Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 339 Calling on the Heart of the Golden Gate
Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

Kangxi sat cross-legged on the kang, and two great scholars sat on the wooden stilts beside the kang. It was to report that Pan Zongluoshu, the former governor of Pianyuan, asked to reclaim wasteland and expand the limit.Now that Pan Zongluo has resigned, whether he should take over as governor should be investigated and discussed in detail.

When Kangxi heard this, he thought about the situation when he inspected the river affairs over the years, and said: "Money and grain affairs are important affairs of the country and should not be ignored. When I inspected the river in the past, I saw the place where Zhili was rushed from Yuanjiakou to Nianyongding River. Now The people all built houses to live in, and farmland on the riverbanks, no less than tens of hundreds of hectares, has not been taxed. In the past, willows were planted in front of the embankment of the Yellow River in the south of the Yangtze River to the remote embankment, and in front of the open space in the middle, for the river workers to use; these years, there They were all plowed by the local people, and no class was ordered." Speaking of this, he frowned, and said: "But there are books coming up every year, which show that the fields near the Yellow River have been washed away. Please find out the number. The land that has been flushed should be exempted from money and grain, but the newly cultivated land should not be charged money and grain? Well, send someone down to inspect the barren land in Hunan, and all states and counties will have detailed investigations.”

The two great scholars stood up and agreed, and then mentioned the matter of filling in the vacancy of the Minister of the Ministry of officials.Wu Yifei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, died of illness in May. The post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials was vacant, and has not been filled up to now.

Kangxi pondered for a moment, and said: "Zhang Penghe, Minister of the Ministry of Households, is a sincere and trustworthy person. He looks very good now, and he can be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The Minister of the Household Department was promoted by Zhao Shenqiao, the left capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Liu Qian, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, was the capital. The Censor of the Left Capital of the Procuratorate."

After saying a few more words about government affairs, Kangxi asked the two old ministers to kneel down.

After the two ministers went out, Kangxi's face became a little gloomy, and he said to the eunuch Wei Zhu who was standing beside him, "Is Fu Erdan here?"

Hearing the chill in this voice, Wei Zhu's heart was agitated, and he quickly bowed and said, "Return to Master, Mr. Fu is already waiting outside the hall!"

Kangxi nodded and said, "Tell!"

Wei Zhu went out in response to the sound, and after a short while, Fu Erdan, the minister of the interior, followed in with his head bowed, and said on his knees: "Slave Fu Erdan would like to enter the master!"

Kangxi waved his hand, motioned him to stand up and speak, and asked: "But the investigation is clear, why did elder brothers gather together yesterday? What are the details, and who else is involved?"

Because many princes and elder brothers were involved, Fu Erdan did not dare to respond casually, took out a pocket from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands: "Master, I heard that it is the thirteenth elder brother's birthday, and all the princes and elder brothers came to the house to celebrate his birthday. Among them, the detailed situation, the slave will truthfully report it in the notebook."

Kangxi signaled Wei Zhu to hand over the booklet, and opened it to read, but the more he looked at it, the more angry he became.He snorted coldly, slapped the bag on the kang table next to him, and said angrily: "What a good brother brother and brother! The old concubine in the palace is seriously ill, and the queen mother is very worried. I have stopped the banquet, but they are happy. !"

Fu Erdan bowed his head and remained silent, but his heart was a little nervous.

Lord Long Live is already old, and he is more guarded against the princes.I'm afraid that what made him angry was not the princes feasting and listening to the opera, but the word "gather together".A crown prince has already made the Long Live Lord exhausted; if the princes and elder brothers join hands, then the Long Live Lord may not be able to bear the blow.

After Kangxi said those words, his face was gloomy, he pondered for a long time, and said to Fu Erdan: "Is Zhuang Xi leading into the palace?"

Fu Erdan leaned over and replied: "Return to the master, the garden he entered with the servant today, I will see you outside now!"

Kangxi nodded, and said to Fu Erdan: "You kneel down, go and pass on my words, and call him in!"

After a while, I saw Zhuang Xi bowing in, knelt down on the ground, and said: "Slave... Slave Zhuang Xi has seen the master!"

Kangxi originally wanted to give him a few words, but when he saw his gray hair and his old appearance, he waved his hands and said, "Okay, get up, now I remember that I am the master! If I don't pass it on to you, you won't know how to pass the sign Humph, I can't blame Mammy for calling you a stubborn boy!"

The nanny in Kangxi's mouth is Cao Yong's grandmother Caosun's old lady. Zhuang Xi and his brother Zhuang Chang were also born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their father and grandfather were accused of offending the powerful minister Obai and sentenced to death.

