Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 887
Li Fu was lucky, because he was the deputy chief examiner of the Wenhui Examination, not the Wuhui Examination.

Even if these angry actions rushed into the gate of Li's house, nothing that the servants of Li's family were worried about happened.

Yes, these people respect the way of Confucius and Mencius, adhering to the principle of "a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands", and no one dares to do anything at will.

But every sentence of abuse, every sentence of slander, fell into Li Fu's ears.

Li Fu stood on the steps under the eaves, said nothing with a sullen face, but calmly looked at the door that fell to the ground due to the crowd's pushing.

At this moment, the servants from Shuntian Mansion have arrived.

The leading arrester saw Li Fu's make-up clothes and trotted forward to salute...

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In Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

Sitting on the kang, Kangxi frowned as he watched the Zhezi sent by the Lifan Academy to ask for relief from various ministries of Western Mongolia.

In the past two years, there have been severe droughts in the northwest, and a large number of livestock have died. Not only the herdsmen are hungry, but even the Mongolian nobles with titles are also living in embarrassment.

Western Mongolia is connected with Huijiang Mongolia and must be appeased.But the Mongols are wolves, they bite when they are not full, and they are restless when they are full. How could Kangxi be willing to fill this bottomless pit.

Besides, since the 52nd year of Kangxi, taxes have been reduced and exempted in various places, and the imperial court is not rich.

Kangxi rubbed his forehead and told Wei Zhu, "Have someone send this booklet to the fourth elder brother of the household department."

Wei Zhu leaned over to accept the booklet, followed the call, and then retreated to the door, when someone said: "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng and Prince Yong are begging to see each other!"

"Xuan!" Kangxi raised his voice when he heard it in the room.

Holding thick documents in their hands, the two entered the door one after another.

"Have you finished the grinding?" Kangxi asked after paying respects to them, glanced at the documents they brought in.

"Yes, Huang Ama, from the sixth day of March to yesterday afternoon, the 170 candidates in the mid-term examination of this subject have finished their training. Among them, 12 of them have poor essays. Here are the original papers of the [-] candidates who took the examination. Huang Ama decides." The third elder brother leaned over and offered the answer sheet with both hands.

Kangxi nodded and said: "Submit!"

The third elder brother stepped forward a few steps and sent the answer sheet in his hand to the table next to Kangxi.

Regardless of the content of this article, just talking about the crooked font made Kangxi frown.He picked up one of the volumes and read it from the beginning. Although there was nothing wrong with it, it was really not good.

He put down the paper and picked up two more at random. There was nothing wrong with it, and the stereotypes were mediocre, not brilliant at all.He flipped through the bottom ones, and there were still a few articles whose handwriting was considered clear, and the fonts could be read, and the articles were well done.

"Just find out these, no other questions?" Kangxi put down the paper and asked.

"Returning to Huang Ama, according to the rules, there are two house officials in each house, and they need to read the papers together and agree on a choice. During these trials and tribulations, the servants and others found that some papers were only marked by one person. I don't know if one person read them alone or two Read it together." The third elder brother bowed and replied.

Kangxi's expression softened a little. Although he sent two princes to investigate the matter, it is naturally not the best thing to smear the court like "fraudulent imperial examinations".

"Leave the rest to the Ministry of Rites." Kangxi said after pondering for a moment.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother responded in unison, Kangxi waved his hand, and just about to tell them to kneel down, Wei Zhu came in and said, "Report to the emperor, the great scholar Wang Jian will pass the sign, please see me."

Not only was Kangxi surprised when he heard this, but even the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother were secretly thinking about it.

Although this Wang Jie is still holding a bachelor's degree and has not taken up an official position, he is already in his eighties and has not been an servant in front of the imperial court for a long time.I came here today, I don't know why, could it be that I heard the news of "unsteady posture"?

Kangxi opened his mouth to summon, and after a while, he swayed Wang Jian in with Wei Zhu, facing the position of Kang, and knelt down to worship.

"Hurry up and help!" Kangxi took care of the old minister and hurriedly ordered the third and fourth elder brothers who were standing beside him.

After hearing this, the two hurried forward and supported Wang Jie.

Kangxi asked Wei Zhu to show him a seat again, and Fang said: "Have you used the ginseng I gave you years ago? I see that your complexion is reluctant, and you should take care of it."

Hearing the words, Wang Zhen got up from the stool and fell to the ground, choking with sobs: "Your kindness is so great, I am ashamed to kill the old minister!"

In his early years, Wang Zhen was involved in the restoration of the crown prince, and his relationship with the Emperor Kangxi became increasingly estranged.

Seeing him so excited now, Kangxi thought he was waving his hands for the sake of his early years: "Ai Qing doesn't have to take it to heart. I am not a faint king, and I know that old Ai Qing cares about the country and has no selfish intentions. Aiqing is so good at taking care of yourself, I am still waiting for your body to recover, back to the imperial court, the 70-year-old king and the 80-year-old minister are also a good story."

