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Kangxi sat on the kang and looked at the fourth elder brother kneeling on the ground, his face was dark and terrifying.

The fourth elder brother knelt on the ground, his face was as pale as ever, and he already regretted it in his heart. Why didn't you listen to Dai Jin's dissuasion, and insisted on going to the palace to mention this "smallpox" matter.

If you anger the imperial father, I am afraid that the situation is worrying.

It's really a little self-righteous, and after settling down with these words, I still want to make achievements in my bones, right?

Not for fame, not for profit, is there also an element of hypocrisy, and wants to confess his compassion in front of the emperor.

has already had desires, naturally can't be open-minded, the fourth elder brother recited the Buddha number in his heart, lowered his head, and was quite ashamed.

In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, the first emperor died of illness and now ascended the throne, and the household registration of the year was more than 19 million. According to last year's household statistics, there were more than 24 million households.

In 55 years, the number of people registered was increased by 5 million.

Among them, during the rebellion of the three feudatories, the southern provinces fell, and the population dropped sharply from more than 19 million to 16 million.

When the three feudatories were pacified, in order to increase the number of Dingkou, Kangxi also ordered the implementation of "human pox" to prevent smallpox.

However, because of the danger of human pox and the high cost, the rich and noble families are reluctant to take risks with their children, and the poor families do not have this medicine, so there are not many people who plant flowers among the people.

In those years, it was still smooth, the country and the people were safe, and after a few years of rest, when the number of people was counted, it was already more than 230,000.

Until the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, the number of this person could not increase by hundreds of thousands. Although there are people who hide their households and evade taxes, there are also floods and smallpox.

Fifty years after Kangxi, because there was only a small area of smallpox for 51 years, it was not until this year that it began to rage again, and the number of people increased several times compared to before.

Every time smallpox was raging, the adults were fine, but only three or four of the ten died, but more than half of the children died.

Although it cannot be said that it breaks out every year, it will be epidemic once in three or five years. I dodged this time, but I can't hide next time, it's really a matter of life and death.

The three sons of the fourth elder brother died early, among which the eldest son Hongpan, who did not talk about teeth, died of weakness, and the remaining eldest son Honghui and the second son Hongyun died of acne. One is eight years old, and the other is eleven years old.

Thinking of the pain of losing a child, the anxiety in the heart of the fourth elder brother has decreased a lot, raised his head, looked at Kangxi and said: "Huang Ama, the son (body, or noble) is the prince's elder brother, there are imperial doctors at home, and the magic hand acupuncture, Ganoderma lucidum medicine, can not affect the life and death of young children." The homes of ordinary people are becoming weaker and weaker, unable to resist impermanence. Now in the year, it should be the sound of firecrackers, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, but there is a faint cry in Sijiu City. Huang Ama is the most merciful, how can he endure the suffering of the people? The sons wept blood and complained, hoping that no one would suffer the pain of the loss of sons and daughters. In the end, the fourth elder brother was already bowing his head to the ground and couldn't kowtow.

Maybe when he came, he had the urge to lose his daughter, the compassion of learning Buddhism, and the utilitarian desire to show his face in front of the emperor, but at this moment, the heart of the fourth elder brother really gave birth to a heart of pity for the world.

Kangxi looked at his son who was bowing his head to the ground, glanced at the sandalwood Buddhist beads exposed at his wrist, and his face was slightly gloomy.

"You're talking about cowpox, right?" Kangxi held on to the kang table and said: "In the past, the prescription for human pox came out, and I once ordered the implementation of the world, what was the result?" Now, even if I make another decree and publish this cowpox recipe to the world, what can I do? The common people are ignorant and afraid of pox, and it is not easy to let them take the initiative to plant pox. ”

The fourth elder brother knelt in the distance, and when he heard this, he felt a chill in his heart.

The Mongols also had a policy of reducing Ding, which allowed the imperial court to control the number of household registrations of each bannerman; For the Han people, the imperial court wants to appease and appease, but it has to rely on natural disasters [***] to control.

When the pox decree was issued to the world, it was not for the Han people.

In many places, there are no notices.

The so-called holy decrees are mostly for the flag bearers and their subordinates.

Kangxi pondered for a while, looked at the fourth elder brother and said: "Don't worry, this cowpox method has been planted in the Eight Banners, and after three years and five years, cowpox will gradually become familiar to the world, and it will be easy to promote in the future." I love Xinjue Luo Shixi as the lord of the Qing Dynasty, not from the beginning, nor from the end. If it is the king of the future, it will be praised by all generations to be able to accomplish this cause. At the end, his eyes looked out the window.

The windows here have long been replaced with glass, which is crystal clear.

Although the ice and snow have not yet melted, it is already the spring season and the weather is sunny.

The fourth elder brother is on the ground, but he is already stupid.

"The King of the Hereafter", "Blessed for All Generations", he almost fainted, but he endured it so that he did not fall.

He clenched his fists more and more, and the Buddha beads entered the palm of his hand, only to feel that his heart was "pounding", and his chest hurt...... * Cao Mansion, the living room.