Kangxi knew the inside story, and in order to protect the two brothers, he sent someone to Cao Xi in Jiangnan.In the eighth year of Kangxi, after Obai was arrested and interrogated, the two brothers returned to the capital.It is for this reason that Zhuang Xi told Cao Yong that his ancestor had a feeling of nurturing him.

Seeing that Kangxi's words were not annoyed, Zhuang Xi replied in a low voice: "Master, this slave is not an official now, and it is not in compliance with the rules to hand out the sign to see you!"

Kangxi pointed to the wooden scorpion next to the kang, and said, "Sit down! I have been too lazy to pay attention to you these years, so I don't know that you still know the rules?"

This means that Zhuang Xi visited Suo'ertu against Kangxi's will.Zhuang Xi didn't dare to respond, and sat sideways, as a gesture of obedience.

"I heard that you had a daughter two years ago, but I haven't rewarded you yet. Your father was originally the noble of Captain Qingche, but he was attacked by your elder brother in the early years. Since you don't want to become an official, you should become Captain Yunqi! "Kangxi thought of the memory of his youth, and he felt much more relieved.

Although Zhuang Xi doesn't care about fame and fame, and doesn't care whether he is a commoner or not, but when Niu Niu grows up, it depends on the family when she grows up.Therefore, Zhuang Xi was even grateful to Kangxi for his sympathy, and got up from his chair to kowtow to thank him.

Kangxi shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, sit and talk. I never saw you behave like this when I was a child. Who said you were going to throw me somersault!"

This is an old saying when I was young, Zhuang Xi sat down, and said with a smile: "Huangkou is ignorant, and the mother has not stopped training the slaves!"

Kangxi recalled the past when he was young, and Cao Sun's kindness, sighed, and said: "After so many years, the mother has passed away, and everyone is old! Now, your brother and Cao Yin are in the south, and you are In the capital, if you have nothing to do, go to my place more often, even talking about ancient times is good!"

"Master Meng remembers the servant, it is the blessing of the servant, and the servant is always ready to respond!" Zhuang Xi leaned back and replied.

Kangxi nodded, and glanced at the folder on the Kang table from the corner of his eyes, remembering the original intention of calling Zhuang Xi to come to the imperial court, and asked: "I was busy on the day when Cao Yong returned to Beijing to discuss his errands, so I didn't ask much. How did I hear that there were still Mongolians?" Children or something, what is the reason for this?"

About Hang Seng, Cao Yong didn't hide it from Zhuang Xi at all.Although I don't want to reveal Hang Seng's real life experience to the outside world, it's just because ethics are respected nowadays, and the world despises the identity of "illegitimate child".In his heart, there was no intention of deceiving the emperor.Therefore, Zhuang Xi knew the details.

After listening to Zhuang Xi's replay, Kangxi frowned slightly, and said, "Don't do your job properly, the benevolence of a woman!" Although he blamed him, his complexion was quite complicated.

He picked up the brochure that Fu Erdan handed over just now, and asked again: "Cao Yong has been very close to Lao Shisan all these years?"

Zhuang Xi replied: "That's true. Although Cao Yong is not sociable, he is very grateful. He still remembers the life-saving kindness of the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother. The fourth elder brother is in charge of the ministry, and Cao Yong is avoiding Suspects, although they seldom communicate with each other, but their gratitude has not diminished, and they are often presented with filial piety on New Year's Day. At the Thirteenth Elder Brother, Cao Yong has communicated more in recent years!"

"Filial piety? Those Buddhist incense?" Kangxi couldn't help but smile, and said: "I didn't expect him to be a child at heart. Now, all civil and military officials, who have sharpened their heads and drilled their heads. It's better for him to avoid the powerful elder brother, Run to Old Thirteen!" Having said that, he glanced at Zhuang Xi and said, "You taught him this?"

Zhuang Xi hurriedly said: "Cao Yong has such a temperament, and he has no greed for fame and fortune. The slaves have only done their best to serve as staff these years, and dare not be greedy for merit!"

"He's too screwy, I really want to praise him, but he seems to be afraid of getting into trouble!" Kangxi couldn't help being a little angry: "You bastard who doesn't know what to do!"

Zhuang Xi sighed in his heart, thinking about the relationship between Kangxi and Cao Yong, he somewhat understood why he raised Cao Yong so much.Fearing that he would misunderstand Cao Yong, he thought about it and said something else about Cao Yong's fall from the horse last year.

At the beginning, when Cao Yong submitted the book, he only said that it was the bandits in Shandong, and Kangxi still remembered it.Now, hearing what Zhuang Xi said, Kangxi's face turned dark, and he asked Zhuang Xi, "There really is such a bastard who acts recklessly! What does Cao Yong say?"

