Li Fu is lucky, because he is the deputy chief examiner of the Wenhui Examination, not the Wuhui Examination.

These angry moves, even if they rushed into the gate of the Li Mansion, nothing happened that the Li family servants were worried about.

Yes, these people respect the way of Confucius and Mencius, adhering to the principle of "a gentleman does not use his hands", and no one dares to do it at will.

But every word of abuse and sentence of heart-wrenching words entered Li Fu's ears.

Li Fu stood on the steps under the eaves, said nothing with a calm face, just calmly looked at the door that fell to the ground due to the push of everyone.

At this time, the servants of Shuntianfu have arrived.

Led by the catcher, seeing the supplement on Li Fu's body, he trotted forward and saluted...... * In Changchun Garden, Qingxi Book House.

Kangxi sat on the kang and looked at the folds sent by the Li Fan Yuan to the Western Mongolian ministries to request relief, and his brows were furrowed.

In the past two years, there has been a severe drought in the northwest for many years, and a large number of livestock have died, not only the herdsmen are hungry, but also many Mongolian nobles with titles have been in dire straits.

Western Mongolia is connected to Huijiang Mongolia and must be appeased. But the Mongolians are wolves, they will bite if they can't be fed, and they won't be at ease if they are fed, how can Kangxi be willing to fill this bottomless pit.

Besides, since the 52nd year of the Kangxi War, taxes have been reduced and exempted in various places, and the imperial court is not rich.

Kangxi rubbed his forehead, instructed Wei Zhu, and said, "Let someone send this fold to the fourth elder brother of the household." ”

Wei Zhu leaned over to take the fold, and only then did he retreat to the door, and then he heard someone say: "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng and Prince Yong ask to meet!" ”

"Xuan!" Kangxi heard it in the room and raised his voice.

The two men entered the door one after another, holding thick paperwork in their hands.

"Done grinding?" Kangxi saluted them, glanced at the documents they brought in, and asked.

"Yes, Huang Ama, from the sixth day of the first month of March, to yesterday afternoon, one hundred and seventy-three people in the middle school examination of this subject have been completed. Twelve of them have inferior articles, and the original volumes of these twelve candidates are here, and the emperor is also invited to decide. The third elder brother leaned over and handed over the answer sheet with both hands.

Kangxi nodded and said, "Present!" ”

The third elder brother took a few steps forward and sent the answer sheet in his hand to the table in Kangxi's hand.

Regardless of the content of this article, just talking about the font of this crooked melon and cracked jujube caused Kangxi to frown. He picked up one of the scrolls and looked at it from the beginning, and although there was nothing taboo about it, it was not good.

He put down the volume and picked up two more at random, there was nothing wrong with it, and the eight strands were mediocre and not brilliant at all. He flipped through the bottom again, and there were still a few articles with clear handwriting, the font could also be eye-catching, and the article would be done.

"That's all there is to it, no other problems?" Kangxi put down the scroll and asked.

"If you go back to Huang Ama, according to the rules, there are two room officials in each room, and the two of them need to read the file together and agree on the trade-offs. In the midst of these tribulations, Erchen and others found that several volumes were marked by only one person, and they didn't know whether they were read by one person alone or by two people at the same time. The third elder brother bowed and replied.

Kangxi's expression was a little softened, although he sent two princes to investigate the matter, but things like "fraud in the imperial examination" that smeared the face of the imperial court were naturally not the best.

"I'll leave the rest to the Ministry of Rites." Kangxi pondered for a moment and said.

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother responded in unison, Kangxi waved his hand, and just wanted to tell them to kneel in peace, when he saw Wei Zhu come in and said, "Your Majesty, the scholar Wang handed over the sign and asked to see me." ”

Not only Kangxi was surprised when he heard it, but even the third and fourth elder brothers were a little secretly thinking about it.

Although this Wang Luo still holds the position of a university scholar and has not been a scholar, he is already in his eighties, and he has not been on an errand in front of the emperor for a long time. I came here today, I don't know why, did I hear the news of "unstable lifting"?

Kangxi opened his mouth to summon, and after a while, he followed Wei Zhu in a leisurely manner, and knelt down to bow to the position of the kang.

"Hurry up!" Kangxi took care of the old ministers, and hurriedly instructed the third and fourth elder brothers who were standing on the side.

When the two heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward and held Wang Luo up.

Kangxi asked Wei Zhu to give him a seat, and Fang said: "Did you use the ginseng I gave me years ago?" I look at your reluctance, and you should be a good student. ”

When Wang Yu heard this, he had already gotten up from the stool and knelt on the ground, choking and said: "Jun is very gracious, and he is ashamed to kill the old minister!" ”

In his early years, Wang Luo was for the restoration of the crown prince, and the relationship with Kangxi monarchs and ministers gradually became estranged.

Now seeing him so excited, Kangxi thought that he was for the sake of his early years, and waved his hand: "The old past, Aiqing doesn't have to take it to heart." I am not a faint king, I know that Lao Aiqing has a social heart and has no selfish heart. Aiqing is so good at health and conditioning, I am still waiting for you to get better, back to the palace, seventy-year-old king, eighty-year-old minister, it is also a good story. ”

The old ministers withered one after another, and Kangxi also felt concerned, watching Wang Luo's expression become more and more gentle.

