After a night of silence, Cao Hao finished breakfast, and still took Jiang Jian and others to the Yamen of the household department as usual.

When he was about to arrive at the Yamen, Cao Hao remembered what the sixteenth elder brother said yesterday, and said to Jiang Jian: "Non-phosphorus, except for the news from the northwest, is there any other movement on the side of the military department?" ”

Jiang Jian pondered for a while and said: "I haven't heard any movement in other places, the southeast has been doing well in the past two years, and the people have a way to live, so naturally they don't engage in three or four; The natives of the southwest were too scattered to resist the imperial court. ”

It seems that the Pingxi Battle that will be ushered in during the Yongzheng period is occupied by the time and the people, and the victory of the imperial court is greater than in previous years...... As early as before Cao Hao came out, he made an appointment with his wife and asked his wife to go to Prince Ping's Mansion in the afternoon, and he went directly after he fell into the palace.

Therefore, when Cao Hao came out of the yamen and arrived at Prince Ping's mansion, Chu Yu had already arrived.

Not only Chu Yu was there, but Cao Yi was also there, and the sisters-in-law were chatting lively.

Because my sister-in-law mentioned Tianhui's marriage in a few words, Tianhui avoided it early and was not in front of her.

In fact, Cao Yi's side also has the intention of marrying her mother's family, but because Cao Jia's family is in front, it is not her turn to speak. When Cao Jia's family hit a wall, the reason was still because of blood kinship, and Cao Yi knew the meaning of brother and sister-in-law, and it was even more difficult to mention it.

At present, Cao Jia's family and Sister Cao Yi are optimistic about each other, and they are both children of the side branches in the clan. The family population should be small, or there is no mother-in-law, or the mother-in-law is from a low background and is surnamed Mian.

According to their intentions, it is best to be a side of the palace of the same country and the prince's mansion, and if there is something inappropriate, the two sisters can also use the status of concubines to talk.

However, if you want to find the perfect family, where is it so simple? If the raid is too low, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make a living in the future, and Tianhui will be wronged; If you attack Jue Gao, I don't know how many people are staring.

Listening to the eldest sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law talking lively, Chu Yu couldn't help laughing.

Aren't the three here all married to families with simple populations and withered elders?

But even with such a carefully selected family, Cao Yi still has the pain of losing a child, and Cao Jia's family has also been harassed by the notoriety of "jealousy".

Thinking of this, Chu Yu couldn't laugh a little.

Cao Hao is in the prime of life, Tianyou and Hengsheng have also begun to work on errands, several aunts and grandmothers have joined the clan, Tianhui has no shortage of mother's family to rely on, but where does she have the means of Cao Jia's and Cao Yi?

Cao Jia's family was taught by the old lady of the Cao family, Cao Yi had his own hills and valleys in his heart because of his ups and downs when he was young, Tianhui was smart and smart, and his surname was a little arrogant.

Seeing Cao Hao coming, the sister-in-law stopped talking.

Cao Hao looked at Cao Jia's eyes carefully, and saw that her complexion was fine, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was rare to get together, so Cao Jia's family kept the meal.

After the meal, Cao Jiashi said a few words alone with his younger brother.

Cao Hao only then knew that Fu Peng's errand had been decided, and Cao Jia's meaning was that he wanted to go back to Shengjing to relieve his husband, and he had already said that he would give up the prince.

In that case, in another three or two years, the "Jeanjue" incident will subside, and it will be cheaper for the family to return to Beijing.

The biggest in the world is the emperor, whether he is happy or not, and where his arms are twisted over his thighs, it is better to know more fun earlier than to be stubborn and annoying.

Cao Hao has said what he should have said a long time ago, and now he is not verbose with his sister.

With Fu Peng here, even if Nersu retreats, Prince Ping's Mansion is also very strong.

Because Cao Jia's family left tomorrow morning, he asked Cao Hao not to come over to see him off, so that he could remember this time that Tianhui's family affairs should not pass her aunt.

