"Prince Xian?" Yongzheng looked at the dense fold reported at the sticky rod, and his brows furrowed into the word "Sichuan".

Prince Heshuoxian Yanhuang, the great-grandson of Prince Haoge of Suwu, is a generation younger than Yongzheng and is his cousin.

Among the four Iron Hat Princes, Prince Xian's Mansion is at the bottom.

Hautee was the eldest son of Taizong, and after Taizong's death, he became one of the most favorable candidates for the throne. For this reason, the status of this branch in the clan is not embarrassing or embarrassing.

However, it is the side branch of Prince Xian's mansion, which has been more active in recent years, and the first year of Yongzheng attacked his life, and later led troops to Qinghai in the second year of Yongzheng, and was promoted to the king of the county because of his merits.

Yongzheng raised Yanxin in his early years, and somewhat had the meaning of driving him and Nian Qianyao to divide the military power in the northwest. I don't want to, but Yanxin is living up to the grace of God.

He is the grandson of Prince Suwu and the concubine of Prince Wenliang, and he was originally just a third-class Fengguo general, and he really has no weight in the clan.

Just because he is the oldest of his generation in the world, Kangxi has a lot of trust in this good old cousin, and he ordered him to go to the northwest with the fourteenth elder brother.

When Yongzheng came to power, he saw that Yanxin was not a party or a group, so he had the heart to raise it, and he took Yanxin's nephew, the auxiliary prince who had hugged Jiubeizi's thigh, and changed the title passed down by the Wenliang palace to Yanxin. Later, he was promoted to the king of the county because of his merits.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the former "good old man" has changed beyond recognition.

Yongzheng took another fold in front of the case, and his face turned pale.

This is a secret fold, which lists all kinds of acts of betraying public and private interests in the first six years of Yanxin Yongzheng, harassing the local area in the name of military supplies, using extortion, fraud, intimidation, fraud and other means, and embezzling more than 6 million taels of silver with party henchmen.

The amount of taxable silver in the Qing Dynasty was only 30 million taels a year, and due to the sparse local population in the northwestern provinces, the amount of taxable silver was only more than 100,000 taels.

The land scraped by Yanxin and his henchmen in the name of "military quartermasters" is not much different from the annual tax.

Yanxin is the prince of the clan who he picked up single-handedly, but he repays himself like this, Yongzheng is very angry in his heart.

He was thinking about how to clean up Yanxin, and when he encountered today's incident, he inevitably became more and more disgusted with Prince Xian's Mansion.

The imperial historian was supposed to be the eyes and ears of the emperor, and he also served as the supervisor of hundreds of officials, but he became the dog leg of the clan and the royal palace, how not to make him angry.

But he was honest and confused, and he didn't understand how Prince Xian, who had always been honest and peaceful, could jump out and be embarrassed to be the head of the court.

Cao Hao's surname is not easy to grudge with others.

If it is said that it is the previous fold of Itulli, it will not be.

Due to the floods in the north and south, he has not yet had time to attack the kings of the clan. Even after Garmen and Yin Tai were detained and returned to Beijing, some gossip came out, but it was also attributed to Yiduli.

The emperor was already suspicious, and he couldn't figure out the reason, so Yongzheng was not sure in his heart.

After all, Prince Xian's Mansion is an old palace, and it is the lord of the Zhenglan Banner, and the Eighth Elder Brother and the Ninth Elder Brother were all sealed in the Zhenglan Banner.

Thinking of these, Yongzheng was inevitably uncomfortable, so he ordered Chen Fu to go to the room to invite the thirteenth elder brother.

The thirteenth elder brother's duty room in the Old Summer Palace is near the Qinzheng Palace.

One less time, the thirteenth elder brother arrived.

"Has Cao Hao ever offended Prince Xian's Mansion, and how did Yan Huang think of impeaching Cao Hao by blowing up the bridge in Shengjing? Now that he got the news, he should naturally know that Cao Hao blew up the bridge, how could he arrange someone to do such a useless act? Yongzheng asked ungroundedly.

