Seeing Zhao Jia's style like this, Cao Xiang sneered in his heart, most of the fields on the accounts of the public middle school were from the time when they were separated from the long house, and there was also a small village that Zhao Jia's family set up later.

The money that purchased Xiaozhuang was to embezzle the 10,000 taels of marriage money between him and Xiao Wu.

The so-called five thousand taels of wedding silver per person left by the old lady, less than one thousand taels were really spent on him, and the remaining four thousand taels were in the hands of the Zhaojia family.

Now, I propose to move the field of the Gongzhong.

The three brothers have not yet separated, and Natian is shared by the three brothers. The other two are the biological sons of the Zhaojia family, even if she loves the girl, there is no reason to go beyond the eldest son and the youngest son, the reason why she calculates it is just that she feels that she can share less concubines in the future, and she feels comfortable.

Cao Xiang felt very bored, and said with a faint smile: "The second brother is not here, and the old lady is in charge." ”

Zhao Jia's family immediately felt a lot more comfortable, nodded, and said, "Your willingness to be a brother is a blessing for the fourth sister......

Exiting from the upper room, Cao Xiangchang sighed and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Who is scarce and can't get a few acres of land?

Whenever he wants to forget the meanness and injustice he encountered in his childhood and get along with his family with friendship, his grandmother can pour cold water on his face.

Five times three times, no matter how hot the heart is...... * For the fourth sister to marry the unknighted clan brother, Xifu is very optimistic.

The world is like this, the family is not reliable, and the foreign family is important; The foreign family is unreliable, and the wife family.

As long as you are willing to value your wife's family, the fourth sister's son will not be bad. As for the appearance and character, I don't have to worry, after all, it was selected by the Thirteen Fujin, and I don't think it will be bad.

A few days later, Aunt Gui brought He Lingzhi to the door, this time to Cao's house to ask Niuniu Xiaozi.

If you determine the small date, you can determine the auspicious date of the family, and the decision will be made in November.

Before that, Wei Wenzhi came over to say goodbye to the elders, and also told Cao Yan about his own personal affairs.

He agrees with Cao Yan's arrangement. He also felt that it was a little inappropriate to let his new sister-in-law, who had been in the door for less than a month, hold a happy event and open the door for a banquet.

As a result, the two families agreed to make a big decision on the sixth day of November, and the wedding date was set for April next year.

The housework is handled almost well, and there seems to be nothing to worry about, but Cao Yan's words in the yamen are a little sad, at least in the eyes of others, it is very "difficult".

It stands to reason that Zhang Tingyu made up the Han Shangshu, and Cao Yan made up the Manshang Book, and Cao Yan should be the palm seal official; But Zhang Tingyu is a university scholar, in charge of the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and is a scholar of Zhongtang University.

Zhang Tingyu arrived at the household department earlier than Cao Yan, and the positive seal of this household department was already in Zhang Tingyu's hands.

Although when Cao Yan first returned to the household department, Zhang Tingyu wanted to transfer the Zhengyin to him, but Cao Yan did not ask for it.

Cao Yan is the one who received the lack of Sun Zhaqi and entered the household; Before that, Zhang Tingyu was the official of the Household Department Palm Seal Hall as a Han Shangshu. There is no special will, and Cao Yan received the seal from him, which is a bit big.

Besides, Zhang Tingyu still has the identity of a scholar in the palm department, even if the household department is in the hands of Cao Yan, there is no reason to be self-dictatorated, and he still has to ask Zhang Tingyu for instructions in case of trouble.

For this reason, Cao Yan felt that there was no need to do more, so he insisted on not accepting it, and in the end, the household seal was still in the hands of Zhang Tingyu.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is because of the lack of confidence of Cao Yan, a new scholar, that there will inevitably be some remarks in the yamen.

It is said that Cao Yan is incompetent, but in the eyes of the emperor, he made up for the shortage of fat one after another, but in fact it is just an ornament; It is said that Zhang Tingyu deliberately suppressed Cao Yan with the respect of a scholar, but there are different theories.

In addition, Zhang Tingyu is cautious and handles government affairs. No matter what official documents, they must be read in person before drawing conclusions, even if Cao Yan has already dealt with them.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a bit too much.

Compared with Zhang Tingyu, Cao Yan can be regarded as an old man in the household. He has been a langzhong in the household department, and he has also been a waiter, and many deployments are now boiled into old people in the household department, scattered in various divisions, and there are many people who are unhappy with Cao Yan.

Coupled with those who want to fish in troubled waters, under the fuel, the atmosphere of the household department is very tense.

