Changchun Garden, West Road, Vegetable Garden.

Although it is called a vegetable garden, it is not all vegetables and vegetables, and wheat is grown near the northern border. Winter wheat is planted in the capital, sown between July and August in autumn, and matures from April to May of the following year.

Under the rising sun, Kangxi was wearing regular clothes, standing on the edge of the wheat field, leaning over and smoking an ear of wheat, holding it in his hand and examining it carefully. Due to the good rain last autumn and winter, the wheat is still bearing well, and it seems that this year's harvest should be good.

"Liang Jiugong, look, this year's ears of wheat bear better than last year!" He raised the ear of wheat in his hand and said to the eunuch who was waiting behind him.

The eunuch was not Liang Jiugong, but Wei Zhu, the deputy chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace.

Hearing Kangxi's call for "Liang Jiugong", Wei Zhu hurriedly bowed down and replied in a low voice: "Long live the lord, it's a slave, Mr. Liang is in the palace, not at the end of the garden." ”

Kangxi came to his senses at this time, glanced at Wei Zhu, and did not say a word.

Although there is a green wheat field in front of him, and there are peach and willow green not far away, Kangxi's mood is not as vivid as this scenery.

There are three more days, which is his Jiazi's birthday. Although Su Yue felt that he was still healthy, and every time the doctors in the Tai Hospital checked his pulse, they couldn't stop saying, "Long live the spirit of Ye Longma", but he was an old man after all.

However, he didn't have time to remember the lost years here. Today is the fifteenth, the Great Court Meeting, Prince Baylor, Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, are waiting for him in the Arrow Hall in front.

*Changchun Garden, Arrow Hall.

Whether it was Prince Baylor or the Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs at Home and Abroad, in order not to delay the court meeting, they all got up in the middle of the night and came out of Xizhimen.

Chouzheng (two o'clock in the morning) came out of Xizhimen, and the carriages and horses traveled for more than an hour, and everyone arrived at Changchun Garden, where they had been waiting for a long time.

Cao Hao stood in the hall, not squinting, but regretting it in his heart. Although according to the rules, in this kind of court meeting, he should wear this crown uniform equivalent to Wu Yipin and stand in the hall. However, due to the large number of people attending the court meeting today, the smell in this room is a little unpleasant.

Today, in addition to the kings, Beile, Beizi, Gong, and officials of the Chinese and military ministers of Beijing, there are also foreign officials who have entered Beijing to celebrate their birthdays.

The hall above the fourth grade is on the hall and outside the hall below the fourth grade. Although there are many petty officials outside the hall, there are also too many lords in the hall.

The Arrow Hall, which was originally relatively spacious, is now a little crowded.

Brother Prince, needless to say, the prince of the clan, Baylor, is those officials who are qualified to enter Beijing to celebrate his birthday, which one is not on the fourth grade?

Just like Cao Yin, Li Xu, Sun Wenqi and others, although the main position is good, it is the fifth grade, but the title or concurrent official position is the fourth grade, so they are all ranked in the hall.

Before and after the Wanshou Festival, he could still stay in the capital for more than ten days, Cao Hao calculated the time in his heart, and he would leave Beijing at the end of the month at the latest. Thinking of the conversation with Chu Yu last night, he was very ashamed. Why does Chu Yu think like this, could it be that he has invisibly put pressure on his wife? But Chu Yu is also reasonable, the old couple's evening scene is indeed too lonely, which makes people unbearable.

Thinking of these, Cao Hao thought of the twins born by Tian's family, the two little ones were two months younger than Tianyou, the big one was called "Zuo Zhu", and the small one was called "Zuo Cheng". Although the small body was originally a little weak, after a few months of conditioning, it has improved a lot.

If Tianyou is a twin, isn't everything solved? I talked a lot with Chu Yu last night, and I also said that I would send Tianyou back to the south a few years later. But Chu Yu's meaning, now the child is not sensible, it is better to send it over, I am afraid that after two years, the child will remember people, and tossing and turning will make the child sad.

After the Wanshou Festival, Cao Yin and Li returned to the south, Cao Hao returned to Yizhou, and Chu Yu would stay in the capital temporarily, take care of Wu'er, and wait for Erfang Zhaojia and others to enter Beijing. After helping the second room to settle in the capital, she will return to Yizhou.

The second room enters Beijing, Zhaojia's is an inner house woman, and she can't do it outside. Cao Song is only nineteen, still a half-old child, and the remaining years are even younger. If there is something that is really reassuring, I still have to ask my brother-in-law to take care of it.

