Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 871
Speaking of asking for a wife, Cao Yong is also worried.

Really learned people, most of them are like Qian Chenqun, staying in the capital, but only for the spring festival once every three years.

In the eyes of scholars, becoming an official through the imperial examination is a journey.In fact, he had no chance with the imperial examinations, and those who failed several times were either bought to fill in the vacancies, or were recruited by the powerful to become aides. The prospects of both are limited, but they both have "money prospects".

Those who are willing to sit in the lecture hall as teachers are mostly old masters, who have no energy for imperial examinations, and have no physical strength to fill in for officials, so they only teach a few children to earn a salary.

How can Cao Yong like such an old master?
Most of the younger scholars are preparing for the imperial examination next spring, so who will set up an embassy at this time?
After receiving the banquet, Cao Yong returned to Wutong Garden and talked about it with his wife.

If it doesn't work, just look for it in the old Hanlin where the Imperial Academy became an official. Even if the other party doesn't condescend to sit in the hall, it's okay to send a few boys there to teach.Although these children have already been enlightened, they are still young after all, so they chose mediocre wives, so don't delay the children's studies.

The next day, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Li Yu, the grandson of the Li family, came to pay his respects to his great-aunt with courtesy.

He rushed to the capital on the seventh day of August, and before sending his younger brother off on the eighth day of August, the two brothers went to the Cao Mansion to greet Mrs. Li.Mrs. Li thought it would be too deserted for him to celebrate the festival alone, so she let him come over here to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

Cao Yong Kangxi met this cousin when he went to Suzhou Li's house to pick up Gao Taijun in 49.At that time, he was only seven or eight years old. He was the second son of Li Nai, the son of a maidservant and concubine. His biological mother died of illness after giving birth to him.

Today, ten years have passed, and the children of the past have grown into teenagers.

He was wearing a [-]% new blue dress, a navy blue waistcoat, and no gems or jade inlaid on the top of the hat on his head. He only had a navy blue plain pouch hanging around his waist, and had no other decorations.

The whole body looks clean, but looking at the material of the clothes and the frayed edges of the cuffs, it is somewhat shabby.

This attire is completely different from the extravagant family style of the Li family.If it were someone else, if they changed their clothes and went to a relative's house as a guest, and they were still wealthy relatives, they would have to feel sorry for themselves and carry a bit of a petty air of being awkward.

Li Yu, on the other hand, was clear-sighted and calm.

He has a concubine elder brother above him and a younger brother born directly below him, he is the least conspicuous of the third generation of the Li family.

Speaking of which, he is not like the Li family, he does not have Li Xu's calculations, Li Cheng's show off, and Li Nai's loyalty, he is a person who is very good at reading faces.

Seeing that Mrs. Li treated him close, he became more respectful; seeing the Cao Yong brothers with calm expressions, he kept his eyes on his nose and his heart, and did not take the initiative to talk to these cousins ​​of the Cao family.

After a mid-autumn meal, Cao Fu, who has always been picky about people, talked about this "cousin" of the Li family to the two elder brothers, and said, "It's still my duty."

Only Cao Xiang, who was also a concubine, felt sad when he saw Li Yu's cautiousness and understood his difficulties.

After speaking a few words with Li Yu and asking a few questions about his studies, Cao Xiang felt lucky again.Even if he is a concubine, he still has his biological mother to rely on, and siblings are brothers and sisters.

Li Yu, five years older than Li Cheng, logically speaking, the two brothers should end together.

But the Li family only asked people to arrange for Li Cheng to be suitable for the township exam. Li Yu's side, although he heard that he had achieved a small success in his homework, he didn't know why he didn't end up.

Looking at Li Yu's temper, it doesn't seem like he can argue with it.

Cao Xiang asked a few words casually, and knew that Li Yu did not take the county examination, the government examination, and did not donate to the prison students.

The same is true for many families in the capital. The legitimate son inherits the title and family business, and the concubine steps forward to take care of the family business.