The veterans withered one after another, and Kangxi also felt sorry for him, and looked at Wang Jian with a more gentle expression.

On Kangxi's side, he was thinking about the glorious years of the past, but the fourth elder brother looked at Wang Jian kneeling upright, but he knew it was going to be bad.

This Wang Jie is not a "princeling", but he flatters Confucian orthodoxy and attaches great importance to the distinction between concubine and concubine.

After the second prince was abolished, he submitted several times to ask for the prince to be reinstated, but he was not convicted like others because of what Kangxi said, he did not support the second elder brother out of selfishness, but flattered Confucian orthodoxy.

Sure enough, Wang Jie said: "Your Majesty, I see that Renzong of Song Dynasty was a virtuous emperor of his generation, but he hesitated to establish a heir in his later years. At that time, famous ministers such as Fan Zhen and Bao Zheng all gave advice and beards and hairs. My minister is stupid. , Faithful in letters, delusional in imitating the ancients..."

Before he finished speaking, Kangxi was already furious, and shouted: "Since you know the depth of your kindness, this is your repayment to me? Wang Jie, I don't want to mention this matter, and I will not back down!"

"The minister is dead. I implore the emperor, for the sake of the country, release the second elder brother as soon as possible!" Wang Jian leaned on the ground and begged.

Kangxi's face was flushed, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably with anger.

The room was silent, except for Kangxi's breathing.

The third elder brother lowered his head and stared fiercely at Wang Jian's back with his eyes, wishing to swallow him alive.As a prince, especially at the top of the ranking, he is expected to be a heir. He is looking forward to someone proposing the heir, but that person must not be Wang Zhen.

In Wang Jie's eyes, only the second elder brother born from the direct line is the legitimate candidate for the crown prince, and the other prince elder brothers are all ministers, or rebellious ministers and thieves with ulterior motives.

"Old but never dead, old man!" San Age cursed in his heart.

The fourth elder brother was also trembling in his heart. What he was afraid of was not Wang Jian's insistence on establishing the crown prince, but the emperor's unpredictable thoughts.

In the first month, he ordered him to sacrifice to the mausoleum, and a few days ago, he ordered him to sacrifice to the Taimiao on the day of the Longevity Festival. Is it really true behind this... or is it a painting... It is really difficult...

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Household Yamen, this hall.

After receiving the note from Jiang Jian and confirming that there was no name of Cao Fu on it, Cao Yong let out a long sigh.

He asked Cao Fu how he answered on the field.Cao Fu also knew that the emperor would test the original paper, so he answered truthfully.

Due to the excessive pressure, Cao Fu suffered from insomnia for a long time before leaving the court.After the game, his writing was mediocre, not as smooth as usual, so he thought that his appointment was useless.

He said that Cao Yong, the elder brother, had to worry about him, so he asked someone to say hello, and got the news of the progress of the grinding first.

Now, knowing that 12 people had problems with their test papers and there was no cousin's name, it seemed that they could finally feel at ease.

Back in the mansion, Cao Yong sent someone to call his cousin to tell him the good news.

After the test, there are still palaces, first-class, second-class, and third-class, with different prospects.Now that Cao Fu had listened to his cousin's words, he finally stopped being anxious, and honestly began to prepare for the palace examination.

The next day, the censor impeached Li Fu, the assistant chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites and the left deputy capital of the inspectorate, because of his son's gathering of people.

Li Fu himself also served as the deputy governor of the left, but he was impeached by his subordinates, which caused the officials of the six ministries to gloat.

Everyone talked behind their backs, and said: "The little dog bit the big dog and barked wildly. It's so lively!"

Cao Yong heard this, but knew that the imperial examination case was coming, and this Li Fu would "take the blame" for the emperor.Someone must come out and be responsible for the "yellow sand covering the sun" on the fourth day of March, so as to block the mouths of the world.

A few days later, Kangxi made a decree to demote Li Fu to Yongding River to serve him.

The whispers in the six volumes have new content.

Twelve censors jointly signed a request to restore the crown prince, causing an uproar in the court.Kangxi was furious. The twelve censors did not "question crimes because of their words", but the academician Wang Jian was arrested on suspicion of "forming a party".

Compared with other people's eagerness to move, Cao Yong's heart is much calmer, no matter how they toss, the second elder brother can't get out.He sent the prepared Longevity Festival gift to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then waited for the Longevity Festival celebration.

Kangxi kept saying that no celebration would be held, but the 60 years of Yuyu can be described as the No.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs should make arrangements.

In a blink of an eye, it was March [-]th, the Longevity Day.

Although there was no palace banquet, all the princes and ministers in the capital, as well as civil and military officials from other places who came to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, all entered the palace to congratulate.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the sound of rites and music is solemn and solemn.

After more than ten years, Cao Yong saw Nian Gengyao again.

There were more than a dozen non-local civil and military officials lined up, but Cao Yong still recognized Nian Gengyao at a glance.

