Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 671
Capital City, Shi Lang Mansion, front hall.

Looking at Cao Song who was wearing a guard uniform, Mu Ertai looked complicated, pointed to the chair, and said, "Is this just coming back from duty in the palace? Sit down and talk."

"Well, I wanted to go back and change my clothes before coming back, but I was afraid that I would miss the hour." Cao Song said in his mouth, and he had already sat down as ordered.

"Ruhui has already seen the gift from you and your daughter-in-law. She acknowledges your affection, so it's hard for you to miss it." Moertai said with a sigh.

"Uncle, no matter what, Ruhui is a nephew and cousin, close relatives by blood. It's just mother's side, it's just that she can't get over it for a while, and she still loves her cousin." Cao Song said.

Murtai nodded, looked at Cao Song and said, "After all, it's bigger and more stable."

Seeing that Murtai was getting old and his hair was graying a lot, Cao Song couldn't help feeling a little worried, and said: "I heard that He Shangshu was fired, and there are rumors that the accounts of the Ministry of Industry in recent years are not correct, and uncle is fine. Bar?"

When Murtai heard this, he smiled wryly and said, "It's all right, how can this be controlled at will? It's all fate, let it take its course."

"If you go to talk to grandpa, see if you can find someone to talk to?" Cao Song asked with great concern.

Seeing his nephew's sincerity, Murtai was quite moved, his expression softened a lot, he waved his hand, and said, "Your great grandfather is 83 this year, and people are confused for a while, how can you bother his old man with these troublesome things. "

"Why don't my nephew write to my uncle to ask, and if my uncle knows, maybe he can help..." Cao Song hesitated and said.

Murtai shook his head, and said: "It's not that far yet. Your great-grandfather and grandfather were well-educated, and your uncle and I are not greedy and contemptible people. We haven't reached the point where the sky is angry and people complain. It's just that those people are idle and have nothing to do. It's just the wind and the rain. If you can't stand it any longer, uncle will find a way, so you don't have to worry about uncle. Your younger siblings are all young, and you still have to rely on your elder brother to pull and discipline them."

Having been an official for two years, Cao Song is also very sensible, not a brat who doesn't know anything.

Uncle was affected by He Yi and was impeached, and it was mostly because of Malhan's old age, which made the family's nephew and nephew lose their support.

When the nephew and uncle were talking, a young man came to pass the message, saying that it was about the same time, and the wife invited the master into the inner house.

After hearing this, Cao Song got up and said, "Since my aunt is called uncle, my nephew will go back first."

Murtai hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your cousin-in-law is going to be released, and he will leave after returning home. Your cousin will return home the day after tomorrow. If you are free, come and eat at the kinship bar."

"Yes, my nephew wrote it down." Cao Song responded, and Mu Ertai asked the housekeeper to send him out, and went back to the second gate by himself.

Cao Song left the Minister's Mansion, thought about it, and rode his horse around to the back street.

It is already golden black sinking in the west, the sky is filled with colorful clouds, and pedestrians are gradually thinning out.

At the back door of the Shi Lang's Mansion, a bridal sedan chair was parked alone, without the gongs, drums and noise of welcoming the bride.

According to the custom in Beijing, if a widow remarries, she can only be quietly carried out through the back door before the sun comes out or after the sun goes down.

Because it was summer, although the sun had set, the sky was not completely dark yet, when a "squeak" was heard, and the back door was pushed open.

Wearing a hijab and a red dress, the bride was helped out.Standing next to him was a middle-aged man in an auspicious suit, in his thirties, with a short beard, who presumably was Ruhui's new husband, a Taoist who had been released outside.

Murtai and his wife Wu Yashi came out, Wu Yashi was already wiping her tears with a handkerchief, her face was full of reluctance, she held her daughter's hand, and gave instructions for a while before asking someone to help her up The bridal sedan chair.

Seeing the bride getting on the sedan chair, the groom bowed to Murtai and Wu Yashi, got on his horse and led the sedan chair away.

On Cao Song's side, he couldn't tell what it was like, shook the reins, turned the horse's head, and went home...

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Rehe, the palace.

Looking at Yaerjiang Azhezi, Prince of Heshuojian, Kangxi was in a good mood. The memorial said that the younger brothers were impatient with the heat and wanted to use big ice cubes.

Today, there are nine elder brothers who live in the palace without a branch office.The fourteenth elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the seventeenth elder brother are not counted, and there are twenty elder brothers, twenty-one elder brothers, twenty-two elder brothers, twenty-three elder brothers The 21 princes who landed.

This time there were three followers, and there were six more in the palace.The 24th brother who is still in his infancy does not need these. The remaining 21st brother, 22nd brother and 23rd brother, the eldest is six years old, and the youngest is four years old. They are the most lively and active ages.

In addition to these prince princes, there are fourteen princes, fifteen princes, and sixteen princes' grandsons.

Kangxi thought of his children and grandchildren, and his face was much softer.

Then Wei Zhu came in and reported: "Your Majesty, please see me with the signboard, Third Elder Brother."

"Xuan." Kangxi put down the notebook and raised his voice.

After a short time, the third elder brother came in with Wei Zhu, lifted his front skirt, knelt down and said: "I respectfully invite Shengan."

Kangxi nodded and said, "Pingshen."

The third elder brother came here to respectfully invite Kangxi to visit the king's garden.Kangxi was in a good mood and was willing to reunite with his children and grandchildren, so he agreed to go tomorrow.

The third elder brother was overjoyed, and said a few more words to accompany him, knelt down, and went back to prepare for the meeting tomorrow.

Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother happened to be walking towards Shengjia, and they happened to see the third elder brother's back going away.

The sixteenth brother looked at the back of the third elder brother, with a bit of disdain on his face, turned his head and whispered to Cao Yong: "Don't tell me he has no eyes, no ears, and doesn't know that the court is difficult now, so I really think he is as artificial as he is." , arty, can aspire to the reserve position?"

Who can explain this clearly, after all, he is the son of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, who doesn't think that he is the real dragon emperor.Not to mention, the third elder brother had the same idea.

According to the rule that there is a heir to establish a heir, and no heir to establish a leader, now the elder brother and the second elder brother have been circled, and he, the third elder brother, has become the head of the princes, and he can be regarded as the person with the best chance of inheriting the imperial line.

"Didn't you say that the fourth master is coming? Counting the days, it should be here." Cao Yong didn't want to say much, so he changed the subject.

"Yeah, or else you think why the third brother is in such a hurry, and he has been to see him two or three times in the past few days, just to invite Huang Ama to visit the garden." Sixteenth elder brother said.

The two were talking, and when they arrived at Shengjia's place, they asked the servant to go in and report.

After a while, a decree came out, telling the two of them to go in and drive.

Elder Sixteen held a thick account book in his hands, which he sorted out these days.

Listening to Elder Sixteen talking about the malpractices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kangxi's face was deep, showing no joy or anger, and the eyes of Cao Yong and Elder Sixteen who occasionally glanced over were a little more inquiring.

Cao Yong bowed and stood aside, listening to the [-]th elder brother talking, and sweating in his heart.

Brother Sixteen has always been lazy, but this time he was also stimulated and became competitive, so he was very attentive in his work.

However, Kangxi is the most stable temperament, and he cares about the face of the court, the sixteenth elder brother is afraid that he will be in vain.

Hearing that the sixteenth elder brother asked for an order to check and check the Huangzhuang in various places, and re-establish the total number of tributes according to the amount of fields, Kangxi did not answer immediately, but looked at Cao Yong and asked: "Cao Yong, what do you think?"

"If you go back to the emperor, I will second the sixteenth elder brother. The Huangzhuang, mountains, forests, and swamps under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a lot of potential. If you can increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and make the best use of everything, you can also enrich the internal treasury." Cao Yong thought for a while , bowed back.

Xu really had no money to make a fuss, Kangxi thought about it a little bit, and nodded to Brother Sixteen's invitation.However, he did not forget to warn, saying: "Yinlu, since you are in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you and Cao Yong are diligent if you think about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, but you must also know how to measure, so as not to make people panic and not be stable." In the end, it was already a bit harsh.

Elder Sixteen wanted to defend himself, but seeing Kangxi's serious expression, he sighed inwardly, leaned over to answer, and said, "Yes, Huang Ama taught me a lesson, and I have written it down."

Coming out of the imperial palace, seeing that it was getting late, Cao Yong said goodbye to Brother Sixteen and went out of the palace to go home.

Went to the parents to ask Ann, and after talking a few words with the sons, Cao Yong went back to the east courtyard.

Vanilla is here, Chuyu and her are looking at the shoes.Qiniang was also there, telling Tianhui the story of the beach vividly.Not only Tianhui was fascinated by listening, even Xicai and Wu En listened with gusto.

Seeing Cao Yong coming back, Xiangcao hurriedly got up to meet him, and then took Qiniang back.

After Chu Yu served Cao Yong to change his clothes and freshen up, the food had already been set.

Seeing three sets of bowls and chopsticks, Cao Yong said: "Didn't you send someone back to tell you to eat first? There are too many of us? What should you and your daughter do if you are hungry?"

"Tianhui and I ate pastries in my wife's room in the afternoon, and when I asked her later, she said she wasn't hungry, so we waited for my son-in-law to come back together." Chuyu wiped Tianhui's hands, and was about to carry her daughter to the kang.

Cao Yong was afraid of stretching her wound, so he hurriedly stopped, leaned over and hugged Tianhui onto the kang.

"My son-in-law, my mother-in-law sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that she wanted to pick a fine day to invite the master, wife and children to visit the garden. When will my son-in-law rest for a bath, can you spare half a day?" Chu Yu asked.

"It's fine on my side. Say hello to Master Sixteen, and you can come out anytime. It's just that the holy driver will go to the palace to visit the king's garden in the past two days. Why is there no movement on the father-in-law's side?" Cao Yong asked back.

"I haven't seen Ama for a few days, and I don't know why. I heard from Hongzhuo last time that Sanbo's garden is grand and elegant, much more spacious than Ama's. I don't know if it's because of this, Ama No request." Chu Yu replied.

Both are princes, the status of the prince is different from that of the county king, and the status of the county king is different from Baylor and Beizi.

It may not be a good thing to be as confident and ostentatious as San Age.

Although the father-in-law's attitude towards the emperor Sun Hongxi was unclear, such a low-key and unassuming temperament was a talisman.

The next day, Shengjia came out of the palace and was lucky to meet Prince Shuocheng's garden.

Cao Yong got up early in the morning. On the road from the Xinggong to Wangyuan, road curtains have been set up, all of which are surrounded by yellow silk.

Pave the ground with loess, sprinkle the streets with clear water, and the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been busy from midnight to dawn before it can be regarded as tidied up.

The fourth elder brother, who had been driving for several days, arrived in Rehe, and asked Fujin to take his entourage to the garden here, and he went to the palace to pay his respects in person.

Before arriving at the gate of the palace, they heard the sound of drums and music.Amid the sound of drum music, surrounded by everyone, Luan Jia slowly walked out of the palace...

(End of this chapter)