Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 403
Xu is because Cao Shuo has always been honest and responsible, and Xu is Zhaojia's too many mundane affairs recently, so he didn't notice any changes when the second son lived in the front yard for more than half a month.Therefore, the inner courtyard is very peaceful.

Chuyu's stomach has been in for more than six months, and the reaction of soreness is relatively strong.Although Xiaobie is better than newlyweds, Cao Yong did not dare to be too presumptuous.Even though he works hard every night, he mostly rubs Chuyu's arms and thighs.

Because Chu Yu suffered so much, the two felt a little worried when they thought of Cao Yi, so they sent their mother-in-law over to have a look.Knowing that the pregnancy is very good there, and there is no big reaction, the husband and wife are relieved.

Cao Yong thought about it, and found a day in a few days to go to Jueluo Mansion.According to the customs in Beijing, when the daughter gets married and gives birth to her first child, the grandfather will prepare the rocking cart for her.

Now, although Cao Quan is not here, Cao Yong remembers it.Thinking of the scene when Cao Yi fed him steamed buns with a dark face back then, he told himself to keep this sister happy and healthy.

On this day, when I arrived at the Yamen of Taipu Temple, Cao Yong was doing routine work again. The instructions that should be written should be stamped with a seal.

Every year, Shengjia leaves Beijing in early May to go outside the Great Wall, but this year it is scheduled to be in mid-April, so the horses needed for driving have already been trained and inspected.

Wang Jingzeng has been here for a long time, and he knows that Cao Yong's position cannot be shaken, and he is also much more peaceful.He is in charge of several offices under the Taipu Temple under his name. He manages them carefully and has a lot of work. He no longer picks people here and there all day long.

Tang Zhiyu was still the same as before, working hard all day, like a nanny in a yamen inside and out.

Only Yiduli is the most leisurely. This Shaoqing of Taipusi originally had a job, but he was divided into two vacancies.Although there are departments under his name, they are all departments that do nothing for a month.He goes to the yamen every day, and it's really just a formality to mix up his salary.

Today, he was a little restless, so he walked in front of Cao Yong when he had nothing to do, it was mysterious.

Cao Yong asked him what's the matter, he just laughed, saying that he would talk about it after leaving the Yamen.

Cao Yong wondered, wouldn't it be better to show off, it's been more than a month.

Because it's April and Lixia is here, the time of falling in this yamen is different from the past.In winter and spring, at the beginning of the afternoon ([-]:[-] p.m.), officials like Cao Yong can leave at noon.Xia Qiu, on the other hand, would not be able to settle down until Youchu (five o'clock in the afternoon). Even if Cao Yong and the others left early, it would only be half an hour earlier.

Yi Duli scratched his ears and scratched his head, and waited until noon, when he saw that the yamen's business was over, and there was no need to make room for it, so he pulled Cao Yong out.

Seeing his urgency, Cao Yong couldn't help laughing and said, "What is it that makes your lord act like this?"

Yidu laughed so loudly that he called his chief to come over with a plain satin package, and said, "Furuo, I took a concubine and you gave me a great gift, so I was thinking of finding something to give you in return. I know you are capable." Yes, it is much richer than I have. Those worldly customs and rituals are just a formality, and they can't express my heart. Here, they are rare things. If you give them to Furuo, they can also cultivate your body and mind, so as not to save you when you are young. It’s not easy to look at!” At the end, he suppressed a smile, took the package from the long hand, and handed it to Cao Yong himself.

Seeing that he was smiling strangely, Cao Yong asked: "What is it? It can express the heart of the adults. I have to take a good look at it!" Then he opened the package.

Yi Du immediately reached out his hand to stop him, and said with a somewhat smug smile: "Fu Ruo is impolite, how can anyone look at the gift directly in front of people? I'll see it when I get back to the house, this is a treasure, you will thank me!"

Seeing him like this, Cao Yong didn't want to open the package first. He only felt that there was a big wooden box inside, which was very heavy.

However, Cao Yong saw that Yidu stood in the yamen and did not mention it, and avoided Tang Zhiyu, an upright gentleman. It can be seen that the things here are not easy to mention in public.

