Chapter 939 Talent

After Laba, most of the yamen of the Ministry of Revenue were accounting checks. Cao Yong was busy for two days and was so busy that he was dizzy.

Even though he was busy, he did not forget to take his sons to visit Prince Yong's mansion.

It's funny that he and the Fourth Prince were both officials. Although they could see it every day, they couldn't say a few words in the end of a month. He sent the New Year gifts, and the Fourth Prince made a special trip to make time. The two had a chat in the living room of Prince Yong's mansion.

The content of this conversation is nothing more than Nian Gengyao’s lawsuit in Shaanxi.

Regarding this matter, Cao Yong only admired Nian Gengyao. If you really check it, every province in the region is not clean. Nian Gengyao has been in charge of Sichuan for more than ten years and is even more fat.

The fourth prince was already holding a note and talked about the money spent in Shaanxi every year.

This fire consumption is directly left to the local silver treasury. Although Shaanxi is a medium-sized province, the fire consumption is also considerable every year.

Not only did local officials greedy for these money, but they also had to extend their hands to the imperial court's taxes, which would be punished.

Judging from what he meant, it seemed that he had the idea of ​​spending money.

Cao Yong was not easy to interrupt, so he could only listen to the fourth prince talking, and he was extremely supportive of Nian Gengyao.

When Cao Yong heard this, he snorted in his heart. If the Fourth Prince had not been the backer, Nian Gengyao would not have dared to make such a big noise.

What did Nian Gengyao want? It was not to shock local officials in Shaanxi and seize the real power of the governor of Shaanxi. But he forgot the doctrine of the mean. The better he combed Shaanxi, the more fan was afraid of it.

The inner house of the royal palace, where the four concubines.

The fourth concubine looked at Tianyou and Hengsheng with a loving face. He shouldn't have met male guests in the inner house, but these two young and grandchildren are not shy about them.

Seeing that Tianyou was fair and clean, the fourth concubine suddenly realized that when she died, she was not much younger than Tianyou when her legitimate son died, and she was also very well-behaved and lovely.

"Mom, don't be tired..."

"My mom, I'll give you pine nut cake..."

The childish voice in my ears made the fourth concubine feel dull and painful.

Hongli and Hongzhou were asked to accompany the guests. When they saw that the four concubines were in a wrong state, they looked at each other and thought about it.

At this moment, the Fourth Fujin had already woken up and asked Hang Seng two more words.

The wound on Hang Seng's lips had scabbed. Seeing this, the Fourth Fu Jin remembered the origin and said something like Hongzhou.

Hongzhou was used to being so shameless that he listened with shamelessness.

Seeing that he was smart, the fourth concubine couldn't bear to say much and sent him and Hongli to take the Cao brothers down.

"Let's go to the Fourth Brother's house and you have something good to see." After leaving the Fujin room, Hongzhou showed his skin-like monkey and danced.

Tianyou and Hang Seng came to Prince Yong's Mansion for the first time, and they were naturally reserved and followed the two princes honestly.

Hongli disagreed with his younger brother's habit of showing off, but he didn't say anything to outsiders, so he led everyone to his residence.

When everyone entered the study room, they saw a three-foot-high sandalwood bracket next to the desk in the study room. In the middle is a copper ball with a diameter of two feet long, and the surface of the copper ball has various stripes.

"That's it. Uncle Thirteen originally wanted to be the treasure of the palace, so he let the fourth brother Tao get it." Hongzhou took two steps forward and said.

This is indeed the first time I have seen this thing, and Tianyou and Hang Seng also showed curiosity.

Hongzhou was proud and stretched out his little hand, turned the copper ball halfway, pointed to the piece the size of a palm, and said, "This is a globe, this piece is our Qing Dynasty. This is an artificial made from Europe, and the circles on it are foreign languages."

"I have seen this, and my father has foreign documents in his study." Hang Seng nodded and said.

