second Brother, I'm really sorry, your sister and wife are not bad, but they are a bit stubborn!"

Cao Song wanted to say more. Seeing his wife stopped at the door and talking softly with his brother-in-law, Sun Jue was a little unhappy and coughed.

It was inconvenient for Cao Ying to stay any longer, so she went with Sun Jue's house with her maid.

Cao Song couldn't laugh or cry, what is this?Is it a relative or an enemy, do you need to avoid it like this?

However, Cao Yong's impression of Sun Jue plummeted. If he really has such arrogance, then why should he attend the banquet according to the rank of his relatives?Since it's like this when picking posts, how about this one?It's too contrived.

Saishitu told Cao Yong what he had seen and heard about Huizi Grassland, and thanked him for inviting an imperial physician for Mrs. Jueluo in April. It was not until it was getting dark that he took Cao Yi back.

On the first day of October, as usual, it is the Dachaohui.

Although Cao Yong works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, but because he is the prince's son-in-law, he wears a ruby ​​crown and a four-claw python men's suit, standing on the side of the clan.

When he just came, Cao Yong saw Sun Jue.He was wearing a sixth-grade supplementary suit and stood behind the civil servant.

Although Sun Jue's rank is not high among the Beijing officials, compared to his age, it is already a grace to directly reach the sixth rank.Originally, he was a bit proud, but when he saw Cao Yong, who was seven or eight years younger than himself, strolling over and greeted officials of all sizes with a friendly face, he couldn't help but moved into the crowd.

Although Cao Yong didn't like him, he was brother-in-law after all. He just walked two steps and wanted to greet him when he turned around and retreated into the crowd.

Cao Yong was taken aback for a moment, only looked at twice lightly, then turned and went to the front.He is a lazy person, so he doesn't want to be troublesome. Since this Sun Jue has such a "strength", then it will be perfect, why bother to make things difficult for others?
Sun Jue waited, did not hear anything, turned around, looked around, Cao Yong had gone far.He couldn't help shaking his head, slandering Cao Yong for being too insolent, even if he married the princess, it doesn't matter if he has a high title, he doesn't even distinguish between senior and junior, it's too dandy.For relatives like this, it's better to move around less, so as not to hurt their reputation, he secretly told himself in his heart.

With the sudden rise of rites and music, officials of all sizes return to their positions, and the Great Court will begin.

First, the constitutional calendar in the 51st year of Kangxi was promulgated, and then the six ministries took turns in accordance with officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers.These senior ministers seemed to have not spoken for half a year, and they made the performance extremely long-winded, making everyone drowsy after hearing it.

Because he was on duty in the household department, Cao Yong paid special attention to the affairs of the household department. Most of them were reducing or exempting a certain money-saving grain or something. It sounded like reimbursement, which was really boring.

It wasn't until the Ministry of Criminal Justice played the case that civil and military officials regained their spirits, only because in the Ministry of Criminal Justice's report, it was mentioned that Chen Si, a member of the Taiyuan Prefecture, and other doves robbed and detoured Shaanxi, Huguang, Guizhou and other provinces.

Cao Yong has also heard about this case. Chen Si and others originally belonged to Taiyuan Prefecture. It is said that because of the famine in the past few years, they took their relatives and relatives to flee the famine.Later, I don't know how the "Third Prince Zhu" was involved, so that the people voluntarily welcomed them back to worship.

When the government found out and arrested Chen Si and others, because it involved the "Third Prince Zhu", it might be a major treason case.

There are only sixty or seventy people including women. It would be ridiculous to plot treason.Because it was verified that these people were robbing along the road, Kangxi only severely punished Chen Si, the leader, and sent everyone else to Heilongjiang to serve as slaves to the armored men.

This is just a small case, is it necessary to report it with such great fanfare and ask Long Live Lord to personally resolve it at the Great Court Assembly?Everyone looked at Qi Shiwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and complained a little. After all, it was October, the sky was cold, and the Grand Court was outside again. How could it be so annoying?

No one noticed that Qi Shiwu's face with his head down was not good-looking. Although it was already winter, his forehead was sweating.

