Before Cao Yan's sea trade article Chen was still completed, there was another major event in the imperial court, and the newly released governor of Zhili, Li Fu, and the governor of Henan, Tian Wenjing, started a lawsuit in front of the emperor.

Li Fu is the Jiangxi Xie Yuan of the 47th year of Kangxi, the 48th year of the Kangxi Jinshi, and then the Jishi, after the disbandment of the hall into the Hanlin, several times was pointed out as the chief examiner of the township examination, the official to the Ministry of Rites Lang.

In the 60th year of Kangxi, he was named as the deputy chief examiner of the examination, and was implicated in the troubles of the house, and was dismissed and released, and worked in the river engineering department, until Yongzhengyuan was recalled, and Yongzheng was released to the south as governor in the second year.

After Cao Hao was dismissed as the governor of Zhili, Tang Zhiyu was appointed governor of Zhili, and everyone thought that he would be the next governor, but he didn't expect that when he came, Yongzheng recalled Li Fu, who had outstanding political achievements.

Li Fu was ordered to return to Beijing, passing through Kaifeng, Henan, and Tian Wenjing, the governor of Henan, greeted him, and the two feudal officials had a quarrel.

At first, it was just a matter of whether to treat the reader well or not, and there were some objections; When the trouble came to the front of the emperor, it became a dispute between "forming a party" and "being greedy".

Tian Wenjing impeached Li Fu for "forming a party for personal gain", and Li Fu impeached Tian Wenjing for being "corrupt" and unkind.

Li Fu was born on the right path in the imperial examination, and of course he spoke for the readers; Tian Wenjing was born as a donor, and regarded his subordinates from the academic class as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and tried his best to suppress and criticize him.

Henan officialdom is in an uproar and controversy.

For this Li Fu, Cao Hao has also dealt with him twice, speaking of which he is the same year as Ma Jun, and he has a personal relationship with Ma Jun.

Jiangxi is a place where talented people come out, Jiangxi officials are all over the government and the opposition, plus Li Fu has served as a Hanlin official for more than ten years, and he has also done the main examination of the Yunnan and Zhejiang township examinations, and the deputy chief examiner of the Kangxi 60-year examination, and there are many disciples, and it is not wrong to say that he "formed a party".

Tian Wenjing's royal majesty is very strict, and he has long been known as a "cool official". When he is said to be greedy, he is not greedy for money, but greedy for fame.

The official is the governor, but most of his children are white, except for Yulu, he also does not take anything, and even the officialdom is accustomed to the "three festivals and two longevity" ceremony, he refuses.

If he wants to be a clean official, it will be difficult for others to reach out again.

Henan officialdom is full of complaints, and there is also this reason.

He was cruel to himself, to his subordinate officials, and not to the people.

The two new policies of "spreading the land into the mu" and "returning the fire to the public" were implemented slowly in other places, and only Henan was stormy, which made many people flee in good years.

Li Fu and Tian Wenjing are both Yongzheng himself, and they are both celebrities in front of the emperor.

For this dispute, many people watched the excitement, and some people tried to mix it up.

The one who helped Li Fu looked at Tian Wenjing unpleasantly, after all, there were branches and vines in the officialdom, and the children of those families who couldn't keep it were working hard in Henan.

The number of people who help Tian Wenjing is not large, but the weight is not light, and most of them are Manchurians. Although they don't want to see Tian Wenjing, they are also not used to seeing Han officials "forming a party".

The collision between these two governors may be recorded in history, but Cao Hao doesn't know the whole story.

However, since Tian Wenjing died a good death and was named "the model governor of the world", Cao Hao knew that Tian Wenjing won this lawsuit.

Not to mention, Tian Wenjing went to Beijing this time to meet His Majesty and put forward the idea of "the gentry paying grain in one" in Henan.

With him as the vanguard of the new policy, Yongzheng must be desperate for how to dismantle the stage.

As the longevity festival approached, the foreign governors who were recalled to Beijing also arrived in Beijing one after another, and Tang Zhiyu was also among them.

As a household secretary who pinched the money vein, Cao Hao received the first share of Tan Jing.

When Tang Zhiyu handed over the post and sent it to him, Cao Hao felt very weird. This time last year, he was honoring others.

The governor next to him is okay, in order to avoid suspicion, he just handed over the name post, Tang Zhiyu is an old man, so he will be slow.

