Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 745 Descendants and Grandchildren
Hong Jin is the grandson of the emperor, and the funeral must be handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.However, Hongjin didn't enfeoff, so what kind of title to arrange for the funeral depends on the grace of the palace.

Over the years, Hong Xi was called Erbeile outside, but it was not granted by the clan's mansion, it was a respectful title earlier.In addition, as the actual eldest son of the prince, I thought that when I was 20 years old, I would be able to get the official title when I reached the grade for the title.

When Hongxi was 52, it happened to be the [-]nd year of Kangxi, the year after the crown prince's "Second Waste", so the clan's mansion didn't bother with that.

Hongxi didn't even have a knighthood, so Hongjin's side was naturally empty.After all, the elder grandsons are either from the second elder brother's side or the eldest elder brother's side.

As soon as Hong Jin died, more people began to pay attention to his title.

According to the rules, the elder brother's eldest son, Hong Yu, is already 22, and the eldest son of the third elder brother's house, the eldest son of the fifth elder brother's house, and the eldest son of the seventh elder brother's house are all over 20 years old.

Whether it is asking to be the prince's son, the eldest son of the county prince, or other titles, these elderly grandsons are all at their age.

There was no movement in the palace for several days, and it was not until the "First Seventh" that the decree came out, and Hong Jin was buried according to the rank of Feng En Fu Guogong.This must have aroused the speculation of interested people. It seems that the second elder brother's lineage may have really lost power, otherwise Hong Jin would not even have a chase.

Because he died suddenly, he couldn't handle the funeral affairs in the palace, so he could only park the coffin in the temple.I heard that all the guards and entourage who guarded him when he traveled that day were punished and killed with sticks.

Even if Hong Jin is not the son of some prominent prince's family, but also the real emperor's grandson, there must be someone who can bear the royal family's wrath and play out the drama of "flesh and blood".

Cao Yong watched with cold eyes, paying attention to Hong Xi's side.

It seems that the previous design has come to fruition, Hong Xi really turned his attention to the third elder brother.The third elder brother was also a bit wary of Hongxi because of the "thieves" a few days ago and Hong Jin's death.

Now, I am afraid that the third elder brother is suffering and cannot tell.In the early years, he was the one who reported the elder brother's witchcraft for harming others.Even if he wanted to play a good show of "respecting brothers and sisters" and "treating his nephew kindly" in front of the emperor, no one would believe it.

After Cao Song quarreled with Xiong Ren and Bai Er, he remembered that there was another person who needed to be dealt with, and that was Du Mei, the daughter of Du Tian who came forward to be the sufferer this time.

However, due to the fact that the lawsuit was not filed in the end, Du Mei left the Yamen and was never found.

He didn't know that since then, the housekeeper of a childless family in Caojiazhuangzi, Changping had a bereaved "cousin niece".After three years of fulfillment of filial piety, the old couple decided to recruit a dutiful young man from the village to be a "son-in-law for the elderly" for this "cousin and niece".

It was the manpower arranged by Cao Yong who placed Du Mei in Changping.

When Du Mei was sold off by his father, he was already enslaved.Later, someone wanted to push her out, so she was released.All these clues have been erased.

Du Mei is just an ordinary peasant girl, maybe because of the short time, she has not been blinded by hatred, maybe in the eyes of the poor people, being able to eat and drink enough is already a blessing, and they don't care about other things.

Speaking of the destruction of the Du family's family, it was indeed the fault of the Cao family, but in addition to sympathy, Cao Yong also wanted to take precautions.Therefore, when Du Mei was taken in, he still signed a buyout contract.

This is what I learned from watching "Dream of Red Mansions" in my previous life. In the book, the Cao family's final defeat was certainly due to corruption, but those few life lawsuits also acted as the final catalyst.

Now that the Cao family has not collapsed, with such a thing, a housekeeper can take care of it; when the Cao family falls down, the same lawsuit may take half of Cao Song's life.

No matter who is behind the scenes in Du Mei, or she has resentment towards the Cao family because of her father's death, it should be kept under the radar.

Cao Song didn't think so carefully like his elder brother, but he was so chaotic, he also felt that this person should be in his hands.Perhaps it was to make up for the guilt and to resolve the grievances.

When he couldn't help talking about this with his wife, Jinghui disagreed with him.

After all, human life is involved in the middle, I don't know what kind of stomach this girl is, how can she think about placing her in the mansion.If you have any bad intentions, put a fire on it, or sprinkle some medicine in the food, it's not a disaster.

After Cao Song heard this, he also felt that he hadn't thought well.

He couldn't find anyone left or right, so he let this matter go without mentioning it. He just told his wife that the housekeeper should be stricter in the future, and he can't let his wife mess around anymore. I'm also sorry for uncle and brother.

Jinghui agreed here, even if her husband didn't say anything, she would still pay attention.A few days ago, when she went to the West Mansion to pay her respects to Mrs. Li, Chu Yu invited her to the Wutong Garden and explained the relationship clearly.

