Just when the six ministries and nine Qingqing were boiling and discussing the new emperor's imminent accession to the throne, Cao Hao's busy foot hit the back of his head.

Except for crying three times a day, and he couldn't pull it every time, he was tied to the household yamen for other kung fu.

The two Shangshu of the household department, the full Shangshu Sun Zhaqi was inappropriate, and now he went to the acting engineering department to arrange the repair of the imperial mausoleum, and he didn't care about the household department; Han Shang Shutian has almost nourished from the canon's illness, but in the end, it is the age of ancient times, and after the national funeral has been tossed down, he is already out of breath and coughing, and he is struggling to support it every day.

Of the four waiters, one of them was demoted to three levels last month because of his bad business, and the new candidates have not been filled.

Therefore, Cao Hao not only had to take care of the errands under his own name, but also shared the errands with the other two waiters.

This is not counting, since it is a national funeral, the place where the money was spent will go to the sea.

funeral feasts, ceasing spirits, repairing the imperial tombs, and repairing the roads from the capital to the imperial tombs; The new emperor ascended the throne, various matters; There is also the repair of Cining Palace, and the concubines of the Emperor Daxing move the palace, and there are all kinds of things, and silver must be made everywhere.

The household department has already paid for the grain, even the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver squeezed out by Cao Hao for the seventeenth elder brother last month are not easy, and now it is even more difficult.

Cao Hao and the three of them are eager to pull the abacus every time and find savings from everywhere.

Where is it so easy? It's really a bit of a response to the old saying, "It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice."

In the end, in the name of "borrowing," the household department withdrew 500,000 taels from the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 500,000 taels from the bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, totaling 1 million, to meet the immediate expenses.

In the hustle and bustle of the household, the Ministry of Rites promulgated the edict of the Daxing Emperor, agreeing on the date of the new emperor's accession to the throne, which is the twentieth of this month.

Cao Hao was busy with the money and also paid attention to the movements in the palace.

Although these few words are just to see the back of the fourth elder brother at the time of the sacrifice, Cao Hao has also heard of the new emperor's "filial piety".

Every time he cried five times, he also went to Yonghe Palace to greet the Queen Mother sooner or later. In addition, in the aftermath of Emperor Daxing, he is more like the "filial son" of ordinary people, and "filial piety" is the first everywhere.

There is also a refusal to eat, a few cabinet scholars, and how the Minister of the Interior has spoken several times.

Hearing this, Cao Hao stared, he really didn't expect the fourth elder brother to be able to do this.

That's the fourth elder brother who was called the "King of Cold Noodles" on the shelf, how did he become so emotional?

Don't dare to think deeply, deep thinking is frightening.

Cao Hao decided to do his duty and not think about those useless things.

The emptiness of the household is a major event, without silver, there is no reliance, and many important matters in the court will be delayed. The fourth elder brother has been in charge of the household department for many years, and he should know the importance of money and food.

But even if he had a new deal in his heart, he would not dare to act rashly when he ascended the throne. The fastest way is to collect the household deficit in the name of recovering the deficit of the household department, and fill the treasury.

Li Jia...... When was the house raided...... Thinking of the Li family, Cao Hao's heart was a little heavy.

Although the Li family is not the flesh and blood of the Li family, she is raised in the Li family as the daughter of the Li family, which is similar to Hengsheng's current situation.

In the early years, Cao Hao only thought that the Li family was troublesome, and he couldn't understand the Li family's closeness to the Li family, and he wanted his mother to break off with them cleanly, and even forced the reputation of the Cao family with his own safety, which now seems to be too cruel to his mother.

When the Li family falls, the Li family is afraid that they will also be hit hard.

It's not that Cao Hao is cold-blooded, but now he is looking forward to the fourth elder brother ascending the throne as soon as possible and dealing with the Li family, saving these drags, which makes people anxious.

When the processing is completed, Cao Hao can help, and he will help him, so that his mother can feel at ease.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard someone say, "Your Excellency......"

Cao Hao listened, raised his head, but saw an acquaintance.

Li Wei came, looking at the account book he was holding in his hand, Cao Hao said, "The silver is in the warehouse?" ”

This silver is the one million taels of "borrowed silver" mentioned earlier.

"If you go back to the adult, you will be in the warehouse, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs is waiting to urge the official of the household department to detain, saying that the previous procedures are a little insufficient, and please ask the household department to issue a good preparation file. I can't be the master of my humble duties, so I have invited a few adults to make decisions. Li Wei bowed and said.

When Cao Hao heard this, he knew in his heart that the so-called "insufficient procedures" was just an excuse, and he was afraid that the household department would be ridiculing the truth.

The silver in the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is okay, it is the emperor's private treasury, and if there is no silver on the side of the household, it will be squeezed and returned; The 500,000 in the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not scored.

But if the Ministry of Household Affairs opens this head and defaults on the money owed to the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then can the other yamen in the capital let the bank go?

The Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is afraid that it will become the "ATM" of the imperial court in the future.

What the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants should be the accurate repayment date of the household department.

