Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 534

Compared with the Manchurian dignitaries who have been entrenched in Beijing for several generations, although the Cao family is not a well-known family, the victory is that the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are all close ministers of the current emperor, and they have some weight.

Cao Yong's demotion has attracted many speculations from interested people.

In fact, at the age of 22, Cao Yong served as a doctor in the Ministry of War, and he was already a high-ranking teenager.However, compared with his past resume, this is nothing.

Although the Taipu Temple is deserted, the chief official is one of the nine ministers; although the Ministry of War is a powerful place, Cao Yong was demoted three ranks in a row, and he was the doctor of the fourth division of the Chinese car driver. This punishment is really heavy. up.

The four divisions of the Ministry of War include the military selection department in charge of military officer selection and rank, the arsenal department in charge of military registration, weapons, martial arts at the township examination, weaving, and garrison, and the chariot department in charge of horse administration and post biography. There is also the official department in charge of the maps of the provinces.

Among the four divisions, in terms of power and wealth, it is still the Wuxuan division.

The Military Selection Department is the "official department" in the Ministry of War. Whether the military officer leaves Beijing or enters Beijing, the management here is absolutely indispensable.From the chief doctor, to the subordinate masters and pen stickers, there are countless ice respects, charcoal respects, and fare respects received every year.

Secondly, the arsenal department is also good. There are things such as the storage of weapons and the Xu army, and there are more detours in it.

The easiest and cheapest thing is to work as a party secretary, but he just goes to the yamen to order Mao and eat tea to dawdle, and it is common for him to have no errands for ten and a half months.Although the oil and water are not as good as the Wuxuan Division and the Arsenal Division, no one is jealous, and there is no need to take the blame for the superior, which is better than worrying.

The driver of the car does not occupy both ends. There is not much oil and water, and there are many trivial things.

In name, this side is in charge of the national horse administration, but the so-called national horse administration refers to the Eight Banners Ranch.The Eight Banners Ranch is under the jurisdiction of the Dutong and Deputy Dutong of each banner, so how can the driver speak here?
But since he has a name, the inspection of the pasture and the statistics of the number of livestock still have to be assigned to the driver's department.

For example, the Mongolian snowstorm last winter and this spring caused serious losses of livestock on pastures, and the officials of the driving department went to the pastures to count the number of livestock.

Thirty percent of the animals in the Taipusi ranch were killed, and all four chief officials were punished.The loss of the Eight Banners Ranch was about half, and the Ministry of War was also implicated.The two Ministers of the Ministry of War fined their salaries, and the servants in charge of specific affairs were demoted and retained.

At the beginning of taking office, Cao Yong went to visit several hall officials, and then returned to the car driving department.

Looking at Nalan Chengping who was presenting to him with other principals and pen stickers in front of him, Cao Yong had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help thinking of a sentence in his heart, "If you should stay or not, you should go or not." Walk".

The former Yuanwailang, who was dismissed because of the ranch, was a member of Pingjun Wang Naersu with a red flag.Now it was replaced by Nalan Taiping, who made a credit for counting the number of dead livestock on the pasture.

In his early years, Nalan Taiping was talking nonsense when he saw people, and talking nonsense when he was seeing ghosts. Balabala, he was a pushy guy with a bit of a playful temperament.Today's him is less talking and laughing, with a solemn expression, and suddenly realizes the two of them steadily.

Although he is respectful and courteous on the face, but when he looks at Cao Yong occasionally, it is hard to hide his resentment.

Cao Yong felt troublesome when he came here as an errand, but when he saw Nalan Chengping's expression, he felt a headache even more.

Fourteenth elder brother recommended him to the Ministry of War, is he trying to win him over?

Cao Yong couldn't help sneering in his heart, if the fourteenth elder brother was really a tolerant person, he wouldn't have ridiculed Cao Yong because of his initial grievances with Xianghuangqi's children.

Brother Fourteen is not a child either, so he should know Kangxi's taboos.

If there is no Kangxi's instruction to win over Cao Yong and the Cao family, it will be counterproductive.

Brother Fourteen did this to draw Cao Yong to his side.

