Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 842
Sometimes, although there are many people around, it is hard to find someone who can speak the truth.That's how the sixteenth elder brother accompanied the holy driver.

Seeing Cao Yong, he nagged for half an hour. He only felt refreshed, and then realized that he had lost his composure. He shook his head in a self-deprecating manner, and said, "Look, I'm old, and I even learned from that nagging old man."

Cao Yong saw that his brows were frowning, and asked: "Is there something else? Every year you go to Rehe, you are always happy, but this year it is a bit unhappy to watch."

Brother Sixteen let out a long breath, and said, "I just feel bored, but now I envy Xiao Shiqi's cleverness, not to join in the fun, and to be at ease."

Cao Yong thought about Elder Seventeen's life in the past half a year, but he was enviable, and said: "I'm afraid it's the end of his comfort, the emperor won't allow Elder Seventeen to be lazy any longer."

Elder Sixteen nodded, and said: "Well, after listening to Huang Ama talking about it twice, I'm afraid Xiao Shiqi can't be lazy if he wants to be lazy."

After saying this, Elder Sixteen thought of something and said, "By the way, why did you hear that because of Brother Nine's disciple, your cousin's husband ruined his future? Could this be Brother Nine's trouble?" Having said that, He couldn't help frowning, and said: "Okay, what are you doing making trouble again? If he bullies you hard, don't hold back, and talk to Yuqian carefully, so as not to be pinched like a soft persimmon."

Seeing that Elder Sixteen was furious, Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Master Sixteen misunderstood, it shouldn't interfere with Elder Ninth's business, it was Sun Jue's indiscretion that was caught by the censor. The censors in the capital, I like to catch these little pigtails all day long, and the sixteenth master is not ignorant. It's just me, have I been impeached less often over the years?"

The sixteenth elder brother has always been a human sperm. Hearing Cao Yong's words, his heart has turned back and forth a few times, and he lowered his voice and said: "Fu Ruo didn't intervene, because he was afraid of the 'repercussion of carbuncle'? Sun Wencheng's reputation in the south of the Yangtze River is not bad. Good. But the Li family, these years have been a bit ostentatious, and they didn't know each other well in the early years, so we need to avoid it."

Speaking of it, the Li family is still the cousin of the sixteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother said to Cao Yong that it can be seen who is far and who is close.

"It's not all because of this. It's because he made a lot of trouble and was vicious to his wife and children. Don't talk about helping, if it wasn't for the thought that he is my nephew's father, I would want to make trouble for me." Cao Yong chose He raised his eyebrows and said.

After chatting for a while, Elder Sixteen had to rush back to the palace, so he didn't stay any longer, got up and said goodbye.

Cao Yong personally went to the door, and the guards of Brother Sixteen had already led the horse, waiting for Brother Sixteen to get on the horse.

Just when Xiaoman came back from outside, he saw Elder Sixteen arrived, so he got off his horse and greeted Elder Sixteen.

Elder Sixteen took a look at Xiaoman, and joked, "I heard that your boy is going to marry a wife, so why don't you treat me to a drink?"

Xiao Man was a little dazed, looked up at Cao Yong, and said, "Master?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "If the master's funeral was not delayed, your marriage with Wu En would have been done last year. Now, the master's anniversary has passed, and there is no reason for you to delay. I told you , let him choose a day in October."

Xiaoman is already in his late twenties, if he were in another family, he would have married and had children long ago; but he delayed it for several years, until last year before getting engaged.

It was none other than Wu En who worked beside Chu Yu.

After listening to Cao Yong's words, Xiao Man just burst into a smile.

Brother Sixteen rolled his eyes at him, pulled a jade pendant from his waist and threw it into his arms, and scolded with a smile: "Look at this little bit of talent, this is a gift from the Lord, choose a date tomorrow, and then let Zhao Feng help you clean up." Good stuff to add makeup to your daughter-in-law. He can miss you several times."

Xiao Man hurriedly thanked Brother Sixteen for his reward, retreated behind Cao Yong, and watched Brother Sixteen go away.

The master and servant entered the yard, Xiaoman hesitated, and asked: "Master, although we are servants, we don't have to guard the master for three years, but it is not appropriate to marry in the mansion. How about letting Wu En come out?" The house is waiting to be married, and the young one begged the old housekeeper?"

The old housekeeper he was talking about was Cao Zhong.

Xiaoman's family and Cao Zhong's family are all named servants of Cao's mansion, and they all have their own small houses in the backstreet of Cao's mansion.In addition to these two families, there are also a few servants who have been raised by their errands and live in the back, but they are not as decent as these two families.

Wu En was not the son of the Cao family, but a Mongolian female slave brought back from the grassland by Cao Yong.Just want to arrange to go out of the house to wait for marriage, and have no relatives to rely on, so Xiaoman is thinking about making arrangements.

Cao Yong said: "You just want to marry a daughter-in-law with peace of mind. Aunt Han's grandma has already said that she will take over girl Wu En to live with her. It's the dowry, don't bother you to worry about it. She and Grandma will arrange it for her."

