On November 25, he temporarily enshrined the palace and filial piety, and ordered the third son of the emperor and Prince Shuocheng Yinzhi, the eighth son of the emperor Dorobelle Yinxi, the fifteenth son of the emperor Yinlu, the sixteenth son of the emperor Yinlu, and the seventeenth son of the emperor Yinli to accompany him. It's called Departure.

Although Kangxi has always advocated frugality, it is not as good as the honor guard of tens of thousands of people when the emperor of the previous dynasty went out to patrol, but the rules should still be all the same, and the number of people is nearly 3,000. In addition to the accompanying princes, ministers, guards and soldiers, there is also a team of tens of thousands of people.

Although it was cold outside, it was as warm as spring in Kangxi's chariot. Kangxi sat behind the imperial case and looked at the foreign governors on the table. Since next year is his birthday, many officials are praying for grace and want to return to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

In some provinces, whether the governor enters Beijing or the governor enters Beijing, the grace arrangement should not be underestimated. Otherwise, provinces like Fujian or Guangdong and Guangxi will have to travel back and forth to the capital for several months, and if they do not leave the officials in charge, they will make mistakes and lose the face of the court.

When he saw the fold handed by Jiang Nan, Kangxi frowned slightly, and Li Xu's fold was not opened, and was directly put aside. Below is Cao Yin's excerpt, two monarchs and ministers, I haven't seen each other for three years, and the last time we met was Dongyue.

"Jiangning weaving slave Cao Yin played: In order to thank God, respectfully His Majesty sees things.

For more than 30 years, the Holy Lord of Homeng was gracious and appointed one after another. In order to put Jiangning weaving, it has been nearly twenty years, and the heart of the lover is sincere. In the coming year, the master's 600,000 birthday, which is the occasion of the celebration of the whole world, begging the master to take pity on him, allow the slave to go to Beijing, and add the ministers to the Que court, kowtow happily, show a little attachment to dogs and horses, and wait for the edict. ”

Kangxi thought of the deceased grandmother, remembered the intersection when he was a child, sighed, picked up the imperial pen, and criticized after the excerpt: "I know, according to Er's play." ”

After reading Cao Yin's excerpts, even the concealment of Li Xu was reduced by a few points. Kangxi took Li Xu's invitation to look at it again, which was nothing more than "the humble slave who allowed the master of Hemeng to be rich and generous" to enter Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

He hesitated slightly, thinking about the Wen family's grandmother, who was over eighty years old, and finally criticized after the excerpt: "Got it, Zhun playing." ”

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside the chariot, Kangxi raised his head, and saw the eunuch Wei Zhu come in and say: "Long live Lord, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother ask to meet!" ”

Kangxi raised his eyebrows, he was only a few miles out of Beijing, what urgent matter did they have to wait for the time to stop, so they had to ask to see him now? With a little curiosity, he leaned back in the royal chair and said, "Announce them in!" ”

Although it was in a chariot, it was very spacious, and in addition to the imperial case and the imperial chair, there were several other rosewood chairs covered with red satin cushions.

After the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother entered the chariot, they flicked their sleeves and said in unison: "The son of Yinlu (Yinli) has seen Huang Ama!" ”

Kangxi looked at his two sons, who were still two hairy children, and now they are also adults. Needless to say, the sixteenth elder brother has all wives and concubines; is the seventeenth elder brother, and at the end of the year, he will marry Alinga's daughter as a concubine.

Thinking of the diligent nobleman who was "recuperating" in the palace, Kangxi felt a little uncomfortable, but his face was slightly warm, and he said to his two sons: "What the hell is going on, such a fire, huh?" Tell me about it! ”

The sixteenth elder brother secretly looked at Kangxi's expression, and saw that the emperor's father was calm, and it seemed that he was in a happy mood, and he was a little confident, and said with a shy face: "Huang Ama, my son is wronged, and now I am coming to you to hold the grievances!" ”

The seventeenth elder brother was pulled by the sixteenth elder brother, and he didn't know why, but he just said goodbye to the imperial father, and when he heard the sixteenth elder brother say this, he was frightened. I don't know where the sixteenth brother met the unhappy, could it be that the slave who didn't open his eyes snubbed him? Even so, it's not good to sue the emperor with such fanfare.

