Hengsheng, who came out of the study, also heard the news that Gao Taijun was bedridden, and went to the Peony Courtyard with Tianyou.

Gao Taijun took the medicine and fell asleep deeply, and the two little brothers had to comfort their grandmother Li before they came out of the Peony Courtyard.

Despite the reluctance in his heart, Hengsheng still gritted his teeth and left Cao's Mansion and returned to the palace to settle down.

He knew that his identity was different, and he couldn't leave any talk and cause any trouble to the Cao family because of his surname Ren.

Tianyou sent Hengsheng outside the gate, watched him ride away on horseback, and then turned back to the courtyard...... After a night of silence, as soon as Cao Hao arrived at Yamen, he heard a news that Cai Ting, the secretary of the military department, was demoted by three levels, dismissed from his post as a secretary, and transferred to Tianfu Yin.

The atmosphere of the household department is a little weird, a few days ago, I just dismissed a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and now I have moved the book of the Ministry of War, what does the Sacred Heart mean?

If it was the case of Zi Zha Si Ting a few years ago, it could still be said that it was a slander and a suspicion of forming a party, but now Cai Ting is like that?

You must know that this Cai Ting was once framed for capital crimes, but the emperor exempted him from punishment, and then the capital, the left governor and the imperial history, the military department and the official department were all one, and he was the head of the extremely popular ministers.

With this Lord Cai coming forward, the young general who had been showing off his power in the northwest for many years was disgraced and became a prisoner in an instant.

This year, the general's death is less than the anniversary, and Cai Ting, who raised his eyebrows in front of the emperor, was demoted out of the capital.

At noon, Jiang Jian had already summarized the news from the top and bottom of the yamen and told Cao Hao about the matter: "Listening to the rhetoric discussed outside, the root cause of Cai Ting's demotion is still in the Nian Qianyao case. ”

"Oh?" Cao Hao was a little surprised, could it be that Yongzheng still regretted doing it to his second uncle, and he couldn't get angry?

Jiang Jian shook his head and said: "Before Nian Qianyao's case was uncovered last year, there were many excerpts of impeachment to the imperial front, but at that time, Nian Qianyao was powerful, Nian Guifei was still alive, there were many scruples, and there were a few people who dared to come forward after all; It wasn't until Cai Ting entered Beijing and served as the left governor of the imperial history that between the government and the opposition, the excerpt of the impeachment of Nian Qianyao flew to the front of the palace like snowflakes. If it is true, even if it is not a party, the word 'collusion' will not be able to escape. ”

Hearing him say this, Cao Hao remembered something.

When he went to Beijing last year, he heard the sixteenth elder brother say that the emperor had just discussed about the charges against Nian Qianyao, but there were only about 30 crimes, and then Cai Ting presided over the trial of Nian Qianyao's case, but even Chen Sesame and rotten grain were pulled out, and they were given 92 counts.

At that time, Cao Hao felt that something was wrong.

If there is no suspicion between Cai Ting and Nian Qianyao, and they just do it by holy order, it is nothing; But everyone knows that he and Nian Qianyao are on the same page.

Even if Nian Qianyao's ninety-two criminal responsibilities are true, from another point of view, Cai Ting is still suspected of communiquing personal grievances, and his morality is dirty.

Now, after listening to Jiang Jian's words, Cao Hao remembered that Cai Ting acted at the beginning, not only was he suspected of "communiqué personal grudges", but also seemed too capable.

Since last spring, even if the emperor did not directly convict Nian Qianyao, he could not fail to point out his dissatisfaction with Nian Qianyao in the reply to the local officials of the imperial court.

At the beginning, there was no shortage of superintendents who folded bullets to impeach Nian Qianyao, and Tian Wenjing was the leader among them, but compared with the impeachment excerpt three feet before the case when Cai Ting tried the case later, it was still a small thing.

