The next time, Cao Hao came out of the household department, looked at the name of the ninth elder brother in his hand, and went to the ninth elder brother's mansion.

This donation is a big piece of fat, who doesn't want to take a bite. In particular, the Beijing officials did not have the opportunity to scrape the land, except for asking for bribes from the foreign officials who entered the Beijing to see His Majesty, and they counted on the opportunity to make a sum of money when they made donations.

The household department, the ministry of officials, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a person with a bit of weight wants to make a move.

If Brother Jiu and the Ministry of Internal Affairs want to monopolize this business, they must first greet the household department and the official department, and prohibit other doorways.

These don't need Cao Hao's heart, as long as the big Buddha of the ninth elder brother is brought out, there are few people in the capital who dare not buy it.

Yi Duli was also summoned and came to see Brother Jiu.

The three of them gathered in the hall to meet for this donation.

Looking at Brother Jiu's obscure eyes, Cao Hao only felt that his scalp was numb.

Yi Duli thought about it for a night, but he still believed what Cao Hao said and went to selfishness. Yes, with Brother Jiu's greed, if you compete with him for food, isn't it looking for death?

Brother Jiu looked at Cao Hao and said, "Cao Hao, if you say it, you can splash the water, you don't have to mix with this, and you shouldn't stop the master from calling people, right?" ”

Yi Duli was still confused, and Cao Hao had already heard that he was referring to the Han Jiang clan.

A few days ago, Cao Hao had a earnest talk with Han Jiang. Although his original intention was not to want the Han Jiang clan to get involved in this, he hoped that her wife could live a peaceful life. However, he knew that the Han Jiang clan was so strong, so he still consulted her opinion.

I don't know if it's because I've seen a lot in Beijing in the past few years and knows my own weight, Han Jiang's answer is no, and there is no intention of mixing it at all.

Maybe it's out of gratitude for the kindness of the Cao family, or maybe it's because he sees through it and doesn't want to be used by Brother Jiu.

Cao Hao knew what she meant, but on the side of Brother Jiu, he could only try his best to defend it. Brother Jiu couldn't deny it, but he just glanced at Cao Hao with a complicated expression, and his attitude was extremely cold.

Cao Hao is here for official business, and he can't wait to stay away from Brother Jiu, so he won't care about his attitude. It's Yi Duli, who is a little blind, and after coming out of the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, he complained a few words to Cao Hao.

Cao Hao just smiled and didn't take it to heart.

Although I don't know why Brother Jiu changed, he took the initiative to throw an olive branch, which also made Cao Hao's heart feel a lot more relaxed. These princes and elder brothers can neither be eliminated nor compete with each other openly, and if they are enemies, it will also be a headache.

Within a few days, the Meng Guangzu case spread in the capital.

At the beginning, some people speculated whether Kangxi was going to take the third elder brother under the knife. There are already many people who are ready to go down to the well to collect evidence of the third elder brother's other things.

The third elder brother, who has always had a good reputation in Shilin, has lost his reputation this time.

February 19 is the birthday of the third elder brother.

I don't know if it's because of the third elder brother's entourage, or because of the involvement of Meng Guangzu's case, the number of officials who give birthday gifts to the third elder brother's mansion has been reduced by a few percent.

On the Cao family's side, the gift list written by Chu Yu is still the same as in previous years, and there is no change.

Although the Holy Driver is still patrolling Xinggidian, because the Wanshou Festival is approaching, many governors have come to Beijing from other places to see His Majesty.

Jingguan has always been poor, how many people in Beijing have entertainment, how can they rely on that little money alone? Now that he has seen such a foreign governor, the Beijing officials have seen rotten pork with flies, and they can't wait to flock to it.

Whether it is a high-ranking official or a low-level official, anyone who has some ability will change the law to ask for bribes.

Even if the foreign officials are miserable, what can they do? There are people in Beijing who are good officials, and if they don't hand over a few proper people, they will go all the way out, far away from the center of power, and their hearts will not be steady.

Cao Hao is not short of these money, and Cao Yin is now a minister, but the father and son have not learned from other Beijing officials, and they are thinking of all kinds of bright eyes to invite guests.

Yang Lin, the governor of Liangguang, was born in Enmeng and served in the Caobiao Chinese Army in his early years; Although Jueluo Manbao is a red belt, he was born in the imperial examination and once went to Jiangnan to preside over the township examination. These two people have some friendship with Cao Yin, and they can be regarded as old friends. Therefore, this time when they entered Beijing, they also brought a lot of "Tuyi" to Caofu.

For this reason, Cao Hao also followed his father to the Beijing house of the two to thank them.

Although Cao Yin resigned, and Cao Hao was demoted from the head of the Internal Affairs Office to the six departments, Jueluo Manbao was in the cabinet and knew the importance of the six departments, and he did not neglect the Cao family's father and son.

