Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 288 Seeing Your Majesty the Golden Gate
Although Cao Yong said that he was already twenty, Brother Seven only thought he was like Hong Shu in his heart, for fear that he might have missed something.Although I know that he has a calm temperament and is too strong for young people of the same age, but as an elder, I can't completely rest assured.

"I've been busy with the grand ceremony this month, so I saw more people. I vaguely heard some rumors. It seems that someone in the official department is trying to recommend you back to Beijing. Do you know?" After thinking for a while, Brother Seven asked.

Cao Yong was taken aback when he heard the words. He only entered Beijing last night and only saw Naersu and Seishu.Na Ersu is on duty in the military department, and he is seen as a warrior, so he may not have heard of this matter, otherwise he would have brought it up when we met yesterday.

Seeing his expression, Seventh Brother knew that he probably didn't know, so he couldn't help shaking his head, and said: "Although both of you father and son are honest and responsible people, you must guard against other people's malicious intentions. I am looking for people on purpose. I checked and wanted to see who was behind the trouble, but it turned out to be ridiculous. After all the trouble, it turned out that someone was going away under the guise of me and Naersu. To do such a sneaky thing, it must not be settled with good intentions , but I still can't figure out what its purpose is."

Cao Yong remembered the matter of falling from the horse, touched his leg, hesitated for a moment, and said it to Brother Qi.

Seventh elder brother looked dignified, glared at Cao Yong, and said angrily: "Confused! How can you hide such a big matter? You should send a letter to Jingzhong immediately, so that people can check it. Which one you don't deal with, which one There are always clues to follow when the government sends people out of Beijing. It has been several months, but it is hard to find out, and it is hard to suffer this loss for nothing!"

It was the first time Cao Yong saw him get angry. He knew that he really cared about himself, and he was not angry. He explained: "At first, it was just an accident, and I didn't think there were other reasons. It was the end of the twelfth month, and I realized something was wrong."

Seventh elder brother said seriously: "I think you are okay, but you are too careless. Although it is good to be honest with others, you must be on guard against others. Even close relatives must be on guard."

Cao Yong heard something in his words, like an accidental point, just wanted to continue to ask, then he heard the voice of the steward of the palace outside, saying that the city gate was opened, and asked the prince if he would get up the sedan chair.

Seventh elder brother glanced at Cao Yong, waved his hands, and said: "Since your father is here, it is not good to keep you. You will go back to the Wangfu to have dinner tomorrow!"

Cao Yong nodded in agreement, got up and got off the sedan chair, and went forward to find his own carriage.

Wait for the waterwheel to enter the door, and wait for the chariots and horses here to leave the city one after another.

Because it was a night road, no one was rushing, and the carriages, horses and sedan chairs walked slowly towards Changchun Garden.

When the night wind blew, Cao Yong felt a little cold, tightened his clothes, and felt a little depressed.What the hell is brother-in-law doing? !He is the only one who can be called the "closest relative" and makes Seventh Prince ambiguous.

Although he didn't know Naersu's intentions, Cao Yong believed that he would not have malicious intentions, but the reason was that he couldn't figure it out for a while.Looking at him last night, he didn't look strange, but he was frank and tight.

However, even if Naersu had the best intentions, such self-assertive behavior still makes people feel uncomfortable.

After walking for nearly an hour, Cao Yong followed his father to the outside of Changchun Garden.Many officials here have already handed over signs, waiting to be seen by His Majesty.

After the carriage stopped, Cao Yong helped his father down, went forward to find the servant, and handed the father and son the please see sign.

Because only the governors of other provinces can hand over the badges, except for the capital officials of the third rank and above and the guards of the guards.Seeing that Cao Yin was serving as a fifth-rank official, the servant was about to return the sign, and saw that Cao Yong was standing beside him, so he withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "It turns out that Master Cao has come to Beijing. Look at the look in the servant's eyes." I just took a closer look." While speaking, he carefully looked at Cao Yin beside Cao Yong, and he recognized him, and hurriedly said, "Oh, Mr. Cao, why are you wearing this outfit? Fortunately, the servant is on duty, otherwise this I'm afraid the brand is not easy to accept."

But it was Wei Zhu, the servant next to Kangxi, who used to have a lot of friendship with Cao Yong.A few years ago, when Cao Yin met him outside Beijing, he had seen Cao Yin before, but just now he only looked at the mending clothes on his body and didn't recognize him.

Neersu had mentioned to Cao Yin and his son yesterday that the eunuch Liang Jiugong, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, had been arrested and imprisoned. He also mentioned that Wei Zhu had been promoted to deputy chief.

