Aoi-in, upper room.

The big girl orange leaf came up with the tea, placed it in front of several young masters, and then bowed her head and retreated.

Whether it is Tianyou or the Zuozhu brothers, they all look at Hengsheng in unison.

Since coming out of the study in the front yard, these three people have been like this. Even if Hang Seng is not careful, he will not notice something wrong at this time.

He raised his head and asked puzzledly, "Why do my brothers keep staring at me?" ”

Looking at his dark eyes, Tianyou hesitated for a moment and said, "Second brother, how did you say that my father remembered to teach us a lesson?" ”

Hengsheng raised his voice and said, "What else can it be? In half a month, my sister will make up her mind, and my father is uneasy...... It's not that my brothers don't know that my father and mother love my sister the most, even if my sister doesn't get married immediately, there are only a few children at home after the marriage...... As my father said, if my sister has grievances in the future, we who are older brothers have to stand up for my sister. In order to be confident, you should also clean yourself......"

Tianyou and Zuozhu are relatively speechless, and Hengsheng's words are not wrong, but who is the father (father-in-law)? Don't you know how to act, and you have to think of your godson before Tianhui makes up her mind?

Seeing everyone like this, Heng Shenggu realized that he was not stupid in the end, he got up from his seat "Teng", glared at his eyes, and said: "Do you think that I have made a mistake, causing my father to be annoyed, and you are being taught a lesson?" ”

Zuo Zhu sneered: "After all, you are young and live alone...... In the guard class, there are many fun-loving people......"

Heng Sheng's face turned red, turned his head to look at Tianyou, and said angrily: "The eldest brother is also in the guard class, is it that the eldest brother is stable, and I am not sensible......"

Tianyou also thought that his father made a special trip to teach them a lesson, and warned them to "cultivate themselves and join the family" and "self-denial and revenge".

Maybe one of the brothers behaved misappropriately, and the father was the old man, and it was not easy to directly talk about the son's room, so he warned him so generally, and if he did not, he would change it, and if he didn't, he would be encouraged.

The twins have already started a family, and they are not yellow-haired boys who don't know what to do, but the second brother lives alone in a mansion and has no elders around him.

When Hengsheng reacted like this, Tianyou already knew in his heart that he had guessed wrong.

He is the eldest son and eldest grandson, even if he is on an errand in the palace, he is not omnipresent about family affairs.

That is, it is not related to the second brother, that is...... Because of my grandmother?

The abnormality of the Lan Yuan yesterday was already known by God at night.

Yuan also guessed whether the family banquet was related to his grandmother, but now he saw that Li's expression was as usual, and his father's lesson was the great principle of "self-cultivation and family", so he thought of Hengsheng.

After all, Hengsheng is no longer a descendant of the Cao family in name, and if his father disciplines him alone and spreads it, it will seem that the Cao family is frivolous.

I didn't expect it, but I wanted to be left.

Thinking of this, Tianyou said: "Second brother, don't worry, it's not that we think the second brother is ignorant, it's just that I am under the noses of the master and wife...... The two of them are guarded by their younger siblings, even if they want to learn to be romantic, they are not easy to make mistakes...... It's just you, who lives alone, and no one can restrain you...... I just misunderstood you, but my brothers are also worried about you......"

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng also understood that it was a misunderstanding of Hengsheng, and they all got up to annoy him.

Hengsheng is not stingy, seeing that his brothers are not compensating, he waved his hand and said: "It's good to say it, it's not a big deal......"

Although the brothers didn't figure out the reason why Cao Hao taught them a lesson, they obviously listened to the big truth.

So Zhu, who was eight months pregnant, saw her husband staring at her stomach and muttering to herself.

In order to be afraid that their husband and wife would not know the importance of their young age, Zhu's grandmother had already persuaded the husband and wife to separate rooms, and Zuo Cheng had already moved to the study.

On the night he returned from Cao's Mansion, Zuo Cheng had the bunk moved out of the master bedroom.

Facing his wife's incomprehension, Zuo Cheng stroked his wife's stomach and said, "I want to spend more time with my son, I can't let him only be close to you......"

Listening to her husband, who has always been old, saying this child's words that are similar to competing for favor, Zhu couldn't help but laugh "Gege"; But thinking that the delivery period was approaching, she also felt a little worried, and whispered: "What if it's a girl......"

Zuo Chenghun didn't care and said, "The girl is better...... The girl is well-behaved and more lovable, and the stepfather and stepmother will love the granddaughter even more......"

* In the left room, Ma's eyes widened as well.

