Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 677 Shocking News
A few days after Cao Yong's birthday, Rehe had a decree to let him stay in the capital to do business.

Finally do not have to toss, Cao Yong also relieved.

After a Dragon Boat Festival, the "nine rice dumplings" made Daoxiang Village unprofitable.The newly opened shops in four places have also opened up sales by selling zongzi, and are well known by the people.

There are already 10,000+ taels of silver in the treasury of the Cao family.

It is rare to have such cash in the house. When Cao Yong and Chu Yu saw it, they were also amazed at Han Jiang's ability to make money.However, within three or two years, Daoxiang Village has not only recouped its capital, but also made a lot of money.

After discussing with Sister Lianqiu, Cao Yong asked someone to buy the Zhuangzi in Changping for the bonus from Rongyuan.On Wei Hei's side, Datou also bought land, and some of the rest was sent to Henan to Wei Bai, which was regarded as money for buying a cemetery for his parents.

On Cao Yong's side, the days when Chenzheng (eight o'clock in the morning) arrived at the Yamen and Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon) came back from the Yamen began again.

Shengjia is not in the palace, so he is at leisure.In addition, there is Dong Dianbang, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who has just been promoted in this hall, Cao Yong is more at ease.

Occasionally, there is a big or small affair in the palace, and when Sheng Jia is not in Beijing, it is not the turn of the House of Internal Affairs to intervene, and most of them are taken care of by the kings of the Clan House.

Today, the hottest topic in Beijing is the ink corruption case of Zhao Fengzhao, son of Minister of the Household Department Zhao Shenqiao and former Taiyuan prefect Zhao Fengzhao.

Su Keji, the governor of Shanxi, is following the holy order to recover the stolen goods of Zhao Fengzhao.

As early as March, there was a conclusion regarding Zhao Fengzhao's ink corruption case.He was charged with "creating tax regulations cleverly and extorting money". According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, he committed the crime of "receiving stolen goods in violation of the law" and should be hanged.

However, as the son of the six ministers, Zhao Fengzhao received a lot of kindness, so he should be serious. Jiuqing discussed the decision, and the stolen silver he received was more than 17 taels, and he was pursued to become an official according to the amount.

Because of the excessive bribes and stolen money, it will take time to track down, and then he was detained in Shanxi Governor's Yamen Prison.During the interrogation, officials from the Criminal Ministry went to recover the stolen money and other bribes.

Three or four months have passed, and now there is a war of words about the 10,000+ taels.

Su Keji's argument here is that he has never heard of any confusion. All recovered items are handed over to local officials; those that have not been recovered are still being recovered.

On the side of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, there is another story.What they meant was that the local officials had recovered the money before, and not all of it had been recorded.

The 17 taels in the account is far from the actual number.

There was a quarrel, but Su Keji bit back again, explaining that when the officers went down to pursue Zhao Fengzhao's corruption, they closed the door to avoid interrogation.From what Su Kezi heard, there was nothing confusing about it.

There is an old saying that it is easy to be an official in the court.

Even if he is a governor, after he arrived in the capital, Bing Jing and Tan Jing in the six departments would not dare to take a share.

Su Keji dared to stand up and fight the saliva lawsuit with the Ministry of Punishment, which shows that his holy family is with him, and he has nothing to fear.

The bustle is other people's bustle, Cao Yong didn't take it to heart at all, but what Na Ersu said, he was shocked in his heart.

To be honest, there are several officials who are not greedy for ink.It's just that the Beijing officials are at the feet of the emperor, so they don't dare to be too presumptuous, and life is a bit more difficult.The ones that are placed outside are scratching the ground in a different way.

If you don't scrape the ground, you can't be filial to your superiors, and you can't be an official.

Both Ma Jun and Gu Na chose to return to Beijing, not only because of their families, but also because they couldn't adapt to the decadent atmosphere of local officialdom.

"Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver", this is by no means empty talk.

Cao Yong has never met Zhao Fengzhao, so he can't find out who he is, but he usually looks at Zhao Shenqiao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, but he looks like an upright official.The official uniforms he wears are all five cents old. He is in his seventies, and when he goes in and out of the yamen, he only rides a horse, not a sedan chair.

Too modest is deceit.

Perhaps Zhao Fengzhao's reputation for being greedy for ink was so strong that Cao Yong even had a bit of prejudice against Zhao Shenqiao, a "model of incorruptibility", thinking that he was a person whose words and deeds were inconsistent.

There are two fathers and sons, one tree archway, the other earns money, and they both have face.

What is the truth?

"The war in the northwest is dragging on, and the treasury is empty again. The emperor is in a hurry." Naersu told Cao Yong the secrets he had heard recently, sighed, and said.

Cao Yong's eyes widened: "Brother-in-law, Su Keji's impeachment of Zhao Fengzhao was really ordered by the emperor?"

Na Ersu raised his eyebrows, and said: "That's not the case. Su Keji dared to impeach the son of Jingtang when he was full? You know, in this way, he offended not only Zhao Shenqiao. The governor offended Jingtang, which in itself It's a taboo in the officialdom. Not to mention, Zhao Shenqiao is highly respected among Han officials, and there are many people of status who have old relatives."

Cao Yong heard the words, could not help frowning.

Could it be that Zhao Shenqiao's reputation is too good, and his bad reputation lies in this "high morality", so Kangxi couldn't tolerate it, and wanted to use his most respected "cleanness" as an issue, so he slapped him bitterly.

