On the tenth day of the first month of September, Cao Yin came to the family letter, mentioning two things, one is that the autumn test of the Jiangnan Science Field is abnormal, and the candidates have already made trouble in Jiangning, and it will not be long before there should be a follow-up, which may break the balance between Kali and Zhang Boxing, and the Jiangnan officialdom will have a big change; On the other hand, Li Xu was "dismissed" from the post of political envoy due to "illness", and Sun Wencheng of Hangzhou weaving took over, and Sun Wencheng and Sun Jue had to bring his family to Beijing on an errand.

Because there was no privacy, Cao Hao read the family letter with Mr. Zhuang. The two of them agreed that the governor of Jiangnan in Kali was going to do it. Although fraud incidents have been repeatedly banned over the years, it has occurred in the Jiangnan Science Field where there are many scholars and scholars, and this is a major event with an extremely bad impact.

Because after the Manchurian Eight Banners Army entered the customs, it wantonly trampled on Jiangnan, and the bloody massacres of "Yangzhou Ten Sayings" and "Jiading Three Massacres" occurred, burying the resentment of the people in Jiangnan against the Manchus.

After Kangxi became pro-government, in order to resolve the resentment of the people of Jiangnan against the imperial court, he attached great importance to the Jiangnan scholars and opened Enke several times. Over the years, in the event of floods and droughts, the imperial court has been very generous in reducing the money and grain in Jiangnan.

After decades like this, the people's hearts, which were finally appeased, were afraid that they would become impetuous, because of the fraud in this imperial examination.

The reason why those scholars forget the blood feud of their ancestors and turn their hearts to the court is because the court gives them the opportunity to go out of office, so that they have the opportunity to study hard through ten years of cold windows. Now, this official is greedy for ink and indulges in the scientific field, making those who "don't understand the article and the furniture are rich" on the list, and these slightly talented children of the poor family are named Sun Shan, doesn't this cut off their hopes?

How can the crowd follow? When the list was released, he carried the statue of Confucius and smashed the science field, causing trouble.

Li Xu's dismissal was not surprising to Cao Hao. Although he was not close to this cousin in his heart, he was still quite emotional when he thought of his mother. I only hope that Li Xu can understand and stop being blinded by the desire for power.

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment, and suddenly his face showed a little joy.

Cao Hao's heart moved, and he asked: "Sun Jue's eldest cousin went to Beijing on an errand, is this my ......" Speaking of this, there was some joy in his eyes.

Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded: "Now, Ling Zun has recovered, and even if Li Xu is dismissed from the position of political envoy, Ling Zun should be reborn." Long live the lord's arrangement, it seems that he is sympathetic to Ling Zun and allows him to recuperate. Even if Hao'er is here, as long as it is not Jiangnan, if you want to find other places, you can be more compliant! ”

Cao Hao's heart suddenly brightened, this is really troublesome to stay up in the capital. Although the matter of impeachment is not over; On the tenth elder brother's side, it doesn't seem like he has a grudge, but he is bound all the time, and he has to always beware of other people's calculations, which is really tiring.

Cao Hao and Mr. Zhuang have carefully analyzed that if Beijing officials are released, most of them will be upgraded. Of course, the first and second grades are just jokes, after all, his father has been up for half his life, and on the surface he is just a positive fifth product, and the chief official of the General Administration Department secretly is the third product, and the sometimes concurrently served imperial history is only from the third grade.

Although Cao Hao is young, eighteen years old, he has the title of a first-class man, and he is still the status of the county lord, which is equivalent to the first rank of military attaché. If it is released and seeks military attachés, the grade can be higher, from the guerrilla of the third grade, the staff general of the third grade, and the deputy general of the second grade, that is, the total army of the second rank will not be exceeded. The words of the civil officials can be said from the prefect of the four grades and the Taoist platform of the four grades.

Cao Hao was really happy to see Mr. Zhuang, thinking about his experience, presumably this capital is also a sad place, and he does not want to stay for a long time. Thinking of his parents, they are already in their twilight years, but Kangxi is very kind to the old ministers for the sake of face, how can he agree that Cao Yin will become a minister in his fifties?

You must know that being an official in this era, even if you are deaf and blinded when you reach your seventies, if you don't delay any major things, you can still do it. Cao Yin is really younger than those people. Besides, Kangxi himself is a few years older than Cao Yin, and it is not appropriate for you to "say goodbye to the old" here, who knows if this Son of Heaven will think in other ways.

The four words "Tianwei unpredictable" are the sharp sword hanging over the head, and they need to be vigilant from time to time.

