Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 736 The First Level
If the internal treasury is really so rich, how could Cao Yong have waited until last year to bid for the money before repairing the Jehol Palace and building the Tangquan Palace?
From the time when the Ministry of Internal Affairs exchanged gold, Cao Yong knew the twists and turns.If it weren't for a coincidence, Fang Zhonggong brought Wang Ying back, even if Cao Yong knew that there was trouble, he would not have thought of going to the "Rooting Tomb".

10 taels of gold is equivalent to more than one million taels of silver.

Cao Yong remembered the map that Wang Ying took out, shook his head hurriedly, and accepted his greedy heart.

Since years ago, he has been thinking about "the way to make money". After all, this is not a business of 800 taels. How can he think of it when he thinks about it?
Just as Cao Yong was thinking, he heard someone tell from the door that it was the official document from the household department that had arrived...

Outside, Jiang Jian looked a little dazed, raised his head, and looked at the door panel of the inner room.

When did adults know?Still don't know at all?When the money was short before, Wei Hei's helping hand was just a coincidence?The filial piety from outside the year ago was extraordinarily generous.

As usual, it's not surprising.Years ago, when Cao Yin resigned and Cao Yong was demoted, the number of gift-giving people decreased a lot, which was completely different from the grand occasion when Cao Yong was promoted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year.

Jiang Jian is a man behind the scenes, and he usually plays tricks, so he can see what's wrong.

This is not to blame for Cao Yong's carelessness. When he told Wei Hei, there was nothing to do later; there were many things to worry about later, so he forgot about this and accidentally showed his feet.

Originally thought that the imperial court would start accepting donations after the Longevity Festival, but unexpectedly, there was a shortage of people in various places, and people in the capital were already in motion after hearing the news.

Jiang Jian was anxious, because in the eyes of everyone in the Cao Mansion, Li Wei was still in Xuzhou, not the capital.Unexpectedly, Cao Yong had already asked someone to come forward, hid himself in the Cao Mansion, and got it done for Li Wei.

It took more than [-] taels of silver to make up for Wailang, a member of the military department who was actually in short supply from the fifth rank.Cao Yong also made a special trip to ask Jiang Jian, but he decided that he had no intention of becoming an official, so he didn't ask for it.

If it is only from the official title of fifth-rank Yuanwailang, it is only about [-] taels of silver, and the most expensive thing is to fill the vacancy.You must know that official titles are easy to buy this year, but those who are lacking are those who rely on ability to grab them.Otherwise, you can only be a "substitute" for the rest of your life, even if you are seventy or eighty, you will be very good at making up.

Jiang Jian was Li Wei's friend first, and then joined the Cao family as a curtain, so he was very clear about the relationship between the Cao family and Li Wei.He knew everything from Cao Yong accepting Hanlin's entrustment, helping Li Wei, and later allowing Li Wei to stay.

Now, in the absence of Li Wei, Cao Yong has cleaned up the matter of donating officials, which is not insignificant.

Jiang Jian touched the letter in his sleeve, feeling a little guilty.Cao Yong treats people with "righteousness", but how do they do it?

Thinking of this, Jiang Jian felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, busy looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and mouth to calm himself down.

After finally making it to Luoya, Cao Yong was going to visit Thirteen Brothers and asked Jiang Jian and the others to go back to the mansion first.This fit Jiang Jian's mind, he found an excuse, and went out the front door to see Li Wei without even taking the servant with him.

That letter was written by Cao Yong himself.

There were only a few pens, which were nothing more than greetings to his relatives and health, and then they mentioned the matter of donations, asking if he could return to Beijing as soon as possible, and so on.

Li Wei has been sick for several months, and he has lost a lot of weight.He has always been informal, and Jiang Jian is a good friend, so he put on his coat and sat by the kang to watch.

"Wai Lang, member of the Ministry of War, I, Li Wei, am an official?" Li Wei's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

"Can it be fake? Congratulations, you finally got your wish." Jiang Jian nodded with a smile, but sincerely wished his old friend.

"Mother, father, I'm an official now..." Li Wei jumped down from the kang with the letter in his hands, dancing.

Seeing this, Jiang Jian sighed inwardly.Li Wei stayed in the capital for several years, without the Cao family, it would not be easy to achieve what he wanted.It seems that Cao Yong is really Li Wei's nobleman.

The supplement is in the Ministry of War, not the Ministry of Households, I am afraid it is also intentional.

Li Wei has his parents and seniors in the Ministry of War, so he can also have a caretaker.It is not useful for the Cao family to donate officials to Li Wei, and it is also unwilling that Li Wei will get involved with the Cao family.After all, the Cao family's situation is very delicate now. They just feel that there is a lot of fog, and they can't see whether the road ahead is smooth or dangerous.

In fact, he took it for granted.

It was purely an accident that Cao Yong did not make up Li Wei in the household department.Because the household department has a lot of oil and water, the lack of big guys in the household department is all over the head.It's true that he didn't get a job.

