Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 994 Gong Xin

Just as the six ministries and nine ministers were discussing the upcoming enthronement of the new emperor, Cao Yong hurriedly hit the back of his head.

Except for crying three times a day and being unable to pull him every time, he was chained to the yamen of the household department for the rest of the time.

The two ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Man Shangshu and Sun Zhaqi were originally inappropriate, and now they go to the Ministry of Industry and Engineering to arrange the repair of the imperial tomb, and they don't care about the Ministry of Household Affairs; But after all, it is a rare year, and after the toss of the national funeral for the past few days, he is already panting and coughing non-stop, and he is struggling to support himself every day.

Of the four servants, one was downgraded to three ranks last month due to a bad job, and the new candidate has not yet been filled.

Therefore, Cao Yong not only had to take care of the errands in his own name, but also shared the errands with the other two servants.

This is not counted, since it is a national funeral, the place where the money is spent is gone.

Funeral banquets, coffins, imperial mausoleum repairs, roads from the capital to the imperial mausoleum must also be repaired; the new emperor ascends the throne, various matters; there are also repairs to the Compassionate Palace, and the transfer of the emperor's concubines to the palace. make silver.

The Ministry of Households has already paid for the food. It is not easy to squeeze out the 10,000+ taels of silver that Cao Yong helped the [-]th elder brother last month, and it is even more difficult now.

Cao Yong and the others, the three servants, can't wait to do the math every time and find savings from everywhere.

Where is it so easy?It really echoes the old saying, "It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice".

In the end, the Ministry of Household Affairs, in the name of "borrowing", disbursed 50 taels from the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 50 taels from the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a total of 100 million, to meet immediate expenses.

While everyone in the Ministry of Households was busy, the Ministry of Rites promulgated the will of Emperor Daxing, agreeing on the date of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, which would be the twentieth of this month.

Cao Yong is busy with money and money, and also pays attention to the movement in the palace.

Although in the past few days, it was only to see the back of the fourth elder brother during the sacrifice, but Cao Yong had also heard about the "filial piety" of the new emperor.

Apart from crying five times a day, he went to the Yonghe Palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother sooner or later.In addition, in terms of Emperor Daxing's funeral, he is more like a "filial son" of ordinary people, and he always puts "filial piety" first.

There is also a refusal to eat in the middle, how did several cabinet scholars and internal ministers speak up several times.

Hearing Cao Yong's stare, he really didn't expect the fourth elder brother to be able to do this.

That's the fourth elder brother who is called "The King of Cold Noodles" with his airs. How did he become so emotional?
Don't dare to think deeply, thinking deeply is frightening.

Cao Yong decided to do his part, not to think about those useless.

It is a big deal to be empty in the household department. Without money, there is no reliance, and many important court affairs will be delayed.The fourth elder brother has been in charge of the household department for many years, so he should know the importance of money and food.

But even if he had a New Deal in mind, he would not dare to act rashly at the beginning of his ascension.The quickest way is to search the house for the national treasury in the name of recovering the deficit of the household department.

The Li family... when was it ransacked...

Thinking of Li, Cao Yong felt a little heavy.

Although the Li family is not of the Li family's flesh and blood, she was raised in the Li family as a daughter of the Li family, which has the same meaning as Hang Seng's current situation.

In the early years, Cao Yong just felt that the Li family was troublesome, and he still couldn't understand the closeness of the Li family to the Li family. He wished that his mother would break up with them. It was too cruel for the mother.

When the Li family is in trouble, the Li family may also be severely injured.

It's not that Cao Yong is cold-blooded, but now he is looking forward to the fourth elder brother's ascension to the throne quickly, and deal with the Li family, so as to save these delays and worry people.

When the processing is over, Cao Yong will help if he can, so that his mother can feel at ease.

Just as he was thinking, he heard someone say: "My lord..."

Cao Yong listened, looked up, but saw an acquaintance.

Li Wei came, looking at the account book he was holding in his hand, Cao Yong said: "Is the money in the warehouse?"

This silver is the 100 million taels of "borrowed silver" mentioned above.

"If you go back to your lord, it's all in the warehouse, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs is waiting to urge the officials of the household department to detain it, saying that the previous procedures are not enough, please ask the household department to issue another good backup file. I can't do it in a humble job, so I'm here I invite a few adults to take the lead." Li Wei said with a bow.

When Cao Yong heard about it, he knew in his heart that the so-called "inadequate procedures" were just an excuse, and he was afraid that the household department's wrangling was true.

The money in the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is okay, it is the private treasury of the emperor, and if there is no money in the household department, it will be crowded and returned; the 50 in the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not sure.

But if the Ministry of Household Affairs starts this way and defaults on the money owed to the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can other yamen in the capital let the bank go?
The Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is afraid that it will become the "cash machine" of the imperial court in the future.

What the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants is the exact repayment date from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After all, the purpose of "borrowing money" this time is to organize the national funeral, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no right to say "no".