The wife is anxious about seeking a child, and Zuozhu is not ignorant, but after persuading a little futile effort, she can only keep her mouth shut, and the wife of the province is even more thoughtful.

After listening to his father-in-law's admonition of "self-cultivation and family", Zuo Zhu felt that he could not put pressure on his wife's only son on the heir.

He dug out the "Zhou Li" and pointed out the passage "A man marries at thirty and a woman marries at twenty" to his wife: "It is not a bad thing to be born a few years later...... Wait until you are twenty, and if you are not pregnant, ask the doctor to take a good look. It doesn't have to be you...... When the fifth uncle got married for three years, the fifth aunt was not pregnant, and later asked someone to see it, the fifth aunt was fine, but the fifth uncle was not healthy. Keeping it all right is my problem......"

Ma listened to her husband's relief, and ironed in her heart, but at the end, she was alarmed: "How can the uncle talk about himself like this?" I'd rather be for my sake than for my uncle's bad ......"

A woman has no children, although she lacks confidence in her in-law's family, but as long as she relaxes her mind, takes two concubines for her husband, gives birth to a son, and raises it under her own name, that's it.

A man has no children, even if he succeeds, it is the family that can continue, but his own bloodline is cut off.

Looking at his wife who was full of worries, Zuo Zhu's heart warmed, and said: "That's not afraid, there is a recipe in the family, doesn't the fifth uncle have a parent now......

* Old Summer Palace, Qinzheng Palace.

Yongzheng sat behind the imperial case, put down Cao Hao's fold, and added some smiles to his originally heavy face.

The name of the "statistical official warehouse" is not bad, but I am still negligent, because I am worried that the local official warehouse is unstable, but I don't want to wait for someone to be sent down to take a look as soon as possible.

If the flood situation is unstable this summer, it is better to know in advance than to be chaotic at that time.

Cao Hao has always been diligent, but cautious; Now that I have the courage to take the initiative to take a step, I have always had the seal of the household department in my hand, and I have more confidence in my heart.

It seems that Cao Hao is mentioned as the palm of the book, and this move is really not wrong...... Yongzheng picked up the imperial pen and put down the word "quasi-play", thinking that Zhang Tingyu now reorganized the officials quite in line with his own mind, and how much he wanted to leave him some affection, so he added a sentence "The officials who go out of Beijing can be selected after discussing with Zhang Tingyu" ......* On the second morning, when he arrived at the Yamen, Cao Hao saw the fold of the imperial pen Zhu Pi.

Even if Yongzheng does not add the sentence "selected after discussing with Zhang Tingyu", Cao Hao will not be self-absorbed in the selection of candidates for Beijing.

After all, the household department is in the hands of two scholars, even if the seal is now in his hands, he will not be arrogant, thinking that he can speak up. is not only because of Zhang Tingyu's identity that overwhelms him, but also because of the delicate balance in the government office.

Even when Zhang Tingyu concurrently served as the head of the household department as a university scholar last year, he was mostly finalized with Cao Hao in government affairs.

Cao Hao is not a fool, where would he make the household into his own back garden under the emperor's nose.

In the morning, Zhang Tingyu was usually on duty in front of the emperor, and only in the afternoon, he was divided into single and double officials in the Ministry of Officials and Households.

Today is Shuangyue, which happens to be the household department.

Zhang Tingyu was mostly in the back seat of Weizheng (two o'clock in the afternoon), and he had to wait for two hours.

Cao Hao thought about it, and then asked someone to send Zuo Cheng.

He didn't speak first, but motioned to Zuo Cheng to look at the excerpt.

After Zuo Cheng saw it, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "My lord wants to arrange a lowly position?" ”

In the government office, regardless of whether the person has been before or after, he has unified the title.

Otherwise, if you are confused in the population, not only will you look arrogant, but even Cao Hao will be accused of nepotism.

Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't want to go?" ”

For Cao Hao, who arranged this, this is an errand that offends people; But for those who are ordered to carry out the order, although it is also a little annoying, there is a big tree of Cao Hao on it, and the wind and rain can't shine on their heads, and there are more opportunities to be named in front of the emperor.

Zuo Cheng nodded without hesitation and said, "Huguang is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it will take months or even half a year to go...... I came to the household department to assist Mr. Jiang and serve the adults......"

Cao Hao was also worried that he would say that he was not worried about his wife whose delivery was approaching, although he taught the children to "cultivate themselves and work together", he just wanted the children not to be tempted and dominated by **, and make the family troublesome, but he didn't want to see his sons become "wife slaves".

For men, it's better to focus on their careers.

