Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 734
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Cao Yong's new official took office on his first day.

Chu Yu got up early, took the white goose to mend the clothes and the lapis lazuli top, and helped Cao Yong put them on.Cao Yong glanced at the mirror twice, well, he was young and promising.

Although it is an errand that offends others, it has the right to recommend, impeach, and play straight.In addition, the emperor is directly above, and there is no second-level leadership. Apart from dealing with a moody old emperor, he doesn't have to look at other people's faces, which is considered comfortable.

The mother-in-law brought Tianyou and Hang Seng over, and said good morning to Cao Yong.

After the new year is over, the two little brothers have gained a lot of weight and become chubby.From now on, the two of them will also finish their annual leave and have to study with their husband.

After breakfast, Cao Yong went out of Wutong Garden, first went to Lanyuan to greet his parents, and then rode out to the household department yamen.The formalities of the official office have been sent out yesterday, and now they will go directly to the household department to take up the post.

Although the imperial decree was issued only yesterday, the details of the household department office have already been placed on Cao Yongshu's case.

Huke has a palm print for Shizhong Manchu and Han Dynasty, Man Que is the fourth rank, and Han Que is the seventh rank.One person each from Zhongman and Han, and they are seven grades.There are 15 people in the post style.

If it is full, there are only 19 people in this "Yazhong Yamen" located in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households.At present, there are not enough members. There is only Cao Yong in the palm print, and there are 13 others in Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai, and there are [-] people in the pen post.

Cao Yong originally thought that such "speech officials" were all from a professional background, but he was surprised to know the resumes of several colleagues.Because Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai, like him, were not born in the imperial examination.Chen Yizhen is a donated official, and Chang Dai is an official.

The handprint of Manque before was given to Shizhong, and he was promoted to inspector in a foreign place.

Let's talk about the household department, you hall officials can be regarded as old people Cao Yong knows.The elder prince who is in charge of the ministry is the fourth elder brother, and the senior scholar in charge of the ministry is Ma Qi, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mu Helun, the Minister of Man, and Zhao Shenqiao, the Minister of Han.The assistant minister or something is changed frequently, but Cao Yong is not very familiar with it.

Zhao Shenqiao is just a minister in the same palace, Mu Helun said that he is Cao Yong's old superior.

In the 48th year of Kangxi, when Cao Yong first entered the Ministry of Household Affairs as Yuanwailang, he was just catching up with Mu Helun who was transferred to serve as Shangshu.In officialdom, in addition to friendships such as "from the same hometown", "same year", and "classmates", colleagues and superiors and subordinates also need to maintain bonds.

In the first month of this year, Cao Yong still went to Mu Helun's mansion to pay New Year's greetings, and still performed the ceremony of dismissing an official.Mu Helun didn't feel well either, so he avoided paying back the full salute.

The so-called Huke official office is actually a small courtyard behind the warehouse in the northwest corner of the Hubu yamen.There are five main rooms, three rooms in the east and west rooms, and three rooms for the gatehouse.

It is really small and exquisite, looking at the gray walls and gray tiles, it is very inconspicuous.

When Cao Yong entered the yard, there happened to be two pen post styles in the yard.Although he didn't know Cao Yong, he recognized his mended uniform and top-wearing, and hurriedly bowed to salute him.

Cao Yong nodded as a return gift, and took Jiang Jian, Zhao Tong, and Xiao Man into the courtyard.

After being an official for many years, Cao Yong also knew the general structure of the public house, and went directly to the east house when he arrived at the upper house.

There are two east rooms, and the back room is Cao Yong's office.Against the east wall, there is a row of bookcases.The bookcases are filled with old yellowed books that smell musty.Under the south window, there are desks and chairs, which look outdated due to their age.Under the north window is a low kang.

It doesn't have the majesty of an official office, it looks like an old master's study.

Only the four-character banner hung on the wall directly opposite the desk, with sharp pens and a bit of austerity.The banner ran from right to left, with four big characters written, "Speak straight".

