Chapter 1389: Turmoil
October 30 is the Halloween Day and the birthday of the Li family.
Needless to say, at this time in previous years, even if the Cao family didn't do much of it, they would have relatives and friends have a lively time.
This year, because he was in service, he couldn't get lively, and he was even exempted from feasting.
Now that Jinghui has gone to the funeral, the funeral has come to an end, and everyone in the Cao family has resumed their own lives.
Cao Hao's excerpt on relief was left in the center, and then it was the emperor's will on the convenience of relief, which was more detailed than Cao Hao's excerpt.
Although it blocked the hands of officials who were greedy for ink, it also pointed out a golden avenue.
That is, after making the results of the relief, the reward is too rich.
After seeing such a will, everyone knows, but anyone who can take the errand of almsgiving, as long as he is not a fool, is like gilding his career.
After all, making money in relief is like taking charcoal from a fire, and if you are not careful, you will burn it on your own body; There are also some people who boast that their conscience has not been exhausted, even if they stretch out their hands, their hearts will be uneasy in the end.
Now it's different, even if you can't get any money in the charity, it's good to get seniority.
In this way, there is no muttering that the emperor is stuck, and those who cursed Cao Hao's short life in their hearts earlier can't take care of Cao Hao at this time.
To be able to achieve the position of Jingtang, who does not have two brushes.
Although Cao Hao's excerpt is not clear, everyone who should know knows that the emperor's new rules are the first to be discussed by Cao Hao, the head of the household book.
For this result, Cao Hao was actually a little surprised.
Although he is not the emperor, he can compare his heart to his heart, and he can more or less figure out the mentality of the Ninety-Five. That is, I am not afraid of the courtiers fighting, but I am afraid that the courtiers will not fight.
Sending Cao Hao's excerpts to Cao Haoshu a few enemies is like an imperial method.
Now like this, it seems to have the intention of preserving Cao Hao...... Cao Hao thought about it for a while, but to no avail, he could only summarize that he was stained with Cao Song's light, and the emperor relented for a while.
After all, in the eyes of the world, Cao Song's heel fell worse this time.
For the Eight Banners, the ups and downs of officialdom are nothing, but the loss of a wife and a child is a big deal.
Even if Cao Song remarries, filling the house is filling the house, where can it compare to having a wife and son-in-law?
Regarding the relief in Jiangnan, Cao Hao immediately drew a big frame, and he was not ready to interfere more.
He is the head of the household, although it is justified to be in charge of relief, but now all the courtiers have sharpened their heads and want to participate in a hand, it is best for him to watch from the wall, otherwise, who knows which one to offend secretly.
That's right, the imperial court has begun to boil now, from Jingtang to the officials, everyone wants to participate in the relief.
Before the Wanshou Festival, the imperial court praised a group of officials who had performed well in the flood control of the north and south.
There was an official who died of flood control, and even made an exception to get a nickname, and his son was also imprisoned.
That's a big move.
After all, according to the legal system of the imperial court, after the death of a first-class official, it will be reported to the emperor, and the emperor will decide whether to give a nickname; Officials below the first rank are not guilty unless they are specifically indicated.
Not to mention the grief after death, it is those living officials, even if they are not immediately promoted, their names have reached the front of the emperor, what a great opportunity.
There are some things, but Cao Hao can't hide if he wants to, and this time through Jinghui's funeral, many people have prepared a condolence gift and come to Cao Hao's side to make a living.
Then, because of Li's birthday, even if the Cao family did not hold a birthday banquet, they could receive more than 30% of the congratulatory gifts every year.
The officials of the household department, even if they were of low grade and could not climb Cao Hao alone, they also got together and prepared a heavy gift.
Cao Hao couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't let go of all kinds of people in all directions.
Since the emperor used the method of heavy rewards to turn the errand of relief into a fat shortage, where would he let the courtiers sell favors?
These people really want to be promoted and want to go crazy, but they can't see this.
The more crazy they became, the more sober Cao Hao became, and the more calm he became in handling government affairs...... Worthy of the emperor, worthy of the people, worthy of oneself These three must be taken into account...... If you really can't cover everything, then you must be worthy of the emperor first, and then worthy of yourself, and the people can only postpone it...... is worthy of the emperor, in order to protect the life of the whole family; Only when you are worthy of yourself can you feel comfortable; Words such as thinking about the common people in the world are not empty words, but the premise is that you have to be well-...... At present, the primary problem that Cao Hao thinks about is Zuo Cheng's placement.
Since Fan Shiduo was escorted back to Beijing, there was the governor of Liangjiang who was directly appointed by the imperial history of Zuodu, because the governor of Jiangsu was dismissed along with Fan Shiduo, so the position of governor of Jiangsu was acted by Yin Jishan, who had just been promoted to the position of Hunan inspector.
Yin Jishan was transferred out of Huguang, and Zuo Cheng followed him to Jiangnan.
Due to the dispute between the two governors in the Jiangnan officialdom, the officials who were implicated from the governor to the county order suddenly vacated more than ten vacancies.
It is said that Jiangnan is a place where officials bury their bones, but why do everyone still squeeze their heads to Jiangnan, in addition to Jiangnan's wealth, but also because Jiangnan is easy to make achievements.
