Cao Hao listened to these national events, and the new tide was also surging.

It seems that 20 years of errand in the household department have made the fourth elder brother benefit a lot. Regarding the political affairs of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Cao Hao has only heard of "paving the land into the mu" and "returning the fire to the public". If he hadn't had the experience of working as an errand boy in the household department for many years, the fourth elder brother would not have made these policies that were in line with current affairs.

In terms of age, the fourth elder brother is seventeen years older than Cao Hao; In terms of seniority, Cao Hao is his niece-in-law, and there may be others, so the fourth elder brother is very respectful in front of Cao Hao.

In Cao Hao's eyes, the fourth elder brother is not only the top boss, but also the next emperor, and this attitude is naturally more and more respectful.

In this way, the fourth elder brother taught more and more with relish, and Cao Hao also had bad thoughts in his heart.

If he can become a disciple of the future emperor, it will be a great blessing for the Cao family.

Although under the "enthusiastic" teaching of the fourth elder brother, it is not authentic to think about this, but in the officialdom, he can't help himself, and Cao Hao can't help but think about it much.

This one can be taught into the play, and the other can learn well, but in the eyes of others, it is not a good thing.

The first to be dissatisfied is the third elder brother, he has acted "indifferently" in the past two years, but he is "clear and deaf", and he is also closely watching the emperor and the brothers.

"Make a show!" The third elder brother guarded an empty chessboard and complained to the fifteenth elder brother sitting opposite.

Although the holy driver left Rehe to besiege the city, he did not pull out the camp every day as in previous years, but went to the vast pasture, and stationed a few more days, waiting for the Mongolian princes to come to the court.

The third elder brother is in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court, and entertains these Mongolian princes.

Today, it was rare to be clean for half a day, and he pulled the fifteenth elder brother to his tent to "play chess". said that it was a game of chess, but it was just a reason for the two brothers to find a way to speak.

"Even if he didn't act, Cao Hao would have surrendered to that side a long time ago......" The seventeenth elder brother sneered a little.

"Huh? How can it be? Although the Cao family said that they carried the flag, they were still the people of Huang Ama. Even if you want to stand in line, you won't pick the fourth brother......" When the third elder brother heard this, his brows furrowed, and he didn't believe it.

He remembered clearly that when Cao Hao entered the capital at the beginning of that year, because of his identity as Cao Yin's son-in-law, the second elder brother, the eighth elder brother and himself had the idea of fighting over there.

If there is no request from the seventh elder brother, Cao Hao's marriage should be under the control of the third elder brother.

Later, Cao Hao did not be Hongshu's companion and offended the second elder brother; had a grudge with the ninth elder brother and offended the eighth elder brother; Although he has no enmity with himself, he is sure to refuse his overtures.

If it weren't for Kangxi's protection and pulling out the secret of Li's life experience, Cao Hao would not have been able to be in front of Heshuo smoothly, and his official fortune would be prosperous.

The fifteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "The Cao family is in line, that was when Cao Yin was alive." Now that Cao Hao is the head of the family, there is a 'life-saving grace' pretense hanging, do you still need to stand in line? ”

The Cao family is nothing, but the various families and mansions involved behind the Cao family are not small.

The third elder brother's face was a little unsightly, and he still refused to admit that Cao Hao would choose the fourth elder brother because of his kindness, and said: "What kind of life-saving grace, when he was holding the second elder brother's doorman, he still pretended to be a tide file on his face, who knows what is greasy in this?" Maybe it was to calculate the second elder brother and deliberately seek an opportunity. ”

Brother for many years, the fifteenth elder brother knows the temper of the third elder brother, so he likes to talk to himself, so he doesn't argue with him, and said: "Even if the 'life-saving grace' is insufficient, now with the addition of 'half-teacher friendship', the weight should be about the same." ”

When the third elder brother heard this, his expression was a little hideous, and he said, "I knew that the fourth brother didn't have a good heart." It's just looking at Anfen, calculating all the time. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't sit still, stood up, and said, "No, I can't let him go as he likes." Let's go, let's see Huang Ama go, even if we can't complain, we have to give him some eye medicine. ”

The fifteenth elder brother got up and hesitated: "Third brother, it's not good to go over together, right?" ”

The third elder brother has both the errands of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court, looking for a reason, and being able to reply in front of the emperor; The fifteenth elder brother is an errand in the criminal department, but he is just a name.

The third elder brother nodded and said, "Then I will go to the imperial front, and the fifteenth brother will go back first." ”

He was a little impatient, and after saying a few words to the fifteenth elder brother, he hurried away; After the fifteenth elder brother watched his back go away, he picked the corners of his mouth and turned back to his own tent.

The third elder brother walked near the imperial tent and slowed down.

Even if you want to give the fourth elder brother eye medicine, you can't put him in it by himself.

If in the heart of the imperial father, he left the impression of crowding out his siblings, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Instead of saying it directly to the fourth elder brother, it is better to fight the tiger across the mountain.

