The sixteenth elder brother didn't call anyone, and broke in directly.

What I saw was Cao Hao sitting on the kang, looking at the window in a daze.

After calculating, he has been sick for more than half a month, Cao Hao's body is already thin, but now he is getting clearer and clearer, his eyes are sunken, and his face is very dark.

The anger in the sixteenth elder brother's heart was inexplicably extinguished, he slowed down, followed Cao Hao's gaze, and came out of the glass window covered with frost flowers, but he didn't see anything, and wondered: "What is this?" I didn't even notice when I came in? ”

Cao Hao heard the voice and turned his head, and the sixteenth elder brother had already walked to the kang and sat down.

Seeing this, Cao Hao couldn't help frowning, and hurriedly said: "Sixteenth Master, stay away, be careful of your illness." ”

The sixteenth elder brother snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry about it, the master is not as afraid of death as you." It's just a minor illness, and the toss is endless. Do you still know that if you scold your wife and children, you can't be more productive? ”

Cao Hao rubbed his face vigorously and said, "I didn't scold them, I just wanted to be quiet and quiet." ”

Although his expression remained unchanged, the sixteenth elder brother still heard the tiredness in his words.

The sixteenth elder brother pondered for a moment and asked, "I know, you are a life-saving person, but I didn't expect you to be cowardly like this?" If you are in the prime of life, you will not be able to survive until you are in the prime of life. Still is...... You can't bear the lack of ...... in the military department."

After listening to the previous words, Cao Hao still didn't care; When he heard this, he frowned and felt wronged.

The sixteenth elder brother of the partial birth also said endlessly on this matter: "If you are someone else, if you are unwilling, you can still move one or two later, Lao Yi is the brother-in-law of the thirteenth brother, speaking of which is not shallow for you, and you have been a soldier in the army, which is more suitable than you...... When you were generous, I didn't expect you to have such a small belly. Where can the news in Beijing be hidden, even if Lao Yi doesn't know now, he will get the news when he returns to Beijing. Just because he occupies the position of secretary of the military department, he annoys you like this, I don't know what he will think......"

Rao is Cao Hao's temper is good, and he can't listen to it.

What the sixteenth elder brother said was that other people were fine, but Yi Duli had been friends with Cao Hao for many years. If this word spreads to the outside world, the two will have a disagreement.

"Okay, the sixteenth master will spare me. Where is this? I'm just sick and I'm feeling a little stuffy. Cao Hao interrupted the words of the sixteenth elder brother and said.

The sixteenth elder brother snorted lightly, looked at Cao Hao and said, "Admit it now, it's still a matter of life!" ”

Cao Hao wished that he would no longer mention the topic of Yi Duli, nodded busily, and said, "Admit it, admit it, who can not be afraid of death?" Typhoid fever is not considered a disease, and it is not fatal to be sick. I'm only in my early thirties, and I'm desperate for my life. ”

was interrupted by the sixteenth elder brother, and the dull atmosphere in the room dissipated a lot.

The sixteenth elder brother squinted at Cao Hao, shook his head, and hated iron in his tone: "Look at your little bit of talent? Those who want to marry their daughters-in-law and hold their grandchildren will have to grind and chirp when they are sick, and they want this coax and that persuasion. It's just that 'wind and heat commits the lungs' and takes medicine raw, and you can rest for a while, and you really go back the longer you get. ”

was damaged by the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao was also a little embarrassed, it seemed that he really made a fuss.

How can birth, old age, sickness and death be reversed by man?

I regret this, worry about that, it's really boring.

He smiled and said, "I have been a little anxious in my heart these days, and I am tired of the sixteenth master." ”

Seeing that his mood was no longer as lifeless as Fang Cai, the sixteenth elder brother was also in a good mood, and said: "Don't you always say that foreigners' medicine is good, the governor of Guangdong has made an excerpt, saying that it is that Francois sent an envoy to the court, and the people have already arrived in Macao, and the emperor has allowed them to enter Beijing after the year. ”

"Franc Machine Country?" Cao Hao listened and was curious: "Portugal out of the Franco cannon?" How did they think of sending an envoy over when they were fine? ”

The Qing Dynasty went up to the monarchs and ministers, down to Li Shu, although it claimed to be the upper state of the Celestial Empire, but in fact the diplomacy was not developed, and most of them were affiliated with the surrounding states.

On the European side, even if there are occasional visitors, most of them are private traders and missionaries.

"What else can I do for it, it's probably for the ban on religion in Guangdong." The sixteenth elder brother replied casually: "It can be seen that Europa is thousands of miles away from the Qing Dynasty, and the order to ban religion in the first year of Yongzheng was issued, and it took several years for them to come over." ”

Speaking of this, he thought of the foreign trade merchant ships of the household department, and said: "Our merchant ships of the Qing Dynasty will not only go back and forth in four or five years, right?" ”

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "Where did it take so long?" The sea line to Europe was used to walking in Guangzhou, and it took only three years before and after, and they came back the year after. Most of the Portuguese envoys heard that the emperor allowed the Russians to spread Orthodox Christianity in the Qing Dynasty. ”

The sixteenth elder brother listened and said, "Who knows what these foreigners are thinking? I have also read the lesson plans of the Orthodox Church, which are of the same origin as Catholicism, but they are passed down into two forms. It is contrary to our etiquette and religion, and if you want to spread it in the Qing Dynasty, it is just a fool's dream. I don't know why the emperor would compromise, if everyone believes in God's righteousness, without a father and a king, then wouldn't the Qing Dynasty be in chaos? ”

Cao Hao nodded, but admired the foresight of the sixteenth elder brother in his heart.

