Changchun Garden, Qingxi Book House.

The two scholars of the Ministry of Officials, as well as several scholars of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, were all working on their own manuscripts, thinking about how to recommend the new governor when Kangxi asked questions.

This Governor Caoyun is a fat shortage, Governor Caoyun, Caoguan and Caoding under his command have their own system, and they have real power, and they have oil and water, who is not looking at it bably.

It's just that the news of Lang Tingji's death has just arrived in Beijing, and it hasn't had time to spread, so the adults who really want to seek a shortage haven't gotten the news yet.

The officials and scholars are just weighing the stakes and thinking about who to sell this favor to.

Sometimes, it's just a sentence, but you can get a mutual support.

The governor of Caoyun, like the governors of the provinces, was directly responsible to the emperor. Caoyun Yamen is located in Huai'an, Jiangsu, which is not far from the capital, but it is not close.

There is an old saying that there are people in the DPRK and China who are good officials. Even if he is a governor and governor, if he wants to be stable, he must have a weighty acquaintance in the capital.

Otherwise, we will not be able to grasp the situation between the DPRK and China, and we may lose our top hat if we commit a taboo that we don't know about.

For the officials in Beijing, they are also happy to "befriend" the two foreign officials and receive some "ritual gifts", otherwise, they will not be allowed to drink the northwest wind only by relying on Yulu.

Kangxi didn't pay attention to the thoughts of these officials, he was really tired of the word "recommended", and he was afraid that the foreign ministers who were released would have something to do with his brother.

After thinking about it for a while, he put down the booklet in his hand and said: "The governor of Caoyun has a great responsibility, and he can be promoted by Shi Shilun, the governor of Yunnan, but his surname has a remote place, and I have already warned him before I did. ”

Everyone was surprised, this Shi Shilun La only left Beijing at the end of the month and went to Yunnan to take up his post, calculating the distance, I am afraid that he has not yet arrived in Yunnan.

Shi Shilun was originally the head of the household department of Zheng Erpin, and if he was released, he would be promoted to be the governor, but if he was the governor, he would be demoted.

Although he was born in a family of lords, Shi Shilun was a little out of place, so when the governor of Yunnan was vacant, everyone recommended him to serve.

Unexpectedly, it was a busy job in vain, and the old gentleman was coming back again.

Even if Emperor Chrysostom was hand-picked, there was no room for them to speak again.

Since Shi Shilun was promoted to the governor of Caoyun, the vacant governor of Yunnan naturally had to be filled. However, in a place with poor mountains and bad waters, the people are fierce, and how many officials are willing to go?

Therefore, everyone went out of selfishness and reported the names of the governors whose terms of office were about to expire in several places.

Kangxi listened to it, and ordered Gan Guobi, the political envoy of Shandong, to be the governor of Yunnan......* Outside the gate of the second palace, the sixteenth elder brother who was about to leave the garden collided with the seventeenth elder brother who was coming on.

The two brothers saw it, and the sixteenth elder brother looked at the seventeenth elder brother and said with a smile: "Why are you willing to come to the city?" What's the matter, I don't see the world and miss the cat in the brother's house? ”

The seventeenth elder brother smiled bitterly: "Others don't know about my younger brother, don't I know about my sixteenth brother?" My younger brother wants to go out to see the world and see the green mountains and beautiful waters of our Qing Dynasty. But this identity is restricted, and he can't be self-absorbed at all. Those court affairs, power entanglements, and the younger brother is too lazy to get involved, and now he is really just looking forward to holding his son. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Look, this is less than twenty, but what he said is the old man's words." We're still young, what's the hurry? Wait a few years...... After a few years, the capital will be too peaceful, and if you are an idle king, you will be at ease. ”

The seventeenth elder brother nodded and said, "It's the younger brother who is wrong, Brother Xie is the sixteenth brother...... Well, the ......," he said, with a look of hesitation on his face, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't speak.

Seeing him like this, the sixteenth elder brother was very amused, and punched him hard, saying, "What are you?" Isn't it that I've been tired of being crooked with my younger siblings for a long time, why are I still twisting and pinching like a girl? ”

Brother Seventeen smiled and opened his mouth. But he didn't know what to say, and his expression showed a little frustration.