For the Patriarch, it is reassuring to serve as a servant of the concubine and grandson.After all, no matter how confidant the servant is, he is also an outsider; it is better to use one's own flesh and blood to make people feel at ease.

For the concubine, it is a sad thing, he can only live in his own family, he has the name of the master, but he does not have the honor of the master.There is no hope for the future. I did my best, but I left some money behind.

After Li Yu left, Cao Yong felt rather sad when he heard the evaluation of Li Yu by his two cousins.

Compared with Li Cheng who was full of eyesight at a young age, this Li Yu is really a dutiful one.Whether it's donating officials or imperial examinations, if he takes an official career, maybe there will be a day to revive the Li family.

Li Xuxu is old and confused, he is obsessed with his concubine's opinion, he would rather cultivate the cunning Li Cheng than pay attention to this concubine's grandson.

Although I feel that Li Yu is a pity, Cao Yong is not interested in intervening in Li's family affairs.In his thinking, he wished to hide far away, so why would he lean forward?
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the news of Cao Yong's return to Beijing also got more news among relatives, and they had to socialize.

Cao Yong originally wanted to spread the news about finding a teacher, and asked someone to inquire, but after thinking about it, if that was the case, relatives and elders recommended him, he would feel embarrassed to choose carefully, so let it go.

Therefore, he asked the housekeeper to find out from the officials' homes in the capital, which family's children were older and whose master was about to resign, and he wanted to choose an ordinary and suitable candidate from among them.

On Qian Chenqun's side, he didn't know whether he was confident, or he was sympathetic to his master, but he didn't urge him, and he spent half a day teaching a few children.

On this day, when Cao Yong came back from outside, the concierge sent a few greeting cards.

Cao Yong took it over and looked at it. Several officials from Jiangsu, who went to the capital to wait for officials, posted posts here in the name of Cao Yin's old friends.

The influence of the Cao family in Jiangnan, Cao Yong wished to disappear as soon as possible, how could he bother to win over people from Jiangnan and cause trouble for himself?
Therefore, these few greeting posts do not need to be ignored.

The last greeting card was a familiar name - Cheng Mengxian.

Cao Yong took a look at the invitation, and it said something like saying I want to give Cao Yong a favor.

This is a bit strange, because of Han Jiang's family, Cheng Mengxian came to Cao's house twice last year, all on the grounds of paying respects to Li's family.

Now, this post says Cao Yong, not Li.

Thinking of the days when he was in Yangzhou, he was entertained by Cheng's Kunzhong, so Cao Yong ordered Cao Yuan to send himself to Cheng's house and ask Cheng Mengxian to meet him at the mansion tomorrow.

The next day, at the beginning of Sichu (nine o'clock in the morning), Cheng Mengxian arrived as scheduled.

Before he opened his mouth, Cao Yong thought that the Cheng family had something to ask for, and when Cheng Mengxian explained his intentions, he realized that he had heard that the Cao family was looking for a teacher and recommended someone.

The one recommended was a scholar from Yangzhou, who was related to Cheng Mengxian, his cousin, aunt and stepson.

When Cao Yong heard that he was a scholar, he felt a little unwilling.Although the township examination is nothing more than stereotypes, and juren may not be more knowledgeable than scholars, but thousands of troops and horses crossing the single-plank bridge always have more ink in their stomachs.

Thinking in my heart, Cao Yong did not refuse.

This Cheng Mengxian is a stable person, and he will not do things without thinking.

People who are well-informed in Beijing know that not everyone can be a teacher in the Cao family.The Zhuang Xi invited by Cao Yin for Cao Yong was Cao Yong's "brain tank" when he first arrived in the capital; Qian Chenqun is a well-known scholar in the scholarly circle.

Cao Yong asked a few more questions, and Cheng Mengxian told the details of the scholar one by one.

Although he is only a scholar, the man's father was a teacher for others, and there are hundreds of students who have achieved fame.Sitting in the hall to teach apprentices can also be regarded as the origin of family learning.

