If you want to say "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism", Cao Hao can't do the loyalty of the ancients, but he also knows an old saying, "I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world."

Although the northwest is interested in peace talks, it will not be stable for a year and a half.

In this way, the army of more than 100,000 in the northwest will still be assembled.

If Kangxi can't survive the dust of the war in the northwest and dies, if the fourteenth elder brother breaks the kettle, who knows what will happen?

The fourth elder brother really has little help, if the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother unite with the eight banner magnates and stand on the side of the fourteenth elder brother, then the fourth elder brother is really struggling.

Changing to other princes to ascend the throne, it is not only not a blessing for the Cao family, but it is still a big trouble.

For a while, Cao Hao was really looking forward to Kangxi's wife being able to live peacefully for another two years.

Xu was moved by the filial piety of the fourth elder brother, which made Kangxi feel very good, and his body and bones were also sharpened.

Although no one hyped it up, the fourth elder brother's fasting and praying for the emperor Kangtai was gradually known to everyone. No matter what everyone thinks about it, when this person talks about it before, he still has to praise the word "filial piety".

Only the third elder brother was so angry that his teeth were itching, and his intuition was very wronged, but he had nowhere to confide, so he could only nag with the fifteenth elder brother: "What is this called?" He was just fasting, and he ate a good meal every day, but I served in front of the emperor's bed for half a month. Now, he has become a filial son! ”

The fifteenth elder brother looked at the fat on his cheeks and trembled, and it was not easy to say that he was not defeated by eating more and eating less, but by losing in this blessed physique.

Whoever looks at it, the fourth elder brother is ruthless.

However, when the third elder brother was serving in the palace, the fifteenth elder brother knew that he "didn't think about tea and rice". He followed the words of the third elder brother in his mouth, and he was upset for him, but he thought in his heart, it seems that milk tea is really nourishing, and it also makes his two Fujin use more...... Just when the undercurrent was surging outside for Kangxi's serious illness, Cao Hao finally got good news, and his brother-in-law Hongshu arrived in Beijing.

Not only Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but even Chu Yu was happy for several days.

This looks like the birthday of the seventh elder brother, and Hongshu can return to Beijing before the seventh elder brother's birthday, which is also a "double happiness".

Kangxi's "serious illness" in July was mostly due to heart disease, and this dose of "filial piety" was mostly cured.

By mid-July, he had recovered as before, and even looked better than before.

Cao Hao, who was holding a handful of sweat in his hands, and those imperial ministers who were playing Xiao Jiujiu in their stomachs, were all at ease......

Today, it is Cao Hao's Xiu Mu, he took a few books and read them in the pavilion next to the lotus pond.

Chu Yu was not at home, and she was invited by Baoya to listen to the play.

A few days ago, because Kangxi was ill, although Rehe did not have the express indication of the imperial court, the powerful people still consciously lived honestly, and there was less banquet and drinking and listening to dramas.

Now that the holy driver has healed and has also stood up to the lower circle, everyone has relaxed.

These are not idle books such as the romance of the book, but the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" compiled by Xu Guangqi in the previous dynasty.

To tell the truth, in two lifetimes, he is also an ordinary person and has never held authority.

This household squire, according to the words of a few hundred years later, is the deputy ministerial level. Although he is conscientious and conscientious, in the end, he is young and has risen to a high position, and many things are quite difficult to deal with.

Jiang Jian is dedicated, but he acted as a local curtain in his early years, which is different from the behavior of the six yamen.

Cao Hao wanted to make mistakes on errands, so he could only learn more.

Now, he is turning to the volume of "Preparing for the Desert Examination", and he is watching it with relish. Before this, Cao Hao had also read "Qi Min's Technique" and "Wang Zhen's Agricultural Book", which were not as complete as the current "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration".

What is particularly touching is that after this "Preparation for the Famine Examination", "Saving the Famine Materia Medica" and "Wild Vegetable Recipes" are also attached, which is really a good book for the benefit of the country and the people.

However, the book's circulation was limited.

Take the sweet potatoes that Cao Hao wants to promote in the barren provinces in the past two years, which has been recorded in the book of a hundred years ago. Not only the planting method is recorded, but also its advantages of more yield per mu and strong disaster resistance, all of which are listed one by one.

If the local governments and counties all have such a book in their hands, will it be able to make the people die a few fewer people even in disaster years?

But this is unlikely, because this book is a legacy of the previous dynasty, even if it is not among the imperial courts, the people do not dare to print it privately.

Most of the official printed books are also shelved.

Cao Hao closed the book and rubbed his eyes, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

This is the imperial society, the focus of the emperor's mental tricks, not in the peace of the people's livelihood, but in the stability of power.

The fourth elder brother can vigorously and resolutely implement various reforms, although he has the idea of making the people's livelihood better, more often than not, the country is already riddled with holes, and it is not possible to make drastic reforms.

Even if Cao Hao didn't read the Qing history, he knew that Emperor Qianlong after Yongzheng was an emperor who was better than Kangxi.