Cao Hao was originally wondering, why Cai Ting finished the Nian Qianyao case, in addition to the Zuo Governor Yushi, the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Commander, he was appointed as the Secretary of the Military Department. Now it seems that at that time, Yongzheng should be jealous.

Cao Hao reflected on himself, although in the past, his colleagues Yi Duli and Tang Zhiyu had become governors, but the friendship between gentlemen was as light as water, and there was nothing taboo about it.

The in-laws Sun Li's family has been defeated, and they have no weight in the capital at all; Among the relatives, although several cousins have been official, they are all promoted by the emperor, and they are honest and responsible, so there will be no trouble.

When he thought about it, he felt at ease. No matter how Guan Yongzheng tosses, as long as it doesn't toss on him.

Unexpectedly, when it was time to fall into the office, two more officials of the six departments were dismissed, and the crime was also "friends", among which was a right attendant of the household department, and the atmosphere of the government office suddenly became weird.

Zhang Tingyu only showed up in the morning, and then went to the palace, and did not come back until he fell into the palace.

After Cao Hao left the yamen, he hesitated for a while, and did not follow Jiang Jian and them back to Cao's mansion, but went to Prince Zhuang's mansion.

came to see the sixteenth elder brother, but it was not for the affairs of the yamen.

"My grandmother is old and sick, and I am afraid that I will not be able to endure it, so I said that I want to go back to Li's house. Li Xu's father and son are not in Beijing, so it is always difficult for his great-grandchildren to prepare for big things. I originally thought that I would come to discuss with the Sixteenth Master to see if I could make the silver atone for Li Xu's sins. He is also an ancient age, and he has eaten sand outside the plug for three and a half years, and if it is really gone over there, we old ladies are afraid that they will be uneasy. Who would have thought that this drama would come out again and again today. Except for Cai Ting, those two were related to the Tong family in the early years, could it be that the emperor turned over the Tong family's case again? Cao Hao asked.

According to the picture of the five suits, if Gao Taijun dies of illness, on the Cao Mansion's side, except for the Li family and Cao Hao's mother and son, who have taken nine months of great merit and five months of small merit respectively, no one else has taken it.

On the Li family's side, Li Yuegui, the husband of Gao Taijun, is not Li Xu's uncle, he can only be regarded as cousins, Li Xu's father and son are served, and when it comes to Li Nuo and Li Cheng's great-nephews, they are not served.

So Cao Hao thought about whether it was an event and arranged for Li Xu's father and son to come back.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I went to the fifteenth brother to ask Eniang for peace, and Eniang also mentioned Li Xu's return to Beijing. She also remembered the kindness of the Li family, and the old lady of the Li family went to ask her to say goodbye twice, and each time she mentioned this matter. E-Niang begged me in private, if the emperor's fire is gone, help the Li family maneuver to see if Li Xu can return to Beijing. I want to think about waiting for the emperor to be in a good mood and plead with the emperor, who would want to come here again. At this time, it is really not good to mention the Li family in front of the emperor. Otherwise, the emperor remembered that the Li family was attached to Long Keduo in the early years, and maybe he would have another attack. ”

Cao Hao was just guessing, and after listening to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, because of the incident of Long Keduo, he couldn't help but wonder: "Okay, why did the emperor think of this stubble again?" ”

Long Keduo has long been detained, and now he is encircled in Changchun Garden, and he has long since faded out of the eyes of the world.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he sneered a little and said, "When, there is no shortage of villains. Although Long Keduo has been circled, the title of first-class duke of the Tong family is still there. Who doesn't know the weight of the emperor's filial piety in his heart. The title of Long Keduo was given because of Empress Xiaoyiren's grace, how could the emperor remove the title? Now that the title is vacant, if you don't get rid of Long Keduo's eldest son Yue Xing'a, where will others have a chance? ”

Long Keduo has two sons, the eldest son Yue Xing'a is the original concubine, and the second son is the jade pillar of Li Si'er, the step-room of the concubine Fuzheng. After Long Keduo asked for the guilt, Li Si'er was given death, Yuzhu was also sent to serve in front of the Heilongjiang Army, and Yue Xing'a was just dismissed.

