Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 190
Entering November, another large number of transfer orders were promoted. Yin Tebu, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War, Hasan, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, was the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Man Du, the left servant of the Ministry of War, was the censor of the Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. .Several servants of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment also exchanged with other ministers.

In terms of military positions, the first-class bodyguard was awarded to walk in Longkodo, and he was "admiral and commander of the fifth battalion of the nine-door infantry patrol".The upper three banners, the Xianghuang Banner, the Zhenghuang Banner, and the Zhengbai Banner, go up to the Dutong and the Deputy Dutong, and down to the Shenling and the Deputy Shenling.Even the commanders and deputy commanders of each of the Lower Five Banners are leveled, and the middle and low-rank military officers below who are suspicious will be dealt with in their own way.

In just a few days, through these frequent transfers, Kangxi broke the old power structure and controlled all the civil and military officials in the capital in his own hands.

For a while, some families were happy and some were sad, but Yongqing and Seishtu had their own gains.Yongqing, who had been idle for more than three months after the fulfillment of his filial piety, was entrusted with the connections of the [-]th elder brother, and got the vacancy of the commissioned forward with a red flag to participate in the leadership, from the fifth rank; He was promoted to be the deputy guard of the Zhenghuang Banner to participate in the leadership, and he was the fourth rank.Originally, there was still a shortage of third-rank generals on Saishitu's side. Because he is the only son in the family and has an old mother who needs to support him, he is unwilling to serve outside.

Because Yongqing was missing, Cao Yong made an appointment with Ning Chun to treat him well and congratulate him.

Yongqing has also been depressed for the past few months. Originally, in August, the fourteenth elder brother helped him inquire about the vacancy of a sixth-rank forward school, but because his younger brother Yongsheng was going to get married, for the sake of face, his mother asked the eldest son to transfer the vacancy to the school. Give up to my younger brother.

Although Yongqing was dissatisfied with his parents' favoritism, but as a son, he had no reason to make a fuss about the same family, so he nodded helplessly.

After Cao Yong and Ning Chun knew about it, they were very aggrieved for him, thinking about finding other ways to walk for him.Pian Yongqing is now an adult, not as carefree as he was when he was a teenager, and he is unwilling to go beyond his father to arrange errands, fearing that this will worsen the originally unharmonious father-son relationship.Cao Yong and Ning Chun are not good at making decisions in private, seeing that he has made up his mind, they can only sigh for him.

Because the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are not far apart, Cao Yong and Ning Chun rode to the VIP building together after finishing their duties.

It was at the dinner table, and the downstairs was already full of people. Fortunately, Ning Chun was a regular customer, so he had already booked a private room, so he just went up to the second floor.

Yongqing had already arrived first, and it seemed that he came directly from the Yamen. He was wearing a brand-new fifth-rank military uniform, which looked a lot more majestic.

Yongqing was originally sitting, but when he saw Cao Yong two coming in, he got up with a smile.

First they met each other, and then Ning Chun looked around Yongqing twice, with envy on his face: "Tsk tsk, look, even though the word 'commitment' is at the fifth rank, but it's only three to five months. If you remove these two words, you will be the fourth grade, this really makes brothers jealous!"

Yongqing couldn't say anything about him, so he laughed twice, and said to Cao Yong: "Didn't Xiao Cao mention before that he wanted to be released? I didn't intend to hear the fourteenth master mention it a few days ago. There are too many officials in Shaanxi, Huguang, and Guizhou, and now the official department is starting to have a shortage of foreign posts, and there are a lot of people who go through the door! If Xiao Cao is really determined to pay attention, he will pay more attention to the movement of the official department!"

Cao Yong nodded: "Well, thank you brother Shanyu, this little brother also heard some rumors, but he hasn't decided where to go yet!"

Ning Chun sat down on Yongqing's right, and said, "What else is there to think about? Back then, we went to the south of the Yangtze River, where there was a lot of money and shortages, and your father and grandparents managed it for two generations, so you don't have to tie your hands and feet!"

Cao Yong smiled and shook his head: "It would be nice if it was so cheap. How can there be such a good thing in the world? From the end of last month to the beginning of this month, not one or two families have fallen."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, what are you afraid of..." Ning Chun stopped at this point.It is true that Jiangnan is rich and vacant, but how many of those who went to Jiangnan to be officials died well?No one is a fool, everyone knows that Jiangnan is a good place, staring at you red-eyed, even if there is no mistake, you can find a few problems.