The thirteenth elder brother knew about this when he met in the court, and he had already thought about the cause and effect, so he said: "The emperor doesn't know, Yan Huang and Cao Hao are both cautious and don't have much to do, and the two families rarely have any contacts, and they haven't heard of any festivals...... If you talk about the relationship between the two families, there are really some origins, Meng Ke's mother, the concubine of Khalkha Zasaktu Khan, is the granddaughter of Prince Xianyi and the cousin of Yanhuang......"

"Munch?" Listening to this somewhat unfamiliar name, Yongzheng was a little confused.

"It's the eldest son of the king of Zasaktu, the adopted son of Cao Hao and the lord of Herui...... Hengsheng," the thirteenth elder brother replied.

Yongzheng then remembered and said helplessly: "Thirteenth brother, am I old...... This is still the name I set myself, and I can't remember it after only a few years......"

The thirteenth elder brother hurriedly said: "The emperor has worked hard for state affairs, and he has all the opportunities, where can he remember these little things." Besides, Meng Ke has the meaning of 'eternal life and longevity', so everyone treats his milk name as a Chinese name, and the emperor listens to Meng Keer's life......"

Yongzheng's face became more and more ugly, not because of his forgetfulness, but because he thought that Zhu Hengsheng was the eldest son of the county king, and the marriage was advocated by him, the emperor.

The relationship between Outer Mongolia and the imperial court was already estranged, and the Kangxi Dynasty Galdan rebelled several times, and there were also shadows of the kings of Outer Mongolia behind it.

Although Hengsheng is a golden bloodline, he can be raised in the capital since he was a child, what feelings can he have for Khalkha?

Yongzheng chose him as the heir of the palace, not only to promote the Cao family, but also to make a bigger layout in the future.

There will come a time when Hengsheng will return to Khalkha to inherit the throne of Khan.

Where are those Mongol princes who want to be with?

Even if Hengsheng inherited the throne of Khan with the support of the imperial court, how could he be united?

In such a situation, all Hengsheng can do is rely more on the imperial court.

In addition, he gave his adopted daughter to marry Hengsheng, so that Hengsheng became his son-in-law and also brought the relationship closer.

The old Khan of Zasaktu has only passed away for a few years, and the new Khan is in the prime of life, and when the Khan's son inherits the throne, he will grow old, at least for one or two decades.

At that time, Hengsheng and the third princess should have given birth to heirs.

Both generations of father and son have grown up in Beijing, and their relatives and friends are in Beijing, and they will be more friendly to the imperial court when they return to Mongolia.

If Prince Xian is angry with the Cao family and has grievances for his own family, does it also mean that he has complaints about the court?

After all, if Yongzheng does not intervene, according to the primogeniture inheritance system, the one who inherits the throne of Khan in the future will be Yan Huang's nephew.

It's just that the sister is uneven, and she has the heart to meddle in Outer Mongolia affairs.

Needless to say, Yongzheng really thought too much.

The thirteenth elder brother, on his side, felt that the Xianwang Mansion was acting in a disorderly manner at the moment.

Yan Huang's surname is not eventful. If it was really angry with the Cao family for the imperial court's canonization of Hengsheng, it would only take two years to come out.

The two of them thought about it separately, and when they were silent, they saw Chen Fu come in and say, "Master, Lord Zhuang asks to see him, and he is waiting outside the palace." ”

Yongzheng's expression eased slightly, and said, "Pass him in." ”

One time later, the sixteenth elder brother came in from outside the hall.

He left Beijing at the end of May to inspect the Internal Affairs Office and the Eight Banners Racecourse, and only now has he returned to Beijing.

He didn't enter the city, and came directly to see His Majesty in the Old Summer Palace.

Seeing his dusty appearance, Yongzheng was both relieved and a little distressed, and said, "You haven't returned home yet?" After running for more than a month, the sixteenth brother was tired......"

The sixteenth elder brother said busily: "I can have the emperor to share my worries, and the younger brother is only happy, and he doesn't feel tired......"

