Sixty years after ascending the throne, he was not an emperor who was afraid of war. The Ping San Domain when he was young, and the Galdan Rebellion in his prime, were all the power of the country. Who would have thought that the army of more than 100,000 Chen soldiers in the northwest would only fight sporadically a few times, and then they would make trouble and want peace talks. Where is the face of the imperial court, but if you don't talk about it, how can you support the chewing of these hundreds of thousands of troops? Since March, there have been reports of drought in various places.

As of early May, the severe drought in the north has become an irreversible trend. In Zhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, the spring wheat harvest failed, the grain price was high, and the people were hungry. The governors of various provinces successively folded their orders and asked the imperial court to transfer grain for relief.

In the meantime, tens of thousands of war horses assembled for the war in the northwest were intolerant of the plateau climate and suffered several casualties. The soldiers and soldiers also changed their guards several times to maintain their strength.

How to fight this battle?

Thinking of the courtier Zhang Luo's celebration, Kangxi couldn't say anything.

He also doesn't know why it is so difficult to sell people's livelihoods, is it because of his own immorality? Even if he was familiar with astronomy and geography, he was a little melancholy.

He was in a bad mood as an emperor, and the atmosphere in the summer resort became sluggish.

The lively Dragon Boat Festival in previous years also seems to be a lot deserted this year.

(8 years this year, the prince and brother who are with Hu are the most in the past, the atmosphere of this hot river is a little weird, everyone has no ordinary enthusiasm, a bit of self-sweeping snow in front of the door.)

Everyone is afraid of being eye-catching, which will cause Kangxi to be angry. walked towards the swaggering ninth elder brother, and they were all a lot safer.

The sixteenth elder brother was bored, and the sixteenth Fujin did not go to Rehe because he took care of Xiao Gege. In addition to keeping an eye on the errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he visited the lama temples inside and outside the summer resort. Everywhere he went, he gave incense and oil, but sincerely prayed for blessings.

Pray for the health and longevity of Kangxi and the princess, and pray for the Buddha to bless the sixteen blessings in the future to fulfill their wishes and add healthy tits. His parents gave him blood and bones, and his wife accompanied him all his life, as long as these people were safe and healthy, other titles and wealth were all external objects. This transcendent thing has entered the eyes of the fourth elder brother.

The two met unexpectedly in the lama temple several times, and the two brothers also talked about returning to Zen. Although I feel that the sixteenth elder brother still has a shallow understanding of Buddhism, this quiet mind in the middle of the noise has attracted the secret praise of the fourth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother remembered Cao Yuan's words, and was respectful and cordial to his cold-faced fourth brother, and his posture as a full brother.

The fourth elder brother was pleased, and seemed to feel that Rehe's days were not so accurate, so he gave an incense burner he was used to to to the sixteenth elder brother. If it weren't for the fact that the household department had a lot of errands, and he was afraid that the emperor's father would be too distracted, he would have wanted to discuss Buddhism with the sixteenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother also \\A\& thought of his wandering around on a whim, and he would have a friendship with the fourth elder brother, and he couldn't cry or laugh. Naturally, he stepped up his caution, for fear that the imperial father would be dissatisfied.

Nowadays, everyone is taboo, for fear that there will be a suspicion of "vertical and horizontal" and "forming a party", which will make the emperor's father disgusted, and his sixteenth elder brother is not a three-headed and six-armed figure, and he dares to risk the world's disapproval.

However, he didn't have the intention to stop wandering around", so as not to offend the fourth elder brother if he got caught in his deeds.

Strange to say, he didn't believe in these clay statues in his heart, and earlier he only thought that these were just fools, but perhaps because the temples and temples are deep and wide, and the summer is cold, it only makes people calm down a lot.

And those who are accustomed to eating big fish and meat in the imperial dining room, in this early summer, occasionally come to a vegetarian meal, which also makes people's appetite greater. The sixteenth elder brother used it well, and when he thought of the princess, he specially booked a vegetarian table and honored his mother in front of him. The son is filial, and there is no one who is not happy to be a mother. But in this joy, the princess also brought a little worry. Knowing her son Mo Ruo's mother, knowing that her son's behavior is abnormally tight, how can she not worry? After the mother and son used the vegetarian mat, the princess sent the palace maids and attendants out, leaving the sixteenth elder brother to speak.

"Have you been unhappy lately? Was it bullied, or was it something wrong? If you feel aggrieved, talk to your mother, don't hold it in your heart. Wang Luo looked at his son and said.

The sixteenth elder brother was a little puzzled when he heard it, and said with a smile, "Okay, how did E-niang talk about this? What grievances can my son suffer, he has been on an errand lately, and his life is comfortable and tight. ”

"Don't coax me, if you don't have a heart, why do you keep running to the temple? I heard that after you arrived in Rehe, you became a vegetarian. You are such a big boy, how can you stand it with green vegetables and tofu every day? When the princess saw that her son answered the question, she said with a little anger.

