Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 619
On February [-]th, Shengjia returned to Changchun Garden from Tangquan Palace.

Regarding the accident in the Cao family on the eighth day of February, many people also heard some vague news, but it was not true.However, the court's subsequent decrees gave this speculation a direction.

Fang Baikui, a wealthy businessman from Fujian who was originally active in the capital, has been arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs on the charge of collaborating with pirates, and all his property and money in Beijing were confiscated.If the crime is carried out, it is not just a matter of money, I am afraid that it will be unavoidable to steal the family.

Who doesn't know that Fang Baikui is the minion of Brother Nine, and now he is making a big show, taking huge sums of money, and getting involved in the bidding of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the past few days, several merchants who couldn't stand it had already borrowed tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of silver from Fang Baikui.Now, they dare not have the slightest rejoicing.

Even if Fang's family enters, Brother Nine will take advantage of them, are they to blame?
They were afraid of Brother Nine's power and dared not return the money, but there were also some who dared not ask for the money.

In fact, this is a headache triangle debt.

The most wronged are those big banks in the capital.

The money was borrowed by Fang's family under the banner of Brother Nine, Fang's family went in, and the money was overcharged and confiscated into the official, but the bank's side was jumping.

Those with weak backing can only cry and scold their mothers; those with backing can go to their respective masters to discuss and ask for money.

At Brother Nine's house, there was no rest, and people began to come to ask for money one after another.

Brother Jiu was annoyed, but he didn't dare to be too tough, so he could only deal with it in a desperate manner.

After all, without much influence, who can do bank business in the capital.Either this palace, or that clan, including the property of the Guo Luoluo clan of the Nine Ages' mother clan.

A total of four to five million taels of silver shortfall, how can Brother Jiu cope with it?
While feeling depressed, he was thinking about how to get Fang Baikui out.Only by cleansing the Fang family's charges, can the Fang family's property in the south be kept, and this kind of tossing and tossing can also make up for the hole in the bank.

The criminal department was originally in charge of the eight princes. Because the eight princes have been silent for the past two years, the officials of the criminal department have changed a group.

Now these, for Brother Nine, fear is fear, but he does not dare to favoritism.There is no other reason, but because Kangxi personally intervened in this case, whoever dares to tamper with it, wouldn't that be death?

Although they don't know what happened to Cao's family on the eighth day of February, no one can see it.The Cao family "fighted" with Brother Nine, and the result was that Brother Nine suffered a disastrous defeat.

Brother Nine has caused Fang Baikui to stir up trouble in the capital these days, and has also made many people look down on him.As a result, many people gloated at other people's misfortune.

Since the eighth day of February, Cao Yong took sick leave and stayed behind closed doors.

Some people came to visit, and few people saw Cao Yong's true face in Mount Lu, so few people knew the truth.

On the side of Brother Nine, he knew it well, and he already knew from A Ling'a that Cao Yin brought his son to the palace.It's just that she didn't take it seriously before, and what A Ling'a said was also vague.

In Ah Ling'e's heart, he also thought that the wound on Cao Yong's face was caused by elder brother Jiu.Although it's hard to say anything, I don't approve of Brother Jiu being so reckless.

It's an old saying that you don't hit someone in the face, and you don't expose someone's shortcomings.

Not to mention the identity of Emperor Cao Yong's grandson-in-law, but he raised tens of millions of taels of silver within three months of his tenure as the head of the House of Internal Affairs, which relieved the emperor's urgent need. Son?
If the emperor doesn't make the decision, wouldn't that make other ministers feel cold and heartbroken?

When Jiu elder brother heard the news and knew that Cao Yong was "rehabilitating his wounds" in the mansion, he knew something was wrong, and when he asked Ah Ling carefully, he realized that there was something else hidden.

"You bastard, how dare you frame me!" Brother Nine was furious, wishing he could go to the palace right away and ask Kangxi to explain clearly.

But he was stopped by the eighth elder brother and said: "Whether you did it or not, it is true that Cao Yong was injured. Now that you are in front of the imperial court, can you still take advantage of it? Ninth brother, let him go to the Fang family. The emperor Ama is out of consideration for your face, so she only took the Fang family's method, and it can be regarded as an explanation to Cao's father and son. I'm afraid that after a while, your punishment will come down again. No matter what, bear with it first."

"That's not right, Mynah..." Brother Jiu said angrily on his face, "That little bastard Cao Yong was injured somewhere, but he walked past me well..."

