The atmosphere in the hall was really weird, and several old Shangshu also knew that something was wrong, so they couldn't help but shut up.

In the silence, there was a slightly suppressed coughing sound, and Cao Hao felt a little surprised. Which is this? What a guts. According to the rules, if this imperial failure is investigated, it is also a great disrespectful sin, and it will be punished for half a year.

Cao Hao turned his head slightly, followed the sound, and saw an old man standing behind the six Shangshu and the waiter, with his gray-haired head down, coughing with his head down, looking very difficult.

This person is wearing a sapphire crown and a peacock patch suit, which is Lu Jingyuan, Hanqing of Taifu Temple.

Speaking of this Lu Jingyuan, a person from Jiangsu, a twenty-one year jinshi of Kangxi, is the nephew of the deceased scholar Xu Yuanwen. Although he was a magistrate, a magistrate, a royal historian, and a supervisor of the country in his early years, he was a little pedantic and did not know how to run his career, and he stayed up for more than 30 years before he became the Taifu Siqing.

The Manchurian servant Siqing is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and the Han official is the general pension when he is the servant Siqing.

Speaking of which, Lu Jingyuan is also related to the Cao family, and Lu Jingyuan's maternal grandmother is Gu Yanwu's younger sister. Cao Yin's biological mother and wife are also from the Gu family, and the two are distant cousins.

Lu Jingyuan has been in office for several years, and Cao Hao had seen him when he was in the capital a few years ago. Because he had heard Gu Na mention it before, Lu Jingyuan took care of Gu Na quite a lot, and Cao Hao also respected this old man very much.

It's just that after Lu Jingyuan knew that Cao Hao was Cao Yin's son, his attitude was very polite, and he rarely had a good face.

Then, after Cao Hao's investigation, he knew why Lu Jingyuan was like this. It was still the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi, and the servants of the Li family, with some ruffians, rushed into Lu Jingyuan's house to smash the family and make trouble and beat them along the street.

Lu Jingyuan was worried at home at the time, angry and annoyed, and asked the people in the family to go to the yamen to report to the official. As a result, the yamen of the Suzhou prefect just shirked and did not dare to arrest people.

Later, the matter spread, and only then did Li Xu, a weaver in Suzhou, come forward and arrest the troublesome house slave and hand it over to the local magistrate for punishment.

Although others admired the Li family very much when they told Cao Hao, Cao Hao only felt chills in his heart. The Lu family is the in-laws of the Xu family in Kunshan, and it is also a family of eunuchs, and the slaves of the Li family dare to bully them so far, so what about ordinary people?

Because of this, in Cao Hao's letters to his father a few years ago, there was an exhortation to restrain domestic slaves every time. These things are nothing when the scenery is proud, and when the accounts are settled after the autumn, any of them are sins.

Looking at Lu Jingyuan's trembling and unsteady appearance, Kangxi was a little disappointed. Originally, he planned to let Lu Jingyuan take full charge of the Taifu Temple for a while, and then make a decision when there were other candidates in the ministry.

Today, it is said that Ming'an and Yiduli, who are protected by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, Kangxi is not very satisfied.

Ming An is a native of King An's Mansion, and looking at the military department's Shangshu's guarantee, he must have been bewitched by the fourteenth elder brother; Although it is true that Iduli is the son-in-law of Marhan, he is also the grandson of Soetu, and his biological mother is the eldest daughter of the late cabinet scholar Isan Asho - Suo Etu.

Kangxi executed Suo Etu in the forty-second year, and after Kangxi abolished the prince in the forty-seventh year, he executed Suo Etu's two sons, Gelfen and Aljishan, and dismissed all his brothers and nephews from his ancestors.

The emperor is also an ordinary man, and his heart may not be as broad as the courtiers praise.

As far as Yiduli is concerned, although Kangxi will not be angry with him when he thinks about his father Ethan Afen, he is also unwilling to make him an errand in front of the emperor.

Glancing at everyone in the hall again, Kangxi saw Cao Yin standing respectfully, remembering the answer of the monarch and minister in the Qingxi Book House a few days ago, and squinted his eyes slightly.

Cao Yin, Cao Yin, do you really want to seek wealth for your son, or do you also learn from others, start to figure out my thoughts, and do the opposite?

Thinking like this, Kangxi couldn't help but be angry, only felt that everyone in the hall had their own thoughts, and few of them were thinking about being loyal to him, the emperor, and they were all seeking a rich future.

In the past, these people prostrated at his feet, speaking praises; Now, these people have begun to gather around the prince and elder brother to seek great credit.

