Chapter 1166 Omissions

It’s not that Cao Yong was not kind, he felt relieved.

Yongzheng took his anger at Nian Xi, but Nian Xi even came forward to ask Nian Gengyao for his death at this critical moment. Now that the dust has settled, even if Yongzheng is angry, it will eventually be extinguished.

In that case, Prince Chun would no longer have to worry about the seventh princess.

Nersu's face looked bad, as if he was recalling something, and as if he was regretting it.

Cao Yong noticed something was wrong and said, "Brother-in-law?"

Ner woke up and waved his hand to send out all the servants and servants who were serving in the room. He sighed: "The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. I really didn't expect Nian Gengyao to end up like this."

Since the death of the late emperor, he was transferred back to the capital from the northwest. In addition to working as a errand in the first year of Yongzheng, he became a free prince since the second year of Yongzheng.

Among the royal family, Prince Beile, who is as idle as him, is not one or two.

Because when the sons fought for the throne during the former emperor, many royal princes and princes were behind the scenes, and the emperor's fear of them was not unreasonable. Instead, the young royal family has gradually emerged in recent years.

Nersu was bored and his daily entertainment was to raise fish and feed birds, and his life was calm, at least on the surface.

His throne is in power, and no one in the government dares to underestimate him.

But looking at his current face, he felt a little out of his mind.

"My brother-in-law sent someone to come here, but if you have any instructions?" Cao Yong hesitated for a moment and asked.

Nersu sighed, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong took it and looked at it, but it was an old and yellow land deed, which was 8,000 acres of mountainous land in Leshan, Sichuan. The original owner of the land deed and the current owner were all unfamiliar names, and the transfer time indicated on it was the 58th year of Kangxi. Because it was written about barren mountain alkali land, the transfer price was only 500 cents per acre.

Nersu looked at the land deed in Cao Yong's hand, and his face could not hide the heavy weight.

Cao Yong was shocked and confused.

Where is the land deed worth 4,000 taels of silver worth of Nersu so difficult?

In the 58th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Leshan, Sichuan?

"Brother-in-law, is there a salt well on this mountain?" Cao Yong looked up and said in surprise: "Is it the one given by Nian Gengyao?"

Sichuan produces well salt and sells it to the entire northwest and southwest.

The governor of Sichuan is Feique, second only to the governor of Liangjiang in the world, because Sichuan produces a lot of private salt.

Nersu nodded and smiled bitterly: "I was thinking at that time that he had brought it here on his own initiative, but if he refused, he would offend him. Unexpectedly, it would become the root of disaster now."

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

Over the years, I have not seen any interactions between Nersu and Nian Gengyao, and I didn’t expect that there would be such a private incident.

Cao Yong thought for a while and asked, "How many wells are there on this ground? How much is the annual income?"

"When handed over to the palace, there were eight wells, and later four eyes were opened... The annual income was 60,000 taels of silver..." Nersu replied.

After hearing this, Cao Yong could only sigh at Nian Gengyao's big moves.

"Since I was given filial piety in the Northwest Army, I will definitely not give only my brother-in-law. Can you tell me who else is there?" Cao Yong asked a little worried.

You should know that in the early years, Cao Yong's brother-in-law Hongshu also followed the royal family to the northwest.

Nersu showed a little sarcastic look on his face and said, "Nian Gengyao is arrogant, and others may not take it seriously. The Fourteenth Master has designated filial piety. Otherwise, how could he, a disciple of the emperor, be at peace with the Fourteenth Master during the war in the northwest?"

After hearing this, Cao Yong didn't know if he should breathe a sigh of relief or be more worried.

If there are many people, maybe Hongshu will be the one who has the right to say "the law does not punish the masses"; there are only two people, and perhaps Yongzheng will regard Nersu as the party of the 14th prince.

Nersu looked very depressed and said, "If I knew it would become a hot yam, I would have asked someone to deal with it long ago... I was a little reluctant to let it go before, but after Nian Gengyao had an accident, he did not dare to act rashly, so as to avoid falling into the eyes of others, and it would become more and more obvious."

What can make Nersu worry is definitely not just one gift.

Cao Yong remembered an old story. There were several disciples in the Pingwang Mansion who were officials outside, and one of them seemed to be in Sichuan.

"The emperor acted differently from the late emperor, and I was afraid..." Nersu's face was only confused, and he had no usual spirit: "After Nian Gengyao and the powerful ministers of Longkodo were cleansed, they thought it was the turn of the royal family... I can't stand to die..." As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and showed a little decisiveness on his face.

Seeing him excited, Cao Yong hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, you still need to think twice... The emperor ascended the throne for three years, and now it is different from the past..."

In the next sentence, he lowered his voice and said it.

Nersu looked up at Cao Yong and said to himself, "Don't worry, brother, I'm not so ignorant of the current affairs... I want to complain about my illness, stay in Shengtian, and give up the title to Fu Peng... Even if I do something wrong, without power or power, the emperor will not hold on!"

When Cao Yong heard this, he was stunned.

Nersu is less than forty years old and in his prime, and it is admirable to have such courage. But for a royal prince who has been obsessed with power since he was a child, keeping him away from power is also a kind of pain and torture.

