At the end of Si Shi, Cao Yin's official ship successfully docked.
No matter how unhappy Qingtai felt, he still stood next to the springboard to welcome his in-laws with a smile so that Yuzhu would not be embarrassed.
After Cao Yin got off the ship, he only saw Qingtai and Yuzhu, but no trace of Nersu. Hey, his mentality was immediately unbalanced...
Originally, because of the Cao family's background, the eldest Cao Jia was able to marry Nersu, which was definitely Kangxi's preference for the Cao family.
Now, Cao Yin personally sent Cao Jia to Beijing to officially marry Nersu. Who would have thought that Nersu would act like a county king and not even show his face? This is really a slap in the face.
Just now, the way Cao Yin looked around had been clearly seen by Yuzhu.
Yuzhu knew very well that Cao Yin was looking for a good son-in-law, Narsu.
Hey, the good son-in-law didn't show up, but the bad son-in-law and the bad relatives came to greet him in person.
No matter how you look at this, it's so awkward.
In fact, Cao Yin was not a fool.
Between the crown prince and Lao Ba, the Cao family's strategy was to hedge their bets.
When the prince comes to ask for money, the Cao family will give him as much as he wants without any ambiguity.
Lao Ba had no son, so Suzhou weaver Li Xu spent a lot of money to buy several stunning women from Jiangnan and secretly gave them to Lao Ba.
Moreover, the Cao family also secretly gave Lao Ba hundreds of thousands of taels of silver behind the prince's back.
Nersu is a member of the Fourteenth Lao, and the Fourteenth is a die-hard Ba Ye Party member. Once Nersu is won over, the Cao family will have no worries from now on!
As for Yuzhu, although he is also a son-in-law, he is only the son-in-law of a concubine. The importance of Yuzhu is naturally much lower than that of Narsu, a hereditary and irreplaceable prince. This is one of them.
Secondly, Cao Yin, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, had also heard that Yuzhu was in trouble and actually offended the prince and Lao Ba at the same time.
This is simply like a birthday man hanging himself, he is so tired of living!
Therefore, Cao Yin deliberately kept a distance from Yuzhu to avoid being mistaken by the prince or Lao Ba as Yuzhu's backing.
After Qingtai and Cao Yin were polite for a while, they deliberately asked Cao Yin: "If Brother Cao has not arranged a place to stay, my younger brother's house will be spacious."
The Cao family has an old house in the capital. It occupies a large area and has more than thirty rooms.
Before Cao Yin came to Beijing, he had already ordered people to come to Beijing and tidy up the old house. Although the Cao family's old house was far less luxurious than Jiangning's, it was still barely habitable.
"Brother Qing is too polite. Brother Yu has made arrangements, so I won't bother you." Cao Yin's excuse made Qingtai very satisfied.
Qingtai was just doing it because of his family's reputation. How could he sincerely invite Cao Yin to live in the Qing Mansion?
Following Cao Yin's instructions, the Cao family members disembarked from the boat one by one.
Da Caojia was Yuzhu's sister-in-law, and she was about to get married. In line with the principle of not seeing anything inappropriate, Yuzhu deliberately lowered his head and looked at the ground.
It wasn't until Cao Jia passed by him that Yuzhu raised his head, and all he saw was her graceful back.
However, what Ling Yuzhu didn't expect was that Da Cao Jia had already seen his appearance clearly on the boat.
After returning to the city, Qingtai said goodbye and returned home.
However, Yuzhu, the son-in-law, could not escape. He accompanied the Cao family back to their old house.
The old house of the Cao family is located in Shaojiu Hutong on the boundary of Zhengbai Banner in the inner city.
Yuzhu sent Cao Yin to the second gate. Cao Yin pretended to be tired and said, "Thank you for your hard work, good son-in-law. However, I am old and a little tired after all."
Cao Yin's excuse played into Yuzhu's hands. He immediately followed the trend and said: "Then please have a rest early. My son-in-law will come back another day to take care of you."
The father-in-law and his son-in-law exchanged a few more false polite words, and Yuzhu said goodbye and left the Cao family's old house.
The next day, while playing chess with Kangxi, the old emperor suddenly asked Yuzhu: "Did Cao Yin arrive yesterday?"
When Kangxi asked this question, Yuzhu understood in his heart that Cao Yin's three-way affair had not yet been exposed.
"My mother and I went to pick him up together, and Abha still lives in the old house in Shaojiu Hutong." Yuzhu knew what Kangxi wanted to hear, so he explained in detail the whole process of picking up Cao Yin from Tongzhou Wharf.
When Kangxi heard that Nersu had not gone to Tongzhou at all, he could not help but darken his face and said coldly: "The eldest daughter of the Cao family is worthy of him. If Cao Yin had not wanted to supervise the weaving in Jiangnan, she would have been an important minister of the imperial court."
Yuzhu understood very well that Cao Yin's ability to engage in royal weaving was simply too weak.
What Kangxi really valued about Cao Yin was that he was young and had deep feelings. Second, Cao Yin was the old emperor's eye on Jiangnan.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that Kangxi really had feelings for Cao Yin, and Nersu openly treated Cao Yin lightly. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the daughter who had been given a marriage gift.
Also, Nersu's surname is Aixinjueluo, and he actually married the daughter of a married woman, which is indeed a bit of a shame.
Last time, Nersu took the initiative to bow to Yuzhu for money. After all, Yuzhu was his brother-in-law, so he didn't take the opportunity to add insult to injury.
Kangxi also knew that although Yuzhu and Nersu were brothers-in-law, they were extremely at odds with each other.
