Before the Halloween Day arrived, the household department had a big move.

I don't know how Yongzheng remembered the deficit of the treasury, and asked the thirteenth elder brother to check the deficit, this investigation is good, and he actually found a deficit of more than 2.5 million taels.

You must know that at the beginning of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, there was a recovering of official deficits. Some of the old accounts of the Kangxi Dynasty were recovered, and some were finally closed due to a long period of time.

Unexpectedly, in just two years, the household department has a deficit of more than 2 million taels, which is equivalent to the annual tax of a medium-sized province.

Yongzheng was half angry and ordered the thirteenth elder brother to recover the shortfall.

Not to mention others, only six officials were recovered, and more than one million taels were recovered. If there is more than one million taels left, the accounts are not clear, and the recovery is incapacitated, it will be placed on the head of the household department, and the household department will pay it off in ten years.

For this matter, Sun Zaqi, the head of the household department, was dismissed, Han Shangshu was reprimanded, the two waiters were demoted and transferred, and the other implicated Lang Zhong and the chief officials were fined for six months to three years.

Cao Hao, who was about to leave his post, was not implicated because he had no deficit in his name and had not directly intervened in the affairs of the treasury money and grain.

Cao Hao felt strange, the deficit of the household department was a chronic disease, why did the emperor choose to pursue this matter at this time.

After a few days, there were faint rumors coming out, listening to the meaning of the words, it was the "inner ghost" of the household department, and the matter was revealed in front of the emperor, which caused the emperor to be angry and made the Beijing officials uneasy.

Although Cao Hao didn't do anything, when he heard this, he felt weak even if he didn't want to be a thief.

After all, he was unscathed in the Tobe earthquake. And because he is about to become the governor of Zhili, in the eyes of outsiders, he is one of the emperor's henchmen.

People who think like this are by no means only Cao Hao himself.

When he went to the household department again, the eyes of his colleagues and subordinates looking at him were complicated and inexplicable. It was that kind of fear with contempt and diligence with vigilance, which made Cao Hao depressed.

He is thinking about whether to let people track down the origin of the rumors, so as not to be pushed by people with intentions and really "planted" on his head.

Without waiting for him to make a move, some people began to name and name the "inner ghost", but they did not do his Cao Hao's business, but Li Wei, the political envoy of Yunnan Province, a servant of the emperor's family.

Li Wei's resume in the early years of the three libraries of the household department, and the grudge with Prince Laozhuang, were all turned out to be said.

began to rumor that there is a nose and eyes, which is not outrageous; Later, for some reason, it was spread out of shape, and even the death of Prince Lao Zhuang was related to Li Wei.

And the root of this major change in the household department has become Li Wei's slander that he wants to seek the lack of talent in the household department.

The most important thing in officialdom is to calculate people; But the most taboo thing for everyone is this kind of thing that involves many people and arouses public anger.

Within a few days, many excerpts of impeachment of Li Wei were handed to the imperial front. The content of the impeachment is varied and specious. From Li Wei's earliest donation to the official, to his pride in Yunnan or anything, he has not been left behind.

When the sixteenth elder brother talked to Cao Hao, he was a little gloating, and said: "This is in response to the old saying, thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen." Before using it, knock it first, and that person can feel at ease. ”

When Cao Hao heard what he said, he also wanted to understand the key, and said: "Jiangnan is an important land, wealth is tempting, beauties are eye-catching, and how many officials are folded there." Only by letting a lonely minister go down will he not be constrained by external forces. ”

Saying this, Cao Hao secretly said that he was lucky.

Li Wei was "beaten" because Yongzheng wanted him to be 100% loyal, which means "deep love and responsibility". It is conceivable that as long as Li Wei hugs Yongzheng's thighs, the future is very good.

Cao Hao is not Yongzheng's minister, and he has an unclear and unbroken relationship with the clan, Yongzheng can use him, but he will not be regarded as a confidant.

So, just right.

In the blink of an eye, it's Halloween.

Because the three-year filial piety period of the emperor has not yet been released, there is no banquet in the palace.

However, this year, foreign governors and military officials from other places entered Beijing, and together with the Chinese military officials of the DPRK, they could not say that they did not at all, and they all went to the palace gate to congratulate them from afar.

Cao Hao had already relieved himself of the household errand, handed back the letter, and was only waiting for the Li family to go out of Beijing to take up his post after his birthday.

Li's birthday, Cao Hao released the governor of Zhili, Cao Xiang returned to Beijing, and the Cao family can be described as "three joys".

Even if Cao Hao didn't show up much, the house was more lively than in previous years. Needless to say, relatives and friends are old and old, and there are many people who come to the door in person. It was the nodding acquaintances of many officialdom, and they also made people send birthday gifts.

Halfway through the birthday banquet, the palace gave several birthday gifts, including the secret concubine, the queen, and two strings of pearls were given by the emperor.

Such decency made many guests stunned.

Only those who know some roots, thinking of the different identities of the Li family, think that they understand the secret of Cao Hao's appointment as the governor, and they have to say sour words, but they wish that they also have a noble mother.

Cao Hao said that he was used to drinking a lot.

By the time the guests dispersed, he was already unsteady on his feet, and he could only be escorted by someone.

The next time, Cao Hao was aroused in a splitting headache.

Because he still wants His Majesty to resign, he has to hand over the sign to His Majesty, and he can't delay.

After drinking the thick decanting soup and washing his face with cold water, Cao Hao felt more energetic.

Riding outside the palace gate, there were already many officials waiting to see them.

Cao Hao approached, handed over the name card, and then greeted Chen Shiqi, the governor of Shandong, who was waiting to be seen, and Shi Wenzhuo, the former governor of Henan.