Because Hongjin is a junior and has fathers and grandparents above him, after asking for instructions from the House of Internal Affairs, he planned to bury him after stopping in the temple for "Sanqi".

Unexpectedly, before Hongjin was buried, Er Gege of Prince Yong's Mansion died of illness.This gegexinger is a concubine, but in fact she is the only surviving daughter of the fourth elder brother.

This imperial grandson Gege, like Chuyu, was also named Heshuo Gege, who married Nala Xingde in the 51st year of Kangxi.She is one year older than Chuyu, and before she left the court, the two cousins ​​also had some contacts.

According to what Chu Yu said, this Ge Ge's conduct is excellent, and it would not make Si Age and Si Fujin the apple of his eye.Even Mongolia was reluctant to marry her, so Si Fujin personally went to the palace to beg for grace and pointed her to her natal nephew.

Unexpectedly, after only a few years of hard work, Er Gege died of illness.

I don't know if it was because of the excessive sadness, but the fourth elder brother was ill, so he took a leave of absence, thanked guests behind closed doors, became more and more "indulged" in Buddhism, and invited several famous lamas to return to the palace to worship.

I heard that he built a Buddhist hall in the palace, and he spent more time in the Buddhist hall than in the inner house all day long.Even Kangxi had heard about it, and specially sent the sixteenth elder brother to Prince Yong's mansion to comfort the fourth elder brother.

After half a month, the fourth elder brother reappeared in front of people.I don't know if it's because of an illness, she has lost a lot of weight, and her behavior has become more and more indifferent. There are Buddhist beads wrapped around her wrists, which faintly hints of being out of this world.

Also in the household department, Cao Yong naturally had to deal with this master.

No matter how sincere the fourth elder brother is, Cao Yong believes that he is really sad for his dead daughter.This cold-faced prince who often has a gloomy face also has a gentle side, just like when he picked up Cao Yong by the West Lake.

After the "Meng Guangzu case" and Hong Jin's death, those ministers in the imperial court who saw the emperor's aging gradually did not dare to act rashly anymore.

The ownership of the storage position seems to be becoming more and more confusing.

It wasn't until April [-]th, when the Empress Dowager visited the Great Wall, that things began to take a closer look.The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, the ninth elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother, and the twenty elder brother follow, and the tenth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the seventeenth elder brother stay behind the capital.

You must know that since the 50th year of Kangxi, the ten princes have suffered from a serious illness, and have seldom dealt with court affairs, and have never been in the sixth department.Brother Seventeen has been ill several times since last year, and his health is not very good.Now the only princes in the capital who can take care of political affairs are the fourteenth and sixteenth elder brothers.

The sixteenth elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the fourteenth elder brother is in charge of the military department. Everyone knows who is more important and who is more important.

The official office of the six divisions also wanted people to follow them. Cao Yong didn't go there in person, but was hand-picked by the top to go to Chang Dai in the matter.

Don't think about it, this should be Kangxi's handwriting.It will take half a year to go to Rehe, how could he give Cao Yong such a long time to be lazy.

This is in the middle of Cao Yong's arms. Outside the Great Wall is cool, and Rehe is also a summer resort, but it is against Cao Yong's fate.In these years, every time I went to Rehe, troubles would happen, it was bloody.

As the day is getting hotter, Cao Yong has already ordered Wu Mao to take care of the Haidian garden.Waiting for Shengjia to leave Beijing, I wanted to arrange for my parents and family to go there to cool off.

I don't know if it was because taking the children to Zhuangzi years ago made the children yearn for "freedom". They heard that they were eager to go out of the city.

Li was afraid that her husband would feel bored, so she was willing to live outside the city.The left and right gardens are also spacious, so Cao Yong told his husband that he would bring all the children there, and the husband would also teach in the past.

In the past few months, Zhao Jia's life has been difficult, and he is angry with his son.

It's okay to hit Xiong Ren, Bai Er is her manager, so he feels it's a shame.The most important thing is not this, but the dozens of catties of tobacco leaves harvested from the shop, which made Cao Song set fire to it.

Zhao Jia's heart ached so badly, I felt heartache, liver and lung pain, Cao Song had a serious attack, he would scold him when he saw him, and he would scold him twice a day if he didn't see him.

Cao Song is a son, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he dare not "disobey".Otherwise, don't say that Cao Yin is intolerant, even the spitting stars outside can drown him.

In the end, it was Jinghui who came forward and invited Mrs. Li to clarify the relationship with Mrs. Zhao Jia.

Mrs. Li has long been dissatisfied with Mrs. Zhao Jia because of Du Tian's lawsuit.After all, if something happened here, Xifu couldn't get rid of it, and Cao Yong had to worry about it in the end.

Even though she sympathizes with Zhao Jia's temper becoming more and more unbearable due to widowhood, she is still a loving mother and loves her son even more.

Therefore, Mrs. Li did not show mercy to Mrs. Zhao Jia this time, and said directly: "Sisters and sisters, it is true that Xiao Wu is married, and will not be an official in the future? The fourth sister and fifth son are getting older, and it is only a blink of an eye to go out." Kung fu. For a few coins, do you really want the Cao family to bear the label of 'being rich and unkind'?"

