Chapter 48: The Former

Forbidden City, Ganqing Gate, and Guards.

Cao Yong entered the palace on the fourth day of April to thank him. Kangxien allowed him to take a leave of absence and then work in the Ganqing Palace. Although he only had two days of experience in guarding, he knew the system of rotating shifts. Therefore, Cao Yong entered the palace to report on April 18, and he had to know the time of rotation on the second day.

There were two ministers in charge of the guards on duty at the guard office. One happened to be Guisheng, who had met Cao Yong a month ago, and the other was burly and bearded. When he heard that the person coming was Cao Yong, he hummed with a little dissatisfaction.

When Guisheng heard this, he was secretly amused and said to Cao Yong: "This is the Minister of the Inner Guard and the Deputy Chief of the Inlaid Yellow Banner Lord Bahunde!"

Cao Yong beat a thousand words: "Cao Yong, the third-class guard of the humble position, has met the adults!"

Naba Hunde looked at Cao Yong, and his displeasure was revealed without a doubt. He scolded him: "Cao Yong, I tell you that you must have the ability to be a guard. If you dare to lose face in our guard camp, don't blame me for not forgive you!" After that, he stood up and strode out.

Cao Yong was a little surprised and couldn't remember when he offended this person and why he was so true.

Guisheng was afraid of Cao Yong's embarrassment, so he explained: "The son of the Yellow Banner who was disposed of in Shuntian Prefecture a few days ago has Bahunde's nephew! However, Cao Yong, you don't have to be afraid. The warriors of our Zhengbai Banner are not vegetarians!" After saying this, he explained: "Hao Wansui was lucky to Changchun Garden three days ago. The ministers on duty there were first-class Duke Fu Erdan and the Duke of the Fuguo E Fei. Duke Fu is from our Zhengbai Banner, and he is cheerful and generous. Although Duke E is the Yellow Banner, he relies on the most and has a friendship with your father. Although you are called the Guardian of the Ganqing Palace, you are actually a member of the imperial court and have to follow him. In a while, you go to Changchun Garden and report to the two adults, and they should have their own arrangements."

"I thanked you for your advice!" Cao Yong thanked him very sincerely. Even for his father's face, a first-rank official can explain a lot like his close elders. How can it not make people feel grateful?

After leaving Donghua Gate, Xiaoman, Wei Hei and Wei Bai were waiting with horses. Cao Yong was unwilling to take people out, but the old butler Cao Zhong tried to persuade him and had to respond.

The two brothers Wei Hei and Wei Bai blamed themselves for the last time when Cao Yong was beaten, and they all said that they had not fulfilled their responsibilities as guarding. If Cao Yong had not been on duty in front of the imperial court, they were afraid that both of them would hide their bodies like Jiangning and protect him secretly. There was no way, and the final solution was that Xiaoman and the Wei brothers would pick him up and drop him off in the future. Cao Yong was embarrassed and didn't want to respond, but Cao Zhong invited all the old man in his family in his 80s.

Cao Yong and others rode out of Andingmen on horseback, headed north along the official road, and after an hour, they arrived at Changchun Garden.

*

The guards outside Changchun Garden were under the responsibility of Shangsanqi Guardian. Cao Yong ordered Xiaoman to find a few trees to wait under the shade, and then dismount and walk over.

After checking the waist card, Cao Yong entered Changchun Garden, followed the central axis road to the palace gate, where there were external guards on duty.

Cao Yong handed over the waist sign and casually asked the two ministers about their office locations.

"The East Road Taipu Xuan", Cao Yong was a little confused. The roads here are not as flat and vertical as those in the Forbidden City. There are rockery in the middle, and there are many gardens and rockery. Could it be that he is just looking around like this?

Just as the guard at the palace gate changed his post, a third-class guard who had just been appointed was very enthusiastic. When he saw Cao Yong asking for directions, he knew that he would be the first time to come back to Changchun Garden, he volunteered to help him lead the way.

The guard was not old, in his twenties, and smiled on his round face: "My name is Seshtu, Zhenghuangqi and Hongweizi, what are your name?"

The Red Bianzi, Jueluo family, is of the same origin as the Aisin Jueluo family. After the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it was divided into royal relatives. The descendants of Taizu Nurhaci and his father and brothers were yellow Bianzi, called "Lian Family"; the descendants of Nurhaci's uncle and cousins ​​were red Bianzi, called "Jeluo".

"My name is Cao Yong, I am the white flag coated!" Cao Yong replied.

"Cao Yong, you are Cao Yong!" Seshtu looked up and down at Cao Yong: "You are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and those yellow flag-clad messes were besieging you. It's shameless!"

Cao Yong was confused. Whether it was the two ministers in the Forbidden City or the third-class guard in front of him, they had no good feelings for other flags. Could it be that the guard camp was divided into gangs?

Cao Yong asked out his doubts, and Seshtu nodded: "This is of course. Although they are both the upper three flags, everyone is also secretly competing. Several internal ministers will inevitably have time to protect their shortcomings, but they still have to be able to get by on the surface. However, if you are outside the outside world, you should deal with the boys in the Guardian Camp or the Pioneer Camp, you should still work together!"

"Mr. Fu likes cheerful men. Master E is a royal family and values ​​rules the most. Brother Cao must remember it!" Seshtu said with a smile: "I'll come out when I ask about the time on duty. I'll wait for you here. Let's go back to the city together!"

While talking, Tai Pu Xuan had arrived.

Seshtu was waiting outside the door, and Cao Yong took a few steps forward and said to the pen that had just come out of it: "Who is the master on duty here? Can Mr. Fu be there?"

