From Xizhimen to the Old Summer Palace, because of the connection to the imperial road, there are no giant trees on both sides of the road, and locust trees are planted.

It shades the sun, but it does not hide people inside.

It's just that the locust tree is slightly later than the willow teeth, and it is now green and tender. However, it is mixed with two or three branches of apricot pink and pink, which is more and more in line with spring.

Cao Hao rode on a horse, looking at the beautiful scenery, very leisurely.

Seeing this, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but roll his eyes and sneered: "Now look at the scene?" If it weren't for the master to pull you out, you would still be holding in the car. It's not seventy or eighty, you have to use the car as a step......"

Cao Hao coughed twice and said, "I'm not physically exhausted......

Under the glaring of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao's heart was weak in the end, and his voice became lower and lower.

The sixteenth elder brother snorted coldly and said: "Pretend, you just continue to pretend, see how long you can pretend!" ”

Cao Hao showed a little helplessness and said: "It is said that love is deep and longevity, and wisdom will be hurt." I have had many disasters and illnesses over the years, and I am not adulterated. I still want to live a long life of 100 years, so I naturally took care of it earlier. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was not annoyed, nor was he smiling, so he said with a straight face: "I didn't see the master who didn't maintain it, but I just saw that your skin was getting thicker and thicker......"

Cao Hao laughed twice and said funny: "I don't dare to be praised by the sixteenth master, but Er'er." ”

It was rare to see him in such a happy mood, and the sixteenth elder brother followed and smiled: "I still don't listen to my lord's advice, and I keep it in my heart......

Cao Hao listened and laughed heartily.

No wonder Cao Hao was in a happy mood, he really learned a great news after the Xiao Dynasty today.

Prince Guo Yunli was ordered to go south to inspect Yungui.

On the surface, it was because Yungui went out to Darui on the Wanshou Festival last year to reward the southwest civil and military, but in fact, he was secretly ordered to inspect the cultivation and sale of opium.

The cause of opium is somewhat due to Cao Hao, who hopes to start and finish well.

If the scourge of foreigners is not yet successful, and it spreads throughout the country, then he is also a guilty person.

Since Yongzheng was able to send a prince to supervise this matter, it can be seen that he is concerned, and Cao Hao no longer has to worry about it.

Seeing Cao Hao like this, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart: "The opium is obviously returned to the side of the Internal Affairs Bureau, why doesn't the emperor make the master go out of Beijing......

The envy in the words is full of envy.

Seeing this, Cao Hao could only be silent.

The imperial court was rich in the clan, and there were also many restrictions, and there was no purpose to go out of Beijing for a hundred miles.

During the Kangxi Dynasty, he was restless, and he had to go out of Beijing once or twice a year, and the clan and the prince and brother could go out with the car; After Yongzheng ascended the throne, the farthest was to go to the imperial tomb, and the clan was encircled in Beijing.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao couldn't help sighing.

Not to mention the clan, even he is not free.

Back then, the branch from Fengrun saved the Cao family from clan trouble, but it also made the Cao family settle in the capital, and the actions were under the emperor's nose.

If he "retires due to illness", then the rest of the life can only be "recuperated".

Once you are reincarnated, is it possible that you will work hard in the first half of your life, and if you want to be lazy in the second half of your life, you can only be an otaku "behind closed doors"?

Always think of a way, not only to be able to unload the errand, but also to get out of Beijing justifiably.

The sixteenth elder brother complained twice, and he also felt that it was not tasteful, and remembered something, and said: "The emperor asked Baoju Qin to coerce him, did Fu Ruo have a plan in his heart?" If there is still a shortage, the two will be rewarded. ”

It turned out that Yongzheng sent a lot of people to the south before the year, in order to help money and food.

By now, the relief errand was almost arranged, and when it was time for spring ploughing, Yongzheng remembered to check the arrears of money and grain in Jiangnan.

As a result, there were not enough people sent out in the early years.

Yongzheng ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to discuss and send additional manpower as appropriate.

After entering the Ministry of Household Affairs, the number of people in the Ministry of Household Affairs was increased, and the number of personnel was increased from five to nine; The number of assistant investigators has increased from 23 to 49.

The emperor has already approved the excerpt, in addition to the selection of candidates for the investigation by the emperor, if there are insufficient personnel to assist in the investigation, there will be subordinates to promote.

