Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 906

Hongming is just a guest, and not a close guest.It seems a bit impolite for Cao's "relatives and elders" to play such a big way.

However, growing up in the palace, changing faces is something everyone knows.

Hong Ming already had a warm face, and stood up to Yi Du: "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Yi is still related to brother-in-law. It seems that in the future, you don't need to look for Uncle Sixteen when you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You need to ask Mr. Yi to take care of you."

"Second Elder Brother has a high status, why can't it be the servant's turn to take care of him? Second Elder Brother orders, how dare the slave not obey?" Yi Duli replied neither soft nor hard.

He was born in a prime minister's mansion, and he also carried a bit of arrogance.Hong Ming gave him shame for nothing, how could he deal with it patiently?

What about the emperor's grandson?The emperor's dragon horse spirit, the prince's brother gave birth to more than 30 people, and only 24 brothers were born in sequence.Except for a few young elder brothers, the other prince elder brothers are all married and have children.

There are always hundreds of emperors and grandchildren in this capital.After all, Hongming has no job and no errand, and not everyone hugs Brother Fourteen's thigh and comes up to curry favor with him.

When Hongming was pushed back by Yi Duli's neither soft nor hard words, his expression was a little ugly, and he looked at the proprietor of the banquet, Cao Yong, waiting for him to smooth things over.

How could Cao Yong follow his heart? To be honest, he really wanted to offend him.

In the past two years, when he was away from court and watched with cold eyes, Cao Yong had already seen that Kangxi was just drawing a cake for the fourteenth elder brother.

As a "Taiping" monarch, and after the Eight Banners have gained a firm foothold in the pass, it is the time when "artistic rule" is needed to support the people. How can there be a "martial arts" emperor as a successor?
Seeing that Hongming couldn't get down the stage, Cao Yong just pretended to be stupid, so he didn't bother to hand him the steps.

"Second Elder Brother is a distinguished guest, so don't be negligent. Come on, let's open another table, please Second Elder Brother and Fu Peng Elder Brother." The first sentence was said by Cao Yong to Hongming, but the latter was instructing the Cao family who was waiting next to him. boy.

This can't be said to be against the rules, after all, Brother Shiliu and Yi Duli are the elders of Cao Yong, while Hong Ming and Fu Peng are the same generation and the younger generation, so it's normal to work separately.

The boy responded and went away, Elder Sixteen had already told Yi Duli to sit down and talk, Hong Ming stood aside, but he couldn't stay still, he squeezed out a smile, and said: "If the birthday gift is delivered, you won't beg for mercy, but if you want Go to the fourth uncle's house to say hello..."

Cao Yong politely left a few words and asked Wu Sheng to send him out.

When Hongming went out, his anger could not be suppressed, but he could not force Cao Yong to put the two "elders" aside and send him out.

After all, in terms of status and dignity, he, the emperor's grandson, is no match for the prince, Brother Sixteen.

There are only sixteen elder brothers, Cao Yong and Yi Duli at the table in the screen.The sixteenth elder brother sat in the middle, Yidu stood on his left hand, and Cao Yong was on his right hand.

Seeing that Hongming was gone, Cao Yong held the pot himself and leaned over to fill up the wine for Elder Sixteen and Yi Duli.

He did not respect the two of them first, but punished himself with a cup, and said: "Okay, it's all my fault for delaying the opening of the banquet."

Brother Sixteen knew that he was apologizing to Yiduli, so he looked at Yiduli.

Yi Duli had already turned from anger to depression. He raised his neck, drank the wine in his glass, and said with a wry smile: "Fu Ruo said that, he's heretic. It's because I'm not worth it. I've been an official for more than [-] years. On the fifth grade, how can you complain that others look down on you?"

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, sixteenth elder brother hurriedly said: "Putting it down, Lao Yi is also more content. It is not uncommon for those Jinshi who came from the official brand, in their sixties, to be magistrates in the county. Now the master is also a person in his thirties, working as an errand For more than ten years, I didn't even get in with General Feng En, and I didn't complain..."

In a word, both Cao Yong and Yi Duli laughed.

Yi Duli is not a disappointment, he put down his wine glass, and the earlier annoyance has disappeared...

In the inner courtyard, Fu Peng accompanied Baoya to talk in the water pavilion, and Arslen also sat at the head of Fu Peng, keeping his hands silent as a companion.

After a while, Chu Yu came to inquire in person.

Seeing this, Fu Peng and Arslen got up from their seats.

Now that Hong Ming who came with Fu Peng left, did he leave Fu Peng and Arslen to sit at the side of the waterside pavilion?Everyone is close relatives, so it is better to be cheaper.

Bao Ya wished to stay with her nephew for a while, so naturally she nodded and said, please Chu Yu, please take care.

Chu Yu still had a female guest to accompany her, so after saying a few words, she went over to accompany her.

Speaking of it, Fu Peng was born on June 47, 26th year of Kangxi, and his birthday was not much different from Cao Yong's.

