When Tianyou came back from the palace, it was already the beginning of the year.

Xia said that the days were long, and Cao Hao and Chu Yu did not stop. When Tianyou came over, the husband and wife were discussing whether to send Li and the children to Haidian Garden.

It's so hot, if it weren't for Niuniu coming out of the pavilion, she wouldn't still be in the city.

Seeing that the eldest son came over late, and there was a smell of wine on his body, Chu Yu was very distressed, and hurriedly asked someone to prepare hangover soup.

Although Cao Hao had warned his sons not to indulge in alcohol, Tianyou had already become an adult, and in the eyes of the world, it was inevitable to eat two cups of wine for entertainment.

Fortunately, he knows how to measure, knows that his father doesn't like it, is more restrained, and there is no time when he is drunk and out of shape.

Although he smelled of wine at the moment, his expression was still clear.

"Father, today the fifth elder brother entered the city and left food at the second brother's side...... said in the middle, the emperor said yesterday that he asked the sixteenth master about his son, but the specific reason was ......unknown," Tianyou said.

Chu Yu has always regarded his eldest son as the top of his heart, and he couldn't help but change color when he heard this.

For the imperial uncle on the dragon chair, Chu Yu has always been in awe.

Earlier, what "mean and unkind" is the same as everyone, but in the past two years, the eldest son of the step-concubine and the congratulatory watch in the middle palace have been heard and witnessed by everyone.

The wife to be sent is like this, where does Chu Yu dare to expect the grace of heaven, just hoping that her husband and son are safe.

Cao Hao listened, but he was not surprised.

Since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in order to win over the Eight Banners, the eldest son has been on an errand in the guard, which is both decent and graceful.

If it weren't for Tianyou's going to participate in the Spring Festival this year, he would have been a guard as early as the beginning of the year.

When the emperor inquired about the sixteenth elder brother, most of them remembered this stubble.

In the world, who can not cherish their reputation, and the emperor is no exception.

Today, there is a sticky rod in his hand, and the news has always been well-informed, and the rumors about "Long Keduo's vain death" and "liquidating the Cao family" in the capital have long been spread to the emperor.

He was not happy to carry the black pot, and he couldn't pull his face to clarify, and the time was right for the Cao family.

"It's probably a matter of guards, and you've also passed the spring boudoir, so you should start making up for errands......," Cao Hao said.

When Chu Yu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Tianyou's gaze became more and more determined. Although he envied the easy life of the fourth uncle, as the son of the Cao family, where the responsibility lies, he also follows the footsteps of his father.

Because it was not early, the father and son said a few more words, and Cao Hao sent Tianyou back.

Hearing the news that his son Xu was going to be on an errand, Chu Yu was proud with a little joy, and with three worries added to the joy.

The guards in the palace have dignity, but it is not easy. The outside shift should guard the door, and the wind blows and blows; The inner class is on an errand and is worried.

"When Tianyou was just born, the Buddha was released yesterday, and the delicate and delicate one was so big...... In the blink of an eye, it's going to be an errand, and it won't take much time to marry a daughter-in-law......" Chu Yu put down his hair, sat on the edge of the kang, and said with a little nostalgia.

"Children always have to grow up, and can they detain their parents for the rest of their lives? It's good to be on an errand earlier, Tianyou is the eldest son after all. After ten or eight years of training, his heart and surname have been smoothed out, and it is reassuring to hand over this family to him. Cao Hao said.

"In another ten years, the master will not be confused, where do you need to be in charge of God?" Chu Yu only said it casually as her husband and didn't take it to heart.

Cao Hao is silently calculating in his heart, it is now the fifth year of Yongzheng, and in another ten years, will Hongli come to power?

Due to the early death of King Lianjun, the "Eight Masters Party" was wiped out, and the "Fourteen Party" only spread some rumors in the early days of Yongzheng's succession, and the scope of influence was only the Gyeonggi generation.

Although the Thirteenth Master of the Auxiliary Government was also a little sick, he was much better than recorded in history.

Although Yongzheng gives people the feeling of being cloudy and uncertain, it is several times better than the Hongli of the loser in history.

I hope that the merchant ship of the household department will sail smoothly, and I also hope that Li Cheng can bring back a few good doctors from the West and find a few good medicines...... * There was no word all night, and the next time it was the household shift, Cao Hao got up early in the morning and went out of the city with several colleagues.

With the permanent residence of the holy car in the Old Summer Palace, the official road from the capital to the Old Summer Palace has been repaired in the spring, whether it is riding a horse or riding a car, it is much more comfortable than in the past.

Even if it is slow, it is much faster than in the past.

When Cao Hao and the others arrived at the Old Summer Palace, the genius began to shine a little.

At this time, it was not the time for foreign officials to enter Beijing, except for a few officials in the household department, no one else handed over the signs.

After the holy car had breakfast, he passed on Cao Hao and others to meet him.

At this time, the household department is busy with relief from the north and south, and the wheat harvest in various places.

God willing, although the north is as usual in previous years, many prefectures and counties have drought, but because of the increase in the area of wells in recent years, coupled with the promotion of winter wheat, bud grain, sweet potatoes and other crops, even if the harvest is reduced by a few points, the local area can be more self-sufficient.

Although there are floods in the south, the most serious disasters are in several prefectures and counties in Guangxi, and the major grain provinces such as Huguang and Jiangnan have little impact.

In addition, the implementation of the two policies of "returning envy to the public" and "paying grain to the gentry in one piece" has made the household have sufficient money. The amount of silver in the treasury has increased from less than one million taels to seven million taels.