Hearing that it was for his own sake, Cao Hao not only thanked him for his filial piety, but also blamed him for his stubbornness: "This summer, the weather in the south is abnormal, and I am afraid that there will be a big disaster...... If I don't have a reliable person to take a look, I won't be able to settle down...... Is it important to help me deal with the paperwork, or is it important to be my eyes and ears to check the grain storage in Huguang, think about it yourself? I really don't want to go, so I'll nominate someone else. ”

Zuo Cheng had already understood, and hurriedly said: "My lord, go to the lowly position, and the lowly will check the official warehouse, and I will not let them fool the adults......"

Cao Hao pointed to the square stool in front of the case, asked him to sit down, and said: "The Zhu family's birth date is next month, and it is really difficult to ask you to leave Beijing at this time." ”

Zuo Cheng shook his head and said, "Don't be embarrassed, haven't you heard of a woman who gives birth to a child, and a man can't take care of errands?" Where can family affairs compare to state affairs? ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he was quite relieved and said, "It's good that you can think like this, but the Zhu family should also be relieved...... You don't have to worry too much about being outside, I'll let Madame come over and visit more. ”

Zuo Cheng nodded, hesitated for a year, and said, "Then what about Mr. Jiang's side?" Not everyone can write about government affairs. ”

When he said this, it was not because he boasted of his literary style and felt that no one else could compare with him, but because this "government affairs strategy" was originally prepared for Cao Hao's mental effort.

If you are not a person who is really at ease, don't let others write it at will.

Otherwise, if Cao Hao is misled by "avoiding the important and trivial" on important matters, then Cao Hao will be "wrong" if he deals with it.

Although Cao Hao is a careful person, he will study the original text of the dossier in major government affairs, but it is difficult to protect the omissions.

The thirteenth elder brother also knew this, so he specially transferred Zuo Cheng to call Cao Hao, otherwise the household department would still lack a pen post style and paperwork?

Hearing Zuo Cheng mention this, Cao Hao did not have a suitable candidate in his heart.

However, this time Zuo Cheng was assigned to Huguang, not Cao Hao's temporary intention.

It has been almost a year since the Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers joined the company, and everything they did fell into Cao Hao's eyes.

It's not that he prefers Zuo Cheng, Zuo Zhu is only able to learn and understand, and he is indeed inferior to Zuo Cheng.

But no matter how good Zuo Cheng's qualifications are, he is also a chick of officialdom and needs to be experienced.

It would be too much of a delay if he buried himself in writing a few years of abridgement.

After all, after a few years of pen-and-post service, when transferring to the exam, you still have to look at your political performance.

plus these teenagers in their own family, they are more closely protected by themselves, and they still have a little less knowledge.

Cao Hao had long intended to arrange for them to go out to see the world, but they never had the opportunity...... At the beginning of the day, after Cao Hao made people look at the inquiry, he knew that Zhang Tingyu had arrived, so he straightened his clothes and went to Zhang Tingyu with the imperial fold.

Zhang Tingyu had already received the news in front of the emperor in the morning, and he was not surprised by this matter.

He didn't think much about it, after all, Cao Hao's resume was there, except for the Hubu Shilang who did not be a palm seal official when he was in office, Daotai, Taifu Siqing, and the Governor of Zhili were all official seals.

After taking charge of the household department, it is not uncommon for Cao Hao to have his own views.

can start from Huguang, which is known as the "granary of the world", it can be seen that Cao Hao is pragmatic.

Zhang Tingyu has been thinking about the Ministry of Officials for most of the year, and he has to be the former counselor of other government affairs, so he is indeed unable to take care of the household department.

Cao Hao is in the prime of life, and he is still physically and mentally exhausted; He is more than 20 years older than Cao Hao, close to the age of the sixtieth year, and every time he is on an errand in front of the emperor, he is naturally more tired.

If someone else were in charge of the household department, he would not be so at ease.

It was only because he knew that Cao Hao's surname was the most cautious, so he could devote his mind to the officials.

Although this inspection of the granary was somewhat presumptuous, Zhang Tingyu did not object in his heart.

He was in front of the emperor, and his hometown was to the south, so he knew more about the rain last year and this spring than others knew.

Therefore, when he knew Cao Hao's arrangement, he understood Cao Hao's intentions.

If there is no grain in Huguang, it can be said that the grain from Huguang and Guangxi can be transferred north as soon as possible to prepare for the floods this autumn.

Otherwise, when the flood breaks out and the displaced people gather together and there is no food to give, there will be a big mess.

Huguang is different from Liangjiang, Liangjiang has a prosperous literary style, the imperial court has been educated for many years, and the people are still obedient; Huguang is mixed with seedlings, even if it is a good year, it is necessary to prevent Miao people from happening, let alone disaster years.