A few years ago, everyone squeezed their heads in order to help Qin send candidates, but Cao Hao did not follow in order to avoid suspicion.

At present, it has been changed from relief to checking the arrears of money and grain in Jiangnan, and it is nominally an errand for the household department, but judging from the emperor's additional investigation and sub-investigation of the officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the candidates for the investigation are not limited to the household department.

You must know that the officials who went to Jiangnan a few years ago, the prime minister each gave 3,000 taels of silver for each person, 1,000 taels of silver for each person, and 400 taels for each person for the investigation.

For low-grade Beijing officials, this is definitely a fat difference that has both lining and face.

The prime ministers in charge of Jiangnan are Wang Ji, the left attendant of the household department, and Yin Jishan, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangsu, who were originally commissioned.

Yin Jishan took off the hat of the commission some time ago, and was actually awarded the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangsu, and the governor of Jiangnan River.

Those who are qualified to ensure the investigation of manpower, except for the Prime Minister, King Yin, there are only a few officials in the household department and the thirteenth elder brother, the prince in charge.

After listening to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao estimated in his heart.

According to the practice of officialdom, there are mostly some conventional rules regarding the protection of ministers.

Yin Jishan is a magistrate, Wang Ji is a Beijing official, has the status of a Qincha, and the two are both prime ministers who check the money and grain in Jiangnan, Yin Jishan cannot surpass Wang Ji, most of them are equal.

Wang Ji is a person who is the fourth servant of the household department, and since he has an errand and takes the sweetness, the number of people who are promoted cannot exceed the other three. But everyone is at the same level, and it's not good to be a head shorter, when it's the same.

A few waiters, to reduce two Shangshu by one class.

The two Shangshu want to reduce Prince Yi by one rank.

Although Prince Yi acted cautiously and had never been much involved in promoting courtiers, the vacancies that should be set aside should still be set aside.

A total of twenty-six heads need to be raised, and Cao Hao estimated that the number of people he received was around four.

Therefore, Cao Hao nodded and said, "Two are no problem, I'm afraid it will be hard work...... It's rare to have an errand out of Beijing, and I want Motomatsu to go out and see ......"

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said: "His official position is also compatible, does Fu Ruo still want to mention others?" If there is, it is okay for the master to say hello to the thirteenth brother......"

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "There are no candidates for the time being...... I still have one shortcoming, and I can do it enough to make ......."

Speaking of this, he thought of the Li and Sun families.

The Sun family is still alive, Sun Wencheng has recovered, and Sun Li is also out of office, even if he can't turn over immediately, he can get by.

On the Li family's side, Li Xu is the person who is left behind in the crime, and in addition to Li Nai's fame, only his grandchildren are on errands in the Internal Affairs Office.

It's just that the Internal Affairs Office and the Sixth Ministry are far away, and it's not easy to mix errands together, otherwise Cao Hao really wants to pull his brother.

"On the Li family's side, our old lady often thinks about ...... If the two Li Nuo brothers can be sent, please also ask the sixteenth master to take care of one or two......" Cao Hao said.

Mentioning this, the sixteenth elder brother was a little impatient, and said, "Could it be that the Li family is just a relative of Furuo, not a relative of the master?" It's just that the old lady in his family really has no score...... In the past few years, Ye has taken care of the Li family, otherwise after the two criminal ministers, he would not have gained a foothold in the Internal Affairs Office. Who has wronged them? But he was not satisfied, and every time he went to ask the concubine for peace, he had to cry and cry bitterly. It's in front of the fifteenth sister-in-law again, and even the grandfather is panicking......"

Everyone has two such relatives.

What the sixteenth elder brother said was Li Xu's stepwife Wang.

The Wang family and Concubine Mi are cousins, and it is not a dull person to be able to raise a shrewd son like Li Ding.

It's just that she died of her own son, and she was not very close to the two twin grandsons who later returned to her sect, and she blindly loved money.

Not only did he go to the Fifteenth Baylor Mansion to find the secret concubine, but even on the side of the Cao family, he did not nag a little.

Li remembered that she was old, and he didn't care about it, and every time he came back, he didn't ask her to be empty-handed, and he also had the intention of subsidizing the Li family.

No, the Wang family got the money and property, and after going back, they all made a private house, and they didn't let go anymore. Not only did he treat Li Nai's children and grandchildren in this house with no affection, but even if he treated Li Jian and Li Zheng as brothers, he didn't show any kindness.

