After Cao Xi left the palace, his face was not good-looking all the way, and when he saw the Cao family's mansion in Beijing, his face was even more gloomy and he could wring out water. The Cao family has been operating for several generations, loyal to the Zhao family, and has never had any disobedience or disobedience.

The elder brother Cao Wei even won the honor of enjoying the temple court of Emperor Zhenzong, which is another honor of enjoying the temple court after his father Cao Bin! The Cao family can be described as infinitely beautiful, but! This supreme honor has been tarnished by the deeds of a junior!

Cao Xi is the last person in the second generation of the Cao family, everyone else has gone before him, and now he is the last pillar of the Cao family, once he falls, the Cao family's position in the court will be in jeopardy.

The word Cao Fu on the gate is the father's handwriting, the pen is strong, quite the wind of the battlefield, although the emperor deliberately knocked on the Cao family, warning the Cao family. But in the end, something went wrong in the Cao family and gave the official family a chance!

In the final analysis, Cao Lu is his grandson, although he is a concubine, but he can't get rid of the relationship, for this "good grandson" Cao Yu already hates the root of his teeth, if he is not bold, he will never cause such a big trouble!

In Cao Xi's view, the Cao family could have been infinitely beautiful, and the official family disliked the last bit of reliance of the powerful family to move the people, and the land was impossible, even if it was to collect contributions, it should be collected above board, and go to the county government for the record, buying and selling land is nothing in the Great Song Dynasty!

Besides, now it is not only the land that can make money, but also factories, freight, and oceans, and it is not the least expensive to buy goods and send people to the Western Regions to make a lot of money! Why bother making up for the land? Could it be that the children of the family have been stupid to such an extent? I can't see that the official family has given so many opportunities to make money, and it has to be deprived of the peasants to be enjoyable?!

"The master is back......"

The steward of the Cao family stepped forward to greet him, and pointed to the courtyard as he walked: "Master, the old colleagues of the Chaozhong and the fourth master are here, except for Xia Shenzheng who is in Yanyun, Di Shumi, and the ministers of the two mansions have arrived, are you ordering someone to have a banquet?" ”

Cao Xi nodded slightly: "Since everyone has arrived, order someone to serve the food, and the old man still has something to say before the banquet." ”

The steward looked at the bright yellow silk paper in Cao Xi's hand, and guessed with his heel that this must be the reward of the official family, and hurriedly beckoned the waiters at home to start serving, but they were all court officials, in the eyes of the steward, the death of the fourth master was grand, not only these important ministers of the court, but also the rewards of the officials.

The condolence banquet is a two-day event, that is, the first day is a treat, and the second day is a thank you. On the day of the treat, vegetarian steamed buns are eaten after the memorial service, commonly known as light meals. Distinguished guests will be set up with partial seats, full table plates, four side dishes, and four bowls. After the meal, the banquet was held. Before the banquet begins, there is generally a sitting etiquette for the distinguished guests and the elders of the guests.

Because Cao Wei's identity is different, the people who came to mourn were the important ministers of the court, so the Cao family set up seats at the official price, so that the dignity and humility would not be messed up, and the second would allow the main family to quickly find the location of the "distinguished guest".

Because the funeral banquet is not allowed to guess the boxing order, this wine is somewhat boring, so everyone does not have much expectation, the Cao family's meals are looking for the best chef in Beijing, the taste is naturally not ordinary, even the pastries are already quite moving, but no one will eat and drink here, not to mention the loss of etiquette and offend the Cao family.

At this time, Cao Xi had already walked in front of all the guests, he was the elder of the Cao family, and naturally the right to speak was final, and everything had to wait for him to speak, and then the person in charge had the right to speak.

"Colleagues come here, Cao Fu is very honored, my brother has worked hard for many years, the official family is sympathetic to give him the honor to return to the office, but I don't want to be blessed, now the old man goes to the palace to report the funeral, the official family regrets it, hereby a pair of Shinto monuments ......"

Cao Xi was drowned out by the exclamations present before he finished speaking, the Shinto monuments of the courtiers are generally written by people who are looking for noble morals, and some will also ask their bosses to write, but the officials take the initiative to write the Shinto monuments, which is ...... It's a great honor.

The scene in front of him was as Cao Xi expected, it was impossible to say that he was unexpected, and then said: "Your Majesty loves my brother, not only has the Shinto tablet given it, but also has a reward, this great official has invited ......."

The chamberlain who came with Cao Yu didn't dare to say anything, cleared his throat and said: "Cao Wei, the prince of Weiwu County, has contributed to the country, has been an official for decades, and is conscientious...... Specially given the name Wu Mu in the waiter, and ...... Worthy of the temple court of Emperor Zongzhen! ”

Crash...... With the words of the servant, there was a lot of talk in the Cao Mansion, these Cao families are really infinitely beautiful, and the father and son in the family are worthy of enjoying the temple, which is the supreme honor of being a courtier!

The temple is a special place of worship for the emperor's family, and generally only the emperor's ancestors can enjoy this honor.

Even if the ordinary imperial relatives are not qualified, they must be close relatives or royal relatives who have contributed to the Jiangshan Sheji, and the rest are the courtiers who have contributed to the Sheji, and they can also enjoy the treatment of the Taimiao after death with the permission of the emperor, and these courtiers will be buried with the gift of the county king after their death.

Cao Xi had already guessed that this would be the case, nodded slightly to the steward, and tried his best to be unfazed, fully reflecting his humility, which was Wenchen's favorite courtesy......

Cao Wei's eldest son Cao Xi has been waiting on the side, the wine feast procedure is the first wine and then the meal, the wine after three rounds, that is, the rice, the method is generally "wind stirring snow", that is, a dish and a meal, a total of four steamed buns during the banquet, when the first dish, Cao Xi, as a filial son, will kneel in front of the table and kowtow, in order to persuade the wine to pay tribute.

This condolence banquet is said to be to mourn the deceased, but it is better to say that the Cao family is the process of promoting the grand occasion to the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, even Pang Ji, who is the prime minister, nodded with a smile after seeing Cao Xi, and it is a great honor to let the prime minister of a country treat him like this.

But soon Cao Xi couldn't laugh, he remembered the matter of his grandson, and now the courtiers don't know the official family's reprimand for Cao Lu, if they know, they will definitely gloat, and they can also see through the fact that the Cao family loses when the moon is full.

Now the highest official price of the Cao family is his own Shangshu Yu member Wailang, this is a top one fat difference, palm mountain, garden, hunting, taking logging and stone, charcoal, medicine, and gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin pit treatment and waste collection and other things, the authority is extremely heavy, but it can not be comparable to the public participation in politics, so many years, he only has a chance to move towards the three divisions, but in the end it is still a failure!

In addition to himself, although the remaining juniors in the family also have official positions, they are all Jilu officials who do not have much real power, and the ministry officials are few and pitiful, obviously the official family wants to lift the Cao family high, but they don't plan to put it down gently!

In addition, as soon as Cao Lu's incident came out, Cao Xi had a very urgent sense of crisis in the praise of others, and he should do something to let the official family see the determination of the Cao family!

Cao Xi understands that if the Cao family wants to rise again, the last hope is in himself, and he wants to prove to the official family that no matter when, the Cao family is on the side of the official family!

Cao Xi glanced at the juniors who were busy working in the house, the people who could work here were all the talents of the Cao family, even if they were not in their own room, Cao Xi had to protect, and sometimes even sacrificed his own flesh and blood to protect the hope of the whole clan.

If you want to prove the determination of the Cao family to the official family, you must sacrifice your own flesh and blood, and Cao Lu is the one who has to sacrifice......