Mr. Zhuang saw his melancholy and comforted: "Bear with it again!" The princes and brothers of the capital are not at ease, and Jiangnan is also going to be chaotic, so it is not appropriate to make extraneous branches at this time. After these two years, the wind and waves are calmer, let's think again! ”

Cao Hao knew that what he said was reasonable, so he nodded in response.

After talking to Mr. Zhuang, Cao Hao came out of the study, and just happened to meet Chu Yu who came back from outside the mansion, and the husband and wife went back to Wutong Courtyard together.

Chu Yu was dressed very plainly, and there were only two beaded flowers on his head, and his eyes were slightly red, and there were faint tear stains. She went to the Twelfth Elder Brother's Mansion to visit the sick, and the Twelve Fujin was sick.

"Twelve Blessings are fine, right?" Back in the room, Cao Hao asked.

Chu Yu nodded: "It's okay, it's just that a few days ago, I followed Uncle Twelve to serve the ancestor of Su Mala in the nursing center, and I was tired, plus ......" Speaking of this, he was a little choked: "Plus the ancestor went a few days ago, and the twelfth aunt cried sadly, and she couldn't hold it anymore!" ”

Her sadness was not for the sake of the Twelve Fujin, but for Su Mala, who had passed away three days ago.

Thinking of Su Mala, who had never met but had been famous for a long time, Cao Hao couldn't help but sigh.

She was originally a slave girl on the grassland, and later became the maid of Bumu Butai, the daughter of Horqin Beile Zhaisang, and then followed Bumu Butai from the grassland to Jianzhou, and began the legendary life of the master and servant.

Her master, Bumu Butai, is the concubine of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, known as "Concubine Zhuang of Yongfu Palace", ranking at the end of the five concubines of Emperor Taiji. Because of the birth of the ancestor Fulin, after the death of her husband, her son was honored as the queen mother when he ascended the throne. When Fulin died, Kangxi was honored as the empress dowager when he ascended the throne. After the death of Kangxi in the twenty-sixth year, he was called "Empress Shengwen of Xiaozhuang Renxuan Chengxian Gongyi Tianqi Shengwen", which was the famous Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang in later generations.

After three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty and two generations of young emperors, Xiaozhuang can be called the "mother of the Qing Dynasty".

Against the backdrop of the brilliance of the "Mother of the Nation", the world should not have paid attention to the slave girl beside her. However, it was this female slave who had never married all her life and dedicated her life to the Aixin Jueluo family, and was loved by the royal family because of her silent dedication.

In the Shunzhi Dynasty, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the formulation of the style of court clothes was from the hands of the ingenious Su Mala. Because she was proficient in Mongolian and Manchu and wrote a beautiful Manchu language, she became Kangxi's Manchu enlightenment teacher when he was a child.

Xiaozhuang called her "Gege", Kangxi called her "Eniang", the princes and daughters called her "grandmother", and the emperor's grandchildren called her "ancestor", and before she knew it, she had become a member of the royal family.

After Xiaozhuang died, Kangxi was afraid that Su Mala, who was already in his seventies, would be sad and lonely, so he handed over the twelve elder brothers to her to raise.

At the end of August, Su Mala, who was already 90 years old, was sick, although the 12th elder brother and the 12th Fujin were around day and night to take care of him, but he still could not stop the footsteps of death, and on the seventh day of the ninth month, Su Mala died of illness.

"Although in recent years, the ancestors have devoted themselves to the Buddha and rarely asked about mundane things, and they have seen less of us juniors; But in the early years, I followed Eniang to her old man's house a few times, and she was very loving and treated people very well! Chu Yu was very sentimental and said with tears in her eyes.

Cao Hao stretched out his hand and helped her wipe her tears: "The old man is more than ninety, and he is devout to the Buddha, so he may be just like her old man's wish, so don't be sad anymore!" ”

Chu Yu nodded: "Well, this Chu Yu can also be saved, but I still can't help but feel uncomfortable!" Speaking of this, she thought about it for a while, and still said: "E, some parents are short, and they shouldn't have said much, but Chu Yu feels that something is not quite right!" ”

"What? Did you hear something, or did you see something? Cao Hao was curious. In the Twelfth Elder Brother's Mansion, what will be wrong?

Chu Yu frowned and said: "It's the thirteenth aunt, for some reason, except for the fourth aunt and the fourteenth aunt, the Fujin of the other mansions is very cold to the thirteenth aunt, even Eniang's side...... The eighth aunt's words were extremely unkind. Aunt Thirteen seemed to be very embarrassed, although she kept smiling, but it made people panic when they saw it! ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he was very annoyed, even if it was a grudge against a man outside, what did he do with the female relatives in the inner courtyard? I'm afraid that everyone knows in their hearts, knowing that the thirteenth elder brother has lost the sacred heart, although there is no circle, but it is not much stronger than the eldest brother's side, and they are afraid of being implicated, so they avoid it from afar.