Then Kangxi seemed to show affection for Chen Si's case, and everyone bowed their heads and listened respectfully, but the subsequent handling shocked all the officials.The original governors of Shaanxi, Huguang, and Guizhou were all dismissed according to the law of dereliction of duty, and according to the severity of their respective duties, they ranged from being demoted to staying in office to being completely removed from office.

Four ministers and one censor were involved, namely, Bei Henuo, Minister of Rites, Qi Shiwu, Minister of Man of the Ministry of Justice, Guo Shilong, Minister of Criminal Justice, Chen Shen, Minister of Industry, and Zhao Shenqiao, the censor of Zuodu.Bei Henuo was demoted to one level, Zhao Shenqiao was downgraded to four levels to stay in office, Chen Shen and Qi Shiwu were both downgraded to five levels to stay in office, and Guo Shilong was dismissed.

A small case of fleeing from famine suddenly happened to five first-rank officials, how could it not make the scalps of all civil and military officials numb?
This is not over yet, Kangxi ordered "Chen Si passed through the officials of the prefectures and counties, and Ying Xingwen should be supervised and inspected", but there were more people involved, and everyone secretly calculated to see if there were any old people from the same year. Served in these places.

Although after the Ministry of Punishment, Chen Shen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who had just been demoted and stayed on, played a role, but who would listen to it?

Amidst the suspicion of all the officials, it finally came to this great court meeting to disperse the court.Officials in twos and threes all quickened their pace, and no one took a leisurely pace like usual, fearing that they would all find someone to speculate on the Sacred Heart.Everyone is a veteran in the officialdom, so they can naturally smell something wrong from this unusual grand meeting.

This is to prepare for the "second waste prince", Cao Yong thought about it.A small murder case linked all the foreign henchmen who were left behind when the prince was abolished.The next step is to investigate these three prefectures and counties. It is estimated that they will find the cause and uproot the middle-level princelings.

Although this is not an accident, Cao Yong still felt a little cold.Kangxi is worthy of being the emperor for 50 years. This is to completely pull down the prince without leaving any future troubles.

However, I don't know if this is an opportunity.The prefectural and county magistrates must have been transferred and upgraded. When the time comes to check and refer, there will definitely be a lot of vacancies in the place.Cao Yong suddenly felt that he was a little evil, how could he think of this at this time, is it not kind enough?
Back to the Fujian Department of the Ministry of Households, because of the big court meeting, everyone's hearts were scattered. Fortunately, Cao Yong didn't restrain them when they were still busy.Because they are all officials in the capital, and the six ministries are not far apart, in less than half an hour, someone got a list of prefectures and counties where Chen Si and others passed through from the Ministry of Punishment.

Everyone sorted out the book case, put the list in the middle, and looked around.Even Cao Yong came forward with curiosity, and everyone was stunned after seeing it. There are more than [-] prefectures and more than [-] counties in this way.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and was speechless for a while.If the attitude of Long Live Lord is still as strict as today, then the former chief officials of these places may not be much better?
We have clan relatives who work abroad, and they all start to wonder if they have worked in these places; some have a strong desire to be promoted, because there are no opportunities for promotion in the household department, so they start thinking about places, wishing to free up more than a hundred dollars a day. It's missing, so that everyone can be alive.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, the aftermath of the Great Court Meeting was still unsettled. Due to the memorial of Zuo Bifan, the vice-capital censor Zuo Bifan, who served as the main examiner in Jiangnan, the fraud case in the Jiangnan examination room immediately caused a sensation in the capital.A few days later, the memorial of Jiangsu Governor Zhang Boxing also arrived, and it was also about the fraud case in the examination room.

Cao Yong is still the same, and Mr. Zhuang is right in persuading him. Right now, Southwest officials are going to withdraw from the investigation, and Jiangnan is investigating fraud in the field. At this time, just wait.At that time, there must be a lot of vacancies in these provinces. As long as you choose a better place, go to the Ministry of Officials, and then ask the King of Chunjun to say hello there, it should not be a big deal.