Not to mention the Cao family, the Cao family really had a good time in the past few years, and it is not that they have not been criticized in the past few years, and they have been preserved to this day thanks to the care of the Long Live Lord.Why is Long Live Lord able to be so unconcerned with the Cao family? Apart from repaying the debts of the Cao family, he also has some relationship with Cao's family and the sons and daughters who are in Beijing.

Seeing the guests here, Xiao Er knocked on the door and came in. Everyone ordered a few signature dishes and specially ordered good wine.Xiaoer bowed his waist to answer, took half of the broken silver that Ning Chun offered, and went out with a smile on his face.

"If it's not convenient to go to Liangjiang, then look at Minzhe and Huguang!" Yongqing said, "Although these two places can't catch up with Liangjiang, they are still considered medium-sized provinces. They are better than Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan. If you go to Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, etc. Because the roads are far away and commuting is inconvenient, it usually takes three or two appointments to be transferred! No one wants to go to these places, even if the positions are higher!"

Cao Yong is thinking about Yongqing's words. It's not that he hasn't thought about Fujian and Zhejiang. The key is that Zhejiang is too close to Jiangning, and the Hangzhou Weaving Sun family is closely related to the Cao family.

Then Ning Chun laughed and said: "Shan Yu is too worried. What is Xiao Cao's background, where did he suffer? The sand in the northwest, the miasma in the southwest, you know where he is willing to go!" After a pause, he said, "Huguang is pretty good. Didn't Ma Jun just receive a letter a few days ago? The governor there happened to be his uncle's in-law, and he was very supportive of him. Even the prefect who didn't like him before didn't dare Make things difficult for him again!"

"Well, Huguang is also a good place!" Yongqing agreed very much: "There is Ma Jun, Xiao Cao and him take care of each other, it is not boring! If Yinger Erniang just got pregnant in the past two months, I am also eager to ask for another job!" As he spoke, his voice felt lonely: "I am not afraid of the jokes of you two, I have been a little discouraged since August, impatient to stay in the capital, thinking about spending two Yue then searched for a vacancy and let it go outside, but it happened that something like this happened again, and Yinger’s mother-in-law couldn’t come out of Beijing with a big belly!”

Yinger is the eldest daughter of Yongqing, born in May of the 48th year of Kangxi.Because of the filial piety period of the old man in Wanyan Mansion, the subsequent full moon and first year of life were not much discussed.Therefore, Cao Yong and Ning Chun have not had a chance to see each other since they were two years old.

Hearing what Yongqing said, Ning Chun punched him vigorously: "What a joke? I can't blame you for seeing you in a trance in those days. I thought you were annoying your mother-in-law, but you have this idea! I Is Tong Xiaocao an outsider? I saw that you were fine earlier, but now that you are older, you are not happy? The same is true of your Ama Erniang. Could it be that your eldest son was brought here? They are all brothers, and the benefits are forever Victory!"

Yongqing said helplessly: "As a parent, it is natural to favor the younger son. In the early years, I was full of complaints in my heart, but in the past two years, I have thought about it! There are all parents in the world, since they want to favor the elder son Two, then let them go, the brothers share property evenly, but what they care about is the title left by their ancestors! If you want to make contributions in the future, you can win one yourself!"

Ning Chun shook his head: "You are the eldest son, even if they love your brother more, the title of the ancestors will not surpass you. Besides, there is also the end of the sister-in-law's natal family. Even if you have such thoughts, you still have to be scrupulous. Three points!" Speaking of this, he thought of something, looked at Yong Qing with a smile and said, "Your mother, Amai, is regretful now, right? If they hadn't forced you to give up that sixth-grade forward in August Here you go, brother, now the vice-counselor is not cheap, you brother! You are the vice-counselor, and your brother is the forward school. Seeing that he is not very respectful to you as a brother on weekdays, if he happens to be under your command Serving as an errand, that's really interesting!"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Cao Yong saw that Yongqing's face was a little stiff, so he couldn't help asking: "Could it be that Yongsheng happens to be brother Shanyu's subordinate?"

Yongqing nodded, and said: "It's just a coincidence, because of this, my mother-in-law has been talking about it for two days, for fear that her precious son will be wronged when he is on the job, so let me, as a brother, do my best and not be ignored. I heard that The leader and deputy leader who were transferred earlier had some conflicts with Yongsheng!"

While talking, the wine and food were already served, several signature dishes, plus a mutton pot, everyone ate to their heart's content.

