In the spring of March, the willows are green and the flowers are red, and the female relatives who go out of the city to enjoy the flowers in spring are unconscious, and there is a prosperous scene in the capital.

Teahouses and restaurants, among the markets, the most talked about is not the Wanshou Festival, but the lunar eclipse on the night of March 15. Although no one dared to talk about it in a scruples, he whispered in private and talked about it a lot.

Those who are well-informed will quietly add that this month is not only a lunar eclipse, but also an eclipse on the first day of the new year. It's just that the people in the capital can't see it, but the people in the southern provinces can see it really.

In these ten months, how can people not be suspicious?

Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, this eclipse and lunar eclipse are gathered, is it a bad sign? In the conversation, there are many people who speculate.

The people were ignorant, did not know the reason for the changes in heaven and earth, and when they saw the difference, they were afraid. Just to make ends meet, and then throw it aside, who has the time to think about heavenly things.

Officials and scholars are different from ordinary people. Pay special attention to the appearance of the sky.

There is no other way in the sky, and it is said that nature is the supreme emperor.

Although there is no clear news to prove that the Lord is seriously ill at the end of February and the beginning of March, the clues after that still make the clan and the civil and military officials smell it.

It's just that this "eclipse" means this spring disease, or is it ...... After seeing the imposing emperors at the Wanshou Festival, those who were looking forward to "changing the heavens and the earth" in their hearts also broke their minds.

The moon is opposite to the moon, which belongs to the yin, and corresponds to the middle palace of the mother world.

Although he has canonized three queens, he is still a widower. In the harem, there is the respect of the phoenix, which is the first emperor and Kangxi's mother-in-law, the queen mother Borzigit.

The queen mother's surname is open-minded, and she is devout to worship the Buddha, and her body was quite healthy in her early years. After her sister Shuhui died the year before last, the Queen Mother was overly sad, she was already bedridden, her hair was almost white, and several teeth had fallen out.

At that time, the Queen Mother was seventy-three years old.

According to the old folk saying, "Seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of Hades does not call himself to go", the queen mother looked at her teeth, depressed, thinking that her life was approaching.

It was Kangxi who comforted and said: "The emperor's mother has lived more than seventy years, and her grandson and great-grandson have died more than 100. And the grandchildren of the emperor's mother are all white and their teeth are about to fall, not to mention that the grandmother enjoys such a high age. My ancestors, often said that the old man's teeth fall out, which is beneficial to the descendants of the emperor. ”

When the queen mother heard this, she was overjoyed and said: "The emperor's words, all my old ladies and sisters should be happy when they hear it." ”

Since then, although the Queen Mother's condition has gradually improved, she is still old after all, and it is not as good as before.

The imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital are all worried. If you really encounter the change of the moon, the imperial doctor here in the Tai Hospital, who knows if it will be implicated.

In all dynasties, there were not a few imperial doctors who were beheaded in anger due to the change of the moon.

Regarding the "saying of the moon" circulating in this officialdom, the officials on the side of the Taifu Temple also know it. After the rumors at the beginning of the month, no one paid attention to it this time.

Cao Yan is busier than before.

He made a summary of the implementation of the pasture plague prevention policy formulated with Tang Zhiyu the year before last, and circled the deficiencies; Go to Nanyuan Ranch to consult with someone who specializes in it and make it even better.

In addition to this, he also proposed a "forage reserve" plan for the severe loss of the pasture during the blizzard, as well as a "captive house" method to increase the reproduction rate of mares.

The above totals, Cao Yan are listed one by one.

After listening to the words of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Yan's heart was already ready to be demoted, but there was still no news.

Cao Yan was still wondering in his heart if Kangxi's anger had disappeared and he didn't want to toss him.

However, when the lunar eclipse on March 15 arrived, Cao Yan knew that even if he was reluctant to be idle, he would not be able to keep it for fear of wearing it.

In the previous dynasties, all kinds of natural disasters and anomalies were carried by the prime minister in the name of immorality, or demoted, or exiled.

