Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 969

Li Wei was a little drunk, looked at Hang Seng, and talked about his eldest son with Cao Yong.His son and his ex-wife lived in the countryside of Xuzhou and were raised by their old lady.

A few years ago, he wanted to pick them up, but the old lady didn't like to leave her hometown.In the past two years, he took a concubine. The old lady was worried that a son would be born here, and she had wronged her eldest grandson. Several letters came, asking Li Wei to take her eldest grandson to Beijing.

Li Wei became more scruples, so he hesitated, and it would not be possible to procrastinate until now.

He took the empty wine cup, poured a cup, pushed it in front of Hang Seng, and said with his tongue out, "In just a blink of an eye, the second young master has become a young man, come on, if you are a man, just drink a cup!"

Hang Seng looked at his father, Cao Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"After a few years, it won't be too late to ask him to drink with you." Cao Yong smiled and raised the wine cup from Hang Seng's face, asking Hang Seng to fill Li Wei's wine, and the two began to drink.

Li Wei gulped it all down, sighed: "Your Excellency is like this, you are a proper father, and I, Li Wei, am a bastard."

This involves Li Wei's family affairs, and Cao Yong is not easy to ask, so he diverts the conversation.

Li Wei drank a few more cups, got up and said goodbye.

Seeing that he was drunk, Cao Yong was a little worried and ordered Xiaoman to send him back.

There were only father and son left in the tent, Hang Sheng was afraid that his father would feel uncomfortable after drinking, so he ordered someone to serve strong tea and brought it to his father with both hands.

Cao Yong drank half of the cup and put it down, and asked what Hang Seng had seen and heard about the ranch in the past few days.

"My son has seen the living Buddha, it is the Hutuktu granted by the court!" Hang Seng said enthusiastically, "Father, is he really a Buddha? He doesn't even look like him?"

After hearing this, Cao Yong couldn't help smiling, and asked about Hang Seng's meeting with the great lama.

Hearing that Kangxi passed on Hongli's income to see the great lama, Cao Yong thought about it in his heart. Could it be that Kangxi has chosen the emperor's grandson now?
The fourth elder brother was also paying attention to Hongli Jianjia. At this moment, he has returned to his bank account and listened to Hongli's words.Hearing that the great lama spoke highly of Hongli, the fourth elder brother's expression became more serious.

The great lama is not only the uncrowned king of Khalkha, but also a living Buddha recognized by both the Dalai Lama and the imperial court. He is the reincarnation of one of the five hundred disciples of Sakyamuni, and has an extraordinary status in the Yellow Sect.

With Hongli's approval, what is the purpose of the emperor's father's arrangement?

His heart was turbulent, but Hongli seemed much calmer.At this moment, a servant came in to report that Wei Zhu, the chief eunuch in charge of the imperial court, had arrived.

The fourth elder brother and Hongli got up and asked someone to invite Wei Zhu to come in and meet each other.

"I've seen the prince." Wei Zhu said with courtesy: "The emperor wants to find elder brother Hongli to watch chess, so he sent servants to come and find elder brother Hongli."

The fourth elder brother nodded, Hongli was a little strange: "Huh? Isn't Huang Mafa going to eat vegetarian food with the great lama today? Why are you playing chess now?"

Wei Zhu replied with a smile: "The emperor also acted on a whim. Just now the disciple of the great lama had an audience. I heard that he is a master chess player. The emperor got excited and said that he wanted to play a few games with him, and asked my elder brother to watch the battle."

Grandfather had an order, so Hongli naturally had the duty to do so, so he turned around and wanted to say goodbye to the fourth elder brother.

Before he could open his mouth, the fourth elder brother said: "Your mother-in-law was afraid that your clothes would be thin, so she sent some new clothes over yesterday. You go back and change into a new set before coming back."

Hongli was taken aback, these two days were "Xiaoyangchun", he didn't feel cold, and his aunt didn't send clothes over.

