Chapter 920: March

Cao Yong asked the Fourth Prince to sit down. The Fourth Prince looked at Cao Yong and saw that he could not hide his lust. His eyes were covered with red bloodshots, and there was no slight satisfaction or joy of "bathing in the grace of heaven", and his mood was quite complicated.

Not only was he so calm, not afraid of honor and disgrace, but he was also a little sour and indescribable.

Her adoptive mother, Empress Xiaoyi, was the concubine, who held the phoenix seal and dominated the six palaces as a concubine. She had a noble status and was respected by the emperor's father because she was the cousin of the emperor's father's legitimate relative.

She just has an identity, but she is not pampered. She is gentle and virtuous and never uses her identity to seize favor. She only occasionally shows a little sadness in front of her adopted son. It is not because of her lack of favor, but because of her love between her husband and Empress Xiaocheng.

I wonder if she had seen Empress Xiaocheng when she got underground, and Xiao didn’t know that Empress Xiaocheng also had people who were envious.

Thinking of this, the Fourth Prince sighed in his heart.

The dead are gone, let’s take care of the living first.

Logically speaking, Cao Yong was not stupid, and he should know that the empress dowager "gives" it, but in fact, the emperor's grace. He should also know Li's true identity, but he didn't know how he planned to deal with it.

After the relief and sourness, the fourth prince was left with curiosity.

He didn't know that Cao Yong was also curious, wondering where the fourth prince came from, why did he frown and look at people? His eyes were really uncomfortable.

But the Fourth Prince didn't say anything. He could only think for a moment and said, "I just went to ask for a visit to the prince, but the prince was not here. The emperor had an oral order and ordered me to return to Beijing tomorrow. The Ministry of Revenue documents have been sorted out and handed over to the doctor Luo De. The prince will ask the prince to give instructions if he has any explanation to his subordinates."

After hearing this, the fourth prince looked at Cao Yong and said seriously: "There is nothing special to explain. But when you return to the capital, you should not be negligent because the sage is not here. You should also do your best." At this point, he paused and said: "Zhang Boxing is a capable minister. If you have any questions, you can ask for advice humbly."

Cao Yong stood up and listened with a stern hand, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is grateful for your teachings. I will definitely be respectful and dare not let the prince down."

When he said the word "kindness", he felt that his teeth were about to be sore.

Helplessly, the fourth prince acted like a senior and looked "hard-hearted", so Cao Yong could only cooperate.

The fourth prince nodded, as if he was quite satisfied with Cao Yong's tactfulness. His eyes were much softer, but his voice became colder and more excited. He was quite arrogant.

From the time when Cao Yong was addicted to business and delayed his studies when he was young, to Cao Yong's unscrupulous behavior and his relationship with others in the capital, he was dissatisfied with all kinds of dissatisfaction.

If it weren't for the distance, the spitting star would have spit on Cao Yong's face.

Cao Yong felt that cold sweat was about to flow down his forehead. He usually saw that he was not that bad. Why did the Fourth Prince look like he was "gripping his teeth" and "hate the iron to make him feel like he was not as strong as steel"?

Could it be that I have been working hard for more than ten years to manage this future emperor?

But he didn't know that it was the trouble caused by his words "kindness" just now that the fourth prince, who was usually stern, turned into a "talk" in a blink of an eye.

Among the fourth prince's sisters, only eight grew up, six of them were comforting Mongolia. Even if they had nephews, they were far apart and had different identities. It was not his turn as his uncle to discipline him.

He married two princesses in Beijing. One was Princess Heshuo Wenxian, who was born to his mother. He died of illness two years after marrying into the Tong family, leaving no son or half of his daughter. The other was Princess Heshuo Xujing, who married Sun Chengyun. He died the same year before yesterday and lived in widowhood with his son.

This Princess Xujing not only rarely interacts with Prince Yong's mansion, but also has the same age as the Fourteenth Prince and has a very good relationship. Sun Chengyun also revolved around the Fourteenth Prince's butt during his lifetime.

It would be great if the Fourth Prince didn’t take his anger, so how could he get close to this girl?

Cao Yong lost his father, and he grew up because he underestimated him (the meeting in Hangzhou began to count), so the fourth prince is now attracted by Cao Yong's "merciful heart".

In addition, he was so angry that he was in the third prince just now. He felt relieved after exercising this way.

Seeing that Cao Yong's face became paler and paler, he stopped in anger and turned gentle, "You are no longer young anymore. Do not act recklessly in the future, and then act on everything. If you encounter someone who is not sure about it, come and find me."

