On the first day of the seventh month, Cao Hao took a break and did not go to the Yamen on an errand.

He was reluctant to make a big deal, but seeing that his wife and mother were in high spirits, they arranged for him to do the same. After all, they don't go out of the door and don't enter the second door, and their lives are monotonous.

Early in the morning, Cao Hao wore a royal blue kudzu gown and a silk hat on his head, and went to the Orchid Garden with Chu Yu to greet Cao Yin and the Li family. Cao Yin and his wife returned home before their son, just to give their son a birthday.

Thinking that twenty-five years ago, he was just an infant, and now he has children, Cao Yin and his wife sighed.

Cao Hao picked the placket and kowtowed to his parents three times in a regular manner. is not only for the love of flesh and blood for more than ten years, but also for the nostalgia of my parents in the previous life.

After Cao Hao finished kowtowing, Li got up and helped his son up, put the eighteen hand beads held in his hand on Cao Hao's wrist, and said: "This is the Buddha bead that went to Guangji Temple a few days ago to open the light, bless my son with peace and happiness." ”

This hand bead still has residual warmth, Cao Hao's heart warmed, and he took Li to sit down by the kang, and said softly: "In the past, it was the son who was not filial, and he was very ashamed to worry his parents; In the future, we will uphold the precepts of kindness, cherish our own bodies, and let our parents show their feelings. ”

As a mother, Li only feels that the glory and wealth are not as good as the health of her children, and it is also a relief for the boss to hear her son say so intimately.

Cao Yin looked at his son, and his face became more and more loving. Like what is the glorious lintel of the Cao family, filial piety to the elders, and taking care of the brothers and nephews, these words do not need to be explained.

After Cao Hao finished saying goodbye to his parents, he took Changsheng in.

Changsheng Kangxi was born in the winter of fifty-four years, and now he is four years old, he looks pink and jade, and his eyes are black and very cute. He is Cao Hao's sibling, and his appearance is also mostly Xiao's mother, and he looks the same as Cao Hao when he was a child.

After he finished greeting Cao Yin's parents, he walked up to Cao Hao and said in a milky voice: "I wish the eldest brother good luck, prosperity and health." He continued to talk about it in style.

Such a painful appearance caused everyone to laugh.

Cao Hao leaned down, picked up Changsheng, rested it on his knees, and asked with a smile: "We will celebrate Changsheng's birthday, who did you learn from?" ”

Changsheng just giggled, fiddling with the buckle of Cao Hao's front placket with his little hands, and did not speak.

At this time, there will be a maid to report, and several young masters and big girls have arrived.

With a little head and melon seeds, he asked his grandparents to say goodbye, to his parents (righteous parents), and he didn't forget to say hello to the immortal in Cao Hao's arms. Then there was a maid who sent a mat, and God blessed a few kneeling to congratulate Cao Hao on his birthday.

After the worship was over, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law came in to report that the internal and external stewards wanted to pay homage to the young master Cao Hao.

Cao Hao left his immortal life and went to the front yard hall to accept the manservant's congratulations; Then he returned to Wutong Garden and was kowtowed by the internal stewards.

Next, it is the congratulatory guest Yingmen, and there is no rest for a long time.

Because Cao Hao passed away, in addition to his colleagues in the officialdom, he was old or young; Relatives and friends come to their old homes, and most of them are young people who come to the door.

Several cousins in Dongfu and several brothers-in-law in Chunwangfu, none of them were left behind, and they all came to celebrate Cao Hao's birthday.

looks at Cao Fu like a little adult, and treats people and things well; The fourth elder brother of King Chun's mansion, Hongxin, is also seventeen years old, and I heard that he will get married this year. In Cao Hao's heart, he felt a sense of vicissitudes.

Starting a family, marrying a wife and having children, life seems to be complete. Again going with the flow, as if nothing was being done.

It wasn't until late at night that the guests dispersed one after another, and Cao Hao was only tired from his body.

Chu Yu served Cao Hao to change his clothes and helped him pinch his shoulders. Cao Hao grabbed her hand and said, "You've been busy for a while, let's talk." ”

The husband and wife were lying on the mat, talking with each other.

"The master loved to listen to music when he was in Jiangnan, and the team invited today is good, and the master is very happy to see it." Cao Hao said.

Chu Yu said: "I heard my wife mention that the master also wrote plays in his early years and rehearsed them when he was in Jiangnan. ”

Cao Hao closed his eyes and said, "Yes, when I was in Jiangning in my early years, in order to take over the driving matter, I had a troupe at home. When I arrived in the capital, everything was not cheap, but it was not as comfortable as in Jiangning. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Hao remembered the manuscripts that his father had sorted out in the past two years.

bought the drama troupe, it looked too public, and his father would not let it; On the manuscript side, you can do your best.