Cao Hao responded one by one, and then took his wife and daughter back home.

The Li family already knew the news of Cao Jia's return to Shengjing, but he was not reluctant.

In the eyes of the elderly, children are really good when they are doing well. After all, it is a married daughter, even if she stays in Beijing, the mother and daughter don't see each other much.

As the days pass, the autumn in the capital is stronger.

Li and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are both a little busy. Not only did Chu Yu often take Tianhui out of the house and participate in banquets in various mansions, but also the Li family, who didn't like to go out much over the years, also had a lot of contacts.

She is old and older, and when she is a guest at other people's homes, it is easier for her to meet the younger generations than Chu Yu.

Although Tianhui's family affairs are not in a hurry, Cao Hao is willing to let his mother go out more often, and he supports him.

At the beginning of September, the Ministry of Officials arranged for the selection of new recruits, and Wei Wenjie was among them.

In other places, Cao Hao was not at ease, so he arranged for Yizhi County, Zhejiang Province.

Although it is only a middle county, it is not attached to the Guo Provincial Government, and the officialdom is relatively simple. There is also a Li Wei on it, and there will be no mistakes easily.

In addition, Zhejiang and Jiangsu are next to each other, Wei Ren misses his nephew, and it is cheap to see each other.

Wei Wenjie didn't know the relationship between Li Wei and the Cao family, but he also knew that he borrowed the light of the Cao family to be able to choose the official so smoothly.

Even if it is only a middle county, it may be chosen in the rich land of Liangjiang, which is much better than those who went to remote provinces to work hard in the same year.

This time, I heard that Cao Hao was resting, and Wei Wenjie came to thank him.

Since Wei Wenjie has already married a family, and now that he is officially conferred, he can be regarded as a career, and Cao Hao has to explain some things.

Especially in Jiangning Wei Ren, they can't let their brothers misunderstand their relatives and uncles all the time, so that there is no room for family affection.

He didn't say it directly to Wei Wenjie, but left him for tea, and then sent someone to Zhuangwangfu to find Wei Wenzhi.

Wei Wenjie was apprehensive in his heart, and his words were also restrained.

In the early years, it was not obvious, but with the two years of entering Beijing, he began to contact the powerful, and Wei Wenjie really understood that the Cao family and his own identity were worlds apart.

In his early years, he only regarded Cao Hao as his father's old friend, even if the official position was higher, the two families still had a local fate.

After all, the Wei family was the head of the Jiangning squires. As an outsider, the Cao family also received the help of the Wei family in Jiangning for decades.

It wasn't until Wei Wenzhi became a naturalized person, made up for the palace guards, and Zhuang married into the Wei family with a rich dowry, Wei Wenjie realized what he had missed.

Now brothers are still brothers, but the flag people are different.

Wei Wenzhi not only directly served as a palace guard from the fifth grade, but when a son landed, he could also attack the banker's meritorious lord. The other sons, as long as they reach the age of sixteen, can make up errands and get Ding Yin.

Wei Wenjie also despised himself in his heart, a man is alive, he should rely on himself to work hard, and he should not think about the sideways. But facing his wife He's still weak appearance, the pity in his heart became weaker and weaker.

The women he had seen since he was a child were limited, and the aunts in the family in Guangzhou were all Israeli servants, and they didn't have any strengths.

Back in Jiangning's hometown, my grandmother and aunt were both shrewd women.

The reason why he chose He was because he liked her to be soft, to be a generous and eldest sister-in-law, and to treat her brothers and sisters well.

Wei Wenzhi didn't come quickly, Cao Hao had already made people change the tea twice, and Wei Wenzhi hurriedly arrived.

He is a third-class guard in the palace, and he is also very idle on every errand, except for serving about sixteen elder brothers, he is stationed in the palace.

According to the regulations, there are six first-class guards, six second-class guards, and eight third-class guards in the Prince's Mansion, all of whom are of high grade, and the other long-term guards are not officials, but slaves.