Cao Hao took half a day of effort, set up a banquet at home, and invited Tang Zhiyu to come over for a drink.

The moment he saw Tang Zhiyu, he was taken aback.

This has been less than two months since Qingyuan, Tang Zhiyu has lost a lot of weight, and his face is very ugly.

"Yigong, this is the first recovery from a serious illness?" Cao Hao asked with some doubts.

"At the beginning of the month, I had phlegm, and I was almost better." Tang Zhiyu coughed twice and said.

Seeing him like this, Cao Hao couldn't help but persuade: "Don't work too hard for Yigong, if you really care about the people of Zhili, you should take care of your body more, it is the long-term way." ”

Tang Zhiyu smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and said, "Don't say that, my lord, now Lord Li is supervising Zhili, which is the blessing of the people of Zhili." Xia Guan only thought that it would be good if he could properly hand over the government affairs of Zhili to Master Li, and not derelict his duties. ”

He was single, carrying a "notoriety", staying in Zhili, thinking that the emperor was important, and he wanted to hand over Zhili to him, who would have thought that there would be a change.

I thought it was a blow too.

Other officials, for Cao Hao, are just a name and a resume; Tang Zhiyu's career in the past ten years has been witnessed by Cao Hao.

Whether it is from the perspective of qualifications or political achievements, Tang Zhiyu has no reason not to be promoted.

"Yigong doesn't have to be discouraged, you still have a year to complete your term, and we'll see it later." Cao Hao said.

It's not interesting to talk about these things anymore, Tang Zhiyu nodded, and talked to Cao Hao about the recent situation of Zhili.

Tang Zhiyu is not good at drinking, Cao Hao attaches great importance to the way of health preservation, and the two of them just take a few sips, and then put down the wine cup.

Between the meals, Cao Hao whispered a few words to the little servant.

When dinner was eaten, before Tang Zhiyu said goodbye, Chu Yu sent someone a ginseng box. Inside are two high-grade ginseng.

"Whether it is to reward the emperor's favor or to benefit a better people, the benefits must be cherished." Cao Hao sent Tang Zhiyu out of the door and personally handed the ginseng box to him.

Tang Zhiyu took it, thanked him solemnly, and then got on the horse and led people away...... Naturalized to the capital for 1,300 miles, Hengsheng was in a hurry a few days ago, and it took five days to arrive in the capital.

The team that he left behind in the slow process of naturalization arrived in Beijing ten days after he arrived in Beijing.

It wasn't until the team arrived that Cao Hao and Chu Yu realized why they were moving so slowly.

In addition to the gifts that Hang Seng bought for his family, there were also gifts from the son of the world to Hang Seng.

These gifts, from food, clothing, housing, and transportation, are all involved, there are more than a dozen carts, and the rest are people and horses.

Twenty families of slaves, forty Mongol warriors, eight young slave girls, more than a hundred.

In addition to the samurai's rides, there were twenty adult horses, twenty foals, and those pulling carts, which were nearly a hundred Mongolian horses.

These things are so vast that if it weren't for the subordinate officials of the Zasaktu Khan's palace accompanying them, they wouldn't have entered the customs so smoothly.

The funeral report sent by the envoy of Ge Keyan Pile has been handed to the Li Fan Yuan.

The Shangshu of the Lifan Yuan was originally Long Keduo and Prince Cheng, and now the next circle, one is sick, and the seventeenth elder brother and the original Lifan Yuan Shilang Tegute are the Shangshu.

The former is just a nominal name, mainly in charge of the army; The latter was born as a military general, and Cao Hao had only seen it during the court meeting.

Therefore, although Cao Hao said that for the sake of Hengsheng, he was more concerned about the matter of Zasaktu Banner, and he had nowhere to start, so he could only ask people to inquire about the palace.

I don't know if it was because the emperor couldn't pull away, or for other reasons, after a few days, the emperor did not summon the messenger of the Zasaktu banner.

When the convoy arrived at Caofu, there was still a place to put things, more than 100 people, more than 100 horses, and more than a dozen carts, and where to place them became a problem.

Although the Cao family has a stable, there are not so many wealthy places.

In the end, forty percent stayed in the house, three percent were placed in the east house, and three percent were placed in the left residence and the left city.

Although Cao Hao had already heard Zhang Yi say that Ge Cheng Keyan Pile had a generous gift to Hengsheng, he did not expect it to be so rich.

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought for a while, and then he called Hengsheng to speak in front of him.

