Chapter 1161 Death

After Li's birthday, He Ke left one after another, and Gui Niang and Wen Jie stayed in the Governor's Mansion.

In addition to Wen Zhi and Niu Niu, they also discussed the matter of Wen Zhi joining the banner.

According to the Qing Dynasty, the people of the flag do not marry. Rules are dead and people live. If you want to intermarry, one of them must be naturalized or out of the country.

If Wen Zhi’s household registration is not included in the flag, he cannot marry Niu Niu in a legitimate manner.

Whether Wen Zhi alone enters the flag or his family joins the flag, we still need to make a decision.

With Cao Yong's current identity, it is not difficult to arrange the Wei family to join the banner, but this involves Wen Qiang and He Lingzhi, who is married to Wen Jie, will become troublesome.

After entering the flag, Wen Qiang's marriage was not something that the Wei family could decide.

Although Wen Qiang has a good appearance, her father and grandfather are still in her status and she cannot be noble. She can only mean being a concubine for the royal family, or entering the palace to agree to it.

If Wen Jie enters the flag, if he wants to get married, he will arrange for He Lingzhi to enter the flag.

Finally, Wen Jie and Wen Zhi brothers agreed that Wen Zhi would join the banner alone and open an account and become a citizen as another household in Cao’s mansion. Wen Jie’s words will be discussed later.

It was not until this time that the brothers Gui Niang and Wen Jie realized that Niu Niu was still eating imperial grain, 85 taels of silver and 85 hu of rice each year.

"The fifth-rank Yunqiwei was the title left by Ping Jie'er's father. Ping Jie'er's grandfather was an old minister around the late emperor. Mr. Zhuang also made contributions to the court during his lifetime, so the late emperor rewarded Yunqiwei's title. Before Mr. Zhuang died, he thought that Ping Jie'er was young and had submitted a letter of confession and asked for grace for Ping Jie'er. Therefore, Ping Jie'er was not only exempted from the election, but also retained Yunqiwei's title and passed it to his parents and children." Cao Yong said.

After hearing this, Wei Wenjie was surprised that the Cao Mansion and the Royal Family were so involved. Even Niu Niu, the little orphan in the eyes of outsiders, had some luck.

Wei Wenzhi's face would be gone.

He was very satisfied with the marriage arranged by Cao Yong for him.

Niu Niu has outstanding looks, which makes people feel good when they see her. In addition, thinking that she is in Cao's Mansion, no matter how well she gets along with the people of the Cao family, she still lives under someone else's roof. Both of them are orphans, so it's not impossible to cherish each other in the future.

In addition, he was unwilling to go against Cao Yong's wishes.

When he was rude in Jiangning in his early years, Cao Yong appeared and changed their situation. Later, Cao Yong hired someone in Beijing to send him to Jiangning to teach Wen Zhi Kung Fu.

Among the Wei family, he was most grateful to the Cao family and also had a bit of admiration for Cao Yong.

When he first entered the Zhuang Palace as a servant, the second housekeeper in the palace valued him more and wanted to promise his niece. Ke Wenzhi remembered that Cao Yong had said that he would make decisions for their marriage, so he politely declined the second housekeeper's kindness.

For this reason, he suffered more or less, but never complained in front of his family.

Although the Cao family has many powerful relationships, Niu Niu is just the daughter of Xixi and is born in a vain, so it is not easy to find a match.

Cao Yong mentioned it to him, which shows that he had also considered it.

Wen Zhi agreed without thinking. Even though Niu Niu said something that she would not tolerate her concubine, she nodded and agreed without saying a word. The reason was only one, this was the marriage arranged by Cao Yong for him.

Wen Zhi thought of treating his wife well in the future, which was also a kind of reward for Cao Yong.

He thought he was repaying his kindness and pitying Niu Niu, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he became his own high and would benefit a lot.

His expression changed, he shook his teeth, and said, "Uncle Shi... Do you want your nephew to be your son-in-law?"

It’s nothing to marry into the banner. My son wants to take over the title of grandfather. Wouldn’t he change his mother’s surname?

No wonder he was shocked. In the eyes of the world, a son-in-law is not much better than a slave.

After hearing what he said, Wei Wenjie became nervous and said, "Uncle Shi, should it be more than that? Even if you have to take on the Zhuang family incense, you can choose one of the children of the second brother and sister Ping in the future, and you don't have to be a son-in-law..."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "Don't think about it..." Speaking of this, Wen Zhi said, "Don't worry, although your aunt and I feel sorry for Sister Ping, we will not let you be son-in-law. However, Sister Ping has no father and brother, but has a widowed mother. In the future, you need your son-in-law to take care of her old age..."

Wen Zhi nodded and said, "Filial piety is the first priority for all virtues, and to support the elders, that is necessary..."

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Not only Wen Jie brothers, but also Gui Niang, were shocked by the news that there was a title behind Niu Niu.

The Cao family led to this marriage, although it was because they were pity for the weak daughter and reluctant to marry outside, they also saw Wei Xin's affection and wanted to bring up the literary aspirations.

Otherwise, it would not be impossible to mention Niu Niu's title when discussing marriage and find a concubine or second son of an official family.

Although she didn't say anything, she was still full of gratitude in front of Chu Yu and her attitude became more and more respectful.

On the sixth day of November, it was an auspicious day, and the Wei family made a small decision.

Wen Jie, Wen Zhi's meaning, wanted to ask Gui Niang to wear it for Niu Niu, which could be regarded as accusing Gui Niu's adoptive mother. But Gui Niang refused, for fear of being wronged by Niu Niu, so she went to the whole city in person and invited Yao Taijun to come forward.