Whether you want to find fault, whether you want to contain Cao Yin, or make peace temporarily, you can take the initiative a lot.Besides, bluffing and showing other elder brothers is also making enemies for the Cao family.

After analysis, Cao Yin, Mr. Zhuang, and Cao Yong already knew what they were doing, but they had no other way.

After all, the imperial decree has been issued, so Cao Yong can only take orders to go to the Ministry of War.Fortunately, among the ministerial princes above the Ministry of War, there is also Pingjun Wang Naersu, who can be regarded as a support.

If the fourteenth elder brother is a smart person, he should have some scruples and stop the drums to save the gain outweigh the loss.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong gradually calmed down in his heart, and if he came, he would be at ease.

Even if he is on duty in the Ministry of War, so what, with his friendship with the thirteenth brother, the fourth brother will still misunderstand that he is the "fourteenth party"?
If that's the case, I'm afraid there will be no clean people in the court.

The elder brothers who want to seize the throne are in charge of the affairs of the Ministry, how can the fourth elder brother deal with all the officials of the six departments?

An errand is just an errand, as long as you do your best, even if others want to find fault with the egg, they can't be fooled by the discerning.

Cao Yong reached for the official document and began to get familiar with his new errand.

Do things in a down-to-earth manner and be an honest person.Put your ears on and keep your mouth shut.There are no other strengths. Cao Yong is confident that he can do the four words of "being cautious in words and deeds".

When he first came to the road, he spent most of the day to understand the distribution of the Eight Banners pastures and the post roads in various provinces.

Looking at the number of livestock in the pasture that Nalan Chengping led people to sum up a few days ago, Cao Yong couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Although, as a half of his colleagues, he heard the wind that the accounts at the Eight Banners Ranch were in disarray, and the actual number of livestock was far less than the number of livestock on the accounts.However, because the Eight Banners dignitaries are involved in this, although everyone knows it well, no one dares to expose it.

Nalan Chengping, the head of the sixth grade, dared to repay the truth, who gave him the courage?
It is not easy to balance the empty livestock accounts through the heavy snowstorm.According to the rules of this ranch, even if it is a dead animal, the bones and skins must be removed, and the skin and bones of the animal will be put into storage.

In addition to horses, the Eight Banners Ranch also has tens of thousands of cattle, hundreds of thousands of sheep, and a total of hundreds of thousands of livestock.

Even if it is [-]% of the false report, it is still a shortfall of tens of thousands of livestock, but it is not only [-]% of the false report?
People are greedy, in front of money, who would have thought what would happen if there was a war and the court had no horses.

Since the 36th year of Kangxi, after Yujia personally conquered the Galdan rebellion, the world has been peaceful for nearly 20 years.

In the eyes of those dignitaries of the Eight Banners, now that the Quartet is peaceful, it is a "peaceful and prosperous age", and the war years are gone forever.

On the ranch, over the years, the number of animals that have been falsely reported is not half, but [-]% to [-]%.

There is someone behind Nalan Chengping. Thinking of this, Cao Yong felt a little more wary, but there was nothing to be afraid of.

The Eight Banners ranches are different from others. The ranches of each banner are at the same level and do not belong to each other.Smoothing out the accounts of the Eight Banners Ranch is not something that one or two people can do.

A vertical and horizontal alliance, with more people involved, there will always be clues.Tracing back to the source, one can find out who is behind the scenes.

It is now the 54th year of Kangxi, and in two or three years, it will be the fourteenth prince's expedition to the west.If there are not enough troops and horses, isn't war a child's play?

Thinking about this, Cao Yong couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

Could it be that I misunderstood the fourteenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother wanted to recommend himself because of the horses?
A few days ago, Cao Yong asked several other chief officials of the Taipu Temple to jointly write the papers on "Grass Reserve" and "Captive Breeding".

The fourteenth elder brother talked and laughed before, it was only after reading the book that he realized that Cao Yong has extraordinary talents and is of great use to the country and the people...

The fourteenth elder brother who is dedicated to the country, the fourteenth elder brother who is narrow-minded, Cao Yong stroked his bare forehead, feeling a little taken for granted.

Of course, I want to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, but I can't be too self-righteous.

