On the first day of Kangxi's 60th year, Cao Hao stepped out of the house in a blanket of silver.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Cao Hao, as in previous years, finished worshipping his ancestors, had a reunion dinner in Lanyuan, and then accompanied the children to keep a New Year's Eve before returning to Wutong Garden with his wife to rest after midnight.

Because of the drunkenness caused by drinking, Cao Hao fell asleep after a while.

It's a pity that before dawn, Chu Yu got up and called him.

Today, the emperor ascended to the palace, and Cao Hao needed to enter the palace to meet him.

The earl-level python robes, auspicious robes, and rui covers have long been prepared. Today, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Hao chose auspicious clothes to wear.

There are two kinds of belts, one is stone blue, with gold and jade inlaid with rubies; One is golden yellow, which is an openwork round plate inlaid with turquoise.

The former is the earl grade, the latter is the Heshuo forehead grade, and Cao Hao chooses the stone blue one.

This earl-grade auspicious suit, Cao Hao is still wearing it for the first time.

According to his plain and low-key surname, that is, if he is a waiter, he should wear second-grade clothes. It's just that when he got the news a few years ago, the six departments were sealed, and he didn't have time to report to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

Today, the palace congratulates the New Year, and it is not good for him to stand in line among the officials of the six departments, so he has to wear the auspicious clothes of the people and rank among the people.

The six yamen will be sealed, and it will be after the fifteenth day of the first month.

The shops in the inner city and the outer city only began to open on the sixth day of the new year. When the time comes, Cao Hao's second-grade official uniform will be purchased once.

This is Cao Haoding's first appearance in the court.

After three years of hard work, it is not long, but it is not short, and the biggest change is the six officials, who have added a lot of new faces. It's those old faces who have served for many years, and they haven't seen their work for a few years, and they look old.

Cao Hao stood in the crowd, looked around, and secretly paid attention when he saw Hubu Shangshutian Congdian and Sun Zhaqi.

These two Cao Hao have seen in their early years, Tian Congdian is an old man with a strange appearance, the official mansion on his body is swaying, squinting his eyes, standing in the queue, as if he is dozing; Sun Zaqi doesn't know if it's because of his military attaché background, he is tall and burly, and he looks much younger than his actual age.

Behind the Ministry of Rites, there was a first-class member standing with a face. Cao Hao remembered the news compiled by Jiang Jian, this is Bai Huang, the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of War a year ago.

This Bai Huang is also regarded as the man of the year at the end of the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, after Fan Shichong, the former secretary of the military department, begged for retirement, the lack of the secretary of the military department became bare-handed.

Now, the Northwest Army has begun to enter Tibet, the war is in full swing, and it is not only a big deal to enter the military department, but it is also easy to make a ready-made contribution.

Unexpectedly, what Kangxi ordered was Bai Huang, who had just been transferred from the governor of Jiangxi to the capital as a waiter in the autumn of last year, which made everyone lose their attention.

Bai Huang is a banner man of the Han Army, born in the style of writing posts, starting from the servant to the governor's position, for more than 30 years, he has been released as an official.

Last year, the year of Bai Huang's sixtieth year, he took the initiative to fold and asked to fill the Beijing position.

Kangxi was sympathetic to the old minister, approved Bai Huang's excerpt, and transferred him to the right servant of the household. I heard that Bai Huang reported to the household department in September last year, and the errand of the household department was not yet familiar with it, so he was promoted to the secretary of the military department at the end of October.

There are already many people outside speculating that this Bai Huang may be going to enter the cabinet.

In foreign office, sixty years old is an old minister; Among the cabinet and the six ministers, Huajia is still young and has a great future.

Therefore, there was an endless stream of people who stammered with Bai Huang, and they seriously covered the limelight of Tian Congdian.

Cao Hao also paid a lot of attention to this Bai Huang, for no other reason, but because he was "honest and honest".

This one, but it is the most popular with the fourth elder brother, but I don't know if he and the fourth elder brother have a "head and tail" now.

