Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 563
No.11 Volume Ding Storm Chapter 560 VII Embarrassment
When it was learned that it was not the parents who died, but Cao Shuo, Cao Yong couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.Immediately, I couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, as if my cousin didn't act like this.

After all, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Although Cao Yong was sad when his cousin died of illness, he didn't think it was the shock and heartache when his parents had an accident.

Although he has been a human being for two generations, Cao Yong is old and not young, and has both children under his knees, but he still has a heart of dependence on his parents.

It is not dependent on economic life, but the concept of "family" is better interpreted because of the existence of respecting relatives and elders.

Children are the whole and the future, exhausting the efforts of parents.

After becoming a father, Cao Yong became more and more able to understand his mother's love and care, and his father's care that he would not say easily.

I remember meeting Cao Shuo for the first time, but he was half a year older than Tianhui, at the age of "babbling" learning language, but now he is young, so he just left.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong really couldn't help feeling "everything is impermanent".

Seeing Yongqing, he didn't know how to comfort him. He sighed and said, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are all just luck. Life can't be resurrected, so you should be mourning."

Although he thought about whether he would see Yongqing here, Cao Yong still felt a lot of joy when he saw Yongqing.

It was just because he had just heard about the funeral that his heart was so heavy that he couldn't smile on his face.

Thousands of miles away, old friends reunited, there seems to be a lot to say, but for a while, I don't know where to start.

In normal terms, Cao Yong can still talk about things in Beijing, or news about Wanyan Mansion, so that Yongqing can feel at ease.Now, he has been out of Beijing for three months, and he is also tightly closed to the news in Beijing, but he is not as well-informed as Yongqing.

The good news I heard is that Ma Jun is going back to Beijing this autumn.

He was a Jinshi in the spring of the 48th year of Kangxi. He was sent to Huguang to serve as the magistrate of Changsha in October.

I heard that his aunt was talking about her grandson, and forced her husband to agree, and when his nephew and heir Ma Jun's term of office expired, he would be transferred to Beijing.

Also, Ma Jun's father had a stroke and begged for rest due to his illness. Now he is returning to Beijing to recuperate. As the only son, Ma Jun also intends to return to Beijing to take care of him.

From Ma Jun to Ningchun, from Ningchun to Yongqing who is now in the northwest, this good news makes people laugh.

Yongqing is open-minded. Seeing Cao Yong like this, he couldn't help laughing a few times, and said: "Speaking of it, that kid just got what he wanted. At the beginning, he said he was not a good doctor, but a good looker. Although he didn't enter the Imperial Academy , but come back and stay in the official position in Beijing, and with the lingering shadow of the family, after 20 or 30 years, the conferment and worship of the prime minister will not be guaranteed."

It's easier said than done, Ma Jun's family is not in the banner, and he doesn't have deep roots like other Manchurian dignitaries.

Although his uncle Ma Yan had already been transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it was regarded as a promotion, but because he was a Han, it was even more difficult to get a further promotion.

In addition, the servant is already sixty years old, and he is about to die as a servant.

Transferring the nephew back to the capital, apart from the accident of letting him come back to fulfill his filial piety, it is estimated that the old servant also wants to make good arrangements for the future of the nephew before he retires.

Starting from the Imperial Academy, he worked his way up to the second-rank servant, and has been a Beijing official for more than forty years, but he still stands tall.

Cao Yong recalled what the big guys said on the Qinhuai River back then, but some of them still remembered deeply, while others were in a daze.

Seeing that he was silent, Yong Qing hit Cao Yong's shoulder with his fist, and said: "Speaking of which, Fu Ruo is the one who surprised me. Back then, it was my brothers and sisters who didn't look like you. The one who is the most able to be an official. In six years of hard work, Tiancheng only served two terms, but Furuo's side has tossed about several yamen. He has served as a Beijing official and a local official, and he has also seen the officials and hall officials. Now, he is the one with the highest title, not to mention anything else, when my son grows up, if I am worthless as an old man, then I will have to count on you, uncle."

Seeing him smiling, Cao Yong couldn't help rolling his eyes.

If Yongqing really realized it, and was willing to let go of his arrogance and accept help from others, then Cao Yong would not say anything.This person was born in his thirties, and he is still the same as when he was a teenager. The arrogance and stubbornness in his bones are not missing at all.

