"Come, my little Shuo'er, daddy come and hug ......"

Cao Bianjiao kept the child from Liu Ru is hands, today is the big day of the full moon, the house is extremely lively, Cao Bianjiao did not send an invitation, but only notified a few people from the cabinet and the six ministries and members of the National Defense Party, but he believes that there will definitely be no fewer people coming.

Cao Bianjiao named the child Cao Shuo, which means bright, Cao Bianjiao also hopes that his future will be bright, and he does not have to be like himself, constantly struggling in the dark, always feeling the stones to cross the river, too tired, he doesn't want his children to have the same fate as himself.

"Master, Elder Zhang Ge and Elder Yuan Ge of the Cabinet have arrived, and they have already entered the mansion!"

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he also took the child back into Liu Ruyi's hands and went out to welcome the guests.

"Cao Gui, you go to the door to be responsible for welcoming guests, for those who often come to the house, be sure to greet each other, for the people who are born in the face, they are dressed in official uniforms, let them come in, for those rich gentry and wealthy businessmen in Nanjing, look at their gifts, if they are some shabby things, stop them."

"Master, what is this doing, don't you often tell us that we can't despise anyone, why are you ...... now?"

"What do you know, is it easy for me to hold a banquet, a table of banquets costs ten taels of silver, just entertain colleagues, for those gentry and strong, they are all rich people with bulging pockets, and they also want to come to eat and drink, I will not be eaten by them sooner or later, they usually don't pull out a dime, if they want to come to me, they have to have capital, if someone stuffs money for you, you take it first, and remember who it is, just do it according to my instructions!"

"Little one got it!" Cao Gui also understood what Cao Bianjiao meant at the moment, and hurriedly went to the front door to entertain.

"The officials are all to the ...... of Lord Zhang"

"Lord Liu, the director of the Criminal Department, arrived at ......"

Cao Gui shouted one after another, and greeted the officials who came with a smile.

"Suzhou Shen family......" Cao Gui also lowered his face at the moment, looked at the person who came and said: "Your Suzhou Shen family, how to say that it is also a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, our general will hold a full moon wine today, you will send a box of tea, the threshold of our general's mansion is too low!" ”

When the person heard this, he also understood what Cao Gui meant, and hurriedly laughed: "What the housekeeper said is exact, I ignored it, that is one of my gifts, the real gift is here." ”

Cao Gui squinted his eyes and glanced over, only to see that the other party put a piece of jade pendant into the tea box, Cao Gui has been a steward in the General's Mansion for two years, naturally he has seen some of the world, and knows that the jade pendant is crystal clear, and the value will not be low, so he changed his smile and shouted: "Suzhou Shen family has a box of the best, congratulations to the general for his happy son......"

Originally, the people notified by Cao Bianjiao were only three tables of people, but he also expected that someone would definitely take the initiative to come, so ten tables were arranged for those who came uninvited, but he didn't expect that he thought it was too simple, in addition to the court officials, there were also wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, and in the end there were more than forty tables, and the gifts were piled up in the side hall of the General's Mansion, like a hill.

Cao Bianjiao didn't care much about these vulgar gifts, he was meeting the congratulatory gift sent by Stilwell at the moment, a golden rooster pendant, and another person, Cao Bianjiao was seeing this person at this moment.

"General, this person is called Yao Qisheng, self-proclaimed Shaoxing Xiucai, was insulted by the local tyrant and joined the Qing army, when this person went north to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he was found by our sergeant and took it down, General Shi ordered a few small people to bring this person here, please deal with the general."

"Okay, you guys have worked hard, go and use some wine and food, have a good drink, today is a happy event in the house, you don't have to treat yourself badly, eat and drink well!"

"Thank you, General!" Several people also left happily.

"Yao Qisheng, you are a sour and stinky talent, you are a great scholar, why did you go north to join the enemy, aren't you afraid of being poked in the back?"

For the Yao Qisheng in front of him, Cao Bianjiao is both familiar and unfamiliar, familiar is thanks to the film and television dramas of later generations, especially the TV series of the Kangxi Dynasty, there are many appearances of this person, but he has never really understood this person, but now when this person appears in front of him, Cao Bianjiao is still full of curiosity, after all, he is the one who recovered Taiwan.

"'The Ming Dynasty is corrupt, slow to treat scholars, since ancient times there is a difference in rank, how can scholars be in the company of the common people, and the officials are mediocre, arrogant and evil, how can they survive forever?'" Yao Qisheng also said sharply, and said with a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance.

"That didn't go to the end, how do you know that you can't survive for a long time, you can't predict the prophet, or you tell me fortunes, how long can I live, calculate for Daming, when will the country die, and the most important thing is yourself, how did you calculate how you died, when did you die?"

"I can't figure it out!" Yao Qisheng was sarcastically ridiculed by Cao Bianjiao, and he was speechless at the moment.

"You can't count it and dare to talk nonsense, you, arrogant, self-righteous, just because you were insulted by the local tyrants and joined the Qing army, what qualifications do you have to call yourself a scholar, you read all the books to the dog's belly, Mencius said: The rich and the rich can not be lewd, the poor and the lowly can not be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent, this is called a big husband, have you done it?"

Yao Qisheng was also silent, no longer arguing about anything.

"Don't you want to be an official, that's good, stay in my general's mansion, be a clerk, no rank, one or two a month, I'll see what talent you have, if you really have the ability, I will recommend you to the court, if you are just a boastful person, then good, I will cut off your legs then, you can climb to the Qing court for me!"

"Thank you, General......"

"Don't!" Cao Bianjiao stopped Yao Qisheng, and said with a serious face at the moment: "You bewitch the people, you have to be punished, today I am in a good mood, I will reward you with a board, after the fight, come back to drink!" ”

"General, there is a reluctant request under me, the person who bullied me in Tongzhou that day, I think the general will be the master for me, if I can help the general, not only cut off the leg, but even this dog's head, the general will also take it."

"Revenge, that's your own business, I won't abuse power, if you have the ability, then you can go yourself, find him a crime, evidence of guilt, when the time comes, you don't need me to do it, you have the law of the court to deal with it, you also let me see what you have ability, you can't just bully others!"

Cao Bianjiao naturally won't give him this privilege, his right is not to avenge him, he wants to take revenge, then he can find a way to do it himself, Cao Bianjiao also wants to see what he has to do, isn't it really as vicious as in history.

"General Xie's reward!" Yao Qisheng was also escorted down to receive the board.

"Do you think this person is available?" Cao Bianjiao immediately asked Li Yan what to do.

"It's available, but it's hard to assert when we meet for the first time, and we still need to observe!" Li Yan replied.

Cao Bianjiao also got up and said with a smile: "Let's go, go out for a drink!" ”