Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 479

On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Shengjia returned to Changchun Garden.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the Dachaohui, Changchun Garden, and Arrow Hall.

Perhaps it was because of the exhaustion of the journey, Kangxi looked clearer than before the tour, his face was solemn, and he looked more and more unpredictable.

No matter whether it was the royal family prince Baylor or civil and military officials, standing in the queue, they all had to be a bit apprehensive.

After the "killing eagle" incident, the eighth elder brother was reprimanded, and even Orondai, A Ling'a and others were reprimanded for "forming a party", so it is uncertain which one will be the next turn.

Since the crown prince's reserve position was unstable, privately he wanted to stand in line earlier, and there were more civil and military officials who had something to do with the eighth elder brother.

Pull out the radish and bring out the mud. If the Long Live Lord wants to pursue it, he doesn't know how many officials will be replaced in the court.

Surprisingly, not only was the eighth elder brother not listed in the court, Kangxi also did not mention this son.This point makes those who have ghosts in their hearts even more uncertain. Are they not planning to have a seizure, or do they have to wait for it to explode?
At today's court meeting, it was a bit dull, and it was just a promotion of some officials.

On the civilian side, A Lai, the son of the left concubine, was the Minister of Guanglu Temple, Yang Lin, the admiral of the Fujian Land Road, was the governor of Guangdong, and Chen Xuan of Fujian Taiwan Road was promoted to the governor of Pianyuan.

On the military officer's side, Yongjina, the deputy capital of Mongolia of the Red Banner, was adjusted to be the deputy capital of Manchuria of the Zhenghuang Banner; Deputy capital commander of the Mongolian army; Luo Yingzhu, the guard of the army, is the deputy capital commander of the Han army in the Zhengbai Banner; Niyahachu, the first-class bodyguard, is the deputy capital commander of the Mongolian army in the Zhenglan Banner.

Although it is common for officials to change at the end of each year, it is inevitable for civil and military officials to speculate about the promotion of the guards around him to the deputy capital commander of the Eight Banners.

I don't know if Long Live God is guarding against the Eight Banners Guards or the Gyeonggi Eight Banners?
Cao Yin and Cao Yong are two fathers and sons, but they have different minds and are different from everyone else.

Cao Yin stood in the queue of civil servants, bowed his head, and was very excited.After going to the south of the Yangtze River for more than [-] years, how can I not be a little excited to finally be able to stand in the court again?
Gently raising his head, looking at the aging Kangxi on the dragon chair, Cao Yin also felt sour when he thought about the 50-year relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

Although he has been a slave of the emperor for most of his life, acting as the emperor's eyes and ears, without any achievements, he has also witnessed the growth of a generation of emperors.

When I was young, the emperor who was not very talkative with a smile on his face; when he was young, he was the emperor who was tolerant in every possible way due to the control of powerful ministers; The emperor of today... and today, the emperor who is already old, but is becoming more and more majestic...

According to the rules, these officials cannot look directly at Tianyan, or it is disrespectful.

Cao Yinyuan was peeking from the side, but unconsciously he lost his composure, so he lifted it up.
Kangxi sat on a high dragon chair, looked at the officials below, and happened to see Cao Yin.

Seeing Cao Yin revealing his true feelings, Kangxi's tense expression gradually softened a lot.

The distance between the monarch and his ministers is only a few feet, but there are decades of time between them.

At that moment, Kangxi seemed to have returned to more than 50 years ago, when he was a young boy who had just ascended to the throne, and his mother Cao Sun led Cao Yin into the court.

Obviously he didn't understand anything at that time, so he pretended to be a little adult and gave Cao Yin pens and inks.

Thinking of this, Kangxi narrowed his eyes to hide the confusion in his eyes.

Are you really old?In recent days, I have become more and more fond of recalling the past, and the scenes from the memory are as vivid as a picture book.

For what happened in front of my eyes, I was in a trance unconsciously, and I always couldn't remember it.

Although he has been an emperor all his life and is used to being unique, Kangxi still has some fear in his heart when facing aging and death.

He didn't want to become an aging emperor and lose his authority, so he could only try his best to conceal his changes.

Cao Yong is different from Cao Yin. Even though he has been an official for many years, the idea of ​​"loyalty to the emperor" cannot be born in his mind.

