Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 518
Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

The two ministers of the Ministry of Officials, as well as several Manchu and Han university scholars, were all writing their own manuscripts, thinking about how to recommend a new governor when Kangxi asked questions.

The Governor of Water Transport is a fat vacancy. The Governor of Water Transport, his Cao officials and Cao Ding are self-contained, with real power and oil and water. No one is just watching.

It's just that the news of Lang Tingji's death has just arrived in Beijing, and it hasn't had time to spread, so those adults who really want to find a job haven't got the news yet.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the great scholars are just weighing the interests and thinking about who to sell this great favor to.

Sometimes, it's just a sentence, but you can get a mutual support.

The governor of water transport, like the governors of the provinces, is directly responsible to the emperor.The Water Transport Yamen is located in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, whether it is far or close to the capital.

There is an old saying that goes well, there are people in the court who are good at being officials.Even if it is the governor-general, if he wants to be stable, he needs to have an important acquaintance in Beijing.

Otherwise, he would not be able to grasp the situation in the DPRK and China, and he might lose his title when he violated the taboo of ignorance.

As for the hall officials in Beijing, they are also happy to "make friends" with two foreign officials and receive some "gifts", otherwise, they will not be able to drink the northwest wind only on their salaries.

Kangxi didn't pay attention to the thoughts of these officials, he was really tired of the word "recommendation", and he was afraid that the foreign ministers who were released would have something dirty with his elder brother.

After thinking for a while, he put down the booklet in his hand, and said: "The governor of water transport has a great job, and he can be promoted by Shi Shilun, the governor of Yunnan, but his temperament is remote, and I have warned him before."

Everyone was very surprised, this Shi Shilun only left Beijing at the end of the twelfth lunar month, and went to Yunnan to take up his post, calculating the distance, I am afraid that he has not arrived in Yunnan yet.

Shi Shilun was originally the servant of the household department of the second rank. If he was released, he would be promoted to governor, but he would be demoted if he was governor.

Although he was born in a noble family, Shi Shilun was a bit out of date, so when the governor of Yunnan was vacant, everyone recommended him to be the governor.

Unexpectedly, it was a waste of work, and the old gentleman was coming back again.

Since it was hand-picked by the emperor's golden mouth, there was no room for them to speak again.

Since Shi Shilun was promoted to governor of water transportation, the vacant governor of Yunnan naturally had to be filled.However, in a place with poor mountains and bad waters, and the folk customs are tough, how many officials are willing to go there?
So everyone went to selfishness and reported the names of the governors in several places whose terms of office were about to expire one by one.

After Kangxi listened, he appointed Gan Guobi, the governor of Shandong Province, as the governor of Yunnan...

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Outside the gate of the Second Palace, Elder Sixteen, who was about to leave the garden, collided with Elder Seventeen, who was walking towards him.

The two brothers met each other, Elder Sixteen glanced at Elder Seventeen, and said with a smile: "Why are you willing to come out of the city? What's the matter, the cat is in Elder Brother's place?"

Elder Seventeen smiled wryly and said: "Others don't know my younger brother, so Brother Sixteen doesn't know? My younger brother most wants to go out to see the world, to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our Qing Dynasty. But because of this identity, he can't do it at all." Self-discipline. Those important court affairs, power entanglements, and my brother is too lazy to get involved, now I really only look forward to holding my son."

Brother Sixteen couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Look, it's less than twenty years old, but what an old man said. We're still young, what's the rush? Wait a few years... a few years later, here in Beijing It's too peaceful, as a king of idleness, life will be free and easy."

Elder Seventeen nodded, and said: "It's my younger brother who is wrong, thank Brother Sixteen for his good words...well, then..." He said, with a hesitant look on his face, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't speak of.

Seeing him like this, sixteenth elder brother was very funny, punched him vigorously, and said: "What are you hesitating? Could it be that you have been bored with your younger siblings for a long time, why are you acting like a woman, and you are still twitching?"

Brother Seventeen smiled and opened his mouth.But he didn't know what to say, and his expression showed a bit of frustration.

Brother Sixteen saw him in such a difficult situation, thought for a while, and asked: "What's the matter? Is it because I don't have enough money, or is the nobleman being slighted in the palace? You and my brother, what's wrong with you. Your business Son, brother, can I still hold my hands?"

