In November, there were a large number of orders, and Yin Tebu was promoted to the left capital of the Imperial Court as the secretary of the military department, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials Lang Hashan was the secretary of the criminal department, and the left servant of the military department Lang Mandu was the left capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspectorate. Several squires from the military department and the criminal department also exchanged with other squires.

In terms of military duties, he was awarded the first-class guard walking Long Keduo, and was the "commander of the five battalions of the Admiral Nine Gate Infantry Army". The upper three flags are inlaid with yellow flags, yellow flags, and white flags, and the upper and lower divisions and deputy commanders are all replaced. Even the commanders of the five flags and the deputy commanders of the five banners are also leveled, and the middle and low-grade military attaches below who are suspicious of each other have their own punishments.

In just a few days, through this frequent order, Kangxi broke the old power structure and controlled all the civil and military officials in the capital in his own hands.

For a while, a few families were happy and a few were sad, but Yongqing and Seshtu had their own gains. Yongqing, who has been idle for more than three months after filial piety, entrusted the door of the fourteenth elder brother, and got the lack of the red flag striker from the commission, from the fifth grade; Jue Luo Sai Shi Tu, who had served as a third-class guard for several years, was promoted to the deputy commander of the Yellow Banner and the fourth rank. Originally, on Seshtu's side, there was still a shortage of generals who were released to the third grade, because he was the only son in the family, and his mother needed to support, so he was unwilling to take up a foreign post.

Because Yongqing was vacant, Cao Hao made an appointment with Ning Chun to treat him well and celebrate him.

Yongqing has also been depressed in the past few months, originally in August, the fourteenth elder brother helped him ask about the lack of a six-grade forward school, but because his younger brother Yongsheng was going to get married, for the sake of decency, his mother asked his eldest son to give this shortage to his younger brother.

Although Yongqing was dissatisfied with his parents' partiality, he was the son of man, and he didn't have a reason to make trouble with the family, so he nodded helplessly.

After Cao Hao and Ning Chun found out, they were very upset for him, and thought about finding other ways to move around for him. Bi Yongqing is now older, not as careless as he was when he was a teenager, and he is unwilling to go past his father to run errands by himself, for fear that this will worsen the already unharmonious father-son relationship. Cao Hao and Ning Chun are not good at making decisions in private, and when they see that he has made up his mind, they can only sigh for him.

Because the household department and the Ministry of Industry were not far apart, Cao Hao and Ning Chun rode to the VIP building together after they finished their duties.

It was on the meal, and the downstairs was already full of people, but fortunately, Ning Chun was a frequent visitor, so he had already booked a private room and went directly to the second floor.

Yongqing had already arrived first, and it seemed that he had come directly from the Yamen, wearing a new military attache five-grade supplement uniform, which looked a lot more majestic.

Yongqing was originally sitting, but when he saw Cao Hao and the two come in, he got up with a smile.

First they saw each other, and then Ning Chun looked around Yongqing twice, full of envy: "Tsk, look, although the word 'commission' is from the fifth grade at the moment, but it has only been three or five months to go to these two words, it is the fourth grade, which really makes the brother's eyes hot!" ”

Yongqing couldn't tell him, laughed twice, and said to Cao Hao: "Didn't Xiao Cao mention that he wanted to be released before? A few days ago, I didn't hear the Fourteenth Master mention it, because there were too many officials involved in the previous days' Chen Si and other people who traveled to Shaanxi, Huguang and Guizhou, and now there are no foreign appointments in the ministry, and there are a lot of people who go through the door! If Xiao Cao really pays attention, he will pay more attention to the movements of the officials! ”

Cao Hao nodded: "Well, thank you Brother Shanyu, this little brother also heard some rumors, but he hasn't figured out where to go for a while!" ”

Ning Chun sat on Yongqing's right hand and said, "What else is there to think about?" Back then, I went to the south of the Yangtze River, there was a lot of fat, and there were two generations of your father and grandfather to operate, so you don't have to be tied! ”

Cao Hao smiled and shook his head: "It's good if it's really that cheap, where is there such a good thing in the world?" From the end of last month to the beginning of this month, there are not one or two families that have fallen. ”

"The emperor is far away, what are you afraid of......" Ning Chun said this, but he stopped. It's true that Jiangnan is fat and lacking, but how many people who go to Jiangnan to be officials have a good death? No one is a fool, everyone knows that Jiangnan is a good place, staring at you with red eyes, even if there is no no, you can find a few faults.