"Have you seen the excerpt that the prince handed to the emperor?" Cao Hao asked.

This clueless question made Hengsheng stunned, then shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it, it was taken by Su De, and he reported the funeral to the court on behalf of the palace." ”

This Su De is the head of the envoys from the Khan's palace, and he once came to Beijing with his son, and Cao Hao has seen it once.

Cao Hao nodded and said, "In this way, when the prince gave you these hands, did he explain anything?" ”

"I was only wronged in the past...... It would be nice to have more people around me to serve......" Hengsheng replied.

He's not lying, he's just cutting corners.

Ge Keyan Pile's words were not limited to these two sentences, he only said that Hengsheng had grown up, although he was raised by the Cao family, but after all, he was the descendant of the golden family, and he always had his own mansion and his own slave population.

In Hengsheng's view, this is the expulsion order, presumably because the son of the world also loves the young son, for fear that he will return to Khalkha.

He was not angry in his heart, and he insisted on not accepting these so-called "gifts", but he really couldn't stand the begging of Ge Keyan Pile.

Ge Keyan Pile said both the late Khan King Fujin and Hengsheng's biological mother, and his face was full of tears, and his mouth was full of self-blame.

Hengsheng still relented.

He accepted these gifts, thinking that as long as the son of the world could have peace of mind.

As long as he thinks about the warmth of the Cao family, the little resentment that just sprouted in Hengsheng's heart will disappear.

Perhaps God is the fairest, and everyone's blessings are limited.

Since he was regarded as his own by his adoptive parents, there was nothing sad about being abandoned by his biological father again.

Now, he was afraid that his father would be worried, and he didn't say anything about it.

Cao Hao's heart was already furious.

It seems that Ge Keyan Pile does have the intention of breaking his promise, otherwise how could he send these with great fanfare.

Listening to Chu Yu, among the dozen or so carts of things, there are two or three carts of gold and silver.

People and money have been given, and the position of the son of the world should be shared with others?

If he hadn't mentioned it twice or three times in the past few years, Cao Hao would not have thought about it.

Even the candidates for the future daughter-in-law are almost decided, and if there is a change at this time, it is not the Cao family's business?

He couldn't sit still, and with a "teng" sound, he stood up.

"Father?" Hengsheng saw that his face was not good-looking, and couldn't help worrying: "You are ......"

Cao Hao suppressed his anger, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, I remembered that I forgot to cook some things, you go down first." ”

Hengsheng answered, Cao Hao paced a few steps on the ground, and decided to go to the sixteenth elder brother to discuss.

No, before I went out of the door, there was a porter who handed a post, and Sud, the governor of the palace of Zasaktu Khan, came to visit, and people were already waiting in the foyer.

Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and invited someone to meet him in the living room.

Su De is in his forties, with a beard, and he looks very brave, but he speaks a good official language, not as blunt as ordinary Mongolians.

He knew that Cao Hao was the benefactor of his son, and he was very polite in his words, but he just came and went to greet him, and he didn't get to the point.

Since he sent it to the door, Cao Hao was naturally not in a hurry.

Still Su De couldn't hold it back, got up and took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Cao Hao with both hands, and said: "Before the minister went south, the prince once instructed that if you have difficulties in the capital, you can come to ask Lord Cao. The little minister was blunt, and he entered Beijing for a few days, but he was not summoned by the emperor, so he really didn't worry about the Khan's palace, so he could only come to bother Lord Cao. ”

It's really begging.

Cao Hao knew why Su De was in a hurry, the inheritance of this Mongolian prince had to be decreed by the imperial court, so that it was justified.

Because the road is far away, there will be a time delay for this will.

When you are happy, the will comes down in a few months; If it is delayed, there will be a will to inherit the will after one or two years.

Ge Keyan Pile is the son of Zasaktu Khan, so there is no need to worry, just wait for the lord.

He was not the biological son of the old Khan, but only a descendant of his nephew, and he was not the only prince in the territory of Zasaktu Khan who was related to the bloodline of the Khan's palace.

If there are others walking around in Beijing before the will of the lord comes down, there may be many waves.

Cao Hao took the letter, his face was warm, but he snorted coldly in his heart.

As long as there is a request for him, he was thinking about where to start, so he brought a pillow.

He was not in a hurry to open the letter, but just put it aside and served tea to the guests.