For some reason, Kangxi suddenly felt lonely and vicissitudes, only feeling that he was the son of heaven, as if he owned the world, but he seemed to have nothing, and he was not as good as an ordinary old man, teaching his children and grandchildren.

Thinking like this, Kangxi's expression became cold, and even his gaze at Cao Yin continued to be complicated.

When he saw that the seventh elder brother wanted to speak and stopped, and seemed to have something to say, Kangxi's heart moved, and he said slowly: "Seventh elder brother, do you have anything to say?" ”

For a while, everyone's eyes looked at the seventh elder brother.

The seventh elder brother hesitated for a moment, stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "If you return to the emperor Amma, the sons and daughters also want to recommend one." ”

Everyone in the hall was surprised, because the seventh elder brother rarely spoke at the court meeting, and like the fifth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother, they were the kind of people who did not mix everything, but why did they say this now?

Cao Hao was also an accident, but he couldn't help but secretly suspect in his heart, his father-in-law wouldn't let him protect himself, right?

Cao Hao was still thinking nonsense, and Kangxi had already spoken on the throne: "Oh, who is the person that Seventh Elder Brother wants to recommend?" ”

I heard the seventh elder brother reply: "This person is Heshuo Forehead Concubine, Dongyan Shoudao Cao Hao." ”

As soon as the words came out, not to mention the other clan ministers, it was Cao Hao, and his eyes looked at the seventh elder brother with a little suspicion. Although it is said that "the virtuous do not avoid relatives", but it is not abnormal to mention the son-in-law to the throne like this, it is not like he is low-key?

is abnormally both demonic, the seventh elder brother recommended his son-in-law, what is the reason for this troubled water? Just to mention the son-in-law, there are still other intentions, for a while, I can't turn around, and there are more than one or two confused people.

Only the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother are really happy, they think the simplest, what else can there be? It's just that the seventh elder brother is reluctant to let his daughter and son-in-law go out, I heard that Cao Hao's son is very cute, the two of them have been thinking about that little grandson for a long time, and they are still thinking about going to Cao Mansion to take a look.

Cao Yin was a little worried, although he wanted his son to return to Beijing, but it was not at this time, nor was it shortage. The reason why he said that in front of the emperor was that he was just planning for the expiration of his son's three-year term.

With Cao Hao's qualifications, he is most likely to be reassigned at the end of his term. According to Cao Yin's assumption, when his son's term of office expires, he will be transferred back to Beijing, and there will be many official vacancies in the four products of Beijing, and the deputy envoy of the General Political Envoy, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the Shaoqing of Zhan Shifu, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, the Qing of Honglu Temple, and the head of the six departments of the Inspectorate will give the matter medium.

Except for the six departments of the Inspectorate, who is busy in the matter, Honglu Siqing is the chief officer, and the others are all deputies, all of which are light and easy to deal with. Even if Cao Hao is younger, he is not eye-catching, and he is not attractive. When they stay up for one or two terms, they will be promoted to the chief officer, and they are all at ease in the yamen, and they are more comfortable in their actions.

Taifu Siqing is the chief official from the third grade, and he is also a close minister of the Son of Heaven. It only took a year and a half for Cao Hao Wupinlang to be promoted to the fourth grade Daotai, and if he was promoted to another level at this time, he would be a lucky minister in the eyes of outsiders, which was not a good thing.

Kangxi's side is a lot of relief. In addition to being lazy, Cao Hao didn't have much of a problem. Whether it is taking care of the household department or guarding the pastoral area, Cao Hao can deal with it.

Judging from what Cao Hao did in the capital and Shandong, he can be called "loyal to the king and loving the people", and he has no selfishness.

Thinking of this, Kangxi was also a little annoyed, young people in their twenties, who is not high-spirited and bent on getting ahead? The partial-born little Cao Hao didn't leave, fought back, and wasted his intention to send him to the household department in vain.

This Manchu civil and military dynasty is eager to sharpen their heads and climb up, but the Cao family father and son are too cautious and don't like to mix with those messy rights and wrongs. Although these Kangxi are quite gratified, they still have some shortcomings. If Cao Hao is a little self-motivated, he will be able to use it for a few more years, and he will be able to use it in the future.

Following Cao Hao's wishes, let him out to be cold, and Kangxi also had the intention of practicing him. Thinking that Cao Hao is young and encounters any setbacks in the place, he may have the heart to fight and win.