Since he went out on an errand, he first explained the errand and reported the number of horses stored in the racecourse.

Although in the last years of Kangxi's expedition to the west, due to the harsh climate of the plateau, the imperial court lost a lot of horses. But after these years of reproduction, the number of livestock in the horse farm outside the mouth has increased again.

Speaking of which, the sixteenth elder brother did not forget to show his merits for Cao Hao.

The increase in the number of livestock in the horse farm is also related to the detailed administration implemented by Cao Hao in the Taifu Temple in his early years.

At that time, due to the good management of the Taifu Temple Horse Farm, the Horse Farm of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Eight Banners Horse Farm also learned from the relevant experience of the Taifu Temple Horse Farm.

It's just that the sixteenth elder brother has always acted tactfully, and when he mentioned Cao Hao's contribution in Taifu Temple, he also brought Yi Duli, as if he mentioned it casually, and he didn't mean to show his credit for Cao Hao.

Although he had just arrived in Beijing, before entering the Old Summer Palace, he first met two henchmen in the duty room of the Internal Affairs Office, and had a general understanding of the events of the month and a half after he left.

He was really taken aback.

I didn't expect Cao Hao to dare to blow up the bridge in front of the Taizu Mausoleum, even if it was a helpless move, but if he really wanted to climb, he would be guilty of "great disrespect", and losing his official position would be light.

So at this moment, he couldn't help but say a good word for Cao Hao.

Yongzheng glanced at him, as if he saw through his careful thoughts, and snorted coldly.

The sixteenth elder brother laughed twice, with a hesitant face, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Yongzheng thought of Yiduli's excerpt and Yanxin's greed for ink, and couldn't help but tighten his heart, and said, "Is there something wrong with the racecourse?" Can someone harm the public and private? ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's not a matter of the horse farm...... When the younger brother was in Zhangjiakou, he met the envoys of the Zasaktu Khan's palace, and they went to Beijing to report the news...... The three daughters of the Khan's concubine and the prince of Xianmi ......"

Yongzheng and the Thirteenth Elder Brother were both stunned.

The two brothers are pondering the abnormality of the prince's mansion, and they will listen to the murderous letter here.

"I see." The thirteenth elder brother whispered in his heart.

No wonder the palace stretched out its minions and aggressive posture, thinking that the funeral letter of Sangege had been sent back.

Since the beginning of the fight Emperor Taizu, it has become a practice for the clan to care for Mongolia, so far there are nine princesses in Mongolia, more than 200 people in the clan, because they are not tolerant of the bitter cold of Mongolia, the princesses of Mongolia and the women of the clan have a long life.

If Hengsheng didn't open a mansion in the capital, Sangege's mourning letter wouldn't be able to make a splash at all.

Just like the canonization of Hengsheng as the eldest son of the county king that year, few people were involved in Prince Xian's mansion.

After all, every year there is a clan of Fu Mongolia, Xian Wangfu Sangege is a concubine, and the grade is not high, even if the person married is the son of the Khan King, the fief of Zasaktu is thousands of miles away from Beijing.

The noble daughter of the clan who marries to Inner Mongolia also has the opportunity to follow her husband to meet in shifts in Rehe or Beijing; Marrying into Outer Mongolia, life and death are parting, how many people will remember?

But it's different now.

The murderous letter of Sangege came back, and Hengsheng, as the heir of the palace, had to keep filial piety for his mother for three years.

The wedding date of Hang Seng and the third princess was originally scheduled for the end of this year, so the wedding date will also be postponed.

No one will care about the life and death of a princess, but someone will pay attention to who Hengsheng's heir and the third princess are.

In this way, the relationship between Prince Xian's Mansion and the County King's Mansion was made public.

Yongzheng's face darkened, although he felt that these three grids were not the right time, but he also knew that birth, old age, sickness and death were not controlled by ordinary people, but he looked down on Yan Huang more and more.