Cao Yin has reached the age of Jiazi, and he is already in the appearance of running out of oil and withering the lamp. Every time Cao Hao saw his father, he felt uneasy, for fear that he would fall ill.

The next time, after Cao Hao got up, he sent someone to Dongfu to invite Cao Fu.

Cao Fu is the youngest son of the second room, and there are two brothers who have already come out, and they are not in a hurry to arrange for him to be on an errand. After the test landed, he still went back to the Eight Flags School to study.

According to Cao Yin and Cao Hao's thoughts, they want to wait for Cao Fu to take another subject. He is seventeen years old this year, and if he waits for three years to take another subject, he will only be twenty. If you don't hit the first place at that time, it's also good to make up a pen paste style in the six errands.

Seeing his cousin calling himself over early in the morning, Cao Fu had doubts in his heart.

Cao Hao said the reason straight to the point, he wanted to find a family workshop and publish his father's poems in his early years, which was regarded as fulfilling his father's long-cherished wish. However, he still remembers clearly the "Nanshan Case" that shocked the government and the opposition a few years ago, and he has to give a few more instructions.

Actually, he thought too much. Cao Yin was born in a family of clothes, and he bathed in the emperor's grace when he was a child, even if he wrote poems, most of them were words of gratitude and praise, which were not the same thing as those Jiangnan scholars.

Cao Fu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Big brother, how many boxes do you want to print?" ”

Cao Hao didn't think about it in his heart, and said: "Listen to what the old man means, a hundred or two hundred boxes are fine." In addition to giving gifts to relatives and friends, the rest should be passed on to future generations. I want to be an errand in the ministry, and I can't wait by the master's side, and I will have to bother the fifth brother for this publication. ”

When Cao Fu heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Big brother, can my younger brother take a few months off from the official school?" I have already heard what the left and right masters have said, and every time I go to order, I just follow everyone to mess around. ”

"It's okay to take a leave of absence, but don't miss out on your homework, and you have to deal with the annual exam. Otherwise, the master's side will be verbose. Cao Hao thought for a while and said.

Cao Fu was happy to respond, Cao Hao saw that the time was not early, so he left the house to go to the Yamen...... * Today, the second day of the seventh month, is the opening of the "Daqing Bank".

Cao Hao's identity is limited, so he didn't go, after all, he has now left the Internal Affairs Office, and the counselor behind him is okay, and it is a little inappropriate to appear in front of people.

The sixteenth elder brother is the most monkey spirit, and he pulled the fourteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother to the door of the bank to lift the plaque.

The four characters of "Daqing Bank" on this plaque are the inscription of the royal pen, the Son of Heaven Mobao.

Five spacious lobbies with five-foot-high counters. On the counter is a thumb-thick iron bar that separates the inside and outside. It's a bit like a traditional bank, but it's different.

can't stand the sixteenth elder brother's grinding, and the fourteenth elder brother has already agreed to come down, not only himself, but also the officials of the military department.

Not to mention the businessmen and ordinary people who had already received the news, that is, the officials of the two departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of War, they supported the "Daqing Bank" lively.

In addition, those chambers of commerce that have close ties with the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not uncommon to eat interest, but they just want to use this to tie up with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, they are also very popular, and they are all opening accounts and deposits in Daqing Bank.

As a result, the people of the capital have gained knowledge. In addition to the firecrackers that had been set off all morning and the confetti all over the ground, there was already a long queue outside the bank.

The sixteenth elder brother shook his fan, sat in the teahouse opposite with a smile, looked at the long dragon in front of him, and rejoiced in his heart.

Regarding the matter of Daqing Bank, the fourteenth elder brother has always paid attention. Not to mention anything else, the millions of taels of silver raised before the opening of the bank are eye-catching.

"Sixteenth brother, if it goes on like this, every time you deposit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the bank will really live up to its name. I just don't know that the interest on the loan, if it is an official loan, it is also an annual interest rate of 80%? Can it be less? The fourteenth elder brother thought about it for a moment and asked.

"Brother Fourteen, regardless of private loans and official loans, they are all the same. According to the interest rate in the market, the monthly interest rate is three cents, and the annual interest rate is three percent six, and the interest rate of the bank is already extremely low. The sixteenth elder brother glanced at the fourteenth elder brother and replied.

When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, his eyebrows were furrowed, and the center of his eyebrows was already a word "Sichuan", and he said: "The household is empty, and there will be a big fight this year and next year." It would be nice if the bank's business belonged to the household. ”

The sixteenth elder brother laughed when he heard it, this bank is a place where money is turned, not a money bag of the imperial court. If, according to the fourteenth elder brother, all the deposits in this bank were taken out by the imperial court to spend, then the bank should also fail.