Cao Yong was attacked by the Fourth Prince, and he responded carefully.

Seeing that he was more respectful and not close enough, the Fourth Prince was a little dissatisfied. Thinking of his closeness to the Sixteenth Prince, he felt a little uncomfortable and said, "Although the Sixteenth Prince has a friendship with you, he is your elder, so don't neglect it!"

Huh? Where is this?

Cao Yong was a little confused by the fourth prince's jumping speech, but he still responded honestly first.

When the fourth prince saw that he was "a child can teach", he felt a little bit like his own flesh and blood, and stood up and left with satisfaction.

Cao Yong personally sent him out the tent, and when he turned back to the tent, he lost all his sleepiness.

He broke the Fourth Prince's words apart and smashed them, but still couldn't guess what it meant? Could it be that the Sixteenth Prince did offend the Fourth Prince?

Perhaps because of the past two days, there were too many "surprises" that made Cao Yong feel a little numb. Even though the Fourth Prince demoted him to nothing, he was only nervous when he listened and calmed down afterwards.

The Fourth Prince thought that he was a "mediocre talent" would not be better, so he would not think about noticing him to be a "reform pioneer", which was also in line with Cao Yong's wishes.

However, as a royal family, the Sixteenth Prince's future situation is all within the thought of the Fourth Prince. Cao Yong still thinks that he can get a strong hat and have more backers.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong couldn't wait, but it was too eye-catching to go to the Sixteenth Prince now. If it was passed into the fourth prince's ears, wouldn't he become "stubborn"?

He stood up and walked a few steps.

With the cleverness of the Sixteenth Prince, it is only if he will not offend the Fourth Prince. What mistakes have happened?

It was really "Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." He was thinking about it and heard someone say, "Furuo, I heard that the fourth brother has arrived just now?"

The person who came in from the door of the tent was the yawning prince, and Yiduli was following behind him.

With Yidu standing there, Cao Yong had all kinds of doubts, so he could only suppress them first and invite them to sit down.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver, congratulations to Furuo, it's really enviable." Yiduli said with envious face.

Even though his family is rich, he feels a little surprised by such a number of words. Moreover, this silver is only a part of it, and there are other valuables.

Wealth is moving, and the decency behind it is something that ordinary people cannot think of.

Yiduli was sure that rumors about Li's identity were not groundless. In the early years, the empress dowager treated her differently and had "three wishes"; now, Prince Korqin is holding the "dowry" of Empress Hui, and handing over the "nouncing" of the empress dowager to Cao Yong.

The princess who are wandering among the people speaks as described in ancient novels.

But they didn't recognize each other in their early years, and now they are just giving favors under the banner of the empress dowager. It seems that the emperor has no intention of recognizing his ancestors.

The Cao family got the money, but what they lost was Princess Gulun's title. This way, the property would not appear heavy.

Cao Yong could only smile bitterly. What happened in the past two days was like a war, one after another.

Iduli didn't mention it, and he couldn't remember it for the time being. The disposal of the 100,000 taels of gold was also a headache.

Seeing Cao Yong like this, the sixteenth prince said in a different way: "Old Yi should not envy him first. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in a few days, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Furuo will not be able to catch up. Not only that, he will also offend the Five Hundred Guards, which is really pitiful."

When Yiduli heard the sixteenth prince mentioned Cao Yong's return to Beijing tomorrow, he followed him to see Cao Yong's. However, he was puzzled about the guards: "Huh? Five hundred guards? If you want to say that others are itchy, it is possible to go to the guards' camp to fight one-on-one. Furuo wouldn't be so reckless, right?"

Cao Yong knew the meaning of the Sixteenth Prince. The eight banners were young and strong, and they were always proud of participating in Mulan hunting. Moreover, all the emperors gave their graces and rewarded silver for the autumn past.

Now, because of escorting the Cao family's property back to Beijing and placing 500 guards, these people lost the opportunity to participate in Mulan's hunting. Although these people did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders and did not dare to face the enemy, they were indispensable for cursing in their hearts.

Cao Yong only felt his brain "buzzing". If it weren't for the guidance of the Sixteenth Prince, he wouldn't have remembered this.

It seems that how to appease these people should also be considered as a way to make up for the losses they cannot participate in the hunting, but also not attract attention and have traces of gratitude. This is a good idea.

At this moment, the Sixteenth Prince had already told Yiduli the reason.