As an aunt, Baoya naturally cared, and prepared the clothes, shoes and socks by herself.They are all made of the best materials, and the most flattering royal blue color is chosen.

After all, she has been a mother for many years. Although her needlework is not outstanding and cannot be compared with those needleworkers, she still does not show her stitches, and she can barely see people.

The clothes that Fu Peng is wearing today were sent to the palace by Baoya a few days ago.The sleeves are a bit long and have been stitched on.

Seeing that her nephew has a heart, Baoya is also happy...

Not to mention the reunion between Baoya and Fu Peng, just say that Hongming came out of Cao's house and went back to the palace hungry.

The so-called going to the fourth prince's house to pay his respects is just an excuse.Because the fourteenth elder brother was not close to the fourth elder brother, Hong Ming also avoided the uncle who was his real relative.

Back in the palace, the servants set out the meals, but Hongming was so angry that he took a few bites indiscriminately, and then put down his chopsticks.

He didn't know whether he was annoyed by Cao Yong's "negligence", or by Yi Duli's lack of interest, or by Elder Sixteen's carelessness.

In this royal family, the mother is more expensive than the son, and the son is more precious than the mother.

A prince with a humble mother like Brother Sixteen should behave in a peaceful manner like Brother Seven and Brother Twelve; it happened that Brother Sixteen was the most favored by the emperor these years.

And because he doesn't fight for the big position, he is smooth and has a close relationship with the princes.

Hong Ming forgot that he is not a direct son, but not a direct grandson, and his status is no more noble than Sixteenth Elder Brother.

He looked down on Elder Sixteen, thinking that Wang Pin was of low birth, she was a few Han women who "paid tribute" in the early years of weaving in the south of the Yangtze River, but he forgot that his own grandmother Bao Yi's background was not a good one.

Thinking of his disheveled face in Cao's house, Hongming was filled with indignation.

He squinted his eyes, called a person, asked a few words in a low voice, then got up and went to Yuqian.

The weather has been fine these days, and Kangxi would take a walk by Haizi every day after meals.

The grandson and grandson "met unexpectedly", and Kangxi had to call this grandson and chat for a few words.

Although Hongming was seventeen, he was still working in his study and hadn't been out on errands, so he knew how to avoid taboos, never mentioned government affairs, and just talked about family matters.

Seeing his grandson's flattery, Kangxi's face was warm, but his heart was not happy.

Having been the emperor for more than sixty years, he naturally has the fiery eyes of Jin Jing, and Hongming's little cleverness is not in the eyes of Kangxi.

Hong Ming came here in a fit of anger, just to give some eye drops to Elder Sixteen and Cao Yong.He also saw that Cao Yong was "as timid as a mouse" and not a man of courage.

On the surface, it is not to stand in line, not to form a party, but to inherit the tradition of the Cao family and be a "pure minister"; in fact, it is because of fear of being implicated in the seizure of the heir, and avoids it.

Thinking of Cao Yong's estrangement from himself, Hong Ming felt disgusted.

The lowly Baoyi, just because he borrowed the credit of his father and grandfather, married the emperor's grandson Gege, and attacked the earl, he treated him like himself.

Although he despised both Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen in his heart, but because of his fear of Kangxi, he didn't dare to sarcasm. He just turned the topic to the recently popular "cigarette holder" in Rehe.

"It's no wonder that Uncle Sixteen relies heavily on Concubine Cao. The name of Concubine Cao as a 'lucky boy' is really true, and my grandson is convinced... It's only been a while, Uncle Sixteen is about to put the money in the pocket of the Mongolian prince. All the money has been searched... In the future, if Huang Mafa uses the money in the internal treasury, he should ask Cao Erfu to find a way, and it will be done right away..." Hong Ming said with a smile, "casually".

Merchants are trailblazers. Although Kangxi was happy for his son to earn money from the Mongolian prince, he was not satisfied with Cao Yong's "inaction" in the past six months.

The servant of the household department is in charge of a country's finances, not a child's house.

If you want to enrich the national treasury, you have to think of a serious way, not just start a small business and pack up a small item.

Therefore, after listening to Hongming's words, he snorted coldly.

Among them, there is not only dissatisfaction with Cao Yong's "disappointment", but also disdain for Hongming's cleverness.

His words obliterated the merits of Elder Sixteen's work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and said that Elder Sixteen's friendship with Cao Yong was taken advantage of.

In Hongming's heart, he thought that Huang Mafa was dissatisfied with Elder Sixteen's business affairs in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was secretly happy, bowed his head and said, "Compared with Uncle Sixteen, my grandson really has no place to be ashamed... Uncle Sixteen looks like When the grandson was this old, he had already come out of the upper study to do an errand, but the grandson was dull and had to study..."

Kangxi glanced at him, there was no warmth in his eyes, but his tone was calm and tight: "You have different identities, so you don't need to compare them together. Your task is to study hard and be familiar with the way of governing..."

Hongming "blame" himself with these two sentences, because he is envious of the two heirs of the third elder brother's mansion and the fifth elder brother's mansion who have been working for many years, but he is so old and still studying in the study.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi said such a sentence.

