Zhiran finally admitted the kindness of the Cao family, and Cao Hao didn't know whether to be sad or happy in his heart, and sighed heavily.

He took out a palm-sized brocade box from his sleeve, handed it to Zhiran, and said, "This is my father's beloved thing, I often played with it before I was alive, so keep it for a thought." ”

Hearing the word "father", Zhiran's body stiffened, his eyes showed a little confusion, and then he lowered his head and muttered in his mouth: "Buddha Yan, I was born in the world, grew up in the world, and became a Buddha in the world." ”

When he raised his head again, his eyes were full of clarity, and he didn't see the slightest fluctuation, and said with a light smile: "Master Cao, the combination of karma is a success, the separation of karma is extinguished, and the karma of the little monk has disappeared, and he will finally be at ease." ”

Zhiran's sentence blocked the "brother" that Cao Hao had in his mouth.

He originally thought about whether to let Changsheng and God bless them come out to see Zhiran, and the family would see each other, but if Zhiran was like this, Cao Hao would no longer have much to do.

With Zhiran's identity at this time, the closer the relationship with the Cao family, the more restrained he is, which Cao Hao does not want to see.

Kangxi will die in a few months, and the new emperor's hand may not be able to reach Khalkha, nor may he know that Kangxi's control of Zhiran is a good opportunity to get rid of the shackles.

"Whatever belongs to Him is called suffering; Everything is up to you, and you are at ease. May the monk achieve great good karma. Cao Hao said to Zen.

"Plant rice to get rice, plant beans to get beans, there are many convenient doors, Cao Shizhu just go with the flow." Zhiran looked at Cao Hao, and at that moment, his voice also added a trace of warmth, and said slowly.

For a while, the distance between the two seemed to be far away, and they could no longer go back to the past years of laughing and scolding; It seems to be close, and I can understand the warmth in the other party's eyes, and many words do not need to be said.

Cao Hao's heart warmed, although many years have passed, the little monk is still the soft-hearted little monk back then.

He grew up in Buddhism and has the most transparent enlightenment surname, but he was involved in "raising grace" and "giving birth", so that he could not pick out the red dust.

Zhiran didn't stay long, and after a few words with Cao Hao, he got up and left.

Cao Hao personally sent it outside the gate and asked about the arrival of the great lama in Beijing.

In the fifty-second year of Kangxi, Cao Hao once met the great lama and was quite impressed. It feels like he has some magical powers, and he can be a fool.

At that meeting, Cao Hao was full of fear of the big lama; All these years have passed, and the fear of those years has long since dissipated.

He took the Khalkha ministries to the imperial court, accepted the title of the imperial court, and at the age of eighty, he met in front of the court several times. This great lama is not so much an enlightened monk, but an old man who has seen through the world.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao couldn't help but ask more, and said, "The great lama brought the Khalkha kings into Beijing just to see him?" ”

Zhi Ran refused to say more, just smiled and walked away.

Cao Hao looked at his back, thinking about the intention of the great lama to enter Beijing. The peace talks, which were boiling over last year, have not yielded any results until now. I don't know if the big lama's move is to avoid suspicion.

Turning around, Cao Hao and Cao Yuan, the chief butler with unpredictable expressions, faced each other.

"Master ......" Cao Yuan looked at the back in the distance, and said with a little depression: "Master Zhiran......"

He has always adhered to his duty and is not a man of many words. Presumably, he didn't expect Zhiran's appearance to change like this, so he lost his sense of proportion in shock.

Cao Hao didn't mean to blame, and he didn't have the heart to explain more, so he said vaguely: "That's right, it's Zhiran." With that, he went straight to the living room.

On the living room, there is a brocade box that Cao Hao just took out.

Cao Hao opened it, and inside was the white jade Maitreya Buddha who was only two inches high. Maitreya Buddha's eyebrows and eyes are crooked, his belly is facing the sky, and he looks naïve.

Cao Hao rubbed it, and the appearance of his father holding a carving knife appeared in front of him.

That's right, this little Buddha was carved by Cao Yin himself before his death. He stabbed and stabbed, and he was extremely attentive. It wasn't until shortly before his death that the carving of this little Buddha was finished.

Under the Buddha's throne there are four small words, "Compassion for all". Although Cao Yin didn't say it explicitly, Cao Hao knew that this little Buddha was left to Zhiran.

Cao Hao let out a long sigh, put the Jade Buddha back into the brocade box, took it to the study, and put it in the second drawer on the right side of the desk. This is the place where Cao Yin put this brocade box before his death...... * The second time, not long after Cao Hao arrived at the Yamen, the official of the Li Fan Yuan came over, took the fold of Kangxi's imperial approval, and the transfer department came to withdraw the silver taels.

A total of 80,000 taels, the purchase of tents, blankets, etc., as well as a banquet from foreign vassals.

Li Wei took the fold and refused to pay the silver directly, but made trouble in front of Cao Hao.

"Look, my lord, isn't it a joke to buy 3,000 tents? It's not Mulan Xingwei, why use these tents at once? Li Wei said with a little resentment.

He worked as an errand boy in the treasury, and he knew that the treasury was not rich.

Now, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry and other major leaders have not yet arrived, and this Li Fan Yuan will allocate 80,000 taels at a time, how can Li Wei not be in a hurry. Although it was approved by the emperor, it was not possible to ensure that some people deceived the Holy Hearing.

When Cao Hao heard the word "Xingwei", he remembered what the sixteenth elder brother said a few days ago. It seems that these thousands of new tents are to be used in Nanyuan Ranch.