In a land of poor mountains and bad waters, even if you rack your brains, what flowers can you make?
Jiangnan is different, with money, food, commerce, and scholars...... But where is Zuo Cheng and his qualifications, even if there is a shortage in Jiangnan, there are only two options that can be obtained from Qipinzhi County and Congliupinzhou.
Like Yin Jishan, he was promoted from the fifth grade to the second grade in a few months, and he didn't even think about it.
is also young, Yin Jishan is in his thirties, and the official to the governor is young and promising; Zuo Cheng is seventeen years old, even if he is a magistrate, he seems a little reluctant.
After all, in the eyes of the world, the thirties are in the prime of life, and even if they start a family at the age of seventeen, they are still half-grown children.
Qipinzhi County sounds like an official position, but after all, it is a Zhengyin official, which is related to the livelihood of the people in a county.
Even if the magistrates of the imperial court have been going down for many years, there are young people who can be awarded officials, but they can only be released after a few months of "intensive training" by the officials.
Zuo Chengcai is only seventeen years old, and he is not from a Jinshi background, if there is something inappropriate, it will affect his career in the future.
The state is only an auxiliary official, and what needs to be taken care of is also the affairs of money and food, civil affairs and other affairs within the jurisdiction, which is better managed.
As for the plan to let Zuo Cheng follow Yin Jishan and lean against the big tree to enjoy the shade, Cao Hao had already extinguished.
If you have a lesson and want to come a second time without opening your eyes, isn't that stupid?
Zuo's cost is the seven-pin pen post style, and it is in the list of praise before the Wanshou Festival, so Cao Hao didn't make much effort, so he made up for Zuo Cheng's real lack of two rivers from Liupinzhou.
If Zuo Cheng only worked as a clerical staff in front of Yin Jishan, it would be enough for Zhang Yi to follow him and take care of the official face.
Now that the vacancy has been officially filled, Zhang Yi, the chief steward, is not enough to see.
Cao Hao asked Jiang Jian to hire two masters who were good at money, food, and civil affairs in Beijing, and sent them to Jiangnan.
As for Zuo Cheng's family members Zhu, Cao Hao and Chu Yu all felt that it was appropriate to say goodbye to the young husband and wife for a small time, not for a long time, and hoped that the Zhu family would go to Jiangnan to reunite as soon as possible.
I think it's very good, but now the child is only four months old, and the weather is cold, where do you dare to toss? We can only wait for February next year, when the weather warms up, to make the trip...... It's no wonder that Cao Hao is becoming more and more calm and calm, because Cao Song's punishment has finally come down.
Not to mention Cao Song, even Fan Shiduo, who almost caused civil unrest in Liangjiang, is also fine, and there is no "storm" that everyone speculated before.
Although it was discussed by the ministry, Fan Shiduo delayed the flood control errand, which made the flood season critical, and regarded the people's lives as grass and mustard, and should be imprisoned; But after the emperor cared about him, he had the heart to protect him, pardoned him, and awarded him the deputy commander of the Han army with the blue flag.
Most of them were released, and most of the other officials who were escorted to Beijing were dismissed and demoted.
Yongzheng's surname that loves monks is clear, and he actually made this trick of "raising high and falling low", which really shocked the eyeballs of the ground.
Even the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but murmur to Cao Hao in private: "Could it be that the emperor has really changed to a vegetarian?" I thought that except for your little two, everyone else would lose a layer of skin, but I didn't expect it to be disposed of like this. Or did Fan Shiduo obediently and secretly sacrifice his family property? ”
Anyway, he didn't believe that the emperor really forgave Fan Shiduo, and he always felt that there was something inside to it.
In Cao Hao's heart, he didn't believe that Yongzheng really cared about what "after the lords".
Speaking of which, the rise and fall of officials' honor and disgrace are all in the emperor's thoughts. Even if it is now in the eyes of everyone, it is the emperor's extrajudicial grace, and Fan Shiduo will open up the net, but who can guarantee that he will not turn over old accounts tomorrow? The reward and punishment are doubled.
It's just that the emperor acts, but it's a little different.
Not to mention the side, let's just say that the reward regulations on the relief article are finally formulated too broadly, and I always feel that the punishment has not been reduced, and the reward is a bit heavy.
On this matter, Cao Hao specially discussed with Jiang Jian.
In the end, the two came to the conclusion that the emperor was now in power, and the local government and the court were all unstable, so their actions changed from "harsh" to "gentle".
From Yongzheng's ascension to the throne to the present, it has been six years, and there has not been a year of peace.
All kinds of tosses, all kinds of new deals.
The hundred officials can't be said to be frightened birds, and they are all like quails with shrunken heads, and they must be as well-behaved as they are.
Even if there were occasional acts of the party fighting against each other, they were all within a small range, and no one dared to violate the imperial power.
Now that the reform has been promoted, there are fewer corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the household has money, and the strategy of the emperor and his majesty has become gentler...... Only the thirteenth elder brother was in a hurry.
