Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 676
Although she was not recognized as a righteous daughter and became a nephew's daughter-in-law, Li Shi still prepared various generous gifts.When the Dong family sent Gao Shi and Shang Shi to pick them up, there were several more carriages on the way back.

In addition to the Cao family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also came down with rewards from Kangxi.

Cao Yin's temperament is most stable, how could he agree to get married without Kangxi's consent, and he has already reported it to the imperial court, so Kangxi also knew about it.

The Dong family was very respectable. On June 24, the Cao family released Xiao Ding, and the Cao family began to prepare Suxin's dowry.

Before Su Xin went back, Cao Fu finally seized the opportunity and met with her.

But Cao Fu didn't really see the element core dodging in such a hurry.

But looking at such a discipline, Cao Fu also thinks highly of him.And because Mrs. Li said good things about Su Xin, he finally had some thoughts about this marriage.

Originally, Mrs. Li wanted to wait for the marriage arrangements of the Cao and Dong families to be settled, so she brought her grandsons and granddaughters to live in Haidian Garden.Before the trip, he caught up with Mrs. Gao's body feeling uncomfortable.

On Li's side, he had to wait for the sick and couldn't leave him alone, so he stayed in the mansion and sent Zijing to take Tian and Lianqiu there, so he had the right to relax.Because Zijing had something to do in the mansion, she didn't want to go first. It was Chu Yu who persuaded her again and again, and then went to Haidian Garden.

On Zhaojia's side, she planned to take her fourth sister and fifth son with Li to the Haidian Garden to escape the summer heat.Seeing that Mrs. Li was not going, she naturally went reluctantly.

It's just that she began to mutter that she wanted to repair the garden, so that she would not have a garden at home, and would have to endure hardships in Beijing on a hot day.

On Jinghui's side, she just listened and didn't answer.

Today, the expenditure in the mansion is based on Cao Song's salary and Zhuangzi's future.

Mrs. Zhao Jia kept her money tight, and she even wanted to be frugal when she bought new clothes for her fourth sister and fifth son.From four sets per season to two sets per season.It is rare for servants in the mansion to be rewarded, and most of them use old clothes and old clothes for trouble.

On Cao Yong's side, he also lives outside the city, waiting for the order to come down.See whether to go to Jehol, or continue in Beijing.

Because there is Changchun Garden in Haidian, the official road between Haidian and Dongzhimen is a bluestone slab.Maybe there is a time limit, and some places are already dilapidated. Now there are laborers repairing the road, and officials from the Ministry of Industry are following.

When Cao Yong went in and out of the capital and went to various parts of the capital, he looked at this posture and felt a little strange.

This year, there has been a severe drought in Gyeonggi. Even if the Ministry of Industry has spare money, it should think about opening canals and repairing waterways.There is little rain in the north, and there will be five or six droughts in ten years.If the canals are unimpeded and irrigation is increased, it will be beneficial to the country and the people.

When asked clearly, Cao Yong really didn't know what to say.

The Ministry of Industry is working on a major project, but in fact it cannot be called the Ministry of Industry. It is a project requested by the governor of Zhili, Zhao Hongxie, to build bridges and roads in Zhili.

This territory is actually the official road from the capital to Rehe, plus the road from Changchun Garden to Dongzhimen.

The cause of the matter was that when Shengjia went to Rehe this year, he asked about the road on the way.

As for the Ministry of Industry sending people to follow, it is nominally "to monitor and build bridges and pave roads together with Xiangdao officials, so that not only will money and food not be wasted, but husbands and labors will also benefit from it." That's all.

On Cao Yong's side, thinking about Brother Sixteen's investigation of the silverfish in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is nothing, and looking at the official scene in the capital, he can only sigh in his heart.

Although it is not to the point of wrath and resentment, the officialdom is full of smog, and even a person with a noble temperament can only live with the light in order to protect himself.

While waiting for the imperial decree in Rehe, Cao Yong ushered in his 23rd birthday.

Waking up early, Cao Yong just opened his eyes when he saw Chuyu dressed up, with Tianyou, Hang Seng and Tianhui walking aside.The three little guys are also like Chu Yu, dressed up and looking very happy.

After Cao Yong got up, Chu Yu hurriedly patted Tianyou.

Tianyou took the lead, and the three brothers and sisters knelt down together, saying: "My child, I wish my father (father) blessings like the East China Sea, the sun and the moon are prosperous, every year has today, and every year has today!"

When Cao Yong heard this, his heart was also ironed. He hurriedly got up and called the children to get up.

Chu Yu has already brought new clothes, a lake-blue robe and a moon-white mandarin jacket, and is helping Cao Yong to put them on.

There is no need to ask for rain, and Gyeonggi has also seen it. Cao Yong rarely rests and does not need to go to the Yamen.

Xicai had already brought Tianyou and the others out to wait, Cao Yong smiled and said to Chuyu, "Didn't you say that you don't want to talk about it anymore, and you're still tossing them up?"

"I told my wife, but the children clamored to come." Chu Yu said with a smile.