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On October 21st, it was the hundredth day of the little elder brother of Prince Chun's Mansion. At three o'clock when this son washed, Chu Yu did not go back because he had to take care of Cao Yong. On this day, Cao Yong naturally accompanied his wife to the banquet.

Because Su Mala's funeral was held a few days ago, Prince Chun's Mansion didn't even want to hold a serious banquet at all, so at first they didn't even post a post to invite people everywhere.It's just that several good friends remembered this matter, and some of them sent He Yi over in advance. Only then did Prince Chun's Mansion set up wine, and invited a few princes and elder brothers who were close to each other frequently, and no one else was invited.

There are not many people, the banquet is mediocre, and the theater troupe must not be invited, so Cao Yong and Chu Yu felt that the atmosphere was a bit deserted when they arrived at Chunwang Mansion.

After congratulating Chunjun Wang, Chuyu went to the backyard, and Cao Yong sat down at the same table as Hongshu.Brother Sixteen came early, so he came over to join in the fun.

Although Hong Shu has always been calm, he still has a child's nature. Originally, Yi and Brother Shiliu, a joking little uncle, got along quite well with each other.Today, I don't know whether it's because I'm the host or what, I came out with a little restraint, my face is still a little stiff, and my words are not as casual as before.

Cao Yong felt that something was wrong, not only Hong Shu and Hong Zhuo had no job in the past, but Hong Xin, the little carrot leader, was still as evasive as before, but it was not easy to ask too many questions at the banquet, and only cited some individual topics vaguely past.

The sixteenth elder brother also noticed it, and was secretly surprised, but seeing that Cao Yong didn't ask, he naturally didn't know how to ask, so he followed Cao Yong's words and chatted out.

Hong Zhuo laughed when he heard what the two said was interesting, and he was not so gloomy anymore.Hong Shu was not very happy all the time, even when he laughed, there was some dullness.

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Inner courtyard, Liuhuatang.

When Chu Yu entered the courtyard, the room was already full of people.The nurse held Fang Bairi's little elder brother Hongjing and stood beside Chun Wang Fujin, Jiu Fujin and Fourteen Fujin teased the little elder brother and praised him non-stop.

Chun Wang Fujin was very pleased with what he heard, although he replied with a few polite words, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Chu Yu bowed to all the aunts according to the rules, Chun Wang Fujin smiled and asked her to come and see the little brother.Chu Yu already liked children and had some concerns, so she naturally fell in love with this little brother, teasing and teasing, coaxing and coaxing.Although Chunwang Fujin saw her like this, he was happy and his smile deepened.

Chu Yu was all focused on the little elder brother, and didn't pay much attention to what was going on with Chun Wang Fujin, but suddenly she turned sideways and saw her biological mother, Nalashi, standing in the crowd not far away, with a grim expression.She couldn't help but startled, but quickly covered it up.

Taking advantage of the time when Wu Fujin came to talk, Chu Yu apologised to Chun Wang Fujin and retreated.Originally, I wanted to ask Er Niang, but I finally endured it because of the rules.When she saw Ping Wang Fujin and Cao Jiashi, she came over with a smile and sat down with the eldest sister. The two sisters-in-law said a few words about themselves, and then they took the seat together.

Chu Yu thought that Er Niang's complexion was not good, and worried that she was sick, so she couldn't eat anything.After the banquet here was over, Chu Yu accompanied Chun Wang Fujin to talk for a while, and then went to the side of the birth mother Na Lashi.

Seeing her daughter coming, Nalashi's complexion improved a bit, and he dragged her daughter to the kang and asked her about the situation at home.

Chu Yu returned one by one, and said with a smile that she was fine, and finally asked Nalashi: "Emiang, is your body not very refreshed?"

Nala's smile froze on her face, she sighed after a while, and said, "There's nothing wrong with my body, but my heart..." She reached out and brushed her daughter's temple hair, "Chuyu, Hongjing was recognized by Fujin Already!"
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Note: Su Ma Lagu is the honorific title after Su Ma La's death. On Baidu, she died in the 44th year of Kangxi. According to the "Records of Kangxi", she died in the 50th year of Kangxi.

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