"Thirteen masters......" Nian Xi was so teased by the thirteenth master that his face was flushed, and he was speechless.

The thirteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and scolded with a smile: "Come on, come with your master to do this hypocrisy." Look, you are a night owl entering the house, and you don't come when you have nothing to do, so you quickly sit down and talk about something. If you ink again, you will be sent off. ”

Nian Xi was scolded twice, but he lost Fang Cai's restraint, and felt much more comfortable, and said with a bit of sincerity: "Thirteenth Master, the slave really begs you to come." ”

Although the Thirteenth Master saw that he had something to do, he was still surprised in his heart.

Nian Xi is not an ordinary person after all, there is a governor Lao Tzu, Prince Heshuo's uncle, ordinary things will not make him so embarrassed.

After all, he is no longer the hot-blooded and reckless Thirteen Lang, he pondered for a while, and then Fang spoke: "The fourth master has always taken care of you, what is there that he can't take care of?" ”

Nian Xi listened and hurriedly said: "The thirteenth master misunderstood, the fourth master treats the slave very well, and the slave is grateful." It's just that...... It's just that...... The minion has been hanging on for two years, and he wants to make a positive ......"

He has always been weak, although he is an official, he is also idle, but he is afraid that he will be tired.

Among them, there is no love and concern of the fourth elder brother.

After all, Nian Xi is the eldest son of Nian Qianyao, and he lost his mother at a young age, so his life experience is pitiful.

"How old are you, what's the hurry? Take care of it for a few years, raise your body well, and don't eat even if you think about errands. The thirteenth elder brother waved his hand and said.

"Thirteenth master, after all, the slave is a man from the Nian family, and he is no longer a yellow-mouthed child, so he should fulfill the responsibility of a son." Nian Xi's voice became more and more earnest.

The thirteenth elder brother frowned slightly, and said, "Are you worried that your uncle's dismissal will affect your father?" You don't have to. Your father is a courtier personally appointed by the emperor, and he is of great use in the northwest, so he will not be implicated. Besides, your uncle is just guilty of negligence, and there is no worry about his surname, you should not worry too much, hurt your body and make your relatives worry. ”

"Thirteenth master, the so-called crime of negligence is just the emperor's grace, leaving some dignity for the uncle. Now that the father is away, the slave, the son, should also share his father's worries with all his heart. Nian Xi said.

The thirteenth elder brother knew that Nian Xi was right.

In the past few years when Nian Xiyao served as the political envoy of Anhui, he did not scrape the ground. In the fertile land of Jiangnan, how many governors have fallen, and how many have gone to keep guarding?

If you really ask about the guilt, let alone the top, even the guy who wears the top may not be able to save it.

Now, the big thing has been turned into a small one, and the sins of Nian Xiyao asking for bribes and greedy ink have been wiped out, and they have been pushed to the prefect below, leaving only the crime of negligence, which is indeed Kangxi's grace.

This dignity is not reserved for Nian Xiyao, but for Nian Qianyao, the governor of Sichuan.

It's just that at this critical time of the war in the northwest, the emperor can think of a courtier to keep some dignity; When time passes, I don't know what will happen.

Originally, the Nian brothers were all governors and officials, and they could help each other; Now that he is asking for the guilt here, the northwest is a place filled with gunpowder, and Nian Xi is afraid that his father will not be able to support himself, so he wants to get ahead and help his father.

Looking at Nian Xi's determined expression, the thirteenth elder brother asked, "You don't want to release it, do you?" This fourth master will not allow it. When you're out of medicine, it's not too late to get the idea. ”

Nian Xi shook his head and said, "I didn't want to go out of Beijing, I was still in the Inspectorate, I just wanted to make up for the shortage." I have been a deputy for two years, but I am just a bastard, and the slave also wants to do practical things. ”

Seeing that his eyes were shining, the thirteenth elder brother couldn't help laughing and said, "This has been calculated, what is missing, tell the master?" ”

"Thirteenth master, Zhejiang Dao supervises the vacancy of the imperial history, and the slave wants to make up for this, but the fourth master is not allowed to allow the slave to be self-explanatory." Nian Xi replied.

"Zhejiang Provincial Inspector Imperial History?" When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

Although Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich places, they are also famous for their corrupt officials. There are few officials who go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but Zhejiang Provincial Supervision of the Imperial History is not so good.

Most of the people who can get what Jiangnan lacks are close ministers of the Son of Heaven, or they are from the lord's family. Even if Yushi impeached and brought down these people, the next thing to face is all kinds of criticism.

Therefore, there are few people who can do a full term in the imperial history of Zhejiang Provincial Inspector.

"How did you remember to pick up this drudgery? It's thankless, and your body can't stand it. The thirteenth elder brother still shook his head, his face full of disapproval.

Nian Xi lowered his voice and said, "Thirteenth Master, do you just let the moths run rampant?" In the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court will always have to rectify. Now that the uncle is greedy for ink, and even his father's reputation has been damaged, I will seek to supervise the imperial history and make some political achievements, even if I can't glorify the lintel, I can do my best for the court. ”

When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, his heart moved, and he thought of the heartache of the fourth elder brother when he remembered the household treasury and the erosion of Jiangnan officialdom.