Huguang is also the "granary of the world", and it is not afraid of a flood delay for a year; If the civil unrest delays spring plowing for another year after the flood, the impact will be greater.

Maybe the grain will be affected, and the Beijing warehouse will be turbulent.

Therefore, when Cao Hao came to discuss the candidate with him, Zhang Tingyu asked Cao Hao to propose a candidate.

Cao Hao said that there are three candidates, one is Zhang Jia Yuanbai, one is Li Kuangshan, the head of the hall, and the other is Yin Jishan in Henan Shilang.

Needless to say, in terms of grade alone, it is also dominated by Yin Jishan.

And the head of the hall, Li Kuangshan, was on an errand beside Zhang Tingyu, the son of one of his senior brothers, and he was his descendant in the household department.

Looking at this candidate, Zhang Tingyu had nothing to say, and admired Cao Hao's infallibility more and more.

is already a book in the palm of the hand, and he can still be cautious so far, no wonder his subordinates have always been critical of the emperor, and they also value Cao Hao a lot...... Because it is related to the people's livelihood, do not delay, after Cao Hao and Zhang Tingyu discussed, they set the three of them to leave Beijing after the third day.

Li Kuangshan's side was warned by Zhang Tingyu not to rely on the capital outside, so he lost his stability; See more and talk less, everything is based on Yin Jishan.

Zuo Cheng's side, after all, it was the first time to go on a business trip, and both the Tian family and the Zhu family were worried, and they prepared a lot of things, but they were all stopped by Zuo Cheng.

Zuo Chengyuan was still thinking about how to comfort his wife, but she was resentful in her heart, but she didn't expect that Zhu didn't have the slightest intention of complaining, just the concern that her husband was about to travel.

Wait for Zuo Cheng to ask her, why don't you complain.

Zhu was strange: "State affairs are important, why should concubines complain?" Even the child in the belly of the concubine knows that Ama is busy with state affairs, and only he is proud of Amma...... The concubine has married the second master as a wife, so she is no longer a beautiful woman in the deep boudoir, does she have to rely on the second master to take care of her everywhere? It's just that the second master wants to go safely and come back safely...... The concubine does not ask the second master to make contributions, but only hopes that the second master will return early after finishing his errand, and the family will be reunited......"

She was originally a docile person, but when she said this, Zuo Cheng felt sonorous and powerful, and it fell into his ears word by word, as if knocking on his heart.

Zuo Cheng looked at his wife's full moon face that was slightly swollen due to pregnancy, and only felt extremely pleasing to the eye, and he understood the meaning of the words "wife, Qi also" in his heart...... When the official went out of Beijing, he was serving the ministry affairs, and he didn't need His Majesty's resignation.

But Yongzheng paid attention to this matter, and when he knew that there was a candidate for Beijing on the side of the household department, he sent someone to Cao Hao and ordered him to take a few people to the Old Summer Palace to see His Majesty.

Yin Jishan is okay, he met the emperor before he ascended the throne; After the emperor's rank, he was a high school jinshi, and was directly elected by the emperor as a full-time official, serving left and right, and later changed him to Shu Jishi, which also means that the emperor added qualifications to him; After taking him to disperse, he lectured as a waiter, and also entered the south study.

Although Li Kuangshan was also born in Jinshi and was in charge of the six grades, but hundreds of officials gathered in Beijing, only when the Jinshi banquet and the dynasty were held, he was at the end of the courtiers, and he saw a bright yellow shadow from a distance. Today, when I was able to see my majesty, I inevitably brought fear.

Zuo Cheng followed behind the first two, and his face was also panicked, but his heart was much more down-to-earth.

The Emperor? It's also two eyes and one nose.

He also saw it in the Thirteenth Master's Mansion when he was a child...... Not long after Cao Hao and the three of them waited outside the diligent government, an attendant came out to summon everyone to meet him.

In the hall, in addition to Yongzheng, the thirteenth elder brother is also there.

Except for Cao Hao, the other three all knelt to meet him.

It seems that Yongzheng has a good impression of Yin Jishan, in addition to asking him about several Henan affairs, he also asked about his father's recent situation.

Yin Tai, the father of Yin Jishan, was the assistant general of Fengtian military affairs as the imperial history of the left capital, and he was not in the capital in recent years, but outside the customs.

According to this time, when the emperor asked about Lao Tzu, the son should be thankful first, and then honestly say a few words about his father's recent situation.

But when he came to Yin Jishan, he was sweating and didn't respond.

Yongzheng's face drooped, and the atmosphere in the room was also depressed.