Xiaoman couldn't help smiling when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's all thanks to the uncle, anyway, I know, I should thank the uncle most." While talking, he had already bowed down.

He has been working for Cao Yong since he was eight years old, and the relationship between master and servant is extraordinary.Even this marriage was made by Cao Yong following Xiaoman's wishes.

Cao Fang's daughter-in-law originally fell in love with the niece of the in-laws, who was also the son of the Cao family and the second-class maid Guilian who worked in Li's house.Before getting married, Xiaoman got the letter and begged Cao Yong and Wu En first.

At that time, Zijing was still alive, and since Wu En entered the mansion, he took care of Zijing's side.Zijing took pity on her loneliness, and always treated her differently.Zijing is not optimistic about this marriage.

Wu En has no natal family to rely on, if she doesn't please her mother-in-law, life will be difficult in the future.

However, Cao Yong looked at Wu En's stability, and knew that Xiao Man was laughing and laughing, but in fact his intentions were very righteous, so he fulfilled his intentions.

Since he can take the initiative to ask Wu En to marry him, there is a bit of sincerity.I remembered that many years ago, the two of them were each other's husbands on the grassland, and they were also childhood sweethearts.

Later, Cao Yong asked Cao Fang.

After all, Xiao Man is the eldest son of Cao Fang, so marrying a wife is not a matter of one person alone.If Cao Fang doesn't like Wu En, Cao Yong really has to think about it.

Cao Fang knew that Cao Yong never intervened in the marriage of servants in the mansion, and now he made a special trip to ask about Xiao Man's marriage, which is also rare.What he meant was that he wanted to follow his son's mind, and that life should always be peaceful and beautiful.As for whether she is her niece or not, it doesn't matter.

After hearing this, Cao Yong explained the matter to Chu Yu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the marriage was made, Cao Yin died of illness, and the wedding was delayed...

*
Indus Court, the upper room.

Looking at Wu En who bowed his head and said nothing, Chu Yu smiled and said, "I'm going to be a bride after all, and it's not as refreshing as before."

"Grandma..." Hearing this, Wu En became even more ashamed and couldn't lift his head.

"Okay, okay. Don't tease you anymore, go down and pack up. I'm going to live for half a month, and I have a lot of things to bring." Saying this, Chu Yu pointed to the little girl next to her, and said: " Uncle wanted to buy a maid for you as a dowry, but Aunt Han said she had already prepared a servant for you. I am afraid that you will not be used to it, let Qiyue follow her to wait for a while, and then send her away when you go out. return."

Seeing that Chu Yu arranged so thoughtfully, Wu En couldn't care less about being ashamed, his eyes were reddened, and he knelt down and said, "My lord and grandma are so kind, what should I ask my maidservant to say..."

Chu Yu personally helped her up, and said: "Zijing was worried about your marriage before she was alive, and now she can feel at ease. Fortunately, she didn't marry in the outfield, and Xiaoman is an old man beside the uncle, so she is safe."

When mentioning Amethyst, Wu En's heart tightened; when mentioning Xiaoman, she could only bow her head.

Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Chu Yu didn't keep her, and after a few words of explanation, she let her go down to clean up.The Han Jiang family has already sent someone to send a letter back, and tomorrow's son will come to pick her up from Han's house to be married...

*
We must know that in the farming society, food is the most important thing for the people.

Spring planting, summer plowing and autumn harvesting, people have worked hard for more than half a year, and they only have rest in winter, so folks often arrange weddings on the move.

Although the gentry and common people in the capital made a living by farming, most of their weddings and major events were arranged in winter.

There is a happy event for Xiao Man in the Cao Mansion.

In Changchun Garden, there is also a happy event.

This happy event was a choice that Elder Seventeen had to make in desperation.

Shengjia arrived in Beijing today, and he came to pay his respects to the emperor along with the princes and elder brothers who stayed in Beijing.After the greetings are finished, there will be a servant to send a message, and the concubine Qin will call.

Although the concubine Qin did not follow Rehe, she moved to Changchun Garden in May with several older concubines by order, so as to escape the heat of the capital city, which can be regarded as a great grace of the emperor.

When the mother and son met, she didn't care about anything else, so the concubine Qin called out two maids who were as tender as spring onions, and let the seventeenth elder brother meet.

Brother Seventeen couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw this.

During these years of marriage, because Fujin never gave birth to a son and a half daughter, many people forced him to take concubines, but he didn't take it to heart, but he didn't want his biological mother to force him.

Seeing her son's reaction, Concubine Qin sighed in her heart, dismissed all the people in front of her, and said to Elder Seventeen: "Emiang has not forgotten your words, the children only want to be born, and don't want concubine and concubine to hinder you Daughter-in-law's eyes. It's just these two maids, if you don't want them, then you can wait to get a side Fujin from Guo Luoluo's house."

Elder Seventeen clenched his fists, frowned and said, "It's all right, why did you think of this again?"

