Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 909 Good News
To say "loyalty to the emperor and love the country", Cao Yong still can't achieve the loyalty of the ancients, but he also knows an old saying, "It is better to be a dog of peace than to be a man in trouble."

Although the Northwest is interested in peace talks, it will not be stable for a year or so.

In this way, the 10,000+ army in the northwest will have to gather.

If Kangxi died before the dust settled in the Northwest War, and if Elder Fourteen broke the boat, who knows what will happen?

The fourth elder brother really doesn't help much. If the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother join forces with the dignitaries of the Eight Banners and stand on the side of the fourteenth elder brother, then the fourth elder brother will really struggle.

It would not only be a blessing for the Cao family, but also a big trouble for the other princes to ascend the throne.

For a while, Cao Yong really looked forward to Kangxi's peaceful life for another two years.

Xu Shi was moved by the filial piety of the fourth elder brother, which made Kangxi feel good, and his body became more agile.

Although no one publicized it, the fact that the fourth elder brother fasted and prayed for the emperor Kangtai was gradually known to everyone.No matter how everyone evaluates it in their hearts, this person still has to praise the word "filial piety" when talking about it.

Only the third elder brother was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he felt very wronged, but he had nowhere to confide in, so he could only chatter with the fifteenth elder brother: "What is this called? He is just fasting, and he still eats a good meal every day." Meals, I have served Huang Ama by Huang Ama's bed for half a month without taking off my clothes and not thinking about food and drink. Now, he has become a dutiful son!"

Brother Fifteen looked at the fat on his cheeks trembling, and couldn't tell clearly that he didn't lose because he ate too much, but because of his fat physique.

Whoever looked at it, it was the fourth elder brother who endured hard.

However, when the third elder brother was serving sick in the palace, the fifteenth elder brother knew that he "didn't think about eating and drinking".He followed the words of the third elder brother in his mouth, so as to feel sorry for him, but he was thinking in his heart, it seems that milk tea really nourishes people, and let his two Fujins use more...

Just when the undercurrent was surging for Kangxi's serious illness outside, Cao Yong finally got good news that his brother-in-law Hongshu had arrived in Beijing.

Not only Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief, even Chu Yu was happy for several days.

This seems to be the seventh elder brother's birthday, and Hong Shu's ability to return to Beijing before the seventh elder brother's birthday is also "double happiness".

Kangxi's "serious illness" in July was mostly caused by heart disease, and this dose of "filial son" will cure most of it.

By mid-July, he had recovered, and even looked better than before.

Cao Yong, who was holding a handful of sweat in his hand, and those imperial ministers who were holding small nines in their stomachs, felt at ease. .

Today is Cao Yong's holiday. He took a few books and read them in the pavilion next to the lotus pond.

Chuyu was not at home, she was invited by Baoya to listen to the play.

A few days ago, because of Kangxi's illness, although Rehe didn't have the court's explicit notice, the rich and powerful still lived their days consciously and honestly, without banquets and theaters.

Now that Sheng Jia has recovered, and it is the day when he is going to hang around, everyone is relieved.

What Cao Yong took were not casual books such as Huaben Romance, but the "Nongzheng Quanshu" compiled by Xu Guangqi in the previous dynasty.

To be honest, counting his two lifetimes, he is also an ordinary person, and he has never held any authority.

According to hundreds of years later, the minister of the household department is at the deputy ministerial level.Although he is conscientious and conscientious, after all, he is young and has risen to a high position. It is quite difficult to deal with many things.

Jiang Jian is dedicated, but in his early years he worked as a screener in the local area, and he acted differently from the six yamen.

If Cao Yong wants to make mistakes in his errands, he can only learn more.

Now, he is turning to the volume of "Preparing for the Wilderness Test", reading it with great interest.Before that, Cao Yong also read "Qimin Yaoshu" and "Wang Zhennongshu", which are not as complete as the current "Nongzheng Quanshu".

What is particularly touching is that after the "Preparing for Famine", there are also "Materia Medica for Relief from Famine" and "Wild Recipes", which are really good books that benefit the country and the people.

However, the circulation of this book is limited.

Take the sweet potato that Cao Yong wanted to promote in the provinces with poor land in the past two years. It has been recorded in the current book 100 years ago.Not only the planting method is recorded, but also its advantages of high yield per mu and strong disaster resistance are listed one by one.

If the local prefectures and counties have such a book, will it reduce the number of people who die even in a disaster year?
But this is unlikely, because this book was left over from the previous dynasty. Even if it was not banned by the court, the people would not dare to print it privately.

Most of the official printed books are shelved.

Cao Yong closed the book and rubbed his eyes, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

This is an imperial power society. The focus of the emperor's mind is not on people's livelihood and peace, but on the stability of power.

The fourth elder brother can carry out various reforms vigorously and vigorously. Of course, he has the idea of ​​making people's livelihood easier for the people.

Even if Cao Yong didn't read Qing history, he knew that Emperor Qianlong after Yongzheng was a more successful emperor than Kangxi.

