Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 285 Visiting the Golden Gate for Spring Warmth
Beijing, Dongzhimen North Street, Needlework Alley, Lubeizi Mansion.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother came hand in hand to visit the ill twelve elder brother.On the seventh day of last month, they patrolled Jidian with the fifth elder brother, eighth elder brother, fourteenth elder brother, and fifteenth elder brother, and returned to Beijing at the end of the month.

Previously, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother had not heard the news that the twelfth elder brother was ill. Today, the two younger brothers still received the imperial father's oral order to visit and inquire about their illness.

The steward of Beizi Mansion heard that the two princes and elder brothers came here by the emperor's order, so he hurriedly sent someone to tell the master to open the middle door to welcome them.

The 50th elder brother was established in the 12th year of Kangxi. Although he is [-] years older than the [-]th elder brother and [-] years older than the [-]th elder brother, he was still very close to his younger brothers in the early years.Even after opening the mansion, he had contacts with several elder brothers in the palace.

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were wearing ordinary clothes, they didn't let the butler bother them, they asked him to lead the way, and went to the hall to wait.

Although I haven't seen the twelfth elder brother yet, the sixteenth and seventeenth elder brothers can roughly guess that this elder brother is probably suffering from a heart attack, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have sent them here on purpose.

As early as last autumn, there was an official memorandum stating that Tuo Heqi should be punished by Ling Chi, but it was left unpublished.

On the tenth day of last month, Tuo Heqi, the former admiral of the Nine Schools, died of illness in the prison of the clan mansion.Later, the yamen of the patriarchal government mentioned that because of his "rebellion and serious crimes", his corpse should be crushed and ashes should not be buried;Follow it.

Although Tuo Heqi was a supporter of the abolished prince and was implicated by him, he was the uncle of Twelve Elder Brothers after all.

Kangxi has always governed the country with "benevolence and filial piety", and has always treated his courtiers generously. Even for Oboi, the auxiliary minister who exercised power in the early years, he was nothing more than a circle of death.

Elder Brother Twelve has always done his duty and does not mix with those ghosts and ghosts. He said that the status of a birth mother is low, but he is also at ease, so there is nothing to complain about.

He didn't want to avoid the battle for the heirloom in the past few years, but he couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to.His father-in-law, a scholar Ma Qi, was dismissed and detained because of his involvement in the 48th year of Kangxi's conspiracy to make the eighth elder brother the prince, and he was released in the past two years.

Now, his own uncle is in the same fate again.With the lessons learned from the thirteen elder brothers, how could he not panic?I heard that since Dashengjia left Beijing, he has not left the mansion again. I don't know why he fell ill again recently.

Elder Brother Twelve heard that the two little brothers came under the emperor's order, and came to the hall fully dressed.He is only 29 years old this year, but he has a lot of gray hair on his head, and his face is pale and frightening.

The sixteenth elder brother stood with his hands facing south and his back facing north.

Brother Twelve picked up his skirt, knelt down on the ground, and said, "Sheng An?"

The sixteenth brother said: "Saint Gong'an!" Then he said: "Orally, 'I heard that you are sick, take a good rest, so that I don't worry about it, and ask Fujin to go to the palace to pay homage to the empress dowager and concubine'."

Elder Brother Twelve clenched his fists tightly, nearly shed tears, resisted it, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Your servant respects the order!"

After passing the imperial decree, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother hurriedly helped the elder brother up, and the brothers met again before the host and guest sat down.

Elder Sixteen blamed him: "Brother Twelfth is really, since he is sick, why didn't he give you a letter? It seems that we younger brothers are ignorant."

Elder Brother Twelve squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you two brothers for your concern, or because of the change of seasons, the diet is a little out of order, and it's much better now!"

Elder Sixteen looked at Elder Twelfth's expression, and comforted him solemnly: "Brother Twelfth has always been an open-minded person, why can't he think about it this time? Not to mention anything else, but when Suo'etu was convicted, Second Elder Brother didn't I was implicated; after Mingzhu stepped down, the eldest brother was even more respected. We are Huang Ama's biological sons, so don't we have to do it because of our relatives?

These words were a bit blunt, Elder Brother Twelfth was even moved, nodded with a smile, and said: "Brother Sixteen has always played tricks, but now he has grown up!"

