The next morning, the wind and snow had stopped outside.

"Since the beginning of winter, there have been several snowfalls." Chu Yu stood in front of the window, looked at the hazy snow scene outside the window, and turned to her husband.

Cao Hao had just washed up, stood next to his wife, and looked at the faint snow outside.

Although it is said that the beginning of winter in October, there is a small spring climate after the beginning of winter, and the serious snowfall is mostly the winter moon and the wax moon. Even if there is occasional snowfall in October, the amount of snow is low and it melts quickly.

This year was unusual, not only did it snow, but it also snowed heavily.

There are nine droughts in ten years in the Zhili area, but if there is enough rain and snow this winter, Zhili will not be troubled by drought in the spring of next year.

His farming plan with Tang Zhiyu is also easier to achieve.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao couldn't help frowning, could it be that he really wanted to be cheap Li Fu?

In Cao Hao's heart, he was a little upset for Tang Zhiyu.

If it weren't for the emperor's general Li Fu to come up, next year's agricultural management would be good, and Tang Zhiyu would also be able to go to the word "signature" and supervise Zhili.

At this time, I saw Le Ju pick up the curtain, and Lelan and Le Gui came in with food boxes.

Chu Yu stepped forward and took Lelan to set up the table.

Due to the cold weather, it is full of porridge and meat buns, which are cold and hunger-resistant.

Cao Hao ate four mutton buns and drank a bowl of chicken and spinach porridge before putting down his chopsticks.

At this time, Chu Yu had already made someone find a big sweater to come out.

"Isn't it early?" Cao Hao asked.

In previous years, it was more than nine years before I began to change into big sweaters, and now there is still half a month to enter nine.

"This year you don't have to be the usual, wear more, it's better than freezing." Chu Yu said: "Speaking of big sweaters, there is one thing that needs to be asked of the master. A few days ago, the second old lady chatted with his wife, saying that the big wool clothes that the fourth sister married were not rich, and she wanted to borrow a few skins from here. I agreed, it's not interesting to borrow or not, just when we add makeup to the fourth sister. It's just that the skins in the house are mostly old, so you see, do you send someone to Shengjing to buy some skins and come back. When Niuniu goes out, she can also change into new skin. ”

Cao Hao has always been in charge of these housework.

Besides, for his second aunt, he also knew her surname, saying that it was "borrowing", but it was just asking them in disguise.

Because it was a dowry for the fourth sister, it was not interesting to think about it.

"The second sister and the prince sent the steward back to Beijing to give birthday gifts a few days ago, and they should not have returned to Shengjing yet, so Cao Yuan arranged a person, and went to Shengjing to buy them with the steward after the Wanshou Festival, and just bought more mountain goods and game to come back for New Year's gifts." Cao Hao said.

Yongzheng is different from Kangxi, who has been on the throne for more than four years, all in Beijing, and has never toured the north to escape the summer.

The Mongolian princes all entered Beijing in shifts or sent their children to Beijing to meet His Majesty.

The first emperor had to go to the customs outside the customs almost every year to escape the summer, and the mountain goods and wild meat outside the customs spread all over the capital.

In recent years, the emperor has not been out of the customs, and the mountain goods and game in the world have become scarce.

Chu Yu responded, Cao Hao changed into a big sweater, put on a supplementary suit, and the husband and wife came out together and went to the Orchid Courtyard to greet the Li family.

After saying a few words with Li, it was getting brighter outside, and the time was almost up, so Cao Hao went out.

Today is the shift in front of the household department, and he is not allowed to go to the official office first, so he rode directly to the palace gate.

In addition to Zhang Tingyu, several other waiters have already arrived and are waiting in front of Taihemen.

Seeing Cao Hao, several people rushed forward to see him.

Cao Hao arched his hand, returned the half-salute, and stood in front of several waiters.

In addition to a few waiters, Taihemen, there are also some foreign governors who handed over signs to meet them.

Most of them are known to Cao Hao, including Tang Zhiyu and Li Fu.

These two people are both direct officials, and they are superiors and subordinates, so they are standing in one place.

According to the rules, after breakfast, the emperor would first pass these officials who handed the sign to meet him, and finally it was the turn of the scholars and officials of the six ministries.

Just when Cao Hao bowed his hand and met with several governors, he walked by the two of them in the distance. The leader is dressed as an inner attendant, followed by Tian Wenjing, who is leaning his chin and drooping the corners of his mouth.

All of a sudden, everyone looked over, but their eyes were different.

He has a long face, a purple complexion, deep forehead lines on his forehead, squinting eyes, a little mean face, wearing loose and exaggerated patch clothes, looking very thin, not seeing any official authority, but like a stubborn old peasant.

Walking out of the Taihe Gate, his footsteps paused, looked at Li Fu and snorted coldly, before bowing his hand to the others and striding away.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was a little speechless.

Tian Wenjing is only the governor of Henan now, and there are rumors that he wants to be crowned governor, but after all, he has not been sealed.