It was difficult for the seventeenth elder brother to come out for a walk, looking at the street scene, and felt much more relaxed. Listening to the words of the two brothers, all of them were interest money, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Brother Fourteen, do you look at Brother Sixteen like this, is it becoming more and more like Brother Nine?" ”

When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, he glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, saw a two-inch-long jade abacus hanging from his waist, and said, "This is a gift from the ninth brother?" It looks similar to the golden abacus that never leaves Brother Jiu. ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he had already solved the abacus with a smile and played with the two of them: "It was given by the ninth brother, it is novel to look at, and it is cheap to use." Brother Jiu has been out of Beijing for a few days, and he doesn't know how to ...... on the road."

The fourteenth elder brother played with the jade abacus, his heart moved, and said: "The sixteenth brother has been on an errand in the internal affairs office for many years, do you want to go to the household department?" Otherwise, how about giving Huang Ama a fold and transferring the sixteenth brother to the household department? ”

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he waved his hand hurriedly and said, "Fourteenth brother, don't go." How many pounds and taels does my brother have, I don't know? It's okay to put a name on the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it's okay to cook trivial things for the emperor, but it's okay to worry about the big things in the country. ”

The seventeenth elder brother was beside him, watching coldly, knowing in his heart. For the fourth elder brother in the palm of the household department, the fourteenth elder brother has always been wary in his heart. He would rather believe in his half-brother than in his sibling.

If it is true that according to the rumors, the fourteenth elder brother is going to lead the troops to the battle, and there is no credible person in the household department, and he is not sure.

The brothers were sitting and gossiping, when they saw Zhao Feng bow in and whisper a few words in the ear of the sixteenth elder brother.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but change his face.

Seeing this, the fourteenth elder brother asked, "Is it news from the palace?" What's wrong with Erfujin? ”

Erfujin was seriously ill at the end of May, and it is only a support time so far. When the news arrived in Rehe, Kangxi personally ordered the hospital to diagnose and treat him; After knowing that the medicine stone was ineffective, he named several older concubines in the harem to visit.

Although the crown princess of Erfujin was destroyed when Kangxi abolished the prince in the fifty-first year, she was the prince Fujin personally selected by Kangxi after all. As the crown princess, she has been in charge of palace affairs for more than 20 years.

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "It's not Erfujin, it's Li Guangdi who disappeared last night, just now Zhao Feng saw the children of the Li family go out to report the funeral." ”

As he spoke, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help frowning.

I hadn't heard the news of Li Guangdi's illness before, and it seemed that Tianshou had arrived. Lee Guangdi will be eighty years old, which is considered a long life. It's just that in this way, the old ministers in front of the emperor's father withered away.

I don't know what the news is going to do in Rehe, what the imperial father thinks in his heart...... * Two days later, Rehe, summer resort.

Kangxi sat behind the imperial case, looked at Li Guangdi's legacy in front of him, and remained silent for a long time. He remembered clearly that Li Guangdi was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi, and he has been a scholar for nearly 50 years.

The pacification of the three feudal domains and the conquest of Taiwan seem to be the things of the previous life.

Li Guangdi has been begging for a long time, because he misses the old feelings, and every time he leaves the fold in the middle, just to keep one more old minister by his side.

At the beginning of April, before the holy car left Beijing, Li Guangdi also went to the imperial palace to say goodbye. Because he was afraid that he would not be able to endure the hardships of the journey, he was allowed to recuperate in the capital and did not follow the Hurehe. Unexpectedly, in this way, it became a farewell to the monarch and the minister.

Kangxi picked up the pen and wrote on the excerpt of the officials of the Ministry of Rites: "To the late Wenyuan Pavilion scholar and secretary of the Ministry of Officials Li Guangdi for the funeral, Zhen Wenzhen." ”

Kangxi put down his pen, and just wanted to order someone to send the fold down, when he saw Wei Zhu come in and say, "Your Majesty, Prince Kang asks to see you." ”

When Kangxi heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Xuan." ”

After a while, I saw Prince Kang Chong'an follow Wei Zhu in. He is the left Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, and he follows Hu Rehe, and all the things he returns to the Zongren Mansion are the affairs.

Looking at the folded fold that was blankly sealed, Kangxi sighed in his heart and said, "How many things are not for the time being, but there are last words?" ”

Chong'an knelt down and said: "Fujin is the second day of the first year, and when he was dying, Fujin once kowtowed to the northeast to thank him. ”

Kangxi only felt that his eyes were sour, that was the crown princess he had personally selected, a woman who was enough to be a mother in the world. He, the imperial father, was a failure, the prince who was trained by himself was unusable, and the princess who was personally selected died depressed.