"Where is this?" When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "E-niang thinks too much, but my son has been a little uncomfortable in his stomach recently, so he wants to clean his stomach. If you pick your mouth, you will pick up the mountain delicacies and eat them. Rehe's mushrooms are famous, and his son is not the same, and he doesn't boast about himself at all. ”

When the concubine heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the sixteenth elder brother if he had seen the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor had nothing to do with him, confirming that he was in no problem and that there was nothing wrong with him, so he gave him some advice and let him go.

Wang Concubine is calm and introverted, and she is not too much to talk about.

This exhortation also shows the heart of a mother.

The sixteenth elder brother not only didn't feel I, but was moved tightly.

Coming out of the princess, the sixteenth elder brother thought about what would happen after he opened the mansion...... When the time comes, I will support my mother, and I will be a little rushed......

However, only if it is ...... The mother's widowhood is the only way to leave the inner palace and go to the house with her son......

Thinking of this, thinking of Kangxi's two years of medicine, the eleventh elder brother's excited mood calmed down again, and at this time, I heard someone laugh and say, "Sad face, what is this thinking? ”

The sixteenth elder brother raised his head and saw the ninth elder brother shaking a fan and pacing.

Brother Jiu has a fat body, and he has become more and more rich in the past two years.

In his early years, he didn't like to leave Beijing the most, even if he ordered an errand with him, he would push it off. In the past two years, he has come out, which has something to do with his inability to tolerate the summer heat in the capital because of his obesity.

"What else can you worry about is just worrying about silver, visiting the temple for a few days, this incense and silver are also oppressive. I still have to support my family with my little petty plutonium, where is there enough to call? Brother Sixteen smiled bitterly.

Brother Jiu glanced at him with a smile and said, "Who doesn't know, the Internal Affairs Office is a golden mountain. Not to mention anything else, the filial piety of Zhuangzi outside the four seasons is the top of a few princes. My brother won't ask you to borrow money, don't cry poor with my brother, it's boring. The sixteenth elder brother laughed twice and said, "Brother Nine is here to find his younger brother? ”

Brother Jiu nodded, already put away the smile on his face, and said, "I just asked my mother to come out, and Huang Ama is here, send me to look for you." ”

Seeing that the ninth elder brother's demeanor was wrong, the sixteenth elder brother was a little cautious, and said, "Ninth brother, what is the matter with Huang Ama passing on me? "What else can I have, I heard my mother mention the inner library or something, I should be asking you about the errand of the Internal Affairs Office, right?" Brother Jiu then turned his head, looked up at the sky, and said that his uncle, this year's really evil door, even the sun in Rehedu is more sunny than in previous years, this is only the beginning of May, the sky is hot and dry like this, how to treat people in June and July, "The capital, the household department, the yamen of the main hall." Looking at the news of the drought in Shaanxi, Cao Yuan seemed to understand the helplessness of the tenth qp elder brother's "peace talks".

More than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest, thanks to the supply of the northern provinces, now from Shandong to Shaanxi, this drought covers half of China.

There has been a drought in the north for ten years, so it is common for the court to pray for rain. But the drought in previous years is not as evil as this year. In previous years, the crops were reduced by a few percent, but this year, the summer wheat harvest in several provinces was lost.

This "no harvest" was reported to the imperial court, but it was just two words lightly, but how many families were destroyed and how many people were displaced behind it, Cao Yuan didn't dare to think about it. He is not a god, nor is he a Buddha, who can purify all beings.

Although I couldn't bear it in my heart, I just couldn't bear it, and then I still thought about the turmoil in the court that would be caused by this great drought. At a time when the imperial court's finances were scarce and there was a severe drought in the north, it seemed that "peace talks" in the northwest were imperative. Avoiding major wars, my brother-in-law will not make a "meritorious service", which is also a good thing.

The imperial court dispatched more than 100,000 troops to scare Tsewang Alabutan away from Lhasa, and there was no army to fight against it at all. Tsewang Alabutan led his troops out of Tibet and returned to Laoqi Ili to recuperate.

Now the Chinese army of the Northwest Army moved from Xining to Ganzhou (near Zhangye, Shaanxi) and made a posture of marching towards Ili.

If the "peace talks" are successful, the advantage is that the imperial court will not have to add a big hole in the northwest; The evil consequences are also obvious, that is, the gap between the cultivation and cultivation of Tsewang Alabutan. When he recovers, it will be more difficult for the court to exterminate it. Coming out of the household department, Cao Yuan rode his horse to the Seventh Elder Brother's Mansion. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and after the Dragon Boat Festival, he will leave for Rehe.

Although Kangxi is giving a month off, it is not good for him to leave again, after all, from the capital to Rehe, there will be a delay of a few days on the road. After half a month of recuperation, the seventh elder brother's injury has long been stabilized. It's just that in front of people, he is still weak.

is afraid that he will fall short, and the news that he is good will come out, which makes Kangxi's coup idea and so that Hongshu does not have to come back. Cao Yuan knew what was on his mind, and he was like Hongzhuo in front of people, full of worries.

