Fortunately, Cao Hao's supplementary clothes, court clothes, and auspicious clothes have been prepared several sets, some according to the title, and some according to the official position. Therefore, Cao Hao, who changed into a formal earl python suit and accompanied the third elder brother to greet Prince Batma outside the camp, also brought out a bit of style.

Since he got the news yesterday and knew that he was going to greet Cao Hao today, the third elder brother was shocked in his heart.

He didn't know if this was because the imperial father couldn't get used to Cao Hao getting too close to the fourth elder brother, and he did it on purpose, or if he had other intentions.

Cao Hao's side, but he was thinking that with the princes and county kings of Horqin coming to the court one after another, I don't know how much more silver the sixteenth elder brother can earn.

After more than a month of hard work, the output of cigarette holders on the sixteenth elder brother's side is increasing.

In addition to this, he also accepted Cao Hao's advice and made another pipe series.

This is not restricted by the promotion of cigarettes and is more easily accepted by those who are older and powerful.

As a descendant of two generations, Horqin continued to marry with the Manchu royal family before and after entering the customs. So far, there are eight princesses of Fu Horqin, and dozens of other clan women.

Nearly 100 Mongolian women married into the Manchu royal family, half of whom came from Horqin.

It can be said that through several generations of marriage, eight out of ten of the ten people in the princes of the Horqin tribes, Beyler, have the blood of the Aixin Jueluo family. And the ancestor Shunzhi Emperor was born by the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and the descendants of this ancestor also have Horqin Mongolian blood.

The prince of Horqin has the most fertile fiefdoms, the most court rewards, and the most children.

Make money from them, and the harvest will be lucrative.

Seeing that Cao Hao was so calm, the third elder brother couldn't help it, and laughed twice and said: "Huang Ama has a good eye for people, and I want to come to Lord Cao to be handy with the errands of the Li Fan Academy!" ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he was stunned.

Could it be that Kangxi really had the intention of transferring him to the Li Fan Academy?

It took half a year of hard work to get started, and if you get to the Domain, you have to start again.

However, he was not averse to the transfer.

Talking about the future policies of "spreading the land into the acre" and "returning the fire to the public" with the fourth elder brother is certainly exciting, but Cao Hao is not interested in being an executor.

Even the fourth elder brother, who is the emperor's honor, offended the scholars because of the implementation of these two articles, and left a bad reputation from the history books to the people; As a courtier, it is even easier to make enemies when participating in these reforms, and maybe he will be withdrawn by the emperor to be a substitute for the dead.

Thinking of this, Cao Hao suddenly woke up.

is too close to the fourth elder brother, although it can lay the foundation for the future monarchs and ministers, but there is also the phrase "those who can work hard". If the fourth elder brother is counting on himself to "worry about the king", then does he dare to admit it?

No, it seems that I will have to be more "dull" in the future, so that the fourth elder brother is not at ease to hand over the big things to himself.

These words are a little fluttering, and what they are pursuing is not the road of power.

"The prince is falsely praised, the micro-ministers are mediocre and ignorant, where can I catch up with the adults of the Li Fan Academy. It's just that the emperor looked at Weichen and let Weichen see the world with the prince. Cao Hao made up his mind and said with a little humility on his face.

He didn't ignore that when the third elder brother said this, several officials from the Li Fan Yuan next to him looked at him.

The third elder brother saw that Cao Hao was pushing cleanly, and he couldn't get Kangxi's idea, so he smiled and said a few words on the side.

At this moment, you can already see the smoke and dust in the distance. With the sound of horses' hooves, a group of more than a hundred and ten cavalry slowly approached with more than a dozen carriages.

There are regulations on the number of attendants of the princes of Inner Mongolia and the princes of Outer Mongolia.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to dispatch a thousand-person cavalry team, not to mention that it would not be easy to supply through the road, and it would not be easy to do it even in front of the palace.

After all, if the Mongolian prince Belle had brought thousands of cavalry, the 50,000 soldiers and horses that the holy driver had followed, would be nothing.

If the Mongols really united, they would be able to make dumplings for the Qing Emperor by taking advantage of the favorable geographical and harmonious people.

Because there are flags on this side, people who come here also notice.

The third elder brother was wearing a golden python robe, standing in front of everyone, and he was also very eye-catching.

So, twenty paces away from the crowd, the carriage stopped.

Among the cavalry, a sturdy man in fine clothes turned over and dismounted, and went to the carriage to talk.

The curtain opened, and the slightly fat Prince of Zhuoliktu, Batma, stepped on the back of a young slave and got out of the carriage.

The third elder brother glanced back at Cao Hao, motioned for him to follow, and came out to greet him.

Batma has been a prince for more than 30 years, and he comes to the court every year, and sometimes he goes to the capital to take shifts, and he is familiar with the third elder brother.