Cao Yan was speechless, although in the eyes of outsiders, he was only one grade worse than Zhang Tingyu, but the identity of the imperial family, even if it was not evenly matched, it should be about the same.

Cao Yan is self-aware, he was born at the age of sixteen, Zhang Tingyu was awarded an official at thirty-two, and Zhang Tingyu read sixteen years more than him.

After he came out, the magistrate, the Taifu Temple, the Internal Affairs Office, the Household Department, and the Outer Release, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, did not have a yamen with too deep qualifications, which seemed to be a road to green clouds, but it was also full of twists and turns; Zhang Tingyu joined the South Study, and he has been in front of the emperor, rising step by step, without making any mistakes.

Speaking of background, Cao Yan was born in a weaving house, and his father had some means at that time, most of which could not see the light in private, and could not teach by word and deed.

Cao Yan's "conspiracy" and "conspiracy" are mostly on paper.

Zhang Tingyu was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his father was a famous minister of the Kangxi Dynasty.

Cao Yan has great respect for Zhang Tingyu, the "veteran of the Three Dynasties" who left history in history.

He is also a cautious surname, Shangshu is not as good as a squire, and there are many things that need attention, it is inevitable that there will be places that cannot be taken care of, there is a diligent person like Zhang Tingyu on the head, Cao Yan is still anxious.

After all, this household is the deepest, and even if you don't stretch out your hand, it's easy to get fishy.

Cao Yan calmly made a transfer station, read the official documents below, and then handed them over to Zhang Tingyu. Then he adhered to the famous saying surnamed Zhang Tingyu, "A thousand words, it is better to be silent", and listened to Zhang Tingyu in everything.

The effect is very good, the working time is shortened by half, and I can spare a lot of effort every day, and I am much more relaxed; In addition, this taciturn attitude also seems a bit unfathomable, adding a lot of official authority.

Liberated from this trivial official document, Cao Yan thought of the way to enrich the country.

Yongzheng is a pragmatic emperor, if Cao Yan wants to be happy, he must also have some achievements, so that he can have the confidence to mix up.

Nowadays, the three major reforms of the Yongzheng Dynasty, "apportionment into the mu" and "envy to the public" have been available, and only "the official gentry pay for grain" is left, although there have been some rumors in recent years, but they have not been implemented.

This is an act that challenges the entire gentry class, and Cao Yan is reluctant to poke this hornet's nest.

After thinking about it again and again, Cao decided to start from two aspects, the first is the pros and cons of developing coal and iron ore. The second is the role of foreign trade as a rich country.

He took advantage of the rush of writing papers in school in his previous life, and began to consult various materials and organize various data, both of which were not without purpose, the former was to prepare for the upcoming war in the west.

Although I don't know that the Northwest War has risen again in the past few years of Yongzheng, the reason why the Military Aircraft Department was established was for the Northwest War, and Cao Yan remembered it.

The latter is due to the 10,000 acres of opium in the southwest, as well as the emperor's constant attention to the Guangdong Customs.

After returning to the capital, Song Hou resigned his identity as a staff member and went home to tease Sun; Jiang Jian, as in the past, made up the identity of a clerk and followed Cao Jian to assist in official business.

Jiang Jian was very excited about Cao Yan taking his eyes off the one-third of an acre of land in the household department and "not doing his job".

Men have an adventurous spirit in their bones and are willing to challenge the unknown.

Cao Yan was complacent, but the thirteenth elder brother was a little unbearable.

He is optimistic about Cao Yan, and now he feels embarrassed when he sees Cao Yan "silent" in order to avoid Zhang Tingyu's edge.

This time, Cao Yan rested, and the thirteenth elder brother asked someone to invite Cao Yan to come over.

Cao Yan thought about it for a while, and brought his excerpt about sea trade, and put the coal and iron at home.

After all, there has been no major movement in the northwest at present, and the matter of directly mentioning armaments is a bit too sensitive.

When he arrived at Prince Yi's mansion, Cao Yan was directly introduced into the flower hall.

Although it was cold in winter outside, the house was as warm as spring, and there were two trays of green grass and trees at the door, looking full of life.

The thirteenth elder brother sat cross-legged on the collapse, with a chessboard in front of him.

Seeing this, Cao Yan took two steps forward to salute. The thirteenth elder brother waved his hand and shouted, pointed to the seat opposite, and said, "Come, come, talk to the master." ”

In the early years, it was okay, but in recent years, Cao Yan has become less and less fond of such brain-consuming entertainment.

But the thirteenth elder brother invited, and Cao Yan could only say: "In this way, the minister will be ugly." ”

He sat opposite the thirteenth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother held the white, and Cao Yan held the black.