Not to mention the Cao family, the Cao family has really been in the limelight a few years ago, and it has not been without attacks in the past few years, and it has all been preserved by the care of the Long Live Lord. Why can Long Live Lord be so careless about the Cao family, in addition to the Cao family paying off the debts, it is naturally related to the fact that the children of the Cao family are all in Beijing.

Seeing that the guests had arrived, Xiao Er knocked on the door and came in, and everyone ordered a few signature dishes, and specially ordered to serve good wine. Xiao Er bowed his waist and responded, took half of the broken silver from Ning Chun's reward, and went out with a smile on his face.

"If it's inconvenient to go to Liangjiang, take a look at Fujian, Zhejiang and Huguang!" Yongqing said: "Although these two places can't catch up with Liangjiang, they are also medium-sized provinces, which are better than Liangguang, Sichuan, and Yunnan-Guizhou. If you go to Liangguang, Yunnan and Guizhou, etc., because the road is far and it is inconvenient to go back and forth, you usually have to work in three or two before you can be transferred! In these places, even if the position is higher, no one wants to go! ”

Cao Hao is thinking about Yongqing's words, he has not considered this Fujian and Zhejiang, the key is that Zhejiang is too close to Jiangning, and the Sun family of Hangzhou weaving is closely related to the Cao family.

I heard Ning Chun smile and said: "Shanyu is too heartfelt, what is Xiao Cao's background, and where has he suffered anything?" The sand in the northwest, the miasma in the southwest, you are willing to rush there! Speaking of this, he paused and said: "It's Huguang is good, didn't Ma Jun just come to the letter a few days ago, the governor there happened to be his uncle's in-law, and he was quite suspicious of him." Even the prefect who didn't like him before, he didn't dare to make things difficult for him anymore! ”

"Well, Huguang is also a good place!" Yongqing agreed: "There is also Ma Jun, Xiao Cao and him take care of each other, and they don't seem boring!" If it weren't for the fact that Ying'er Eniang happened to have a body in the past two months, I would have been eager to ask for a foreign appointment! As he spoke, his voice felt lonely: "I'm not afraid of the two of you jokes, I've been a little disheartened since August, impatient to stay in the capital, thinking that it would take two months to find a shortage of outsiders, but unfortunately I caught up with such a thing, I can't let Ying'er's Eniang go out of Beijing with me with a big belly!" ”

Ying'er is the eldest daughter of Yongqing, born in May of the 48th year of Kangxi. Because of the filial piety period of the old uncle of Wanyan Mansion, the subsequent full moon and first birthday did not show much money. Therefore, more than two years old, Cao Hao and Ning Chun have never had a chance to meet.

Ning Chun heard Yongqing say this, and punched him hard: "What a joke? I can't complain that those people are in a trance when they see you, and they originally thought you were annoyed with your Ama Eniang, but they had this idea! Are I and Xiaocao outsiders? I saw that you were okay earlier, why are you now older, but it's not cool? Your Ama Eniang is too, is your eldest son brought here? They are all siblings, and no matter how good they are, they will win forever! ”

Yongqing said helplessly: "As a parent, it is normal for people to love their youngest son. In the early years, I was full of complaints, but in the past two years, I have thought about it! There are all parents in the world, since they want to favor the second child, then let them go, this brother's property is divided equally, but what I am worried about is the title left by the ancestors! If you want to make contributions in the future, you can make a career yourself! ”

Ning Chun shook his head: "You are the eldest son, even if they love your brother again, the ancestral title will not be able to surpass you." Besides, there is also my sister-in-law's mother's house. Even if you have this mind, you still have to scruple three points! Speaking of this, he remembered something, and looked at Yongqing with a smile and said, "Right now, your Ama Niang's intestines are all repentant, right?" If they hadn't forced you to give up that six-grade striker school to your brother in August, wouldn't this deputy be cheaper for your brother now! You are the deputy staff leader, your brother is a forward school, and he is not very respectful to you as a brother, if he happens to be an errand under you, it will be really interesting! ”

Cao Hao listened to the two of them, and saw that Yongqing's face was a little stiff, and couldn't help asking, "Could it be that Yongsheng happens to be a subordinate of Brother Shanyu?" ”

Yongqing nodded and said: "This is also just a coincidence, just because of this, my mother has been chattering for two days, for fear that her baby son will be wronged on an errand, so let me be a brother and not neglect it." I heard that the staff leader and deputy staff leader who were transferred away before had some friction with Yongsheng! ”

While talking, the wine and food have been served, a few signature dishes, plus a mutton pot, and everyone eats happily.