"Oh?" When Kangxi heard this, his face was gloomy, and he asked, "What grievance?" I don't know who is so bold as to dare to wronged my prince! ”

The atmosphere in the chariot suddenly became solemn, and the sixteenth elder brother lowered his head, hesitated for a while, and said: "The son said, the emperor Ama should not reprimand his son?" ”

Kangxi saw him like a scoundrel, and knew that he wanted to be left, afraid that "being wronged" was fake, and it was true that this little son was playing tricks. I wanted to keep a straight face and scold him, but when I saw the seventeenth elder brother trembling behind him, my heart softened unconsciously.

He pointed to the chair opposite and said to the sixteenth and seventeenth elder brothers, "Well, I'm right!" Sit down and talk about it, I have to listen carefully, where did you talk about your grievances! ”

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother leaned over to thank him, and then sat on the edge of the chair.

The seventeenth elder brother looks at the nose and the nose and the heart, which is very ruled. The sixteenth elder brother showed a bit of a naughty childish look, and said with a little complaint: "The son is here to complain about grievances, and the emperor Ama will reward the silver today......" Speaking of this, he snapped his fingers and said: "Whether it is the prince of the clan, Baylor, the prince of the country, the ministers of the interior, or the imperial guards, it is needless to say, there is a reward for beating the third brother to the fourteenth brother, and the minimum is four thousand taels!" Four thousand taels, this is four thousand taels! Is Huang Ama not, isn't it, accidentally pulled down his son? Speaking of which, he looked at Kangxi, his face full of hope.

Seeing him mention the silver eyebrows, Kangxi couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Bastard, there is still less of your expenses in the palace?" Your royal brothers are all opening a government and building a mansion, make up some firewood and charcoal, and you are also red-eyed? ”

Charcoal and silver are just rhetoric. This time, Kangxi rewarded the clan and the prince with money, and it was also for the "Tuoheqi Drinking Case" to close the case, and the prince was abolished, just to appease people's hearts.

Listening to Kangxi's laughter and scolding, the sixteenth elder brother muttered in a low voice: "Fourteenth brother, what about fourteenth brother?" Not the same as a son? ”

Kangxi remembered that the fourteenth elder brother was also in the palace, and he had not yet opened the government and built a mansion, so he was speechless for a while.

The sixteenth elder brother inadvertently showed a little pride, what else could the imperial father say? said that he didn't work as an errand, but he followed the seventh elder brother to have a paragraph in the Ministry of Mixed Rites, saying that his yard has a small population, and although his children have not been added, there are many Fujin, side Fujin, and Gege.

It's strange to say, if other elder brothers dare to be such a scoundrel in front of Kangxi, I'm afraid that Kangxi will be angry and will be hit by the board. But the sixteenth elder brother, although he is not the youngest prince, but because he was born by the princess, he has been with him since he was seven or eight years old, and he is the half-brother of the eighteenth elder brother who died young, so Kangxi is somewhat spoiled.

Kangxi is already an old man in the sixtieth year, and his affection for his children and grandchildren is more important than before, and he is a little relieved to see that the sixteenth elder brother is not as afraid of himself as other older elder brothers, and said with a smile: "Go to the Ministry of Rites on an errand well, I didn't see you have long rules, but you are a philistine!" Well, let's talk about it, what are you doing begging for money? You seldom go out of the palace, where is the expense? If you say it properly, I will reward you! As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl in his hand, brought it to his mouth, and took a sip.