He thought of Sun Jue and Seshtu again, and said that the two of them were serious aunts in the second room, and they had to see each other again before leaving.

Cao Hao was still thinking about these family matters, and he didn't pay attention to several eyes looking at him, the seventh elder brother's expression was a little complicated, Hongshu and Hongzhuo's faces were full of blue, and the fight couldn't be hidden.

Because of Qiaofu's matter to be returned, the two brothers also felt obedient and took the initiative to admit their mistakes in front of the seventh elder brother. Both of them said that they did it first, and they couldn't complain about their brothers, and they took all the blame on themselves.

Although the two brothers looked embarrassed, their faces were full of joy that could not be hidden, and they were more and more intimate than before.

The seventh elder brother couldn't smile bitterly, he didn't expect that the eldest son, who had always been steady and honest, would have a day to teach his brothers a lesson, and he thought about it in his heart.

knew about Qiaofu, but he was faintly disliked. Although he was glad that his sons had been reconciled and that his brothers had been spared the calamity of the wall, he did not believe that his eldest son could be so careful and thoughtful.

When the seventh elder brother asked in private, although Hongshu was not supportive, he only said that it was his own idea at first. Later, when he saw that his father's face was ugly, he said that he had the support of his brother-in-law and the proposal of his wife Borzigit.

Cao Hao's words of persuading Hongshu made the seventh elder brother secretly amused, but he didn't expect that he had always looked at Lao Cheng's son-in-law and this naughty side.

However, the seventh elder brother was a little unhappy about the involvement of the Borzigit clan. It's good to have a shrewd eldest daughter-in-law, but you can't overdo it and control your husband in the palm of your hand. The seventh elder brother inevitably reprimanded Hongshu a few more words, and ordered two sentences outside the words.

Then, the brothers Hongshu and Hongzhuo were sent to the study to kneel. Always give Chang Fujin a step down, let her take this breath, and save the family from making trouble.

Today, seeing that his son-in-law is ranked as a lord in a dignified manner, the seventh elder brother thought of his eldest daughter and grandson Tianyou. If Cao Hao has been released, it is not easy for him to see his daughter's grandson, after all, there is only one longevity like this year.

If Cao Hao can stay in Beijing, he can often see his daughter and little grandson, and it will be of great benefit to several elder brothers in the palace. Hongshu's surname is slightly cowardly, Hongzhuo's surname is a little extreme, and Hongxin is too childish, which is enough to make the seventh elder brother feel heartbroken.

Unlike the Seventh Elder Brother, the Ninth Elder Brother's eyes were more gloomy.

I can't tell what the reason is, he just doesn't like Cao Hao. Perhaps it was the dispute between Cao Hao and Guo Luoluo's family a few years ago that hurt his face and made him depressed.

If it weren't for Cao Hao's later marriage to the eldest son of the Seventh Elder Brother, the Ninth Elder Brother would have to clean him up a few times. Although the eighth elder brother persuaded him yesterday, but thinking of the hundreds of acres of land on the side of Xiaotang Mountain, the ninth elder brother was a little more unhappy with Cao Hao.

The sixteenth elder brother whispered to the seventeenth elder brother while scanning the several brothers in front of him with the corner of his eye. It's not that he's just being blind, but after knowing that Cao Hao fell off a horse in Shandong, he himself thought more than before.

Cao Haosu said that he was too lazy to be lazy, and he couldn't get out easily, so that he could end up this kind of grudge that was put to death. The sixteenth elder brother himself has been by the side of Huang Ama in the past few years, and he can be regarded as favored, and all kinds of patrols are with him, who knows which one he offended unintentionally and which one he hindered? I thought it would be good to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but now it seems that I have to take careful precautions to save myself from being innocently calculated.

The seventeenth elder brother didn't think about it, and talked about the gardens of several princes and brothers around him with great interest. The garden of the third elder brother has been to the imperial father, and the gardens of the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother have not yet been seen. He consulted with his brother to see if he would go over and wander around.

Although he has not yet opened the mansion, he is not as good as a few long-term royal brothers, all of whom are high-ranking princes, but because he made people build other courtyards in Changping, he is also very concerned about what the garden is arranged.

Not to mention the various people in the hall, I listened to the sound of drums, the whip opened, and Kangxi went to court.