It looks a bit old-fashioned, but it is Kangxi's imperial pen, which also reveals the emperor's expectations for "Scientific and Taoist officials".After all, the emperor sat high on the dragon chair and lived in the nine-fold palace, so he could see, hear and see only a limited amount.

The "speaking officer of science and Taoism" stares at the inside and outside of Beijing. If he can't speak fairly, the emperor will become deaf and blind.

There are a few tables and chairs in the outer room, which are the posts for the master and the post on duty.

Since the household department is a yamen owned by both Manchu and Han officials, it goes without saying that the two rooms to the west are the offices of Shizhong given by the handprint of the Han Dynasty.The left and right wing rooms are the places where the other two work and write.

If the post-writing style is full, there will be 15 people, each of whom will be on duty for three people next to the adult in the matter, and the other three will sort official documents and chores.Because the handprint of the Han Dynasty is not in the matter, the two vacancies for the few staff have not been filled for the time being.

Xiaoman carried two big bags in his hand, one contained several books that Cao Yong often used, as well as pen case, inkstone, pen stand, brush wash and so on.Open it up and arrange them one by one on the desk.

In the other one, there are several blue cloth cushions inside, and Xiaoman also arranged them one by one in the room.

The original old and dilapidated house added some popularity, Cao Yong looked around and was satisfied.

Within a short time, the officials in the East and West Wings had already received the letter, knowing that the new Lord Palm Print had arrived.

The imperial decree was only issued yesterday, and official documents from the Ministry of Officials need to go through many complicated procedures, so I don't know the name of my new boss here.

Even so, etiquette is important right now, and I don't care much about it.

Led by Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai, the thirteen people gathered together in the middle hall of the room.

Then, it was Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai who went to the east room to ask Cao Yong to come out to receive the gift.

Chen Yizhen is in his thirties and is from Shanxi. He has a dark complexion, a strong accent, forehead lines all over his forehead, and looks like he has suffered a lot.The official uniform on his body was crumpled, and there were traces of mending on the cuffs and collar.

Chang Dai, 35 or six years old, from the capital, with a smiling face, although the official uniform is probably new, it is very tidy, and his boots are well polished.On his left wrist is a string of beeswax beads, and on his right finger is a gemstone ring the size of a pigeon egg.

If it were someone else, they would have to think that Chen Yizhen was poor and Chang Dai was a son of a rich family.

In fact, the Chen family is a well-known Shanxi merchant. Chen Yizhen is a direct branch of the family. Many members of the clan make a living in Beijing. There are two banks in Beijing opened by his family.He is the youngest son in the family. I heard that his parents did not agree with him to become an official, fearing that he would suffer hardship.However, he had no intention of doing business and insisted on donating an official.

It is true that Chang Dai was born under the Eight Banners, but he is not the son of a wealthy family, but the son-in-law of a middle-class family.In the early years, with the shadow of my father-in-law's family, I made up the pen post style.Because there was no relationship, no one was promoted. After [-] or [-] years, he was only promoted to Shizhong last year.The family is not well-off, and life is tight.

Cao Yong didn't intend to investigate other people's privacy, just because in the household department office, the two Chen Chang are his left and right arms in the future, so he naturally wants to know clearly and use them with confidence.

I am not afraid of enemies like gods, but I am afraid of teammates like pigs.

In addition, Cao Yong was not a person who was willing to bother about personnel disputes, so as early as years ago, their father and son wanted this vacancy, so they asked people to inquire about the two people here.

Fortunately, although one of these two is "hiding the rich" and the other is "hiding the poor", they are fairly diligent in their work and have no record of greed.

Regardless of whether it is really honest or incorruptible, or in this position, it is okay to look around and dare not make money, which makes Cao Yong very satisfied.

Cao Yong has known the dirty things in the household department many years ago.Otherwise, the servant of the household department would not change so frequently.

