In the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the main hall of the upper room, the ancestral genealogy was hung up and various tributes were placed.

Cao Hao took Changsheng, Tianyou, etc., and Li took his daughter-in-law and granddaughter to worship in front of the ancestral genealogy, completing a simple ancestor worship ceremony.

Then everyone moved to Li's room and had a reunion dinner.

One table for women and one table for men. Even the youngest Tianbao was taken care of by Tianyou and Hengsheng and served on the table.

After all, Gao Taijun and the Li family are old, and they are impatient with big fish and meat, and their appetites have improved a lot when they look at the various vegetables on the half table.

Among them, there are two dishes, which are made by Niuniu and Tianhui. A dish of shrimp and rape and a dish of soy sauce melon slices, although they are not as good as the chef's skills, they also have a bit of appearance.

Everyone used it, and they couldn't help but praise their aunt and nephew.

On the man's side, Cao Hao looked at the half-table boy and was quite pleased.

After the reunion dinner, Cao Hao took a few children to the yard to set off fireworks, all of which were prepared to be colorful flowers, and everyone couldn't take their eyes off it.

After the fireworks, Gao Taijun was old, so he went back to rest first, and the rest of the people kept the New Year on Li's side.

When the time came, Cao Hao and Chu Yu took the children and kowtowed to the Li family.

The Li family had already prepared the New Year's money, one purse per person, which contained a small gold bill.

The children invited Cao Hao and Chu Yu to sit down and kowtow to the New Year.

After a round of worship, the big guy dispersed to rest.

The next morning, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and others said that Cao Hao got up early and received local officials who came to pay New Year's greetings at the official residence.

In Qingyuan City, there are only the Zhu family who can communicate with the Governor's Mansion in addition to the ten elder brothers of the Yin Hotel, so there are only two places where children need to walk around to pay New Year's greetings.

On the Zhu Mansion's side, they are all familiar with the young masters of the Governor's Mansion, and they are naturally courteous; For Hengsheng, who entered the door for the first time, he was extra enthusiastic.

In the Yin Hotel, Chu Yu sent two boxes of silver ingots to the ten elder brothers a year ago. The banquet and new clothes are also complete, which makes the tenth elder brother look a little less lonely and cold.

After going to these two places to pay New Year's greetings, the children relaxed and visited several temple fairs in Qingyuan City. I bought a lot of gadgets, and offered treasures in front of the Li family and Chu Yu, adding a lot of childish ......* Jiangning City, the General Military Mansion.

Only followed the eldest son's family to celebrate the New Year, and Zhao Jia's noticed the coldness. Even if she bears the name of the lady of the General Soldier's Mansion, when it comes to the New Year's Day, it is also a matter of closing her own house.

She misses her son in the capital a little, and she is especially worried about her young son who is an official in Shanxi.

When the young son came to the house and mentioned that the little daughter-in-law was pregnant, Zhao Jia's heart turned into joy.

Because of her son's "sluggishness", she has lacked confidence in front of her little daughter-in-law over the years, for fear that her daughter-in-law will make trouble and make her son lose face.

For the virtuous eldest daughter-in-law, she is still picky from time to time; For the little daughter-in-law surnamed Qingliang, she is only polite.

I didn't expect that this time it was released, and there was a turnaround on the young son's side.

She was overjoyed, and personally prepared two carts of things to send them to Shanxi.

Originally, she also picked two maids with great interest, wanting to send them with things, so as to save Su Xin from getting pregnant, and there was no one waiting for her son.

After thinking about it, she still gave up this idea...... * Happy gatherings always pass quickly.

Classes will start on the sixteenth day of the first month of the first month of the study, and Hengsheng cannot spend the fifteenth in Qingyuan.

Dragged on until the tenth day of the first lunar month, he will leave for Beijing.

With him going to Beijing, there are also Zuozhu brothers, and they will also rush to the Ning family to pay New Year's greetings with Ma Jun and Yongqing before the fifteenth day.

Others said that Tianyou and Tianhui have the best relationship with Hengsheng, and they are very reluctant to him.

Tianyou pulled him to talk to him several times, asking him to get along with the fourth and fifth elder brothers, keep an eye on it, if you are wronged, don't bear it. If you are bullied in Beijing, you don't have time to contact this side, and if you can't find someone else to call the shots, you will go to find the third aunt.

Hengsheng listened with a smile, now that he is older, he also understands the reason why his relatives treat him differently from his brother.

If he was someone else, he would be upset, but he didn't take it to heart. People in the world pay more attention to bloodline, like fathers and mothers, how many can regard their adopted sons as their own?

Relatives are related by blood, and they treat themselves as alienated, and there is nothing to find fault with.

He loves Wu and Wu, and he really regards him as a junior, and he is also grateful in his heart.

Hengsheng has always loved Tianhui the most, and Tianhui is also close to this brother.

Seeing that he couldn't even spend the Lantern Festival with his family, Tianhui felt that the second brother was very pitiful, so he went to the kitchen to wrap dozens of Lantern Festival freezes and packed them up for Hengsheng to take to Beijing.

As soon as Hengsheng and the Zuozhu brothers left, the house suddenly became deserted.

Chu Yu was a little wilted, and only said that he would drop this, drop this, for fear that the things he brought to Hengsheng would not be complete.

Seeing this, Cao Hao hid the fact that Khalkha was going to come to pick up Hengsheng, and there were still a few months of work left and right, and he would talk about it when the time came.

Not only Chu Yu was reluctant, but Cao Hao was also a little reluctant, but not only for Hengsheng, but also for the Zuozhu brothers and Niuniu.