The sixteenth elder brother smiled and said: "My younger brother dare not praise him as an older brother. I heard that there is wine from Eros in my elder brother's house. It is a great kindness for someone to send two jars to my younger brother."

The twelfth elder brother recalled that the sixteenth elder brother drank too much last year because of the loss of his son, and couldn't help but said: "After all, you shouldn't be greedy for too much in this cup, otherwise it won't be good for your health. The sixteenth brother needs to be restrained."

Brother Sixteen waved his hand and said, "My good brother, my younger brother is also in his twenties, so why should anyone worry about these things? I can save my heart, brother, don't worry! It's not just begging for my brother's drink." , but there is a reason!"

The twelfth elder brother was surprised, but when he saw the sixteenth elder brother smiling, he thought about the imperial father's oral order just now, and thought it was good news.

Before he could ask a question, Elder Seventeen smiled and said, "Brother Sixteen is kind, so let the younger brother repay the happiness! Brother Sixteen wants to ask for wine, and younger brother also has something to ask for!"

The sixteenth elder brother saw that the seventeenth elder brother smiled and showed a row of white teeth, he couldn't help but raised his forehead and said: "Don't say you are my brother, look at your mouth from ear to ear, needless to say, it must be for you What is the daughter-in-law begging for!"

Elder Seventeen nodded with a smile, and said to Elder Twelfth, "Brother Twelfth, do you still have the skins of Eros that your mansion sent to various families last year? Take out a share, okay?"

As for the matter of the seventeenth elder brother and his wife getting married, the twelveth elder brother heard Fujin mention it before, and it was just a newlywed. Thank you.

This little brother is not very old, and he didn't like to talk much since he was a child. Although he was also born by a concubine, he is quite strong and rarely speaks to others.

Now, although the seventeenth elder brother asked for fur goods to love his wife, he didn't mean to treat the twelveth elder brother as an outsider.

Elder Twelve stayed behind closed doors for half a month, and the house was very deserted. Many people who were originally related to Beizi's mansion were just waiting and watching, for fear of getting his bad luck.

But it is really good news. Seventeenth elder brother said: "Although there is no official decree yet, but seeing what Huang Ama means, it is to let twelve elder brother take charge of the flag affairs after he recovers from illness. .”

Brother Twelve was startled when he heard the words, and didn't wake up for a while.

You must know that the flag affairs of the lower five banners are in charge of the royal family's prince. If he is allowed to take charge of the flag affairs, then the emperor's father will be in charge of the upper three banners. This is not an ordinary honor.Even a few princes and princes with noble backgrounds may not be able to get this respect.

Elder Sixteen smiled and said, "Brother Twelfth should be sure this time! It's just that the imperial decree hasn't been issued yet, so it's not easy to publicize it. Brother Twelfth knows what he wants."

Elder Brother Twelve nodded, thanked the two younger brothers again, and immediately called the housekeeper to come up and look for the wine and leather goods they wanted in Curry.

Elder Sixteen quickly waved his hands and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Brothers are robbed, so we have to wait? We have to play in the street before going back to the palace. Brother Twelfth remembers these things and will send them away later. Just send people to the palace."

The twelfth elder brother couldn't help laughing, looked at the regular clothes on the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, and said, "Yes, it's the elder brother who is impatient! The two younger brothers are going to buy a gift for longevity?"

Brother Sixteen replied: "Well, although I have prepared a few things, it doesn't suit me, and I need to go around again."

Brother Twelve raised his eyebrows and said: "Why bother, who doesn't know that you have a winter tea garden, the tea produced is good, and it's just dedicated to Huang Ama's birthday."

Elder Sixteen smiled wryly and shook his head: "That's only a few hectares of land? Nothing can be produced all year round, and there is no need to obstruct that eye. That's it, someone put eye drops on Cao Yong in front of Huang Ama."

Elder Brother Twelfth said with a smile: "Brother Sixteen, you don't know, everyone calls Cao Yong 'tea boy' in private now!"

It's the first time Brother Sixteen has heard this allusion. After all, everyone knows that he has a good relationship with Cao Yong, and no one will tell Cao Yong's right and wrong in front of him.Therefore, he couldn't help feeling doubts in his heart, as if someone had bad intentions and asked, "Can Brother Twelfth hear something wrong?"