That is to say, these people in front of the door, except for Tang Zhiyu and another governor of Hou Jian, everyone else is of a higher grade than Tian Wenjing.

Tian Wenjing is so big, it really attracted everyone's attention.

Tian Wenjing turned a blind eye, and after a moment's effort, there was only one figure left.

Everyone looked at Li Fu, and Li Fu couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

It seems that the dispute between himself and Tian Wenjing has been decided by the emperor. And this conclusion is still biased towards Tian Wenjing, otherwise he would not be so proud.

He could think of this, and naturally some people thought of this, so some people whispered with the intention of watching the excitement.

The attendant who led Tian Wenjing out really "did not bear the burden", passed on the message, and summoned His Majesty Li Fu to see him.

Li Fu followed the servant into the Taihe Gate, and his back was straight, and he was a little tragic.

Cao Hao glanced at Tang Zhiyu, who was looking at Li Fu's back with a little worry on his face.

Cao Hao blinked, confirming that he was not mistaken, and it was indeed a look of worry.

If he is a bystander, Cao Hao will be suspicious of his behavior, after all, the current Li Fudu Zhili is Tang Zhiyu's top boss.

But the person in front of him is Tang Zhiyu, who has known him for more than ten years, and Cao Hao believes in the truth of this worry.

After thinking about it, he also understood why Tang Zhiyu was worried about Li Fu.

The dispute between Li Fu and Tang Zhiyu is not only a dispute between the two of them, but also a dispute between the official of the right path of the department and the miscellaneous official who pays donations.

Tang Zhiyu is also a righteous official from Jinshi, and it is normal for Li Fu to hope that he can win in this imperial lawsuit.

Over the years, Cao Hao has also seen that Tang Zhiyu looks similar to his subordinates who are from the right path for miscellaneous donations, but in fact, they are still treated differently. It is more precautionary for the former, and more serious for the latter.

He did this, and Cao Hao could understand it.

Those officials who were born in the imperial examination were influenced by the sage books when they were young, and they were mostly covered with a fig leaf, and they cherished their reputation as if they cherished their feathers; Officials who are born in miscellaneous donations are either the children of the powerful and have mixed resumes, or they come with the idea of greedy ink, and there are few talents.

Li Fu went for a quarter of an hour, and when he came back, his steps were still firm, but his face was a little pale.

It was already the second quarter of Mao Zheng (half past six in the morning), and Zhang Tingyu was still missing.

Cao Hao knew in his heart that eighty percent of Zhang Tingyu was now in front of the palace.

After Li Fu left, Yongzheng passed on two more officials, and it was Tang Zhiyu's turn.

By the time Tang Zhiyu retreated from the imperial front, it was already close to Chenzheng (eight o'clock in the morning).

Because Cao Hao took a few squires to the front of the palace, he just happened to catch up with him.

Tang Zhiyu retreated to the side, but his expression was a little abrupt, as if he was worried and happy.

Seeing this, Cao Hao wondered in his heart.

One time less, I arrived outside the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Then the chamberlain came out to summon him, and several officials from the household department entered.

Entering the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yongzheng was sitting on the dragon chair, and there were several scholars and thirteen elder brothers standing on the left and right in front of him, and Zhang Tingyu was among them.

Cao Hao and several attendants took two steps forward, knelt down to greet Sheng An, and then stepped aside.

The matter of opening the sea ban and developing sea trade was handed over by Cao Hao himself, and Yongzheng had already seen it, and now it has been successfully passed after ministerial discussion.

Next, two more squires were given several other political affairs of the household department.

The entire court discussion was only half an hour's work.

This is all a blessing that dragged Zhang Tingyu, a scholar, who was in charge of the household department and the secretary of the household department, and focused his main energy on the household department, so that the household department rarely had unresolved official affairs, and the court discussion was naturally much smoother.

When he retired from the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhang Tingyu did not come out with everyone and still stayed in front of the palace.

Outside the hall, the two scholars of the Ministry of Officials did not know when they arrived and were waiting.

Isn't it the shift of the Ministry of Officials, and the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials are all there?

Cao Hao was puzzled, stopped, arched his hand and met the two Shangshu, and then took a few waiters out of the palace and returned to the yamen.

There are also three days of longevity, if it is really the will of the promotion of grace, it will not be at this time to summon the secretary of the ministry.

Cao Hao had some guesses in his heart, but he felt incredible, so he buried it in his heart and watched the changes.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jiang Jian went to Cao Hao and relayed the big news he had just heard: Li Fu moved to the right servant of the Ministry of Labor, and Tian Wenjing was the governor of Henan.

The dispute over Li Tian has settled down.

Tian Wenjing won a complete victory, and Li Fu was defeated.

The Governor of Zhili and the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry are both positive and second-class, but they are incomparable.

The former is the first minister of the world, and the latter is the lowest among the six parts.

One is hot, and the other is the cold yamen deputy Jingtang.