Seeing the annoyance in the sixteenth elder brother's words, the seventeenth elder brother explained why he came.

It turned out that although Elder Seventeen didn't have a branch government, he was older after all, and was already working in the ministry, and he also had several disciples under him.

Last night, something happened to one of Elder Seventeen's servants. Not only the head of the family, but also more than a dozen servants in the family were arrested by the yamen of the Infantry Command.

It was only this morning that the daughter-in-law of the doorman spent money on a trustee, and after inquiring at the yamen, she found out that the charge was "gathering a crowd for gambling", and there seemed to be several other charges that were being proved.

Among other things, the rule of "gathering people to gamble" has been implemented, regardless of whether it is a civil or military job, this official career is completely over.Whether life can be guaranteed is another matter.

After all, you have to stick to eighty first, and whether there are still people left at that time depends entirely on whether there is anyone in the yamen.

This daughter-in-law is a woman after all, what idea can she have?They ran around like headless chickens, but they couldn't find anyone who could talk to them.

Fortunately, this matter was found out by another disciple of Elder Seventeen, so he told Elder Seventeen about it.

Brother Seventeen felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, and felt a little bit resentful towards Long Keduo, the admiral of the Nine Gates.

Although gambling is prohibited in the "Law of the Qing Dynasty", in the capital city, in the homes of officials and powerful people, it is not uncommon for small bets to enjoy themselves and big bets to ruin their families.

I haven't heard any rumors about gambling in the inner city being investigated, so why is the infantry all in charge of the yamen still taking care of this?What's more, even if you want to manage it, you have to check a few more and clean up a few more to see results. Brother Seventeen doesn't need to be so embarrassing.

Now, no one else would arrest him, but instead arrested his disciples, it was as if he had been slapped in the face in public.

This dog beating still depends on the owner, even if he has no power in his hands, he is still the prince after all, but he still needs this face.

Now, it depends on Elder Seventeen whether he can be fished out.

As the master, if he can't protect his disciples, who will be loyal to him in the future?Who else dares to worship under his sect?
The seventeenth elder brother told the previous reasons, and said: "My younger brother wanted to ask the fourth elder brother, but the fourth elder brother's temper, I am afraid that he will only scold the younger brother. It doesn't seem to be able to speak human feelings. The younger brother wants to go. The infantry are all in charge of the yamen, but they know that their size is of no importance. If they can't get anyone to talk about, they are afraid that their size will become a big joke. So I have the cheek to beg Brother Sixteen, and I need Brother to help me out. good."

The sixteenth elder brother listened to the seventeenth elder brother's narration, frowned deeply, and did not speak immediately.

Brother Sixteen is no stranger to Longkodo, the admiral of the Nine Sects, and is considered a half acquaintance.

From Kangxi's point of view, Longkodo is the uncle of the prince's elder brother; from Queen Xiaoyi's side, Longkodo is the prince's elder brother's uncle.

Longkodo is not a flamboyant person, on the contrary, he is very restrained.

If he didn't have the holy order, would he be a majestic admiral of the nine sects, would he care about such trivial things as "gathering together"?
If you received the holy order, it would make sense, but I don't know if it is the same as the people from Shichahai in Shuntian Mansion two days ago?
This is a bit thought-provoking, is it Huang Ama who wants to "clean up", or is there another reason?
The seventeenth elder brother saw the sixteenth elder brother frowning, and thought he was worried about Longkodo.Unwilling to intervene in this matter, he forced a smile on his face and said, "Hehe, that's all my brother said, if brother is not free, forget it."

Brother Sixteen still frowned, and asked: "What's the name of your sect? What grade of official? When did you vote under your name, and how is his usual behavior?"

This series of questions made Elder Seventeen a little confused.

The sixteenth brother saw that the seventeenth brother didn't respond, thought for a while, and said, "Is that the one with the smart tongue, the one named Zhou?"

Elder Seventeen heard this, nodded quickly, and said curiously: "How did Brother Sixteen know that dog slave? He was the one who was talking about, Zhou Tianlin. Could it be that he is really a gambler, and his reputation has spread to Elder Sixteen's ears?" Got it? He joined the rank of the fourth-ranked deputy guard army. His younger brother came out of the upper study the year before last and was selected when he was working in the ministry. He usually treats his younger brother respectfully. Looking at him, he is a little familiar , and there is nothing wrong with it.”

