Chapter 1288: The Battle of Tao (Rolling around and asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)

In addition to the "ice and charcoal" obtained in the yamen, Cao's mansion also received the "earth etiquette" sent by Li Wei on the same day.

This is not like gold, silver and jewelry hidden under the guise of "earth etiquette", but authentic Jiangning specialties.

Duck, dried fragrant, fragrant belly, ***, diamond powder, lotus root powder, these are in the entrance; rain flower stone, folding fan, bamboo carving, jade carving, these are for playing with furnishings; various brocade and silk are used.

It was a bit of a car, half a car.

Even the New Year gift Cao Song sent someone back last year was not that complete.

Chu Yu had never lived in Jiangning and did not have any special feelings, but Li was so happy.

She asked people to put the small objects they played with on half a kang, and to Changsheng, Tianhui and Tianbao talk about the benefits of such things.

The Cao family’s hometown is Fengrun, Zhili, and Jiangning is just a place to live.

For Li, being a mother in Jiangning is the most important place in the world.

But for the younger generation, Jiangning is too far away. The impression they gave was that the place where several generations of elders in their family became officials. Now the second brother (second uncle) is also there to be an official.

Seeing Li explaining, he looked a little proud and nostalgic, Changsheng said: "My mother talks about Jiangning, her face is full of energy. If she had known that her mother was like this, she might as well go to Jiangning with her second aunt."

After the fourth sister got married, Zhaojia was unwilling to be with her concubine's son and daughter-in-law, so she still returned to Jiangning and became the grandmother.

After hearing what his youngest son said, Li laughed and said, "I heard that I took my mother to take the post, but I didn't hear that I took my mother to take the post. I went thousands of miles away, how could I just talk about it?" At the end of the conversation, I felt a little sad.

Even if I think about Jiang Ning again, it’s a big deal to see it in my life.

I have been in Beijing for more than ten years, but I still feel terrifying when I think of the old house in Jiangning Weaver Mansion.

Tianbao was beside him, noticed Li's sadness, pulled her sleeve, and said, "Don't worry, old lady, grandson is good at studying, pass the Jinshi early, go to Jiangning to be an official, and take the old lady there."

Although he was childish, his filial piety was sincere. Li was very pleased and rubbed Tianbao's back. He said with a smile: "Okay, grandma is waiting."

Listening to his nephew's words, Changsheng also became more serious and said, "Mother really wants to go to Jiangning?"

Li had nothing to hide in the face of his children and grandchildren, and showed some remembrance and said, "How can you not think about it? Although you have been to Beijing for many years, you still remember the south. You grow up in Beijing and don't know what's good at the south. Not to mention the water, it's the sweetness of the Beijing. In summer, the fresh and delicious food in the river is endless, and it's indescribable."

"I have been waiting for Tianbao to become an official for too long, so it's better to count on Uncle Qi." Tianhui was walking beside him.

Changsheng nodded and said, "That's right, I'll be able to end next year..." He hesitated a little.

Seeing that his youngest son was like this, Li said, "How old are you? Why are you anxious? If you don't want to end up, just wait for another year."

The child exam will take two exams in three years, and the next year will be 14, and the next year will be only 15 years old. The end of the year will be considered young.

Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's not too small. Tianyou and Zuo Zhu. Zuo Cheng and his son were already over. I was thinking about it. It's okay to take the exam here for the children. If you pass the exam one by one, it's not a big problem. It depends on luck in the provincial examination, and most of them have no hope. If that happens, my son will take the exam for the writing style."

Although the Cao family is not a farming family, the males also take the imperial examinations more often.

Listening to the youngest son saying this, Li said in confusion: "Why do you think of taking the exam for the post? Did the teacher in Xueli say something?"

Changsheng nodded with a sarcastic smile and said, "I let my mother talk. My son has long started to learn to be a bachelor's essay, but he lacks spiritual energy and has poor quality. The gentleman said that my son speaks Chinese and Mongolian well, and can work harder on Chinese and Mongolian languages ​​and find a different approach."