After the two performed the ceremony to Cao Yong, Cao Yong handed over a half ceremony.

It was only after he entered the door that he realized that the official document from the Ministry of Officials had not arrived.According to the procrastination habit of the bureaucracy, it seems that we have to wait for two days.No way, Cao Yong here, just wait for self-reported name.

Both Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai have heard of Cao Yong's name.

Chen Yizhen remembered the rumors of the "tea boy" and the Daoxiang Village, which was making money every day.In the early years, the Chen family also wanted to get involved in the tea business, and last year they wanted to participate in the bidding of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but his father and brother were cautious, afraid of losing money in the deal with the government, so after much deliberation, they still did not participate.

In Daoxiang Village, they have contacts with the Chen Family Bank.

Chang Dai's Yue family's Manchurian family was originally named Xitara, and he was related to the old lady of Jueluo Mansion.It's just that the ancestors had some festivals, and the two families cut off contact.

For his in-law Cao Yong, he is like a thunderbolt.Although there was a big court meeting before, but his rank was too low and he was far behind, so he didn't know Cao Yong either.

No matter what they think, there are still more than a dozen writing styles waiting outside, Cao Yong came out from behind the desk sideways, and accompanied them to the middle hall.

The so-called "middle hall" is only the size of a room.

Two chairs lined up for the top position, with a square table in the middle, a few chairs lined up on the left and right, leaving half of the room open, and everyone stood in a few rows, bowing their heads and waiting.

"Hey, this is the newly appointed Master Cao." Besides Cao Yong, Chang Dai is the oldest and has the highest official position, so it was recommended by the big guy.

Everyone leaned over to see, Cao Yong nodded, looked at the crowd, but found two familiar figures.On the third day of junior high, when I went to Shangshufu to pay New Year's greetings, I met Cao Song's two cousins, Marhan's grandson Fengche and grandson Helian.

That's right, Cao Yong still remembers the matter of He Lian working as an errand in the sixth department, what happened to Feng Che?

Fengche also saw Cao Yong looking at him, with a smile on his face, and saluted along with everyone.

Although I felt strange in my heart, I had to go to the main hall of Hubu to meet several hall officials, so Cao Yong said a few words to everyone and let everyone go down.

When I arrived at the main hall of the household department, the fourth elder brother went to Changchun Garden to meet him. Ma Qi was on duty in front of the imperial court, and he usually received the official documents of the household department directly, and did not come to the household department.

Mu Helun had already received the news, but he was overjoyed.

He was still full of flesh, with a big belly, looking at his face flushed, and said that he would arrange a day, invite Cao Yong to drink, and congratulate him on his appointment.

He squinted his eyes and looked at Cao Yong, just like looking at his own son, making Cao Yong get goosebumps.

Cao Yong really couldn't bear it, so he exchanged some pleasantries and excused himself to worship Zhao Shangshu before he could get away.

Zhao Shenqiao couldn't see any joy or anger about Cao Yong's appointment to the household department.He is already seventy years old, his eyes are bloodshot, his face is thin, but his waist is still straight, without losing his strength of character.

Today, Zhao Shenqiao's life is difficult. His son was executed last year for corruption of ink.From time to time, he was often reprimanded by the emperor.

In the past few years, he handed in the old papers every year, and every time he reprimanded and rejected them.

This is a well-known upright official and capable minister, but his evening scene is so bleak.There is only one reason, that is, he is a Han official, not a Manchurian.No matter how hard you work, for the balance of the imperial court and the Han Dynasty, you can only reprimand and suppress it.

Seeing this, Cao Yong's heart, which was a little excited, gradually sank...

You can feel elated when you have made great achievements and are in charge of important military and state affairs, and you must not raise your tail and forget what kind of world this is...

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Roll around asking for a monthly pass, and make up for what is missing today tomorrow. .I finally stopped my runny nose and cough, I am happy, let's work hard tomorrow. .

(End of this chapter)