Cao Yin, with a bit of warmth, talked to Seshtu about his family and country.

Seshtu has been from an ordinary clan to the Duke of Feng'en Town for more than a year.

I don't know if he was born with a gentle surname, or because he is old and thinks a lot, although he has been a prince for more than a year, he is not arrogant, and he is more and more humble in life.

In this way, even if it is not as majestic as other princes and Bellor, it also adds a bit of everyone's style, which is more and more difficult to underestimate.

Seshtu knew in his heart that he was taking such shit luck because he borrowed the light of the Yue family.

In the past six months, the mystery of Li's life experience has been spreading, and he has a sense of understanding in his heart.

It is true that the old lady of the Cao family is the emperor's nanny, but she is also a little too prominent.

The entire Cao family is only prominent Cao Xi, and the rich grandson is not well-known.

Cao Xi's branch and the holy family are all concentrated in Cao Yin's room.

After understanding this, although Seshtu did not deliberately cling to it, he still quietly snubbed the two rooms in the family, and the relationship with his wife became more and more harmonious.

Even if he jumps into the country, his identity is compared to the previous idle clan, and he can't speak the same way, but the people who come and go are different, and they also need to rely on it.

There is the palace of the prince of Pingjun and the palace of the Earl of the Yue family, and the position of this prince is truly worthy of the name.

When Cao Hao entered, Seshtu listened to Cao Yin.

Seeing Cao Hao coming in, Seshtu got up from his seat: "Big brother is back." ”

He is four or five years older than Cao Hao, but he wants to follow Cao Yi's name.

Cao Hao nodded, turned around and asked his father to say goodbye first, and then sat opposite Seshtu, looked at him carefully and said: "Look at you, you are less than in the past, next year you will be filial piety, and you will come out to take errands, you should also take care of your body." ”

"Brother Xie is worried, but because of the change of seasons, some diets are not adjusted, and the weather is warmer." Seshtu bowed back.

Although it is his sister-in-law, after all, he is already the respect of the country, and such a respectful demeanor makes Cao Yin's father and son a little uncomfortable.

Cao Yin and his son glanced at each other, and said to Seshtu with a smile: "The prince of the country will sit for the time being, and the old man will come back from the outside to pay a visit, and he has not changed his clothes yet, so he will go into the inner house and come back later to accompany him." ”

When Seshtu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, go and be busy, the son-in-law is not an outsider, so you don't need to accompany each other, just talk to the eldest brother here." ”

Cao Yin nodded, explained Cao Hao's two sentences, and went out first.

Cao Hao and Seshtu sent Cao Yin out of the living room before turning back into the house.

Seeing that Seshtu was still like a big guest and couldn't let go, Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "Don't hold it like this, it's not in front of the parent, if we still talk about this ceremony, we will be honest." ”

Before the two were brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, they were already friends and had some affection.

Seshtu smiled and leaned back in his chair, not as reserved as he had been.

Cao Hao saw that his face was faintly colorless, and said, "Is it the close branch of the Guogong Mansion that is making trouble again?" The holy decree is early, what else are they tossing? ”

Seshtu shook his head, frowned and replied: "It's not them, it's the old lady of my family who built the Buddhist hall in the autumn, and now except for the fifteenth day of the new year, we are no longer allowed to go over casually to say goodbye." Even Shou'er didn't stay by his side, so he sent people back to the Gongfu. I begged a few times, and Shou'er and her mother also begged, but the old lady ate the scales. ”

It turned out that this was the reason, Cao Hao nodded.

Seshtu lost his father as a young man, and his widowed mother pulled Chengren, and his mother's heart was very filial. Now it's hard to get the opportunity to get ahead, but the mother and son are separated and can't serve day and night.

Shou'er is the eldest son, and he will inherit the title of the Duke of the Kingdom in the future, and the status of the Hitara clan is limited, and it is not easy to keep it by his side.

Only when Cao Yi gave birth to his second son, or when he had no other sons-in-law, he picked up his eldest son and raised him, which was the incense to inherit the lineage of Seshtu's biological father.

Without him, pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

This is a family affair of Seshtu, Cao Hao is not good at talking, so he changed the topic and talked about something else.

Today, Seshtu accompanied his wife back to the province, in addition to greeting his father-in-law and mother-in-law for the New Year, he also discussed other things with Cao Hao.

His eldest brother-in-law, Zhong Hai, is a child of the Suo Sui Luo family who is covered by the white flag, and he used to be doing business outside the mouth, and the family also received errands from the Internal Affairs Office.

It's just that it's a big family, but in the place where the powerful in the capital gather, it's nothing. The amount in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is meager, so it's just a business that is not rare for other families, and it is just barely making a living.

Cao Hao has been in the capital for several years and has seen Zhong Hai. Although Zhong Hai has the heart to cling, but Cao Hao's side is a little alienated in his politeness, and it is not easy to make friends.

