Listening to Cao Hao's words, Cao Xiang's face turned pale and he was silent for a long time.

Cao Hao was not worried, he was afraid that his cousin would stay in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, attach too much importance to Confucian etiquette, and correct it excessively, not only would he treat the children badly, but he would also become more and more inferior.

Such contradictions come and go, and in the end, it is strange that the heart is not distorted.

Cao Hao also hoped that his sons and nephews would take the imperial examination under the guidance of Cao Xiang and transfer the Cao family from a noble to a scholarly family, but he didn't want to blow him and lose his sharpness.

Therefore, he said, "Don't get into the horns...... I made family rules like that, because I was afraid that my children and grandchildren would be unscrupulous, and I would insult the family in a daze......" Speaking of this, he laughed at himself: "If you really talk about it, our family has been cut off since the old lady's generation, and who is much higher than whom......

This is also what Cao Haofang remembered.

Speaking of which, the history of the Cao family is indeed a bit unsightly.

Nominally, it is said that after Cao Bin, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, even Cao Hao doesn't know, whether this so-called origin is true or far-fetched, anyway, the family tree left behind is marked like this.

The exact history is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three generations of Gaozu Cao Xiyuan, great-grandfather Cao Zhenyan, and grandfather Cao Xi were captured by the Eight Banners Army in the Tieling Guard and became the Han people of the Zhengbai Banner.

At that time, my grandfather Cao Xi was only two years old.

Then the rise of the Cao family, it was the great-ancestor Cao Zhenyan who came out as a tribute, and the governor of Jizhou in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi Province, and the Governor of Datong Prefecture in Shanxi Province transferred salt to the two Zhejiang capitals.

This is just a three-grade official, in the territory where the eight banners of the capital are gathered, and it is a clothed family, and the Cao family really has no weight.

It was only because Cao Hao's grandmother Sun was selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs as the prince's nanny, and then the prince ascended the throne, and began to reuse the Cao family.

Before Kangxi was not in power, his father arranged a weaving position in the second year of Kangxi.

In the sixth year of Kangxi, the emperor was in power, because of his meritorious service, Sun Taijun was crowned Mrs. Yipin, Cao Xi was added to the third grade of Lang, Cao Xiyuan and Cao Zhenyan also won the gift by the light of their granddaughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the wives of the two were also sealed from the second grade.

In the fourteenth year of Kangxi, Kangxi established the crown prince, once again added favor to the Cao family, Cao Xi added the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Cao Xiyuan and Cao Zhenyan were the third rank of Lang Zhongjia, and the wives of the two became Mrs. Yipin.

The real hero of the Cao family is none other than Sun Taijun.

But the Sun family only has three daughters, two of which died early before the order, and only the young daughter lived to get married.

On the side of the Cao family, in the east and west mansions, there are more than a dozen men, nominally Sun Taijun's great-grandson, but the actual blood has nothing to do with it...... Thinking of this, Cao Hao touched his chin and couldn't help but feel a little weak.

Speaking of the first person he was close to in this world, it was Sun Taijun.

No matter how Sun Taijun treats the Li family, it is really useless to treat him, the eldest grandson.

Sun Taijun's dowry and private house, in addition to leaving some silver for his grandchildren as wedding silver, giving clothes and jewelry to his daughter-in-law, and leaving all the gold and silver in the other fields to Cao Hao.

From Cao Hao's seven-year-old crossing to the death of the twelve-year-old old Taijun, although the fate of the two ancestors and grandchildren is only five years, for Cao Hao, who is new to another world, the unconditional pampering of the old generation also dispelled a lot of loneliness for him, and began to slowly integrate into this era.

In addition to caring for his eldest grandson, Sun Taijun is most concerned about his mother's family.

arranged for the nephew to be made in Suzhou, to marry the Sun family and the Li family, and to marry the eldest granddaughter to the nephew, all so that the Sun family could get on the ship of the Cao and Li families, so that the Cao family could pull the Sun family.