"From the deputy army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the fourth rank, and the surname is Zhou, is that the grandson of Zhou Guochang?" Sixteenth elder brother asked.

The sixteenth elder brother mentioned Zhou Guochang, who served three generations of emperors Taizong, Shizu and Kangxi, and his family was extremely prominent among the coaters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although Zhou Guochang has passed away for many years, his descendants and grandchildren are also holding various vacancies, and they are also very important in the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The eldest grandson of the Zhou family also had the word "Heaven" in his name, that's why Brother Sixteen asked this question.

Elder Seventeen nodded and said: "It belongs to their family, but it's not the eldest son of the eldest son. His father was also a servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs when he was alive. He was the sixth son of Zhou Guochang. Because he was a concubine, after the family separation, their elder brother was the same elder. The relationship over there is not close, otherwise I wouldn't have worshiped my younger brother."

Elder Sixteen had a half-smile on his face, and said to Elder Seventeen: "Come on, Elder Brother is just about to enter the city, let's go to the Infantry Capital Command Yamen. It's your slave, if you don't pay attention Yes, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of the people below. But the law is ruthless, so let’s not talk too much, go and have a look first, it’s considered to have fulfilled the benevolence and righteousness of the master, for the rest, let’s see the situation.”

Elder Seventeen was overjoyed when he heard the words: "That's right, that's right, my younger brother didn't think about ignoring the law, it's just that I don't know what to do, so I'd better go and have a look as soon as possible..."

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Outside the Donghua Gate, in a secret place.

One stood with his hands behind his back and asked, "I told Brother Seventeen, how did he respond?"

I saw a middle-aged man, bowed and said: "The servant said what Master Hui said. Seeing what Lord Seventeen meant, he was also annoyed, but he didn't go directly to the yamen of the infantry capital, but left the city instead."

"Go to the garden, looking for Elder Sixteen?" the man said to himself.

The middle-aged man didn't dare to answer, the man raised his right hand, waved it, and said: "Go on, we'll wait and see how Elder Seventeen reacts."

The middle-aged man knelt down and stepped back. After walking a few steps, the man called out, "Seketu!"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly turned around, trotted back, and asked with some doubts: "Master, what else do you want to order the servant?"

The man pondered for a moment, and said: "The situation is not clear now, Xu Chuan and Zhou Tianlin both have accidents, you should take it easy, don't let Master worry about it."

Seketu hurriedly swore and swore that he didn't dare to cause trouble for himself, if he got into any trouble, he ordered to swallow a piece of gold, and went quickly.

The man snorted coldly, turned around and went to Donghuamen without saying anything else.

Seketu waited for him to walk away, then reached out his hand to wipe the sweat from his brow.Thinking of Xu Chuan who was exiled in Taiwan, and thinking of Zhou Tianlin who was imprisoned in the capital of the Infantry Army, he swallowed hard and felt a little scared.

Not to mention the whispers outside the Donghua Gate, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother's infantry were all in command of the Yamen. Although many interested people paid attention, they did not generate much talk.

Just like a normal visit, the two brothers entered the yamen, drank half a cup of tea, asked a few casual questions about Zhou Tianlin's case, and got up and left the yamen without saying anything else.

Longkodo was still embarrassed, afraid that the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother would speak for Zhou Tianlin.

In that case, if you tell the truth yourself, you will commit the crime of resisting the decree. After all, you have received a secret decree and must not spread it to outsiders; ruthless.

Unexpectedly, he would deal with it like this, Longkodo was relieved, and when he personally sent the two elder brothers out of the Yamen, his face was full of smiles, which surprised those who were peeping secretly.

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At this moment, Cao Yong was still drinking with Wei Hei in the post station in Zhangjiakou, and he didn't know that someone was panicking.

The next day, Cao Yong set off from Zhangjiakou and returned to the capital three days later.After only walking around the Yamen, he went home. After that, he can rest for a few days, and he doesn't have to go to the imperial court to return the decree.

At this time, Shengjia had already visited Jidian, and the [-]th and [-]th elder brothers accompanied him...

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