Seeing that he was so embarrassed, the sixteenth elder brother thought for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?" Is it because there is not enough money in hand, or is it that the nobles are despised in the palace? You and my brother, what is there to say. Your business, brother, can I still tie my hands? ”

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother showed annoyance in his words, the seventeenth elder brother made his intentions clear.

It turned out that although the seventeenth elder brother did not have a division, he was an older grade after all, and he was already on an errand in the ministry, and he also had a few disciples under him.

Last night, one of the seventeenth elder brothers' disciples had an accident, not only the head of the family, but also more than a dozen subordinates in the family, and they were all detained by the people who commanded the yamen of the infantry army.

It wasn't until this morning that the man's daughter-in-law spent money to entrust someone to inquire in the yamen, only to learn that the crime was "gathering crowds to gamble", and it seemed that there were several other charges that were being adduced.

Not to mention anything else, the article of "gathering crowds to gamble" has been implemented, regardless of whether it is a civil or military position, this career is completely finished. Whether the surname can be guaranteed is still two words.

After all, if you have to go to the eighty cane, whether there will be a whole person left at that time depends on whether there is anyone in the yamen.

What idea can this daughter-in-law have of what idea she has when she is a woman? Headless flies bumped around, but they couldn't find anyone who could talk.

Fortunately, this matter was known to another disciple of the Seventeenth Elder Brother, so he told the Seventeenth Elder Brother.

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, and he had a little resentment towards Long Keduo, the commander of the Nine Gates.

Although gambling is prohibited in the "Great Qing Law", in the capital, in the homes of officials and magnates, it is not uncommon to gamble on small pleasure and big gambling on the family.

I haven't heard of the rumors of gambling in the inner city, why is the infantry army still in charge of this? Besides, even if you want to manage it, you have to check a few more and clean up a few more to see results, and the seventeenth elder brother doesn't need to be so embarrassed.

Now, no one else arrests him, and the person who arrested him is already a slap in the face in public.

This beating dog still depends on the owner, even if he has no power in his hands, after all, he is still the prince and brother, but he still needs this face.

Now, whether or not you can fish people out depends on the seventeenth elder brother.

Since he is the master, if he can't protect his own disciples, then who will be loyal to him in the future? Who else dares to worship under his door?

The seventeenth elder brother talked about the antecedents, and said: "The younger brother originally wanted to beg the fourth brother, but the fourth brother's temper, I am afraid that he will only scold the younger brother, where does it seem to be able to say that it is moving." The younger brother wanted to go to the Yamen of the Infantry Army, but he knew that he had no weight, and he couldn't get anyone to talk about it, and he was afraid that he would become a big joke. So I came to beg the sixteenth brother with a thick face, and I still need my brother's help to come up with an idea. ”

The sixteenth elder brother listened to the seventeenth elder brother's story, stared at it and thought hard, but did not speak immediately.

For Long Keduo, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, the sixteenth elder brother is no stranger, and he is half an acquaintance.

From Kangxi's side, Long Keduo is the cousin of their princes and elder brothers; From the side of Empress Xiaoyi, Long Keduo is the uncle of the prince's elder brother.

Roncodo is not a flamboyant person, on the contrary, he is very reserved.

If there was no holy order, he would be a nine-gate admiral, and he would pay attention to such a trivial matter as "gathering gambling"?

If you receive the holy order, it will make sense, but I don't know if it is the same as the people from Shichahai in Shuntianfu two days ago?

This is a bit thought-provoking, is Huang Ama going to "clean up", or is there another reason?

The seventeenth elder brother frowned when he saw the sixteenth elder brother, and he still took care of Long Keduo. was unwilling to meddle in this matter, squeezed out a little smile on his face, and said: "Hehe, my brother just said that, if my brother is not free, then forget it." ”

The sixteenth elder brother still frowned and asked, "What's your name?" How many products of the official? When did it come to your name, and how did he behave? ”

This series of questions made the seventeenth elder brother a little confused.

Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother didn't respond, the sixteenth elder brother pondered for a moment and said, "Is that the one with a very clever mouth, surnamed Zhou?" ”

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he nodded hurriedly, and said with a little curiosity: "How does the sixteenth brother know about that dog minion?" It's him, Zhou Tianlin. Could it be that he is really a gambler, and this reputation has spread to the ears of the sixteenth elder brother? He was the deputy protector of the fourth grade, and the younger brother came out of the upper study the year before and was on an errand in the ministry. treats his younger brother quite respectfully, and looks at him except for being a little self-cooked, there is no big problem. ”

"From the deputy military leader of the Internal Affairs Office of Sipin, and the surname is Zhou, that is Zhou Guochang's grandson?" Sixteen Brother Question.

Zhou Guochang mentioned by the sixteenth elder brother once served the three generations of emperors Taizong, Shizu and Kangxi, and his family was extremely prominent among the Baoyi family of the Internal Affairs Office.

Although Zhou Guochang has been dead for many years, his children and grandchildren are also very fat and shortage, and they also have a lot of weight in the yamen of the Internal Affairs Bureau.

The eldest grandson of the Zhou family also has the word "heaven" in his name, so the sixteenth elder brother asked like this.

The seventeenth elder brother nodded and said: "It's their family, but it's not the Changfang branch, his Laozi was also on an errand in the Internal Affairs Office during his lifetime, and he was the sixth son of Zhou Guochang. ”

The sixteenth elder brother's face seemed to be smiling, and he said to the seventeenth elder brother: "Let's go, my brother is just about to enter the city, let's go to the Yamen of the infantry army." Even if you don't pay attention to your servants, won't it chill the hearts of those below? But the law is ruthless, let's not say much, let's go and see first, it can be regarded as fulfilling the master's benevolence, and the rest, let's see the situation. ”

The seventeenth elder brother was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's it, that's it, my brother didn't want to ignore the law, but he was a little uncertain, so it's ......better to go and see it as soon as possible."

*Outside the Donghua Gate, a secret place.

One of them stood with his hands behind his back and asked, "I told Brother Seventeen, how did he respond?" ”

saw a middle-aged man, bowed down and said: "If you return to the master, the slave said, looking at the meaning of the seventeenth master, he was also annoyed, but he did not go directly to the yamen of the infantry army, but went out of the city." ”

"Go to the garden, do you want to find the sixteenth elder brother?" The man muttered to himself.

The middle-aged man didn't dare to answer, the man raised his right hand, waved it, and said, "Let's go down, wait and see how the seventeenth elder brother responds." ”

The middle-aged man knelt down and retreated, and after a few steps, the man opened his mouth and called, "Seketu!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he hurriedly turned around, trotted back, and said with some doubts: "Master, what else do you have to tell the slave?" ”

The man pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the situation is unknown, Xu Chuantong and Zhou Tianlin have both had accidents, you should be calm, don't let the master worry about it." ”

Seketu swore that he would not dare to cause trouble to himself, and if he caused trouble, he would swallow a piece of gold and go neatly.

The man snorted coldly, didn't say anything more, and turned around and went to Donghua Gate.

Sektu waited for him to be far away, and reached out to wipe the sweat from his head. Thinking of Xu Chuan, who was exiled to Taiwan, and then thinking of Zhou Tianlin, who was locked up in the Yamen of the Infantry Army, he swallowed hard and spat hard, and he was also a little afraid.

Not to mention the whispers outside the Donghua Gate, the infantry of the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were all in charge of the yamen's trip, although there were many people who paid attention to it, but they did not give birth to anything to talk about.

As if it was an ordinary visit, the two elder brothers entered the yamen, ate half a cup of tea, and casually asked a few words about Zhou Tianlin's case, and the others didn't say anything more, so they got up and walked out of the yamen.

Long Keduo was still embarrassed, afraid that the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother would say something for Zhou Tianlin.

In that case, if you tell the truth, you will be guilty of resisting the decree, after all, you are receiving a secret decree and cannot pass it on; If you don't say the reason and don't let people go, then you will offend the two elder brothers.

Unexpectedly, he would deal with the past like this, Long Keduo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when he personally sent the two elder brothers out of the yamen, his face was also full of smiles, which surprised those who were secretly peeping.

* At this moment, Cao Hao was still eating wine with Wei Hei in the post station in Zhangjiakou, and he didn't know that anyone was already panicking.

The next time, Cao Hao and the others set off from Zhangjiakou and returned to the capital three days later. After only a turn in the yamen, he went home, and then, he could rest for a few days, and he didn't have to go to the imperial front to return the decree......

(To be continued)