Seeing that it was the third elder brother who came out to greet him, he also took a few steps despite his fat body.

This salute is reciprocated, and the greetings are lively.

After talking for a long time, Bart Ma took the third elder brother's arm, glanced at Cao Hao, and asked the third elder brother: "What is this young man called?" It's a little familiar. ”

He speaks Chinese very well, and he is also sophisticated. has been a prince for more than 30 years, although he has not been in charge of flag affairs, but he also has a bit of the majesty of a superior.

Because he saw that Cao Hao was young, he was wearing a python suit, with a belt inlaid with gold jade inlaid with rubies around his waist, and a hat on his head decorated with Dongzhu, which was dressed as Hou Bo, so Bart Ma took a closer look.

"This is Heshuo Edon and second-class Uncle Cao Hao, who is married to the great Gege of the Chunjun Palace, and is the most important grandson-in-law of Huang Ama. Don't look at him young, now he is a household servant, and he is young and promising. The third elder brother smiled, but there was no shortage of praise.

Cao Hao also followed the plug a few times in his early years, and he had a mask with Bart, shook his sleeves, and made a thousand, and said: "Cao Hao has seen the prince, please be safe." ”

"Surname Cao?" When Bart Ma heard this, he couldn't help but look at Cao Hao again, and said softly: "Cao Yin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who are you?" ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he was a little surprised, except for the capital during his father's lifetime, he was in Jiangning, and rarely went to Mongolia.

It's just a few years ago, I went to Rehe once, was it the Bad Ma I met that time?

"Back to the prince's words, what the prince mentioned is the name of the father." Cao Hao replied.

Bart Ma hesitated for a moment, wanted to say something, but finally shut up, called the man in Chinese clothes behind him, and introduced him to the third elder brother and Cao Hao.

It was the prince's son, Altanghule, in his thirties, with an authentic Mongolian appearance, a strong figure, high cheekbones, thick lips, a huge gemstone ring on his hand, a gold chain exposed on his chest, a Mongolian knife pinned to his waist, a gold and jade gemstone on the handle, and a purse tied to his belt, which was also sewn with gold thread, which was extremely luxurious.

Cao Hao followed the third elder brother to greet the prince, but he was shocked by his "fat sheep dress".

It seems that Changshengtian can't bring him good luck, just with his swaggering dress, the sixteenth elder brother will also be happy to treat him as the big head.

No, the prince heard Cao Hao's surname, and his reaction was similar to that of Bart Ma. Although he didn't ask who his father was, he also looked at Cao Hao several times.

Even the third elder brother saw that something was wrong, and muttered in his heart, he hadn't heard that Cao Yin and Prince Zhuo Liketu had an old branch, why would they still pay attention to the Cao family, who was born in Baoyi?

Although he was strange, now was not the time to ask, so he asked Bad Ma to get back into the car, and the group returned to the holy driving house.

The tents of the Mongol princes from the fortunate and the Mongol princes from the coming dynasty were arranged in the southwest direction of the camp, surrounded by the Eight Banners Guard.

The magistrate of the Imperial Court went down to settle down with the retinue of Prince Zhuo Liketu, and the prince and the prince were directly led by the third elder brother to the two adjacent big accounts.

Then, he took the prince's invitation to the emperor and took Cao Hao back to the palace to resume his life.

Because it was not early today, Kangxi ordered to summon Bad Ma and his son tomorrow morning. Tonight, a banquet was held by the Li Fan Yuan, for Bat Ma and his son, accompanied by several princes, two scholars, officials of the Li Fan Yuan and the Ministry of Rites, and Cao Hao.

This is a lot of excuses; How to catch the wind and wash the dust, and have your own share?

When the emperor came down, Cao Hao was a little confused, thought about it, and went to the tent of the sixteenth elder brother.

In the tent of the sixteenth elder brother, there were two officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs holding a booklet and replying.

So far, the Mongolian tribes from the fortunate and coming dynasties, which one has arrived, what title has come, and how many people have followed, all of them are listed.

Seeing that Cao Hao was coming, the sixteenth elder brother did not avoid him, and carefully checked a few more data before asking the official to go down.

"Isn't it the Rifan Yuan who is in charge of the hospitality of the Mongolian ministries? Why does the Ministry of Internal Affairs still have accounts? Cao Hao asked with a smile.