"Cao Yong is worried that the other party will continue to harm others and affect relatives, so he also plans to investigate carefully so that the villain will be brought to justice!" Zhuang Xi said after deliberation.

Kangxi nodded, quite satisfied, and said to Zhuang Xi: "Since that's the case, please help him. If you can't find out the news in Beijing, you can ask Fu Erdan!"

Zhuang Xi agreed, and then he heard a servant at the door saying: "I want to send a message to the Lord Long Live, Brother Hongxi, please see me!"

When Kangxi heard that the eldest grandson was coming, his face showed a touch of kindness, and he said to Zhuang Xi: "Kneel down, don't forget what I said, and turn around here more often in the future. You don't need to hand over the sign. When you want to come, let Fu Erdan Replay I am!"

Zhuang Xi got up and knelt down, thanked Kangxi again for the reward, and then left the house.

Outside the door of the study, Hong Xi was waiting impatiently, when he saw an old man in ordinary clothes, he felt a little surprised, looked carefully, and was about to ask who it was, when he heard the servant come out to summon him.

Hongxi turned around, looked at Zhuang Xi's back, and Fang followed the servants into the room.

Today is the second day of junior high school, and I am catching up with Cao Yongxiumu.

Knowing that Yongqing's wife, Qi Jia, is due to give birth soon, Chuyu wants to visit her.Cao Yong remembered that when he went to see Yongqing a few days ago, he heard that he wanted to meet Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, so he said to Chu Yu: "Why don't you ask Tian to go with Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, and Yong Qing is also thinking about these two nephews!"

Chu Yu had nothing to say, so she sent someone to invite Tian's mother and son to go out with her.

When Tian was in Ningchun Mansion, she was just a girl in the inner courtyard, but she didn't know who the family of this Uncle Yongqing was going to be.But I also knew that since Cao Yong and his wife wanted to take their mother and son out, there was a reason after all, so they didn't ask much.

Cao Yong took Chuyu to Yongqing's house before he took over in May.It was the same today, Chu Yu didn't ride in the princess's carriage, but with Tian's in an inconspicuous green cloth-covered carriage.The maidservant carried Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng into the carriage behind.

Cao Yong was wearing regular clothes and took several long followers with him in the car.

The Little Bowsmith Hutong in Fucheng Gate is also in Xicheng, not too far from Cao's house, within two quarters of an hour.

Because the Cao family envoy sent a post yesterday, Yongqing has been waiting for a long time.Hearing the news, he rushed out to greet him personally.

He had seen Chu Yu before, but it was the first time Tian had seen it. Yongqing looked at Cao Yong suspiciously.

Cao Yong said to Yongqing: "This is brother Jingming's Mrs. Ru!" After finishing speaking, he said to Tian's: "Sister-in-law, brother Yongqing is a close friend of brother Jingming just like me. You can call uncle !"

Tian's family heard the words, and after Chu Yu gave Yongqing a gift, he accepted a blessing and said: "I have met my uncle!"

When Yongqing heard this, he realized that it was Ningchun's concubine, he stopped smiling, and solemnly returned the gift, saying: "I heard from Fu Ruo that you have not been easy these two years, I thank you on behalf of my poor brother, I trouble you to persevere so that his blood will continue!"

Thinking of Ning Chun who passed away, Tian said with red eyes: "This is what a concubine should do, thank you for not daring to be an uncle!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was depressed, Cao Yong smiled and said to Yongqing: "Didn't my brother still talk about my nephews two days ago? My brother brought it here today. Let's talk in the room. It's cold outside. Don't freeze the children!"

Only then did Yongqing avoid being rude, and hurriedly invited everyone into the inner courtyard.

Qi Jia's belly was nearly eight months old, and it was inconvenient for her to walk, so she did not accompany her husband in the front yard, but took her daughter to wait in the inner hall.

When everyone arrived, they met again.

Seeing that Qi Jia's body was heavy, Chuyu was afraid of tiring her, so she and Tian followed her into the back room to talk.

Yong Qing looked at Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, full of joy, hugged Zuo Zhu in his arms, weighed their weight, and said to Cao Yong with a smile: "This little guy is very heavy, but he looks stronger than his brothers! "Speaking of this, thinking of Qi Jia's lost child last year, he said to Cao Yong with a little regret: "If your sister-in-law didn't have a miscarriage last year and gave birth to a child, it will be a birthday!"

When Cao Yong heard this, he was afraid that he would feel depressed, so he persuaded him: "Brother, don't think about it, just look at your eyes! You and your sister-in-law are young, and you add one every year. How many do you want?"
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