Cao Hao received the report first, and then received a letter from Cao Song's family.

Regarding Cao Song's release, it was not surprising that he had been prepared for a long time, but he didn't expect them to leave Beijing a year ago. In this way, the time is too rushed, and I don't know how Cao Song is prepared.

Although his cousin is over thirty years old, he saw it as Cao Hao, and when he was raised by his nephew, he was very worried.

He calculated the distance, the road from the capital to Jiangning, although passing through Zhili, could go to Bazhou and Wen'an, and did not pass through Baoding Mansion.

Between brothers, if you want to see each other, I'm afraid it's too late.

Although the errands of military attachés are not as cumbersome as those of local civilian officials, Jiangning is an important town, and there are more than 15,000 officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning General Army, and the errands are not idle.

Although Cao Song served as an errand in the Northwest Army, he only served as a military account in the Central Army, and did not manage the affairs of the army, so Cao Hao was not at ease.

At the end of the month, the civil and military officials of Zhili, who had not taken a shift to see their new boss, arrived in Hejian Mansion one after another. Among them, Fan Shiyi, the general soldier of Ma Lankou, is the uncle of Li Yu's husband, and he is also related to the Cao family.

Hearing that he went to the governor's palace to deliver a letter of worship, Cao Hao invited him into the official residence to speak.

Fan Shiyi is in his forties, with a Chinese face, a slightly rich figure, wearing a martial artist uniform, with a bit of heroic spirit.

The two also met in Beijing in their early years, but they didn't know each other very well.

However, to survive to this level, they have all been trained in officialdom, and they will not be cold.

Seeing that Cao Hao did not shy away from the Li family, and also called Li Cheng to meet, Fan Shiyi also knew the elegance of the strings, less restrained by the officials on the other side, and more familiar with the old acquaintances of the in-laws. also made a special trip to mention his nephew, who has now been released to Renzhizhou, Shandong, Yunyun.

Cao Hao calculated in his heart, there are dozens of people in the three generations of the Fan family, this is the real family. Since Wen Chenggong, the descendants of the Fan family have not entered the cabinet, and they have not been involved in the dispute over the storage position, and they have gone through five dynasties peacefully.

Cao Hao looked at Fan Shiyi thoughtfully.

Over the years, he has been thinking about how the Cao family will develop. It is difficult to be at peace without power, and it is difficult to be at ease with power. Now it seems that it is easier to follow the example of the Fan family and follow the golden mean, and it will be easier to stabilize for a hundred years.

Fan Shiyi saw that Cao Hao had no sound, and gradually stopped talking, hesitating in his heart.

Cao Hao had already woken up, put aside the affairs of the Fan family, and asked about the addition of the Eight Banners to Ma Lankou. Malankou originally consisted of 60 soldiers from the Eight Banners, with a shortage of 40 people.

Baoding Mansion originally had 401 soldiers with red and red flags, and there was a shortage of 99 soldiers. The Eight Banners of Zhili and other places are also lacking in the eyes of the staff.

After Cao Hao arrived in Zhili, he drafted an excerpt and asked to fill the shortcomings of the Eight Banners of Zhili, and the emperor had already agreed.

These Eight Banner soldiers were all under the rule of Cao Hao.

Cao Hao's current request is just for everyone to see.

There were not many Eight Banners soldiers under the rule of the Governor of Zhili, only more than 1,000 people, and the others were all green battalions. That's why it's good to use these people to get to the bottom of it. It is also a reminder to all the commanders and commanders of Zhili that it is time to rectify the military affairs of Zhili, and everyone should be leisurely.

It's not that Cao Hao is troublesome, but a letter from the thirteenth elder brother, saying that the emperor has no intention of sending someone down for the time being, but he will send someone to inspect the military affairs of Zhili around the Dragon Boat Festival next year.

That means, in the past six months, Cao Hao has to be the master of his own training, and he has to come up with some achievements to make the emperor look at him.

If you want to celebrate the New Year in a month, you can't move in a hurry before the year, and it will only be five months after the year, and time waits for no one.

After Cao Hao discussed with Jiang Jian and Song Hou, he handed over the fold of the Eight Banners patch.

They are all on errands for the emperor, mainly to do good errands, and they have no reason to be enemies with the military attachés of the whole province and make enemies for themselves. Since he has already woken up earlier, if there is no face, Cao Hao does not have to be polite.

Hearing Cao Hao ask about military affairs, Fan Shiyi paused for a moment and said: "After all, it is transferred from the Eight Banners of the capital, and the procedures on the side of the military department are afraid that it will be more cumbersome. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

There are several vacancies of the Eight Banners in Zhili, and the total number is less than 300 people, where is it so difficult?

It's not because there is a New Year in between, the flag is reluctant to go out of Beijing, and the military department has to delay it, waiting for the reaction of Cao Hao, the governor. If it's so cheap, it's okay, and what kind of oil and water do you use?

Thinking that in the future, he would continue to "honor" the silver in Beijing, and Cao Hao's face turned black.

Then he thought of what he had received a few days ago, and he calmed down. It's okay, just think of it as a handover, as long as you don't let yourself stick silver. When I was in Beijing, I didn't think that when I went down to the place, I knew why those governors and governors scattered a lot of money to the capital.

"The first month is the first month, the Eight Banners make up for it, and then there is the Green Battalion." Cao Hao nodded and said.

When Fan Shiyi heard this, the flesh of his cheeks shook, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

Cao Hao was about to use his mouth to spread his meaning, even if he didn't ask, he continued: "The green camp of Zhili is tired, and the emperor is very dissatisfied, so let the governor come down for the military affairs of Zhili." Looking at the emperor's meaning, he is going to make drastic moves, and I am afraid that there will be some changes next year. ”

The words have been said about this, and there is no room for Fan Shiyi to pretend to be confused. He stood up, hugged his fists in the direction of the capital, and said: "Since the emperor has an order, the lower officials are subordinate to the commander's constitution!" ”

Seeing that he was interested, Cao Hao was very satisfied.

