Chapter 1095: The Boys (Part 2)

In the first game, Tianyou and Zuo Zhuo played.

The two were a few months apart, and they were almost as tall, fat and thin as they were evenly matched. However, both of them were used to reading books, and there were elders watching them, even if they were wrestling and playing, they were a bit restrained.

Seeing this, Cao Song said he was bored. He called this one more carefully and then called that one more forcefully, and he was very busy. Because he led the atmosphere on the court became lively.

Cao Yong and Cao sat beside each other, watching the excitement, and couldn't help but smile.

Although he was similar in age, Tianyou had his homework in the flag school in the past two years and had riding and shooting. He lived in the official school, mainly based on the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Six Arts were just named. Therefore, in the first game, Tianyou won.

In the second game, Wei Wenzhi and Hang Seng came out.

Wei Wenzhi was older than Hang Seng, but Hang Seng was taller than the children of the same age. The two were evenly matched. They fought for a quarter of an hour, but in the end, Hang Seng won a small victory.

When Wei Wenzhi started to end, he was embarrassed to use all his strength because of his age. It was not until Khan Jinji that he realized how arrogant he was in the past. After he passed the martial arts, he underestimated the world. Now a naughty boy in the capital can throw himself to the ground.

He lowered his head, looking a little depressed.

When Cao Yong saw him, he called him to approach and said, "I lost my energy?"

Wei Wenzhi said embarrassedly: "Uncle Cao, my nephew is embarrassed. When he was in Jiangning, he thought he was strong and could compete with adults. Unexpectedly, he thought he was self-righteous and was extremely embarrassed."

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "I remember that there are people outside of people, and it is good to have heaven outside of heaven, but you don't have to be too discouraged. Now that you lose to Hang Seng, you may not be as strong as him, but the customs of the north and the south are different. The southerners are gentle, and their children are mostly studying and rarely practice martial arts. Even if I hire a martial arts teacher, you will mostly practice basic skills and have few opportunities for actual combat. The northern people are strong, and the bannermen have always valued martial arts. Hang Seng has often wrestled with his brothers and friends since he was a child, but he won you in his skillful skills."

When Wei Wenzhi saw him comforting him, he felt warm in his heart. Looking at Cao Yong, he felt a little admiration.

Cao Yong didn't feel anything. Cao Feng sat beside him and watched his second brother, who was still childlike and cheered in front of him with a few nephews. His cousin began to "preach" again. He raised his head helplessly and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

These two brothers are not really interested.

In this moment, the winner has been decided in the third game.

Tian Hu won the victory of Changsheng, and Changsheng was not annoyed. He smiled and praised Tian Hu for his strength than before. After the scene, Tian Hu, the nephew, returned to his obedient appearance and was respectful to his uncle.

In this way, Hang Seng won the victory in two games, and happily divided the lottery prepared by Cao Yong and Cao Feng.

The last game was the dagger that won Cao Song.

Only Wei Wenzhi and Hang Seng can compete for strength.

Wei Wenzhi thought about his many "actual combat" opportunities and was more successful in front of Uncle Cao, otherwise he would ask Uncle Cao to ask for advice for him for nothing; Hang Seng thought about his second uncle's dagger, but he would still win it. If Uncle Second is reluctant, he would give it back to Uncle Second.

So, these two people were more serious than before.

Cao Song shouted to the children for a while, his throat was dry, and he sat down at Cao Yong's left head, took the watermelon, and ate it in three bites, and then said, "Brother, Hengsheng has two tricks, but it's much easier than we fell back then. In other words, Wen Zhi has two strengths, but if it were someone else, he would have fallen down long ago. With Wen Zhi's appearance, it would not be easy to take the martial arts subject. If it were a few years later, he might still have hope. However, military officers are not as good as civil servants, so it would be so easy to endure? If Wen Zhi really walks this way, it would be difficult."

He and Wei Xin were also young friends, and they were not as close to Cao Yong's deep friendship, but they also had some old friendship, so they were more careful about the children of the Wei family.

"The left and right are still young, wait and see. If the imperial examination fails in two years, I will make up for the martial arts in Beijing." Cao Yong said.

Seeing that his brother had made arrangements, Cao Song put the matter aside and said, "By the way, brother, before the shift change yesterday, Marsay asked me to talk to me, and talked a few words, but didn't say anything."

Marsay, whom he mentioned, was the boss of the Minister of the Guards and Cao Song's Guards.

Cao Yong and Cao Feng heard this and looked at each other, knowing that there was something strange about it.

Before he could speak, Wei Wenzhi was defeated by Hang Seng again.

Cao Song gave the dagger to Hengsheng and asked the children to play in the yard by themselves. He followed Cao Yong and Cao Feng to talk in the study.

"What did you say? Second brother will tell me carefully. Ma Gong is the emperor's confidant. Who knows if he was ordered to come?" Cao Fu was a little anxious. Seeing that Cao Yong was still thinking, he spoke.

Cao Song thought for a while and said, "I really didn't say anything, I'm just saying one by one... Oh, by the way, I asked a few old things about Jiangning... I'll go to Shandong with my elder brother, and Marsai will know first."

"Jiang Ning, no, right?" Cao Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"I don't know anything?" Cao Song was still in chaos, looking at his younger brother, and then looking at his cousin.

"It's 80% true." Cao Yong nodded and said.