The precautions still need to be taken precautions, and the "confession" must be "confessed".Otherwise, it was obvious that he had done what he was supposed to do. If outsiders seemed to be helping Brother Fourteen, then who could guarantee that Brother Four would not doubt him?

It seems that I have to go to Brother Thirteen and talk about the foreign goods store by the way.

When Cao Yong went out of the Yamen, he saw Zhao Feng, the servant next to Brother Sixteen, standing not far away talking to Xiao Man.

Seeing Cao Yong coming out, Zhao Feng came up to meet him, called Qianer, and said, "Master Cao, our master is looking for Master Cao. There are many people here. We are waiting at the entrance of the alley in front."

Although I don't know why Brother Sixteen is looking for him, but it is rare for him to come out of the palace, and there is a smile on Cao Yong's face.

When they met each other, the sixteenth elder brother looked Cao Yong up and down, his eyes fell on his white pheasant mending clothes, and asked with a smile: "I started from the fifth grade again, but it's easy. After this day's work, how do you go?" ?”

Cao Yong smiled wryly, and said: "It's not bad. Although it's cumbersome, there are rules to follow." Speaking of this, he asked, "Master Shiliu is looking for me, what's the matter?"

Elder Sixteen flicked his sleeves and said, "It's not about Brother Thirteen's foreign goods store, let's go, let's go to Brother Thirteen's house and chat while walking."

Brother Thirteen's foreign goods store is already being packed, and the goods from Guangzhou have also arrived.Those who are well-informed have already received the news.

Brother Sixteen is now in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even if those imperial businessmen have objections to this, they can't cause trouble.

Cao Yong also took care of Brother Sixteen, he didn't want him to be too embarrassed, and asked Wei Xin to avoid a few big spots as much as possible when buying foreign goods.

Whether it's something Western or Oriental, it's just a rarity.Even if Wei Xin avoids furs, medicinal materials, and clocks and watches, those imperial merchants still operate in groceries.

Those imperial merchants were afraid that the thirteenth brother would take the opportunity to occupy several big foreign goods sales.Even if the thirteenth elder brother does not have a title, he is a prince after all, with a noble status,

Although they also have their masters backing them, if there is a real quarrel over the business, they won't be able to make much money.

Shang Nai is a "low business", even if he makes trouble in front of the imperial court, he is still in the top [-]s of the majors, and he is ashamed twice.

People who are good are bullied by others, and horses who are good are ridden by others.

After checking the news with Guangzhou, they knew that Brother Thirteen's business avoided the main business of several imperial merchants, and everyone had to look forward to Sichuan again, and their fear of the prince's elder brother was also reduced a lot.

Although the thirteenth elder brother was not circled, he was not knighted, but he was treated as an idle clan.It has always been behind closed doors, so what is there to be afraid of?

They swayed and muttered endlessly in front of Brother Sixteen.

Although Elder Sixteen would not put them in his eyes, he was somewhat afraid of the masters behind them.

Now I'm looking for Cao Yong, Brother Sixteen is negotiating with him, and wants to take [-]% of the shares in this transaction.It's not that he is greedy for money, he hasn't divided the government yet, food and clothing are all provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is no shortage of money.

It's just to avoid future troubles, the county magistrate might as well take care of it now, with Brother Sixteen's shares in it, even if it's Grandpa's side, he has to avoid his edge.

Otherwise, Brother Sixteen is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it would be easy for him to come back.

Naturally, Cao Yong has no objection. When he first thought about buying and selling foreign goods, he thought about Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen.

However, if there is a big commotion, I am afraid that it will cause Kangxi to think too much, so Cao Yong will not have any extra problems. He has already said hello to Brother Sixteen.

The sixteenth elder brother knew that the thirteenth elder brother was struggling, so he naturally supported it.Now he took the initiative to participate in the cooperation, but also to protect the thirteenth elder brother.

After the two of them said this, they both felt a little uncomfortable.

The thirteenth elder brother is a prince, when he was favored by the emperor in the early years, the governors flattered him, and the princes and kings had to bow down to curry favor; now he is down and down, even the slaves of the rich and powerful dare to step on him.