Several southern tours and non-stop wars made the Qing Dynasty completely decay.

People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries.

Kangxi's illness this time touched Cao Hao a lot. Among them, there are two issues that have attracted his attention, one is that the fourth elder brother cannot ascend the throne, and the other princes inherit the unification, how should he deal with himself; The second is that the fourth elder brother ascended the throne, but he did not expect to see the Cao family, what should he do.

Now, it seems a bit unfounded to say this, but you always have to anticipate the worst before you can fully plan for it.

Just thinking about it, I heard someone laugh and say: "Fu Ruo is good at work, but he lacks the taste of red sleeves and fragrance!" ”

It was the voice of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao got up to greet him, and the sixteenth elder brother had already taken a big seat, and leaned on the recliner hard: "Whew...... Finally, Huang Ama recovered from his illness, and the fourth brother gradually recovered......"

These sixteen elder brothers, who were so busy hitting the back of their heads, finally took a break in their busy lives, and when they had time, they came out to look for Cao Hao.

Cao Hao saw that his eyes were red and bloodshot, and his face was difficult to hide, and said, "The Sixteenth Master also takes care of it...... Arrange more people below to do errands, and you may not take care of everything yourself, but you will be tired of yourself, and the gains outweigh the losses......"

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "I think, I have to have that blessing, right?" The holy car is going to be encircled, which of the trivial things inside and outside here can be put aside? ”

Seeing him like this, Cao Hao didn't say much, and poured him a cup of honeysuckle herbal tea on the round table.

The sixteenth elder brother took the teacup, looked at the ups and downs of the honeysuckle inside, was stunned for a moment, and said, "Fu Ruo is also on fire?" Didn't you say that Brother Qi's injury is getting better, and Hongshu is back, what else do you have to worry about? ”

Cao Hao is always hard to say, I am afraid that your emperor Ama will die early, and I am worried that your brother who is the fourth will not be able to inherit the throne smoothly. He pushed the book in front of him and said, "What else could there be?" The errands of the household department are heavy, and I am half a novice, so I don't know too much, and I need to learn a lot. ”

The sixteenth elder brother knows Cao Hao's surname, his face is light, but he is so strong in his bones. It's good to say that he never slacks off on errands.

In officialdom, this good errand is the foundation of life.

In addition, now that the Cao family has withered one after another, and the juniors have emerged one after another, Cao Hao, as the head of the family, has to protect his brothers and sisters, and he can't let people find the slightest mistake.

"Fourth brother's illness has tired you...... But you can't be a fat man by eating in one bite, it's good that you are diligent, and you have to take it easy......" Brother Sixteen looked at Cao Hao and said.

didn't care about it, only to find that Cao Hao was the same as him, with a dark circle under his eyes.

"Haha......" The sixteenth elder brother's mood became inexplicably happy, and he said with a smile: "If Fu is like this, you should really go to the front of the palace to make up for it, so that people can know your diligence." ”

Cao Hao glanced at him and said, "Sixteenth Master, is this a compliment or a detriment?" To put it nicely, it's called 'diligence', but to put it bluntly, it's just 'incompetence'. If you can do it with ease, why bother so much? ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he shook his head in a deep way, and said, "Petanty, pedantic!" Fu Ruo, you just see too clearly, your mind is so heavy, when you are confused, you still have to be confused. ”

"Is it rare to be confused?" Cao Hao's heart moved and muttered.

The sixteenth elder brother had already lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "In addition to the errand, Fu Ruo is also worried about Huang Ama, right?" Don't worry, it's hard to say before, with this 'sickness', that ** is about to get his wish ......"

The sixteenth elder brother complained bluntly, but Cao Hao was a little ashamed of his previous cover-up, and finally expressed his worries: "If the name is not right, the words are not good...... Even if the Sacred Heart is tacitly ......"

"It turned out that I was worried about the ...... of the fourteenth brother" The sixteenth elder brother frowned for a long time when he heard this, and said: "This is a little uncertain, after all, this is not a matter of brothers dividing the family, who occupies one or two more silver and one acre of land...... But even if he doesn't accept it when he falls, what can he do if it's far away from the capital? Fight back with more than 100,000 horses? ”

Even if the fourteenth elder brother really wants to bring the troops back to Beijing, he must have that ability.

Kangxi was under the control of the Northwest Army at all levels, and the soldiers and horses that the Fourteenth Elder Brother could really mobilize were limited.

Cao Hao is not worried about the northwest, but the capital, and he is afraid that the inside and the outside should be combined.

If the fourth elder brother does not have the title of prince, Kangxi will die, then the other princes will unite, and it is really two to say who can ascend to the throne.

Every time I think of the fourth elder brother ascending the throne, he posted "The Confusion of Righteousness" to defend himself for his stigma, which makes Cao Hao feel terrified.

Forcing an emperor to this position, the weight of the clan royal family and the magnates of the Eight Banners can be seen.

