Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 941
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Cao Yong went to Li's house in person and sent some gifts in return, which was regarded as a practice for his uncle.

The two uncles and nephews exchanged pleasantries for a long time, Li Xu's words contained utilitarianism, and Cao Yong practiced Tai Chi for a long time.It's just that the family situation is difficult, brothers and nephews need to worry too much, living in the capital is not easy, and so on.

Although Li Xu had a smile on his face, the eyes he looked at Cao Yong began to turn cold.

He was just probing one or two, but Cao Yong didn't say anything about his feelings, and just blocked the conversation, how can he not make people angry?

Assuming his status as an elder, he took a bit of heart, sneered, and said, "It's been said outside that the Cao family is rich and that Daoxiang Village is making money every day. I didn't expect my nephew to live like this. Could it be a rumor?"

Cao Yong lowered his eyes, looked at the teacup in his hand, and really wanted to say "What's the matter with Qianqing".

It is said that the Cao family is rich, that is when the Cao family was in the south of the Yangtze River.Now the Cao family is in Beijing, with only a hundred hectares of land, and only a few mansions, which are no more than ordinary dignitaries' homes.

Daoxiang Village has some income, but with the opening of more and more shops in Nandian in recent years, many follow-up shops such as "Guixiang Village" and "Ouxiang Village" have appeared, making the income not as good as before.

What is really eye-catching is the property bestowed by the Empress Dowager.It is rumored that there are tens of thousands of taels of silver and antique calligraphy and paintings.

This is why Li Xu didn't use his brain, he was thinking about this property.Could it be that a relative's status can be calculated so confidently.

"Uncle Xu is right." Cao Yong put down the teacup and said lightly: "Nephew's life is not easy."

Li Xu was choked to death, but what can he do?Let's talk about other things, but I'm happy to talk about it, and tearing up with the Cao family will never benefit the Li family.

Several of his brothers died of illness one after another, and none of his nephews were talented, and the few remaining descendants could hardly support the Li family.

The Li family is already an empty shelf, looking decent, but in fact it is in danger.

In the emperor's heart, the Cao and Li families have never been different.The emperor can be kind to the Cao family for three generations, but he has long been impatient with the Li family.But it was Gu Nian, an old minister, who did not move Li Xu's position.

Thinking of this, Li Xu felt a bit decadent, but not as sharp as before: "Cao Yong, I don't know when you have had a grudge against the Li family, but in my heart, I will always treat you as your nephew. You are young and wise, be careful The heart is very heavy, in fact, there is no need. Your father and I...we were also close friends who were congenial in the early years, and then we behaved differently, and we gradually drifted away...I just regret that I didn't listen to your father back then, and I will lose money sooner. Considering it a major event, but now that they are unwilling to do so, the Li family may not be in good luck soon!"

Although Cao Yong was still young when the Cao Mansion was short on land purchases, he was still lucky enough to see the account books of Zhizao Mansion in Cao Yin's study.

The Cao family’s shortfall was more than one million taels; the Li family’s life was extravagant, and Li Xu was known as a generous person, so the shortfall would only increase.

If the Li family had started making arrangements more than ten years ago, it might not be full.

Cao Yong sighed, but admired Sun Wencheng.

In the same weaving mansion, the Cao and Li families looked respectable and picked them up several times. In fact, the Enze family was starved in the ass for the emperor.

Sun Wencheng, on the other hand, was tepid, honestly being a servant of the royal family, and never caring about right and wrong.

Seeing that Cao Yong didn't speak, Li Xu couldn't help asking: "My nephew is in Beijing, he sees six departments and listens to all directions. He is no better than an old man who has no news. Can you give me advice?"

What he is most concerned about is naturally the affairs of the crown prince.

Now that it was so confusing, he didn't dare to be sure that it was the fourteenth elder brother who succeeded him.The emperor paid more attention to the fourth elder brother, and asked the son of Prince Cheng and the emperor's eldest Sun Hongxi to work in the official department to marry the first wife with great fanfare for the fourteenth elder brother's son.

A "big general king" seems to have delineated the fourteenth elder brother, and it seems that there are other arrangements looming.

In addition, in the past two years, his grandson Li Cheng repeatedly mentioned in front of Li Xu that the relationship between the Cao family and the fourth elder brother's house made Li Xu suspicious.

The Cao family is indeed closer to the fourth elder brother, but it doesn't seem like they are standing in line.

After all, Li Xu was dissatisfied, and couldn't believe that Cao Yong's vision would be higher than his own.

Cao Yong naturally heard his voice, but he didn't want to say anything.Misfortune comes out of this truth, after Cao Yong entered the officialdom, he kept it in mind.

Regarding the inheritance of the reserve position, Cao Yong refused to say a single word in front of the sixteenth elder brother, so how could he talk too much in front of Li Xu.

"It's better to have less deficit than to have more. Uncle has thought of this and used his family's wealth to make up for it, and he will be punished less in the future." Cao Yong thought about the temperament of the fourth elder brother, who is the most tolerant of corrupt officials, so he said this.

Of course, the deficit of the Li family was spent on picking up the driver, but a lot of it was spent on the Li family's own people.

Spend tens of thousands of taels to buy an outfit for an actor, isn't that clearly wearing the hat of "greedy ink"?
Kangxi cared about his affection, and turned a blind eye, but the fourth elder brother couldn't rub the sand in his eyes.