If he really cares about the brotherhood of his brother and sister and fights for his nephew, he can still make people look up to him; Now it's just to be tough in front of the clan, and it's hateful to do nothing.

But he forgot that when he was named the heir of the Khan King, he not only made the Sacred Heart arbitrary, but also blackmailed the new Khan King with a large sum of gold.

By the time the Xianwang Mansion got the news, the dust had already settled, so where was there room for interjection...... Coming out of the Qinzheng Palace, the thirteenth elder brother patted the sixteenth elder brother on the shoulder and said, "Don't be bitter anymore, the three princesses are still young, the marriage date has been postponed, and the two children are not ......."

The sixteenth elder brother smiled bitterly: "I'm not worried about the third princess, I'm worried about Hengsheng's Lao Tzu...... I hope he lives as long as the old Khan. Speaking of this, his mood was a little depressed: "Earlier, I was secretly happy about this family business, but I had to hear the murderous letter of the Khan's palace, but I didn't know whether to regret it...... If they marry Horqin, father and daughter will still have the opportunity to meet; If you really want to go to Khalkha, it's really like what others say, you can only treat it as if you don't have a daughter, and life and death are goodbye......"

The thirteenth elder brother said: "The sixteenth brother thinks too much...... The third princess is a princess, and Hengsheng is the big one you see, even if the younger couple really goes to Khalkha, you don't have to worry about it......"

Speaking of this, he thought of the fourth princess he raised in the palace.

The emperor's three adopted daughters, the second princess Fu Horqin, and the third princess married Hengsheng, the heir of Khalkha Zasaktu Khan.

In order to show fairness, the emperor will also touch the four princesses to Mongolia. The best result, like the third princess, find a Mongolian prince and disciple who is stationed in the capital...... * Shichahai, the county prince's mansion.

Heng Sheng's face was anxious, and he stared viciously at the person in front of him, and said, "Get out of the way!" ”

The man in front of him was not tall, but his face was fierce, and he was the Mongolian chief Suichina next to Hengsheng.

"Master, you can't leave Beijing at this time!" China's demeanor was resolute and his words were firm.

There was another tall Mongolian man standing next to him, looking at Hengsheng with a worried face, and then at China, it was Hengsheng's other Mongolian chief, Suibala.

Since the death of the old Khan King, Ge Qi Keyan Pile wanted to break the promise, Cao Hao came forward and asked the Khan Wangfu for the family and the deed of the Khan on behalf of Hengsheng.

Even if Ge Keyan Pile felt guilty about the Eternal Mother, after the passage of time and the fact that he felt that he had made up for it, this guilt naturally faded and began to value the son around him.

People's hearts are biased, how can Cao Hao not be more vigilant.

What if Ge Keyan Pile has bad intentions, for the sake of the son who is raised by his side, it will be unfavorable to Hengsheng?

This Bala and China have been with Hengsheng for a few years, but they still solve their worries and are more at ease to use.

These Bala and China, one brave and the other shrewd, are valued by Hengsheng, and they are also loyal to Hengsheng.

Barak became the chief of the royal guard, and China became the steward.

I didn't expect that this day said that Chi Na committed the following offense and fought with the master.

Hengsheng's eyes were red, and he said angrily: "My father is seriously ill, why can't I go out of Beijing?" Just because the mourning messenger from the Khan's palace is about to arrive in Beijing, I have to wait in Beijing? In the name of filial piety, I kept filial piety for my mother-in-law, but I didn't care about the life and death of my father, who was nurturing......" Speaking of this, he looked around at the magnificence of this palace, without any nostalgia, and said: "If it has to be like this, in order to keep the position of this heir, I am not rare, and I will return to the Cao family to be my second young master!" ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, there was no persuasion, and he knelt on the ground with a red "plop": "Master, the slave does not want the master to be ungrateful...... The father-son relationship between the master and Lord Cao is deep, if Lord Cao is really dangerous, where will the slave stop the master and trap the master and injustice? I really don't want to see the master reckless and cause trouble to Lord Cao. The master can not care about filial piety and false name, but he has to affect Lord Cao's name. ”

When Hengsheng heard this, he was very excited and said, "What does it mean that my father is really dangerous?" Could it be that there is news from Shengjing's side? Didn't my mother and my fourth uncle go? ”

Chi Na said: "It's true that Mrs. and the fourth master went to Shengjing, but the fifth master is still in Beijing." ”

Hengsheng listened, a little ignorant, and then understood what Chi Na meant, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and glared at him viciously.