"Sure enough..." Brother Eight was quite surprised.

Brother Nine stomped his feet and said, "Can I still fool Myna? I was very angry at the time, but I didn't have a knife or dagger on me, and Fang Baikui was a businessman. At that time, only Shan Duo had a knife with him, and it was stained with his blood. It's too late to think it's filthy, so how could he pick it up? Cao Yong's injury was caused by his own height, in order to slander me in front of Huang Ama! You bastard, you are too deceitful...I want to make it clear to Huang Ama, they This is the crime of deceiving the king..."

"Wait..." Eighth Brother stretched out his hand to stop him again, and said with a frown: "Cao Yin and his son have always been cautious, how could they give others a handle like this? Maybe there are other secrets, and I can't guard against it. After all, Huang Ama secretly It was summoned, except for Xiao Shiliu, no one else was present, and I don't know what their father and son said. The ninth brother went hastily, and it would not be worth the loss to arouse Huang Ama's anger."

Brother Nine was so annoyed that he sat down on the chair, patted the handle of the chair and said, "You can't do this, you can't do that, just suffer from this bird's anger? Mynah, if the Fang family can't get it out, My brother, not only have I lost my face, I am afraid that the hole of several million taels of silver will also fall on my younger brother. I am afraid that I will spit out the money I have saved in the past few years."

"Destroy wealth and eliminate disasters. Huang Ama is short of money, so he values ​​the Cao family so much. Ninth Brother, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. It is not that you have to wait for ten years. When the water is full, the Cao family will return. Is it possible to be old?" At this point, the eighth elder brother thought for a while, and said: "I still have a sum of money, which was sent by someone from Nian Gengyao years ago, and it will be put on hold. If the ninth brother is tight, Use it first."

Brother Nine waved his hand and said, "No way, can you go bankrupt? It's just trying to think of a way to see where I can get some more money..."

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Xicheng, Cao Mansion, inner courtyard, northwest corner.

Cao Yong stood there, looking at the scene in front of him, with a smile on his face.

He has been working hard to build a playground for the children, but he has never been free, but these few days are just free time, so he put this on his mind.

The chosen address is a corner of the garden.

Now there are wooden horses, slides, seesaws, swings, pommel horses, and a single-door football goal.The swings and slides are all made of iron, but the handles are all covered with thick coarse cloth to prevent children from bumping.

Originally, Cao Yong wanted to make parallel bars and uneven bars, but Chu Yu showed the sketches, but Chu Yu was worried.I was afraid that the children would be young, and they would not know the severity when they were naughty, and they would fall down again, so Cao Yong denied both of them.

It's really not big enough, otherwise, he really has the urge to build a football field.It is also very pleasant to think about leading the sons to play football.

The completion of the playground not only made Tianyou and Hang Seng happy, but also Niuniu and Xiangyu.Before it was finished, I told my fourth sister and fifth son about it, and they also came to see it.

A few little boys started playing football.

Niuniu greeted a few little girls and played with seesaws and slides.

Seven or eight children, plus the little maids and servants around them who have been selected as servants in the past two years, it is like a children's paradise in front of them.

Cao Yong stood there, looking at this scene, some trance.

When he first came here, he was not much older than these children, and in a blink of an eye he was already a son and daughter.

Cao Yin stood aside, stroking his beard and watching the juniors play, and his face was full of kindness.

"God Bless is five years old, and he has become a great name!" The old man looked at his grandson, and somehow remembered this sentence.

Cao Yong's heart moved, he turned around and asked, "Father has chosen a name?"

According to the Cao family tree, God bless this generation, the middle character is "Yan".When Cao Yong went to Yizhou to serve as Daotai, among the accompanying clan relatives, there were two nephews Cao Yanxiao and Cao Yanwei.

Later, when Cao Yong returned to Beijing, the two of them returned to Jiangning.

After Cao Yin went to the north, Cao Yanxiao and his family accompanied him, while Cao Yanwei stayed in Jiangning to keep his filial piety because of his mother's death.

According to the rules, Tianyou's name should be a word chosen, connected with "extended".

Cao Yin thought about it for a while, but looked at the clear sky, and said: "Zhan Tian's rain and dew, Tianyou's name, let's call it 'Zhan'!"

Cao Yong heard the words, but he was dumbfounded.

It has been 20 years since I came to this world, and many things in my previous life have become blurred, but for "Cao Zhan", Cao Yong dare not forget each other.