When the house was ransacked, if the Li family's house was empty, maybe the fourth elder brother would lift it up high and put it down low; if some gold and silver treasures were copied, then the Li family's crime would be increased.

With a "swish", Li Xu stood up, stared at Cao Yong, and said in a deep voice: "In your eyes, my Li family must be defeated?"

Cao Yong raised his head, looked at him and said, "Let's not talk about 30 years, among the foreign officials who have been running the same place for more than ten years, how many of them escaped unscathed?"

After hearing this, Li Xu gradually calmed down, sighed, and said: "This old man is so confused, he actually put the Li family in a dead end."

Cao Yong thought of his mother's sickness in the past few days, and felt uncomfortable.

According to the world, in order to protect himself, he alienated his mother's family and violated filial piety.

In front of his mother, he promised that the Li family would help after the fall, but if the Li family was really on the cusp, Cao Yong would never be a person who would bring disaster on himself.

After all, it was because he never regarded the Li family as real relatives from the beginning.

Li Xu seemed to believe it, but he was not reconciled. After thinking about it, he said, "I brought 2 taels of silver with me when I came to Beijing this time. It was originally regarded as filial piety... Later, I felt that the capital's behavior was unpredictable, so there was no extra trouble. The Li family was defeated. In my hands, it is my fault. If it affects my descendants, even if I die, I will have no face to see the ancestors of the Li family. I have the audacity to beg my nephew once, and hope that my nephew will help me. Can I ask my nephew for the 2 taels of silver? Keep it on your behalf?"

"Why bother, even if the 2 taels of silver can be kept now, the truth is that when the account books of the Suzhou Weaving Mansion are checked, the silver should be confiscated. If it can't be hidden, the Cao family will be charged with it. The nephew is powerless, please Uncle is sympathetic." Cao Yong said neither softly nor hard.

Human greed is so strange.

The money was obviously obtained by Li Xu from the account of Zhizao Mansion, and it did not belong to the Li family by nature.The Li family forgot that they were stolen, and took possession of them confidently.

Li Xu acted as a good uncle for a long while, but seeing Cao Yong was still unrepentant, he didn't spare any affection.

He was so annoyed in his heart that he forced himself to socialize a few words before seeing the guest out.

Cao Yong turned his head and looked at the gate of Li's house, he really lamented that Li Xu was such an old fool.

It was obvious that he was revealing his words and asked Li Xu to use "bitter tricks" to sell his property and seek a lighter opportunity; but Li Xu was messed up, and it was very likely that he had the intention of hiding his family wealth.

In the final analysis, it is still a word of "greedy".

Cao Yong decided to check the "account books" of his sons after going back, and educate them well, not only to enjoy life, but also not to be tempted by gold and silver.

Thinking this way, Cao Yong did not go back to Wutong Court, and then went directly to Sunflower Court to check the account books of the two sons.

Tianyou and Hang Seng brothers are two "money stringers" who love money. They honestly handed over the account book to Cao Yong for inspection, and asked in a low voice if they need to go to pay New Year's greetings again?

They went out with Cao Yong to worship for a few days, and the hands of the red envelopes were soft, and they got a bunch of gold and silver ingots.So they began to look forward to the New Year's greetings, and their hobbies did not feel boring.

The gold and silver were all kept by Chuyu, but they "earned" it themselves. There were a few more lines in the account book, and they felt better.

Cao Yong looked at their two account books, nothing more than when and where to spend a few pennies, it touches clearly.

He was just about to say a few more words with his sons to cultivate a tacit understanding with each other, when Xiaoxie came in and said: "Master, Madam sent someone to ask Master to go back."

Cao Yong stood up, commanded a few words with his sons, and turned to Wutongyuan.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Chu Yu walking out with a few maidservants in the clothes she had gone out with.

Her face was pale, with tears flickering in the corners of her eyes, she took two steps forward, held Cao Yong's arm, and said in a crying voice: "Forehead son-in-law, Ama sent someone to send me back to the palace..."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he was also a gift.

Because of worrying about Fujin's illness, Chuyu has returned to the palace twice in the past half a month.Because she was a twin and showed her bosom again, she wanted to serve her biological mother, but she was persuaded to come back every time.

Today, he took the initiative to pick him up and got in touch with Fang Fujin. No wonder Chu Yu was afraid, so he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'll go with you."

While talking, the husband and wife left Cao's house together.

The atmosphere in Prince Chun's Mansion was extremely depressing, and several elder brothers were there.

Chu Yu entered the inner courtyard and went to the residence of the side Fujin.Several young wives stood behind Qifu Jin in the hall.

Brother Qi was also there, sitting in front of Qi Fujin, looking haggard.

Why such a battle?Chu Yu lowered her head, feeling like a knife was piercing her heart.

Sure enough, Seventh Elder Brother said softly: "Go and see your mother-in-law!"

Chu Yu nodded, said goodbye to her father and aunt, and went into the back room.

Lying on the edge of the kang, Fujin watched his daughter come in, his eyes fell on her stomach, and said in a hoarse voice, "Didn't I tell you to stop coming, why did you come back?"

Chu Yu took two steps forward, holding her biological mother's hand, tears streaming down her face.

Side Fujin looked at Chu Yu with a sad look on his face...

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Front yard, living room.

Hong Shu and the others didn't say anything.

When the messenger from the second gate arrived, everyone's expressions changed.

When it comes to life and death, there are less taboos, and Cao Yong also entered the inner courtyard with Brother Hongshu.There is only one purpose, to take my lovely wife back...to protect my wife...

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