First- and second-class guards have one day off in three days, and third-class guards have one day off in four days.

Today is not Wei Wenzhi's son, he didn't know that his brother would come to Cao's house today, otherwise he would have waited for a day or two, and the two came together.

Although the two brothers live next to each other, Wenjie has his own friends of the same year, and Wenzhi has his own fellow guards.

For his brother to leave himself and come to Cao Mansion, Wei Wenzhi didn't show it on his face, and he was a little depressed in his heart.

Some time ago, the He family received a letter from his aunt Wei He's family, mentioning the affairs of foreign officials, which meant that Wei Wenjie was asked to help Wei De move around in the capital, to see if it was through the colonel and the world's officials to help Wei De pay attention to one or two.

Wei De is not only the uncle of the He family, but also the uncle of Wen Jie and Wen Zhi brothers, and he has a half-teacher friendship with Wen Jie.

Wen Jie was embarrassed, so he mentioned this matter to Wen Zhi.

Wenzhi did not approve of his brother's request for Cao Hao for this matter, and before Cao Hao left Zhili, he promoted Wei De to the post of Qingyuan Zhixian County, which was already based on their brother's affection.

Now it has only been a year and a half since Wei Deqingyuan was in the county, and if he seeks other official positions, he is suspected of winning Longwangchuan.

If Cao Hao had the heart to mention Wei De, he would mention it without their brother talking about it; If they don't want to mention it, they will come to the door and it will seem too ignorant.

Wen Zhi said it bluntly, Wen Jie was a little unhappy in his heart, he only regarded his younger brother as a high eye, and did not put the clan uncle with a low official position in his eyes.

Today, he said that leaving his younger brother aside, reading power to come to Cao's Mansion was also an option after his hesitation.

For Cao Hao, a second-grade official, taking care of a seven-grade county is just a gesture.

Wen Jie thought that he was a junior, even if he was cheeky, it was understandable to help his uncle. After all, that is the elder of his clan, and everyone will be in the same mood in the officialdom in the future.

But unexpectedly, before he could speak, Cao Hao sent someone to find Wenzhi.

Wen Jie had a ghost in his heart, and he swallowed the words that he originally wanted to help his uncle.

Cao Hao noticed Wen Jie's restraint, but he didn't think about it.

In Cao Hao's opinion, as he gets older, Wen Jie's heart becomes heavier, and sometimes he thinks too much and acts less openly. And because he was the eldest son, he liked to make his own decisions in everything, and he could not listen to persuasion.

Such a surname is easy to hit a wall in officialdom, and it is difficult to get real help in interpersonal contacts.

Because of this, Cao Hao took a second step and arranged him to be an official in Zhejiang.

Thinking that he was still young, take care of him, and save him too much frustration, and suffered a big loss in the officialdom. As Wen Jie gets older and has more knowledge in the officialdom, his surname will be smooth.

When Wenzhi gave Cao Hao a salute, Cao Hao asked him to sit down.

Cao Hao's face showed solemnity and said, "Before I came back from Jiangning at the beginning of this year, I was entrusted with one thing by your uncle. Because I was worried that Wenjie would be distracted by the exam, I kept dragging it out and didn't say anything. Now that Jie has been officially conferred the official position, your brothers can also be regarded as starting a family, and there are some things to tell you. ”

Wen Jie listened, frowning slightly; Wen Zhi paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's nothing more than asking Uncle Shi to take care of our old sayings, Uncle is really, we are all older, it's too late to honor Uncle Shi, where is it so ignorant and still affects Uncle Shi's heart?" ”

Seeing that Wen Jie didn't squeak, Cao Hao knew that he had a grudge against Wei Ren, and regretted that he didn't defend Wei Ren earlier.

But this is really not to blame him, before Wei Ren took out the more than 300,000 taels of silver, even Cao Hao misunderstood, thinking that Wei Ren had embezzled Wei Xin's silver.