Although there is no need to make friends with these characters, they must not be offended.Cao Yong had already prepared a gift here, it was a brocade bag filled with high-quality beads, and he stuffed it directly into Wei Zhu's hand, saying: "I haven't seen you for two years, wait for another day to find me for a drink! These little things are special congratulatory gifts, don't be too thin, just keep them as rewards."

Wei Zhu squeezed the kit hard, with a troubled expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "Master Cao, if it is money, it is taboo right now."

Cao Yong laughed and said: "It's just a small thing. If the father-in-law likes it, keep it for fun. If he doesn't like it, it's also very good for others to use."

Wei Zhu slipped into her arms with a smile, raised her eyebrows and said, "It's still Master Cao who loves the servants, and the servants will not see each other like Master Cao." Having said this, he turned to Cao Yin and said, "Long Live Lord, you can talk about it for the past two days. I missed Master Cao quite a few times, and when I saw Master Li yesterday, I made a special trip to ask about it. This servant is going to pass the sign in front of Long Live God, Master Cao, please wait a moment."

Although Cao Yin could not understand his son having personal contacts with the servants, he himself had been a guard.The bodyguards and servants are both the emperor's servants, and they both work in the palace, so they have a good relationship, so it's not a taboo.Seeing that Wei Zhu was polite, he also thanked him.

When Wei Zhu turned around and entered the garden, many ministers surrounded him.

At first, the night was dark and the Cao family was small, so no one recognized their father and son.Just now while waiting, Cao's father and son talked to Wei Zhu.Although the people didn't know the content, they could see from a distance that Wei Zhu, an upstart courtier, was very polite to them.

Although Cao Yin had been away from Beijing for many years, he was still recognized by the ministers who accompanied him on the southern tour in previous years.

Those who came to say hello, some looked familiar, and some looked new, Cao Yin all politely returned the salute.

After two quarters of an hour, Wei Zhu came over panting, and said, "Long Live Lord, announce, Cao Yin, Cao Yong and his son see you!"

Cao Yin and Cao Yong knelt down hurriedly, and after hearing the decree, they professed the decree, got up and followed Wei Zhu into the garden.

The officials who got up and waited for His Majesty to see them couldn't help whispering as they watched the Cao family's father and son drift away.The Cao family in Jiangnan, the Cao family in Jiangnan, it seems that the holy family is still there!A well-informed person said: "Not only the Cao family, but also the Li family and the Sun family have gone to Beijing. Long live Lord is very sympathetic to the old ministers!"

There were two censors with academic backgrounds, and they couldn't help snorting after hearing such remarks.The so-called "old ministers" are just decent rhetoric, and these families are just the emperor's servants.Although Cao Yin, Li Xu, and Sun Wenqi didn't have any obvious bad deeds, they couldn't be called good officials either.

The Sun family is better. They have been careful and not ostentatious these years.The Cao and Li families have gone too far, saying that the current household department is in short supply, and the Li family is the big one.

Although the accounts of the Cao family are clean, it is only for self-interest and repaying the deficit of the family. After all, it is of no benefit to the country and the people.Far away in the south of the Yangtze River, Cao Yin is also cheap. If he is in the capital, with people like Yushi Yamen watching, how can he be so wanton?
Cao Yong, the son of Cao Yin, as a foreign minister, secretly married the prince elder brother.If it weren't for the accompanying reading, which made it difficult for them to make a fuss, I am afraid that the impeachment papers would have been full of imperial cases.

If you want to be an imperial envoy with iron bones, you will naturally have to take these "crickets of the country" into your sword. Even if they are powerful and powerful, even if they cannot be impeached and dismissed from office, it will still make Long Live Lord a little vigilant and not be deceived by these jesters.

Thinking of this, the two censors looked at each other, their eyes brightened a lot.

Although there are some selfish desires for fame, it does not hinder their loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.It seems that in the next few months, everyone will be very busy.Because of the Longevity Ceremony, many foreign ministers like the Cao family came to Beijing, and some of them behaved improperly if they were not kept together.

Although there will be troubles during the Longevity Festival, which will anger the Longevity Lord, but after the Longevity Festival, there will be no so many scruples.If you can catch the Cao family, it will be the best, and you will become famous among scholars; even if you can't catch the "fat meat" of the Cao family, other small fish and shrimps can be considered to have benefited.It's not difficult to get promoted and get rich.

Cao Yong didn't know that he had been positioned as "fat meat" by the censor, so he followed his father to Qingxi Bookstore to meet him.