Yes, the world pays attention to having a son to send him to the end.

If the father is really dangerous, even if he and his eldest brother are not in Beijing, the mother should take Tianbao there.

Since he didn't bring Tianbao, it didn't get to the worst...... * In the evening, Tianyu's carriage arrived in Shengjing.

The moment she saw her husband, she looked resolute and looked like a fighter, but those rotten peach eyes showed her vulnerability; After touching her husband up and down to confirm that he was okay, she let out a "wow" and cried.

Such a childish appearance, where is like the mother of three children.

Cao Hao took his wife in his arms, stroked her back, and said, "Frightened, right? It's okay, it's okay...... I still want to grow old with you, I won't ...... so early"

The rest of the words were blocked by his wife's little hands.

Chu Yu sobbed, shook his head and said, "Master is not allowed to say unlucky words......

Before the words fell, her tears slipped down again, instantly wetting Cao Hao's clothes.

Cao Hao held his wife's hand, only to feel sour in his heart.

What do you want?

When it wasn't for the serious illness a year ago, I decided to gradually retreat, why did I accidentally get out of the limelight again, and I was tired half to death?

In the end, when a man is calm and indifferent, he also likes this kind of scenery where he is in power and gives orders.

But in the capital, he felt depressed again.

Because the more attention the emperor has, the more times he will see him, and the more humble he must be when he kneels in front of Yongzheng.

He sighed and whispered in Chu Yu's ear: "Wait a few more years, and when Tianyou is older, I will ...... Shi."

Chu Yu raised his head, his face showed surprise, then hesitated, and whispered: "The master is in his prime...... Will the emperor allow it? ”

Cao Hao blinked and said softly, "Who made my body worse?" Even if you don't get a job, you resign from your real job and recuperate at home, the emperor will allow it......"

Yongzheng reigned for thirteen years, he could "recuperate" in eleven or twelve years, and wait until Qianlong ascended the throne, even if he recovered, as long as he did not seek a comeback, he would just withdraw from officialdom naturally...... Chu Yu looked at her husband with mixed feelings in her heart.

She knows that her husband has both ability and political integrity, and has great ability, as long as he goes down this road, there will always be a time when he will be crowned and worship the prime minister, a very good minister, for the benefit of the people, and for the benefit of the community.

But as a woman's selfishness, her family and country are not as long as the health and longevity of the person in front of her.

She only wishes her husband to be healthy and the family to be reunited...... Under the careful care of his wife, Cao Hao's body improved in a hurry.

In addition, when Cao Xiang arrived, Cao Hao sent Zhang Yi back to Beijing, so he didn't have to worry about everyone in the capital being too concerned about him.

Cao Xiang was not idle in Shengjing, and when he arrived, he heard that his cousin had blown up the bridge and destroyed the road in front of Fuling, and he was horrified.

It is the ordinary people's homes, and the ancestral cemeteries are all important places, not to mention the royal family, and the founding emperor Taizu is buried here.

Coupled with folk customs, it is customary to find the pulse point, so that the position of Fuling can also be said to be on the dragon vein or near the left of the dragon vein.

In this way, the consequences of the cousin's actions are even more serious.

When Chu Yu came and his cousin was taken care of, Cao Xiang mentioned the matter to Yi Duli in private, and went to Fuling in person.

When he got there, he knew why his brother had chosen to blow up the bridge to release the flood.

In fact, there are too many bridges built on the waterway in front of Fuling, and there are five stone bridges in a few hundred zhang places, except for the single-hole bridge in the middle, the other four are five-hole stone bridges.