Cao Wu smiled bitterly and said, "The changes in the Sacred Heart are really not something we can guess. As soon as possible, why did the Sun and Li families uproot the roots?"

"It is precisely because of Sun and Li's family that the emperor was relieved to let the Cao family go back to Jiangnan again. The Jiangnan officialdom may be subject to a major change. The emperor uses the Cao family to protect someone." Cao Yong said, and Li Wei's name appeared in his mind.

Although Li Wei was highly valued, he had no foundation. This was his advantage, which made him trusted by the emperor and made him soar. However, it was his disadvantage, which made him isolated and helpless in the officialdom and struggling.

Even if he bears the saint's decree, he still dreams of trying to shake the Jiangnan officialdom with his own strength.

However, the Cao family has a lot of foreign aid.

If Cao Song was released from Jiangnan, the officials and gentry in Jiangnan would have to consider whether they could offend the Cao family.

Not to mention, Cao Yin was famous in Jiangnan during his lifetime, and many aristocratic families had old families. Bullying his nephew could easily lead to criticism. Just say that Cao Yong, the leader of the Cao family, would he let his cousin be wronged?

Seeing that Cao Yong was confident, Cao Song widened his eyes and said, "Brother, Jiangnan wants to change the governor? Is there any news? Who is it?"

He also knew the excitement of the capital in the past two months, and he said a little curiously.

It seems that Li Wei’s release of Jiangnan is almost the same, but Cao Yong did not tell Cao Song bluntly. His younger brother is not particular about the details, and if he misses his words, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, Cao Yong said: "No matter who he is, as long as you remember, you are the one who is the emperor. If the emperor asks you to protect, you will protect whoever you want."

Cao Song nodded and smiled, "I'm right, I'm listening to the emperor." As he spoke, he was a little excited and said, "It would be great if I could go back to Jiangning, I must go back to the Weaver Mansion and have a good look. These years have been good, but I dreamed of going back and taking a walk in the past few years."

When Cao Feng heard this, he also brought a little yearning: "It would be great if I hadn't become an official, and I could still follow my second brother to Jiangnan. I have lived in Jiangning for more than ten years and have never seen the prosperity of the Qinhuai River and the beauty of Yangzhou. It's really a pity."

Seeing that the two cousins ​​were talking lively, Cao Yong said, "Even if you know it, you should pretend that you don't know. Even if you go to Jiangnan, you won't enjoy it. I don't know how many troubles you will have. Second brother should also think about it carefully. If you don't want to go, let's think about it again."

When Cao Song heard this, hesitated for a moment and said, "If the emperor really chooses me, how can I not go?"

If Yongzheng wanted to tie the Cao family behind Li Wei and use the old relationships with Cao's family in Jiangnan to build momentum for Li Wei, the most suitable Cao family to push it to the front of the stage was Cao Song. His official position was here, and the level of the exterior was not too low; if Cao Si and Cao Wu could also be exiled to Jiangnan, but their seniority was there, even under the banner of the Cao family's children, it would be less important.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong made a decision and said, "Since that's the case, if the emperor orders you, go. You are a military officer, and you can only shock you when you go to Jiangnan. You can help support yourself when the new governor is restrained, and most of the time you are just watching from the wall."

At this moment, Cao Song also understood that the emperor was willing to let go and was not his favorite, but the Cao family behind him. He couldn't help but worry: "The officialdom in Jiangnan has always been dangerous, will it affect the family?"

In the prosperous land of Jiangnan, half of the world's taxes came from Jiangnan. The officialdom of Jiangnan has never been peaceful.

Unless Cao Song is a guard all his life, there will always be a time to stand alone. When he goes to Jiangnan, there is a hero in front of him, Li Wei, who is there, so Cao Yong is still a little relieved.

"As long as you remember the few I said in my early years, it will be fine." Cao Yong said: "Don't be greedy or lustful, do the mean, and abide by your duty. Even if a villain attacks and annihilates, he can stand firm..."

There is no need to talk about other interpersonal relationships in the officialdom. Cao Song is already in his thirties, and there are also many conflicts in the guards. He is not a young man who has just started to get involved in the officialdom.

Cao Song saw his brother's teaching and listened carefully.

However, Cao Fu thought of the guard Que on his second brother and said to Cao Yong: "Brother, if the second brother is really released, the guard will be in a hurry. Should he plan this for Tianyou?"

Now a guard in Beijing is short of money and costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. This is still a price but no market.

If the Cao family did not make plans early, it would be too late to wait until the news of Cao Song's release came out.

Tianyou is the son of the princess and the young master of Bo's mansion. If he is a guard in front of the imperial court, he will have a better future than taking office in the imperial examination.

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "The guard must be at least sixteen years old. Even if Tianyou wants to replenish the guard, he will have to wait until the next year."

The sixteenth year here refers to Xu Sui. When Cao Yong was appointed as the guard in Beijing, he was Xu Sui, and fourteen and a half years old.

Cao Fu was the most active in his mind. In a blink of an eye, he had an idea and said, "Since Tianyou is not old enough, then let him make a deal with Ma Gong. Leave his second brother's shortcomings to him and let him promise that Tianyou will be the guard in two years."

As Cao Song's current first-class guard, he is qualified to speak about the things he needs to make up for.

After all, the first-class guard he freed was enough to be a favor for the ministers above. Then, second-class guards were promoted to first-class; third-class guards were freed to be free of charge, which could be replenished or promoted from the Blue-Ping Guard.
Chapter completed!