It's not a mistake to protect yourself clearly, but it's a little unkind...... Cao Xiang was shocked by his cousin's words, blinked his eyes, and realized that this was indeed the case.

The uncle is a concubine, and his father is a concubine, if you really want to talk about concubines, no one can tear them clean.

Originally, when he heard his cousin's family rules, he was very ashamed in his heart, but at this time, he knew that his cousin's move had no plans for children and grandchildren, and he had no other intentions, so he was relieved.

Cao Hao was a little uneasy in his heart, so he couldn't sit still, looked up at the window, the sun was shining, and said: "It's boring to sit here, go to the garden over there......

Cao Xiang also found that the conversation between the two brothers was too heavy, and echoed with a smile: "Listen to the eldest brother, I went there once a year ago, and I haven't seen the cleaned garden......

Even if the planning is neat, moving is moving, cars, horses, big boxes and small boxes, and the front yard is still a little messy.

Cao Hao didn't alarm others, and called Cao Man to lead two horses and come out of the corner gate with Cao Xiang.

From the gate of Caofu to the mouth of the alley, there are carriages.

Seeing this, Cao Hao beckoned Cao Xiang to go back and spare a little road.

By the end of April, the weather was already a little hot.

Cao Hao rode on his horse and looked at the canals on both sides of the road.

Although it is not deep, there is still standing water.

Since the beginning of this spring, it has rained not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but also in the capital.

Cao Hao thought about the water situation in the south of the Yangtze River and carefully asked Cao Xiang what he had seen.

Although Cao Xiang was in Hanlin, he was an official in Luoyang in his early years, and he was not a nerd who did not know the world.

When he mentioned this, he not only frowned, but also worried, and said: "Big brother, Jiangnan is not only a flood problem, I'm afraid there is also [***]...... Since ancient times, the assembly of monks and Taoists has been prone to change, and this year is another eventful year......" Speaking of this, he hesitated and said: "It is rumored that the few Taoists that Fan Shiduo respected in Jiangning are people from Danmen...... I asked the second brother, but he didn't know much, but said that Li Dutai had mentioned it, saying that the water here was deep and the second brother was not allowed to participate...... If it's really Danmen, big brother, look at ......"

Cao Hao sneered: "Two thousand years since Qin Shi Huang asked for immortals, which person do you think has really lived a hundred years?" The emperor is a bright monarch, if he has no flattery, the position of governor may be able to last longer; If he really wants to take advantage of the door, I'm afraid it will backfire. ”

"Is it because the emperor values the Buddha?" Cao Xiang asked: "The emperor still has a stand-in monk, I think I can't see Fan Shiduo suppressing the Buddha......

Cao Hao shook his head and said: "Whether it is a Buddha or a Tao, in the eyes of the superiors, they are all fools...... but his heart moved, no wonder he felt that something was wrong with this matter, so it was so...... This Fan Shiduo had dealt with him when he was the governor of Zhili, although he was arrogant, but in the end, he was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there was no shortage of officialdom and eyes.

Knowing that the emperor values the Buddha, he still lifts the Taoist gate, which is so contrary to the emperor's wishes, it is really not like a governor can do it.

Cao Hao originally thought that Fan Shiduo was starting to make trouble because of his age.

Come to think of it, it's not like that.

Jiangnan is an important place, how could the emperor allow a troubled governor of Liangjiang to be there? Even if he gives the Fan family face, he will not joke about the stability of the important land in the south of the Yangtze River.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich, and the Buddhist incense is very prosperous.

Over time, the amount of land occupied by the Buddhist circle has also increased.

"Spread into the acre" but can't avoid the temple property.

If Buddhism is strong, then the confidence to speak is enough.

Buddhism is weak, so I can only carefully hold my tail and say, where do I dare to speak.

"Hahaha!" Thinking about this, Cao Hao couldn't help laughing, he was blind, it was really a good means and a good layout.