After the ink corruption case of Zhao Fengzhao came out, Zhao Shenqiao asked to be dismissed because he "couldn't teach his son", but was dismissed by Kangxi and retained in his original position.

"Maybe he is afraid that Zhao Shenqiao will form a party, maybe it is because of the money, who knows." Na Ersu said: "I heard that the emperor got the news first, and I heard that Zhao Fengzhao has tens of thousands of taels of silver in his hand. When Zhao Fengzhao was about to expire, if the money was transported back to his hometown, it would not be traceable. Afterwards, Su Keji impeached Zhao Fengzhao for being corrupt. The money that Zhao Fengzhao was greedy for ink was recovered according to the number, and it was not transported. Return to the capital, but send it directly to the northwest to serve as military resources."

Cao Yong listened, thinking of the one hundred thousand taels of silver at home, he felt cold sweat dripping down his back.Immediately, I thought about it, but I didn't know what to do and how to think.

Although he knew that Kangxi was short of money, it was obviously not just a matter of money. Otherwise, impeaching a few officials above the magistrate would be a matter of 10 taels of silver.

Kangxi suppressed Hanchen and balanced the political situation.

In the imperial court, Manchu officials were originally important, while Han officials were only assistants.However, after Mingzhu and Suo'etu's party disputes, and the "one abolition" and "two abolition" princes' turmoil, many Manchu officials were dismissed from office, which made the six Chinese officials gradually gain real power.

Ma Qi's reinstatement may have something to do with this.

Han officials are no longer just decorations like they used to be. In addition, Fu Ning'an, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, supervised the army in the northwest, and the affairs of the Ministry of Officials were taken over by Zhang Penghe, Minister of the Han Dynasty. Discussion, the weight of Han officials increased.

When he thought of this, Cao Yong understood why Kangxi would use the excuse of praying for rain to deal with officials in the capital.It's not just because I'm old, I'm afraid that the courtiers will be disrespectful, but there are other deep meanings.

Among the officials of the six ministries who were punished, although there were full officials, they only accounted for [-]%, and the remaining seven became Han officials.

No matter what the previous political achievements were, after this treatment, everyone has become a body to be punished, and there is no room for speaking loudly...

On Cao Yong's side, he couldn't help but be vigilant.

Although I can't get famous, but these years, the circle of relatives and friends has become bigger and bigger.As for the silver, I didn't get it from the yamen, but if I was not careful, I made a windfall.

If Kangxi has all the numbers, when the guarantee is not complete, he will be tempted again.

You can't ask for fame, and you can't ask for profit. If you stop living, others will not let you go.

In this world, what else can one rely on?
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Fangjia Hutong, Guogong Mansion.

"What? Xiaosi wants to talk about Yongquan's sister?" Cao Yi couldn't believe it when he heard the words, and asked, "Is it the Biezhi Fengguo General Yongquan in Prince Zhuang's Mansion?"

Sai Shitu nodded and said: "It should be correct, I met Yongquan during the day, and said that we will marry us in the future, and I will invite us to attend an opera someday."

"How many girls does he have?" Cao Yi thought for a while, and asked: "A few days ago, I heard Wusao mentioned it once, and it was about Yongquan's family. It seems that there is a girl, isn't it? He is obedient, he was brought back from outside the city half a month ago, and there is not a good word in it."

"I don't know, but since the second wife has taken a good look at it, I have asked clearly about the appointment." Sai Shitu replied: "Why are sisters-in-law and the others talking? They are so good at each other, they have been talking about it all day long. Wei Wei Who is not used to married girls? Before Bao Gege got married, he was also crazy in and out of the city, and he was often talked about by people."

"Where there is no wind, there are no waves, so be careful." Cao Yi said.

"This Gege is only as good as a hairpin, what can be the matter? She is not an old girl who has delayed her flowering period, she is easy to talk." Seshtu shook his head and said, "You are too careful..."

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Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard, Shang Fang.

Mrs. Li was wearing the big clothes she went out, and she and Mrs. Zhao Jia went out to see the girl, and they hadn't had time to change.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was sitting on the edge of the kang, her face was already somewhat smug, and she couldn't stop boasting to Mrs. Li: "This skinny and tender meat is really a beautiful fetus. Although the title of father and brother is not high, he is also yellow. Belt. Tsk tsk, fifteen, like a flower bone. If the uncle hadn’t told Xiao Wu first, I would have made this my youngest daughter-in-law. There’s nothing I can do but make my fourth brother cheaper.”

"Looks like a lucky one." Zhao Jia's mother-in-law was satisfied, so Li naturally couldn't say anything.However, she still had some doubts in her heart, and said: "Gege in the clan, few go out at fifteen or six, and there are many people who are in their twenties who talk about marriage. This Yun Gege is only fifteen, how can the old lady be willing to let me go?" My daughter is going out, and she still has to be sent to the office?"

"What's the use of having a mother? Now that her sister-in-law is in charge, she probably wants to save her worry." Zhao Jia said disapprovingly, "I heard that the prepared dowry is decent. After all, it's a yellow belt. If it's too shabby, I guess they can't hold back their face."

Chu Yu was by the side, listening to the two talking, she was also puzzled.

Although the family has been separated, they are close relatives, with the minister of rites as uncle and the head of the house of internal affairs as cousin, and the second room is nothing if the daughter of a clan general.But Cao Xiang is a concubine, and he is working outside, and needs to be married off, who would be willing to have a daughter like this...

(End of this chapter)