Everyone stood according to the position they had already paid attention to, according to their identity and grade, and they all knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live, long live, long live!" ”

Kangxi sat on the high dragon chair, glanced at everyone, and said, "All the Qing are flat!" ”

Everyone bowed their heads again, and then they got up from behind, and they all stood with their heads bowed, and no one dared to raise their heads.

I listened to the inner attendant and the male duck sang in a loud voice: "There is a morning play, and there is no retreat!" ”

Listening to the sound of footsteps, there were four people in total, namely Prince Cheng Yinzhi, Prince Jane Yarjianga, University Scholar Wenda and University Scholar Li Guangdi.

In addition to the eldest brother and the abolished prince who were trapped, Prince Cheng is the eldest brother of the princes of Kangxi; Yarjana is the commander of the Zongren Mansion and the head of the kings of the clan; Wenda was a Manchu bachelor, and Li Guangdi was a Han scholar, the head of the Manchu Dynasty cultural relics.

The four of them played in unison, the kings, Baylor, Beizi, the princess, the ministers of civil and military affairs at home and abroad, etc., to the eighteenth day of the emperor's sixtieth celebration, each into the saddle of horses and satin and other things.

Kangxi said in a deep voice: "Every time I read and appreciate the ancients, I read the way of the king in the world, but I am based on solidity and practical government. I have been born for more than 50 years, and I dare not have leisure at night, but I am afraid of not admiring the blessing of heaven and showing the protection of my ancestors. He has been in power for a long time, and he has been deeply encouraged, and the ministers inside and outside the country have forgiven each other. You are diligent in government affairs and kind to the people's livelihood, which is my luck! What is offered, but what is offered! ”

The two princes and the two scholars all knelt, and the other princes and officials also knelt on the ground with a hula and once again congratulated the birthday ceremony.

Repeatedly, the form is sufficient, and this drama is over.

Then, there is the recital of Xiao Yongzao, a scholar from all provinces, who came to Beijing to congratulate the officials of the provinces, except for those who are less than 60 years old and who have committed serious crimes, there are 23 people, including the civil official Li Luyu, and two people, including the military attache Wang Shichen, who are listed to respectfully request the Holy Judgment.

Kangxi ordered the attendant to hand over the fold, read it carefully, lifted the imperial pen, ticked the circle, and then said: "The original admiral Wang Shichen, the squire Li Luyu, Peng Huiqi, the deputy capital of the imperial Shi Lao Zhizhi, the waiter Yang Dahe, the imperial history Lubin, Yuan Qiao, the envoy Sun Zhiding, the prefect Zhang Wenhuang, the Guanglu Temple Department Zheng Xing Yantong sentenced Zhao Mingren, the county magistrate Shen Zongyan, and the original works were given." Those who were over sixty years old in the Han Dynasty had already shown grace, and the officials of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Han armies also followed this example. ”

Xiao Yongzao stepped back in response, and then the list was the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Heshuo, whose recital was about the relevant arrangements for the longevity ceremony.

Outside the Xizhi Gate, a dragon shed has been built according to the province. 17. The elderly of the provinces will gather under the dragon shed of the province to pick up the driver; Eighteen to Zhengyang Gate, listen to the Ministry of Rites to point to the place to salute, and then to the dragon shed to pick up.

After listening to the recital, Kangxi groaned and said, "Since I passed through the dragon sheds of various provinces when I entered the palace on the seventeenth day, the old people have to pay their respects calmly. After the eighteenth salute, the old man does not have to go to the dragon shed to pick up the car, so as to save the crowding of the city gate, and the old people are really convenient. ”

He Shuo had no choice but to praise Long Live Benevolence and Virtue, and then retreated from the ranks.

Cao Hao stood but was a little tired, watching this bachelor Shangshu step forward one by one, thinking in his heart, this will not be everyone's share, everyone has to play it. In that case, I'm afraid I won't be able to disperse until noon.

Sure enough, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites had just retired, and Yin Tebu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was out again.

What Yin Tebu said was related to the Wanshou ceremony, which was the stroke of Bachar, the secretary of the Taifu Temple. Because before and after the ceremony, the Taifu Siqing had heavy responsibilities and was not easy to vacate, so the Ministry of War recommended the four-grade candidate Daotai Ming'an for the time being.

Taifu Temple is in charge of Ma Zheng, and it is also subordinate to the Ministry of War. There is a vacancy in the head of the Taifu Temple, and the recommendation of the military department is not considered an arrogance.