It wasn't until the time to light the lamps that everyone ate and drank well.Because Ningchun lived farther away, he left first, and Yongqing and Cao Yong rode side by side when they made a way along the way, chatting with each other.

Cao Yong saw that Yongqing had lost energy after coming out of the VIP building, and asked, "What's wrong with brother Shanyu? But he's drunk and not feeling well?"

"Ah... ah? What did Xiao Cao say? Why is it uncomfortable?" Yongqing took a while to react, but only remembered the second half.

It was getting dark, and Yongqing's expression could not be seen clearly, but Cao Yong could hear something strange in his voice, and he was a little worried: "Brother Shanyu is in trouble? But what happened in the yamen, did you encounter difficulties from your boss?"

"Hehe!" Yongqing couldn't help laughing twice after hearing this: "Xiao Cao doesn't know me yet, but is he afraid of being bullied and fought by outsiders? If there is really an objectionable person who wants to use me as a raft, then he must think carefully about it." Just do it!" Speaking of these, he was unabashedly confident.

Yongqing is tall and burly, and he is good at riding and shooting. With such capital, why not be confident?
"Where is that not going well?" Cao Yong asked.

"Hey!" Yongqing sighed heavily, after a long silence, Fang said: "I don't know how to speak to Xiao Cao?"

Cao Yong thought for a while, now it's not an errand, so what else can he help?

Yongqing said with a little melancholy: "My sister is getting married next month, and because she is going to marry into the palace as a concubine, my mother-in-law wants to prepare a decent dowry. It is just in time for my second brother to get married. There is little money, and the account is a bit tight, so I told me, let us brothers and sisters pool a share of the money! The rules of my family are that my second brother and I have the same monthly money, which is only ten or eight taels a month. Where is there any surplus? Even if I worked as an errand a few years ago and got some money, it would be directly returned to the km. Some in the house are all your sister-in-law's dowry money."
After a pause, he continued: "Although when I married your sister-in-law back then, I, Mafa, managed it when I was there, which is considered decent; but because Er Niang loved her second brother, the wedding was very lively a few days ago. A bit thicker than your sister-in-law. Although your sister-in-law doesn't care about these things, the relatives talk badly. Because of this, your sister-in-law is also upset. As a husband, I can't support my wife. Asking her for her dowry silver, I really can't get rid of this face!" Speaking of this, he said a little embarrassedly: "Therefore, I...I..."

Cao Yong saw that he was not easy to speak, so he smiled and said: "This is brother Shanyu's fault! If I knew you were so out of touch, I should have asked Jingming brother to punch you twice more! It's just a coincidence, don't My younger brother doesn’t know much about it. Only two days ago, the steward of Changping Zhuangzi sent some silver. Although this year’s harvest has been reduced due to the spring drought, there should be four or five thousand taels. Brother Shanyu in our mansion knows about it. The expenses are not large, and there is no place to use the money right now. If brother Shanyu is not a younger brother or an outsider, then use it!"

Yongqing hurriedly said: "Fourth, 5000 taels are not needed, and 1000 taels are enough! But, isn't Xiao Cao looking for a foreign job? What if it costs money?"

Cao Yong said: "The missing money was prepared two months earlier. Moreover, in the current state of the capital, everyone just sells favors to each other. No one dares to reach out for money like in previous years! 1000 taels is a little less. Brother Yu, who is not good, will send someone over tomorrow to take two thousand. Even if you don’t need it for Miss Wanyan’s dowry, it’s convenient to keep some spare money on hand, anyway, I don’t need this money now!”

"I'm just this girl. It would be great if I could give her more. I don't want to thank you, but Xiao Cao, I'm afraid that my brother will pay you back the money slowly!" Yongqing said.

The two arrived at the intersection and dispersed separately.

Although Yongqing didn't say "thank you", he was still grateful in his heart, and he felt guilty thinking that he was so much older than Xiao Cao, but he was in such a mess.

Cao Yong thought about Yongqing's embarrassing position at home, and sighed for him, but there is no reason for outsiders to speak about these parents and children.

Back at Cao's mansion, as soon as he entered the gate, a servant came to report: "My lord, Mr. Zhuang has been waiting for my lord in the study for a long time, and he said he saw me coming back, so I asked my lord to come over and talk!"

Mr. Zhuang has been waiting for him for a long time, and he also wants to talk about foreign appointments. There is something missing! ——
(End of this chapter)