Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Before Chapter 665 (please ask for a guaranteed monthly pass)

On Rehe's side, the black pastry matter has finally come to an end.

Cao Yin still didn't forget to say something to his son, saying: "Next time, ask someone to mix some white flour into it, maybe it will be easier to restrain."

Although Cao Yong really has no appetite for this wheat bran, but he wonders if he should also add some miscellaneous grains to his daily diet at home.The children's nutrition should be more balanced, and Cao Yin and Li's eating is also good for health.

It's just that you can't pick the cheapest thing. If that's the case, it's not nourishing, it's suffering.

Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and Mrs. Li has ordered the kitchen to make zongzi.Because she was going back to Horqin after the Baoya Festival, after discussing with her mother-in-law, Chuyu sent someone to bring Baoya's mother and son here for the festival.

Tianhui, who was carried by Baoya for the past three days, also came back.Hearing her mother's movement, Tianhui groped her way over, tugging on Chuyu's skirt and refusing to let go.

Bao Ya smiled and said to Chu Yu: "I miss you. Even if you don't ask someone to invite me today, I have to come here. After three days of coaxing, I got up early today and wanted to find 'Mom' for everything. How can I coax you?" Neither."

The married clan Gege cannot return to Beijing without the imperial court's order.Even if you report to the Zongren Mansion and Li Fan Yuan, and get permission from the imperial court, there are rules and time limits for returning to Beijing.

The funeral of the parents, or the son's attack on the prince, or the daughter's marriage, only when such an opportunity catches up, can the clan Gege return to Beijing.

In addition, if you want to meet your relatives, you have to take advantage of the opportunity of Shengjia's tour outside the Great Wall and come to court with your husband or son.

Chu Yu wants to follow her husband, even if she catches up with her in the future, she doesn't know when it will be.

The last time we said goodbye in the capital, Chuyu was still a bride, and Baoya was still waiting to be married in the boudoir.This dazzling effort has already made the branches full of green leaves and shade.

"Does it really have to wait until Arslen is an adult before returning to Beijing?" Chu Yu couldn't help asking.

"I would like to ask for a special decree to go back to the capital for half a year. It's just for no reason. How can it be so easy? I'm afraid that if the paperwork for the decree is sent to the clan's mansion, it will be reprimanded, and then two nuns will be sent out." Come to 'teach' me how to behave." Bao Ya said with a wry smile.

After hearing this, Chu Yu couldn't help feeling sad.

Her younger sister, Er Gege from Prince Chun's Mansion also pointed out that she was married outside the Great Wall, and the marriage was still delayed due to catching up with the man's white wedding.In the future, it will be the same as Baoya, and will live for the marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia, and live for the responsibility of Aixinjueluo's daughter.

If she hadn't been able to marry into Cao's family, she might not be able to live a better life than Baoya.Baoya has a hearty personality and an open mind.

Seeing that the hook made Chuyu feel uncomfortable, Baoya shook her head and said with a smile: "It's not a farewell to life and death. Look at what we are doing during the festival? Cao Yong was in his early twenties and was promoted to the position of chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After all, I can be stable for a few years, right? In this way, in the future, there will be opportunities to accompany and accompany me. At that time, if I find time, I will come to Rehe again, and we will still be together. I really want you and your family to visit Horqin. It’s May, and it’s really full of wild flowers, and it looks like it’s in a painting.”

At the end, Baoya’s eyes lit up: “Riding a horse on the meadow, you can startle the hare by the side of the horse’s hooves. The hares on the grassland are different from the rabbits we have seen in Beijing. They are mostly gray and look different. It is fat, has long ears, and has a long and thin tail. There is a tuft of hair on the tip of the tail, which can be used to make pens.

Although this hare runs fast, if two or three people chase it together, they can catch it.Once I was naughty, and when I saw this rabbit, I got off my horse and chased it.By the way, this rabbit is not easy to chase on horseback, because it will turn, and when you catch it, it will turn and turn around, which is fun.

I took two servants and chased him in Caodianzi for half an hour.Later, a slave was clever enough to take off his vest and throw it away, covering the rabbit.I took a closer look and saw that the rabbit was tired and vomited blood, and its small eyes were rolling. It was unbearable to look at it, so I asked someone to let it go. "

Listening to Baoya's interesting talk, Chuyu thought about the days when he rode his horse and sang, and said to Baoya: "In this way, being in Mongolia is not as difficult as everyone said."

Sitting next to her mother, Tianhui couldn't help but listen to Baoya's talk about the little rabbit.

"So what if it's difficult? Those gege in the palace are taught all kinds of rules, and some speak loudly. In Mongolia, who is alone, who will feel better. I still have to explain myself. Right now. , Horqin has also built a palace. Although it is not as prosperous as Beijing, it is not wronged in terms of food and clothing. I heard that in the early years, those old aunts who married on the grassland had to live in yurts. Drinking mare's milk. Due to improper diet, Gege who married at that time rarely lived long."