After coming and going, the Li family was impatient, so he ordered the juniors on the Li family's side to come directly to ask for peace.

The things she prepared here no longer passed through the hands of the Wang family, and were directly named to her nephews and grandnephews.

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother was even angry with Li Nuo and Li Yu's brothers, Cao Hao could only say: "The old ones are confused, and the younger ones are quite understanding...... Li Nuo was filial, and he went north to serve the sick in his early years, leaving the root of his illness...... Li Yu inherited the old lady's room, and the young couple are honest...... Our old lady inevitably thinks a little more......"

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his expression gradually soothed, and he said: "It's not easy, up and down the internal affairs office, how many people have reached out...... The two members of the Li family were born in Fugui Township, and their family fortune fell suddenly...... It is said that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, and if you are other people, you are afraid that you will take silver as the root of your life...... These two, but they did their duty, and they didn't discredit the master......"

When Cao Hao was at the end of the point, he stopped being verbose and diverted from the conversation...... When he returned to the Yamen, Cao Hao called Jiang Jian and talked to him about the southward movement of the Baoju officials.

Cao Hao does not form a party, and there are a number of sons and nephews who are old in the world, and there is no one who wants to be promoted. Of the two guaranteed places, one is reserved for Zuo Zhu, and the other is intended to be reserved for Jiang Jian.

Jiang Jian is a native of Jiangxi, and if he goes south to run errands, he can be regarded as returning to his hometown. If Jiang Jian is gone, with the heart of becoming a leader, Cao Hao can also repay one or two.

Cao Hao always felt that for Jiang Jian, who was proficient in the law of criminal names, it was a waste of his strength.

Jiang Jian thought about it, but still shook his head: "The adults are kind, and the students understand it...... It's just that such an opportunity is more beneficial to young people, and students don't waste this head...... When the time comes, the adults can really rest here, and it will not be too late for me to return to my hometown with my wife and children......"

Cao Hao had no choice but to give up.

He had already made up his mind that when Jiang Jian left Beijing, he would definitely donate him a high-grade crown.

After all, this world is a world of officials.

Jiang Jian, as a staff master, is still by his side, and without himself, he is nothing...... When it was time to fall, Cao Hao sent someone to send a message to Zuo Zhu and asked him to come over and go home with him for dinner.

Zuo Zhu honestly obeyed the order, and thought that his father-in-law had something to order, but he didn't expect to say that he was going to Beijing on an errand.

He couldn't help but be a little excited and a little hesitant: "Father-in-law, when will you leave Beijing?" ”

"Now we are discussing the candidates, so we have to prepare a few days to catch up with your eldest brother's wedding." Cao Hao said with a smile.

Zuo Zhu listened, and then grinned: "It's good to go to Jiangnan, if you have the opportunity, you can also go to see the second brother......"

The two twin brothers, landing in one place, are still the first time they have been separated for so long, and it is inevitable that they will panic.

Seeing this, Cao Hao's mood also improved.

With the qualifications of Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, if it is not the opportunity to catch up with Jiangnan, most of them will have to stay up for many years before they can be promoted.

I spent a lot of energy for the things in Jiangnan, and I returned to Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, is it a good reward...... It's a pity that his good mood only lasted until he returned home.

"Master, the old lady of the Li family is here...... It's been the morning, and it's not gone yet...... also brought two young masters, and the uncle accompanied ...... in the side hall "Enter Cao Hao and dismount, Cao Fang stepped forward to pray.

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but look at the sky.

Although the sky is long in the middle of spring, it is now close to six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is about to be dusk.

When you are a guest at someone's house, if you can stay until this time, you must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace.

When he arrived at Jiuru Courtyard, Cao Hao turned his head and instructed Zuo Zhu: "You haven't come back for a few days, go to Fuyuan Hall to ask the old lady for peace first...... If you ask me, they say I'll go back and change my clothes first, and I'll go later......"

Zuozhu leaned over and responded, and saw Cao Hao enter the courtyard, then turned the corner gate and went to Fuyuan Hall...... Back in the upper room, Chu Yu was sitting by the kang with a list in his hand.

Seeing Cao Hao coming in, she put down the list in her hand and got up to serve Cao Hao to change clothes.