Cao Hao looked at Yin Jishan, who was kowtowing to the ground, thinking about the rumors about the Yin family.

It is rumored that the old lady of the Yin family is ruthless, and she is particularly harsh to her concubines. The son-in-law of his family is not angry, so he treats Yin Jishan, who has worked hard since he was a child, and the daughter-in-law who marries him is also the daughter of a small clan.

Then, although Yin Jishan was admitted to the Jinshi and made steady progress in his official career, the situation at home was not much better, and his wife and children lived in a remote part of the mansion, so they had to look at the eyes of the slaves and maids.

In front of this situation, it is not difficult to guess, most of it is that Mrs. Yin does not want to see her concubine and isolates the father and son, so that Yin Jishan does not know the details of Yin Tai's affairs outside the customs.

Although as the Son of Heaven, he should not interfere in the housework of his courtiers, but I don't know if it was because he was stimulated by the Eighth Elder Brother and the Eight Blessings in his early years, and the emperor was most tired of the courtiers being governed by the inner house.

Because of similar things, he reprimanded the minister at the court meeting.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, the thirteenth elder brother said, "Your Majesty, in addition to Yin Jishan, there are two kneeling behind. ”

Yongzheng's gaze moved away from Yin Jishan, slid over Zuo Cheng's supplemental clothes, and fell on Li Kuangshan's head: "Li Kuangshan, Kangxi fifty-seven years of Jinshi?" Tongcheng people? ”

Although Li Kuangshan didn't know how the emperor mentioned his background, he still kowtowed to the ground, and only said yes.

Yongzheng snorted lightly, no longer paying attention, but looking at Zuo Cheng.

Zuo Wei knelt behind the two adults, and Yongzheng could see what again.

It's just that even if he can't see Zuo Cheng's face, Yongzheng knows his identity.

The transfer of him to the household department was still from his instructions.

Although Cao Yin was ordered to do it in Jiangnan in his early years, he was too close to Jiangnan Shilin; Although Cao Hao was not born in the imperial examination, he was born at the age of a weak crown, and he has always been kind to others, and his popularity in the officialdom is also quite good.

In Yongzheng's heart, he had already made plans, and when Cao Hao's eldest son Tianyou had been on duty in front of the emperor for a few years, and when he was promoted to the first-class guard and could not be promoted again, he was released into the martial arts.

It's not that he doesn't trust the Cao family, it's just that the emperor's mind is tricky, and he always has to look farther.

Hengsheng, the adopted son of the Cao family, as the heir of the Mongolian Khan, also has to take a military position.

Cao's family room is already thin, Cao Hao's younger brother and youngest son are young, Yongzheng made the thirteenth elder brother transfer Zuo Cheng to the household department, in addition to sympathizing with Cao Hao, there is also the intention of cultivating Zuo Cheng.

Zuo Cheng's role by Cao Hao's side, Yongzheng also knows everything.

Now that Cao Hao arranged for him to go south, he knows how important Cao Hao attaches to this matter.

The depression caused by the Yin family's housework was originally put behind now, and the three of them were reprimanded seriously, which was nothing more than "be diligent and errand, don't be slack, Yunyun".

The three of them knocked on the leader's order, and Yong Zhengfang opened his mouth and ordered the three of them to "kneel down", but Cao Hao was left.

Thinking of the sunny and rainy fold in the south, Yongzheng's face was very heavy: "Cao Hao, why aren't you optimistic about the south?" ”

Cao Hao naturally couldn't say that because of Li Wei's excerpt on the dam repair, he thought about the matter of money and grain, so he pondered and said: "This spring, the minister's brother once went south to worship the Buddha at the minister's mother's wish, in addition to Jiangning Qingliang Temple, he also had to go to Lingyin Temple, but not only did it rain in Jiangning, but Hangzhou rarely had a sunny day after the New Year, and finally he couldn't make the trip...... After the minister's brother returned to Beijing, he made a special trip to mention this matter to the minister...... The ministers were uneasy, so they made people check the case files of the household department for nearly 30 years...... But in all years of famine, there are warnings, and the weather is abnormal......"

Yongzheng nodded when he heard this, but he didn't think much about it.

Lee's itinerary in the south, he knew. He also knew about the restoration of the Li family in Qingliang Temple and the repair of the temple at the mountain gate.

After all, he has used the Buddha incense of Qingliang Temple for more than ten years, and he also has a good impression of Qingliang Temple in his heart.

Regarding Fan Shiduo, the governor of Liangjiang, who connived at the Daomen and squeezed the Buddhist Gate, he also rubbed fire in his heart......

(To be continued)