He was wearing second-grade clothing, and his face had lost the elegance of a literati, with a bit of a tough look on his face.He has supervised and governed Sichuan for more than ten years, and he has governed Sichuan, which has been in constant turmoil since the founding of the country, in a submissive manner. Of course, deterrence and killing are indispensable in this.

Seeing that Nian Gengyao held his head high and his chest high, he looked like a "General Nian", but Cao Yong was very upset.

Yes, very upset.

Cao Yong's preparations for Gengyao's wrangling in the same year were all in vain.Nian Gengyao, who has both the governor's seal and the governor's seal, did not take Cao Yong, the newly appointed servant of the household department, into his eyes at all.

On the side of the household department, he didn't show his face, but sent two subordinate officials to the household department to meet Cao Yong.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nian Gengyao was the No. 1 governor who came to Beijing from other places so arrogantly.

If he doesn't do Cao Yong's business, he will be happy to watch the excitement.

Nian Gengyao was promoted to governor at the age of 30, and he was the youngest official in Xinjiang in this dynasty.

But on the opposite side of this arrogance, stood the youngest second-rank servant in this dynasty, and it fell into the eyes of others, which meant everything.

Although some said that Nian Gengyao was arrogant and rude, there were still many who said that Cao Yong was young and could not convince the public.

Cao Yong innocently became a stepping stone for Nian Gengyao's "arrogance", so naturally he couldn't be happy.Although he could comfort himself that it was not a bad thing for Gengyao to turn against each other in the same year, and it could be regarded as blessings and misfortunes, but he couldn't erase the fact that he was humiliated.

In the officialdom, there is no shortage of people who bully the weak and fear the hard.

If Cao Yong retreats one step, he will be bullied in the future, and there is no way to retreat.

Now, Cao Yong can only stare at Nian Gengyao and grit his teeth.

Although it is also the second rank, the governor is the official of the frontier, and the assistant is only the deputy hall official, but why did those governors come to Beijing to send Bing Jing and Tan Jing, and even sent six written notes, especially the household department? For the heavy.There is no other reason, it is because the Ministry of Households holds the financial veins of the provinces.

Cao Yong was already faintly excited, wanting to see Nian Gengyao's changed face.

Those who humiliate others will be humiliated.

He Cao Yong will not take the initiative to bully people, but he will not suffer in vain.

This beam is settled.

As upset as Cao Yong, there is also the fourth elder brother.

Among his disciples, Nian Gengyao has the highest official position, and now that Gengyao is in Sichuan, which is an important place in the northwest, the weight is even heavier.

Nian Gengyao's arrogance is too different from the fourth elder brother's always low-key and restrained temperament, which makes him neither love nor hate.

Especially this time about the Ministry of Household Affairs, although Cao Yong, the servant in charge of the Sichuan Division, is shameless on the surface, but now his fourth elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Finance.Not to mention, Cao Yong has always been respectful to him, and he has long been regarded as one of his own.

After the Wanshou Festival, when Nian Gengyao brought his son over to pay his respects, the fourth elder brother said to him: "Over there at the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, Liang Gong took the time to walk around. Well, if you make such a fuss, you will be the one who suffers in the end."

Nian Gengyao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, but he didn't take it seriously, and said: "With the master in the household department, there are other brats who dare to make trouble? The slaves all depend on the master to take care of them, and Bing Jing didn't bother at the household department's yamen." Come on, I really don't want to go to socialize anymore."

The fourth elder brother heard that, although he was satisfied with Nian Gengyao's dependence on him, he always felt that something was wrong.He looked Nian Gengyao up and down, and said, "Liang Gong, you are not a reckless person, do you misunderstand Cao Yong?"

When Nian Gengyao heard the words, he laughed and said, "Master, the servants do not interfere with Cao Yong's well water, how can there be a misunderstanding?"

The fourth elder brother also thought about it. When Nian Gengyao was released from Beijing, Cao Yong was still serving as a bodyguard, and the two had never dealt with each other.

The fourth elder brother can't go too deep. After all, Nian Xi was still present, and he didn't want to lose Nian Gengyao's face. He said: "Don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. Cao Yong has the best relationship with your thirteenth master. You are in Beijing. Save some face for him."

Nian Gengyao responded with a smile, and the topic turned to the Northwest military.

Nian Xi sat under his father, listening to what his father and fourth elder brother had to say, feeling a little uneasy.

He is Nian Gengyao's son, so he naturally knew that Cao Yong did not suffer from "an unreasonable disaster", but his father had a deliberate attack.

The Nian clan had been in Prince Yong's mansion for many years, and finally gave birth to his elder brother. As an uncle, Nian Gengyao was also really happy.

This time he handed over the paperwork and asked to come back to Beijing to see him, and he also wanted to visit his sister and nephew.Unexpectedly, before he arrived in Beijing, he got the news that his elder brother had passed away, and Nian Gengyao felt a fire in his heart.

When he arrived in the capital, he knew that the gift from Cao's family was mediocre when his little elder brother was a hundred days old, and the dissatisfaction in his heart finally found a place to vent...

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quack.Try not to stay up late, take good care of your body, and change your logistics. . ^_^
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