Kangxi looked at the twists and turns, looked at Ming'an's three generations of resumes, felt a little uncomfortable, and said to Fu Ning'an, the secretary of the ministry: "Over there, can you draw up a candidate?" ”

Fu Ning'an, the secretary of the ministry, responded and took out the recital from his sleeve, but it was the Shaoqing Yidu Li of the Taifu Temple who was played.

Kangxi squinted his eyes slightly, and ordered Sun Zhenghao, the Gongsun of the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Wu Yifei, the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, to come out of the ranks.

The two Han Shangshu's performances just happened to fall off with the two Manshangshu. Gongsun Zhenghao recommended Yiduli, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and Wu Yifei played the alternate Daotai Ming'an.

Listening to a few Shangshu talking about their own reasons, the volume became higher and higher.

Not only did hundreds of officials whisper, but even Kangxi's face was difficult to look at.

The eighth elder brother was a little annoyed, and he didn't know how Gongsun Zhenghao, who was like a mud bodhisattva, could intervene. He remembered what Brother Nine said yesterday, and glanced back at Brother Fourteen, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

The third elder brother looked at the eighth elder brother here, and he was very proud in his heart.

He has already made people investigate carefully, and the eighth child accepted Ming'an's filial piety, so he looked for someone to protect Ming'an. No matter what Ming An's slave does, this matter can't be made to him, and outsiders must know that the "virtuous king" of Lao Ba is not a spirit.

Cao Hao was a little confused when he heard this noise, this kind of longevity ceremony was the time when Taifu Temple was busy. The chief officer is vacant due to illness, and the deputy goes up to take his place temporarily, isn't it reasonable, what is there to fight?

Ming'an is the first time he has heard of it, but Yi Duli is half an acquaintance. Marhan's sixth aunt, the brother-in-law of the thirteenth elder brother, and the cousin-in-law of Cao Song and their brothers.

Yi Duli is in his thirties, his surname is not old-fashioned, and he is also very affectionate to his nephews and nephews here in Zhaojia Mansion. Earlier, when Cao Song was in Beijing, he often talked about this uncle, and he had a deep friendship with this uncle. Besides, Yi Duli is also a person with a surname, and for the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion, which is avoided by outsiders, he did not learn from other relatives to have less contacts, and entered the room as usual, drinking and talking with the Thirteenth Elder Brother.

Although a few Shangshu chattered endlessly, there was no room for Cao Hao to open his mouth in the hall, but from his selfish intentions, he hoped that Yi Duli would be promoted to the chief official.

After a while, the second aunt and cousins entered Beijing, after all, they were in the next room, and they were farther away from the relatives in the long room. Cao Hao is okay in Beijing and can take care of him; went to Shandong, in the end, some whips are beyond the reach of the whip.

Zhao Jia's elder brother Murtai was promoted to the Ministry of Works last year, and he is a powerful relative; If the cousin-in-law is promoted to the imperial servant, maybe a few small errands in the future can also take care of it.

Thinking of the end, Cao Hao couldn't help but raise his head and look at Cao Yin's back. As an elder brother, he is so worried about his younger brothers; As an uncle, my father was entrusted by my younger brother on his deathbed, so I couldn't rest assured.

In the future, it is better to worry more about yourself, and arrange everything properly, so as to save my father from hard work, and his body really doesn't know how long it will last. Thinking like this, Cao Hao looked a little worried, and sighed secretly.

Kangxi sat on the high dragon chair, looked down at the ministers, and saw that everyone had ghosts and disputes, and his heart was so tired that he couldn't do it. His gaze swept over everyone one by one, and when he saw Cao Hao, he couldn't help but wander.

Cao Hao was exiled to Shandong for more than a year, and the impeachment in Beijing has not been broken. Yizhou sealed the pot Zhuangzi in the spring of last year to stabilize grain prices, which offended many powerful people in Beijing. It's just that Kangxi has not been sent to China, so not many people in the DPRK know about it.

Although Cao Hao was lazy, Kangxi also knew that he had always been conscientious in his errands, and he had never been slack or negligent. Whether it is Ren Langzhong of the Fujian Division of the Ministry of Households, or Ren Daotai in Shandong, Cao Hao deserves the word "diligence" in his duties.

Thinking of the wheat field he had just seen, Kangxi sighed in his heart, how many people in this Manchu Dynasty can be as powerless as Cao Hao and care about the life and death of the people?

(To be continued)