"The children want to come? Who taught the auspicious words? It's so smooth?" Cao Yong asked.

"It's Niuniu. I don't know when I heard someone say it. I wrote it down and taught God to bless them for a while." Chu Yu said.

After the husband and wife said a few words, they left the house and brought the children to the Orchid Court together.

Mrs. Li had already got up, and when she saw her son and daughter-in-law bringing their grandchildren, their faces showed kindness.

Cao Yong helped Li to sit on the kang, then took two steps back, lifted his front, knelt down on both knees, and kowtowed: "My son's birthday is the day of my mother's death. My son is here, thank my mother. "

"What are you talking about? It's so sad." When Li Shi heard this, her eyes were red, and she helped Cao Yong up with her own hands, carefully looked at his face, and said: "When you first landed, you were not much older than a kitten. Now, in the blink of an eye, I've become a father."

After saying a few words, Mrs. Li asked someone to set the table, and the family had breakfast.

As soon as the table was removed, Zijing, Tian's and Lianqiu brought their children to celebrate their birthday.

On Cao Yong's side, there was something strange about it.After Chuyu mentioned it, he realized that everyone went back to the city last night to celebrate his birthday.

On Cao Yong's side, it is necessary to return the courtesy one by one.

After seeing the inner house, the front yard is also waiting.Jiang Jian, Li Wei, Qian Chenqun, Wei Hei, Zheng Hu and others all came to pay respects to Cao Yong on his birthday.

Here, Cao Yong kept leaning over to salute.After tossing around, the housekeeper had already sent a message that the third girl and the Duke had arrived.

After hearing this, Cao Yong went out to meet him in person.

Sai Shitu rides a horse, Cao Yi rides a chariot, holding Brother Shou in his arms.

Seeing his nephew, Cao Yong couldn't do enough to kiss him, so he took it from Cao Yi's hand and kissed him twice fiercely.

Brother Shou wrung his fingers, turned around to look at Cao Yi, pouted his mouth, and called out pitifully, "Er Niang..."

"I haven't seen you for half a year, don't you know my uncle?" Cao Yong smiled and touched Brother Shou's hair and asked.

Cao Yi took a step forward and said to his son: "How to teach you at home, call someone quickly."

Brother Shou hesitated for a moment, then Fang whispered, "I wish uncle a happy life and good health."

Seeing his well-behaved appearance, Cao Yong also felt distressed.Thinking of his mother getting up early and still talking about his grandson, Cao Yong asked his sister to take his nephew to the second gate first.On the side of brother-in-law Seishtu, Cao Yong personally led him to the living room to talk.

"Brother, are you going to work here in the capital, or are you going to the imperial court again?" Seshtu asked after taking half a sip of herbal tea.

"Who knows, there is no decree yet, I just take it as leisure." Cao Yong replied.

"Brother, I'm probably going to work in the clan mansion. I met Prince Jian a few days ago and said that there is a vacancy in the right clan of the clan mansion." Sai Shitu hesitated and said.

"Zongren Mansion?" Cao Yong listened and said with a smile: "Then congratulations. The Clan Mansion is above the cabinet and the six ministries, and the errands under its usual jurisdiction are mostly leisure, that is, decent and comfortable, how good it is." .”

Seeing Cao Yong's reaction, Sai Shitu felt a little strange, and asked, "Isn't elder brother always reluctant to make friends with the royal family? Because the reserve position has not been determined, he was worried about me coming, afraid that I would be accidentally involved."

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It's not the same thing. It's just that you are a new rich man. It's rare for someone to make up your mind and try to win you over. The emperor hates cliques the most, especially for princes. I can't bear it. Ah Ling'a and Kui Xu, why are you 'resting'? I want to know some rumors from your side. As for the clan mansion, you are on a job, so you are justified, what else can you avoid?"

Sai Shitu nodded while listening, and only then did he know Cao Yong's real intention.

The two were talking, and Cao Song had brought Cao over.The two congratulated Cao Yong on his birthday, and met his brother-in-law Seishtu again.

"Aren't you working today?" Cao Yong was quite surprised when he saw Cao Song.

"I know it's my eldest brother's birthday, so I asked someone to change the shift." Cao Songhan said with a smile.

Cao Yong nodded, glanced at Cao Fu and said: "It's getting late, shouldn't it be time to go to school?"

"I just came here specially to pay respects to elder brother's birthday, so let's go now." Cao Fu said with a smile: "Elder brother, I heard that there is a play at home today, can younger brother bring friends back to listen to the play?"

"If there is anything you can't do, bring it back to play. Just don't delay your homework, and come back after school." Cao Yong replied.

Cao Fu responded with a smile, and went out to school.

For a short time, there was an endless stream of people who came to pay birthday wishes in person, or were ordered to give gifts.

Cao Yong is already a third-rank Jingtang, and the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally have to visit the door to congratulate him.Even Dong Dianbang, the newly appointed acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came here in person.

Although the two are on the same level, from Cao Fu's point of view, Dong Dianbang is the elder.