Yuzhu did not take the opportunity to speak ill of Nersu, and in Kangxi's eyes, he became a model of kindness.
The two were playing chess when Wei Zhu came in to report and Cao Yin handed over the cards to see him.
"Ask him to come in." Kangxi casually ordered Wei Zhu without any hesitation.
Soon, Cao Yin was brought in.
When Cao Yin saw clearly that the person accompanying the emperor to play chess was actually Yuzhu, he said "Ah..." and was immediately stunned.
"Yuzhu, bring a stool for your Abha." Kangxi was particularly kind to Cao Yin. He knew clearly that Cao Yin had lost his composure in front of the king, but he pretended not to know how to go away.
Yuzhu went out, took a brocade stool from the young eunuch, and moved it to Cao Yin's side.
Cao Yin had already met Li, and was talking to Kangxi with his red eyes.
"Master, I haven't seen you for several years, and your temples have turned white."
Only the emperor dared to say this. Even Yuzhu did not dare to remind the emperor that you are old!
Kangxi sighed softly and said, "Oh, in the blink of an eye, I am no longer the young boy I was back then. Ziqing, you are much older too."
Yuzhu pricked his ears and listened to the common conversation between Kangxi and Cao Yinla. Unexpectedly, the old emperor scolded him abruptly, "Like a stupid goose, it's your turn."
Hey, Yuzhu frowned deliberately and muttered something in a low voice.
"Hey, old man, your skills are amazing!" Yuzhu deliberately flattered the old emperor.
Kangxi stroked his beard and laughed softly: "Hey, you little monkey, can you escape from the palm of the Buddha?"
"Hey, it's very comfortable to lie down in the Five Fingers Mountain of the Giant Buddha. Why are you running away?" Yuzhu's witty words immediately made Kangxi laugh.
"Okay, go away, come back and play chess with me tomorrow." Kangxi had something private to say to Cao Yin, so he waved his hand and drove Yuzhu away.
Cao Yin watched the whole process, Yuzhu and the emperor had various exchanges, and he could not suppress the shock in his heart.
To be honest, Cao Yin never expected that Yuzhu would be so close to the old emperor.
Based on Cao Yin's understanding of Kangxi, if he could say "gun" to Yuzhu, he must treat Yuzhu as a serious junior.
After Yuzhu came out of the palace, he went directly to the tax inspection camp.
Today's tax inspection camp, Sun Chengyun and General Qian are just in name, the real leaders are Niu Tai and Baixing.
When Yuzhu entered the camp, there was no one holding the door. He almost laughed in anger.
When I went in, I saw that Bai Xing was leading the troops for training. He was naked and standing in front of the team, waving his sword vigorously and chopping very powerfully.
The tax soldiers, whose heads were wrapped with blue cloth strips, were not only of varying sizes, but also of various colors in their uniforms.
Among the tax soldiers in the same row, some had knives in their hands, some had spears, and some had iron chains.
From a distance, Yuzhu discovered that among Bai Xing's men, there were actually several skinny uncles in their forties.
Well, you can tell at a glance that he is here to hang out in the camp.
Seeing Yuzhu coming, Baixing quickly came over to greet him.
Yuzhu asked Bai Xing: "Is this training?"
Bai Xing nodded and said loudly: "Returning to your lord, I am currently training our tax soldiers."
Yuzhu thought for a moment and understood in an instant that Bai Xing's so-called military training meant that he was shirtless, waving a sword in front of people, and teaching the tax soldiers how to kill people.
Autumn is known when a leaf falls, and from Bai Xing's unsatisfactory performance, it can be seen that the training status of the Eight Banners soldiers in the Fengtai Camp is also chaotic and disorderly.
You know, Bai Xing was the assistant leader of the Fengtai camp before.
The leaders of the elite troops all look like this, not to mention the ordinary Eight Banners soldiers?
"Well, let's continue training." Yuzhu wanted to see clearly the real situation in the tax camp, so he did not disturb Baixing's training.
After Bai Xing returned to continue training, Yuzhu ordered someone to bring a chair and sat behind the team, silently observing the team's situation.
How should I put it, these tax soldiers are neither combat troops nor established security forces.
Improving equipment cannot be mentioned at all.
Therefore, the basic equipment of the tax soldiers can only be swords and guns.
Putting aside whether an army, whether it is a security force or a regular official army of the imperial court, can fight a war, it must first enforce orders and prohibitions.
The key to enforcing orders and prohibitions is to have capable grassroots officers.
The most typical example is actually that Weimar Germany before the Führer came to power had only 100,000 Wehrmacht troops.
However, each of these 100,000 people received systematic training according to the standards of military officers.
Therefore, after the head of state came to power to expand the army, he relied on these 100,000 officers to expand the National Defense Force to a terrifying size of 8 million.
Soldiers need to be good, not too many!
While having dinner in the tax barracks, Yuzhu deliberately walked over.
Alas, Yuzhu shook his head secretly as he walked.
The bowls of the tax soldiers were all filled with brown rice that was yellow in color and even a little black. The only accompanying dish was pickled white radish strips.
After leaving the tax barracks, Yuzhu's mind was always filled with the thought that if the soldiers were no longer available, they would have to tear them down and start over again!
It is better to have one bird in hand than to have hundreds of birds in sight.
Yuzhu can only make the most reasonable training choices based on local conditions.
(PS: Hehe, Gongbao’s little station is like Zhugong’s tax soldier. The taste of military power is so fragrant, it’s time to enjoy the moon ticket!)