Baoya said.

After hearing this, Chuyu was afraid of making Baoya feel sad, so she changed the subject and said, "Has Baoge made zongzi? Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I have asked the kitchen to prepare glutinous rice. How about asking someone to bring zongzi leaves and fillings?" , let's make zongzi by ourselves?"

After hearing this, Baoya became interested.However, after taking a look at Chu Yu, he was still a little worried, and said, "Are you still sick?"

"It's not physical work, it's just sitting on the kang and doing it." Seeing that Baoya was also interested, Chuyu ordered people to get materials from the kitchen, and asked Xicai to fetch embroidery thread.

After a while, the stuffing arrived, Chuyu and Baoya took off the bracelet, cleaned their hands, and began to wrap it up...

*
Other courtyard, study room.

Since there was no other errand today, Cao Yin arrived at noon, and the father and son were in the study, reading the letter sent by Cao Song's envoy.

Cao Yin was getting old and his eyes were a little dazzled, so he ordered his son to read the letter.

At the beginning, it is to ask for safety, then it is to report the safety of the family, and then it is to mention the matter of Cao Xiang's release.

Cao Yin and Cao Yong, father and son, were quite surprised when they heard the news.

Cao Yin frowned, and said: "A good Guozijian doesn't study, what kind of training is there? Yonger, write to the second child, just say that I don't allow it, isn't this nonsense?"

Cao Yong looked at the letter in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Father, I'm afraid it's too late. Xiaoer wrote in the letter that Xiaosi has completed the formalities from the Ministry of Officials, and he will leave Beijing to take up his post on the sixth day."

Cao Yin couldn't help sighing after hearing this, and said, "I thought the fourth child was a material for studying, and our Cao family can produce a Jinshi."

When Cao Yin was young, he entered the palace as a companion, and together with Nalan Rongruo, he studied with the scholar Xiong Cilu.

In the 11th year of Kangxi, Cao Yin and Nalan Rongruo participated in the provincial examination of Shuntian Prefecture together, and they both passed the Juren in the same year.At that time, Cao Yin was fifteen years old, three years younger than Nalan Rongruo.

The following year, Cao Yin was selected as a bodyguard and served in front of the imperial court, instead of taking the imperial examination career.Nalan Rongruo failed in the general examination, and three years later was a Jinshi.

Speaking of which, this is also a knot in Cao Yin's heart.He hoped that his children could take the imperial examinations and not just rely on the shadow of their ancestors.

After all, in the eyes of the world, a professional background is the right way.Scholars, Juren, and Jinshi can make up for vacancies at different levels according to their identities;

The imperial court has a decree, "Han people are not recommended, and the Han army is not given examinations, and Beijing officials and Zhengyin officials are not awarded."

Although the Cao family raises the flag, they are not subject to this restriction and can fill in the gaps.But Cao Yin knew that no family could rely on the emperor's honor and favor to prosper forever.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, this is the same old principle.

Only by letting the children study hard, passing on the poems and books to the family, and the children successively becoming officials through the imperial examination, can the family pass on.

This dynasty has entered the customs for less than a hundred years, and the father and son have successively served as cabinet ministers, and uncles and nephews have successively served as ministers, not one or two families.They are all from a scholarly family, full of Jinshi and Juren.

Seeing Cao Yin, he was really envious, and hoped that his nephew would take the imperial examination on the right path, so that the Cao family would gradually get rid of the role of "lucky ministers".

Although the eldest son had three sons, Cao Shun died early, and the remaining eldest son, Cao Yong, had already become an official.The youngest son is less than one year old, and is still in his infancy. It will take many years to read and learn to read, let alone end.

The nephews of Erfang, not to mention Cao Shuo who is gone, are the same as Cao Song, with elm heads, not material for learning.The rest of Xiaosi and Xiaowu are all clever and clever, but Xiaowu loses in frivolity, and has some aura in poetry, but has little benefit in stereotypes; Stereotyped, but also beautiful.

Cao Yin pinned his hopes of becoming a Jinshi and a glorious family lintel on Cao Xiang. No matter how busy he was with errands every month, he never forgot to ask his nephew about his homework.

Who would have thought that at a young age, he would learn to make up his own mind, and without consulting his elders, he would quietly fill in the vacancy.

Seeing that his father was depressed, Cao Yong only thought that he was worried about Cao Xiang's young age, and persuaded him: "Father, don't worry too much. This teaching is the most leisurely job. Although Xiaosi is young, after all, he has been in Taixue for two years. It’s not too difficult to deal with them.”

Hearing this, Cao Yin felt hopeful, and said: "Yes, this teaching job is not busy. If you put your heart into it, you can spare time to read the Four Books and Five Classics. Yonger, help my father to study ink, I want to give it to the old man." Fourth, write a letter to the family, telling him that being an errand is an errand, don’t waste your homework. When he returns to the capital after his term expires, it’s okay to take the exam again.”