If there is no accident, Cao Hao's governor will also step down and return to Beijing this year.

The children's marriage date is set at the end of this year, and when the time comes, those who marry wives and those who marry will have to leave Caofu and set up their own doors.

In a few years, God bless their brothers and sisters to marry one after another.

Cao Hao felt that his state of mind was old, and he was a little lonely.

But right now, I really don't have the time to sigh about this, because as soon as the yamen opened the seal, it began to get busy again.

Cao Hao wanted to draw a satisfactory end to his governorship's tenure, and to leave some room for the emperor to reprimand him insufficiently; It is also necessary to put an end to those drawbacks, so that after you step down, you will also be liquidated on your own head.

Just a few days after the Lantern Festival, there was an official document from the household department, and the types of grain stored in local granaries could be adjusted according to different local crops.

Seeing this, Cao Hao praised the efficiency of the thirteenth elder brother. What is even more pleasing is Tang Zhiyu, the political envoy in charge of people's livelihood.

He has long wanted to rectify the local granary, but he has never been able to find an opportunity. Now that this official document has come down, he can just let people find out the details of the local official's warehouse.

Zhili vigorously developed agriculture, increased taxes, and had silver in the treasury and surplus grain in the official warehouse.

Even if Zhili is plagued by drought again, without the help of the imperial court, Zhili can solve it by himself. The premise is that the silver in the treasury has not been misappropriated, and the grain in the official warehouse has not been vacated.

For Tang Zhiyu's actions, Cao Hao only has support.

Cao Hao and Tang Zhiyu got along longer and longer, every time Tang Zhiyu came to the Governor's Palace, Cao Hao pulled him to stand in front of the map of Zhili, and added and supplemented the detailed rules for the development of Zhili.

Education, transportation, investment promotion, agriculture...... Cao Hao told some of the methods of developing the local economy that he had seen and heard in later generations.

Tang Zhiyu began to listen with relish, and asked for advice like a student about the curiosity he didn't understand.

When he heard it, he felt that something was wrong.

"My lord, what are you ......," he said with some hesitation, "I don't rush to teach the lowly position. If there is anything you don't understand, please ask the adults later. ”

The two have been colleagues for many years, and Cao Hao did not hide it from him, and said bluntly: "I always have to go back to Beijing, and the operation of Zhili here still depends on Yigong." These are all important things for the benefit of the country and the people, and if we give up halfway, wouldn't it make people sigh? ”

Tang Zhiyu listened, thought about it, and understood the reason why Cao Hao said this.

The governor of Zhili, rarely do long.

Tang Zhiyu has always been diligent and loves the people, and after listening to Cao Hao's words, he had to give birth to a heart.

If the governor is changed, will Zhili still be able to maintain this thriving development momentum?

He made up his mind more and more, did not dare to slack off, and made up his mind to make a good result before Cao Hao was transferred.

Compared with the Thirteenth Elder Brother, Nersu's efficiency is not low.

At the end of the first month, Hengsheng's family letter mentioned Prince Ping's request for the title of prince. Fu Peng, the eldest son of the prince, has been officially canonized as the prince's son. It was also mentioned that Prince Ping would take Fujin to Shengjing to worship his ancestors.

Seeing this, Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It doesn't matter if you stay away from the court, with Fu Peng in Beijing, even if Nersu retires, no one will dare to bully.

Not long after, the letters from Nersu and Cao Jia's family also arrived. In the letter of the two, except for greeting Li and Cao Hao, the rest were good words, just like their husband and wife simply went out to worship their ancestors.

Cao Hao didn't have time to distinguish between what his sister and brother-in-law said was true and false, because two distinguished guests came to the Governor's Palace.

The fifth elder brother Hongday, as well as the prince of Ping's son, Fu Peng.

The two of them took the secret order and came to pick up the tenth elder brother back to Beijing.

This is really unexpected, although Cao Hao also looks forward to the early departure of the "big Buddha" in the house, but there is no news that the emperor is going to release people before. This sudden good thing made Cao Hao scratch his head and feel unsteady.

But a prince, a prince, holding a clear holy decree in his hand, can there be a fake?

Cao Hao looked for an opportunity and asked Fu Peng privately: "I didn't hear the relevant movement before, how could the emperor remember to suddenly order to pick up someone?" ”

Fu Peng said: "Uncle, I don't know, three days ago, the emperor sent someone to pass me to see me, and the fifth uncle was also there, and then the emperor gave an explanation. After leaving the palace, he went to Qingyuan, and he didn't even return to the palace. ”

Things won't be so simple, Cao Hao frowned and asked, "Before you left Beijing, were there any movements or rumors in the palace?" ”

"...... in the palace" Fu Peng thought for a while and said, "Brother Fuhui is sick again...... The emperor gave the old lady ginseng...... There are also rumors that Fourteen Beizi has returned to Beijing......"

This is to dispose of the foreign ministers, to clean up the clan?

Cao Hao took another opportunity to ask Hongday, but Hongday didn't know.

The two of them stayed in Qingyuan for one night, and the next morning, they "escorted" the tenth elder brother back to Beijing.

However, Chu Yu thought more simply, thinking that the emperor could make a prince and a prince come over with a will, and it was also for the tenth elder brother to be decent.

Cao Hao knew that this will was one word different from the secret will, but the meaning was different.

After a few days, Cao Hao knew the emperor's intention to send the tenth elder brother back to Beijing.

Brother Jiu came, escorted back from Xining, and wanted to be placed on the side of Qingyuan.

Even if the enemy has been defeated, the emperor does not want the two elder brothers to meet together, which shows the depth of jealousy......*

(To be continued)