Rehe, Puren Temple, Ciyun Puyin Temple.

The sixteenth elder brother held three sticks of incense and bowed in front of the statue of the Buddha, his expression was a little dignified, and he was indescribably pious.

Cao Hao came with him, and he was surprised when he saw this, and when he thought of Xiao Gege, who had just recovered from a serious illness, he knew the compassion of the sixteenth elder brother.

Thinking of the news he got two days ago, Hongshu was already on the way back to Beijing in Xining, Cao Haofo's heart moved, and he silently lit three incense sticks and prayed a few words for the seventh elder brother.

Kangxi had already allowed the fourteenth elder brother to return to Beijing, and originally heard that the seventh elder brother was getting better, and he thought about asking Hongshu to delay his return to Beijing and set off with the fourteenth elder brother.

When he saw Cao Hao and heard Cao Hao talk about the injury of the seventh elder brother, he changed his mind again and did not have much to do.

After the incense, the sixteenth elder brother sighed and came out of the Buddha hall with Cao Hao.

The great lama stationed in the temple held the Buddha beads in his hand, and the treasure solemnly followed, and the sixteenth elder brother had asked Zhao Feng to offer three hundred taels of silver, and in the name of him and the sixteen blessings, ten lotus lanterns were lit.

When the two returned to the summer resort, it was already noon.

The sixteenth elder brother invited Cao Hao to his residence and had a meal.

Most of the officials who came with him worked in the six official offices outside the palace. Cao Hao was dragged away by the sixteenth elder brother in the morning, and naturally he had to go back to work on an errand in the afternoon.

Because Kangxi has been in poor health in recent years, the officials who come with him at will do not have to listen to the errand every time before the emperor.

Unless the emperor summons him otherwise, Cao Hao only needs to follow the schedule once every six days, and go to the prelude to report to the household department that he needs a holy break, and he can be regarded as having a leisurely life.

I don't want to, but the air pressure is very low, and the pen and post style of sending documents back and forth have been lightened.

Cao Hao looked wrong, glanced at Jiang Jian, and saw him stretch out his hand, and his four fingers shook.

Seeing this, Cao Hao frowned slightly.

No matter what, he Cao Hao is no longer on an errand in the Internal Affairs Office, the sixteenth elder brother is looking for him, and others can't control him, but the fourth elder brother is his direct boss.

If the fourth elder brother is not in a good mood and uses the topic to play, Cao Hao is really the one who ignores him.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao stroked his forehead. I heard that the emperor was going to send a few princes and elder brothers back to Beijing at the end of June, so I quickly sent the fourth elder brother back, so as to save this black-faced man from saying that he would put air conditioning on the side of the yamen.

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Cao Hao was looking at the latest newspaper of the imperial palace, and there was a pen post to pass the word, and the fourth elder brother passed Cao Hao over.

Recently, the household department is most concerned about the relief of the northern provinces, Cao Hao thought, the fourth elder brother is looking for himself, eighty percent is also because of this, so he will write two relevant articles with him.

Sure enough, the fourth elder brother had a cold face and was in a bad mood, but he didn't say anything long-winded, and asked Cao Hao about disaster relief.

Cao Hao presented Tiao Chen with both hands, and the fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows when he saw that he was ready, and he was quite surprised.

After looking at Tiao Chen, he couldn't help but be a little moved.

Cao Hao listed only three items in the article, one is relief, the second is epidemic prevention, and the third is supplementary farming.

This relief is not the use of official warehouses in previous years, or the fact that it is all dependent on the grain from the south, but refers to "buying grain" and "raising grain" on the spot.

It is said to be "buying" and "raising", but there is some apportionment. That is, according to the number of acres of land owned by the local squire, they can buy grain from them at a parity price, or "raise grain" in the name of their children to pay donations.

As early as when Cao Hao was in Jiangning, he knew that the local squires loved to store grain.