When Cao Yong saw his father say so, he naturally had no opinion.

He poured some clear water into the inkstone, took a strip of ink and grinded it, and a lot of ink was ground in a short while.

Cao Yin took the pen and paper, dipped it in the ink, raised the pen and wrote: "Xiang'er, my nephew..."

*
Xinggong, Sizhi Bookstore.

Kangxi sat on the kang, looking at the memorial in his hand, his face was a little ugly.Due to floods last year and drought this year, the price of rice in Beijing skyrocketed.According to the recent household booklets, the price of rice in the capital is now so high that it has attracted the attention of the world.

There were two ministers standing on the ground, one was the Minister of the Household Department who was on duty today, and the other was Guan Bao, the acting minister in charge of internal affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Kangxi closed the memorial and said to the servant of the household department: "The grain and rice for the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners is set to be distributed within August. If we wait until August today, the price of rice will become more expensive. The distribution will be made on the tenth day of the fifth month. Then distribute another [-] shi of rice, hand it over to the original rice sellers, and sell it at a reduced price. It will be sent to the household department immediately."

The servant knelt down to accept the order and retreated.

When the attendant went out, Kangxi looked at Guanbao, and said in a deep voice: "Last year, the area where Zhili belonged was flooded and there was no harvest. Now the capital is in drought. I am deeply worried. Starting tomorrow, I will be in the palace. Only eat once a day. Worry about the ancestors, and enjoy the joy of the posterity. Maybe it can inspire the harmony of heaven."

After hearing the order, Guan Bao's eyes were already red, his body was trembling, and he wished to bear it for himself.

Seeing him like this, Kangxi waved his hands and said, "Kneel down, I still need to read the scriptures."

Guan Bao choked up and went out, just in time to meet Brother Sixteen rushing towards him.

Seeing Guan Bao wiping his tears with his sleeve, Brother Sixteen couldn't help but stop, and said with a smile: "Old Guan, is this wronged? Tell me, will I make the decision for you?

Guan Bao hurriedly put down his arms, and after seeing the sixteenth elder brother, he told the reason for his tears.

After all, the emperor has passed Jiazi, and it is the age to preserve health and cherish blessings. How can he bear one meal a day?It's just that everyone understands these words in their hearts, and no one dares to say them in front of the emperor.

Just like a drunk man always yells "I'm not drunk", what the elderly look forward to most is "I'm not old".Even if he is really old, others have to flatter him that he is young, otherwise, he should wonder whether others are cursing him to death, or looking forward to his death.

The sixteenth elder brother heard Guan Bao's words, and felt uncomfortable, looked at Guan Bao and said: "Let's do this first, you and I have to spend some brains to see if there is any way to persuade the emperor to eat more or persuade the emperor to eat more. Ama tonic for some conditioning."

Guanbao had no choice but to go to the dining room to see if there were any recipes that could last a day with one meal.

*
In the capital city, Cao's East Mansion, the upper room in the inner courtyard.

Zhao Jia's face drooped, and he stared at Cao Song and said, "Why are you doing well, and there is no dinner? I already told your cousin and aunt that I want to take her over for a drink."

Today is the joy of Cao Xiang's concubine. The house of the new aunt has been tidied up. Cao Xiang also bathes and changes clothes, and puts on a new dress.Everything went according to the regulations, but there was no meeting.

No matter how naive Cao Song was, he wouldn't say that the third sister refused to do it. If that happened, it would only make Zhao Jia furious and create more rift with Cao Yi.

"Mother, this is the order of the imperial court. The families of officials and literati are not allowed to have banquets or listen to operas. You must pray for rain with your heart." Cao Song said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhao Jia could not help frowning, and said: "The officials and masters of the court are idle, aren't they? You still worry about what other people eat and how they live?"

Cao Song said: "I heard that even the ladies in the palace have reduced meals. Who dares to pray for rain as a matter of concern? I'm afraid it will be unlucky. Mother, the fourth child on the right and left is not married, so don't make such a foolish thing. It's a crime." If the rules attract the censor, the son's future will be ruined."

Listening to what Cao Song said, Zhao Jia is a housewife after all, with long hair and short knowledge, so she dared not make up her mind, and said in a shy way: "Then send someone to confess to your cousin and aunt, don't forget to bring two Box Bunbo makes amends."

Cao Song agreed, and went down to order someone to go out to deliver a message.

The night was getting darker, and when it was time to hold the lamps, red candles were already lit in Cao Xiang's room.

Even if it is a concubine, it is an auspicious time selected before. When the time comes, the new couple will be carried in a small sedan chair through the side door or the back door, and sent directly to the bridal chamber. The procedure is much simpler than getting married.

Outside the gate of Cao’s house, Luju was wearing a hijab, sitting in a small sedan chair for two people, her eyes were straight, she couldn’t feel joy at all, only endless fear, not knowing where her life was going...

A line of tears fell and slipped over the skirt without leaving any trace...

(End of this chapter)