He is a junior sergeant in his twenties, only in his early forties this year, and he treats people extremely warmly, making people feel like a spring breeze. It seems that Cao Yin is also quite similar to this red-belted governor.

From current affairs to learning, to the new works of several great Confucians in Jiangnan. The guests and hosts talked very happily, if it weren't for Jueluo Manbao going out to the banquet, it seemed that he and Cao Yin could talk until the twilight.

Coming out of Jueluo Mansion, Cao Yin was still emotional.

He joined the cabinet in his thirties, and was later released as governor, and became governor in his early forties. Even if he survived two governors, he was less than fifty, and when he returned to the capital, he was either a scholar or a scholar.

What he meant was that he hoped that the two families would maintain contact and benefit his son's future career.

For the figures from the last years of Kangxi to the early years of Yongzheng, Cao Hao had only heard of the general Nian Qianyao, his "uncle" Long Keduo, and the three model governors led by Li Wei, and he knew very little about others.

Although Jueluo Manbao is in good shape, his complexion is not good, and he doesn't know if it's because of the journey.

Although Cao Hao was not as far-reaching as his father thought, he saw that he treated his father respectfully and treated himself kindly, and he also had a good impression of him. After returning home, I asked my wife to find a few good ginseng plants and give them to Jueluo Manbao for nourishment.

Yang Lin was born as a military general and is close to Jiazi. He was a military attaché in his early years and served as a military attaché, from deputy general to general to governor of Fujian. Kangxi was promoted to governor of Guangdong in 53 years, and was promoted to governor of Guangdong and Guangxi last winter.

Perhaps because he had been an official in the south, his face was red and his voice was very loud. It was the first time I saw Cao Hao, and I praised Cao Yin for teaching his son.

Hearing that Cao Yin was now on duty in the household department, he hesitated for a moment and asked what he was confused about. That is, whether the household department will continue to recover the deficit in the past two years.

The soldiers in the northwest are short of silver, and the fourth elder brother presides over the household department, and he has always advocated the recovery of the treasury silver, which is unquestionable.

Seeing Cao Hao's affirmation, Yang Lin's face was a little gray, revealing a wry smile.

It's just that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and some words are not good to complain about Cao Yin's father and son. After greeting each other for a while, other visitors arrived, and Cao Yin's father and son said goodbye and left.

Cao Yin's heart is a different taste.

Although he has not been a governor, he has also monitored Jiangnan for the emperor, and he does not have the name of a governor, but he has the reality of a governor. If there is no warning from his son in his early years, and there is no Cao family who has been strategizing for more than ten years, the Cao family is in deficit, which is also a sharp sword.

Although Yang Lin has been an official for half his life, he has a good official reputation and is not a corrupt official. However, the deficit of the treasury in each province still falls on the governor when it comes to accountability.

Especially Yang Lin, who was the governor of Guangdong before and later promoted to the governor, has nothing to do with the locality, and I don't know how many places need to wipe his ass.

One is the proud Jueluo Manbao, and the other is Yang Lin, who is anxious about the recovery of the treasury silver, Cao Hao has a new understanding of the high-ranking officials and eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty.

*Han house, inner courtyard.

As usual, Han Jiang's returned from the inspection of the shop outside, changed into homely clothes, and began to teach Hui'er to read.

Hui'er is seven years old this year, and she is old enough to go to school. Han Jiang's family was raised by his father as a son when he was a child, so when he was raising Hui'er, he didn't want to raise her into a deep boudoir who didn't know the world.

This is the widow's mansion, and there is no man to support the door, so it is inconvenient to invite the west. Therefore, Han Jiang taught his daughter to read and write.

Hui'er's qualifications are not excellent, but she is willing to endure hardships. If you don't look at it, you will know how to review and write big characters, and in this way, the progress will be fast.

Although Han Jiang's family is solemn outside, it is rare to be kind in front of Hui'er, and he is not stingy with praise.

Seeing her adoptive mother's praise, Xiao Hui'er became more and more interested in literacy and writing, but she was sincerely interested in learning.

Seeing that her daughter wrote a few big words, Xiaoxi and Xiaofu had already put the meal on the table. Han Jiang looked at Xiaoxi and Xiaofu, but remembered a matter on his mind.

After dinner, Han Jiang asked someone to take Hui'er down to rest, leaving Xiaoxi and Xiaofu to talk.

She took out a thick bag from the jewelry box and opened it, and inside was a pair of twisted gold bracelets. She pushed the gold bracelet in front of Xiaofu and said, "Ming'er is your twenty-year-old birth, this is my birthday gift for you." ”

Xiaofu thanked the girl in his mouth and took it happily.

She had seen such a gold bracelet last year, when Xiao Xisheng said. The girl has always treated her and Xiaoxi as usual, so it is not surprising that she knows that the reward she gave birth to a girl is almost the same.

