On the fifteenth day of the first month, Kangxi gave a banquet in Changchun Garden.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, Kangxi was stationed in Tangquan, the empress dowager.

At this point, the yamen in Beijing have been sealed, and the scene of people coming and going has been restored. The soldiers and horses are busy with military affairs in the northwest, and the household department is busy with money and grain in the northwest.

The immortal flower has come out, and the pustule has a scab, and this will not fall off until ten months. Xiangyu's symptoms were milder than Changsheng's, and they were gradually improving, which made Li and Gao Taijun finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Especially Gao Taijun, although Xiangyu is just a great-grandnephew, she is not lighter than Changsheng.

not only pity her for losing her father before she lands, but also pity her for being a daughter, although she has a biological mother, but her status is lowly and cannot be sheltered. Even if there are grandparents and grandmothers, they are separated by generations.

On the 19th day, Cao Hao gave Mr. Zhuang a 77 ceremony.

When he reached the twentieth, he invited a few relatives and friends, set up a small banquet, and recognized Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng as brothers.

Mr. Zhuang is gone, but the Tian family is nominally not even a male relative to rely on.

Cao Hao's side, after thinking about it, the matter of Ning Chun's family has now become a public case, and it is a fool's dream to rehabilitate Ning Chun's father and son in the Kangxi Dynasty.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers, the same age as Tianyou, are now five years old, and it is time for enlightenment.

In the future, when you study and buy an industry, you must have the protection of your relatives.

After thinking about it, Cao Hao discussed with Chu Yu, obtained the consent of the Tian family, and reported to Cao Yin and the Li family, before deciding to accept Zuo Cheng and Zuo Zhu brothers as their righteous sons.

Although it has not been filed in Baqi, and the two brothers do not need to change their surnames and names, they have more righteous relatives, and it is justified to continue to be protected by Cao Hao.

Ma Junxi is a witness, and when he mentions Ning Chun, he is also quite guilty.

When there was an accident in Ning Chun's family, he was a county magistrate in Changsha, and he couldn't compare to Yongqing and Cao Hao, and it took a long time to get the news.

There are four friends, Yongqing avenged Ning Chun, Cao Hao raised Ning Chun's orphans, and Ma Jun did nothing.

When Cao Hao and his wife recognized their son, Ma Jun also opened his mouth and proposed to give his eldest daughter to Zuo Zhu as his wife.

The son of Ning Chun and the nephew of everyone.

Cao Hao thinks of his son, and he Ma Jun is willing to think of his son-in-law. With some emotion, the heart of the person who said it was sour.

Although Cao Hao does not agree with the marriage of his parents' orders and matchmakers' words, he has no choice but to let the children fall in love freely.

Marriage is the relationship between two families.

Ma Jun's eldest daughter, Xiangjun, was born by his wife, half a year younger than Zuo Cheng, and was brought over by her mother to pay New Year's greetings in the first month, she was very well-behaved and cute.

When Chu Yu and Tian met, they were rare.

However, Chu Yu and Tian were a little hesitant about Ma Jun's decision to give Xiangjun to Zuozhu.

Chu Yu's side, because of the draft marriage, the flag people are not interested in the baby, so they can't make up their minds. When people in this world get married, they all decide to marry when their children are older and look at their surnames.

Xiangjun now looks like a beautiful child, and the Ma family is also a squire mansion, a scholarly heirloom, and a family education is needless to say, but who knows what the surname will be like when he grows up?

On Tian's side, this is worried about Qi Dafei.

After all, she is the granddaughter of Daotai, the niece and granddaughter of the squire, and her maternal uncle is also an official eunuch family.

Ma Jun thought of Ning Chun, but with a little righteousness, he almost patted his chest in front of Tian and Chu Yu, and he didn't allow this side to open his mouth to refuse.

Tian was afraid that because of this, the two families would have a disagreement, so they let go of their worries and responded with gratitude.

For a while, everyone was happy.

Tian prepared a pair of hairpins and a pair of bracelets, and Chu Yu added a collar here, a wishful hand, and the family affair was ordered.

That night, Ma Jun was very drunk.

When the guests dispersed, leaving him and Cao Hao, he pulled Cao Hao's sleeve and talked about the old things in Jiangning.

But as in a dream, things are not people.

He has loved to read since he was a child, and his surname is a bit of a literati, but he is an only son with two rooms on his shoulders, and the family has great responsibilities. It is necessary not only to reproduce heirs, but also to climb up with all its strength in order to live up to the high expectations of the parents.

In the past, it was said that on the Qinhuai River, he said that when he was young, he wished not to be a good look, but to be a good doctor. Now that I think about it, it's a joke.

He raised his slap, gestured in front of Cao Hao, and said with a big tongue: "Fu Ruo, Fu Ruo...... I've been out of Beijing for six years, six years...... It's been six years, Jingming has lost his surname, and Shanyu has no family support, what about me...... I've lost my conscience......"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help beating his chest vigorously and crying: "I have lost my conscience...... I am...... The money for disaster relief was divided by the bastards, and the people who starved to death outside Taogong Temple were not one or two...... The case of the little widow hanging, there is a slip of approval from the governor and the yamen, what do you say I should do......"