Cao Zhan, courtesy name Xueqin, left behind the immortal masterpiece "Dream of Red Mansions".

What's going on here, I've worked so hard so far, thinking that the Cao family can get rid of the fate of copying the house, and my son has become Cao Xueqin again?

Or is it just the same name, Xiao Xueqin's fate has also changed with the fate of the Cao family?

"Father, although Tianyou is the eldest grandson of our branch, but there is the word 'Yan' in front, shouldn't it be named according to that?" Cao Yong was shocked and expressed his doubts.

Cao Yin's eyes were filled with resentment, he sighed, and said: "It's a long story, since today is free, I will tell you as a father. Among them, there is also your grandfather's unfulfilled wish."

The father and son paced to the study, and Cao Yin began to talk about the past of the Cao family.

Cao Yong's grandfather, Cao Xi, was not Cao Zhenyan's own son, but the adoptive son of a side branch.After arriving at Cao Zhenyan's side, he has already created a family tree and established himself as a small clan.

Before Cao Xi was alive, he had a lot of care for the Fengrun people; in Cao Yin's generation, he also had a lot of contacts with the clan brothers there.Later, when compiling the genealogy, Cao Yin followed his father's last wish and wanted to bring Jiangning to the clan, but was rejected by the patriarch of Fengrun.

After that, the relationship between Jiang Ning and Fengrun Cao's family faded.

While speaking, Cao Yin showed a bit of loneliness, and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to fulfill your grandfather's last wish as a father, and it will depend on you in the future. The current patriarch of Dazong is your elder brother, named ' Qi', his father used to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and died of illness in the 48th year of Kangxi. Cao Qi has not yet gone to Beijing to take up the post, and his mother's funeral is on the way, so it has been delayed until now. I heard that in March, he will go to Beijing."

Cao Yongyuan also heard that a member of the Cao family had served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he did not expect that there was such a involvement.

He only came to Fengrun's hometown when he accompanied his father to send the old lady's funeral.It was messy at the time, and it didn't feel inappropriate.Thinking about it now, there is no such thing as worshiping ancestors or worshiping ancestral halls.

However, Cao Yong is different from Cao Yin after all, and he did not regard the status of relatives as important.

In his eyes, relatives are relatives, if they get along well, they stay together, if they don't get along, they stay far away, and they don't need to live in the same yard.

The people from Fengrun's side, although they didn't have five clothes, but after all, they haven't met many people, so how can they feel close?
"If your generation is still unable to fulfill your grandfather's last wish to return to the clan, then...then you must revitalize your family, so that future generations will be proud of you!" Cao Yin looked at his son with anticipation.

"Father..." Cao Yong's face was reddened by the scorching gaze: "Father is knowledgeable and talented, he is filial, loyal and upright, and he is a member of the Zhongxing Cao family."

These few words are not flattery.

Although Cao Yin is not considered a good father, Cao Yong once witnessed his hard work when he was in Jiangning for official business.I have also seen his literary talent with the same name and the corresponding singing.

The reason why Cao Yin is not very satisfied with his son may also be related to Cao Yong's lack of progress in poetry.

Cao Yin felt a little embarrassed when he heard his son's words, waved his hands, and said: "It's nothing, it's just a hard work for the emperor. It's not good for the family. If you didn't bluntly point out that you are a father, you are afraid of being a father." You have to keep deceiving yourself and others. When the weather changes, you will not escape the fate of confiscating your family and exterminating your family... In the past few years, you have worked hard in the capital to maintain the dignity of your family, and you are ashamed to be a father..."

"My son didn't do anything, but he inherited his father Yu Meng..." It was rare to hear Cao Yin say so many words, Cao Yong also felt more intimate.

"You are mature and prudent, and you should rest assured for your father. It's just that in the officialdom, there are many ghosts and monsters. There are some lessons learned from the past. If you know it, you can avoid detours." Cao Yin said kindly, looking into his son's eyes, It is an unabashed appreciation, and there is no previous pickiness: "As a father, I have figured it out. Although you have some deficiencies in Confucianism, you are generous in life and have no greed. As long as you meet a famous master, it is not difficult to achieve success." Fan Gongye."

Although I don't like Cao Yin's usual pickiness, such a straightforward compliment also makes Cao Yong a little awkward.

It was embarrassing to say, but he had to admit that he felt a little secretly happy like a child when he got his father's affirmation.

"My lord..." Cao Yin muttered in a low voice, "That lord is notoriously moody, but you are not pushy, so you must be able to catch his eyes. No matter what, the emperor's side , you need to be more respectful..."