Chrysostom! The sixteenth elder brother seemed to see the white silver beckoning to him, and said with a smile: "If you go back to Huang Ama, you see, this is about to enter the wax moon, and the seventeenth brother is going to get married!" The son is the elder brother, and the congratulatory gift should always be thicker! There is also Cao Hao's eldest son Baiyue, the son is a cousin and a cousin, and the gift money is less, and the face can't get by! ”

Hearing the sixteenth elder brother say "grandpa", Kangxi couldn't help laughing, put down the teacup, glanced at his son, and scolded with a smile: "Mao hasn't grown up yet, you want to be a grandfather, you don't panic!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother laughed twice and said, "It's not all the grace of Huang Ama! Thinking that even if that kid was in front of the twenty-first brother, he would follow Herui to call him uncle, and the son felt refreshed in his heart! ”

Kangxi listened to him more and more he said, the more he looked bad, he straightened his face, glared at him, and said: "The prince is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers, and you have forgotten the rules and etiquette of the court?" I know that you have a close relationship, so you have to avoid it! Like at the beginning of the month, Da Ra went to Xiaotangshan, and the impeachment of the imperial history was sent to me before the case, and you still don't know how to restrain it! ”

Seeing that Kangxi's tone was not good, the sixteenth elder brother hurriedly stood up and lowered his hand to listen, and the seventeenth elder brother did the same.

Kangxi saw that the little brothers were a little apprehensive, looked at the seventeenth elder brother and said, "I heard that Cao Hao gave you the land of Xiaotangshan as a gift?" Did you ask for it, or did he take the initiative to send it? Let's be honest! ”

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he was shocked. Because it was winter, it was not suitable to break ground and start work, although he sent someone to hand over to the Cao family's steward, but he did not start to repair Zhuangzi. Unexpectedly, it reached the ears of the imperial father, and when he listened to the tone, he thought it was impeachment or something like that.

Because of his open-mindedness, the seventeenth elder brother fixed his mind and replied with his hand: "If you return to the emperor Ama, before the county lord Cao Hao left Beijing, he met with his son, but the matter of giving land as a congratulatory gift is nonsense. When he said that in the Sixteenth Brother Zhuangzi, the son saw that although it was not magnificent, but with the simplicity of the countryside, he liked it very much, so he thought that if he could build a small village nearby, it would be good to live next to the Sixteenth Brother. It just so happened that the nearby mountains were bought by Cao Hao with the money he had spent in Beijing for many years, and his son was thick-skinned and forced him to give a few hectares of land to his son at a low price! ”

Kangxi listened, and his brows gradually relaxed. Although the seventeenth elder brother said "forced", he knew that this son had always only smiled in front of people, and his popularity was very good. If he really likes that piece of land, Cao Hao will be willing to give him the land in front of the sixteenth elder brother. In fact, he didn't believe in the impeachment of those princes who were Cao Hao's personal friends, otherwise he would not have stayed in the middle and made the matter unresolved.

He nodded and said to the seventeenth elder brother: "You came with my brother, and you also came to me to hold grievances and ask for rewards?" ”

Although in front of the emperor's father, he should tell the truth, otherwise he would be suspected of bullying the king, but after the seventeenth elder brother glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, he still replied stubbornly: "Back to the emperor Amma, my son knows that he is wrong!" ”

The implication is that it is a tacit acquiescence.

Kangxi's eyes are like torches, where can he not tell whether he is telling the truth or a lie? However, seeing that their brothers were so harmonious, he was really not annoyed, so he waved his hand and said, "I know, you two ......" Speaking of this, he remembered the fifteenth elder brother who followed him this time: "...... With fifteen elder brothers, three thousand taels each, after returning to Beijing, send someone to the Internal Affairs Office to get it! ”

The sixteenth elder brother was overjoyed, pulled the seventeenth elder brother, kowtowed to Kangxi, and praised in his mouth: "The son has thanked the emperor for his grace!" ”

Kangxi looked at the stack of folds that were still high on the imperial case, and said: "Even if you have your wish, kneel down!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother went down in response, got out of the chariot, retreated to the side of the road, and waited for Kangxi's honor guard to pass. Their chariot escorts were all behind the guard of honor.