The fourth elder brother is not a person who is enthusiastic about giving favor, and it is not unusual for others to take refuge in other princes. It is conceivable that if the fourth elder brother does not have a legitimate identity, then when Kangxi dies, it will be a bloody storm.

Cao Hao can think of this, and the sixteenth elder brother will naturally think of it too.

He was silent for a long time and said, "Even if Huang Ama recognizes him in his heart, he will not speak lightly. This should not be mixed with ......"

Cao Hao nodded, he was not a fool, he knew how many catties and taels he had, how could he go to this, so he listened to him, "Sixteenth master, don't worry, this is a royal matter after all, and it is not the turn of the foreign minister to speak." ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of Fu Ruo's jokes, these young people are also itching in their hearts, thinking about whether to hug that person's thick legs." I remembered that you once swore that the lord had a good face, and that he could get the king in the future, and the lord really wanted to work hard. However, it is easy to resentment when it is close, and this support can certainly bring monstrous wealth and wealth, but it is also a great disaster. What king can not stand the coercion of his courtiers? I'm afraid that if I earn wealth, it's just a dream, and it's hard to end well. ”

It is not uncommon for the new emperor to ascend the throne and confer the title of brother and brother who are good friends. The sixteenth elder brother was able to be so rational and calm under the temptation of the prince, which made Cao Hao impressed.

Thinking that Nian Qianyao and Long Keduo, who were burdened with the great merit of "supporting", didn't they be sealed to the point that they could no longer be sealed, and the emperor couldn't tolerate it?

The words of the sixteenth elder brother even made Cao Hao wake up.

Originally, he was still hesitating, at the last moment, whether to do his best in front of the fourth elder brother and add some political capital. Now, I realize that power is a double-edged sword, and so is the grace of the emperor...... Three days later, the holy driver began this year's journey, with the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the twentieth elder brother accompanying him. The one who stayed in Rehe was the fifth elder brother who came from the capital some time ago.

Cao Hao, as a Heshuo forehead, was in the list of lines hand-picked by Kangxi.

For the magnates of the Eight Banners and the officers and soldiers, it is a great dignity to go around with Hu, and Cao Hao is naturally happy to add such an article to his resume.

Thinking about this, he would not be able to turn back until the end of September, and Cao Hao was not worried about leaving Chu Yu alone in Rehe, so he discussed with Chu Yu and asked her to return to Beijing first.

After coming out for a few months, Chu Yu also thought about the children, and she didn't worry about the capital, so she obeyed her husband's arrangement, made people pack their luggage, and thought that after sending Cao Hao away, she would leave for Beijing.

When saying goodbye to the ladies of various provinces, Chu Yu learned that Sifujin also planned to get up and return to Beijing after the holy caraval. The two of them made an appointment to go together.

When Cao Hao heard this, he could only sigh that he was lucky. In this way, it can increase the friendship between the Cao family and Prince Yong's mansion, and it does not involve political positions or anything, which is a good thing that cannot be sought.

As a junior, he had to take Chu Yu to the Fourth Elder Brother's Mansion in person, begging Sifu Jin to take care of it or something, and went through the motions.

When Bao Ya heard that Chu Yu was leaving, she was reluctant to follow her back to Beijing to see her homeland. However, the imperial court has rules, and the princesses and daughters of Mongolia cannot return to Beijing at will without the will of the imperial court.

Bao Ya can only endure it, after all, when she goes back now, the children are still young, and her brother is not at home, so she should not be of great use.

After a few years, when her sons are older and her brother is back, she is willing to be cheeky and ask for two more wills for the sake of her sons' future.

Chu Yu is gentle and obedient, and he is very temperamental to Sifujin.

In addition, before, when Fujin gave birth to a son on the side of the year, all the major mansions in the capital changed their methods to please the Nian family, and only the Cao family followed the rules and abided by the distinction between the concubines and the concubines, which made Sifujin have a good impression of Cao Hao and the two sons.

Therefore, along the way, the two got along very well and did not feel unfamiliar and restrained at all. Sifu Jin is loving, Chu Yu got her husband's advice, and she was also respectful and submissive, and along the way, the friendship between the mother and son became deeper and deeper.

The title in Sifu Jin's mouth has changed from "Da Gege" to "Yu girl", and when Bai Yu was in a hurry, he also asked Chu Yu to talk to her in the same car to relieve boredom.

It's the end of July, and the heat is fading.

Sifujin didn't wait for the fourth elder brother to come back to Beijing in a hurry, and the palace had something to take care of her, so she was in a hurry on the way.

Chu Yu was okay in front, although he was a little weak and couldn't bear the fatigue of cars and horses, but he also endured it.

Going to Huairou, there is just a section of the official road that is not open due to the falling of the mountain stones, and it is necessary to go down the official road to detour, and the road is bumpy.

Chu Yu was in the carriage, his face became more and more pale, and his forehead was full of sweat......

(To be continued)