After all, this "borrowing money" is for the purpose of holding a state funeral, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no right to say "no".

This yamen is an iron-clad camp and a flowing soldier, even if the current officials of the hall have issued official documents and said when the household department will be able to repay the money, what then? This is a business matter, if the household department can run out of money, what can the internal affairs government do?

"Lord Tian is here, I'll listen to the old man's meaning later." Cao Hao thought for a while and said.

Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whether it is the Sixteenth Elder Brother, Yi Duli, or Dong Dianbang, they are all acquaintances of Cao Hao, but Cao Hao did not distinguish between public and private to point fingers on this matter.

Li Wei answered, and did not leave immediately. Because Cao Hao mentioned "later" in his words, he must have something to say.

Cao Hao was not in a hurry to speak, and asked Li Wei to sit down.

Looking at Li Wei, who was not shocked by honor and disgrace, he only had envy. Yongzheng ascended the throne, and Cao Hao still had to manage the way of courtiers; Li Wei is about to soar.

"Do you want to release it?" Cao Hao didn't say anything long-winded, and said bluntly: "What realm, is there any news?" ”

The day before yesterday, on the fourth day of the death of Emperor Daxing, and it was also the Ministry of Rites that issued the edict of Emperor Daxing to the world, the fourth elder brother made a will to relieve the errand of Yin Yu Huapeng of Shuntian Mansion, and promoted Chen Shouchuang to Yin of Shuntian Mansion in the matter.

On the occasion of the change of imperial power in the capital, replaced by the new Mansion Yin, this person will not be an ordinary person.

This Chen Shouchuang, a thirty-three year jinshi of Kangxi, was released as a magistrate after being a scholar in the Hanlin Academy for three years. This has been done for 24 years, and it has been done in three places and eight counties, and it was not until last year that he was transferred back to the capital, and he was appointed to the Ministry of Industry to give things to the middle of the matter, and he was five products.

He was not promoted for more than 20 years, not because he was an official, but because he was a Han Chinese, and he was born in a poor family, and there was no one in the court.

How can such a character, who was promoted to Shuntianfu Mansion Yin at this sensitive moment, not attract the attention of all parties.

Within a year, this old jinshi was promoted from the seventh rank of Zhixian to the fifth grade to the third grade of the mansion.

The emperor of the world, there is no doubt that the fourth elder brother can trust this Chen Shouchuang like this, and this Chen Shouchuang is afraid that he has already thrown himself into the fourth elder brother's door.

In addition to Chen Shouchuang's promotion to the governor of Shuntian Mansion, Cao Hao also heard some rumors that Nian Xiyao, who was dismissed a few years ago, was going to recover.

In this way, if the fourth elder brother wants to reward everyone in the hidden mansion, Li Wei should also be able to take advantage.

The fourth elder brother has always appreciated Li Wei, but with Li Wei's resume, if he wants to be entrusted to Jingtang, there are still some qualifications that are not enough, and the surname may be greater if he is transferred back to the capital after being released.

"But let the adults say it, I just heard Mr. Dai mention it yesterday, saying that it was released to be directly subordinate to the Taoist platform." Speaking of this, Li Wei smiled a little bitterly and said, "How many catties do I have, but adults don't know yet?" I can still cope with the food in the six parts, but I don't have the confidence to go down to the place. ”

If you don't scrape the ground, I'm afraid that you will be eaten alive, no wonder Li Wei is not happy.

"Looking for a few more good masters, I was also black-eyed back then, and I haven't survived yet. Looking at the above meaning, most of it is for you to experience it, and then you will have to make a big difference. Cao Hao said.

Li Wei smiled bitterly: "There is the Cao family behind the adults, and I am a donor, but I am not as good as Chen Shouchuang." What is not a grand plan, but just look at the mood above. ”

He was still worried about his errand, so he didn't stay long, and went to Tian Cong's official office to ......* In the Forbidden City, Yonghe Palace.

In front of the Yonghe Palace, the fourth elder brother stood at the foot of the steps, tears welling up.

In the past few days, he has long been physically and mentally exhausted, but his physical exhaustion cannot be compared with his desperate mood at the moment.

The man in the main hall was his own mother. When he was able to inherit the unification so that she could also follow her son "mother is more precious than son", she regarded her son as an enemy.

Since the funeral of Emperor Daxing, she has not left Yonghe Palace again under the pretext of illness, and she has not seen her son who came to ask for peace twice a day in the morning and evening, and only let the inner servant come out to pass the word.

Today is November 18, and the next day is the enthronement ceremony.

According to the rules, he, the new emperor, had to salute the Queen Mother before going to the Taihe Hall to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials. When the Ministry of Rites handed the recital to the Empress Dowager's palace, the Empress Dowager asked someone to pass the word, only saying that the emperor should be congratulated on his accession to the throne, and what did it matter whether to salute her.

In and out of words, even the mother-son relationship was wiped out.

On this day's family affairs, the Ministry of Rites is not too interfering, and the next thing is that several prime ministers asked the Queen Mother to accept the ceremony, but the Queen Mother still did not allow it.

In the end, there was no way, so the fourth elder brother could only come over and beg in person.