Until the time of the lamp, everyone eats and drinks well. Because Ning Chun lived farther away, he left first, and Yongqing and Cao Hao had a way, so they rode in parallel, talking with and without a ride.

Cao Hao saw that Yongqing had no energy after coming out of the VIP building, and asked, "How is Brother Shanyu?" But drunk and uncomfortable? ”

"Ah...... Yes? What did Cao say? What's uncomfortable? Yongqing reacted after a while, but he only remembered the second half of the pull.

It was dark, and he couldn't see Yongqing's expression clearly, but Cao Hao heard something strange from his voice, and was a little worried: "Brother Shanyu, is this in trouble?" But what happened in the yamen, did you encounter difficulties with your boss? ”

"Huh!" When Yongqing heard this, he couldn't help laughing twice and said, "Xiao Cao doesn't know me yet, but I'm afraid that outsiders will oppress and fight?" If there is really something that is not open-minded and wants to use me as a raft, then you must also think about it! "When I say this, I am unabashedly confident.

Yongqing is burly and tall, and his riding and archery skills are good, with such capital, what else is not confident?

"What's wrong with that?" Cao Hao asked.

"Hey!" Yongqing sighed heavily, was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know how to open my mouth to Xiao Cao?" ”

Cao Hao thought for a while, it's not an errand right now, so what else can he help?

Yongqing said with a little melancholy: "My sister-in-law will get married next month, because she wants to marry into the palace as a concubine, my mother loves face, so she wants to prepare a decent dowry." Just in time to catch up with my second brother to get married a few days ago, I used a lot of money, and the account was a little tight, so I said to me, let us as brothers and sisters-in-law make up a piece of money! My family's rules, my second brother and I have the same monthly money, only ten taels or eight taels per month, where is there any surplus? Even if I was on an errand a few years ago and got some money, it was all directly returned to the kilometer. There are some in the room, all of which are your sister-in-law's dowry silver. ”

After a pause, he said: "Although when I married your sister-in-law back then, it was still my Marfa who did it when I was there, which is considered decent; But because of the love for the second brother, it was very lively when the son was doing a happy event a few days ago, and the dowry for the younger brother and sister was a little thicker than your sister-in-law. Although your sister-in-law doesn't care about this, her relatives don't talk to each other well. Because of this, your sister-in-law is also troubled. As a husband, I can't support my wife, and I still have to ask her for her dowry and silver, I really can't erase this face! Speaking of this, he said with some embarrassment: "Therefore, I ...... I ......"

Cao Hao saw that he was not easy to speak, so he smiled and said, "This is Brother Shanyu!" If I knew that you were so outside, I should have let Brother Jingming punch you twice! It was a coincidence, other younger brothers didn't know much, only the first two said that the steward of Changping Zhuangzi sent some silver, although this year's harvest was somewhat reduced due to the spring drought, but there should be four or five thousand taels. In our house, Brother Shanyu knows that the expenses are not large, and there is no place to use money at the moment. If the good brother is not the younger brother is an outsider, take it and use it! ”

Yongqing hurriedly said: "Four or five thousand taels is not needed, one thousand taels is enough!" It's just that Xiao Cao doesn't want to seek an outside job? What if this is money? ”

Cao Hao said: "The silver that is short of money has been prepared two months in advance, and now in this form of the capital, everyone is just selling favors to each other, but no one dares to reach out to get silver compared to previous years!" One thousand taels is a little less, if you don't let Brother Ming'er send someone to come over, take two thousand first. Even if you don't need these for Miss Wanyan's dowry, it's convenient to keep some extra money in your hand, anyway, the younger brother can't use this money now! ”

"I'm just this one girl, it would be great if I could add more to her, I won't thank you anymore, it's just Xiao Cao, I'm afraid that my brother will pay you back slowly!" Yongqing said.

When the two arrived at the intersection, they dispersed.

Although Yongqing didn't say the word "thanks" on his lips, he was still grateful in his heart, and thought that he was so much older than Xiao Cao, but he was so embarrassed and very guilty.

Cao Hao thought that Yongqing's status at home was embarrassing, and he sighed for him, but there was no reason for outsiders to speak about these parents and children.

Back at Caofu, as soon as I entered the gate, a small servant came to report: "Uncle, Mr. Zhuang has been waiting for the uncle in the study for a long time, saying that he saw the uncle come back, so he asked the uncle to come over and talk!" ”

Mr. Zhuang has been waiting for him for a long time, and he also wants to talk about foreign appointments, and there is a shortage!

(To be continued)