Yongqing rubbed his hands, but smiled a little stiffly, and said: "This time, I have offended the Fourteenth Master. At the end of April, he sent a letter saying that he wanted to transfer me back to Beijing, but I declined. Did he come out for a while?" In the field, I always want to make some achievements, but I really don’t have the guts to go back like this.”

When Cao Yong heard this, he was surprised. Why did the fourteenth elder brother think of Yongqing again?

Hey, has the layout started now?
Thinking about it, I can't guarantee it. Even Cao Yong, who has always been unattractive, the fourteenth elder brother can restrain his likes and dislikes in socializing. Yongqing and him are in-laws, and they are easy to manipulate, so naturally he will not let him go.

I am afraid that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

The fourteenth elder brother became more and more confused as he grew up. Could it be that he regarded his elder brothers as vegetarians, or regarded his father as a sick cat?
For some reason, Cao Yong suddenly thought of a possibility.

This made the fourteenth elder brother the general king to lead the army in the northwest. Is it Kangxi's honor and preference for the fourteenth elder brother, or is it a target after the elder brother and the eighth elder brother...

The battle situation in the northwest is much worse than Cao Yong imagined.

I have already got definite news that Cewang Allah Butan's troops totaled [-].

The imperial court sent troops in three directions, and the troops assembled in the northwest were no more than [-]. This is why they can only defend now, but cannot pursue the attack.

Not only are there few soldiers, but also food and grass are barely attacked.

Although there is no shortage of food, the money and food reserves here are not abundant.

There is also a shortage of horses.

Last year's heavy snowfall caused heavy losses to the Eight Banners Racecourse. Nine out of ten horses died in the hardest-hit places.

Although there are [-] cavalry under the tent of the Chinese army here, they should have pursued the enemy, but due to the lack of horses, they have not been able to go so far.

Two thousand five hundred cavalry, if they go out to chase the enemy, two horses plus logistics needs, more than 5000 horses are needed, but now there are only more than two thousand horses here.

Although a group of horses were sent to Taipusi Racecourse for naturalization in May, they all returned to General Fei Yanggu.

The lack of horses is a problem that the soldiers and horses of the three routes in the Northwest have to deal with.

Today, the mules and horses transporting rice from various provinces have been bred and domesticated in a centralized manner, and they will be used as military horses after [-] days of domestication to make up for the shortage of military horses.

I heard that the imperial court has made a decree, and they are bringing in horses and foals from the pastures on the two wings of Taipu Temple.

"骒马" is a mares kept alive, and even the mares are transferred out, which shows that all the available horses in the Taipusi Ranch have been transferred out.

Cao Yong heard the words, could not help frowning.

After all, he has been the chief of the Taipu Temple for two years, and he is also quite concerned about the news there.

I heard that even the mares are transferred out, Cao Yong's heart is quite disapproving.

Due to the snow disaster last year, the livestock in the pastures outside the mouth suffered serious losses, among which the loss of horses was the most serious.

If you think about dispatching an army in a few years, this mare should be kept for breeding.Now they are all transferred out. In the future, when there is a big war, the whole country will have to collect horses. At that time, the money spent will be much more than it is now.

I don't know if it is because of the lack of people, the situation in the northwest is quite complicated.

The original intention of the imperial court was to use the Eight Banners Army to join forces with the Mongolian soldiers of the Khalkha kings and the Qinghai Taiji soldiers to chase down the rebellious army of Cewang Alabutan.

The kings of Khalkha were quite obedient, and assembled in many ways, and stationed [-] soldiers and horses at the foot of Mount Hang'ai to stand by;

Several young Taiji were willing to obey the imperial court's order, and led their troops to the mouth of Xining to defend Tserwang Alabutan, waiting for the imperial court's order; the other three Taiji, who had the largest number of tribes, used the excuse that "Hubier Khan" was young and did not If you have rashes and acne, it is not suitable to travel this year, and you will not respect the imperial order.

This "Hubir Khan" is the "reincarnated soul boy" of the sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso found by Zhutaiji in Qinghai.

Lhazang Khan entered Tibet in the name of "protecting teachings", and asked the imperial court to abolish Tsangyang Gyatso and install another sixth Dalai Lama.

Although the imperial court complied with Lazang Khan's request and recognized the identity of the new Dalai Lama for the sake of border stability.

However, other monks and nobles in Qinghai and Tibet did not recognize the new living Buddha established by Lhazang Khan.Since Cangyang Gyatso "passed away" in Qinghai Lake in the 46th year of Kangxi, monks began to unite to find his reincarnated soul boy.

