On the first day of November, the period of the court meeting.

The meeting was attended by the officials of the third rank and above in Beijing, several scholars, the prince in charge, and several governors who entered Beijing to congratulate and were about to return.

Different from the cold of the Taihe Palace, the temperature in the Heart Nourishing Hall is high.

Cao Hao stood in the queue, his forehead sweating.

Cao Hao didn't notice anything at first, and then felt that something was wrong, and looked up and glanced at Yongzheng secretly.

Yongzheng's face was as usual, and he was not disguised and sickly.

Cao Haohu was hesitant and pondered the reason.

Abnormal and demonic, since the beginning of winter, he has participated in the small court in the Heart Cultivation Hall several times, and it is the first time that such an abnormal temperature has occurred.

Because he was the head of the internal affairs office, he was relatively familiar with the affairs of the palace. There are earth dragons under each palace in the palace, and there are also various charcoal basins.

From the emperor to the eunuchs and palace maids, each person has a customized number of charcoal grades.

And Yongzheng is notoriously afraid of heat.

People who are afraid of the heat are usually not afraid of the cold, but the high heat of this heart temple will not be for no reason.

Cao Hao's heart sank and he looked at the thirteenth elder brother.

The thirteenth elder brother stood in front of everyone, Cao Hao could only see the back, but he couldn't see anything.

At this time, Yongzheng had already opened his mouth to talk about the use of troops in the northwest.

However, it was not the Jungar Ministry, but the Tibetan Province of Albuba who was in turmoil, and now it is in a stalemate with the Tibetan Provincial Garrison of the Imperial Court.

Tibet Province is different from the Dzungar Ministry, and Tibetan Province is on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, from the emperor to the local garrison, and no one can bear the "responsibility of losing the land".

The Dzungar Department was a cavalry disturbance, but it was not so urgent.

Yongzheng ordered his ministers to go in the coming year, and they should lead their soldiers to prepare now and go when the grass sprouts.

Although he was surprised by the rebellion in Tibetan Province again, Cao Hao didn't think that Yongzheng would decide to send troops.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, the imperial court sent the Qin to be held accountable, and arranged for the living Buddha to be enlightened in the past, and in the end, the other party really did not give the court face, and the court officially sent troops.

Before and after, it takes some effort to be serious.

Because they wanted to enter Tibet, they initially decided to rely on the local green battalions in Tibetan areas, and the three green battalions in Xi'an, Sichuan, and Yunnan were dispatched soldiers.

The number of soldiers and horses at the present point is 8,000 in Shaanxi, 4,000 in Sichuan, and 3,000 in Yunnan, totaling 15,000.

The full army only transferred 400 people from the Eight Banners of Chengdu Prefecture.

It's not that Yongzheng cherishes the children of the Eight Banners, and is reluctant to enter Tibet with the Eight Banners, but the Eight Banners of Chengdu Prefecture are only 2,600 people, and another place in the northwest where the Eight Banners are stationed is Ningxia Mansion in Shaanxi, and the full quota is only 1,600 people.

Therefore, when the time really comes to deal with Zhunger, the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing must be dispatched.

The green battalion was mostly infantry, and the infantry against the Mongol cavalry, that was a joke.

Even if Yongzheng was unwilling to send the Eight Banners to Beijing to the northwest in order to save money and food, and wanted to garrison the Eight Banners in various places, the Eight Banners would not follow.

If you don't go to the battlefield, you won't have military merit.

Banner people ride and shoot heirlooms, who don't expect to earn a title to inherit their descendants.

Yongzheng set the general direction, and the capital should send a minister to lead the army into Tibet, and this candidate will be discussed by the council of ministers. On the side of the Sixth Ministry, in addition to the preparation of the corresponding military supplies by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs has to allocate 300,000 taels of silver to make the resettlement expenses of the soldiers and soldiers.

Now the household bank inventory is sufficient, and Zhang Tingyu and Cao Hao, the two household books, are also confident.

After talking about the military affairs, Yongzheng's mood was a little low, and he was just in time to catch up with the official Shangshu to go back to the colonel, and he was immediately reprimanded.

