Chapter 1115: Official spirit

Cao Yong received the mansion report first, and the next day he received the Cao Song family letter.

It was not surprising that Cao Song was prepared for his release, but he didn't expect that they would leave Beijing before the New Year. As a result, time was too rushed, and I don't know how Cao Song was preparing.

Although his cousin is over thirty years old, he was seen by Cao Yong, and he was particularly concerned about him when he was raised by his nephew.

He calculated the distance. Although he passed by Zhili, he walked in Bazhou and Wen'an, but not through Baoding Prefecture.

It is too late for brothers to meet each other.

Although military officers’ responsibilities are not as complicated as local civil servants, Jiangning is an important town. The Jiangning General has more than 15,000 officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning General, and his responsibilities are not leisurely.

Although Cao Song was a lie in the Northwest Army, he was only in the central army's tent and did not manage military affairs. Cao Yong was worried.

It happened to be the end of the month, and on the fifteenth day, the civil and military officials of Zhili who did not take turns to meet with their new boss, arrived in Hejian Mansion one after another. Among them, Fan Shiyi, the general of Malankou, was the uncle of Li Yu's husband, and he was also considered a relative of the Cao family.

When he heard that he had been to the Governor's Office to submit a letter of worship, Cao Yong invited him to the official residence to speak.

Fan Shiyi is in his forties, has a national face, a bit rich figure, and is wearing a martial arts uniform, which has a bit of heroic spirit.

The two had also met in Beijing in their early years, but they were not very familiar with each other.

However, after reaching this level, I have experienced it in the officialdom and will not be in a state of disgrace.

Seeing that Cao Yong did not avoid the Li family, he even asked someone to call Li Cheng to meet him. Fan Shiyi also heard Xian and knew the elegance. He was less restrained than Shangguan opposite and more familiar with his relatives. He also made a special mention of his nephew, who has now been sent to Shandong as the governor, and so on.

Cao Yong calculated in his mind that there were dozens of people in the Fan family who had been in power for three generations. This was the true family of aristocratic families. Since Duke Wencheng, the descendants of the Fan family did not enter the cabinet and did not involve disputes over the throne. They have been safe and safe throughout the five dynasties.

Cao Yong looked at Fan Shiyi and thoughtful.

Over the years, he has been thinking about how the Cao family should develop. It is hard to be safe without power, and it is hard to be safe to have power. Now it seems that following the Fan family and practicing the doctrine of the mean seems to be easier to be safe for a hundred years.

Seeing that Cao Yong had no voice, Fan Shiyi gradually stopped talking, and hesitated in his heart.

Cao Yong had already woken up and put the matter of the Fan family aside, asking about the addition of the Eight Banners soldiers of Malankou. Malankou was originally composed of 60 Eight Banners soldiers, and there were 40 shortages.

There were originally 401 soldiers in Baoding Prefecture, with 99 soldiers in the red flags, and the Eight Banners in other places in Zhili were also short of personnel.

After Cao Yong arrived in Zhili, he wrote a memorial, asking for an order to fill the shortcomings of the Eight Banners soldiers of Zhili, and the emperor had already agreed.

These Eight Banners soldiers were all under Cao Yong's rule.

Cao Yong asked for an order now, but it was just for everyone to show it.

There were not many Eight Banners soldiers under the rule of the Governor of Zhili, only more than a thousand people, and the others were all green camps. Therefore, it was easy to find out these people. It was also a reminder to the admirals and generals in Zhili that they would rectify the military affairs of Zhili, so everyone should be more at ease.

It’s not that Cao Yong was troublesome, but that the Thirteenth Prince wrote a letter saying that the emperor had no intention of sending people down for the time being, but he would send someone to patrol the military affairs of Zhili around the Dragon Boat Festival next year.

That means, in the past six months, Cao Yong had to be the leader in training troops himself, and he had to come up with some achievements to the emperor.

There will be one month to celebrate the New Year. It will be in a hurry before the New Year and it will be extremely moving. It will only be five months after the New Year, and time will not wait for anyone.

After Cao Yong discussed with Jiang Jian and Song Hou, he handed over the Eight Banners patch.

They are all working for the emperor, mainly doing errands, and they have no way to be enemies with military officers across the province and make enemies for themselves. Since they have already reminded me before, Cao Yong will not be polite if he doesn't give him any shame.

When he heard Cao Yong ask about military affairs, Fan Shiyi paused and said, "After all, he was transferred from the Eight Banners of the Capital. The procedures for the Ministry of War are probably more complicated. According to common practice, it will not be easy to make up for the first month of next year."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

There are several Eight Banners in Zhili, with a total of less than 300 people, so why is it so hard to do it?

It’s because there was a New Year between the flag managers who were unwilling to leave Beijing, and the Ministry of War had to delay it, waiting for the reaction of the Governor Cao Yong. If it was so cheap, it would be done, so why should I use Cao Yong’s oil and water?

Thinking of going forward, Cao Yong's face turned black.

Then he thought of what he received a few days ago, and he calmed down. Well, he just thought it was a reversal, just as long as he didn't let himself pay the money. When he was in the capital, he didn't feel it, but when he went down to the place, he knew why the governors and governors were scattering money in the capital.

"The first month is the first month, and the Eight Banners soldiers will be supplemented, and then the Green Camp will be released." Cao Yong nodded and said.

When Fan Shiyi heard this, the flesh on his cheeks shook, as if he was about to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

Cao Yong was about to use his mouth to spread his meaning, but even though he didn't ask, he continued: "The Emperor was tired of the Green Camp in Zhili, and the Emperor was very dissatisfied. He asked me to come down to serve as a military service for Zhili. Looking at the Emperor's intention, he wanted to make drastic moves, and I'm afraid something will happen next year."