For this reason, even Cao Yong was amazed, wondering when Si Age and Li Wei, the famous monarchs and ministers in history, would meet.

The three model governors of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Li Wei, Tian Wenjing, and Yin Jishan.Yin Jishan has not been seen yet, Tian Wenjing was the censor of salt inspection at that time, and Li Weicai did not enter the official position.

Li Wei just has a quicker temper, not a dull person.After he was overjoyed, he also felt something was wrong, so he went back to the kang and said, "Brother Feilin, is Master Cao having a hard time in the household department now?"

Jiang Jian frowned, and said: "It can't be called good, nor can it be called bad, and I can't see anything at the moment. Looking at my lord, I am not surprised by honor or disgrace, and my relationship with sixteenth elder brother, thirteenth elder brother and others is the same as before."

Hearing this, Li Wei read Cao Yong's handwriting over and over again, and said: "Then Master Cao hates me? Why don't you send it to the Ministry of War? The little ink in my stomach is unknown to others, but Master Cao must know it. Where is the material for being an official? I still want to learn from Master Cao and Fei Lin."

When he said it, he didn't believe it himself.Otherwise, Cao Yong really hated him, where would he make a special trip to fill the vacancy for him.

Jiang Jian also heard that Li Wei just said it casually and didn't take it seriously. He took a look at Li Wei and said, "You Jie, do you still want to keep it a secret? Then count the time it takes for this letter to go back and forth to Xuzhou, and you can still Raise it for half a month."

After hearing this, Li Wei hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Brother Feilin, these past few months have been spent on high-quality medicinal materials, have you spent a lot of money?"

The money he donated to the official has not yet arrived in Beijing, and he had almost squandered his savings by eating flower wine before.Most of the expenses for this illness were Jiang Jian's help.

Jiang Jian hesitated for a moment, and said: "Over 2000 taels of silver were spent, of which I had a few hundred taels of savings around me, and the rest was mostly due to my filial piety outside as an adult's staff."

"There's more Feilin. When the money arrives in a few days, I'll give it back to Feilin." Li Wei clasped his fists in thanks.

Jiang Jian frowned, and said: "You Jie, perhaps, your lord already knows..."

"Ah?" Li Wei was surprised when he heard this.

I heard Jiang Jian continue to say: "Thinking about the past few months, I can find some clues. Take the medicinal materials of Tongrentang as an example. Every time we go to buy them, they are all very good. Some of them are not sold on the counter at all. Yes. Let’s just talk about this ginseng, even in the mansions of officials and eunuchs, there may not be those high-quality ones. But they are continuously bought for us, and they are about to be used up here, and they are sent to ask. At that time, Yinzi always felt that something was wrong..."

Next, he also told Li Wei about the current predicament of the Cao family.

Li Wei only knew that Cao Yong was dragged down by the Li family and was demoted to the household department. He didn't know that something happened to Cao's Zhuangzi and Cao Yin resigned because of impeachment.

After listening to Jiang Jian's narration, Li Wei's face showed a bit of sternness, and he also saw something strange in it.

"Feilin, let's go, let's go see Master Cao." Li Wei couldn't sit still.

Jiang Jian grabbed him and said: "Youxu, please be safe and don't be impatient. Maybe it's because the adults are scruples and shame, so they pretend not to know. Youxu is so impulsive, isn't it a disappointment to the good intentions of the adults?"

Li Wei raised his eyebrows, and said: "Is there any face? There is no impenetrable wall in things. No matter how embarrassing you are, you will get this disease. If you continue to pretend, you are just deceiving yourself and others. Although I, Li Wei, am a small person, I know morality. Master Cao treats me like this to Li Wei, if I still can't be honest, I'm not as good as a beast..."

*
Jinyu Alley, Thirteenth Prince's Mansion.

Wang Quantai was ordered, and when he came to the front hall, he saw Elder Brother Thirteen and Cao Yong sitting in separate waters, talking happily.

"The servant has seen the master and the master Cao." Wang Quantai stepped forward two steps and said a thousand words.

Brother Thirteen saw this, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Get up."

On Cao Yong's side, he owed him a half-reward.Elder Brother Thirteen glanced at him, and said: "You have done him a great favor, not to mention accepting his greetings, you deserve a great gift from him."

Cao Yong said: "I dare not, I dare not, but I was entrusted by the thirteenth master and tried my best."

Wang Quantai got up and stood aside, listening to the two people talking, still a little confused.However, since the New Year, this is the first time to see Cao Yong, he can not help but look twice, remembering last year's bidding.

Could it be that Cao Yong knew that he, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, would not last long, so he had the foresight to introduce his uncle to Brother Thirteen?

Elder Brother Thirteen looked at Wang Quantai and said, "Quantai, after Mr. Cao's plan, I made up for you a third-rank military vacancy. You have to thank him very much."

From the third rank, there is a limited lack of capital officials and military vacancies, but they are the envoys of the envoys, the envoys of envoys, and the first-class guards of the palace.

Wang Quantai thought of his wife's warnings these days, and the dignitaries in the capital are busy collecting donations recently.