Kangxi reminisced about the past eventful years, and the fourth elder brother looked at Wang Luo kneeling straight, but he knew that it was going to be bad.

This Wang Luo is not a "tide file", but he flatters Confucian orthodoxy and attaches great importance to the distinction between concubines and concubines.

After the second abolition of the crown prince, he went to the fold several times and asked for the restoration of the prince, but he was not convicted for this like others, the reason is what Kangxi said, he did not support the second elder brother out of selfishness, but just flattered Confucian orthodoxy.

Sure enough, Wang Luo said: "Your Majesty, the ministers saw that Song Renzong was a generation of virtuous monarchs, and in his later years, the prince hesitated. Foolish, too faithful, vainly trying to imitate the ancients......"

Before he finished speaking, Kangxi was already furious and shouted: "Since you know your kindness, this is your reward for me?" Wang Luo, I don't want to mention this matter, and I don't retreat! ”

"Ten thousand deaths. I implore the emperor to release the second elder brother as soon as possible for the sake of the society! The king leaned down to the ground and pleaded.

Kangxi's face was flushed, and he was so angry that he couldn't stop trembling.

The room was silent, only Kangxi's gasps remained.

The third elder brother lowered his head and stared at Wang Luo's back fiercely with his eyes, eager to eat it alive. As a prince, especially at the top of the ranking, the reserve position is promising, he is looking forward to someone mentioning the matter of establishing a prince, but that person must not be Wang Luo.

In Wang Liang's eyes, only the second elder brother is a legitimate candidate for the prince, and the other princes and elder brothers are all ministers, or rebellious ministers and thieves with different intentions.

"Old and not dead, old horseman!" The third elder brother cursed in his heart.

The fourth elder brother's heart also trembled, what he was afraid of was not Wang Xuan's insistence on establishing a prince, but the emperor's unpredictable mind.

In the first month, he ordered him to sacrifice to the mausoleum, and a few days ago, he issued an order to let him sacrifice to the Taimiao Temple on the Wanshou Festival, what is the sincerity behind this...... Or is it a pie...... It's really hard to ...... * Household Yamen, the main hall.

After taking the note handed over by Jiang Jian and confirming that there was no name of Cao Fu on it, Cao Hao let out a long sigh.

He asked Cao Fu how he answered on the field. Cao Fu also knew that the emperor made people test the original papers, and answered truthfully.

Due to excessive pressure, Cao Fu suffered from insomnia for a long time before leaving the game. After the end, his article was also mediocre, not as easy as Plain Suri, so he thought that his designation was useless.

He said this, Cao Hao, who is an elder brother, has to worry about him, greets him, and gets the news of the progress of the grinding first.

Now, knowing that there are twelve people who have problems with their papers, and there is no cousin's name, it seems that I can finally feel at ease.

Back in the house, Cao Hao sent his cousin to tell him the good news.

After the meeting, there is also a palace, the first, second, and third class, and the future is different. Now that Cao Fu listened to his cousin's words, he finally stopped being worried and honestly began to prepare for the palace exam.

The next time, because of the matter of raising his son to gather the crowd, the imperial history impeached Li Fu, the deputy chief examiner of the examination department and the left deputy imperial envoy of the Inspectorate.

Li Fu himself held the post of the left deputy governor of Yushi, but asked his subordinates to impeach, causing the officials of the six ministries to gloat.

Everyone talked behind their backs, and they all said: "The puppy bites the big dog, barking wildly, and it is lively!" ”

Cao Hao listened, but knew that the imperial examination case was coming, and this Li Fu wanted to "carry the black cauldron" for the emperor. There must always be someone who comes out and is responsible for the "yellow sand covering" on the fourth day of the first month of March, so as to block the mouth of the world.

A few days later, Kangxi had a will to demote Li Fu to Yongding River to work.

The whispers in the six parts have new content.

The twelve imperial historians jointly requested the reinstatement of the prince, and there was an uproar. Kangxi was furious, these twelve imperial historians did not "ask for crimes because of words", but the university scholar Wang Luo was detained on suspicion of "forming a party".

Compared with other people's impatience, Cao Hao is much calmer, no matter how they toss, these two elder brothers can't get out. He sent the prepared gifts for the Birthday Festival to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then waited for the celebration of the Birthday Festival.

Kangxi kept saying that there would be no celebrations, but Yuyu was sixty years old, and he could be said to be the first person in the past, and he was not complacent in his heart.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs jointly want to Zhang Luo.

In a blink of an eye, it was March 18, the birthday festival.

Although there was no palace banquet, all the princes and ministers in the capital, as well as the civil and military officials who came to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, entered the palace to congratulate.

On the Taihe Palace, the sound of ceremonial music is solemn and solemn.

After an interval of more than ten years, Cao Hao saw Nian Qianyao again.

There were more than a dozen foreign civil and military officers in the queue, but Cao Hao still recognized Nian Qianyao at a glance.