Yiduli smiled and said, "Even if he participates in the siege, there are about 100,000 soldiers in Manchuria and Mongolia. Those with good reputation can still share some silver, and ordinary soldiers can only have three or five taels of silver. The guard camp has a higher status, and ten taels of silver will end. If Fu is given up a few thousand taels of silver, he will settle it. The Sixteenth Master is still worried about this for him?"

The sixteenth prince glanced at him and pretended to be annoyed, "You are all rich men, but you seem to be a stingy person..."

Yiduli was used to him, and knew that he was not really annoyed or afraid. He talked and joked with Cao Yong for a few words, and then went to work on the other ones first.

The Sixteenth Prince was curious and had to ask the Fourth Prince what he wanted.

He heard that he had just scolded Cao Yong and warned him to be respectful to him. The Sixteenth Prince couldn't help laughing out loud, looking at Cao Yong, and looking at Cao Yong with some gloating, saying, "That's the difference between elders and young people, should we change the name first... Come, little Cao Yong, call him Sixteen... Uncle Sixteen..."

The words "Uncle" were still not spoken out, and it was okay to make a joke, but it seemed disrespectful to involve Li.

Seeing that he was not concerned, Cao Yong said, "Thirteenth Master thought about it carefully, there is really nothing he has offended that person?"

The sixteenth prince waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since the Fourth brother gave me the scriptures, I'm following the Dharma and often ask him for advice. Only those who are close to each other, how can there be a festival? The Fourth Master just said it casually. He has such a temperament. He has not shown any appearance in recent years. When he saw his young brother in his early years, he likes to say a few more words, and I have been scolded by him."

After hearing what he said, Cao Yong felt relieved, but he decided to be "comprehensive" with the Sixteenth Prince in front of others in the future, so as not to be picked out. The bannermen valued rules and those who were looking for trouble for nothing, they liked to use the rules to play.

After saying this, the two of them still talked about the five hundred guards. Even Cao Yong had money, he could not give money in a big way.

The emperor gave silver to him as a gift, and everyone was grateful; he, the earl, might even offend others.

After the discussion, the two still felt that even if they wanted to make up for the losses of these guards, Cao Yong could not come forward. Since they were escorting the property given to Li by the Empress Dowager to return to Beijing, it would be better to arrange a thank-you in the name of Li, so that it would be difficult for people to pick out the mistakes...

From the Shengdao journey, it is nearly 800 miles to the capital and more than 400 miles to the Rehe River.

If I had set out two days earlier, I could still go to Rehe to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it is a bit too late.

In order to appease these people, Cao Yong had to take advantage of the convenience of the Sixteenth Prince to take away several trucks of jerky dry meat from the camp to prepare for everyone's holidays on the way.

The five hundred guards were led by a third-rank guards. It was not until two days after traveling and chatting at the garrison that Cao Yong realized that most of these guards came from the fifth guards of the Zhengbai Banner, and the smallest guards came from the fourth guards.

After the Cao family carried the flag, they were under the leadership of the fifth sanitary banner of Zhengbai.

Under the fifth genus leader, there were originally fifteen auxiliary leaders, including eleven Manchu assistant leaders, two Mongolian assistant leaders, and two new Manchu assistant leaders. These fifteen auxiliary leaders are all the world-level subordinate leaders.

Cao Yong, the newly released world-guard leader, did not steal the position of others, but instead transferred more than 300 households under the other leaders to the extra population, becoming the sixteenth leader under the fifth governor of Zhengbai Banner, so he did not offend anyone.

On the contrary, for this reason, several of the accompanying guards took the initiative to curry favor with Cao Yong. The reason was nothing but because they had relatives and clan members, they were assigned to the 16th Assistant. The time for the transfer was at the beginning of the year.

The 16th Assistant Banners are temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Prince Chun Mansion.

It was not until this time that Cao Yong realized that Kangxi's "give kindness" was not a whim, and he was probably thinking that he had already had this intention.

Unlike those small schools who say "Brother" and flatter, Dudli, the accompanying guards, was a serious person.

However, whenever Cao Yong asked about the flag politics, Dudley explained it untiringly.

For example, as the leader of the wealthy family, he must have a clear understanding of the livelihood of more than 300 bannermen, even marriages and funerals.

To match, we have to deal with the leaders and the governor.

In fact, the leaders and the governor were appointed by the emperor, and they were not as hereditary governors as Zuo Ling. So, speaking of this, Zuo Ling is considered the first master of the banner people.
To be continued...