Shangshu Tian Congdian of the Ministry of Officials was transferred from the Ministry of Households, and he was Cao Hao's boss in his early years.

Now he is in his prime, his hair is scarce, and he kneels in front of the palace, looking very pitiful.

Cao Hao looked at Tian Congdian, and then looked at the two Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and complained that the sixteenth elder brother said that there would be changes in the six departments at the end of the year.

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, and the Ministry of Officials is the most powerful, if you don't think about it with the emperor, it won't last long.

After the officials finished speaking, the criminal department mentioned a few more cases, all of which were suspicious and handed to the emperor.

It was not until the second quarter of the year (ten o'clock in the morning) that Yongzheng announced the dispersal of the dynasty.

When he retreated to the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Cao Hao couldn't help but look at the Thirteenth Elder Brother again.

Yongzheng didn't open his mouth to keep people, but the thirteenth elder brother stood still and did not retreat with everyone.

Cao Hao didn't know that after the ministers withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yongzheng in the Heart Cultivation Hall had a black face towards the Thirteenth Elder Brother.

The thirteenth elder brother stood in front of the hundred officials, so no one noticed his abnormality. At this moment, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Yongzheng got up from the dragon chair and said to Chen Fuhe, the eunuch standing next to him: "Still pestle?" Quickly help Prince Yi to the warm pavilion! ”

Chen Fu hurriedly stepped forward, and the thirteenth elder brother was half-leaning on Chen Fu, and it was difficult to move under his feet.

Yongzheng frowned stiffly, snorted coldly, took a few steps forward, and hugged the other side of the thirteenth elder brother.

"Your Majesty......" The thirteenth elder brother looked a little worried.

Yongzheng kept his face strained, until he helped the thirteenth elder brother to the warm pavilion and pressed him to sit on the kang, and then he spoke: "You are my sibling brother, and you are also the prime minister of the king. You toss your own body, and you stick a knife in my heart. The prince's seat in front of the emperor is not a precedent set by this dynasty, what can you stand it? ”

The thirteenth elder brother said helplessly: "Although there is a precedent, when Emperor Shizu was the emperor, it was the uncle who had a seat; When Emperor Shengzu was the emperor, he was a brother and a royal elder. The minister is a lowly child, how can he accept this grace? ”

Yongzheng snorted coldly and said, "I don't care about ......" said, and said to Chen Fu: "Spread the draft decree of the cabinet, that is, Prince Ciyi sat and listened to the court." ”

"Huh!" Chen Fu bowed down and withdrew to summon someone.

The thirteenth elder brother was about to speak, but was stopped by Yongzheng's glare......* Cao Hao returned to the household, feeling a little bored.

Although he is familiar with each other, he is much closer to the sixteenth elder brother, but he has known each other for nearly 20 years, and it is wrong to say that he has no affection for the thirteenth elder brother.

In his early years, out of the idea of finding a backer, he took precautions, and he made a lot of home remedies for rheumatism for the thirteenth elder brother, and at that time, the thirteenth elder brother was getting better.

Unexpectedly, in the past few years, although he is in a high position, the thirteenth elder brother's health has deteriorated.

It can be seen from the fact that the two little brothers born in the third year of Yongzheng and the fourth year of Yongzheng in Prince Yi's mansion died one after another.

The untimely death of these two little elder brothers hit the thirteenth elder brother very hard, and in the final analysis, the reason is that these two little elder brothers are weak when they land. It is useless to use the best tonic to recuperate.

Cao Hao once heard the sixteenth elder brother say that because of the death of the two little elder brothers, the thirteenth elder brother began to live alone, and separated from the thirteenth Fujin, who had always been affectionate, because he did not want to impregnate his wife and concubine again, and then experience the pain of losing his child.

Cao Hao was only half-convinced, after all, there were contraceptive prescriptions at this time, so it was too far-fetched.

Not to mention the thirteenth elder brother's body that hurt the foundation in his early years, he is a good person, he gets up at three or four o'clock every day, and he is busy from morning to night, and this body is not better.