Presumably Li Wei already understood this, so he didn't hold on to Fan Shiduo's tail in this matter.

This black cauldron of "mediocrity and good way", Fan Shiduo has set his back; If he is not greedy, the emperor will definitely keep his grievances in mind, and when he returns to Beijing at the end of his term, he may have to hang a scholar to compensate for the loss of his reputation.

But Fan Shiduo is a bold man, and when he suppressed Buddhism, he didn't forget to collect money, and he couldn't wait to scrape the ground in the south of the Yangtze River.

Cao Xiang saw his cousin laughing, his expression was gloating, and he was very puzzled: "Big brother ......"

Cao Hao thought of that, and he was suspected of figuring out the holy will, even in front of his cousin, he was not easy to speak, so he said: "Fourth brother, you have to remember that even if you are released in the future, you must avoid Jiangnan...... Jiangnan has nothing to do with military attachés, but for civilian officials, it is a place where bones are buried......"

There has long been such a saying in officialdom, which is nothing more than that Jiangnan is rich and easy to tempt greed.

Low-level officials are fine, but the more prominent they are, the more dangerous they are.

Since the beginning of the Shunzhi Dynasty, the governors in Jiangnan have folded countless times, and there are few good deaths.

Not to mention the distance, let's just say that Zhang Boxing, who was called "the first Qing official in the world" by Kangxi who died a few years ago, is not only a good official who is famous all over the world, but also inherits Cheng and Zhu Lixue, and is also quite popular in Shilin, but he became infamous in Jiangnan and almost became a capital crime.

This is unwilling to go along with the dirt, those who really dare to stretch out their hands, just like the fat pigs and sheep raised by the emperor, the heat is about the same, and it should be slaughtered, and the family registration is confiscated, and the wife and children are harmed...... Cao Xiang heard the seriousness in his cousin's words, and nodded solemnly.

Gossiping, the two brothers arrived at the new house.

This side is similar to the door of Cao's house, and the house here has a lion courtyard, and the gate is not facing the street, but is wrapped in a heavy courtyard.

In this way, the carriages do not have to line up outside the gate, but are waiting in the lion courtyard, which seems to be neater than that of Caofu.

The people sitting in the front yard here are Hengsheng and the chief steward Zhang Yi.

Hearing that the two Cao Hao brothers had arrived, Hengsheng and Zhang Yi both greeted them and greeted them well.

Cao Hao asked Zhang Yi first: "How many trips have you transported, how many more trips do you need, what have you come over?" How many people have come? ”

Zhang Yi bowed and replied: "Back to the old man, since Yinzheng (four o'clock in the morning), it has been transported five times, and the items in the upper room of several masters have been transported almost the same, and the people in each courtyard have arrived here in addition to the ones left behind......"

Cao Hao nodded, very satisfied.

Housewarming is a troublesome thing, but the rest is okay, but everyone's residence has to be taken care of.

At this time, everything pays attention to good luck and evil.

That is, today is the auspicious day of housewarming, and now it is said that it will be moved.

Other things, slowly regulated are good, and the accommodation is cleaned up early, and there is no place to stay.

After asking Zhang Yi, Cao Hao looked at Hengsheng, saw that he hadn't changed into his guard clothes, his eyes were also blue, and he frowned: "What about your seventh uncle?" Let him take your place, and you go and rest first......"

Although he let the juniors move to the prime minister, he also knew their manpower arrangements.

Tianyou took Tianhu to sit in Caofu, Hengsheng and Changsheng were in the new house, and Wei Wenzhi and Zuozhu went back and forth with the convoy.

Hengsheng said with a smile: "Father, my son is not tired, just now the sixteenth master came, saying that there was something, there happened to be something in the warehouse, and the son couldn't get out, so he asked the seventh uncle to go over and ......."

Before the words fell, I heard "crackling" outside and firecrackers shook the sky......

(To be continued)