Since he returned to Beijing, Cao Hao has also met with him a few times. Although he said less, he only regarded it as an officialdom honing, and he was much more mature and stable, where did he think that there would be these.

The world is far away, and every time he writes a letter, he never sees anything unusual about Ma Jun.

In addition, although Ma Jun's father was sick and his uncle served as a waiter in Beijing, Cao Hao thought that he was like himself and was at ease in his foreign office.

Even if the magistrate is a little trivial, there are also masters and officials below.

"Hehehe, Sansheng does evil, attached to Guo Provincial City, this is true. I was a human when I went, and I became a ghost when I came back......" Ma Jun's voice was a little desolate: "The two magistrates of the county, the evaluation is outstanding, this is a conscience, and those bastards are in the same stream, and they are exchanged for human lives and human blood." As long as it is a human being, who can have peace of mind? ”

There was a bit of loneliness in his voice, and his body was withering, like an old man.

Seeing him like this, Cao Hao's high-spirited appearance appeared in front of him after Ma Jun learned that he had attached Guo Zhixian six years ago.

Although he knew that officialdom was erosive, he didn't expect it to come to this point.

Ma Jun is the heir of the Shilang Mansion, with the protection of his uncle, and he has to be like this, how can the officials from the squire's family of the people and squires be attached to the powerful, how can they resist the Yinwei of Shangguan?

"Tiancheng, everyone is jealous in the high world, there are a few people in this world who can not be with the light, they are all over, you don't need to blame yourself too much." Cao Hao thought about it for a moment and opened his mouth to persuade.

He was not a man of moral purity, and he was not very demanding of his friends.

Even if there are really people who died unjustly and victims who starved to death, without Cao Hao's eyes, Cao Hao would not be able to have compassion.

Calculating his age, Ma Jun is twenty-eight this year, and six years ago, he was only twenty-two years old.

was originally blessed by the family, buried himself in study, and when he arrived in the officialdom, this training was also poignant.

In Cao Hao's heart, he didn't know whether to despise himself for being unprincipled.

It's just that he doesn't know what will happen if he is replaced by him and is an official in a different place?

Ma Jun listened to Cao Hao's words, raised his head, and said to Cao Hao: "My behavior is so despicable, Fu Ruoke despises it?" ”

Cao Hao shook his head and said, "Tiancheng is drunk, how can she be a woman-like mother-in-law?" I'm not a hairy boy who holds the books of sages and sages, and I've seen a lot of dirt in officialdom over the years, so what else will I put on? If you know that you are ashamed, you are different from those people, and you should be careful when you act in the future. If it is because of you that one people starved to death, you went and saved ten; Because of you, a man is unjustly killed, and you go and redress ten. If you have done this, you can sleep peacefully even if you can't have a good conscience. ”

When Ma Jun heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said for a while: "This is a hypocrite is sophistry, even if he saved ten hundred, he still starved to death at the beginning; Ten hundred have been wronged, and the lonely souls who died unjustly still have to ask for their lives. A polluted conscience, no matter how you hide it, is also black. ”

"What about hypocrites? Isn't it much better than being so sad and earnest as Tiancheng? Hypocrites are still ashamed, ashamed, and uneasy. If even these shames and anxieties are gone, then the next people will not starve to death, and the unjust deaths will not be one or two. From this point of view, isn't being a hypocrite much better than a real villain? Cao Hao looked at Ma Jun and replied: "You are a hypocrite, I dare to be friends with you, if you are naturally frank and be a real villain, I will really retreat." ”

Ma Jun picked up the wine cup in front of him, drank it all, and muttered: "I didn't expect that Fu Ruo is still eloquent and will be able to explain people." ”

Cao Hao talked for a long time, a little thirsty, and took two sips of the wine in front of him, and said: "You are just a fan of the authorities, just think about it, it's good." ”

Ma Jun looked at Cao Hao and said: "I still remember the first time Jiang Ning saw him, his eyes were above the top, and he was arrogant, but you didn't say anything, but you treated people coldly, and another kind of arrogance made people uncomfortable." It's as if you're standing in a high position, watching from the sidelines, as if no one is paying attention. When you are ripe, you will know that you are not a high-ranking person. ”

It was the first time Cao Hao heard Ma Jun talk about this, and he couldn't help but think of the past.

Maybe it's really a different age and a different state of mind, but now that I think about it, the kind of unburdened son at that time was really relaxed.