"She has a niece from her natal family who is the uncle and sister of Sixteen Fujin. She left a sign in the draft last year. Because she was only thirteen, she didn't designate marriage. Among the princes and elder brothers, you are the only one who has no side Fujin. The person who has been thinking about you for the past two years Still less?" Concubine Qin sighed: "Whether you like it or not, think about it for your wife. The emperor has allowed her to be singled out for the past few years, one is because of your poor health, and the other is because of her ama On the face of affection. How can it be tolerated any longer, breaking the royal rules and delaying the important affairs of the heirs."

Elder Seventeen felt his heart was congested, his neck felt like lead, and after exhausting all his strength, he slowly nodded and said, "My son understands, Zun Er Niang arranged for it."

The concubine Qin looked at her son distressedly, and said: "I know that your husband and wife have a good relationship, and you are impatient with those dirty things. These two girls were carefully jumped out by Er Niang. They are honest and responsible, and there is nothing to rely on at home. You Feel at ease... if you can really add a son and a half daughter... the daughter-in-law's situation will be easier..."

Although it is said that the concubine Qin wants to send her son to the maid, but there are rules in the harem, you must consult the Concubine De and Concubine Yi who are in charge of palace affairs. Brother's name.

Therefore, Concubine Qin just let her son meet for a while, and Brother Seventeen couldn't let Brother Seventeen take these two directly.

After Elder Seventeen left, Concubine Qin changed her clothes, went out to greet Concubine De and Concubine Yi, and talked about this matter.

Concubine De is fine, she agreed to the matter without asking any further questions.Concubine Qin is already the lord of the first palace, but it is nothing more than giving her son two maids.Not to mention, Elder Seventeen has no heirs, which is also a major event in the palace that is always on the mind.

Concubine Qin is the seventeenth elder brother's biological mother, so it is appropriate to discuss this matter.

Concubine Yi's eyes were sharp when she heard this.But they were just two palace maids with no status, and she was not easy to stop as a concubine, so she agreed with a smile.He also said that he wanted to see what color those two maids were, so don't be wronged anymore Brother Seventeen...

*
The Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, the back office, and Han Jiang's desk were piled with thick account books.

Today is the day of the ten-day inspection, she came early and was busy for most of the day.

The "ten-day inspection", "monthly inspection" and "quarterly inspection" are the bank's system, and the sixteenth elder brother discussed with Han Jiang's and designated it.Because this bank office deals with money every day, it is afraid that there will be mistakes in the accounts, or that the clerks have secrets in the account room.

Therefore, in order to prevent future troubles, a series of measures have been formulated.The rest is to check, to prevent erroneous things from happening.

In the back office of the bank, a quiet room was specially set up for Han Jiang's account checking and reconciliation.Originally, the sixteenth elder brother wanted to arrange this room in his own name, but considering Han Jiang's reputation, he directly positioned this room as a "consultant room".

Because Han Jiang was a woman, she couldn't hold a post in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the sixteenth elder brother asked for a decree to set up a vacant position "Advisor of the Bank of Great Qing", with a salary of 80 taels of silver and [-] hu of rice every year.

This is the treatment of a fifth-rank Beijing official. The Han Jiang family does not lack this little silver rice, but it was made by Elder Sixteen for others to see.Let the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs know the importance of this woman, Han Jiangshi.

Originally, Elder Sixteen arranged for a woman to seize the bank, and there were gossips behind her back, especially the rumors in the clan.Those who are jealous, make up all the ugly things.

A young widow, a young prince, together, what else can there be.

It wasn't until the "consultant room" came out that everyone gradually fell silent.Regardless of whether Han Jiangshi is the sixteenth elder brother's little lover or not, since he has made a public appearance in front of the imperial court, he cannot be talked about by outsiders.

Cao Yong was still amazed at the time. He really didn't expect Kangxi to have such a heart to justify the name of Han Jiang's family.

It's still sixteenth brother, I don't think so, this is not an official decree from the imperial court, and there is no official award, so there is no need to argue with those old scholars, but it is only a few dozen taels of silver, even if you hire two capable men, it is not only this one year number.

Not to mention, this Han Jiang family is still the countess's "adopted daughter", so it would be unbearable if her reputation was ruined by co-organizing errands for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although it's a bit of a show, but after the limelight, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Cao Yong was also happy for Han Jiang's family, and finally he was able to straighten up and be a man.

Han Jiang looked at the account for most of the day, but his mood sank. Looking at the number on the account, he called someone to call in the accountant Wu who was in charge of counting such accounts.

Accountant Wu is in his forties, and he came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has been there since the beginning of the bank's establishment, so he can be regarded as an old man.

"Wu Accountant, how many times have you calculated the accounts for the past ten days, and how many times have you been correct?" Han Jiang asked holding a book of accounts.

"Returning to the consultant, according to the rules, the villain calculated it three times and got it right three times." Accountant Wu replied with his hands down.

"Really?" Han Jiang put down the account book, and said indifferently: "This month's deposit is 67 taels, and the loan is 430 taels. How did this balance reach 40 million..."

(End of this chapter)