This yamen is a barracks made of iron, and soldiers with flowing water. Even if the officials of these halls now issue official documents, saying when the Ministry of Households can return the money, so what?This is a business matter. If the Ministry of Household Affairs can run out of money, what can the Ministry of Internal Affairs do?

"Master Tian is here, and I will listen to what the elders mean later." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

Although at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whether it is the sixteenth elder brother, or Yi Duli, Dong Dianbang, they are all acquaintances of Cao Yong, but Cao Yong did not go to criticize this matter regardless of public or private.

Li Wei responded, but did not leave immediately.Because Cao Yong mentioned "later" in his words, he must have something to say.

Cao Yong was not in a hurry to speak, and asked Li Wei to sit down.

Looking at Li Wei, who is not surprised by honor or disgrace, he can only envy him.When Yongzheng ascended the throne, Cao Yong had to manage the way of courtiers; Li Wei was about to make a fortune.

"Is You Jie going to be released?" Cao Yong didn't hesitate, and said bluntly: "What is the boundary, is there any news?"

The day before yesterday, on the fourth day of the death of Emperor Daxing, and the day when the Ministry of Rites issued the edict of Emperor Daxing to the world, the fourth elder brother made a decree to relieve Yu Huapeng, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and promote Chen Shouchuang to the engineering department. Governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

When the imperial power in the capital is changing, the new governor will be replaced. This person will not be an ordinary person.

This Chen Shouchuang, a Jinshi in the 33rd year of Kangxi, was released as a county magistrate after three years in the Imperial Academy.I have been doing this for 24 years, and served as eight county magistrates in three places. It was not until last year that I was transferred back to the capital, where I was appointed by the Ministry of Industry as the fifth grade.

The fact that he has not been promoted for more than 20 years is not because he is busy as an official, but because he is a Han Chinese, and he came from a poor family, and there is no one in the court.

How could such a person be promoted as Governor of Shuntian Mansion at such a sensitive moment without attracting attention from all directions.

Within a year, this old Jinshi was promoted to the sixth rank from the county magistrate of the seventh rank to the governor of the fifth rank to the governor of the third rank.

There is no emperor in the world who is not suspicious. The fourth elder brother can trust this Chen Shouchuang so much. I am afraid that Chen Shouchuang has already voted for the fourth elder brother.

In addition to Chen Shouchuang's promotion to the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Cao Yong also heard some rumors that Nian Xiyao, who was dismissed for his crimes a few years ago, is about to rehabilitate.

In this way, if the fourth elder brother wants to reward everyone in the Qian Mansion, Li Wei should also be able to take advantage of it.

The fourth elder brother has always admired Li Wei, but with Li Wei's resume, if he wants to entrust him to the capital, he still has insufficient qualifications, and it is more likely that he will be transferred back to the capital after being released.

"But let the adults talk about it. I just heard Mr. Dai mention it yesterday, saying that Zhili was released as a Taoist platform." At this point, Li Wei showed a bit of a wry smile, and said: "I have a few catties, my lord. Don’t know yet? It’s okay to make a living in the sixth department, but I don’t even have the confidence to go down to the local level.”

There are two ways to be a Beijing official and a foreign official. If you don't scrape the land, you may be eaten alive. No wonder Li Wei is not happy.

"Look for a few more good masters. My eyes were darkened back then, so I didn't get over it. Looking at the above meaning, it is probably for you to experience it once, and then you will have a great future." Cao Yong said.

Li Wei smiled wryly: "My lord has Cao's family behind me. I am a donated official, but I am not even as good as Chen Shouchuang. I don't have grand plans, but I just look at the mood of the superiors."

He was still thinking about his errand, so he didn't stay long, and went to Tian Congdian's office...

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Inside the Forbidden City, Yonghe Palace.

In front of the Hall of Eternal Harmony, the fourth elder brother stood at the bottom of the steps, bursting into tears.

In the past few days, he had already been physically and mentally exhausted after attending the funeral, but his physical exhaustion could not be compared with the despair he felt at this moment.

The person in the main hall is his biological mother.When he was able to inherit the great line, so that she could follow her son "mother is more valuable than her son", she regarded her son as an enemy.

After Emperor Daxing's funeral, she excused her illness and did not go out of Yonghe Palace again. She never saw her son who came to pay his respects twice a day, morning and evening, and only let the servants come out to spread the word.

Today is November [-]th, and the day after tomorrow will be the enthronement ceremony.

According to the rules, he, the new emperor, had to salute the empress dowager before going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to receive congratulations from all the officials.When the Ministry of Rites handed over the playbook to the Empress Dowager's Palace, the Empress Dowager sent a message, saying that the emperor deserved to be congratulated on his ascension to the throne, and it didn't matter whether he saluted her or not.

Inside and outside the words, even the love between mother and child was obliterated.

It is not good for the Ministry of Rituals to interfere too much in the emperor's family affairs. Next, several prime ministers submitted papers to ask the Queen Mother to accept the gift, but the Queen Mother still refused.

In the end, there was nothing I could do, so the fourth elder brother had to come and beg in person.

People in the world value filial piety the most, if he, the new emperor, fails in "filial piety", he will be scolded by his subjects.