Li just listened to this academic education matter, but he really couldn't give any good advice. He just kept it in his heart and thought about waiting for Cao Yong to come back and talk to him.

If you become an official in a letter, you will be promoted quickly, but the officialdom is concerned about whether you are a professional or not.

Changsheng doesn’t want to take the Jinshi exam, I wonder if it’s a big problem for his future…

When Cao Yongluoya came back, he saw Li Wei's gift list.

This half of the cart may not cost a few hundred taels of silver. What is rare is that Cao Yong received with the senior ranks in the Ministry of Revenue.

The courtesy is light and the affection is heavy, and the words are nothing more than that.

When he arrived at Lanyuan, Li gave a good advice and asked Cao Yong and his wife to give Li Wei a gift. Li Wei was honest and the Cao family should also be more attentive.

As for Changsheng's plan to take the form of writing, Li also told Cao Yong.

Cao Yong was not surprised that the Eight Banners children who came out of the banner school, except for their father-in-law, who rely on their own progress to make progress, mostly take the exam and take the provincial examination, and the imperial examination is limited.

Because the bannermen participated in the provincial examination and the imperial examination, the competition was more fierce than the Han people.

Banners from all over the country all take the exam in Shuntian Prefecture, and the number of places admitted each time is limited.

It is extremely rare for Tianyou and others to pass the children's and provincial examinations smoothly.

If you take the pen and post style, you will not be that harsh.

If you have real talent and knowledge, as long as you obtain the exam qualification, it will probably be fine.

With an identity like the Cao family, it is not difficult to get a pen-type exam qualification.

"Don't worry too much. The pen-type test is mostly after the provincial examination, and it will take nearly two years to do it. Two years later, the immortality will be great. If he persists, the pen-type test will be a pen-type test. If he works in the six departments, he will be in front of him and it is easy to take care of him." Cao Yong said.

The so-called Changsheng's words to go to Jiangning to be an official, Li just used it as a joke and did not mention it to his eldest son, but he had some hope in his heart.

After returning to Wutongyuan, Chu Yu also mentioned Li Wei's courtesy and said that Li was in a very good mood.

"It's all native products in Jiangning. The old lady once said something, Li Wei was interested." Cao Yong said.

Chu Yu smiled with a pursed lips and said, "How could Li Wei prepare for these little things? I heard that the second wife of the Li family is a virtuous and careful person, and it is probably her work."

After hearing this, Cao Yong nodded and said, "Since he has served by the queen, it is hard to say whether he is virtuous or not. If you are careful, you must have it."

Chu Yu snorted lightly and said, "It's just that these two wives are too virtuous, so the mistress can only do decorations."

When Cao Yong heard his wife's words, he was dissatisfied with Li Wei's behavior of entrusting housework to his second wife's concubine. He did not want her to misunderstand Li Wei, and said, "Don't worry, Li Wei has always acted chivalrously, not the kind of person who favors his wife and destroys his concubines. It's just that his second wife's identity is there, so that he can be the director of the family and can also rest assured." In the end, he lowered his voice.

Li Wei wanted to stay in the capital for a while and waited until after the Wanbao Festival to return to the south. The Cao family's return gift was not in a hurry.

Although the Li family did not leave anyone in the capital, there was a house in the capital.

Cao Yong did not delay and sent someone to send a message to Li's house the next day.

Although the two were old friends, they could still interact in their early years. Now they are in high positions and have a few eyes to look at each other, but they are not easy to meet at will. Otherwise, who would know what lies they have been choreographed?

Cao Yong's post stated that if Li Wei had time, he wanted to find time to invite him to have dinner outside.

Li Wei replied that day, but said that he wanted to treat him. If Cao Yong could take off his body, he would be scheduled for the night of the 15th National Congress.

In addition to seeing you, the governor of the other place was also held by a grand court meeting. After handling official business, he was not attracted by the eyes when he had a small gathering with his old friends.

