"What is this?" Looking at the pride of the sixteenth elder brother offering treasures, Cao Hao was very surprised.

He was talking to his father-in-law in the garden of King Chun's mansion, but he was pulled back by the sixteenth elder brother. Because the sixteenth elder brother was in a hurry, Prince Chun knew that he had something, so he didn't stay with him.

When he arrived at Cao Yuan's study, the sixteenth elder brother took out two boxes from his sleeve and opened one of them for Cao Hao to see.

Cao Hao was still a treasure, and the result was half a box of brown pills, the size of a little finger cover.

The sixteenth elder brother dragged out a chair, sat down loudly, shook the fan, and said with a smug face: "Baby! ”

Cao Hao pinched a pill and put it under his nose to smell it, there was some fragrance of hawthorn meat, and some unspeakable pungent taste.

His eyes lit up and he said, "Opium and hawthorn?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother smiled and said, "Well, to cure colds and diarrhea, one pill is good." It's just that after eating it a few times, it becomes addictive, and it can't be sold in China. ”

It turned out that after the opium from Yunnan was transported to the capital last year, Yongzheng privately issued a secret decree to the sixteenth elder brother, asking him to think of exporting opium.

In Guangzhou, because the East India Company had a poppy base, opium paste had been produced and sold for some years. Domestic opium cream, if you don't think of gimmicks, can't compete with it for a while.

In addition, this thing is a drug after all, and the imperial court will eventually make a decree to ban it in the country, so it is not good to sell it openly.

The sixteenth elder brother thought about this thing, which was sold in pharmacies in China, so he thought about turning "poison" into medicine, so that it could be sold abroad and Mongolia justifiably.

But he is not a doctor, and there are many people in the hospital, so it is not easy to call at will. He then remembered Lejia, met with the head of Tong Ren Tang, and refined these pills in Tong Ren Tang's secret pharmacy.

Cao Hao hadn't tried this pill, but since the sixteenth elder brother said this, he must have already made people try the medicine surname.

Under the name of "pills", it is a good thing to export opium, but after all, it is an imported thing, and it is a minor disease, so it may not be easy to implement.

Seeing that Cao Hao was unmoved, the sixteenth elder brother opened another box. It is divided into two compartments, one containing several cigarettes and the other containing two snuffs.

This is in line with Cao Hao's thoughts, snuff was originally transmitted from the West, and it is easy for people to accept the poppy and then sell it to the West.

Cigarettes have been in Mongolia for two years, and now there are many "smokers" in Mongolian princes. Now this is the "upgraded version".

"What does the emperor mean?" Cao Hao asked.

It was easy to sell these things to Mongolia, and the Mongol princes had territories and subjects, but they were much richer than the princes of the clan. But what we have to think about now is not only to sell, but also to guard against its return, otherwise it will harm others and ourselves.

The sixteenth elder brother frowned slightly, and said: "It's okay to say that it is sold abroad, and it will be directly listed in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and go to customs; Mongolia and Khalkha can only be put aside for the time being, and when the court officials travel back and forth to Qinghai-Tibet, they will take some of them to Qinghai and Tibetan provinces, but it is not good in the name of the imperial court. ”

Not in the name of the imperial court, then naturally someone must come out to take the lead.

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but feel sorry and said, "The sixteenth master must not touch his hands!" ”

No matter how nice the emperor said, he can't hold the cylinder for him, and if he cares about it, it's also a sin.

The sixteenth elder brother smiled slyly, lowered his voice, and said, "Don't worry, I haven't been loyal to the point of 'shattering bones'." Although these things are harmful, they are rich in oil and water, and even if they don't bear their reputation, they are easy to cause trouble, and I will not touch this. I'm a good candidate here, guess which one? ”

Cao Hao saw that he was sinister in his smile, not like he was perfecting people, but like digging a pit for someone, after a little thought, he laughed: "Rich? That has to be watched, if this kid is bold, it will be troublesome to sell it domestically. ”

The sixteenth elder brother didn't care, and said: "The internal affairs government's control of the number will also make people stare at it, and it won't let him come nonsense." It's just that in the name of his Laozi, these things were sold smoothly to Qinghai and Tibetan provinces. ”

Hearing this, Cao Hao knew that the sixteenth elder brother was holding a grudge and wanted to set a trap for the father and son of the Nian family.

The business of the Internal Affairs Office is easy to get started, but there are many autumn winds.

The Nian family now has a noble concubine and two dukes, who look prominent, but this prominence is only said to the courtiers.

In the eyes of the clan, the Nian family is just a Han military flag, and it is only because they have replaced the old people in the Qiandi that they have the dignity they have today. They will not easily quarrel with the Nian family, but when it is convenient to cut a knife, they will also be happy to start.

At that time, the Nian family will be a man, if they can't be a man, they will have grudges.

You must know that although the clan of the Qing Dynasty is not as good as the previous dynasty and has no fiefdom, it nominally has the right to "discuss state affairs" with the emperor.

It's a swarm of people who are all encircled in the capital, and what they care about most is face, and what they are most afraid of is losing their shares.