He was wearing second-grade clothes, and his face had faded from the elegance of a literati, with a bit of fierceness. He supervised Sichuan for more than ten years, and governed Sichuan, which had been in turmoil since the founding of the country, obediently, which was rarely deterred and killed.

Seeing Nian Qianyao holding his head high and high-spirited, he already had a bit of the momentum of "General Nian", but Cao Hao was very unhappy.

Yes, very unpleasant.

Cao Hao's preparations for the same year's Tang Yao's skin were all in vain. Nian Qianyao, who combined the seal of the governor and the seal of the governor, did not take Cao Hao, the newly appointed household servant, in his eyes at all.

On the side of the household department, he didn't show his face, but just sent two subordinate officials to the household department to see Cao Hao.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the foreign governors who have entered Beijing have been so arrogant, and Nian Qianyao should be the first person.

If he didn't do Cao Hao's business, he would be happy to watch the excitement.

Nian Qianyao was promoted to governor at the age of 30, and he was the youngest feudal official in this dynasty.

But on the opposite side of this arrogance, there is the youngest second-grade squire in this dynasty, who has fallen into the eyes of others, and this has said everything.

Of course, there are those who say that Nian Qianyao is arrogant and rude, and there are many who say that Cao Hao is young and cannot convince the public.

Cao Hao innocently made a stepping stone to Nian Qianyao's "arrogance", and naturally he couldn't be happy in his heart. Although he can comfort himself, it is not a bad thing for Qianyao to have a bad relationship in the same year, it can be regarded as a blessing and a curse, but he can't erase the fact that he has been swept away.

In officialdom, there is no shortage of people who bully the weak and fear the hard.

If Cao Hao takes a step back, he will be bullied in the future, and there is no way to retreat.

Now, Cao Hao can only stare at Nian Qianyao and grit his teeth.

Although it is also a second grade, the superintendent is a feudal official, and the waiter is only a deputy hall official, but why do those superintendents enter Beijing and send Bing Jing and Tan Jing, and even send six pen posts, especially the household department. There is no other reason, it is because the household department pinched the financial veins of the provinces.

Cao Hao was already faintly excited in his heart, wanting to see Nian Qianyao's face change.

Whoever insults others will be dishonored.

He Cao Hao will not take the initiative to bully people, but he will not be angry in vain.

This beam is settled.

is as unhappy as Cao Hao, and there is also the fourth elder brother.

Among his disciples, the highest official position is Nian Qianyao, and now Nian Qianyao is in Sichuan, which is an important place in the northwest, so the heavier the weight.

Nian Qianyao's arrogance is too far from the fourth elder brother's low-key and introverted surname, so that he neither loves nor hates.

Especially in the matter of the household department this time, although it is Cao Hao, the waiter in charge of the Sichuan Division, who has no face on his face, but now it is his fourth elder brother who is in charge of the affairs of the department. Not to mention, Cao Hao has always been respectful to him, and he has long been regarded as his own.

After the Wanshou Festival, when Nian Qianyao and his son came to the house to ask for peace, the fourth elder brother said to him: "Over there in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, Lianggong took the time to walk." Okay, if you make such a fuss, you will be the one who suffers in the end. ”

When Nian Qianyao heard this, he raised his eyebrows, but he didn't think so, and said, "There is a master in the household department, and there are other little ghosts who dare to make trouble?" The slave relied on the master's care, and on the side of the household yamen, Bing Jing didn't pull it down, so he didn't bother to go to the entertainment again. ”

The fourth elder brother listened, although he was very satisfied with Nian Qianyao's dependence on him, but he always felt that something was wrong. He looked Nian Qianyao up and down a few times, and said, "Lianggong, you are not a reckless person, do you have any misunderstanding about Cao Hao?" ”

When Nian Qianyao heard this, he smiled and said: "Master, the slave and Cao Haojing water do not violate the river water, how can they misunderstand?" ”

The fourth elder brother is also thinking about it, when Nian Qianyao was released from Beijing, Cao Hao was still in the guard, and the two had never dealt with each other.

The fourth elder brother can't say too deeply, after all, there is still Nian Xi present, and he doesn't want to lose Nian Qianyao's face, and said: "Don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, Cao Hao has the best relationship with your thirteenth master, you are in the capital, you have to save some face for him." ”

Nian Qianyao responded with a smile, and the topic turned to the Northwest military.

Nian Xi sat under his father, listening to the words of his father and the fourth elder brother, and felt a little uneasy.

He is the son of Nian Qianyao, so he naturally knows that Cao Hao did not suffer from an "unwarranted disaster", but his father deliberately attacked.

Nian has been in Prince Yong's mansion for many years, and finally gave birth to his brother, and Nian Qianyao, who is an uncle, is also really happy.

This time, he asked to return to Beijing to see His Majesty, and he also wanted to visit his sister and nephew. Unexpectedly, before he arrived in Beijing, he got the news that the little brother was dying, and Nian Qianyao was holding back a fire in his heart.

When he arrived in the capital, he knew that when the little brother was a hundred words, the gifts given by the Cao family were mediocre, and the dissatisfaction in his heart finally found a place to vent......

(To be continued)