Su De is proficient in Chinese and understands officialdom etiquette, although he hesitated, he still took his leave first.

Cao Hao ordered someone to send off the guests, and he took the letter from Ge Keyan Pile back to the study.

In the letter, in addition to some cliché gratitude, Hengsheng was praised and praised, and finally mentioned, "The king of Khan has sent Su De to the south, please take care of it."

Cao Hao sneered and put the letter down.

When it is time to ask for help, don't you mention the old saying that Hengsheng will be the son of the world?

The Mongols were still too straight.

Don't he know that there is a word called "anger"?

Even if he didn't write a handwritten letter to Cao Hao, Cao Hao would be willing to join in.

He put away the letter from Gryan Pil, got up and went out of the study.

After a while, the little servant brought the horses over, and he urged the horses to go to Prince Zhuang's mansion.

The sixteenth elder brother was eating an afternoon snack, and when he saw Cao Hao coming, he ordered someone to make him a bowl of beef bone marrow oil tea.

Although Caofu also prepares tea soup, most of them are light almond tea and water chestnut tea, and rarely prepare oil tea.

Eat a bowl once in a while, it is also sweet.

After he finished eating, the sixteenth elder brother had already rinsed his mouth and cleaned his hands, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I heard that your house is lively today, and there is a Mongolian convoy arriving?" Why, there are a lot of horses and population? ”

"The Sixteenth Master also heard about it? It was a big commotion, and it was all given to Hengsheng by Ge Keyan Pile. Cao Hao said.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his face became more and more happy, and he said: "Fu Ruo, I heard that Zasaktu Khan is gone, and Ge Qikeyan Pile is about to inherit the throne, is it that the son of Hengsheng is also going to ask for the title?" If you really want to build a mansion in Beijing, you really need manpower. ”

It would be nice if it was really as optimistic as Brother Sixteen thought.

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "The excerpt of Ge Keyan Pile has been handed to the Li Fan Yuan, waiting for the lord to be real, but I don't know if I have asked for the title of the prince." ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his face couldn't help but sink, and he said, "What do you mean?" He didn't give you a letter. ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "He never mentioned this matter in front of Hengsheng, and he didn't mention it in the letter to me. ”

The sixteenth elder brother frowned and said, "Could it be that he was negligent?" Or do you want to wait for Hang Seng and the crown in a few years? In that case, the population from Mongolia was not prepared for the establishment of a government in Beijing. ”

He grew up in the palace, and his means of figuring out people's hearts are three points stronger than Cao Hao.

After he finished these two sentences, his mind had almost turned, and he stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "This is to break the promise!?" ”

"If you don't mention this matter through the excerpt handed over by the Li Fan Yuan, you will be ruining your promise." Cao Hao said helplessly.

"How so?" The sixteenth elder brother thumped his fist vigorously and said.

Da Gege is already fourteen years old, and he will talk about marriage in less than two years, and if there is a change in Hengsheng, maybe he will marry in Mongolia.

The emperor has no biological princess under his knees, and after ascending the throne, he raised three nieces in the palace, full of adopted daughters, among which the late Prince Limi's family of Liugege, some time ago, the son has been married, and will be married at the end of the year.

Although Liugege was married to the grandson of the king of Horqin and did not build a princess's mansion in the capital, he could live with her husband in the Mongolian palace in the capital.

In this way, Mongolia was appeased, and there was no need to suffer from the parting of flesh and blood.

When the sixteenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother heard the news, they were extremely grateful.

They knew that the emperor set this precedent by showing compassion for their beloved daughter. There is a precedent of six grids, and the remaining two princesses stay in the capital, and there will be a lot less gossip.

It's just that in the identities of several princesses, most of the Mongolian kings and grandsons who can be matched have the right to inherit, and the Mongolian kings and grandsons in the capital have not much room to choose.

Hengsheng was watched by the sixteenth elder brother, and since he recognized Hengsheng, he naturally didn't look at other people.

Cao Hao briefly talked about what Hengsheng had encountered in Khalkha in the past few months, as well as the matter of Ge Keyan Pile's favor to the side of Fujin.

"How can this be reasonable, it is really unreasonable, he really treats himself as a green onion, stirring up the wind and rain in the capital!" The sixteenth elder brother could not hide his indignation, and said excitedly: "I will send someone to find the seventeenth brother, even if it is through the Li Fan Yuan, the Li Fan Yuan will leave a file." If he really wants to break his promise, we can't just watch. ”

He acted resolutely, afraid that others would not be clear, so he sent Zhao Feng to the Seventeenth Elder Brother's Mansion.