Human feelings are warm and cold, and the world is hot and cold.

Even their onlookers felt sorry for Brother Thirteen, and Brother Thirteen would not feel good about himself.

Brother Sixteen suppressed his smile, sighed, and said: "Fu Ruo, Brother Thirteen's today is my tomorrow. My mother-in-law is Han, and her status is low. If Huang Amaron... if Huang If Ama thinks about letting us open the mansion, then me, the fifteenth brother, and the seventeenth brother can still get a son of Gushan. If Huang Ama doesn't think about it, when the new emperor... the king and the general will not be able to keep it." At the end, he frowned.

Seeing him so depressed, Cao Yong couldn't help being surprised: "Why did the sixteenth master think of this? I remember that I said before, if it was really at that time, in order to show my brothers and sisters, that one would treat you well?"

Brother Sixteen shook his head and sighed: "I am short-sighted, I really think I have a few catties and a few ounces. I finally understand that except for Huang Ama, other people are nothing. The virtuous king, Whether it is a famous minister, it is just a matter of Huang Ama's words. Huang Ama sits on that chair, can't see anything, can't see clearly? It's just for the sake of check and balance, and intentional connivance. Father and son are brothers and sisters. In this way, between brothers, how can they still hope for brotherly love? Those who really sit in that position can be happy and angry at will. Being a subordinate, how can you think of all the good things, think of the worst, and have a solid foundation in your heart .”

Cao Yong is still puzzled, why this sentiment arises.

He thought about it for a while, remembering that the eighth elder brother was seriously ill recently, he turned his head to look at the sixteenth elder brother, and said, "Master Sixteen has gone to the residence of the eighth elder brother?"

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "It's strange to say that I didn't like to see Mynah earlier because I thought he was too utilitarian and ambitious. Now that I see him in this situation, I think he is pitiful again. Speaking of it, dealing with people It doesn't matter whether it's learning or learning, the starling is considered to be at the top among the sons of Huang Ama. However, because the concubine Liang's background is low, the early years were very difficult, and it will be better until she gets married with Prince An's mansion. After calculating these In the past year, it seems that he is one step away from the reserve position...Huang Ama is annoyed that he gave him a favor to buy a name..."

In the end, it was unheard of, Cao Yong listened carefully, and then he got a rough idea, "...Huang Ama did it on purpose, gave him a thought, and then broke his thought, this is punishment..."

It's not easy, Cao Yong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is life, and it needs hard work.If you take a fork in the road and get blisters on the soles of your feet, you really can't blame others.

It's such a helpless and sad thing, I can't even think of an excuse to blame others...

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Dafangjia Alley, Nanxiao Street, Chaoyangmen Nei, Shilang Mansion.

Seeing Cao Shuo who came to pick up Ruhui for the third time, Wu Yashi felt anxious, but smiled.

After asking the servant girl to serve tea, she first said a few words about homework, and then asked her son-in-law to wait a while, and went to tell Ruhui by herself.

Ruhui was wearing homely clothes, sitting on the edge of the kang, watching a plate of freshly fried toon fish, eating with relish.

Seeing Wu Yashi coming in, he brought a plate like a gift of wisdom, stood up and brought it forward, and said happily: "Er Niang, didn't you say that toon is not good to eat when it is old? Hee hee, my daughter asked the cook to cook it." The toon fish is smooth to eat. I have already sent someone to deliver it to Er Niang, has Er Niang eaten it?"

Seeing her smiling happily, Wu Yashi also showed kindness on her face, took out her handkerchief, wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth, and said: "Look, how big this is, like a child, so greedy .”

Ruhui put down the plate, put her arms around Wu Yashi's arm, and said coquettishly: "Everything is Erniang's precious daughter, and it is a blessing to be able to eat. My daughter also wants to live a long life, and be filial to Ama Erniang, naturally. You have to eat a lot."

Wu Yashi took her daughter's hand, stroked it, and said in a warm voice: "The son-in-law is here, this is the third time. Even if you are annoyed that he has a housemate, calm down, you should go back first, you have to live your life..."

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At the end of the month, Quack asks for a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket. . .

(End of this chapter)