The two guards on duty outside were acquaintances, one was Nalan Fusen and the other was He Shan.Nalan Fusen has been promoted to the first class guard, and He Shan has also been promoted to the second class.

Due to the need to silence, even though colleagues and old friends meet again, everyone can only nod their heads in greeting.Just seeing Cao Yin, Nalan Fusen bowed and saluted with a very respectful attitude.

Cao Yin nodded with a smile, and looked at Nalan Fusen with more loving eyes.

Nalan Fusen is the bastard son of Nalan Rongruo, and his biological mother remarried after Nalan died of illness, making his situation particularly embarrassing.If it weren't for the help of Nalan Rongruo's old friends like Cao Yin and Fu Ding, Kangxi would never have remembered that Nalan had this young son under his knees, and it would have been impossible for him to work in front of the imperial court.Therefore, he is very respectful and grateful to Cao Yin.

For a while, Wei Zhu went in to report and came out, and Xuan Cao Yin, Cao Yong and his son went in.

Counting from the twelfth lunar month of the 48th year of Kangxi, Kangxi and Cao Yin have not seen each other for three and a half years.When the two met each other, they were a little surprised to see each other's looks.

Long live the old man, Cao Yin only felt a sore nose, thinking of the child with a small chest and a little bit of arrogance when he went to and from the court when he was young.He flicked his sleeves and was about to kneel down and kowtow to salute.

Kangxi also felt uncomfortable. Speaking of which, Cao Yin was four years younger than himself, and he narrowly escaped death a few years ago.Now, although he looks better, he still looks very old. He doesn't look like a man in his 50s, but rather an old man in his seventies.

Seeing that he was about to kneel down, Kangxi couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly asked Cao Yong to help him.

Cao Yong followed behind his father, just about to kneel down with his father, when he heard Kangxi's dictation, he took a step forward and supported his father.

Kangxi sat on the kang, ordered Wei Zhu to move a chair, and asked Cao Yin to sit.

Cao Yin said he didn't dare, and only waited for Kangxi to ask to sit down again, Fang did it next to the chair.

Kangxi looked at Cao Yin's half-gray hair, sighed, and said, "It's only been a few years, we're all old!"

Cao Yin heard that there was a sense of desolation in his words, and said with a smile: "The slave is old, and the master doesn't show it when he looks at it. Except that he looks thinner, he is no different from the slave when he met the year before last."

Kangxi smiled wryly and shook his head, and said, "I know it well, you don't need to be relieved. In the past two years, I have thought too much and slept less, my hair has fallen out badly, and my physical strength is not as good as before!"

Standing behind his father, Cao Yong saw that Kangxi was very old, with age spots on his hands, and felt like a hero in his twilight years; looking at his father's more than half gray hair, he felt really uncomfortable.Although Cao Yin did not die in the 51st year of Kangxi as he did in history, his body was damaged too much and he was too weak to make up for it. I don't know how many years he can last.

Cao Yindao: "The master has a lot of things to deal with every day, so you need to take care of it. Speaking of which, there just happened to be a prescription for black hair here, which was found by the slave's son. The slave is used to it when he is young, and he is impatient to do it. It's okay. Borrowing flowers to present to the Buddha, to the Lord Long Live."

When Kangxi heard the words, he looked up at Cao Yong, nodded, and said to Cao Yin: "You are very lucky to have a good son who knows how to honor you."

Cao Yindao: "Don't dare to be praised by the Long Live Lord. He can't be a man of literature or martial arts, so what's the future? It's just that he grew up with the old lady, he is more honest, kind-hearted, simple and honest, and when he grows up, he will be taken care of by his master. There is no need for slaves to worry about it."

Kangxi couldn't help laughing when he heard Cao Yin's words, and said: "You, you, are you belittling your son or praising him!" When he said this, he paused and said: "I know the nature of Xiao Cao Yong! Really! I don't know how you taught your son. A good young man, to put it nicely, is called "cautious"; to put it badly, it means "no ambition" and lacks the vigor of a young man. Given his age and experience, even if he has What is wrong, I will still argue with it? In the early years, he was sent to the household department, just to train him. Although there is no mistake, there is no benefit." At the end of the speech, I couldn't help looking at Cao Yong. disappointment.

Cao Yong couldn't help slandering, you are the emperor, so naturally you can say anything.In case I really make a wrong step, there are national laws and family rules there, even if you are the emperor, you can't really indulge anyone to do whatever they want.

Seeing Kangxi's expression, Cao Yin said with a smile: "Master, although he is usually clumsy in speech, he only wants to be loyal to Master!"

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