He understands the worship of the royal family by those young people educated by Confucianism, but he will not follow the trend; he also understands Cao Yin's unwavering loyalty to Kangxi because of "the king's kindness", but he is unwilling to "inherit the father's legacy".

What Chu Yu said once again confirmed the previous guesses of Cao Yong and Mr. Zhuang.

Mrs. Li may be the biological daughter of Prince Yu Fuquan, or the biological daughter of the emperor on the dragon chair.

It would be a lie to say that there is no curiosity. Cao Yong has thought a lot since he knew that his mother was not an ordinary clan daughter, but a direct or close branch of the royal family.

Even, when seeing Kangxi and sixteen elder brothers, Cao Yong felt a little strange.

Of these two, one may be his maternal grandfather or great-uncle, and the other may be his biological uncle or cousin.

Li's life experience has been hidden for more than 40 years, and there must be something that violated the royal taboo, otherwise Kangxi would not wrong his daughter or niece to stay in the folk, and finally pointed to Cao Yin, who was not a few years younger than himself, as his successor .

Of course, there is a reason for trusting the Cao family, but does it also mean that he also has a grudge against this niece or daughter, and does not really love him?
It's too complicated, Cao Yong felt that his hair was numb, it's better to be simple, it's better to be simple.

Having Li Xu as his uncle already caused him a headache; he didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to have the prince elder brother or Prince Yu of the Man Dynasty become his uncle.

This matter has to be sorted out with my father, so that I can keep it a secret for the rest of my life.Even for Li, being the daughter of the Li family is much better than having an unknown father and an abandoned life experience.

Can things really go your way?No way of knowing.

Cao Yong stood in the queue, thinking wildly like this in his heart, but on the face he acted submissively.

After staying up for nearly an hour, it was finally time to beat the court.After Sheng Jia started driving, the atmosphere in the whole arrow hall was different.

Because Qin Tianjian's previously calculated sealing date is today, so this is the last court meeting before the year.

After the dynasty was over, the officials went back to the yamen to seal the seal, and then began to take annual leave. How could it not be exciting.

How about the eighth brother, I will worry about it in the next year.After getting through today's hurdle, and the New Year's Eve, everyone doesn't want to think about being dismissed from office.

After all, it is not auspicious, and even thinking about it makes people feel unlucky.

They were really happy. Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Brother Nine's face was so dark that it frightened people.

Earlier, before the eighth elder brother had an accident, these people were all obsequious; now that the eighth elder brother has not come to a conclusion, they can't wait to confess immediately.

Even when they met the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, they seemed to be hiding from disaster, a little alienated and a little hypocritical in their respect.

It's just that I don't know what the emperor's father is thinking now, even though Brother Nine is dissatisfied, he doesn't dare to be as casual as before.He patted Elder Brother Ten on the shoulder, and the two brothers went out together.

These days, although the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother exchanged letters constantly, some words could not be put on the pen. You always have to ask about the scene of the accident in order to think of something.

Cao Yin handed over the invitation card before the court meeting, and after the court was over, a servant came to summon him.He turned his head, glanced at his son, nodded at him, and followed the waiter to see him.

On Cao Yong's side, he was a little impatient when he heard Wang Jingceng talk about what he had seen and heard during the tour.

These things, when Wang Jing had just returned to Beijing the previous day, Wang Jing had already talked about them in the yamen for a long time.Now the grown-up read it again as if he forgot for some reason.

Tang Zhiyu still looked serious, but Yi Duli was too lazy to deal with it, coughed, and said: "Master Cao, Mr. Wang, are we going back to the Yamen together?"

Cao Yong nodded without saying anything, and just as Wang Jingzeng was about to nod, he saw Elder Sixteen strolling over with a smile.

Headed by Cao Yong, all the people leaned over and said, "Master Sixteen."

Brother Sixteen waved his hand with a smile, and said: "My lords, you don't have to be polite. Your Master Cao borrowed it first, and I have something to say to you, Master Cao."

Cao Yong once served as the companion of the sixteenth elder brother, and it is well known that the two have a good relationship.

However, when Elder Sixteen said this, everyone didn't know what to say, so Cao Yong said: "My lords, please go back to the Yamen first. I will accompany Lord Sixteen to say a few words, and then I will go back quickly. There will be no delay." The kung fu of the yamen seal."

Everyone agreed, said goodbye to sixteenth elder brother, hugged Cao Yong again, and left with them.

