Although the fourth elder brother made a special trip to mention Cao Hao to Nian Qianyao, Nian Qianyao did not take it to heart.

Except for the emperor and the fourth elder brother, others have no weight in his heart. Besides, he is a powerful governor from Jinshi, so he naturally looks down on Cao Haoen's right servant of the household.

The reason why Cao Hao was given a dismissal was not only because he was angry, but also because he had already received the news that Shaanxi Governor Ehai would be transferred in the near future, and he was about to become the governor of Shaanxi.

If he is also the governor of Shaanxi, he will be relieved of his post as governor of Sichuan.

Even if he got this news, how could he go to the household department to run relations like other governors.

He couldn't help but provoke Cao Hao, if Cao Hao deducted the funds of the Sichuan Division, it would not be his unlucky year to make the new governor sad. Not only that, but it can also let the emperor and the fourth elder brother know that he, Cao Hao, is a narrow-minded and useless person.

I haven't been back to Beijing for several years, and this time I came back, after seeing my majesty, I had to take a month off, and Nian Qianyao went to visit relatives and friends all day, and he was very busy. The matter on the side of the household department is waiting to see Cao Hao's jokes.

Many people who knew about this matter, as Nian Qianyao expected, paid attention to Cao Hao's response.

Although Cao Hao served as Jingtang in his early years, Taifu Temple was a cold yamen and did not have any well-known political achievements; On the side of the Internal Affairs Office, the sixteenth elder brother who was good friends with him was in charge, and the sixteenth elder brother took the lead in everything, and Cao Hao lived behind the scenes most of the time.

Except for the Taifu Temple and the Internal Affairs Office, at other times, Cao Hao served as an official in Beijing.

It's a pity that they are destined to be disappointed, Cao Hao did not deduct Sichuan's funds and silver as they expected, but still took the official and quietly talked to the two subordinate officials sent by Tang Yao in the same year.

The verification of the accounts and the accounting of the funds, as when other governors entered Beijing, did not reveal anything abnormal.

Many people were amazed, and they couldn't hold whether Cao Hao was pot-bellied, or cowardly and afraid of things, and didn't dare to offend Nian Qianyao, who was in the limelight.

Cao Hao didn't move, but a few people couldn't stand it.

The first to be unbearable was the sixteenth elder brother, when he mentioned Nian Qianyao, he scolded his mother in his mouth.

"Damn, it's so rampant, it doesn't make sense! Fu Ruo, people fight for a breath, Buddha fights for a pillar of incense, let's still think of a way to teach him some lessons, otherwise he really thinks you are a bully. The sixteenth elder brother heard a lot of rumors, especially those who said that Cao Hao was a "place of gentlemen" who stole a high position, and he was indignant.

Cao Hao saw that the sixteenth elder brother made a special trip to see him for this, and was quite moved: "Let the sixteenth master bother." It's just that I'm tied, and it's not good to delay my business because of personal grudges. In that case, the rational becomes unreasonable. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "He took a month off, and after the holy car left Beijing to escape the summer, he will return to Sichuan." He is not a good thing, in the early years, when he was first released from foreign office, he was not a man with his tail between his legs, and he made people return to Beijing every year and drilled camps everywhere. Now it's not much, and no one is starting to get up, what the hell? ”

"What can he have, rich and powerful, and pampered, besides, he is not confused, he will become famous and proud, which is human nature." Cao Hao took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Seeing that Cao Hao didn't laugh angrily when he mentioned Nian Qianyao, the sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that I am in vain, has Fu Ruo thought of a way to 'thank you' Nian Qianyao?" ”

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "The emperor's grace, I jumped to the top before I stood up, and how many people were waiting to grab my pigtails." At this time, I was angry with him, I couldn't hurt his muscles and bones, but I complained, why bother? ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was a little worried, and said: "Although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, it is really depressing to have a knife on the head of the word forbearance." ”

There is a sentence that Cao Hao did not say.

That is, "if you want to die, you must first make people crazy", what Cao Hao can do is just push the boat.