Although the household department is still a trivial matter of allocating silver here and there, there is silver in the treasury, and Yongzheng's heart is also a little steady, and it is rare to be kind and pleasant.

Zhang Tingyu was left behind by the emperor, and Cao Hao and several squires returned to the errand and retired from the palace.

Cao Hao had long known that the rumors that the emperor was going to liquidate his ministers were false, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Yongzheng and Yan Yuese.

Recently, except for the death of Long Keduo, there is nothing bad about it, so why don't you let the emperor feel relieved?

A few squires, but you look at me and I look at you, but they have different tastes.

The emperor not only treated Cao Shangshu unusually, but even asked two more questions, where is the meaning of the Cao family.

Cao Shangshu's position as an official is stable, and the two Han servants breathe a sigh of relief, this Lord Cao is an officer, and he rarely interferes in the errands of his subordinates, so he is a rare good official; The two full waiters were a little sour.

If the boss doesn't move, they will have no chance to get ahead when they become subordinates.

After a while, everyone walked to the entrance of the garden, and Cao Hao was stopped by a little eunuch.

When the sixteenth master arrived, he had breakfast in the duty room in the southwest of the garden, and knew that Cao Hao was on shift today, so he called the little eunuch to come and wait.

The little eunuch did not turn his back on his words, and several waiters could hear it clearly, which further confirmed that the Cao family had nothing to do with it. There is a Han Shilang who secretly called himself "Cao Dang" in the past and has recently been estranged from Cao Hao, and he has regretted in his heart that he shouldn't listen to the wind or rain.

It's just that where is the regret medicine?

Cao Hao said goodbye to several waiters and followed the little eunuch to see the sixteenth master.

said that it was a duty room, which was different from the six duty rooms that Cao Hao and they saw later.

The six duty rooms and the cabinet duty rooms are all newly built, and the rooms are narrow in the two row houses outside the Qinzheng Gate. The duty room where the sixteenth master is located is a pavilion on the west side of the Qinzheng Palace.

In addition to the three-room main room, there are also left and right wings.

This is the place where the emperor specially pointed out to the thirteenth master.

The thirteenth master is working hard, the government affairs are busy, and the garden is placed here, and the main house is the living place of the thirteenth master. A small kitchen is opened in the wing, serving some porridge and snacks.

Although the emperor's grace is vast, although the Old Summer Palace is not in the palace, but in the end, it is the imperial garden, and the thirteenth master has always refused to violate the rules.

Although sometimes he is very busy, he has passed the curfew and stayed here, but the thirteenth elder brother is in order, and he has not added anything, only when this side is used for duty, only one room is used in the upper room, and the other two rooms are cleaned up and sent to the sect that enters the garden to do errands.

Among the princes of the clan, in addition to the thirteenth master, the sixteenth master has the heaviest errands, and there are more people who spend time in the room every day.

When Cao Hao arrived, the Sixteenth Master had already finished eating a drawer of steamed buns, and was holding the remaining half bowl of tofu brain, drinking happily.

Although Cao Hao used a few mouthfuls of breakfast at home before leaving the city, he had already almost restrained it, and when he smelled the aroma of this bun, he was hungry in his stomach.

The left and right are familiar with the two princes, so he is not polite, rolls up the horseshoe sleeves, sits under the sixteenth master, and follows the breakfast.

The tofu brain made by this imperial chef is incomparable to the tofu brain outside.

The bean curd is so tender that it is not good, and the daylily and fungus in the toppings are also tributes from the Northeast, and they are full of taste.

This blue and white bowl is not big, Cao Hao used three bowls to put down the chopsticks, and the thirteenth elder brother couldn't help but say: "It can be seen that he is hungry, Tongfu Ruo has eaten so many times, what kind of mountain and sea delicacies, I haven't seen Fu Ruo eat so fragrant." ”

Cao Hao was still unsatisfied, and said: "I didn't expect there to be this in the palace." A few years ago, I ate twice at a stall outside, a big bowl of two pennies, a small amount of rice, and I could eat it without adding baked cakes. It's just that it's coarse, with more beany smell, and it's less delicious. ”

The sixteenth elder brother took a fan in his hand and shook it, listened to Cao Hao's words, shook his head and said, "Just your mouth, there is no smell of beans, is it still called tofu brain?" I heard that the case on the other side of Shuntianfu is about to be tried, and you are eating and drinking correctly, but there are many people who are worried about pulling you off the horse. "In the end, there was a bit of schadenfreude.

Cao Hao waved his hand helplessly and said, "Could it be that the minister's household secretary is so unqualified?" The minister has been diligent in the past two years, and he has not caused any trouble with anger; Colleagues get along with each other, and there is more room for them, and there is no enmity and grudge, why is it not welcomed? ”

Since Cao Jia was staring at Chai Xiucai, the whereabouts of these ghosts and ghosts were not hidden from Cao Hao.

Although the only people who are showing up now are officials and assistants, everyone knows that there are people behind them. Otherwise, they would be mixed with this, and they would go against a second-grade member who was close to the clan, but they would not be looking for death by themselves.

The thirteenth master's expression was a little solemn, and he said tactfully: "The household department has silver, Zhang Tingyu has a lot of errands, and he can't take care of the household department......"

The sixteenth master had a sneer on his face, and said: "Don't forget that there is also the household merchant ship, if you are not the principal, do you still think the household department can keep it?" Those uncles of the clan and those grandsons of the Internal Affairs Office are all staring at this piece of fat......"

(To be continued)