Xiaoxi was beside him, seeing that Xiaofu was happy, he took out a brocade bag from his purse, sent it to Xiaofu, and said with a smile: "Although it is not as important as the girl's courtesy, it is also carefully prepared by me, sister don't dislike the etiquette." ”

It is a pair of gold earrings, a pair of pendants are hollow out of the word "Fu", which is auspicious and the name of Xiaofu.

Xiaofu is Han Jiang's personal maid, in addition to taking care of daily life, he can also read the accounts, and he is literate. She rubbed the bracelet in one hand and held the earring in the other, and she couldn't put it down.

Han Jiang's side restrained his smile and said, "I have something to say to the two of you." ”

When Xiaofu heard this, he put down his things and listened with Xiaoxi.

"Xiao Fuming said twenty, Xiao Xi is also twenty-one this year, I was negligent in the past, and I almost missed your flowering period. The two of you have been by my side for many years, and the big guys have grown up together, and I look forward to your comfort in the future. I have long thought that I will not ask you to serve me in vain, but I will marry you as if I were a sister, prepare a dowry for you, and marry in style. It's just that the world is ignorant, and men are unkind, what kind of man to choose, you have to make your own ideas, and you can not regret it in the future. Han Jiang said softly.

Hearing the mention of this, whether it was the ordinary and quiet Xiaoxi or the lively Xiaofu, there was no movement, and he was speechless with a red face.

Marriage in this world is mostly the order of parents and the words of matchmakers. Those who are slaves and maidservants are mostly allowed to marry by the master's family, where can they choose their own husbands?

"I will start to ask people to prepare the dowry, whether it is to pick someone from outside, or to pick someone from our family, it is up to the two of you." Seeing that they rarely showed their little daughters, Han Jiang's face added a little smile, remembering how his father mentioned marriage to her when he was sick many years ago.

Back then, her father told her all the conditions of several suitable young masters, and let her choose by herself.

Thinking of this, she lowered her eyes.

Could it be that he is really fated, Kemu Kefu Kefu? Otherwise, why did he choose a husband, and when they first met, they were already in the mourning hall?

The master and servant were silent, and there was silence in the room, so they heard a mother-in-law under the corridor say: "Girl, there is a guest in the front yard, who claims to be from Jiubeizi Mansion, and came here on the order of Jiubeizi." ”

When Han Jiang heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Is there anything else going on with this Ninth Elder Brother? Could it be that he wants to win her heart from dying? She is just a businesswoman, if she is not related to the Cao family, where will she fall into the eyes of the prince and brother.

It's just that he is a royal nobleman, and he really looks down on her when she is called by the ungrateful person.

has been attached to the Cao family for many years, even if she doesn't run Daoxiang Village, everyone will see her as a member of the Cao family. If she really took refuge in Brother Jiu, then in the eyes of outsiders, it would be the Cao family that was related to Brother Jiu.

Although Cao Hao is a Heshuo forehead, he also has a good relationship with the prince's brothers, but only the little brother who did not intervene in the inheritance.

Even if Han Jiang is just a woman, she knows the severity, how can she be tempted by the bait thrown by Brother Jiu?

Because of this bait, Cao Hao made a special trip to talk to her. Although he didn't suspect that she had turned her back on the Cao family, and just asked her about her future plans, it still made Han Jiang's heart uncomfortable.

After dating over the years, she also knows some of Cao Hao's surname, and she doesn't want to get into trouble. Even in the past few days, she has a little anxiety in her heart, if she gets into trouble, I don't know if Cao Hao will give up on her.

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, because of the status of the prince of the ninth elder brother, Han Jiang still changed his clothes and went to the living room to meet guests. Because he was at home and saw a female guest, Han Jiang's family was not good at wearing a veil, so they met without makeup.

The person who came was a grandmother in her fifties, who called herself Mama Lin, dressed well, combed her flag hair, and showed her ability on her face. Looking at Han Jiang's family, she glanced at it and respectfully saw it.

She was ordered by Brother Jiu to give gifts.

When Han Jiang heard this, he felt funny in his heart. How strange it is for the dignified prince to give gifts to her, a merchant woman.

It was useless, she didn't want to have anything to do with Brother Jiu, and was thinking about how to refuse, but Mama Lin had already asked someone to bring the ceremony up, it was a few mandarin fish, and nothing else.

In this way, Han Jiang's family was embarrassed to refuse anymore, so he had to ask someone to seal a thick silver seal, "reward" Mama Lin, and ask her to convey her gratitude.

*Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

When dinner came up, seeing that there were more mandarin fish on the table, Cao Hao was stunned for a moment and said, "Where did this come from?" There should be no sale outside. ”

"The sixth uncle sent it to someone, saying that it was a new tribute." Chu Yu replied.

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "Ming'er, I told him not to send it here in the future." After all, I'm not on an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it's eye-catching to send it like this......"

(To be continued)