It's just these, it's not good to talk in front of the sixteenth elder brother again......* In a blink of an eye, it's the second day of the fourth month.

Today, it is said that it is the palace test. The civil and military officials in the capital are above the fifth grade, and now they are said to be in the court to watch the ceremony, and Cao Hao, a second-grade waiter, naturally wore a supplementary uniform according to the grade, and went to the front of the Jinshui Bridge, waiting to enter the palace.

Recently, Cao Hao went to and from the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, and instead of riding a horse, he sat in a sedan chair.

It's not that he has a heart to put on a score, but the etiquette of the officialdom is complicated, Cao Hao wears a second-grade supplementary uniform, but whenever he meets an official with a lower grade than him, he must avoid courtesy; If you encounter a high grade, you have to give way, and you have to perform a salute, and it is very troublesome to meet each other.

If there is a slight mistake, it will be borrowed by the imperial history to play, so that people will not get tired of it.

It is better to go to the yamen in a sedan chair like several other officials, and the sedan chair curtain is a file, and everything is another way.

However, during the court meeting, Cao Hao still rode on horseback.

When passing by Dongfu, he found that the lanterns had been hung here, and Cao Hao asked someone, knowing that Cao Fu had gone out at the beginning of his life.

Candidates for the examination must first gather at the place designated by the Ministry of Rites, and then be led to the field by officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Cao Hao rode on a horse, thinking about this palace test, his cousin didn't say it for the time being, Qian Chenqun could finally get his wish. It's just that I don't know if he's a first-class or a second-class person.

In the early years of Kangxi's southern tour, Qian Chen Quncai represented Jiangnan Shizi to offer his teacher, if it wasn't for the delay due to his mother's illness, he should have been called to Beijing to take the test.

Although it was many years late, he was finally able to get his wish.

Xiao Wu's side, if you want to talk about the written font, it is beautiful; The eight-strand article, which is good or bad, is all in the preference of the grader.

The palace examination is nominally presided over by the emperor himself, but it is not the emperor who reads the papers, but the examiners designated by the imperial court. In the end, only the top ten papers selected by the marking officer can be handed to the emperor, and the emperor personally circled the first three and the second top seven.

Qian Chenqun has been famous for many years, and Baguwen is naturally more proficient than Cao Fu.

If Cao Fu has no accidents, he is mostly in the top three, but he doesn't know how to get ahead and behind. If you are in the front, you can take the Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and if you are in the back, you can only wait for the vacancy to be released as the magistrate.

Cao Song has not returned from the army, Cao Xiang is already in the field, and Cao Hao hopes that his little cousin can stay in Beijing.

One time later, Cao Hao came to the outside of Jinshui Bridge, only to see that the lights were bright, and there were already many officials standing, standing in twos and threes.

Cao Hao glanced a few times, saw the Lang Zhong in the household, paced over, and stood still in greeting.

After waiting for half an hour, the weather gradually brightened.

The sound of ritual music came from afar, and when the fish belly in the east was white, the prince Baylor and the minister of civil and military affairs had already entered the Taihe Gate in turn according to their grades.

On the square of the Taihedian Palace, several rows and several cases have been placed.

When the princes and hundreds of officials stood down at the foot of the Taihe Palace, there were officials from the Ministry of Rites who led the candidates to the test.

By this time, it was already dawn.

Although these tributes were all wearing green silk robes, Cao Hao still saw his little cousin at a glance. In a group of middle-aged people, the handsome young Cao Fu is eye-catching.

Cao Hao still remembers clearly that when he first came to this world, Cao Fu was still in Zhaojia's belly and did not land. seems to be in the blink of an eye, he is already a twenty-year-old young man, and Cao Hao has a kind of pride that "my family has a child who has just grown up".

This temple test begins at the beginning of the morning (7 o'clock in the morning) and ends at the beginning of the first month (5 o'clock in the afternoon), a total of five hours.

Kangxi only showed his face before the exam began, and when the exam began, he moved back to the Qianqing Palace.

The princes, ministers, civil and military officials, etc., are now called the bachelors on duty and the officials of the six departments, go to the Qianqing Palace to participate in the small court meeting, and the others will withdraw from the Taihe Palace and return to the government.

