Chapter 340: Human Heart

Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

Kangxi sat cross-legged on the kang, and two Grand Secretarys were sitting on the wooden scepter beside the kang. He reported that the former Governor Pan Yuan, Pan Zongluo, requested the land reclamation and limitations to be carried out. Now Pan Zongluo has left office, so it is clear whether he should submit a document to take over as Governor.

When Kangxi heard this, he thought about the situation when he inspected river affairs in previous years and said, "Money and grain affairs are major affairs of the country, and should not be ignored. When I inspected rivers in the past, I saw that Zhili had broken through the Yongding River from the bottom of Yuanjiakou to the Nian Yongding River. Now the people have built houses to live in the river beaches, and no more than tens of hundred hectares of land were placed, and no tax was ordered. Previously, the Yellow River embankment in the south of the Yangtze River was planted in front of the gap between the gaps in the middle for river work. In recent years, local people have cultivated farmlands there, but no orders for classes." Speaking of this, he frowned and said, "But there are complaints every year, and the acres of fields near the Yellow River were washed away. Please find out the number of fields and exempted money and grain. The fields that were washed away should be exempted from money and grain, so the new fields should not be withdrawn from money and grain? Send someone to inspect the deserted fields in Hunan, and all prefectures and counties should be investigated for details."

The two great scholars stood up to respond and mentioned the issue of filling the vacancy of the Minister of Personnel. Wu Yifei, the Minister of the Han Dynasty, died of illness in May, and the position of the Minister of Personnel was vacant. He has not been re-appointed yet.

Kangxi pondered for a moment and said, "Zhang Pengheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is a cautious and trustworthy person. Now it seems that he is very good, and he can be the Minister of Personnel. The Minister of Revenue was promoted from Zhao Shenqiao, the left censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, and Liu Qian, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Works, was the Left Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate."

After talking about the government affairs a few more words, Kangxi asked the two old ministers to kneel down.

When the two ministers went out, Kangxi's face became a little gloomy. He said to the eunuch Wei Zhu, who was standing next to him, "Is Fu Erdan here?"

Wei Zhu heard the sound of a little chill, and she felt excited and hurriedly bowed and said, "Reply to my master, Lord Fu is already waiting outside the hall!"

Kangxi nodded and said, "Biography!"

Wei Zhu responded and went out. After a while, the Minister Fu Erdan bowed his head and followed in, kneeling and replied, "Slave Fu Erdan is very careful to enter the master!"

Kangxi waved his hand, signaled him to get up and speak, and asked, "But I have found out, why did the prince gather together yesterday? What is the details? Who else is involved?"

Because it involves many princes, Fu Erdan did not dare to answer casually. He pulled out a note from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "Master, I heard that it is the birthday of the Thirteenth Prince. The princes and princes celebrate the birthday of the mansion. The careful situation is true in the note."

Kangxi signaled Wei Zhu to hand over the note, and when he opened it, he became more and more angry. He snorted coldly, slapped the note on the kang table next to him, and said angrily: "What a good brother! The old concubine in the palace is seriously ill, and the empress dowager is very worried. I have stopped the banquet, but they are free!"

Fu Erdan lowered his head and said nothing, but his heart felt a little sad.

The prince is already old and has a deeper precaution against all the princes. I am afraid that he is angry, not the princes who are feasting and listening to operas, but the word "gathering". A prince has made the princes exhausted; if all the princes join forces, the prince will probably not be able to stand the blow.

After saying those words, Kangxi looked gloomy and pondered for a long time, he said to Fu Erdan: "Has Zhuang Xi led him into the palace?"

Fu Erdan leaned over and replied, "Reply to the master's words, today he and his servant entered the garden, and are waiting for him to see you now!"

Kangxi nodded and said to Fu Erdan: "You kneel down and let me pass on my words and summon him in!"

After a while, Zhuang Xi bowed in, knelt down on the ground, and said, "Subi...Subi Zhuang Xi has met his master!"

Kangxi originally wanted to slap him a few words, but when he saw his hair gray and his old look, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm up. Now I remember that I am the master! If I don't pass on you, you won't know how to pass the sign! Humph, I can't blame the nanny for calling you a stubborn boy!"

The nanny Kangxi mentioned was Cao Yong's grandmother, the old lady of Cao Sun. Zhuang Xi and his brother Zhuang Chang were also from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The father and grandfather were sentenced to death for offending the powerful minister Aobai.