There is a Qing generation, completely ended the history of the imperial power constraints, although the scholar has the name of "Xiangguo", but there is no right to Xiangguo. For this reason, when encountering the appearance of the sky, it is not easy for the emperor to take these scholars into the top cylinder.

Among the six nine qing, those who can jump out of the stubble will be unlucky at this time.

Cao Yan couldn't help but feel funny when he thought of this. It seems that he is not an ordinary person, and the changes in the moon and stars also have their own "effect" in it.

In the Yamen of Taifu Temple for two years, most of the time Cao Yan went with the flow, enjoying the freedom and leisure of the cold Yamen. Now that he thinks that he is going to leave, he also wants to make some achievements in his heart, and it is not in vain to be this servant Siqing.

The upward and downward effects are not only Cao Yan, the chief official, but also the other officials are not easy to be slow, and they are all very careful.

In the past two years in charge of the Yamen of Taifu Temple, although Cao Yan has been gentle with others, when it comes to official business, the requirements are also very strict.

There is no dereliction of duty, no corruption, and no abuse of power for personal gain.

Otherwise, he, the chief official, would have to add comments such as "inferior" and "unusable" to the annual evaluation book of the subordinate officials of the Taifu Temple. Among them, he was unrepentant, and Cao Yan stopped his errand directly.

At the beginning, everyone bullied him for being young, and he still regarded him as a new official with three fires, and he was afraid of his power and did not want to be the first bird.

After stopping for a while, seeing that Cao Yan had no follow-up actions, it was inevitable that someone would reveal his true form. The greed of the greedy, the errand of the errand, the atmosphere of the entire yamen is gloomy.

Cao Yan is not a person of many words, so he directly stopped the errands of a few people, and then promoted a few people with good conduct to fill those shortcomings.

Only then did everyone know that Cao Yan was serious, and Cao Yan's previous methods were also explored clearly.

Not counting locally, just in the capital, when he was a guard, Cao Yan dared to fight with the children of the powerful people of the Three Banners; When he was an official, he assisted Prince Yong in preventing the epidemic in the capital, and dared to lead people to surround the Elder Brother's Mansion.

In the end, everyone had to admit that their chief officer was just looking kind, and it was really hard to provoke.

Everyone was careful to undertake the errand, in addition to being afraid of Cao Yan's sour face, they also had a little idea of being motivated. Cao Yan's subordinates in the household department were all promoted by him; On the side of Taifu Temple, these newly promoted and supplemented are precedents that make people blush.

In this way, everyone is conscientious and conscientious, and the old atmosphere is changed.

The errand of this Taifu Temple is already leisurely, and it is especially obvious after correcting the complicated procedures and procrastination.

Many officials, all following the example of Cao Yan, entered the yamen in the morning and finished all the errands in hand.

And with a teapot in the back, wandering around, gossiping, and flipping through idle books, it is more relaxed than in the past.

Now, Cao Yan is preparing for being dismissed and wants to leave something useful for future generations. Others, who don't have that many errands on their hands.

In less than half a day, some people couldn't sit still, and privately asked Tang Zhiyu to probe Cao Yan to see what the adults were busy with and what were the requirements for their subordinates.

No matter what, despite the order, having a living eye is better than everyone pretending to work hard.

Tang Zhiyu was also very curious in his heart, Cao Yan's serious appearance was unprecedented. Therefore, this upright gentleman came to Cao Yan and asked respectfully.

Cao Yan is in a dilemma with the article "captive feeding", which was originally proposed by later generations to protect the environment. In addition to the mare, if other horses can gradually implement this, I wonder if it will work?

What he has is only theory, and his experience and cognition are still lacking.

Seeing Tang Zhiyu asking, Cao Yan's heart moved, and asked him to tell all the subordinate officials, asking everyone to compare their own errands in the past two years, summarize their achievements in their own errands, what are the affirmations, shortcomings, what are the proposals, and so on.

Under Confucian education, the surnames of scholars are subtle and high, and it is difficult to want them to admit their shortcomings, and it is difficult to ask them to praise themselves.