The seventeenth elder brother wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, was slightly puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "Sixteenth brother, I haven't heard that you have little money, how can you remember to tell Huang Ama about this?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother smiled bitterly: "What else can it be?" Give up the dough and invite pets! You see, no matter what the reason for rewarding the son, the fifteenth brother and the three of us can't think of anyone! I'm afraid that in Huang Ama's heart, we are just laughing with him, and it can't be compared with other royal brothers who can rely on him. ”

The seventeenth elder brother sighed, knowing that the sixteenth elder brother was telling the truth, and muttered: "Why did my brother start thinking about this, it's strange!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at the seventeenth elder brother and said, "You are a smart person, why don't you know that we are not the only ones?" When we are young, we have to rely on our mother's protection; Now that the girls are old, it's time to rely on us! There are some things, we don't mix, but we can't be like the thirteenth brother, who can't show his face in front of Huang Ama and let others bully! Those minions in the palace are the most eye-catching, if we get to that point, how can the girls in the palace be better? ”

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he was empowered, and said with guilt: "It's still the sixteenth brother who thinks about it!" On my brother's side, although I am worried about Eniang, I can't do anything! ”

The sixteenth elder brother played like this, which was really a helpless move. Although he caught up with the "two waste princes" this autumn, the show girls in the palace did not enter less, and several nobles were added and were always there. Although the position is not high, I have heard that two of them are very favored.

Although the princess has long been treated as a concubine, the official title is just a little nobleman. Now that he is nearly forty years old, where can he compare to those newcomers? Over the years, he has been treated well in the harem, but he has only relied on Kangxi's favor; If the grace is gone, her little nobleman is nothing.

Although the sixteenth elder brother's surname does not like to be ostentatious, he is very filial, and he knows the difficulties of his mother, so he deliberately invites pets. There is only one purpose, that is, to let everyone in the palace know that he is a favored prince, and his mother has his son to rely on, and not everyone can give face.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but complain a little about his fellow brother fifteenth elder brother. The fifteenth elder brother has been raised in Concubine De's mother since he was a child, and he looks more filial to his adoptive mother than to his biological mother. I am afraid that Concubine De will not be comfortable, and she has little contact with her biological mother. For this, the sixteenth elder brother complained a lot in his heart.

* Yizhou, Daotai Mansion, Inner House, Main House, Warm Pavilion.

Cao Hao asked someone to take a pen and paper and write a letter to his parents on the kang table. Chu Yu hugged Tianyou, measured his small body on the side, and when he thought about it, he didn't know how much his son could weigh, and planned to sew a set of clothes for his son with his own hands.

Cao Hao returned home on the 20th, and the 23rd was Chu Yu's 17th birthday. Although it is still filial piety, it is not easy to do it in a big way, but the state and county officials on the side of Dongyandao are not pulled, and they send birthday gifts to the door before and after.

Cao Hao served as the chief officer of the Fujian Department in the household department and saw this scene.

This is the rule of officialdom, "three festivals and two birthdays", the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as the birthday of the chief official and his wife, in a year, these five filial piety is indispensable.

If there is a greedy person, he will go all the way to take the old father and mother or father-in-law and mother-in-law to take office, this "longevity" is to do it several times a year, Cao Hao is not a high-minded person, and he naturally laughs at these gifts that do not accept and offend people. Although the news of Cao Hao's fall from the horse did not spread, the matter of recuperating at home is gradually known to outsiders, and it is indispensable to have another "filial piety".

Although it is not a wealthy place, in just a few days, the silver money received at the account office is calculated into silver, and there are more than 2,000 taels.

This is much higher than when I was in the household department, the Beijing officials are not rich, and the festival gifts are all good-looking, and they are not worth a few dollars.

Cao Hao shook his head secretly, and finally knew why there was a sentence "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion and 100,000 snowflakes of silver". Not counting the others, just these five festivals a year, a four-grade Taoist platform can collect more than 10,000 taels of wealth, which is more than 100 times that of Yulu.

You must know that those county and state governors only have a few dozen taels of silver a year, if their hands are clean, where is the silver money to honor the officials? Like Liang Shunzheng of Mengyin Zhixian County, who has a better official reputation, he can only say that he has a tight life because of the lack of congratulatory gifts, and he does not please the officials.

After Cao Hao finished writing the family letter, Chu Yu remembered something and asked: "E, these people are busy and suffering, and the house is also lacking, we also need to give rewards, but I don't know how the two members of the Liu family should be calculated?" ”

(To be continued)