*
Changchun Garden, the Empress Dowager's Palace.

Mrs. Li and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saluted the queen mother respectfully. The queen mother had been ill in the first month and had been raised in Tangquan for a few days, but she still looked a little relieved.

However, seeing Mrs. Li coming, the Empress Dowager put on a smile on her face, and her spirit improved a lot.He hurriedly called the maids around him to help Mrs. Li get up.

In the first month of the first lunar month, Mrs. Li did not enter the palace to pay her respects because of her long-lived flowers. The Empress Dowager had not seen her for several months, so she patted the edge of the kang to greet Mrs. Li to come forward.

Li has studied Mongolian for more than a year. Although she speaks it clumsily, she can understand a lot of everyday words.

Seeing Concubine De and Concubine Yi sitting on the chairs under the kang, how dare Mrs. Li sit on the kang, she quickly resigned.

Seeing that she was concerned about her status, the queen mother asked someone to move the little scorpion and put it next to the kang.

Only then did Mrs. Li dare to step forward, and sat next to each other, listening to the queen mother.

The queen mother babbled, as if she were talking to her own nephew, asking about the daily life.

Concubine De was watching her nose and heart, listening with a smile on her face; Concubine Yi also had a smile on her face, looking at Li Shi with a somewhat complicated look.

Mrs. Li listened hard, some could understand, some could not, so she looked back at Chuyu.

After all, Chuyu is young, and although she cannot speak Mongolian well, she is still much better than her mother-in-law.Seeing something puzzled by the mother-in-law, most of them took two steps forward and raised some points in a low voice.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law look very harmonious.

The Empress Dowager saw it, her face filled with joy, she asked Chuyu to come forward, stroked her hand, and said in Mongolian: "Know how to respect elders, don't show your status, you are a good boy."

Chu Yu hurriedly leaned over and said, "As a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter should do her duty, and I dare not be praised by Lafayette!"

The queen mother nodded with a smile, and said to Li: "You are a lucky person, but you should live comfortably. If anyone dares to make you angry, don't bear it, and say it like a mourner."

Inside and outside the words, it is an unabashed care and care.

Concubine Yi was beside her, her smile froze on her face.The matter between Cao's family and Brother Nine was causing a lot of trouble, so she naturally knew about it.

The mother-in-law, of course, turned to her son, complaining that Cao's father and son didn't know what to do, and they went to the imperial court to sue the emperor and became enemies of the prince.Now she is afraid that Mrs. Li is ignorant, and she will nag something in front of the Queen Mother.

She has been in the palace for forty years, and she knows the Queen Mother's temper, and she is used to protecting her weaknesses.As long as which one is important, it must be protected to the end, and there is no reason at all.

The queen mother said so, but Mrs. Li could only listen. How could she dare to trouble the old man with her own affairs?

However, Mrs. Li remembered her daughter-in-law's entrustment, and talked about Mrs. Han Jiang's affairs.

He only said that his distant relatives in his hometown had difficulty being widowed and were persecuted by his clan, so he had no choice but to come to the capital, and now he was helping Chuyu look at several properties.But she showed her whiteness, which attracted the eyes of others, and wanted to force a marriage, which gained both money and wealth.

The queen mother entered the palace in her teens and became a widow in her twenties.Although the empress dowager took care of him, he didn't suffer much, but the old man is kind, and he can't help showing pity for the widows and orphans.

Hearing Mrs. Li's words, the old man couldn't help frowning.

Annoyance is annoyance, but it's not annoyance that someone hits Han Jiang's attention, but annoyance that Han Jiangshi has been sheltered by the Cao family and is being bullied like this.In this way, it just shows that others don't take the Cao family seriously.

The old man frowned and thought about it, and asked Li: "Who is the master of the yellow belt? Those worthless things, they only know how to eat and drink all day long, and they even try to trick other widows. Don't be afraid, if If anyone does not have eyes, tell the Ai family, and the Ai family asks the emperor to clean them up!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li quickly got up and thanked her.

She didn't know the details, and also knew that it was not easy to pursue the matter, so she made some vague remarks and changed the subject.

Concubine Yi was at the side, her hands were already sweating, she roughly understood the reason of the dispute between her son and the Cao family, and she was already thinking of ways to resolve it.

Seeing how the empress dowager and the emperor treat the Cao family differently, what is it not to be blind to the Cao family at this time?
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