Thinking of a few days ago, Cao Yong's expression was a little stiff when he accidentally saw Yiduli sending people to buy tiger whip and deer whip.

The person in front of him doesn't think he got something good, so he should find someone to share it with.However, how can Cao Yong compare with him?
There are wives and concubines in his family, and there is a heart and soul in the outer house. He is physically weak and needs tonic.

Cao Yong only guarded a wife with a big belly, and she was already suffering from nosebleeds every now and then. If she continued to make up for it, something big would happen.

When he got back to the mansion, Cao Yong took the burden and went to the study room, thinking that if it was really the aphrodisiac thing, he would borrow flowers and offer Buddha to Mr. Zhuang, so as to save the two little teachers and mothers from having a hard time.

Coincidentally, after lunch, Mr. Zhuang was out for a walk to digest his food, when he met Cao Yong.

"What good thing is this? It's a big bag!" Mr. Zhuang put his hands behind his back and looked at the package in Cao Yong's hand with a smile.

Cao Yong smiled and said: "This one hasn't been opened yet, the gift from Yi Duli, if it is not complete, it is something that Mister has to use!"

"Oh, what is used by the old man?" Mr. Zhuang felt a little curious when he heard him say this.

While talking, the two went to the study, Cao Yong smiled and unwrapped the package and opened the box.

What's inside is not those tonics, but a box full of books.

Cao Yong was quite surprised, so he took a book with the words "Hua Ying Ji" on it, but it was a book he hadn't read.He found a few more at random, such as "Liner Bao", "Yin Feng Xiao", "Curse Jujube", "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance", but there are familiar titles in them.

In the early years in the Jiangning Ethnology School, those older classmates, privately passed on these were the ones they watched.

Under the books, there are some thin booklets, but when they are opened, they are delicately painted erotic palaces.

Seeing Mr. Zhuang, he couldn't help stroking his beard and said with a smile: "Is this what the old man should use?"

Cao Yong smiled and shook his head, really can't think of how Yiduli thought of sending these.Could it be that he loves Fang Zhongshu now and thinks that others are like this because of his heart-to-heart comparison?
But Mr. Zhuang remembered something, put away the smile on his face, thought for a moment, and said: "Could it be that the imperial court is going to issue a ban on books again?"

"Book ban?" For some reason, when Cao Yong heard this, he remembered the "Nanshan Collection" case the year before last, put down the book in his hand, and his heart became heavy, and asked, "Could it be another literary inquisition?"

"Probably not!" Mr. Zhuang shook his head, and said: "Nowadays, he has a good reputation and has always governed the country with 'benevolence and filial piety'. The case of the year before last was just an excuse, not to attack scholars." Having said that, he Heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "Maybe we have thought too much, and it's just an ordinary ban. Since Yi Duli can get the news, it's just a matter of two days!"

"I hope so!" Cao Yong sighed.

What Mr. Zhuang expected was true. The next day, at the Xiaochao meeting, Kangxi told the Ministry of Rites: If you want to correct people's hearts and respect customs, you must uphold classics, and strictness is definitely not a holy book.This is not easy reason.Recently, it is not unreasonable to see that many novels are sold in the market, which are absurd and vulgar.Not only to seduce the foolish people, but even the gentlemen, it is inevitable that they will wander around and bewitch their hearts.All the customs are not detailed and should be strictly prohibited immediately.How to destroy his books, how to ask the sellers what to do, and how to write Jiuqing, Zhan, Shike and Dao conference instruments.

Cao Yong, the Minister of Taipusi, is also one of the nine ministers, and also participated in a discussion of the six departments and nine ministers.Of course, this is a matter of enlightenment, and the opinions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites are still the main ones, and the Ministry of Punishment is supplemented. The officials of other yamen are just going through the motions.

After the collegial discussion, the six ministries and nine ministers finalized the memorial, that is, "Where every shop sells a novel, it will be handed over to the Eight Banners Dutong, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Shuntian Mansion in the capital; The civil and military officials who belong to them will be strictly inspected and banned. The engravings and books will be destroyed together. If you still make engravings, you will be appointed as an official and dismissed; Three years. If the officer fails to find out, he will be fined six months for the first time, one year for the second time, and downgraded by one level for the third time.”