Zhao Jia was still not convinced at the beginning, and murmured after hearing the words: "Sister-in-law, you don't have a backache when you talk, we are not as rich as Xifu, we must make people live."

Seeing that she didn't know her fault at all, Mrs. Li couldn't help but feel annoyed: "If my younger brother and sister say that, I won't talk too much. Don't my younger siblings worry about it, and the house can still be short of food and clothing? Brother Song is a bit stupid, but He is a filial child. Family harmony and everything are prosperous. How many families in this capital are defeated in family affairs. Brother and sister must force Brother Song to recite the name of "disobedience" and lose his title? The matter of the Du family, That is a human life, siblings don't feel panic? Amitabha." After finishing speaking, he got up and left without looking at Mrs. Zhao Jia.

I don't know if Li Shi's words had an effect, but I still figured it out on my own, Zhao Jia finally calmed down, and the next day made a special trip to the West Mansion to pay respects to Li Shi.

Seeing her listless spirit, Mrs. Li was annoyed at her for causing trouble, but also pitied her for being a widow.In addition, he wanted to leave room for Jinghui and rectify the internal affairs of the East Mansion. After talking with Chuyu, Li Shi took her to the western suburbs to escape the summer heat.

In addition to Zhao Jia, the fourth sister and the fifth son also went, leaving Su Xin to help Jing Hui with the housework.

Zhao Jia's behavior these years is really annoying, but after all, she is the mother of the Cao Song brothers and sisters, so she can't be beaten or killed, and it's not good to let her go.

It's just that Cao Yong didn't want to let her make trouble anymore, so he talked about it several times in front of his mother, and asked his mother to show the score of the elder sister-in-law.Otherwise, Zhao Jia's temperament will become more and more crooked, and the children of the second room and the reputation of the Cao family will be affected.

Mrs. Li had already made up her mind, and regarded watching Zhao Jia as one of her errands, and would not let the children worry about it anymore.

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After Cao's family moved to Haidian Garden, Cao Yong had to work in the yamen every day, but he also lived in Haidian Garden.Because Shengjia was not in Beijing, he avoided the hardships of the big court meeting and the small court meeting, and it didn't matter if he arrived at the Yamen later in the morning.

It's just that Cao Yong, as a small leader, is late once or twice, but it's easy to be criticized if there are too many times.So, get up earlier.

In this way, at dawn in the morning, he would get up and go from Haidian to the city;Half a month later, Chu Yu was very distressed when she saw that her health had decreased a lot, and she wanted to move back to the city, but was persuaded by Cao Yong.

Every time he rode the horse back and forth for two hours, Cao Yong felt that his muscles and bones were more comfortable.

Cao Song, as an outside guard, has no retinue, and is still stationed at the garden. In this way, it is convenient to be away from Cao's garden, and he comes here every now and then to pay his respects to his parents.

On this day, he brought good news, that is, Cao Xiang came to write home, and Lu Ju gave birth to a son, and the mother and child were safe.In addition to announcing the good news to the elders, the letter also asked the uncle to give the child a name.

In this society, the reproduction of offspring is a family matter.

Cao Yin was originally dissatisfied with that nephew who gave up his career in the imperial examination, but it has been a year and he has long since ignored it.He was also very happy when he heard that he had a nephew and grandson this time, and drank several more glasses that night.

The only regret in his heart is that his son did not have many wives and concubines, otherwise the eldest house would not have been so withered.But the daughter-in-law has a noble status, and she gave birth to the eldest grandson Tianyou. As a father-in-law, it's hard for him to say anything.

It's just that during the resettlement, he mentioned to his wife whether he should invite the imperial physician to diagnose the pulse of his son and daughter-in-law, and see if he can make better adjustments.

He always remembers the "dream" that Cao Yong said in his heart. The eldest house is worried about the loss of heirs, and the nephew of the second house will inherit the incense.

Mrs. Li knew that her husband's heart disease was due to the news that the second wife had a grandson.

After hesitating for a while, she said to her husband in a low voice: "Master, the emperor is a few years older than the master, but he has added a few young brothers in succession in the past few years... Otherwise, choose two roles from the mansion. The little girl, stay by the master's side to serve..."

After hearing this, Cao Yin felt that he was mostly sober, "coughed" twice and said, "It's absurd! The grandson is running all over the place, and he still takes concubines, what's the point..."

Mrs. Li survived as a daughter-in-law back then, and after giving birth to a son, the old lady pointed Liuli down.Comparing her heart with her heart, she really didn't want her daughter-in-law to suffer her own crime again.Saying this, I also know that my husband cherishes his reputation and won't take concubines at the age of sixty, so he uses this to block his mouth.

For a while, Li Shi couldn't bear to hear her husband still sighing, and said in a low voice: "I heard that there is a good medicine in the Tai Hospital, and the fifteen side Fujin was conceived after taking the prescription there. Ask to see..."

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