Although there was a lot of discussion outside about the [-]th elder brother being the heir, and Hongming was vaguely regarded as the prince of the prince's family, but after all, there was no guarantee, and Hongming was also worried.

Unexpectedly, in the gossip between grandparents and grandchildren at the edge of Haizi, Kangxi would say such "crazy" words.

Hongming felt that his body was so soft that he could hardly stand upright, so he suddenly raised his head and looked at Kangxi.

Kangxi didn't realize it, because the sky was getting dark, he thought it was dark clouds covering the sun, so he raised his head.

With just one glance, his expression changed...

The new moon solar eclipse, Qin Tianjian did not have relevant forecasts in advance.

The military disaster in the northwest, the civil turmoil in the southeast, the severe drought in the Central Plains... and the solar eclipse, the foolish people are ignorant, don't know that the changes of the sun, moon and stars are natural principles, and only regard the abnormal changes as warnings from heaven...

The solar eclipse on the first day of the new year, in the eyes of the common people, how would they view him as an emperor... Kangxi only felt that his mouth was full of fishy sweetness, and his eyes turned black...

Hearing that Hongming next to him was a little anxious, and shouted: "Huang Mafa..."

Although in the upper study room, Hongming also knew about Western astronomy and calendar, but he didn't fully believe it.

This year's climate is abnormal, the Central Plains is severely drought, Huguang is flooded, and now there is a solar eclipse...

What Hong Ming thought was not God's warning, but "the dog swallowing the sun".

There are no two monarchs in the country, and there are no two suns in the sky.

Huang Mafa has reached the end of his life... Hongming supported Kangxi, his heart was "thumping", "thumping", it seems that it is really wise to let Ama return to Beijing for a review...

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Eclipse, eclipse.

It cannot be said that a solar eclipse is rare, but it is rare to see it in Rehe.

Here in Cao's house, the guests came to drink for three rounds, said goodbye and left, and Cao Yong came out to see the guests off.

Coincidentally, at this time, the sky was getting dark and there was a solar eclipse.

Except for Cao Yong, everyone changed their faces.They stopped, and stood in twos and threes in the courtyard of Cao's house, looking up at the eclipse in the sky, whispering.

Seeing this, Cao Yong hurriedly said: "The solar eclipse hurts the eyes, so don't look directly at it, everyone should go back to the hall and wait."

After all, everyone was afraid, and they all fell silent, and turned back to the flower hall with Cao Yong.

Cao Yong asked people to light the lamps, and he also thought about sending people to the inner courtyard, so as not to let someone not know it, watch the solar eclipse directly, hurt their eyes, and then hear the faint sound of beating.

This is a folk custom. During a solar eclipse, it is necessary to beat loudly to scare away the "tengu".

Yi Duli and Brother Sixteen were both drunk, waiting for Cao Yong to see off the guests, and then everyone had a second drink.

Hearing the commotion outside, the two came over reeking of alcohol.

"It's time to turn on the lights?" Yi Duli saw the lights on in the hall, and said with a big tongue.

"Solar eclipse!" Cao Yong replied.

Seeing that everyone held their breath, Elder Sixteen also felt heavy in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Suo Ri...solar eclipse..."

"Solar eclipse? Tengu eats the sun..." Yi Duli drank the wine, but some people came to the door dancing and dancing, "Tengu... where is it..."

Because in the afternoon, the position of the sun is in the west, so Iduri couldn't see it standing at the entrance of the flower hall, and he was about to go to the yard when he raised his legs.

It just so happened that the boy Cao Yong had just sent came over, followed by two people, both holding a stack of glazed tiles in their arms.

Cao Yong took one piece, handed it to Yi Duli and said, "My lord, use this to see clearly, and it won't hurt your eyes..."

Yiduri took one piece and ran to the yard to look up at the solar eclipse.

The two household officials next to him, from the Sichuan Division, were a little curious when they saw this, and looked at the glazed tiles in the arms of the servant.

Seeing this, Cao Yong pointed to the glazed tiles, and said to everyone: "My lords, this solar eclipse is an astronomical spectacle. Everyone wants to see it. There are glazed tiles here to protect your eyes..."

Some of the older officers were already looking at their noses and minds, and they were reading Buddhist scriptures, Taoism and Confucianism in their mouths; the young ones couldn't bear their curiosity, so they took the glazed tiles from the servants and went to the courtyard. went.

If it is a peaceful year, even if there is a solar eclipse, there will be no major disturbances.

This year is eventful, and this solar eclipse appears again at the place where the emperor spends his summer vacation... Even if Cao Yong is not superstitious, he can't relax.

He turned his head, just in time to see elder brother Sixteen worried.

"Sixteen Lord..." Cao Yong called out in a low voice.

Elder Sixteen's voice trembled a little, and said, "Look outside..."

It turned out that it was already dark outside...

In the 60th year of Kangxi, Gengyinshuo in July, a total solar eclipse, Rehe day as night...

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Historically, this solar eclipse fell on the first day of June, not July...

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