Hongzhou smiled and said nothing, but Hongli thought that Cao Yong was the companion of Uncle Sixteen, and that this foreign essay was probably learned in the palace.

When a few children got together, they had to study why the Qing Dynasty was on the same ball, how far away the Europa was, and they talked with relish.

Tianyou thought that someone at home returned to Beijing from Guangzhou, so he had to lie in front of the globe and look for where Guangzhou was.

The fourth concubine kept food, but did not want to detain them, so she directly sent someone to Hongli yard.

After half a day of hang out, the children became much more familiar.

Hongli and Tianyou were fine, one held their identity and the other was polite, looking at each other with a close look, but they did not reveal themselves; Hongzhou was talking nonsense and had a good impression of the silly Hang Seng. Because no matter what he said, Hang Seng listened honestly, and followed one and a half sentences, which made him feel comfortable.

Cao Yong kept food in the front yard, but he did not have the freedom of Tianyou and Hang Seng.

When eating, you naturally follow etiquette and keep silent.

Prince Yong's mansion is simple to the outside world. This utensil is just official porcelain, and the ingredients are not rare. Green rapeseed, golden garlic sprouts, pink water radish, and two hot pot dishes.

It looks a little plainer, but in the cold winter, these things are rare. That is, the residences of princes and nobles, the homes of powerful people, they have their own greenhouses, or they can buy some from the Interior House.

The Fourth Prince seems to be very healthy. He has to chew a bite of food before swallowing it; the amount of rice is just a bowl of rice, and he is unwilling to eat it.

Cao Yong then put down the chopsticks and stopped using them.

The servant removed the table and brought tea.

The fourth prince held the teacup and pondered for a long time, with a dark look on his face, and said, "What do you think about the war in the Northwest?"

Cao Yong had already seen that the cold-faced king had awkward temperament. He was asking about the war in the Northwest, but in fact he wanted to ask what Cao Yong thought of the 14th Prince.

The fourteenth prince returned to Beijing these days, and there were many people who were welcomed. In addition, it was Kangxi who personally asked about the marriage and asked about the appropriateness of the marriage, which made people even more imaginative.

You know, among the emperor’s grandson, only the emperor’s eldest grandson, Hongxi, has received this treatment.

Even those who respect Confucian orthodoxy and who were optimistic about Hongxi were still many of them.

"The old saying is still, 'Before the army moves, food and grass will come first'. If the prince had not planned it in the Ministry of Revenue in every way, these hundreds of thousands of troops would not have persisted until today. The peace in the northwest is just around the corner. It is not the result of war, but all depends on the emperor's kindness." Cao Yong said carefully.

But just a few words not only gave the Fourth Prince a high hat, but also wiped out the so-called "achievements" of the Fourth Prince.

The fourth prince's heart immediately became more and more comfortable, and the iceberg face also meant that it gradually melted.

The Northwest Army claims to be 300,000, but in fact, there are 180,000. In just these 180,000, the three or four years of hard work, tens of millions of taels of silver were sold every year, and the court was already overwhelmed.

After spending all this money, if Junggar could be destroyed, it would be better to increase the prestige of the court. After three or four years, I have never encountered the main force of the rebels. I have only fought a few battles in a sporadic manner, and the situation is also in a mess.

That's it. Those people from the Ministry of War still have the face to erect an inscription for "recovering" Lhasa, and they are not sad.

This is the truth. The most important thing in this capital is the icing on the cake. He puts gold on the face of the 14th Prince and praises the attack without any limit.

Even Concubine De was as if her youngest son was promising, which made the fourth prince want to vomit blood. However, with his identity, there was no other word.

It would be fake to say that he did not hate the Fourteenth Prince in his heart; more so, he looked down on him.

Now that Cao Yong is a sensible person, the fourth prince is really relieved, and the atmosphere in the room is immediately different.

Cao Yong was used to being careful. Even though the Fourth Prince was much more enthusiastic, he did not dare to be arrogant. He answered respectfully and took his sons out of the house and went home.