Cao Hao pointed to the north and said, "Why did that person come?" I've been there for most of the ......."

Chu Yu said: "It is said that it is for the two grandsons to enter the official school...... I don't know how I heard that the Xianyang Palace official school has a lot of pen and ink and silver, and I think it is more decent than the errand, so I came to beg the old lady to ......"

Cao Hao frowned and said: "On the side of the Xianyang Palace Official School, the recruits are either the children of the internal management collar, or the top students of the Jingshan Official School, which of the Li family's twin sons meet?" The old lady was getting worse and worse. ”

Chu Yu said: "Who said it wasn't? The old lady didn't know what was going on outside, so she came to me for more information...... Because I heard my aunt and grandmother talk twice, I know a little better, and I said that I listened to my uncle and old lady...... But she blindly pestered, only saying that the people of the Sun family could go, and the people of the Li family couldn't go, and it was still the Li family's side ......."

Cao Hao listened and could only be speechless.

Cao Ying's surname became more and more nagging, but several children were angry. Not only did the grandsons of the concubines enter the Hanlin Academy, but the descendants of the concubines also competed at the beginning of the year. It is true that he entered the official school of Xianyang Palace, but he did not borrow any strength from the Cao family, but relied on his own status as the top five in the official school in Jingshan to enter the school in a dignified manner.

Li Jiao and Li Zheng are mediocre in their schoolwork.

Sun Chu passed the boys' test last year, and the Li family's twins participated in the county test with the Cao family's uncles and nephews a few years ago.

You must know that the county test is the first level of the children's test. The age of the Li family's twins is a few years older than the Cao family's uncles and nephews, and this achievement is really unbearable.

With such an achievement, I still want to enter the official school of Xianyang Palace, isn't it a fool to say what a dream is?

*Fukuen Hall, West Outer Room.

Wang sat on the kang and stared fiercely at the seven-grade supplement on Zuo Zhu's body, with a little envy on his face.

It's not that she can't see the market and hasn't seen the seven-grade supplement, but Zuozhu is young, not a few years older than the Li family's twins, which makes her a little excited.

For this reason, when Zuozhu asked for peace, she put out the score of her elders and began to ask: "My brother is young, and he has a crown, which is really promising...... What year did this start? Is it my nephew's force? Come to think of it, he is a first-class member, and he wants to promote which, but it is just a matter of words. ”

Zuo Zhu listened to the sour words, and didn't know how to answer for a while, so he looked at the Li family.

Li shook his head and said: "Our Yuan Song participated in the six-part pen-style examination the year before last as a lifter, and the exam was first-class, so that he got the seven-grade top and entered the Ministry of Industry as an errand ......."

Wang sneered and said: "Since you have won the lifter, why didn't you take the Jinshi exam, but took the pen post test?" Could it be that making ends meet is difficult? To say, nephews and nephews and daughters-in-law are too ruthless, even if they are not their own flesh and blood, what can they do if they pull it once and help with a few more taels of silver? Why bother to divide it early, so that my brother can come out on an errand and endure hardships at a young age? ”

These words are becoming more and more unreasonable, and even Zuo Zhu, who is so good-tempered, can't help but feel annoyed.

It's just that for Li's sake, it's not good to talk back to her.

The Li family took care of the Li family's face, and accompanied the Wang family for an afternoon, even if they listened to a vat of bitter water, they were all good-natured and endured.

Now hearing that she is crooked to her son and daughter-in-law, and there are many demeaning of belittling and provoking, Li Shi can't help it, frowning and saying: "Sister-in-law still needs to be cautious, Yuan Song landed in the Cao family, I treat it as my own grandson, and if I am wronged or not, it is not the turn of others to speak." ”

The Wang family was choked, but it was not good for Zuozhu to stay and watch the two elders arguing, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, grandson will go to the front yard to see the eldest brother first......"

Li Shi nodded and said, "Go, go...... In a few days, it will be your eldest brother's good words, and I can't say that he still has something to tell you......"

Zuo Zhu didn't mention it, and when the Wang family saw that the two of them really got along like their own ancestors and grandchildren, they became more and more resentful, and said sourly: "Mrs. Gu is really loving, and her grandsons are so loving...... Don't forget that these nephews and grandchildren of the Li family are the flesh and blood of Mrs. Gu......"