Cao Yong sent someone to reply to the post again, which was a pre-ordered dinner.

Before the grand dynasty meeting, two other governors who were ordered to congratulate him came to Beijing, namely the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou Ortai and the governor of Henan Tian Wenjing.

Like Li Wei, both of them were first governors and then governors. Ortai was appointed as governor last year, and Tian Wenjing was appointed as governor of Henan in July this year.

This was also the first time they had returned to Beijing to meet after becoming the governor.

The "Tanjing" on Ortai follows the common practices when he was appointed as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou to enter Beijing. Although Li Wei and Fan Shiyi are not as generous as those of Li Shiyi, they can't make mistakes.

After all, everyone knows that the remote places in Yunnan and Guizhou are no more prosperous than Jiangnan.

However, Tian Wenjing's side was like a fly swallowing.

The "Carbon Recitation" he gave was really unique. In each of the six ministries, he actually sent ten trucks of fine charcoal.

This cargo of more than 500 kilograms of charcoal is calculated as expensive, and it is only about ten taels of silver.

The officer who works as a servant in the Ministry of Revenue is best at settle accounts.

Someone had already done some calculations for Tian Wenjing. Six departments, one yamen, ten cars, and six yamen are sixty cars. According to the price of high-quality charcoal, it is only 600 taels of silver.

Beijing officials have many social engagements and no place to scrape the land. Life is too long, so many people rely on the "bingjing" and "tanjing" when the governor comes to Beijing every year.

However, due to inconvenient transportation, the number of governors who come to Beijing every year is uncertain. Like this year, the four governors who come to Beijing were also sad about Yongzheng's fifty-year-old birthday.

Unexpectedly, Tian Wenjing was not only harsh on himself, but also mean to others.

This has become a joke in the officialdom.

I don’t know how Tian Wenjing’s ears are burning, but many of them have to scold them anyway. Even people like Cao Yong who are not short of money and don’t care about the governor’s management are annoyed.

If you don’t want to give “Carbon Recitation”, if you don’t give it, you will also send ten carts of charcoal to Six Ministry. It’s like slapping the face of the officials of the Six Ministry, as if mocking the officials of the Six Ministry’s poverty and greed.

This kind of act of the governor of the foreign ministries going to Beijing to manage the six ministries is indeed a bad habit in the officialdom. However, Tian Wenjing made such a face, not only offended all the six ministries, but also embarrassing the governors of Li Wei and others.

It was as if the only one in the world was Tian Wenjing, the other was the country's worm.

Cao Yong didn't know how other yamen in the six ministries responded to Tian Wenjing's "provocation". Many people have already been to Henan for trouble.

It is obvious that in the next year to several years, Henan's official business will be arguing about it to vent its anger.

However, if you are angry, Cao Yong still admires Tian Wenjing's courage.

This kind of stubbornness is certainly annoying, but it is also admirable.

Coincidentally, the Henan Department’s Doctor is not a person, but the son of the left-level censor Yin Tai, the famous figure in later generations.

The Yin family is from the Yinghuang Banner, with the old surname Zhangjia, and the same family as Prince Yi's biological mother.

Although Yin Jishan was born into an official, he did not rely on his family, but took the imperial examination. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Yongzheng and then a Shujishi.

After the Hanlin Academy was separated, he was officially appointed as the editor of the seventh grade. In July this year, he was promoted to three levels in a row and moved to the fifth grade Hanlin Academy as a lecturer. In September, he was appointed as a doctor of the Ministry of Revenue.

The Hanlin Academy lecturer, although his rank is not high, he can often go to and from the palace to accompany the emperor. Anyone who can see that Yin Jishan has won the holy heart and has a good future and will not stay in the home of the Ministry of Revenue for a long time.

Not to mention that most of the colleagues were in good terms, even a few ministers died, but they did not take the airs of the boss in front of Yin Jishan.

Although Cao Yong knew that Yin Jishan would become the governor in the future, he did not pay any attention.
To be continued...