Having said this, Fan Shiyi pretended to be confused again. He stood up, hugged his fists like the direction of the capital, and said, "Since the emperor has given the order, the subordinate officials will follow the commander's constitution!"

Seeing that he was tactful, Cao Yong was very satisfied.

There were still many officials waiting to be summoned later, and Cao Yong served tea to see him off...

The Governor's Office, outside the gate, the west gatehouse.

Wei Wenjie followed his cousin Wei De, and looked at his uncle arching and handed over silver seals to the gatekeeper of the Governor's Office, and frowned.

The silver seal was prepared by his uncle, and it was sealed with fifty taels of silver. Unexpectedly, it was just to manage the gatekeepers of the Governor's Office.

This is "Menjing". In the county magistrate's office in the city, there is also "Menjing", which is eight taels of silver.

Wei Wenjie's heart was heavy. There were three hundred taels of silver notes in his waist. It was the "ritual ceremony" prepared by his uncle for this time of greeting, that is, the "meeting ceremony" that he gave to him when the new official took office and his subordinates first visited him.

Wei Wenjie remembered clearly that just half a month ago, his uncle had just asked his cousin to prepare a gift worth 300 taels of silver to pay his birthday to the governor's wife.

In just one month, the county magistrate gave gifts to the governor and his fellow disciples, which was 700 taels of silver.

How many county governments are there in Zhili?

Although he knew that these were all customs in the officialdom, he thought that his cousin only had a salary of dozens of taels of silver every year, but he had a variety of filial piety, and Wei Wenjie felt heavy in his heart.

I always feel that what I saw and heard this month is inconsistent with the etiquette norms learned from the books of sages in my daily life.

The gatekeeper collected Men Jing, took Wei De's famous letter, and sent someone to the Governor's Office to communicate with him, and asked Wei De to serve tea outside.

There was already a prefect from another place and a prefect from the Shinzhou province sitting outside. They all handed over a letter of worship and were waiting for the summons.

Everyone met according to their grades and started chatting in a low voice.

Before coming to the Governor's Office to pay a visit, Wei Wenjie and his uncle first went to the Baoding Prefect's Office to pay tribute and witnessed the prestige of the Lord of the State Council.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Governor's Office, the magistrate of the same level would also be careful in front of the doorman, waiting in the doorman for Hou to see him, but he dared not speak loudly.

Wei Wenjie was in a complicated mood and felt very depressed. He whispered to say hello to his uncle and went out to wait.

No one dared to stay at will in front of the Governor's Mansion.

Wei Wenjie walked to the opposite side of the Governor's Mansion. Here was a lotus pond, which had frozen. Some dead stems and leaves were exposed under the remaining snow. Looking around, there were a few naughty children playing in the distance.

He turned around and looked at the majestic gate of the Governor's Mansion to realize that his kind uncle, who was always kind to him, was a real master.

My uncle who disliked him for his marriage was like a clown in the officialdom compared to this gentle and elegant uncle Shi.

But all this glory belongs to the Cao family and has nothing to do with him.

If you want to be filial to your aunt and protect your younger brother and sister, you have to be the elder brother who is responsible.

Thinking of this, Wei Wenjie straightened his chest and suddenly felt a little bold.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came not far away.

Wei Wenjie looked in the sound and saw a line of riders galloping towards the east.

"Wow!" In a blink of an eye, the group had already rushed to the gate of the Governor's Mansion. The leader tied the reins and stopped the horse.

But he was an acquaintance. Wei Wenjie hurriedly came forward and called out with a little surprise: "Uncle Cao!"

That's right, the person who dismounted was Cao Song, who was wearing a regular dress.

"Wenjie!" Cao Song also brought joy, looked at him twice, and said, "Wearing this robe, I'm a little more mature! Didn't you say you're here? Why is it the master who transferred you here?"

Wei Wenjie shook his head and said, "No, my nephew's clan uncle comes to join the uncle today. My nephew thought that he should come to pay his respects to his uncle and aunt, so he followed him.

Cao Song had been with his brother in his office in his early years and knew the rules of the gatekeeper. Wei Wenjie's clan uncle was only a seventh-rank magistrate. When he met the governor's office, he was not his turn in less than half a day.

Because he was staying in front of the Governor's Office, a gatekeeper had already stepped forward to inquire.

He was wearing regular clothes, and only three or four followers were at the same time. The doorman lost his respect and his chin was raised high, which was a bit of a driving force.

Seeing that he was speechless, Cao Song felt annoyed, but he didn't want to get angry here and let people laugh at him. He suppressed his anger and said, "I am the cousin of the governor. I come from the capital. Who is the leader in your doorman? Let him come out to see me?"

The clerk saw that he spoke from Governor Chen's relatives, half-believing and half-doubted. He looked at Cao Song and refused to move, and said, "Can this master hand over a famous post first, and then Rong Xiaodi go and pass it on."

Cao Song's face suddenly turned dark. This time he was not angry that he was neglected, but that the clerk had no eyes.

I am not an outsider, so I will not have any trouble with my brother because of these trivial matters. But one day, my relatives and friends have arrived, so I was stopped outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion because I was not wearing official uniforms. That would offend people.

"Zhang Yi, Wu Mao, Zhao An, Cao Man, there is always one of you who is your head? Go and pass the message quickly, and say that Cao Song is coming and you are going to come to the mansion to see your brother and sister-in-law." Cao Song held back his anger and said in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!