Catholicism and Orthodoxy have been suppressed by the imperial court, but they have not spread far in China. But after the Opium War, when the national strength declined and the imperial court's control over the local area weakened, Christianity was not a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after it was spoken locally, but became a life-saving pill for the Qing Dynasty.

"If it weren't for the Portuguese political axe, but just a missionary, you should screen and screen well, and if you have any strengths, you can stay in the capital and listen to the teachings." Cao Hao said unkindly.

At this time, most of the missionaries in Europe were educated and skilled, and it would have been better if one or two of them had been engaged in medicine.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's just for foreign medicine, even people are worried about deducting it, or the master recommends you to go to the Ministry of Rites, as long as you think of the law, you can keep people justifiably." ”

The sixteenth elder brother just laughed casually, but Cao Hao was interested.

Although pneumonia is not terrible, the resistance is good, and with good medicine, it can be improved after a period of support. However, the disease is very prone to recurrence, especially during the autumn and winter seasons.

But the change of seasons in autumn and winter has always been the busiest time for household affairs.

Now that the military department is still hopeless, it is better to go to the Ministry of Rites than to stay in the household department to help Zhang Tingyu.

Although there seem to be a lot of things that need to be sorted out by the Ministry of Rites throughout the year, fortunately, there are rules everywhere, and you only need to respect the precedent, which is the most worry-free yamen among the six departments.

Although there is an old saying in the officialdom that non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, non-Hanlin is not allowed to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the non-secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette is not allowed to enter the cabinet, but the Qing Dynasty pays attention to the rule of people, not [***] governance, the so-called Jinshi background, but it can be solved as soon as it arrives at the grace.

"If that's the case, then thank you again!" Cao Hao pondered for a moment and said.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was stunned.

He stood up and looked at Cao Hao, his face full of surprise: "Fu Ruo, are you telling the truth?" ”

Cao Hao nodded, and his face was solemn: "It really can't be true." Even if the lung disease is cured, it is easy to recur, especially at the turn of autumn and winter every year. The household department was the busiest at that time, and Lord Zhang is now also the official department, and the energy allocated to the household department is limited, if it is because of me, it is not my sin to delay the errand in the government office? ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao, frowned, and said, "Since you said this, the master will believe it, but can others believe it?" Although the Ministry of Rites is noble, it is a pension yamen, where can it be compared to the household department? But the book of the Ministry of Rites is a vacancy that must be filled before entering the cabinet, and if you want to go to the Ministry of Rites, others can still be regarded as pensioners. You are in the prime of life, who will believe you to retire? I'm afraid that you have the heart to enter the cabinet? ”

Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Does the emperor think so?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother thought about it, shook his head, and said, "Emperor Shengming, maybe he can understand your hardships, but people are terrible. Are you so young that you don't want to go further in officialdom? ”

Different from the household department and the military department, which are easy to make achievements, the Ministry of Rites is too disciplined, but it is the most difficult place for the six departments to make achievements.

Even before the university scholars entered the cabinet, they had to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, most of them were part-time, and there were other government offices with resumes and merits.

Speaking of which, the Ministry of Rites is more like a place for the elderly.

When Cao Yin returned to Beijing, the emperor arranged for him to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he lived a very idle life.

Recalling his father's leisurely words in his later years, Cao Hao felt that he had made a fool a few years ago, and he really wanted to enter the military department.

The war in the northwest was not a matter of one or two years, until Yongzheng died and Qianlong ascended the throne. Do you really want to go to the military department and work hard?

The Ministry of Rites is full of Shangshu Lai Du's age, and he is considered young among the six Shangshu, and he can't move his position for a while; But Han Shangshu Chen Yuanlong is over seventy, and he may become vacant at any time. Say hello to the sixteenth elder brother in advance, and say a few words in front of the thirteenth elder brother, and you can follow your mind when you can't keep it.

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "With my resume, the official is already inheriting the emperor's grace, and I dare not ask for anything else." The Sixteenth Master knows my temper, and he is the most lazy, he has been trembling all these years, and he does not dare to slack off in his official affairs, but he is just barely supporting, and he does not want to live up to the grace of God. Change to a quiet yamen, stay up for a few years, and when Tianyou is a few years older, I can retire. ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao with a strange expression: "Did you get the news earlier, so you waited here for the master?" ”

This time, it was Cao Hao's turn to wonder: "What news?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao carefully, and saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "Fortunately, you really don't know, otherwise you can still have such a calculation in your illness, but it will scare the master." ”

Cao Hao became more and more confused when he heard this, and looked at the sixteenth elder brother in confusion.

The sixteenth elder brother smiled and said, "Lai Du handed over the bones of the beggar yesterday!" ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "How come?" Lai Shangshu has always been healthy, doesn't he still have the capital on his body, why did he beg for bones......

* Tears, I owe five chapters.

(To be continued)