After all, when Wei Ren sent the Wenjie brothers to Beijing, he brought 20,000 taels of silver, and even the niece's dowry was counted in it, which meant settling the nephews to set up their own doors.

Wen Jie was angry with his aunt, and he took his younger brother and sister away from home, and it was normal to complain about his uncle in his heart.

"It's not these words, it's about your father." Cao Hao said lightly.

Wen Zhi restrained his smile, and Wen Jie couldn't help but straighten up.

Cao Hao's heart was also a little heavy, and he said: "This is a long story, let's start from the beginning." Your father was originally a carefree young master of a wealthy squire's family, but because the old lady doted on his young son, he became a high-flying and domineering surname. I was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, and I didn't know him or didn't know him, and I became close friends.

Later, my grandmother passed away, and I was mourned and filial, and his surname jumped out and wanted to go out. My family was raising pearls in Taihu Lake at that time, and I was about to arrange for someone to go to Guangzhou to open a shop. I paid the principal, and he made a person, which can be regarded as a joint stock transaction.

He went to Guangzhou at the age of eighteen, stayed in Guangzhou for more than ten years, and earned a lot of money. It stands to reason that those transactions are not the principal of the Wei family, and the income is only your father's own, and it has nothing to do with the rest of the Wei family. However, he was young and did not have a family, and he was filial to his parents, and most of the silver taels he earned every year were still sent back to Jiangning.

The Wei family is a big family, and your grandfather alone has five sons. Your father is the youngest, and the others have already married their own children.

When there is more silver, there is more right and wrong. Not only did the money your father send back to Jiangning into their eyes, but even the business in Guangzhou began to be remembered.

The family is close to flesh and blood, and they began to calculate. Because of the Cao family in it, they didn't dare to rob the business in Guangzhou, one by two, they all wanted their maiden sister and cousin to tell your father to be a wife, and the maid who pinched the deed also sent it to Guangzhou in waves, just to draw your father over, so as to arrange for someone to meddle in the business in Guangzhou.

Your father's surname is the most bold and free, where can he stand these filth?

In the early years, your father set up that stall, half to help me, and half to find something to do, and the province was regarded as useless.

and the money was earned, and the power was revealed, and your father, impatient with the foolishness, took the sale. He chose to go abroad, in addition to wanting to see the world, he was also disheartened with his family and wanted to go out for a walk......"

Wen Jie and Wen Zhi also know a little bit about these things, but they are not so detailed.

Listening to Cao Hao talk about these now, the two brothers are not without indignation in their hearts.

They are not distressed about the silver that was seized by their elders, but they think about their father who was forced to go abroad by their relatives.

After saying this in one breath, Cao Hao's mouth was a little dry, he ate half a bowl of tea, and then said: "I told you a long time ago that before your father went abroad, he went to Beijing and left some silver with me...... It's just that I'm afraid that you will have any grievances in the future, so prepare with both hands...... A few years ago, I saw that your uncle couldn't protect you and let you be wronged in Jiangning, but I really couldn't see it, so I sent someone to take you into Beijing. Your uncle took 20,000 taels of silver and bought property for you in the capital, and I also complained in my heart, thinking that he should not be like this. Even if the old property of the Wei family in Jiangning is divided equally among the five houses, your brothers should not have to have this family property. Not to mention, a lot of the Wei family's property in Jiangning was purchased with the money earned by your father......"

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "It wasn't until this year that I realized that I was a villain. ”

Hearing the turning point in Cao Hao's words, Wen Jie and Wen Zhi looked over in puzzlement.

Cao Hao sighed and told Jiang Ning about seeing Wei Ren and about the 300,000 taels of silver.

"Three hundred thousand taels!" Wen Zhi was surprised and couldn't close his mouth.

Wen Jie's eyes were dark, and the fist in his sleeve was clenched to death......

(To be continued)