In addition to Cao Hao, there are three waiters in the household department, Zhang Boxing knows him, and the other two are named Guo Cheng and He Cheng, and Cao Hao doesn't know him.

Above the full hall, there were many people wearing second-grade clothes, and Cao Hao couldn't tell who was who, so he looked before and after Zhang Boxing, but he couldn't see it really, so he retracted his gaze ...... * On the Taihe Palace, the cumbersome congratulatory gifts were carried out for more than an hour.

By the time the dynasty was dispersed, many of the old men were already trembling, and they could only walk with the help of others.

Cao Hao looked at it, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a system of seventy zhishi, but obviously this does not apply to the Kangxi dynasty. I really don't know how these old men are deaf and dazzled, and how they are still on errands.

On the first day of the new year, Cao Hao wanted to go everywhere to pay New Year's greetings, and he had a lot of things to do, so when he came out of Jinshui Bridge, he hurriedly got on the horse and went home to change his clothes.

When he returned to the house, Tianyou had already changed into new clothes and waited obediently. He is the eldest son, and Cao Hao wants to take him to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings.

From the beginning of the new year, New Year's greetings were everywhere, and then there were banquets in various prefectures, and Cao Hao was busy until the fifteenth.

During this period, the only thing that attracted attention was that the fourth elder brother, the twelfth elder brother, and the prince of Cheng, Hongsheng, were ordered to go to the Guanwai to worship Yongling, Fuling, and Zhaoling.

Yongling is the mausoleum of Aixin Jueluo's ancestors, Fuling is buried with Emperor Taizu, and Zhaoling is buried with Emperor Taizong.

This year is the 60th year of Kangxi's reign, and he originally wanted to go to the tomb outside the gate in person, but was dissuaded by hundreds of officials, and finally decided on these princes and grandchildren.

It was the mausoleum of several generations of emperors, and some people began to think about the intention.

is the twelfth elder brother, and he began to feel apprehensive in his heart, thinking that his errand was decent and decent, and it was really eye-catching.

However, seeing the fourth elder brother with a sinking face, and looking at the nephew who was talking and laughing, the twelfth elder brother felt down-to-earth again. When the sky fell, there was a tall man on top, and he didn't bother with it.

Although Kangxi did not go out of the customs to worship the mausoleum, but after the fifteenth day of the first month, he still couldn't bear it, and took the princes, grandsons, and clans to the filial piety tomb of Zhili.

Emperor Shunzhi was buried in the filial piety mausoleum, Kangxi did not go to the gate to worship the ancestors, but to worship the emperor, in addition to the long distance outside the gate, the most important thing is that his mausoleum is not far from the filial piety tomb.

It is not so much to go to the mausoleum as to say that Kangxi went to inspect his imperial mausoleum.

Cao Hao, the newly appointed household servant, had not yet heated up the chair, so he got the holy decree and went out of Beijing with Hu to Xiaoling.

Xiaoling is two hundred and fifty miles away from the capital, and the holy car has traveled for six days.

Fortunately, Cao Hao is already a civil official, and like a few people who came out of the Jingtang with him, he was prepared for a carriage, which was better. In addition, there are sixteen elder brothers and seventeenth elder brothers, everyone gets together to kill their kung fu, and time flies.

After arriving at Xiaoling, Cao Hao followed the sixteenth elder brother and saw a holy drive.

The dignity of the emperor can't stop the erosion of the years, Kangxi's face and hands are already covered with old age spots, but his body is still so straight, and his eyes are still extremely sharp.

Faintly, he was still a little excited and excited, and his voice was loud.

Although Cao Hao was wearing a second-grade supplement, Kangxi seemed to be in a good mood, and did not regard Cao Hao as a courtier, and asked a few words very gently.

Cao Hao answered one by one, feeling a little sour in his heart.

No matter what later generations said about this emperor, he was deeply affectionate to the Cao family.