In the early years, when the flood occurred in Jiangning City, Cao Yin also intervened to mediate, so that the Jiangning prefect Yamen "borrowed" grain from Wei Xin's family to help the victims.

It is the Cao family's several Zhuangzi in Haidian, Changping, all of which have grain storage grains, just to prevent disasters and famines.

If it is according to the common sense of the imperial court, the grain is transferred from the local official warehouse for relief, and I don't know how many hours it will be delayed, and how many hungry people will starve to death.

The local granary, it can't be said that ten seats are nine empty, and they are also greasy everywhere. If you want to get grain, you will be led to Caoyun and the southern yamen, not to mention the long cycle, there are many people waiting for the oil, and the grain will be allocated, and half of it will be a fluke if it reaches the mouth of the hungry people.

Cao Hao's proposal of "buying grain" and "raising grain" is not the first one, and in previous years, this buying and raising was mostly based on the principle of voluntary, and the official uniform was not forcibly implemented.

The phrase "for the rich is not benevolent" is very well displayed at this time. How many of those squires who have food at home are willing to donate it? Most of them are price gouging and sold at high prices.

Now, in Cao Hao's article, these two items are defined as "apportionment", which puts an end to the road of the squire relying on grain storage to raise local grain prices. Rather, it also made up for the lack of grain in the official warehouse and the lack of long transportation time for grain.

Looking further down, this epidemic prevention one, like the one above, is not unusual at first glance.

After all, everyone knows that "there is a great epidemic after a great disaster", but in the past, epidemic prevention was mostly where the epidemic broke out, it was blocked, and then people were sent to heal; Cao Hao's article is based on "prevention".

The state capitals have prepared a large amount of quicklime to disinfect the ground of wells at relief points where hungry people gather in various places to prepare for epidemic prevention.

The third supplementary tillage is to prepare for this winter and next spring.

After all, in the northern solar term, even if there is a drought in spring and summer, there will be a rainy season or two in autumn. Don't underestimate the rainfall in the past two months, the time is right, you can plant a crop of autumn potatoes.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are both crops that do not pick the ground and produce income.

Even if the rain is insufficient this autumn and the yield is insufficient, the yield per mu is still considerable compared with ordinary grain. The common people, plant two acres, and the food for the winter will be solved.

This is not long, there is no flowery rhetoric, but it is a real word for the benefit of the country and the people.

"Good!" After reading Tiao Chen, the fourth elder brother looked at Cao Hao with a little hot eyes: "The emperor really didn't see the wrong person, Cao Hao is indeed a capable minister who governs the country!" ”

He has been in charge of the household department for more than ten years, and he is no stranger to this disaster relief, and he knows the local evils.

Cao Hao's three articles did not have half a word of micro-criticism about the local officialdom, but if he didn't know the shortcomings of officialdom, he wouldn't have thought about it so thoroughly, and he focused on the livelihood of the people everywhere.

Being stared at like this by a big man of the fourth elder brother, Cao Hao, no matter how thick-skinned he was, couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Weichen is ashamed, but he is just planning his own affairs in his position and fulfilling his responsibilities, and he deserves to be praised by the prince." ”

"It's a good 'conscientiousness', if my Qing officials can remember these four words, it will not be rampant, and the people's livelihood will be difficult!" Seeing that Cao Hao was not arrogant or impatient, humble and introverted, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but praise two more sentences.

Regarding Cao Hao's appointment as a second-grade waiter on the twenty-seventh and eighth days, or the lack of households, there is no shortage of complaints from the powerful people in the capital.

Even the fourth elder brother knows that Cao Hao is capable, but he doesn't think it's a good thing that he is in a prominent position at a young age, and he feels that there is Kangxi's special grace to the Cao family.

The fourth elder brother thinks that Cao Hao is a good seedling and can be cultivated with his heart, but it is not good to lose frivolity after being lucky.

Today, this old and solemn letter can really make the fourth elder brother recognize Cao Hao's ability.

Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this seal Chen was prepared by him after checking the relief records of the household department over the years, and spent several nights preparing it.

For Cao Hao, dealing with national affairs is still more theoretical than practical, and there are many "talk on paper", so he still has a little apprehension in his heart.

The greater the power in the hand, the greater the responsibility, just like this disaster relief, if the policy of the imperial court is not appropriate, maybe tens of thousands of more people will die, but hundreds of thousands of people.

Even if Cao Hao is a cold-hearted person, he doesn't dare to treat his career as a customs clearance game and face it easily.

This pragmatism is exactly what the fourth elder brother has to offer.

The fourth elder brother closed Tiao Chen and looked at Cao Hao, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Compared with Cao Hao's plain and informative article, the excerpts of the two Shangshu of the household department following the usual practice seem empty and meaningless.

Today, it is not the rotation of the household department, and the fourth elder brother is a little impatient, and said: "This king is going to hand over the sign!" ”

He casually told Cao Hao, not to discuss with him, so before the words fell, the person was already in a hurry and went far.

It was rare to see him so excited, Cao Hao looked back at the back of the fourth elder brother, and secretly sighed that it was not for nothing that the fourth elder brother could inherit the unification.

If you are someone else, when you see Cao Hao's statement, you have to say "unruly", and then compare the examples of previous years, and deny Cao Hao's mention of these points.

For example, like the apportionment of the squire, this will damage the face of the court and offend the scholar class; The use of quicklime to prevent the epidemic at the gathering point of the disaster victims will cause unrest in the hearts of the people and cause sudden incidents; The provinces have different climates and regions, and the local officials have limited manpower.

Anyway, in the eyes of those officials, every article can be dismissed for reason.

In their eyes, they don't think about the livelihood of the people, but the face of the court, the oil and water of the officials, or something.

Only the fourth elder brother, knowing that the people's livelihood is difficult and "valuing the people over officials", will feel that Cao Hao's "purely theoretical" article is a good policy for governing the country.

In Cao Hao's heart, he was also a little happy about the recognition of the fourth elder brother.

Whether it is in the previous life or in this life, the overall growth environment is still dominated by "Confucianism", and the four words "for the country and the people" can also bring a little excitement to an adult man.

Compared with Kangxi, who is happy with his achievements, greedy for fame, and conniving at corrupt officials, working with the fourth elder brother can indeed satisfy Cao Hao's sense of accomplishment.

Until the official office fell, he didn't see the fourth elder brother turn back, and Cao Hao's heart was faintly excited.

He didn't want to take advantage of the disaster year in the north to make meritorious contributions, but thought that his painstaking efforts could really be implemented, which would be helpful to the local people, and he would not worry about his busy work.

Thinking that not only will the fourth elder brother grow into a pragmatic emperor, but the thirteenth elder brother will also be a capable "virtuous king", Li Wei and others will become celebrities and feudal officials through the ages, and he Cao Hao will be active in the political arena of the Kangqian period with these people, and work hard for the stability of the country and the livelihood of the people, which makes him look forward to his future career.

The Cao family is no longer the family that is embarrassed and lamented because of half of the Red Mansion, how far can he take his family to ...... * Rehe, Yongwangfu Garden.

Sifujin looked at the gift list written by Niu Colu, shook his head, and said: "It's still too light, although Da Gege only sealed the township, after all, she is the eldest daughter of the thirteenth master, and the ceremony should be more serious." ”

Because the Fujin Nian clan on the side of the palace was pregnant and was waiting to give birth in the capital, this time Sifujin brought the Shu Fujin Niu Colu clan to Rehe with the fourth elder brother to wait.

As early as when he was in the palace, Sifu Jin was in poor health, so he made the side Fu Jin Li clan and the Shu Fu Jin Niu Co Lu clan share the housework.

As for the Fang Fu Jin Nian clan, who is favored by the fourth elder brother, because of his weak body and the dustless surname at present, he has never participated in the secular affairs of the palace......

(To be continued)