"Brother-in-law, it's okay to 'speak out', it's unnecessary to let Jue?" Cao Yong said with thought.

Although Yongzheng had always been on guard against the royal family, when Qianlong came to power, he followed Kangxi in everything, but he treated the royal family well.

Nersu will be in his forties for another ten years. He will be able to join the court again for more than ten or twenty years. If he gives up his title, he will be a problem at that time.

Nersu looked at Cao Yong and his eyes warmed.

All four sons under his knees were born. Even if he was not allowed to be named Yu Fu Peng, no matter which son inherited the title of the king, he would be the nephew of the Cao family.

It is absolutely different for the Cao family to be the prince and the brother-in-law to be the prince.

However, Cao Yong was completely selfless and said such words, Neersu was very grateful.

"I have been a prince for twenty-four or five years, and I am also fucked. Although Shengjing is not as prosperous as the capital, it is better than purity. There are also many royal families there, and they will not be lonely when they come and go. It is very good." Nersu's expression was calm, and his tone was a little calm: "Even if there is no salt well, the emperor will not use me. In my early years, I did not take the rules seriously and offend many people. Now that I can be safeguarded in the ups and downs of these years, I still have to rely on my brother's early warnings and should be content."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Cao Yong stopped persuading and said, "What brother-in-law meant, should I take this Yanjing to the Thirteenth Master?"

Nersu nodded and said, "I don't have the courage to send this to the imperial court at this time. In that case, the emperor's rebellious anger towards Nian Gengyao might burn me... Uncle Thirteen has always avoided the affairs of the royal family. If I go to beg him, maybe I will be turned away from him."

Cao Yong didn't say anything, but just took over the land deed.

Nersu was raised in the palace since he was a child and was a prince in his teenage years. He seemed warm and elegant, but in fact he was also arrogant. Otherwise, he would not have faced the prince in his early years.

If there is any other way, he will not entrust this tricky matter to his brother-in-law...

After talking to Nersu, Cao Yong went back to Cao's mansion directly and did not go to see Cao Jia. He had only been here yesterday, and seeing her again today would easily make her worry.

Prince Ping’s Mansion was not far from Cao’s Mansion. Cao Yong rode his horse back to the mansion, and all he was thinking about was the salt well in Sichuan.

Unlike the salt fields in Shandong and Jiangnan, the salt wells in Sichuan are mostly private salt.

Because after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, Sichuan was short of population and the digging of salt wells was a work-intensive worker. Sometimes, tens of thousands of taels of silver were spent, but the wells could not be opened, so the court was unable to control it, and many merchants from various provinces invested in and dug.

Nersu only got a salt farm, and his annual income was 60,000 taels of silver. In the past seven years, it was 420,000 taels; Nian Gengyao governed Sichuan for seventeen years, and his private income was unpredictable in the northwest.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong had a strange idea in his mind.

The emperor killed Nian Gengyao and didn't even care about his reputation. He said that "the emperor left Sanjiangkou and the Jiahu battlefield" was all sensitive. Is it because the friction between the monarch and the ministers escalated, or because the emperor was fond of Nian Gengyao's family?

It is said that Nian Gengyao's family has more than millions of capital, and these two millions are also millions, and nine millions are also millions.

I also thought that if I could give up my power and go to Shengjing, it might not be worse than being in Beijing.

When we returned to Cao's mansion, Hang Seng and Cao Yuan were waiting in the front yard.

Hang Seng brought back the news that Nian Gengyao had died from the palace. Cao Yuan was waiting for Cao Yong to tell him whether he would send someone to the palace to deliver the rituals in previous years.

"Wait first and see, I'll send someone to inquire tomorrow." Cao Yong ordered.

Cao Yuan agreed, and Cao Yong and Hang Seng entered the door.

"Fourth Prince, what do you say about the fifth prince?" Cao Yong asked Hang Seng while walking.

Hang Seng said: "There are eyes everywhere in the palace, but ears. Where can you dare to say anything? You can only pretend to be confused."

Hengsheng respected his father the most in his heart. I am afraid that even the emperor in the palace might not be as outstanding as his father.

When his father was thirty years old, he became a rank-ranking official. Hengsheng, the son, was also very honored. Now, witnessing the fall of the rank-ranking official, the young man also felt a little sad.

"The emperor is very proud of his tribute. When my father meets you later, even if the emperor is generous, you must be careful." Hang Seng whispered.

Cao Yong couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

After Nian Gengyao was convicted, there was gossip in the capital, saying that the cracks between the king and the ministers began when Nian Gengyao met last year. Nian Gengyao not only asked local officials along the way to kneel down to greet him, but also came to the emperor and took a seat with no intention of a minister.

No matter why Yongzheng dealt with Nian Gengyao, in the eyes of the powerful and powerful people in the capital, the image of this emperor is linked to "moody" and "revengeful revenge".

Cao Yong patted his son on the shoulder and said, "I understand, you must remember that being with the king is like being with a tiger. Even if the fourth prince is not the king now, he is still the young master. Don't lose respect just because of being close to each other."

Hang Seng nodded and said, "Don't worry, my son can't help it. The Fourth Prince is not the sixteenth grandfather, he will only be the master and cannot become his son's friend..."
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