Coming down from the palace, the sixteenth elder brother breathed a sigh of relief and asked Wei Zhu, who came out with him, and said, "Is the emperor ama's dinner fragrant?" ”

In this sentence, others asked to bear suspicion, and the sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, which was also his duty, and he asked it calmly.

"Back to the sixteenth master, the emperor's master came back from the temporary Fengdian Palace, used two bowls of rouge rice porridge, and ate a piece of fried dried meat, which was fragrant." Wei Zhu bowed and replied.

Temporarily in the palace, in the imperial mausoleum of Kangxi, the coffins of several queens are parked.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded, and at some point he had already taken the silver ticket in his hand, stuffed it into Wei Zhu's hand, and said, "Manager Wei is tired." When I get back to the city, I'll find something good to thank you. ”

Wei Zhu hurriedly said that he didn't dare to do it, and watched the sixteenth elder brother go away with Cao Hao before turning around and going back.

In the past two years, as the most useful chamberlain in front of the emperor, his scenery is also unique. There are more and more flatterers from outsiders, and the family background is getting richer and richer, if you accept your stepson, it will be enough for a few lifetimes.

He didn't dare to feel the slightest smugness, but became more and more worried.

There is no other reason, it is actually because he was on an errand in front of the emperor, he has seen too much and listened too much. When I figured this out, the earlier idea of wanting people to return to their hometowns to receive a stepson faded.

"Ahem! Cough! cough ...... "There was no one else in the room, Kangxi's body had already tilted over, leaning on the pillow, coughing vigorously.

When Wei Zhu heard this, he was shocked, walked a few steps, stepped forward with a teacup, and bowed down to send it to Kangxi.

Kangxi took it, drank half a cup of warm tea, and the cough stopped.

Putting down the teacup, Kangxi tightened the clothes on his body and said, "The seventeenth elder brother is weak, so someone sent a mink Pirui cover over...... Twenty elder brother is still young, let's prepare one over there......"

"Huh!" Wei Zhu leaned over and went out to deliver the message.

Behind him, Kangxi's cough sounded again, which fell on Wei Zhu's ears, and he almost couldn't help but stop, begging the emperor's master to pass on the imperial doctor. But thinking about Kangxi's temper, he still bowed down and withdrew.

After coming down from the imperial front, the sixteenth elder brother took Cao Hao to visit the seventeenth elder brother.

"The seventeenth brother's body is too weak, and when the weather is good, he also goes out for a walk, and it is good to move his muscles and bones." Seeing that the seventeenth elder brother was dressed thickly and held a stove in his hand, the sixteenth elder brother persuaded.

The seventeenth elder brother smiled bitterly: "I didn't feel cold earlier, but now I am a waste, I can't stand the cold in winter, and I can't stand the heat in summer......"

Seeing his depressed face, the sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said, "What else?" It's just lazy. From now on, I will stare at you, and I will see that the house is full of cats, and the good people are finished. ”

The seventeenth elder brother was afraid of snubbing Cao Hao, so he invited Cao Hao to sit down, glanced at the supplement on his body and said, "Fu Ruo is just fighting the emperor and coming down?" ”

"Well, I just met the emperor with the sixteenth master." Cao Hao glanced at the seventeenth elder brother carefully a few times, and said, "The seventeenth master's face is a little bad, is it because he hasn't rested well recently?" Although insomnia is not a big problem, it should not be ignored, but after a long time, it is really damaging to the body. ”

The seventeenth elder brother nodded, pretending to be relaxed: "I'll recognize the bed, and I'll go back to Beijing in a while." ”

Seventeenth Elder Brother's insomnia is already a chronic disease, otherwise he would not be young, his hair is as scarce as an old man, and he can't braid his hair without a wig.

The sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao glanced at each other, and they were a little worried about each other, but seeing that the seventeenth elder brother was reluctant to say this, they also changed the topic...... * Shengjing, in front of Fuling.

In the sound of ritual music, the twelfth elder brother is on the left, the prince Hongsheng is on the right, and the fourth elder brother is kneeling in the middle, looking at the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu in front of him, with a solemn expression......

(To be continued)