Yongzheng used this crisp and neat way to express his favor and support for Tian Wenjing.

"There is also news that after the Wanshou Festival, Lord Tang's 'signature' will be taken off." At this sentence, Jiang Jian lowered his voice.

Previously, Tang Zhiyu missed the Governor of Zhili, and Jiang Jian had also held grievances for him, and now this situation is unlucky enough for Li Fu, but it is another village for Tang Zhiyu.

Cao Hao took the governor who entered Beijing in his heart, nodded, and felt that this should be the case.

On Tang Zhiyu's side, Xu had a breath in front of the palace in the morning, and his expression was so complicated.

Before falling into the Ya, Cao Hao explained again.

Tomorrow is the big decision of Prince Yu's mansion, Cao Hao wants to go to the East Mansion, and Cao Xiang will wait for the guests of the palace, and he will not be able to arrive at the yamen until later.

Back in the house, there are already "uninvited guests" waiting in the house.

Sud, the governor of the palace of Zasaktu Khan, came and was waiting in the living room.

Cao Hao listened to Cao Yuan's reply, picked the corners of his mouth, and did not mean to meet the guest immediately.

He first went to the Orchid Courtyard for a spin, and then went back to Wutong Garden, changed into his supplementary clothes, and put on homely clothes.

"The guest is gone?" Because Sude is a Khalkha, Chu Yu is quite concerned.

"No, let him dry first." Cao Hao said casually.

Chu Yu saw that he was confident, and couldn't help but say, "Isn't it that the sixteenth uncle has a breath with the seventeenth uncle, and he is stuck in the Li Fan Courtyard?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "** Don't leave ten, otherwise why would this Su De be in a hurry to come to the door, and he didn't even care about the number of courtesies, and became a 'villain'." ”

Thinking of Brother Sixteen's enthusiasm for Hang Sheng, Chu Yu couldn't help but feel a little pantothenic acid in his heart, and said, "How do you feel that taking care of Hang Seng for all these years will be snatched away by Uncle Sixteen in the end?" ”

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

Cao Hao was also a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he still smiled and explained his wife, and said, "You don't have to be uncomfortable, it won't take two years, and we will come back with half of our son." ”

Thinking that a few children were about to get married, Chu Yu couldn't help but suddenly, and the scene of himself and his wife outside the sedan chair appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but say: "It's okay to let Tianhui marry later." ”

Although Cao Hao decided to dry Su De, it was not good to dry it for too long, because it was already dark outside.

When I arrived in the front yard, I saw Su De's worried expression, sitting on a chair in the living room in a daze, and he didn't even notice that Cao Hao had arrived.

"Lord Su." Cao Hao called out and walked into the living room.

Su De came to his senses, hurriedly stood up, and said, "Lord Cao......"

The two saluted, the guest and the host sat down, Cao Hao instructed the little servant to serve the tea again, and said: "I can't take a break from the yamen, and the delay is a little late, but I have to wait for Lord Su for a long time." ”

Su De hurriedly got up and said, "It's really presumptuous for the lower officials to come without telling me, and I have made amends to Lord Cao here." As he spoke, he had already done a long bow.

He is five big and three coarse, and he is biased to do this Sven etiquette, which looks very clumsy and ridiculous.

Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "Master Su doesn't have to be like this, my mansion is not a noble place, with the origin of you and me, you can come as much as possible." ”

Seeing that there was a sense of closeness in his words, Su De hurriedly said: "That's it, that is, if it weren't for that, our prince would not have instructed his subordinates to come and see Lord Cao more." ”

Cao Hao picked up the tea, took a bite, and said kind words in his mouth.

This time, Su De didn't go around in circles, and directly brought a little pleading to explain his intentions.

It turned out that on the side of the Li Domain, the seventeenth elder brother met Su De and asked about the genealogy of the close branch of King Zasaktu Khan, and also made a special trip to mention the situation of the two princes and grandsons who were close to the blood relationship of the old Khan.

In and out of the words, the information revealed, the Khalkha Zasaktu Khan's palace banner, in addition to Su De, it seems that there are people entering Beijing.

Su De was so anxious that after seeing the seventeenth elder brother, he wanted to investigate, but he couldn't find a way, so in desperation, he had to go to Cao's Mansion again.

Cao Hao listened and said, "The matter of attacking the lord is not an overnight effort. Master Su has only been in Beijing for half a month, so there is no need to be too anxious. ”

Su De raised his head and couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw Cao Hao's unshocked expression.

Is it really necessary to hold for three or five months, or even three years?

"Master Cao, don't look at the faces of others, just look at Young Master Lin. Our prince loves Young Master Lin the most, this time Young Master Lin went to Khalkha, and the residence was too short, and our prince still deeply regretted it. When the prince of the world is knighted, he has to go to Beijing for a trip, and then the father and son can be reunited. Su De said very "sincerely".

"Father and son"?

Cao Hao thought about Hengsheng's grievances in Khalkha, and raised his eyebrows......*

(To be continued)