Outsiders look at it, but the emperor and His Majesty are relaxed; The thirteenth elder brother often accompanies the emperor, and the most important thing is to find that the emperor is not only relaxed by the emperor, but also by himself.
Although the emperor still has all the government affairs in his hands, he no longer has to do everything himself, but is assigned to the names of the thirteenth elder brother and several scholars.
When the emperor is placed, it is no longer the time of the son...... And the emperor also began to enter the green head card, and for half a month, the emperor ordered the brand...... It's not that they think of old feelings and order concubines to serve, but mostly young people who agree and are always there.
The emperor is not a lustful surname, what is this doing now?
Is it because of the loss of a child, do you want to have another little brother?
The emperor already knows the year of the destiny of heaven, how can his body and bones stand it?
The thirteenth elder brother was anxious and his mouth was full of bubbles, but in the end, even if the relationship between the two brothers was good, the monarch was a monarch after all.
As a brother, if you are worried about your brother's health, you can persuade your brother to restrain herself in terms of women's sex; can be a courtier, there is no reason for the emperor to favor the harem.
But watching it like this, what should the emperor do if he can't stand it...... Fortunately, the situation he feared did not arise.
Yongzheng did not hurt his body, but had some meaning of "picking yin and supplementing yang", and his face looked a lot better.
The body seems to be full of life and looks several years younger.
Since ancient times, the harem has been connected to the previous dynasty, and the emperor began to order the green card, and it didn't take long for everyone who should know to know.
I don't know if the image of the emperor as a "bad woman" is too deep in everyone's hearts, and no one thinks that the emperor has a lust heart for a while and begins to enjoy the harem; I think there's something inside to this.
What's going on here?
Everyone "followed the vine and touched the melon", and after finding out that the emperor's change was after Fuhui Brother, they all felt that they had found the "truth".
Although the emperor died of Brother Fuhui, he still has two sons, the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother, why is he still in the harem to ask for a son?
What does this mean? It shows that the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother do not conform to the emperor's mind.
The fifth elder brother is still there, because his surname is stubborn, he didn't see how the emperor treated him; Fourth Elder Brother ...... Although he does not have the name of the prince, he is regarded as the prince...... Is there a change in this?
Since the first year of Yongzheng, the emperor announced the establishment of a "secret reserve" system, and sent an edict to the "Zhengda Guangming" and sealed it, and the speculation about the prince has never subsided.
Everyone speculates that the candidate is between the fourth elder brother and the Fuhui elder brother.
Earlier, because of the favor of Nian Guifei, Nian Qianyao was powerful, not that no one guessed that the name on the edict was Fuhui.
After all, the Manchurian custom of "the son is more precious than the mother", as for whether it is Manchu blood or Han blood, it is a bit nonsense. After all, since Emperor Shunzhi, the bloodline of the royal family has been impure.
No matter what the Eight Banners look at, anyway, many Han officials look at it this way.
Even if the Nian family is defeated and the Nian concubine is gone, the speculation that Brother Fuhui is the prince has not been broken.
It wasn't until the fourth elder brother married the Fucha clan that those who wanted to be wall grass were considered dead.
Compared with Brother Fuhui, the fourth elder brother has an advantage in age and has a powerful wife; If the emperor wants to support Brother Fuhui as the prince, it will be another turmoil.
The emperor is not confused, how could he do such a thing?
Naturally, he acquiesced to the fourth elder brother as the prince in his heart, so he pointed out such a powerful wife to make up for the weak shortcomings of his mother's family...... Since the ministers believed that the emperor asked for a son again because of the blessing of the elder brother, it overturned the previous speculation that the fourth elder brother was the prince.
After some brain supplementation, the "truth" of the emperor's actual intention to benefit the elder brother under the guise of the fourth elder brother was discovered by many people.
Once the conclusion is reached, the process is easy to explain.
Eradicating Nian Qianyao is to prevent the tail of foreign relatives from falling off; The purpose of pardoning the descendants of the Nian family and reactivating Nian Xiyao is to keep people for Brother Fuhui...... Choosing the Fucha clan as the fourth elder brother's wife clan, who can guarantee that it is grace, not wanting to use the son to completely attack the Fucha family and take revenge on the Fucha family at the beginning and end of the early Holy Ancestor Dynasty?
The fourth elder brother has been on an errand for two or three years, and he has some ears and eyes, and he is really sick to death when he hears these gossip.
At first, he thought these words were ridiculous, but after hearing too much once or twice, he began to feel bottomless in his heart.
It's just that he has always been scheming and knows what the royal family is most taboo about.
If it is really reckless and the father and son are out of harmony, it will only cheapen others?
As soon as these gossips came out, he was more wary of the fifth elder brother, for fear that the fifth elder brother was behind the scenes, wanting to cause their father and son to fall out of harmony and reap the benefits.
After careful observation, he realized that he really didn't do anything about Hongyang.
In the early years, he competed with the Fucha family for the position of the prince and the prince, and because the family has a school-age daughter in the draft next year, he has always paid attention to the movements in the palace.
Originally, they wanted to run for the position of Fujin on the side of the West Second Institute, but now due to the change of the emperor, they began to have a higher horizon and came to the position of the prince and concubine......
(To be continued)