At that time, I am afraid that if a paragraph of text is full of flowers, it will not be clear whether it is certain or insufficient. Thinking of this, Cao Yan advised that the text should be concise and capable.

It was only at this time that Cao Fang came to his senses.

He is not only an individual servant Siqing, but also a member of this yamen. Because of the fact that everyone is performing their duties, he has been idle for the past two years.

Even if he wanted to do something beneficial to the yamen before he was demoted or dismissed, he should not ignore that the upper and lower levels are one.

After listening to Tang Zhiyu's words, everyone looked at each other, but they were thinking about something.

Many people were excited, wondering if there was going to be a change in the yamen, and everyone was attentive.

In the yamen, except for Wang Jingzeng, who was nominally on the same level as Cao Yan and did not need to write this "summary", everyone else wrote it, and Yi Duli was among them.

Although I don't know what Cao Yan's purpose is, Iduli has worked with him for two years, and I know that he is very strict in his official duties and will not take it lightly.

After two or three days of hard work, everyone's "summary" was handed over.

Cao Yan looked through it carefully, and some people wrote brilliantly, praising and praising their achievements; Some people point out their own shortcomings in a few words, followed by all kinds of proposals.

The text is like the person, the words are like the person, Cao Yan can't help but feel self-blame and remorse in his heart.

If he had thought of asking everyone to write this two years ago, he would have supported some of these good suggestions in his area of responsibility, so that people could make their wishes come true.

Now, time is not waiting for me, but it has to be regretted.

After feeling a little emotional, Cao Yan put pen to paper again, and according to the summary of everyone, he made additions and subtractions according to the existing regulations in the yamen, so that later generations could have rules to follow and avoid detours.

For those subordinate officials who affirmed their own achievements, Cao Yan checked the relevant records in the yamen in the past two years, and selected a few outstanding ones, and wrote a letter of recommendation in the name of the chief.

Even if he is demoted or dismissed, it is just to take responsibility for the imperial court.

The Cao family is here, his identity and Shuo's identity have not changed, and the "potential" has not disappeared.

For those subordinate officials who can clearly point out their own shortcomings, Cao Yan admires their courage not to justify and cover up their mediocrity.

Being able to reflect on oneself and not be self-righteous is also a virtue, a virtue worthy of respect.

Cao Yan picked up the pen and wrote it at the back, either words of praise and affirmation, or words of clarification of doubts.

After processing all the documents of these subordinate officials, it was already after the Wanshou Festival, Cao Yan returned the documents to you, and there was no follow-up.

Yi Duli couldn't hold it back, and knocked on the side several times, but Cao Yan just smiled and didn't answer.

It's just that he has fulfilled his duties as the chief of the Taifu Temple, and Cao Yan's heart is very relaxed.

He is such a person, although he has a big grin on his face, he hopes that he can do better. Don't ask others to praise you, just ask for a clear conscience, so that people can't find mistakes.

But he didn't notice that this unintentional move was also accumulating contacts for himself.

"Colleagues" are the same as "the same year" and "fellow villagers", and in the officialdom in the future, it is a relationship of mutual support and mutual support.

Cao Yan was methodical here, but Kangxi couldn't help but be angry.

* Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Kangxi looked at the excerpts sent by the scholars, his face sank like water, and his eyes were already more violent. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still felt terrified.

The two bachelors of the imperial prelude were afraid to speak, and their hearts were bottomless.

The rumors caused by this "change of the moon" have not yet dispersed, and there is another incident of the Yangtze River breaching, and thirteen river embankments in Huguang, Jianli and other counties have been broken.

It's only March now, and the water is already so dangerous, and in the middle of summer, I don't know what will go wrong.

It's really "the moon changes color" and "the mountains and rivers are turbulent", which is really not a good sign, but I don't know where the seal is...... * 8,000 miles away, just north of the border of Hami.

With smoke and dust, the sound of iron hooves, a tall middle-aged man, looking at the several stockades in front of him, with a smile on his face, stood in front of the black and overwhelming team, raised his head, and waved the Mongolian knife in his hand......

(To be continued)