However, he is a villain, so he knew that his father would not order this for no reason, obediently obediently, turned around, and said to Wei Zhu: "I'll go add some clothes, please trouble Wei Adida later."

"Elder brother, let's go, servants are waiting for elder brother." Wei Zhu bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Hongli's tent is near the imperial tent, some distance away from Si Age Wang's tent.

The fourth elder brother invited Wei Zhu to sit down and served tea.

After the waiter who served tea went down, Wei Zhu lost his face, stood up, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I have something important to report."

The fourth elder brother also got up, and the two walked together, talking to each other.

"My lord, the emperor seems to have drawn up some decree in the past few days." Wei Zhu said in a voice that two people could hear: "It is useless to use Zhang Tingyu to make Zhao Chang. The emperor has sent servants out of the imperial tent several times in the past two days. Chang has cinnabar ink on his hands."

"Decree?" The fourth elder brother felt his heart beating faster when he heard it, and said in a hoarse voice: "Is there any sign... What is the purpose?"

Wei Zhu shook his head, he really didn't know.It's just that even his personal servant didn't hide it from him, so it can be seen that it's the real secret.

After the fourth elder brother asked, he also thought of this.

Could it be that such a confidential matter is a relationship establishment?

The fourth elder brother's eyes showed a bit of heat, for a moment, he didn't know whether it was joy or worry.The fourteenth elder brother has a bad fate, but Hongli has a good fate. According to the imperial father's will, which is the name of the crown prince?
Wei Zhu was not so optimistic. He frowned and said, "My lord, in the eyes of the emperor, the servant is just a dying cripple. The emperor even hides the secret from the servant. There may be another world behind this secret decree. This makes the servant feel uneasy. If there is something The decree sent out of Beijing...but it's amazing..."

He has worked in the imperial court for many years, so he knows that Kangxi treats the fourteenth elder brother differently.

Before the prince was abolished, he was just a little eunuch cleaning the Qing Palace, and he couldn't get in front of the imperial court. He just heard that the emperor not only taught the prince himself, but also loved the elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother; See how the emperor treats the princes and elder brothers differently.

Although the fourteenth elder brother followed behind the older elder brothers, in Kangxi's eyes, he still regarded him as a younger elder brother.

The emperor is guarded and guarded against the older sons; on the contrary, he is a little more at ease and doting on the younger brothers.

In addition, the fourteenth elder brother is the youngest son of the concubine De, who has both civil and military skills, treats his brothers with affection and righteousness, unlike other princes who plan to treat their brothers as enemies, the emperor is very satisfied with this youngest son.

Even though the fourteenth elder brother left the imperial court in the past few years, the emperor has exchanged letters with him several times a month, and the relationship between father and son is closer than that of the prince elder brother next to him.

When the fourth elder brother heard this, his face immediately changed.

Born from the same mother, the treatment in front of the imperial court is completely different.One works hard, but can't get a good one; the other can only be good at acting, but gets the parents' love.

For the fourth elder brother, the eccentricity of the birth mother and the different treatment of the emperor's mother and younger brother by the emperor are the thorns in his heart.

Wei Zhu's words obviously broke his previous composure and frightened him.

After finishing what Wei Zhu should have said, he said, "Your Majesty, you should be more careful. If there is a decree to go out, someone must deliver the decree. Unless the decree is not delivered, there will always be traces to follow."

The fourth elder brother glanced at Wei Zhu and said, "Please worry about it, I accept your favor."

Wei Zhu hurriedly said: "This is what a servant should do, but the prince killed the servant. The servant will go to Elder Brother's place first, so as not to be urged by the emperor later."

The fourth elder brother nodded and asked someone to send Wei Zhu out.

The fourth elder brother paced back and forth in the tent, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he was, so he called someone in and told him to invite Long Kedo.

The waiter was there, and when he was about to go out, he was stopped by the fourth elder brother: "Forget it, I'd better go in person."