This scholar, excellent in calligraphy and painting, is now staying in the capital with his wife and belt because he wants to learn painting from a master.

It's just that these days, not all masters are people who love talents.

This scholar's family was poor and his life was difficult, so he couldn't afford a decent apprentice ceremony.In the end, the master rejected him and accepted two disciples from wealthy families.

Cao Yong, when he heard Cheng Mengxian mention the scholar's name, he was already embarrassed.

Zheng Xie, that "rarely confused" Zheng Banqiao?

Later generations are not familiar with him, they only know that "Yangzhou Zheng Banqiao" is a master of calligraphy and painting, he won the exam only when he was very old, and his officialdom was not satisfactory.

That cheap nephew who loved to cry back then and had ringworm on his head, is now in the capital?
Thinking back, the two are about the same age, so Zheng Xie should be less than [-] years old, and he is still far away from Zhongju, so he is considered cheap in the Cao family.

Curious about everyone in the painting circle, Cao Yong couldn't wait to meet his cheap nephew, and almost agreed to Cheng Mengxian's recommendation.

However, when the words came to his lips, he changed his words again, and only said that he wanted to see Zheng Xiucai.

Everyone is everyone, and geeks are geeks. Asking the master, whether he will teach the children, is the key.

Seeing that he didn't refuse, Cheng Mengxian had a smile on his face.

Speaking of which, he wanted to call Zheng Xie his cousin, but he was really a relative after several turns, so it was nothing.

Speaking of it, not to mention the Cheng family, even if he supported Zheng Xie himself, it was nothing.But a businessman seeks profit, and he does not help the poor. He does not help people for nothing, and Zheng Xie is not able to kneel down and pray for food.

Just got the news that the Cao family was looking for a wife, so Cheng Mengxian was so "troublesome" and sent a post to come to "recommend"...

Here, Zheng Xie hasn't seen it yet, something happened to the Li family.

Li Cheng was ill, and not seriously ill.Li Yu spent money, invited several imperial physicians, and prescribed several prescriptions, but the prescriptions were not cured, but the condition became more and more serious, with high fever and coughing all day long.

No matter what the relationship between the brothers is, Li Yu knows that if his brother really makes a mistake, he will not get well.

There was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to go to the door again and tell his aunt Li about his younger brother's serious illness.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li remembered that Li Cheng was a child of her natal family. Even if she remembered her son's warning to keep a distance from her natal family, she couldn't bear to watch her nephew and grandson have an accident.

She took the carriage and begged her son to go through Li's house with her to visit Li Cheng.

In just half a month, Li Cheng lost a lot of weight. Hearing that his great-aunt came to visit him, he struggled to change clothes, but he couldn't stop panting.

When Li Shi and Cao Yong entered the inner house, when they entered him, he was coughing so badly that he could hardly breathe.

Seeing his face flushed and coughing non-stop, he had some symptoms of pneumonia.Most of the illness was caused by a cold. According to Li Yu, Li Cheng came out of the provincial examination room and felt uncomfortable.

It was obviously because of his young age and frail body. After a long journey, he took the exam for nine days and couldn't stand it.

On the sick bed, Li Cheng showed a smiling face, reassuring Li that he was fine, and he didn't know how ugly his face was.

Mrs. Li felt a little distressed when she thought that this grand-nephew was raised by Taijun Gao since childhood, and loved the house and Wu.

Just as the two of them were saying this, they saw a message from the mother-in-law, saying that the housekeeper invited "Second Young Master" over.

This "Second Young Master" is Li Yu. Li Yu pleads guilty with Li Shi and Cao Yong, gets up and picks up the curtain to go out.

Li Cheng looked at Li Yu's back, but his face turned pale instantly, and his body trembled uncontrollably...

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Went out during the day, it rained, and then got dizzy.tears.Take medicine and sleep, try to return to before 0 o'clock in the next chapter update.

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