There are several types of donations, one is to donate one's body for nothing, and one is to promote a low-level official.Wang Quantai was also tempted before, thinking whether to take this opportunity to fill the vacancy, but was persuaded by his wife.

According to Zheng Shi, now that the husband and wife are attached to the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, they must know how to measure and not be self-confident.Although he had been a military attache before, he was still staying at Elder Brother's mansion, teaching several younger elder brothers martial arts.

Not only can you not donate an official by yourself, even if the thirteenth elder brother has grace, you must remember the word "loyalty", otherwise you will lose your foundation.

It would be fine if the Baoyi guards and knights participated in the leadership, but if they were the first-class guards of the palace, wouldn't they have to betray the master?Wang Quantai hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master Thirteen..."

"Guerrilla, it must be a rich place in Hangzhou." Elder Brother Thirteen laughed.

Wang Quantai was taken aback for a moment, then picked up his front skirt, knelt down on both knees, and said: "It is reasonable to say that it is the grace of the master, and the slaves should obey orders; but there are few people in the mansion now, and the little elder brothers still have to learn kung fu. If Forget it, the officials of the capital, if you let it go outside, how can the slave bear it?"

Hearing these words, Brother Thirteen couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Quantai, after passing this village, there will be no such shop. You have to think about it." The thirteenth elder brother's expression was a little complicated: "What's the future if you stay in the mansion of the Lord. Only when you go out, you will be born." High let the birds fly, and the ocean wide depends on the fish to leap."

Wang Quantai's expression was firm, and he said: "This slave only wants to work by my master's side, and I really can't bear to part with a few little elder brothers..." After speaking, he revealed his true feelings.

This is not a fake, he is already in his thirties, because he got married late, so far he has no son and a half daughter, and he has a deep relationship with the younger brothers in the mansion.

Brother Thirteen looked at Wang Quantai for a while, waved his hands, and said, "I understand, you can go down first..."

Wang Quantai responded, got up and said to Cao Yong before turning around and going down.

He went straight through the courtyard and bypassed the screen wall before he wiped the sweat from his forehead.A clever wife with a clumsy husband should listen to his wife, right?
It's just that the guerrilla from the third rank is really eye-catching. If you can change into that official uniform and return to the old colleagues, how proud you will be.

Forget it, the left and right are holding the offering silver from the mansion here, and they are not short of the salary of one hundred taels of silver, so if it is not appropriate, then it is not appropriate...

*
In the living room, the thirteenth brother waited for Wang Quantai to go out, then turned his head and said to Cao Yong: "Qilu man, but he is somewhat loyal. I should thank you very much, such a good disciple, send it to my side."

How can Cao Yong take credit for it, and said: "It is the blessing of their husband and wife to be able to vote for the fate of the thirteenth master."

Elder Brother Thirteen shook his head with a smile, and said: "I have convinced you, so I can't be thick-skinned and thank you. You take all this humility and respect, what do you ask others to do?"

When Cao Yong heard the words, he also laughed, and said: "Master Shisan, how can a person live as he pleases? If you don't pretend to be honest, you will have a big bump on your head when you don't keep it straight. If I can be more comfortable, I just want to Eat and drink, be a carefree dandy."

The Thirteenth Master's kung fu this time, but put away the smile on his face, showed a bit of solemnity, looked at Cao Yong, and said: "Cao Yong, I don't want to eat and drink anymore, and I don't want to continue to be "happy and unrestrained". Master wants to go out of the mountain, would you like to help me?"

"Master Thirteen?" Cao Yong was stunned when he heard this.

Didn't the thirteenth elder brother stay silent throughout the last years of Kangxi, and didn't appear in front of people until the fourth elder brother ascended the throne?

"Cao Yong, you are in charge of six subjects now, and you have the right to recommend, can you help me this time?" Seeing Cao Yong's astonishment, the thirteenth brother repeated: "I know, it's embarrassing for you to mention this, after all, the emperor Ma treats me... If the world is peaceful and the court is fine, I will not be born in this year. But now the smoke in the northwest is still there, the court officials are corrupt, and the people's livelihood is so difficult... Huang Ama is getting old again..."

It's a big deal for the Thirteenth Lord to return to official position.

Now is the critical moment when the eighth elder brother died of illness and the reserve position is pending.The thirteenth elder brother came out of the mountain, is it a blessing or a curse?
"The thirteenth master ordered, Cao Yong naturally obeyed, but the thirteenth master thought about the fourth master's side..." Cao Yong struggled for a while, but still expressed his concerns.

The fourth elder brother can always show brotherly affection with the thirteenth elder brother, because of the good friendship, and also because the thirteenth elder brother has no hope of seizing the heir, and is attached to the fourth elder brother.

If the thirteenth elder brother came out of the mountain early, would there be another disturbance in the seizure of the heir apparent in the last years of Kangxi?
If the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother turned against each other, wouldn't Cao Yong's hard work these years be in vain...

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Draw circles on the ground, ask for monthly tickets, and ask for recommendation tickets. .

(End of this chapter)