There were still many officials waiting to be summoned, so Cao Hao brought tea to the guests ......* Governor's Palace, outside the gate, and the gatehouse on the west side.

Wei Wenjie followed behind his uncle Wei De, watching his uncle bow over and hand the silver seal to the door official of the Governor's Palace, and couldn't help frowning.

The silver seal was ordered by his uncle to be prepared, and it contained fifty taels of silver. Unexpectedly, it was just to deal with the doormen of the Governor's Palace.

This is "Door Respect", in the Yamen of Mancheng County, there is also "Door Respect", which is eight taels of silver.

Wei Wenjie's heart was heavy, and in the purse on his waist, there were three hundred taels of silver tickets, which were the "gifts" prepared by his uncle for this invitation, that is, the "meeting ceremony", which was the "arrival ceremony" given by the new officials when they arrived and their subordinates saw it for the first time.

Wei Wenjie remembered clearly that just half a month ago, his uncle had just sent his cousin a gift worth three hundred taels of silver to the governor's wife for her birthday.

It was only a month's work, and the county magistrate of a single department gave a gift to the governor, which was seven hundred taels of silver.

How many county offices are there in Zhili?

Although he knew that these were officialdom conventions, thinking that Uncle Tang only had a few dozen taels of silver a year, but there were thousands of taels of filial piety, Wei Wenjie's heart was heavy.

I always feel that what I have seen and heard in this month is inconsistent with the etiquette norms that I learned from reading the books of the sages in Pingsuri.

The doorman put away the doorman's respect, received Wei De's name post, sent it to the governor's palace, and asked Wei De to serve tea outside.

There was already a foreign prefect and a Zhizhou prefect sitting outside, all of whom handed over prayer posts and waited to be summoned.

Everyone met according to their grades and talked in low voices.

Before coming to the Governor's Mansion to meet him, Wei Wenjie and his uncle first went to the Yamen of the Baoding Prefect to ask for peace, and saw the majesty of the Governor's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the Governor's Palace, the prefect of the same grade also had to accompany the guards in front of the doorman, and waited in the gatehouse for Hou Jian not to raise his voice.

Wei Wenjie was in a complicated mood, and he felt very depressed, so he whispered hello to his uncle and went out to wait.

In front of the Governor's Palace, no one dared to linger at will.

Wei Wenjie paced to the opposite side of the Governor's Palace, where there was a lotus pond, which had frozen, and some dead stems and fallen leaves were exposed under the residual snow.

He turned his head and looked at the majestic gate of the Governor's Palace, and realized that his uncle, who had treated him with kindness, was a real master.

The uncle who disliked his repentance was like an officialdom clown compared to this gentle and elegant uncle.

It's just that all this glory belongs to the Cao family and has nothing to do with him.

If you want to be filial to your aunt and protect your younger siblings, you have to be the eldest brother to take care of him.

Thinking of this, Wei Wenjie straightened his chest, and suddenly felt a little arrogant.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard not far away.

Wei Wenjie followed the sound and saw a group of horsemen galloping from the east.

"Phew!" In an instant, the group had rushed to the gate of the governor's palace, and the leader took the reins and stopped the horse.

But it was an acquaintance, Wei Wenjie hurriedly stepped forward, and called with a little surprise: "Second Uncle Cao! ”

That's right, the person who dismounted was Cao Song in his usual clothes.

"Wen Jie!" Cao Song was also happy, looked at him twice, and said, "Wearing this robe, it adds a bit of old age!" Didn't you say that you went to Mancheng, why are you here, it was the eldest master who transferred you here? ”

Wei Wenjie shook his head and said, "No, my nephew's uncle came to join the world uncle today, and my nephew thought that he should also come over to say goodbye to his uncle and aunt, so he followed."

Cao Song had been in the field with his brother in his early years, and he knew the rules of the porter, Wei Wenjie's clan uncle was only a Qipin Zhixian County, and when he went to the governor's mansion to see him, he didn't have half a day's effort, and it was not his turn.

Because he was stationed in front of the governor's palace, some of the gatekeepers came forward to inquire about him.

He was dressed in regular clothes, and his entourage was no more than three or four people, and the tone of the doorman was disrespectful, and his chin was raised high, which was a bit repelling.

Cao Song was annoyed when he saw that he was speaking ugly, but he didn't want to get angry here and let people see the joke, so he suppressed his anger and said, "I am the cousin of the governor, from the capital, who is the head of your porter, and asked him to come out to see me?" ”

When the doorman saw that he opened his mouth, he was a relative of Governor Chen, half-convinced, looked at Cao Song and refused to move, and said, "Can this old man hand over the name card first, and then let the small one pass it on." ”

Cao Song's face suddenly darkened, this time he was not angry that he was neglected, but angry that the doorman had no eyes.

I am not an outsider, so naturally I will not make a diaphragm with my brother because of these trivial things. But if you want to say, it's really relatives and friends who have arrived, and because they didn't wear official uniforms, they were stopped outside the gate of the governor's palace, which would offend people.

"Zhang Yi, Wu Mao, Zhao An, Cao Man, there is always one of your heads, right? quickly went to spread the word, and said that Cao Song was here and wanted to enter the mansion to see his brother and sister-in-law. Cao Song held back his anger and said in a deep voice.

Listening to a few familiar names, the doorman's face changed, and before he could speak, he saw a person rushing out of the east gatehouse, it was Zhang Yi......

(To be continued)