I heard that my son-in-law will go to Rehe tomorrow, and the seventh elder brother has to give a few words, but he is just asking him to be cautious in his words and deeds, and to be more and more careful in his actions. Because he is in a prominent position, his words and deeds are eye-catching. Cao Yuan responded one by one, and the two sons-in-law talked about homely things, and then he said goodbye.

Back in the house, Cao Yuan went back to Wutong Garden to change his clothes, and went to the Orchid Courtyard with Chu Yu. I will leave Beijing tomorrow, and it will take five or six to come back, and there are many things that the mother and son have to discuss. … I heard the sound of chirping in the upper room. "Master, Mrs......" The little maid under the corridor asked for peace, picked a curtain and invited them and their husband and wife in. When he entered the West House, Cao Yuan felt dazzled.

The children are there, and Gao Taijun is also there, sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding colorful silk threads in his hands, and tying "colorful threads" for the children.

The girls are Niuniu, Tianhui, Xiangyu, and the boys are Tianyou, Hengsheng, Zuozhu, Zuocheng, Changsheng and Yaohui, a total of nine. Seeing that Cao Yuan and his wife had arrived, the children all got up and called for someone. Ping Su still thinks that Li's house is big, but now the children in this room seem to be crowded.

The Li family didn't feel troublesome, but only felt that this was the prosperity of the family. The only regret is that his own flesh and blood are a little thin, and if his son and daughter-in-law can add two more grandchildren to themselves, everything will be fine.

When the children were tied with colorful threads, Gao Taijun saw that their mother and son had something to say, so he went back to the peony courtyard first, and the children were happy from the mountains.

According to Cao Yuan's meaning, he wanted the Li family to take the children to Haidian Garden to escape the heat, so as to save the heat of the capital.

Although the Li family has a bitter summer, it is a woman's house in the end, and when the husband is there, the husband is the sky; When her husband is gone, she relies on her son for everything.

The son is going out of Beijing, only women and children are left in this mansion, and although the Haidian garden is cool, it is outside the city. Li is timid and refuses to move. Cao Yuan saw that she didn't want to go, so she didn't say anything more.

"This time, it will take half a year, and there must always be someone waiting for you. How can the subordinates be dedicated? What I mean is that it is better to let your daughter-in-law go with you, and it just so happens that your daughter-in-law will also rest. If you can conceive a grandchild on this, it will also be blessed by your ancestors. It's just that your grandmother has come to Beijing, and your daughter-in-law is not good to go now. After a few days, let my daughter-in-law go to Rehe. The housework in the house is all in order, and I can't make a mess when I stare at it. Li said to Cao Yuan.

"Mother, in addition to housework, there are children. The mother also has to take care of the immortality, and it is not good to work too hard. Cao Yuan was happy to let his wife go to Rehe, but thinking about the room of radish heads just now, he felt that his head was big.

Li shook his head and said, "I'm not old yet, what are you afraid of?" You are the pillar of the family, and you are in conflict with you outside this pass, where did you not have an accident a few years ago? If I ask you to stay alone outside the customs for half a year, I won't feel at ease. It's good to ask your daughter-in-law to go for a few days, and you can't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival alone. ”

Cao Yuan glanced back at his wife, saw her face showing hope, her heart warmed, and said to Li's "In this way, I will be tired of my mother's work." ”

Seeing him nodding, Li said to Chu Yu with a smile: "My daughter-in-law is also tired of these few abundances, so this year I should be relaxed and relaxed, and go out for a walk......

Early the next morning, Cao Yuan got up early, and after breakfast, he said goodbye to everyone and rode out of the city.

Because her mother-in-law sent a message asking her to leave for Rehe at the end of the month, Chu Yu felt a little less sorrowful in her heart, but she was a little expectant. Fan Fan has not taken care of housework for many years, and the account book keys and other things are also cumbersome.

Chu Yu thought about whether to make the children's autumn clothes as soon as possible, even if the children's autumn clothes were not in a hurry, but Cao Yuan could only return to Beijing in winter, and he also needed to bring some new clothes. So, she asked someone to take her husband's old clothes from last year as a model, and led them to sew new clothes.

After a few busy days, she calmed down, took the yellow calendar to calculate the days, and wondered if her husband had arrived in Rehe, and whether Lexia had served properly or something......

At this time, after several days of hard work, Cao Yuan finally arrived at Rehe......

After bathing and changing clothes in the other courtyard, he took the sign and handed it to the summer resort to ask for it.

This Kangxi doesn't care if he has time to see him, but he just told the outside that he has arrived in Rehe...... Beijing, Cao's family, Dongfu.

In Zhaojia's room, Hongmei was already crying, refusing to move for a long time, crying and begging, "Mrs., the slave and maid don't marry, let's let the slave wait for the wife......"

Seeing that she didn't like to speak, her old lady pinched her arm vigorously, pinched it vigorously, and said to Zhao Jiashi with a smile on her face, "Mrs., this child is thin-skinned and ...... it"