In addition, Cao Hao is always on business trips, and Zhong Hai has been away from Beijing for most of the year, and the number of times the two can meet is limited.

This time, Zhong Hai specially entrusted his brother-in-law to meet Cao Hao at his brother-in-law's house to discuss the bidding in February.

Although Seshtu was reluctant to participate in these things, which made Cao Hao embarrassed, he was begged by his brother-in-law to refuse, so he said it and saw what Cao Hao meant.

If Cao Hao is willing to see him, he will set up a family banquet tomorrow and invite Cao Hao's family to come over for a drink.

If Cao Hao was not happy to agree, then he would find a tactful reason and return to his brother-in-law.

The reason why Zhong Hai wanted to see Cao Hao in the Guogong Mansion was also because he was afraid and didn't dare to put wine outside.

Brother Jiu has already released his words, and many imperial businessmen in the Internal Affairs Office are going to "boycott" in February, and Zhong Hai has no courage to go up against the wind.

can only go around privately while disobeying the yang and yin over there, wanting to take advantage of it and make up for the vacancy vacated by those big families.

These words, it is not the first time that Cao Hao has heard that Brother Jiu has made small moves, and he feels quite strange in his heart.

Could it be that Brother Jiu didn't know that this bid was really going to fail, and it was not his Cao Hao's face that was lost, but Kangxi's face?

The Divine Decree) in, to defy the Holy Decree, that is not to die, what is it?

Cao Hao's side nodded in response.

On the side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is really difficult for outsiders to intervene. The best way is to take this opportunity to replace the old and the new, support the new family to replace the old family, and manage it in the future.

Left and right are those people who rely on them and deliberately want to make trouble, and Cao Hao doesn't need to feel guilty for smashing their jobs, it's the best of both worlds.

Seeing that Cao Hao responded, Seshtu was overjoyed...... * Inner courtyard, Wutong Garden, upper room.

Chu Yu sat on a chair and accompanied her mother-in-law Li to gossip with her sister-in-law Cao Yi. Cao Yi's sister-in-law, Shou'er, wore a pony coat and sat on the top of the kang, smiling and playing with her two cousins.

Nowadays, the pox epidemic is raging in the capital, and many people dare not take their children out. Shou'er has already planted flowers, so she doesn't need to avoid pox, so she was taken by Cao Yi to her mother's house.

Rao is like this, and the Li family is also afraid of what happens, so he didn't let his daughter and grandson enter the Lanyuan to ask for peace, and directly welcomed people to Wutong Garden.

It was Li himself, who took care of his son, and bathed three times, and changed his clothes inside and outside before he arrived at Wutong Garden.

Although they all live in Beijing, they are limited by the rules, and the number of times they can see each other throughout the year can be counted on their fingers.

Although Cao Yi has been married for many years, her dependence on her mother has not diminished, holding Li's hand, she is doing her best as a little daughter, and she has no consciousness of being a mother at all.

Li touched her hair and said to Chu Yu with a smile: "Look at your sister, she is already a mother, but she is more and more clingy than when she was young." ”

Chu Yu has a very good relationship with her sister-in-law, and she will not pick on her, and said with a smile: "If you are tired at your mother-in-law's house, you should be free to go back to your parents' house." ”

In addition to bringing his son back, there was also the old prince's daughter-in-law, Yurui Gege.

Yurui saw the Cao family for the first time, and saw that her sister-in-law seemed to be a different person, and she no longer had the power and coolness in the house, and she was also puzzled in her heart.

Cao Yi is like this every time he is in front of the Li family, and he is not afraid of his sister-in-law's jokes. However, when she felt that someone was looking at her, she remembered that her sister-in-law was also sitting next to her, and her face was a little unbearable.

Yurui saw that her sister-in-law was uncomfortable, pursed her lips and smiled, and scratched her face with her fingers.

Cao Yi was teased by her sister-in-law, but she was uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "When my sister-in-law gets married, she will know that her mother's family is good, and when she comes back, she will be tired of being in my arms." ”

Yurui was still a little girl, she couldn't stand this joke, her face was flushed, she wrinkled her little nose at Cao Yi, and muttered: "Sister-in-law is crazy, talking nonsense." As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Chu Yu and said, "Gege, you are your sister-in-law, your aunt is reluctant to take care of it, you have to take care of it, I always want my sister-in-law not to be so arrogant, so that she can bully others." ”

Speaking of which, she herself couldn't help but "giggle" and laugh.

Tianyou had already stepped forward, raised the nine rings in his hand, and said flatteringly: "Little aunt, solve this!" As he spoke, he looked at Yurui's little face.

Yurui took the Nine Rings, nodded with a smile, and lowered his head to untie it.

Tianyou was already one step closer, honestly sitting beside Yurui and watching.

Cao Yi saw it, and said to Li with a smile: "Tianyou is not afraid of life, and Tongyu Gege is closer than my aunt." ”

Chu Yu couldn't cry or laugh a little, this son loves to get close to good-looking people, like a little pervert......*

(To be continued)