With the arrogance of Nian Qianyao and the childishness of the young man, it is strange that there is no enmity between the two.

Cao Hao nodded and acquiesced to the arrangement of the sixteenth elder brother.

No matter what the purpose of the young man is, he has indeed calculated him, and now "the way of the other, the other body" is just right to let him also taste the taste of being calculated.

Prince Zhuang's mansion also has a royal garden in Haidian, so the sixteenth elder brother now lives outside the city, pulling Cao Hao and planning an "opium plan".

After drinking a few teas, my stomach was a little hungry, and the sixteenth elder brother didn't talk to Cao Hao, but directly asked Cao Hao to prepare for food, and after dinner, he took Cao Hao around twice to eliminate food, and then walked slowly.

Cao Hao sent the sixteenth elder brother away, but he felt a little strange in his heart, and he always felt that the sixteenth elder brother seemed to be deliberately dragging his kung fu and didn't like to go home.

After returning to the room, he mentioned the matter to Chu Yu, and then asked: "You are at your mother-in-law's place these two times, can you listen to the matter of the sixteenth master?" Could it be that what happened to the palace? ”

Chu Yu heard her husband mention this, her face was a little strange, and she said for a while: "I really listened to it, and now everyone outside is waiting to see the jokes in the sixteenth uncle's mansion!" ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Taifu Jin is embarrassed by the sixteenth master? ”

He knew that Prince Zhuang Taifujin and the sixteenth elder brother did not get along well, and he was afraid that the sixteenth elder brother would bear the notoriety of "unfilial piety" because of this.

Even if you are a prince, you must beware of the crowd. Otherwise, if you don't talk about others, Yongzheng won't spare him. These emperors of the Qing Dynasty, no matter what the actual situation is, all admired "filial piety" to the outside world.

Chu Yu sighed: "First of all, I forced the sixteenth uncle to establish Hongpu as the son, and when I saw that the sixteenth uncle should not, I forced the sixteenth uncle to accept a side blessing. The two brothers, Hongpu and Hongming, are now raised by Taifujin's side. The emperor moved to Changchun Garden, and Taifu Jin came to Haidian with the new side of Fujin, leaving the sixteenth aunt and the other concubines of the sixteenth uncle in the palace, and the sixteenth uncle was not allowed to return to the city to live. ”

This is a bit too much. After all, Sixteen Fujin is not yet thirty years old, and he has established Hongpu, what should he do if he has a son-in-law in the future.

Who doesn't know that among the kings of the clan, the sixteenth elder brother and the sixteenth Fujin can be called a loving couple. Lao Fujin stirred up like this, but he didn't give Sixteen Fujin any face.

Even Cao Hao couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he heard it.

He is good friends with the sixteenth elder brother, and he is also familiar with the sixteenth Fujin. Unlike those Manchurian aunts and grandmothers who were famous for their pungency, Sixteen Fujin was a virtuous and gentle woman.

Just because the late Fang Fujin Li family harmed her three sons, she can tolerate Hongpu and Hongming to live peacefully until now, and she has never been treated badly by half a point in terms of food and clothing, which is already commendable.

Moreover, she is not a hypocrite. did not do everything possible to win over two concubines because he had no children. Hongpu was estranged from her, and she didn't bother with it; Hongming was willing to be close to her, and she didn't get angry with Hongming because of the Li family.

The sixteenth elder brother is not only loving her, but also respecting. As he grew older, the sixteenth elder brother gradually reined in his early years, and the husband and wife got along very harmoniously.

Besides, please be the son of the world, the court has rules, unless there are special circumstances, the elder brother of this palace must be twenty years old to ask for the title of prince or title.

Now he is forcing the sixteenth elder brother, but he is just asking the sixteenth elder brother to agree verbally.

Old Fujin will not leave dignity for Sixteen Fujin, but Sixteen Elder Brother will not ignore the righteousness of husband and wife, it is impossible to respond.

Hongpu is half the eldest child, it is the time of rebellion, and he may not know how to be considerate, maybe he will blame the sixteenth elder brother and the sixteenth Fujin.

Lao Fujin's trick of "adopting sons and grandchildren" is of course to prevent his step-by-step children and grandchildren from treating him unfilially, but it is also too damaging. ruined the father-son relationship between Hongpu and the sixteenth elder brother, so that Hongpu could only rely on her.

Cao Hao hated it, but after all, it was a family affair of the sixteenth elder brother. Since the sixteenth elder brother did not mention it to him, it can be seen that he has his own solution.

It's just that this is too blessed, and it's really too annoying...... Cao Hao is not the only one who complains like this.

In the Haidian Garden of King Zhuang's Mansion, Zhao Feng, who was carrying a lantern and illuminating the sixteenth elder brother in front, also muttered in his heart.

He leaned sideways and peeked at the sixteenth elder brother. , seeing that his face was full of frost, he knew that his master's surname was about to come to an end.

He guessed correctly, the sixteenth elder brother was indeed like this.

This side Fujin is Taifujin's niece, and Taifujin is the master who brought it in, and it is also a Manchurian surname, but it is only a side branch, so the family is very close to Taifujin's relative.