Tsangyang Gyatso is a talented Living Buddha who left behind a large number of poems.The monks looked for clues to his "reincarnation" in his poems and found a poem.

"The white crane among the clouds, please lend me your wings. I won't fly far away. I'll come back when I visit Litang..."

Based on this hint, they found a little soul boy in the Litang area and asked the imperial court to confer and rectify his name.

Since the imperial court has already canonized the new Dalai Lama supported by Lhazang Khan, how could it slap itself in the face and canonize another Dalai Lama?Therefore, the other titles of Little Spirit Boy were conferred and left in Qinghai.

"Hubier" means "reincarnation" and "incarnation" in Mongolian, and Hubierhan is the respectful name given to the little soul boy by nobles and monks in Qinghai.

Although the imperial court still does not recognize the little soul boy as the real Dalai Lama, in their hearts, they regard the little soul boy as a political and religious leader.

Tse Wang Ala Butan is also holding high the name of "defending the teachings". Naturally, the imperial court must guard against him entering Tibet from Qinghai and using the little spirit boy to confuse Tibetans.Therefore, the imperial court made a decree, and the imperial guards went to Qinghai to pass the decree, asking the Qinghai auspicious people to send the little spirit boy to the Xining army.

Unexpectedly, these Qinghai Taiji were so evasive.

In this way, the imperial court's strategy of outflanking Cewang Allah Butan in three directions will come to naught, and it will also send troops to Qinghai to deter those Taiwanese at both ends, preventing them from colluding with Cewang Allah Butan.

After Cao Yong learned the truth about the Northwest through various channels, he was speechless.

It's not that Cewang Allah Butan gave the imperial court a step, and implemented a plan to delay the army or something, and (it is) that the imperial court has no money, food, and troops. It just made a gesture, but it was too late to start the war.

The military situation is already so pessimistic, and the people's livelihood in the Northwest is also worrying.

Since the beginning of summer, there has been a severe drought, and more than a dozen counties have failed to harvest food. In other places, some harvests are less than half of the mature year.

Not to mention military rations, even relief rations, more should be transported here, otherwise if the people's livelihood is unstable, the Northwest will be in danger.

Having money is not everything, but not having money is absolutely impossible. This sentence applies not only to individuals, but also to a country.

Although he has never seen Cewang Allah Butan, Cao Yong does not have a good impression of him.

Tibet and Xinjiang are the barriers of the Central Plains, and there is no room for loss. Although Tservan Allah Butan has an aura of fighting against Oros, there are also things that are not clear about Oros.

Among other things, the origin of those firearms makes people look sideways when they think about it.

How can such a person be convinced by using his own selfish desires to go to war in vain and disregarding the life and death of the people?
Since he is an untrustworthy person, he might be humiliated and killed by Cewang Allah Butan if he accompanied the Great Lama there.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong had to think about his own safety.

The army didn't dare to follow him, but he followed the great lama and marched towards Turpan.

It was still a mighty team, and the accompanying monks and waiters were still as leisurely and happy as before.

Although Cao Yong didn't show it on the surface, he was already thinking about finding a way to stay on the way.He didn't want to go to Turpan to break through the gate of hell.

There are ten guards around, and this general method is not perfect.

No one is a fool, if you want to delay it, you can't do it too deliberately, otherwise, you may not be able to cause any kind of trouble in the future.

Maybe Cao Yong was lucky. After thinking about it for a few days, but after he couldn't figure it out, someone has already chased after him, carrying Kangxi's will.

Tsewang Ala Butan has returned to Turpan, the great lama can continue to go, Cao Yong and ten imperial guards are going to Uliasutai to wait for the holy driver to tour the north...

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Rehe, Summer Resort, Wanhe Songfeng Palace.

Kangxi is having a headache about transporting rice to the northwest. He has just received a note from the governors of Zhili and Henan, saying that all the animals have been taken away. However, due to too much rain this summer, the roads are muddy, and he may not be able to arrive immediately. There may be delays.

Even if such horses were sent to the Northwest Army, they were too emaciated and unable to drive them.

However, there is a long road from Heshuo Army to Turpan. If the soldiers go out, how can these horses afford the luggage?

Senior scholar Li Guangdi is now on leave to bury his relatives, Wen Da died of illness in mid-May, and there are only two or three senior scholars accompanying him now.