Chu Yu really couldn't bear it, so she accompanied Aunt Thirteen to say a few more words, and then Eniang taught Chu Yu a lesson, saying that I was so casual that I would cause trouble for Eyu! Eh, is Chu Yu wrong? Chu Yu looked at Cao Hao's face and asked cautiously.

Cao Hao smiled and shook his head: "What's wrong with this?" You know, don't say that the Thirteenth Master has a good relationship with our family; Regardless of this, the Thirteen Fujin is still a relative of our family! Besides, those messy things have nothing to do with women. We don't stammer with the rich, we don't underestimate the poor, let's act with our hearts! ”

"That's really as E-Niang said, what should I do if I'm in trouble?" Chu Yu was a little worried.

Cao Hao smiled: "Where are those who are not troublesome, 'there is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves'!" Besides, even if there is trouble, I am willing to do it. If you are as sophisticated and lonely as those people, even if I am peaceful, my heart will not be at ease! ”

Chu Yu nodded, and looked at Cao Hao with tenderness in his eyes: "The forehead is kind, this Chu Yu already knows!" ”

Cao Hao was a little embarrassed by her praise, where is it kind-hearted? People have also been killed, conspiracies have been carried out, and more than 100 human lives have been borne on this body. If there really is hell in the underworld, even if it is not enough to reach the eighteenth floor, the third layer and two layers will always go down.

Although he has been in the Qing Dynasty for ten years, Cao Hao is still not used to violence and blood, but in order to protect what he wants to protect, he has never regretted what he did. If everything were to be repeated, he would believe he would still make the same choice.

Sometimes, Cao Hao is really tired, and he also wants to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Chu Yu, but he has never told her about these gloomy and bloody, for fear of polluting her ears and her heart. If you let your women be frightened, and let your women be frightened and frightened at the same time, they have to think about comforting and explaining themselves, then what kind of man is that?

Because Chu Yu was still a little depressed, Cao Hao, in order to divert her attention, mentioned the matter of Sun Jue's cousin's entry into Beijing mentioned in her father's letter. Because before, when Cao Hao mentioned his family to Chu Yu, he said that there was a cousin in the second room, who was married to his grandmother's maiden family, so Chu Yu still remembered, and he was really a little concerned: "This cousin, is it the one who married the eldest sister?" ”

"Hmm!" Cao Hao nodded: "Exactly!" It is a happy event to marry into his family and do it for forty-five years! Speaking of this, he laughed first: "In this way, we can't call him cousin yet, we should change our name to brother-in-law!" The eldest sister is two years older than the elder sister, and the two have been the closest since childhood. There is also the third sister, who also asked someone to deliver the letter. When their husband and wife arrive in Beijing, let's get together! ”

"Hmm!" Chu Yu responded: "The second brother and the eldest sister must be extremely happy!" ”

At the mention of Cao Song, the husband and wife invariably looked out the window and looked at the sky. At this hour, Cao Song should have come back from school, why hasn't he come back today.

Chu Yu stood up: "Why don't you send someone to Zongxue to ask and see if Mr. is delayed?" ”

Cao Hao shook his head: "Their husband is older, but he has a hard time coming up for half a day, let alone a time when he drags the hall." Or ask someone to ask Zhaojia Mansion to see if they have followed his cousins to eat and drink! As he said this, he began to be a little worried.

Although Cao Song's surname is more active, and when he first entered Beijing, he mingled with several sons of Zhaojia Mansion, but because he has become older and sensible in recent years, he rarely stays outside because he wants to take the martial arts test. Even if there is an occasional entertainment, I will send someone back home to say it first.

As soon as Cao Hao wanted to go to the front yard to send someone to Zhaojia Mansion, he heard the footsteps in the courtyard.

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and they both relaxed.

It was Cao Song who came back, because he was afraid of having a sister-in-law, and he acted a lot of courtesy, and asked under the porch: "Sister-in-law, I heard that my brother is back, is he in the house?" ”

Cao Hao listened to his humble voice, and said with a smile: "I'm here, come in!" ”

Cao Song strode in, sweating on his forehead, as if he was in a hurry to come back. Chu Yu poured him a cup of tea, he first thanked his sister-in-law, then took it, drank it all, and said to Cao Hao with bright eyes: "Brother, something strange happened outside!" ”

(To be continued)