Several southern tours and continuous fighting made the Qing Dynasty completely decline.

People without thought, he must worry about.

Kangxi's illness touched Cao Yong a lot.Among them, there were two issues that attracted his attention. One was that the fourth elder brother could not succeed to the throne, and how he should deal with other princes who would inherit the throne;

Now, it seems a bit unreasonable to say these things, but you must always expect the worst before you can make a complete plan.

Just thinking about it, someone laughed and said: "Fu Ruo is easy to work hard, but he lacks the taste of red sleeves to add fragrance!"

It was Elder Sixteen's voice, Cao Yong got up to greet him, Elder Sixteen had already sat down, and leaned hard on the recliner: "Phew... Finally, Huang Ama recovered from his illness, and Fourth Brother is getting better too. ..."

Brother Sixteen, who was so busy these days that he hit the back of his head, finally took a break from his busy schedule and came out to look for Cao Yong when he had free time.

Cao Yong saw that his eyes were red and bloodshot, and his face couldn't hide his lacklustre. He said: "Master Shiliu is also careful to take care of himself...Arrange the people below to do errands. If you have to do everything yourself, you may not be able to take care of everything. Instead, you will wear yourself out. The gains outweigh the losses..."

Elder Sixteen heard the words, smiled wryly and said, "I think, you have to have that blessing, don't you? The holy driver wants to be surrounded, how can you let go of the trivial matters inside and outside here?"

Seeing him like this, Cao Yong didn't bother much, and poured him a cup of honeysuckle herbal tea placed on the round table.

Brother Sixteen took the teacup, stared at the floating honeysuckle inside, was startled for a moment, and said, "Fu Ruo got angry too? Didn't Brother Seven's injuries get better and Hong Shu came back? What else is there to worry about?"

Cao Yong is always hard to say, I am afraid that your emperor Ama will die early, and I am worried that your fourth brother will not be able to successfully inherit the throne.He pushed the book in front of him, and said, "What else can I have? The household department has heavy errands, and I'm a half-novice. I don't understand too much, and I need to learn a lot."

The sixteenth brother knows Cao Yong's temperament, he is calm on the surface, but he is very strong in his bones.It's good to say that I never neglect my errands.

In the officialdom, doing a good job is the foundation of settling down.

In addition, now that Cao's elders are withering one after another, and the juniors have become officials one after another, Cao Yong, as the head of the family, has to protect his brothers and sisters, and let no one make any mistakes.

"Fourth brother's illness has tired you out... But you can't become a fat man if you eat one bite. It's good for you to be diligent, and you have to take it easy..." Elder Sixteen looked at Cao Yong and said.

It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, only to find that Cao Yong has dark circles under his eyes just like him.

"Haha..." Elder Sixteen felt inexplicably happy, and said with a smile, "Fu Ruo is like this, you should really go to the imperial court more, so that people can know your diligence."

Cao Yong glanced at him and said: "Master Sixteen, is this a compliment or a detriment to others? To put it nicely, it's called 'diligence', but to put it bluntly, it's just 'incompetent'. If you can do it with ease, why bother?"

Hearing the words, sixteenth elder brother pretended to shake his head deeply, and said, "Pedantic, pedantic! Fu Ruo, you are so thoughtful because you see too clearly. When you are confused, you should be more confused." good."

"Is it rare to be confused?" Cao Yong murmured under his heart.

Brother Sixteen has already lowered his volume, and said in a low voice: "Besides the errands, Fu Ruo is also worried about Huang Ama, right? Don't worry, it was hard to say before, but with this 'servant', that person will never leave Ten is about to get my wish..."

Elder Sixteen bluntly told each other, Cao Yong was a little ashamed of the previous cover-up, and finally expressed his worries: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go well...even if the Sacred Heart silently decides..."

"So I was worried about Brother Fourteen..." Elder Sixteen heard this, frowned for a while, and said, "It's a little uncertain, after all, this is not a separation of brothers, who will get an extra tael of silver and an acre of land?" But even if he refuses to accept the time, what can he do if he is far away from the capital? Bring 10,000+ troops and fight back?"

Even if Elder Fourteen really wanted to bring troops back to Beijing, he had to have that ability.

Kangxi ruled the Northwest Army layer by layer, and the number of soldiers and horses that the fourteenth elder brother can really mobilize is really limited.

What Cao Yong worried about was not the northwest, but the capital. He was afraid that the inside should cooperate with the outside.

If the fourth elder brother did not have the title of crown prince, Kangxi would have died, and it is really hard to say who will be able to ascend to the throne if the other princes unite.

Whenever he thinks that the fourth elder brother will publish "Dayi Mijuelu" to defend his stigma after he ascended the throne, Cao Yong feels terrified.

To force an emperor to this level, the weight of the clan royal family and the Eight Banners dignitaries can be seen.