The queen mother didn't give the fourth elder brother face, she still kept him out.Even though the fourth elder brother stood in front of the hall for a long time, the queen mother did not see any intention of changing her mind.

The fourth elder brother knew that the birth mother was a bit paranoid, but he didn't expect her to do this.

This is not a mother and son, they are clearly enemies!
The fourth elder brother has been sincerely keeping his filial piety these days. He didn't eat or drink for the first few days, and then at the pleading of the officials, he finally took rice water, but he only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge every time, and his body was already very weak.

After standing for three or four hours, and the cold wind was blowing again, the fourth elder brother couldn't bear it, his body was shaking, and he felt a splitting headache.

At this time, he heard footsteps behind him.

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and wiped away his tears. When he turned around, his face had returned to normal, and there was a bit of anger in his eyes.Can't he take his anger out on his biological mother, and can't he take it out on others?

He clearly decreed that the Empress Dowager was "discomfort in the phoenix body", and that the Yonghe Palace is now mainly serving the sick, and she should not be disturbed at will. Who would dare to ignore his order and come over to make trouble?
When he saw the person coming, he was taken aback.

The visitor looked in his thirties, with slender eyebrows and eyes, affectionate mouth, and a plain suit, which added a bit of charm.

The person who came didn't seem to expect the fourth prince to be there, his face turned red and white, showing a bit of panic and bewilderment.

If it were someone else who would have been stunned for a while and didn't come forward to salute, I'm afraid the fourth elder brother would have been annoyed; but now the fourth elder brother didn't mean to be annoyed, but felt a little bit of pity.

This must have been calculated by others, otherwise he would not risk his taboo to come to Yonghe Palace.

"Do you have something to do with the concubine mother?" The fourth elder brother still used the old address.

The person who came here was the most beloved concubine and concubine of Emperor Daxing in the past few years. After Hongli entered the palace, she was raised by her side. She has always remained friendly to Hongli and the fourth elder brother.

"It was the eunuch, the head of the imperial dining room, who reported to the imperial concubine, saying that the empress dowager has not been eating well these few days, and the imperial concubine was worried, so she sent my concubine to comfort me." Concubine He said softly.

Because the fourth elder brother has not ascended the throne, and the female family members of the hidden mansion have not yet entered the palace, the affairs of the six palaces are still taken care of by the concubines of the emperor Daxing.

Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui are old and have been out of charge for many years. Concubine De has become the Empress Dowager and "recovers in peace";

In this way, the palace affairs were handed over to Concubine Tong Gui.

Concubine Tong Gui has enjoyed half a lifetime of happiness, so how can she be in charge?

There was really no other way, so she took the concubine He and the secret concubine to co-organize it.Concubine He and Concubine Secret are both prudent people, so at last nothing went wrong.

Unexpectedly, after only a few days of peace, some people were restless.Concubine He saw through this point, and then talked about the cause and effect, and pulled the imperial concubine as a banner.

She thought that since the fourth elder brother was the adopted son of Empress Xiaoyi and valued Longkodo very much, he would treat Concubine Tong Guifei differently.But he didn't know that among the concubines in the harem, the fourth elder brother hated Concubine Tong the most.

Concubine Tong Gui is the sister of Empress Xiaoyi, who is only ten years older than the fourth elder brother.

Before her draft, Empress Xiaoyi often took this younger sister into the palace.The fourth elder brother called her "aunt" and was close to her from the bottom of her heart.

Before Empress Xiaoyi passed away, Concubine Tong Guifei had already entered the palace as a concubine.

The queen has been ill for a long time, knowing that she is going to die, the most worried person is naturally her adopted son, the fourth elder brother.She once held the little sister's hand before the sick bed and asked her to take care of the fourth elder brother in the future.

Concubine Tong Gui swore to agree, but after Empress Xiaoyi passed away, she avoided the fourth elder brother because she was afraid of Concubine De.Even the Tong family has alienated Si Age a lot.

The fourth elder brother was adopted by the imperial concubine that everyone envied, and became a poor prince who was not close to his biological mother and rejected by his adoptive mother's family.Among the pain, only he himself knows.

Even after he opened the mansion and rebuilt his relationship with the Tong family, he still couldn't get close to the imperial concubine and aunt.

Listening to what Concubine He said now, the fourth elder brother didn't care about Concubine Tong at all, but felt that Concubine He was pure in nature, pitiful and respectable.

"The Empress Dowager's eating disorder, what's going on, can you tell me carefully?" said the fourth elder brother.

Although he did not ascend the throne, the whole palace has already changed his mind.

Concubine He just came here by order, so how can I tell the details.

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was serious, she didn't dare to fool around casually, and was hesitating how to word it.

Seeing her silent, the fourth elder brother thought there was something unspeakable, so he couldn't help frowning, glanced at the eunuch and maid following behind her, and said: "It's windy outside, please come into the hall to talk with mother and concubine."

While speaking, he pointed to the Xibei Hall...

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There are still 60 votes away from the sixth place, and the little Jiuba begs.

(End of this chapter)