When the Fourth Prince returned to the inner house, he had to ask the Fourth Prince a few words, what is the character of the Cao family's children?

The fourth concubine praised Tianyou for being well-behaved, Hangsheng for being honest, and they were all good children.

In addition, the Fourth Concubine also mentioned a few words about Hang Seng’s adopted son. She never wanted her own child in her heart. It was just that her identity was limited and her royal bloodline could not be confused, otherwise she would also want to raise a child and beside her.

The Fourth Prince and the Fourth Prince have been married for more than 30 years. The old couple can guess what she thinks and said, "If you feel lonely, I will ask someone to come over tomorrow."

The fourth concubine was stunned when she heard this, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'm going to be in a mess here, and I'll talk about it after the New Year."

The "Fourth Princess" they mentioned is the daughter of the Thirteenth Prince. She is eight years old this year and looks cute. The Fourth Princess has always had a good relationship with the Thirteenth Princess and often takes the Fourth Princess to the royal palace to live.

When talking about the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, the Fourth Prince felt distressed.

Compared with her, the thirteenth concubine's blessing is so full of blessings. Not to mention having three sons and two daughters, but now she has another one in her belly...

Not only the fourth concubines were touched by the pregnancy of the thirteenth concubine, but also the sixteenth prince.

When Cao Yong returned to his house, the Sixteenth Prince was already waiting for him. Hearing the Sixteenth Prince complained, Cao Yong stared at him.

Can this person who is pregnant or not? Even if they are as loving as the Thirteenth Prince's mansion, whether they can get pregnant depends on luck.

It can only be said that the sixteenth prince and his wife were not lucky, so they lost three legitimate sons in a row.

The sixteenth prince sighed and was very upset, blamed himself for his mistakes.

Like the Thirteenth Concubine, both of them gave birth to five children, but the consequences were different. The sixteenth Concubine's legitimate son died one after another, and only two young princes were with him; the Thirteenth Concubine had children.

"The Sixteenth Concubine is still young, why is the Sixteenth Master anxious? Chu Yu's pregnancy this time is several years away from the last delivery." Cao Yong felt strange about these pregnancy events.

The Sixteenth Prince seemed to notice this, coughed twice, and said, "How has the Imperial Doctor Fang cured Brother Ninth? I agreed, I'm waiting. After seeing Brother Ninth, I'll think it's my turn."

Cao Yong glanced at him and said, "Your Sixteenth Master is talking about this ten times, don't worry."

The sixteenth prince laughed awkwardly and said, "Just remember, just remember. Today, I came here because of the fruits tributed from the south. I added a fruit plate in winter, which looked bright..."

As the two were talking, they heard the outsider say, "Are you there?"

It was Xiaoman's voice, Cao Yong sang: "Come in!"

Xiaoman came in and saw the Sixteenth Prince first, then said to Cao Yong: "Master, several entrusts are at the school, as if they are going to compete with the newcomers. Brother Wei sent Xiaodi to come over and asked if he would come over to watch."

This is to explore the bottom of Bala and China. Cao Yong had the same eyes, but he really wanted to see how powerful this tiger and wolf man was.

The sixteenth prince couldn't sit still when he heard the excitement and urged Cao Yong to get up and head to the school grounds together.

The schoolyard is located southwest of Cao Mansion, between the study and the car and sedan garage, and there are many people standing there.

Needless to say, Cao Jia, Cao Yi, Cao Bing, and Cao Ding were all on the court. In addition to the protagonists Bala and China, there were Wei Hei, Zheng Hu, Ren brothers, Zhang Yi and Jingzhe and others. On the side of the school, there were boys in the mansion, Tianyou, Hangsheng, Zuozhu, Zuo Cheng, Changsheng and others.

Most of them knew the Sixteenth Prince. When Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince came together, they had to bow down to greet each other. Those who didn't know each other would follow the crowd.

The sixteenth prince waved his hand and told everyone to get up, his eyes falling on Bala.
To be continued...