The sixteenth elder brother looked at the backs of the crowd, turned his head and saw that there was no one else in front of him, and asked Cao Yong in a low voice: "I heard that Wang Jingzeng's nerd is usually very arrogant, so he didn't give you face? You are young and tender, don't you?" To be bullied?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "No matter how young you are, you have been in the Yamen for several years, so you won't be bullied."

Although there were not many people coming and going outside the arrow hall, there were some officials who hadn't left the garden talking in twos and threes, which was really not a place to talk.

The sixteenth elder brother said to Cao Yong: "Come with me to my side for a stroll. I just asked for two strings of beads in Rehe Temple, one for my Da Gege, and the other for your daughter..." Said When I got here, I paused, and said: "I know you don't believe in ghosts and gods very much, but I just want to be at ease."

Cao Yong felt warm in his heart when he heard it, and said: "Thank you, Lord Sixteen. Now I am also confused about ghosts and gods. Although I told myself that I shouldn't believe it, I also hoped that the Buddha would appear." At the end, Thinking of Tianhui, he finally couldn't help sighing.

Brother Sixteen saw him like this, and hurriedly said: "Look what I'm talking about this morning? My aunt and uncle can go to Beijing, and my son is back, so I should see that these are good. By the way, you two days ago I didn't catch up with the family's happy event, but I was going to join in the fun. It's fine to have a drink or something, the main thing is to go to say hello to my cousin and aunt."

Cao Yong listened and said: "Well. My mother also talked about the encounter between the empress and the sixteenth master several times. It's just that the empress followed her, and she couldn't see her if she wanted to ask for peace. The next two times are in Beijing, and the empress can summon her. , Mother handed over the sign to see you, there is always hope of meeting."

The two walked and chatted, and after they finished their gossip, Brother Sixteen lowered his volume and asked, "Fu Ruo, who do you think wrote those two birds? Could it be, Brother Fourteen? He is in Beijing this time. Among them, there are no retinues, if you can stretch your hand to the side of Yujia camp, that ability should not be underestimated!"

Regardless of whether it is the fourteenth elder brother or not, as long as Kangxi does not want to get into trouble, then the eighth elder brother will be blamed.

Cao Yong thought for a moment, then said: "Whether it was him or not, there is no evidence, so it's hard to say; but it's him who got the most cheap, and it shouldn't take long for everyone to know."

Having said that, Cao Yong couldn't help being taken aback.

Yes, eighth elder brother is unlucky, and fourteenth elder brother will benefit the most from behind-the-scenes to front stage.

However, such blatant benefits are the fourteenth elder brother's arrangement?
Even before, no one would suspect the Fourteenth Elder Brother as the "dead eagle"; after the Fourteenth Elder Brother replaced the Eighth Elder Brother, what kind of speculation would Kangxi and the other elder brothers have in the court?
Is it because the fourteenth elder brother saw that Kangxi was old and couldn't wait to accumulate his own strength; or was there someone behind the scenes who cleverly used tricks to make the eighth elder brother dumb to eat coptis, and he couldn't tell what he was suffering?

Do not know why, Kangxi's gloomy face flashed in Cao Yong's mind.

The eighth elder brother "benefited" the most from his downfall, and Kangxi himself...

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Kangxi sat on the kang, looked at the ground Cao Yin bowed to kneel, and said: "Stop kneeling, sit and talk."

Wei Zhu stood in the room, and after hearing Kangxi's words, he immediately moved a round stool covered with soft cushions, and placed it two steps away from the side of the Kang.

Since it was the emperor's golden mouth and jade teeth, Cao Yin had no choice but to thank him first, and then sat down with his back.He raised his head to look at Kangxi, and babbled, but under the excitement, he was a little speechless.

When Kangxi saw him like this, he couldn't help being a little moved, and laughed at himself: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, do you think I'm old? Not to mention you, even I am too tall to dare to look in the mirror."

Cao Yin hurriedly shook his head and said, "Master Long Live doesn't look old, it just looks like it's clearer than last spring. The slave is happy. I went to the south for 30 years, and I dreamed every day to return to Master Long Live to work as an errand, and finally came back... "At the end, I couldn't help crying.

"Do you want to work by my side?" Kangxi looked at the tearful Cao Yin, muttering in his mouth...

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