When the water level rises, the water can't go down, and it is blocked here, and it overflows out of the river, and the imperial tomb will be flooded.

After Cao Xiang returned to the city, he quietly checked the local chronicles, recorded the distance between Fuling and the river, and the relevant situation of the five stone bridges.

In addition to the water level data obtained from Yituli during the rainstorm on the night of June 30, Cao Xiang drafted a sincere plea in the tone of his brother.

When he saw that his cousin was in better spirits and was able to get out of bed and walk, he carried his cousin on his back and handed him the fold.

When Cao Hao saw the excerpt, he remembered that he had neglected this matter.

No matter how helpless you were when you blew up the bridge at that time, you can only avoid future troubles by asking for guilt afterwards. Otherwise, it will be a crime of "great disrespect" if you have a seizure against the scene.

Cao Hao's forehead suddenly oozed cold sweat.

Although he received the will, he could act cheaply in the matter of flood control in Shengjing, but when it came to the imperial tomb, he was still more sensitive.

Even if Yongzheng Chao is fine, when Qianlong takes the throne and others attack the Cao family, this is a small tail, and anyone can pinch it.

Cao Hao took the fold, sighed, and said: "Fortunately, the fourth brother is careful, otherwise I would have become a sinner of the Cao family...... Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Xiang with satisfaction: "The fourth brother can think of preventing trouble before it happens, and stop others from attacking it, what is the big ......?"

A picture of my family having a child growing up.

Seeing this, Cao Xiang couldn't help but laugh and said: "Big brother, I will be thirty people, not adults, the difficult thing is that children can't do it?" ”

Having said that, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

For the brothers in Dongfu, this cousin is indeed worthy of the words "eldest brother is like father".

Because of the holy decree of the capital, Cao Hao was allowed to return to Beijing to recuperate.

So after Chu Yu arrived a few days later, Cao Hao and his entourage began to prepare to leave for Beijing.

Cao Hao's plea for the matter of Fuling has been handed back to the capital. didn't wait for the approval of the excerpt, just waited for the letter from Hengsheng and Zhang Yi.

In the letter, Hengsheng said that the Khan princess was handed over to the mourning system; Zhang Yi said the recent situation of Cao's house, the old lady didn't know about Cao Hao's illness, and there was an eldest girl in the family to take care of housework, so it was too safe and good.

"Hang Seng wants to be disciplined?" When Chu Yu heard this, he was worried: "How can it be good, Sangege will be gone......"

Although she is not very familiar with the three grids of the Xianwang Mansion, after all, they are about the same age, and they have seen it in their early years.

Compared with Tianyou, she is more at ease than Hengsheng.

Even if he can come to Cao's Mansion occasionally, he has any scruples, most of the time Hengsheng still guards the palace alone.

Although it is magnificent, it is too deserted because of its lack of popularity.

Chu Yu also thought that if Hengsheng got married as soon as possible and extended his bloodline, the palace would gradually heat up.

I didn't expect that the wedding date would be a few months away, and I caught up with the system, and the family affair would drag on for another three years.

Cao Hao's side is happy to see them marry later.

Previously, because it was a holy decree to marry, the marriage date was set by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he couldn't speak.

But the third princess is only fifteen this year, so she is really young. The noble daughter of the clan is pampered, her body is weaker than that of ordinary women, and there are not one or two who die in childbirth.

Delaying marriage is not harmful to the two children.

It's just that if the county king's mansion begins to pay tribute to the funeral of Princess Khan, then the relationship between Hengsheng and Xianwangfu will be made public.

The Hang Seng years are there, and no one will say anything about the Hang Seng years.

Eighty percent will blame this on the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao, and the big head is not Cao Hao, but the sixteenth elder brother.

As early as after Hengsheng was canonized, the sixteenth elder brother mentioned this matter to Cao Hao.

For those Xianwang Mansion Gege who gave birth to his son-in-law, the sixteenth elder brother is not without guilt, but for the sake of his daughter, he can only be unkind......

(To be continued)