"The official knows about this matter, Li Langzhong will go and spend the silver first." Cao Hao said.

Li Wei listened, and was speechless for a while, but he didn't suspect anything about Cao Hao, and quietly took the people to the treasury.

Half an hour later, Li Wei returned to the yamen of the main hall to pay attention.

Cao Hao asked him to sit down, and said in a few words that the holy car was about to move to Nanyuan to encircle.

When Li Wei heard this, he opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.

After a long while, he muttered in a low voice, "So addictive? Is this hunting, or is it silver? ”

"Don't you want to see it?" Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and said.

Li Wei is now revolving around the abacus all day long, he is a qualified official, and his speech is much smoother, but the chivalrous spirit in his bones is still there, and his interest in martial arts has not decreased.

"The household department wants to send people over?" Li Wei was really moved, and asked with bright eyes.

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Imperial Domain, and the Internal Affairs Office will all make people go over, and it is difficult to say about the Ministry of Households." It's rare that you don't have to go out of Beijing, if you want to go, I'll talk to the sixteenth and seventeenth elder brothers. ”

The seventeenth elder brother went to the Lifan Yuan at the beginning of the year to take up a temporary post, and the sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the Nanyuan expedition together with several internal ministers.

Actually, if Li Wei wants to go, he can directly let the fourth elder brother arrange it. Today's Shangshu of the Lifan Yuan is the Nine Gate Admiral Long Keduo.

When Li Wei heard that there was a play, he danced happily, and said uncontrollably: "Oh, I haven't drawn a bow for several years, so I have to buy a good bow." Even if you go to see the excitement, you can't be too ashamed. ”

At this moment, the joy between Li Wei's eyebrows and eyes could not be hidden.

With his surname, he is more suitable for practicing martial arts than being a civil official.

Cao Hao was also infected by his cheerfulness and felt much more comfortable.

Li Wei went back to be busy, and Cao Hao couldn't promise Li Wei in vain, and was thinking about whether to ask the sixteenth elder brother or directly ask the seventeenth elder brother for help.

At this time, there was a pen post style to pass the word, and the Tao was passed down by Prince Yong.

Cao Hao listened, and couldn't help frowning, this Li Wei only left with the front foot, and the words of the fourth elder brother on the back foot arrived, and his ears and eyes were well informed.

When he saw the fourth elder brother and the other officials of the household department were also there, he realized that the fourth elder brother was not looking for him because of Li Wei, but for the matter of the warehouse.

This year, the transportation was delayed, and several batches of grain entered the official warehouse in Tongzhou at the end of August. Therefore, the withdrawal of the second half of the Lu rice in early July of the previous year was also postponed to the beginning of September.

The prince's subordinates, the Eight Banners, and the civil and military officials were all crowded together.

Others are okay, people are soft-spoken, and they don't dare to go to the official warehouse to make a big statement. These royal mansions and princesses' mansions, from top to bottom, the amount of rice that needs to be withdrawn is a big number.

Take the prince as an example, every year Lu rice ten thousand hundred, five thousand stone. One stone is one hundred and twenty catties, and five thousand stones are a total of 600,000 catties of rice.

There were deacons in the king's house, and according to their ranks, they received a portion of rice.

This adds up, and the rice received by each royal palace is not a decimal number.

How can this rice be eaten, most of them are sold in rice shops under their own industries, or directly supplied to large grain merchants.

Whether the rice received is new rice or old rice, the price is several times different.

In this way, these people will not come in order to receive rice, but will choose a new warehouse to pay for it.

There are beginnings, and there are entourages, and both families are like this, which makes the official warehouse uproar. Zhang Boxing, the waiter in charge of the official warehouse, finally couldn't stand it and sued the fourth elder brother.

What is involved in this is the Zong Prince's Mansion, and the fourth elder brother is really embarrassed. He knew what was at stake, and if he made trouble, he would offend several royal mansions.

In the end, the fourth elder brother still decided to do business.

The official warehouse is a big problem, and it is a messy account that cannot be sorted out. finally got a reason, and was able to investigate justifiably, and the fourth elder brother was really reluctant to give up this opportunity.

The squires were silent, because they knew that they were not the ones who had the final say in front of their bosses and immediate superiors.

The two Shangshu were sweating in their heads, and their faces were full of bitterness, which really made people feel funny.

Cao Hao didn't say anything, just counted the time in his heart. If you really count the grain in the warehouse, you can't finish it in ten days and a half months.

Nanyuan Xingwei is just a few days later, and the time between the two is a little conflicting.

Now that it has entered October, Kangxi's lifespan, will it end in October, November, or December?

The fourth elder brother's surname is just for his own use, and when he talked to a few people about the warehouse grain, he did not seek everyone's opinions, although he took out an excerpt about the chaos of the warehouse grain and asked everyone to sign it together.

The two Shangshu sighed several times, but still trembled and picked up the pen. Both of them responded, and several waiters were even more speechless, and honestly signed their names after the excerpt.

Then the crowd dispersed.

Cao Hao returned to his office and was stunned for a long time.

Unconsciously, the fourth elder brother has changed from forbearance and restraint to strength.

What are the reasons for this shift?

In the next Nanyuan Xingwei, the responsibility of the Shangshu of the Lifan Yuan is the top priority. As the Admiral of the Nine Gates, does he have the ability to control the forces of Nanyuan?

Cao Hao felt that his right eyelid was beating non-stop, as if something was going to happen, which made people's hearts beat......

(To be continued)