Brother Twelve said: "I don't know how to get the news from the south. It is said that the tea gardens that Cao's family built in Fujian and Taihu Lake in the early years were all pointed by Cao Yong. At the beginning, he was only ten At the age of Yu Sui, he said that he knew from reading the local chronicles that there are good tea in these places. However, the big guy has searched through the local chronicles of more than a dozen provinces, but he has not found similar records. Last year, he went to the corner of Yanna Mountain in the East Outside, everyone just thought that he couldn't bear the poverty of the place and wanted to turn back the door. Unexpectedly, he made winter tea that was hard to change. Every palace in the capital sent people to Dongyan to find it. There are not ten tea gardens, but eight. As a result, apart from the dozens of hectares of land you occupy, there are no tea trees in other places, and it is not a land that can grow tea."

Speaking of this, Brother Twelve said with a smile: "Now someone has found out that the foreign ministers who came to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays include Cao's father and son, who are waiting to block the gate of Cao's house. I want to ask Cao Yong to point out a place to grow tea." There are many people here. Just look at it, maybe the post recommending Cao Yong has already gone up, and everyone expects to make a fortune from him. Wouldn’t it be more convenient if they could stay in Beijing?”

The sixteenth elder brother was dumbfounded when he heard it. He really didn't expect that Cao Yong had only been away from Beijing for more than a year, so how could he become a favorite?Moreover, this nickname is really ridiculous.He is already a child's father, which is too far from a "boy".

However, thinking that Elder Twelfth had previously received an errand from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Elder Sixteen asked, "Apart from the palace outside, are there people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs involved?"

Brother Twelve nodded: "That's right! The tea gardens that the Cao family handed over have been very promising in the past few years, and a lot of tea that went to Mongolia came from there. Those people got oil and water. They can also use the guise of earning money for the internal treasury, so they must pay special attention to the rumored 'tea boys' from the outside world."

The sixteenth elder brother remembered that when Cao Yong came to Beijing last year, he didn't have these words. He thought that in the twelfth lunar month last year, there was a tea-loving patriarch of the clan who sent gifts worth hundreds of silver and came to ask him for tea.However, due to the lack of prospects in the tea garden, there were more places for him to pay filial piety, and he couldn't make up for it, so he returned the gift and declined it politely. I think this "a thousand dollars are hard to change" is the allusion.

It's just that being missed by others like this, presumably Cao Yong is going to have a headache again.The sixteenth elder brother smiled unkindly, thinking about the mountain land Cao Yong bought in Changping, who would have thought that the land price would rise like this earlier, could it be that this cousin is really a "golden boy" who gathers money.

However, although Elder Sixteen smiled on his face, he became more and more vigilant in his heart. There are people who want to count on Cao Yong to make a fortune, and there should be a lot of people who hate him.If someone wants to use a knife behind his back, he has to weigh his own size.

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Cao Yong sat in the boat and sneezed several times in a row, thinking about it, who was talking about himself.

They came out of Yizhou on the third day of March, and boarded the ship at the pier in Daxing Town on the fourth day of March.

Except for Cao Yin and his wife, Cao Yong and his wife, Wu'er, Tianyou, Cao Song's former girls all accompanied him to Beijing.Zijing also brought several family members to accompany her.

Because of the inconvenience of living on the boat, Cao Yong took one of the boats with his father, and Chuyu waited for his mother-in-law Li to take the other boat.Two ships, followed by a cargo ship loaded with tribute, went north along the canal.

Knowing that the second wife would go to Beijing in the summer, Mrs. Li discussed with Chuyu, and after the Longevity Festival was decided, Mrs. Li went back to the south to take care of her. Chuyu took Wu'er to the capital side and waited for Mrs. Zhaojia to settle in Beijing before leaving.

Cao Quan hadn't lived in the capital much before his death. Except for Cao Song who lived in the capital with his elder brother a few years ago, it was the first time for the second-fang mother and son to return to the capital.Some relatives of the clan must be known.

In Daotai Mansion of Yizhou, the inner house was entrusted to Mr. Tian, ​​and the yamen was entrusted to Mr. Zhuang. The arrangement was considered proper.