Elder brother Piansi is not a warm-hearted person, so it is not unusual for others to seek refuge with other princes.It is conceivable that if the fourth elder brother did not have a legitimate identity, then when Kangxi died, it would be a bloody storm.

Cao Yong can think of this, so will the sixteenth elder brother.

He was silent for a while, and said: "Even if Huang Ama has confirmed him in his heart, he will not make a crown prince lightly. This, Fu Ruo must not get mixed up..."

Cao Yong nodded, he is not a fool, he knows how much he is, how could he touch this, so he said, "Don't worry, Master Sixteen, this is a royal matter after all, and it's not up to foreign ministers to speak."

Brother Sixteen laughed when he heard this, and said, "I'm not afraid of Fu Ruo's jokes. These days, my heart is also itchy, thinking whether to hug that thick leg. Remembering that you once swore that you have a good face, you will win the king in the future." Lord, I really want to try my best. However, it is easy to cause resentment when you are close. This kind of support can bring great wealth and honor, but it is also a great disaster. What king can't stand his courtiers' favor and repayment ? I’m afraid that if you get rich, it’s just a dream, and it’s hard to end well.”

It is not uncommon for the new emperor to enthroned, and it is not uncommon for him to enshrine his good siblings as princes.The sixteenth elder brother can still be so rational and calm under the temptation of Wang Jue, which makes Cao Yong look at him with admiration.

Thinking about Nian Gengyao and Longkodo, who had made great achievements in "supporting the establishment", they were sealed so badly that the emperor couldn't bear it anymore?
Brother Sixteen's words made Cao Yong wake up.

Originally, he was still hesitating, at the last moment, whether to do his best in front of the fourth elder brother and add some political capital.Now, I realize that power is a double-edged sword, and so is the emperor's favor...

Three days later, Shengjia started this year's tour, with the third elder brother, fourth elder brother, fifteenth elder brother, sixteenth elder brother, and twenty elder brother accompanying him.The fifth elder brother who stayed in Rehe to take charge was the fifth elder brother who came from the capital a few days ago.

Cao Yong, as Heshuo's son-in-law, was on the list appointed by Kangxi.

For the dignitaries of the Eight Banners and the officers, soldiers and guards, it is a great honor to be surrounded by retinues. Naturally, Cao Yong was more than happy to add such a thing to his resume, that he appointed retinues to hunt Mulan in a certain month in a certain year.

Thinking about this trip, he will not be able to return until the end of September, Cao Yong is not worried about leaving Chuyu alone in Rehe, so he discussed with Chuyu to let her go back to Beijing first.

After being away for a few months, Chu Yu also missed her children, and was worried about the capital, so she obeyed her husband's arrangement and asked someone to pack her luggage, thinking that she would leave for Beijing after sending Cao Yong away.

When saying goodbye to the female relatives of the various prefectures, Chu Yu found out that Si Fujin also planned to get up and return to Beijing after Sheng Jia's siege.The two of you, let's make an appointment to go together.

After hearing this, Cao Yong could only lament his luck.In this way, it can increase the friendship between Cao's family and Prince Yong's mansion, without involving political positions or anything, it is a good thing that can't be expected.

As a junior, he couldn't help but bring Chuyu to Si Age's mansion in person again, begging Si Fujin to take care of something more, and went through the motions.

When Baoya heard that Chuyu was going to leave, she was very reluctant to part with her, and wished she could go back to Beijing with her to see her homeland.However, the imperial court has rules, and the imperial daughter and clan daughter of Mongolia cannot return to Beijing at will without the imperial court's order.

Baoya can only endure, after all, when I go back now, the children are still young and my elder brother is not at home, so they will not be of much use.

After a few years, the sons grew up and the elder brother came back. For the sake of the future of the sons, she was willing to be cheeky and ask for orders twice more.

Chu Yu is gentle and docile, and is very fond of Si Fujin's temper.

In addition, when Fujin gave birth to a son in the past, all the major mansions in the capital tried their best to please the Nian family. Only the Cao family followed the rules and strictly abided by the distinction between the concubine and concubine, which made Sifujin's affection for Cao Yong and his wife doubled.

Therefore, along the way, the two got along very well, and they didn't feel unfamiliar and restrained at all.The four blessings are kind and loving, and Chu Yu is also respectful and submissive after being told by her husband. Along the way, the friendship between the two mothers has grown deeper and deeper.

Si Fujin's address has changed from "Da Gege" to "Yu girl". When he is on the road during the day, he also asks Chu Yu to chat with her in the car to relieve boredom.

It was the end of July, and the heat was fading away.

Si Fujin hurried back to the capital without waiting for the fourth elder brother to come back, because the palace had something to take care of, so she was in a hurry on the way.

Chuyu was doing well ahead, although she was a little weak and couldn't bear the fatigue of the horses and horses, but she endured it.

When we arrived in Huairou, there happened to be a section of the official road that was impassable due to falling rocks. If we had to go down the official road and take a detour, the road seemed bumpy.

Chu Yu was on the carriage, her face was getting paler and her forehead was full of sweat...

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