Ma Jun stretched out his arm, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve, and said with a red face: "Gaffe, let Fu Ruojian smile." Uncle praised you when he saw the sky, and if you have nothing to do, you will go over and walk around, and the old man will be happy. You have also been an official all these years, but everywhere you go, you are praised by everyone. Your performance is also excellent, but it is not as unworthy as mine. ”

"It's just a bright face, and the rumors can't be believed. I've just been messing around for a few years, and I don't think I've done anything beneficial to the country and the people. It's just that after the light of my father and the Yue family, everyone said good things. Cao Hao waved his hand.

Ma Jun took the wine jug, poured himself and Cao Hao full of wine, and said: "To be honest, although I feel sorry for myself, I don't have the idea of giving up on myself in my heart. Fu Ruo's hypocrisy just now is like an initiation, so that I don't dare to deceive myself anymore. In the rest of my life, I will be a 'hypocrite'! After speaking, he raised the wine cup in front of Cao Hao and said, "Fu Ruo is willing to be a witness for me?" ”

Although there is still a taste of alcohol. But his eyes were bright and his mind was already clear.

Cao Hao also raised the wine cup in front of him and said with a smile: "You should obey your fate." ”

The two friends finished their glasses of wine, looked at each other and smiled, which was already a different state of mind...... After the family affairs were completed, Cao Hao's side was already pinching his fingers, counting the bidding.

These words, he also paid attention to the situation inside and outside the capital. The guild hall in front of it has already housed many Jin merchants and Hui merchants.

After the year and year, there were many people who came to the Cao family for various reasons.

At the end of the first month, there was an old man who visited, it was Wang Lusheng of Shandong.

In the letters exchanged a few years ago, Cao Hao also mentioned a sentence about the procurement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but did not say in detail. According to Cao Hao's original intention, he didn't want Wang Lusheng to wade into this troubled water.

After all, it was the first time, and it was like a tiger's mouth to gain from the hands of those powerful people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was extremely easy to get resentful.

Wang Lusheng treats people righteously, and Cao Hao also admires this man, and the two can be regarded as old friends. Therefore, I don't want him to suffer, and I will explain the powerful relationship to Wang Lusheng again.

In addition to Wang Quantai, the Wang family has other children in Beijing who run inns and restaurants, but they are also staring at the news this time, and they often go to the patriarch Wang Lusheng's side.

For bidding, to others, Xu is unfamiliar, but for Wang Lusheng, he has seen it once.

Kangxi's forty-nine-year-old pearl cultivation recipe was personally taken by him from Cao Hao in Jiangning.

Even in recent years, the price of beads is not as good as in the early years, but in the end, there is no need to risk life and death to eat by the sea.

With this recipe for raising pearls, it is like giving future generations a golden rice bowl, Wang Lusheng also feels worthy of his ancestors when he burns incense in front of his ancestors during the New Year's Festival.

A hundred years later, when the ancestral genealogy is in the book, it is not as good as the ancestors, and it can be regarded as the ancestor of Zhongxing.

Just want to restore the glory of the Wang family a hundred years ago, just sitting in the well and watching the sky in Yuezhao, sending his children to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou to sell, how easy it is to say.

Wang Lusheng had also watched the sale of this internal affairs office earlier.

It's just that the Wang family can still have some connections in Shandong, but it has no weight in the capital, and it can't be intervened.

Now, it is God who has opened his eyes, and Cao Hao is in charge of the Internal Affairs Office.

For his benefactor, Wang Lusheng was not so thick-skinned and tired, and he was still hesitant.

Later, he received a letter from his nephew, and knew that Cao Hao was not going well in the Internal Affairs Office, and the bidding after the year was afraid that it would be difficult for the imperial businessmen to join forces, so Wang Lusheng made up his mind to go to Beijing.

Even if he didn't fight for money and fought for Cao Hao's waist, he still made it.

In front of Cao Hao, he didn't want to get to the bottom of it, and said with a smile: "Master Cao, don't worry, I know it in my heart, and I don't dare to take the lead." It's just that I was made around by my brothers and nephews, and I came to open my eyes. What kind of place is this in Beijing, my old king will not be stupid, just join in the fun. ”

Cao Hao saw that he understood and relaxed slightly.

The Wang family has a family background, and Cao Hao knows it, but the capital is different from Shandong. Shandong is a squire, and if you go to Fudaozhou County to climb the relationship, you can live freely.

On this side of the capital, apart from being enslaved and seeking refuge from the powerful, businessmen are nothing.

Wang Lusheng went to Beijing this time, in addition to paying tribute to shark fin, bird's nest and other seafood for the Cao family's ancestors, he also brought a lot of toys to the children to eat.

In other words, Cao Hao Xu can only get by on the face, and he can get the pre-backup gift.

Wang Lusheng is here, but he is really willing to get close.

The more I stay in the capital for a long time, the more I am used to seeing all kinds of ghosts and ghosts, and the more I miss the time in Shandong.

While sending someone to deliver a letter to Wang Quantai and Zheng Hu, he also asked someone to prepare a table, not to mention, he also asked someone to go to the inner courtyard to bring Tianyou and Hengsheng out to meet the guests......

(To be continued)