Others, the yamen of the Ministry of Households, the yamen of the Ministry of War, the yamen of Taipusi, and the guards' office all have old colleagues of Cao Yong.If you have a good relationship, you can congratulate yourself; if you have a distant relationship, you can also communicate with others.

On the side of the in-laws, Prince Ping, Elder Seventeen, several elder brothers from Prince Chun's residence, and Fu Ding also came one after another.

As the eldest son-in-law of the Cao family, Sun Jue came a little late.

It's not that he came late on purpose, and because he had an errand in the yamen, Luo Ya went home and changed his clothes, so he sent someone over with a birthday present.

Looking at the carriage outside the gate of Cao's house and the voice of the accountant singing a salute inside the gate, Sun Jue couldn't help feeling a little envious.

After honing in the capital for several years, he is no longer the rotten Confucian who put everything on his face when he first came to Beijing.Therefore, thinking in his heart, but not showing it on the surface, he ordered the servant to present the birthday gift, and followed the housekeeper to the living room.

He has met most of the relatives of the Cao family, but this is the first time he has seen Dong Dianbang.

Speaking of which, he and the Dong family are both in-laws of the second wife of the Cao family, so the relationship should have been better.Thinking of this, Sun Jue became very close to Dong Dianbang.

Dong Dianbang's side is an old fox who has worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs all his life, and his eyes are the most poisonous.

Sun Jue's face was tense, but his attitude towards the clan and other officials was completely different, and he was not a person with backbone.

Unlike the Cao and Li families, the Sun family is not an old family member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it is because of Sun Taijun's honor and the support of the Cao family that they have today's prosperity.

Dong Dianbang looked down on Sun Wencheng, who spoke and acted politely; now seeing Sun Jue's demeanor, he shook his head in his heart.

However, no matter how miserable Sun Jue was, he was also a close relative of the Cao family. As an old fox, he responded with a smile on his face.Occasionally, a few words were mentioned in his mouth, all of which were old stories between the Dong family, the Cao family, and the Sun family.

The back and forth made Sun Jue feel that he and the new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in front of him had become old friends, and said that he would find a day to invite him to drink.

On Dong Dianbang's side, he responded with a smile, and Sun Jue looked at the prosperity in his eyes, and already had some small calculations in his heart.

What do you do when you come to the capital to be an official?It's just a relationship.

In the officialdom, if there is no one to provide support, one term can only be promoted once every three years.In the six films, have there been fewer five- and sixty-year-old principals?

Wanting to understand this, Sun Jue had no choice but to let go of his stinky airs and get close to the Cao family.

Although she is close on the surface, she is already extremely annoyed in her heart. She only feels that she has flattered the Cao family, making herself look down on her stature.The Cao family just got married, so they trembled.If it weren't for Sun Taijun's more than ten years of upbringing, the Cao family would be a fart?
Feeling depressed, he drank a few more cups during the banquet and vomited a few times. When he got home, Sun Jue was already in a daze.After entering the house, he leaned on the kang and did not move.

Seeing that there was dirt on her husband's skirt, Mrs. Cao called her husband to get up and change.

Sun Jue was in a daze, it was Meng Zhougong who had gone, and a bride in auspicious clothes and a red hijab was visiting the hall.She had just worshiped heaven and earth, and was sent to the bridal chamber. When she was about to uncover her head, she was awakened by Mrs. Cao.

Sun Jue couldn't help being furious, sat up, stretched out his legs, and kicked Cao Shi.

Cao couldn't dodge it in time, kicked her crotch straight, and squatted on the ground with a cry of "Ouch".

"Grandpa..." Cao's face was pale, and his lips trembled.

Sun Jue drooped his face and said, "Is it cool to sit on the ground? Why don't you roll?"

Mrs. Cao knew that her husband was a coward, and had seen his tricks before. Hearing this, she felt a jolt in her body, and got up from the ground, clutching her crotch.

Sun Jue rubbed his brows, sobered up a bit, thinking about what he said earlier that he would invite Dong Dianbang to drink.He looked at the house and the small yard outside, couldn't help but shook his head, and said to Cao: "How much money is left in the account, let the housekeeper find a real estate broker, and we should change to a bigger house."

When Cao heard this, she was a little surprised.He said in a low voice, "Master, the silver sent by the master at the beginning of this year has almost been spent. There are only a few hundred taels left in the account."

Sun Jue couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Don't you have a lot of jewelry, and I don't see you wearing them, go pawn some silver first, and redeem it when the master brings the silver..."

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Rehe, Cao's other courtyard, the study in the front yard.

Cao Yin looked at the chessboard with a smile on his face, he laid down a black piece, and took the white piece to become a big dragon.

The person who held the white was Zhiran who was staying in Rehe. He did not return to Beijing with Cao Yong, but stayed here to study Buddhism.

All the female relatives here have left, and it is very quiet.Apart from going to the monastery to learn Zen, Zhiran stayed here for other things. Sometimes he played chess with Cao Yin, and sometimes the two of them also talked about Buddhism.

(End of this chapter)