Kangxi knew the inside story and in order to protect the two brothers, he sent someone to Cao Xi in Jiangnan. After the eighth year of Kangxi, Oboi was arrested and questioned, the two brothers returned to the capital. It was precisely for this reason that Zhuang Xi told Cao Yong that his ancestors had the affection for him.

Seeing that Kangxi was not angry, Zhuang Xi replied in a low voice: "Master, the slave is not an official now, so it is not in accordance with the rules to pass the sign for him!"

Kangxi pointed to the wooden squid beside the kang and said, "Sit down! I've been too lazy to pay attention to you these years, but I wonder if you know the rules?"

This is what Zhuang Xi had visited Suo'etu against Kangxi's will. Zhuang Xi did not dare to respond, so he sat sideways and made a decent statement.

"I heard that you had a daughter two years ago, and I have not rewarded you yet. Your father was originally the title of the Qingche Duwei, and he asked your brother to attack him in his early years. Since you don't want to become an official, you can just add a Yunqi Wei!" Kangxi felt much more relieved when he remembered the young man's memory.

Although Zhuang Xi had no intention of fame and fame, he didn't care whether he was a commoner, but when Niu Niu grew up and proposed to marry, he looked at the door. Therefore, Zhuang Xi was even grateful to Kangxi for his compassion, and stood up from the throne and kowtowed to thank him.

Kangxi shook his head and smiled and said, "Okay, okay, sit and talk. I didn't see you as such a rule when I was a child. Who said he wanted to throw me off!"

This is just a thing of the past. Zhuang Xi sat down and said with a smile: "Huang said ignorant, and the nanny has been tutoring slaves a lot!"

Kangxi remembered his childhood, remembered the kindness of Cao Sun, sighed and said, "It has been so many years since the nanny has passed away, and everyone is old! Now, your brother and Cao Yin are in the south, you are in the capital, and you will go back to me more if you have nothing to do. It is good to talk about ancient times!"

"My master remembers that slaves are the blessing of slaves, and slaves will always respond to their orders!" Zhuang Xi bowed and replied.

Kangxi nodded, swept the note on the kang table from the corner of his eyes, remembering the original intention of calling Zhuang Xi to the imperial court, and asked, "I was busy on the day when Cao Yong returned to Beijing to give a errand, so I didn't ask too much. Why did he hear that there were Mongolian children or something in the future? What's the reason?"

Cao Yong did not hide the matter of Hang Seng from Zhuang Xi. Although he did not want to tell the truth about Hang Seng's true life, it was because he now advocated ethics and people despised the identity of "illegitimate son". He did not have any intention of deceiving the king in his heart. Therefore, Zhuang Xi knew the details.

After listening to Zhuangqi's reply, Kangxi frowned slightly and said, "If you don't do your job properly, you are a kind woman!" Although he was blaming her, his expression was quite complicated.

He picked up the memorial handed over by Fu Erdan and asked again: "Cao Yong is very close to Lao Thirteen these years?"

Zhuang Xi replied: "That's true. Although Cao Yong doesn't like socializing, he is quite grateful. He still remembers the life-saving grace of the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince. Because the Fourth Prince is in charge of the ministry, Cao Yong avoids suspicion. Although he rarely interacts with him, his gratitude has not diminished. He often sends him filial piety to him during the Chinese New Year. Cao Yong has been in contact with him in the past few years!"

"Filial piety? That's the Buddha's incense?" Kangxi couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect that he was innocent. Now all the civil and military officials are sharpening their heads and rushing up. He is better, avoid the powerful prince and run to Lao Shisan!" At this point, he glanced at Zhuangxi and said, "Is this what you taught him?"

Zhuang Xi hurriedly said, "Cao Yong is so kind, he has no greed for fame and fortune. His servants have only fulfilled their wishes as staff members over the years and dare not be greedy for merit!"

"He is too tactful. I really want to praise him, but he seems to be afraid of trouble!" Kangxi couldn't help but feel a little angry: "A ungrateful boy!"

Zhuang Xi sighed in his heart. Thinking about the relationship between Kangxi and Cao Yong, he understood why he was holding Cao Yong like this. Because he was afraid that he would misunderstand Cao Yong, he thought about it and said something about Cao Yong's fall from his horse last year.

Cao Yong submitted a memorial and said it was a disaster in Shandong. Kangxi still remembered this. Now, hearing Zhuang Xi say this, Kangxi's face turned dark and asked Zhuang Xi: "There is such a reckless bastard! What did Cao Yong say?"