Because he thought the cabin was stuffy, Cao Yong went to the deck, thinking of Ning Chun and Yong Qing for some reason.Tomorrow is Ningchun's anniversary festival. It has been a whole year, but he still hasn't been able to find out the reason for the change in the Ning family.Listening to what Cao Fang said, Yongqing seemed to know something about it. Although he had written to ask about it this year, Yongqing only passed it vaguely.

That is Jiazi Wanshou, it is inevitable to think about amnesty to the world.Yongqing is not accused of "heinous crimes". Counting the time, he should arrive in Beijing by the end of April or the beginning of May at the latest.

Cao Yong can only stay in the capital until the end of March at the latest. This time, he may not be able to wait until Yongqing.When old friends get together, I don't know how long it will take.After all, if there is no order or errand, a foreign minister like him cannot easily leave the residence, let alone enter Beijing at will.

If Daotai's three-year term is over, and then he becomes an official in the southwest and northwestern provinces, the day when he can return to Beijing will be even more distant.Thinking of this, Cao Yong couldn't help sighing, and began to miss the days in the capital. Although it was not as comfortable and comfortable as outside, there were many old friends and relatives, and many things that could not be let go.

Cao Yin wakes up from a nap and wants to talk to his son, but Cao Yong is nowhere to be seen.After asking the boy, Xiao came to the deck, and he also went out of the cabin, just in time to hear his son's sigh.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Cao Yong turned around and saw his father coming out. He smiled and said, "Father, don't sleep any longer? This swing is really sleepy."

Cao Yindao: "It's all over, but Yong'er, what are you feeling?"

Cao Yong smiled bitterly and said: "Father, it's strange to say that when I was in the capital earlier, I was looking forward to being released outside, and I was extremely impatient with dealing with the rich and powerful. I just felt that everyone came and went in vain, which was very boring. It’s a bit panicky. Some things can only be found and understood in the capital, and it’s easy for people to be confused when they are outside.”

Cao Yin frowned slightly, and asked, "Where did Yong'er get confused?"

Cao Yong looked at the distant sky, and replied: "My son has lived in fear for more than ten years, and he has never been able to feel at ease. He is always afraid of waking up from a dream. The destiny cannot be violated, and there will be sadness. Now, it seems that there is something wrong. It’s the same, the fear in my heart is much less, and I am also much more confused, and some don’t know what to do in the future!”

"The destiny cannot be violated? Is it our family? Or is it the father?" Cao Yin asked seriously.

Cao Yong didn't know why his father asked like this, as if he had missed something just now.

He was thinking about finding something to divert, when he heard Cao Yin say: "Thinking about it now, Yong'er seems to have a good idea of ​​our family and the future of being a father, otherwise he wouldn't be thinking about deficits when he was a teenager; A few years ago, I begged for Jinji Nalai in front of the imperial court early. Could it be that according to the destiny, going to Xia should be for my father..." At this point, he paused, and said: "Should I go for my father's death? It's not just a family matter In this way, even to the second elder brother, even as a father, you can't say that Long Live Lord is completely disappointed in the prince, but Yong'er has repeatedly advised the father to stay away from the prince and other princes. These things are not what you can do. I know, but where did Yong'er know about it?"

Even though the relationship between father and son is still close, Cao Yong dare not say that I am not your son, but a ghost.It's hard to say whether he can scare the other party, but he has already regarded himself as the son of the Cao family.

However, some words are uncomfortable to hold back in my heart.Therefore, Cao Yong tried his best to say in a very relaxed tone: "It's strange to say that my son often had strange dreams when he was young, dreaming about things that would happen a few years or even ten or twenty years later. In the dream, his father was Kangxi in the summer of 20 years. , who contracted malaria and traveled westward; his son died of illness a few years later, leaving behind his wife, Ma Shi, who gave birth to a posthumous child. Our family... our family was copied due to a deficit when the new emperor ascended the throne. Really, I have been worrying about it all these years. Now, no matter what, it is different from the dream!"

Cao Yin was silent for a while, Fang said: "In Yong'er's dream, the new emperor... the new emperor is the fourth elder brother?"

Cao Yong was shocked when he heard this.With his hands behind his back, Cao Yin said with a smile on his face, "Perhaps our ancestors were virtuous, and they deliberately called Yong'er to relieve our Cao family's crisis."

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Everyone, happy new year. . .

Nine asked for a guaranteed monthly pass, which was super demanding. . ^_^.

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