It's just that Yongzheng is the emperor who must bow down to everything, and because he has seen hundreds of civil and military officials colluding with each other, he does not have a high degree of trust in officials, and he guards against the clan, so he almost puts all government affairs on the head of the thirteenth elder brother.

If you can't change the situation of the thirteenth elder brother's troubles, you have to watch the thirteenth elder brother's life decline?

Cao Hao patted his head vigorously and leaned back in the chair, only feeling weak.

Even the official documents that I am used to reading are now an eyesore.

However, the higher the position, the heavier the responsibility, and Cao Hao can't do what he wants. He restrained his emotions, concentrated his energy, and spent nearly an hour to finally finish his official duties.

He put down the brush and rubbed his wrist, and then saw Jiang Jian come in: "My lord, Li Dutai is here, and he is coming this way." ”

Although Cao Hao was surprised, he still came out immediately and took the initiative to welcome him out.

Before I went out, I saw Li Wei striding over.

Although the two had met in the early dynasties, they had no chance to get together because of the different positions where many people were standing; When the dynasty was dispersed, Cao Hao returned to the household department, and Li Wei waited for His Majesty's resignation, and the two did not speak.

Seeing that Li Wei was wearing an official uniform and wearing a jewel, and then calculating the time, it was obvious that he had resigned from the palace.

Cao Hao was busy making people serve tea, Li Wei was obviously thirsty, and he was not polite to Cao Hao, so he first took a big bite of two cups of tea before he spoke: "I heard that Tian Wenjing made a big fuss in the household department, although I am not as colorful as him, but when I arrive in the capital, I must always follow the routine and go to the household department." ”

Cao Hao pointed to the west and said, "Zhang Zhongtang is not here?" ”

Li Wei is acting crisply and open-mindedly, and he is definitely not blind.

No matter why he went to the household department, after all, Zhang Tingyu was the boss of the household department, and Cao Hao made up for the vacancies, but Zhang Tingyu was still a university scholar, so the ranking was reversed.

The main hall of the Ministry of Household Affairs, on the left and right sides, is the office of the two scholars, Cao Hao lives in the east because of the filling of the vacancy, and Zhang Tingyu lives in the west, so he points to the west.

Li Wei said with a smile: "Zhang Zhongtang is still waiting for Hou Jian in the palace, holding an official document that is more than a foot high, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come out for a while. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help laughing, Li Wei really came to wander around, so he chose Zhang Tingyu's absence.

Otherwise, when the governor went to the Ya, Zhang Tingyu and Cao Hao mostly came forward, and the discussion was also about local taxation and people's livelihood.

Of course, like Tian Wenjing, he came back and went directly to the theory of Henan Division, which is also the best move. If he came directly to the lobby of the household department, Zhang Tingyu and Cao Hao would always give him an explanation.

For Li Wei, the household department is no stranger.

From the fifty-eighth year of Kangxi to the sixty-first year of Kangxi, he has been serving as Langzhong in the household department.

Speaking of which, there are many familiar officials in the household department, who are his former colleagues.

Just because he acted "unlawful" back then, even the prince dared to offend, and everyone was afraid of being implicated by him, so they stayed away from him; Now that he is beautiful, those people want to lick their faces and stick to them, and Li Wei is disdainful.

"I'm just coming back to swagger!" Li Wei raised his eyebrows and said with a little pride: "Back then, they kept saying that my career couldn't be long, and they didn't carry people behind my back when they talked about me, but now I am a provincial parent, but they are still staying in the middle of the Lang." It's like that, only they know! ”

Having said that, Cao Hao knew that Li Wei would not make a special trip to "return to his hometown".

Regardless of the rights and wrongs between colleagues in the early years, now one side is a feudal official, and the other side is still an unpopular official, and most of them will not intersect again in the future.

Sure enough, after a few words of laughter, Li Wei's expression turned solemn, stood up, and bowed to Cao Hao: "Lord Cao, I, Li Wei, have been taken care of by adults a lot over the years, and I have never had a chance to repay, so I shouldn't be cheeky and speak again, but in the capital, I really don't have anyone I can entrust......"

(To be continued)