Since Wen Jie has to wait until Wen Zhi and Niu Niu get married, the marriage time is probably set at the end of next year or the beginning of next year.

After Xiao Ding was released, Yao Taijun invited him, Gui Niang, Wen Zhi and Wen Qiang lived in the city for a few days, recognized his relatives, and then set off for a trip back to Beijing.

The sixteenth prince was worried about Cao Yong's recent situation. When he heard that Wen Zhi was back, he naturally asked him for a question at the first time.

In addition to asking about Li's birthday party, he also asked about the recent situation of the people in the Cao family. It was not until this was the case that the sixteenth prince knew that Wen Zhi and Niu Niu had gotten into rendezvous.

The sixteenth prince and Cao Yong had been with each other for many years, and naturally knew that Cao Yong valued Zhuang’s father and daughter, and he also began to value Wen Zhi a little more.

Everyone in the palace all treated things with the Sixteenth Prince's preferences, and Wen Zhi's attitude also changed.

Wen Zhi noticed the changes, but he didn't know whether it was joy or melancholy. However, he was open-minded and not a stubborn person. After a long time of worries, he threw them all behind.

Even if it is not because of his fiancée, because he is Cao Yong's nephew, the sixteenth prince is already particularly generous after entering the Zhuang Prince's Mansion.

Now that I am persistent in borrowing light or not, it is really pretentious.

However, he no longer persisted in the martial arts examination and accepted the position of guard of the royal palace...

The country is peaceful, and he has no chance to make contributions on the battlefield. He can only go to office as soon as possible and earn a royal decree for his wife. He can't let her down...

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Cao Yong was very pleased to learn about Wen Zhi's changes from the letter from the Sixteenth Prince.

After reading this over the past few years, he also discovered that Wen Zhi's temperament is somewhat similar to Hang Seng. He looked straightforward and honest, but he actually knew that although he was still a little more immature, he would eventually grow into a good man who stands tall and upright.

His life was comfortable, but Jiang Jian and Song Hou were both nervously waiting for news in Beijing.

Nian Gengyao's handling is pending, and there are many variables in the court and local officialdom.

Zhili guards and Jingji are different from other provinces, so few people can hold a permanent position as governor of Zhili, and it is normal to change people for a year or two.

The emperor asked Cao Yong for two years, and half of it had passed. What we need to consider now is Cao Yong’s position in the future.

With Cao Yong's current identity, Ren Man returned to Beijing, except for the six ministers, he was the Censor of the Inspectorate.

If there were more Beijing officials and local officials involved in the case of Nian Gengyao, there would be major changes in the officialdom by the end of this year.

Jiang Jian and Song Hou were worried that this year's big changes will be made and more people have been mobilized. When Cao Yong wants to return to Beijing next year, there may be no suitable shortage.

In that case, Cao Yong's situation would be very embarrassing.

Although it can be transferred to other provinces as governors, it has been reduced in ranking. Although the ups and downs in the officialdom are nothing, it also talks about luck. It is not a good thing to not rise but fall.

Cao Yong didn't care. He didn't have the intention to plan for external tasks now. He just accepted too many gifts for external tasks. Even if he didn't ask for bribes, he would have received only three or two birthday gifts.

He finally understood why during the Kangxi Dynasty, there were always governors from other provinces who respected the emperor for money.

If you have too much money, you will bite your hands, but if you don’t accept it, you will have to challenge the rules of the officialdom, and there will be more people who offend them.

With layer by layer of filial piety, who knows how many people have suffered disasters and destroyed their families in order to save money from the officialdom.

Cao Yong was afraid, and the heights were so cold that it was true.

Although being a chief official outside the border is much more free and powerful than the six ministries, the danger of falling off the horse is also a little more dangerous.

Cao Yong was also unsuccessful in his idle ministers who were appointed as the Six Ministry.

A few days later, news came from the capital that the imperial concubine Nian died, and before her death, the emperor appointed her as the imperial concubine.

When Jiang Jian and Song Hou heard about it, they became more and more concerned about the news in Beijing. Because they knew that Nian Gengyao's verdict was about to come.

Cao Yong was a little worried about the old man and Nian Xi.

After Cao Yong had a few dealings with the wise old man, he sincerely respected the old man. Although Nian Xi's body was better prepared, it was still a matter of whether he could withstand the situation under the great changes.

The old man and Nian Xi were in a very bad situation, and the grandparents and grandchildren fell ill one after another.

The old man was just a little bit better, and Nian Xi was bedridden again.

After hearing the news of Concubine Nian's death, Nian Xi vomited a mouthful of blood.

When his father was stripped of his official position and escorted back to Beijing, Nian Xi never felt hatred. The moment he heard his aunt's fierce letter, he finally felt angry with the one on the dragon throne.

My father was arrogant and arrogant, lost the respect of his ministers, and challenged the authority of the emperor, and ended up like this. But my aunt was different. She had been with the king for nearly twenty years and died several of her flesh and blood. She was just a pitiful woman.

Before her death, the emperor appointed the imperial concubine. She seemed passionate, but the most ruthless.

A title seems to be a king who values ​​friendship, but it also eliminates the possibility of forgiveness of Nian Gengyao.

Even Nian Xineng, who was outside the palace, thought of this. How could anyone as smart as Nian did not know?

This seemingly full of emperor favors became the death talisman of Nian's clan.

The old man's reaction should be much calmer.

He wandered around the yard several times a day. In terms of diet, he also asked the imperial physician to prescribe two health prescriptions to nourish his body every day just to make himself live longer.
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