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials will hand over the sign and send the playbook to the imperial court for permission.

Although the rest of the book banning matters are all the affairs of the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion and the Yamen of the Infantry Commander. Cao Yong did not see it personally, but he can imagine the situation of the big bookstores in the capital.

For those obscene novels, Cao Yong is also in favor of the ban.After all, he has several younger brothers in his own family, all half-grown children.Regarding the matters of men and women, if there is no enlightenment on these things, they will not be like this.

However, for "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are also listed as banned books, Cao Yong is a little speechless.

"Water Margin" is about rebellion, which does not conform to the teachings of the imperial court. If it is banned, it can be touched. "Journey to the West" is a mythological novel, but from the Ming Dynasty to the present, it has been on the list of banned books by the imperial court every time.

However, this also reminded Cao Yong that books should not only be banned in the city, but also should be "harmonious" and "harmonious" in his own home, but there are several teenagers.

After returning to the mansion, Cao Yong went to find Cao Song and told him one thing: he swept up the study rooms of Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang, and searched out all the novels that were not suitable for teenagers to read.

Cao Song took his command and went boldly and proudly.

Cao Yong thought of Yi Duli's gift, picked out a few books that he hadn't read, and planned to take them to the backyard as bedside books.

He is indeed a double standard, who made him an adult, those two are teenagers.In addition, he also found two erotic books with excellent illustrations, and planned to take them to read with Chu Yu, and it would be good to add some boudoir fun.

After a while, Cao Song turned around, but his expression was not full of complacency, and he only had a few thin books in his hand.

Cao Yong stood up and took it. There were only three copies in total. He was a little strange and said: "That's all, there are few blames. Have you been to Songyuan and Liuyuan?"

Songyuan is the residence of Cao Shuo, and Liuyuan is the residence of Cao Xiang.

Cao Song scratched his head, and said: "Well, the two brothers in the yard have gone, so I just found these three books! It's okay, these two boys are pretty good-looking!"

Cao Yong didn't believe it, and said: "But I have checked carefully, these books can't be placed on the desk, maybe they are hidden under the bedside desk!"

Cao Song said with a smile: "Brother, my younger brother has also hidden these books. How can I know what I can hide? I have turned over all the places that can be hidden! The fourth child is still young, and the third child is a bookworm. If you don't avoid people, you will fall over once you turn over!"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "It's good to find it clean, they are still young, looking at these things is not beneficial, and they are distracting and delaying their homework!"

Cao Song hesitated for a moment, then asked falteringly: "Brother, there is also my younger brother, do you want to find it too?"

Cao Yong shook his head with a smile and said: "When you are old, even if you don't read books, you are still at an easy age. Why do you still use these forms? You just need to remember that you are the elder brother. No matter how you do things, there are still younger brothers and sisters watching. on."

Cao Song nodded solemnly, and said: "Brother, my brother knows, and I will be a responsible person in the future. I will not let my brother down, and I will not let my brothers and sisters be ashamed because of my brother!"

Cao Yong was very pleased to see that he was sensible, and said: "I don't ask you to shine on the lintel and support the door, but to be a man of integrity!"

The two brothers chatted a few more gossips, and they left the study and went back separately.

Chu Yu was lying crookedly on the soft couch outside because of her uncomfortable body.Seeing Cao Yong came back, she wanted to get up to greet her, but was hurriedly supported by Cao Yong, and said: "Since it is uncomfortable, you should lie down well. Is it possible that if you don't go down to the ground, I won't be able to change my clothes?"

Chu Yu laughed and said, "I've been laying down for a while too, and I want to get down on the ground and move around too!"

Cao Yong looked at her protruding belly and said: "This is bigger than when I was pregnant with Tianyou. I can't blame you for being uncomfortable. Did your legs cramp again today?"

Chu Yu nodded and said, "I smoked twice after lunch, just let Xiyun rub it for me!"

Cao Yong was a little worried, and said: "It's not a problem if you go on like this. I'll ask the imperial doctor to come and have a look tomorrow to see if I need to make up for you."

Because it concerns the heirs in her belly, Chu Yu didn't dare to be disrespectful, so she nodded and said hello...

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(End of this chapter)