The sticker was a seventh-rank official. Seeing the waist sign hanging by Cao Yong, he looked down and replied: "I replied to the words of the master. Lord Fu met in Qingxi Bookstore, and Lord E was in the house!"

If it weren't for this post that he respectfully called "Old Master", Cao Yong would not have realized that his guard was a fifth-rank official and he was a neither high nor low-rank official. He studied hard for ten years like Ma Jun, and passed the Jinshi exam and was only a seventh-rank official. He started with his family blessings and became a fifth-rank official. He was really corrupt and corrupt.

"Please inform Lord E, the third-class guard Cao Yong, who asked for a meeting!" Cao Yong was still very polite. To put it bluntly, this post is a copywriting. Although his official position is low, he is mostly a bannerman. If being a guard is a shortcut to the promotion of military officers, then the post is a shortcut to the promotion of civil servants. Who knows what power is behind the small official in front of him?

After a while, the sticker came out of the room: "Sir, please come in!"

Taipu Xuan had four rooms in total, and E Fei, the Minister of the Inner Guard, sat on the low kang in the inner room. There was a kang table on the kang, with pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it. When Cao Yong went in, E Fei was holding a pen and lowering his head to write and scratch the table.

Cao Yong kept Seshtu's pick-up in mind, shook his sleeves after entering the door, and performed a standard and standard ceremony: "Cao Yong has met an adult!"

E Fei is in his forties and looks a little thin. When he heard Cao Yong's voice, he raised his head: "I heard Fu Erdan say to you, you are Cao Dongting's eldest son, how about you recover from the injury?"

"Mr. Xie asked, I'll do my best!" Cao Yong lowered his head and replied.

"Well, that's good! Get up and reply!" Seeing Cao Yong's behavior respectfully, E Fei had a great impression: "Long lively and had something to say, and I want to arrange for you to listen to the emperor in front of the emperor, just right? Someone who guarded the Nash command was missing. The rotation of the imperial front began on the 25th. From Shen to Xu, have you recorded it?"

"I'll write down my words!" Cao Yong raised his head and replied.

After seeing Cao Yong's face clearly, E Fei looked a little surprised and frowned slightly: "Is your mother Li Xu's cousin? In which year and month were you born?"

Although the question was strange, Cao Yong had only answered: "After my grandmother's name is indeed Li, and Bei Zhi was born on the seventh day of the seventh month of the 33rd year.

"The seventh day of the seventh month of the 33rd year!" E Fei repeated his mouth, and his eyes looking at Cao Yong became deeper.

Although Cao Yong was thick-skinned, he was also stared at. Could it be that his appearance caused trouble? Although Cao Yong was Cao Yin's legitimate son, his appearance was not Xiao's father, and his facial features were more inclined toward Li.

E Fei looked at Cao Yong, and his hand holding the pen was shaking slightly, and water seemed to appear at the corner of his eyes.

Cao Yong was surprised why this was.

E Fei realized that he had lost his composure, turned his head and stopped looking at Cao Yong, and picked up the teacup.

This is what I meant by seeing off guests. Cao Yong gave a greeting: "Give up with a humble position!"

*

Outside Taipu Xuan, Seshtu was already impatient. Seeing Cao Yong come out, he smiled and said in a low voice: "I really admire you, and I can talk to Lord E. Among the six ministers in charge of the guards, even if this prince is arrogant!"

He was so arrogant that he didn't see it, and his eyes looked at people like his elders and nephews. Cao Yong thought to himself, could E Fei be the pursuer of his mother when he was young, otherwise why did he almost lose his composure after hearing that his mother was Li Xu's cousin? After all, Li Xu had served as an imperial guard. If he had been a colleague with E Fei at that time, E Fei had gone to the Li family without any objection to see Li when he was young. But if he imagined it carefully, he felt that it was wrong. Li Xu was in charge of Suzhou weaving for more than 20 years, and Li was just a teenage girl at that time. The reason for this is really confusing.

*

After leaving Changchun Garden, Xiaoman and Wei Hei and Wei Bai brothers came over. However, Seshtu did not follow him for a long time. He went to the chariot and horse house of the guard camp to take out his horse and return to Beijing with Cao Yong's master and servant.

Seshtu and Cao Yong rode together in horses and talked gossip: "I heard that the Holy Lord will patrol the outer world at the end of the month. At that time, most of our guard camps will have to follow the escorts. Needless to say, your imperial guards and inner squad guards, like our foreign team will leave some in Beijing."

"Survey outside the border?" Cao Yong asked, "Is the destination the summer resort?"

Seshtu shook his head: "The Lord of the Holy Lord means to escape the summer heat, but I have never heard of the Summer Resort. The Lord of the Holy Lord will arrive at the Rehe Palace."

Isn’t Rehe the ancient name of the responsibility? It seems that at this time, the famous summer resort in later generations has not yet been named.

When he heard that Kangxi was going to visit the border, Cao Yong remembered two arguments from later generations. One said that when the Qing Dynasty had not entered the pass, he formed an alliance with the Mongolian kings and received troops from Mongolia to capture the world. However, at the same time, it was possible that the Mongols would allow the Mongols to retain the rights outside the border. The Mongolian kings did not enter the pass, and the Qing Dynasty did not set foot on the grassland. One argument was that the Mongolians had no resistance to smallpox due to their eating habits. In order to avoid spreading smallpox to the grassland, the Mongolian royal family rarely entered the pass and met His Majesty the Emperor in Rehe every year.

Just as Cao Yong was thinking, he saw two fast horses surpassing them and galloping towards the city, bringing smoke and dust all the way.

Seshtu was slightly stunned, turned his head to Cao Yong and said, "The one who just passed by was Lord E. Why is his personality so in a hurry?"
Chapter completed!