Everyone can see that the emperor is open to the Tong family. The title vacated by Long Keduo, the eight achievements were left for Yue Xing'a.

Although Long Keduo acted perversely, Yue Xing'a moved out of the mansion long ago because he was squeezed out by his stepmother, and the father and son were not compatible, which is well known.

"Is it the branch of the Tong family's room?" Cao Hao also knows a little about the Tong family.

Long Keduo's grandfather, Tong Tulai, because he was the father of Empress Xiaokangzhang, was the first-class duke of Tuien Jiafeng, and was attacked by his eldest son Tong Guogang; The second son is Tong Guowei, the father of Long Keduo, because his daughter is Empress Xiaoyiren, and she is also a first-class duke.

In addition to the two dukes, the Tong family also has several titles such as second-class son, third-class male, and lieutenant of light car.

However, the only one who has the ability and qualifications to compete for the title of Long Keduo's uncle, Tong Guogang, is the one who competes for the title of Long Keduo.

Tong Guogang has long passed away, and has three sons, the eldest son Oro Dai attacked the first rank of the duke, and the official was the minister of the guard, and it was only in the past two years that he recuperated at home because of old age; The second son, Fahai, was born in Jinshi, and was the teacher of the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, and is now the secretary of the military department and the imperial history of the left governor; The third son, Kuadai, is not keen on official careers, and only hangs up the idle position of a guard.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "If an honest person is greedy, his face is even more hateful. The first nephew Yue Xing'a hid the property of Long Keduo was the same as the honest people in Pingsuli. ”

"Is that him?" Cao Hao was really a little surprised.

The eldest brother of the same high-ranking official and the brother of the talented and learned uncle must be the third son of the princely mansion of Kwa Dai is a little obscure.

Speaking of this Kuadai, it is still Cao Hao's old acquaintance. When Cao Hao first entered the palace as a guard, Kwa Dai was also on duty in the palace, he was only in his thirties at the time, and the two had a few times of drinking.

The two brothers regarded each other as fire and water, he was caught in the middle, in a dilemma, and reconciled several times, all in vain.

He has the same mother as Oro Dai, but he was not angered by Fahai, which shows that there is indeed some true affection between brothers.

"The matter of the Tong family, the emperor only happened to Long Keduo, which also means that big things are turned into small things, Kua Dai is like this, he is not afraid of eating the consequences?" Cao Hao asked.

If it is a party or something, the Tong family will not be able to run, and Oro Dai was a hardcore "Eight Masters Party" in his early years.

The sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "He has been honest for most of his life, and now he is also a fifty-year-old, if he misses this opportunity, where can he go further?" Who knows, maybe it will really come true. ”

The rise and fall of the Tong family, for Cao Hao, is just to listen to the news, what does it have to do with him?

It's just that he also knows that when Long Keduo's case is reopened, it is indeed not suitable to mediate for Li Xu. Now, I can only discuss with Li Nuo to see if I can send a letter to Li Nai and ask Li Nai to return to Beijing.

Although Long Keduo's only daughter married into the Zhuang Wangfu, the sixteenth elder brother was not worried about being implicated.

Married women are not prosecuted, this is not only the law, but also related to human feelings.

The emperor was angry, but he felt that Yue Xing'a had lived up to his hopes; For Mrs. Hongpu, it is a marriage given by the emperor, and since it means preservation, she will no longer worry about the same little girl.

Although he was somewhat depressed, when it came to the knighthood of Hengsheng and the marriage gift, the sixteenth elder brother was relieved again, and he talked about what dowry to prepare for the third princess.

When the princess marries, the dowry is purchased by the Internal Affairs Office, and the palace is here, even if it is the biological parents, it is necessary to avoid it...... * Caofu, Shaoyuan, and Shangfang.

After being in a coma for a night, Gao Taijun finally opened his eyes......

(To be continued)