When I arrived at Longkodo's tent, there were many guests, and Longkodo was entertaining them.

The guests at the seat are none other than the sixteenth elder brother, the seventeenth elder brother and Cao Yong.

It turns out that the tens of thousands of taels of silver that the Lifan Academy received from the household department a few days ago have all been spent.Longkodo and the seventeenth elder brother wanted to pay more money from the household department.

There is also a lot of money in the household department. There are many precedents for accidental events such as the winter siege and the gift of gold from foreign vassals, but it is difficult to have this spare money.

Even if it is reported to the imperial court, the emperor still has to consider whether the household department has money.There are two ministers in the household department, one is a decoration, and the other has been ill in the past two days. Longkodo and the seventeenth elder brother wanted to find Cao Yong to find out.

Everyone knows that Cao Yong has not made any political achievements in recent years, and he is still good at making money.As long as you talk about Cao Yong, even if the household department has no money, it is estimated that he can find a way to collect some money to spend.

So after the discussion, Longkodo invited Cao Yong to come over, and Elder Sixteen ran into Elder Seventeen by chance. Hearing that Cao Yong was coming, he followed to join in the fun.

Speaking of it, Longkodo has not inherited his father's title of duke, but is only a first-rank military officer, and his title is lower than that of Cao Yong, let alone the two princes.

But he is the emperor's cousin, the younger brother of Empress Xiaozhao, and the cousin and uncle of the princes, so his status is naturally unusual.

Don't talk about Cao Yong, you have to give it to the admiral of the nine gates and the minister of the Lifan Academy; even the sixteenth elder brother, it's not easy to sit upright, like a distinguished guest.

Cao Yong knew in his heart that the person in front of him was very popular and would have a good time for several years, so he could not afford to offend him; but if he promised easily, he was treated as a soft persimmon, and he would be difficult to deal with if he made one or two openings in the future.

"Since my lord has ordered me down, I will take my orders." Cao Yong thought about it, pondered for a moment, and said, "But the treasury is empty, and my lord knows it. My lord, let me let you down for two days, and I will go to the account book for this year." Summarize and see if you can serve the adults."

Although he didn't agree immediately, his tone was humble and he didn't mean to refuse.

Longkoduo was quite satisfied with Cao Yong's reaction.

He is one generation higher than sixteenth elder brother and seventeenth elder brother, and two generations higher than Cao Yong, with a smile on his face, looking at Cao Yong with a little more warmth, he put aside his official duties and started gossip.For Cao Yong's eldest son, Tianyou, I asked a few more questions.

Cao Yong responded with his mouth, and his heart was straight.

Tianyou passed the college examination and won the honor of a scholar, but he didn't publicize it to the outside world. How did Longkoduo know about it?
In the homes of ordinary people, Xu Cai would take the fame of a scholar seriously; in the eyes of the elites of the Eight Banners, a scholar is nothing at all, and one who wins the Juren is considered a scholar.How many children of other families were recruited as supervisors after failing the rankings, and how many of them were willing to pass one pass after another and couldn't bear the tediousness to take the exam for scholar?
It was at this time that the fourth elder brother earned his money, and Long Keduo got up to greet him, thinking of his own mistakes.

The fourth elder brother is in charge of the household department, and if he wants to deal with money in the household department, he should not go beyond the fourth elder brother.The fourth elder brother has a strict temperament and is not a generous person. If you let him know, maybe you will be overwhelmed.

The fourth elder brother rushed over anxiously. He was looking for Long Kedo for something important, but he didn't care about these things where he had the heart.

But no matter how anxious he was, it was not easy to mention it in front of everyone. After he sat down, he listened to everyone with a sullen face.

Elder Sixteen, Elder Seventeen, and Cao Yong are all knowledgeable people. Seeing this, they found a reason to resign from Longke...

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Ho Ho, Xiao Jiu rolled around begging for a monthly pass. .

(End of this chapter)