"It's the booklet of the Li Fan Academy, and yesterday I asked people to find the ...... lent by the third brother" Speaking of this, he glanced at the auspicious clothes worn by Cao Hao twice, and said, "This is picking up people back?" It seems that this number can be added to the number. ”

"Prince Zhuoliketu and the prince have arrived, and there are several people from the palace who are close to the palace." Cao Hao didn't wait for him to ask more, and said what the sixteenth elder brother was concerned about: "It is said that Horqin is rich, and it is true, this time there are more than a dozen carriages loaded with property brought by the prince. ”

Hearing this, the sixteenth elder brother's eyes were shining, and he said with a smile: "Really? It seems that the master has to be close to the old prince. ”

Cao Hao found a chair and sat down, and said, "The emperor has already instructed that a banquet be held for the prince and the prince in the evening, and the princes will accompany him. Presumably, the third elder brother should send someone over to deliver the decree later. ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand, sent Zhao Feng and the others out, and came to Cao Hao's side and said: "Fu Ruo, have you thought about it, I am idle with the fifteenth brother, why did Huang Ama order you to go out to greet you?" ”

"What else could there be? Can one prince welcome the same weight as two princes? Although Prince Zhuoliktu is noble, after all, he is an idle prince, and there is Prince Zasak above, and there is also King Khan in Outer Mongolia. If he came to the court, two princes came out to greet him, and in the future, Prince Zasak and King Khan came, wouldn't he want three or four princes to greet him? Cao Hao replied casually.

The sixteenth elder brother frowned and said, "That's it?" I always feel that this is not the only reason. Huang Ama will not be like this for no reason, according to what you say, add more Heshuo forehead, the weight is not light, say heavy or not, what's the point? ”

Hearing him say this, Cao Hao remembered the eyes of Prince Zhuo Liketu's father and son looking at him, and said: "There is something wrong, tonight's banquet, in addition to a few princes and elder brothers, two scholars and officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, as well as me." This entertaining foreign vassals, how can it not be on the head of the household? ”

The sixteenth elder brother has always been clever, and at this moment, his head has turned several times.

He thought of a possibility, hesitated for a moment, and hesitated: "Fu Ruo, do you remember the rumors related to your aunt's life experience?" Among them, the woman who is related to King Bo and Huang Ama is said to be the Borzigit clan who was posthumously named Concubine Hui. The father of the Borzigit clan was the Duke of Korqin, a branch of Prince Zhuoliktu. ”

This time it was a few lifetimes ago, and Cao Hao suddenly heard it: "Won't it?" What is the emperor's intention? ”

The sixteenth elder brother touched his chin and said a possibility: "Could it be that the emperor Ama helped Fu Ruo find his relatives?" The Li family and your family have long been disliked, outsiders don't know, but Huang Ama knows. Now that you are young, supporting a large family, without help, it is not easy. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Sixteenth master, I'm twenty-eight, not eighteen." Besides, even if you really have a relationship, how can you help if you are separated by several generations and are so far away? ”

Regarding Cao Hao's age, the sixteenth elder brother disagreed.

Just as he sometimes can't accept that he is about to reach the age of establishment, he can't accept the fact that Cao Hao is about to enter middle age.

But the second half of what Cao Hao said was a real truth.

The sixteenth elder brother was puzzled: "That's for other reasons, I guessed wrong......

* In the tent of Prince Zhuo Liketu, Bad Ma sat on the couch and drank the milk tea in his hand.

With the news of the Mongolian slave girl, the prince entered the tent.

"Have you inquired about everything?" Bart Ma asked in Mongolian.

"Abu, my son has inquired clearly. This Cao Hao is the eldest son of Cao Yin and Mrs. Li, Cao Yin Kangxi died of illness in the 57th year, and Cao Hao was guarding filial piety before. Shouxiao's predecessor served as the secretary of the temple and the head of the internal affairs office. When the period of filial piety expires, the direct point is the household waiter, which is the second product. Shizi whispered as he approached.

"The emperor really values him...... It seems that Eji's last life is still justified," Bart Ma said with a long sigh......

The prince was a little disapproving, and said: "Abu, after all these years, even the emperor has not sent anyone to ask for these goods, why do you take the initiative to send them?" The flag people are staking their land, and they are richer than us, and there is no shortage of these. In order to make up these belongings, our palace was emptied. ”

Bart Ma waved his hand to prevent his son from saying, "Your grandmother is a person who understands and will not leave this legacy in vain." This is not only your grandmother's will, but also the will of the Queen Mother before her death. It's all because of the incompetence of the father, a few years ago, because of the large expenses of the palace, he moved the money in it, and now he has made it all. ”

The prince was still a little unconvinced, and said: "This is a gift for free, even if Abu gives less, others don't know." ”

"Changshengtian looks, there is no treacherous person in Horqin." Bart Ma glared at his son and said.

Shizi closed his mouth and said no more.

In fact, he was full of doubts in his heart, wondering if the emperor was short of silver, and it was not easy to ask for it clearly, so the queen mother only told her grandmother this sentence before her death.

Otherwise, even if the property deposited by the royal family in the palace decades ago, it should be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs clearly, why should it be privately handed over to the courtiers......

(To be continued)