"Cao Yong was worried that the other party would harm others and affect his relatives, so he also planned to investigate carefully so that the evil people could be brought to justice!" Zhuang Xi said carefully.

Kangxi nodded, quite satisfied, and said to Zhuang Xi: "Since that's the case, please help him more. If you can't find out the news in Beijing, you can also ask Fu Erdan!"

Zhuang Xi responded, and then an eunuch replied at the door: "Long live, Prince Hongxi is asking for a meeting!"

When Kangxi heard Changsun coming, he showed a look of kindness on his face and said to Zhuang Xi: "You kneel down and don't forget what I said. Go here more often in the future. Don't hand over the sign. When I think about it, let Fu Erdan tell me!"

Zhuang Xi stood up and knelt down, thanked Kangxi again for his reward, and then left the house.

Outside the bookstore, Hongxi was waiting impatiently. When he saw the old man wearing regular clothes coming out, he was a little surprised. He looked carefully and just wanted to ask who it was when he heard the eunuch come out to summon him.

After Hongxi turned around, he looked at the back of the village hall and followed the eunuch into the room.

Today is the second day of the day, Cao Yong is just about to wait for Fu Mu.

Because he knew that Yongqing's wife Qi Jia's birth date was approaching, Chu Yu wanted to visit him. Cao Yong remembered that when he went to see Yongqing a few days ago, he heard that he wanted to meet Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, so he said to Chu Yu: "Why don't you ask Tian and Zuo Zhu to go together? Yong Qing is also thinking about these two nephews!"

Chu Yu was speechless and asked someone to ask Tian and his son to go out with him.

When Tian was in Ningchun Mansion, he was just a girl in the inner courtyard, but he didn't know who the Uncle Yongqing was going to be. But he also knew that since Cao Yong and his wife wanted to take them out, they had a reason, so they didn't ask much.

Before Cao Yong took Chu Yu to Yongqing's house in May, he took Chu Yu to his house, and they were all light cars. The same is true today. Chu Yu did not take the princess car, but took the inconspicuous green woolen carriage with Tian. The maid held the left and left two people got on the carriage behind.

Cao Yong was wearing regular clothes and took a few long men to walk along the car.

The small Gongjiang Hutong in Fuchengmen is also in Xicheng, not far from the Cao family, and it arrives in less than two quarters of an hour.

Because the Cao family sent someone to send a post yesterday, Yongqing had been waiting for a long time. After hearing the news, he hurriedly welcomed him out in person.

He had seen Chu Yu, but it was the first time Tian saw him. Yongqing looked at Cao Yong with a little confusion.

Cao Yong said to Yongqing, "This is Mrs. Jingming's wife!" After that, he said to Tian, ​​"Sister-in-law, Brother Yongqing is like me, both are Brother Jingming's best friends. You can call him uncle!"

After hearing this, Tian took a blessing after Chu Yu greeted Yongqing, saying, "I have met my uncle!"

When Yongqing heard this, he realized that it was Ning Chun's concubine. He stopped smiling and returned the favor solemnly, saying, "I heard from Furuo that you have not been easy for you in the past two years. I would like to thank you on behalf of my miserable brother. I would like to trouble you to persevere and make his bloodline continue!"

Tian thought of Ning Chun who had passed away and said with red eyes: "This is what I should do, I dare not be the bestower!"

Seeing the depressed atmosphere, Cao Yong smiled and said to Yongqing: "Didn't my brother talk about my nephews two days ago? My brother brought me today. We are still talking in the room. It's very cold outside. Don't freeze the children!"

Only then did Yongqing save himself from gains and rudeness, he hurriedly invited everyone into the inner courtyard.

Qi Jia's belly has been nearly eight months old and it is a bit inconvenient to walk, so she did not go out to greet her husband in the front yard and took her daughter to wait in the inner hall.

Everyone arrived and met again.

Seeing that Qi Jia was heavy and afraid that she would be tired, Chu Yu followed her into the inner room and talked to her.

Yongqing looked at Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, full of joy, hugged Zuo Zhu in his arms, weighed the weight, and said to Cao Yong with a smile: "This little guy is very heavy, but he looks stronger than his brother!" Speaking of this, he remembered the child that Qi Jia lost last year, and said to Cao Yong with a little regret: "If your sister-in-law had no miscarriage last year, she would have a birthday!"
Chapter completed!