Because it is an important military matter, the princes such as the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are also in front of the imperial court.

Since the horse is unbearable, we can only use camels.However, the number of official camels is limited, and they have to be purchased from the people to transport rice.

Among them, it is necessary to use regular money and food.

Thinking of this, Kangxi only felt his temples tremble "suddenly".

I have been an emperor for more than 50 years, and I have never been so embarrassed.

Even if the San Francisco Rebellion in the past caused the corruption of several provinces in the south and the imperial army rushed out, it was never so tight.

The difference between before and after is just a useful minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

When Kangxi thought of Mu Helun, the minister of household affairs who looked like a decoration, his face became a little ugly.

The third elder brother was in front of the imperial court, but quietly glanced at Kangxi's right hand.

Recently, the scriptures approved by the imperial court are not the same as in the past, so there are many rumors from the palace.Some said it was written by a bachelor's attendant, and some said it was written by the left hand because the Eucharist was ill and could not lie down with the right hand.

The emperor's father is 62, and he is the eldest son.

Thinking of this, Brother San's palms couldn't help sweating.

He didn't pay much attention to the war in the Northwest, it was just the Mange Rebellion.The imperial court just took the Mongols into consideration, and it was not easy to use thunderous means.

The fourth elder brother stood beside him, but his brows were slightly frowned, feeling heavy in his heart.

The fourth elder brother didn't know much about the treasury. Although it looked like there was some surplus money on the books, it was reserved for future use, but in fact it was just the books, and the real money that could be transferred was pitifully small.

Not only the national treasury, but also the treasuries of the provinces are truly rare.

Since the imperial court couldn't provide money to supply the Northwest Army, all these expenses went to the treasuries of the provinces, which meant that the local people's fire consumption and silver would double again.

It's really the king of the country, thinking that most of the treasury money was pocketed by corrupt officials under various names, the fourth elder brother's eyes became more angry.

Why this, why this!
With all the power of the country, even the logistical supply of more than ten thousand soldiers and horses is so difficult, think about how to not make people feel irritated.

Every day, every day, the fourth elder brother murmured to himself, but the next thing, just thinking about it would already make people stunned...

*
Suburbs of Beijing, Haidian, Caoyuan.

Mrs. Li changed her attire, with a cautious expression on her face, looked at the servant girl Xiuying standing next to her, and said, "It looks all right, is there anything inappropriate?"

Xiu Ying said with a smile: "Look at what my wife said, there is nothing inappropriate about it. The meaning of this color is that it complements the complexion best, and makes the wife look more noble and rich."

Li seems to have changed into Hanfu instead of a flag outfit when meeting Jiang Ning.

The upper body is a stone green satin three-blue jersey embroidered peony gown with folded branches, and a caramel satin peony side pleat skirt with dark flowers, and only a few hostas are inserted on the head.

After hearing what the maid said, Li quickly waved his hands and said, "It's not about that, it's... look... can you cover it up..."

Xiu Ying listened, nodded, and said: "Well, maybe it's because of the dark color, but it's not as good as usual."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li touched her belly, but she also knew that she was just deceiving herself.After all, it is already seven months old, even if it is covered up, it can be seen that something is wrong with this glance.

"Hey!" She sighed, but her expression was quite helpless.

Then someone from the corridor said: "Ma'am, the eldest grandma sent a report, saying that the old lady has already passed Shancun, and she is going to the garden here."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li got up quickly and hurried out.

When Xiuying saw her, she hurriedly led the maids and women to follow, protecting her left and right, lest she might be unsteady.

After walking to the second gate of the garden, Li's forehead was already dotted with drops of sweat.

But she couldn't move anymore. She heard the footsteps and panted heavily.

Seeing a few carriages coming in from the front gate, Li Shi's eyes couldn't help but turn sour, and the eye circles were already red.

The carriage stopped, Li Shi stepped forward, his lips moved, tears were already streaming out.

The back of Chuyu's carriage had already come down first, walked to her mother-in-law, and waited for the people inside to come out together.

The curtain of the car jumped open, revealing the face of an old woman, originally taut and serious.The moment she looked at Li Shi, there was more joy in her brows and eyes.

On the old woman's left, a timid little girl tugged at her sleeve, revealing half of her fair face...

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Tears, finally wrote here.Khan, the monthly pass crisis, please ask for the monthly pass, everyone, please. . .

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