It is a very elegant thing, but the thirteenth elder brother is Lang Kuo's surname, and the son is simply neat; Cao Yan is also a lazy person, most of the time, but just go with the flow.

After a while, a lot of pieces fell on the chessboard.

Although Cao Yin is not very attentive, Cao Yin and Zhuang Xi are both fond of talking, and in order to accompany these two elders, he has put a lot of chess games and has a bit of chess power.

When the palace was closed, it was not too embarrassing to lose with five sons.

The thirteenth elder brother put down the chess pieces, glanced at Cao Yan, and said: "If Fu Ruo has hills and ravines in his heart, but he has no heart to win, what is the reason?" ”

Cao Yan said "hehe" twice and said: "It's because the minister's chess strength is not enough." ”

The thirteenth elder brother shook his head and frowned: "It's stupid to be a master, if you are like a flatterer like people outside, you will have no patience to go down again." In front of the master, you don't have to be clumsy, talk to the master about your heart. From the powerful head of the world to the current furnishing officials, there are really no complaints? ”

After listening to the words of the thirteenth elder brother, Cao Yan's heart was already full of thoughts.

If you survive to the provincial and ministerial level at a young age after 300 years, you will definitely have to "do your best", "forget to sleep and eat", and climb up with one mind. What man doesn't love power?

Now is three hundred years ago, at the peak of the feudal imperial system, he worked hard, but he was just a servant of the emperor, life and death, honor and disgrace were between the emperor's joy and anger, what was the rush?

Now that he is retiring, he is about to enter the cabinet, and this is stuck with his age resume. Even if Cao Yan is now devoted to official duties for the next twelve hours, tired and alive, he is still unqualified.

Neither fighting for the day, of course, planning slowly, can not be committed because of the gossip of others, and Zhang Tingyu, who can still be in the court for twenty or thirty years.

Thinking of this, Cao Yan got up and said: "The household department has a heavy workload, and it is related to the people's livelihood, and the ministers are trembling, for fear that they will take care of the shortcomings. Unexpectedly, it was unfounded. There is Zhang Xiang sitting in the household department, and the household department is worry-free. The minister was happy in his heart, how can he talk about complaining? ”

His face was calm, and the thirteenth elder brother looked at him twice, sighed, and said: "I didn't expect that after so many years, you can still keep your heart, and you don't love power and wealth, but I live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

Hearing this, Cao Yan was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "The minister knows that there are some rumors in the yamen, and the thirteenth master asks, but it is just a heart of love." ”

The thirteenth elder brother nodded, quite pleased, and said with a smile: "You can know this, and the master is not uneasy." Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Even if there are capable ministers in the household department, you can't be too lazy, since the emperor favors you, you can't live up to the grace." ”

Cao Yan lowered his hand and listened, and said: "Although he is a talentless person, he does not dare to slack off. As he spoke, he took out the fold from his sleeve and presented the thirteenth elder brother with both hands: "These words, the minister is thinking hard about the method of enriching the treasury, and he has some superficial opinions, and he also asks the thirteenth master to correct it." ”

When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, he was quite surprised, his expression was slightly restrained, he took the fold, and read it carefully.

His expression became more and more soothing, and when he saw the end, he was already patting his thigh, and said: "Okay, what a 'raise the prestige of the country, town the four yi, refuse ringworm scabies outside the territory, and descend to the eight directions to make a pilgrimage'!" ”

Cao Yan sneered in his heart, it was just a slogan, if he wrote it directly to earn the money of foreigners, without waiting for the emperor to say anything, those royal historians would jump up and down, saying something like 'talking about benefits with the country and insulting the national body'.

The thirteenth elder brother was full of joy and said with a smile: "I know that you are a person with a heart and will not live up to the emperor's weight." ”

He couldn't sit still, got up and said, "I want to enter the palace, these emperors have been thinking about sea trade, but they don't know where to start." Your fold is at the right time. ”

When Cao Yan heard this, he was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Thirteenth master, this Chen is just drafting, and there are still many deficiencies, can you wait for two days before handing it over?" ”

Although it is a draft, it has tens of thousands of words, half a foot thick.

The reason why it is not easy to hand it to the imperial front is because the ink is new and old, and in some places, there are also statistics on the tax income of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty that were added later, which seems to be messy.

The thirteenth elder brother shook his head with a smile, pointed to something, and said: "That's right, if you wait for two days, you write neatly, maybe you will commit a taboo." ”

Cao Yan thought about the information revealed in the words of the thirteenth elder brother, and understood it, only to feel a chill in his back.