Cao Hao, as a second-grade Jingtang and an important yamen of the household department, is not enough to be "embarrassed", and he should let the emperor know that he will not be deceived.

However, in this way, the fourth elder brother's hats of "showing grace" and "forming a party" may not be able to be buttoned, but he has to settle a grudge with the Cao family.

Thinking of this, the third elder brother was a little hesitant.

Before he could make up his mind whether to go on or turn back, he heard a burst of laughter, and then saw several people come out of the tent.

The one wearing a stone blue robe in the middle is Kangxi. Next to him was talking loudly, it was the sixteenth elder brother, and on the other side was Wei Zhu, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace. Behind him were a few guards.

At this time, the third brother is not allowed to think too much.

He approached, bowed down and said, "Erchen has seen Huang Ama and respectfully invites Huang Ama Jin'an." ”

Kangxi glanced at him, waved his hand and shouted.

Seeing that the third elder brother was coming alone, the sixteenth elder brother asked with a smile, "Where did the third elder brother come from?" Coming to see Huang Ama? ”

When the third elder brother saw the casual appearance of the sixteenth elder brother, he was faintly surprised. can talk so casually in front of the emperor, except for the thirteenth elder brother in the early years, there are only sixteen elder brothers.

"According to the report, it is clear that Korqin and Shuozhuo Liketu Prince Bat Ma should arrive, who to send to greet him, and the ministers have come to ask the emperor Ama to show them." In the latter sentence, the third elder brother said to Kangxi.

Prince Zhuoliktu is the hereditary crown prince of Mongolia, and the first prince is Wu Keshan, the brother of the late Empress Dowager, the father of the deposed emperor.

He was originally a powerful prince, and he was in charge of the Horqin tribes with Tushetu Khan.

Because he was friendly with Dorgon, he was disgusted by the ancestor Shunzhi. After Dolgon's death, Shunzhi was in charge of the government, and he had already taken the name of the successor family of Grace, seized the power of Wu Keshan, and handed over the left wing of Korqin to his brother King Darhan, making this branch an idle prince.

When Kangxi ascended the throne, in order to honor the Empress Dowager's maiden family, he also had many favors for Prince Heshuo Zhuo Liketu.

The current prince Batma is the grandson of Wu Keshan, the same generation as Kangxi, and he is considered to be a person with a higher rank in the Mongolian tribes. The third elder brother came to ask for a decree solemnly, but it was reasonable.

Kangxi thought for a while and said, "Since Bat Ma is about to arrive, you will take the minister of the Imperial Court to greet you; After a few days, when Luo Buzang Gunbu arrived, he would let the fourth elder brother entertain him. ”

Hearing the words in front, the third elder brother was still happy, but when he heard the back, he couldn't help muttering. This obviously doesn't do the errand of the household department, why do you want to arrange for the fourth elder brother to participate in the affairs of the foreign domain.

Lobzang Gunbu is also the eldest son of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, Princess Gulun Ruimin, and the king of Darhan, who is in charge of Horqin's left-wing Mongolia.

In terms of weight, Lobzang Gongbu is only heavier than Bat Ma.

The third elder brother responded in his mouth, and his heart was still depressed, Kangxi had already taken the sixteenth elder brother first.

The third elder brother didn't dare to follow, but he was also curious about what they were doing, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and looked at Wei Zhu twice, his eyes full of inquiry.

Wei Zhu stretched out his hand, gestured, and led the guards to follow the holy car.

The third elder brother was stunned, if he wasn't dazzled, it would be a "four". It looks like it's the direction of the holy driving party, isn't it the tent of the fourth elder brother?

The sixteenth elder brother followed Kangxi's side, thinking about Sukhbaru in his heart.

Although he is not an heir and has not inherited the throne, but with the princess Eniang, it will not be difficult for the son. When the princess is gone, if he doesn't stay well in Horqin, he will want to transfer him to the capital for a reason.

Just now, Wei Zhu is indeed "four". Following Kangxi, he looked at the back of the sixteenth elder brother and pondered the intentions of the sixteenth elder brother.

It is not a secret that Cao Hao often goes in and out of the fourth elder brother's account.

For example, Wei Zhu has already heard of it, but no one said anything in front of the emperor.

The sixteenth elder brother has always been friendly with Cao Hao, and he will not harm him, so he stabbed this matter in front of the palace, and designated it for other purposes.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhu put his mind at ease and stopped thinking nonsense.

In the account of the fourth elder brother, the fourth elder brother was talking to Cao Hao about the water conservancy volume in the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" in combination with the matter of the Zhili embankment workers some time ago, and also inquired about his countermeasures.

For farming, Cao Hao has paid a lot of attention in recent years, and he can still pick up a few sentences; As for water conservancy, Cao Hao, as a liberal arts student, is the "afforestation" he had heard of in his previous life.

When he said it, he was vetoed by the fourth elder brother.

Near the river dam, it is only advisable to hoard and open up the fields, and it is not easy to plant trees, which will loosen the dam body and make it more difficult to resist floods.