"The fourth master loves the slave, and the slaves all know it, but the slave also wants to do something for the fourth master. There is a shortage of manpower around the fourth master, although I don't use it, I don't have any planning, I can still see and listen. Nian Xi looked up and said.

He said it bluntly, the thirteenth elder brother was not good at saying anything, he knocked on the table with his fingers, and said: "You know the temper of the fourth master, the master only talks about it for you, as for whether it can be done, it is not up to the master to have the final say......"

When Nian Xi heard this, he had already stood up and thanked him...... When the housekeeper sent Nian Xi out, the thirteenth elder brother immediately stood up and looked at the screen.

A person turned out from behind the screen, and it was the fourth elder brother with a contemplative face.

"Fourth brother, why did he think of coming to me?" The thirteenth elder brother was a little puzzled: "This Nian Xi is not the first, there was a begging to come to me in the first two days, and I was still thinking about how to push it, so as to save the fourth brother from being upset." ”

"I'm going to arrange a few people recently, it's not good for me to come forward, and the meaning of Dai Jin will be pushed to the thirteenth brother, and it will save the appearance of the outside." The fourth elder brother said: "I wanted to come over and talk to you about this a few days ago, catch up with the flood in Huguang, allocate silver grain, and be busy for a few days, and now I have to come over." ”

Seeing that it was arranged by the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother nodded and said, "I see, my brother knows." ”

Although his face was calm, he became more and more surprised in his heart, and his hand holding the teacup shook and almost fell off the cup. Now that the fourth brother has arranged manpower to get acquainted with Jiangnan officialdom, what is his plan?

Is it the body of Huang Amma...... Thinking of this, the thirteenth elder brother only felt that his temples were "abrupt".

He hurriedly brought the teacup to his lips and took two sips before he calmed down.

For a while, he was a little sympathetic to the fourteenth elder brother.

Although the imperial court claimed to have an army of 300,000 in the northwest, it was actually only a few hundred thousand. Among the hundreds of thousands, there are several roads. Even if the fourteenth elder brother is crowned "General Fuyuan", he may not be able to grasp all these hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands.

What's the use of holding it in your hands?

Nian Qianyao, the governor of Sichuan, is in charge of the rear, and it is not easy for the fourteenth elder brother to lead the army back to Beijing.

Unless the war in the northwest is calmed down, the emperor is unhindered, in that case, the fourteenth elder brother has military merits, and the hope of winning the prince increases; If Huang Ama is not in good health and the war in the northwest has not yet been settled, the greater the "merits" of the fourteenth elder brother, the more embarrassing the situation will be in the future.

The fourth elder brother's face was gloomy, as if he was extremely tired, he didn't see the thirteenth elder brother's gaffe, rubbed his forehead, and said, "The army has been in operation for two years, and it has been preparing for war for more than a year, and it will start fighting this year." In June and July, several large armies were dispatched, destroying 200 enemies, and they were embarrassed to report a great victory! The money in the household department has long been empty, and now the military salary and food depend on the locality. Some people have already impeached Jiang Chenxi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Gan Guobi, the governor of Yunnan, for delaying military salaries. Yunnan has had little rain since last year, and many places have failed to harvest, and many places are still waiting for the imperial court to release grain. ”

Speaking of which, the fourth elder brother already had a little resentment: "The court is empty, the officials don't want to serve the country, and everyone knows how to be greedy for silver." A prefect can have a deficit of thousands of taels, and a prefect can ask for a bribe for more than 10,000 taels! They should all be killed! ”

This is the Anhui officialdom corruption case that Nian Xiyao was involved in.

The thirteenth elder brother didn't answer, remembering a rumor about Nian Qianyao.

In the forty-eighth year of Nian Qianyao Kangxi, he went to Sichuan, and was first governor and then governor in Sichuan, and it has been 12 years. During this period, he returned to Beijing to serve two or three times.

In normal years, even if people don't come back, the ceremony is continuous.

This is not unusual, and it is also a common practice for foreign governors.

Nian Xiyao is certainly greedy, and Nian Qianyao's hands are not that clean. Otherwise, what did he use to speculate around back then?

Then, the eighth elder brother and Nian Qianyao also got up with the fourth elder brother.

As far as the thirteenth elder brother knows, the income of the fourth elder brother's mansion, in addition to the palace Zhuangzi, is the filial piety of Nian Qianyao.

It's just that now, the fourth elder brother was a confidant back then, and he couldn't care about this. He is the most protective of the short, and now seeing Nian Qianyao's "loyalty", this silver "filial piety" is also born.

Wait until the future is tracked down...... The thirteenth elder brother's heart trembled, and he inexplicably felt a little awe of the brother who had always been the closest in front of him......* Along the way, Cao Hao finally returned to the capital on August 14.

Entering the city gate, Cao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. People are so strange, many years ago, he wanted to escape the capital; After staying in the capital for more than ten years, this place makes people miss again.