The world attaches the most importance to filial piety, and if he, the new emperor, loses in "filial piety", he will be scolded by his subjects.

The queen mother didn't give face to the fourth elder brother, and still turned him away. Even if the fourth elder brother stood in front of the hall for a long time, he didn't see the queen mother have a change of heart.

The fourth elder brother knew that his biological mother's surname was a little paranoid, but he didn't expect her to do this.

Where is this mother and son, it is clearly the enemy!

The fourth elder brother said that he was sincere and filial piety, and he didn't eat or drink for the first few days, and then at the behest of the ministers, he finally entered the rice water, but he only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge every time, and his body was already weak.

After standing for three or four hours, and the cold wind was blowing, the fourth elder brother couldn't stand it, his body swayed, and he only felt a headache.

At this moment, I heard footsteps behind me.

The fourth elder brother lowered his head and wiped away his tears, and when he turned around, his face had returned to his usual color, and there was a bit of anger in his eyes. Can't he take his anger out on his birth mother, and not on others?

He clearly decreed that the Queen Mother was "unwell", and the Yonghe Palace was now mainly serving the sick inside and outside, and should not be disturbed at will, who would dare to ignore his orders and come over to make trouble?

When he saw the comer, he was stunned.

The person who came looked like he was in his thirties, with slender eyebrows and eyes, affectionate corners of his mouth, and a vegetarian body, which added a bit of charm.

The people who came didn't seem to expect the fourth elder brother to be there, his face was red and white, showing a little panic and helplessness.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't come forward to salute him for a while, I'm afraid that the fourth elder brother would have been annoyed; However, now the fourth elder brother did not mean to be annoyed, but gave birth to a little pity.

This must have been calculated by others, otherwise he would not have risked his own taboo and came to Yonghe Palace.

"Is there something wrong with the concubine?" The fourth elder brother still used the old name.

The person who came was Emperor Daxing's favorite concubine and concubine in recent years, after Hongli entered the palace, she was raised by her side, and she has always been friendly to Hongli and the fourth elder brother.

"It was the eunuch who came to the concubine Niangniang, the head of the imperial dining room, and said that the queen mother was not eating well these days, and the concubine Niangniang was not at ease, so she asked the concubine to comfort one or two." Concubine He said softly.

Because the fourth elder brother did not ascend the throne, the female dependents of the palace have not yet entered the palace, and the affairs of the six palaces are still handled by the concubines of the Daxing Emperor.

The two concubines Rong and Hui are old and have been out of board for many years, and Concubine De has become the queen mother and "recuperates quietly"; Concubine Yi lost her rules in front of Zigong a few days ago and had a heart disease, and she couldn't recover from her illness in these days.

In this way, this palace affairs were handed back to Concubine Tong.

Concubine Tong has enjoyed half her life, where is the material for managing things?

There was really no way, so she pulled the concubine and the concubine to co-organize. The concubines and concubines are all stable people, so there is nothing wrong with them.

Unexpectedly, after a few days of peace, some people were restless. Concubine He saw through this, so she said the cause and effect, and pulled the concubine as a banner.

She thought that the fourth elder brother was the adopted son of Queen Xiaoyi, and he valued Long Keduo a lot, so he would treat Concubine Tong differently. But I didn't know that among the concubines in this harem, the fourth elder brother hated Concubine Tong the most.

This Concubine Tong is the sister of Queen Xiaoyi, who is only ten years older than the fourth elder brother.

Before her draft, Empress Xiaoyi often took this sister into the palace. The fourth elder brother called him "aunt", and he was also close to him in his heart.

Before Empress Xiaoyi, Concubine Tong had already entered the palace as a concubine.

The queen has been ill for a long time and knows that she is going to die, and the most uneasy thing is naturally the adopted son and the fourth elder brother. She once held her little sister's hand in front of the sickbed and asked her to take care of the fourth elder brother in the future.

Concubine Tong swore an oath, but after Empress Xiaoyi, she avoided the fourth elder brother because she was afraid of Concubine De. Even the Tong family has become much more estranged from the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother was adopted by a concubine who was envied by everyone, and became a poor prince whose biological mother was not close to him and was rejected by his adoptive mother's family. Among them, only he knows the suffering.

Even later, after he opened the mansion, he rebuilt his relationship with the Tong family, and he never got close to his aunt.

Listening to Concubine He say this now, the fourth elder brother didn't care about Concubine Tong at all, but felt that Concubine He's surname was pure and good, pitiful and respectable.

"The Queen Mother's diet is not adjusted, what's going on, can you tell me carefully?" The fourth elder brother said.

Although he did not ascend the throne, the palace has already changed its mind.

Concubine He just came by order, and where can I say the specific details.

Seeing that the fourth elder brother was solemn, she didn't dare to fool around, and was hesitating how to phrase it.

Seeing that she was silent, the fourth elder brother thought that there was something unspeakable, so he couldn't help frowning, glanced at the eunuch and palace maid who followed her, and said, "It's windy outside, please go into the palace with your mother to talk." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the West Side Temple......*

(To be continued)