Cao Hao was a little unconvinced, even if it is not easy to plant trees near the dam, should trees be planted near the upstream source to reduce the impact of river sand, so that the water flow can flow smoothly, and reduce the flooding caused by the flow of water blocking the river.

The fourth elder brother had also heard this mention earlier, but he didn't take it to heart because it was not easy to do it.

Now, listening to Cao Hao's words, he pondered for a while and said: "This is not a method, but it responds to the principle of 'blocking is better than sparse'." ”

The two were talking lively, but they didn't know that Kangxi and his party had been standing outside the tent for a while.

After listening to these efforts, the two people in the tent did not gossip, they were all serious about learning and political affairs, Kangxi nodded, secretly satisfied.

The sixteenth elder brother had already stared at Kangxi's expression, knew the truth of accepting it when he saw it, picked the curtain, and bowed down to invite Kangxi into the tent.

In the tent, the fourth elder brother and Cao Hao had heard the movement, and they all looked at the tent.

Seeing that it was Kangxi, the two of them hurriedly knelt down to greet them.

Kangxi entered the tent, and his eyes fell on the stack of books high on the bookcase. When I read it, in addition to the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", there are several other agricultural books.

Hearing the sixteenth elder brother mention that Cao Hao is now a student, Kangxi was not happy at first.

He has always been accustomed to speculating on people's hearts, so he naturally wondered if the fourth elder brother had other intentions in this move.

When he listened to it with his own ears, one of these two people taught carefully, and the other studied seriously, and his previous unhappiness disappeared.

He sat behind the chair, his eyes moved from the book, to the fourth elder brother, and from the fourth elder brother to Cao Hao, who was kneeling behind the fourth elder brother.

No one knows that he treated Prince Zhuoliketu favorably, not only because of the Empress Dowager, but also because his aunt Yuyin was raised in the palace of Prince Zhuoliketu before entering the palace.

When it was time to chase the seal, the jade yin written on the jade plate was "the daughter of Horqin third-class Gongji A Yuxi", but in order to match Kangxi in terms of seniority, he found a suitable person to hang his name.

And now the father of Prince Lotma of Zhuoliktu, Duleba, the second son of Prince Wu Keshan, Yumeng lived in Mongolia during that time, and was once taken care of by this cousin and his wife.

She once mentioned this matter to Kangxi, and she was also very grateful for the care of her cousin and sister-in-law.

For this reason, Kangxi also had a lot of favor for Duleba, and gave him the title of Baylor in his early years. After Wu Keshan's grandson died of illness and had no heirs, he graced him to take the title of prince.

But Durba was not a blessed man, and after a few years as a prince, he died of illness.

There are not many people left in the old generation.

For a while, Kangxi was a little stunned.

What would happen if his Aunt Yuyin was still alive?

He was deep in thought, but the sixteenth elder brother was a little unable to stand.

It's not good to let the fourth elder brother and Cao Hao kneel down, he took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Huang Ama ......"

Only then did Kangxi wake up from his contemplation, raised his head, and asked the fourth elder brother and Cao Hao to get up.

For a while, he didn't want to say words of reprimand or praise, and said to Cao Hao: "Ming said that Prince Zhuo Liketu came to the court, and you went out with the third elder brother to greet him." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised, isn't this an errand between the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court?

Cao Hao bowed down in response, thinking of a possibility, only to feel that his face was hot. Could it be that Kangxi saw that his household department was struggling with his errands, and wanted to drop him to take up an idle post in the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court?

Kangxi didn't pay attention to everyone's faces, and then instructed the fourth elder brother: "Luo Bu Zang Gong Bu has also arrived in the past few days, and you will entertain me at that time." ”

It is not the first time that the fourth elder brother has come forward to entertain the Mongolian princes.

Some time ago, when he was in Rehe, Kangxi was not in good health, and there were many third and fourth elder brothers who found the Mongolian princes on his behalf.

Or the sixteenth elder brother had little scruples, and asked with a smile what he thought in his heart: "Huang Ama is going to send Cao Hao to the Li Fan Academy?" It's not Qu Cai, even if Cao Hao's household department doesn't do a good job, and there is still the Ministry of Internal Affairs, what's the point of going to the Li Fan Yuan to accompany him to eat tea and wine? ”

Kangxi glanced at him and said, "Good Internal Affairs Office, let you make a black miasma, I haven't asked you to ask for guilt, you still want to pull Cao Hao?" Who said he didn't do a good job in household errands? He is a Heshuo forehead, and it is not too much to welcome Prince Zhuo Liketu. ”

The sixteenth elder brother was relieved to hear that Kangxi did not mean to belittle Cao Hao.

He was kind-hearted, and he was afraid that others would take advantage of Cao Hao's study with the fourth elder brother to play on the topic, so he wanted to stab him in front of the palace to prevent future troubles. If Cao Hao loses his errand because of this, he doesn't want to die of shame.

The fourth elder brother was beside him, but his heart moved, and he remembered the relevant rumors about Concubine Hui......

(To be continued)