The autumn breeze is cool, and many streets in the capital are hung with lanterns, and pedestrians on the street are mostly carrying snack bags in their hands. There are also merchants walking the streets and alleys, shouting "moon cakes" in their mouths, but in fact they are just brown sugar cakes eaten by the common people.

The streets were bustling, and Cao Hao and the others could only rein in their horses and walk slowly.

When passing by Qianmen Daoxiang Village, looking at the queue at the end of the street, Xiao Man said: "I haven't eaten Daoxiang Village's dumplings for half a year, I really want to eat this, and when I return home, I must make people buy three or five catties, so as to satisfy my hunger." ”

Cao Yi was beside him, looking at the big bags hanging on both sides of his mount, and quipped: "Do you want to eat dumplings, or do you want to eat on the side?" Xiao Beisheng is newly married, this time my brother and daughter-in-law have to be careful, I can't say that I want to be swallowed by you. ”

Xiaoman is old and thick-skinned, after listening to this joke, he hummed twice and said: "Second master, don't know how to make fun of the little one, if you have the ability, the second master will go back, don't think about going to the front door alley, endure it for a long time, and then talk about ......it."

Talking and laughing, the group arrived at Cao's Mansion.

The chief housekeeper Cao Yuan got the letter and hurriedly greeted him.

Because of this hurry, Cao Hao wrote a letter home when he left Guangzhou in June.

Walking to the post station, he arrived in Beijing a few days earlier than them.

Thinking that Guangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, everyone thought that Cao Hao would not be able to arrive in Beijing until winter, but they didn't expect him to arrive today.

"Greetings, please." Cao Yuan saw Cao Hao and bowed down to say goodbye.

Cao Hao helped him and asked repeatedly, "Is there something going on in the house?" How about Dongfu? Did the second master come back with a letter? ”

"Uncle rest assured, everything is fine in the house, and there is nothing to do in the East Mansion, the second master said that he came back with a letter from home a few days ago, and he heard the fifth master say that everything is safe." Cao Yuan bowed and replied.

Cao Hao nodded and said, "These people who followed me are all on holiday for ten years, except for the monthly case, each person will be rewarded with two new clothes, twenty taels of silver, and the master and the second master will be doubled." After a few days, Cao Fang and Uncle Wei came back, and they also doubled the reward according to this example. ”

Cao Yuan responded, Cao Hao turned around and said a few words to Cao Jia and Cao B, and then turned around and went to the inner house.

At this time, Chu Yu had already gotten the news and took people to greet him at the second gate.

Looking at his wife, who he hadn't seen for half a year, Cao Hao's chest was warm, and he didn't care about the maid's mother-in-law, so he stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Why are you waiting here?" It's windy today and you have a headache carefully? ”

Chu Yu looked at her husband, who was in a hurry and her face was tanned, her eyes were more distressed, she held his hand and said, "Didn't you say that you only set off from Guangzhou at the end of June?" Why is this here for now? I'm in a hurry, how can I survive my body. ”

"It's fine." Cao Hao smiled and told his wife to rest assured, and the husband and wife went to the Lan Courtyard together.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he helped Li to a little maid and waited under the porch.

Cao Hao put down his wife's hand and walked a few steps forward: "Mother, my son is back." ”

Li Shi held his son's arm, looked his eyes up and down, and his face was full of distress: "I have been going for half a year, and I see how thin I have become." ”

It's strange to say that in the early years, when Cao Hao was still young, the Li family could still have a little self-control in front of him, although he loved him, but because he was the eldest son, he never spoiled his son like a child.

Now, Cao Hao is older, and when the Li family knows the destiny of heaven, he treats his son as a child, and he remembers it more and more.

Cao Hao held his mother's arm, and the mother and son entered the house together. One time less, Cao Ying, who temporarily lived in Cao Mansion, also came over.

Chu Yu's side, knowing that her husband loves clean, ordered the kitchen to send bath water to Wutong Garden. Later, she called someone to go to the school and bring the children over.

Today is the 14th of August, the birth of Hengsheng.

Although the children were born and did not have a banquet, they also asked the kitchen to prepare a table early. Nowadays, it is also cheap to directly connect Cao Hao with the wind.

It's just that in this way, it's not a matter of Xifu Yifu. I have to invite all the people in Dongfu to come over and be lively together.

After Cao Hao talked to his mother and cousin for a while, and met his children, he went back to Wutong Garden to bathe and change clothes.

Xu was too tired, Cao Hao was in the barrel, and he almost didn't fall asleep.

When the change of clothes was completed, everyone in Dongfu came over.

When brothers see each other, they have to say goodbye again.

The two Dongfu brothers were relieved to see that their cousin had returned earlier than expected.

Now that it is August, there is only half a year left before the spring boudoir next year, and Qian Chenqun should prepare for the imperial examination.

Chu Yu entrusted the matter of finding the master to the two uncles, these two people found a few, and they both felt that it was inappropriate, and now Cao Hao came back to get the idea, it is the best......

(To be continued)