What Kangxi didn't expect was that Cao Hao's platform should be tasteful, first sealing the pot Zhuangzi to stabilize grain prices, so that the people's livelihood in the territory was stable; At the end of the year, there was also the credit for appeasing the place. But after a year of hard work, Wenzhi and martial arts have been completed, and Cao Hao's Taoist platform is good.

Although I don't know what this kid thinks all the time, the more this is the case, the more Kangxi wants to regulate Cao Hao. has been on the throne for more than 50 years, so many famous ministers have mastered it, how can Cao Hao hide if he wants to?

Looking at Cao Yin, Cao Hao's father and son in the hall all had the same expression, frowning, as if they had eaten Coptis chinensis, Kangxi had a smile in his eyes, and said to Cao Yin: "Cao Aiqing, Cao Hao is your eldest son, what does Cao Aiqing think of the recommendation of the seventh elder brother?" ”

Cao Yin came out of the ranks, bowed down and replied: "Long live Lord Qiqi, the king of Chunjun is grateful for Cao Hao's recommendation, and the slave is grateful." But Cao Hao is young and ignorant, his knowledge is limited, and his talent is not enough, so he should not be of great use. Taifu Siqing, a close minister of the heavenly family, has a high position and heavy responsibility, and Cao Hao is a weak crown child, and it may be difficult to hold this important position. If something goes wrong, you will be ashamed of the grace of the Lord and the deed of the prince, and please think twice. ”

Kangxi looked at Cao Yin's expression and didn't seem to be fake, and he knew that he was telling the truth, and he was quite relieved, he was not blinded by power, and he still remembered that the emperor came first everywhere.

looked at the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother and others, Kangxi still made up his mind, the courtiers around him did not choose by themselves, did they still want these princes and elder brothers to intervene?

He waved his hand and said, "Cao Aiqing doesn't need to be humble, what Cao Hao has done in the past few years is in my eyes, although he has not made any achievements, but the resident official is quite diligent, or it can be used." Speaking of this, his eyes swept over a few older brothers and asked, "You are his elders, what do you see?" ”

Because of the failure to win over, the third elder brother was a little wary of the Cao family's father and son, but now that he was out of the ranks, he said with a smile: "Cao Hao has always acted steadily, and he is also cautious and polite, and he is quite known as 'benevolence and filial piety', and his sons are also very fond of this niece and son-in-law." Huang Amma's eyes are like torches, since Huang Ama sees that Cao Hao is available, it must be no difference. If Huang Ama does not think that his sons are troublesome, his sons are willing to jointly recommend Cao Hao with his seventh brother to serve as the secretary of the temple. ”

This compliment sounds very sincere. If it weren't for the fact that Cao Yin's father and son were lonely ministers and didn't hold any elder brother's thick legs, I am afraid that everyone would think that the Cao family was the third elder brother's person.

Kangxi also glanced at the third elder brother in surprise, and saw that he raised his head from time to time to probe his expression, and snorted coldly in his heart. The third child did this just to conform to his will as an imperial father and please him, where is he really appreciating Cao Hao or really sharing his worries.

Cao Hao was listening, and he couldn't cry or laugh. However, he was also a little glad that it was the third elder brother who spoke for him, otherwise if this "performance" was replaced by the eighth elder brother, in case the fourth elder brother took it seriously and remembered a grudge in his heart, then he would really be wronged.

Just listening to the dragon chair, Kangxi asked the fourth elder brother again.

The fourth elder brother came out, paused, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor Ama, although Cao Hao is dedicated to his work, he is very young and has limited experience, so it may not be appropriate to be so lucky." Right now, it's the Birthday Festival, and if something goes wrong, it's not something Cao Hao can afford to handle. It is better to find an older courtier and temporarily take this position in order to make sure everything happens. ”

The fourth elder brother said this, and Cao Hao was already nodding secretly. This is not considered whether the previous "offensive" has been effective, the fourth elder brother spoke like this, although in the eyes of others, it seemed that he had offended the Cao family's father and son and the seventh elder brother, but Cao Hao only regarded him as kind.

Whether it is really kind or fake kind, as long as he avoids getting involved, Cao Hao is grateful.

When he heard Kangxi's ears, he had a different meaning, but he felt that he was impartial and pertinent, so he waved his hand and told him to step back.

Kangxi glanced at the other princes Ama again, although the eighth elder brother was eager to try and seemed to want to say something, but he only didn't see it, and said: "It's so decided, the quasi-seventh elder brother will play, and Cao Hao, the Heshuo forehead, will temporarily take the position of Taifu Siqing!" ”

(To be continued)