Wei Zhu was beside him, and when he saw the abnormal flushing on Kangxi's face, he only felt frightened. Within a day, I received two funeral letters, even ordinary people couldn't stand it, not to mention that the emperor's body and bones have never been good in the past half a year...... * Beijing, Forbidden City, Xian'an Palace.

The main hall was plain white, and on both sides of the coffin of Erfujin, there were two columns of guards wearing filial piety clothes.

This is Kangxi's will as early as after Erfujin became seriously ill, and he ordered to lead the minister of the guard to take thirty guards to wear filial piety for Erfujin.

According to the etiquette system, the prince was blessed and mourned, and only twenty guards wore filial piety. Although Kangxi did not restore the title of the crown princess of Erfujin, the funeral ceremony was equivalent to the crown princess.

Cao Song, as a guard on the outside duty, was selected to wear filial piety this time.

Although I have never seen the woman in the coffin, she is praised for her loving and benevolent beauty, and Cao Song also has some respect in his heart. If there is no turmoil of the second prince, then this woman is the mother of the country.

After all, Xian'an Palace is a place where the abolished prince is imprisoned, even if he is at a funeral, the only ones who come to the funeral are the elder emperors and grandsons under the name of the second elder brother.

Seeing the funeral so deserted, Cao Song was deeply touched.

Shi Ye, Shi Ye, the dignified former crown princess, after her death, even ordinary people are not as good.

In addition to a few elderly concubines in the harem, who came to pay tribute, it was several princes outside who were Fujin. But it's all on the pillar incense and leave, after all, this is Xian'an Palace, not somewhere else.

Sifu Jin went out of the palace in front of the second Fu Jin Ling, and he had something on his mind.

Before the division of the house in the early years, she also lived in her brother's house for a few years, and Erfu was promoted as a sister-in-law, so she had a lot of mentions for her, and the concubines got along very well.

Since the end of May, the second Fujin has been seriously ill, and the fourth Fujin has been thinking about visiting. But in the holy decree, only a few elderly palace concubines are allowed to visit, and others have no will, how can they enter and leave Xian'an Palace?

In June, after Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong visited Erfujin, they asked Sifujin to enter the palace to convey the meaning of Erfujin. Erfujin only has a biological daughter and three Gege, and the marriage period has been delayed due to illness, and Erfujin is most worried about this daughter. There is also a concubine Liugege, eleven this year, and the same three Gege is the most intimate.

The meaning of Erfujin is to entrust his two daughters to Sifujin for upbringing.

Sifujin knew that this was not his own idea, so he went back and mentioned it to the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother was talking to Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, and he was afraid that there would be something else involved, so he delayed it.

After all, in the eyes of the imperial father, the second elder brother has become taboo in matters related to the second elder brother, and whoever mentions it is unlucky.

Coupled with old age and suspicion, even if Sifujin is well-intentioned, it is difficult to guarantee that the imperial father will not think of anything else.

Although Sifujin kept it in mind, he had always been submissive, and when he saw his husband leave this matter behind, it was not easy to mention it again.

When Erfujin died, Sifujin entered Xian'an Palace to pay tribute, and saw the trance-like Sangege and the innocent and romantic Liugege, Sifujin remembered the old things.

"Master, Sangege's appearance doesn't look good. If you don't manage it well, I'm afraid you won't survive for two years. Sifujin was kind in the end, and after returning to the palace, he invited the fourth elder brother to come over, and said: "No wonder the second sister-in-law is not worried about this daughter, now she is just barely knowing people, if she is still detained over there, the treatment will be delayed, how can it be good?" ”

The fourth elder brother has more ears and eyes, and he knows more inside information than Sifujin. I have also heard about the things in Xian'an Palace. The emperor's father ordered the palace concubines to visit the sick, all of whom were old, and the silver of the second elder brother can be seen.

Erfujin wanted to send the two Geges out, but he was afraid that the Geges would be exposed to the rules and break the rules.

He was silent for a long time, and then said, "Didn't you say crazy? How to regulate? ”

"But they were bluffed, and they were enclosed in it, trembling, and the children were sinned. Poor Sangege, the most filial and good boy. Sifujin said this, couldn't help but redden, and said: "Master, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, read on the second sister-in-law's affection, how can you ignore it." ”

The fourth elder brother pondered for a while and said, "Well, I'll write an excerpt for Huang Ama tomorrow." Three grids need to recuperate, and six grids are also time to learn the rules, so it's good to take them out. ”

Sifujin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "This is just right, if you can cure Sangege's illness as soon as possible, the second sister-in-law Jiuquan can also close her eyes......

(To be continued)