In the yamen of the household department, Jiang Jian pinched a note, which was densely covered with words. He glanced at the note a few times, and his expression shifted a little.

When Cao Hao came over, he handed over the note.

Because he was in the yamen, he took care of a lot, so he endured the curiosity in his heart and did not ask questions.

It wasn't until he fell into the Ya and entered the gate of Cao's Mansion that he asked the question in his heart: "My lord asked someone to check Nian Qianyao's whereabouts, why did he come?" Please forgive the students for talking too much, even if the adults are angry, it is not easy for Qianyao to act rashly this year. If you want to be angry, you should plan well. ”

"Gas? He can insult me and pretend that he is unintentional, which may not be wrong in the eyes of outsiders; If I fight back, regardless of the antecedents, the fault lies with me. Cao Hao said.

When Jiang Jian heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, yes." Now that the Holy Family of Qianyao is in full swing, it is really difficult for adults to compete with him. Although it makes people angry, but the adult is in the household, he wants to stay away from Gyeonggi, and the adult wants to vent his anger, and he will not be for a while. It's okay to take a step back and open the sky. ”

* Although the palace test list is after the third day, but the top ten tribute students will be led into the palace by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor will answer in front of them.

In this way, Cao Fu's heart is steady, he is not among the callings of the Ministry of Rites, and he is designated as the top three.

Seeing that Cao Hao was still worried about his ranking, he could see it: "Big brother, my younger brother is on the list, even if he is the last, he is already much luckier than those who have fallen first." Let's release it from the outside, how many officials didn't get up from the county, and I don't have to be much more expensive for others. ”

The ranking is not accurate, but it is just a white heart.

Seeing that Cao Fu did not reject going out of Beijing, Cao Hao was relieved. There is still him in the capital on the left and right, even if there is no Cao Song brother in Dongfu, Yuzi can continue as usual.

On the fifth day of the fourth month of April, it was said that Cao Fu and Qian Chenqun, like Qian Chenqun, were both in the top three jinshi.

Xu is Kangxi still remembers Qian Chenqun, a talented man who became famous in Jiangnan when he was a teenager, and when he saw his name, he asked him to come out of the queue to answer.

Qian Chenqun was ranked ninth in the top three, and together with the seven jinshi in the second grade, he should be selected as a Jishi and enter the Hanlin Academy to study.

Kangxi was obviously not very satisfied with this ranking, and he was especially gracious, changed Qian Chen Qun's Shu Jishi, and awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit it, which was the treatment of Bangyan and Tanhua.

Suddenly, among the new recruits, Qian Chenqun was in the limelight for a while, and became a more popular figure than the champion and the leader.

In contrast, Cao Fu, a top 125 student, is not well-known among the new jinshi.

Cao Hao warned himself not to be too greedy, his family has already produced a tanhua, and now he has a jinshi, which is already very good.

The weather is getting hotter, the sedan chair has been replaced with a cool sedan chair, and the official uniform has also been changed to a thin one.

Cao Hao said that every time he took the official sedan chair to the yamen, or went out to socialize, he said that he met "Nian Qianyao unexpectedly" several times.

In recent years, Nian Qianyao has been known for his toughness, and naturally he is unwilling to take a sedan chair, and he travels with a high-headed horse, and the overseers follow each other, which is extremely eye-catching.

Although he and Cao Hao are at the same level, Cao Hao has the title of Earl of Chaopin and Lord He, and his status is higher than that of Nian Qianyao.

When the two met, according to the rules of avoidance in the officialdom of the capital, it was Nian Qianyao who gave way, and Hou Caohao went first.

However, every time he met Nian Qianyao and his party, Cao Hao made people avoid the road and let Nian Qianyao go first.

Seeing this, Nian Qianyao was first surprised, and then with a little disapproval, he rode away.

Cao Hao sat in the sedan chair and whispered to himself: "Take a step back to open the sea and the sky, how to ...... ten steps back"

*Rattle. The white rabbit is starting to bite......

(To be continued)