This compass has been talking for an afternoon, Li Shi is very impatient, and called the maid and said: "Tell the kitchen to go to the table early, and the old uncle and wife will go home later......"

Seeing that Li's face was not good, Wang looked out the window and said with a smile: "Why hasn't my nephew come here yet, my wife still has serious things to ask my nephew to help......

Before he finished speaking, he saw Cao Hao enter the courtyard, Wang's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice: "Amitabha, it's finally time for the master." ”

The Li family knew that his son did not want to see the Li family, but he still couldn't bear it when he thought that the Li family's current situation was not rich.

Cao Hao entered the house, met Wang, and asked about Li Xu's current situation.

Li Xu is getting old in the end, and he had a stroke a few years ago, although he finally survived, but his movement is no longer flexible.

Wang wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and said, "What else can I do...... Prepare the ingredients for a long time, and stay up......"

No matter how others in the Li family are, for Li Xu, the Li family always has gratitude and guilt in their hearts.

Hearing this, Li Shi couldn't stand it a little, and said with red eyes: "Prepare some supplements, I'll visit your uncle tomorrow......"

Cao Hao knew that his mother was knotted, and the Li family had a kindness to the Li family.

The Li family had a good heart, but he was blocked by his son, and for the sake of the peace of the Cao family, he did not stretch out his hand when the Li family was in trouble, and he never wanted to go.

Cao Hao sighed in his heart and said, "Well, my son happened to be Xiu Mu tomorrow and went to visit his uncle with his mother." ”

When Li Shi heard this, there was a little more glint in his eyes, and he nodded and said, "Okay, okay, go too." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Wang smiled and said, "Big nephew, the old woman is here to ...... today."

Cao Hao raised his face and interrupted Wang's words: "Even if the old lady uncle doesn't come today, I will look for the old lady to talk to the old lady." ”

Wang was stunned when he heard this: "What did the eldest nephew say about looking for the old woman?" ”

Cao Hao said: "After the court meeting today, Prince Zhuang looked for me to talk, and he was very unhappy when he looked at him......

Wang said with a little emptiness: "This, don't do it for the sake of the old woman......

Cao Hao sneered: "Anyway, the prince said that the concubine is recuperating when she leaves the palace, and if someone comes close to add to the blockage, then the prince is welcome......"

Wang's face turned blue and white for a while, and he muttered: "I'm not a fool, that's the concubine Niangniang, who dares to add to the blockage......"

After Cao Hao showed up and did his best, he came out of Fuyuan Hall...... Wang was stabbed twice by Cao Hao, and no longer mentioned the words of the main begging, thinking that the Li mother and son would go home tomorrow, and it was not too late to say more, so after dinner, he honestly took the two grandsons back.

When she returned home, she told Li Xu about the coming of Li's mother and son, and talked about the future of her twin grandchildren.

When Li Xu heard this, he shook his head and said: "Nonsense, Wulang and Liulang haven't even passed the county exam, how can they pass the pen-based exam?" ”

Wang said urgently: "You can't wait in vain...... If you come out early on an errand, you can also subsidize your family's ......"

Li Xu said: "It's not yet sixteen, what's the hurry?" Study hard for a few years, do solid schoolwork, and take the internal affairs government exam......"

Wang wanted to say more, Li Xu had already closed his eyes, and he didn't want to say anything more about ......* Cao's side, after Wang left, Li asked the maid to invite Cao Hao.

What she couldn't rest assured in her heart was what Cao Hao said to the Wang family.

"Is the sixteenth master really annoyed with your aunt? Your aunt is old, and her mouth is indeed broken, and she doesn't have any bad intentions. Li Shi said with a little worry: "You also have to help say good things, your two cousins and nephews are in the Internal Affairs Mansion, and you rely on the Sixteenth Master to take care of you." ”

"Every time my aunt goes to ask the concubine to say goodbye, she has to cry poor, and she doesn't care about the concubine's face, in the end, there are fifteen blessings...... It's no wonder that the concubine can be happy in her heart, the sixteenth master has always been filial and ......" Cao Hao said: "Mother Ming'er went over, and I also mentioned it with my uncle, don't make good relatives enemies...... Over the years, the concubine is worthy of the Li family......"

Li listened and felt the same way.

When Wang complained to her, he was also in front of Chu Yu.

It was Chu Yu who was interested, and immediately avoided it, so that her old face was preserved......

(To be continued)