Coming out of the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, Cao Yan stroked his forehead, only feeling extremely happy...... * As soon as he arrived at the gate of Cao's Mansion, before he got off the horse, Cao Yan saw a few familiar figures in the mansion.

When Cao Yan saw it, a smile appeared on his face, and he turned over and dismounted.

"Sir!" With a frosty face, it was not someone else who stepped forward to greet him, it was Cao Yi and Zhang Yi who accompanied Hengsheng to Khalkha.

Others don't know the distance of the road, but Cao Yan knows that the territory of King Khan, where Hengsheng's biological father is located, even if it is a fast horse, it will take more than a month to reach Beijing.

"I thought you would only come back next year, why is it so fast?" Cao Yan helped the two of them up and asked with a smile.

Although Hengsheng said that he would go back to fight for the Chung Yeung Festival before leaving, Cao Yan didn't take it seriously.

Calculated that Hengsheng did not leave Beijing until late June, and even if he did not stay in Khalkha, it would take three months to travel back and forth.

Now he is back, and he has not been in Khalkha for a full month.

With the love for the son that the prince has revealed in recent years, he will not be slow to treat Hengsheng, could it be the old Khan King or the son of the world...... Cao Yan couldn't help frowning, although Hengsheng's life experience is criticized in the eyes of the world, but he is a person who protects his shortcomings, and there is no reason to let others wronged his children.

He turned around and said to Zhang Yi: "How is the situation on the Khalkha side, can you tell me?" ”

"Master, the old Khan is the king, and now the prince of the palace is in charge, and he has sent his subordinate officials to Beijing, reported to the court, and brought the excerpt before the emperor. The prince originally wanted to keep the second master for the New Year, but the second master only said that he was busy with schoolwork, so he went on the road with the subordinate officials of the Khan's palace who entered Beijing. Zhang Yi bowed and replied: "In front of the prince, the second master didn't say it, but he talked to the little ones in private. The second master is concerned about the house, thinking about the uncle's fate and the girl's exit from the cabinet. Zhang Yi bowed and said.

Zhang Yi is a few years older than Cao Yi, and he is in the prime of life; Although Cao Yi is no longer confused, he is born as a martial artist and his body has always been strong.

Now the two of them have lost a lot, their lips are chapped, their faces are red and black, and their eyes are sunken.

The two of them are like this, not to mention Hengsheng, who is still an immature teenager.

Cao Yan shook his head and said, "He is messing around, and you don't persuade him, so why is it so urgent." ”

Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and said: "I didn't rush like this before, but when I arrived at naturalization, I heard that the old man was dismissed as the governor of Zhili, and the second master was worried, so I rushed back all the way without stopping." ”

Although he didn't mention himself, he didn't even change his clothes, and when he greeted Cao Yan back at the door, he was not much less worried than Hengsheng.

Cao Yan saw the concern in his eyes, and his heart was quite moved, but he remembered the injury of Zhang Yi's eldest son, and said: "Go home first, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, something happened when enjoying the lanterns, and Zhang Ao and Changsheng were injured." Thanks to the Zheng family's junior, there is no major incident. ”

Zhang Yi didn't care, and said with a smile: "I heard about it, the kid is naughty, and he bumps into it, but it's ordinary, where is it a big deal, but it's bothering the old man." ”

Although he said that he was relaxed, he was concerned about his son, and after saying a few more words, Zhang Yi hurriedly went.

Cao Yi was left, "hehe" stood aside, but refused to leave.

Seeing this, Cao Yan couldn't help but wonder. Cao Yi was born in a reckless manner, and he has always been unscrupulous in his words and deeds, how could he ever be so shy?

"The second offering has something to say to Cao?" Cao Yan hurriedly entered the inner courtyard to see Hengsheng, so he said bluntly.

Cao Yi restrained his smile, with a bit of solemnity, and said: "Do you remember that before I escorted the second son out of Qingyuan, I mentioned to Cao Ye that I wanted to ask Cao Ye for a favor when I came back?" ”

Cao Yan nodded, there is such a thing. Cao Yan also said at the time that as long as he did not violate the law, Cao Yan would do his best.

If you don't do it, you will worship Cao Yi in the Cao family for more than ten years, and protect the safety of the Cao family, Cao Yan has long wanted to do something for him.

After Cao Yin entered Beijing, he brought several offerings, and a few of them returned favors, so they went back, and those who stayed in the Cao family also married wives and had children, and settled down, only Cao Jia and Cao Yi contributed the most, and they were still alone...... * There are still four days, and there are two hundred votes away from the sixth, catching up with a hundred. In the next four days, Xiao Jiu will continue to work hard......

(To be continued)