When Zhao Feng left, the sixteenth elder brother also calmed down and said, "Even if he doesn't mention it, it won't hinder anything, I'll go directly to the imperial front to ask for an order." Hengsheng's identity, the emperor knows, can the emperor still help others? ”

When he didn't see the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao was as annoyed as him.

It can be seen that when the sixteenth elder brother was so annoyed, Cao Hao calmed down.

He was a little hesitant, did he really want to help Hengsheng fight for the position of the son of the world?

Even if Hengsheng can start a family in the capital, if he inherits the title of Khan, he will one day return to Khalkha with his children and grandchildren.

Since there was no goodwill over there, how could he be willing to let Hengsheng go to that strange and distant place to face everything.

"Sixteenth master, have you ever thought about it, Hengsheng really wants to get the throne of the world, even if he can stay in Beijing temporarily, he will eventually return to Khalkha." Cao Hao asked.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Ge Keyan Pile is only in his thirties, how can he have a good life in his twenties." By that time, Hengsheng had a group of children. Whether we go back to Khalkha by ourselves or send our son back to Khalkha, it is not our turn to worry about it. Even parents can't take care of them for a lifetime. As long as they can protect their health and joy for half of their lives, it will be up to them for the rest of their lives. ”

Cao Hao thought so, it seemed that he was too worried.

Fifteen-year-old Hengsheng needs his shelter to withstand the wind and rain; The 35-year-old Hang Seng will surely grow into a big tree.

After waiting for an hour, Zhao Feng came back only after the sixteenth elder brother was bored, and the seventeenth elder brother came with him.

Seeing this, Cao Hao hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

The seventeenth elder brother waved his hand and asked Cao Hao to sit, and he found a chair opposite Cao Hao to sit on.

The sixteenth elder brother couldn't wait to ask, "Can the seventeenth brother send someone to the Lifan Courtyard to see it?" ”

The seventeenth elder brother shook his head and said, "No, I was afraid of causing more trouble, so I ran away myself." ”

"What are you writing about?" The sixteenth elder brother leaned over and stared at the seventeenth elder brother.

"Brother Sixteen and Fu Ruo are afraid that they will be disappointed." The seventeenth elder brother said: "Report the funeral, please attack, and there is not a word about the canonization of the son." ”

"uncle!" The sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but burst into foul language.

The seventeenth elder brother hesitated for a moment and said, "Is the sixteenth elder brother too anxious?" Ge Keyan Pile has a son-in-law, even if he wants to be a long-term teacher, he must be famous. Maybe he wanted to wait for the attack on the Khan before planning for this. ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "His two sisters-in-law, the eldest died three years ago, and the second is now a cripple, what else does it take?" ”

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he was also puzzled.

His news is not as good as that of the sixteenth elder brother, and he still doesn't know about the Mongolian convoy entering Caofu at noon today.

Now that I heard what Cao Hao said to the sixteenth elder brother, I was speechless.

After talking for a while, it was time for dinner, and the sixteenth elder brother left the two of them for dinner.

When he returned home, Cao Hao talked to Chu Yu about the placement of those people.

During the day, thinking that they were tired from the journey, they settled down first; When I think about it now, it's not appropriate.

No matter what happens in the future, the more than 100 people and more than 10 big cars are divided into three places, and each family also has thirty or forty, a few big cars, whether it is Dongfu or Zuo Zhu, after a long time, they will feel inconvenient.

"The Haidian garden is empty, Ming'er first asked someone to take them to the garden to settle down." Cao Hao said.

Chu Yu said: "It's okay." Anyway, before the beginning of spring next year, I won't go to live in the garden; Wait until the spring of next year, if it really doesn't work, let them go to Changping Zhuangzi. ”

"Ming'er, you ask Hengsheng first, the slave is still a slave, if the samurai wants to stay by his side, let him keep a few. If you are a maid, forget it first. The inner house is full of women and children, and they don't know the roots, and it is not easy for them to enter lightly. Cao Hao said.

"Hmm." Chu Yu responded, hesitated, and said, "Master, what about the forty horses?" They were all sent to the other side of the garden, and the children were looking forward to it. ”

Cao Hao said: "The horses are assigned by Hengsheng, and he has already been assigned them in his heart......"

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(To be continued)