As early as before the draft, she came to live in the palace. It's just that in order to avoid suspicion, the sixteenth elder brother has no private contacts except for seeing two encounters in Taifujin.

Although it was Taifu Jin who was in charge, he begged the queen during the draft and asked the queen to point it directly, but once he was included in the palace, the sixteenth elder brother reluctantly accepted it.

After all, she is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old beauty, and she is a legitimate side room, a candle in the cave room, and the sixteenth elder brother has also had a heart of love.

It's just that this pity is nothing compared to the relationship between the sixteenth elder brother and the sixteenth Fujin husband and wife for more than ten years.

Therefore, in order to leave dignity for his wife and not make his wife too sad, the sixteenth elder brother still stays at his wife's residence for most of the month.

Although Taifu Jin mentioned the sixteenth elder brother twice, he did not have the reason to let the sixteenth elder brother "spoil the concubine and destroy his wife".

When the emperor moved to Changchun Garden, Taifujin found an opportunity, only brought the side Fujin to Haidian, and did not allow the sixteenth elder brother to return to Beijing, which was to make the side Fujin "a single house favor".

There is no other purpose, but for the sake of the heirs.

Although Taifu Jin is now enveloping the Hongpu brothers, she doesn't have to think about it to know that when her niece gives birth to an elder brother, the Hongpu brothers will have to stay behind.

Growing up in the palace of the sixteenth elder brother, I saw the scheming of the harem women, and I couldn't see Taifujin's intentions.

It's just that Taifujin pressed him with filial piety, he was dissatisfied in his heart, and he had to be obedient on his face.

After all, Taifu Jin is more than seventy years old, and there is no need for anything else, just wrap a handkerchief on his head, say that he can't afford to be sick, and let the sixteenth elder brother and his wife bear the name of "rebel son and evil woman".

The sixteenth elder brother did not get angry with Fang Fujin earlier, but he also took precautions and let Zhao Feng quietly move her diet and feet, making her temporarily unable to conceive.

This time, Taifu Jin forced the sixteenth elder brother to stay in Haidian, and also asked him to settle in the side Fu Jin house, which caused his disgust.

stayed overnight for three nights, and he didn't touch the side Fujin.

It's not to be angry, it's to see the surname of Fang Fujin. If Fang Fujin thinks about him in his heart, he is willing to pamper one or two along the river, and he also coaxes Lao Fujin to stop finding fault; If Fang Fujin values the side in his heart, he is not short of women.

But tonight, when Taifu Jin was weirdly "in charge" for the side Fu Jin, the sixteenth elder brother knew that this woman would be a decoration in the future.

He stopped at the gate of the courtyard, looked at the main room with the lights on, and asked Zhao Feng in a low voice: "The medicine that asked you to change, did you change it?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Feng said stiffly.

The sixteenth elder brother narrowed his eyes, and then strode into the courtyard.

Zhao Feng hurriedly trotted up, and someone in the main room had already heard the movement, and a tall maid came out to pick up the bamboo curtain.

"Lord is back......" With the delicate voice, a flag beauty revealed half of her face from the curtain.

This is the side of Fujin, the sixteenth elder brother stretched out his arm and hugged the beauty into the house.

Zhao Feng was interested, and when the bamboo curtain was lowered, he turned around and left the courtyard of Fang Fujin and went to his residence next door.

Thinking of Tai Fu Jin's toughness and side Fu Jin's pride, Zhao Feng couldn't help but pout.

These people, don't you know who is the real master of the palace?

Mothers are more expensive than sons, wives are more expensive than husbands, if there is no mother-son, husband and wife, there will always be those who regret it.

Is it a woman with long hair and short knowledge? They thought that the sixteenth master inherited the title of King Zhuang and was the sixteenth master's "Gao Pan", but they forgot that the sixteenth elder brother was the son of the former emperor and the younger brother of the emperor.

The sixteenth master can be spoiled by the emperor, trusted by the emperor, and has his own advantages, how can they be at the mercy of them.

Zhao Feng has been waiting for the sixteenth elder brother for more than 20 years and knows his master's surname. If he doesn't make it happy, he won't make others happy. The reason why I have endured Taifu Jin for a long time is because I cherish my reputation, but also because the poor old lady is over seventy years old and lonely.

After getting along for more than a year, Taifu Jin is pressing step by step, and this pity has become hateful.

He slept until dawn.

When I finished washing up at dawn and rushed to wait outside the courtyard of Fang Fujin too early, I found that the maids and women waiting in this courtyard were trembling, and they were careful, and they no longer had the pride and joy of last night.

One time later, when the sixteenth elder brother came out of the upper room refreshed, he was followed by a woman with her head down, not a bystander, but Fang Fujin's personal maid.

Seeing this, Zhao Feng couldn't laugh in his heart, but he was forbearing.

Listening to the instructions of the sixteenth elder brother, he immediately said that he would open his face to the Liao family, and let Zhao Feng clean up a yard and settle the Liao family for the sake of Shu Fujin......

(To be continued)