These two are also here to resign, Chen Shiqi is still retained as the governor of Shandong, and Shi Wenzhuo is transferred from the governor of Henan to the governor of Shaanxi. Fan Shijie, the former governor of Shaanxi, was transferred back to Beijing, and as for the post of governor of Henan vacated by Shi Wenzhuo, Tian Wenjing, the political envoy of Henan, took over.

The three model governors of the Yongzheng Dynasty were all not famous in the early years, but now they are emerging and all serve as local political envoys.

Now, Tian Wenjing, the eldest, has been promoted to governor first. Ortai was the political envoy of Jiangsu at that time, and Li Wei waited for the official position in Beijing with the official position of the political envoy of Yunnan.

Cao Hao's heart moved, and earlier he wondered why Yongzheng wanted to use Li Wei, why didn't he let people go down in Yunnan. After all, whether it is opium or Yunnan Yanzheng who has been sorted out by Li Wei, they are all money bags in the inner treasury and need to be taken care of by henchmen.

Now it seems that the eight achievements of those who went to Yunnan to guard are Ortai.

Yongzheng can not trust many courtiers, and he will not waste two henchmen in one place.

Just thinking about it, an attendant came over to pass on the word and summon His Majesty Cao Hao to see him.

The words that should be explained have already been said when His Majesty met last time, and Cao Hao thought it was a formality, showing the emperor's attention to the governor of Zhili.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yongzheng had another explanation.

Training, it turned out to be military training!

Cao Hao was a little confused, he really couldn't figure out why Zhili needed to train soldiers.

Isn't Yongzheng worried that sharpening the knife hurt his hand?

When Yongzheng made the chamberlain hand a copy of the fold to Cao Hao, Cao Hao knew why Yongzheng would pay attention to the local green camp.

In fact, not to mention the loss of combat effectiveness of the local green battalion, the empty salary is still very strong, which makes the burden on the court and the local government very heavy.

Suffice it to say, sixty people eat the salary of a hundred, but only thirty have the fighting strength. The people pay taxes on money and grain, and they do not raise soldiers who defend their homes and defend the country, but a bunch of beetles who drink the blood of soldiers.

"If the army is strong, the country will not be dishonored, I am not stingy with silver, but I can't watch the green camp be destroyed. I will reward you with the title of secretary of the military department, control Zhutizhen, and give you two years of kung fu training. Yongzheng made a loud noise.

Cao Hao didn't dare to respond loudly, and hurriedly said: "According to the holy order, the ministers should bow and do their best to repay the king's kindness." It's just that the ministers are not in harmony with the military and politics, does the emperor appoint someone who understands the military and politics, and the ministers will assist him, so as to save the emperor's major affairs? ”

Yongzheng listened to Cao Hao's words, frowned and thought about it, and said: "Things are in a hurry, I don't have any candidates for a while, you kneel down first, I will think of sending a helper to you." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.

Zhili is no more than other places, and the green battalion has more soldiers and horses than other provinces. Cao Hao doesn't want to touch his hands, which is easy to provoke taboos.

Now Yongzheng's heart is up for a while, and if he is unhappy in his heart in the future, he will have to be angry with Cao Hao.

However, this change made Cao Hao confused at all, and he could only go to the thirteenth elder brother to find out what the charter was.

"Has there been a change in Jungar?" Listening to the words of the Thirteenth Elder Brother, Cao Hao was stunned: "Didn't Alabutan send an envoy over and take the initiative to ask for peace talks?" ”

Since the death of the first emperor, the imperial court sent people to the northwest for peace talks.

This talk has been talked about for two years, but there is no trust. It wasn't until a few months ago that he had an envoy sent by Alabutan that he had an eyebrow.

Now, the minister of peace with the edict has been out of Beijing for less than two months, and Xu has just arrived in the northwest territory, why has there been a change in Zhungeer?

"Arabutan is old, he relied on the Russians, and wanted to borrow the firearms of the Russians to commit the Qing Dynasty, but he was almost copied by the Russians. During the years of confrontation in the northwest, the imperial court lost soldiers, horses, money and food, and the son of Zhungeer was not happy. His eldest son, Galtan Tsering, has become more prestigious in recent years and has a tendency to replace him. Plotting Arabutan wanted to abolish the elder and younger, but he couldn't do anything. Now that Dzungar is facing a split, his leader's position is unstable, so he can only negotiate peace with the imperial court first, saving him from being exposed to the enemy. "Thirteen Elder Brother said.

The eldest son of Arabutan, Kaldan Tsering, is said to have outperformed his father, and in the previous two years he had personally led tribal warriors to repel the Russians who had invaded the Dzungar tribe.

Compared with the aging Arabutan, the Galtan Tsering, who is in the prime of life, needs to be more vigilant.

After the civil strife in Zungar, no matter who wins the final victory, in order to unite and unite the people, they may once again break the border and bring disaster to the outside world.

Only then did Yongzheng decide to "train the troops" to deal with the turmoil caused by General Jungar.

Coming out of the household, Cao Hao hated it so much.

This little Jungar has been bouncing in the northwest for decades, and there are not a few days of peace.

It is no longer easy to do a good job in the two errands of "spreading the land into the acre" and "rectifying the North River," and now the item of "training troops" has been added.

The thirteenth elder brother said that for the sake of national stability, the emperor could not use the Eight Banners to open the knife, so he could only sharpen his knife Huo Huo to the green camp. If it weren't for the emperor's trust, this errand would not have been handed over to Cao Hao.

The emperor's trust, it seems that he should be kind, and he shouldn't gloat before......*

(To be continued)